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w that causes the b 
whee Similar causes prod “effects.” Hav 
easion to cultivate several Ore proves plants, partly 
with | a view of preserving g th ose I bad collected at con 
P 
colour, but ae most distinct and aaneete pionbgac had atnega 
parple flow: . Edmonds, gardener to the Duke of Devon- 
me A good 
dso: sae —e nnd a 
id Rhododendron with purple flow 
+. 
anksian medal was 
mitch to the former, Mr. Btecle, of P ktieaned sent a han 
a trial in this acre ‘Hloving a ct of a n-pots, 5 bat it quite so . Mr. Masters, of Canterbury, 
volume r, by s of a | exhibited a han Sand ae veaogg by Mr. Ricketts, gar- 
Gramse i in. wide at ¢ dener to W. H. Baldock, Esq., et , which is described in 
— ~— were he top, and ta pe =e sto my at the . 183; and some excellent seedling Apples, raised by W. Friend, 
pe rom the roof by a wire in q., of Burchington, from the Old Ni il. A flower of a 
en azZZa. tom of | seedling Epiphyllu’ i fi E. Jenkinsonii, fertilised h 
ealed the oa at the ba 
tank o' 
Is 
some of the hog va — the! ar- 
tial “by coco fs 
hand- 
me plant of Camellia cae which is som mewhat like Chand- 
0 deep-coloured. iterb: 
ly Lalas t leaves. * Garden-pots ae as awartied to Mr. Silver, ‘dener 
ily Valtham, for a charming ‘imen of favourite Rhodanthe 
th ts of the pl ld t Manglesii ; it covered with bright n flowers. Mr. H. 
the and hence would never be liable to be | (oom exlibited. Gus variety ofchorozena coruatun, which ¥¢ 
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scorched, chilled, parched, or saturated. Plants ses eal it gained a Banksian medal. A medal of the same kind was 
tivated might be introduc ed into forein uses, in those | awarded to Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, for two kinds of Stylidium, 
places where houses expressly for Orchidacee are not put | pne topper sper 3 each Tg ackagan-n ganatdee re 
up. In a garden that I lately visited, there were three | oF the handsomest species of the genus: Mis & Nichols ¢ ae 
pine-stoves, th s in which, from the want of the | a coloured draw’ ed a study of Chrysanthem ; it had 
moist a’ phere so essential to them, were a prey to the stron bt gag rr = sper ety of a : .. H. ‘and R. 
3 7 be rr et, on-garden, sent some cut-glass 
w i Ae and scale. Had the pathway A whichis 3 feet tands for flowers ; ey consisted of a base or cer in which 
broad, been ee gi shade| a by Passion-f epter tye a small quantity of water may be put, e flower, and 
in te 
He 
& 
5 
z 
wn 
pended f agers ers would not phe have a 
pleasing, but a beneficial te. Ihave not seen the baskets 
that Mr. Beaton says seagin aoe ings to grow Orchi- 
dacex in,” et I ‘Aithes - ions constructed of 
e have obs under a glass in a shop in 
Coveet gates Market, which has lasted Tiperara of a month. 
a handsome spotted vari Naccang hd se onems um laridum, Phaius bicolor, 
eee ae | bile —a cefull: 
ats le 
spectabilis, and so 2 others 
of the * wecsasens with aavertt cut 
branches nailed rpc in a rade mamner, and although from ms planted out in a bic. pit without a five, and in 
y cos re weather only havin: ver the glass, 
:! - This has s e late er kind of 
ing they might as a oe sea "caltivated ki in magpies’ | Camelia wai STERE 
J = ug Pal FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY 
April 6th.— ore bin “ee The follow wing gentle. 
en were elected :—Messrs. 3 right, e and Son 
a aenaietl: —The last three or four years I have fol- Hen! Silverlock and Bons, Ww. Cock, & Weeks, Veil itch, 
lowed Mr. Knight’s Loom of planting _— a early | R. Palmer, J. aie J. Clayton, jun., J. Wrenc W. Goude, 
in Angust some Strawber in close co with ¢ pais Sy-woe Thompson, H. W. Bucknall, T. Thomson, G. Bridges, 
* d G. Dheoteanaee gam 5 ag then exhibited a seedling Rhododen- 
bottom of my south walls, ae the e point whale? ihe - swe waid t quite hardy ; it was covered with light pink 
dicular o wi san angle wit! horizontal line | flowers, — — is e Rhododendron, and 
of the ape “ar Rane _ is placed 16 to 18 inches | Yery ™ edges.— ickson sent a collection 
thew ing an dev ening sun to of erg s consisting oe ee Gans heey 's Champion, 
x hire H an 
on it t to igg fons advantage, as well as the mid-day. ‘i nx, A SP intieekare waa be t by Mr. Gaines, of Bat. 
find, Roromered a Keen’s Strawberries, and the scarlet of English Garde Masters, jun., ve repre og ae Hist 
i ening. He began e time of the invasion 
Knight e this eo too much leaf, | oF the and adverted to the advantage that Horticulture 
thane: Bake igs, a e frait b ste rot in wet fui gerived from the Denies Monks, and otherreligious persons; he 
mongst m s I have | gave aslight sketch of the literature of gardening, not forgetting 
F py ose ao of sapenibe. beeen or ‘fair a, “that has the — popes pea eo eye that 2  Spcesd. Senne 
rks 
lo ong been = favonrite with cog The leaves “gow small, and eatbaries. and proposed in a future ir to conclude the sub- 
P = and thus present to the Society the History of the Rise and 
s above directed. The Pont 3 opened so me days Progress of English Gardening. 
‘ + rte . 1 h fruit towards | the end of May. The adock and Kincardine in Monteith Cottage Garden Society. 
oliage is so low, that it does We — <—e a correspondent that this society has been in 
1 ve. I find he pla o well for two year: —_ four years, and has gins een more fon we, | “ 
anti % an if og pose su) ave expect We, 
i is th e Py ace = re The . say ii, ziren therefore, print its rules, &c., for the guidance of others 
ptt " © parish 1 reside in 1. The society shall consist of all persons in the above district, 
Bishop’s Wick.” — John Wiiliams, Pitmaston who shall sub: any sum not less than sixpence ally to 
‘uni 
sig eee: oe tye Paciothi hd 
HORTICULT 
ee the joule . fee son, Esq., 
mee e have e never at an any pre- 
fine pei exhibited ; a few were 
the greatest nya cigs 
Marchioness of Ex raised from thi 
from the beautiful rossi Pena rose-colo 
any better kin 
iver a a Sage 
am, with 
i of bright pink flowers, was ie 
was difficult to believe it to be the sam 
the 
ur, pac argc Give pa other articles that be put in competition.— 6. 
a half inches i Carte of the flowers, it is abhor whether } ber shall = allo eat rons pete for an = ery 
of th exists; it was sent from Guernsey 
he shall have bee! member the id. pai 
lees Rae warts wee to the day y of exhibition. iy A ge- 
eeting of the Longe oe be held an: be ang ard on the day 
oe exhibition in autumn, Ww! e office-beare: esas tne ee 
shall be elected for the ie —4. arers 
)» 
wer to 
f | choose judges.—5. That the committee, or such j as the 
int, be the only in Cage to award the 
premiums, and to determine upon e merits its of th A pehagages an 
it no mem- 
oem for ‘whieh he gai 
shall, if call 
are of his o 7. gro and culture ; and ose one shall be allowed 
ee.—8, All plants i 
must ae been the prope: ynsek and i in the | coger fe of the 
cooanteet © =n veep we y of 
tition.—9. no field produce shail be or - competition. 
—10. lf at — vag it is discovered that any member has im- 
posed upon the society, his name shali be erased from the list of 
com’ 
gegen: Be of July Foait 
ental flower pot 
of each: 
The follo wing Prizes are offered on 
—Best two dozen Strawberries, 
g Levi a 4 Potato- 
ome pay es ae ae Bourbon Queen, ranville, and aia: 1st, Oe ta apts va tes aitto. Heaviest tout 
ured China: a —— medal was | stalks Rhubarb: ist, a and tray; 2d, candlesti Heaviest 
paneer to this coll ction. half-standard Rose in a pot, called Fn Gooseberries; ist, Dutch beg 2d, draw ditto. 
Yea belle Allemande, with several ¢ whitish fio eae strongly The following Prizes are offered on the first Saturday of Sep- 
fin 
tinted with baff han, anging from its [prea 4 arched branches, was | tember ae: is 
Mr. ley 
table specimen of Dendrobium ps chellum, which was indeed j Best six hard sorts: Ist, German ever sugar-ton: od, 
bee dietgescane: es pink and yellow tio ; itis easily ¢ weeding-iro: ark Hydran ea, in ¥st, sm thing. 
pei ir ing its season of rth plenty of ates irons ; 2d, ditto. Best Myrtie, in pot: ist, | iron ; 
pea Searcely F.. Mr. Lumsden, gardener to smoot iron-stand. Most tasteful Bouquet of hardy Flowers 
Bevan, Esq. @ basket of Keen’s seedling oranda berries, ist, p g-knife; 2d, penknife. Best Fuchsia, in pot: Ist, half- 
ts oa > anda “yi meee Camellias. | a-dozen German silver tea-s ~ s pad, “pa tig Best Gera 
named przecipua, was sent sium, in pot: Ist, oe bellows; 2d, pair scissors. Best 
ar e: grapes: Lucombe and Pince, gained a Banksi Forech: ot - Marigolds,. two of each, ist, axe; 2d, 
3 escribed as being of exeeilent habit, producing an Six heaviest late Potatoes =, potato-gra: 
parplish red blossoms, hi g 
medal them, and one to J. 
for @ fise specimen of Camellia candistissima, cana ok a st, poe oon SpE contin itto. 
white sorts: Mr. Allnutt likewise sent a plant named ote naun ” tet, tin 5 2d, on cape, 2 
om ~ re es te and a | of Sexoys of Sars. tn hand-basin’ Best in of 
of Erica rubricalyx. Six seedling Cinerarias e. or atk anon. te 
st, —_— Best two 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [N® 16. 
ee ee Eee ee ee eee 
hibited by Mr. Ivery, of Dechbate » pecan mutchkin of Red eckcloth ; 2d, pocket-h; “e 
Aerwarton white and purple, like e King, but ee gory “~~ ny AoE Seas! Bie fires Yolow Turnipe: 1 ist, small tub; 2, oa 
Cottage, interior, under 5/, rent: ist, 
ditto; 3d, ditto. Britan- 
F ENGLAND. 
Pusey, t Si President, in the 
s aP ockaseites ed to the 
vantages to be derived = Hancock’s Hydraulic 
water, an s being be sep to 
buildings, or for carrying off the 
The President also laid before the council, on the part of the 
Jo — by orrrecs a the towsie form and conditions of the ex. 
to be tried this season on the ott gz of Swedish Tur. 
of the who 
agr vara tri: 
‘odel Experiment on the Growing of ‘iwedish Turnips.— Con. 
ditions.—Seed: ‘ Purple-top”’ (to be pmocutee of Mr. Thomas 
Half Moon-street, Piccadill 
to which 5 tons o . hels of bones, and 6 bushels of 
Poittevin will be severally applied. Where the rows are 27 an 
cemunvsigais Asta se trace c ent of each lot, which will recei 
he e quantities of oe 
ci weg y try the experiment are 
requested, when they send { in Po rest to see it with in- 
wing poin sc 
formation on the followin —1, preceding crop; 2, cha- 
racter of ; 3, time of Bey ; ‘4, how sown, how often, 
and what quantity sown; 5, et ont; 6, what if 
yr me when pulle: ed. 
dlen’s Coctmter Shows.—There being no competitors 
Spee penne on “ Allen’s Victory of Suf. 
th L be 
Mr. rite gardener to o1 
eed was sown 0! 
from the “ Man of Kent,” the * “*Manchester,” and four 
sorts, which were also sown on the 11th January. 
OF NEW PLANTS ~ WHICH ARE 
USEFUL.OR ORNAMENTAL. 
iret Bid ot tae Plant.)—A speci- 
s plan! Sooty the exhibited by Mr. 
NOTICES 
EIT 
HER 
iper peers Sphem opos 
jupposed to 
underneath, 
aces bly arate ce awa ef 
ut may pon succeed in a cooler 
refore be expected 
on very —Bot. R af 
YLLA. (Gree reenhouse Shrub.)—Very readily dis- 
ished — all other ay phyllodiieons Acatte with 
eaves, which are from three 
e ti 
n 
h wy plant. 
of the’ ve when growing, bi 
situatioi Tt will multi ply’ bare and m: 
and the flowers 
y Messrs. Lucombe, 
Exeter.— Bot. 
(stom Epiphyte.)—Although this 
fine species 2 has the foliage of O. Cebolleta, it is really very dif- 
lense panicles, 3 re ong, 
own flowers 3 lea 
ding stiff and e1 ed 
as yet but little ea t has bee: 
ey the Horticultural Soi eaety Phat Mexico, and 
in their sean and w: be Messrs. Loddiges. Itis very handsome, 
and well w —Bot. Reg. 
Crurorooia Avonasoxt. (Stove Epiphyte.)—Mr. Appleby, 
sigs Moves of the Fence, near Mac- 
Soccusfal in jooming several species of Cyr- 
Ager they are now showing flowers 
yal weed My lo — ywn description of his method :— 
I percei Ss de ag Peg springing at the bottom of the 
Peers io. bulbs, I take ie — and carefully shake off all the old 
soil, and cut off all the decayed roots; T then pot them in large 
ed, t tarfy loam cho} campy into pieces 
=i 
ba 
ene 
t pi 
increasing the quantity as the Smeeiat advance in 
are fully developed, when Snag agers manure-wal 
5 aeicee encourage the strong pin 
without which it is in vain to look for pening In this succeeded 
to my satisfaction ; Se ee ae ces Uiese an the Ser nibakeeest 
ficou same time bulb-shoots. 
‘ums. jot. Reg 
RACTESCENS. (Stove Epiphyte.)\—A. Sincapore Orchi- 
daceous plant, which has flowered io hap collection of Messts- 
. Ithase cemes of deli — stee-cllonaed Seed 
distinguished by its large bracts is nearly allied 
h same plant has been found oe cae by 
ther pretty, but not strikingly handso 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
iota e Lettuce.—This Cos Lettuce 
is. large, 
; ; the result is a lump, which is eaten raw with 
as te blanch ; sbi Need ia ae 
geod. In Italy it is 
