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ing it it! calling in aid the highest branches of science, and the 
it, as to 7 manner, in 
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white-ground Picotees (Barrange’s Duchess of ledfor flavour brought his native countr 
fi bk its 
and other dear ag a 
speculating of the practical agriculturis' Queen Adelaide, ae s Diana, Sharp's Duke of Wellington, 
what proportion, having regard to what es ervey ities of soil, incess Royal, s Qneen Victoria Waine’s Vic ia, Gid- dea s r ere @ 
and looking t gigs times of applica eae should be ding’s Mrs Henne, Miiien 's Miss Browning, Giddine’s ‘Teaser, r, distinct species of Melons, which the people elass into 
administered, so a: promote the Setaat te land of Eng- | Miss Desborough, Sharp’s Hector), a silver cup. valu hot and ps the first ripens in J a th 
land. If any one still Goubis of the le test h seco eries made by | guineas, Mr. Willmer; by an ateur, for the 2d best do : “it mon mus ‘ a F w bags = 4 sf 
science day after day, what fresh m eatin able to our | money, three Suet, Mr. Norman; by ditto, for the best | ns ented Melon of India 
soils, and that different classes of lan aad ae wholly different | do. (im money , two guineas, Mr. Dickso y R. Headley, Esq. | } Sean the other ripens in July, and is the trne Melon 
treatment, I would refer him to an import, hitherto of, | Open to all Tice — For the best bizarre Carnation, sirgle | of “Toorkistan in appearance it is. not unlike a Wa ater- 
which has been made into this very port within t two | bloom (Talma), one guinea. witchet. For the best flaked 
which consists of the deposit m b: ls do. (Brook's Flora’s Garland), one guinea, Mr. Bucknall. For i 
of the Pacific oceah. This manure has been imported to fertilise | the best light-edged Picotee, white-ground, one guinea, Mr. Bro bes ch lar arger than the comm * 
the fields of England. What a field does this open for future in- | Ba For the best heayy-e ge 40. one guinea, Mr. Barnard. and Weneraity of an oval shape, exceeding two and three 
quiry, and w 0 shall say what will be the result of future in- | By W. T. lif’, Esq.—as an open prize.— For the best olecmar of | feet in igacron Some are much | 3 d th 
quiries as to the influences which may affect the various subsoils, Fn Indigenous Plants, in flower, 24 species ith name and place | which r h arger; and those 
ox thet which is upp st?” He then alluded to the applica. | of grow ahs soda ac: ‘ceoee” whic en in the autumn have exceeded four feet. One 
ion of mi chanical po for the purpose of diminishing tabour, xT mi Baise. fed Seedling Picotees, to Mr. Headly and Mr. high- 
reducing the expense, and facilitating cultivation ted out | Bridges; do. Carnations, Mr. Twitchet and bg Bucknall Pies. peanhetnee bat no fruit can. be more luscious than the 
the success which had attended it: and in mentioning agricul- | tees, Mr. hersara. “Fruit, Mr. Lee. ng r. Andre Melon of Bokhara. IT always looked he M 
ture as a science, observed that, ‘* Zoology, botany, chemis- Dae Aare elons, Mr. Keed, Mr. Marti Mr i. F. Yo ee i i “1 y ed upon the Melon as 
try, mechanics, are all ght to bear on the great practical pro- Mr. Brewm. Yeectables: Mr. race Gokcinen. Fa inferior fruit till I went to that country; nor do I be- 
blem which the agriculturist has to salve, what would give the Plants, Mi. Dickson, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Brace — “Cuthill, Mr. lieve their flavour will be credited y any on o has 
largest retur the cultivator at the smallest comparative H. Tansley, and Mr. A. Reed. ‘Alstr treemerias, Mr. Garrett. “| not tasted t "4 elons of India, Cabool d 
pense’? He finally pointed out the many benefits which wer - Persi a cre eae 
likely tobe conferred on the agriculture Cs this country e Pa : babe arison with them—not even the cele- 
of the Royal agricultural al Society. Afier “ Agriculture, Mann- MISCELLANEOUS. brated fruit of Isfahan mes Bi pulp is rather hard, 
factures, es mm rot ‘ Th Mayor “~ Corgaresiima New Manure called Guano. cee substance is ob- | abo ‘0 inches thick, a t to the very skin, 
Liverpool,” and many other toasts had been drunk, the chair- i 
Wacited Wik seat about half-past eight Friday tee saw | stratum from ap angee in the South Seas, where it forms which, with th € inhabiants, is is t eat of of supe- 
Tait ced ira ements, coubtianed open mn Saturday the | Stra many feet thick, it being the accumulation for | riority. A kind of molasses is extracted from these 
ale of k in the show- ce. of the excrement en erable sea-fowl is | Melons, which might ra easily converted into sugar. 
ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY. as a manure with great advantage on the coast of © are various kinds of the best is named 
Tuesday, July 97th. - ‘The fourth show took place at the Surrey Per. where the soil i is stindesise extremely sterile. Its | “ Kokechn,’’ and has a and yellow-coloured skin ; 
Gardens, and attracted avery numerous company. The chief i - bad ic j 
feature was the numerous collections of Carnations and Picotees. y insolubl It lly ph: candy? jweatl “4 = which whitey white _—- 
which were splendid ; oe Tae indeed, have formed a very | eealte, prineipelly phospate-of time, 29 2 [candy e be res ppetnynree = Mesa Seem 
show of themselves. The collections of cat’ Roses, from [saab rs Bic ed alkaline ey and chloride, 2 5 &: lour, culled ‘* Kara koobuk,’’ 
sss. Lal Sous; and Paul 2 ons, were excellent: the and ‘Sai to surpass all ea oth 
former had 12 or 14 large boxes in fine order e collecti Li e has n, h: ‘ = den ches 2 
plarits were not so numerous as usual, but they were amply made il ae ahak scry comele, 
up for by the cut flowers. Among Mr. Edmonds’ plants, t 100 sandy soil, and great facilites for isriga Melons 
gained the first prize, were some excellent Fuchsias and a he opens t matter consists of may be purchased in Bo! oe. the year, and 
Felargonints, waned ¢ the a Scarlet. Among Mr. Young’s Liane acid, rr . 161 | are preserved by merely bantting them up apart from one 
thei pecimen lota purpurea, one ortwo | Ammonia . another ; for which t th 
pretty Ferns. Mr. Pattison’s F cheias were very handsome; - : ee | ; a , eh tmser best 
and among Mr. Atlee’s plants were good speci ica viri- Other organic matter, . . _ - - 43 5 | suited —Burnes’ Travels psengts 
diflo Genera, faucialis, and Erythrina laurifolia. Mr. Fair- Pa A Botanist’s Niyht Pyrenees.—My guide, tom 
bairn had some fine Heaths, anda rather pretty blue Campanul: i 
ed ‘ans ; Mr. Jaekson’s collection included several Ww t 68 3 be bom sh ares an any acquainted ler aadaeened Spe 
sieitmeas, arid: Gollya” salicifolia.” ‘The-eollection ‘of e ex ract the following account of its effects in Mr. nish mountains, and I, had been on nies, OF on nia 
British Plants sent by Mr. Bruce, and to which the Linne att 1, from an excellent rep legs, ever since four in the morning, and it was near s 
was awarded, was excellent, and Mr. Gaines’s Pelargo- | of the hopecdin “of ihe creck Abel fer the n before we issued from the 
niums must not be forgotten, which, considering the time of as ih in pag ted F pera a curnal~" The there vierna The | aths over pi tk ¢ Bat 
year, were dition to the articles sent for com pa ne ae Gua led, oe : 
tition, we observed a collection of Su , from W, T. Iliff, a brown chocolate colour, and fi e powder | Velled, were such that one would have supposed the 
Esq.; 4 collection of Roses and Yuccas, from Messrs. Dennis | jensen lisa snuff. Its ex Risordinaty ects in fers could scarcely have bad strength to stand; bat no sooner 
i over i ee seeting gar gate called the faded the sn far exceeds all manures hitherto known, and | did they find themselves in a country with which they 
ies : AN collect eet al t Berea Mr. G ra thou: - in coiietasvety sm. ae eomcciee, was aed were acquainted, than they galloped off with us wherever 
d an extra prize awarded them; they were beautifully grown, stifacrriy aye Equal pat s of pe eenial (Brass, the road woul ibl , and by nightfall we wer 
otic: made quite Higa. K of bi blossom. The following is an | of Ita’ € gra’ nor o edi lodged in the Spanish Hospice nasque. Here 
~ Spal coat | fe ene faat . Se ayn es ti same whe ealbers ou nure, mew she ptt slept soundly on the ston floor, in a hovel about sixty 
tas ot Barciesesas "ants, yok to ers cals F; 13 pot, Fig 30 yard manure at the rate of 20 Bx vo the acre, some with feet long, fifteen broad, and six or seven feet high in th 
monds ; the 2d best do., Mr. J. F. Young. Ros tions | Guano Ha the rate cwt. per acer middle, along with ore Spaniards, smugglers, 
of io rasa, in bunches, to be exhibited in the ¢ ane’ boxes, | proof o e great capealacia of the ne tter as a manure, in i stom-house carabinee harcval a 8 lime-burners, 
i. : ae for ths best so Biot eos ae Pasig jeacenal' the serious nee of the er e produced, ‘athbunting to | labourers, and shepherds, “gether with t en, th 
ina, Wiilmer’s Solander, Puxley’s Prince Alb: hy y Rowley, aca LA soe meee e of 25 s favour. In point of ——— four horses, mules three asses, poultry, 
lero of Middlesex, Chambers’ Wellington, Stone’s Venus, and — manure sie pba es it become in- » &e. &e.  Fifte a ° me: Occupied the middle 
Duke of Beaufort), ucknall, the 2d best do., Mr. Humber; pa re be imported at 20s. to Ms. a ewt. » about fifteen feet square; we gathered round 
the 3d best Mr wier. For the best 12 blooms of White i i 
° " prea “difference is also obvious from the same manure in the centre of the floor, 
est do. 
ground Picotees (Plenipo, Waine’s Victoria, Pullen’s Lady Peel, 
Miss Willows’ = Bag ila Caspii, Queen of England, Lady Hus: used i in a grass: field belonging to the same gentleman, on | 294 the smoke hovered about us like a cloud, down to 
sey, Miss Annersley, Pluperfect, Wilson’s Julia, Sharp’s Welling _ Many’ of the members of | three feet-from the . it rough the 
= 4 Wilda 3 Isabella), Mr. Edmonds ; the 2d best do., Mr. | th & roof, which, with the stone floor, were, of 
Glerk. i : “A oe ee ankier aoe pecan ee eysebat st an opinion that it is the finest thing they hav bare age as black as or chimoey. . And thus do m. 
best do.; Mr. Fyffe; the 3d best do., Mr. Edmonds; the ath ever seen, the Guano will be of the Spaniards live the whole summer, scarcely 
&. Mr. Dalton. ‘the best collection of Cut Flowers, Mr. Dal of the utmost value to the agriculture ‘of the Couiitry | off thet clothes once a mon __ and never having anything 
‘Gakae x rage rs Bom ek generally.” more -= a — sed between them 
own Names).—The best collection of Miscallaneous Pinca, ao to s The D easton Few —This Very remarkable variety — — they i res he ag might. 
exceed’ 24 pots, Mr. Pattis (principally Fuchsias): the 2d best | diff When a "chaivanl borat came into this hovel from time 
@o., Mr Atlee; the best ditto, Mr. a. Eri s, in col- | of its eer in the leaves bein broader suddenl and tot time during the ni; ght, and, squatting before the fire, 
ped of not less than 6 varieties, Mr. Curtis. it col. 5 z sf i f the is uncimata, which 
jon of 12 Cockscombs, Mr. Scorer. The best 12 blooms of zi , the vivid light, refi ted on th 
rnations, Mr. Embl The best 12 blooms of White-ground freque ntly in pairs. 1} et aon i _ 
ea Mr. Embleton. The best ¢ its rescuer — gover the late Mr. aoe n Dovaston, of prebr cround me pi a 
- Hancock ; the 2d best do., Mr “Slack. estfélton. ted tlem: f t pearance, and ,al ost made me for, he soreness of 
Cut Fi : gentleman of grea ingeonity, 
arcu aay ie Mr. J. Inwood; the 2d: best do., Mr. ej the tal arg ‘ink eaclieg “devotelly attached fo  Plantin and | bones = beet eyes which were rodsee from the 
ep ene a The best collection of Sacre of Ketsny_~ The follow pm shed ; ~ o calle = Wonker!s Sournal of Bota 
: gland, Mr. Bruce ; the cgermakaed » Mr. Best. wing nw y hi 
ag best < ion of 6 sorts of Vegetables son, J. F. M. aioe =i oe It he ae 60 years i [ane eg SE 
Mr. Garret; the 2a aoe ee ery nig ae a since my father had with his own han and con-| NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS WHICH ARE 
md IRD Nurs ei re ‘S, J 
Florists,—The best collection of Miseellaneous Plants, not to | structed a Ape and the soil being raaaly it continually EITHER siege OR rbot le he oe 
exceed 36 re fell in; he secured ith wooden bars, , but fo rt CUM BILOBUM. Two-lobed Angurek. Epiphyte.) 
; pots, Mr, bairn; the 2d bestdo., Mr. Jackson. Thi ; it wit peeeccitie ‘A strik . 
best collection of ums, im 12 yarieties, Mr, Gai their speed di Serine pet esiphyte, with a ery shore prmcngnar} 
Ericas, in collections ‘of not less than 8 varieties, Mr. Jackson. | }, ht o nl } } i beginners y t 
he best collection of Hoses, in bunches, to be exhibited im the | be COVE ee pon grin rsa tc tance he Nerabii beer Sheehan meena 
Erowers’ boxes, Mr. the 2d best do., Mr. Paul. in P ig r Bette, rightly ard sey that t| re aot emilet Base + ebtcgee trons cad 
Gallections of 36 var ‘to be exhibited in the growers’ boxes, | the fib d endency of the Yew roots would name colour is ate “with « slight tage of bash: (onl 
be pe ton best 12 blooms of Carnations, Mr. Norman; the | hold up the soil. vay did so; and independent of its | column is remarkable enough; the anther is d by a 
Mer’s Bisho: rie Wilson’s Sue ree een. utility, the Ye sia {as you abbott to your eee admiration rected ‘rest entero an ancient emia ak of the 
Pax - I Fite-fy; allow stigma. Over the 
Stor Bacoatenc Des Be of Semcon th fieons behets “ gui Hi au be th a igre or rues eit aoa Gs ford ronpeodin aan 
mer’ > AAD aD, 4 € e stigma, which it recedes ; 
preg e-sipag * = wacuhe net pment erie See 3 Geer’ res ft bos a fet eel leader to a great at | eth the stigma seems to —_ eft gel a of =. 
Picotees (Sharp’s Welli o pay est ist each branch od received this bas m Mrs. Lee, the widow e 
p’s Wellin, imer’s Queen, Waine’s Queen, bir Coast Casth 
Yyllmer’s Alcorns, jiadem, Agnes, Gidding’s Diana, Teazer, Mrs. | verdure down to, the very ground, pendulous and playful | Sutivatea soccessfulle, ly, it Ghould be suspended from the rafters 
Mr sn ead Cocked Hat, Barrange’s Di of Bedford), | as the most graceful Birch or Willow, and visibly vbedient of the Orchidaceous house upon a block of wood. e@ block 
kson. Fata og Gtanae tl neocon pay rion to the feeblest breath of summer air. Its foliage, iike |-7n0ene be perc re eee eee 
ong = do., Mr. J. May. The best collection of Cut Fl Flowers, >| that of the Aspa agus, is bok gemma adapted for retaining aan ahrar 
~ enyer ; the 2d best do., Mr. Pairbairn. The the dew-drops; and a’ itani 
of ge iA 
cic of Fru ern’ Bopiandy ings and Grape | and! ber fi revel | Int conton seeps 
— The best three bunches of Grapes grown in England, Mr. lamps behin na 80 avon neg 4 is acct roranh = pte saad coxeded. 
Se cha man. The best colieetion of Vegetables grown in of tnany-eol ured scintillations. Ta descend, how — plant. found by Mr. 
Mr J. Gant © exceed 12 sorts, Mr. Martin; the 2d best do., | to prose: th ¢ has food for the philosopher, as we 
Ser coms. Whe West Gi Hose Mactineed fort mts fos aiace to tell. and what few wiseeing 
ler. The best pie Plants, of 6 distinct genera among them | believed, ee : male, and I 
Were Ixora coccinea and Clerodendrum plies iy Mr. race; th ae re u e blasts of February, it has one entire 
at 
ee yee best Specimen. Plant (friptilion 
the 2d best r. Dawson; the 3d 
exuberantly profuse ia female | 
from which F have 
Prizes orrereD BY MEMBERS OF THE Soc 
=By Mr. J. Dickson, forthe best 12 ; whike-¢reun Plas: 
q ys parparea elegans, iennel, 's Victoria, Hufton’s 
+ Diana R., 
ae. fail, roe rich. and lasciou-, whie! Soe ae a aio os Best 
raised 17 plants, every one of which already ag with re excepto i ' the an, "which i is  yehowseal the lip, 
largely of Pes SE gevedg on weep. Of eh which is a little stained with pu Re >, and has very ieee poate 
ral have been pomeneed te my friends, a - pec al ieara s tail, the hind legs a Phe § 
berries a she the ive ee with: leasure = the head and shoulders buri e eup. ertog . * 
teckel eons r season be ome # Ertpenpres Havit epi M. Radianed phir et (Stowe fe 
4 P Led phy yte.. —A Mexican es, allied to E. fragrans, imported D: 
Leighton’s Flora of Shropshire, abridge: > the same habit; bar the pseudo. bubs 
The Meloa.—The Melon is the See fruit of Bok. | are “strongly ribbed at the ide and the Bp erent ge i ong 
hara. The Emperor © tells us ge t be shed tears | E. cochleatum, only the margin is crisp the Hp, which is 
ers are ord aes _green, with the exception of 
12 | over a Melon of Toorkistan, which he up in India | striated wi deep purple » Reg. 
