Crpeipeptum BagBaTcm. BeardedCypripedium. (Stove Her- 
Saceous Plant.)—A very sen herbaceous ye allied to C. mans 
tum, insigne, and purpuratam, gathe! esis: Sineouees.$ = Mount 
Ophir, by Mr. Cuming. ith richly stained prseiey 
and streaked with green ve! barat ee. x thee fi ow- 
ed with 
GARDEN MEMORANDA 
Broughton Hall, bork —_ rhid ro Rev. J. Clowes.—Being in the 
neighbourhood of M called at Broughton Hall. The 
intel t gardener, Mr. =~ (deherees walked with me through 
the kwork, lak d ni 
e havi veyed 
siderable distance, eget wich the mbstiodeadsone and other 
ed I was then shown the a ve 
hey are gro 
ee 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[N™ oi 
produced a very good effect. Several Orchidaceze were in blos- 
som, and among them we noticed a Zygopetalum, probably a 
variety of Mackaii, with a white labellam a good as sense 
iden- 
aa had poked 
appearance, and it had thro’ up a handsome spike of scarlet 
flowers. belia from Mexico made a fine ited with its ay 
A Lo i 
ego looking spike ; 1t was given to Mi . Henderso: 
ay F. Strangways.—M., Jul: den 
cma Nursery, Paddington.—The Carnations and 
have bloomed remarkably Bere ‘notwithstanding! that the e garden 
y are ainda rey hepsi Se with hous 
Among the amas ased with, e Ophelia, rer 
an cilled ; “Grask ‘ Queen Victoria, pte or edged ; 
> markably clear white ground ; 
Miss Willeskie, scarlet. edge aa cilled: Slope, r ed 5 
red-edgi 
d a, The 
ost remarka! ‘arnations were Puxley’s Prince Albert, a large 
crimson Biz: ; Brook’s ’s Garland, e rose flake ; 
Sharpe’s Defiance, * scarlet Bizarre; Hogg’s aminondas, 
pink and purple Bizarre ’; Vesuvius, a scarlet fiake, with 
remarkably bold seta: ilson’s Harriet, a fine oe flake 
rp! ; Ho; 
Pen) ; 
All the ead looked remarkably healthy, and were, w 
for: y 
Os: tis, Warreana, obtu-ata,and 
picta ; Chysis aurea, Cirrhopétalu ma réseum med, almost all raised by layers.—M., July 26. 
CycnochesLoddigésii,ventricosum. and chlorochilum; Dendrébiam 
alpestre, revolutum, chrysanthum, and cramenatam ; Epidendru: RQ a ing Veek. 
cinnabarinam, mi ochilum, and twonew v ties of cochleatum PeaaeaG «rnERA CoccINEA being one of tee Fans tifal of 
Aeranthes grandiflora, several species of Gongora, leya vio- soeyte. a instead in saat every collecti: 2, ralihooeh 
with five flowers, Lufsia alpin rmodes pardina, Mas- wer, it may be interesting to some, if an account 
devallia infracta, Miltonia tabilis and candida. Maxil of "the se! ot yy which we have succeeded in flowering it, 
Warreana, viridis, and ; . 
ein 
grow be gms before gen d plant 
they had been grow: wn in a nursery as stools for ropagating from, 
which appears to have given them quite apr rostrate habit—A 
Constant 
Himley Hail, the seat of Lord Dudley and Wa: The i 
a 
there carat the various lakes which cover 
acta , Where the spire ot Seinsty cech, aed 
bBhenmgseeie ony ne hati weg amidst the Rn 
so gotally secluded, by a barrier 
beyond. The 
gmany centuries; and I was afterwards furnished with the tol- 
jowing tines written by one of the late lord’s visitors, W. T. Fitz- 
- Phis stately Yew, which has for ages 
‘he gioomy monarch of its native pore 
¢ Norman baron planted here, 
Emblem of death, and fatal to man«<ind. 
Beneath its boughs no verdant mate are seen, 
Its ban: ful branches poison every green ; 
And thus the feudal tyrant’s hated reign 
Oppress’d the village and laid waste the plain. 
these dire a happier age succeeds, 
No despot threatens, and no vassal bleeds 
_At Himley now the poor man finds relief, 
Forgets his poverty and checks his grief, 
old. Yew is likely ages yet; it measures, 
at one foot from the = + a “feet 10 inches in circumfer- 
ence. Some distance on, isa Yew remarkable for its fine trunk ; 
ii ht is se feet, two feet from the ground it 
is 12 feet 6 inches in cireu , and at 27 feet 6 inch 
iL feet in circumference. Ti the pride of England, 
ers above its humble neighbours in majestic style—a sure 
proof of the rich m and mines ts. When 
a boy, ping over the organshire and vales I 
always admired the splendo the oak, where its bark shines” 
if varnished 
an. intelligent young man, a true 
he is cellecting from all parts.— 
ursery, Pine-apple Place —Amonz the numero! 
twining about covered w 
called oe raised bet 
pie: leased us; it produces pra . joi ts with pectic ta 
wers: de ith a purplish contre! at es ee | 
the middle bench of the house among other ¢limbers, and 
where air is ecimnt 
make short jointed growt! 
making long-jointed stem: 
kept well wat Sete 
plump an and co: 0 
the watering is eeaauially tee creed ased, 
the glass, where they will perrgers apres = light, 
to mature their growths, and probably flow 
.-KI Bican EN AND omciiteah 
ina va 
become 
In-door and Forcing Department. 
Privery.— Commence, or continue if begun, the autumn-shift- 
ing succession fi and younger plants, take pss pre 
= i pemcaresr ae: betore ; 
a: 
this, they Merit be Parse unged 
which wo' wise prove destruction to th 
at the om of the small pots 
90° or 95°; persons 
to detect if the heat rises above , by Ww 
ing, them out and feeling them wit hand when it is warm ; 
if they feel uncomfortably hot in hand, then there is danger. 
i being an important object in replunging, at all times, 
we end the use of e stretched along e tar- a 
this a row is put in very expedi 
we have seldom seen it used, and it does away with a great deal 
of unnecessary fatty hae ina — measure ensures the pots 
being set level, w is high! When crowns and 
win! 
suckers are struck Fs k beds through the iter, 
dung should. be prepared for that purpose now. erve a 
moist atmosp — giveairand as before recommen ded. 
xy 
ess, preventing, 
hich F may tend to create dust. 
laterals 
constant 
as much as po: caution every pros 
Where t! a wpe any may now 
here is ripe fruit, 
appear, and reduce the fo! oliage if if too dense, or tie begs oe leaves 
neatly ‘whee Pong the be am to pris = aoe —_ from the or 
tinue to give air early in t preserv: aamaet 
he 
vz sr beim the! fait is awed 
Peaca- Take care that no branches in the early house 
Caron as to be eget ee oe other in windy 
when exposed; ee _—— is, to ) admit all the sun 
pointed ‘to the e ripening wood; ach air, in weather, 
cannot be given where there is ‘ aphaing” trait but close up early 
in the en and light gentie fires in weather. 
Fie- Ez. ~As with Peaches, too ome air cannot be — 
where there = ripe fruit, early in the sagged but rather more car 
ego sudden changes of temperature, by cold 
r fear of checking the flow of sap, and thereby 
mis 
removing superfluous ones and deformed fruit whilst young; the 
linings must be slightly renewed, if necessary ; for if tne beds 
allo to me col lengthened weather occur, 
handso! i - If not done, sow for pot 
culture. 
MELON ww require daily examination, removing, as 
Cucum! rfinous growths, &c. If 
as in 
oan the weather con. 
tinue hot, leave alittle air on ali night ; do not allow the fruit rok Jie 
onits side, as many, and especially thin-skinned ki become in- 
jared and “deformed, but set them on their ends; — aune 
oop additional heat will be required next month ; water 
ees te 
Savaprine. --Blanch artic sow Mustard and Cress, 
few short-top horreess haar “= 
‘chard.— Look ov walls, t shoots, and 
keep them neatly nai nailed i Saha: fruit ait now beswellin, fast 
walls 
dry wih mats for keeping: keep th 
ets reat hoed and mara destroy wasps, earwigs, &c. 
— FLOWER-GARDEN AND Pepeabaie cys 
-door Depar — 
—Sueculents which have bi 
Srov: ing it -beds 
and pers matured their growths, gs 
wa 
n growi 
may be returned yer the stove 
and watered v cautiously to pide entanglement and 
crooked growths ; look over creepers and tie them up very 
give abundance of air in the morning as befor one close early 
in the Lots esate water the sate individually a eras pi nc its 
and similar 
ri pes set out-of-doors root 
ie wehewe an inclination to do 
Aggie? par atten. 
in peat-earth, as 
e of the Camellias for flowering early, which have set 
their buds, ‘should snes be brought in; give aira abundantly and 
manu 
to flower through the winter in the greenhousé, as mae Rho. 
danthe, &c. 
Out-door Departm 
Keep Dahlias neatly tied in; if they ar mien ge situation 
and soil which commer mulching | rey oat ke 3 cover the aoe over 
way 
neing flower-stems neatly, and nara tet mes ; 
lawns; roll and eep walks, &c., as befo: 
Noursery.—Budding may still "be patel where the bark 
rises freely ; pu! mttin of Laurel, reels a pret 
Woops. — — Continue the pruning of 
Rae oe for planting clean 
eres 
FOR SMALL GARDENS. 
p. 484, ee em of growing 
D 
young wea as 
hedges ; repair fen 
In dry singe, an occa: atering must be given them, 
and now and then some liquid manure. Pipings of 
d Pinks may still be made, as described in p. 368. me per- 
s shorten the tops of the leaves of the pipings; this, how- 
s ee have formed the 
flower-buds, et comb they are certain to fall off without — 
ing. Destro ects foie! every ‘ible dow 
MOLOGICAL NOTICES. 
As the Dahlias are just coming into flower, we select 
notice the e aria, an insect that often dis. 
perf 
attention she pays to her pi, and it is 
—_ lace to place in order to obtain S supply 
hi been recot 
ms 
ede 
ry ttl 
freely, and Pos Saameeay at — . Trap 
Ww gaat Bee # 
ey creep into t them in 
g after their noc! 
sions Mo tells us oof the ‘ a Rig es *s-hoofs, or 
or old 
things,”’ used as bees for them by the English women, “who 
hate them exgueting ely, because of Cl they 
poyl.” 
ove Gilliflowers that 
eat and s 
State of the selon for the Week enaing July 29, 1s4t, as 
eter at the Horticu: — — Chiswick 
Wind. 
goo —Preserve a humi 
portion of every day in the ee or or evening 
é-deer 
move all early crops © ae coi Gucelic &c., and tho- 
Boe clean the surface of the age Aer before preparing it for 
other crops; if slugs have been troublesome on the piece, sow it 
with quicklime; winter-greens my still be planted; continue to 
plant out rooted slips of cast eiyect between and earth-1 up all 
——— crops as require it; gather herbs for 
e seeds from birds, &c. 
Sheena Ae down the stems as soon as the heads are 
naar Seve and free the suckers from the dead leaves of the old 
plants and weeds. 
Gesu —Choosea good sjrong soil for planting out the late 
se no. in drills, puddling their roots and watering them if 
use ; that intended for 
earthed too early, as is often 
onty object of nie a or ey to blanch it; put- 
which assists its 
Cat 
winter pe spring: use should not be 
the case, the 
e sowing, and water thedrils i the ground be 
aie mess feed weir Ha of Cos a 
—— eae 
~ Overcast; 
25. Overcast; cn clear at night. 
26. Light haze in. the morning; fine ; clear. 
27. Fine; pei hase clear and cool at night. 
28. ao 3; cloudy ; clear and cold. 
_ brad slight rain at night. 
dy; 
sa trys on are of te week was about 5° below the 
eummare 
State of hero Weather at Chiswick during the last 15 years for 
ensuing Week ending August 2S bein aot 
Ts ais | No of | Greatest eae 
Mean) Years ia Se 
Highest ioe ye | qaameity 
August | (pean fe lend on = ut Role. aes 
highest ¢ the period occur 
whe 3d, in 1o10— thermometer ‘and the lowest om the 6th, = 
