re a 
seminal TIAN 
Apnrit 10.] 
THE GARDENERS’ TRS’ CHRONICLE. 
231 
oma umn and winter, and replaces’ Radishes.—Bon Jar- 
Preseved tio: soeey: t p. 147 
ri 
may in this way be 
without me additional ex- 
applied to many useful 
oucherie, assisted by two 
trees, and collected 1200 
s of sap. 
ir = er’s Botanical Mission in Brazil_—We lea 
r’s Journal of Botany, that this enterprising 
o, after visiting the province 
tanical discoveries was an 
arded 
r 
ers 
Gardner's pm st Tia peeettaoe 
Diplusodon, one of the most beautiful plants of the Bra- 
a. bala — vy. Andromedas, and some _ Bignonias. 
Ther Iso a few Orchidacese, and a fine Melocactus 
with recurved spines 
Man —The adulteration of manures is carried on 
by some cof the small de alers to a 
Thus nitr: on soda is ith Glaube i 
for the very purpose, with a crystal re outa bie 
pelie—boandeas is mixed para bos refuse lime and hair 
of the skin-merehants, and ev 
larg ited id the finely. sifted refuse ashes of the 
Londo Now this is not only i in itself a most 
flacrant 
g , 
va 
exertions it deceives him in i “tras it ” pervert the 
ry farmer’s 
carefally avoid "ar ee prevensed cheap 
dealers in manures—those ay pre a to oe below 
the real market price; and t him eep to those who 
have been long das th 
e season is now arrived - Bown -sowing ¢ commences : 
. Johnson recommend ‘armer, aS an caesttet t 
cpu, - ie drill), the Ur: ve _ the 
nd Souipenrs: and the compos 
Poittevin oad Co. either of them feopersally the rate) 
he believes to be still more powerful, b en for 
turnips, than ae ones or a 
press. ee bi ad Lege 
we quite agr 
3 but 
so certain ties 's. salt lsulheke of oink © is so 
bad a — xe itate of soda as Mr. Joh nson — 
poses. At lea: find i 
the food of alan pag nted in Somerville’s Outlines 
(Appendix p. 20), ~~ assertion, that of all the neutral salts 
he tried, ‘the Glauber salt did seem one of the best in 
uber 
romoting vegetati ion.” 
P 8 
yamaees a a of 
hy brid Rhododendrons, and Clematis Sieboldii have stood the 
ibter, The Greenhouse contains a beautiful specimen of ra 
pubescens, which has long since Mai gS roof, and is no 
be a 
| trained horizontally. ssoms have a fas 
| new part is before us. We cannot believe that such yalu- 
| able labours are likely, as it is rumoured, to be brought to 
effec’ 
the foliage of the A 
relieved on each side vy Camellias and Rhododendrons. In the 
jatter collection is a hy bri id in flower, for the first time here. 
i Pah eae eerie pote ae 
WwW 
the borders having 
winter, Be i in a state of fi 
ba akg aris bs hereafter. 
unds ; we cannot conceive fe 
possible that the Asiatic Society, ha ving begua so goo 
work: should hee 80 little public ire as rasta let it get y Bat 
if if unhappily this should be the estly 
Leeper if 
science, will furn 
rnish requisite for the ph srsscerhe 
of these i inquiries. - 
ing fends 
They may be assured that none of the 
Mrs. s, Ealing Park.—There flow 
creilaceans "house here, a specimen "of "“Hendrstiom aaerexs. 
tum, with 26 flower-stems, each of which bears about two doz 
fiowers. It isthe finest specimen we have seen. 
Corsten’s, Hyacinth Villa, Shepherd’s Bush. — Let all who | 
cinth in be 
wish to see the Hyai 
eauty hasten to the charming exhi- 
bition at ‘Se lace e 
co! ‘al ure 
rf = merit ; among whi EY e particularly noticed 
white, and a semi-double bile blue, with the 
er an tipped with deep blue. Of the named flowers, the 
following are among those which plea! sed us most, either for their 
colour or their form: Tubiflora, a ‘single fiesh-colour, a 
Alexander and La Grande 
more likely to conduce permanently to that end. 
The nature of the proceedings of he Sent wit be 
apparent from hig following atta 
paper w: Ang d hi 
bark of th ct rated mt ig a tree. 
which abounds “throughout the 5 Hisastate range. "For 
the bark is scraped off, a 
the i Inner fibrous part is polled in an alkaline lye rae st 
The fibre is by nd poe bleached, and ze, 
be ae nd being aga 
These 
blue eye; Comtesse de l’Ec ite 
and beautiful; Donna oble double white; Madame 
armont, a chi i ei blue ; L’Eclatante parfaite, remark- 
able for its dwarfness and rich rose colour . toria 
regina, 2 moenitcent “Jouble blush. 
The great stove already assumes a scene of end- 
| it is neve 
‘ their ‘teeth when 
at oars eabea des} the third at one Banded ad ear 
sheets the rupee, in the Almorah_ market. This paper is 
hilite 
attacked by insects, and it was, in consequence, 
whee to the Bengal gov vernment "be the manu-. 
facture of cartridges, but was found on in. trial too 
toug gh, 
loading. Mr. Traill prseated a ore 
n whic! 
of this paper spre. sixty f 
cal 
| no Joints were 
ptible.” 
“ Mr. E. Solly on on Pche fibre obtained from the leaf of 
ae teats aon Mr. Lec (does tated eat in consequence of 
eae India, be had ryan 
quiries res able value of the fibrous 
apple, ¥ which being very plentifal in piety parts of Toda, 
no Paik great cost. 
oe 
The result of bis inquiries amo: 
s, t consider the fibre 
hat th y did n 
5 
WW eh 
+ Ar vam is literally a s of flower: 0 
fine trusses nearly expanded at the present time, 
good si m of blo: s. In ano use es 
cellent hybrids flowering for the first time cam 
ussellianum, lar , and eral others are in fine flower. 
of linen and similar textures, gf cedeers the trials B se 
made with it had been unsuccessful. ie 
‘oof that the fibre ond not. 
season, ry of th ‘autiful Dendrobia being in full ection 0 pro 
and beaut ar g m those of the same s th 
ative haunts; amongst which w m i, Aloe. eet be spun, but merely that the Penpay at present employed 
ulcatum, with three spikes on one stem of 30 to 40 flowers in in flax- -spinnin ig was no suitabl ie to the pine-apple fibre FY 
each, of a pale orange-colour, with a cucullate, fringed, and ric 
striated labellum, possessing the fragrance of a bed Oses; 1 7 1: age Sy el 
flowers clos h the decline of day, and o n in the 7 gyi oF t 7 a materials, 
rning as fresh and beautiful as ever. The plant has somewhat F 
the habi D. densifiorum, which is also exhibiting a profusion | Zincke for tk facty from this fies, - 
of flowers. D. crispatum is ee? rare species with crea £ then 
coloured flowers, @ lal pane, that 
. aggregatum, 
pulchellum, 7 rin others ofl less note, make avery beautiful 
Vari aius 
ai is bleached it gem ne ehis of being spun in the 
We may. ie ae the splendid Ph: 
Pies t perfection, the spikes measuring four 
arneum is just declining, after di i 
ame ne 
vineche poms pain, of which there are pur ‘ple e, sei mH 
double varieties, pr i profusion of flowers about 
mer, 
nder-growing species, from wip 
rica,-with large sions blu ue flowers in the eae 
alm 
ouirad 
spikes of Mehiy-colaures flowers. ” Grammato; 
Saccolabium calceolare and mi 
ude, ‘re in fall lower Boren ne ew interesti 
want of more space, m a new Calanthe, with dark 
purple howers; the sepa of f which, after afew days’ expansion, 
turns to 4 ¥' rich bronze colour. 
Botanic Ooilea: Birmingham.—During the past severe winter 
= have — we apa any pe Saran the trees and shrubs 
Lateytan 
frame. Pinus actin protean a insignis are brown in their 
leaves, ed their buds are uninjured. Berberisfascicularis, Quercus 
editerrannea, have the points of their 
| because the =e bleaching, by destroying the ad- 
hesion between the bundles of renders it wah 
oo and hence pak it to be extended between the 
process of spinning 
the t from its. beautiful silk: 
gth, 
a 
‘or hick. ly 
might be found for effecting the object besides bleaching; 
he also as bi y the attention of manu-. 
facturers, the possibility of the fibre bei loyed in 
facture of paper, as its strength would perhaps 
be usefi oo i ith cotton and other tender 
materials, re of paper for particular 
or ii manufactu 
purposes, when ao combined with lightness is a de- 
sideratum.”’ 
a letter from John Sullivan, Esq., } Member of 
ee pe a ad is cs best ; vag tle one Pai ‘the most 
beautifnl ie ees ee ——. 
large white deca Hike t ing, but with a 
purple centre, which at a distance gives it it somewhat Ee 
appearance of a Passion-flower—it flowers from May to 
fhe a ie 
d 
h ivided bright green ae te pie? 
ge whi tish flowers i in April and May ; Ori entalis, 
* iT 
Cupressus torul 
and salicifolia, Corema ‘be, Menziesia 
ste 
erticillata, 
and paren vuneen oa 
compar ax native of Por ’ 
0 
house; Flammula, and its arieties, 
showy dense masses of pee white sweet-scented flowers 
sie of the Penge wo! 
Rogal ‘inside Society ; 
1841. 
Proceed 
Commerce and ei: 
son and Co. 
t +e e nf th < fe 
= Read 
the Netaeerie. He <r though from long - neglect 
plant was nearly in that region, it wis le 
1839 ones im such a ee of luxuriance leave no 
do: sie? that if extensively propagated, the 
ight be carried on with great success, 
> Sullivan 
A bi 
tice inches in in diameter, and that not more than ten 
ae twenty germina nate,”” 
“ Great interest is excited in India by the very suceess- 
being much like 
Bower; Grata, another poe pede yeaosd 
from the pitas eg Bi of India, produces very fragrant 
small white flowers in October. 
GARDEN MEMORANDA. 
Lord Ratensworth’s, Purser’s Cross.—This delightful villa tesi- 
dence, with the fine onbroken lawn belted by noble trees of the 
most varieties, over which the eye —— 
'S @Seené peculiar to itself. The improvements 
rock Sail of ths conan perp ow walks | sidera 
edged with sock work west of the conderrat doctetamcne,are | ix¥ 
among the changes introduced. Several vauicties of Camelis, 
com or real importance atc those wns ane 
braced by their = of Science ; aa the aint of hat 
body is nothi: ing wea then ‘o inv esti igate the commercial 
d agri al of ie kind of! 
determine what it is ‘profitable to dors e for Enropean | 
consumption, pai me cultivation may be improved, and 
w ble market for in this: part of the 
world. 
By the activity of Professor gd and the skill of Mr. 
Edwar rclaianadae the Leetinmomny ¢-dom ical analyser, ~ 
le progress 
eran ein this Aen aa 
cevenigunie } and # mass of highly acetate 
been brought ‘together i in the “ Proceedings,” of which a a 
fal results attending the introduction of the Otaheite or 
mountain Cane 
my Bombay Presidency to extend and i improve the gtowth 
cane, and to encourage the mannfacture of im- 
Samad sugar. The cultivation of = sugar-eane oa much 
n the assessment 
of ir- 
| rigated lands in 1839; it was in pootcer pont a ex- 
tended, and a larger reve obiaioed fro acged. it. 
judicious experiments of Dr. Gibson in the Poonsl: district, 
in 1837 -8, convinced the natives of the superiority vr an 
— ritius cane, and likewise proved the suitablesesa a 
; thy climate of the Deckan for its cultivation. The 
 Senbey authorities have lately requested that proper ma~ 
