ject of i inquiry to many who, in the absence of such a 
uide, would Figtens think of the 
their daily pat 
28 
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ithin a y nd a quar. 
ter of each other. The Cedar of Lebanon is by no means a slow- 
> i growing tree; one of these, which Sir Oswald Mosley planted in _Loddiges’ Orchidea has just been r eprinted, and is cer- 
such general societies in connexion with the central board.”— 1805, rather exceeds 4 feet 6 inches in girth at three feet from the tainly the m remarkable _ of those plants | which we 
Onthe motion of Sir C. Lemon, seconded by Col. Challoner, the.| eround, and is at least 35 feet high.—July 7. have ever cen. Not fewer than 
Central Board of Agriculture of Nova Scotia was elected a corre- Rivers’ Nursery, Sawbridgeworth.—A v very complete collection Fitbser sins exated, Ri i ti ; 
sponding society of the Agricultaral Society of England, | of Roses is cultiva’ ere, but as we have nates - P =e 438, | 0 wields ~ heir native coun! ries 
and a set of the Journals of the Society directed to be presented and 456 described a at number of the better shall | and date of in htc every one of which is now grow- 
to that body accordingiy.—J. Lo gon gore Boekiy a Esq., of tyme only mention a ne. of the more curious or bea atifal "Kinds = ing in the Nursery - ae ckney. To give an idea of the 
wooed, near , presen! 9 the Soci copy o: © | we saw in flow Among the: Chinas were several valuable for fs cS his : 
rules and regulations of the Stewpony Agricultural Society; R. | the: cinngaabioneoparts « f alight rose, then becoming extraordinary richness of this vast collection, it. is suffi- 
their ies, opening o: 
B. Harvey, |» Of Harleston, Norfolk, a complete set of the | darker, and finally dying off quite 
488 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [N° go. 
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1 » a fin 
mouth—Blne vitriol and alum, of each two drachms ; nitre, | one-eighth part of a pint of common ——— — Lb. | 8 penk ue gga sag os ran ar taneente is quite 
‘drachm ; boiling water, one — — . cold, adi, solution of ‘of of barrel soap | mixed together ; ; then add s oot eee Seeger ay sane Ss ena th beauty of f colour, pi tech a 
chlorite of tim neng beet tl rape arin ania boiling eth; so as to > make which they were ie wn. As a collection it is the most select we 
+ - * ; * : ft 
e : when cold, add, solution of chloride of lime, one | liquor of roper consistency, about the hienase of have seen.—July 20 
one quart a i, a& prop! ee 
gence. We have in ve pied treaty, bait Tewe aimnos otned fe ommon paint for veg or windows. In — ary apply Rebie 8. 
a ine bs the liquor to the tree: taking care no 
pe Bn shall oe var Meaantion: Toke teaeee hag Oi @ let the bru: sh touch the faces with the back ‘stroke, as The Phytologist is a new mo thly 7 of Thich 
the benefit of those around us in Shropshire and Cheshire.”-Mr. oan would two numbers ha ave appeared. oe professes « 
Henry Hudson, jun., of Wich, near Pershore, Worcestershire, also | lay the stuff o —— the stocks to the extremity of the | blished as a Botanical Journal, combining a ponent he. 
pannin tena va Reape a og Re engaohines tata _— | branches. —Fal mo ale t. racter with scientific accuracy, and devoted exclusively to 
throat, and gave but little milk the canaticibons arising more from The Aca iS rosette are exceedingly fond of its | this subject, and it is to be illustrated by woodcuts, 
the joints than the feet. The next day the milk was almost gone, leaves, Sr they find an agre eeable nouris hment. Bias fear the work w Mie? hardly prove ampere! enongh for the 
the mouth had become very sore, ai and the animal re’ nen ala leaves may be given tl alon botanist, nor gossiping enoug r the general r, reader, 
of saliva ran ethane tery geste gn = termes seca n imcrraased mixed with hay or chopped straw. n thus used, ‘he t “The principal article yet pu blished, is a lon ng and rather 
from Mr. Peter Love, of Manor House, near Naseby, Northamp- | sti — be pollarded or kept as a st eas is, of the British Lycopodia ; ss sti ich, 
, > Y> a P 
tonshire, informing the Council that he was trying all the differ- of no importance for this purpose, perdi however, we meet with an insta: ance of careles = that, 
pmeirny oe rime gral eae a eames ee ee tries. being there is a ecipere 4 in obtaining sara food we own, surprises us. Clabm 
obtained ; (Mr. Love also suggested the desirableness of a prize | from common ae G.S.R. the author asks, “Is it a sible that Lightfoot has ~<a 
for an implement to’level the old crooked high lands or stitches free : e remark in Wahlenberg’s Flora Suecica, Os 
‘so frequent in Horthuaptonabire 3) end from moe of Macken GARD Furs ORANDA. i the Swedes call the plant Mattegriis, a most appr opr 
zie, of Cowan House, Ross-shire, on the best modes of rendering Ditton Park, the seat a Montague.— There is in flower here 
the exhibition of stock and the trial of implements at the Liver- | 4 plant of Yucca a glorices, with six flower-stems, and each stem | M@Me, being nap heoripcrise to matted 1 Brass, and n a 
pool meeting both instructive and aong arias ears on it upw of 450 blooms. To-day I counted on the six 1g . of mats 
July 7th.—Sir J. V. B. Joh: e, tems 2704 The plant at 15 inches from the ground mea- w this singular inquiry, considerin ing that 
207 new Members were elected. —The principal business of the sures 254 inches round the stem.—David Burton, July 1 Wah ileie bine havdly bg ave aps born when n Lightfoot 
settling the arrangements for the great meeting 7 Hall, near Burton on Trent.—The rar: t ublished his Fl etre We trust Mr. N 
at Livi 19th inst.—G. N. Young, Esq., having been de- | place have uch benefited by the rc weather, notwith- | P a “Newman, the 
puted by the Central Board of Agriculture of Nova Scotia to standing t heavy thunder-storms hay e lately beaten down | Editor of the ‘ Phytologist, will set his fae against the 
country, for the purchase of the best stock, implements, an me of the more delicate flowers. ‘There is a most luxuriant very ijudicions sgn of multip ying species upon in- 
seed. to that province, and tablish such | plant of Ipomea Learii in the Orchidaceous house, which has | .. cient erounds evil already intolerable, and which 
teation and correspondence with societi individuals | produced daily from 30 to 40 blossoms for the last fortnight. if 7 bie pis te ‘asiderinlbir te < i ich, 
in this of the empire, as might tend to promote the obje andrinia discolor and grandiflora, with Portulaca Thellusonii, | if pers , foundations 
of our ~~ 26 — in — poe casoeit chenrsiwies d | are in fine flower in the frames. The plants of these which or — of systematical bo my. e are the more ious u 
rince Edward’s Island, presented to the Counc zous docu- | placed in the open beds been considerably injured by this point, because as his k is Nghe: d 
ments connected with the institution, and the immediate object | hy vy The foliage of the trees is pecu rly luxuriant this er Lis eciall for British Situny, ies the mean a 
of his missions, including the act of the provincial legislature year; but the Limes have suffered g1 y from a caterpillar of spi y , ¥ is 
for the encouragement of agriculture and rural economy, by the one of the Tortrices. Several of hoice Firs have made | effecting much good or evil, according to the course he 
po sere this ape Agricaltaral Boar eatin ~ haste: le: shoots of six or seven inches ; ee mos ae g takes in the outset. 
ts dispos: ie sum 0 + per_a > pO! on | gro is apparent in the circumference of many of the fores' 
from abroad of the most improved implements of husbandry, and ate peta! others, a a, Syeamore near the north-west angle atalo, ogue of the P lants Gealliver a near rane has 
pera and Kk of various kinds ; in the encouraging | of the house, which in April 1840 measured (at 3 feet from the 
: _ 3 = a — — ~ publications, and ome hinge of | ground) 5 feet 8 inches in h, now F ees 6 —_ ae pees | te valuable minute researche es in animal anatomy. ‘Tk 
cinta: Dhaene regan eimiaesi &@ Quercus Cerris near the rookery, which did not at the former will ras useful to those who reside in the a tri 
tural improvement, inviting the farmers etal several c ounties period exceed 3 feet 3 inches, is now increased to 3 feet 10 inches; | + refers, and will, we trust, be the mean J abe to which 
of the province to form themselves into socie' es conformable to | and a com ak culata) which 4 inches r ? ? of giving an 
— ee bon bo tee epee sri the ae de in erence, rather exceeds, at the present 
who wo ppy to receive and consi s uggestion: i 
drone Sao tamtioe cae uae =o i Crimson: t es: that beret to ms 8 Od comp rhends 9 Cyppeains, en 
2 an essor Royle, | possess this singularity are Belle Isidore, Etn: Rubens, ia | Cola’ Ontoglossums, cidiums, an 
atria nn NO feats een seeds for panaché, and Virginie. An Italian variety called Mat ettii, of Epidendru: 
distribution. str » has been found to make an excellent stock for 
June ‘tae uae plants sent pe ay a py aeer] Among the finest t that we sa 4 acme OF OPER N rv the ensuing Week. 
par be ant Tae in ber of eas ct ues an ad- pena aceon they a the si rain or Se Saree Many cultivators Peter this seta ee for rants 
ap-d'ceil. Mr. Lettsom, of Maquetra, was one of the with » “A large number of Pears, ‘Apples, Cherries, and ths. They may, however, be putin with success whenever 
echaip Spey ne Klee nt Oa oa, Dolichos lig: | jitsle brates he ene are, comsemuentiy formed compact | Sutoenty, ripened ; ¢ nye cb, caine nce! eran 
3 = mshes, some ces covered wit S r. Riv ,. 
The onc ntzia scabra, Mimulus cardinalis, and many others. | has found that Scions~taken from. Pear trees worked on Quinces thse benny Roalenrat ag Seager serie gpeeiapr ones 
The succulents exhibited by M. Dutios attracted much attention, grow very wi orked om Pearsstocks they almost inva- cd @ daliciouk tee caf = cite atao y ' 
particularly Cereus senilis and an eeprom in Se genet bo Tiably die. A number of Cherries have been graftedon Mahaleb | % = finan P 4 
's was extremely num and good, as stocks and sneceeded well; they are excellent, as makin soon after they are inserted in sand. In preparing the cuttings, 
M. Lordez’s. Among the best specimens i ahowes were Pianhage ter d eee 2 e if they are in a proper state the leaves will rea y strip without 
on s 
oe = Pimelea decussata, Burchellia ¢ capensis, Nerium splen- iffe e: 
F Ono Coceinea, Metrosideros floribunda, &. Mr. Masters, | been tried, and the following are the results up to this time: 
of Canterbury; exhibited some very beautiful Heaths; amon, ng Lance's h i h Sete er top- ing f ° 
ent nana, intermedia, ventricosa si rba, ‘@, | ammonia; half-inch bone-dust is an = cera _ ‘or Tea 
vestita. Mr. Masters exhibited Gloxinia rubra, and Sollya and China Roses. planted in a close soil, in conseque of its 
en i hani 3 
ee ee nes cuttings, seed crops, or even large fruit- 
—_ te : and then filled up with pure white pit d, d very firm and 
served a very ingenious method for preserving seeds in pots i up with pure white pit-sand, “presse asi 
trees, from the destractive ve vases of slugs and snails, by gal- 0 i d birds, o: enti ‘thee pata pd ell-glasse: 
wi it consist 
Peet Kae ee ele i as the po 
agama perforated with holes; it is aie on the top of the pot when the 
™ f th 
Great Ai Fiera Bie taka Seeds are sown. One of the houses was heated by means of an 
from a Pha which has rd us, np. et t th e Fi fth | nected with an air-chamber; by this means a gentle bottom-heat 
General Assembly of the Agric eae and Silsiculeuiwts | is obtained, as well as a moist atmosphere. Another house, about 
of y will be held at Do! near Rostock, from he cane » was also heated with a camper eg stove; this 
jection oO} 
an are necess: oars i if the crs are placed in an airy situations 
but they must hear be bce dry Rie ego and removed ‘grat 
oy when the cuttings rooted. The ings m 
mite or twice a day. 
I.—KITCHEN-GARDEN AN: Up eektagg: 
In-door and res Rgcotmige 
hb age oi : 
Duke of Mecklenburg Schwe vig In inviting to the above | hardy plants is grown here, and there are handsome specimens 
of some of the kinds, particularly a large Fern-leaved Beech 
Assembly all such of the B ritis sh Agricolturists and | close to the house, which is, indeed: quite a tree; and the origi- 
Breeders as feel interested the nal plant of Quercus Turneri, which is, without doubt, a seed. 
tertains the hope that Agricultural Societies in Engin nd | ling. Salix am americana pendula, grafted standard high, forms a 
implements, machines, and collections. Papers and poo gra get gs cold Pi pean ig pair ea ; aes 
communications intended to be read to ions, | wi i 19 
tr: ted 
cre Lane.—The he Picotees and Carnations 
September. : : ER are the attraction at the prese nt tim ere ; the eplatieare tiie 
Sieve the * swung a = Onthe Bred ee On most healthy cake oo condition, The collection is very 
choice : it comprises the best of the old varie! Varieties, with the finest 
for Races and Sh D ae and fi are not y 
aring in — on t it is better to give a little fre- 
e : 
; nes, | ever 
F ’ iw tion. me 38 plenary Queen Victorias, raise iy 
7 Ost Geslogy of a G : » |. differen’ t growers: and —— Varieties ; — es, those inf be d 
f Ogy and -the formation Geognostic Collec- we t — paint" oe “ietory is borne aw 7 Wain ain’s—a most nana : re d dry early ortho aster 
Hon. AMist of Questions to be rie eae for discussion i ae for as ae ee rails and super- 
d in London, on | roa Lew a 
Grand Duchy 
- oe ages Schwerin, 8, Biliters street, st. rel mame 's Sanspareille, and tleath’s superb, were our 
Pas + Fruit trees to kilt Insects, §e,—(As | favourites; and —— Belle of the Village, a light-edged rose, 
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era tal reduced 0 calnne aa eat lls | Cin, mio’ Gall Sn te sre oe MGR | netbeans, ar te ees 
of wates, until sidheoed va 2 gallons. To these? gallons add class ; merger gag en Rainbow, Hollaway’s Defiance, and abs ee ing abe: taxes house is closed, to destroy red spider: 
Pucksiley’s 
Prince Albert, a fine crimson bizarre. Stone’s Venus, 
