29—1846.] 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 
477 
Es SEEDLING PELARGONIUMS OF 1844 
AND 1845. 
A Descriptive Catalogue of the above, with directions for 
their cultivation, may be had in exchange for 4 postage-stamps. 
Worton Cottage, Isleworth. 
The Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1846. 
MEETINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK. 
Wepnxspay, July 22—Roval ERE London. . + 1l 
. SHOW. diss 
Famay, July 24—Stamford Hill Horticultural. 
By us who have had such long experience of 
Horrircurturat Exursrrions, that held in July, 
although in the Garden of the Horticultural Society 
of London, is always expected without a hope o 
its rivalling its predecessors. In general the stores 
of gardeners are previously exhausted, the season 
becomes their master, the desire of competition 
flags, losers will contend no longer, and winners are 
satisfied with their laurels. People are therefore 
assembled in July for the pleasure of the meeting; 
and the exhibition of flowers and fruit is a subor- 
dinate consideration. 
But on Saturday last there was no such disap- 
pointment; on the contrary, while some parts of 
the show were equal to the best of their predeces- 
Sors—as the Orchids, for example—others much 
exceededthem. If the Pelargoniums were gone, the 
Cacti bloomless, and the possessors of “large col- 
lections of stove and greenhouse plants” driven off 
hop of ding with Mrs. Law- 
RENCE, the losses were replaced by most beautiful 
Single specimens, by Heaths which become finer as 
they are scarcer, and by a noble display of fruit. 
o one could have seen without admiration the 
plant of Aerides odoratum, from Mr. Horronp's 
garden, with 27 bunches ofsweetestspotless flowers, 
or a proliferous Phenocoma from Mrs. LAWRENCE, 
Or, most especially, two extraordinary masses covered 
With blossoms of the scarlet Chinese Renanthera, 
from Mr. Fatconer, which all can grow, but none 
can flower save himself. Even oriental self-posses- 
Sion was not proof against the magnificence of these 
Specimens when they met the eye of the Pacua of 
gypt. 
Several new plants of considerable interest. were 
produced. The finest was a new Ixora, with rich 
Salmon-coloured flowers, from Mr. Verren. There 
one a deep rose-coloured Bolivian Echinopsis or 
ichinocaetus, looking like E. Eyriesii dipped in 
Claret; this was furnished by Mr. Scuzzn, of Kew. 
p Vertrou also exhibited à new and very distinct 
schynanthus, and a Cuphea called cordata, which 
Promises to be a favourite greenhouse plant ; its 
Owers each bear a pair of scarlet banners, and pro- 
uce a novel as well as agreeable effect. 
The fruit formed a fine feature in this exhibition, 
as may be seen from the detailed account of the 
weights of the Pines, which we give in another 
Column, And it was universally ripe. Some inte- 
We was raised early in the morning among the ex- 
ibitors by a basket of Peaches, brought about 30 
ae by hand on the surface of a bed of Vine leaves, 
ih were so much damaged as to be unfit for ex- 
a ition, Half-a-dozen of them were left for the 
Spection of the judges, in order to prove the im- 
Possibility of sending absolutely ripe fruit from a 
tance, and we have been favoured by Mr. Owen, 
ne of the judges, with the following memorandum 
Concerning them :— 
ü “The bruised Peaches which were laid before 
ace at Chiswick on Saturday last, with the 
Ree. of showing that when such fruit is perfectly 
mee it cannot travel without injury, were examined 
x the whole of us present, and we were unani- 
salen of opinion that they had been damaged 
been’, by bad packing, and that if due care had 
SERES taken in that respect, they might have arrived 
ti njured, I have on many occasions sent thoroughly 
a Peaches to different parts of Scotland, and to 
ton which were always received in good condi- 
be fe but perhaps the most conclusive answer will 
eae in the simple fact that a great part of the 
com a which had travelled and were exhibited for 
Aper een on Saturday last in a perfect state were 
an the bruised ones in question.” 
Single have already alluded to the beauty of the 
= ans. hey were, indeed, admirable. 
have D T, owever, that some of their owners will 
for ae disappointed at the result of the award ; 
a Me Were injudicious enough to show them in 
di se eee Those who did so were, of course, 
them ed, and thus were several medals lost to 
they 3 e of the persons thus deprived of what 
Contented have otherwise gained appear to be dis- 
Would be 2 We will only ask them whether a man 
them DU to a prize for Melons if he showed 
ince arnations ? 
we uy wy Pochondriacs who protest that we English 
Utterly unsuited to getting £ A 
and that alth o getting up out-of-doors fétes, 
ough our nature were better, our “ detest- 
able climate” would, in itself, render such attempts 
ridiculous, will, perhaps, be surprized at the follow- 
ing statement concerning all the meetings in the 
Horticultural Garden since they were converted 
from dear breakfasts into cheap promenades :— 
STATE or THE WEATHER IN THE HORTICULTURAL SOCUETY'S 
GARDEN ON THE Days OF EXHIBITION, WITH THE NUMBER 
or VISITORS ON EACH OCGASION. 
ui : 
E é 
Date. Morning. | Noon. |4.5| Wind. 3 
E 5 
EE E 
ia 
1839 sg 
f Sat, May 25|Very fino. |Very fine, 82 |Little, S. W.| 1700 
Do., June 22|Fine. Cloudy. 72 |Brisk, S. W.| 2000 
Do., July 20|Fine. Cloudy. 70 Little, W. | 1200 
^ 4900 
1834 ci 
Sat., May 10|Fine. Fine. 73 |Little, S. W.| 1402 
Do. June 1|Very fine. |Very fine, | 78 2870 
Little, S. E. 
Little, N. E. 
Little, E. 
2 
Very fine. | 81 
o., July 5|Ov 
Very fine, |68 
Do., Sept. 13|Fine, 
1835 
Sat., May 9|Fine. 
Fine. 71 |Brisk, S. W.| 1908 
o., June 6|Fine. Fine. 81 Brisk, N. E.| 5362 
Do., July 4|Veryfine. |Very fine. 78 |Little, W. 5612 
1288: 
1836 
Sat., May 14|Very fine. 
Do., June 11|Stight rain. 
y 9|Overcast. 
Very fine, | 72 Little, N.W.| 3 
Fine, 73 |Brisk, S. T 
Very fine. | 79 |Brisk, W. 
58 |Little, S. 
1837 
Sat., May 13|Fine. loudy. 
Cldy. & fine| 68 
Do., June 10 Cloudy. Strong, B. | 8785 
Tues,Jly.ll|Very fine, |Very fine. | 76 Brisk, E. 6463 
1598 
1838 F: I CPUS 
Sat., May20|0vercast. |Fine. Brisk, N. E.| 296¢ 
Do., June 16|Drizzly. Ovrest., fine| 76 |Little, S 6 
Wed.,Jly.ll|Very fine. {Very fine. 80 |Little, S. 6; 
1839 
Sat, May 18|Very fne. |Fine. 64 |Brisk, S.W. 
Doz, June 15|Slight haze.|Slight haze.| 63 |Little, N.E. 
Do., July 6|Slight haze. Sultry. 76 |Little, S.W. 
Brisk, S.W. 
Little, W. 11594 
1840 e 
Sat., May 16|Cloudy. Hail, —show-| 65 
ee 
ry, 
Do., June 13|Cldy. & fine.|Cloudy and) 77 
very fine, 
72 |Brisk, W. 
Do, July 4|Very fine, |Fine. 
74 |Little, W. | 5700 
1841 
Sat., May 15/Fine. ery fine. 
D Ovest & fine] 53 
Do., June 12|0vereast— Little, N. E. | 9080 
light rain. 
Do., July l0|Very fine. |Very fine, 71 |Little, S. W.| 7194 
21974 
1842 
Sat., May 14|Slight haze.|E ingly 72 Little, W. | 5500 
Little, N. E.|13582 
Do., June 11|Very fine, 
and dry. id 
Do. July 9Oyereast. |Oloudy and 72|Brisk, W. | 3500 
d fine, slight 
r rain in 
1843 ternoon, PELIT am 
Sat., May 13|Overcast,—|Fine, with 66 Little, W. | 4818 
with cold light cloud 
haze. 
Do. June 17|Clear early ; Very — fine,| 75 
overcast, | with light) 
Brisk, N. E.|11064 
Wed.,J1y. 12|Hazy. Lightlyover- 77 |Little, N.W.| 7568 | 
ast, but! 
very fine. 23450 
1844 | pora. 
Sat., May 18/Slight frost, Boisterous, | 54 [Strong N.E.| 4203 
with cold| with slight 
N.E.wind.| showers. 
Sat,Junel5|Veryfine. [Very fine, | 78 |Brisk, W. [13334 
Sat., July 13| Very fine. |Rain. | 71 |Brisk, S. W.| 4062 
Wed.,Jly.31|Cloudy, with Cloudy andj 72 |Brisk, W. | 2267 
brisk wind, e mm 
22966 
845 
Sat., May 24|Hazy clouds|Cloudy. 61 |Little, W. 3481 
Sat,June?1 Very fine, Exceedingly| 80 Little E.  |12355 
with light| fine. 
clouds, 
Sat., July 12 Fine, Fine, parti-| 64 |Brisk, N. W.| 5963 
ally clouded 
21799 
1846 
Sat., May 9|Fine. Very fine. 72 |Brisk, S. W.| 4858 
Sat., June 13| Fine. Hot and dry| 86 |Brisk, N.E. 13421 
Sat,Julyll|Partialy [Very fine, | 73 Little, W. 6083 
overcast, | with light ead 
ck 24362 
Sor di dto exclusive of supernumeraries, who average 
"This, we think, sufficiently shows that London is 
not as rainy as Fellfoot, Kendal, or Keswick ; and 
we submit that the dampness of cloudy England is 
no bad exchange for the heat and dust of sunny 
Italy or France. 
In addition to the attraction of the exhibition, 
and the charming condition of the Duke of Devos- 
smrngE's grounds at Chiswick, to which the throng 
had, by his Grace’s kindness, access, the weather 
was delightful, the music abundant, and the visitors 
gay and happy. The band of the Blues, too, re- 
mained for an hour lenger than usual; to the groat 
contentment of those who lingered in this scene of 
pleasure. 
We find from the official returns that the num- 
ber of visitors and their friends who passed the 
gates was 6083. 
We are authorised to state that IN ONE FORT- 
nicut from this time the Exhibition Committee 
will proceed to consider what alterations should be 
made in the Schedule of Prizes, and that all sugges. 
tions made in writing to the Vice-Secretary, 21, 
Regent-street, will then be brought under their 
notice. 
Waen an acorn is committed to the earth and 
grows, its first season is occupied in sending down 
into the earth a long tough process, or tap root, by 
which it feeds and fixes itself in the ground. But 
this certre is not well suited for feeding the young 
stem and leaves, and accordingly a crop of fine 
— — fibrous roots gradually appears near the surface of 
t 
he ground, and assists in the operation of nutri- 
tion. Experience shows that the rate of growth is 
in proportion to the number ‘of the fibres. The 
nurserymen knowing this, invariably shorten the 
—— | tap root of their young Oaks when they transplant 
them, in order to secure a more abundant supply of 
fibres, and a corresponding increase of vigour; and 
they believe that they succeed. We however are not 
entirely prepared to admit the conclusion ; for it is 
not clear to us that more mischief is not done by 
severing the tap root than is gained by the forma- 
tion of fibres. What is wanted is to increase the 
fibres without destroying the tap root. 
This object is said to have been accomplished by 
the Rev. Mr. Vavewan, who, as we learn by a 
letter from Dr. Winn, of Truro, has for many years 
paid attention to the cultivation of the Oak. This 
gentleman believes that he has discovered a method 
by which he can greatly accelerate its growth. 
His plan is to divide the tap root under-ground by 
means of a sharp spade. This is done at an early 
period, and when the time arrives for transplanting, 
the root has thrown out a number of the vigorous 
fibres which hasten the growth of the tree, as we 
have already stated. Mr. VavcnaN considers that 
by this plan “he gains a march of 12 years in the 
growth of the plant.” 
The essential difference between Mr. Vavcnan’s 
and the ordinary method is this; Mr. VavcHAN 
divides the tap root n situ with a sharp instrument 
about 7 inches below the surface, whereas the 
——— | nurserymen take up the plant to divide the root, 
thus disturbing the fibres. About a year and a half 
after the division the young Oak is transplanted, 
when Mr. Vauenan states that there is an abun- 
dance of healthy fibres thrown off from the root, 
and that the plant when transplanted in this state 
grows with double energy. His calculation, that 
he gains a march of 12 years in the growth, is an 
estimate derived from a general comparison with 
other trees. He thinks that by this new method 
the Oak may be induced to grow as fast as other 
forest-trees. 
We have no personal knowledge of the effect of 
this operation. But it is founded upon reason, and 
clearly deserves a trial. We would therefore in- 
vite those who are interested in foresting to make 
the experiment for themselves. This is a good time 
of year, and in a twelvemonth a result of some kind 
may be obtained. 
WE have two novelties before us, which deserve 
to be noticed in a more formal manner than many 
of those which appear from time to time. 
The first is Burrows and Toms’ CHENICAL GAR- 
peN Inx. This is a yellow fluid, with which and 
a common pen, writing may be indelibly fixed on 
zinc or other metals. The characters appear im & 
few moments of a jet black, and they are not liable 
to being affected by light or wet. It is, no doubt, 
the best thing of the kind that yet has been brought 
forward, and especially recommends itself for use in 
hothouses, or tropical countries where wood of all 
kinds perishes rapidly. 
The second is a kind of Basr, lately imported 
from Cuba. It has a delicate and beautiful texture, 
of extraordinary toughness, and well suited for 
tying up plants, where neatness is an object. It is 
imported in thin strips, rends easily, like Russia 
matting, when torn lengthwise, and forms capital 
ligateres when twisted. It is the inner bark of 
some tree, but of what is unknown. 
THE AMATEUR GARDENER, 
On Preserving Bures, &e.—1 have been rentinded 
during the last week, that ia a recent paper on the 
Ranunculus, I promised 60 give some directions for its 
safe preservation while out of the ground. The subject 
has been vught again under notice by my having 
discovered a serious loss among my own bulbs, espe- 
cially Tulips. Of these, I had a very large quantity, 
especially a good collection of early ones, which having 
been leit in the ground last year had increased very 
much. These had been dried gradually, and after- 
wards almost baked in the recent hot suns; they were 
