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watered with the ammoniacal liquor of the shops had both flowers 
and le: ves ee er than any. of the others, and the colour 
of the blo hi Dr. Lindley read Dr. Horner’s 
paper, in aM on ering seed- crops. ., from snails un 
slugs, and exhibited a Zinc plate with a strap of copper, which 
i i e re e slugs. 
BR 
erate ws 
Swan Riv er. i 
Lady Hume’s ae from 
evan, Es Sir T. Acland, 
msde en, — er q. 
ite ds specimens of ra Comish G Gilliflower 
andia 
mini: dichroma, Acacia affinis, orn 
frosted and pcan g of the three varieties of Chimonanthus, 
differing much r and size, — 
colow 
and a white eo ib SBottwiee! Registe 
Er in Sr M VITELLINUM. (Stove Epiphyte.)—This beautiful 
Mexican plant produced its fiowers in Mr. Barker’s coulesins at 
| new  Geeamhe house Bulbls.— Almost all bulbous 
Br are ornamental, from the large size of the flowers 
and the brilliancy of their colours. Among the new 
‘ eae 
Seieeenient in 1839. It was not till specimens, collected on the reenhouse ones t worthy cultiv 
pera am oe eee A Sa 2 —— “ goo ae elegans, a native of Mexico, producing its elegant pendent 
could be formed of the sw appearance of the plant. One of | OTange and red flowers in July and August ; Bravoa » 
* m has soils covered 15 orange-coloured flowe’ ora, tink from March to August; Calostemma 
expanded at on ace of more than six inches i carnea, fro 
ropa Lena forming a Spicuous object. To the roots of | }) : tralia, tage eae = —— = 
men are stic! ments of a Junge! nnia and a , 
pre ichen, no doubt can be ent ed of its in- Ip plant with lead- slot flow a not unlike an Iris,,pro- 
iting a damp, cool, shady situation. This veal: ugust 3 anthus concolor, from 
the secret of its cultivation, and shows that a i: it cli~ a 
— fi : ne of saan and Wes it Indian Orchidacez is requisite Mes wth yl - tows re tom Febery — oe 
‘or it. Probably it will like the management ded for bia rom 2 
Lelias, and most uadcnbtody it must be guarded euniaat ex- | having dark purple and nore blossoms in July and Au- 
pos’ ure toa high tem mperatus at any period of the year.— But. Reg. gust: Ismene vires ative of Peru, with large 
MISCELL ANEOUS. g ly to September, exhaling 
wees wie re _ fan eable lemon-like yi The genus ee 7 
‘on pee ie of the Massachusets oe Bike Socety | recited some splendid accessions, exer 5 pt na wth 
fro rom he pollen of Camellia unciata id 
: hate bright Dee: ee rather | 224 tad sited with Lge lossoms; atrosanguineum, 
arker than is usual with thi is colour i in the C sell $ dark red ; me, white ; aitbor ame e 
ellis; the aluabl jn ron the ultiv t f th lants will be 
first or guard petals forming a flat back, the ot! Pie + ath 3 wh die: telidata tte a ifal 
erous to 1} inch broad, round, s ical! ts ’ 
bri meee RPI EASE y round, syatmeteiendy e and red flowers producéd in abundance from 
: PPe ap mat neta crepes: ary t ly, and Rigidella flammea, having bright 
, ’ 
lamete 4a nok ‘ 
cnlges 
ouels red, cs x ete 
blossoms from June to September, ought 
i tas ney every collection 
GARDEN MEMORANDA. 
were sent from the garden of the Society. cent ; leaf resembling that of wae Ott ol, near Liverpool; J. Moss, Esq aah this bea iat 
thicker ; growth free, not stunted. te will one a phat de or eat ee poy & tay Ng 
NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS WHICH ARE | be called Camellia Wilderi. at beauty of this’! mansion. The genus Amaryllis is remarkably well grown here, 
EITHER USEFUL OR ORNAMENT variety consists in the perfection of its ee Ao clear | and flowers abundantly in a greenhouse adjoining the dwelling- 
1 hi which is situated the bank: and 
URLINGTONIA RIGIDA. (Orchidaceaous Stove EF, { edge of the petals,and the b o lour of the 5 Rowe, eae: ors te LS anaes “that 
2 2 7 J ‘piphyte. )—One mands extensive yiews of the Welsh mountains across that 
of the many fine plants inhabit the woods of Brazil, our know- | It stands surroun y + coneinna, and | nobie river, here abo mt tree miles wide. On the lawn in 
pig pt ies lire ose spenupens are enter. about 250 varieties of the Sorarsi of the late Belgian. front of the house is t beautiful specimen of Arbutus An-~ 
transfe: French, and an seedlings, and certainl these | drachne, which has withstood the frosts and sea-breezes unin. 
dens, It has nat ls inali state by the ? sales uarter century. i 
Messrs.” Loddi en it flowered bits J mont . | qualities eclipses them all. haces feet, and Fad: branches “es = eerie. teak tah z 
It is a beautiful » with a habit unlike that of any other Luminous Worms.—M. Moq n Tandon, Professor of Knight's Exotic Nurse e few plants in flower here 
genus hitherto discovered. It first forms a tuft of two or three | Botany at Toulouse, has diareet: aie that tos a species | at present, but in one house we were regaled e fine odour 
leaves, of an ovate 1: iC and rigid texture, whose petiole y, P issi i id and 
is thin, fol ther th uitant manner, and articulated | Of luminous earth-wo The neevignals we of small | oh age a. cee ——- ee 
ith the es. agro Song id in the middle of these leaves size, and emitted a Tight like that of i iron ta white heat. | 4, ae ae is asf id x wi acing its 
tenieh, to the arm of & pseude-tulh, oval, thin, d | beautifal heads of flowers at the points of all the young shoots, 
and furrow on wh: . occasi two i prod’ msiderable 
leaves, like the first in ag Sy bat without ¢ equit tiole bes ee d ek The if p Sven left ig long luminous train ieee ee ee ate cts a 
bic ba ag eiteneet os point, and pp in ee ont m, ti t a eck of of phesphoose — oe drawn lilac flowers, which turn white when d: at. 
shing itself on the branch of a tree by of nw jus fine |-over the ground. en was fi occur | around a delicious scent. In the Orchidaceous ho 
rather stiff roots, it next produces, from the axil of one of the | only at the period of co: hatin, | "tt is adde the | a beautiful variety of Zygopetal remarkable for the 
lower leaves, a rigid stem, slender and as thick as a crow’s quil, fs o  aeteh on gl ae orm es her luminous pro- d bpm ates pai on caw labellui d Epidendrum od 
which rises erect into the air, forming two or three membranous spit - a . ‘ “ 
sheaths upon its surface, and ceasing TOW a ke as it has | perties immediately after she is quit the mal te mee oe fall plant . 
acquired the length of eight or ten inches. S apex it de aist z M. d.—The foll ng prac- on 2 fine pn plant “soa ghee = tr ait 
ts 5 ag ed,.— i he follow! produces its deep carmine blossoms in great profusion nearly 
ores gt et Bex jc aoe oe Bin wl ich it, spran tical directions for this are given by - Scott, of Bury | the year. Among the new plants is a variety of evergreen Oak 
a period of Scanian A . A with variegated leaves d be dy; Daphne indica rubra, 
has arrived. At that tithe it emits from the axils of one of its | Hill should be sown immediately in sandy with delicate blush-coloured flowers, much superior to the old 
lower leaves a flowering stem or scape, six or eight inches long, | loam ai dung, and kept in a gre rege ah as they kind; and Ar ylos tomentosa, with bunches of delicate 
ee . yes pas . nee ya sales eeakoasting bed -_ ill ire } when the e plants e about an inch | white fiowers. Two or three old Camellias in the peat-bed have 
large drooping white flowers, delicately tinged with pink. When high they may be potted pay into very Fsinall pots, and vainly fore: buds, gators a heer prin mr ig 
the column is deprived of all the parts that poeomaed it, and s they have forme d their tubers ; pand. —Feb. 38 - ois 
— - ae hare ront, i = panier far m va mbl: plane? tee toa if suffered to die down before that period, they will neve r Royal Botanic Garden, Inner Cirele, Regent’s Park.—The. 
of a mo ag + 
Brazil report this wan ced to ied a delicious scent of violets, but shao again, prove owork he rei — Ysa ee ‘ad shoul wo ton rtion 
it wee moto perceived in Messrs. Loddiges’ specimen.Sertu Db nee they have — them up from pd al vse dae of com Said. ts cAeaaiatinnen sok the aeteedont tearenie- 
ing laid down, drain is forming from the 
poentarna BA sealoroge rl Hardy —— Fins go garden of the ~ ced. Soening The following seeds require the slightest | upper anor gardens, near the proposed site of the apes 
tural S Sua. tory, down to the lake near the main entrance ae ewe oom 
superii it of the Botanical Garden, Sa! = tiny but whethe: possible co ads soil :—Small seeds which ¥ vegetate lawn ii levelled, umber 
or not it is a native of the North of India is not clear. Ai a quic ple as shoes er adishes, and all the Cabbage tribe. | (twp. nesly leveled and? i peer ta of Foy ora 
to De Candolle, it was found by — and Royle cultivated in | Light seed s capable of Aervetio. 3 with t the wind, Bis conse- | for the geographical and me Jussieuean arrangements of e 
gardens; but the latter author adds, in his “ Iiustrations of the uence o s Carrot, | medical d = and that for plants used in the arts and 
Botany of the Himalayan Merintaine that he had received it te bid Penal also all in preparation, and material is collecting 
only from Cashmere, whence he s upposes it to have been intro- ttuce: Ayky only i aera fortes Gama at the upper end of the near the conserva- 
duced into the garden the Indian peninsula. In general ap- | trate but little “int nae me as fain ane to the | tories, Many vases and statues have been p in. different 
pearance it resembles queen of our wild flowers, the cyan’ above will preven the most inexperienced from commit- | parts of the ground, but scarcely any trees and shrubs have yet 
of corn-fields ; butitis dwarfer, a good deal branched, with sho: * jority of cases in a planted, tho there are many yo 
radial 2 ee ad ERs Pappus of its oo is lang, Lengo ing very sowing.  ealibnge = = isha a con- | teady to be put out.—Mare: 
unequal, a as long e seed-vessel itself. In its - are spru from - gan’: Ki —There are some excellent Heaths 
egrsl of ase more gorge ce to C. d of | siderable depth; for example, Peas and Beans. If th nae ae — * Pec a species in flower :— 
dictugctonce Seek oe te is pacer ay: fruit erhe | latter are covered with pure sand, they will spring through | Erica Wilmoreana, linnxoides, Archeria, variabilis, agg 
beauty of its flowers consists in the very clear bright blue of the | 4 thickness of several . y may, therefore is a new seedling in ‘Gae wie — sy eta 
U florets, contrasted with the crimson of the c and in | sown as" out of the reach of birds.—Peas: Sow 10 | which is beautiful. Two ens of Chorozema Henchmanni 
bier fore igi t acaguicay ay pyaar’ of the rome meses oO — in- | drills, one or ent inches deep, and part if | are particularly d ing of remark, as also a plant of Epacris im- 
hiedat- cud wae membranous pectinated fringe. It isa | dwarf sorts, or four, ur, five, or even six feet for eties. whic ‘are = aml ag ok peers ——_ a fg ; 
| annual, growing show XE arg cog ud ard garden soil, | In re round sow mne: te t Let late kno our amellia 
requiring the same ent as s old Centaurea ameri- | sorts be in si to prevent mildew ; rye jas a cp ering profusely 
cana. It flowers nearly all the summer autumn.—Betanicai | =n ? e winter in a : Sp pst orc sr bg one 
DAHLIA GLABRATA. (Half-hardy Herbaceous Perennial.)\—A 
Hlative of Mexico, whence its seeds were obtained by G, F. Dick- | 
Son, Esq., who presented them to the Horticultural Itis 
young state. If not 
should range bos se in south side 
up for the purpose of protecting them. For summer aes 
s : So g = is mal tl 
it should bea mere variety of D. variabilis, whose endless two row ace é. yng ~ earners ably fine 
spring have filled the gardens with tun At overing iors 2 ose place 1 
least it appears to differ from that vali sec, net sain inits | With the ie erin Ars does, adele “2 a3 ft. apart, = ses 
naturally dwarf habit and perfect s a in its | for small Varieties, and 3 . 
i EE oer: party large and Senter and un pantie ‘bling eee 
ly potiee ry fibres. d Each bean Pe - ng ws 
There can be little doubt that this and D' ecanicera will leep. ap fe shout in. apart rows. 
to pn ge a new race of Soe ee bei When the Beans are 
garden it Re in which it eer 8o 
an accidental 
wers remarkably weil if treated 
@ half-hardy annual, which is by far the easiest and best way 
grow it, saving every season there is no: 
for preserving the old roots, which e those of the 
much slenderer.— Botanical Register. * 
among annuals of the ce eg eng ie and it is not too much |) 
Pst Eadeorgn orl placed in the e class as Ni 
tt Sintecs teeny 
border, but 
Collinsia prandifiora. in the 
jm Sais imate of wet uf ie co te ence 
it will go on blooming beautifully. ‘There’ 
i ers from June reste the double whit 
ble pin oink Chinese Primrose ; Toomea 
of 
Mexico, with large cream-coloured flow: 
to ber ; kaneis igo ignea produces its i 
blossoms from Ma: several varieties + : 
3 May to October ; 
Cineraria are particularly worthy of patios eS 
Waterhousiana, formosa, elegans, and 
roduces very la 
into two atts, one of which continues 
er drill or pag 
round 
turns across in the direction of Stafford-house. 
is also a new walk from ‘the reservoir down £9 the same point 
bi ny 
: : but a slight knowlege fe ‘botany or cultivation. 
the different ra the 
_ most “showy Species are meni tioned, 
e method of 2 ~— and increasing them. 
moaat such pay ik t o be free from 
fallen into some, 
ing of cuttings, in 
icle dzation, ae says, * Rens Pages to which 
tings are inserted depends upon whether they are of 
or young stg if Paid ao they should be 
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