June 26.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONI 
cts. 415 
. And 
a coat to Parkinson’s Herbal, ap) have been made in 
England during the latter part of the ont calieniy = from David 
Laing, of the Writers ~ ne Signet’s Library. 2. A Catalogue of 
235 species of Flowering Plants ec in the Shetland Islands— 
by Mr. Thomas Edmon: sas 3. A Catalogue of Plants found 
near Audley y End, saree zat the Rev. J. E. Leéfe. 
Royal Caledonian Horticultural Seciety.—The exhib 
and promenat oe were hel at — niet ci Garden, "inverieith, 
ay dun itious ; but notwithstand- 
dar 
Dictate 
and Henderson likewise contributed = fine spe- 
the Earl of Ros eberry’s gardens two well- 
Queen an Enville, in 
large ani and 
Trinity Cottag: Hi other choice plan! its, 
remarkably fine baie of Philiberta grandiora fall <4 ayeeinil 
From Dr. Neill’s a large of the Brazilian lant, = 
could not be excelled. Tulips, Pansies, and some very curious varie- 
ties of ies from Mr. Gilmour were m 3; and Mr. 
i ibited some very pretty v4 uses, raised 
in his garden. Among articles may be noticed a 
dish of Goo: ies, the fruit of Physalis ii from 
the garden of Mr. Hunter; and two young Oak plants, several 
inches high, and quite healthy, the in ¢ ving been 
made to i hypnum moss, and in other by 
ing sus immediately over water, sent b: en 
Edinburgh. The premiums on this were a 
follows : gee: the prize offered ~ Nurserymen for the four finest 
shrubby exotics im flower, to Messrs. Dickson and Sons, Inyer- 
leith, the being Giicinmn Fabiana imbri 
Statice and Clematis florida bicolor, the latter booed “9 
aballoon form. For the prize to 
gr. to Lord Melville, for Aph humilis, Pimelea sylvestris, 
Polygala ameena, and Tho: ) ea; and the third to Mr. J 
Young, gr. to T. Oliver, Esq., Diplacus puniceus, Poly; 
, Statice arborea, and E; is diflora. For new and 
fine Fuchsias, a ium oted to . Thom- 
son, gr. to the Lord Advoeate, for varieties ked F. igieana 
and floribunda ila; and a second premiu) iy et. 
ue 
mn 
Melville, gr. to sir G. Suttie, Bart, for pre 
spuria, and exim! 
, for aristata minor, 
col 
goad Fayre were awarded; the 
Lindsay, for ig pe rerained in the fan shape 
; the second to Mr. J. 
one trained pyramidally ; 
A. and Indica alba. For 
plants icea, of various 
Was yoted to M: - Cuth ‘on, gt. hag ng Mong Earl oe Caceres, 
and for a curious ion of seedling 
Taised at Maryfield, (one of the Pastis Manveed te le 
) an tra assign I. Ander: 
Esq. A third premium was ¥ to Mr. J. Muir, gr. to W. M. 
Innes, Esq., for a beautiful col 
NT peecton and the 3d 
old Herbarium, which, from the handwriting, and the’ 
ars to 
28th instant 
ir C. Lemon and the Horticultural Society ; ; andthat 
. ‘supposed salad with violet as had pram eh in the same 
ay with phere ng Loddiges.. It now appe: ‘om a native spe- 
by. Harte that it feca a fine corymb of 
nebo so very arta that the 
us.’? He found it on the trunk 
tions of b 
Asphalte Coverings for Frames, &c.—We have at last 
been able to obtain a sight of some of this preparation, 
ane described by _Mr. _ M¢Intosh vin our columns 
(p. a 2 It appears while its 
lig tely water-proof " render it 
mer, and of wrt in win 
Diplodon.—Some seeds of scales of a genus of plants 
from the Horticultural Society in May 1840, and flowered at Car- 
clew 1841. ‘alton ‘h wt imen, it produced called Diplodon or Diplusodon having recently been in- 
two couple of flowers on , stifficient to show | troduced from Brazil, our readers will perhaps be glad to 
that, the sper of this rebate us, itis i oY pinged hl know 
ing attention, but will amply repay with its truly icate an 2 ee order, 
fra; it flowers any extra trouble that may be taken in its culti- the £ Raley belongs ~ the ee preps bk: andis near] 7 
vation. | It has been hitherto grown ina pot yed vegetable es be agi — beastie rubs — 6 
lumps, but I suspect it would have thriven better if it had been site branches 
: |r prdapes fs phegkos Cork-tree, and ded from the - opposite, wg — — but mlepetiiead and 
er of the stove.”-—Bot. Reg. 
GESNERIA eet on Discolor a _ The flo rived in axillary an and bs a 
Herbaceous very fine species an 
with oes large, ‘hick, hee inert shaped leaves, — fasooel tor. ter- | are red or pe or er not 2 pars or blue. Some are of 
chee deep wers, Wl basis a Aviat smaller. 
purple, per the whole Bi soncnati rie id as if vaninhiod: it —— wipe as woe wee madurend ‘Sao ane ha —— 
uced fro th America by Mr. Young, Nursery- je species gatum, 
an, Epsom, and is le acquisition.—Botanical Reg. 
MATHIOLA MADERENSIS. MadeiraStock. (Hulf-hardy Peren- | of the haudsomest species. They form bushes inhabiting 
Sele species in th y of the common | sho oe] 3 vies € Mi a eae a = 
’s Stock. a id 
Th 
of Hound’s-tongue, and like 
are narrower, and a little wavy: 
in the southern parts of Brazil; and may be expected 
be to 
be hardy greenhouse plants. The best of them are not to 
and of a bright —* 
But after 
£ is “Deantifi 
the lower leaves fall off, pot 
Gardeners should try to cross 
throw double fiow: it is b so hand- 
some as that of pores Sy The ion ofthe wekau unpleasant, 
bling Berberry blossoms.— Botanical Register. 
Eri’ Sora SQUARROSUM. Sosantal Erigeron. (Hardy Herba- 
eceous Perennial.)\—A hardy rennial fro} m N. W. America, much 
blin the common Stenactis from which it differs 
in haying ader radial florets, leav f a different form, and 
an inyolucre whose leafiets are closely covered with glands, and 
stini marrose. It is ‘baceo mageed Bn saan wei 
were pr for the Horti ty b the late H. Mi 
to er, Esq.— Bot. a 
CATASETUM TRULLA. The Trowel-sha wort. (: e 
Epiphyte.) —A single specimen flowered in tember 1840, at Mr. 
pe Stanhope Nursery, Old Brompton. It had the general 
Agi (Casasetam maculatum, rar peat 30 flowers. 
They confessed 
of a trowel, and it is not at all hollowed 
merely concave like the a of a spoon. 
Catasetum may aed ly the cultivation. 
They must have a moist stove to grow in, ‘should b io kept neat 
- When the young shoots begin to grow, t 
very apt to be injured by water lodging about them, and care 
mu ken vent this.— Bot, Reg 
UNONIA'NUM. Brown’s Sty jidium. (Greenhouse An- 
& pee fh species, with two or three Pabinigt of narrow 
and pyramids of bright pink fi tier 
upon tier. % a greenhouse plant, and dices 
of the Swan fi iver colony.—Bot. Reg. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
nean Club.—We understand that the first ex 
fe “of the the Linnean Club mill take plese a “Monday, th the 
when the members and their friends will 
meet at breakfast at Piagboorne, in E Geta, and then 
proceed to gc tural history of the neigh- 
bourhood. The conpleddly e town after dinner. 
ahs 
offen 
a hnidaeaee patel 31st a ty 1826. 7-—Whereas it 
— roots, fruit, an d vegetable p' ctions growing in 
rchards, gardens, Ba haved pean and in hothouses, | 
greenhouses, md cone apni earg 
by the king’s sets ae LaF and wi e ad- 
vice ane ‘inst no e lord a and tem aah and 
comm: n. this Bs parliament assembled, and b: 
me, thet 
'y 
a person shall steal 
tk Phe Banyan Tree.—The Banyan, Indian Fig, Allama- 
any my ant fo - prowling in | rum, or Ficus i geo Seat is a tree which attracts 
ga ursery groun or in any hot- ae on account of one distinguishing and kat 
pa hg greenhouse, or ‘conserratory, or shall aid or abet | property. Its horiz aa ee toa 
me ae to steal the same, or shall receive any great distance from the parent stem, and being unable to 
id articles, knowing the the tame to have been so stolen, copbint their own ponderees way as they shoot forward, 
very ae, yo =e being convicted thereof before one fibrous roots dip perpendicularly from them, and after 
pit of the peace, wi within th i the g swell to the size of massy pillars, and 
the commission of the offence, shall, at the discretion of | bear up the loaded boughs with the utmost firmness. 
such justice, either Ar committed to the ! House of Correc- 
and Dennis on u tion, jour, a forth no shoots. When they first 
Mr. J. Reid, with Dennis's Perfection, bridge, | HS put ne: Re ey 
elie ca ens Pro Saat Gear =i te Fora kept to hard labour, for any time not exceeding six are of a brownish hue, as flexible as 
Seedling Geranium of very considerable merit an extra premium | lendar months, or else shall forfeit and pay treble ee ra and wave in the air like r After entering 
oo eae a8 ae in Pansies or Restenet © Ys | yalue of the articles so stolen or reeei ved; and also, if the | earth, they z pachadie gh allan be found about 
tusther between practical” a ai pie Bea Ame cag the = a = a fit, a r sum not exceeding | the same tree of various sizes, some measuring less th: 
former the first prize was awarded to Messrs. T. and W. Handa- to such justice shall seem meet, and in | three of ele e eircum- 
Saha 20 kinds were, Black Enight,.Carlo Dolce, Beauty, deat ot mediate payment shall be committed as afore-| ference. As they at first draw their nourishment from 
Seen tae ee agg a ag sg sa ger of money which shall be forfeited for | the tree, it is probable that they afterwards return 
of Hitching, Unique, Su; or The — the he a vs any arti ticle or articles so stolen or re- | favour by sup it with new juices from the bountiful 
Fe Ges ae and Sons, ‘whose. eatiection: consisted of as aforesaid, shall be awarded to the party grieved, | hes The leaves kar i mentees  smooth-edged, ee 
. ts berry, Sa- twithstandi - nor endin 
Pena, Imogene, ‘Victoria pital con, Meet Maid of f of years pers ante JP ne tree tek teal d 
tease’ Duke of Wellagton, Edwin, Miss Hoare, Spects- | Prot complaint i f road, an 
, Climax, Downton’s Carnation, Don Juan, Amata, and fron San Reomoens | en toe er r The 
Defance. inten ous dc aeaeet nee oe es pang such offence, shall be. awarded to the use of | the hora 7? agi by he of the 
warded ; ‘ames, to one another. ¢ fruit is of the siz mall cherry. 
sng dina : 
Bel, Seco eee aetion, Heston, Rivet Dake, S arty TE | said. to have _— 2 committed in such proportions as to 3 sores — colour, and has a bri ellow circular 
Rusia, ‘Queen Victoria King of ia, Jewess, | the justice sh; t part of it which touches the tree. Fhe 
a. Se 3 Belzoni, —- a pay aie Carlo | Bouquet for wie age tog the launch on Monday, flower, he hae of all bev r figs, i within 
olimaton ame ‘Ci ger Guido, Gest ictoria, | 3¢ Woolwich, the bouquets for the Royal party : : 
Dolce, Edwin (ail of these 12 originally raised by | subject of gene: a er ag f th These figs grow without any 
Braceana, Gibson, Corona s Perfection, Lord | Queen’s table was parti hgh tea close in alternate ig a ah all — 
Rival formed that Her Majesty too it away in py lage, | a sm ny - bag They afford food for monkeys, and 
WHICH ARE d was observed to point out to one of her aie the | a vari feat sai ‘but are not sweet to the 
USEFUL oR ‘ORNAMENTAL. hsia Y ouellii that surrounded the w ater | taste, e ig. ever eaten by man. 
wa Tapering Lietlia. cirele. We add with much pleasure that on posh of 5 nature that Py ok sacdarsangs birds unhurt, per- 
wg hela Gorkom were supplied from the nursery of Mr. J. eed e than before, _ a 
‘wo flowers upon it, in the collec. 
