Dec. 4.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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gardener could by means of it increase or eae the 
passage of air wit aa probs his house. These arrange- 
ments for saving the night-wo t pote wil 
3 
perature, either of the heatiog — r of the air of the 
house, e, to ‘o regulate the fire wit thou ti 
one. d be the greate: est 
boon, not only t but especialy “s the 
oor lad. bra bach afer the en, and would the 
lives of not a few, who winter lay 
the foundati of p I fi hich th 
never recover. your ingenious corresponden ts 
Mr. Ainger or Mr. ‘neg ay devise something that 
would answer the purpose ?>— 
ROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
ROYA GRICULTURAL SOCIETY y 
Nov. 24th.—A meeting of the District Committee was held; 
- His Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G., in the Chair, Letters 
having been received from R. W. Bake 
country shall be recomm r of 
ing saccessively on a town in each for the holding of the 
nual country meeting, sh e fesof amely—1. The Middle- 
E the baa of Wisk, $6 and 
the Channel islands of Jersey, Guxencey, . The Midland 
District : Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gioucestershire, 
h), Northampton: onshire, Bedfordshire, 
The Western District: 
shire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, and ee th) No: 
. The Yorkshire District: Yorkshire and Lan 
A Man. 8. The Nort hern Distric’ ts Westmoreland, Cumber- 
rthimberland, mn. 
se districts; and that not only prizes should be offered in 
ene) for the best managed farms, but that premiums brs be 
3 El oO reward the skill and good conduct of agricultural 
NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS WHICH ARE 
EITHER bebe wear nee aiken MENTAL. 
 Cratocainem Fi‘Lt talked Curvelip. (Stove 
Epiphyte.)\—A native of a Fi So sphence it was mally 
sent by Mr. Suge ot r oe ot e i 
man and others, and whe a 
e Horticultural Socie ty fro 
its labellum n owed to the b; tick here it forms an ponte 
hot an obtuse, angle with the column. It has a very slender 
stem, above two feet aie. perfectly simple, on the extreme point 
of which are four or five flowers about the size of those of C. macu- 
ary to kee 
" Yo rk, m rss 
| rican per sig bl wn is rarely seen in bloom, I have had 
ever: hi 
al 
of the sacri they are nearly pure white, with d 
calyxes.—Bot. Mag. 
He’imMra SALICIPOLI grandifior: Pood > flowered 
ia. (Greenhouse "Shrub. bai: is now about tw 
Ty introd 
country from the Royal Botanic Gatden. ot Berlin, sat wd the 
nam: platelet i i It had light green shining 
Lytl 
So as to rey a fine mate three to rh “he ‘road and 
ry branch was terminated with 
@ raceme of its not fnclegant flowers, and the of the 
most vigorous gro hese Be ts, from t helt rapid 
— afford a pase supply of young shoots, which 
leaves, and gay yellow flowers resembling those of a Lythrum 
xcept in colour Te had been raised at Berlin from ilian very desira ble for bouquets, from the myo i 
as had been described by M. Kunth in Humboldt’s work on South Mr, Hobie Sete nes: ofS 
American plants, under the denominatio OF 5 hase salicifélia, Pant we were struck from cuttings two Fears. & d afer 
and its name was chang Further ingul ies led Messrs. Link | ™®! vigorous growth the first season, g which 
and Otto to the opinion that, properly speaking, the plant was e th ey we i open ground, and trained to 
not a Nesza, and they proposed to call it He n compliment | a single shoot, they were taken up and laid in the cellar, 
to Dr. Heim, a physician of Berlin. This Heimia salicifolia amy just . th b ittl r’ te 
makes its appearance at the present day, notwithstanding that J vering the roots with a little » in the same 
the e beauty of its flowers, if the plant were weil cultivated, would | manner as was lately done with the Morus multicaulis: in 
he nccerares “addition to our eae uses ; ;_ bat _— the spring they we in planted out, the main branch 
poner: , it is not worth the growin; The present variety of i 
much larger flowers than the original species, and 2g scan, 8 ag rf own to about three feet {est ant the 
habit. It was received at Syon in 1939 from Captain Herbert, w finely, yy and att the end | of last autumn 
poe mon it b= ieee. of Buenos Ayres, it flowered in poo 
une last e differences that appear to exist between it an e previ ious winter, and this spring removed to the 
the above- tioned pl: msist n ely in the size of the : 
flowers, but in the branches having a ping habit, and being Ee yt ae agree Bene Prague une have become 
loaded ttre p to their summit ; while in the ul objects, e than would be 
other ti so en ~ —_ ae the erect | given to t the t most t ord i geese aks Planted out 
branches arie enhouse r, with standar oses, 
plant That hover’ formerly taesaemes. is " "3 aif ardy s 
which bear our ordinary winters with the mere protectio: 
h s. It flowers in such situations from June to Sep- e they possess for the citron-scented odour of ‘their 
—_— r, and is easily increased by cuttings < the half-ripe wood. fo ipa ovey's Mag. of Horticulture 
n this, however, as in many mo ore instances, the cultivator should 
consider, not:-what a plant will endure, but what it will flo urish ‘Oo New striped et Me Ww of the Horse Chesinut.— 
with ; and in that case he will ie the erent in the soc rif Oe ete d espondent enrick, Newt on, has sent 
Camellias, ar and ny ese Az meas and the e hardy kin eedling h grew fi 
Holland its. — Bo Py his 
Feanciscns aTiétts. - Brosdcleaved Pranci iscea.— (St ce seta ite, ss wi oe be half'g pt ss 
Arub.)—This species inhabits Tijuca, near Rio Janeiro, BA ia 2 "i és rf Es » OLETS 
living pldnts were introduced to the Botai at Schen- iated i Pa a while a ed are Ww ne ewe. 
bres Seeds of it Ac gathered in Fao Brazi Mr, it f it co cutee wi ts sportive character, it bea 
eedie, and were rais Mr. Moore, a e Glasnevin Botan cularl 
Garden, near Dublin. ‘Nott ‘ing can exceed the brilliant wickets ey ry dition. oe “tea rh SoA He a the 
purple of the blossoms. It is cultivated in the hothouse, but it | st o variegate’ caved ones, Of W: ut a bE ioe 
would probably succeed equally well in the greenhouse. r Zovey's Mag. 
oore says bis “large plant is _ mage riemere g and show: ve Horticulture. 
abundance flowers, havin m two to four together, ay 
ay he does not despair of seeing fro to 40 blossoms on it es ’s North American % tea. A ba edition of 
time. He has kept it kegs and rather dry, in an airy green. 
hotse during the summer, finding it nearly deciduons, and re- Us ited fate It will appear in four volumes; the three 
quiring a little rest. Shortly he will remove it intoa — stove, 
where, without doubt, it will flower freely.—Bot. Mag. 
ee 
Si 
Upon the Plait a Camellia japonica, var. Har 
pr greta tn peculiar shy tooming Leone of ‘his Si 
kno 
& 
= 
pine years since, and is quite common in ‘all he 
or 5 
ing its sprin 
a 
ot t made un ntil ea early i in 
The fourth volume, 
ny ¢t 
first the same as the old edition. 
of the Eecits, cand tthe = 
seit down to the shore 
confines of California, as well as in various 
bing States. ‘To be illustrated’by forty finely laleuet 
Edited by Thomas Nuttall, Esq., F.L.S. The 
ey volume was ef be ready in July, and the succeeding 
volumes at shor Ad hig so that the whole will be com- 
pleted t the present yea 
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RDEN MEMORANDA. 
GA 
Bicton, the seat of ja Rolle, near Sidmouth, Devon,—This is 
a most delightfal place ; 9 expense has been here spared to make 
made about half its length; the inarchings 4 were ais at 
that part - hog stem eggs the branches divide, and as 
the inal mewhat ion 
wi en of udge, t! 
my sstnishment, eh 7 came to ines the — tlee a 
weeks full 
wish, so 
only ose ti fe offer for this 
plants, in that stage of their- growth when they were in- 
ked sap 
d ‘The 
a Ane the biding of the 
it equal to ost an: England, except one. The range of 
houses fronting the p Heya, the fountains, ornamental 
waters, slopes, terrace- walks, at Paging grounds, present a 
— mdid a ce from the ic road, which passes in an 
dein oh ok-ae-oiteon at, to hole, The range of 
egg ni te two ‘aces and N ; at the two 
ities, a an Orchidaceous and two 
greenhouses, with Fey cecaiatal building, forms the 
cacreat this os In the Peach-house the trees 
are very healt! from top to bettem; they 
ao em “the yuma _ - the back wall 
Pinery is filled with fine stocky Asay ie ig fruiting di 
ietiee park of sammer and autumn, the Kinds being prin ¥ 
Queens, with a few of the best sorts of black. We saw or a 
i rage dibs. 
upo! 
ayes Itis not Bret in is species insuch a hot place ; 
e of the it Indian Saottnore heres a temperat rece mond rched, chec the flow of the s tiga d bein ng v1) and altogether the Pines here are the pert beh have ever seen. 
‘Henny higher than & greenhouse is nevertheless ee | rapid growe ” and consequently induced the formation of "Fhe soll m which they are rowing 1 # used 5 a uite red 
Like others delights in a brown turfy-peat, and may either be | flower-buds. So far as 1 h ad any information, ordi- ge ot similar =p our Fe bricks but soft and pliable. ‘This ' 
fans ¢ welraine re ree ald pease ge | sheng tir : asters of | nary treatment has not been attended with a ae Success ; | kind of soil seems common in South Devon, for we noticed thet 
Bol. Reg. ey . pica i ROE Fad ——— I may be in error as to the ca of the the w water by the Scuiteiie ; ines tinged wit! ub red coloar after hard 
Gusweea prsc ‘arnishe: ¢ Herbaceous — my plants, still I think the inf The greenhouses, with an ornamen ing forming 
an.) —A sheciiten of tise plant belonging ig to ar Young. id the corre bot x . It he pas of the most beantifal kinds. osc etiog a beautiful sorts . cocheaeaien pede 
font ae ee The flower is small, but as full ae the double white.—Dr. ne season, forming one 
the Ho Horticultural Society, in Ma sec ivanion "atemed many pretty € plan " 
to come from Brazil, and formed a handsome leas plant — = — s me 2 a ns tay pane a entire jones oe Se ee ee hich pe Ble ew 
about two feet high. The leaves were very large, and hard, with et San roan e learn urnis uring winter were arranged outsii aed 
prodean Lah et te base overlapping esch other; they were seth Paper ‘that a pie inedat has been presente ergy Ay ep creas leg eto “aed gute —_ 
eath. ‘The flowers were almost two inches lone, cylindrical, | Mr. James Killock, by the Horticultural Society of the | newest and good kinds certainly, and they seemed to be growing 
vith a flat limb, persed ina large leafless panicle, | Upper “War d of Annandale, as a test ial of the greatest Inxuriance ; among them we observed partien- 
branches were of a dee le colour and perfectly desti- | and of vices he has rendered the Society. larly handsome plants, such as Gon pparpares; sending 
tute of hairiness. they ond the flowers shining as if ~ Gabe: S is i iar yariet forth many spikes of blooms; ; Oneidium Deville, 
they had been vai é Heissourt r eRe carthaginense, Inridum, flexucsum, cochleatum, Lanceanam, an 
Pecuce Ameri: som Pern as already i Fi te Gee When- eS hh, which origina’ in the ~ We ha many others, too age to mention ; biomes h # ~ 
caecene stems and ‘leaves lie down in autumn, the plant should b fore us a letter oshua Longs ; Esq., of Phi- pba Seoniomay ome etisharngne” a prey oe edna aa 
tee — a dry and warm situation, where it will oo = sea ladelphia, addressed to S. Downer, Esq., of Boston, which | Soto 2 valuable biect sehr not coe weak elastin, Wukts. fox Hit 
plant grins ki d i gene ae oe eraaies wan ac ‘s accompanie: donati fa fe cus; SOM: ich | scent and beauty. There be Loree rgd Pitcher- = = 
Pest, although it is possible to keep them dry there. As soon as | were kindly given to us by Mr. sae: , Who also reigns — ta gown Sordi m tower house an_ 
= 94 Ws signs of growth, it should then be taken back into the | ys Mr. Longstreth’s letter: the following is Honde ws 
Meerally bee yl a ipergreeriy ae eee rom t pa Se yoig that you take a alively Be tet « Pap = es Gone Aa me “the other. er’ gy 
loamy soil, ren free b: 4 ture of peat, leaf. on and a ich is exactly the same. in construction rst, the _ es 
little well-rotted dung, and it is easily propagated b i ha as good, but later for a su € 
el ig, and it is easily propagated by — bape here with a spe 
_ Bet. Reg. e Vegetable Marton, ‘sad hich ca you do not from this through the centre pony tal 
Dvexta aurr’ssrua. Tallest Dyckia. ho } ies 2 sheds, ater beautiful range 
trout Plant.\—A native of Buenos Ayres, whence it was sent to | #!Feady possess it) will be foun ot pass the sheds 
’ the Glasgow - r vegetable depar the seed of t first range, and are used for storing so’ 
garden Mr. Tweedie. It bet a flow stem | you! aie P' 2 ~! 
fully six feet high, and Slender ; but the leaves are barely a foot | vari ut a year ag ait a friend in the far west on | eur yoga apr poo eon, 
poy li ers Fesemble ecg o iy grenhowe plan, and _ + Mis cage Te aaetea it su ot ; last | ane San weg a in 
ig agen rsp es ate summer, and am m with it, rich, sweet, | Camellia house, upwards of 130 feet Migr, "tnd new span-roofed 
841.—Bot. Reg. —— and- nutritious, smal the very Predictor pro perty of | houses, one for New Helland plants, the other for Heaths ; and = 
- gpetgTOsta’rurios NY'rrDA. satay Bonen wei cle aa being fit for the table hay a Pa month of April, say for site is, isa petting he , c ins handle 
extremely beautiful 5! ‘was raised by J. pro; 
Pere tana is at ie eee eg Tel pepe Seb from seeds ed it dry warm situat éariag winter, the quality, in By the Orangery, andr Fonning Re i Loe 
flowered in May 1841. -A more desirable fias not beenintro- urpassi all others, of ash kind. setting 
Maced for a long time t6 ¢ ind we have great hopes opson fr Pe the whole constructed 
Guat if tony setive hardy.” Certainly 1 t protection of | on fing Aer gem much as them to keep the su 
frame will defend it fi or eayeceat graceful shru ng p here also; it is about the same length as the 
_YIRY Clabroas erece branches clothed ‘shin ow hs sopmeunch of Oe Bat plants of Al loysia citriodora, | heated by ini whie! 
. green Rn leaves are alternate on short —— pale | of which there were ten or twelve a _— each five to | ttosely up a 
‘equally serrated, ana the senate 5 the we ieaous onbocn vides. | HXfect high, These were only two years old. from the Petak teens 
The Gowers are borne in comipouid racemes at the termination | cutting, and were pruned and pes 5 standards, having for keeping half-hardy 
