Nov. 27.] 
Horticultural Soctety.—On N 
cwas an excellent — play of Chrysanthemums and 
Pp 
particu- 
les; also som and- 
u 
mums, dead-silve’ medal, Dr. soberly od best do., bright. Sheet 
medal, Mr. Wick! Best Sete ae dead-silver 
medal, Mr. W. Buried 3 bright-silver medal, Mr. 
2d ent do. 
kham. Best Nosegay, gilt-rimm: med bronze mele! Sir T. 
Baring. Best eapecten. of Plants, bright-silver 
ink GanunNERS’ CHRONICLE. 
ERIE I EE ay 
lampshi 11th the last méet- } dai 
er was held at the Corn Exchange, Winchester: at which there | } mp stove. 
fruit, 
783 
reiahicaibhs It shonld aa atheros ce of 
and should never be kept sodry at any season as plants with lar; 
pseudo bulbs. In pte saphetn it may have the same treatm: rat 
as other Orchidaceous plants.— Bot. Reg. 
water when growing, emerge. obtained for the first time os Crotolaria pur- 
pure: ver the seeds, as 
had ‘done earlier, with a sandy earth, efter the melti ing o| 
e snow. 
shoot. 
the sowing ‘of meek 
eae. frozen 
US: is, I believe, universal! ¥ applicable to 
Trees not yet iniroduced inio Great | if eS ee eee 
obabli a Fes 
pon Beee i 
Britain, but which would prove Hardy.—The ange tie: ‘esis te yin 
ergs oe Capt. King informs us, grows to a ve' n the physi rye siology of g ve rmination 
arge size : one tree, d ms = the aie as that n this treatment of the seeds of fonts presents, it is of 
this 
| thet 
yro' Por' t 
meter, at ts dedi feet rie the roots, and there | great Ee (ai si ee em 
sas into three large branches, each of tone ican chs 
rou gh.’ 
medal, Rev. G. nes nee 
C. Rasbleigh. As.—Chrysanthemums, bronze ina " ’—The size to which the Fa us antarctica attains | pny 
Deane, Esq. ; do "’o ier Ralfe. Collection of Greenhouse Plants, t. Ki . : | sede, especialy is the Leguminose, _ thick ielatinous 
do. Rev. the Warden. Frurrs.—Best black G pilt wanted att yin substance i is given off, which, if excluded from the atmo 
bronze medal, Mr. Knight; best white do Fleming, Esq. i 
at Vine apple, do. H. Holloway, Beq. ;, 2 best do, =, Esq. dimensions “ese the evergreen Beech ‘e Detutoides) | the embryo, but f'e exposed to fhe air 4 ~orar hal 
medal, J. Fleming, Esq. Best collection of Apples, gilt-rimmed ae me Professor Liebig of Gi hi ted ; 
bronze medal, Rev. F. Beadon ; 2d best do., bronze medal, Sir T. | can a be con nde a as timber. Such an ap eee onl ri - ey se eomaasnics stir Sea — 
g. Best varieties of table do., gilt-rimmed bronze. medal, | belongs to two oth ; BB. Cas y eee on mage subject, in a letter 
Col, Wall ; do., kitehen do. do. do. “Best collection of Pears, do., | “ e Winter’s | day “It appe pears to’me,” he says, “‘ that the 
H. Holloway, Esq- ; 2d best do., heats edal, Rev. F. Beadon : et —Fagu s Seay eas —It bh looser nature of the access 
best six varieties no ting, gilt-rimmed bronze medal, H at a species 0 Beech inhabit rat 
iiiwad, Esq. | vest Meiilare, bronze medal, Best red Cur. |} Mirbel, Lem pe Be > ed. V an Diewaa’ s Land. of oxygen gas—the exclusion, also, of the action se foreign 
hires) do., Mr. Stride 5 teat white Oe date *, zs, sae . Ext the then k nown species of the genus, adds jae Je ne cite le decompos which c bi way earth containing 
ranges, med bro: me awlins, Esq. Grapes, = | ‘dec osin v eta ¢ matte ai t - 
we ion Bat Raspberries, ae medal, W. J. Cam igus qui nat oe ‘i eas Brett, Bigs ES nya 
ion, Esq —Best Cele erys ‘onze medal, Rev. Mr. |-of Australia, vol. i. Pay’ 
Wei ial uta, We nclotay Es, "Sei ate. | ttle ol 10) cr Tere de Diem | the remarkale phenomenon” In Ses oo 
‘ottagers’ Prize s were awarded. 4 : rth, if it wis tha 
sion to it in King’s Australia, b Alla in 4 ; 
ham is where that dis tinguis' shed Heal r ghee ene Searle bike, and “Bis Seer es a0 
NOTI a S OF NEW: PLANTS qWwHicn ARE ’ = from the necessity of a free access of the air for the 
EIT USEFUL OR. ORNAME TAL. wat Pee ¥ Dick " pete? Tees that) cermination of . There is also here an 
ME bens CALOPHYLLA. ed Pee (Green. Se ove, Van Dieman’s Land ; and wh € | equally evident exclusion of all carbonic acid during 
house Shrub.)--It is a native ar Augusta, on the South- Panic diagnos ‘agus, native Birch; height 40 feet, | the fir iod of vegetation. Mr. Lucas, apothecar 
“west coast of New Holland, whence its seeds were sent to Capt. } diam € the base of the trunk 12—14 inches.” Ori- A Lb vaieloniat Peace By 7 
J. Mangles, R.N., by Mrs. Molloy, to whom we are indebted ying specimens attic by Mr. Cunningham at this enssrsinsie~ ols ears ae aie caditnar thaan 
for many acquisitions. Its branches are of a rich reddish brown. P Cc § 8: experienced su » vd ‘whout wrote wee 
The Lda which me rather more is long, are of | Plac 4 wwe ove) are ret bef thee In 18 ora nd 1833, | ago, on my first experiments” Oa Sowing in snow, re- 
€ same colo ‘he es are fr ‘our to six inches lon cimens e late wrenee, 
Grate lanccolate, fiat, ae, with, & rich vel wane eae! pa eed oh “a sp ta aan ™ Hae withont fower md ue mw ae 5 his couse Melieves that peg cg de- 
within which, at the distance of a quarter of a line, runs a faint } fpyjt pe pe a be 4 im ded . a he ? e fo axing circumstances : 1, The d being 
Setteta : yein when bruised, they have a, faint and | jo)“. frat ite Sata oF a ae rai 4 ~ a in snow, the. surrounding temperature cannot be 
er’ p) mell; very few transparent dots are visible; | \ tng a di ‘er th: freez 0 lo 
the veins are delicate lines, almost at right angles to the midrib, | mon and rebiarkitle Tndigenows Plants pe vi an Y Diadanh os ran : t : ai is ay fot tho ve i eo “ 
from three-fourths to one and a half lines asunder, and-‘running } Land, given in the Van Diem Land Almanack for eas errr ae ripen: ae? 
Somewhat parallel till they lose themselves in the intra- = nits fisted ia” H ai * the tf ying Pro wae 
Marginal vem; they are held together by fine reticulations ye eq in 110 Ker’ ompanion to t 2. 
The whole appearance of the foliage is that oF x Caloph: Tum. Botanical Magazine, vol. ii., p.65. “ Betula untarctica,’’ | 4s the resulting snow-water only moistens the surface of 
g y 
ve P: 
that intelfiget gentleman observes, Mat fs ba lian the. seeds without immersing them. in water, it is more 
a bea ful d with the se 
sb 
Bot, fg. 
CLERODENDRON SPLENDENS. Splendid (iscdkuies” (Stave 
Climber.)—Of the many beautiful aii imbing plants inhabiting the 
‘woods of Sierra 
n the 
where it had been sent by Mr, Whitfield. Seoine 
3 Don, i it grows on the mountains of the colony,— Bot. Reg. 
CI’DIUM NEBULOSUM, Cloudy On Sao Aer eprs * 
pede 
ele whence it has been sent to the 
Mr. eg —. 
E’rra BIFUNCTATA . Two- spotted Woolwort. (Stove Epiphyte.) 
—This plant was found by Mr. Gibson in the same locality - ad 
TS with it ee itsworth. oe x qrsiaees 
WH 
wered with Messrs. Loddiges, who im- 
Itis most nearly allied to C. filipes, but 
© lip.— Bat. Reg. 
“Dampier’s Double Cup. . (Greenhouse 
-J— This pag beg plant is one of the acquisitions from Swan 
pratire Upon its first arrival expectatio entertain 
beauty, in consequence of its flowers being 
pes ed in gonae.t pec ads.from which the long 
distance. Upon producing its blossoms, 
that however singular the structure, the to 
colour renders it unfit for cultivation nena 
as a Boi 
LAL 
t 
: 
tis 
dar rk green- -leave dt tree, growing | in rorue? eas’ aly taken up h it contains into me 
interior of the see If th 
too moist, t 
I My rtle fo’ ul ti 
20 miles Teg in Emu Bay. ‘Tt is found on the side’ ot | em 6 fluid d 
ount Wellington, but Me el yet been successfully in 
troduced into gardens. This tre 
of Betula; 
f the ¢ 
ae is 
i iia eh on account o 
fi £ the moisture. 3. The 
omos ip a water wae rich in oxygen,, which is thus 
svophes. bad the seed. + The snow, on account of its 
ta! earlier st ages, ap- 
the English botanists. ee 1837 an nd 1838, I had the 
correspondent Mr. Gunn, and from Dr. Milli ligan From | Jt may be wal that in order to secure ei activity of the 
these gentlemen we learn that it is a hee forming i in the | vital principle of the sends even in Ain plants, a tem- 
fonts arts of Van Di dense forests, where | perature of. at least..12° 9° F.) is necessary, 
he of £0 um- for if such seeds were the in ee cold, wathin ng would 
| be pass ae and Bnams intl ould run into.a-state of fer- 
mentation, a aaaes hich jis, iy ex; ai ned, as the 
ouble its volume... Fae _ 
The | results will 1 Sa in a, subsequent pa 
ce, and trees ate seen | Lucas in ty pn in sh 
of 30 Me aner’s Dien ings took place last 
ies s of Messrs, Christie and Manson. 
1. purchasers .was his. Majesty, the 
many val aluable; dots aape- 
le grows the ‘6 
es that it is called Roble, and Pelln-timber by 
feet. Poe) eon says, “itis a tree” A) feet 
hiek, that it is ee, Rauli by the Cleese. ae i at its 
white and v ery h d wood is Ture ch valued for ship- -build- tion among the Aga uyers,.and the desire of. so many to pro- 
ing. P P eure some relic of this Jam ented artist o ame some of 
: : t bay 7 
There wa Pag eal of comp og 
he fi ft t ie fateh 
P we sanld.. 
1 ER fi ny, 
ba - pe Pa were — cked rat at ue 10s. Forty 
drawings of Indian orshidaceous i 
ginals, made» by Dr. Buchan Haw 
nineteen guineas; and several other 
i idera’ eee The Highest price 
uinea: c 
ord Mee to carbonize pty outside tre 
that the wood within may become harder. These Pellins 
re fr: 
agility. ”’— 
y Pidssl, of. Vie 
GARDEN BEM O Rd BDA 
val Society’s Garden —The snow 
fons most ofthe Australian wants sin 
© made extremely luxuriant growths, they 
39 i t 
Horticultw 
in an a g state, 
the cent; ahs hav 
ot the aspect 
cae be _— 
u 
ceed in the warmer parts of 
however, and the West of Tesla it Ney find itself at 
r» Valentine, or 
‘home, and 
will proc ure the seeds, eee A 
potty in "gaa of Ward’s erg fas is the enly way in fepatce thee penanpia aie 
which such plan ts 2 as Beeches are likely to reach England | have reached to to the top of acous 
givea better 
et ee esoeata’ — 
phage ‘e of one \Sateadl ofersane contrast to the el elegantly and 
the ane ¢ eo a). a 
Upon the eSang of Seeds in Snow.—For the last five | tt pine jai As rd eS wun acoatl ae 
years I have purs with t success, at the Hague | branches and long strap-s' ch peices d Bocsieva limifélia 3 is 
arene ae tat Evfort t, a lanting ue snow various | a pretty hig ed shrub with small branc' apenehcs and leaves. Choro- 
2 jam has formed quite a dense banger ibis is SOs up- 
wards feet fine specim ie 
he is he gardens of the north of Germany the method caniabasane ect igh ie diverter crowded: Micsdrioal pike 
sa are about nine inches long, of a 
2 
af 
BS 
ep 
ae 
a 
i 
pee 
: 
ig 
i 
g 
he beginning of the year the idea oceurred to- 
that ais) ple might be extended to eg seeds hose 
germin: is dificult ; "pecordin ely Iso a parcel of long fia 
d e graceful Coli 
ttened 
eonema ten tenuiféli i 
. star-like flowers, which form a valuable adjunct 
OseeR, — some Eric: But the finest ewe ant in shee bed i eee 
gg Ptie, aif 
and seeds out fot various ot! 
€a 
i isite fragance. 
‘By 
d possess an exqu The specimen, 
ed in bas tise bard's and a it enjoys its situation, the laage 
leaves, and thi 
ae us bunches of Riemann 
7 
ee Os: oe - Iwas 
days some of 
bray camelay Pat, contrary to my 
