1 
idi few pages occupied by D 
e dee the Test from the pen É 
We cannot but think it — —— ub ae 
m these orders, so kl o difficult 80 
8 
THE GARDENERS’ 
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donations had been made to the Museum since last v 
The following san 
ble P 
2 
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hens. in the room ie room of T. Bell, * 
me * sy 3 E. gaan M.D., d 
tary read over 
ucidated a as it ha 
e urer's account it appears that 
tyear 751i. 15s. 4d., and had paid sip 5s. 5d., 
leaving a ont of 812. 9s. During the year 
532. 18s. 2d. had been paid off the debt — * Society, | A bott 
which now amounte¢ a to the sum of 7641, 98. 8d. ellow 
a ik onia Dr. J. B. 
a cue A collection of dried 
Orchidace Ca —— t. St veo À * 
Mr. Winterbottom, in the Hinsaley „was pre from 
. Blofield “exhibited $ a id A 
an 
adds nothin 
e dye is boiled beyond the * 
th ne ex rate were likely to be ‘followed b ende 
is thun“ oled over. bo tanical science, it wo b 2.45 
ornamental work and for ita, ngdo m into 
which 
mr 
oS 
8 
n 
2 
& 
mE 
ay 
2 
mM 
T 
ia, a new genus 
Phar noe was discovered by Mr. 
Re Lae near Macguire 
arbour, Van i * — enus is distin- 
guished by possessing ovaries, surrou eatin a disk-shaped 
he witha vi av villous 
hanghae and 
Speciineus of the fibr 
sp.) : this is a most hek 
the northern province (Cekiang m 105 ‘Kiangoan) where 
the winters are excessively co where Hw by no means so comp 
after Lady 1 Frankin, 0 with Sir 
Milligan when 
n the — 
plant is vind in — at the rdens,— 
m Mr. wi mas Moore, containing a gi 
bee 
oo senna i sil ef ee 3 . ae e W. 
chair. A paper r. Simon giving an |“ ee 
Were le a mall cyst * i in in the olfactory nerve of | bra 
a — covering: * severe — now passed (1 pe wane 
Wem 
n the * . — the 
Ruekett exhibited specim ribed we 
scopic structure of the teeth aa e Echinus. Thes 
organs, which exist in the ee called by Aristotle 
the lamp of the sea-egg, are found to contain the tw 
t was discovered in . his 
K 
re 
of in ee plants, whieh benden hat 
in bee: we 
I believe that this Pal 
85 3 rays. 
of its - a mnie it has 
t K — 2 
y therefore hope e this fine tree growing o 
our hill sides, as it 2 in u Nerf China, deny 
in the milder parts of England, Ireland, and about 
Edinburgh.—2. On Plants found in Yorkshire, Westmore- 
| land, and i d, in April, 1852. 1. 
Prof. Balfour exhibited a young plant of Vic- 
toria Ra front one of the hothouses in the Botanic 
arden, showing the remarkable difference in the form 
of ess row 
re produced. Abus de were — Fellows 
YAL UNITED Honk TIcuLTURAE.— This, the seco 
nibition for the present season, held. on the 1th 1 3 
| any that have ge e a taken place ünder onde uspices í 4 = 8 
Society. The owing is a list 85 en vree — 
— Ist, Mr. Yeel r. Salter 
he s e Fr 
=: 
ted ridges with eos 
an Iten arg lese,; d, Lawrence, 
(gr. Mr, Dingle), with Pimelea * i, * nia tetrand 
ndu Rey: 8 * 1 oni, Fane gg Spee orar oaot buxi- mus ed men hi rotection, at least in unfa- 
g f 0 tratbeca verticillata, the sweet-scented Rhyncho t Some E r 
James Hilton, Esq., R. S. Boswell, Esq., and Toter, Bad neg jasminoides a beautiful Leschenaultia biloba Lead sea . 2 Mr. Fortun o's Montans 
Corley, Esty Y ere elect ted members. Major, whose love y sky-blue flowers were much admired. in a ~ len u. pea been in fine flower ; but 
May 26.—G. Suede, Ron fe ~ the chair. Memes ki In Collections of 9 varieties, there were three erg we ra: p 1 i large and 
Rover, H. Coles, and G. W re elected members. . Tugwell, Esq., J. Jarrett, Esq., and the their beauty is — * over; picta, à i 
Mn In these groups were nice plants of Erica Sindryana; siting ame ure ind, was however still 8 
Busk read er o th rine ode media Bete ophyllum venosum, Statice macrophylla, Treman bloom, as were also at rea and lobosa. The latter 
of Volvox glo His observ rer had ea i — ade on verticillata Azalea variegata, Boronia s serrulata, and Pisieiee md atropurpu g t i 
the species Volvox gi ator, s, V. s 1 Hendersoni.— In Collections ‘of 6 varieties, there were two is a beautiful white variety. Ths gim t will be 
ira Vo , of Ehre be 2 ehh 8, | exhib itors, viz, :— Simms, Esq., 1 Miss Bailey. — Mr. Cean of 2 Fap ss some accu Wii 
n 15 whie —.— to be Griffin and Mr. Drummond showed in the Nurser 01 d] fusely in 
osat th ymen’s Class, found i in rsp n, have bloomed protusely . 
ende e Hee in detail into Me. Yeeles obtained the Ist prize — the = g Ay hids of 
ture of these beings, aei — — with regard viz. :—Sobralia cnc dag es guttatu èn- garden this = yera their — 70 2 2 w ornamental 
to shale points ii their ture alluded to by Profs 55 co um densiflorum, Mr. Simms, who obtained: the 24 prize, shades prod a grand de 2 ; 
Williamson in a paper recently published on 7 — is cia’ Ca = in oi Saccolabium guttatum, | shrubs of r ecent — have ne 
‘subject, “Whi differing 1 from Pro —— William- and a of Bri t l, sent ayei — gr — ters, Maule yt mon 1 the short ; 
son on some poin their structure, he a d with Cape were shown by Messrs, Yeeles aud Tugwell. For the new Ro tot e idering ya 
they pit truly plants and ttn ea imal dae . 3 3 = lst prize was obtained by A, Law- | has ei planted, now begins to look “tolerably ayi 
eyw that the nts in ap hom reer — 8 the only — in the eee notwithstanding what has been said | 
and ther chemical e gi © | men's Cis for the best collection of 95 was e Sely . there is ry reason to believe thatit wil it. The 
a for by J. — 8 an A Law wrence, Esq., that the realise all at has been e 4 it is 
9 2 ly. e so Four, there sarema of the various Tea Roses, for the size 
Rien: F 5 ined g to a great extent furnished, are very large perfume 
7 for some beautifully 8 planta, considering the | Of — plants, and so fragrant as at timer entrance of 
early season. Mr, Jarrett was 2d. in — in pots not the A eri square bed near kinds of 
ae in di — a Mr. —— s Is ir vie se has en planted wi with il to be 
lat th le of ading, | J- urserymen,— ities Ist Mr Scot, 2d. t fai 
and Ehren * de OF Naser f Hatt, Mr. Pinne i, 1. Tug Traps hi ch when in bloom e 
| „ Mr. gr. C. Tug w, — which w en fornian 
he man the animal kingdom, — . Hum, e tha shaped flo 8 10 Interesting. A plant — Nem the 
Dr. Carpe ; i 
et . view had Full ier acy {of Dandonala, i: e Dalhousie . ie pect Ee "i fal jartley tho 
ey e iss Bailey rete only exhibitor, Rees conservatory ere ; flower 
‘ 3 er. Mr. Rhodes obtained the 1st prize ze wre blossom buds are thickl oie sy evergree m 
i a e eon comprising — 3 La Reine, Daches spikes e also noticed here new vill 
the visa, The i é or Tavourite letnde. iy cimens (Li progr 
had had an Opportunity of watching th — wiih — lea. odes me 90 re 2d, Mr, Yecles Privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium); wh 2 it was a hanes 
the ova of these creat e development of bilis. In collections of 5 Tuli Pte rine, with P. spesta. {An ey, omen E e ing the Cali- 
tier were Ek ind ae — - in their Miss Bailey ; 2d, R. Godfre .. e p~ p neat 5 Bima pen pee — 
ng rapidly through | In Per a Pom Ach, ooper. | fornian kind with the fragrant H gee 
3 —— — — i pos * fit ara on which = Hooper Muay and Me Godtrey 3d, A e dig my ta — owers are very pretty, the upper ball ben charming 
em — and from which the ey gr nd attained Vittsiiire, Baa. 34. Mr. Hoo A „Ist, Mr, Griffin ; 2d, J. — under age — ed with it n meeting in 
orm and characters ions were exhibi bited, and me 3 a — te onee w Diplacus h was shown at together with 
A Es „ 2d, Miss ‘Bailey 3d, Mr. R. H. Tay Inte Wee Regent street, wé described at p. 342, half-hardy 
Borastcat OF — May 13.— The President Geige Messrs. Garaway, Mayes, and . hyll erimson- nin 
in the chair. A n d f — Griffin 24 ; and Mr. Hooper 34. ‘The stand Ir 27 pe, lst; Mr, Lobakia macrophylla, # account of its blooming - 
1 read from the Rev. W sos" asi r cones N 5 stand of 24 varieties, in shrub, mien will be useful on P. undulata) with 
transmiti g spoina for the — s | pretty, and much admired. Froit 1 len in winter; a Russian Pre a summit of 6 
3 i 33 5 rae ia by tte, Rev: — Te e ges 8 22 Strawberries N Sayre small starry lilac -E 47 
via opsa, eieestershir : o a dish of Trolli l alk ; Tam 
ere 38 yi p ateliaria cna and a seedling sent out last year. Itisa well: fora ip's Victorin, ee lglg e e 
N flavour, and we doubt not will beo one of — ta b 
ere also a fine 
8 by the same ladj. Bath Jo our a and 
Books, Kt., POEPEN, X 
— — 
De Cundolles Prodromus. Part 
new volume contains Solanacete Sher ~ naan 
Its 
Peecilochroma known to exist 
ir | SO — distinet species. 
Sketch 
their flower 
t- | Horse Che 
ts remarkable 
when it is — what it is the only species of 
n Europe in a 
state. When w 
ough to show what opinion must be formed 
all naturalists, except such as — that the 
varieties of Apples ti Pears are tobe 
in Canada, by Mrs. Jameson. 
mans. — excellent parts of the — Library. 
arden Memoranda. 
e ee Socrery’s GARDEN, TURNHAM GREEN, 
e arboretu 
although not a kri e so flowery as it will be a week or 
e n the todo Mentions” will be in bloom, 
io ovely blossoms ; but, ow e backwardness of 
the season, the majority of i "tit not yet opened 
-buds, The 70e and white Hawth 
orse Chestnuts, Magnolias, and other orn 
am 
summer. flowering trees and shrubs, with which this 
f the 
* ge „ and 
ing — leafing of the different trees 
this yea eit iage yet wears the pec 
freshness Air e i ae Brey The late frosts 
we sometime ago experi aving killed its ne the 
large Wistaria ‘on the ei deo Bee is not fl 
well this a circu . 
Senso 4 
pretty general e werywhe This p proves that if we 
_ — to enjoy tlie beauty ‘of this fine wali plant, we 
affi 1 
villosum, the | 
C 
| Forget-me-not, ot, and 
2mo, Long. 
of the be er kinds are karsa displaying their a 
vik 
