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Ornith: longibracteatum after it had flowered and | On the platform we ob ut th 
£2 oot ger pvp a bud formed ac: patees the cut end of a | Earl of foe 9 the Man rquis of Kildare, Lord ache ma ta on such as one would be inclined to thro 
flower-stalk of Epidéndrum Harriséniz. These facts opén to us | the Rev. Dr. Sadleir, the Hon. A. Blake, J. L. Naper, Esq., G. 0. | @*87- ilmorin Says, that in the third sowing the 
a new field for increasing rare plants oy leaves, which no doubt | Moore, te. » Sir J. Burke, S. Crawford, Esq., T. Bermingh: am, | largest roots were in general coarse and ill-shaped, and in 
properly conducted experiments will sooner or later bring to | Esq., of Corenatansits &e. ‘The Earl of —— ey that | the next Sowing the roots were smaller, but the quality 
some useful end. Miss Nichols, of Barnsbury Park, exhibited a | his Grace the Duke of Leinster should take the chai \ tter. Thus, ita: that si J noalit aE 
good drawing of Dahlias; and Messrs. Bailey, of 272, High Hol- | cell, the secretary, then read an account of the pros eilthied of the ; 7 & Sppears size and quality were in in 
born, sent two galvanic plant-protectors, like the one described | provisional committee appointed to out the preven of -~ ve —J. Ww. 
and figured in p. 199. The chief objects of interest from the gar- | society since the last day of meeting, and stated that it was det SS 
den of the Society were Pimeléa Henderséni, a pretty pink- | mined that the society should consist of one president, eight vines GARDEN MEMORANDA, 
flow plant, whose heads of biossom are well adapted for | presidents (two for each province), and members ad libitum ; the nypersiey, April 17.—Among th jh 
bomgnete Philibértia gricilis, and Stanhépea saccdta, with cut | president and secretary to be selected from the list of subscribers. | a Wt” place, are the: following ke none orendaceous - 
f Sowerbee'a laxifidra and Hardenbérgia macrophylla. The hon. gentleman then stated that the amount of Subscriptions | Aéram, ageregétum ove nine. Pi rail, —Dendrobiam ~~ 
Ll BAN SOCIETY. to this day, inclusive, was 3,983/.; that from this, 9,190. was * Paid | déndrum patens, Stamfordidnum srarbitiaass: sok teach aha, 
April 20th.=Dr. Robert Brown in the chair. . Branton was | and lodged to the credit of trustees, at La Touche’s bank. “ita, ein: sth: pilia tortilis . Cattle — the 3 
balloted for and elected a nde Specimens or pheno cot- | the outlay, the money unpaid peep of honk 654/., ‘which | he savéla Martiéna; Aspasia epidendrotdes ; ast alli fokehies 
ton, grown in Manchester, were presented by Mr. Felkin. A | (Mr. Purcell) pane aie e good withou t deduction, and | Bonatéa pion rr Oncidiura aitissimum; Le ee i e — 
letter was from that gentleman stating that the cotton had | Settle afterwards with the none ee. Neither would he make | gc. cor oc pace cinis, of which ~ he ne nae pans = is 
been produced by seeds ‘of the genuine Sea-island or Bourbon | any ch for th i of remises in Sac! -street, where broken o} when on the eve expandin; & 464 Binepon mate: “f 
» in acottonh-mill belonging to Mr. Buzley of Salford. A | the committee could iar meet. Mr. Purcell also stated that | is again pra aura flow 
led account was given of the experiment, inter- | they had 180 casual subscribers and 46 nt es; and im- Knight’s Exotie Nur Rent object: that strikes 
esting, as pointing out the fact that under proper circumstances | Pressed it on the meeting that they looked for permanency and } ¢,.¢ entering the apiernbeny, a gre peak =f oom ‘ag 
the American species of cotton could ae Spe mother coun- | Support to the annual subscribers chiefly. Mr. Purcell then read Arbéreum covered with umbels of paste scuFiet ‘i as éncron 
tries besides Am ¥ = the co’ was very fine | along and sati ry report. Lord Fitzgerald said he could | counted the head’, and fowad thelr néimber to be nisat ' io. bad 
a ng. 1 m grown _ "the feng Fee. one ef tas sottaly oon OE pees his arg maps in eoctesings ioe ie: 18 bi my jo x s wach 
Ameri: and it remnned; exhibiting v iffe ie Si Since its formation, and in proposing that the re- 
p sarap rekn a dnehieas uf staple. HAs port tye a ha aripcniy meds Key —— Peal satan circulation bP os phe ty ae er ger ng oe tee vege a gg | sompa 
The secretary read a continuation of Mr. Bracy Clark’s paper | he could an! - iis: ¢ aust 1 wee Yat ’ “i a9 
on the istrus or gad-fly. CEstrus lineatus was gen erally admitted ove ao, : 1990, _ his fine spe ive: in flower, 
a true species; but the author considered it only a variety of | _ Henley Horticultural Society, April 13th.—The first — con- | quite a charact wer ranges of the Nepal mountains. 
. bovis. with strong lines upon its body. Many had maintained artnet the severity of the past winter, was exceeding’ nely 8 — Among the other peter interest, were a pretty bunch of the 
that there was a true human Cistrus, but the author was entirely | and the cottagers’ table ei =p its anne variety of flow: lively Leptstes bicolor, A he Ore nidaceous house; and Ipome’ 
opposed to this view; and whenever cases of human Gistri oc- | vegetables. GENERAL T : Mrs Wright—Acaleas, 2 Apples, Horsfalliz, which has me i oar +m its fine deep crimson 
curred, he believed they were the result of accident. He ref and French Beans. w. P. Ww. vee nm, Esq.—Collections of flowers for several mont! t this time of the veut, when 
to the case of an Gistrus found in thé human subject by the late | Plants and Apples. Mr, Lynn — and Collections of | many Orchidacee are a ae ested with insects, Mr. Knight 
Mr. Howship, but from that gentleman’s drawings an cription | Plants. Mrs d—Cucumbers and Anemones. Mr. Batten— | 404, good to wash the plants over with pir ae ag 
he believed his specimen to be nothing more than an elongated | Hyacinths and sies. Sir W. Clayton—Stocks and Pi id water, which cleanses the plants at the same time that 
€strus bovis. @ author referred to a prevalent opinion that | C. Lane, Esq.—Roses, American Pl » Cactus, French » | it detaches the insects, In one of the houses we obse: 
the larvee of the will bore holes in the ach and intes. abbage. Mrs. Ovey—Wall-flowers. Lady Morris—Mush- | Suess expanding its brilliant blue flowers to the mid-day sees 
es had never met wi stance of » and it seemed and Radishes. Lord oys—Sea-kale, Cucumbers, Rhu- oot 5 
tines ; he had rooms ‘a 
quite impossible, as the animals possessed no masticatory or other | barb, and Potatoes. Mr. Alleway—Fuchsia, Auriculas, Polyan- pte dle run thew iwi Se eay ‘to0 nes eof Briostenn Stewiininn’ 
apparatus with which they could bore. The following new spe- | thus, and Apples.—Amarzurs’ Tape: Mr. Elsee—Collection of jou 
cies we; 
—April 19. 
re described :—Cistrus pictus, taken by Mr. Samouelle, in | Plants and Potatoes. Mr. Hickman, Asparagus and Railishes, ursery large cons 
the New Forest, Hampshire, and for which Mr, Clarke agen oa Mr. Stubbs — Camellias. Mr. Hunt — Pansies and Auriculas. thine oe phcee as mck of 4 the dedletn white “4; Cameliia about 
the name CE. czerulens ; CE. lividus, and G2. Clarkii. author | Mrs. Brakspeare—Apples. Mr. 8. Cooper—Rhubarb. Mr. Collins 1 He'd high, and having not less eo Se 0 blossoms in full perfec 
also stated that mie ah species of th fomeh mage Cnerehitny Wi which he Pe hagas ring <= Mr, P. aa oe ore Mr. and. Lettuce tion ; beside it were plants of C. reticuléta and C. Donkelaérii, 
originally separa’ m Estrus, been discovered in America, r. Churchill Cabbage, an uce. | which formed alt together an us’ agiienbie contrast. In the same 
the C. amen Mr, oe Apples, Mrs. ae eel Rhubarb and Sea-kale, 3 
FLorGuibE: rey Mr. --Wall-fowers... Miss Ovey_—Pansies sies.— Ozford Chron, house were large plants of Rhododendro: » some o} 
bovis rin eae soc ieee Lloyd bie Pay _— and one of Bs Peres eck I of the 
-—Mr. Groom chair, Several D —— ouses there is a 5; en of Amary'llis grindiceps in full | 
Proposed, who will be for at the next meeting. Mr. MISCELLANEOUS. flower, the seape having about ten large deep crimson blossoms ; 
Silverlock sent three Heartsease; one called Black Pr Tae A understand that the this is one of the finest sages thathave yet been raised. A plant 
Knight is a fine dark colour, and though of an exceptionable We great | oF the Bide -saddle flower (Saracénia purptirea) was just opening 
, a desirable flower; another was considered a first-rate | exhibitions at the Garden of the Society are tbo: to be | its curio lossoms, Th many fine specimens in the 
jes bl }. Wo podred fscog: Fx prod being purplish, Le — more attractive and more numerously attended than in e, tic y one of Pandanus spiralis, and a Sabal Black 
ook dining ag td Broad ‘cehiitees Desde eas Lord Nel. | @ny former year. The number of tickets issued already the air was filled with th — odour of 
a é - é A Fran In the Orchi was ' 
ich is a firm d flower, of a deep purple colour with | €xceeds that of the corresponding period last year by nothing in flower of particular interest, though 1 ina t time 
ite eye and dark blotch, but it wants the flatness 1,200 ; iety of ibitors to secure the will be gay. ere is in another house a large co! * f | 
pie ag ter. Barnes sent eal Sarak Geen vie Places in the tents is such, that nearly all the great iron | succulents, and there is in bloom a hybrid between Céreus fla- | 
Alpine Auriculas, which, however, did not differ from the gene- | tent h ecur y the gardeners of Sir Edmund of that diene: Y euietaen neers oars the fine ran ene te | 
Tality of that go Ana W. Masters, jun., then resumed his | Antrobus, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. orman, and others. Cc. 2 organ b pana ec Aloes were in flower, but the most 
— hy gd —_ “i= ey gardening, whi which aged 4p mritese —The natural habitation of this plant is the | remarkab a large plant of the Fan Aloe (A. plicdtilis).— 
writers as Poe and ‘Adisions mn had produc ed on paler sey as an preety -coast, where it m ppl genes be under, the Nennes ie Penrhyn, April 20.—For the last three weeks th | 
art of design and taste. mstant “nfl ence of a moist slightly saline air. is see for panlode > padi: have been in great b a the 
THE ROYAL SOUTH-LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY. and it will be found that its | have now the entire swat of fae arth fine uty and they | 
hav apeng iat grey or first anal tomer, ie mningtn when took realty is in proportion t 7) the approach made rrr longer, many of the flowers not being yet expanded. In this cli- 
the following prizes were av avra a. a in providing it with such ‘conditions Oe Eda, Canneeme | Siach chiar ik tie sommane: lees te eae pet a | 
Cass THE Ist—Am =For the best p: of Auriculas chased nine or year: — from Mr, J. Knight, of K a 
(Page’s Champion, Keabua’s ‘Ringleader), a middle silver medal— | descend ing ‘Toots, a nd well mixed with ma’ nure, which road Nursery, par mame of R. , Renebenill, that has 
Mr. Roe For es ~~ = _ 7 rag sey ona douse consist of-sea-weed, when it can be readily ob- | attained the gs 7-4 = Hi 1 fee, with a Conte ons stem 10 inch Sa 
Page’s Cham small —Mr. ‘i Z ence. % 
ion of six Auriculas, middle silver medal--Mr. Lidgard. hae ate le is propagated either from pieces of the | Cumferen Seemet sire oe 
For the best twelve Hyacinths, small silver medal—Mr. Barnard. seeds. Plants from », however, é8- | of last winter it was remarkel by Mr. Booth that they had the 
MTo Guans_2d-—Greriinay’s Ganonwenecs F “yo tome the best” Sow in Pre Oe Kepetle ies ian bat apomies : ore ee 
> 5 - e o i en looked the side ex ed 
pair of Auriculas (Page’s Champion, Grimes’s Privat: die. for transplanting in the following spring, jt in the com prevpenadle ~ they had — ‘htly scorche pas . or sis 
silver medal—Mr. Embleton. For the best collection ot Miscel- | partment wh lants are to remain for p + | isnow to be seen. It isa tos Rho- 
Plants, 24 pots, large silver medal—Mr, Atlee. For 7 Here, whether for sowing of planting, let three rows be | dodendron will = ww unless ina peat soil. them 
large silver grat nea Bruce. For the third best ditto, mid: traced two feet apart, then leave an interval of three feet, be ood on loose stony banks there 
oe: putts. 4 t th in th t > eat kalt teeomm: a geanand bas wherever 
To Cra PP a ence Froarists, AND Market Gar- | ™4rk ou en. eere Pity Of ee instance, p wear to be clayey they will not answ 
DENERs, >For the best pair of Auriculas (Page’s Champion, Ken- | and so on. The p ts should stand two feet apart 
yon’s ina ee oe a i —— Paws a in the rows ; therefore if sowing is employed, a few seeds Rebiews. 
O er” e Ss om 
Seat ae are, serene mate | manny Smee ch maybe Je upon ag ad ee of fhe Royal Geographical Soity. Vol. X. 
ia Ld ° 
For the best 24 Heartsease, small silver medal—Mrs. Thompson. | and that those so left may be about the distance above- rt 3. London tray, 1841. 
wet, S28, Chassis. — The. mone — _ —_ = ie Aureus mentioned from each other. In the first winter some Amonest a gota quantity of highly interesting infor- 
edged variety taised i” ay esr Pod ‘sucae ae Royal ;” | 4ung and leaves: should be spread o~. the rows, and | mation pict to geography onl o 
the plant was young and but the properties of the fiower | forked in early in spring as manure. same may be | notices of natural eae a whic oe 
were first-rate—the eye are, spent Boers ‘ark, well-proportioned, | done the second winter after so wing, ne: the plants will In Kasaria, a provin ea an on a the limestone | 
= ly corgi tm at Pai eee its peculiar y eeumess. | then be too young for forcing, although a little produce | hills of Baghran, Me. Alnor found on the 15th of 
Willmer. For the best specimen Plant mes gisien, middle | May be sparingly gathered without injury. The third win- | May “patches of snow and an early but brilliant spring [ 
silver medal—Mr. Atlee. For the second ditto (Maxilldria Har. | ter ching-pots, either those made with lids expressly vegetation, consisting, of s wechatentcd hyacinths, blue 
py = i), small silver medal—Mr. Bruce. For peep oan a for the purpose, or large gai gar den-pots in inverted, should be | anemones, white md yellow msg, and a few ranuncu- 
Ries Marte Ventas Eton in Rogiend, pmall sliver medal | isso over the. e plants, pressing -s rims closely down | Iuses and red tulips. These flowers sometimes almost 
Exrra Prizes.—Offered by J. B arrup, Esq., T. Iliff, Esq., | among the soil. rem si = —_ ves, OF @ mixture a Jong carpeted the rocks, a contrasted brightly y with the > stony 
= 3, oo mage Esq. Open ‘——— of ail hoses. ort d d | ili 
callectio i2 Auriculas, large silver med: Diekson. to includ ii relief b bi their shadows 
Web lt peach. bent duce esediv omcreean te kee ne = of waraeth, "should ‘be formed rch het po fhe inte deep ie u eg Si vdkeor sunshine, and 
pe ee ing mney ag com, rete tan: fotgnting:wetetic; oa | AE Mitek, oe » Mr. Consul Brant found that 
ie f Mi ru ee were consid o , Mr. 
equal merit, ma Bes plants from Mr. bruee were fine speci | detroy the aes ae and a of the plant. x rome rature | “ Gray j f hills, and 
mens of Cineraria King, oo a and yg 55° is as muc can be safely applied. In of melons are produced ; there is no i 
pg rah Se peirnig i Miueateael 6 peter rocco of culture re —— are ‘blanched b y covering the scarcity a any | kind of common fruits. The only trees to 
pot — Capensis, Hostels sek serrulata, a very ery large 5 and bend plants in autumn ~_ fine soil or eine ogo 4 bs + Aree a5 Sach 
© plant of C¥tisus canariénsis, and a weil-grown specimen o forcing pots are pre’ ferable Sea-kale may ‘oreed li 9 m on the t 
the white Indian Azalea. Mr. Fairbaimn’s collection of 36 plants ; : b , 
Was small, but eral were rare; and the beautiful Erica di- A beds, or in pits ; a les degree rests, bus Ta ee foe moe ee nee ther ae Se 
chréma is yerticulesly onplaras themed Several stands of fine | of heat is, however, pre ae for Sea-kale e than for Aspa~ varieties of rege one produces the gall-nut, a 
Heartsease manna : =? hee oh a saccharine sentetion which 
Thompson, from Mr. Henchman, Mr. Edmonds, and Mr. King; | tn — ‘i 
\ If quality, or any peculiar 
te > is see zs 
eh Prcend ager ag mw gieodpan ‘oo nn ara — should be cut = each alternate year; - i oe is not | pe apes is pote A by saapending the branches with 
was awarded were Gorton’s Champion, Grimes’s Privateer, | of importance, hey bear cutting every year, care phen the leaves on until»they are quite dry; they are then 
Smith's Waterloo; Dickson’s Duke of Wellin @ new green- | had to | Li shaken; the manna id off, and is Di by pee re: 
— arm geno ah pep i ar mentees runier and antan i eee fovering the young seeds skimming of off the Ces of broken lea s an nd any 
Taylor ; Page’s Champion, Oliver’s Lovely Ann, Kenyon’s Ring- | are picked off, the plants much stronger in ats, 
leader, Conqueror of Europe, Hedge’s Britannia, and Taylors succeeding spring. a slight addition of salt to the sot instead of sugar. “tt - a very uncertain pide and is 
Dice rnich is the phe pane on go ane olen when sea-weed is not used, will be found beneficial ; * | 
nearly 80 Plants, incuding Frank's Bellona and most of the - - min that nitrate of soda | might be employed ad > a th be et 8 “4 it in fe eo | 
better kinds. Mr. Willmer exhibited a collection of Auri- tageo pono ara eo ary; but still im the Rb 1 ee 
culas, as well as the best ps of Polysuthnasse shown, several of pe nt of Wild Plants. soil ae M. Vil- mer, one of more than an average degree of heat and 
come, bxeetient. : foe (Foe oma mI — ‘hat gained the morin’ ig papee = bg Hadienienal Transactions on the drought, ~ sop failed & 
that hag Sriz® is one o gee peta five brace of as | Culture of the Wild Carrot, I had an soi 9 en aera char traveller — us that at * 
handsome Cucumbers as we pig er seen; and Mr. Chapman’s | late Mr. Lee, of astm ios Hecti “ A cons of gum tragacanthk tay Re — a 
Black Hambro* Grapes were excellent. » [ES I first  anegnest e Brocel T as pag at Mr iss There - two jonas a ome ES 
Mericuituras Improvement general . rmer 4 
reland-—A meet c about the man ae it. i} wit a white Sak the aa with a pink flower. 4 
ing he are Inprocement Secieiy 9 Mee t D 7 white gum, which is sported te Burope; the.’ «, ce 
