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Cultivation of the Gentianella.—Would any of your | south-west breeze. ‘The gardens were in the highest keeping; } trellis; Epacris pulchella and cerzeflora, very lovely with their cat | 
correspondents oblige me by some hints on the cultivation the splendid Wistaria sinensis was in full flower; while many of | snowy. blossoms ; and Physolébium carinatum, a rather interest- i 
of the Gentianella? Will it bear’ movin, Bede der the Hawthorns, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, &c., greatly enlivened | ing climber. The prizes for 20 exotics were competed for by Mr. 
Gentianelia: t g about, in order | the scene with their gay blossoms. « Since last season, the small | Green, gr. to Sir E. Antrobus, Bt., and Mr. Hunt, gr. to Miss ' 
to avoid leaving a vacuum in the fiower-garden, or would | piece of water which stretched.across the arboretum has been | Trail, of Hayes. The collection of Mr. Green included a hand- aE 
it be better to plant something else in the bed after the | filled up; so that the company:was'able to promenade the lawns | some plant of Epiphyllum speciosum, which was grafted on one 
Gentianella has done flowering ? What kind of soil does it ) without having to seek and pass ‘over the crowded bridges. In | of the strong and tall-growing species of Cérens; this gave it an 
FE, a : wis ‘ uncommon luxuriance, and likewise strengthened the flowers. 
like ? Are the roots improved or injured by parting ?—O. S. | vigorous state; and a specimen of Délichos lignosus, laden with | ‘The plant formed a 
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Bees.—As an Apiarian of some experience, I am much | its pretty pink flowers, with Hardenbérgia macrophylla, equally | Other specimens were Ixora coccinea, in a splendid condition ; 4 ; 
surprised at the early swarming of Bees this year. On the | Covered with bloom, the two all 
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1 being placed’ opposite each other, ') Chorozema eer a eee eee analy a with 
: fo ‘ ‘. nearly uniting in the centre, had a splendid effect. The | bloom; the white-flowered Indian Azalea, Hye i¢e! igh and the 
Ast of May i hived a ‘fie swarm, the wind blowing cool favourableness of the weather drew a considerable assemblage of | same breadth, very lovely; @ good plant of Epacris grandiflora ; 
and strong from the east; the same occurred at Lewisham | visitors. Above 4,800 received admission. ‘Among them were | Zfchya pannosa, ina markedly healthy and prolific state; Azalea 
and Woolwich. Can any of your readers. inform me of | the Duke 6f Devonshire, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl of | indica variegata, a plant grafted ona standard stock, with a pen~ 
similar instances in other localities ?-- 7. R. M., Deptford. Burlington, Lord Auckland, Lord Morpeth, Lady Newburgh, the | dant head, growing to one face, and blooming so thickly that the j 
‘Scarlet Pelargoniums.—I have no doubt Mr. Drum Ladies Gower, and many others of the nobility. The three bands | blossoms ‘could hardly open fully; A. Greeni, a large mass of t 
go aes A . Drum- } usually in attendance performed all the afternoon, alternately. superb deep crimson; a noble plant of the double red Azalea ; : 
mond finds that the method adopted by him (described Inthe tents set apart for flowers, the splendour of other seasons and Podolébium staurophyllum, liberally cultivated and flowered. 
in No. 16) a suitable one; but, were it indispensably waeeraen i nt i a H : ES, 2 npn of Boréniaserrulata, 
Teorey 3 eee) * x of larger collections. Instances of superior cu tivation | about two feet in height and @ tion 
han Ue RAGS particular there laid down, I | were particularly numerous, and some of the specimens in which apothing of the kind could bebrought; a grand plant of Pimélea i 
am afraid that many amateurs would hesitate, from a fear | this was observable, excelled, perhaps, all that has ever been | spectabilis, which wou! Joode’ 
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| room, and are not particular as to w hat sort of plants general aspect of plants of this class indicated a decided ie Uns been brought down more at the * 7 * - | 
, (i ANTES [ P Ment in the art of culture, and this was especially noticeableAn: | The amazingly rapid growth of this species renders it.one of the | 
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; of failure. To those who have plenty of house or pit | witnessed, even in these ich exhibitions. The | specimen had its flower: ; 
he sides, So as to hide the stem. 
they may have to fill the beds with, the spring season will | those which had been treated according to the liberal mettiyg of | most valuable of greenhouse shrubs, for Mr. Hunt's specimen 
ists i fe vas, i uite a small one last year. Ther iy 
do quite as well to increase them as any other; but | potting recently adopted, and which consists in 
red, (and such will plants at once from the smallest pots to the largest, which! they 
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: ee afford the most satisfaction,) the autumn 1s ay exemplified in the large collection of Mr. Goode, gr. fo Mrs. | tifolia, five feet high, a valuable p i 
rable to the spring for propagating them. In either | Lawrenes, of Ealing Park, we shall give them the first /place in | verticillata, ten feet in height, and Yor elegant ; Tropsolum tri- 
cee it is not necessary to have a compost of leaf-mould, one ort, The collection was grand in the extreme. It filled, | colorum, literally mantling a wid " if i 
rick-dust, a ‘fted, and previously warmed | {yun a very little, one side of the principal tent. This collec- | escence; & large plant of Chorozema varium, evincing Superior 
ae para aD finely ud i nn ae aha tion did not consist so much of new things, as of large specimens | culture; Eriéstemon buxifolfum, very well 2 3 ai 
. They will strike very well in pur 3 | of excellent but comparatively old plants. Foremost stood a | plant of Dillwynia speciosa, full of blossom, the } 
and, where that cannot conveniently be had, any sort of | large specimen of Euphérbia ‘splendens, 6 feet in height, and | ately treated; and a specimen of Hévea Cels | 
common soil will do. For the autumn strike, I prepare a Braye ree in diameter, beat any ie ihe is i is i i : 
compartm “ velvet flowers. At the back of this were bushes, nearly as | the bottom. As an exhibitor of the groups of six, M i 
ante 1 of under a north wall, by forming a ape large, of Cytisus racemosus. y oT. Smith, Esq., Shirley Park, sent Leschenatiltia formosa, well i 
nehes deep, two or two fect and a half wide, (or | gala ‘oppositifolia and cordifolia, Chorozeme cordifolia, and | clothed with foliage, tho i 
any other convenient width, ) and long enough to hold the eeu vague, indica alba, lateritia, variegata, and many other | in the utmost profusion, 
stock required. S < t hh with sand, the ybrid varieties. These plants were admirably grouped as to | four feet high, and favourably cultivated, as 
Reaisite sinab Bee Silled. He rene Ror ee the colour, and inculcate a lesson which we hope will not be lost on Borénia denticulata, four feet in height, full of lateral shoots and 
er of cuttings is then procured i some of the other exhibitors. Among the plants which formed | blossoms; and Corrma speciosa, also four feet high, and tolerably | 
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flower-beds, prepared, (a precise number of eyes is | the front line were many beautiful things, suchas Leschenaultia | well filled up. In the same class, Mr. Clarke, gr. to W. Black, 1 
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about th itn ie large pan and rose, to F esi the san@ | bloom; Eriostemon cuspidatum; Zichya pannosa andinophylla, | zema Henchmanni, much more healthy than it is commonly seen. 
ut the cuttings. For any farther attention they require | trained on trellises, ‘and the bloom almost hiding the foliage; | Another competitor under thishead was Mr. Pa ‘Ba 
ie this time, the propagator may make a tour of the Con- | Gompholébium polymorphum, Tropeedlum tricolorum, ‘and a | who sent a noble specimen of Pimélea decussata, the pees | 
‘inent, or pay a visi “4 ers neces- | 8teat variety of dwarf-growing plants. In point of health, size, | of ‘which were not, however, sufficiently expanded ; with Choro- ne 
sary to er i sit to ue x — hg ps Rees | and quantity of bloom, nothing could excel the plants fathis col. | sema varium, remarkably well-bloomed, but having the branches 
peat eft concerning them during his al sence gs lection. Most of the young plants had been grown on the “ one- unnaturally arranged in a flat surface. Mr. Hogan, er. to H. if 
nerely to let them alone. So that, preparing a hotbed, | shift system” of potting, and werea very sufficient contradiction | Pownall, Esq., was a further contributor of six plants, among 
pine and warming of soil, placing them ina close frame, pata statement that DEG not bloom ey in large pots; | which were Carmichzelia australis, treated asa standard, and I 
shading a: fa Me : . ~ | While most of the large plants bore evidence of having received a | having a spreading half-pendulous h i 
Rata ae nd turning of lights, applying brown, Geese larger shift than it is customary to give them. A lovely speci- | which were all enveloped in pretty lilac i 
aie c., may all be got rid of, as in the open groun they | men of Chorozema glycinifolia—so difficul eS par- | pleasant odour; a white Indian Azalea, small, yer volt hand- i 
will make roots enough in a few weeks to require a large vemanly noticeable. me " { 
sixty or small forty-eight pot. About this ti me of n addition to this general collection, there was a specimen | abundantly. The fifth collection of six wa’ : 1] 
as Nets |e bout this time, so from Mr. Goode, which, as an instance of superlative beauty and | to B. Miller, Esq., Collier's Wood, Mitcham, and contained Aphe- 
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Seen and Melon-frames will be found empty. | admirable cultivation, was in every way astonishing. It was the | lexis humilis, admirably Boas plant which, 
potted, they can be put in these, and the lights shut | Pimélea spectabilis, the Sutreme delicacy and grace of which | with equal freedom every successive years Tit! 1 s 
eee over them till their roots have struck into the soil in will be familiar to most growers of new plants. The specimen | dwarf and very lovely specimen, i ia aa erat 1 
e pots, wh " i fe i i (eala cordifolia, four feet high, wil | 
Eaten Benita eon beratiees nee ey pe across, and forming a round head of bloom quite down to the | drooping branches and very magnificent ; Diosma uniflora, more { 
Br " * , to harden them for the winter. | pot. The clusters ‘of flowers were so close, as almost to touch | than ordinarily close in its habits, } 
rom the geographical section of Lindley’s Introduction each other; and there must have been, altogether, above 200 | good cultivation ; Leschenatltia formosa, an excellent specimen 5 
The peculiar feature of the plant, however, | and Azalea Gledstanesii, singularly well blo 
to Botany, it appears they b ia bunches of blossom. 
y, it appears they belong to Thunberg’s kingdom, simus from Mr. Goode, 
which reaches from the Tropic of Capricorn to ther! was that it was equally perfect on all sides, and presented an entire | was a superb plant of Cereus specios! 
‘¢ ¢ Cape | sheet of inflorescence. Probably, th xt <traordinary spe- r. s. La 5a 1 specimens of Epiphyllum 
oh ret Hope ; but whether within or beyond the limits | cimen was one of iircnann Oe usa ein a aniall GUllee. ioe in eae at fon Mar Clark, ets "to Block, 
oO e colony, the seacoast, or any of the intermediate | tion by Mr. Clark, gr. to T. Smith, Esq., Shirley Park. This | Esq. Mr. Block produced, moreover, @ Céreus, called Scotti. ii 
terraces between that and the Snowy Mountains, it ae yee Eat grows in a loose ragged manner, was | It was, grafted on C. speciosissimus, and is a good deal like Ww 
does not say. At all events, within the limits of Thun- aoe EA moPaita Gate RtAGn aah ae ren teas id pre C, flagelliformis in habit, though it's much taba ia ae oee Hl 
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berg’s kingdom, the highest latitude to which it extends. thoroughly branched all round as if “tt had been fastened Of a Pentier Ee ee eect resect 2 very fine Kind. In il 
js much lower than any part of England ; consequently, harrel-sheped trellis, It hadi clearly been brought to its stale of | another collection exhibited by Mr. Hunt, gr. to Miss Traill, were | 
the sunlight during winter in this country cannot be t pushiness and denseness by frequent pruning of the growing | Davidsia mimosoides, four feet high, Hnely cultured ; Eriostemon i 
@ too | shoots; and when of the requisite size, its laterals had been 7 t hit i fi health; and a large and 
tuch for them. I have found them do very well through | suffered to grow naturally, when they had acquired a Dalf- cuspidatum, two feet high, oh toe ees Hartnelli, ‘The Azaleas 
the winter in a house where fire-heat was used to keep out | drooping position, flowering from all their extremities. The conehitntel, aethey always do ii : i 1 | 
the frost, and where plenty of air was admitted. This one pe eranena low BS ectien gf aaNC7e ee eneavats Ze stituted, oF Green, gt. t0 Sir E. Antrobus, Bt, exhibited 
‘ F, 4 * ‘ - peculiarly graceful and s jowy appearance. Near the latter plant, pamioee == 5 ia, each about three et high, and 
appears to be eer in ene ae ls nature than | and likewise in one of the smaller collections, was the well-know day varices se eAth, ei i 
shutting them up in frames, under six inches of hay, with | and handsome Zichya coccinea, in an exceedingly fine condition. | Gledstanesii, of the same height, a 
mats above and below, ane only allowing them a few | / } ¥ 
hours’ sun in the course of the day—a treatment th: 7 
at | foliage, it was most profusely decorated with bloom. Being in Pe ae 7 jth’s seedli 
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might be recommended were they natives of or bordering | a very large pot, it scemed to have beon cultivated alter the and speciosiserar’ wrom Mr. Falconer, gr. to A. Palmer, Esq 
upon the Arctic circle, and not from a place under 25° of | system of potting before attended to, and was certainly a magni- | Cheam, there were variegal iti rf col i 
latitude, To make strong plants for the flower-garden, ficent proof of its appropriateness. Another specimen which dition, with the branches hanging down 
the a b shifted in ‘Makoh Ghee Tae Ds | may be mentioned as an example ef superior management, was | rendered specially beautiful by having so m: 
y oug! t to be s tan ‘ ger pots, and if | of Anagallis monelli major, and came from Mr. Hogan, gr. to | amongst which the flowers gleamed 
Convenient, allowed a little more room, as itis still two | H. Pownall, Esq. It was fixed to’ a flat trellis, four feet high, | 1~ nts were m' 
months bef h n with safety be planted These two plap 
mths before they ca 2 planted out. Ifa : x " I ‘ 
Waren est : of deep-blue blossoms. Nothing could exceed its beauty, save vo been raised from cuttings, instead of being 
quantity is likely to be wanted for a late crop, cuttings | ghe skill with which it was treated, and whieh was ros Merit, | Spbeated te uher kinds. Conway's Seedling, ‘with rich crimson i 
may be taken from the others when shifted, and if placed | orious. The plant might be taken as an’evidence of how art, | flowers i UI 
2 @ rough deal box, an inch and a half or two inches deep, properly applied, wi 
led with sand, and set upon the flue o: i i ; ; 
ane with sand, and set si ees i ee of a late | the size of the pot, we conclude that this also had been subjected | inflorescence; the double red variety, on @ trellis five feet high ; 
pe ill very/ ROOD: AOS alliday, Messrs. | to the “« one-shift system” of potting. inflorescene® jing white, with flowers larger than the common | 
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the Geese abs A Saale Bhp spoken | white.’ and the old sinensis, which is surpassed by few in point 
4) 4 bs a, Nf Nai G there was only one other large co) lection, and this was from i 7 likewise from Mr; Falconer. Mr. Smith, of ii 
its ie Nuthatch. ‘The ine Chess Europea) builds oie razer, nurseryman, of Lea Bridge Road. It included three Se oat penaventty of his seedlings, of which incompara- i 
4 nest in holes of trees, and should the entrance prove | specimens, ‘which may be deemed particularly worthy of remark. | pile, with semidouble pale crimson flowers, and fulgens, a 4 
; a large, it is well known to ee that it will reduce | They were Hardenbergia monophylla and iongeracemosa, and | gorgeous red-blossomed variety, were the best. The Jattey was 
S size filling i ith clay, thus formi «_ | Azalea indi MER i r ti f : 
wade, at " is in i as 0 OS eanity of ah id barri ‘lea al trellis, about two feet in height, from the sides and | contributed a collection, in which were E. Beaumontiana, a | 
ye pies seo toa PE Witnessing a | f3) of which the racemes of flowers shot up, in peculiar vigour, | very dwarf plant, of which scarcely anything could beseen Dut its qa 
ar or two since: in the month of May I discovered the | while the young branches that had grown taller than the stakes, | numerous light pink flowers; ‘avery bad specimen of a variety of | 
nest of a Nuthatch in a hole of a tree, the entrance to | depended in an elegant manner : for the richness and size of the | E. Massoni, Fisealled E. Sprengelii; E. mupdula, low, pretty, and 
which, to the depth of more than 2 inches, was pl 7 racemes as well as blossoms, and for the desirable feature of | nicely grown; ‘a new variety of E. Linnaoides, with large, many, 
with le cep us ele Ft , was plastered | 1%; i ndsome on all sides, these two plants were among | and speciosus flowers 5 E. sulphurea, a yellow-flowered sort, of 
M4 clay and small stones, 80 neatly that this barricade | the finest at the exhibition. The Azalea is pointed out, thus spe- | a graceful style of growth; E. mutabilis, a pretty specimen ; 
rane scarcely be distinguished from the neighbouring | cifically, because it was grown in a more ‘ v r 
ark. The opening was thus reduced to less than half its | usual with the members of that genus; it was about three feet | cellent; E. ovata, a good specimen, with small pink flowers ; 
former ive: fanoth h bi uch an abundance of branches, leaves, and flowers, | BE. pinifolia discolor, with the habit of a Pine, cleverly grown ; 
which size 3 above the nest was tau er hole through | tat the eye could not penetrate it from any point. ‘The plan of | and B. cerinthoides, with light hairy leaves, and drooping clus- j 
“hich the rain might enter, put in order to prevent so keeping these plants thus dwarf and compact is unquestionably | ters of bright scarlet blooms, the plant two feet in height. | 
Wnwelcome an intruder our skilful little architect com- | preferable to the more artificial mode of training them to the | From Mr. Green, there were E. Hartnelli, E. persoluta, and aa 
Pletely stopped it up with earth. Wishing to see if the Pont, £0 as to show all their Sowers from one ee Oe ee ee each about two feet high, and in admirable con- j 
bird would rebuild the wall, I destroyed it, and in two principle that a house which is appropriately ornamented on all | dition, From Mr. Dawson, of Brixton Hill, E. pregnans, very i 
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eh afterwards was much gratified to find that it was | and also because itis 
in erected i ras before. Thi ich cann' : 
d in the manner as befor e nest was com- which principal other plants from Mr. Frazer were, Hévea | . odorata rosea ; E. epistomia, good, yellow flowered; E. Hart- 
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Bo: ed va small pieces of the bark of the Beech, rotten | &.,"four fect hfgh, well bloomed, an good health; Pimélea | nelli, a very handsome plant; and E. vestita alba, singularly i 
Teste Neng and contained five nearly-fledged young.— | jinifolia and Janata, each very bushy, and full of pretty white well-bloomed. There was an extraordinary specimen of E. i 
oughton Kingdon Teignmouth. blossom ; doldbium —staurophyllum, four feet in height, | Hartnelli from Mr. Hunt, gr. to Miss Traill; and an excellent 
ob cu each A tf osemely handsome ; Eutaxia myrtifolia, treated as a small | one from Mr. Clarke, gr. to W. Block, ies ttbe- ae 
bs with the branches hanging down, burdened with | climbers, the influence of the “ one-shift” method of potting was i 
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pel Rhododendron tigrinum, somewhat stunted, and there- | conspicuously apparent; more especially in the genera Zichya 
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>»: SNe ee pow naving ‘maller flowers than usual, but splendidly clothed | and Kennédya, the species of which seem to luxuriate and bloom. ! 
Sak first great meeting for the year took place at the Chiswick | with their heads of deep crimson ; Epacris grandifiora, about four | with singular prodigality, under such treatment. Mr. Goode, | 
Arden on Saturday, the 13th. The day was singular! e Chiswick | Pt high, and in beautiful vigour Chorozema macrophylla, ona | who brought @ collection, had Kennédya Marryatte, three feet 
r eee Singularly propitious; | + onis, blooming freely, ‘put too formally trained ; Pimélea decus- | high, fastened to a cylindrical trellis, in the most robust health | 
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in’ previous rains, the lawns, trees, &c. were all 
State of the richest Iuxuriance; while the warmth of an | Sat@ OR 
almost height, and as bushy as possible ; Daviésia lati- | and flowering very regularly all over the trellis; Hardenbérgia : 
wnclouded sun was relieved by a delightfully cooling | folia much improv 
ed by being trained round a barrel-shaped | Comptoniana, supported by a similar trellis, four feet in height, f 
