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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
ient ari' 
i, Re omaiped by this ex- 
gardens ese fail af attribut o the true cause, 
exhaustion of the juices by excessive perspi ; hence we go 
on tin riments and sustaining fresh losses, but without 
ev ch ding the true source of this want of s 
assigning the proper cause when accidentally succ ful. Rearin; 
young plants, therefore, in still, humid atmosphere in Ss 
country during our land-wind season, old to be as indis- 
pensable to success here as the warmth and shelter of the con- 
servatory are to young plants during winter . Inour 
experiments the son was too fore the 
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but we do not yet know whe! part above or below ground 
at which suffers most, though on this knowledge our efforts 
to exotics t inly depend. Judging 
from analogy, there is much reason to believe that excessive heat of 
woes rapidly, while the former 
regret to add ko] baal Society’s 
this year discontin 
Horticulbural Society of India,—The annual dinner of this 
Society was held on Wednesday, Jan. . 26th, and well attended. 
iongst the speec! 
shrub, ealled by the Malgaches, Rei Rei. It flowered in wae pose 
i probably for the first time in Europe, in the collection of his 
e Duke of sige rai at Syon. Itisa 
ly Ing 
—oen gn ads the mpi 
wood from just al 
ars fi 
and produce a pretty effect.—Bot. Reg. 
arose ‘BIUM DI’SCOLOR. {Stove Epiphyte.)—Although re 
‘by Messrs Loddiges from ie Botanical arden at Buitenzorg, 
Dr. Lindley cann species among those mentioned 
by Dr. Blume. singular appearance, with stout 
erect hee four feet high, wollen in the middle, and termin: 
mes about 16 dney yellowish-bro’ flow 
Tose flow; with a large and promi_ 
nent style; and one seeetelieel 5* 40," the most brilliant scarlet and 
carmine variety we have yet seen. In the same house Acacia 
ello ers, as much 
curv sore wavy as those of a Glorio: The lip has the same 
dull dirty colour, except along the ‘middle, ‘el is a 
with five deep wavy plates of a bright violet. race A 
Se ie the sweet-scented Desivobien facades 
our gardens, if it exist at all.—. 
" MISCELLANEO US. rally wit ee a ani : this treatment 
reserva: Wood.—M. Payen, in a recent com- = not at quickly make ue, yoy Ae them, but cause them 
ication to the nape te my of pained of Paris, states si aosd 4 bast xn b gan nse 
that j in all the organs of vegetation, and every woody part, pone - _— large rosy flowers, with ith the recurv be orton ar 
azotized matter exists “Of a ih wee nature ; Ae he the corolla quite ct a inflata rabra is dark red, with an almost 
uch ts | black mark near the top of the flower; moschata has delicate 
as tannin and. nitra readily indicate ita | Makinh ommcme, WAS outa mesh ctv at seruiuce 
ce; pa pgm lie whatever will preserve } along the flowers. Trained to a a 
animal ok Pm decomposition on i the same for | of Zichya coccinea called grandifidra, p cing a great quantity 
vegetal substances. He d for this ee ee ee ee oe 
Lie cm al he gps that it it may bes Tasahiee into eae might Aeon nahh aenenth, Samet 
ya proce: ogous to that of Dr. Bou » | short time many of the spesiotins, BGs. male thelr blos- 
whether newly felled or a month erw ™ soms. Most of The plants had had a ed fos een 
* € naturalicte at | Whi Due nate: Whe see and or hesuathéy teats 0b 
Turin, which took place last September, ‘it was announced jp aystor My, oem a oe of tee noble 
that this ox ie flowered, = the first time in Europe, Dendrchium ioe eee 5 root, bas one or 
inthe garden of igre idolfi. two shoots cov le orange blossoms relieved 
Secreting Glan > pda me occasion rsa pes tee a aeiped tite nite arc Gibsont had prety whitish 
M. Trinchinetti e is views concerning certain | thum, mae on a block of wood, sent forth an 
explained 
glandular organs upon leaves, which 
intended for s faye ates. Hoh a vane vee. 
timet ure 
oe m grown amounted only to 
64 2,000,000 of bales (each bale 
being 300 pa ae page eyhilst car Sg ae teg where the plant has ever 
been indigenous, the trifling quantity of bag 000 bales only is pro- 
duced. He trusted, therefore, that Capt 
on ers would prove to 
ean Cotton Planters the id that ald 
not 'y produce merchantable Cotton, but also equally wil 
that grown elsewhere. On the 10th February it 
four American Plant mt out by the East India Company to 
oe opinian on some 
at Alliporr which they pronounced as 
of Green Flax, the produce 
ra 
ern India, 8, 
ae Pig 1840-41; 
m English seed. 
unlike 
of Maxillaria Harrisénii, 
eat ae psa owersthan hear rome ecg Ina pro- 
y Pp pagating-house a new Dillwynia called speciésa was full of flowers 
periphy vy chiefly somewhat like cinerascens, but having a fine reddish tinge. 
a vagies, or circumference of a leaf. soem nd eee cncalier grencges Bares? pommel 
Plate presented io Mr. Baxter, Jun.—The ittee | colour is a soft light purple, and distinct anything we have 
of the Bath Royal Horticultural ters Botanical —— yet seen. A Verbéna from Buenos Ayres, with it pink flowers 
have t mn to Mr. Wm striped white, quite new; and a that 
came up in a seed-bed of N. atomdria was eae 
Baxter, f Mr. Wm. of crimson flowers edged lilacky-white, esirable ad- 
otanic Garden, a testimony o| of their eir approbation of dition to Bie 4 i fal gee vo ches hardy plants we ob- 
hi - | seryed Ilex eaves six inches long and proportion- 
is emudact cavieg i the ti time he was Curator of — gar- | oe pd be ~ “ “pe 
den. The cup bears the "Of the Bath Royal H Pre- | tnd Pe <a ter a ary + ada eet ae pera meee 
sented, “& o ene of the Bath Royal H. and B..| waved at the mats "Gauicone glabrata, a handsome Japan Only 
Society, to H. Baxter, as a i with ogened ren leaves ; a Mexican Arbutus with finely- 
bation of he “conduct during the time he acted as their alley dery undern ‘underneath ; an and Cléyera japénica, with 
Ba i ‘The Deepdene, 1 27,—On our sandy soil and 
Nitrate of Soda Py ng determined to follow up my | clevated situation, mag ay nag the last severe Fang has 
ahead and t o prove or disprove an objection | been much 1 tl in many er apparently warmer 
ess han 
places Peg. diea giobosa, 
ob} 
against a that it he an saci pc rttg he of ag: gee at Feing the only shrabs which are .seti 
Young 
best a stimulant to inert ti 4 NM @ | plants of many of the new Pines are a rather ex- 
rood ow ir the ‘centre of an acre sown — prog posed situation, and, with the ington Bic cage they have 
1839, on thin scopy d, and man the ro- | Cocepel upburs: aan shane meses my bratia (whieh 
ainder of or field with an excellent of good crpatarnate titer here cadieek ly, the point of the 
considerab! 
The nitrate was put on leading shoot: being killed in both plants, and the 
per uch browned : 
foliage very 
the Ist of be at the rate | of 2 cwt. r acre. ma- be he —It seems Geaaaieg ins ane the rae it) Epecien 
nure was got on ear! the season. | '0 Stow late in CoNsagReaty partite 
On the Sth of May, no sain. huning fallen Beck the tone Loe eeeeee on eee ean ame a re ae wee 
of sowing the nitrate, I was walking the field wi ret s Dat dene ie health. So 
likewise are Abies Webbiana, and two very different plants ealled 
are the ina Himalayan Spraces. 
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an experienced farmer who had the strongest prejudice f 
inst the use of such a slight and new-fangled dressing, postr sen probably 
I directed his pe id in 
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if he could perceive any gy in the appearance 
h 
the , when, knowing I had used nitrate in the _ mae pare ccna tt i ans is true) is equally 
e replied, ‘* No.” I then “ace i attention pe MegRN Ze aa wt 
part of the ere 
that I wanted him to see ny hal the ialbente 
Rebiews. 
Hinés on Agricultural Economy as the Antidote to Agri- 
ms of flo 
The annual repoi bi a guts a phe pitied over 
chiefly called toa gold medal which cker of Azimgurh had the pelle re, ig = vag & hs to be sre for if cultural Distress. By Owen Owen Roberts itis 
made over to the Society, to be giver as the next year London. Sim at ee pace Marsal 
to the owner of the largest new plantation of. trees in the better th est, N rene bette 
cy. The president, alluding to the presence ofthe Ame- | it was a small plo trary direction. I desired him OTHING can tents = this little 
planters, stated that they had brought with them an abun— to point it out, pat he ‘directed me to the nitrate, I in-| work tha than the motto oto happy ‘preted’ to ton Much 
eaieee arene ate eee | i | at orci! 
applying to government for some bags of it for distribution, as | not be satisfied until we a found the — particles of destroyed for want nt of judgment.’’- 
the sowing season was fast approaching. nitrate still gree nag 8 on the surface, , from that | It is in t wing the small a 
NOTICE ———SE time until th rey bess cat rah ly the Welsh race, ho are his losses 
me EITHER iacige o OR ORNAMENTAL. i quantity | gain by as d pl i —— 
IPTI'LION SPINO’S Plant,)\—This an a ie success 
cme petas'es cpap himgery = Ang mame ™ out of the Tet of ae manure a mich poe — mide wane: = of tay tk veges come~ 
appears to 1 Pan eae ak and is called Siempreviva, on | STE€R Gave wing result :—Grass o ela , ct, a Petes the greatest quantity 
Gees ot she p-mammcoot Hs Gorn benee Sowers. Tt has l June; anes of grass from 64 yards of nitrate alk, we mame 9 : — 
known to botanists cony t with the Chilian Flora as a | 338]bs. ; ; ditto from 64 yards of manured land, 252ibs. 5 5 of sound practical information i 
heen imede to cesnre if; but in vain, Gil seads came into the hanas | 2% ee oe aceon coh oan mp eral 
of Mr. th to the G Grenville, at Drop. | Anxious to know r the grass grown by nitrate The only thing we are disposed to criticise ’ 
more, ; I Sapan ieatirat or pay last Sal Me. mor cant a etna the pred, I had both pieces ain as which is evidently intended to produce an effect upon a 
peste a me with pst a a as possible, put into two small i core vo : songge on cee 
— ave lowered e succes- e . | farmers form most impracticable p= mun 
sive years ; aE plan with thatch. Eighteen otis from tim ng, ; ? 
seed. as it “Sibermiona a rine ie ae oe | he day being fine, I had the cocks broken out, and ex- and, that it ms of all things the og ane we i gon agua 
fleshy root like that of a Dahlia in miniature ; the radical 1 pose n until evening, when I ok | oe thee liabl fai Area 
Dung up in autumn as e flowering stems are cut off, | weig d the nitrate grass was 338lbs. likely to ee eeaiiened mre P le or far-sighted ¥ 
as they grow ins will have died off: th S8lbs., being: littl Cacti’ conti ivinal | being ee ee ages Site bigots” or pt sad jolterheads.”’ 
tise two feet high, and prod: im corymbs e 3 ny DEINE e piso The great thing tao their sak ka. th . 
Plant has increased in size every year ; but I have been too ch weight; and the manured grass from 252ibs. to 66lbs., = h 
en it to make an attempt to divide the root, which I think might | being also li than one-fourth the original weight. hai pars a miserable 
one in spring (after f have nursed so as to} Traving done yf Bas ¢ diffe in the waste education, and contracted tations, the ingcr? in a great 
make losing it). I hope it will seed more freely this g ea gae led; of their social agro — are incapable, | 
— Thaye ghia ww iba creeps while - have had it sete lot over — other; but I re : ct believe, of comprehending th : hich to 
ay possession, think a co it would sufficient ~ nel m . »: of things 
. After p asad tg ‘when. the stems are dead, I have | heavier the Stvtcodiar hay. Weight per acre | others are as clear - pana gear 
Senerally reduced the bail of earth and put it in a smaller pot for se this good as was the The subjects embraced in this little book are the 
Yrinter, and have shifted it into larger as circumstances required. | Te0H hinges ; principles of farming:—‘‘The Ady 
have used sandy loam with a small portion of rotten leaves; | piece; 2 tons, 4 cwt., 2 qrs., 7 Ibs. 5 from nitrate, | siete nin 
ane it grows beautifully the time of ae a 2 tons, 19 ewt., 1 qr., 19 lbs. So fully I satisfied, | >Y¥* in Agricul nomy— 
for fen pcrmape # colder situation would that of soda on 20 acres of | cation of a Regular System of Manas 
it."—Hot, Reg to whom a 50 acres of Ar; Land—The 
grass land ; 
cheap dressing is of ; test it on a small | tematic Economy in the Management a 
hss ae ry Pete Wate on Nitrate of Soda. | Agricultural Produce, as well in the Pe 
