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54 ; THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [N° 4 
the plan for 15 years, and never had an instance of a| cester; Mr. Forrest, Mr. Rogers, 3, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Low, Mr. | coming ia succession keep a t in perfection { ter bie 
- ot or seekers from his plants. He generally keeps a Denyer, Mr. Gaines, and Mr. Bristow. é.. has boa ys been our time. oe from Swan p Tey se s by Messrs. Low ang 
ear stem to the height of 9 or 12 inches above ground. lot to have seen a meeting where so much good feeling was | of Clapt Leaves all radical, lanceo) ate-linear. Scape png 
g evinced, and we are sure all went away with the dete rmination mi on Flowers large and handsome, white on the oj Outside, 
‘Although 1 “thin ks 13 or 15 inches the best length for | of increasi g their efforts to effect more ener the or able ght lilac inside.—Jamieson “ans ournal. 
cuttings # a ep lants, yet as “ine cann ot be always had objects of this charity.—Upon proposing as a toast, ‘* Success to Em 
of s the oY the Chairman observed that - th ere mig cht he MI one NE 
Fad some individuals among the number present who wonld be glac se 
F to hear the objects of the institution stated at length, he should Greenh sinaps Shru ubs.— posers Bare. , of Eteenhouses 
Be the bush ane clear of the fs wf sa means of a clean | doso. Each branch of trade endeavours to provide means for | Will find the f the new plaats 
stem. We have similar dir. cial anne Mr. Hodson, of | the aa of its poorer ener I their old age, and paren fit fe for ¢ cultivation i in such buildings :— 
them from applying to the parochial asylum. He was glad to find Tae ee Sea ge ae 
Bury St t. Edmunds tdci J correspondent agrees in “ that gardeners had such a society to alleviate the distress and Fuchsia corymbiflora Peru Native Pr | Time Mow, 
intportance of ae the ground thoroughly, suckers o misery ei thren ; and he considered that it was Peete |Ap pril, D Dec. 
ueker. the bounden duty of all persons connected with tie craft tc fe teen Rat ted 
prevent others in i ‘om being ee more Leis ble i oe: Chandlerti« . am 
’ , there is one principle more than another which endears the cage Ae , = 
PROCEEDINGS ( OF | SOCKET IES. 1 r his employer, it is when he sees him a regard =a Lap t ge e ; ne j BY, 
HORTICUL: for his future welfare, and provide for him when all his earthly Lsieejmemph peper soar io om 
> * ¥ 2 —- stylosa conspicu pe) 
‘an. 19.—Dr. Henderson, <4 gs in <i pavshg ae is Mary Eliza- | comforts fai). He congratulated the meeting that the press - ninltiloga creetu® i 
beth Remnant and William Tinkler, Esq. were elected Ordinary | taken up their cause with such po genes areal He had ever foun Cal PRP «hi microstach reine : New Holland | 
N. Lu - and M. l’Abbé Berléze, Foreign {| that the press was the plough of every benevolent instit sod Di topeltis Hoge ike y teal nica re eh, May, 
Corresponding ts. Notwithstanding the vious ingle and when the plough was got to work, ee pric was generally rH tilon yer * Apri, June, 
t ther, and the disagreeable morning, the show of plants very productive. Prosperity to the Horticultural and Agricul- ilscns oo : ‘Ieram River” ep . 
was betterthan might have been expect fin cimens | tural Societies of Great Britain, having been drunk, with seve- ‘Teynialiomn pa tink ee ‘New Hollana | Fa. May. 
of orchidaceous plants, from Mrs. Lawr larly deserve | ral other toasts, the oe broke up about half-past 9 o’clock. Boronia patie noe | bhi | by - April, 
. A magnificent plant of Brassia maculat. fe a Le Cox Ha ccrxisht™ : pe ae Now pes 
ho fe ged ares on 18 ee bay dh a <n > ns NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS WHICH ARE ee ane ee ate | » | ae 
o e es eS aceous plants cultivated in oe oe f : ait 
it is certainly one of the best of the genus. A large plant of | , EITHER USEFUL OR ORNAMENTAL. ‘sca wise pene : ag April, 
Eria pubescens, a hiaive of the East Indies, was blossoming pro- GALEANDRA Devontana. (Orchidaceous Stove Epiphyte.)— roe s + «| Feb, June, 
fusely; but, though curious, it not nearly ornamental me among the many interesting plants sent from British : ¥ | ~ 
as the Brassia maculata. Mrs. Lawrence also exhibited some | Guyana to Messrs. Loddiges by Mr. Schomburgk, concerning Mirbehn a und a capt ; | 3: 
flowers of Dendrobium nobile, beautifully disposed in a punnet ; | which the following memorandum is given by that traveller :— Pim . Van Dieman’ Lala a 
along with Trich. — je gosong a magnificent spike of —- anceps | ‘‘ During our peregrinations we have seen this plant nowhere an tis ‘ ‘Swan Rive bg pril, Aug, 
var, Barkeriana Of the bettidereest acid Scat ily culti- | else but at the banks of the Rio Negro, atributary of the Amazon, rE i spec ane! dead fap 
teed elses. ey te juced ; it will last a long tii ei in flower, | where, in the neighbourhood of Barcellos, or Mariua, we found Epacris spies cos a Rive x Jan. be ong 
whether gathered or suffered ain on th pint, a sin, a it growing in large clusters on the trees which lined the river, E thales ba se Ta : ‘ 3 . re » June, 
se were eet a month or more, when cut off, and pu’ sometimes on the Mauritia aculeata, or eyen on the ground Sain sm m 4 a . : ee sr Sept. 
-glass with . little water. Specimens of the inge where “4 om ponsinted of pe gee a ope Re “9 gecmaane via - ci Mexico . . +|J ane, . 
sinish deauuek Gold, _flomera ta. snd two fine spikes of | in growth, that some of the large clusters of stems which sprou ; gees a3 ey 
Euphorbia pes agg e also ree from Ealing P. Mr. from acommon root might have been from ten to twelve feet in xis arguta en, Pierre ay J une, Aug, 
[ser of Kingston, exhibited a collection of warbete circumference. The stems were often from five to six feet high; F emg tabs ncaa ee a ‘Tous y' 5 rs, 
pose ona So including E. mutabdilis, prestans, and vernix | at the lower part almost of a purple appearance, and changing ° ¥ it ‘ . ii z » May, 
ovata, Five seedling ‘iene were sent by Mr. Lowe, of the | into green higher up. As already observed, it is very abundant oie oe —Thi are garden hybrids. 
pals “nursery. From the garden of Mr. peland | about Barcellos, and equally in oy yidaiy et Tlarendaua or Can ag oo Greenhouse Plant.—Few 
was a crimson seedling of this , scarcely open, but different | P: ; I wonder, therefore, caped Spix, when he | p ce ave ups at Bf from over-care than this magni- 
from the B. coccinea in “* Paxton’s Magazine of Botany,” be igi Although the: io "Branco falls into the | f cent species, Generally treated as a stove plant, it sends 
in its nn being shaped like those of E. campanulata, while | Rio egro above Pedrero, we did not observe a single specimen £ f k a havi Paicisked . 
Ez. iaew aces like E. tmpressa. very in that river ; nor do I think that it is in the Amazon, as itis not up abundance of suckers, and haying flourishe for years 
Acacia, in the way of Was also sent by Mr. Lowe, | likely that it would haye escaped Martius. As its flower is not | without dowcring, is is generally ad away as a cumbronus 
Ni ens e Di - moniliforme, loaded | Only larger than the generality of its tribe, but likewise hand- weed. . So far requiring 8 ove heat, few plants culti. 
fine HCl flowers, and Oncidium Cavendish , | some, I requested the permission of his Grace the Duke of Devon- : sage a “ TE ant ‘ 
with its large yellow panicles, from Mr. gained a silver | shire that I might call it in honour of him, who not onlyis known y- niy requires 
Knightian medal : the latter Gua- | as one of the most successful cultivators of this, one of the most | protection ‘from ro as co ee der of the conserratayy 
tem y Mr. Bateman ; but Mr. Hartweg equently sent | interesting tribes among monocotyledonous plants, but of whose S proper place, where it continues growing, with a 
home a great number from —— which have been extensively | urbanity and condescension I e personally experienced nu- eee eee i een 35° and 45°. In sucha 
distributed by the Society; the species may be readily known by | merous ce m1, — to Europe.—Sertum Orchidaceum. | “0S* DM ri Fay ag b 
its thick sariehs leaves, which are folded together, and bear a | The flowers vi of a rich. purplish brown, with a | Situation we have seen 1 inches long by 
ral resemblance to those of O. carthaginense. Mr. beautifal white apecn-shenet lip brightly streaked with crimson. | 16 inches wide, and its stems 8 to 12 feet high, crowned 
to his G race th oes Shee exhibited some very + NUM nt ke Rooete ~ ited i he i mtu wi wer-spi ex i ven in winter. It is parti- 
e mo Aiming th ite variet i owe own ry, nei pia e. 5 . 
settia, in the m . by him in our last N it is very ornamen Last year it bore a cularly valuable from the tropical “magnificence of its fo- 
(p. 36) ; also a remarkable fruit of Madras Citron, or pte ripened in September, and hung Boon | the branches itt the ‘song. liage, and the rarity of any species of its order which 
measuring feet in circumference, and w eighing 6lbs. An | Two which were sent us were of a rich purple size | will flourish without stove heat. In the West of Sages 
_ enormous Shaddock, 2 feet 4 inches in circum: amferente and 5 Ibs. | and form of a hen’s egg, and had a very arose © sub-acid it would probably su ul x F dome. 
15 oz. in weight, from a shoot grafted on oe attracted | taste. Itis probable they L @ good addition to 
great attention; the plant that produced this noble fruit bore | that class of vegetable productions from which aes axe ob- | Observations seem neéce: ery common 
altogether ten of about the thesame size: itis trained against the back | tained; for they were free from the peculiar animal flavour of the | error, which is likely to cad perpetuated, Py in all ee bo- 
wall ofa conservatory, and has been planted about eight years ; it | common Tomato, while they possessed all its snceutence, with | tanical catalogues this» species escribed as a stove- 
apparently lik heat, as the tub in which it grows is | the addition of a mild and pleasant perfume.— Botanical a ee 
behind the hot- paratus that heats the house. To TROPROLUM MORITZIANUM. fGegenbone climber) ,—' This Beau- Pp 1 ae fg ; 
these fine fruit a silver an medal was accorded. Mr. Til- | tiful nasturtium is a native of hence were aes Mr, Wi illiam Valentine, who recently emigrated to 
lery also exhibited some fruit of the Psidivem C. ceived by Mr. Murray, of the Glasgow Botanic Garden. The Di 1 Colonial Surgeon 
plant trained on the same wall as the Citrons; ripens | plants —s for gd first time in July 1840, in the | Soman at Campbelto wn. Ww et re Ee will enable him to pro- 
two or three dishes y doring winter, and when quite | Some _ grew more vigorously in the open border, but bi b tease ne q oe h 
mature they acquire a as black —— ss h seen showed no dispos' ition ‘e on a though it will rebel in apie! | ee is DO anic whee es, and to continue those mi- 
ble a strawberry in favour. Mr. Duncan, r toJ.M seasons ‘Homeen in the open air, fico e wers are moderately the low er orders of — in 
tineau, Esq., sent some fruit of the Pestiee edulis; but — large and very handsome. They are bright orange ma med wi <3 be hed ec 
were deficient both in flavour and colour, ew the s eantleese red, and have a bright,red fringe. — Botanical Magazine, — = eR = 
of ‘he being partially in ly | Itis not mentioned whether this handsome plant is annual or ngta 
in a greenhouse, has continued to to ripen comwantnn eet yal prs perennial ; should it be the latter, and prove as hardy as T. tu- Groom’s Princess Royal Pear,—This is a valuable ad- 
June. Some portion of the plant been trained in fes- | berosum or Chymocarpus pentaphytlus, it will be a most desirable | dition to the collections of wints er pears. It forms a 
toons among the elegant "P. Kermesina, has produced a beauti species for the flower-garden servative wall. ; ndsome, middle-sized, round o aE Gt - 
effe. the most intere: obj hown was the fruit EscuYNANTHUS Pa arses em: (Stove tlimber).— This fine : all, but Ba Ss of aie = d he es thick 
di he stoneless Litchi, from J. Reeves, Esq. ; sev f | plant is a native of Nepal, and was introduced to our stoves by with a sma open, shallow-placed eye, and shor 
this tuberculated fruit have been brought to the Society before, | His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. It succeeds well if planted stalk, acar cely sunk at its inertia e skin is of a 
but this was the most valuable, from its being destitute of the | in pots, though in its native country it is an epiphyte.— Bot. Mag. greeni lour, with a tinge of yellow, and slight 
large stone found in i ; the fiesh within is some- | The ee are —— at the ends of the drooping branches wy ae pri is melting, but rather 
what like a prune, both in con our, and was still | in large umbels. They are of a rich scarlet rane with a grey : hi bi onde 
good, although the fruit had been five or six years in England ‘taeon: each segment of ti the corolla ; the interior of the flower is — near the core; notwil ithstanding which its g 
Mr. Lord Sondes, exhibited some DI pale yellow. The leaves are opposite, four ‘OF ‘five inches iar, vour, and property of keeping, probably till March, ren- 
Hambro’ pes, om vines planted in April 1839; Mr. | Smooth, rather shining, and slightly serrated at nd oee. der it well worthy of cultivation. It is not so rich as 
that the fruit keeps longer where the depth of soil | The plant grows and fiowers freely either treated as an epiphyt i 's ble. but it a “f it would & 
in the border is not more than 2 feet 3 inehes, wi there or grown in a pot, and sisoxether it is one of the fost valuable acon 's Incomparable, i appears a) Ww eep 
about.a foot of dr. , than where the for the plants is 6 | stove plants that has ever been introduced. longer a A be As preclieet py B 
; no fire-heat given them, and they have had totake | Fucmsta corymsiriora (Greenhouse shrub).—This noble plant Fe elar; =-Mr. Coc of Chiswick, 80 colaheaied 
their chance during late severe weather, th was raised by Mr. Stan — nurseryman, Bagshot, from — eeleew 
ha been as low as it has in London—viz. pore as Eeaeivet from Cusco, n Peru. = Pye Flora Peruviana th 
From the ee of the Society there were plants of two species is spoken of as acquiring the height of a man with A arieties as first-rate show- Homers: “or 
wr riaot Chorozema varium, Epacris campanulata, Sippheta stem but gall we eget to branch. we found by Ruiz and sag ‘Annette, Amethyst, Beauty, Bride 
tubifiora, Brasavola aye B. Martiana, Brassia eee Pavon in ds of Chincha ag Muna, to the north-east of : ster rs Bri BABE Bier Comte de 
some others. A branch of the new Mexican greenhouse . ms. Itis in this part of the world that aria, Co Co Citanion. Si 
Lopezia lineata was ited; itis the race of Fuchsias attains its great ] ty, levelops ronation, Corinne, rona, Criterio uenna, 
and because it produces a a pink | those colo d forms which | gained for it among the ae rubescens, Diad m superb Enily, 
during winter season. Among the apples were, name of Beauty-bush (Molle Ceantu). , Eliza s perba, rectum, Florence, Fi 
Pearson's Plate, Braddick'’s Nonpareil, Old Non 7s the subject of the present notice, odo er ap- | Posteri r Fanny. Gauntlet, Grand Duke, Gaines, 
Nonpareil (dessert apples of first-rate quality), 4: merene gh — by the authors of eae | ‘osea, y Garth, ? I * King 
berg, much esteemed in America, but less so in country; | and ri g the greatest Sconiecnceet of creat rticulture, Janus, Jupiter, Jehu, Jewess, Joan of Arc, Juba, 
Boston Russet, another American a enering cultivation serratifulia is a a “bush arith F ak flowers sa: gid and half foo, John, Life Guardsman, Lady Carlisle, Lady Murray, Lady 
in thi: try a dessert 3 Bedfordshire Foundling, a | growing in the manner . macrostema its varieti a) = Den 
handsome large sie — —— —— se, and ‘being Genticulata is described 12 feet high, poe foal beautiful sae fag Lady Douro, wed gone lea 
slightly acid, requring li sugar. were, Rouse Lench | when ie flowers, still of Mabel, Jy 
(@ great bearer and 9 but not ae Prince’s St. Ger- | F- Sifora; while F. simplicicaulis and apet similar | Nymph, Orange Boven, Oliver Twist, Prince 
main, or New Sweet St. Germain (an American pear of little | in appearance but yet more striking.— Botanical Register. ( ), Rienzi ans, Ruby, 
= peepee BCE AS, ipktag feet: fae Ceantaiah, dish, published in the Gardeners’ Magesine | Sultan, Sidonia, Una, Vi Vulean, and Wildiire. 
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR THE AGED AND INDI- | for January. Mr. Standish considers F. corymbifiora quite as | Florticuliural Cabinet. 
- GENT. oe AND bio WIDOWS. hardy as any Fuchsia in cultivation. It grows and flowers ‘anical and Zoological Garden.—We are glad 
1.—The rele H. } freely aon “out in by ese Bo about the Bo od of May, | ;, +o A Re eas * ted Curator 
mem- | where a fine hea al manne o = 5 bl < 
it is in this state, it may be taken up plan’ arr aconserva- | Of this éstablishment. The Committee would not 
>| tory, or a pot, without the slightest injury. The plant isa very | have foun tere rce ‘or this : 
poorest jourseyiaen strong feeder, and can scarcely have too rich soil, or too much A Ga "s Contribution to the Shakespeare Sociely: 
ro! ity of | room to growin. Mr. dish says, that small fic ts —An announcement in the deners’. Chronicle of the 
nts, from | may be obtained by taking when in a flowering Gar ind an 
from | state, and planting them in thumb pots, placing each pot under formation of a Shakes espeare Society brings to my mind a 
ly ell-glass. They will strike immediately, and by shifting y yea 
k yee: Masiee we plants are now in is kent. trom 45.| since while read ing Romeo and Juliet. Paris, in directné 
deg. to 55 deg. of heat, and the plants.are as luxuriant in growth | his por f = ae me footsteps in the churchyard, say? 
as if it were the height of summer, while a plant of F. fulgens in yew-trees lay thee all along, 
es ipeni F tiles ane aber co to the hollow gr 
use is ripening i deci a 
Mr. Standish is of opinion that under the culture above described ae shall no foot upon the churchyard tread, 
7 willin a few years it at least unfirm, with 
fi 
the h fe 
i wi whey ier bai lant).—. ing sound, na i nfirm coB- 
eee specie pera te moat desirable in cutration, dain of ie eee se ag p Doped ha 7 destroy 
(= Peg daemon or teflon fees Beet yo it. For without attributing to the poet the absurdity 
