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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[N° 43. 
that is almost ev erywhere easily procur red. It is a re- 
médy,too. in the use of whieh ge risk is incurred, = = exer? 
g there is not the le 
h But I ‘think it is oat baly a 
fi gr ound, but 
L téction to th from sniils, | } 
thou igh s mailer, 
is Sean frmtabe one to 0 the ga beyrst Bat although 
[ think the sand of u res w ith - 
tanding enjoin on all jahvg gardeners to be diligent and 
i i i th he pron as the 
— A 
} 
1 wave ever “iho Baris know from [pe ep that on 
d for some 
tims after, their appearance is peculiarly healthful, much 
mhore so, I think, th ae en covered 
over with sand, and what is of greater consequence, the rows 
are without a blank. Now | sislp eet des: ireble: at ‘all ag 
for if the crop i 
on, reed couleqenlty a second sowing may we too late, or 
o be fille d 
pareful in picking up the snails by the most 
éffectual ri , both for the present and coming years. 
I cannot say, but I almost think, that coveriog with sand 
isust operate beneficially i in some apexes ecg this I 
you ers who 
up; th d Fi 
5 eat. 
*] 
‘aa if they a succeed, ror ec zp is not rea dy at th 
time with the first that wi and if the prota is 
anced for any bons crop ns! it "often is, they must be re- 
moved before that wn to fill up vacant 
shall re rea i ry most casi cm therefo ‘ore, the only — 
gained by filling up the blanks is their appearance during 
as nothing looks more unsightly 
than oe ate a ‘half crop on oid and wi va Dig ye 
t loss 
t 
h more expense to te et 
it a sufficient remuneration, and there is much 
aba, che and anxiety to the gardener.— William Falla, 
gia Git. 6. 
ear.—I was 
e Dunmore Pe dto see such a good 
ied of tn Diesels Pear ; 
rv: 
os I can confirm Mr. 
es 
Worth, and i 1 ‘or out of grafts of nine 
Mr. Knight, which I had the 
pleasure of : orth Lancashire in the spring 
of 1838, the Dunmore is the daly 0 me I have heard o 
which bas er e fruit, ee on it did last year, and 
very 
cial Oak. —A Mistelbinllants sigving D. P., at page 
ys, I should Have stated whethe the Oak Vreferred 
nly 
sie Pyatr, 
trust inform D. P. that I took notice of 
diffe: soon as the leaf was fully ex 
panded, so that after t the ‘Mideutiner, yi is 
spoken of by s tree nor 
D. P., had no effect upon any 
other tree here to my gen eg? Not hasiog seen the tree 
before this: season, it is Only by hearsay that r have 
seasons. —H. S. 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
RIC! a vied rig Fe 
. Get. an ge Chan te tie a the cate. Widnal, 
eae d an abstract of 5 preceding yrogtayam bs Sete 
the 
‘Weré ordered to be printed. Erne eh fentinges in ths report 
latter will, we think. , as they 
‘to the ae prevent ¥ tsin a 
ought to be no’ 
-... , BOTANICAL fesse OF EDINBURGH. 
ue de ee Greville, V. ae in the Chair. The 
were elected :—As non-resident Fellows— 
> Esq., 
Member—B.$. Haden, Esq., Univ. Co’ 
- followi nunicatio: — 
, ice of some rare plants, fly Cryptogamic, found on 
the sands of Barrie and elsewhere, in May and June 1341. 4 
Mr. W. Gardiner, jun., Dandee, Specimens of most of the Plan 
Fererred to were pratt to the Society.. Amongst these 
Didymodon inclinatus. Weissia_ nigrita, Didymodon er 
Bryum trichodes ee Le cain” ariegatum, Carex 
oo gma cornis, &c,, from the sands of 
wunia aphyli a Fie the Sidlaw Hills, Parmelia 
lata — Palioras Woods, near Dundee, Trientalis 
and eight varieties of Viola tatea. - wig 
ie whereas tion of sin frnit 
monly 
fe Nati¢e ae a constitu 
Vi 
The author ‘stated that 2 post wich ep & 
es remar reable fruit is ay A of pee: Petters and nee 
fs is pot employed the weg inieu 
os: oy s tri Ahern spec 
mess ico, aie to 2} inches long, and p Passaic ito <a when 
sis He ga to ne cel of a white hard matter, in ibecag ite 
rs else! of the 
examined by Dr walls of 
4 
a 
q 
£ 
» 
3 
S. 
id 
Hi 
matter was remarkable for 
marked. viscuous odoar, | 
: Bercelius, In the 
Middleton, Royal Standard, Bian 
Ratt of Banh. Bloomsbury, Marchioness 
| of 
he 
phates, and a i 9 portion of i In consequence of ac 
n_which he =. 
tioned 
a part of 
It was found to ena only 9 per cent. of m 
5 then burned, and a light brown ash was eae od in the pro- 
featicns of 2 per cent. of the ivo The ashes were analysed, and 
were found to have the Lemming. constitution : —_ 
Car! pp ates, oo eng and muriates of pot- 
soda, andlime . . - - O5 
Earthy i a Suat es . . ns . i 
0 
Silica . . Py 
Copper . 
From these experiments it appeared that there was noth ing in 
be chemical | constitution o of the vegetable i Atl hee could ac- 
t for its hardne: hich must be due only to a peculiar tex- 
peg in ae: woody re aid 
or tice of Rare Plants, chiens from the Ro: a Botanic 
Garden. By Profe: Graham. 1. Cirrhzea tristis—2. Gongora 
maculata—3. Gongora atropurp 4. Gongora actiiee rea, 
riety.—These four ei were all in very fine condition and in 
as exhibited to show the rela iatonahip fo 
the secon nd genus, pny! the three forms of the latter to pro e 
difficulty of drawing specific distinctions, ai re} ee 
t ago fro 
tgnic Gardens by Dr. Lush. This Soeeiel. is  aeocrined by Nbes 
von Esenbeck, from Dr. Wight’s Herbarium, but exists there i 
of th 
its leaves were less rug and its flowers of a much more - 
milion colour.—11 Se! ‘ostigma missionis—12. Sphzrostigma 
nutiflorum.—These two plants have no pretensions to beauty, 
being very in: ificant but well-marked species of a genus 
ee by aeineueh De Candolle’s first section of Ginothera. 
art i 
16. Be wa § psn at was raised at the Botanic Garden 
from seed imported is name from Bert The 
eedilin ry abundantly in hotb and very 
parvifoli: ‘“e therefore, ther Cit erving the 
name of B. Dregii, it must be different from that received from 
ai lin bore that name.—17. Echinocactus tenuispinus in fine 
ome gb maritimuas . Lath ic 
sg ga re exhibited to establish their identity,—a 
aight degre degree of po tS on the Low was the incti 
ium costatum.—This ned a Stinct new 
ipechey: tl raised fro: ed Sent _ the Botanical Garden in 1839 
from Cashmere, b: ~+in blossom, 
y Dr. Falcone: Milla biflor: 
from the garden 7 the Hosticaltneal Society. =. Helichrysum 
niveum, in fine flower, and the pod é specimen which, in the gar- 
den of the Horticultural Society, flowered last year, proving that 
it is perennial. 
ee: 4. Biotes on the Bot cimny of that section of Staffords: 
are 
t and Dove. 
eologi 
es a coloured diagram indicating the transition from flat _mea- 
dows to the upland on ‘which Needw Pte is situated, about 100 
a above the level of the sea. The catalogue Age very carefully 
mpiled, and the marks em) Se which are 
tiatoate ety. bs contained 263 ge inclu nine 473 spec 
Phenogam plants. 
Donations t ea ARG Library were presented from M. Auguste de 
St. Hilaire of Paris. _— ae Society of Natural History, Pro- 
fessor Vaucher of 
ROYAL pi rei RAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAN 
Ara meeting of the General Bristol Committee, held in CHa. 
bs Eee on Ele the 5th of October; present His Grace 
wémetesh joe cd the ote the mown stated that 
ayor 
ar oe Sole its Sethe ‘annual coun’ 
that city; and that he had rec! 
ohio oo on his = on that of the Corporation, the 
uld meet from the authorities of 
‘angements necessary upon the occasion. e Committee then 
fesltea that a depitaton ae ion cael go Bristol on Thursday, 
the lth of October, to wai nm the Mayor, and i seatact his 
al advice and recom: saath with refer 
arrangements to be made. 
On the 14th of October, th the Duke of Richmond and the er 
members of the Deputat ied to Bristol, an ed 
spon the lo ties most mart le for the purposes of the Society 
e Ci 
hens eligible accommodation of the sites one selected, 
gpg were afterwards sumptuously entertained by t 
Mayor. 
Market Drayton Horticultural and Floral Society.—The annual 
Dahlia exhibition was held at the Corbet Arms Hotel, o: nyhg 24th 
of September. We regretted to observe the # supply of Dahlias : 
be unusually small, owing, in some measure, to the ie abe of th 
eel Seats — * surrounding neighbourhood. ich had destroye 
collections. Amongst ia ghetd. cask & 
the corym M 
* Hundred of Condover Horticultural Society.—The ei: 
bo place on Sept. 29th, Z = Sc sho i. ‘Room, pig Ts show 
ere 
. Lawrence. 
lin rT 
-1, Pickwick Mr R es 4g 
tee 4, 5? S- 
G 
+. HE. hur: sy, Rev. Durnell, Mr. 
Serene, Mrs. ne a Mr. Green, Mr. Turnbull, and Mr. 
Ferneyhough. 15 Cottagers’ Prizes yor awarded. —Shrewsbury 
New 
= 
NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS iueaan ARE 
EITHER USEFUL OR O 
- 
of Norfolk Island. 
isd 
e 
28 
ian 
din the sale of such plants the beauty of spe 
cies was at first preatty cxbgeecited, and, tolieaquestty, when it 
did flower, so much gig greta was felt that its real merits 
were overlooked. - It worth 
over eable trellises in pots. It is easily cultivated, only 
requiring a rather strong rich soil and plenty 0! m to grow; it 
will then fi freely, b n ed for growing in pots, as 
e plant requires to become lar 
the 
it will flower freely. Li age Ba freely — eutti nthe 
ordinaty way, and flowers during the earlier parts of the year.— 
Bot, oo. 
Stig Ciliated Stigmaphyllon. (Store 
Climber) o This climbing plant tts eens: has lately flowered 
mberland at Sion. It has 
Pp 
pet witho' ut diffic ulty. It has pinn 
vt Boeie ae of oe Ati at with a chipelaniy long 
Dr. Royle found it in the Himalayas 
marginated Hemiai (Gre 
ouse Perennial.) — A nay ie Lee power res a 
raised by the Horticultural Soe from New Hol- 
ay. forms a small 
bright green bush, with rigid pnngent leaves, and nearly sessile 
flowers, bd corolla is ane a white, —_ a few pink 
upon it, greenhouse plant.— Bot. Reg. 
Se ekeds ee 
Earth-bread wk ese. — pre has 
n earth 
: 
a ne alot in 
may be mai ‘© months. 
our; have perished. 
other circumstances ; connected with this earth, it aj 
Flag na, at 2 mr go ree 
any 
pomg but to be sasibee: or in “which 
ts from other kinds of earth-flour. Iti 5 
lity, but that it acts by distending the digestive orgs 
Sithadt injuring them, and thus keeps off the feeling of 
hunger. 
© | it has not been found t 
Th alberton Admirable Peach.—This most . 
lent new variety of the Peach has lately been” re y 
r. Andrew , gardener to Richard Prime, ra 
of Walberton, near Arundel. The stone was from a : 
of the No a and the young tree has in most iad 
very much th@habit of re e parent in poise of foliage 
id 
it. It is fully equal in quality t that so oa 
variety, 2 it k f aioe niga a 
weeks: inter, — a — kind; the ad 
5 but i wing t o its pu ge of wood 10 
un 
P. media of Loiseleur he pronot: 
by Professor Henslow, near 
Bath, Phenomenon, and Sarto hal 
rin; 
‘colour, ni Pog a for Beauty of th 
nt classes we of Ronee, Ere 
| and which léoks like a rampant F. offici 
yuteh oe “Among the foreign. memoirs 
; any — ad & 
which lie upon Gar table, we 
Sean on Lhe dred in Mejen's voyager bY St 
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