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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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own stores; hence the necessity of keeping but a small 
‘oO recognise the robbers and drive them off. All the 
pe the queen ffecirse alive, they will not Sang nan 
hive, however weak they may be.—Finally, M harp, 
gardener to C. Mainwaring, Esq., of Coleby Hal near 
Lincoln, thinks he has a Sera oom —A few 
and cast an pach a 
ery 
by some bees froma bea St garden, which, after 
severe contest for two da’ oe oo naa an and he 
er that ti 
of ‘e reer and in fon 
ad disappeared, leav 
square; Cpen g 
the top. These are replaced over the roots $s, ded st. stabl 
more or less abundance, cor ‘ing to 
By the 
e latter botanist considered his plant _—— nt from that 
prs: Roxburg! and it has smaller flowers ; *but it is not apparent im 
what the distinction otherwise consists péctnien seh sent by Dr. 
Waillich to the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, who forwarded a fine 
specimen, nearly three feet long, with a dozen flowers upon it, to 
the Horticultural ty in August 1938. It is very distinc! 
from all others. Its lea e from two to three feet long, stiff, 
leathery, obliquely obtuse, and strong! owed ; at the base 
they form istic! like that produced by the equit: 
leaves of e flowe! ceed e those of any of the 
species nearly allied to this. ey are, however, a dirty yel- } 
lowish bro colo’ ich i ir beauty, notwith- 
. n, 
like um aloifoliam which it i 
allied ; but, Dube caioaie of the py size of the fi 
readily known by the porns ag .. the cua Paine ip eorara straight, 
ead of being broken in two and 
‘(Greenhouse Herbaceous Plant.)—A 
PB 3 Tittle. perry herbaceous plant from Swan River, 
ase from the St Se eercarian juncea in bei ing paler and ta 
wers, the stalks of which are long am ender, and in the 
ing near! ha as 
The plan ap) f an Allium. 
differs from ‘that genus in having three of the pra ci ect, 
Pee oe pearing in the place of foe er. and aeheres a ae 
S mr from uncommon amo: e liliaceous order of 
Tolland, — Botanical 
ae Register. 
ISCELLANEO 
| October. Hibiseu 
eS 
biseus africanus, a fine species, with la large 
pale yellow flowers, having a velvety black spot in the cen. 
tre. Cnothera tetraptera and Romansovii, the former 
with —_ and the latter with violet yon should be in 
ev ction. etie es 
Th @ vari of Pa 7 SEheas are 
roany y Elichrysm pile 
ACeaee as the cut flowers p their 
colour w' dry =~ many months; there are ae white 
an oa yellow ‘varieties. _ The. tim ; © of flow wering of many of 
ds at en 
Some few will kena the winter, if so’ 
times ‘of the year. 
gr ier 
The Ke ear is 
from Ty | pro ee a ‘botaios of rss re or 
flowers fons May to November ; 
Foor PI crite South America,—the latter bears = 
ndan toni 
Petit 
abu hite fi carmine 5 spot 
e from June to November ; 3 Fig onys 
china, I is 
So eit 
a native of Braz 
tiv and will 
rapidity muah carneus ne me from: ‘Nev 
Island, is valuable, as it flowers ret the winter sea 
fro: m Dece “aac to March ; eli 
cate 2 Ne and twiner, with purple flowers, which are 
iby 
aed 
is a fine pear bearing large” orange ; pea-shaped flowers 
which die off of a rich brown colour—it is from Swan 
J 
er, flowers from March to y; A rdenbergia 
itata, Zichya osa and tricolor, also from Swan 
River, uld be in every collection; Ipomea tyrianthina 
bo: lays feseoed P eke plants to their natu New prantnrs ae nuals.— per Os Thellusonii 
col The stalks required for use are taken out at top, | | has most brilliant red flowers from May to October. 4 
and the box is not di starbe d at t all. These boxes make a gla 
hb broken | dud a, mac crochila, and tricornis , have lately been intro. 
po and tin kettles hae in p. 85, = ‘the rhubarb Anode im the North of India, quite different in characte 
he season as may be desired. from m any previously —- in this c country ; the colours of 
It the litter is sufficiently. anit, it will not ie distributed = ir purp » pin uk, and white. Mariynia 
by the wind—A member of the ae a ¢ of Matic 
Association sees nothing laboriou mom = to October. e of th ost beautiful of the 
method of f es om a recite > boron cor- PGE cee SIRIONE 3 Lobelia r , anative of Swan 
ee lent, p. 85, or any necessity for the unpicturesque stn and producing a profusion of bright blue flowers 
of the tree and litter, as it may be grown in Ysa uly. ii, a plant like a Lo- 
inings, which may be cov covered with 
m Swan River, is very handso 
oat pits heated by li 
planks. 
glasses will prevent buds being scorched. He would 
like to know at what Cte We by his 
method, and whether the use of “ fir d tin kettl 
— 
rsedes the necessity for fermenting materials ? The 
ring, as get will grow in a cellar or mush- 
ie true 
me, with purpl le, 
he t fi 
idla suaveolens, a native - Buenos Ayres, 
large bunche lo: sa which — a delicious 
dour, fi i October and - os — 
species wi ll 
more slender 
dens, but ecg evtusiie ae nadia a 
ge space in a short oun 
Weg m of Mar co.—W hilst at Swearah T saw the 
calivating iis at present unknown, and it is extremely | of pa tet onan grapes, and pome- 
—. 8 es Thes ese <a ane, eaten, along 
iol Collectors. The Belgian Government has | with t and the betel-john(?) At Marocco sweet 
taken fro! gis — wll » senersines 9900 franes, re jean, ete me limes, s weet ioenesing een mets a 
added to um. s, to send out fi ith tl 
young sneaaiae to ne ani exico. T 1 Radishes grow to an enormo ws i thes, 
se Messr: a echt and Linden returned from ra with the kershuff (2) are sie eaten t any ve e. 
ravels, pai ‘bes zoological collection, they heougera I have seen the gardens at rn Palms 
rch eer of living. pans ae of Orchi dace and | Cac _ date chiefly), olives, oranges, —— lemons, os 
:, vio! 
£ 
bene - divided pare acs — “= those o’ Lidge 
and Lacken. M. Galeo eet ho travelled for i:  Mepies 
on his way home fr 
‘oses. 
>| with plen ity of saffron and oasteryeied, 
1of BR 
bary. In travelling from Swearah to Maramnia, the Cha- 
ubarb 
wfuls of hot dung, stalks 
weeks when wanted.—[We have é few more communi- 
cations relating to vtec = a subject, but it it is hardly 
worth inserting them at present.] 
fo Biche A OF Mg tah 
LINNEA 
—the Bishop. bie norwich, President, in the 
Marquis of Northampton was elected a Fellow, and 
Mr. & Gorton of the cee cicnitnte Reece 4 seriem, Chiswick, 
an Associate of the soci 
n that 
Belgium maintains ite reputation for horticulture 
et 
Maelen’s sit lishmen om. i, but very 
Mexico; his es ‘kal . » Makoy dwarf. f_—Atheneum. 
i - traveller a number of ili i Mr. Drake, of No. 8; Jermyn- 
ot which are supposed to be be undescribed ; 
| among t’ leah , Which are, we believe, Sho on the a of a microscope. It is of besntitl 
the ‘only specimens untry. this shows that quality, and cheap ; beyond comparison bette than 
Liége. The foundations for the grenhouse are 
e 
ot most “remarkable et trees 
and eit .—The following list of the newést 
and shrubs embraces 
known species ¢ Polypiaria of og: cupetosann f as strata of Italy, | beds are formed. cuss a has chosen the pans many of hee are at p 
Ps hp event te Sey Pages ap examples of the | ral arrangement of plants, as modified by Dr. Lindley : | extremely rare : pee ‘eria formosa, a handsome shrub 
weed, a species of Gigartina, iocioeatt atuitet tone tend Sea; | So that without doubt eee wasn will show the all North of Inding produces its white flowers in 
lichenoides, from whieh j are in Japan; aria | of | the fax milies s bett — ae r. There are, besides, | August, and makes a pretty spyee rance with i b 
be agen i era om the head of a cater- len, a quarter for indi- arge leaves; it is 
Ree tetas pect sa eg esa ceen eeartate - + | genous seats fate pte horticultural gardens, ear ops ea, where 
’ nests, both in a natural an state ; Lepas | ursery foi for fruit-tree: es, an aquarium um divided into compart- Peg bracts and leaves assume a dee lour. Pawlownia 
= at used for food by the es; a brick | ments, and an experimental garden. It is ho t the | imperialis, a low tree from Japan swan ce very like 
pe ge fe seme helen eer ag a Aces ty —_ statue wl Fuchs, the father of Belgian botany, will orna- | Catalpa plain has beautiful Wages loured fiowers. 
Gould specimens of the rare Nanodes ges fovea of brie m. Cornus aero mays an vandis, handsome shrubs, 
Vigors, a kind of parroquet from New South Wales, remarkable | _ 1 he best 0 of th fro 10 to 12 feet high, the former from the 
ores oe ae ee ee eee a: alee Pes, thyrus npn = whieh flower from June to | North of dealing a the latter from Mexico. Caragana 
eae the Tet k i eerie ata pgs es Sher August ; Rose Lupine, Lupinus rag pa yellow Lu- |" Gerardiana, a handsome lew: shrub -with yellow flowers, 
gigantic Truffle called native bread, and a specimen of fossil | Pine, Lupinus Juteus, in blossom Jane to Septem- | from the North of Indi: tisus Weldenii, 
Soe an South Wales. Mr. Solly exhibited the supposed | ber; Pri ther, Amaranthus hypochondriacus, ai rom Dalmatia, producing spikes of yellow eo like 
baer — om St. young — of wera 3; several e-lies- , Amaranthus caudatus, which produce | a a pe ge but "a spikes have an ascending 
and minute granules. muens'| their long crimson spikes from June = September ; 3 instead of being pendent. | Spirea Lindleyandy a fine 
Entomologicat Society.—Prize Essays upon insects injurio French Marigold, Tagetes Regen a gs th of I wel 
cg prvage ro i gemma aa is Society held | variable ea avi known .S. pear ee ‘olia 3 S. cunei, ifolia, laxiflora, vaccini- 
offered by the Society, in edunction wick tie oe da Pan double flowers, ony Bo and rotumifolie, are also from the North of India 
(tural As: tion, should be renewed for the best memoir Marigold, tart pear ag: Pag ow orange or Seer and form pretty low shrubs; S. fissa from Mexi exico, is # 
Batman a upon the root of the turnip (being | coloured double flowers. Double dwarf ienkowre , Delphi- handsome shrub, growing from 15 to 20 feat high. Eoui- 
rods of preventing ite ceeier et bate Airae*| miaue Apecio, exit: b Larkspur , vary | cera Ledebourii, a curious plant from California, remark- 
sects. The Rev. ‘ope, thes ticity also | exceedingly in colour 3 _ the former is the most beautiful, | able for its bright blue berries.—The genus Philade 
amounced his intention of offering a prize of Yol. for the had several accessions fi North of India and 
— caine — ~~ — appl trees, some species, with ries blue and white flowe Lavatera | Mexico; P. orth-west Amerie, 
Madras Agricultural and Horticultural Society.—On 2d stris, a beautiful mallow-like pint, ith delicate | is one of the finest species, ae tee its white a? 
be aMeetine was held = fone ce Hall to award the pink or white flowe ‘alcomia maritima, the well- eat in July, _ ss a bush from 8 to li 
— ‘otton, Indigo, &e. which had been | kno irginian Stock, with pink or white blossoms, ad- | feet high. . Mexicanu Mexico, and friflorus and 
iedestnagee tee tet pei sane chair was | mirably adapted for edgings to beds. Campanula specu- | t osus from the ‘North ‘2 ndia, are also i 
tiful sample forwarded by Mr. Fischer lum, Venus's ing S, blue or e blossoms ; | plants, well adapted for the shrubbery. Deutzia orym 
bia Braminy of the | Calendula pluvialis, a pretty plant with the interior of the | 60sa, from the Himalayas, produces white flowers in Sune. 
‘otton was awarded to | petals whitepand the exterior blackish. Kaulfussia amel-| Berberis coriaria is a - North 
a sh tharenad prize for | loides, @ neat Ii plant, wing about six inches | of India, with aor - ergreen leaves and y flowers- 
Behier’s Wample. ‘The igh, with bright blue ae Centaurea Cyanus, the | Coriaria nepalensis is a fine plant! yaaa ao “Bibes Be 
sample d Corn-flower, vari ingly i inc colour, ee ae ew aziesii, with arle pace from North-west America, a 
Magis pore a Rae or white. of | glaciale, vite flowers, pont North of India, 
he most beautif al plants in our goniens ;_ its flowers - erve ce in collec’ plants. Aralia jt 
and they v nica, a curious eed from tae growing from 12 3 
sity of the tints. ‘Clarkia pulchella, a » délieate wher od feet hig Betula Bhojputira, a very handsome ae 
ered oe The ris umbellata, afin e border p la at on account tree from Hi Yass y related to the comme 
rch, Amygdatns ‘ncaa, « Caucasian species £5 
Chrysanthemum coronarium has bright _yellow | pea ormamenink 5 e sg oi 
feo hs Deena ei very showy. Boopte: 5 and ah ae dana Sm 
Lessa hecdack:| © i with white down on the wader ide, male,» for) 
: res rete ap the ss "Mellow, evergreens. 4+ 
Motel the beuisowsst sanmals grown; its flowers are from Russia, ia alao « pretty low shrub, Clematis Hen- 
[eins ph toon Say dersonii, a garden variety, is ‘perhaps the 
