APRIL 3.] 
mane GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
215 
—_—_— 
and, further, that before 
seedling plants the premium b 
awarded, the aiaoalines of seedling yehan. 80, of each § Species actuall. 
bri 
‘Os 
nobilis, gr: 
pervirens, which last is ab 
St. a and throughout wea low 
sandy Reports to be lodged by 10th Novem- 
ber, 1841 rnc deiaseace ens: tees 
NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS WHICH ARE 
EITHER USEFUL OR ORNAME ae 
Brassia LAWRENCEANA. (Stove Epiphyte.)— Perhaps no 
plants of the Orchidaceous order are more worth cultivation than 
sias, for, p avons § single exception, ig Ss isa unis e, and 
te 
very easy to 
they are aiticult to aistingnigh from each ee. yeni those 
e the eet Miraers much 
this 
lengthened out. At first sight, in examinin S, would re- 
fer it to B. macrostachya ; but the sepals are no If: rd g, and 
the tumour at foot of the lip is simple and truncated, not sloping 
fo supported by three anced tul les. In li 
B. Lanceana, which agrees with it in the tri te - 
as two tubercles in front of it, and its lat sepals are 
much shorter. When dried the s B eana become 
bright brown, while those of B. eana remain e yellow 
It is a native of il, and has very ramet scented flowers. Like 
be treated in the s: nner as Brassia maculata. It requires 
a plentiful supply of r at its roots and over its leayes when 
they are fully formed, but great care must taken in apply 
this when the leaves and pseudo-bulbs are young, of ise ¢. 
e to be damaged, and to decay.— Bot. Reg. 
RINA LONGIFOLIA payee ay Herbaceous Perennial. 
This species 7 one of by Dr. Myles mn the 
ge same manner, as cI h 
to do, 2 - deep, van — 
the mould on the other side. This ee grew on land 
which i is only parted by a ditch from a on which Tull | 
vee his exerts e tree contained about 10 or 
2 ft. ~ timber, seme — — be seen at Mr. Walter’s, 
Rediews. 
Transactions of the Society of ets Vor LITI., PartL, 
co itdins some matters relating to Gardening, the substance 
of which is the following : rte? hex ter of Ipswich 
ag Ary he finds coal-dust not inimical to vegetation. 
He garden-pots hie fine cols and roe a 
uch as 
me + Gaia t 
Di dvices fro 
Sh 
aaa 
In silo 
with coal- dust, and put bulbs 
barton we sings that the expedition ae Capt. Jas Hy ae then supply 
was about to proceed’ southerly, having completed the a 
shone vutialid ted Waa mane Mes éxpedition end compare to those without the coal. dust, was very marked 
visited Kerguelen’s ne a where Dr. Hooker had found | strawberries, onion pas oh 
5 * a variety. of useful and 
the new crucifero: s plant mentioned in va ‘ oyage mental plants “ha xtemely ha a in dhs “santas! sig 
hs ope on as aid tha t of ; sinc i oe: so which is clean and neat, in offensive, without odour or stain, 
§ e re some of the collections o 
nyt j not capable ¢ of harbouri xe well ada =e 
a small schooner hich they had been pl for trans- | ‘The author — of the utility o = ge 
mission to E slacked i Sink One gallon of coal-tar, mixed up is apis 
R sis: Praferoorehi ip of Botany, Glasgow—We find | with one bt = of slacked lime, produces a material of 
yam 
egius 
that three candidates at og themselves for this.im- 
portant chair; viz., er Arnott, one of the best 
systematical botanists i in Bangs; Dr. bsg ‘our, of “Edin. 
urgh-; and Dr. of B 
bu Scouler, elfast. 
M Normanby, with whom the  pratieden lies, 
will be advised that there are no medical duties attached 
to a chair of botany; and that the mee at i 
ge, and in both the colleges of London, and the 
ai was on. ‘Animal tar, or gi een oil, 
procured pay ie lie of bones, and at pre reene I 
believe a nuisance, if 
XALIS PRUTICOSA. (Greenhous b.)—In thi: is country we 
little of the shrub! _! species a Woodsome! found in South 
where there ce. 
all, deep yellow, ary flowers. 
axill: 
0 Syon ‘from Rio Janeiro by Captain Herbert.— 
Ofall the et Me 
apo a ro as: abide ed the office | 
> eal nner wie “ret quarried, has the bs af ME Hengy Smith pak the following method of 
earance “of spar, and i, t that it. The 
this state, ff but wh d, | bi three or four et from 
branch is cut off at a distance of 
hi 
it becomes brittle and easy to eons: 
, and it should a street in 3m 
ner precisely similar to lime-burning, hing this “excaption; 
tha t half the fuel will do, as it does t require a-bigh 
the tree, care being taken to suppoi 
| prevent it from spl Baise the stump. The of the 
stump is then cut into narrow longitveding! sig which, 
after being carefully peeled off —- as far 
a heap of weeds and brushwood, and o 
f the Bee nt ed beak it tp them 
1 f +h 
oo . ‘the s stump close to 
materials, such as coke, ‘wood, or ciel. nt 
judiciously in a large heap with gypsum, and set 
the body of the tree. The saw-cut surface is ‘then cut 
ora niet Dinard mortice- chisel, _and is covered wi th 
will answer the purpose ; when burnt, it should be 
body d 
f ah. + 
beads oe 
which grating the | powd 
ground, and will then be 
rt and 
e 
of an yand d sur 
rounding Siew 5 are next covered Pad se ‘epth of two or 
the 
p following 
ceipt : parts ; fres b cor Sans, 2 parts; P 
Pie, finely sifted, 1 3; add cow’s hair, such 
used mercies plasterers, a handful or more, according 
uantity 0 of the composition required. } 
moisteni 
—Clay, 4 
P 
the situation, may then be a decided upon. A. hor: 
or four tons a-day, which ‘pela 
_ The pf w oH for grinding shoul 
sed fo 
to 
prs iag to grind three 
ss many acres. 
MISCELLANEOUS, 
Exeter nellia. 
in our opinion, the fmest. We have 
before momen Between fre and six inches in a 
very regu fleaies with broad rounded petals near the 
d The c ing A 
at still rose-co- 
e centre. 
“ 4 ¢ 
ea of the Horticultural Society 
t-street. 
"Tropical Fodder. “grasses. —The Gama gras: 
2s) will p: 
—— 
Tuesday next in 
s of Mexic 
rove a valuable sequisition 
ing in: 
to the effects of heat and cold—of humidity 
ie “The seed, however, is long in a in 
some instances continuing dormant for 14 months; 
in another instance taking 2 months to eeoet; although 
kept constantly y wetted near a kitchen stove. The Am 
y 
ndies 
making When gypsum is 
eater. ines water which i is i ghotnicaly Gangbined bate it, 
an nd whi ch (extraordinary as it may seem to the 
ies 0: 
and leaves the gypsum rag Sok to be acted on, as the bonds 
oe OW. S."—Mark 
ane Expres: 
Nitrate of Soda —I have tried 
bales es Swe just pisvouly to rut nd ana not. — 
¥ 
of Mark 
syste 
feelings altogether, and moreover is 
servants and tradespeop : 1 
acc gardener, bailiff, coachman 
the tradespeople should hn irections not to give “any- 
thing without an “ order,” that is, without a Sherte with 
the quantities and the pers name who sends the 
nee ritten on it. en a ball i is sent in for permens 
accompanied by the og with 
the di different items, otherwise the bill 
Should a tradesman lose one of his 
beok alone ta, Se oS short memoranda are entered of 
the things ordered. sometimes happens that 2 trades- 
H +h 
in that case he is boun retur: order, to be made 
Fescarpy Sov o the pa supplied. For example :—I 
for 10 casts of 32 sched ake uals cet? come; 
my td for 10 casts is returned, and I send one for 
7 casts.—D. Beaton. 
Ascenaai lefé in} { No. 22.—Shrubland Park, 14th Jan. 1941. 
the Order-book.} Please to let the Bearer, A, B, have 
Nos. 1 and 2 of the Gardeners’ ‘Chronicle 
Address. to ond W. F. Middleton, 
To be continued. 
ee the account of Si Sir William Fowle Mid- 
dleton, Bart. 
send 
No, 22. 
Nos. 1 and 2 of the 
Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
To be continued. 
“From €, D, 
4 + i . 
the, othe er day, of a following 
‘The length, 90 ft. ; the oe tee te 10 Pigs Mans 
stool, 143 ine 5 50 ft. from the stool, 5tin.. Tull, in 
* Treatise on Roots,” says roots will f follow the open 
Stabmood 
rege 
his 
Express. 
wegen a 
unscien- | sta’ 
fF, | th 
ng them 
a proper consistence. 
rve the pond os from external injury, 
is_passed over it and sewed round the bod; 
of th awe cn * The bandage and cai eee must remaij 
on the tree ab ou t six or dg The removal a 
the bandage, nail ust depend fh solely on the heale 
healed, the part q 
is WHC 
water to viel the whole to 
poate Ae pers aie 
should og oe 
the bar 
and ins as 
ine _ About October _ 
turing 
rkin; ing of which we 
air taliiandiag: A Sigg of the So- 
ciety of Arts we are enabled to 2 with which 
the details of this curious oon are ill 
3. 
Pie ey ‘2. se 
e fine Hya- 
cinths growing with pres luxuriance ; the situa- 
tion bt the cin Hs ts on the side of a hill sloping to the south; 
the soil is fine yellow loam es a gravelly subsoil, aan when a 
“4 el hag pledges = mixed with it, appears aizksads ell adapted 
The Palace, Gerdits, Fulham.—The forcing department is 
tensive; Cucumbers have been Bc ntly produced rh the 
7th of January. The pit is constructed with hollow walls, pigeon- 
holed at bottom, by which the heat from the linings is communi_ 
cated to the bed, and also ascends in the hollow walls, from which 
egular 
rs 
oes o bear well until or October. 
idney oer ty “mat bapa Taacer ta & bin 4 pit, where 
tany are und 3 do lo much better on fiues or in other spare 
7 
oo ee naan of the so soil, 
seem determined to live for ever.—W. 
gaam 
fine, 4 oe 
white Primula 
not surpassed, if 
of A macy idee sea 
grandifiora: 
to contrive some means for abridging 
ae in making the immense number 
origin o 
merely perf 
rmed 
fequenty, saved in money 
bars made by it for the conservatory in 
direct spwards of 40 miles. The present machine 
was actatpacte es ra particular purpose, which it has now 
satisfactorily accomplished ; t 
a in use in any saprongomd 
cxentaaie 
r 
+h. tat licl 
e builder, the framewor k m an- 
i made wholly ¢ of Seomek ti with police Dates 
for psec: | 
th 
netond of, as is usual, above 
the sides of the saws whic h are ascending 
Bia fi fee. table, instead | of the de pean sides These 
¢ 
ae Scene dang, 
’3 Eleganms and other 
are bearing large trusses-of flowers; by stopping 
wood; for when the bar was 
prevented in the mo 1 way, the saws prepa instead of 
the shoot above the flower-stalk an “inerease of flowers is is /pro- 
duced,—W, K., March 26, 
1200 Sendai a minute (rh it shee it ai 
do), the saws not only cut, but plane the wood 5 
