May 1.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
275 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
os came AT THE GARDEN, — The First 
paler peer area the 15th May; sul 
deliv 
will be ope 
price 5s. the ft 
pega mp IR OTC ag: ee peas an order 
from a Fellow of the Society.—21, pe fa 
The The Gardeners’ Chronicle, |: 
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1841. 
MEETINGS IN THE BNSUING: WSEE 
Motday ..--> fram mare 8PM 
rticultural 3PM, 
Soe em: : res « «+ SE M. 
sacs ; Fiorcals Ee es ll a P.M. 
ednesday Geological. + + + + + Shr. me. 
ah -; [erehitarat ical tae al 8 PM 
Priday . .. .. . Botanical. 2+ +s - BrM 
Saturday Pe sake al Botanic » 33r me 
which are so pernicious even to our own wild trees. 
In an elevated situation, a p escapes the 
risk of being stimulated into a 98 by a few days’ 
y nippin: ems tape 
variable clima e. re- 
ard wi 
lie ebemene 
¢ observation aS net tie Ear eS 
-—a subject of no small ii — — 
seems to be 
to judge pag tact, eer: done in rhe Park snd 
elsewhere. The great good sense of the noble Lord 
at the head of the Woods and Forests makes us confi- 
ed in warm shalom etary her but 
the hills of Hampshire ; and all 
ver Ae country the same ae was remarked in ie 
Hence the destructii at occurred i 
Kota of the Horticultural greets and in pea 
parts oe the warm of hames. 
drainage cannot be secured, it is 
pal ent 
kibioml, and we have no intention of pre pressing 
visionary schemes upon either his Lordship or our 
ORCHIDACEOUS EPIPHYTES. 
fi 297.) 
Eprp: RUM STAMFORDIANUM, | Honduras and Guate- 
mala, 1838, Mr. Bateman.—Very graceful and pretty. 
Remarkable among E Epidendra from its mode of Nain 
scarcely 
for, in "eg tsk plese cannot ripen its wood—and 
y 
eg Saar ‘aLatuM, Honduras and Gasks uatemala, 
1838, Mr. Bateman. Patesaens--(ne af the best of Hykdentens de- 
reson a nul ave for planting ot y; the water the roots in winter | pocusly of stately aspect, and a 
such species as it is pro) to ac- | 8 ‘absorbed by ar Frnssmose and gradually gorges STANHOPEA SACCATA, 7 Pg 1838, Mr. Bate- 
CLIMATISE. us then consider a little in what way the Ag armycaghes — oo Bag gree of an ae one et i pets, :Caaet the moe, 
this operation should be conducted with a view to |" SS MO a. valk L 9 MonmopEs PARDINA, Mexico, 1838, Mr. Bateman.— 
a apie a stately hab: f th i d ; 
In fF; 7 ee suet mrpetind th Nitta kak oP ino abla - 
id a li ing, and d to bel open air during many years, it is invariably connected ed Garpneriana, India, 1838, Messrs. 
‘eee ath ake eee, Pi ag Ra PS with a soil say Lait gettin of its ‘perdu Loddiges.—. maf sac tf plant, and among a best of its 
rR £ ld te } y i geen —e either b Mrs. Ferguson’s | $€2Us ; grows 
is ty the ive Ag she negro a oes in Eat “atin, = lake $59 55’ N., aceon AFFINE, a Soe 1838, ear pelign. E991 
tised, so it was t could By from Nepoland | in as long for the number rae ALLICHIANA, Jndia, a. 1888, of 
We were told that the course to follow was to accus- house “AnD which souk edd the open air. We | Devonshire.—A pretty little plant. The flowers do not 
to cold climates by slow 33 to | find, upon reading the statements of Mr. ii appear have fallen. A terrestrial species. 
in ie a of : pee oor as Gardener there, AERIDES xe SEERRERYELAERA, Hans Pediies 1859, Mess 
d there to save their seeds; then in Spain or Por- —. soil has been the first thing looked to. We easily “at 
tugal to sow those seeds, and when the th ve already noticed this ved i; ae and a a PAs ® Dexpaosium MACROPHYLLUM, East Indies, 1839, 
Loddiges. 
or Ireland. 
if woreeceaber 
munication now ee 
—One of the loveliest of Dendrobia 
- 
¢ 
to find room for nex! obs entirel 
statement. 
In selecting the station in which an 
1 kaa ook hy. emt oe eae renee: os I 
tic should 
be planted, it will always be found bette that the 
Bia hil Je, RE OE Rapivet to full influ- 
i We do 
ot believe that the experi form was ever 
tried: and if it had, we have no doubt that it would 
have failed ; for experience tells us ; the constitu- 
of plants is not means. On np 
contrary, we find, what it is rather disheartenin 
know, that the constitution ie eae to a species 2 
plantis almost un eal 
frozen 1 pi 7 if it thaws very me 
ally, althou: nt i — oa if the tha 
sudden. a souther 
| diges.—A 
diges.—A 
t | cultivated. 
of the genus. 
Sacconasium compressum, East Indies, 1839, Messrs, 
Loddiges.—An interesting plant, but, like the preceding, 
Camarotis eee India, 1839, Messrs. Lod- 
lovely little plant, of freest growth. 
HuNTLEYA VIOLACEA, 2 lag 3 1839, se reg por 
beautiful plant of very singular habit; easily 
if | extremely scarce. 
MAXIDLARIA MACROPHYLLA, Peru, 1839, Messrs. 
vi} y, 
rz imposing appearance, but the flowers are 
e rather er dingy. 
Oncipium BATEMANNIANUM, Brazil, 1839, Mr. Bar- 
gigantic : as grown in 
en distinct. 
ker.—One of the most 
Bio. Dastssa® +: 
ear, 
| cies elsewhere arlene 
cies ma: r tender Tre Take, for | 
example, Kidney-beans, Potatoes, a nd Mi- 
for many Ben ani reproduced by seed : 
rR is, that in 
stimulated pt early 
growth, and Ueaeasty safes Boe the late frosts 
of spring ; which the sun does 
not reach, a a commences th later, not 
earlier, than elsewhere, id: 
tender condition at an unfavourable season. We have 
kably exemplified in the Tree Pony, 
th the -of a shrub- 
seen this remar 
dense Fite it ag mah eran ie which. lowers ely on 
Epes shes wesee y of apperent ofr by fet ir seer nate ot ae 
ceptions to this, and are told that the Larch Fir was pot Be 7 crs tre = 
a id ae Pa eee 1 3 _Tw a are evident if the preceding observa- 
Chmbbatide that the Lard k hardier than it | "8 just. The first is, that it is extremely di 
was. Thisis, ct, smi ae pass cult, if sree era i exotics in low 
; ‘ ie in le of drainage; second is, that } 
fand pin eee ae some situations are naturally so favourable for this 
‘ purpose, that skill is scarcely to 
; abounds in such places, and it is 
“Be gh stint ats by sel svn there that the great aterpts ishing | 
memes 8 hogs means certainly doe should be made. The high ground at the back 
emperor "< Pro” | of Cowes, in the Isle of which we see by 
alk Sticelik ti his ide te BE papers is to be laid out ie gardens, would be 
of autumn, or late frosts 
ic. 
Oncipium 839, Mr. Barker.— 
 Spe- Iysiea 
A beautiful plant ; in its pepe Ryestia tear tat 
glossum grande, but 
totally distinct in its flowers. 
Laeria PA Mezico, 1839, Horticultural 
—A. ie very difficult to flower. 
CYcNocHES MACULATA, - ico, 1839, Horticultural 
| Society.—A very extraordinary species of a very extraor- 
DRUM VITELLINUM, ek 1839, Mr. poor 
ker.- 
is rarely the case. 
GALEANDRA Baverr , Mexico, 1839, Mr. Barker.— 
A most remarkable plant, and of ee most epoca t habit. 
y n other 
rare, and apparentl: 
side of the Atlantic than on this. 
Eprp UM F tuM, Mezxi Guatemala, 
PIDEN DR) ALCA’ ico and 
1839, Duke of Bedford_—Judging from native specimens, 
Sovcyssiey Soler aewiemarer ter al 
Sir W. J. Hooker's plate. z 
HILUM ‘Orari aves, Drasit, 1g take of 
ee 
cue is 
Scuomicacia manera; Demerdrs, 1939, 
Brocklehurst.—This int been overeat 
is Bayes Fe ang aad poised 
1839, a 
purposes of a park.” We find froma subsequent 
House of Lords that this intelli 
true; and we trust that | ament will be 
out so excellent an. When the 
poate 
of spring, proche berghei fea 
Cahcomrooravox, India, 1839, Duke 
of Devonshire—A most 
ave bests, but does not ny emg so readily as 
DENDROBIUM mn hanes India, 1840, Diekeaf 
po aR oe Aa 
of the Dendrobia iz 
me + Tada, eps: es 
eaaebnctiik aa 
son.—A, charming species. 
and beautiful phe 6 
Ao ns ar RR al Ri 
