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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICL 
[JUNE 10, 
for Lord ‘Douglas, Gem, Belansea, Castle Craig, Defiance, Veitch’s 
Conqueror, Les Peel, Emperor, Doctor, Ringleader, England’s 
Defiance, and Asparagus, 1, Mr. Weir; 2, Mr. Ross. 
Cucumbers, ere were presented at this meeting 
some very fine cut specimens of Camellias, Acacia armata, 
Clianthus puniceus, Cinerarias, Fuchsia globosa, Ind Sete 
australis, and a number of other articles by Mr. 
very splendid plant of Tropzolum tricolorum, loade a with 
blossoms, and a large collection of fine Seedling Polyanthuses, 
by Mr. Deans. 
Sandbach Floral and Horticultural Society, May The first 
eeting for the season took place at the Town Hall, when the 
i Be bremien Pan, 1, J. 
. G. Moli-+ 
BS Steele. Flamed 
all; 2, T, Aimson; 4, J. 
ybtasmen 1, W. Latham ; 
ele $6 Bracegirdle. 
Snelson ; 3, T. Aim. 
ed. Roses, 1 and 2, G. 
Wahationes, | J. Bracegirdle ; 
OF § 4 and 5, E. Snelson. Sel 
3, W. G. Molineux. 
Bizarres, 1, V. c. Molineux 
Steele ; 5, W. G. Molineux. Feat. 
3, E. Snelson; 
ayley. 
sagen Dies rand 7 Mello any ae 
, W. Allcock. 3 panenartan, 1,5. Al 
chica 8. Alle Best Pan Pansies, 1 
S. Allcock. Best Pan of e. 1, 
Miscellaneous Plants, land 2, Mis T 
bh aa Fr 
. Snektone 
0 s. ice Apne 1, J. Latha 
J. Plant, Esq. Baking Apples, 1, J. Pla nt, Es 2, 
Esq. Strawberries, Sir J. Broughton. 
Currants, J. Latham, Esq. Musirooms, Sir J. 
Potatoes, 1, J. Allcock; 2, Si ~akoce Bion. 
Kidney coe 
2, R. Percival, Esq. 
» W. Alle Spee aa 
Pelargonium, J. Downing. 
J. Thornhill; 2, J. Cooke Leh 
«i satel Farr. Rhubarb, D. 
J, Paine. 
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5; 2 he All- 
ughton. Rhubarb, 
Onions). Allcock. Cabbage, 
Corracn 
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ip Show, Walton, Derbyshire, May 30.—This show was held 
at ae Tat and Fe; athers Walton, and the following prizes were 
¢ de Lancaster, Mr. Marsden ; 2, 
vaiicabratic, Mr. G. Holmes 4, Deh ances 
, Priestman’s oe Mr. Rod pers 6, Crow’ 
banton, Mr Mars 
. Rodgers ; 3, G I's Patriot, Mr. Rodgers; 4, 
Bowercion, Bova, Mr. tc 5; ania Mr, Rodgers; 6, Lustre 
de Beauté, Mr. Beard; 7, Duc de Savoy, - 
tique, Mr. Mather. Feathered Roses, 1, Lad 
ley ; 2, Lady sehen Mr. Beard; 3 , Mrs. Study, Mth Holmes ; 4, 
Vel fee Mr. Beard; 5, Doolittle, Mr. Beard; 6, Unknown, Mr. 
Holmes ; 7, Rose see t, Mr. , Marsden ; 8, cnoke Royale, Mr. 
Mather. Flamed Roses : anaes Mr. 
fee acs 3, Rose Vesta, wr. Marsden ; 
Lady Barbara, Mr. Maiden 
Mr. Holmes; 7, Lord Hill, Mr. Marsden ; 
Marsden. Feathered Byblemens, 1, Violet 
ington, Mr. Marsden; 3, ; Mr 
kley : & Gay Stella, Mr. 
3 7, Bagot, Mr. Holmes; 8, 
gers. Flamed or blnine. 1, Sable 
Stretton, Mr. Beard; 3, Ward’s King, 
Tulipes, Mr. Beard; 5, Angelina, Mr. 
Marsden ; 6, Violet le fond Noir, Mr. Marsden ; 7,Wolstenholm 
Bybleemen, Mr. Oakley; 8, Pennsylvania, Mr. Marsden. Se: 
mere Breeder, Mr. Beard ; Rose Breeder, Mr. Holmes ; Min 
d@’Or, Mr. Marsden; White Flag, Mr. Mather. 
Rex, Mr. Marsden, ; 2, Mr. 
Warrington Tulip Show, J 19.—At the spring meeting of the 
Warrington Floricultural ie “onticuitora Society, the following 
prizes were awarded for Tulips :—Premier Prize for the best 
Tulip, Bienfait, Mr. a Feather ed hexabves, eS Sultans, Mr. 
Hardy ; 2, Trafalgar, 3, Royal Sovereigi ‘n, 4, San 
By parbesreOutunlcce, 6, Firebr mids Mr, Hardy, Flamed fs pani 
Ly oe Prince, 2, Unknown, Mr. Penketh ; 3, Lustre, 4, Phoeni nix, 
ight’s No. 63 Seedling, 6, Unknown, Mr. Nunnerley. 
Piathesos, Byblomens, 1, Grotius, 2, Bienfait, Mr. Hardy ; 3, Un- 
r. Nu sae # 4, ee Mr. Wilson; 5, Sur, 
6, Buckley’ 's No. 46, Flamed Byblamens a 
Feathered Roses, 1, 
2, Lady Crewe, Mr. Hardy; 3, Walworth, Mr. Wilson ; 
4, Due de Seon Mr. dy; 5, Hero of the Nile, Mr. Bloore 
Dolittle, Mr. Wilson. Flamed Clee 1, Roi de Cerise, Mr. Hardy ; 
2, Triomphe Royale, Mr. ee Lord Hill, ay Bloore; 
4, Unique, Mr. Nunnerley ; Rose! ki ae Mr. Wilson; 6, Count 
ergennes, Mr. Bloore. Pradiets: Biza' Biakapelive; Byble- 
men, Lancashire Hero, Rose, Mrs Mundy, “Mr. Hardy, 
White, Flag, Mr. Bloore; Yellow, Min d’Or, Mr. Hardy. 
NOTICES or NEW PLANTS W HICH ARE EITHER 
SEFUL OR ORNAMENTAL. 
Beconia coccinra. Scarlet- poet Begonia. 
(Stove shrub.) 
Begoniacez. Mo noecia Polyandri 
—This species, now added to 
nurserymen, of Exeter, 
Organ Mountains of Brazil, ne been brought from thence by 
these gentlemen’s collector, Mr. Will! It bloomed 
e, and has again 
flowered early in the present year. Plants still continue in flower, 
and will probably blossom throughout the greater part of the year, 
= is an exceedingly attractive species, growing about 18 inches 
in height, branching liberally, and producing a great quantity of 
its elegantly nodding panicles of flowers. These, and the large 
prominent capsules, being of a bright ep red ec lour, while the 
space between the projecting angles of the 1: ieee a 
almost to white, the whole plant 
species known to us. 
rated pots or vases employed to enliven the greenhouse,—so eh 
during the eats months of the year. For all these purpos' 
for filling boxes to place in balconies, for vases'to stand at the 
top of steps or along balustrades, for elevated stone p 
the Italian style, or rustic wooden b: on lawns, for 
ornamental pots or pans to suspend from the roof, or place on 
the elevated shelves of greenhouses, and even for putting out in 
patches in the front of the commoner borders, or for forming an 
edging by the sides of walks in conservatories—there is hardly a 
prettier or more interesting object in the whole range of easily- 
cultivated flowers of a dwarf character. But the variety at 
present recommended is a yet more enchanting little plant, in 
consequence of its flowers being much larger, and therefore more 
f the original species; and o1 is account 
it has a far more brilliant appearance when in Hosters We met 
with Es last autumn in the nursery of Messrs. Henderson, Pine- 
here it was making a very admirable display in 
These gentlemen, we under: ane obtained it 
from Mr. tee nurseryman, Leyton, Ess is believed to 
it from sced, Whether, however ea accidental 
variation, tiie casually or by good cultare; or whether the 
“whic 
lace, W 
the P3 eenhouse. 
ereat improvement on the poner and better-known sort, and, as 
such, deserve: m the popularity of the species, to be wniver- 
sally puitivatsit: > Peat its low, half-trailing: ‘acter, it is 
peculiarly fitted for planting in very small beds, or particularly 
broad and shallow pots or vases, or for placing round the edges 
or near the margins of larger plots and borders, especially” where 
ed, So that it can hang down over thei 3 
more specifically suggest its being ied as an 
servatory borders that are no! much shaded. 
qT he necessity for something of a lively description in such 
positions must be strongly apparent to the observantly eful, 
and nothing would be more agreeable or showy than the present 
plant. Not knowing its origin, we are not aware whether it can 
be reproduced by seeds. may be increased either by cutti 
in autumn or spring, or By partially covering the more trailing 
shoots with earth in the former season. is not quite hardy, 
and must have the protection of a frame in winter, where it can 
be kept either as large plants for spring propagation, or as young 
autumn-raised stock.—Paxton’s Magazine of Botany 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
TO MAKE A SALAD WORTHY OF A MAN OF TASTE. 
Two boiled Potatoes, strained through | eee sieve, 
Softness and smoothn giv 
Of mordant mustard take a sing 
Distrust the Scant eas that bi 
Yet deem thou man of taste, 
ieaanecacuble quantity of sa 
ra times the spoon with oil of Lucca crown, 
nd twice with Sinevee=-iGcered from town ! 
tree taste requires it, and your Poet begs, 
The pounded yellow of two well-boiled eggs; 
Let Onions’ atoms lurk within the bowl, 
And, scarce suspected, animate the whole; 
And lastly, in the flayoured compound toss, 
magic spoonful of Anchovy sauce. 
Oh, great and glorious ! Oh, herbaceous meat! 
°T would tempt the dying anchoret to eat ; 
Back to the world, he’d turn his weary soul, 
And dip his finger in lad-bowl. 
(Ascribed to the Rev. Sydney Smith.) 
spoon,— 
00 soon,— 
afault, 
Horticultural Society.—Advices' have been received 
from Mr, Hartweg, dated Bogota, 31st March. He was 
at that time on the point of starting for the town of 
Guaduas, a place 5000 feet above the sea, in a thickly 
wooded country, and thence he was to proceed to Cartha- 
gena on his return to England. His collections from 
Popayan and elsewhere filled 14 chests, in which were 
25 species of Orchidacew, several fine plants of Thiebaudia 
floribunda, four boxes of roots and cuttings in_ earth, 
12) kinds of seed, and about 4000 dried specimens. 
The Weather.—We have miserably wet weather, nor 
can it be otherwise if the barometer keeps fluctuating 
between 29 50, and 29 60 deg. It it should mount up to 
30 10, or 30 20 deg. it would more than double the 
power of the atmosphere to dispose of aqueous vapour 
and keep the stratum of air free from clouds from the 
height of 1300 feet to 3000. The temperature of our 
summer months depends mostly on the height of the 
barometer. The whole country is nowa morass, and the 
exhaling foliage of crops, woods, &c. &c. enormous. We 
had yesterday a thunder-storm about noon, preceded by 
so dark a sky that the clergyman could scarcely see to 
read the church service——John Williams, Piimaston, 
June 5, 1843. 
India.—The dates from Calcutta, are 2ist April. A 
meeting had been held at Agra, at which it was resolved 
to establish an Agricultural and Horticultural Society for 
the North West Provinces. Dr. Falconer, the Ls 
tendant of the Government Botanic Gardens, had left 
Bengal in the Tenasserim, on medical certificate.— 
Indian News, 
To Destroy Cock Roaches.—We understand that the 
following method has been successfully practised by 
Messrs. “Loddiges in their hot-houses. One ounce of 
arsenic is mixed with four ounces of tallow, and the 
two are melted together in an earthen pipkin. When 
thoroughly incorporated by stirring, and partially cooled, 
small pieces of wood are dipped in the tallow, which 
forms over them a coating. They are stuck about in the 
pots, when the cock-roaches greedily attack them and 
pe in intere t to 
mn piopegatitie 
the species, common cuttings are employed, aa are treated in 
the ordinary ee eee some be to Beep them from Gre 
ing off. The plant, like most of the c 
large supply of water, though it is sential 
that the drainage be so good as to admit of this fluid passing oft 
a ae Magazine of Botany. 
LIA ERINUS; var. grandiflora, 
(Hae te Perennial. ). Lobeliacee. 
‘ew person: 
Large-flowered Erinus, 
a eee Monandria.— 
ne, or a plo} 
‘den, ia maller vases or Waslesta 
> tis pléamnxe-ecounce as summer ornaments, the 
Parterres of the conservatory, or the superior and deco. 
perish. 
Wheat, 30 Quarte Acre.— Possibility is one 
thing, present practicability another, and while the 
first may be made profitably the object of our endea- 
vours, our Re eee spel be peuaeanly, ee to 
the latter. 
774, by ©. Varlo, Baty are 
féebtded (vol. i. p. 292, ht seq.) a set of experiments 
for determining the space Wheat requires to flourish 
on; and at 9 he concludes—‘* I say one foot square 
will bring 30 ears to maturity from 1 root.” Now, a 
a foot square contains 144 square inches, this allows 
nearly 5 square inches to an ear ; room enough to admit 
a 
and 80-+-270= 21,600 grains, or 3lbs. 13 om per square 
yard. And an acre being a square yards, will 
Ib. 02. Ibs. 
give, at 10 per sai 10 of 484 per qr.=603 per bus 
62 per bus. 
¢ required; the next ques- 
able to produce it? 
consequently, 3 14 per yd., 30 of 494 p 
But this decides only the spac 
tion is, can the lai nd be madé 
Varlo says he has grown @ 
30 roots will not flourish 
that land too highly manured will run the plant away in 
leaf, or even kill the seed. But have we learned enough, 
even yet, of the respective functions of individual manures, 
oe of their mutual reactions when mixed, to know how 
y they may be applied, in due proportions, to regu- 
ae a other 2 Of carbonaceous manure we need not 
fear excess, as Wheat enjoys land containing 10 per cent. 
of humus—muckh more than it can consume.. But excess 
of a ep manure will run it to leaf and straw, whilst 
s of salt and lime will kill the seed. They seem to 
eting or mutually correcting power, and 
if applied in due proportions to supply hs that the plant 
es 1 to regulate each oth operation in ex- 
may ersltety be consider- 
ably increased and their good off cis still more so. Further, 
when the ground is thus made as rich as the seed will bear, 
we can continue to feed and stimulate the growing plant, 
by repeated top-dressings, of which the kinds and quanti- 
ties may be indicated by the state of the vegetation and 
of the season: ammoniacal manures if the plant is thin 
and pale ; old lime, salt, phosphates, &c., if running rank ; 
and so forth. An objection here presents itself of some 
‘ht, viz., that in Belgium, where every article 
carefully preserved, to restore to the soil all 
that is drawn from it, the ‘crops do not approach the 
above computation, nor, indeed, greatly exceed our own 
e. But the question is not one of mere quantity of 
manure, but of most effective application; and the 
Belgian farmer, with all his practical perseverance, has 
little more knowledge of the functions or reactions of the 
different kinds than we have, nor of their mutual correc- 
tive power or proportions. We have reports in the 
© Encyclop. Britan.’’ of 12 qrs. per acre 40 years ago, 
from ground-dr ressing only; a long step in advance from 
our pr resent position ; and more recently 23 qrs.—‘‘ Brit. 
Husb.”’ vol. i. 381. An instance may be quoted in which 
practice has overtaken a computation analogous to the 
above. Last year a farmer of our neighbourhood (Mr. 
Jackson, of Beer) weighed some select Mangel-wurzel 
roots, and measured the space they occupied. This, by 
calculation, gave 80 tons an acre, and he said he would 
rage 
quare foot ; 
not be satistied till he had realised that product. J ex- 
pressed ce whether he must not allow for contin- 
geni F t we now see, in the advertisements of Potter’s 
Artificial Guana, a report of 86 tons Mangel-wurzel pet 
acre. Of Turnips, too, reports have reached me of 50 and 
56 tons Swedes per acre. Of course, the larger the bulb, 
the more it gains in depth as well as in surface, and it is 
an inter esting question how deep our different root-crops 
may advantag sously |penetrate ; and how much deeper 
where the air is drawn down and circulated in the soil 
by under draining, as by this depth the possible amount 
of root crops must be limited. The best proportions of 
inanures can be ascertained only by practice; but that 
** practice” may be guided and forwarded by “ science.” 
The quantities and “best proportions of the materials 
required for feeding the plant may be indicated by com- 
parative analysis of good and bad crops, and those of the 
exciters by the study of their re-actions, with the observa- 
tion of their effects; ‘* practice with acierice ”? may ad- 
vance “surely and not slowly.” It may be objected that 
rops can be obtained upon choice land only. Bul 
inferior land? Mechanically or chemically ? The 
first points out its own emedi and those of the latter 
may be indicated by analysis; the difficulty is that they 
are often too costly. But what would be too costly t? 
bring ‘ poor land ”’ into condition to produce 30 or oo 
15 qrs. of Wheat an acre; or 86 tons of Mangel- wurzZel 5 
or 50 tons of Swede Turnips ; or other crops in Pee 
tion? Where, it may next be asked, are we to get the 
manures? The concentrated and saline manures offer kes 
a new and daily-extending resource; and as they inereas? 
the produce, so more stock will be fed and more yar" < 
dung returned. Green manures may be grown to ploug 
£ 
down, and enrich the land with humus to any €* ee 
and, when of the legumipous kind, with amon 
ae d-dung > 
satvers also, which have most of the effects of yar és 
and with the concentrated manures answer other Pre 
The vast sewerage from towns hak fe 
ss turned to account; the liquid part over and 
adjoining meadows—the solid collected in cess-poo!s, he 
carried to the arable lands. ‘Lime is abundant pele 
If judiciously employed, each to the best alae 
shall probably haye manures enough, not only to ee 
our produce from year to year, but to get our ie Ne 
better and better heart, and our farmers and hus rid 
men too. In what degree these speculations may ne what 
ised time must show. Limiting our expectations sot, ott 
appears probable and practicable, why aioe ed been 
object and aim be the utmost possible? ae mayo 
may be again. What one foot /as produced ano Repel 
But what is to be done for the farmer while t 55 
progress? While the grass grows the horse Havin will 
present prices, and with present produce, Adil rd8y 
not pay its way. Let me, then, suggest to me ild not 
whether, instead of abating their rents, ae cen= 
better to return an equivalent proportion in ag erase 
irated manures, with plain directions for their use, ae 
air and fact for eee it; and 30-++-9=270 ears per 
square yard. Now, a fine ear of Wheat (we are talking 
of possibilities) will yield 80 grains weight of corn; 
clear and authentic accounts of their advantages. A 
would probably benefit the farmer in his neat cro, Da, 
or three times the amount, and much more prospec 
