29—1852. ] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONI 
CLE. 455 
Oncidium luridum was shown by Mr. Ivison as a single 
imen 
py Heatus were numerous, well flowered, and t 
Colleetions of 10 were 
ampul gi 
Cavendishiana, Candolleana, jasminiflora alba, trieo 
elegans, Bert ileana, eximia, sanguinolenta, obbata, metu- 
lefiora, and depressa. 
presse. 
Roses Cent) were shown in abundance, and, not 
withstand of the weather the ey maintained 
their freshness well ¢ ee the day. Collections of 
50 varieties roduced by M 
is 
3 
7 * 
ty faced with blooms of the glor 
- —— 
d b 
2 of we Apple-place, and Mr. Williams, 
B. Warner, — — taste for these 
* is 8 well it 
the beauty of their > foliage 3 r Pes à con 
hie 
Ko binson, 
tin h 
value of w mes l apparent in 
winter, when few blossoms grace er the pek or the 
greenhouse.— Messrs. Lee sorts. h 
most ni abis ah re the hagis gated Pandanus or ae 
Pine, the l leaves of which oof — liv: — green, wit 
maculata, with 
Furie, green, s 
the most attractive, but it is now surpassed by D. — 
which w. e same gay livery, and with a 
broader “and — noble form leaf. Hydrangea 
ae the brightness 
— A well-shaped plant 
of the favourite Croton pietum “re shown in its gayest 
—— he new Maranta vittata and M. — aro 
former having pale gree 
midri 
es, and ae — dark green 
with — 
w rosy “lines bicolor was con- 
711 
| PY 
ITY; ery r e leaves 
with a double row ss white stripes Ae aS — the 
Scarlets 
y (1); Mr. J. Salter ( H. 
re disappointed that aan was not stronger 
1 with so useful and brilliant a flower as the 
Pelargonium. Mr. Parker and Mr. Watson 
tean collections of Cape kinds, some of which were 
much admired. 
Fucusias, well grown and flowered, were — 
essrs. —.— “Fea aklin, frase and 
With the e 
stems, 
nd in abundance, 
Géant des Batailles, which has, ho et i= as yet lost all 
its colour this summer, owing to the 
warmth of the weather. Mr. Laing 
a contributed an interesting collection. Among 
e different exhibitions we remarked excellent blooms 
ovi 
white, wi tre. Hybrid 
China : Brennus, bright carmine ; General Y aiiim, | aa 
large shade d lake ; Lad nae 1 * brid 
Bou r 
white, with a blush centre ; Acidalie, Fre 
white ; f Teate de Pile rose ; Souchet, deep i crimson; 
Dupetit T - houars, dit . carmine ; 
au 
Lamarque, pale lem 
sulphur., 
SINGLE Srecimens.—The best consisted of a 
mith ; an excel. 
on; Vibert ; and Solf: 
coccinea, a 
and Erica . —— 
5 — had a small 
and Mr. M‘Leod, 
Crewe, Bart., sent e Stephanotis ee e 
flower ant fruit. It was trained against a large 
flat — — trellis. 
New ead were produced 
m-sized species from 
nched flower-spike, baaris multitudes 
the New Zealan 
indivisa, from Messrs, Vei =e Abies j cue 
and two forms ‘of Cephal us Fortuni from Messrs 
Standish 
—Under this h 
Medinilla eden, a neat mediu 
Mr. Col 
of small hie “bl 
The Collinsia thing ; 
tosiphon, although not fy Satie for exhibition. 
ISCELLANEOUS — PL came 
Mr. 
aiee variety, from 
specio; 
Mere J Erien obbata umbellata, ta, 
3 and the e 
. — . 
Wi 
umea elegans, very large ; 
ween H. sinensis and H. liliiflorus ; ; 
rinum a 
Cureuma 
fulgens, Cr 
a 
I 
2 
F 
X 
b 
Cie 
pictum 
beau 
| Orchids, 
— not appear to be very differen 
ne 
3 — 
—— ir Ben 
8 
m | when gro 
h pte ever the 
a magni- usual 
essrs. 
Boule de 
ache blood 
ne Lauer 
in — 
the ia 
examples 
margin, 
tch in the centre of the leaf. 
its finest ening ; for sha 
ce of leaf, combined 
with a nobl 
any y of the flowers fully 8 the best we have 
Prizes were awarded Mr. Turner, I; 
ragg, 2 5 an nd to Mr. Ba 
— 
ragg, being entirely seedlings, w warded 
Certificate. ‘Turner’ s Optima was“ ell —— — 
12 blooms staged.— Of icotees we cannot 
say a word i in praise ; we regret that flowers so in 
pee hae Cheirostylis marmorea, Maran 
meata, Caladium versico — Pandanus Jav 
io —.— „Draczena nobilis and mac 
some sc kinds, of which we gave an 
acrannt 
n former 
5 
were shown, intermixed with 
Wooley and Williams. The sorts 
t from what were mad 
——— — 
i — FERNS 
Orchids, by Messrs, 
ously mentione 
g 
other kinds of plants ts Mr. Turner, of — eg had 
a small group of Alpi nog and 3 interesting thi 
were — ae by 5 rom Carclew, the seat 
f 
— 2 
— 2 
had been rice ra 
some idea of the beautiful appearance of this fi 
wn in the mild and damp climate of 2 II. 
— largest specimens at Carelew are state 
5 feet to 16 feet high, and this season the . 
h very branc 
ne ee + 
been expected from a dealer, than for 
have to — — his three collec 9 A, pa 23 — 
ant o iance with the rules, but for the palpable 
which the two twenty-fours and one 
PELARGONIU ums, Silver King and 
Attraction from 3 Mr. 28 were alone contributed. 
Conway, named Drummondii, 
— > 
ough unconnected with 
was ee 
the exhibition, we 
ey looked pe en e well, and we were 
glad to find that — n of the gardeners were very 
much in their fa 
O Bebi 
Exhibition of the Works of al all Nations, 1851. 
Reports 
by ced = 
Pp. exx., and 867 in double columns; 
Nor he Tenat fear kabis of Pe: pe of the Exhibition 
a ong s f Reports b; 
e aa tae 
rom 
pen garden for the 
Several exhibitions of AcCHIMENES were produced, 
shown by the — enumeration of a Mine sof the m 
but we did not observe among them anything 1 very new 
a 
plentiful and good for — 
ie = — of 12 vari 
Conspieuum, May Queen, village Mud, 
Ajax, Narcissus, ereer 2 ir Maid of Perth, Pul- 
chellum, Centu on and Rowena; dlra Mr. 
Hunt, with Salam nder, Magnificen Rookh, 
Orion, Alonzo, Ajax, Camilla, eras Ariel, Armada 
erb, F iums 
in 1 pots, private: growers 
3| with S 
„Negress, G — — Cention, ‘Rosamond, 
and Forgctme Not! 2, M: 
Ocellatum, Lalla Rookh, ‘con Belle of the Village, |3 
and Flavia. Dealers Class: Westwood, wit 
in AA Matin Comes, 
n 
h, Heagrve ; Mineral Substances 
for 
f rs 
Vir. 
pp. 80; 
Di 
eM aule 
PP 
pp. 7, witha i a report 
construction or decoration, 
| iied, pp- 
To the ae subjects of interest in our own peculiar 
Great Exhibition threw its b: 
FLO RICULTU ie 
Prec cos de HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.— exhibition 
mie ack irae, me 3 — 
— , e Rhen the * ne ness * 
non of th 
character in Maidstone. The 
—— 
apio 
e, Lady | pianis were 8 Eppe, and Mr. ite Prost, 
ie “spam L. fees in 
„44. “alled a stage 100 
