CHRONICLE. 
1843.] THE GARDENERS 775 
: FL ae Eee ————— = ee ————— ner ~ a 
7 rosea, V. alba, Brugmansia arborea; 2, Mr. Wren, gr to e- | (and it is highly deserving of general favour) to guard against | course suspected. +. Ski f = “ 
: open, V. alba, BrGeman se era rea) Av pedunenlata, Hoya car- | the error of forcing it in any way, or they will Inevitably Gotis:'| gone Geerinreas: ae sa uel eerie a ae 
nosa, Coelogyne fimbriata, Vinea alba, ‘Thunbergia alata, alba, | appointed in it. Paaton's Magazine of Botany. iol Hi upply of plants, for the authenticity 0 
- Fuchsia blanda ; y Calver; 4, Mr Tucker. Collection of | “ERvTHROCHITON BRASILIENSIS. ‘Brasilian Red-coat. (Stove | Wile e vouched ; but these were scarcely settled in the 
7 Fuchsias; 1, Mr Cockburn, for Standishii, formosa elegans, Series pues: Ree Monogynia.— This se ay is pene oe of C. ventricosum were again produced. 
ated by Messrs. Nees an: artius to form a small tree, at the Yr inner bei i F, e A 
d 3 Saeed oy MG Heh with the habit of a Theophrasta, the stem is } being then on th Be ere key the third time, and 
s altogether unbranched, and has long leathery leaves collected at 8. € point of returning to this country, deter- 
mined to take one of the plants under his special protec- 
tion during the voyage, which flowering on the passage, 
Turner, Esa. 
i Towards, Moneypennii, racemifiora, Invincible, fdlgens, Atkin: | spicuous for their large red. cal rt ich ci s Hats 
- ‘ay c » 8 a yxes, from which circumstance uw pasty 
Sonii; globosa tasjon formosa. elegans, King. Specimen Plant, | the name has been contrived. 1% is ‘said to inhabit close shady seemed to precl ie te possibility of further confusion or 
» 1, Mr Tucker, for Fuchs bosa major; 2, Mr Cockburn, for places in the virgin woods of Brazil, preferring a granitic soil ; It At produced at sea were 
Mimosa prostrata; 3, Mr Wren, for Gesnera splendens; Bal- | especially near the Presidio of St. John the Baptist, in the pro- exhibited, and the plant itself placed in the stove at Knyp- 
sams, 1, Mr Puryer; 2, Mr Goulding. 6 Cockscombs, 1, Mr Pipe; | vince of Mines. It is one of those fragrant trees ‘of the tropics | ersley, where it commenced growing with the utmost 
; 2, Mr Paryer. 24 Heurtsease, Mr Pipe; 12 do., 1, Mr Cooper; 2, | whose foliage is filled with a sweet volatile oil, like that of the | yj our. The season of flowering soo b 
; Mr ‘Ticker; 8, Mr Calver. "36 China Asters, 1, Mr Pipe; 2, Mr | Orange, and whose aromatic tonic bark is valuable as a remedy Cashes ethe'y g soon arrived, but brought 
: Tucker. Devicein Flowers, 1, Mr Goulding; 2, MrFranklin. 24 | for the fevers of such countries. The genus is, indeed, very near with it a recurrence 0 the former scene of astonishment 
; Palitas, Mr Pipe, for Essex Triumph, Perpetual Grand, Princess | Galipeo, one of whose species furnishes the Angostura bark of and vexation ; for the blossoms, instead of those of the 
; oyal, Prince of Wales, Admiral Stopford, Antagonist, North medicine,— Botanical Register. coveted novelty, were not distinatehalieae Gincaie: ole 
C. ventricosum. These were still hanging to the stem 
when the inexplicable plant sent forth a spike of a totally 
different character, and which was, in fact, precisely simi- 
lar to the specimens gathered in Guatemala, and to those 
produced on the voyage. It is, at present, impossible to 
attempt any explanation of so strange a phenomenon, 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
ene Education. — Dr. Schleiden and Dr. Ernst 
Schmid, of Jena, are about to establish a physiological 
practical school. After the examples of similar institu- 
Hero, Mrs Richardson, Suffolk Hero, Confidence, Girling’s Prince 
cease f Maria, Le Grand Bau- 
dine, Fanny Keynes, Andrew Hofer, Indispensable, Tournament, 
i arling, Widnall’s 
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Ree Beoplin’s Bloomsbury, Burnham Hero, Regina) Ree tions at Breslau, Rostock, and Gottingen, they offer the }  ¢ 
Gemece Noir, Harrison’s Coronation, Dov TORE Lady | Tequisite means of instruction to physicians, scientific | especially on the supposition that the two forms of flower 
a Middleton, Argo, President of the West; 12 do., Mr Smith, gr. to land-stewards, or apothecaries, who interest themselves in | are analogous to the male and female blossoms of other 
| Lord Tenterden, Perpetual Grand, Prince of Wale ‘Antagonist, | the study of physiology. tribes, for C. ventricosum alone not unfrequently perfects 
seeds.” The plant here alluded to is a Cycnoches, which 
| at one time bears large green flowers in a short spike, with 
broad flat sepals and petals, and a convex, white, ovate, 
undivided labellum ; andat another produces small, black- 
ish, simple flowers in a very long drooping spike, with 
narrow sepals and petals rolled back upon the stalk, and 
a circular purple labellum, with the edge broken up into 
Bickes’ Method of ‘Seed-sowing.—The Frankfort Horti- 
cultural and Agricultural Institution has given notice that 
the discovery of Mr. Bickes, of cultivating the earth with- 
out manure, has not at all answered there after the most 
careful experiments during the last few years, whether 
applied to vegetables or flowers. 
"Death of Drejer—The German papers state that this 
botanist died last year, in Copenhagen, from taking strong 
snuff mixed with lead. 
Natural Curiosity.—Lately, while the workmen of 
r. Harvey, of Glasgow, were cutting a log of Honduras, 
‘of about 19 feet long and 22, inches in diameter, they were 
surprised to find, in the very centre of an otherwise 
excellent piece of wood, about 15 feet from the root, a 
Noir, Exquisite, Suffolk Hero, Prince 
| of Wales, Ansell’s Unique, Nicholas Nickleby, Conqueror of the |, 
Ermcess Royal, Ansell’s Unique, Suffolk Hero, y Rivs 
Vhecter’s Maria, Topaz, Neville’s Hope, Le Grand Baudine, En- 
chantress, Branch Hill Riva 
yellow or pale orange-coloured flowers, which have arich brown- 
ish or dark sanguine blotch at the base of each petal. Its pleasing 
takes current respecting the kind of heath-soil which is used for 
finc-rooted plants, ‘That black, fibreless, close, and sandy bog- 
earth which is often employed, is the very worst of all soils for 
any plant that is tender. A very open, fibrous moor-soil, how- 
ever, of a brown colour, and almost free from sand, is unquestion- 
ably suitable for such species as this ; though a little light loam or 
Jeaf.mould should be mingled with it. With such a compost, 
well drained, the plant will not fail either in a pot or the open 
border. It is extremely sensiti » wet, and especial caution 
should be exercised in erving it from undue dampness. 
Treated in this way, if the shoots are pegged down in winter, it 
will form a fine spreading bush, and may be incre either by 
layers or cuttings. ‘The latter strike freely in spring, if managed 
like those of the China Roses. Itis quite hardy on a well-drained 
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of multiplying itself. 
always be cut off immediately, shortening the stem which bears 
& y s a good succession of 
lossom will be kept up, and the plants will be maintained in 
SxInNERI. Mr. Skin (Hardy 
Herbaceous Perennial.) Ranunculacce, Polyandria Pentagynia. 
—In the Botanical Magazine” it is stated that this fine species 
G. U. Skinner, Esq., from Guate- 
ens at Woburn for the first 
time. Its most prominent characteristics are the great length of 
Was sent to Woburn Abbey by 
hollow of 4 feet long by 9 inches wide, and tapering down 
towards the bottom. In the centre of this space they 
were still more astonished to discover what had been an 
entire hive of bees, with plentiful remains of bees, bees’- 
wax, and a number of large cells, in each of which the 
honey, in a solid state, something similar to the kernel of 
a nut, is still entire. 
Harvey paid attention to cut the log’carefully around, and 
fairly inclosed by the growth, and their industry put an 
end to for ever. Very little seems to be known of the 
age of the mahogany, but we should suppose that the tree 
in question may be about 300 years old.— Constitutional. 
“ Prussian Collections.—Dr. Troschel, a young and 
clever Berlin Naturalist, is appointed to be sent to 
California, at the cost of the Prussian Government ; he 
will shortly embark at Hamburgh. 
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intended for the culture of Orchidaceous plants, at the 
expense of 2,000 rix-dollars at the most. 
are to be taken from the surplus income of the University 
for the present year, or, in case of necessity, from that of 
next year.—Hamburgh Correspondenten. 
/ Botanical News.—We learn from Geneva that De 
Gandolle’s 8th vol. is all printed except the last sheets of 
which close the volume. It 
go on printing as soon as the 8th is done; it will contain 
Gentianex, Bignoni: , Convolvul Boragi 3 the 
10th will-include Dunal’s Sol and Bentham’s Scro- 
phulariacez, and arrangements are made for the printing 
0 on without interruption from one volume to 
another. Six new parts of Blume’s Rumphia, viz., from 
xxv. to xxx. arejust published. Mr. Griffith has reprinted, 
jn the Calcutta Journal of Natural History, Jack’s de- 
scription of Malayan plants, arranged according to their 
natural order. From Dr. Grisebach we have the first part 
ofhis Spicilegium Flore rumelice. Professor de Vriese has 
translated Lindley’s Theory of Horticulture into Dutch, 
under the title of Grondbeginselen der Horticultuur ; and 
has added some chapters on the importation of plants 
jon countries, especially the East Indies, on 
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the spurs in the flowers, the protrusion of the stamens, and the 
brilliant red colour of the lower part of the flower-spurs. It 
Yanks with the admirable A. glandulosa among the best members 
©. ‘Having, in some places, been very improperly 
treated, by being placed in a stove or warm greenhouse, and 
forced too early into flower, its appearance in afew of the London 
Collections this year has been far from favourable or natural, 
he flowers have been much impoverished in regard to size, an 
altogether deprived of that splendid colour which constitutes 
N on 
is the open ground. Although the species seems to be purely 
hardy, and will therefore attain its best character in a sunny 
AENDS it should be kept ina peculiarly light and airy situation 5 
be unless it be grown in a cool place, it will bloom too soon to 
loom finely, and without plenty of sun its glowing hues willde. 
8cnerate into something very little better than a dingy compound 
Tt can be multiplied freely by division, 
Possibly, also, it will 
ne south; and, should 
poe be the case, the means for a very abundant increase will be 
furnished, We recommend all those who cultivate the plant 
from foreign 
the cultivati hry amellias, Cacti, &c., 
and on the laws of hybridizing. A thick 4to., with 80 
plates, illustrating the Algaceous order, has appeared from 
the hand of Dr. Kutzing. The fourth volume of Kunth’s 
Enumeratio, containing ‘Xyridese, Mayacese, Commelinee, 
Pontederiace, Melanthaceze, Liliaceze, Asphodelev, has 
many fingers, @ lancet-shaped appendage at the point, 
anda kind of horn springing from the middle. These 
things are SO totally different, that notwithstanding the 
strange sportings represented at fol. 1951 of this work, 
and the unquestionable authority of Mr, Bateman, there 
totally different flowers could have been borne by one and 
the same plant. But what is impossible in Nature ? 
the 15th of September last, I received from Robert Stey~ 
ner Holford, Esq-, of f t 
Gloucestershire, 2 flower-spike bearing flowers of Cycno- 
ches ventricosum, and C. Egertonianum intermived ; it 
was exhibited at a meeting of the Horticultural Society, 
and [| now produce a figure of it. The plant which bore 
this specimen had been purchased by Mr. Holford, of 
e 
The Vagaries of Flowers.—‘' Strange things,” says 
Mr. Bateman, in his magnificent work on Orchid 
—now, alas ! concluded, * and no less strange than thes 
have already been yecorded of Orchidaceous plants ;” = 
the case which is rey ted in t panying plate 
casts into the shade all former frolics of this Protean tribe. 
The facts are briefly as ‘ollow :—“ Among Mr. Skinner’s 
earliest Guatemala collections, attention was particularly 
directed to the specimens of a plant which to the habit of 
a Cycnoches joined the long pendulous stems of a Gongora, 
and for the possession of which, in a living state, no small 
anxiety was entertained.” Some plants were speedily 
transmitted by Mr. Skinner, but these, on flowering, proved 
to be merely the old C, ventricosum. 
A mistake was of 
Messrs. Rollissons of Tooting, as Cyenoches ventricosum. 
Here it will be seen that fig. 2 is nearly Cycnoches ventri- 
cosum, but its lip is here and there raised into warts, 
which are the beginning of the lobes of C. Egertonianum, 
and, moreover, some of the dark purple of the latter is 
appearing at the base of the column and the tips of the 
sepals, At fig. 3 the purple of Bgertonianum is displacing 
the green of ventricosum, the sepals are rolling back, and 
the labellum is almost wholly changed, but the sepals are 
still those of C. yentricosum. At figs. 4 and 5 the trans- 
formation is complete. Another curious point in this 
instance is that the transformations occur in no certain 
order. ‘The lowest. flower on the spike, No. 1, is more 
