a ca arr taille a cae iii ae 
May 29.] TH 
E GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
341 
so widely spread 
over the Peninsula should have escaped | or not, po 
1 : £ +} 1} 1 1 say 
untry. Smith adds to 
P 
= ti i ab: H oe ie ee ee 
J 
escripti ion that eestor ms ts were sent to 
rae ae ne ge — 7 d native botanist: 
more many res — connected with the 
‘ashy + any) . 
| then a one of anys mer wiry or ras. ‘aaa ad 
such of the old leaves as are beginning to decay. The 
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cians pia 
the Cork a si their roots tea destroyed by nm 
| oe ob “a igure was made by . Sowerby, fro 
: a! tea Hebarteni -~ publishe din 
hoa at vanes 
in the food it affords. both to man rhe 
t of Q. I 
and to be treated in a different manner. No pinching of 
the first ae ‘and 
mth 
° Supplement to the English Botany, t. 2786. Mr. 
cack 3 in his Flora Hibernica, states the “Jocality to be 
Dunboy, near Bearhaven, which in Sir Willi 
beast, I proposed that the nam 
ate that of Gram oat t dba for the pu rpose of making et plants 3ritis h Flora is called Danbo; OB "Behe ea tne s 
th me had ee been "sestowe ‘nas end ow many branches a oe wanted. These are to | p 
whicl as = claim that Ik ow of t such 4 distinction, be trained against a he edge ence, or simply along the 
r 1 i nlant, Shae reparing for press 
had the pe notice of eee mys the branches to prevent their bei: ing broken, as theta and Spslies i ie be pres ie i part ‘of ‘my 
the tree. “The writer of “en aes in er Penny Cyclo- recommended above for the Cucumber n occasional Upon referring to the Smithian Herbarium, in which 
i that Ballota is probably Persian be given them, and such lateral shoots | Mr, Drummond’s best specimen was preserve ed, I was not 
to think t my description of it, as meanin removed as are i interfering with d robbing the principal | a little surprised to find that in th 
generally, was too wide. As I wrote from —_ accep- | fruiting branches When ther is hot and dry, | plant has all the appearance 0 f the S) thes R 
tation, _ m its ee re eived meaning in conver- watering in the evenings mu must regularly attended to. | viana of Chamisso ; a plant found i theb 
sation, I was afraid I h The first ¢ crop of Beans should n w be gone over, and if Heys in Unalashka, not uncom nile is- 
but on aati to the dictionary oft the A colmeyy Pp tinguish li the neig bowing ‘pei by i its dager 
“« Ballota,”’ —_ _ a Encina, Roble, &c., ‘heh is | it is time je pin neh off the top of the plants, which will habit, and t lanceolate bracts within which the 
Th it 
exactly as I had r ovat it. Th us , absurd as is the name 
of Gramuntia, ssi a, as it is called, - still more so. 
Iti ise exactly as if foreign | botanists had anded cnet ae 
fect of checking their growth, 
Weed and thin the 
here is 
have the eé' 
hastening “ri maturity of the ~— 
arge 
are ephaiiat heipecer _ e a eci 
Herbariom does not admit of an examination of 
so suit I affirm its ide’ 
Onions if not already done, and where 
e ground may be freshened and the ioahags trans 
nn 
1 di ttend to what was 
5 
it Quercus acorn. g 
vergreen oaks ion 1 ‘ms onal. Each species has its 
own dintinctive appellation, Encina, Alcornoque (Cork- 
rmes, &c.: but tae 
stated last week respecting the transplanting of Seedlings. 
with t - bebe alashka pl Jant—but at the same time there is 
80 gre: general weyers a that it is difficult to doubt 
on Bang reer 
Prepare some ground in the same 
hat a plant hitherto > found only in one of the Aleutian 
Asia and America should also 
p- 180, and sow with Swedish Turn urnip. This i g ie 
a corruption of Robur, covers all or most 
ous spec rte 
oe correspon 
b: my attention was early called to 
ndent inquires about the oaks of Mr. 
to his pamphlet, 
por I hurried to examine it in quest of information on a 
inhabit t a’bog in ag oun ty o of Cork, is so singular a 
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long after the other winter Turnips are unfit for use: 
M. E. H. 
ON THE CULTURE OF THE CALCEOLARIA. 
et with it, I appli i 
favourite subject. Alas! never was disa ppoin sddeey from Aanut the middle of July, when the = ate ae done | 5, ell ms i ith all the facts of the case; wae St 
the bata = - mh sere _— Pn . ntleman Li y favoured me with an in- 
yr i tr acts th 1 madi 
mol e and more ineffectual, I was | forced to rel h it, shrubby - sane ‘The Gene ae = moe br reeaghe cath a hich ‘Se pin bo Sane ok 
as the nang ome | indiciow watering, the re maining flowers picked off, and ye pe Se rekon ert many arise fe r his English 
of Duns chon or Th a omas ree not scold possibly ee ‘We | in stems a —_ — n a a no —_ ah —e Flora. From the journal the following are extracts ne’ 
have Q. His ica, ‘Valentina o nilles, and ) old soil s nd a ; 
tralis, aes ke Q. Rot sy f fresh co ym post added, in which the shoots ane ‘eo Mr. ig 30. anell’s of Watteville im the on on 
pes a a1 Toza identical. He aes asserts that t Q. Lue- will ake ‘take root; ach thi 
ire to be + Kenmare for four or five ak when I - a 
ais s from the Levant : : 
Ww: Exe e% 
cy 
cuttings Sees - shrubby sorts should be struck 
. small sixtie: with a gentle bottom- 
was pei ‘they assured me, only produ 
Cerrs, ¢ one “of eth percents. The: erecan mn be: ne question ne 
heat kept awe ee sot agonte soe watered; when 
the 
i ES a 
more freely admitted, and the — 
thro 
& 
shoots in the localities he quotes. : states that hi 
guides knew the me N as Pe bi it, at some distan nce 
the soil, aes will require ie aa into carers and 
the 
hots wack took me across the river 
f the Calceolaria ; when the sun a bears comsieable a | 
ry e 
were 
y keen 
discernment. revel may the writer in the P Penny Cyclo 
+ of the | n- 
; the oe of tl 45° 
3 no Webb’s intention was to 
piesa a nts oubt Mr. 8 
simplify and “ike the ina more more but he has 
— ** confusion worse confi foun nded,”” 
medley 
About the beginning of September, those plants which 
> growing vent will require shi ape nt to o larger | on 
and ¥ when large specimen pla nts 
oc! 
that to Castletown, nye Thad not the least appearance 
ofa es bat by knowing the direction I easily fo d it 
out.—Aug. 1. In the morning I set out for the D ys”. 
When I had got about five 25 the road very heavy 
~~ came on, which obli return without having 
und anything to repay me > fi my trouble—dAug. 2. 
m 
The following day I set | out for Hingy Hill, and ae the 
ached the top of i ae 
only plant ‘i found upon it which does not grow 
ighbouring mountains was Rhodiola rosea. and 
aginoides upon it, but that grows shunt 
i 
term a “ Galimatias.”” We shall hope that Mr. Webb 
will oa publish in his 1 
that he will correct the ‘title. 
nd 
His work is no more an 
; liberal drainage should at all t imes be g 
pe regular wateri ing carefully attended 8h never cling 
Faeroe aoe 
bee Bear Taland, ug. 
The following day I spent upon Bear Island. 
gg 
Iter H ‘The ee ge lear hould be pirating 
‘ac at Plymouth, and working along the omnes to the moved, foe “if pieced to rem a aan th ete prance 
Humber, would be entitled to call the work hi and much inju a “The plants re- ithe" A eae ug sition upon | the main land, opposite 
make Iter Britannicum. The only way of secountin ‘for | quire to be f ae entl examined, , to o watch ‘ad the appear- : , the 
some of this ores statements is, that i : 7 sche ck shox — one: nig: sy oe a quantity. J only found two 
saa This mpanied by a rough but cha- 
€ ae this fneteratie pencitaketch “of the plant. 
In his let the Rey. Dr. Hincks, dated June 7 
oo sag ery is made by R. respecting the Platanus | difficult “to ap hear ese pests from pose young seat downy z mea 9 
Oriental _Why ca called P. Hispanica Id The — should be ee med by damp- ae h coys, : The plant you write about is the one i 
n. Itapp ep non lucendo; ing the flues, a a Calceots yea best:in’ 8 moist at a oe pote a of 1381 “oe — 
- specimens preserved of it were the one yo mt to Sir 
for ‘Tn ne ore ahh We 7 i Dati ee or month Lrg seem James Edward Smith, anda small pen one pt sent eg 
genuine spe cie: 
my extensive tours in art but I do not I 
b d to the south s ide of the house, to receive reall | the 
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la te Mr. Dick son. 
are the Poplar (Ala amo, whence 
walks of Spanish towns 
ved Elm. In the extreme south, | 
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in the tierra caliente, they have others be more recent | 
called, of 
This y seh a is continued till the beginning of Mar 
when a gentle watering over the heads with a fine ri or 
syringe will ag vey beneficial 
introduction 
will be Semnueeny either to shade _ the 
which T do n t know the name e; and o 
As the power of the 
un begins to increa and the flowers approach their 
it 
mpi J 
ever seen described. On nly five plants were fou us 
1810. I went again we on place in ftp and bec her 
procure a single speci It grows in a small marshy 
| et, on —_ shore of the petatie andy actly ion 
redou bt on Bea ar Fshan 
suffered t in in and allow 
° The 
who cam mm the south did not uxt a species, 
which I “pelieve is not fou nd i in the co untry. i shall | s 
certainly take 
been the means of Seiesdesteg the Larch into Spain, en- 
staniog a Tesirable height and 8 
ed to become =, 
forced ery into bloom before 
Besse the flower- 
anda stick 
So ver e locality of this ceo 
in teresting plant will, . is hoped, enable some of ou 
re friends to werent r it. me a 7 o 
med oo pon bia 
ving 
would answer admirably in many parts, Granada for ex- 
ample.—S. E. W. 
Bits ee tal a it aaa 
COTTAGE GARDENS.—No. XIX, 
ber, p. 308, th 
put to each shoot that it may sya sae: place 
assist in forming a regular he ead 0 of bloom. 
ry — ade for the rearing ne of 
ucumbers Vegetable Marr we will ni ow describe 
method oy ee which, an ordinary cireum- 
ances, will be und the most ‘suitable for each. With 
TH 
barrowful of loam ; one do. bog-eart! 
for the winter potting ; an additio 
earth used, fi or which, in ps a 
of loam shouldbe substituted.— W. C: 
an. 
A NOTE UPON THE NEOTTIA GEMMIPARA 
OF SMITH. 
han ar requi 
f the bealthiest 
ao tt 
6 Fyae 
® oc 
der to induce the buds 
the vines or branes ‘or tung vase 
as they advan ces 
: secured wi th 
a. about and otherwise injured by the wind; 
will perhaps begin to show fruit, but whether they do so 
they have extended the length of two or three joints they | no person having 
he fourth snes of Smith’s- English Flora, p. 36, 
Iw 
a new Poetics oor $s int 
Neottia gemmipara. It 
in 
and 
A supply of : er 
the plants, and cause the flowers to betel freely. bine 25 ow Holland te 
cow-dun ang 
eras Snot clot bog- 
arrowful 
et, 
roduced to to the knowledge of 
e article on t anagemen 
of Bi *¢ A Young Forester,” and your remarks on 
it, p. 150, not quite agreei i d 
thinking them m likely to lead “inexperienced for oe rs into 
st have 
mine had tw 
one early i in the 
occurred during my practice. 
Hawthorn pense cut down i in 
winter, th 1d of Apri 
The former had ad made ‘scaweely any shoots 0 on the oth 
while the bs tter — made 
25 6; 
on the mm side of a 
in small quantities; and | observe ad in tw wo fruit-trees at the two diferent seasons. It 
‘ 
‘erence existe im 
brief specific c 
char 
having afforded no information 
and 
“met with it since Mr. Drummond, its | spring are m 
history bas become # matter of great interest to those who 
cutting corf-rods of Hazel, Birdcherry, or gone kind 
of wood before the early winter months or iste im “the 
spring ; the young sh out late in the 
Son - “seronger than those 
cut in the ssteolg cub over early im the 
