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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
SOCIETY OF LONDON. | 
, that only one Meeting of this | 
month during October, 
wows —on Oct. 5th, Noy. 
Wet Jan. om? 
t Street, Aug. 13th, 1841. 
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The Gardeners Chronicle. 
and were acquiring the roundness and firmness so re- | 
quisite to constitute true floral beauty. Those, pene: 
called uid s Isabella and Dennis’s Riva 
is sem e of the sorts now cpio : ne ite 
e been the best-formed variety know 
e admiration Pe i ssa Ay these pel beautiful 
btaae and the gr attended such 
Fy akapsyer Repeal aa must have = carried 
the of the chamber 
_ Insituations where the fi 
oo _e_ 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1841. 
TINGS IN THE EN barra 2 
a RR TY - Sew 
{Por ural. . » » + Bemg 
TuE bisiory of the older der florists’ flowers is lost in 
stimulatin, g the growers to aun? exertion ; 
issue of which i is evinced in the unparalleled exhibi- 
tions hige the = three years have witnessed near 
4 ah 
That alue 
| these ‘vrilliant flowers, we an already show the 
blished on tiva- 
dimness of an We are told inileedt that 
ine navy Saal was th first t Tulip: grower in E 
on Herwar m Hollen ; but no 
what arts, or “el goo ee r! w degrees, that gorgeous 
ney Troe t to its present condi- 
a seg anges Magee transition of the Wild 
ingland, 
one eels 
their 
tion at p. 83, by Mr. Denes p- pa Be Bayt om 
, by Mr. C. Wi 
exhibition, for sale i in nurseries, a 
Pink, 
a Aas of Me mia 
To-day we. give, in another column, a short paper 
one that ri popes Hi 
penitent Behe he ingen ity 
ae Parallel 
ph on which to ttre ry the ae fruit, and a table, on 
esopota 
s into the beautiful varie- 
n 
there is a plant now 
ri and imperfect habit to gil highly-i -im- 
ing inthe race of pairing yet more 
a £ . 5. whi 
asa florists’ flower ; and we consider this a matter of 
ved SM 
and so few succeed. We hope i ao a 
of sparing young growers the Berm Bardi of being | to 
beaten at the exhibitions of such flowers, from. not 
what are 
omer, of every step ae whose progress 
m the first com 
sabseq} 
petals, hanged in in igorated in 
growth, till at last th the ms a pat, oa rtrd 
and Ger: ere the | 
nand 
appears that the first Pelargonium seen - 
fogead was that called “triste,” a tuberous 
now = ly to be seen; it is -— ce 
de, in his Herbal : 
brent into this kingdome, b 
“bya 
the of 
y the indus of at 
Tradescant, another more iar Se 
its dum 
Ste the laws we have thus laid down. 
On an other 
a first-rate variety ‘of te present “day. The memoran- 
after consultation with the 
touches Coa clean Pine- 
sarc ‘Ge bes best material that can be yed. 
The a account of a fruit-room i 
an eminent culturist, whose fruit is always beau- 
ecm rpg will show one way in which these 
nfident at 
elargoniums with or eye of an artist will confirm 
“Three or our years ago I made rather alarge artificial 
mount in gal which is both useful and orna- 
——, The ornamental side to the east next my flower- 
occasion we shall endeavour to show 
imi carat of rock intermixed with 
he 
wh as we 
thin nk, improvement, and in what bes. it i eppeses 18 to 
to us probable that i or iguana 
may be 
effected 
plants. 
is a ei Ra —_— falls ml and iy a eer as- 
Underneath is a straight passage 
with 
Tue principles on whic frat ould ‘he Aloe, and other half-har E the winter well, 
ti t a cur- 
constructed itn a iho out (p61 anh the i seer ease 
manner of form mains to be con I find n i ase if the nde are left open. On the east 
perfect fiaitrooen should be situated hear pone > gar- side. of t 1's passage, under the rock, I have made three 
ace pana “agp small arched cella ars, one a place for Da’ hlia-roots, Beet, 
stow away th ter produce f his fruit-trees and athird it. 
without ut ea ~~ — go aia The walls should | room. The first nape I found the damp and closeness 
= to prevent the entrance of frost, the fruit t I have now increased the air-holes 
h t to admit a constant change of 
penatiful than any of the former ( 4 
it by name of Geranium BB ti “noctu 
odoratum ; this has not as yet beene pom Sky oy 
or a —- ig them externally by a casing of ot 
ithou! 
ac 
air, not Saint to ugirral ca frost: and I find the Aan to 
Keep m much longer and better than in my old frui — 
That work, 
that 
eran op a ne Set i ath 
‘ite | 
ments which have Intely bean slnetes saeaae 
paged s of the PF 
It ould be better w: t windows ; but if they are | 
that I knowe. I did see it in floure about the en aes necessary, _be aio ith | T ‘oom is almos t dark, opal 3. oat a candle r 
y 1632, 1 bl ided th 3 
owner thercof”, pA 2 the room is covered by a roof, its ei ares a 
in e succee — cent the pugged,” or rendered frost-proof | : it-room, we shall be happy to receive 
productions of the Cape of Good H y the iative “ne as effective thatch. It would, however, — spn wih ve death 2.2thd 
country of the greater part of these were, by me Re. : ‘i 
pokircanted of the Du teh for ona introduced in it, in “bch ae garde mer can abi his sum —— sheet 
eat his winter store before | it ae ON THE PELARGONIUM. AND ITS PROPER- 
fore 1732, six species of Pelargon case the TIES AS A FLORISTS’ FLOWER. 
in Sherard’s garden at Eitan, From that placa ow new i gaia itself might be ponds vith 1 bya] Tuer are tow flow ers that better repay the 
kinds continued to hie er in quick succes | BR oat and the ordinary ae they receive than the largonium. Tts Lively appearance, 
cultivated in te ic sath vale the |" js ar = a ling a pins yf 2 ee es eee 
a gy eee i y bear i in | bered inet moaly ; > the cottager who grows it in his 
, cS guage. It was L/Heéritier, a French | that may be generated b: the fruit, or any damp that pec somes, town 5a Se inde a ce 
who, in the year 1787, first called them | may collect. ng B= comps tp Beng pa sd . ies of this flower 
Pelargoniums ; Fae eoak them from the Gera- process of sweating is not to fruit- | ond the ieties \ possess, bear triumphant 
res eet mite sole 4 potobagiy ol se tat te a aot 
ied by the beaatifal aleapinr 
Co et aoe frie - a ance, and 0 far 
; yew i815, more delicate tex To these | ements WO amy 
es Se AP mateurs began to cross the species, in the must be a few wooden imneys carried through the hiefy indebted to the zeal and p erance of two ama- 
hope of Se eee ee ok —s the eee Si prc cclgecrepe f ‘ r d Foster, Esq., an the Rey. Mr. Garth,— 
* Both com beoge Sir Richard Colt | a flap; and upon epeting She ; whose love of Floriculture has induced them to devote their 
of the decided door of the room, a a sufficient current current of air for time and attention to the delightful oceupatio of effecting 
will such improvement as this flower still susceptible 
~The success of these | ; Ll 
ous competitors in the seme field; and every year many 
the | new varieties are introduced for p atrol It is 
therefore necessary for chase st i 
ers , in our opinion, constir 
tate 
the other, sy cm tip eT in which | 
