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‘ y ododendrons as Standards.—To make standard Rho- nation of the branches, The seeds from wall h this 
ni 5 ‘. naoed, \ — presented to the Royal Dublin Society by Peoyeing 
ne ed Reon “pe over the fiue to the aw ed por- rang about eight inches apart, after which they are to ‘remain ne in Britain. Mir whi ahd it has now towered for the dist 
ion that part the stem furnished wit y When the plants | variegatum, from Colon Glen, Belfast, in full wrestigénsion, with 
I y on the fies and when a fire was applied | are from four to five feet ay all ‘the side shoots are | Ems fs feet long. Mr. W. thinks this a distinct variety from 
these soon broke, and the bunches were unnoticed pinched off, and tl atti tbe | OR Senn ciate. oF. te specion, Shon, Ss. penetning. peo 
ane whe 4 wn See lf peor ls cation, and in haying the stems so much m 
fiower havi ng been aborti he Rhod uid, they Kent and Canterbury Floral and Horticultural natin. 
that it was found impossible gy the cpr rhea scissors | will make strong pubs stems at i. age, hers a neat ap- ioe ats — wo se pong - ep year of this Society took 
tween the berries. This bei near where the fire scones in the ple: asure-grow und, and flower as freely as = ‘eight dessert bain, R. Franc Bes Sent 
comes into the house, the fiue is at — i hot that the I prefer the stems at four feet | (Cornish Gillifiow peg E*. H. Plumptre ; third best ditto (Wink 
hand ca can sc scarcely be held on it.- The of the bun ches high, as A ae Sern winds i injure. taller plan ao? Rhodo- Nonpareil), Mr. 3, best six kitehen Apples (Wellington), 
b oe suk ¥ . ere 3 age d ditto, R. Filmer ; third ittoe Mer’ 
fill f this is not confirmatory of a| wall last ‘Vay ea June, but did not ripen tre 3 it has me agi ‘est six Ste i third onde Friend, Esq, ; 
ho t dry eases he. hose ty sek Seeds i this 1 j standard), 0. Snoulten, Esq. ‘Eistra.—Baking Pears, R. Halfora, 
know what  eaotye Spencer, ewe Bowood. L, Keane, Lismore Castle, Waterford por ae oe Nonpareil Apples, J. Friend, Esq. ; basket of Fruit, 
Coloured Light for ea sen I hav en eo Ape! F Richt COREOnE DENCE. — de dito: Mia, Reaiatok beet thirty Kinney beer? 
@erable interest some re ion of ‘ord, Esq, ; best six stalks of Rhubarb, W.H. Baldock, tsq.; 
upon Half 
seeds, by Dr. —, of Hall, published in ge sry of the _ Vien na, March age pres para has ‘sen finished | best six Lettuces, Mrs. Webb; best six Endives, do.; best two 
Chron ice. He m ees as pe fact tha aa wil erm {I of pla ants. _ He at prese nt | heads of Broccoli, J. Godfrey, Esq.; best twelve heads of Seakale 
‘aah ab mike . t seeds 1 germi = J. Cates, Esq.; best twelve new Potatoes, 1841, W. H. Baldock, 
eg y under ; best basket of Salading, without Cucumbers, ditto; best 
colour, and which, enero he ace “man y fine wane s it contains, ee i of Spinach, J. Cates, Es 
power possessed. h y the tee cals ured ray in aie is in a miserably pong condition. e Austrian go- | Shepherd, Ba it best bas “~_ of a br sane coms, Wil. “Baldock, ZS. 
chemical action ; he also states that the mere mechanical vernment has the necessary funds for this | best six ro a G.P. Marsh. Bs rtra.—Basket of 
purpose, and it is ‘probable t that a building will be ‘erected Salading, “Dorman eee Es Fi Alareg Si oe 
drying so yor! ay and of course assist t germination. Now, | im the garden for v 
may not the latter ci Dr. Endlicher has present ted his private botanical library, spléndens), ditto; best six greenhouse Plants, not Erica, Caméllia, 
f the violet-coloured Ce to which is added that of Jacquin, and the eet has eens J. pgs Jat, ete Steves Ghee (stick, Soe 
hi ave Seeieg: to a with it? “We know ill A Hunga i el rroangrrgee. Boer ree inten Sone 
glass or be eee gy 
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translation of Professor Lindley’s Outline of ~ e First chioness Conyngham ; best two Orange trees in Tah, Bk ERD 
hade thrown over the glass, and we also know that this Princip’ sig of Botany has lately made its a at ys a tg Ae ditto, T. Dorman, Esq. ; best three 
ffect is produced by Ey kind of glass, — eaveheed pe Vasse River, dus tralia .— Our lette an this ‘remote a. Buckley, Esq. second Peed c. a oat ‘Mastenciay” 
. pur mechani Godfrey, Esq. ; best two ditto (two C. variegata), Mrs. Kenrick ; . 
ase Hemera Byte Ee aed - pairs lS these hie th inhi a best me ditto (C cron “iba). W.H Baidock, Ese best tw aes 
pe iY 5) 5 “s wi ip Wo AR ° 23 ‘Oo 
ions to + 1 mad demand i d rege in flower, J. G. Shepherd, Esq. ; best six Succulents with- 
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he subject more clear. and bey ais by experiments | Wheat was 12s. per amg mutton Is. 34. per 7 or Actus latispinus, E. coryndides, E. 
chich he has not published.—a, e, i tess ad traders were reapin rich harvest at the expense of eéetas Test awe ion huslony ix: Shocoom, Mos. Welly fobime 
Abitilon vitifoliu m.—Those interested in half-hard se who were compelled to buy their goods. Brood | ditto, ditto; best one ditto, . 
and ornamen pants t Abdtilon, | Mares, and bulls of the pate arham, Devon, or Hereford | Heaths (varieties), Mrs. Webb ; ates ditto (E. Linnea, E. fil- 
—_— has lived out of doors through the last severe | breed were eagerly sought, fo hesediaagar cm sigstri tee Bey D, ditto; best Hyacinths, in pots or glasses 
i in the nei urhood of Pils It grows against commends the. addition of open bottles of water to the ‘poll i nitzi vEmicos, Grand 
a bait wall eer and has only been injured | Ward’s cases now e a ed for exporting plants. He had Yainau (Boaguet royal, doable re, Lord Welington ev ithe 
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ini a top-shoo'! m Groot t, double pink; Bouquet pourpre), J Shepherd, 
ichsia falgens and its Hybrids. in the trunk as three Esq. ; best fa four ditto, single CPronkejewel, e Fane c de Berkley, 
de fulgens is easily fo a and may “ pad tp men’s bole vt eet “high, ieee as large as Abbé de Veray, Mon. de Faisch), T. King, Esq. ; best two ditto 
‘tact robe ar ult 8 aa of the year. This prope party is 20 of the largest o in Port or Spain Lord Brougham, Madame talleyrand), ditto ; best four Narcissus, 
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vanicated to many of its hybrids. Several of them The foliage is described as apobamt ih, and the owers pag a Thorman; Esq. ; ae two Wall no iecligeed ag Bo 
produce their flowers as soon as their leaves, and pos be h_ abundance, ak -OFDE Estra.—-Camelia (Doncke Miss 
forced with the greatest success. By taking adv of | that the plant well deserves the name of “ flower of the aber grt pores ge 3. Buch 
=o ie Wee a vd : ite fi t2? Whence it springs gai _ ; two tg T. Dorman, Esq.; best becom * 4 
producing their elegant blossoms all the winter—A. F. | Yigorously. It seems to Jove s sandy soil. The flowers | Marsh, best collection of indigenous Plantsin tower, Walser 
Half-hardy Shrubs. —Grevilléa sulphirea.— plant of | #2 the ‘Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Co- | not less than twelve t species, Mrs. Grayling; best twelve Pansies, 
x, ies having s two of t the most ce winters lony”” are said to be coloured much too low ; they are Mr. ugly Ezxtra,—Greenhouse Plants, Mrs. . Webb ; basket of 
urvived tw: seve Tatwean’ prance and ae clanern ath: “& soft Flow: J. Cates, Esq.; caamling Aloé, W. H. Baldock, Esq. ; 
padomd cats ag Saag i, mayo I think, warrant | [0 nie country sbounds in gey flowers There i sce re ur chs ie Waka an mole 
il a 5 a . ere Wi anoble 
country. The specimen oni has. stood for for the oe among others a Drésera or seaer with white fi “ei: puadhe tire a Be a 
Y Pp sweetly scented. fine — Kennédya, an a hand- what were ever before Crease at “the like period of the year, 
and has been in bloom for some e time: the beauty of its | Some plat apparently an Isopégon, are common ; Feeverdl which, with other circumstance: e indicative of the footing the 
flowers is not such as to agora d them to much admi-| Species of the latter and i Pct are beautifal sy oe — hang ny ple in ‘the wh ae f those who have 
ration, but it is interegting to know how many of So ee description. of the ne edi Soka ila, | oon this de sightful stair cae ceca ah noir, arte pleas 
ductions of our distant pte lony will we a clim ae Naytsia floribinda, “Anigozanthos, V _and a | fo label them; this vain ghey chyna eet ent of exeig 
t pene P obeercatica to those plants that are erally: a 
Abridged from the Canterbury Journal. 
NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS WHICH ARE 
to England. At : Augusta, Swan River, there i isa fine ne yellow- 
seeds. ‘Several Lorem imported from England grow here 
endured mus have been tense, as the fruit was md EITHER USEFUL OR ORNAMENTAL. 
to a degree of icy b hardness ‘and solidity. The hybri id Rho- BS CITRUS DELICIOS “ Lene gers wo we —This is said to bea 
* dodend mantic places our po tia e beautiful | new species of Orange, allied nébilis, or 
; betw boreu: Blackwood ing b the roar of the | Orange, with which it is confounded 4 in Tt Italian pte tions It is 
5 bet int and one variety, een Ar mo and Ca- | J ld sc a stated to differ in being @ spiny plant, with somewhat toothed 
’ y leaves, and a small fruit not gents than two inches in diameter, 
_ before the snow had entirely ep aca oat verticillata, going over to the fresh-water lakes, and the air perfectly by no means = either inside or outside. It is supposed to come 
a standard plant, is dead, and nearly so. A redolent with the powerful scent of Stocks, oye from China; flowers in April, and ripens the fruit in December.— 
- ‘broad of vigorous peor han raised from New | 22d Mignon — cee itad si Serre Abox Bot. Reg. 
Sage P. 3 Lua acuminata. (Store Epiphyte.)—Found in 
» Holland seeds, is but slightly injured against a wall; as is plants had jus ed from England w: been 7 | py Mr. Hartwes, and distributed by’ the Horicltara 
A. dealbata, tn Yloom.  VibGrnum ‘édoratissimum | Months on i worn ts plants were however in a prety It flowered at the same tim wick andat 
against a wall is L_—A — good con condition, and. the grea eater ‘neh Carclew, in the collection of sir rs ienee at isa ra pall Orchi- 
Jasminum igs rifolium to second the| alive. Some Mag ian will in all peat magn g ageless ach ml“ eo 
245 ro! differs in scape ‘O- re 
pant lt & the Chiro San m4 which recently ap- probability succeed. mose, in the sepals being souonte, a d the some at go 
re e ~ species we rving aang Sa we aya eT twice as large. What seems to be a variety, a tarica, 
aim 4 tate PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. produced © Pir of pale violet blossoms with Messrs. Loddiges— 
- ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
lection : aed habit of growth is neat, allowing it to be} | wednesday, Aprit 7th. David Barclay, Esq.,in the Chair, Col. SA FASCICULATA. (Greenhouse Strub. )—This Be Oe 
eas tha trained ; i vame aptly describes its ores, qs - Challoner having presented the Report of the Finance Committee, | is cultivated in some of the gardens near London under the false 
the a ES 7 blossoms it yields to which was read and confirmed, moved that the following instruc- | name of A. scdbra. It forms'a pretty bush, loo looking like a youn 
: bag 2 protoces i s fragrant t flowers Fea a tion Li Committee :—That a catalogue | Pine-tree, and produces its head of pink flowers in the month of 
period of the year ' ona Y | should be printed with with the nenies of exhibitors of implements, | August. During summer it grows very well in the open ai, 
eareny. et er matters, and be ready to be dis- | in winter it must be treated as a Cape plant. A shrubby Tan 
pipet apace ae ary es pose Sa the week of the Liverpool Mest Speke ak S208 ERS eS coal A Barer 
Buk a ,—a resolution wi ied unanimously. Acomm: common @ little atten’ , we shall much 
near rs “The: Bt plants | cauon having to the Chairman from his Grace the | shrubby as the species now before us ; only the branches of its 
si deere) tosses Duke Duke of Richmond in reference to the amended bye-law of which | stem are so very short as to be completely hidden by the ey 
Ceropégia & ele — This ve-plant he had given notice at the last monthly meeting, Mr. Raymond | that overshadow them. It is a native of the warmer parts 
ome deserves to 20% more generally pati Sti page a native | Barker, in the absence of the noble Duke, proposed and supported | Europe. It has been found on rocks near jaccio in Corsieas 
the Nil- ghi irrie 3, wher e the climat e varies b t little the following new bye-law in question, which was carried unani- ge he we aot vl be ot gine specimens ; Link and Brotero fous 
a pe mously :—That “a list of all prizes to be proposed by the Society | in © banks of the Sadao, near Setubal, and Mr. 
for any particular year shall laid on the table for suggestions | Barker Webb os ‘he sandy coast near the little town of ne a 
poetnt | position, and the “reciprocal action of the | and revision, at or before the > huniversary Meeting in the month | the latter Botanist gathered it at the Straits of eo a 
Sea and the Ba of Bengal. of May in the year preceding, and shall be finally settled by the near Cadiz. De C Candolle gives the tollowing account of otis 
oi elas dees red dingly Counen, at or before the last Wednesday in the following month | Flore Frangaise. It resembles Arméria vuls bat tS ost 
accordingly | of June; after which time no new prize shall be offered, or any.| very thick, absolutely woody, brown, striking deep, and, - 
suits reeeiy - t of i in which teration or increase of an old one made, for the year in question.” | simple. ‘om its co! three or four stems, Which becom 
ped Fred plant 0 : Apri 1899, ny ie oe ashen oa tae hae on her eo tirely with 
we the hy r. Raymond Barker aiso mov e fal g resolution, of | about four inches high, ich are en’ : 
r been scarce! eo . a —— hed om apes which due notice had been given :—“That the election of mem- straight, linear, firm leaves, a little channelled, and — 
t: thous oh ° Bester might have been pic’ bers be suspended after the of the council on the first | smooth, as well as the pedi The latter spring from ters 
it, Thoug seems its flowering s , 48 | of July, until that day month; but that names of candidates be | the leaves near the top of the stem, and bear ahi tne punt 
it then produces them in the nape profusion. Catti ings received for proposal as heretofore, and such candidates have | similar to those of the common Thrift. In the eardeespprosches 
a into _48-pots | perme omnes es of p eat | and preference over strangers inreference to the diner-tickets at the | is much larger than in a wild state. It most nearly Sats 
Annual wang eer Bers 7 aga of ites ap- | A. maderensis, which, pegs a ae Ree: 
lied, throug! Under Secretary tate, for a copy of the So- | and has broader, flatter, taper-poum a 
any - glass over them, will tie ey. To greg ra I vety’s charter and bye-laws, for the use and reference of the com- | _. ImpaTIENS CANDIDA. (Greenhouse Anawal,)— A noble PT 
use a mixture of leaf-mould, an ten | missioners recently appointed by the Government for inquiry into | inhabiting the Himalayan mountains, ‘penal tne East India 
dung, with a little san whieh the best mode of promoting art and science in Ireland. A, Chris- | por y the Honourable Court of Directors of z 
— : ie roots soon topher M.P ted a report on th: i who its seeds to the 
ll and even become bound in the largest-sized tha! pher, Esq., M. P., presented a report on the comparative : ttle succulent stems, about si 
sane ay pots that | of si), manure and bones, as tried by his Lincolnshire te- | It forms a stately annual, branched 
are made; foliage, wood, and flowers gre rith propor- communicated by his bailiff. Mr. of Guy’s | feet high, bright green, 0! obtusely 4m aa, oe anaes 
tionate luxuriance, from which it appears the bower of a presented a model ofa mowing-machin: the very ground. cpanel of poor wand edged with Tex 
ae cake ema would suit it well. White and Royal Haroitara! Soc Society of Ireland. Sprit 7th Ata meeting Pied ore ote cach. ne a leaves there stands © 
memeen & a crimson teeth. 
- peale, m bug, and green fly never attack it; which is rt, of = ciscea from South America. row of crimson glands, apparently the place of sti ison: 
ag The plant as is ios tae Ooty scented flowers at the termi- Rowers are large, showy, white, @ little speckled 
nof a little recommendation to it,—John Halliday, Elm- 
ham Hail, 
