4 
an angle of 30° to 45°, econ rdingly ai neighbourhood or the 
focal has permitted it to expand. Occasionally, and amongst 
ay the author did not see above one 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
s, the atten of th ee will in future be canine 
at 7 ye eh in pease xe ta mee the reat increase of flowers sent 
for jus udgment, besides those brought for ‘ition. 
2 aoe 00 cubic feet. asa e only in very small 
Ss; and sotenienn es crops ae Ny I made some 
specimens of guano pts fe South Samaria to 
i 108, MISCELLANEOUS. 
ried roe for Sale.—There are now on sale in 
m, a seen from our advertising columns, 
prices ee of ba mts. That a Bete 
~ Mr. Stutchbury consists of many kinds of rohid aceous 
plants from Rio, among which an 68 several Cattleves, and 
d fine stems of what seems to e Cyr- 
prt» » po- 
es, and 
dark vege ed, and differ from both P. sylvestris and P. uncinata. l po’ 
Fro: ocalities it inhabits, it mat bs placed Vv ery b high in er for the solution of its soluble matter to enable itto produce topédium pun netatum r excell 
serits by ic side of P. Cemaire 50 and P. nata. or was see bi cial effect on s. The am of pga »1 | Some of the others ait sequre e skilful management after 
the more particular in describing this Gs Fea te , in order elieye, er been used asa ure in this country; but il x 
to guard those who m t have the opportunity of seeing it | probable, that even the soil of the small islands on our coast, ae ie there is ptt Bs a we any bulbs, € t they 
in situ, from confounding it, as many haye done, with the | much frequented by them, would fertilise. Some dung of sea- | Wii dle ere 1S Oo a goo es _many bulbs, Vactaceous 
stunted individuals of bra, P. sylvestris, and P. uncinata, | birds broug! a rock on the c of Merionethshire, pro- | plants ti 
which are always found at the summit of their respective zones duce whens 3 uy Det Ley we = s. Bas tried, at a glaz zed ca: Mr. Charl a’ 
in the high s and Pyrenees, and have been confuunded quest, by Sir Robert Vaughan Jannau. The rains in . . * 
le gi x amili s to the economic: 5 of this | our climate must tend very much to injure this species of manure, plants are pcg Cactaceous, and ay Eat a 
tree, it is they amount to very little, it od being only | Where it is expo em soon after its deposition ; but it may ammillarias. Lesa are 28 species, : 1 whi have ar- 
used for inlaying for furniture, such as parts and the | probably be found to great perfection in cavern: sin rocks, rived in excelle nt ci ion, 
lik 'o those, however, possess extensive parks, by plant- | haunted by cormorants and amined some recent cor. ili "varyin, Zz frou 6 in. to 7 = 
ens dung which I found on a rock n pe Lizard, 
wall. It had not at all the appearance of t in m height and also good plants of Echinocactus corni- 
a a greyish-white colour; had a very fetid orate like that of putrid | ger 
x. When ac ween on b 
ated wi 
e We ather.—The quantity whe rain that had fallen 
f the present year, up to the 
month, was J] 5°22 ga ; es xceeds the 
raha es. 
acid.”—Mr. | | oar T 
Sth of this 
average amount for the same period by 23, in 
es! ie 
¢ ame of thi cil, and on alf of thi ri ce, ‘ 
5 ; 2 ; ; mishing produce. That Mr. Smith, of Gunton 
paced ve etl icammtag <2 eulie lic bodies in that | Park, in Norfolk, had applied 4 bushels (weighing about 200 Ibs.) 
tee, R. Earle Esq the Mechanics’ Institution, Messrs Palkner a statute acre, and on the equal and adj part of the DEN MEMORAN 
and Lace, Messrs he Proprietors of a -eround, the | Held bad applied 15 bi of bone-dust; both having been Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.—We are at glad to = 
Earl of Derby, Harrington and Liverpool Water Co., the Livery ‘ound with the seed-wheat: the guano gave 6 | that Se etoamese are in progress here. That persons, 
Library, the Liverpool Athenzeum, the Royal Institution of Liver- 2b is 13 peck, and the bone-dust 4} quarters, of | vided they do not touch int ee should A be eee to 
pool, and to the ews Room.” The Council unanimously | Wheat. Phi guano in ap) ce was a dry powder, weigh- | through the grounds without attendance, is of itself a great step 
4 ‘e vote of thanks to P; Pusey, Esq., M.P., the lat ing 52lbs. tothe bushel; and that for use 4 bushels of guano, | beyond the old system. at eaany te hee and there a 
President of the Society, moved at the EF, ee by T. | Mixed with of wood-charcoal in powder, formed the | large incr ; and we are that 
ad Bark and ied b: 1s) SC j | Proper qui to be to the acre; the charcoal having er plants nor flowers have been injured by the visitors since 
Challoner, Chaingan af the apes Comunittee “Tai | jeanne the the peculiar property ‘of bodies of h e gaseous | th tion, whi made last April. Another point 
Council the reputr Gf tie jacerme, and the regit of the examina. | SMOuis within Ste-énterstions; and thus ng the manure is an surangemen greenhouse and stove plants, as far 
tion of the accounts, held that day; informing the Council that | 1288 fugitive, it having been found that such mixture with char- be done, in natural groups. One house has had the peor 
the Committee nee e leaving Liverpoo 1 had, agreeably with the | C8! "nd: ue second year’s crop almost as abundant as th pica out, yey in it is placed the unrivalled collection of Pro- 
orders of the left with M Holme the sum of of age first. Mr. mends the g to be eith le ze. if thisbe carried out to its fullest extent, and the names 
on aceount Bf" Gee Beslahig of the poe! cs m and the e of | 2 with the seed, or so -cast with a light ploughing or | of the tribes appended, as well as of the individuals which com- 
the cattle-yard ; with Mr. Radley, of the Adelphi, th ee erio ee or | harrowing in; and that not only for Wheat, but in the case of | pose them, a tolerably accurate kno of plants will be 
on account of the supply of the Council and Pavilion Dinners, | ClOver, Turnips, Barley,Oats, and espec Hops, its effects | readily obtained by merely walking among them. We hope to 
and with Mr. Ledger, one of the stewards of the yard, the sum | Were still more t vourable. Macdonald con- the stage out of the large Aloe house; at p it, sin- 
of 5007. on aecount of the disbursement of expenses pti Dein in| cludes his communication by giving the following chemical the ts ap , yet they would look much better if 
with the show-yard, leaving the residuary balance on each of analysis of 100 parts of the guano:—‘* Bone-earth or phosp set quite onthe ground. ‘The rockery in front of this house is to 
these three mts to be finally adjusted at a future meeting of | pendant ae ; Sulphates and muriates, 3; lithic acid, 15; removed, and in its will be formed a an wr b 
the Committee. mer further reported t Com- onia, other organic cago a. peg E. Wright, | ceons plants, to the nat 
ittee reco ¢ cheques should be drawn the | fhe the naturalist se sent out by the Earl of Derby to prosecute | collection of 0: been condlderah ly in- 
Cc! ; » 
F 
nt in an 
na Post- office orders, payable 
the pesiene tdanas (and a pac spe. 
ediatel 
“S| he intends iy to return), informed the Society of | Ferns, but we hope before long a cture mo 
the immense quantities of penguins’ excrements re 3 pal Ferns have coved toa large x 
various locali in those islands so favourably situated for sup- | in the front of w! pre} i aking for planting out @ 
plying the object ommercial import in our home- | collection of hardy cies, Among other proofs of the advantage 
ward-bound yessels. Mr. Whitin; , director of the Falkland | to Kew of being placed under the direction of Sir Willi ‘ooker, 
Islands ASsociat , also announced to the Society his having re- the excha of duplicates in the collection, which is now in 
ceive t interesting collection of specimens of varieties of | progress, and ich 1 rapidly supply the vacancies in the col- 
7; grasses, &c. from trae islands. v. Mr. Rham informed | lection; by this means we hope soon to see a good set of Heaths, 
ie Council oS oe o hs heavier than | which at present is a desideratum. With little trouble and 
ai: Tnaining anbafere i e large deposits in which it had been | and Pelar, a pee e might turned into an excellent heathery. 
ated bi arr ibe! er ee Bocy pret e Rea of Bristol the found, and a climate in which neith strong dews fel We trust th ug the earliest improvements will be an entire 
intention of the Society to hold their next annual coun’ ges os aha sate Mig am bts ete and ree i of the eer Palm-house; 750 ad 8 the ioe ony at speci- 
ing in that city, and request the’ operation in carryi pan 2 yo a COR POSIELOn iS remain- between 5 are now 
the objects of the Society ; the following gentlemen i ott ie Bene iss tance of eventing te ai and Li havi pushing throngh the glass, and are mu coe tafereet from want 
— members of tl neral Bristol Committee : — The om man jure’ in the form pe bsarnargtader adie Bas of | of —_ t is mS be Bip cB 0 present a th 
mt ee a i be pene | Earl eige pel 5 WW. ples Ea | an ans of some peor wich etch seal yield it tn the oe tbs flues now used, a system of hot-water Pet werd adopted, 
Ls Shaw, Esq.; H. Gibb *E i ean, Esq.; W. G. Hayter, ie powers of plants; Dr. Daubeny, in his third lecture Radar! ot i would there be an atmosphere more si 
a. MB. ; J. W. Childers, Esq., M-P.; Col. Austen. It was also | before the University of Oriont, eumxeted, Bh oer 7 | Care ee bat in two or three years the outlay would be 
dechied thata deputation, selected. from the foregoing committee, ed nas ox Cie eatochatal Sage Fis BE seco pall seg 4 be oo oF of fuel, the cons| of which must now 
— velgibig ses for the Par wii wy Council Dinne 4 s and Smith, acting on this suggestion, have undertaken to cobs Ealing Park, "he Seat i oft ence.—In the short space of 
well as e Cattle and Implement Yard, and to make ary for sale, at 5s. prow’, the Ae pga at ammonia oe. this sourc two years care this place from a comparative 
mat an s in reference to oaher oc oints of the business as may | 274 of Re oe h they presen: to the Society.—Mr. Kim- | wilderness to a ished € be abounding in statues, fountains, 
seem desirable. Earl Spencer, Col. ‘Challona r, Hon. Ca ar fencer, | berley bmitted to the inspection. a the Co! ancl a specimen of rockeries, and other necessary adjuncts, Passing @ door 
Mr. Shaw, Mr. J, Ki ila Ss al the Rev aes grag Hobbs, ’ | the pee marl used with very good effect on the thin gravels and | on the right of the mansion, w me immediately on an exten- 
communicated ¢ the Cc ff ‘an a fi weak soils in South Derbyshire, and in Staffordshire, near Bur- | sive lawn skirted with shrubs and trees, with here and there a 
the next promi y ty mectin he ate suggestions in eT rence t0 ton-on-Trent, 7 communicated to ety a paper | clump of flowers, and having at the upper end a ruine: he 
Peden mo mune cag ere by onal Signes: wie Geo. ta wlandson, on the cheap production of chlorides of cal- the left is a conservatory, used for Camellias and 
ical Commit: — Somme 7 ived ‘The Journ season, and the | & and manures; Mr. R.Collins, a p but now filled with large specimens of Fuchs’ From this, 
Veterin Committee restored for thi meals, Sivek oF the gestation of cows r. Wills, a circular of queries relati ave wert leads us by the house, through arches to match 
othe tani bes gees the Epidemic see ovts’ 'p, | to. the employment of the poor; Mr. Bullen, Secre © conservator , to a circular piece of water with a colossal 
oe MP. pois otice th gee Pe an: aay a yal Agricultural I provera, iety of Ireland, the prize sixeoe 15 Sh ce ‘tre, and fo s, two of which are fountains, 
he pa genap ire nag the ay st le cogs ating the sheet of that society; Mr. Deck, a prospectus of his Agricultural otgerasa round it. of the walk be- 
date at piel comin itt at = te Te ad a es , in progress ; Mrs, Coote, on the temporary substitution er ieee and the arches has a number of statues 
Thiam. Ga chouldaieye tak ol Fae rea. | of sheets sewn together for wick cloths; Mr. Read, on the essen- | pedestals on each side of it, and a flight of stone steps takes 
pire with thi ead ptr a ber. The ab + Col. pom of horses any existing constitution i deers ct, | down to the turf-walk with which the water is surrounded; the 
Austen aia t Pama th ss por a that f y inherent or her fecuaeae aap animals ; $ are planted with low shrubs and herbaceous plants. Just 
Seukecber inten incsosl Camenice, Vero Seas Sledman, on the use of soda, nitre, and salt as a manure for wa the arches, a walk on our left hand leads toa small dairy 
First Commiasi ie Journal Commu ate: ey dow land; Mr. W. L. Wakeley, on the quantity an see aaliee of the prettily fitted up with d having @ foontain in the 
meenones eat IE ‘oods and Forests, communicated flour paige tae, Whe whe ae 3 i Ground, on his machine for | centre. aed yard, between "the dairy and the dwelling-house, 
pA pty Reports, made to the — ent He and Mr. G. Reid, on the Dombasle | entirely closed with walls, many of the large specimens of 
Genk Ss; B. mes — Directo - pair po um 0} i ager ae nl a a of Timolin, geaneniet a copy of the | Heaths an tg are placed for the summer; all 
prone lpia be leged pe begat Sopeey eee Report of the Hausiose Agricultural in Ireland; the Sta- | the pots van fers on lates, which prevents the worms from 
: cloth from the injuries of time and eather ; and wre A tistical Society of London, the last peng their Proceedings; fate theai” ee ing through the dai , and leaving it to 
Sm of Gor ceplication: of piteats Of sods 6 6 muster Je i | ME. Weteratom, the frst act of We Canleneedio of Commerce: | aur ith 8 ek lente roves bank from which a view over a 
henna Esq, Secretary to the Royal ao are. Society, m- | snd Mr. T. N. Parker, a set of his pr or pacasures, and one of | lawn ie ohtatned, with a stream of water with an island in 
vag écunei that the Botanic Society “ had prepared | t16 quicksilver levels invented by him. middle sauce . and the ground at the back, rising gently, and 
8 plot of @ for the reception of plants useful in agri TURAL l mimerous trees dotted over it, forms a good back- 
ture, which have been, or h may be, introdueed i gana gran me MrElroy | ground; following this walk, we pass ‘i ie the circu- 
a ck lar piece of water, next under some large 7 we 
Tuesday, August 3.—Mr. e chair. 
was elected. increase of articles, both for ex 
: = 
e upon a rockery lying quite in @ hollow. 
jadgment, was considerable ; among the former were some good a Pan Tar 
com 
eee Res Rote 
“that the Botanic S: y receive any , roots, rr mixed — 
ory and any stions for their management, that the Heartseases, from Mr. May; ‘Haidee and Queen of the Whites, two flowe: ethaces plants ; hollow the princi 
td Agricultural Society of England, mY bea members si! ings, were excellent. e following were sent forthe opinioi objects | By is] ia foun’ : E 
might feel disposed to favour the Society with.- Various doca- a ; From, Mr. 0: plants are grow greet. Round the inner edge of the hollow 
ments, connected with the great n agri. | of the Society, which was expressed as under =~ FIOM Nt teh | various Ryienre apt roots of faced, some of which are 
ing CrHaaE Bizarre one ie » form good, co var ae Set bis flowering plants. t of the hollow, a winding 
Court, London, 
Wright, the Naturalist of the Falkland 
comm unications on this subject. 
ural Chemistry, has made the 
is used to a cfitaes te senie 
‘this kind. 
L 
me pure, others questionable; size 
good. prom Mr. Holliday, ec: Ac eg Sige a first- 
class flower, although slightly Lay oot 
a and small, 
Coming ou! 
us under a trellis covered with lv 
edging not clear enough, petals small; p 
izarre Carnation, colours high,but the stripe 
ér full; alto; inferior ff “ # - Be ee che és ns 
S i af with white, n 
ating 8 a po preag "anattee Seedling of 1840, | the hothouses masses of rock are thro 1, Ww 
Ni lilac, petal and colour i sunk in the centre, site corners there are two summer-houses form aoe i ei work, 
te ther better: in order to pass a more correct opinio thi over which creepers are trained. The front wall of the pr yee is 
judges mmended i meealed by a ee + 
eon ~s _ a onde ton a foundation | = 
ing Dahlia of 194i, white, a first- | buil 
rate flower, and decidedly ne best.of its a it is to be called | house, and the tw 
. ila, French white, purplish tinge, @ go = at 
re ,ot reenhouses; the red pers 
t the latter is 
ober od: ; 
the committee will take place for the sn A of that and 
other subjects, In order to secure daylight for viewing the speci- | in their native 
