1843.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
695 
&e. &e. Cacti: ist prize, ze, Messrs. Cels, for a ‘large collection, 
containing 120 varieties of setae spas , Mammil- 
aria, &e., among which were some e specimens of aula- 
cogonus, cornigerus, erinaceus, Sele oath formosu! a tor- 
se marum, cirrhifera, eee “caput Med use, 
Spinosi: ima, “and senilis ; 2d_ prize, M. Mos este Guerin, for 50 
vars. of sand roses in pots, Ast 
Bourbons, and 
h brid, among Wien Wwerskcorrertoler ably | niga of Clara 
vi le Octavie, Carmin d’Yebles, General Sayez, aan 
derie, La Pootole; Barbot, am somone de Ja Guillot iere, 
Comte Pa S, 
Arance de Navaro, ‘Triomp Reine ealototia? 
Manzcais, Thérése Isabelle, Gone ain, ; Bringe Charles, Docteur 
Roques, pees omice de S! ty et Marne, Grand ne 
Rivers, ¢ Albert and ntine. gnd prize, M. Levéque, 
jeties:, Cut Roses, 60 varieties, 1st prize, M. Gauthier, 
ir Hines Albert, Comte de Paris, Madame Laffay, Bernard, 
Coquette de Montmorency, Fa cieencnounsere ‘Joséphine, 
mélie Duval, Gloire de Guerin, Belle Fabert, Reine Victoria, 
Louis Bonaparte, Isaure, Fulgorie, Luxembourg, Aurore, Héléne, 
Bougére, Lamarque, Patil seph, Madame De se te 
Floce, Comice de Sein et Marne, Janne Desp , Docter 
Roques, Emile Courtier,  simée Vibert, aa 
gottin, for 30 varieties. Seedling Rose, 1st prize, M. atte, OE 
Hybrid Perpetual, La Reine. Neriums, 1st prize, M. Mabire, for 
album duplex, atropur) pureum odoratissimum (very fine), nigrum, 
hae iosum, candidissimum, cupreum, elegans, grandiflorum 
um, teavaciamae Mabirii, ochroleucum, purpureum plenum, 
Fond grandifiorum, - splendens coccineum, macrophyllum, 
Maximum, splendidissimum, striatum plenum, venustum and 
puniceum. Dahilias in pots, 1st prize, M. Barbier; gnd prize, M. 
1 these collections were poor, the varieties Bene 
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New Pi Plants, Biteee to M. T hibaut, for PI 
Pripedium barbatum, Griffinia purpurascens, Pitcairnia punicea, 
Dio Ou sou TgAt Begenia manieata, and hydrocotylifolia, Prize 
to M. Salter, for pe pe a, and two seedling 
Fuchsias, Aviat and Le Chino! 4 Asters, prize to M. 
Pansart, for 25 varieties, very poor. eansiae prize to M. Ma- 
varieties, every one of which (excet 
Chandlerii) is now cast aside by English growers as worthles 
ora nge ena HON sives tite plant, ay 
phe its straggling h: 
erits.— Paris, a0¢h Septeniber 5 
BLOAT? RUA SOCIETY. 
Oct, 3.—Several Da ; were placed on the table for exhi- 
bition and judgment. Beis blooms of a very pretty Dahlia of 
@ peculiar Tose. colour, named Espartero, from Mr. Bragg, ©: 
Slough; it was pronounced a good 2nd class ie 
size, good general form, with the centre well up, but rot well 
defined. Six fine blooms of Brown’s vabnael 3 a Paaaie and light 
Shaded conc obs much improved ee a Ae exhibitic De Sixteen 
blooms of Bushell’s Emma; the petals of this flower are too 
pointed, but thoi second rate, re will ohn 
and colour, be da useful and ornamental v 
Rival was aiso bited, and though condemne¢ it by the eee 
last season from Phaving ‘been shown in a bad state, proves under 
better aia eae At bea flower of better properti than was 
anticipated. 'y fine Bipot of Reh 's Nonpareil was placed 
on the table, are in promises to a flower of first. 
tion. An extuortinas y bloom i Soieness for and purity of 
white surpassing eve pie pecimen we had previously seen. It is 
evident this is a late fi Hout er, as We noticed last season, and it is 
h inferior to Antagonist, particularly ir 
will often be found usefal to London grower: 
Several Seedlings of the present season were sent, but not con- 
sidered sufficiently good to report on, 
SURREY FLORISTS’ SOCIETY, WALWORTH. 
rept. eae this Dahlia Show the public were gamed 
gratuitor The prizes are confined to its memb and 
divided Tite classes, according to the number of Santa aieea 
Yy each member and distance from the place of exhibition. 
The pollava prizes woe awarded: — Growers UNDER 40 
Pranrs, (6 blooms): 1, Mr. Sparrow, for Sir F. Johnson, In- 
dispensable, ie Princess “Real, Bridesmaid, Maria, Scarlet 
efiance; 2, Mr. Nokes, for Regina, Metella, Countess Pem- 
broke, Eva, Exquisite, Hope, ‘Triumph; hant 3, fe 
Metella, un iey, Ansell’s Queen, Hope, 
Princess Royal; 4, Mr. eae for Metella, De 's Prince of Wales, 
Ne plus Ultras cyclops Hon. bbott, Hope; 5, Mr. Wickes, 
for D.’s Prince of Wales, Rerinas Rouge et Noir, Pi ckwiek, 
Countess Peninrcke; Waatieuehes Eclipse. 
Prayrs, (9 blooms): 1, Mr. Fivash, ah Bedford Surprise, ie 
Wick, D.’s Prince of Wales, Ne plus Ultra, Sir F, Johnson, Unique 
President of the West, Coronal, eeajasESIED 2, Mr. Collins, for 
EEG 
obnson, Bedford Surprise, Eva, 
e West, ere 
Prince of Wales, Angell’s Queen, Ne pints, Unique, Beauty of 
i He Princess Royal, La 
Daring, Eva, Pet Rival, ‘Hero of Stonehenge, 
ew 's Queen, Attila, ‘Smith? a aes of Wellington, Nichi 
Niekicby Tennineon Rose. Our- s AMATEURS, (12 blooms) : 
1, Mr, Meade, for Vivid, Queen of ‘rms Bine Bonne “cing 
Prince of Wales, s, Miss Chester, Ei 
Detual Grand, Unique,Cyclons, Db? earine’ of Wales, A aa "Stopford; 
2, Mr, Cook, for Blue Bonnet, Burnham Hero, Queen of Trumps, 
Mrs, Shelley, Chieftain, eee ES A Adm, Stopford, Gee 
leugh’s ‘Tournament, D Wales, Sure Enough, Doda’ 
Favourite, Essex ‘Trium: GENTLEMEN'S ‘ARDENERS a2 
Dlooms) ; 1, Mr. Birchett, Hor Burnham Hero, Bridesmaid, Dodd’s 
rinee of Wales, Be Princess Royal, Maid of Bath, Pickwick, 
Essex Triump Phy Richardson, Knockholt Rival, Widnall’s 
Queen, 4 Bieprords Beauty Cy 2, Mr. 
Optime, Adm. Stopford, W.’s Que 
las Nickleby, Berpetaal, Grand Headley’s Penelope, Indispen- 
Sable, Bedford Surprise, Maid of Bath, Le Grand Baudine, Dodd's 
Favourite, Nurs: =RY MEN acs blooms): Mr. Back. Crass 
pine for Empress of White ; a) 
ae for Bi: HAIGH. Suur 
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Umph ; 3, Mr, ‘Stein, for seston Se ea, \ Sparrow, for Se 
F. Johnson; 5, Mr. Back, ellow, Mr. su 
Well, for Prince of Aye 
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VEN py MEMBERS tee white), M 
Meade, for Blue Monnet 
nee of Wales, “Adm, Sto topfor 
Mr, Perry, fer Maria, Aes Queen, Bridesmaid, Cyclops, Pick: 
Wick, D: '§ Prince of Wales. ae plooms): Mr. Cook, Queen of 
Trumps, Le Grand Baudi Cs T 
eu ringfield Purple, ea vouite e, “Per! petual Grand, Mrs, 
Shi 
D.’s Prince of Wales, W.’s Queen, Springfield Rival, Aarons 
r4 Bromelia cae besides being of a greater size. 
EDLING 1842 (four PAOHINE a Mr. Bushell, for Emma; 2, 
Stein. SxeEpr1iNe, 1843 (one bloom): 1, Mr. Procter 
BushelJ. A fine collection a miscellaneous Plants were exhi- 
bited by Mr. C, Smith, gr to J. Townley, Esq. 
NOTICES or NEW PLANTS WHICH ARE EITHER 
USEFUL OR ORNAMENTAL. 
HMBA FU’ LOBNS< Pan Se vered ichmea. (Slove 
nogynia. — This 
showy plant, which is pr obably one af the finest and best of the 
fugéne Melinon, 
Cayenne, in South America, ‘where he was curator of some public 
garden. was brought from Paris to the collection of H 
Grace the Duke of Devonshire, “Chatsworth, by the same indivi- 
It 
has not since bloome 
is now producing, blossoms are again expected ear lhe Nn the pre- 
sent month (September). js not so straggling as many plants 
of this yeas ; and the flower-spikes are more compact ets usual, 
while the ssess the brilliant colours common to many 
Scarlet and bine, 
both very deep and rich, arethe principal tints in them. Beyon 
its more pleasing proportions, however, and showier inflores- 
cence, it ‘promises to a more manageable piant than most of 
its allies in point of culture, Si eat to bloom with considerable 
freedom. 3 grows vigorously ina light and sandy, yet rather 
rich soil ; mee compost of open loam and leaf-mould, in equal 
aOMORETEN would doubtless be very aus ple. It is necessary 
O water it very sparing! torpid state; though it 
requires a tolerable share of flu epaane growing, and should be 
freely syri n. ged. The best eh ae treating it in the summer, is, 
most like ‘o plunge the pot containing it i in a bark or shes 
bed, supplied with bottom-heat. Being, in all probability, 
tially epiphytal, it would no doubt succeed in a suspended b asad 
filled with etter very turfy loam or heath-mould, or moss, and 
watered liberally during the growing season. It would have a 
more Sihteresan aspect: in this condition; and a better ach 
tunity would be given for keeping it biropeny dry in winter. 
the last-named circumstance its ering must gr reatly dona 
Suspended amongst Orchidacez, it, pape help 
agreeable diversity in the house. The plant is propagated by 
suckers, which it throws up freely, in tee manner of the Pine- 
apple; to which, in fact, it is related, and would do with similar 
r eneri¢ name is taken from aichme, a point; 
the calyx of the flowers having very rigid points.—Pawton’s 
Maguzine of Botany. 
Br’RBeris pu'Lcrs. Sweet-fruited ae (Hardy Ever- 
green Shru Berberaceee. Hexandria. onogynia 
object in introducing this beantifel | shrub, which has now been 
in the country about thirteen yea e Aaah how very orna- 
mental it is when pore with its, an e fruit, and to press 
our readers to als vate it more, with a vey Pe ie production of 
BIA nt is an evergreen shrub, of a rigid habit, 
sometimes Reinine the pele of 4 or 5 feet, but more generally 
keeping about 3 feet high. Its branches are a little inclined to 
urn downwards fey ee the top, and bear a considerable num- 
nes, with clusters of small foliage. The flowers issue 
from amidst the tufts of leaves, and are poten drooping on long 
stalks, large, bright deep yellow, ane 2 anded than As 
some other species. They are suc pelea By fine roundish bi 
ries, of a Het purple tint. The Sees appear from March no 
June, and the berries ripen in August. When ripe, the latter 
have’a most delicious flavour; and they are used, both in the 
Breen and ripe state, for making . arts and preserves, which are 
aid to be excellent, in the nat country of the plant. It isan 
inhabitant of the Straits of M aetna) ind, in Britain, is entire! 
whatever about its culture 
It seems to thrive best, how- 
slants are most readily Satie 
either by seeds or suckers, both of which are borne profusely 
Aithongh by no means ase iar in regard to situation, it 
is plenty of light and Towards the 
isa fit place ey it; but it deserves 
to be planted ona n, and Scanned | orm a spreading 
push. To promote this object, the soil 1 ba at is put should 
be well turned up and lightened ecoes tt d; and, if 
unsuitable, some fresh loam should be ar naa for it. It 
not thrive well in a wet or low locality.—Paaton’s Magazine of 
Botany. 
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MISCELLANEOUS, 
To make British Champagne.—To 1 pint of Gi rapes 
(when picked and bruised) add 1 quart of water; let it 
stand 24 hours, then strain it, and to every gallon of 
liquor put 331bs. lump-sugar. Tun it the following a 
and bang an ounce of isinglass in the cask ; in two or 
three days stop it down close—bottle it as soon as the 
aweetness is spe, mn 
Wh ~—In the “Philosophical Transactions,” 
vol. Wiii., is a paper by Se C. Miller, upon the same sub- 
ject as that which has lately engaged the attention of Mr. 
‘Archdale{Palmer (p. 659). As the matter is likely to give 
rise to some discussion, we think it right to reprint the 
substance of it:—‘¢In consequence of Dr. W.’s desire, 
Mr. Charles Miller informed him, that having made, in 
the autumn of 1765, and in the spring of 1766, an experi- 
ment of the division and transplantation of Wheat, by 
which near 2000 ears were produced from a single grain ; 
and he having reason to think, from the success attending 
this experiment, that a much greater quantity might be 
produced, he determined to repeat the experiment next 
year. Accordingly, on the 2nd of June, 1766, he sowed 
some grains of the common red Wheat, and on the 8th of 
August, which was as soon as the plants were strong 
enough to admit of a division, a single plant was taken 
up and was separated into 18 parts. Each of these parts 
was planted again separately. These plants having pushed 
out several side shoots avout the middle of September, 
some of them were then taken up and divided, and the 
rest of them between that time and the middle of Olaianse 
This second division produced 67 plants. These plants 
remained through the winter, and another division of 
them made between the middle of March and the 12th of 
April, produced 500 plants. They were then divided no 
further, but permitted fo remain. The plants were in 
eneral stronger than any of the Wheat in the fields. 
Some of them produced upwards of 100 ears from a single 
root. Many of the ears measured seven inches in length, 
and contained between 60 and 70 grains. The whole 
number of ears, which by the process before mentioned 
were produced from one grain of Wheat, was 21,109, which 
jelded three pecks and three quarters of clear corn, the 
weight of which was 47lb. 7oz.; and from a calculation 
made by counting the number of grains in one ounce, the 
whole number of grains might be about 576,840. By this 
account we find that there was only one general division 
r. | of the plants made in the spring. 
Had a second been 
made, the number of plants, Mr. Miller thinks, would 
have amounted at least to 2000 instead of 500, and the 
produce have been much enlarged ; for he found by the 
experiment made the preceding year in which the plants 
were divided twice in the spring, that they were not 
weakened by the second division. He mentions this to 
show that the experiment was not pushed to the utmost. 
The ground in which this experiment was made is a light 
blackish soil, on a gravelly bottom, and consequently a 
bad soil for Wheat. One half of the ground was very 
much dunged, the other half was not prepared with dung 
or any other manvre: no difference was, however, dis- 
coverable in the vigour or growth of the plants, nor was 
there any in their produce. 
Instance of ihe Sagacity of Bees—A few pounds of 
honey had been taken from a hive (about six miles from 
London), and placed in a closet, under lock and key. The 
windows of the room having been left open, the Bees 
obtained admission, and entering the closet under the 
door, removed the whole of the honey The ceils of wax 
were left entire, and the honey was conveyed to the cen- 
tral division of the hive, where it was safely deposited in 
the course of the day. It is evident that spies must have 
been employed to observe where the honey was placed, 
and that as soon as the information was communicated to 
the hive, the swarm took this vigorous measure for the 
recovery of the stolen property. It is remarkable that 
they should have succeeded so completely and in so short 
a time, since the closet was entirely dark, and they could 
only enter by a crevice under the door.— Pharmaceutical 
Journal, 
GARDEN MEMORANDA. 
enene or Gardens. ent exertion is making to get the beds 
on eithe: e of the long walk, eek for: a in these gardens, 
cov hay w ith flowers, a 20% to th Jampton Court Palace, 
1000 F Petunias, Verbenas, 
and ‘Ansgallis, have been purchased; besides 2000 Pelargoniums 
and about 1000 Petunias and Verbenas, which have been contri- 
buted by private individuals. Mr. Henderson, of Pe Apple Place, 
has iiberally supplied some ofthese gratuitous! ali is about 
half a mile in length, with a border on each 
gules agreat many plants to cover such an extent. 
la m ithe e Serpentine are about to be made permanent and 
éehaméntal; which will produce a qaeasins Neniehy of scenery, 
and ee 60 EG rably to the beauty of the 
of the trees and shrubs has ee as was an ie steed, a beneficial 
effect oe n th © public mind, wakening a oes Se ay 
and exciting a taste for Betanival ate Horticaltnral pu 
much so that gentlemen go direct from. these Ge 4 
nurseries, with their lists made out from their own ini spection 
Holme Garde ns, near Inver re hi a the wisdom of 
old Monkha: sage advice, “be ye aye na tree, itll 
grow when ye are sleepin’? been lustrated 
than in the valley of theriver Nairn, irc i 
confin! ant ee lode Moers Irecoll 
ban ling n we 
hey apa roe cm, Jur 
natural coverin nd the hnge ro ie 
cially on abe e sout ties side, were but part 
is. Now, the whole country face’ pre 
ge of € ‘orm 21 c 
s in Vallambrosa, 
but ccedslantl Baost of the elegant chateaux 
ravock, Holme, end Cantray. Indeed, so rapid 
spring up in this climate, that those planted fo 
shut out the: sun and breezes 
ee es grounds; and such is alread begi: 
o, though the walls are pete v 
n inclosed above 20 ye 2 
acres of a Jevel terrace-bank 3 the north side of the gnees pose 
the surface is thus. beautifully exposed to the sun; 
pape ge uals e. ight, perhaps, be Baty ines 
ing ban ke declming OW the 
t the Holme ae dens iaa the 
atmost pre fusi sion of Prite an Vegetables, and ‘that, c 
is experienced in ee ae, to perfection all the varieties grown 
ots of donns in this coun ee ie 
eat present ace - 
bletdresque cand interesting ipesie ot haugh ground, close to Ee 
dge, 
ee 
nd between it an U 
they are oe eably, sheltered, ae look out upon the river, which 
Sweeps alongs either gurgling over a rough pebbly bed, or repos- 
ing in deep quiet linns, which form ‘excellent salmon pools. 
xtended a great way along the river’s bank, 
jed and ce peeps of the ay and of the 
forest glades; and t ward they peer in front of the 
ae house, x es n Grassy park, 
fa arly 5! S. 
course, carte on ud in bets, fancy figures cut out in the turf, and 
masses, which rly becoming richer and sey effective. 
Se, ger ast quantities of fine 5 Dlanth, Cree Petun As = 
pes ay Lobe! HEN ianthi, Calceol ties entste- 
eene Dae! Roses, F a ral of them 10 feet high, and 
including the Fuchsia corymbifiora, ty which I noticed one spe- 
y 20 large fetes s of its splendid flowers, con. 
een 700 and 800 tubes), and d all the usual half- hardy 
and many rare and delicate ones. The Car- 
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taining bet 
Herbaceous = plant 
Ani 
@ irch, and Alder trees. The range of lass hones 
oe ae oh “about 100 feet, divided into fe oa nee 
- In the first I noticed nothing remarkable, 
except the perfect healthiness of the Vines, and that by an inge- 
nious but simple contrivance a great force of water, duly tem- 
pered, can at any t jme be turned upon every stem and leaf in the 
pipes: Tt is in the stove and greenhou Bed t 
e’s pet plants are to be seen, and certainly, both for the 
eet bloom, and the rarity and Beaty of many of the speci- 
mens, they afford a treat not often to be enjoyed in this country. 
Due care has been observed not to have the glass frames too 
high, so that none of the plants seem wire-drawn or unnatural 
in their Lee ae but ae bushy, and ‘ous. 
‘The blow of Pelargoniums u 
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much strack with the stateline: 
the new! er V 
and tee me beauty of some - 
oes the Queen, Princes , Prince of Wales, 
« Tcour ated nearly 3 y 
cl Venus i: 
eee dids and Ep: Sy 
and Chorone mas, W. ait ae ane Balsai 
i collection of Stove piants ie teen 
avai ‘as to beanty andrea 0 give 
genera’ of ean contents, I need only menti sens 
pulbosa, Misvaliegeneee Ceropegias, four Gioxin aia, eri cieies 
Euphorbia les 
and pretty Creepers 
formed w’ ne ‘much ¢ 
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