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214 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
where — freq: d from the of the Sendak by most bog | of the fashiouables at present in Paris. The fine: 
r ness of the w er y attracted a numerous concourse, not 
sige tober in ey: year, Tto 3 dre sie each tub by only of bed Bape - Bae me ge te but also the thousands of 
a aie oe sheep’s droppings made thin, ae “which lou ais ci a 
we jo aboun hey — - tl e 
being well oe : the ball of ¢ earth ‘eecnaia =e the | mo seat e een pat g that 
stem, I co red the | old po 3d fnovkd : hare ebeen heart! crowded with» visitors, = who z > 
th ighly pleased with the Camellias and other plants whic’ 
ney umber fram k, ingnd Sapa eating “es water "three surrounded them; amateurs were sadly disappointed ; 
fou which | in fact, the Society has not been fortunate in its exhibitions, and 
th e the trees appearance. —James ae: ol oO ie 1 pene in to think some other regulations are 
a clean and healthy 
MM‘ Walter, S Winutioe "Castle, County Limerick. 
To grow eee - Ridges.- —Mr. Forbes, gardene 
Sir J. Edwards 1 
r to 
[N° 14, 
ridges with se success, having on one _ occasion, at 
Cheam i 
d was to s 
hand-glasses. The system he purs 
the see: edals for specific poe 3b say, sma "of inae prizes 
in the first Seg ~ i and aie the young ane two | were not comp for at 1: , Rhododendrons, 
iftings, firs! 60-sized, and then into 48-sized pe Roacas not that : y ous m/ bien’ or eed a 
‘: - for ses are every day to be purchased in the open m 
ots 5 wad fo i. " la nt out on ridges. | paris; but the plants would have been entirely ruined 
ime the plants are in pots, water is given being exposed for six days to every variety of tem eral 
aring’ i . | mode of judging is also objectionable, unless florists and ai 
*P ly, = — gee ig 90 Laban teurs are convinced that Page ey will Ibe « rim ao will not think 
forma’ if ie Th Is 
RY sy i 5 a1s0 | it worth ge ree ie to put themselves ~ certain expense and loss 
Gootat off, but the leaders are not. The ridges are com- | of plants. English exhibitant knows that he must stage his 
i and half. its by a po hav, if ni ly he is excluded ; 
manure from an old cucumber-bed. Cast-iron mot fo bese - nominaly, Sow tay Bd An hi 
hand-slanses are used, 20 inches square, with moveable 
are eat = off. To prepare the bed, the soil i is dug 
tained a prize ; “tus 
of 18% 
fee ct wide “one a font is added to the north s ide, makin, 
t is 
jon slope to the sun. is put in, six 
eee 
firs an hav e agai 
may learn exathiy th the tink the. fates intend to wh Siege und, 
which pres eg is not till the third day from the ope Thi 
ultural 
unt likewise the with- 
inquirer (p. 85) on the ect of Bir ls. un 
stood th uired arse to what woul 
most ly luce erwood, but—what would 
gard to best plan, under the Se at to ado ith re- 
‘0 the Birch. Taking that view of the q 
oes oaaee 
ames wish to form underwood in the shortest oni 
Fran i bi 
plants are plan ited under each — which is surrounded | },,) ~~ ray veregh abaya ba exit received them in pre- 
For the : fir st two or | vious years ; some such reasons must have influenced the florists 
h The | this penne: m, for no one ay believe iy in i numerous nur- 
ies of France one only could be found to exhibit the required 
reves are kept pm te close till th ‘the les eye tag 4 Rhodod Camellias, and none a ee number of Azaleas and 
ododendrons, for the special exhibition of the Society 
leading shoots have peed reached | the side of the hand- this year fixed its show one mont lier usual. The 
ee Sex Os Sb theies, Sth sank bloeke of meee. gare very | spon betes cnt tsoeeiingty en ‘raid das 
wood. Flowers of f both Sexes are ior woe plentifully, so se height and contrast of colour, but they were not what would 
t artificial i ation is not needed. Whe ealled in England well-grown, being too much drawn mp; 
- fruit is well set, all pinched off with the laterals but ond “indeed this is the case with 20 st The most here, fe, Bs 
‘ : ‘ = consequence o! wing entirely in peat e most remarkable 
one, and the shoot on neyscuy Se deat wae were _Colvilli, ‘chan dleri elegans, Colvilli rubra, C ‘oncinna, Deli- 
See MNe ibtey pret pened enc fants, enc conse, | sepervnainons Nashoeh Octeneeh Pelckorinn Ferien Pie 
con: super! eu che: ctata, Pic- 
quently six were produced under one hand- glass.— Green | turata, Ly Tricolor, and Triumphans. The Abbé Berléze 
ields, Machynilett, North Wales. @ ‘ited a large collection of Camellias, but not for a prize : 
plants were very much larger than those of M. et, man 
_ Sazifraga “oppositifolia. —There is a very beautiful prc being 10 and 12 feet high; but the colours were not suf- 
pring i hi sts that are gen nerally ficiently consents 5 apt the ofc effect was lost by having too many 
i dv hert dark  irayem es re, however, some fine specimens of 
Sees 23 ip hep! ite Imbricata rul Cpe § Mutabilis maculata, 4 di- 
flora cegesbas "Donkelaerii, Press’ Eclipse, » Deli- 
[ refer to oe pape mountain Sesirage (Stings op- | catissim Nobitissiate. Imbricata alba, Admirabilis, Triumphans, 
I la) sesh ined, bocance af native ariety Najemnas ie ocenza. of Pe = wate aieealenshc tg 
name patil > yu 
. ae Saraly besaty cays nt to be deepioed peso Neuer Ycfoee wine saaraaa to a a, Saray, ” chief en cemeaee 
count of its n Hooker's Flora Scotica | Luxembourg, for a collection taining Acaci: 
it is said to in May ; in Smith’s Compendium goa olia, = picts, latifolia desl jesiet a foribunda; 
‘ informed that it flow: i icas, Epacris, &c. &c Messrs. Tripet and Leblanc for a 
a torn Bee it flowers in April. Both may be | s22 “collection of 100 varieties of Hyacinths and Pritillarias ; 
right, but where plant is removed from its alpine among the form niet tesse de la Coste, 
— planted in lower situations, it will flower in | La renommée, Bourgogne, it, Roi de Hol- 
e end of inning of March. jong | lande, Appius, eath, Baton noir, and ig tse 
ith Hepati eke , Snowdrops, an ead + early- tillarias were also very pretty, especially | e Pourpre, Le 
¥ Beanté douce, ~~ lecrses to M. Chauviére, for Aschynan- 
flowering plants, its ‘red purple comadieea & — mt | thus ramosissimus Baxterii, Lachenalia pendula, 
appearance. Ericas, Kennedyas, & oy om ; to Mr. Souchet, fora fine collection 
in bed, border, or roc! ed will | grow and abe of last year’s fruits. an Kod Senne. appeared Res gued 
Perhaps by giving this n a pl ace in the Chronicle it I tenig % on Goer wan amt  vegetabl ag acme iicttioan =p he cs 
may bring the planta Title, aie into favour.— Peter Mac- | Gros rateau pin wards of 1 1b. pa es the 5th, 
keenzie, West Plean, pak ire. Rhododent priz 5 cmaed a eee Chronicle, ‘eh cx "hes for Azalea, 
i: ice.— endrons, ai OSes, ere Wi 
Bire oppice.—It ap to me that your correspon ener to Baron BR. efor 
m, gard an a prizi 
oucsaas ‘and eee eee he ene the papi yar who 
exhibited for either of the two prizes offered by the Socie' 
Spring exhibition of ba Psa eooteta Sociely of the Seine 
was held at Ver: les from the 26th to the 30th of 
offered by the Society :— 
ts in flower—for which n 
nd Ois 
March, pte the following pr ae tard 
—. — Medal for 20 forced pl 
an for 40 plants, natural flowering. This 
Pichon y to M. Madeline gardener to M. erage Coho. = i 
Camellias, Eri &e. 
period, with the twofold object of profit and a preserve for 
his best 
Ww yen to fell them 
of 1h ot theese te gon ' 
affor 
Seemtsoee: | yon recommend all | pro- 
of woods, if they wish to see them thrive, entirely 
to conten the preservation of hares and rabbits; for me 
upon it, there i is not a clas of a a do 
rex pli: 
= make 
In 
a@ eonstan t prac tice ce of ‘gossiping with the 
men who maybe at work — thei tes, thereby rob- 
of much labour ; eep ~ minds of 
axel tement, ren- 
ral an exhibitor), for Acacias, 
in this collection was one remarkably fine pears of Ca- 
wards of 14 feet high, literally covered with 
for which no one 
bited. 
4th do. do., for 25 varieties of Azalea indica—for which no one 
i 
do. do., for a collection of to eight 
years old. This ood was chin ng to to M. Mi. iewzy ‘ing, whose 
plants and well-grown, of them in flower 
This was awarded to 
€ Camelli. 
ae 
we do. do., for i dV bl 
me exhibited. 
a taration of Camellias. 
in it 
its of Imbricata, Mag- 
i, Henri Fauve, Althzi- 
illi, and Leeana 
taken as a ‘a whole, this exhibition, as 
were failures, and it is not likely that either of ‘ans 
again hold their so early in the season. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ‘ENGLAND. 
‘Senate tae inert 24th. ae. Porson as Chairman of the 
ittee, presented the report of the meeting held 
tent dayin een 
— 
mittee recommending imm 
object, forthe purpose of 
condensed and classified ales 
report 
oy inpeeseating that this tation “mast not be 
» nor that wood felled, er will all 
yo mary —A Young 
among the res: 
wmer report as the 
M. 'P. presented several specimen: m the Earl o: 
rowby’ 's estate in Lincolnshire, exhibiting the ee ef- 
fected in the chi 
—S[=S_ 
CEEDIN NGS OF SOCIET TIES. 
Paris Horticultural Soci: et Paris 
Hortie te ecae oan ee the Palace 
of the Luxembourg, from the 8th to the 14th ‘was at- 
asap: 
soaees it. read from 
of Clockialdich, near Dunkeld, on the introduction of ‘the Belgian 
oon te atic ard of Seotland; and from Mr. Bruginton, 
of Staffordshire, on the luxuriancy resulting from the 
st cay’ ightleatoipetad 
of wood-ashes, obtained by burning 
top-dressing for Clover. 
land and Agricultural Society of Scotland.—The fo) 
are ‘oices offered by this Society : sexiaes gold a will ee : 
for the best and approved r effectual and 
hedge-row trimmings, as a 
mainly for the purpose, and h the hope, of ob i ered 
account of the various modes of heating co pra sed in 
rica and on the continent of Europe, nd ag al 
is eoulerstond to be fapeied iy an extent 7 
with advantage to the lower classes. om 
auth furnish sketches or models of the staves expected at that at the 
the s hat he recommends, or such description as ce mnie 
others to put the system in practice; tostate how far he siders 
it applicable to the use of coal o: at as fuel, to the purposes of 
ec ng as well as heating, and whether it may be adop' with- 
each valley above the sea; 
escription of the subjacent rocks 
anis) in 
min; 
paiihs, with t a view of supplying 
ol] m 
woods s' should be adverted to, and, in particular, h 
rvai is well founded, that t trees jose a 
posure, or are found in woods north aspect or inclina- 
= 
pee to commence—and at what a at either 
oars to be c eR — at what peri 
nga A 
may be adjudged to ple 
six years from 1835, inclusive, 
world, cones containing seeds 
rere ne een ee 
the case, deem 
to adford at least 25? 
