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[Marcy 277 
9 lower than it had been . N period 2 . of 
so 
aie this. 0 
the Garden of season. Att is time a chemic aint 
n * pt nin the room, which, as it dwelt principally on such are Mr. 
ortion of the nutriment of plants is 8e gene 
It is true, — that in n 1845, actually derived, long after the cause cultivators deservedly acqui 
hgh es 3 will not be soon eclipsed. 
the k 
rem ae 
in this year the geo- 4 ede of plants, e we principally o 
d that i y 
thermometer had not 3 coon but the mean of | half-hardy Cistuses, Broo posite plants decison of th 
aced i in the wide windows of | be 
e * were flourishing to a Keaton 
the atmosphere from which adapted to the devel 
rally admired in the 
has been Nevertheless, by their skill and perseve 
as, at 
e judges 
opment of the ‘spherical form, no 
g of the 
p Em „is "a known, and the 
e next May exhibitio 
aver looked SETON n P- ag" ok 
“The 2 — interested in 
ot exhibit | 80 largely, 
admirable examples of 
n, gardener at Neun Park; Mr 
uired a reputation in — 
> now 
rance; 
The excellence 
other grow ers r 
2 plants are 
management; 
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the Horticultural W Y, for 
March, has been as u explosive TS, SUC detonating | F psn at Tr am = 
c | compositions, lenge lights, and ponp huretted | , uik a is well adapted for floral display, ebe: 
2 Feet |3 Feet | hydrogen, caused a great escape of various gaseous | n By early t maa da R esi ge er or exhibition pont in My, 
—— 38 41.45 matters mate no ear at | the composition of the ead pads requiféd $ 4 i ck i È pie bape or fora 
41.93 air contained in the apartment. The concluding that the spherieal i is least suited when th Jan: 
March 1 5 7 blue signal licht made it impossible for the specta- ,, required rae fi lge are 
3 9 | 41.0 tors to remain muc „and a hasty retreat was | festive occasion tho. tenacity ale —— 
ee rt as e room was cleared the next morning) early exhibitors elang to the form w 
„* § 37.0 | 40.0 and ventilated, and in the course of afew days the aspect in whic ir plants were 5 placed, 
55 36.0 | 40.0 some of the plants were evidently much affect d. | It was ~ ce gentlemen and ladies with ample 
» — — Two months have now elapsed, and the diseased spirit, an to pin built suitably 
kl 37.5 | 40.0 action is still going on, showing itself in the, T adapted for the growth eo m floral dey 
H a ao eaves and occasional death, while othe A yi ori ce 8 5 80 ö But now 
3 i i lants, which were at first m terially injured, seem | Me exa ition ten mply show what mone oney, talent, 
» i 38.0 41.0 to be m a new growth from belo is im- ill, gone e iei N applied, will do in plant- 
s 38.0 44.0 possible to say to which particular experiment the * 
K 39.0 | 41.0 isfortune is due, but it is easy t stand tha — I 
» 39.0 | 41.0 these noxious gases, or even those which contribute = AT RXHIRITION OF PLANTS AT GHENT. 5 | 
a ‘ 37.75 | 40.5 a the wants of vegetation in u due proportions, z interest‘attached to the gran a d exhibiton ih 4 
ving been once imbibed by a retentive substance, has e taken place here, was gene 
The following columns show how this season like humus, wi parted with gra adually; an „ part of Europe; arising, nod doubt, eg Pip the greater 
stood, on the 18th March, as compared with several | where matters so li able to chemical change as the once in five years. The unsettl at state of ce % 
ious ones :— lining-coat and contents of vegetable cells are con- | has decimated the sak meeting 
FE” we PN cerned, disease is almost certain to ensue. | an usual, at it is now eight ya since it was last 
1 n It is not surprising that interested parties should held; consequently the anxiety of all in any way in- 
2 fest under-ground a feet under ground ny the noxious effects of the substances with whic | terested in ho icultural or botanical pursuits was 
a t | stimulated in no ordinary degree; for almost every town 
plants depends, and they will most ass uredly dis- Ih tnessed severa r wre displays in different parts 
cover how slight a cause is beats le of — a of a satiate this far excelled any that had come 
very powerful action, and that any considerable iá: under my notice — sly. 
ength, | mixture of heterogeneous . cannot fail after a Ghent ma; o be a kind of horticultural em- 
lapse of time to act injuriously. M. J. B. orium, where 9 are manufactured for the chief 
ose 3 continental era The nursery business isin 
pooner carrie with great t epi and enterprise. 
WHAT AZALEA INDICA FIRST WAS. The collections in r tablishments boast of a vast 
Ir was in the spring of 1820 that we first saw the old | variety of curi e r rie treasures, 
lea indica ower, in one of the greenhouses | which to an En nurseryman d be 
1 to the — te Mr. res beg e . | tively valueless ; nevertheless i eee, 
ose private collection of plants at that time was just! i eign amateurs: We 
has the sun yet produced, that at t the Wee N — one of the e ge in the neighbourho at of | „ es ae Conifers, and 
the earth, 2 feet under-ground, has not gained more London. It was a nice, —— managed — 1 variegated plants. The latter 157 
than 42°, and this maximum still remains less than — and being new to me, uch i sted hence they formed a decided feature in the exhibition. 
dhe mean of 1844, 1846, 1848, 1849, and 1850. with it. Plan t- growing at “that t period jier a se dif- In England the respective merits of our exhibitions ar? 
It is, however, clear from the following evidence, ferent affair from what it is nom; specimens, such as we estimated by the degree of excellence shown gh oe 
that, slow as is the operation, some effect is being | See in the present day, were never thought of then, for tion in connection with bloom; but not 4 me 
n the — of the soil, 2 feet under- e e the plants staged at this show exhibited = 22 * 
d having advanced 3° although th that at 1 foot | 2 a dozen | might have stood? o arrange the plants o on eds ; notwi ding this, however, 
as not risen more owing the | 
le-stemmed, crowded, and so placed that an at this 
particula 
with 
HE 
sing 
Temperature of the Earth. I Temp. of the Air. | unbroken bank otf foliage 5 face ed few an from ae 5 
i a 
d far 
omes es, impossible, or diseased action takes to Sir E Antrobus, Bart., 
K . Max. x | Min. teat perhaps an Lamia 8 a Protea, an cia or 
Mimosa, a Heath or a Correa might diversify the v view 
infe rior to more Aera —.— to — if 2 oe 9 striking fes 
well the circumstances on which vigorous health in themselves, after a very 
the N of a large greenhouse was no easy ta task. In was both stri 
season 
g and 
houses, vegetation necessarily inclined to- The casino in which the exhibition 
no doubt to the continual loss of heat t by nocturnal | sate — gl; ‘the plants on the back of the stage were | large building, and exquisitely adapted d ve pone 
radiation. tall an of the 
year ; for d 
ernal Proves 
en us directions ; a pipe is 
stove, and then ‘thrast into s a ate apr i | 
= 
even 10 
25 
3 alone had a very i g „for so, Closely were th ese are pt going nig 
2 25 plants a together, that little unsightly was to be pe ee pees 
ane 5 26 |seen. A great revolution in plant-growing, sarin: | dmitted, the pipes are drawn 
Se shortly afterwards took place. ak pre thes stoves bodily removed, with! 
se facta abundantly is it is that a| It was some years afterwards that Mr. Snow, then f the 
re gen 
1 — ich they gr grow ; and though tion of A A. indica alba and e together with the thousand 58. tickets to 
ecessary el gs raised by the late Mr. Smith, of Norbiton,| boots and umbrellas 
* ‘certain Ete aly ae 
2 quisite or thie healthy k koria pio wh tac tended still further to recommend the Azalea to Ao tremble for their last new 
; all prai 
and ant sun has at present exercised such | gardener to H. Palmer, Esq., of Fulham, exhibited some — 80 chat the space for r prom 
Tal apparent influence aTe vegetation, fine eaa: of Azalea, at the Horticultural Society's | clear. The vi 5 
: rede: ge treet. u These plants produced quite a atmosphere, in which they could 
— e and were the exciting cause to arouse the productions with pleasure; no 
Praxrs have no Lataa of a Soe wn food, | latent spirit of emulation, = the desire to possess at aan wea a neither were W 
but ane bene ari th the moisture | cultivate Azaleas became m neral. The end am easter or a tropi sirote w 
e 
h 
a derangement of th this proportion FAVOUR 3 and the appearance of A. variegata, lateritia, nance beamed with happiness and pl 
a if moderate 1 is 3 necessaril N | Gledstanesii, esii, and Danielsiana, completely established its} In — er to u 3 h 
it altered, cultivation either} Amon early growers of A leas, ee cates ted, I may s 
tom of a they were, ee e To the Messrs. rem on the medals to be au, 
of 32 
r ee To each 
i To 
‘and 
: d 
as the best; and which da s devoted to 
ot in the _ bourhood of 3 eng many are the able competitors with wha, he ares B — they are all 
mical wor. as constantly hear of greater or less | has had to contend, since the establishment of the great | and everything is in order by 1 
ge to the surr nding vegetation, — either | exhibitions at Chiswick, he has ever — ed a first bers of the Society and stran 
ble — or actual death. In these cases place. Mr. 2 was 4 er e 1 e rival; Monday and Tuesday the casino is OP 
his plants, trained to he prevailing cus- in no instance is any money 
koy, of 
members, 
section 
d Fraser belong the merit of producing specimen ur system in Eng 
one perfect in form, . more con ith t dere pu xt which a 
side; the first section, rope, ng ote $ 
fr ifferent parts ol E Pe 
uses by Prince Troubetz 
