582 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [Ne 36. 
and single blooms ( (mind, si gle bl ) ith bl By d | of Sgr of oo Grasses of Van Diemen’s land, ob tained by 
Tcan the wing, ae on by ap “eta so much npeeay than | 2 vesefiiaatioy on Sa: age Ra: = — wast gh "consiting of—1. The 
Society of an: additional medal or two would be phechien a lower part, as well as so tapering and small? I enclose | bis pen 2a ‘hier, pa yielding Has teen ext ae pag requiring to 
unless the latter | the tip end cut off. i re 305 bo found growing generally in good soils, requiring to be aoe a 
claim the liberality of the Society i in repaying ai Salvia putens makes a splendid bed. The flower-spikes | pomttioe ting from two to ae tons per acre ; and three other 
incurred in getting their p Pur- | should bt cut off for a time, and the young shoots regu- | <o0q of the (pleat sealer ‘oo supply of the 
chasers also require protectio y- | larly pegged down till they nearly cover the bed, when | trial, and recommended their being sown in the mildest Oe and 
man’s ag boar prices ettakhnd to oo eraniums, from three | the fi ill be prod fe near the cea-side, in order that the Grasses might become era, 
guineas downward. Numerous are the orders given at of i e blue. I have seen the honey-bee ee ee suggested the propriety of sow. 
Gini for = when they shall be first sent out, the Gadi tomes kek a hole in he wae! of this flower, mnfidi hat th ation co Possible, and expressed his 
a g confidence that the cultivation of these Grasses in En 
oly o of which | in the way eerrines by Mr. Darw . B. Whiting, | would be attended with success, on account of the Ps i 
woud tend bat few customers if their real merits were ex- | The Deepden : a _this yen aie ith — iemen’s Land; requesting to 4 
hibited i Pp Now it is a very great Gladiolus Cardinalis.—In p p- 537 I observe it recom- cae, prams em jcpatnoap pas ati ing — in this trial, 
disappointment to find that a plant whose only merit con- dt e roots of b | hould, | tion that might be desired on the subject of cultivation pg 
sists in a truss of, say three fine nrg has cost a uinea t colonial Grasses.— The Council returned their t 
y g Talb a . hanks to Mr, 
or two, that its habit is radical! ly b | but : cult: ivating tia sp nlendid se sed on ee Seger apdige ap retreso among the mem. 
no prospect of a fine truss upon it. “Indee d you cannot | flower. This season I ise growing, ina square space of | par} Decaee, Hs cs i mca. a eis atharal jcep se, ‘maare 
persuade yourself it is the same, for the flower, altho ro | ied 12ft. by 7ft., 500 clumps of Gladiolus ca Ataclle, London.—C. W. Hoskyns, Esq., presented to the Council an ¢ 
which are the admiration be tg visitors. About the be- | borate paper (the result of many years’ experience), on the Pin 
h unicati in continn. 
} ject of pruning, promising a further communicat 
saw at Chiswick, except for a short time gr vd A Sea ginning of Octobe r, when Iw ; h to propagate them, I belo aAlaetGA comspdetbaiet the papccean ths auacal in contine. 
It nice a cla oe r of hae about 13 dual reduction of large branches, a part of his researches whos 
in a 8 of prime leaves, and set it up in moss, &e., 2 feet 1 C.W. Hoskyns,Esq. regarded as the most new, if not the most ya. 
of | “ pig in a and two or three ole deep, ‘in beds two feet wide, w luable of the whole. Mr. Hoskyns considered the points them. 
PNR HSA aes artes a In 1839 I tates selves adverted to in this treatise as well worthy of dissemination, 
pok - Pp however the discussion of them might have suffered from an di 
cider conversant ni with the “subject stat: ing win acta a bed in this manner, age s little care as I would exert | ficiency in his own powers of treating the subject; and he art: 
the properties ofa real fine Pelargonium ? ? AmI right in = in ‘laoting 3 ny co’ sagt A pertien “plant ; they have | cularly invited the attention of the Journal Committee to their 
say 24 had no jrotedtion' it since phat time; and in 1840-41 the pe agin prt ht Ne a of hegie ee as the only 
inches in bong round, the | lowe ras well as upper speta a bed WES 8. An of strong flowering stems. They will grow | anda practical ie instead a perry as hitherto, to bouks and 
forming _no angle: s, quite pee a ton = 6 pips at} here without protection during winter, in any part of the | men of scienceonly. The Council returned their thanks to C. W 
st, — fleshy in sub- | garden, even although the soil is naturally cold and wet ; a s ee r : Pie ai which was referred to the Journal 
ommittee.—F. Joly, Esq., communicated to the Socjety an in. 
Psceegad bs “ve ery ode, broad preee ‘ and 9 not pag Pant is that the reason that they grow and flower so teresting account, from one of his correspondents in pte or i 
after being o rt time, no oe ring up t e ree ly is t at Boe roots are not divided. I recommend natural production of nitrate of soda, as found in its native beds 
petals or propensity ya y rae throwing its truss o be grown in pots, and protected during | in South America, along with details connected with the mode of 
of the am a and supporting it without a crutch, ber winter, pooab A from cena he until they form a cluster of asap salt, 7 suerttian Obtained. and the price is Ofigjaaiy 
mbined with a close habit and large meen balts ; when the ese e have. ained sufficient size, they may pedals oe sourndd Cominittes ad the thant te the Coundil 
hileas If P am right in tps estimate, has it not yet “When ‘orced, this ding forms | veted to Mr. Joly for communicating it to the Society.—Com- 
be obtained? I belie y eenhouse in the beginning Priva were received from Mr. J. Walker; Mr. J. Woolf; 
the flowers exhibit ed r. r at the June ‘ Mr. G.N. Young, deputy from the Nova Scotian Board of Agri. 
ihre gat gles bite "by, Me Fey aes Wilson of sao Tn the month of October I take 8 or 12- culture ; it, Warren, with a cop y y of his Farmer's Accou santos, 
$ and from the editor o: e Ame: ‘ultive 
Catleugh, Gaines, ty which were s the pots will adm 
THE WEST-LONDUN GARDENERS 
atiiirarion they obtained.—Edward Beck, of Tabane: forcing ; this — ray every year, and obtain MUTUAL RDENERS ASSO Saal lta 
Amateur. ta from 6 to i2 spikes of flower in each pot.— A. Mackenzie. Sen 26.— Mr. Suearer ers = paper Spiga the Hyacinth, 
Vines. — shall feel much obliged to any of your practi —_—_—_—_—— se apa ‘gsehayoi e beginning of October a few bulbs 
deg subscribers if they will give an account of the ‘eat PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. inde ee if een ea soe ee 
a af ‘pra ning Vines 0 n the spurring sys <BSS I wis ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. others are planted at the end of October, and another lot about 
Id b hether they August 30.—The second promenade was held in the Society’s | the middle of November. The pots used are upright thirty-twos, 
garden, and attracted a numerous and fashionable company. being seven inches deep and fone pve wide; the soil half road- 
ao not lengthen re? A year; and if so, whether it is mas The appearance of the grounds is considerably improved since and half leaf-mould, with good pre ak, and the bulb is 
cessary to bring in fresh wood, and nat tore Whet we last saw them in June, owing in est - a lates. extent being sane pressed oh be soil above the a of the pot. The potsare 
the bunches are as heavy and the berries as ae now covered with ocr The Am mn garden has been laid | pla ~ on co any open p: e garden, and covered 
voured as w. Ww WO > | out, and is in part plant the teas nae all edged with different | to the depth of f eight inches with aia’ tats or leaf-mould, as a 
In sh I shall = i ver epee pred kinds of low-growing Heaths, each sort extending to the end of rustiness 0; ‘O1 d on the young leaves and flow 
fa ort, feel grateful any rther formation, us or ion of a genus, and thus showing the divisions. | if they come in cont: -ashes. In eight or ten weeks 
addition to the ‘s q ey e plants are for the most part named ; the kind of tally used is | they will generally be found in a fit state to be removed to the 
to give.—W. oe a = ay Nate fixed on ms ~ the zine na ed brown, ‘eenhouse or coal-pit ; from thence the mo: rward are taken 
Loasa. is plant was raised e name white; the scie: c and English | toa house in which the temperature is kept from to 65°, 
ines 2 the Peratan i dn at Ae gs savaged names of the plant, the "caarnaatige a ‘the ra € country, and the | placed about eightee! c. the glass. If any show indi- 
pregnating tlandica h is a low } date of oreemearw ie Ee En eens. ae e given.| A ees he Rede cations of expanding their flowers before the stem is of sufficient 
trailing plant, wii ap ag of the Danae ve lateritia, | flowers terraces; it is int forw: but | length above the bulb, a piece of brown paper, of the desired 
which i is atwiner. L. Pentlandica has larger and brighter | Pot yet phere AS ‘ caret et banks are crown ae read length of the stem, is wrapped around the pot, and then placed 
+ it, on which dwarf shrubs will be placed. The Pinetum has been | in a Cucumber-frame, with the temperature from 70° to 75°. In 
formed, and is partly planted; on one side an undulated bank | the latter end of December, or early in Januar¥, they rise six or 
= the gland- like ngeotens at the base ‘of the fila-| has been thrown up, which forms the north-west boundary of | eight inches in about 10 days; if laterin the season, they advance 
as sa ja the segm at tyes si in the Sct dei | the garden; and several of the knolls on this bank are occupied | quicker. When fully expanded, the plants are taken to a house 
loped me at | by Spruce Firs. Over the walk, underneath this bank, a rnstic | where the temperature is 60, and finally to the greenhouse. The 
i ice i when i 
are si as tos 
archway, ected of burnt bricks, is wn; an tt! same practice is ad st ning 3 
gs sah ‘i ike pcre The sisell scar let sracthent trom it | further on is another, through which it is intended to enter the | first placing them in a dark room to encourage the protrusion of 
wa) ‘oot h i 
aed are Oe ase in lateritia, are almost obsolete in conservatory. Between the last archway an e Sas ica roots, with a change of water once a week until they are re- 
andic The seed-p od of the | the walk is bordered on each side wit ww walls ; ong | moved into the frame or forcing-house, when a fresh supply must 
} fth } | the ro Frat bricks of which This kind pt gaa haga Ano wetorag and | be given every day. The constituent elements Mi? wae | ey 
es are growing. is kind o: ik will prepare the | are supported was thus explained, - That carbon is ob 
cglindrieal. The ule is a twiner ; has intermediate pana for the conservatory, in which, at Are end, there Fill be a | them in the form of cartonie acid gas, derived from the atmo- 
fling, od — — of intermediate shape. It is Lo bank of rock-work, so that the age will hardly know when | sphere, generated there by the respiration of animals, and in the 
feetly f d the seedli ings s raised from its seed he has ayeet it. Previously to the. promenade the annual | soil by the decay of vegetable matter ; that, with its compounds, 
f , — ; pagan tary the Fellow: bei Apri es F, 4 s ‘agg he Council | is absorbed by the roots and inhaled by the leaves i b sot ber 
Lesccyei SRR for t year was read and adopted. ing the anniversary | upon by heat and light, the carbon is retained and the oxy, 
from pape oS ertheless as true as if | of the Society, a ballot took place for the President and Council | evolved. Among Sther observations he remarked that the roots 
. the mule eg na cua naturally ly diatinet species. Both are | for the year ensuing, and the following were elected :—Councit, | of plants appropriated for their own support the nutritious mat- 
ier and r than late: ts of the _ 1841—1842. Earl of Surrey, President. The ae of Norfolk, | ter contained in the water; that the residue caused putrefaction 
having | = Guay: 3t'% ‘ats ive the Duke of Richmond, Marquis of Northampton, Marquis of | and generated animaicula destructive to vegetable life; hence 
ing Ly 'Y> posers been named Normanby, Earl of Albemarle, Bishop of Durham, 5 Sir G Staun- | the necessity of changing the water when the Hyacinths are in @ 
some aurserymen’ s catalogues | Le Herberti. No peat ton, Sir E. Kerrison Sir B. Carnac, Sir R. Smirke, Sir J. L. Gold. rapidly growing state. He produced on the table two fine spe- 
who can : obtain the t ritia hors H. J. apg aoe eke ae » C. Deane, Esq. : = B. ns grown in glasses; in one of the rege a tate eae 
ornament, its general aspect being sim » J. Disney, +s Je Fearon, , ‘arre, ‘oal was mixed with the water, and in the other 
inferior. W. H = g ilar, bat v D., Majoribanks, Esq., D. Jardine, Esq., W. Roxburgh, quantity of chalk (carbonate of lime), by whi cl’experiments re- 
The Robi Whi x : M.D., R. Ru-hbrooke, Esq., G. G. Sigmond, M.D., R Taylor, — dly tried he tad a Fanon in preserving the 
in.—While directing m about weeding | Esq., T. a Esq. G.. Bishop, _— A. Francis, Esq., J. W> fica the time the b ere put on the glasses until they 
the gravel, my eye was attracted b something esr Freshfield, Esq., Capt. Grindley, E. Prior, and H. Clarke, Esq. had done Sowecing: ies 
amongst the shrubs on one side of the carriage-road ; ROYA AL J AGRICULTURAL, redtaeee OF ENGLAND. rT. MAssiz agreed with Mr. Shearer that coal- -ashes injured 
second glance discove a poor Robin Fiesting' ‘ee ne ft, el ashy ie oo adh Beosi-geoims in ee a ene fo ade sere a ale oie. ee wee old aS omen > 
ra a ‘~w Members pooh pes d. e cil unanimou: lecil ly infested w: 
some very serious embarrassment,—apparently its head | that a deputation from the Sdeiety, consisting of three thembers, | by boiling it. Sanja = nage Hiyacinths in beds he s recommended 
held down to its side by something. As the poor thing | Should attend the great annual sneeting of the Highland and | that oes greater portion of the compost should be 
tumbled abou sl be: en ‘ icultural Society of Scotland, to eld this year at Berwick. | COw-dung. 
: abo er oe raya servation, | on Tweed, on the 30th of Sept., and W. Mans tao. and H.S. Mr. Gurtrorte always covered with leaves the compost he 
my curiosity was excited to kno cause of its extra-| Thompson, Esq., were requested by the Connell to form part of | used, which was half road-scrapings, quarter cow-dung, ent 
at sadist. ro sepping i fate eeu rubs, I caught | such deputation.—The judges having represented to the Council quarter com oam. 
hold f it, when to my great surprise I found that its that a prize of 5/. had been awarded by them at the Liverpool Mr. Car msidered that the vegetable particles pjorgeinca 
Ro keck od to re wing: by ith ink WOR _ The meeting, to Mr. Skirving, of Queen-square, for his exhibition of destroyed either t by boiling, by the pore ie time. tity of itTe, 
eeaetar shoe bill w x ok y et ve . € | roots, Sete, Seat iepneiee, &e., = a pom and had publicly jane as directed seb y Mr. Kernan, by a uantity 
roug eir decision at that time by affixing to his collection im pexpetuate its ess. 
whatever be the proper ag of the thick part Of the | @ Prize placard, the Council decided that a cheque should be drawn | Mr. Monss found a diiculty in forcing the double Ia them 
wing, within the first joint, and formed into a perf for this amount, and Mr. Skirving’s name me i iste i rieties. When removed froth the tan he always COVEry aug 
E. bei he thi t, 'd of x} tax list of successfal exhibitors.—W. Miles, Esq., , one of the | with ees hay, to induce them to throw up good eoneary pelt 
third of an inch longer than the sy ay of Ae Society selected by the Council io fe ‘the ang a. | in cutting the bulbs of such as did not rise well, that Y that 
lower part, and thus holding the head firmly to the wing, | rative of the samples of seed-wheat exhibited ai the | rotten; he was fearful when the brown paper ig in all 
without the least chance of escape. I showed it to m Liverpool m sesting; for the prizes offered by the Society, infained a sudden exposure to light would injure the leaves, 
tonishment,—next I took it to seueate, ts Ossie ‘nest other - nis, both <8 aod We, te isc Guinroy! Pvalluied to t e practice adopted in H 
= . r next, eat red and white, on : FOYLE t ; 
my wife, and her mother, who is on a short visit with us. | the same soil and the same fields, inthe neighbourhood of Bristol | Where they were grown and increased in soils a — 
to my study, and with a penknife cut | (where a we nel bir yt Lyra growing together, and in- | he aig Lendigm and coarse Gag" for Amigo bulbs were not re- 
i Spected by the members, a! ristol meeti ext year), n ir. Morse obseryed, that after forcing, em 
od scoped ; re 2 al “sr me S than one ac ‘half o} separated from each other ed to their original vigour for three years fies " antait eit 
s of feeding itself, though | 1s in. ; two bushels'and a half of seed to be drilled ma clover- | four inches deep in cow-dung an t always 0 
longer than the lower, and | ley, previously manured with 10 bushels of bones per acre.—W. | ficult to pene good bulbs from serous pest wa 
Tt was then carried to the place | R- Browne, Esq., presented to the Society specimens of wheat | _ Mr. Care thought that deep planting © adopted st £ Wo. 
CEaPeGR See , | from si ing crops o: © present year, grown in North Wilt- | store them to vigour. ‘¢ mention given 
ercosmaugh: ae: tanding eps oft Wheat (very smutty); Clover’s red beri pea and believed that a sa ra stem, 90 al naplid fors- 
and when it had undergone e the | Wheat ts a crop ; and Burwell Wheat (150 acres clean | to flower-gardens in early spring, by planting in bed cla- 
( . 7 Anemones, C¥' 
a —s* rmitted to | See good}; the seed obtained from Burwell as procured for the | ing into groups of og ae ep flowering 
wings for the first time ; ast 30 yez r. Br ised a fi er report of the re- | Mens, with many other invalu reing the 
tars life, | sulting particulars relating to these crops.—G. Kimberley, Esq., | Mr. Savarer had never observed any ger eco 
‘ot i resented a supply of Siberian vetch seed, for the use of such | double yellow Hyacinths. bc teases to rOW them in sand 
6 bers of the Council as were desirous of e trial of its | O’Connell and Princess Charlotte; he tried Laster as with te 
ty aft; the thingy also, was i very fair Neem ninemsn innate omens @ most prolific kind ant in gare places, but mot with the same # 
a _ circumstance this vetch, should be planted in the month of September or be- | System: he de : * nication from 
Sy ERS sort to your ‘Octo! than = The SecreTaay then read the following comm with a 
i ber, rather the case 
Wwe, t been noticed before?—and wha Eouunt-S. Ne Tulbt, Hag, presented to the Counci a collection Mr. H. Bowers, in answer to @ request to be favours 
