| Gert. 25.] 
toe Nursery, several Pine-trees and fruit- , flowers not na 
‘ashmere were becoming established; an | Penelope, Sir T. 4 
by Dr. Royle, bore fruit closely |»Baudin, Pavonia, ren Coronal ; oa, Mr. Lidgard, with Widnall’s | a walk near Adelaide Lodge. About the centre of this walk a 
be: 
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1 — 4% 2d, hea with Pickwick, Unique, | A small walk on the top of the slope will lead through a cov 
bg ene f the West, Maria, Le Grand | rockwork agree vary] the — of the rock; and pass out aait 
in flav to the best | Queen Springfield Rival, Maria, Ani ndrew Hofer, Grand Tourna- small grotto will be formed, he which a view of the whole may 
ah ment, ’ Pickwick, Beauty of the asap Conservative, Kentish | be ptecirh at the andes, of ee foo an eis org os pee of water 
eq 
4 ; some of the ee wei ee BS ounces. The 
et ye Penang for the most part, bee “9s Glory, Rouge et Noir, Grace Darling, Tournament. Nursery- made; and walks will a fe rmed on side of the 
r gptge 
will be 
MEN: Best 36 Blooms, Mr. Bates; 2d, Mr. Hadland; 3d, Mr. | rock, from that at the base of | mepe to the — 
i OreN TO ALL CLASSES: Best purple, crimson, or dark | along the face A large <4 of oe been 
Two 
oducts. 
e amount of utility of the Botanic Garden King. E 1 s é 2 7 of the rock 
s and vegetable products, Dr. aneciee Self, Mr. Lidgard, with Springfield Rival: best Rose, Mr. Wild- taken from the Park and co into an extensive 
ri man, with Hope Triumphant; best scarlet, Mr. Headley, with | broad walks leading Preties ifferent sides of the Santis pass 
th ination 0: a ws a 4 ik Tepe ia 
BE eres s of Distribution,” comprisin e perio E 
refers to the ¢ e date enew org rae Pp m. | Phenomenon; best yellow, Mr. Wildman, with Climax; best | each side of the lawn, and sat near the public road, which over 
fs 
compe a white, Mr. Attwell; and best edged, Mr. Headley. Of Seedlings | been sunk some feet ; and an iron bridge has been ee 
raised in 1840, 6 blooms of each being exhibited, there was not | from which the walk passes to setha dairy and dog-k: 3 
one considered OF the Judges sufficiently perfect to entitle it to | the Castle and the point of junction of the two walks a clump > of 
t o1 dist 
itius Sui Gr cane has this year been wn of a pa 
f aie near of about 300 Rupees per acre for the raw cane. | Tank as a first-class flower; several, however, possessing good | Rhododendrons is planted on the margin of that nearest the 
al of the cultivation of Hemp had also been made on a-large properties were ‘Placed as second-class flowers, and stood in the | edge of the slope, and a little beyond is a Bat wel specimen of 
compliance with the orders of the Hon. the Court of following order :—1st, Mr. Headley, Phenix, adee eep scarlet. This ———— an icata obtained from Kew; thin to pleated 80 that 
i is a large and finely-formed flower, having a petal, with | in comin: from Adelaide Lodge it see podidtbe placed ween two 
scale 
i , dated the 29th Feb., 1840, and the produce is now in 0 ‘ good pet 
pect of i k P : the eye slig! oe cal kins tatosc E a little more regularity in the | vases, at fhe top of the flight of stone steps by nice we ascend 
centre to gi claim to rank in the first class. 2d, Mr. Cat- | to the lawn; near this also a tolerable collection - Conifer is 
i of yrah, from seed introduced by th r-general 
Sik aioe freely in the Mussooree Garde; 3 tat | Dr Falconer | Jeugh, Lady. ‘inn worey. “The blooms of this flower looked rather | planted. A fowet-gaitden has been laid out in front of the Chester 
conceives that there is little or no prospect of a good Hop crop small beside Pheenix and one or two other varieties ; itis a de- | Tower ; the beds are all r ona: gop Bgures, rt espn most in ac 
being produced, in consequence of the periodical rains, which sirable flower, of a mottled rosy colour, stiff petal, and is a well- | cordance with the situation of the ¢ filled with 
> : formed and rer flower. 3d, Messrs. Brown, a flower much re- | the most showy description age! plants, Leotrey ioax thie seat season is 
‘semblin, rown, Marquis of Lansdowne; avery | so far advanced, appear to be quite in their prime. We partica- 
Scarlet 
he crop entirely depends. Dr. Falconer is of opinion that bling Hope. 4th, Mr. B: : 2 
i be grown of the best quality in many parts of Affghan- largeand well. Sexided Dahlia, rather coarse, and a little sunk in the ly admired the masses of the Frogmore Pelargoniums, 
iti i i in re at and | eye; of an erie ares dall red-colour. 5th, Mr. Mountjoy, | which in the brightness of its colour exceeds any other variety: the 
e h r ‘ 
Horace; @ 6th, Mr. Jefferies, a lilac; a desirable | old double Senecio formed a rich mass of purple, and the different 
of | varieties of Verbenas handsome groups ; a vari 
Meas rosy Reng elle oor gece n of Government this as an | Colour, named Tady Harland. There were several i f made ;av has been 
object for experimental trial, as, from the extensive'scale on which pe Saget ares exhibited, ert he cong | = = ras raised here ‘between Teucrioides ous of the ve dares of 
a 'S. e following were selected by the Judges:—First Fernediane, wh ich is of a salmony rose-colour, wi eye, 
agar soldiers co gana emery ay nde om CraAss.—Wildman’s Bianca; a large fine white—a decided im- | and has, especially in the peering afine scent. A flower-border 
vantage. An analogous case to the Hop occurs in the Vine, which oaue fon aes already + ee po aaa a soe has been been made tod Scan the shakin rrace wall, and 0: nd on the wal many 
la m Mr. rantjoy; - ittains e e Oran; finest 
a Nag ager Pat ycunins b bob ue in the to ripen the pba ree seer of the petal and fine form of the flower, we have inet er nee 8 Fu dain vera Sora we Ee yet seen : it is about 
rains come on, and the grapes are destroyed. no doubt of its taking rank as a first-class flower. 2d, 3d, 4th, | gft. high, in the most perfect health, and covered with its beanti- 
Dr. Falconer has also had the pubes. gardens at Agra put in and 5th, were promising seedlings from Mr. Brown. ful crimson tubes. A bank has been thrown up against the sta- 
communication of th as well fa rare tae in Kemaon, SS Holt brag t cal the wid oe be cg tahini are evergreens, such fh 
h thi vse ant ha ecessful oliies. ‘edars, es rong arog _— quite 
et renpentiog wi nite pt ae a es a sep: siti het Death of De Candolle—We lament to say that our | in the season, and n any were 15 or 20 
Introduction bors testes aaa ary into England. ir Sipe eference to letters bring intelligence of the guctiage el fi this ele shen old, and had not been previously oon ved, they have made 
theintrodaction off Himalayan Plants into England by the overland TR an excellent oe a Wook as the though th aerial ey had been oe 
fut an touhic rence made above entict was a0 | vening of September the th, "He had long ben ait’ | Scr ety wit sats trees s pace of ao 
jally of the Himalayan Pinesand CandaharLucerne, | severely with a dropsical complaint ; and was onlyrelieved | 20 acres in ower Ay has been selected at Frogmore. The soil and 
seeds, but especially cy ey y Pp P ; y ‘ D c jars 
ani i f deat! The whole situation of this'new garden i, we are formed, admirably 
id Clover from Affghanistan. The Himalayan Pines, but especially | from his sufferings at the approach of death. 
s Teoiae ft 4 i PP : {| adapted to the purpose—1. M., Sept. 20¢h. 
sent by sea, 
tated, with the exception of some brought originally by the Hon. 
H. W. Leslie Melville. Those sent overland have vegetated De Can andolle, and byt the pee his loss will be mena felt. 
in an elan far nortl Forf: 
shoal with Abies Webbiana, and perhaps Abies Pindrow. 
but few had ever vege- | botanical world may be regarded as forming the family o 
everywhere in Great Britai d Ir d, as far north as ‘ar, 
‘and south as Cornwall. The plants have withstood the severity | a hurried sketch, such as our columns oan, alone admit, | 4 Manual Loa Alge. By ‘the Hon, W. H. Har- 
ever aie» eta. The ae nee eee ee 0 the dead, and a poor satis- vey. 8vo. eoesge Van Voorst. 
seve the int as of that of 1937-38, and t F Brit 
is, pi’ fa ho aoubtar the Timatayan Pea pe ell sore faction to the living. We shall, dere gry our-{| | It is now eleven ears st ce D 4 . safel 
to the English climate, where some of them, as the Deodar, will, | selves with obse serving, that th oo fea ot A M. De | ice were published, co ‘wife ae fees Hod 
no doubt, become valuable timber trees. The kinds introduced Cand lolle’s character were perfect uct | Sert that a more useful _ on British 
 gdhersica Saag lain nme tig web acer ort independence ee ga ind in oleae life, fool ors in the | Natural History has never - It is, however, 
earning 
science to which his career was devoted, great t 1 
ha 
acts Mr. Griffith from C: cl ermeee and is 
‘the sa samespecies as tha read already common in Europe. But both (inarticulated) gener “f peg cra a 
and and in pulmnboarisood of London, it ison — luxu- - the real value of the of his contem a of interesting spe- 
ain yielded a6 ys tings temyporaries. | 7 
Sones abs Sth WEEE, Te Mowereh; cemhe ona cemecur. (OFS erous publications his Organographie and | cies of this order fi supply the ee ae 
istic of its native clime—that of coming in very early in the Physinogi Lh essitis his Théorie élémentaire, and his | the ‘same time resent detailed tere k eae 
sea d may, therefore, be vi green crop. Mr. | celebr; vodromus, are doubtless the works to which po ogy’ in a Bs ae ba) form, was the that 
> aasaor en oe bel hese tos ma ake gp ar 2 oatey = most _commo ar refer. We trust that the Mr. Harvey set before him; and, as botanists, we are 
, wrote, om. its very early character me ly ov) ee’ ; 
think it will become a most valuable addition, as, besides growing appy to bear our testimony to the skill oe gy ng 
Roldty, i a promes i Beker See The Saver is ee as to enable his relatives to publish it; but after that, — page i nly regret huni ig Rea tad subject 
s uch has been ‘olium giganteum, and of whic! ese days of C Pp ions SO 
the seed was sent by Mr. Griffith from Affghanistan. In the d their allies in ae wate! 
neighbourhood of London, in Essex, and in the north of Ireland, Death of Prince Bulera,—We have also the sad office | shoul cee ‘ a fi my yaar) wack i oe 
this clover has grown Inxariantly, having tall and thick, bat soft | of announcing the death of Prince pancho at Wiesbaden, | § d have been le! = as 
and id succulent stalks, which were frequently cut down, and again | a few w days since. This gentleman, opie ory feet: h Rt is, the 
Say pad rapidly. ': Ms. Oeilby, secretary of the Zoological the Hanoverian service, married. the Prin Butera, | book is aston Par tales one who studies Natu- 
ety, having had it sown 
> hav in the north of Ireland in drills, took ra ral History of Great Britai 
the precaution of having the space it covered carefully measured, wit extensive “Siiian “poe ry Bot rovide materials 
as he was struck by the great growth it had made. On making | sessions. He has long been baw pepsi r his fe ks on systemati tany rarely p’ m 
t cutting he fi the for extract, we must, however, take from the prefatory 
the first cutting ‘ound that in the green state it yielded at the f r horticultural pursuits ; : and loss of so fei ve a 
i climate | ;telligen sentier the, being Se Se ce 
i <¥ reproductive 
enormous rat \ 
is rate of 37 tot Lilie sh The moisture of the ch ; intelligent 2 proprietor will be much felt in — a 
probably contributed to the result. But in the neighbourhood o' rs : t 
Lo » also, where it sown in a co il, it grew "Spi pong ariely of D og Violet.—In our ce of is hl ee of these curi 
— —_ reed soft in texto, and. bore entting sexed at p -y to Mrs granules (sporules or ) some of curios 
, always thro’ g out fresh leaves, and was much relish hould - b t Miss —* plants i 
by horses fed with it. “Mr. Ozilby is of opinion that it will prove pag ee aS ee “The filaments of Conferva rea are, as is known, arti- 
fest boon to English agriculture since the introduction of Ca ong Dra ings.—Mr. Fox Talbot has lately been culated or divided at equal distances into apemeey 
oe age — fre area a ot * once mh to ri Ls ae) pply . ani joints) Shick. daae is “conan 
> pl oses its characteri: Pi jowers; andl , oy 
becoming established, ‘the seed hehe asqey be pected a: as - 2epy Pt DERE 99. P: aper Se pa : be | themselves other wi ts from the permeability 
article of trade, and it might arr e enough for sowing in | V© are to Jadee eam See oat tempter some to d | of thedissepiments. The green matter contained in these 
April, after having been ripened in Cabool. great’ probability that the art will be eter Baepted + * pe : ee as if it were 
FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY. | to that purpose than the process The spe- t oi 
1st.—Mr. Groom in a Chair. sae G. Mills, Bridges, | cimen to which we allude, and a is now before us, is fii; but i granular. Th ‘eae are, =e their form on 
Jefferies, Day, Wilding, and J. Newman were elected. Mr. Head- | a Dahlia, in a glass vessel. port ag and a fine ‘ 
a four Se Dahlias, upon as the BOY zoe ig 3 d d . et nr 
t ing opinion :—ist, se @ of 184, deep red searlet - th tach t 
petal and form first-rate, centre inclined to be rather confused, | 4Pon paper with Indian ink, by = sit oe h, org course, | they present at first passes to that of a ach 
in every other respect a desirable flower.” 2d, seedling of | middle tints are, however, conniogs whic! urse, ig degrees in the i id dle of the Fay 
b tge Orange-pink, “a large and noble flower, but not the petal impairs the effect of the representa esentation. Wer eally = gummine becomes 
he a first-rate variety, though its colour renders it de i at length 
ble.” 3d, seedling of 1841, dark crimson purple, ‘‘a fine hand- - = ™ ; . sgtniere are conformable 
Some flower, but the petals are not so shaped as to render it first- expected ere pe : that Mr. 
rate.” sth, 'seedling of 1841, deep crimson, “alarge noble va. | Botanical Information. —We understand that 
re eddy: cedling of 1840, upon which the follo wing | 3 ee ee os gong gas a 
a seedling of 1840, upon w: e t 
Judgment was given :—“ Colour ruby tinged with salmon ; = es and pas es ssi 2 
eral t wanting arran; ent; ce bod I ee Ae 
in any one flower.””—Mr. Weldon brought a caer 
Hig eo eeling of 1841, the op on which was, that | mus. af cy dale of Palermo is preparing for pub- 
ts @ pretty neat flower, pe : -rate,’? e h of the Fumaria proper. 
Hazes mended Mr. Weldon to try this variety ag: , | ication a monograp ee 
ng sent a seedling of 1939, colour deep rose; ‘ DEN MEMORANDA. 
i or r also sent seedlings those sent b the Kitchen 
e latter 3 ry 
odd ition, y arri = houses, in bd ghote Bree ee rhea bas letely 
too late os bel competition, but the ed — Gs hac tet 
wat ane a high well furnished 
wall about twelve high wi b 2 
Plum, Apricot, and Pear- a = byw i — oer ng 
is excellently adapted for growing 
the north of Garden stands an excelle’ 
to i ont oo space, have mush more - Soar in escaping, and i 
Pree corag hes the material pine only after imumerable knockings om gata see the 
of their prison, y su ing an exi 
