. 2 Pearmain-shaped, with a rich 
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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
183 
Boronia trig triphylla , "o pink starry flowers, the 
8 yela tubiflora, Lycaste 
Slipper 3 
, and cut flower s * of Amherstia nobilis. 
It was,. mentioned that at Ealing-park the erstia 
is now as large ood pw Apple tree; that it 
i er eve e Christmas ; that nearly 170 
spikes of lovely inflorescence have been cut from it 
and that about yet remain on the tre 
A Certifi of it was awarded for the Cyp ze 
for the stove and gre 
d 
house plants.—An example of the Sikkim 333 
was shown at the 
essrs. Standish and . e was 125 
by Sir Joseph 1 Paxton, fi fom Cha 
the ett Toila 
; ether hie peca constitutional or merely 
— of — ces, could no ssf in the present in- 
stance, be clearly dete rmine k 
gr. to her pe 9 at Frogmore, 2 a pretty Epacris, 
& P 
weighing 7 Ibs. 2 oz. A 1 — Medal was a eres 
the 
latter.—From 
as | roofed house 
eee, and gree a 
— 1 
Messrs. F s NURSERY —Since w 
last visited this n an addition “ea been 23 
to the glass houses, in pe shape of s 3 -quarter span- 
100 feet long. It is divided into stove, 
nho The stove 
is 
med by hot-water i in 4- inch pipes, three of which heat 
enne Pine Apple, en 
As regards the bed just mentioned, it is formed above 
a hollow chamber in which the pipes are e. e ee 
being left along a ar wall for the escape of hea 
rom the e ma forge o the house. . pi pes are far. 
nished with zinc saddles, which are filled with water 
n by means of small leaden tubes Boned cacti ee ugh 
the plunging bed. his 
botto eat is 3 which Ne 5 th e 
ings. Indeed, so qui . is this 
a short narrow bed, jus within 
the front wall of this division, sufficient beating plants 
stock large 
illery, 
Portland, at Welbeck, came ripe fruitso 
Eriobotrya Hee ee — which a * of . 
re th e 
were stated to have been — ä for 
hese last six weeks, and a considerable quantity is sai 
e much esteeme: od at 
for 
] 
( 
was uce 
— an — — 5 Wolbeck, and from 
t 
in on the tree. They ar 
T 
dened off and removed to cooler quarters 
the centre of the house is filled with tan, ‘and form 
excellent place to start and grow many kinds of plants 
i ia Fortuni was growing 
hich it ete 3 
Allamandas of several sorts, which had b runed 
alea Sont from Chi 
Nilag 
W k for desse 
pretty pink Azal 
Rhododendron 
ina by M 
o ga as being first rate, 
ripening in J rly and Millfield , Apple, apart a new 
„ which was sta have bee 
Society from Monee Young, of ä it is 8 —— 
s in perfection in 8 — Januar, 
Books, Kr., Weeviver, 
ae Book of the Garden. By C. McIntosh. 8vo. Black- 
We learn f 
e and origina al views. 
ement. 
; ude aaret for the forniation 
and arrangement o akee esigns for 
the erection * conse: 2 rg 
principles of heating — ventilation; th out 
of flower pr ns, geometrical, il, picturesque, -= gar- 
denesque. This division is to 
of 1000 engravings on 
275 
will form, 5 
two large ae in oral octavo. It would Be ps prema- 
ture to criticise — a re in its inf: e shall 
only if the continuation ie equa 
to the commen — Mr, Melntosh's work will be a 
valuable epitome of modern gardening knowledge. We 
CS ee Skimmia japon ONS. 318, k 163, we 
FLORICULT E. referred to this lant, as > 22 me, the Limonia Lau- 
Pauperiom and Poor-laws. By R. Pashley, Q.C. 8 8 un reola of ie the materia 5 t our di not ena- 
amns pp. 428. — Just now we can only notice Tun Perarconium.—We e been favoured with bling us to point out any Gerade. e have sinee 
the appearance of this most able work, to which we a copy of M ag 1. 8 pamphlet on the cul- | been supplied with further information by Messrs. 
shall return hereafter. There is not a country gentle- tivation of this t proves, as we expecte Standish and ce ho going ve pe the Skimmia 
we political economist, who Fag not to make him- world, one of the best guides which can possibly be japonica in abun and w w satisfied that 
— with the * which Mr. | put into the hands of a beginner. To general directions, | the two plants are distinct. The following, letter from 
Pashley’s unri acquain law i in a concise, straightforward, and practical Mr. Standish includes the main nee: 
enabled him to lay before the publie with a master’s ner, it adds a calendar of o suited for every | “ At your request, I have much pleasure in sending oF 
* month in the year. Such treati sq or three seeds of 8 ia japonica. They have been 
By orgs Tudustry, its Importance and P — Cc. to teach, cannot fail to effect much godd ; and that Mr. | ga and put in more than a month—therefore 
F. Deman. 8vo. Ridgway. pp. 178.— is capable of giving i e are almost spoiled for your p When perfect, 
treatise on a subject of very great present e The who has had the good fortune to see his at our they contain two seeds, but never more. 3 
author is ; if be tells his e | great 8 exhibitions will for a moment doubt. | quantity that we have ieces for sowing, about 
without he does so freely and unre- | He has long been a very suce l exhibitor, and there- | one third con two aly one. The 
Servedly. It is a useful addition to the treatises on Flax | fore oa visht to = the n well, either e 
a a g for stage, cannot do better than 
0. —— 38. Tales of Mystery, 2 follow | his directions. The follo 8 5 h relating 
Humour. By E. A. Poe. 12m the treatment of specimen plants for — g give 
Visti Another series of railway sitions is, —— — idea way ich the different subjects 
Commenced with arate — — tartli * ries, tr * p Ss plants that are intended to flower i in July 
many wi 
Humboldt 3 . — Vol. pHi Part 5 Col. e. Keep the 2 — rather close for a few days ; * will 
í à urray.— Wi hel thee to push forth t e When eyes 
Volume of Humboldt's inp t work, the Uranologi fy air . by e ee 
Of the great author's plan leted ; to be early in the morning, and shutting up in the 
ed, we presume, by the geological division ‘of the | afternoon—say 3 or 4 o’clock, i circum- 
ces ; fully avoiding all inds. Draw 
ee its Schemes, its Siin, Le = the syringe o e plants once week after 
ee 8 
Fortune; h 
angie Although it ‘will succeed in 
Sas usually affords. n 
at of 
wards | nursery is 
this 
coccinea y 
which looked like so gw shinin, 
coloured berri fi 
, and re-trained, were just beginning to 
pn. e charming Ho oya bella and H. 
e both in excellent e as were a 
smelling Pepi at floribun 
jasmin The latter 
lata 
180 a op ae 
vas beautifully in blossom, 
enjoy a e more 
Boronias, Croweas, 
of that character, which thrive all the better for a little 
pea! at ode season of the year. In the cool compa 
ment were 
whieh are so o handsome in a spring, provided they 
0 rs very much the Lee 
take few 
flow 
a 1 Leg the om border, pot them 
in a cool fi r house 
bow for e go oe they e removed to the 
conser va or greenhouse, or wherever e wanted. 
After they have done flowering, they may eturned 
o the p, 
and place 
„where they will soon 
n grafted 
miss and single red. f them had mi 
they have already ‘nile ee shoots more than an ats 
One of the greenhouses containe 
f the beautifel Ash-leaved Berberis 
as lately been flowering so well 
arden at Chiswi 
Wi 
prove sufficiently hardy for the o It must, 
however, ts A pe ng in a ee Le or the 
wind wi apt to break or o injure its 
beautiful foliage. The fine Heaths f kor which this 
lebrated are in excellent condition; but at 
y baii few of them 
ea is, however, 
es, 
germinans, and spring 
gay u 
. and the pretty hardy Heath herbacea 
The latter is stated to have been in flower for 
more sity thins a month past, 
ro- Beauty, Trium 
in Dahlias— Miss Wa rd and Mor 
a, and Rhynchospermum | ; 
a or twice a week ; one peck of sheep, and half a 
eck of cow-dung, 8 gt 25 or * Lange of water, is 
the only stimulant I fos to make 
intelligib'e, howev er, it will b ch e the kind 
of soil Mr. Dobson employ s, w shieh i is the top spit full of 
engi incorpor 2 and laid up in na heap for about 
and well chopp 
. before potting, up with the 
s of rotten cow-dung, the older the bet- 
ter, to one barrowful of mould; to this add an 8-inch 
potful 4 silver sand.” Such is the kind of material out 
of which Mr. D r: 
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quainted with ; but for the acquisition of these, we must 
refer him to the book itsel à 
— Since our notice 
to Hollyhocks—Pour pre 
mphant; and “Mo de 
nin 
a cross bees imbricata 
+ an 
Sir 
Cyclamen priu rubru 
HARDIN OF THE i mia. iba ng read the 
t p. 39, respecting 
* ay unfortunate ely 
„ to pA ce the greater portion of 
stock of these 3 plants (about three e ee in 
re 
I wri t 
readers may not have to 5 following the advice of 
your correspondent. W. G., Stoke Newington, March 13. 
BEDDING PLANTS: J A H. With over rich treatment they 
cannot be expected to flower well, therefore shape your 
practice accordingly. 
CATALOGUES received from Mr. T Barnes, Danecroft nd Oo, Shs 
Stowmarket, Suff Ik; Messrs. John — tod oon Co. 
Dame-street, Dublin ; ’ Messrs, Hart and N 
CINERARIAS: WP, Witham bold flower, but it will not 
4; its tauta are—ribby ee — an indentation at the 
tip ‘of each ; disk flat: 2, 3, and 4 all bad: the pip not num- 
bered possesses a tho roughly perfect disk; the * 575 — 
flower is — recht but nothing more.—8 R J, 
e Fon mall, and, as received, reflexed 8 sian 
Pansy Broom: JG, Colour per ilies . with rich 
aan apni maroon lacing, very uniform on lower and side 
solid, amle, and 7 displa: ag in lower and 
upper petals of same shade as la cing edges 
petals meet ad mirably 
is, that the sur- 
3 ( ĩͤ 7 ˙ „K 
the whole, it is a flower of superlative 
Pol v rr Ross. n flower, wanting circular 
groun merit. J. E. 
SCHEDULE ——— of the Whitebaven — West Cumberland 
. y, established 
1830. Show days July 9 and Sept, 17. 
Misc: Brighton, By post, as requested. J. E. * 
vol. ii., 
wi a = in fruit has 
with it We © find it * nage hardy; 
+ 
* 
