414 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
month comes into the hands of Mr. Chadwick, the builder. | consideration of our practical readers, some of whom } wind, and a day of incessant drizzling 
New roads, streets, &c. &c. are talked of, but I am sure | may possibly be able to account for so singular a failure.] | *°5"f, no desree remarkable. On looking over some of the ) 
were ‘Ades to see the place ei now He Sgt iat ed collections, we could not discover a single. specimen deserving 
roups of the finest trees—Cedars, I should think, two of notice. Others, however, contained much more meritorious 
Cintatiee old, and shrubberies, all in the utmost vigor, you PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. objects, and a few comprised beautiful and finely-grown plants. 
i Y id ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. The lovely Phalcenopsis amabilis was about the rarest and most. 
would agree with me in thinking that to doom so sweet a| Ara Monthly Council held at_the Society’s house in Hanover valuable plant shown, This was from Mr. Cox. Gloxinia 
place to bricks and mortar, and level to the ground the | Square, on the 7th of June, the Parl of Hardwicke, President, in | macrophylla variegata, a handsome variety, with proad leaves 
growth of centuries, must amount to a sin almost, ‘and I | the chair, 18 gentlemen were elected Members of the Society. | which have white ribs and rich purple flowers, was in a collec- 
Deg of you to raise your owerful voice in behalf of Mr. R. Barker presented the monthly report of the state of the | tion sent by Mr. Wilson, gr. to — Gilliatt, Esq., Clapham Park ; 
Ss i at 7 P iF funds of the Society on the 31st of May, from which it appeared | as was also a very large specimen of Gloxinia rubra, the show: 
hundreds, to induce the possessor to appropriate the | that the receipts during that month had been 783/., and the pay- | Gladiolus insignis, and Tillandsia amoena, finely in flower, In & 
principal part of these beautifully laid-out and situated seats a (with a transfer of ke wi Po on ieee ae the Guitare oe Be Ue Young, there As the aay gop meene: 
snti si Fox a | Derby Meeting), leaving a current cash balance in e banker’s | rosea, fine plants of Mimulus Mac! ainianus, a dark-flowere: 
grounds to the purpose I have mentioned ; in fact, for a | DTN Sfos7 the Council directed that, agreeably with the | variety of Lilium bulbiferum, and a beautiful plant of Bpacris 
la den for thi denless famil A little taste 
ge garden for the gardenless families. ittle taste | eee noo e on of the Committee, the names of 57 defaulters | heteronema. A collection from Mr. Fairbaim, of Clapbam, 
would of course be required in the laying out of more | should be struck out of the list of the Society, while the names of | comprised a number of small but very pleasing and nicely- 
| flower-beds and shrubberies where so much grass now three other parties should be retained for the purpose of further cultivated specimens, among which were varieties of Erica 
exists, and the plantations might be added to, but could communication with them on the subject of their arrears. The yentricosa, with BE. tertulaflora, and Boronias serrulata and 
> Pats Race 7 Duke of Richmond presented the report of the progress of the | viminea. Mr, Halley, of Blackheath, showed, besides commoner 
te, nt paneer by being ae er si gin works at Derby and the arrangements for the Meeting and | things: ‘Dillwynia’ speciosa, an excellent lant of Cineraria 
are all well inclosed ; there is a lodge at the gate. e rules | agreeably with the jon of the Committee, the Council | splendida, Prostranthera lasianthus, an 0! ut interesting 
as to who should be Hdmniteed Menino the Bae managed, unanimously resolved that the land in the occupation of Mr. | species, a pretty plant of Hibbertia Cunninghamii, and Verbena ie 
ight bi fter-thought. "The adjoini da‘ once | Waite. at, Mickleoyen, originally selected for the trial of imple- | Halley’s lilacina, which has the habit of teucrioides, but with 
might be an after-thought. he adjoining grounds Once | ments, and offered to the Society by the owner, Mr. Chandos Pole, | flatter heads of lilac flowers. Of Orchidacew, there were Onci- 
belonging to Mr. J. Jackson, are alike doomed, and would ey Radborne Hall, should be retained ie vis wuss ee chou alae sida well, Leptotes bicolor, very beautiful, 
be a valuable addition, but I must not be too exorbitant. | Council then appointed the General Southampton Committee, | and the curious Coryanthes speciosa, from Mr. Bruce, gr. to 
for the purpose of taking steps, i diatel ion | B. Mi i 
You have only to see the place and know the facts £9 | ortne ensuing Derby Meeting, for the arrangements to be made | two varieties of Gongora, and Vanda multiflora, from Mr, Cox. 
enlist us on your side. May I beg of you to plead for us? | inadvance for that occasion; the Duke of Richmond is chairman. | The plants which appeared to be cultivated most perfectly were 
80 you would help to preserve the beauty of a place long | The Council having taken into their consideration! a Shaw’s | Leschenaultia formosa, a splendid little specimen, Coleonema 
lel i asing® a: jati , and. would | Motionon the subject of a grant of money, as solicited, from the | pulchra, extremely compact, and a red-flowered Alstroemeria, 
‘ea haircare be vi seh ie i 7 EE TLaEE € 60 erwell, | £2nds of the Society, by the Cowfold ‘Agticultural Association, | brought by Mr. Bruce, gr. to B. Miller, Esq. ‘The Heaths were 
onfer a las ‘ing enefit on the inhabitants o am »? | decided that each local association throughout the kingdom hadan | by no means fine; still the collection of Mr. Halley, of Black- 
and an especial favour on one who with most of his | equalclaimon their and resolved, accordingly, ““Thatwhen | heath, was made up of beautiful though small plants. It 
neighbours breathes the smoky air of Babylon all day as— | the Society should be ina cee to i Sap Societies, ad Suu E. propendens, odorata eta several ee of 
ui question would be considered.” Mr. Barclay, M.P., communicated E. ventricosa. Those produced by Mr. Bruce were likewis' 
aa “one [ We know the place well, ao Ee te | ee ees: Bonomi and Cory, of Durham, of the Batl of | tolerably good. E., tricolor, eximia, Cavendishil, and 50 
plore the loss of Dr. Lettsom’s grounds and noble trees. | Zetiand’s farm buildings, at Upleatham, in. ‘Yorkshire; Mr. | varieties of ventricosa, were the best of these. There was @ 
et se rests with the inhabitants of Camberwell to prevent eee of Sunninghill, his plan for the Seite of model | tolerably extensive display of Pelargoniums, ae Moree 
ie destruction of the place. If will subscribe a fund | farms, and the creating of Honorary Directors or Governors ; and | of novelty in their appearance. We give the names of those | 
Us iat Lacie subse Mr. Joseph Crumpton, of Shrewsbury, copies of his Accountand | which received prizes. Mr. Gaines’s plants were Joan of Arcs 
j for the maintenance of the grounds equal to their value i i i 
2 Commercial Pocket Book, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel, Juba, Beatrice, Raphael, Louis Quatorzey 
for ground-rents, we should think Mr. Chadwick would be ROYAL CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Lady Douglass, Perfection, Albina, Exquisite, Grand Duke, and 
only too happy to assist them in their preservation. ] Teirek ; held in the Hall in the Society’ Victory. Li Paget’s collection had in it Joan of Are, Eliza 
‘nn first summer meeting was held » y’S | superb, Florence, Coronation, Erectum, and Victory. That of 
The Training of Flowering Plants in pots is at pre- | Garden, on Thursday, 1st Jan 
sent much attended to by gardeners and others, but there 
ae : ‘orists’ Flowers. Pansies and Calceolarias were good; Tulips Fe . me 
are some plants growing In the flower-garden that would indifferent; and, owing to the backwardness of the season, no prised "saa Mataeot ae eateas’ yeas ee ey CARA 
be greatly improved by a little more care being taken of | Pinks, nor Ranunculuses, nor Mimuluses were produced in com- | perfection Vesta, Rrichantress,, Sir Walter Scott, Hesperus ‘and 
them. The Daphne Cneorum, or Garland Flower, is one | petition. There was, however, a fine display of shrubby and her- | Superb, Mr. Bourne, gr, to ‘sir E, Paget, Chelsea Hospital, 
oi fs 9 s f 5 e : r t, 
that repays well with a little trouble bestowed upon it; | silver medal was awarded to Mr. John Finlayson, Kincardine, See pe eatO apt paiay Act py Lady H. Faery 
its appearance is beautiful, and its smell delightful. When | the names of the flowers being Queen Margaret, Rhoderic Dhu, | group, thete were -Jewess;-Victory; ‘Nymph, and Comte de 
left without any notice being taken of it, most of the | Sir Andrew Wylie, Yeane. Dest tae ee Ne ee is. s ; i 
flowers will be produced at the extremities of the plants Pore Macdonald, Lady Keith, Black-Eyed Susan, Daniel Defoe, | awards. Mr. Gaine: 
‘ 7 ¥ * i ” rechin, Seedling of 1843, Gipsy, A me 2 R & A 
and sometimes it will be found brushing the ground when Repel Lea Bene ee a Se pla tee ape They ee ox King, Argo, saa, vests Kea ee 
the wind is high, and many of the branches worn half-way | layson himself,) Henchman’s La Superbe, Diogenes, Victory, i paver earn ripeness DN eraety 
through ; such a plant as the Garland flower, breathing | Beauty of Hitchins, Arago, Dr. uaa) pape and | Gyiibited in pots by Mr. Halley, Of Blackheath. ‘There was @ | 
ambrosia that fills the gales of May with delight, and Sree ie SO ok Soe ae tsoin Vouiey aM dence toi, | daantity of cut Roses, several general collections of eut flowers 
clothes with glory the ground on which it grows, deserves | Oliver, Esq., Newington Lodge. For the best 24 Tulips, the silver DE icone antante ote See Tate a 
better treatment. If carefully trained, it may be made to | medal was awarded to Mr. Young, Newington Lodge, for Louis | Sramburgh Grapes w oe arte by ME Chapman, of Vauxhall, 
cover much more ground than is commonly allowed for | XVI. (bloom much inferior to that of formeryears,) Ambassadeur | 5.4 Mr. R. J. Chapman, of Cla ain Myatt’s ‘British QueeD 
. y for | Gstollande, Holmes’ King, Hector Magnificus, Africanus, Duchess oe ae ecaeie int CHO BO ae Mier Mesorlh da variety 
it, and produce greater abundance of flowers ; by making | of Wellington, Albicore (Bybleemens,) Beaufort, Mignonne, rea ERA Site | pOusy Leas Seat bors an 
the branches radiate from the centre of the plant, every | Sublime, Light Triumph Royal, Dark Triumph Royal, Duc de of Teally fine vegetables; enone ee eee rhedudeesiires 
Pees Y eet P y Cardoons were perhaps the most noticeable. The judges distr 
| flower has room to flourish freely, and a plant of it covered | Bronte (Roses) ; Waterloo, Duke of York, Glia Blucher, Bees buted the prizes thus: AMATRBURs.— Twenty-four Heartseast, 1, 
with flowers from the centre to the cireumference is really | Duncan, Gloria Mund: Bonaparte, and Addington Rainbow, | wy, Rdmonds; 2, Mr. Fyffe; 3, Mr. Bridges. Siw Pelargoniut’s 
0 + : : = (Bizarres). The second prize was yoted to Mr. Alex. Forrester, P; ar Td Side. Siw Calceolarias, Mr Edmonds: 
a'beautiful object. I have one trained in such a manner; | gr, to Captain Falconar, of Carlowrie. For the best six double | 7he7y¢ aoe Aan gate onibunapan ay ee Mr. Trevers} 
its diameter is five feet. Such a plant in a May morning, | stock Gilliflowers, ee wll (San CRED eae Was | 2 hei rap. Cut flowers, Mx. Rawlins. Collection of, pants 
with the beauty 4 be, fracrane tah | assigned to Mr. Robert Fairbairn, Portobello. e prize of two | Vy g ae LEMEN’S G Mm — Collection of plants 
with the beauty of Mr fPotiea div‘sdiifa BARA PIER? | Norserics, irdngh Me" wiedTUEy OT UAE LGR 9 He Lei MN Mr, Schroder, GSM ERM SGA ED SEN tt Sgr, Clapnoe 
gure which is impossible to describe.—Peter Mackenzie. | for by practical gardeners,) for the six finest varieties or hybrids Park. Twenty-four Heartsease, 1, Mr. Welsh; 2, Mr. Parsons 
The Pelargonium Spot. shell be. obliged -by your | Of tHe Caleeolaria of Chili or Peru, was awarded to Mr. John | Enfield. ight Ericas, 1, Mr. Bruce, gr. to B. Miller, Hsd's | 
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| correcting the statement made by Mr. Ayres in last | finde seine named Reliance, Stella, Paragon, Reid’s Medium, | Pig’ Calceolarias, Mr. Welsh. Hightecen Roses, in bunches MP 
Saturday’s Chronicle, that as early as February Mr. | Barnes’ Hope, and Lass of Richmond Hill. For another collec- é tut flowers, 1, Mr. Bruce; 2, Mr. Parsons. NunsHRe 
Cock, of Chiswick, was obliged to destroy 4 number of | tion, consisting wholly of seedlings raised by the competitor, and Heelies utc amuitnieneantoteaailly Cees pen: »  * 
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his finest specimen plants to prevent this disease spread- | scam, the Committee voted ‘sn extra premium from the Society’s ue Kings 2, Mr. Cook. Twelve Pelargoniums, 1, Mr. Gare | 
ing through his whole collection. The. truth is, the | funds to Mr. William Connacher, gr. to H. Stewart, Hsq., of 8 Tare ieieet MER aie Twelve Ericas, Mr. Halley. Tere 
whole of my plants were affected with it last August | Fort, Fife. “A similar premium of two guineas had been offered ea RW ICON RRS ENTE CH basta re | 
| Thole of my pants we, nthe greeuhoute), bat ih |b atemr, J Dickson and Sons Invert ox ee peat sx wage | Me Normanc Calton of owes, om oun, Me DOPE 
# little care and attention they soon recovered their usual | was no proper competition, only one collection having been sent | Chelsea. Att Cuasse Specimen plant, 1, Mr, Cox; 2 Mr. 
health, and have continued so ever since; and I hereby | in. This collection was, however, considered very good, meri- Bruce. Specimen plants of siv Genera, 1, Mr. Brace; 2, Mr. 
Mr. Cox. Seedling Heartseases 
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declare that I nev t it i «e, , | torious consisting of Garth’s Flash, New Coronation, Foster’s zs WM daslases 
W. Cook abies lost a plant through it in my life— | Son" sihert, Queen Dowager, Foster's Nymph, and Erectum, | Edmonds. Collection of fruit, 1, Mx. A. J- Chapman, Olaphan? 
x + F nd an extra premi as awarded for it from the Society’s | 2» Mr. Rawlins. Black Grapes, Mr. Chapman, Vau% 
Collection of Vegetables, 1, Mr. Martin, Thames Bank; 2s 
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Bees Sw —In al te funds; while the awarding of the prize offered by Messrs. J. : 
Swarming.—In answer to your correspondent as be 1 Lael MeN mar ged J. Gaines. Exrra,—Alpine plants, Mr. Wood, nurserymo™ 
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to t f .g swarmin, earli arm. Dickson and Sons was delayed till the meeting of the 23d June ™ 
j Sth of Bias ee He th i sas ae otis Was ON | current, One of the most meritorious productions of the day Norwood. 
‘ay, and from that time to the 11th swarms were | consisted of a superb collection of seedling Calceolarias, raised = = i 
| very common.—4, J., Willingham Rectory. ae Maryfield, by Isaac ActaStsOny Esq., his greenhouse and pits 
5 BLE * * ‘* eing managed wholly by himself. Among several of great 0 - 
Vines. I have five Vines, which I planted three years | jeauty, the varieties named Duchess of Buccleuch and Miss ‘ MISCELLANEOUS. Swan 1 
| ago, in anew house built entirely for Grapes. A border was | Walker were pre-eminent. The Society’s silver medal was voted Vegetation of Swan River.—A file of papers fore Me 
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made in front of the house, at the same time, which con- ey pabeusiaaus, asa Ee of PB Re In a large square | River having reached us, we extract the following 
sists of as good soil as can be got, and the border is well | Uy eee cine come ntioe display of the flower | ations on the Vegetation of the Colony, by Mr- ins 
drained. The depth of the border at the back is 3 feet, | truss of flowers being placed in front of the leaf of each sort Drummond :—‘‘ The natural order Santalacee contig 
and 2 feet at the front. The Vines were planted in April, | respectively,) including, among, others, the Queen of Fairies, | With us two genera, of which we have interesting specle®” 
ey pres some very good wood the same year. This ] | Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Sale, Topaz, Mlash, Captivation, The Nut-tree of the York district is a species 0! nta= 
i au: ern ke the first, time of TT 3 and the Messrs. J. Dickson and Sons. A specimen of Arum crinitum, in Tum 3 the Nuts are ROMIEtIES Ae by ee Nuts for 
next spring I commenced forcing them in the early part | full fower, from the Botanical Nursery Garden of Mr. Cunning they have very little flavour ; the natives use the ore j 
of February. To my great surprise they made much | ham, Comely Bank, attracted much notice on account of its sin- greasing themselves ; they appear to contain @ large Pai 2 
weaker wood than the previous year; but what is more gularly curious appearance. It is believed the plant was never | tion of a pure vegetable oil, which might perhaps be Trnava } 
astonishing to me, about the end of March they began | with many fine shrubby and herbaceous exotics sent for exhibi- to account in seasons when they are abundant: among 
losing their leaves, and continued doing so until every | tion; particularly a choice collection of greenhouse plants, observed a very narrow-leaved species of Santalum Exo- 
leaf was gone. Beginning about 3 feet from the bottom peeled ph aie its eee for tart the ironstone hills near the Beaufort;River- eC 
Of the house, I lose about 2 or 3 leaves every day from | Feith walk; a vich general collection of decthotae, canta ‘rom | Catpus, the Van-Diemen’s-Land Cherry, pelones howiest 
each Vine if the sun shines upon them. There is not | Messrs, J. Dickson and Sons, Inverleith; a number of beautiful | OTCPT 5 we have. several species, the largest and shO™) 
the least appearance of the leaves coming off until the | greenhouse specimens from Mr. Syme’s garden, at Trinity Cot- | 18 the Exocarpus cupressiformis, which appear’ ede ra 
sun has shone about an hour, then they scorch up as if tage; a lovely series of Pansies from Messrs, Handasyde, Fish- | found all over thi ‘i ature 
tigioul i % ; ‘A is vast island. Of the na’ 
they had been burnt, and may be rubbed to powder. I errow; with some very pretty seedling Pansies from Mr. Robert | Phymelaeme we have fi Fes; of Pimelea, the 
k them 7 J ro Hall, Rosebank, an amateur cultiva' e select specimens ave many fine species 5 he Swan to 
eep the heat of the house by night about 65°, and by day | from the greenhouse and stoves of the Experimental Garden | decussata and rosea are both common, from : 
coast; a large | 
q 70° to 75°. I train one Vine up each rafter. Last winter I | itself received deserved commendation, as exhibiting the perfec- | King George’s Sound, in the vicinity of the hills ; it 18 
| i the hills 5 
cut them down to ‘aout 4 feet from the front, and this | “onofculture. Several interesting legieeic hae Gey A yellow-flowered species is common among, 
¢ Bans, they were so yery weak that I could scarcely get | to useful discussion. A brief account of these we must reserve | 2° fragrant, that in a dull cloudy day, oF IP 
em to break at all. I thought as this is the third year, | for another opportunity. | A rich collection of Epiphytal plants | it is delightful to travel among the hills when 
T should get a bunch or two off each Vine ; but instead of | 2n¢ bulbs, and curious seeds, procured from the interior of Brazil, | in flower. We have many rather pretty pl 
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bunches, I believe I must be content if I can keep the | the representatives of the late Sir John Robison. Twenty-nine genus ; the Pimelea spectabilis, a Te ane fielena and 
me. The leading shoot of this year is quite yellow, | new Members were on this occasion added to the Society, 98 grows on the tops of the hills between which 18 Hh 
about a foot from last year’s, and the leaves are scorch- | honorary Members, and four as corresponding. It was intended | Canning rivers. . The natural order Proteace, River $ . 
: ing up in the same place as before. It does not matter | that an evening promenade should have taken place, but the state | almost peculiar to Australia abounds at Swan he ’ 
° wh a l re situated ; for i of the weather totally precluded it, . 3 50 species. F 1 
¥ ere on the Vine the leaves a 3 for if they are our list now amounts to upwards of 250 sp “1, and 
ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY, wn— Petro, ila ; 
shaded by other leaves they will scorch the same,— Tux third show of this Society for the season took place at the | first two generajdescribed by Mr. Bro 
: a as is 
S. Querill, Park Villa, . [We submit this letter to the | surrey Zoological Gardens on Tuesday, the 13th, north-east | Isopogon, Dr. Lindley justly remarks, were better 
