Fp. 6.) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 87 
only, were sent by Mr. Mills, gardener at Gunnersbury, and | (corresponding with. Kirkaldy), wheat—a precarious ond they are diffused, and with considerab’e interva's. The ereatest 
gained a Banksian gfecout These cucumbers were as perfect as | p¢ Dunorgen, on the Peace River.—Lat. oe re ae cold experienced in the garden was 12° above zero.— —G. Barker. 
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fr they had been grown during the most favourable season. Mrs. . - 3 Mr. Harris’, Kingshury.—There isa fine speeimen of tie Odonta. . 
Mattest exhibited a plant o! vtea nigra, a Cape species, with sponding with ae on-Tees), rag ood ¢ of wheat | ginssum elatum in flower here ; the flowers are very hand-ome, 
flowers at first sicht not nnlike an artich-ke, but the interior is | are meget Lg Fort George, and ripen ea yan oe the sepals and petals being of a ‘yellowish green. richly bl teed 
lined with delicate pale yellow wool, and the tips, of the scales are | —Lat 28’ (corresponding with ae Isle of Ely), gi 3 markaby dv plan of Rp na a delicate fn and apie mag 
" drep black cok of a velvety texture. r. Bateman sen m™m: x : nspidatum is also exhibiting 
p tt a coientaam conden hy ae ee curious baie of whet t are ripened in Su ur months. its delicate white flow Althe: an very old 
han beautiful ; ana Odontuglssum pulchellum, a very graceful — Advices have been received by the | common, few of this extensive geyus are more deserving of cul- 
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ep'phyte, from the -ame country ; it was introduced renee ihe tral Society from as protege dated a Hob Ses pl ir beauty or the delicious fragrance of their 
and, jucging from the size of the native specimens, is capable o. . Y 00 
geolasenpeniiien of flowers twice the size of the one exhibi'ed. bors mala, let ti #0 bid Sg) ee ‘ea ts Cc soe rok: Oo it Bowood, Jun. 28.—The lowest range of the thermometer here 
he plaats. from the Society’s Ga den were Epydendrum Aiea ap oie a ion vy Sg det fee his es et ee ae ges wks. weas onthe 6th and 7h gasp yr rat it cms to 13°, and gerd 
fordianum, a native of Guatemala, and one of the most beautiful | at were to be sen a day ; since res! AW s instant, it fell to 1 
Fe mmm ny oor pretties lize by the firs ic age leper a gn Peck vaniiles,, het cae ‘inet tothe th a vine 
= . tre, iffus most ¢ s : e ¥ 7 re D sed — 
pep nen prey Tcl Ceboll-tis Zyenpetatum rastrutum; | HE iguel, 120 1 t, in | protected them. All our Pinuses are safe. The “ 
Chorozema vurium; and Pentlandia niniata, a pretty bulsous order to secure a ptatone. “to Ganpea whit! iat he had | as Lanceolata, Insignis, Webbiana, and Araucaria in en, were 
plant, trom Cusco in Peru, aliied to Paneratium and Narcissus ; His mos ag into “s Ley! hyn dry eatin? ashes neg - 1838 we lost 
Sedeodeees itp citer AD nrd Miees $6m; webs Bad nt | ee Guayaquil Quits, and fies» we ee = | wrth the ex xc ception of being covered with & inst, are eafe: and T 
2 ui . rf 7 ; 
pstmt in kiln dried straw; Sturmer Pivpin apple, which re bably be the most important for think the Roses, Loniceras, and other rather tender varieties of 
tains a brisk rich flav hrivelling ; Boston Russet,and | terprising traveller has yet undertaken ; 3 and as the rich | hardy pina 's, will not be injured much, unless these brizht days 
Wheeler's Russet. a pe oes vegetation of that magnificent excite the sa ae io bree bose diy CO ete ae 
LINN ir tt: ower Cheam xcel spe- 
E. Forster. Esq,,V-Pi, in'the Chair. . Reed: Conigratalatory ad- |" ‘gardens, it is to be expected that he will reap a rich cfamenh bere: © piaivt Of Conepholutinss ve rraiontor te paricanty 
dresses to the Queen and Pri ce Albert on the birth of the harvest of beautiful novelties. As every one must take | deserving of remark. Azaleas of diff rent kinds are forced in 
Princess Royal. A paper by Professor Don was read on the | interest in so arduous and important an undertaking, we great pertection, with Rhedodendroos, Kalmias, Persian Lilacs, 
existence of some curions organsin the pi chers of the Nepenties, — -_ —_ in —" i by permistiod! of the | tt pure and Shite) the wie ne ee ora uae 
which, from their lattice-like appearance, he proposed to name ral Society. the regen rig Roses, and some fine Geraniums ; of the latter, the best kinds for 
clathrophores; they are supposed to be the months through a ae instructions under w 3 pet od . Poca erat ieihee on bo ne gg ag 
woich the fluid is poured into the pitchers, as ina young state artwe i ae. act ioe r, Invin le, an ve Duchess of Roxburgh. ere 
the fluid does not rise higher than these pores. The Professor a 1. correspondent t of the Floriculiural Maga- ena ieed = aay Sutton ants as Le me &e, 
also noticed the structure of the pitchers of Surracenia and é gives a a long list of tz Dablias, from which we ex- ti ‘- taki MP cattings ia Match oF Kori: aid’ panting then 
Crphalo'es. Descriptions of the Graminee and Cyperacee, from on, by taking ©: ngs in pri, P ng 
= Himalayas, by Professor Nees von Esenbeck and Dr. Royie, tract re a wing names of varietie s, s, which, according to = ee ee a a edt K ae re eae = 
¢ the Da Se of some new homopterous insects, by J. O. gained ey are tiken up an a ed in the pit or frame in whch the 
Westwaod, Esq., were also read, Proressor Don exiubited spe om inae. Violets are er aa eh Ae ae pee fect 3 “San. ining of January 
cimens of: Care ain found near Paris, and he called the at: Amato, Mountjoy’: . yro! gab 
5 joy’s, 79. Lewisham Rival, Mead’s, 98. ¥ * Epom.— tT of new plants 
be i 8 rsery, Lpsem. 
bay re bee = hres pean mas, 9 sends ds it the 51. ,, | Marquis of Lothian, Goodhall’s, | here there isa Cig of Statice, wien ag cepears paaeoreue sr ‘roa any 
ei The SaRREGED) ie ley mane ahead Bea ao. e Plain, Sparry’s, Mary, Dod’s, 92. hithe ycu'tivated. There is also an evergreen oak o} Fe 4 
8 Far anniversa if of soci sabit, witn fine lanceolate leaves, said to be a hanes rdy ; 
wily held er ti ve King’s Arms, Probus. In the evening ss ca Climax, Jefferv’s, 89. Miss Johnstone, Bont ai 87. phon is the ca-e, it whbe a valuab'e plant erther for ornamental 
was deliv: y Mr. Thomas Corbett, F.L.S , of Penca eae be oe 8, 62. bof Pia ie Wid Ps 10. » 92. = ubberies or planting singly upon lawns. Viburnum japoni- 
the oufasioay nek Plants. The lecturer éntered int & ehoreex. hess “X'S, 07. tess Riv ane id Ss, i um, i troduced by Sietold from Japan, has an ornamental ap- = 
planation ef the primary principles of plaut. as determined by “ee. f Richmond, Fowler’s, ie vid Ki ta 8. 109 ance. Kennedya Marrya'te, trained upon a trellis, in the 
chemical analysis, du oles ones a panen A which E-s-x Rival, Sorrell’s, 109. Ok ie IG °. Gh re Le 122 iS Sau ballon, about six fe t high, is producing its scarlet 
Plants are com aud explained the manner in which various 2S) ° ~ tae flowers reat luxuriance.—Jin 29. 
chemical changes take place.in the firstst ges of germination so Eva, 1 Forster's. 73. . ‘Topaz, Gite i as 
that the cotyledons become charged with the true nutriment of | Grace Darling. Dod’s, 115. Unique, Anseil’s, 
gembryo. Mr. Corbett also introduced the elementary = pe iit 105. wo Sg Quee: ae Protheroe’ S, wt Rebiews. 
ni n of piants as det.rmined by dis-ection, showing the cath of - Danie is, Es « e.—It 
rious f: of vegetable tissue. This partof the lecture was | y+ f me the death A hi _ | Journal of the Royal Agricultural enon oA England. 
: ‘ with much regret that we - Sore are th of this aed? 
illustrated by some beautiful drawin r. Corbett then ex- |. s 17th ult., aft hort ill Tv, ol. I. and Vol. FI., et 1. 
plaine compound organs of plants, beginning with cu- tleman n Sunday the 17th ult., after a short illness. Norstne can more strongly ev ae “dinady 
ticle, and describing the nature and cunstruction of the overs the scientific world, Mr. Elli long known as the li Deaindhics . c 
root. branches, D then ran hastily over the classi- | anthor of two volumes, illustrative of the cha ndu mee . é . 3 
fications of plan s. giving an outline of tee Linnzan Aton and t h rb th Fon of waeda ch ta- | ings upon agricultural subjects which the growing spiri 
0 of the natural system of Jussieu; after whien he described, | 07 4 ge ere on if oe ihae plnetg mein. ity Fy inquiry is now calling into existence. Experiments 
in an interesting manver, plants in a s'ate of action from the first tion of p oe respiration of animals ; 3 a work have taken the place of dogmatical assertions ; attempts 
germination of the seed ‘hrough its various stages to its decom- | which, i on aes tht a ng : 
position and reorzauiza ion. The lecturer clowd by some re-| animal “ae table Hs dome: wrest are y m by the authors to explain the cat 
marks on vegetatiun generally, which elicited the heartiest ap- ‘ #P re specim of their success or failure ; the language in whi bs 
plan eof a large and highly-gratified audience. The lecture, of fidelity in reooeting he observations pir hs scoveries of sounications are conveyed is that of educated men, and 
which was extempore, occupied full two hours, and was listened | others, and of in; caine in we fo piri ng the Re ame of yee a hs il detail d PT 
to with great attention and interest. Since the formation of this | their J aprener gee -s y original timental researches. | Te2ders are no longer fatigued by es etuls and empire 
igedirotem others have been establi-~hed im different neighbour- He et the antior of the se ile on Vegetable Ana eal di ctions which ve no general application. All 
-Q 1s, and they are found exceedingly va'uaule a in the Fi s hi h “ now- 
prom:ition of agricultural science am ng a c of men who fis bl upplement to the Seger striking y aay dase 7" li tle kno = 
now see thy appari of unising science with practice, and =e sath edition of the “ « Baeyelo pe wedia Bisitanaien,” as well |) ked thet rat the aie ~arit paar 
following it up with great svirit.—Abridzed frum the West Brits s of other memoirs on topics connected with these sub- aps, remarke a Bt Bl no bd Laan 
— ie eets, all distinguished by the pirit of candour, dis- ewe Peper’. oes bel 5 See sacar eee 
NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS WHICH ARE : F : nowledge, it is still more obenad that what they do 
EITHER USEFUL-OR ORNAMENTAL crimination, and scientific genius. The interest he took jeadi idl f 
hy \. a tlie formation of ahs Edin bargh Hortic ult tural G den — is leading them rapidly to the po= session of more. 
Fo.tum (Hardy herbaceous plunt).—-The erect The well-head of knowledge is struck, and though its 
habit of this pant and its I flowers daptinnaruiints i it from G g Fi 
sree its = stipul's and constantly lobed leaves, from and his continned zeal for its im- day are but bub! Sach ey must soon swell into a 
. Wullichivmum. {na general classification »f the genus it will | broad 
be arranged in the neighbourhood of G. nedvsum, than which, provement is well knows to “the members of the Cale- These reflections have been n suggested by the or ca ee 
however, it is a much handsomer plant, with igo formed | donian Horticultural ty. the roceedings: at the head of this article, to 
leaves. It is aneat hardy perennial, by no robust a Choice Pelarzoni ee of the f a 8 tea it of tind’ hs ack ated, 
grower as many of the other hardy ecraniums, ‘scarcely exceed- | of these. seat flowers, Mr. ‘Foster of Crowe, by: oe | seed bagerears ane ba ae contr hod 
ing afoot in height. It should be plauted -in light soil, or on Perk: ie y and which have beer’ enriched by translations — 
Toekwork, as it 1S soon destroyed by the wet in winter, it | 80 Many magnificent varieties have been ed, regards | eeientitie works which, twenty ’ enn ago, if had 
fi-wers in July and August, and may be increased by dividing the produced, e been unintelli Pape to the 
whe : in a dormant state, or by sé-ds whieh are poduced | Matilda, Erectum Sylph, Nymph, ‘Beauty Wildice Sul- P , a 
freely, but the + pe will not flower before the second season. | tan Lady Duuro. Pr ‘Aib thyal So bs, great mass the es usand two hundred and 
Ie was roi-ed:in the garden of the Horticoltural Society, from an, Lady Douro, Prince Albert, Amethyst, King sixty-two * of whom this great association 
f onery: — seeds uted by Dr. Royle in May 1639.— Botunical | Queen of the Fairi now consists. Its motto is “ Prac ith an 
ns LinptevANA (Orchiduceous stove -plant).—Re- a more happy one could not have ‘been easily found. We 
ecived ort at Henin fiom Mr. Moritz in 1837, who procured: it me GARDEN = den on nr th ree with the ed cil in the conviction the 
ae eC habelsc heen sent thom the Gurecenn. tt hes The large Conserostory in vs jem 2 Garden. | Peron 38 het hi india f 
ic Fe slat * "4 we i 
= Per cticvs alten bar hig, about the thick. | —Notwithstanding all that io wan raed ated this | €*press, |“ that reciecigg bar endid aS works 0 ges = 
ness ead @ goose quill. The flowers are subsessile in pairs, turued to | DOUSe, the plants are succeeding petectiy ‘6 "ies dnd no difficulty q deductions may be, the soli 
one side, greeni-h white in coioar.and covered wits little hair. | ©X!8ts in kee,.ing out the frost. Those old ill- plants which | advancement of seaiigil, iculture can only be steadily 
ber Ry ine tA whiny hamper and seioet down at the | W's Annies te phere ot ng eer ib betishnborst "Et Aon eer and effectively promoted by sound induction from careful 
apex w gins. : = BF js - i 
eluta. anil Si bertea from the first t Guba wee besloteegrihen ne all thar were in a healiny conditim a cen aie and many | ©XP! roe and ‘repeated observations under t —— 
its much shorter leaves and scape, and from the last by its broader | 2° STowing and flowering in the prestegt axis? ‘The tem varied circumstances of locality, soil, and eds 3” and 
ee® blont li; iv. It blossoms well fo February, and as. it is | Pe saison babe Some Boge trent to rise part ee gan 36 34°, , though we feel coditdent that such means as this Society 
ie may i Ordinz ity i 3 u 5 
Sr arate mar be gol te crc) a ee en a Uy tant | ae sficient to eave all the most important probleme i 
from §4° to 64°, and may be 9 the divicion of its | @OSt_ worthy of notice:—Cineraria Waterhousiana is covered agriculture, ee far as the existing state of knowledge is 
thizomata.—Liak, &c., 5 the pet avariety of Spranthes elata | WiHits rich a eens Kapaa dan isa beautiful | capable of e' ecting their solution. We rejoice to know, 
gio egee object, its delicate branches being loated with bright re what in deed th chasis ot Se Sa wie 
Ai eR eo Sd blossoms; Buddlen Mudagascariensis is growing and flowerin: nares < 
i i fici ich le means will be ju- 
aah o. ~ henge seotencts; and — Me = ce unworthy of a place in oa sufficiently guarantees, that such ample means will be 
sbiege Doge Can neiformis enlivens the mass in Sony “pple, and thatthe ong, tedious, unostentatious, 
Dried ae an nd that Mr. J. Linden, winch ‘it is placed B: & ch Fellow rere 3 Trymalium odura- but all-impo labour of the analytical chemist will 
who has lately from Mexico with a considerable | {ss*™ South Wales, is growing and investigations, and 
collection of dried plants, is desirous of selli oe oe | flowering siete cas Goan nacre does in the open air, | Beither be placed behind ve ted in ff 
eat se faa Gesireds 'G: ing his dupli- | ana exhaling its. deliciows fragrance; and Banksia ericifulia i- publi mestngs 0 of display, nor ft to executed in fo- 
pr Forcics s Brussels mussels, Rue de Treurenberg, No.21. | producing its curious - brown hears a ee | n laborato 
é for : , ‘ocieti * ance, e plants placed on the stone ro e house are ee at 
exampl. ~ London aie can ae the potless winthy. of pasion: and we neéd only mention the Sigphe- < number lately oe y oe 
their monsbesi.< Leanne tmitting ladies among | Jia tubifura, w th its rch crim-on blossoms, Witsenia curymesa, pers, Our space will —— 
Ke lately vadsbes r € isan irryat and rs. Lawrence eda tie Bae eaten ure —— and Ke-nedyx meetin. with 
i as. foreign members of the prety pink spikes, to convince our readers t © house is per- | unjust to man of the ¢ 
Horticultural Society of Viena: eee yeaa to the growt bh of plants generaily.—W. 4. M., cis to ¥ 
ig gw & ie F e tudes. — A letter from Mr. Bat 2 Butante C . Regents Park.—Operations have just | for e present. c 1 
ne the: folowing inforniatiod concerning. hi = j Mr. Sees: kt Smiderahe ram fen are ‘canplope is = the little a 
a the British rovinces in ‘Oe rh meri ° forming the grand promenade, from the entrance of the garwen | “eager 
e N A plan he mn Y | ap to the conservatory, in racing Wonks, Re &c., but the udtavour- per acre than either 
peg GF aie weather prevents their making rapid progress:— Swedish turnip; near 19 + 
as been successfully tried at Fort Gead ppc he = Feb. 1st ~~ | tamed fi 
hepbar of vevetable —-Lat. 64°° 41/ Springheid. Birmingham, Jan. 27th, 1840.—We have now the | pone of a 
mith th Tealand p Darley. i in three months, and is culti- 
step plants Barrens in blossom: ee coperee: 
to advantage ort Norman. Oats ha ve not gown th 23 fo 
Swedes 
acre of the Belgian are cara bat Mr. W. B 
6 to 20 tons; Colonel Le 
eos “ag sae par gee —- ale uce to hay 
apa iY Eoe iv _fesireseeinnite with the 
Peroe isha). seg ripens in three months,, oats com 
to perfection, at Fort Sinipson.—Lat. 
e 2 in. Dendrobium caerulescens is bres | sus su regards that subst subsance t 
< be South Shetaad wheat imes ripens, but th + | ete a hoe teowetales tbe plant fi ef in the Bese |" ia he 
B.. ‘sometimes 3, but the the fio see f Pe Barkert ; 
sons praia at Fort aut Liars —Lat. 56° 6 | the former ae = vwitnst te tie latier 
