THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[N° 93 
sand; and I —— — this pointed out 
y 
there is no excuse, as the names are generally written 
| plainly enough, if they are writte a at all. He urges | that 
sa and _by this pulling ~~ and poking back ~ are 
this 
custom | put an end 
rant ge mould, , than i in ‘Stiff soil.—K 
P 
May 8th, page 19, on the Gooseberry Caterpillar, I am 
their A grvoty but they ea not like those names to “~~ part 
the means of injuring them. [There is some tr uth in 
tulati but we are 
have used for 3 
or four 
6 ye 
In the month of. 
Goose’ sh 
gure. 
tice goes so ‘far as our correspondent Tepresents. Wha 
lants is are rE when 7 
e pulle d out they are often replace Mgr 
os pen thus a Pe Sinpeti gets the name ca a ——_ 
and a Rose of a} Nettle, which certainly does not tend t 
The fact ie 
n 
its its poet arin; ‘ee summer under 
bushes, which eggs the lime destroys. The lime 
should invariably be = before the leaves begin to make 
their appearance.—Jam on. 
Self- Register Thermometers —-What is the occasion of | 
the quicksilver passing the re; in an horizontal ther- 
mometer at times? I imagine ned oR is composed of | 
steel, 3 i.e. a ‘point of a needle broke off. Is it possible 
if you, “or any of your pone can be the means of 
Bumerous list of complainants. Thereis another point, also, 
of sticks. J 
PROCEEDINGS ( Aye OF SOCIETIES. 
CIETY. 
June tst.—R. i. Bally, PF <x or the Chai L. Ames, 
W. J. G. Farmer, J. Deledela: . Garnett, Esqrs., the Hon. 
and a R. Wilson were elected. The subjects exhibited in- 
cluded m: e and beautiful plants, some of which had never 
any ra 
Ley previously shown. Am reg 
Spat Ee of Paling P Park, 
ant of the Erica’ splendens in fine flower. 
— aths kno d bears brick- tree hg 
wate, pic tees:' well with its deep 
green leaves: the specimen exhibited was handsome, and in the 
most perfect health, which does not often pene: as . is one of 
t alt of its tribe t 0 grow. ightian medal was 
it 
appendage to 
expanding, and carry 
for bulk, ‘eins eam’ not suc 
of expansion bu t that in its 
reen and hothouse. The upper ther- 
an is a spire of some kind. Why ap Poor fluid 
when back again |. 
I suspect 
d 
that _ ee gravity of the realetion: material, which, I 
glass, and aes vom bulk 
cow the 
cttograde ithe ion a is 
t 
the denser state of the fluid, 
7: 4}. 
d 
= capillary action. Have you or any of your onhontbe 
at 
thermo-barometer? I bough 
Wi 
0) 
af 
0 stooping, 
as to its Sealtonen: and it certainly failed w ith me. 
like to know how it turned out with other persons.—T7. H. 
‘eeding Prong.—A correspondent in Guernsey recom- 
m one of th 
tit with some doubts 
I should 
and will tear up the deepest- 
g the clus- 
the same 
y bri 
"het ve praise  aeasiated two young shoots with 
the perfect leaves and flowers of that species. In like 
en 
i 
8 
* or 
g 
F 
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lar appearance ; nor can people 
believe that it is not produced by budding. 
joini ds Si 
ilar 
oe 
readers and the tim 
Spanish Academy were followed ; viz. 3 
Naty 
ae be ‘wou to to 
In 
é ad- 
von, 
aggests 
of o cnpeilians maid be 
Kindly spared, if the rule ot Peetcontior ee — se by or 
isnt Beaune 
when marked on “the antepenultima (last wvllabhe 
good sug: 
zestion, which 
which it is 
obtain teeak-——vie., by dragging out the pre tig instead of 
leoking at them 
as they stand in the pots: 
and for this 
os high. coloured as we hav 
porn a beautiful new ie Rarity a a 
from d — h are Mo! sey when planted in 
bed in 
flo rer were consequently no! ot Ss Bates oe as ustal, ‘A dwart 
bited Gesnéra, bop ie lateritia, had large flow 
il, to have a remarkably red foot. 
ink wv 
said in its native country, Brazi 
stalk. ‘The Borénin viminea, with p ke flowers; and a 
new kind of Bossizea, with curious flat , were also sent from 
the Clapton Nurse! A Banksian certificate awarded 
4 ers 
<4 
pa a= 
“ 
be and Pince exhil specim: t 
voniensis (see p. 343), which, owing to their bein packed, 
were ve Bemogeter d. A seedling Pelargonium, and a seed- 
ling Cine sent by Mr. J. D. Parks; the former was 
badly shaped, coataas, ta id nom Superior to many of the 
old varieties: it was stated to have been raised between Mont- 
me! a the Duchess of Gloucester. Mr. Catleugh ex. 
hibited a pan of flowers of seedling Pelargoniums raised by 
Rey. R. Gi which we most perfection ; the flowers were 
large, firm, ro’ , and the colours quite ch and di > one 
very large had a fine rosy purple tint. ‘kabl 
deep spot on oo other petals. Mr. Catleugh also sent five named 
seedling , Comte de Ltrs Sylph, Foaeat ee! Leila; the 
latter was oy most distinct : its ground was a delicate 
le spot he a orm. quit 
7 
snifice! 
ee of ‘ts Blossoms, Palate must have 
a Ban! ksian 
the plant ich i 4 
no doubt form a splendid erent to this tribe. — Walker, gr. 
pag others 
m account of its sweetness. 
eroctiieats and ochilum 
bury. 
Sey 
rias and Ec’ bors acti, some of which were studded all over with 
ae or ff flowers, and others dare them arranged on th 
top like a coronet they did prone we ~ 
of vada res t of sun-light. e oth 
Pimeléa résea, bearing bright rn ‘peal of flow: axilléria 
aromatica Pie gs with much larger flowers than nig Po ym 
species ; d Pol¥gala By. te ri a handsome plant with 
spikes o of ri nahi diane 
aunat, SOCT 
bro 
of the Socie ety, W Fo 
e of petal not po oko good to teesemead it Raph ohed 
fower: »* If it blossoms freely it will make a pee t flower, 
but will not do for exhibiting. 
LINNEAN SOCIETY. 
Jun —E. Forster, Esq., inthe chair. The business 
Petco te ep pron a continuation « of SE he $F F. Bonburys 
paper on the rare and uni 
sis of the Paussidze, 
sample of 
Wheat, sow: sag earlier than the aoa of Manele Ling bers tine 4 
ness of the sowing to be taken into consideration 
the merit. 
ose under see fe gaa Mr. John Hobbs, of St. Ives, Corm- 
wall, transmitted ‘an account of the mode he sui uly 
ractise din effecting | the destruction of all the small insect tribes 
that von oth the hop plant, 1A 4 erection of rails of a aan 
mstru eos coal-tar, or the saturation 
ne ae sean SOCIETY OF LONDON 
menade took place in the Inner oe Regent's. 
ded. The forest of ay proce 
01 
visited the garden, the Lae lines of walks are laid out, and 
an welled. The ge for plants used in the 
for th esent season is 
thro 
ank is — raised pene Ria north-west with a ace 
will be obtained of the 
house 
L AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 
March 10.—Dr. Irvine pri solanidten ome gen hilsah Tobacec, 
and See se intention of scon forwarding 8 suply of the 
of Oil and Oil berpoberversg p-seed, and 
ceived from Capt. Kirke, of 
or “Chowh,” 
kinds of canvas made from 
that the Hemp was grown merely to 
foam bags, but that it could 
pean market. Samples 
of Cannabis sativa, eho Russian seed sown on the 15th November, 
and any s ts tative seed (Ganja), were pre- 
sented. e fi Cc mn grown zacknow, from 
seed, and a sample of Oude Opium, grown.on the banks of the 
Gogra, from whence quantities might be procured. 
Sugar Canes, the produce of Amherst T pecimens of the 
flower udation of a supposed to yield the true Gamboge 
seri eds of the 
me maund of seed had 
Hooghly The pepent i Fog once ot * 
Siig AGS coger pages e ti rect 
‘as also fsaerg Esdaile mentioned that the exhibit 
a the artic articles of excellent quality. Leaves of 
Travan ‘were 
on © 
Mr. H., from personal 
tate of the plant in the e Tea plan 
experiment, as far as 
ict. oe plants 
Final W 
ie an 
leaves of — of t e Te plants reared from 
are large, tw af a -rpe inches long in October last. 
Winchester Pansy Show.—The anw 
the Globe _ The gag? at 
’ wens. bya by. Mr. admired. 
avarded ts Bares : SR) 
Ms ton ; re yuk. Hillyer ; = 
Spents gr, ‘> the W Warden of the "College Mr, E. Corfe; 
Seedling, Mr. 
#3 Society.—The ficst exhibition 5° took place & 
wench a Phar, Jane the 2nd and ah Oe 
all residents in the neighbourhood, and 
“ty 
——s 
