il THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [N° 95, 
offering less, a useful instrument. Its principle is essentially We would fain hope that the results of these notes 
= per head to any one who takes them, By such | si f Mason’ s, which consists of two. thermo- horticulture will continue to develop themselves till 
means the schoolboy’s play might Ve tra enh eeu ad ee a ea 
ench complain of the dadtentge: of aa bulb. ‘he evaporation from the wet bulb, “and the | and comprehensive institution for amie ament aiid tng 
an og ae rious aciien or farmer pms 8 situated woud consequent production of cold, is shown by the ‘different ing 
es ee that we = pec eed-seeds of the latter oe te Cacti Ww par» Bar Pag the more dazzling objects exhibited, 
were i i 
ing the well-kept ands of the ans the “a tity of evaporation depends very much on the dryness of | fusion of blossoms, and a appeared inthe Pad tanay pass By 
ce the air, this instrument, like that of Mr. Harris, ini Most of them testified to the high cultivation they received, 
nats since you remarked, t he atmosphere as to m and either to the application of manure-water while growing, 
in a ding article, upon wef which would ye flourish ture, on neither of them can, I think, said to measure ak oe ~ te. paiet coe egeatuaily he Sircumstance 
placed in a south aspect, and you offered as an ex- | it. _ The term H ygromete should the present be | superiority, was their haying heen grafted ‘in Ps: if 
= the Tree Prony. Now, at the time your pars limited to the in Mr. aniell, —— that is | Cereus speciosissimus is generally chosen as a stock for this pur- 
appeared, I had the Moutan Banksia in — flower ; | the ‘eal one forty eee really measure what we desire to | Pose, pot requiting, itself, any extrancous aid; though even 
yc the sun _— maar _ eg en Sema ix A.M. to | learn, namely, the number of de grees whic h the poate pags en aetna ak Eee pthc. ome ox aie 
ee P.M ir poss ten seen much f th i I i branches of C. elliformis, depending gracefull: from the sum 
larger basics or shrubs - — Arer399 in the a0 of | of saturation. This beautiful instrument has been some- mit of their stems, these last being reduced to three or four feet 
others ; but I never so perfect, or nearly | what — ated by which ep at ne sry: haar gapaicalepe aie Dye | 
ov el ag ee 3: ak Wak a hi h all of ‘i who extensively adopts the grafting process, exhibited some noble 
so—the ¥ y Z e ygroscopes, and which are oft em specimens, which abundantly attested its advantages, A plant of 
ter. Possibly the first nett have been an inch or two | liable be influenced _by the motion, as co as by | the | Epiphyllum speciosum, about four feet a5 and of a rather 
more when expanded. It is fair, however, to state, that | rent of the ome extent | STeater beara cia “ekg remarkably fine; and it is no exaggeration 
ug) e plant is in a south-by-east border, andj diminished ae "the obseryations are mada within a similar plant of the 5 same ng but towers cou de pecered A 
fully exposed from the surface for full two feet high, the | —— berisee. but sufficient movement may always exist | Mr. Barnes, gr. to G. W. Norman, Esq., and of Cereus Jenkin- 
blooming portion, and that part of the foliage most de- | ect the results, and those results, even when ‘ob- | Sonii, from Mr. Faleoner, gr. to A, Palmer, Esq., of Cheam, were 
licate, is protected by a hand-glass, having a shifting top, | shane. do eh rnish a measure of the condition sought. Hallisoni, ‘ain, shown by ya beautifal blossoms. 
Supported on four posts; so that while a perfectly free | It has been supposed, though I think erroneously, that | Mitcham, had a pd sated saberat: ‘nae ey 2 
admission of air takes place, the plant has at once the | the indications ses Daniell’s ok opogead = liable to be | Sufficient quantity of them was not expanded, and the plant, by 
a advantage, combined with that of growing in an | affected b Aen! rength yy ether d to ae to the ley paarar ng pinmci es Be cyli pod My looked some- 
rmal, armin, variety, i 
pen border, of having every needful protection ; and cold E The rm ay be s mpure as io prolong the time ciosum grandifloram, was brought by Mr. Unie ROE. 
y which thi splen Ridge, Esq., Morden, and stood forth conspicuously, on account of 
dia exotic can be flowered in perfection. Tn a subsequent at all; but this point once observed, the corresponding its flowers byoy Reman f eg the po those of the original 
2 P ar: of’ all accidents, “Phe | 20s ** 9n6 ots deeper pink, hug. Tay $0, was agralted jae. 
Blight from Apple trees. Now, is certainly | instrument sgt be Noll so as to obtain a portion of fe AB ol ay agg oo pt all ge — ts by cur 
(or something like one) of all thie es panel but r have bright reflec — = dew is expected to appear, be- | able hybrids: the principal ones had the habit of pone, bg Pe 
er the specific of simple rater applied the d asily seen where the line dicides so re wi pie dah Sronores nto that inimitable blue colour in the 
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er fail in removing the pes a I will not firs, that one | the bright and “bhick, reflections on bulb; andi = miscues nthe Be nnn 7 of C, flagelliformis, Wee hese ae 
uw € remedy 15 so easy, noti d the very ins stan t | deeper green stems, and dark crimson flowers, yichly tinted with 
ie if tw three be re uired, the beter: wilt not be that it occurs, it is well t bluish purple. It was grafted on C, speciosissimus, and had an 
grudged, w eae apples or apple trees Geor and th ord elegant effect, After the Cacti thi Heaths created the most strik- 
gius, [The statement —! to bars be ound * p- 275. the mean of the two. If they are both oie <aals late, ing Soe mT nee acted ays eae yn ieee 
We see nothing in our Corr observations at green colour, and the flowers disposed in such enormous and 
variance with it. if ne sien cts “his i: Tre e Peeonies cent ey racemes is falling, and in the other rising. Although, | d¢nse masses, that, considering the imm uantity 
I consider Daniell’s to be the on’ wil ba igi a. Bg a cpm pide t-, on Cena 
protected, which are injured on a h border because pony ve are very e al fi te i ve yy aap fe emaituresct this 
e othe 'y economical, use! ul ments, and | inestimable genus are altogether imaginary. Every plant, we may 
they are pron a ‘0 shoot too sien in my spring, ‘snd have the advantage of being constantly eae Se Andrew | observe, had evidently been guarded st the injurious exposure 
eek ans sed Shite 2 in a north border because they ae mart iret, to which they are sometimes subjected near London, for the sake 
not so may in gro owth.] —_wWwill « Gard pA of preserving th ‘om mildew, and a continual ina 
Ag aed Cottage ener” (see p. 380) be | house or frame through which aregular current of air can be 
‘alering ~—In one of the early numbers of he aabicelacix his ‘er as = abe qual tity of Pota- | freely circulated. No list of the species or varieties most beanti- 
be potest te Chronicle, there is an arti Mr. Pax-| toes per diem that he ‘giv es his ees = id whites Tie try | ESR De Borees an pete be eters Se eee 
in "i . .. arge, inflat right scar’ lossoms, many yari 
which he gives direction for watering plants, and they “ a uld remain on the fire ti re black,” does he | 5. ventricosa, vestita, and tricolor were partic at 
points out the necessity of watering according to the pe-| mean that the sk ne eek per} . Mack, or that the Patersonia mons ibi fe 4 
: ‘ itrosa, exhibited by Mr. Barnes, deseryes men- 
culiar habits of each. "ee a made twelve- | potatoe should be roasted black quite ‘through ? ? And is tioning as a handsome variety, with large and copious yellow 
Kt < Bd its . 
poor va bing rohugson y H serene oe &. dep metas from Mr. paar pages Brixton, hada 
and, at the same time, prevents a great. waste of wat ven to the horse? And what pro- | PS) vie stataan Siggy lay € meme gga pith 
no part of it is distributed upon the soil in the pot. pao Poe naka to wd ale — en to a horse, in regular pr tended sew ni it eos booed ak omeneenae is not 
a -can, of which I send gona drawing, is cae ge Me Be supply of potatoe feed? And also if an bestowed on sointerestingagroup. When everyonecomesto know 
bi Gale copper, seven certian) seven inches | water, &c. ?— tac theese ent quite agrees with shat Ahes.sien subencnd. senshe sok Soot pase 
0) ati a poms the side and close | Cottage Genta ”?-**that the ° se ic should know it,”’ | them mo: mi EE die i Mr J 
3 ‘dens and at exhibit . Mr. Butcher, 
to the bottom inside, rass valve seating | os such a food is really as beneficial to a horse as the gr. to ‘Ms. Lawrence, Baling Park, amished. two handsome 
ore ordin and expensive food of oats. . | plants ‘anettia cordifolia, which completely concealed 
be the side of the can. A small copper pipe, three-eighths | ever, torn to ascertain ahether ‘ay al stat! ion standing fom aig sa wigan pasty ooh eye 
re, is secured to this bya a nut 5 : at the end of the pipe rial of expense is thus effected.—4dm Essex | From the same establishment there was a gigantic ellis trained 
pestonited “with: Kid ilar to ic Tt Cutdoner plant seen. Loan poedniae a ag SS 
oles very sim a gas-burner. Treatment of the Fuchsia fulgens.— lant is Wife pa ge Wer, ost exceeding its natural 1 
nicely perforated, th 1 spread capable of being improved, or more nye of being — 2 ie rt Soaterebuntey of fle. Jule 
as stream— —the valve i isopen and shut by means of a rod, spoiled by cultivation, than the Fr uchsia fulgens. After | and supported by a trellis five feet in height, was from Mr. Hunt, 
th Seeing idered it alt g aap eg and, by the freedom. te Mage ph ge 
ther unworthy of the char: acter it er received. I now of flowers which con sequenty adorned each of the shoots, it was 
The = iifted by epi er pri upon is nie. entertain a different o' i i i 
pinion; and that it may afford a | rendered very attractive, Clematis Sieboldii affixed to a neat 
pres which Sines is a slit groove to receive a steel hint to others, I detail the treatment that produced this trellis, by Messrs. Young, of Epsom, though 4 quite hardy, shows 
ring (shown by the dotted lines), one end of which is| change. Last year I treated the plant like a Dahlia or | itself to greatest advantage when retained in a yp one “ne 
i mmenced I shook 
ina; before it comm growing the | fowers’ fms too ona ‘mad their showy centre is not 
whole of the dry soil, in which it had been wintered, from | sufficiently apparent. The in question was bearing 
its roots, repotted it into as small a pot as would contain upwards of 50 flowers on a not more than three Se 
em, and assisted the growth by fi and about the sam baprresaigels 9% 
- 2 sad so protruded that the observer could look down on them, and 
it showed bloom. ult was, so far as pe oid st once discern their beauties. It would be well if this plan were 
was concerned, as fine a as could be extensively practised, Of general abou Lropebeyed 
. | Were many i collections. We merate 
ered wars’ werk, lowarey, “very dlepréper-.| St States ae weken aoiek out the finer specimens. Leche- 
itia formosa was again contributed by Mr. Falconer, gr. to 
These were » but by no means | Palmer, Esq. ; and some younger and rather more healthy plants 
Silidting; as a ce the pcre be that had been | Were sent by other exhibitors, of whom Mr. May, gr- to Ca. 
firmed ot tou much Genppinted that T | Beg’ hi i ethers a 
“neglected it, and pl it upon the back shelf of a green- | the three last persons were in all respects perfect, and the manner 
house, torpid until April. It then | in which Mr. Falconer" plant has maintained Ins beauty 90 
ee wpe fi “lo ith.the promise ff gives of conn of 
its unpruned branches; and.it was watered with the | ‘72.7 indetnite period, shows that It hes few 08 fy Eenor 
other plants, but an ada 5 was bape to the soil in | in the dimensions of its floral branches to P. spectabilis. P. de- 
which it had flowered preceding autumn. This has cassata, in Mr. Butcher's collection, assumed the form of 8 
fixed to the side of the can; the other end pressing upo: _,| elected = complete mod sonra change = habit; ed ieepet teeters ped ting a nearly continuous sheet of do: 
The is was the nd 
tsi y the — of the trigger, Pag the valve ae Tn fave not the same tend: ency to peers nd instead of 
ing the waterin ee eee the efor eg the eing prod at the tips of the shoots as they form 
ea ata re night hand of course | racemes of considerable length, and in this state the plant 
Sager, which will — van . cheers ng finger ig | f2HE a fine ae ac ree monly a sonar 
Open me valve, and when the finger is | sent should increase the size of the flowers in proportion 
i been clearly 
M., Kent. 
be as the rule is not universal.—J. 
in- nr nn 
eat facility. PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
ig pla we in pits, as HORTICULTURAL 
ust in that pre- Exhibition at the Garden, June Shae ieiataigdte cold 
¢an is filled through yrind, anda total absence of sunshine, a crowd of visitors, snotty 
If any person | 22 °° % pin gets 
in June is Ss panexaity Gtetik ts teak ak 
occasion, it is doubtful whether the dis. 
fimer than what was witnessed here a month 
oo 
ae iogeuien ae ore 
. Harris, i 
