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111852. 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONI 
CLE. 167 
reamed bred Dar of —— ptinoides from 
stumps.— Mr. Curtis communi ted a plan for 
Reb ebiews. 
The British Species of — Lichens, elucidated 
wy 2 2 By the Rev. W. A. Leighton, B. 
hto 
London: Printed — the Ray Society, 1851. ’ Svo., 
pp- 101, tab. lith. xx 
Too littl 
one has bene paid, especially in this 
reproductive o <a of Lichens to which 
country, to the 
the attention of physiolo ogists has lately been called by 
the observations of Itzi zigsohn — others. The work 
but 
thongh extremely usef , as far as it goes, the execution 
is very far ar from Banoa to the conception. The figures 
— well given, — sections are by no means so n eatly or 
well made as the present 128 of science 
8 The — does not to eq 
with observations i s in the same 
irection, and amongst 0 e does no 0 
always refer to the piace x aus the best information i 
be ined ; as for ce under Sp —— 
The Orchids were neatly arranged and in good health; but 
with the exception of the Wallich Phaius, a Dendro 
as just heginning to 
and. the Hac. e, Mirbelia. f floribunda 
was 
was white-flowered Gnidia 
pinot, Small plants of the charming Hovea pungens 
ee y gay,as were some of the smaller 
yrity „which suitable for pot culture. Th 
n oyan es ould perhaps be the greatest 
st pe 
Dielen spec tabilis, ornamented with fine racemes 
clothed with pink flowers for at least a foot in le 
ople, were two noble specimens of | w 
\ may be added a slight sprinkling of leat-mouid: the 
2 soil may be sage ~ throughout the season, except 
. the plants t shift — 
when a little more es er sand should be used. In 
e plants should be removed from ; 
placed an open bo any i 
situation ; but first prepare it by spreading a thin 
layer of ashes, which will prevent worms from 
entering t „ If at this plants require 
potting, a shift should be given them, but care must 
be taken not to over-pot d that many 
varieties thrive better if lly shifted into their 
blooming pots, say first from 3-inch into a 6-inch 
pot, and so on in proportion ep 
stems nicely hiinas some neat sticks. The ipa 
ne of these plants, well ae d with fine foliage and insecis that k t are the green flies; and 
blossoms,measu te g feet in height, and as much | these are aie removed by sprinkling with a little 
in di . The 15 e Camellia-house, water. If the weather and situation prove 
though now past its best, is still well kept up. Notwith- excessively hot in the summer, the plants be 
standing the cold s we ha enced, even the oved with advantage to a: hondar that is 0 e 
delicate petals of the flowers here preserve their beauty | shaded from the mid-day sun, above 
unimpaired. Ipomœa Horsfallie was developing its treatment is followed, by the . the plants 
+ an: AB i of the stoves i ich have thrown up from three ight stems 
otis floribunda has just been cleaned and and be laden with a profusion of buds, which, if 
re: trained. In a collection of variegated pl in the plants are re nhouse as 
this house, was Maranta (?) e in bloom, and a the weather is beginning, ¢ to 0 get damp and cold, will ex- 
really 1 handsome thing it is, Le confirming our account | pand, afford e of blossom 
of it a Messrs. e: have also a a the winter. heso geg ns taa not only valuable for 
The leaves are broader, 
even | their display in 
e gree — rh but are, I may say, 
unequalled as a ee flower for the bouquet a 
a r 
and quite as hi hly coloured, hich cut flowers are a 
romises another series of these observations, we think q gny nnn 
it dio superfluous to throw out the above hints, espe- Fean following “ating varie 2 . ae of the- 
eially g attention to the necessity, in dissections, of most 
giving some ng li — Y> — FL ORI CULTURE. white flake ; Belle Zora, salmon pink, bene and 
e frond, which is of nearly as much importa 
LTURE OF THE TREE CARNATION.— This lavender. mottled i wate Ineo ngs dee 
ec e though much h moro Aa ait is commonly called the laten iroi arn triped with be ; La Sermi, mp i a 
1 kodan ona E — tte — tion, fro e desirable characteristic it possesses of with rose; La Vestale, scarlet self; * Le Zephir Meet 
which appears privan geralty nepte p 8 ?| blooming throughout that seas The e of Tree Madonna, a stri — and mottled > 
are of great importance in the Lichens N disc y be as. tp some of y eaders, as | Proserpine, lar e crimson ; The — whi 
the Ss p — surfaco 3 9 a the plant, itself is not of recent e An although | mottled with rose on the edge; Union, crimson, mo 
— — i 2 = ies very few varieties seem o riginally to have been known, | with white. William Bull, Wellington: 
x e en. geri as of the Ruit es and those have now been e ely superseded by sorts MR. Norman’ CARNATIONS AND: Picorges which, 
T has bosn Pint a b = aas ee se ly i ; for it is our continental neigh- sold the other Mr. . ed 28l. f 
—— ab fi = = of cee ~ nee of ours Who have been so successful in raising them, | 180 pairs, being more than 3s. per pair ; several lots of 
the y BS * gener a the addi. | 2 d whom w eipally ene for these | Mrs. Norman and s milar searce kinds eae 68, 78. 
tional ; 3 N for = only varieties | and 83. per pair. LE 
— expen ve been great, and ba rsified in ube Ang their growth 
g r * — -e eer 3 which eee at hab bit aie "he together “impro ved. In addition | AvrrcuLas anp Foptasrnvssa: Stronger. Bon MEFUN A 
e son m wherice ‘the spesinesia, (ganenilly to their bright and varied e a ey are deliciously r 9 
authentic), were derived are ormly indicated, 
botanist ma A to the figures w 
are quoted. cee remarks, we would observe. 
ane thade in: 8 > 
— the * 
Garden Memoranda. 
Messrs. Henperson’s NURSERY, PINE-APPLE-PLACE.— 
2 resent ere hard frosts 
-easterly prevail, when are closely 
matted as a ah at when ns out of doors 
that is is protected—it is quite refreshi 
n to 
are person wi 
very limited means might have in bloom about 
this, time of year 
li 
4 
just 
Of H 
Ging * ene re eeri 7 
ering. 1 
Amicus a 3 blue. 
Tourn — 
among for early 
is a good Farsi light blue, and 
Among Tulips, the Double 
k red Rex 
P 
and cold 
t | of so are in we 
— the sian — maintain 
t 
— eit ither 
is must be struck in a little heat, 
f t, a desideratum ö t be too highly 
* Pag 2 of the virsti jve equal in m 
Cc Per 
mmon Clove. rsons desirous 
en fume to the 
i cultivating this “tribe of Carnations N a procure 
nice youn frame 
at 
ected “45 
are then en ten off they will 
are should be taken 
S 
~- 
Jul appearance. 
ree Carnations will supply an abu ndance of bir ia 
the 
. 
ive . Whe in town visi the 
referred to, and you will see the leading varieties in flower, 
— you 3 select for yourself; a  telection thes as A 
must afford more gratification than en left an 
3 ; tastes like doctors differ. 
CATALOGUE received from Mr, John Salter, Versailles Nursery, 
Hammersmi! 3 
“dent from F 9 pas: An * 22 and evi- 
a 
nting in many 1 43 They came 
ha excellent gaidi. J. E. 
. Lizzy is th J acme of form a 
ount of its colour sit will never be more than & 
ower ; ae of 5 origin: 
as noticed at the ail tmeaos a 22 
e . You pre pia by al 
buds, the > tp 3 be stre 
dressing will no 
C. Sorts. advertised 
y now be had in the shape of 
3 pmm 1 btained early anc 
yi a-is suc D a p „= ata 0 r y 
iy — 
weil Ww cost; moreover it is 
probsble | ete er g r. ie two could have been 1 2 
the original Lock to our report at page „1851, 
where all that. wee rewarded by the Auen are 
P 1 
inks: T. The on as soon as t 7 2 
has left the g 
e top-d ressing may be got the 
round; it mins of be imprudent to use it wh 
fortunately, we 
as most 0 
the surface soil of Joor beds is frozen ; 
ibuted 
thr VN 
„of laterals, which can be taken any se with- 
aths, | out injury a the parent plant ; indeed, ane a ey of 
j — trength 
<td in autumn has rather 
owerin, Ms sh . insure an 
te in — or at tthis 
but the cutting ped 
this is done, 
iti 
not necessary; no glass be used, they will want 
occasionally ooking over, and an Grass earefully 
removed that likely to create damp. ter 
! are el ooted they should be potted singly 
into, say, 4-inch pots, and kept in a rather close and 
moist osphere until fully established, when they 
should be gradually. ened off in a cool frame. A 
reatl n of To 
ours thiekly dist 
weather. W 
growing. J. Thomas H. IN. * ot ve. a list now, 
as no good would a Som —.— pi 
Refer to our meg S of last 
‘SEEDLINGS : G G. think seedlings are admitted 
in the general c 
——— Sundin 
e may reasonably con- 
ich etre: poe ome their balls, as the 
ore 
a haves lated and — in aie same cir- 
a de — 5 
injudicious, the practice of 
pretty ; bat: 
highly attractive, ` 
at this season. 
