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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
615 
Defiance and other Verbenas Lanta 
Robinson i Bouvardia triphylla, a, Salvia patens, 8 
rr the white-flowered vari egated Alyssum, and 
— axillaris, which is the cae annual M Mr. Wooley 
i is w 
As 
been v fin is now over. A 
long walk leads from this garden by the side of an 
ore Apple trees (among w 
at have anything like a good crop are the 
FLORICULTURE. 
Wn Cur Frowers Traver?—At the Caledonian |` 
Horticultural Society’s Exhibitio on, on the 18th inst., 
* ing awarded to Messrs 
Ist prize for 24 Dahlias; 
inds, 22 several a class Certi- 
7 p” oy — 
! "ater flov 
the o See together with 
the respective journeys 3 Cheshunt lough to 
ston-square. e than 450 mi 
Ag mag p 0 H sand 8 —— dalle ke — a bitions, both monster and select, distance has oft 
. nd — hong ihe i been held out as an excuse for not bringing blooms for 
Souvenir de li Mal : Pan i Joseph. Spabrier and Competition, the usual phrase being that “We do 
Géant des Batailles, a sult yielding stray — i our rs upon an equality with your local 
and 2 wich siete of buds, The named is friends, who l Hp —— p.t btain 9 — Be 
Rose “of the season, and it ee hope that in future dilnin efforts. „ like those of 
the 2 7 a intense $s o> zich 555 745 — . Paul and — r, in addition to their first 
pr 
the sun rit not sufficrently powerful to 
em of their colour! We had nearly ne 
ourds is 
not a bad effect. 
ituated on the 
e latter . the 
es 10 feet in — sting on 
4-feet posts at the back, and 14 foot — ay ae in front. 
The back is quite open; but the ends closed 
deal and an II- inch plank i nailed 
along the front, but so as to admit plenty of a 
ards long, hori tains 
ugh trellis -oe op 
prizes, obtained against . so competition, may always 
meet with similar reward. J. E. 
„Noita Lonpon FLORICULTUBAL Society, Septemb 
ital exhibition on this occasion, no ara Tak 
in ch of space “being covered, g a 
made: —. a r — 
with John rd, Queen of Whites, Du iington, 
Fearless, Ar. Seldon, Absolam, Queen of Lilacs, Scarlet Gem 
Sir O. Napier, Richard Y pee Princess Radziwill, an 
— 2d, Mr. J. S. Proc kte ter, with “wma n, 
Richard Cobden, Queen ey Lilaes, General Fauch 
Gem, Louis Kossuth, erf * Peel, 2 Sir F. Bat burs’, 
F Urilis; 3 Mr, W. Holmes, with e C. Bacon, 
Mr. Seldon, G. Glenny, —.— 7 Lil — Sie F urst, Dake 
of Wellington, — — sr R. —5 I Cmianamod Sir C. 
Napier), Roundhead, — Shylock, aud 
( 8); H. Hunt, 
+ es, — ers? Lilacs, Mr, Seldo 
„Mr. 
Qa ueen of the Eas t, Admiral, Shylock Dr. Frampto n, Duke. a 
this trellis, which is about 16 ellington, Sir N. Whittington, and Fearless; 5th, Mr. J. 
fi . this year had a crop of ee, Edwar s, with Morning Star, Thames Bank Hero, Mrs. Seldon, 
40and 50 dozen first-rate well-ripened Peaches, which for | 8 e 1 —— 8 — i ——— — eldon, 1 
i snio A r C. Napier, Sir hittington, Queen of Beauties, an 
— — fed mit mee 4 could „= Triumphant; 6th, Mr, Cook, ith G. 61 ny, Elizabeth, 
passed by the st it from a wall. His success this | Absolam, Scarlet Gem, Earl Clarendon, Princess Radzi 
untoward season is perfect, and therefo e advantages | will, Mra. C. Bacon, Admiral, Fearless, phant, Malvina, 
ising from such contrivances will be obvious, and they 9 3 A ~ ie ee = sie‘ ree 
are so simple in their construc hat a clever tinet Fancy Dahlias: 1st, eur, J. Edwards, with 
might erect one in a da: milde 
has 
er and Eli 
` 
fh miao TO 
= 
—— Rachael, Mre. Hans ard, Jeannette, "Highland che, 
gg ; 2d, Mr. Holder, with 3 Miss — 5 
Spectabilis, C laude, Kossuth, aod Eliz 3d, Mr. 
Prockter, with Miss Weyland, = of Paice Site 
oley | Miss Ward, Mrs, Hansard, mor er ge 2 other col- 
lections were also s — —127 2 Hell lyhocks : Ist, Ho wader; 
e a Comet, Princess * 0. — Pres ident, Genera! 
m, Spectabilis, Prima te Maguum Bonum, Napoleon, 
6. Baron, Venosa, and Model of Perfection.— 12 Verbenas 
Ist, Mr, — * Lochner; 2d, Mr. Weatherall; the leading 
varietie se groups were King, Napoleon, "Exquisite, Sc. 
Largaret, "British Queen, Rosea, Mrs. Mills, Defiance, Laura, 
1 pee a Magnificent, Lilac Rival, 
tandard, d National.—Six Fuchsias : Ist, Mr. e 
i. Mr, 8 ; the sorts being General Oudinot, Nov Fai 
— Don Giovanni, Orion, g neral oaa 
endida, Saa . ud Pri nce Artha : 
m i 
trees has slightly retarded the ripening of th j 
the on the walls. Mr, 
ooley mentioned that he had in former seaso 
id- eaches, ( n 
Royal George, and others) till the beginning of October, 
y off the lights till the beginn ptemb 
had almost — — t Mr. Woole 
y: 
prot trees vere spring frosts by 
covering the a at per bows tinge WE the nights were 
frosty, which to have i cient 
Ys 
protection. This; peed 8 5 
isfacto | 
and'there ain bino doubt IMSA 25 —— op again 8 
next season. A h 
rop of Grapes, 
which are well 3 thosgh the — — are not 
The Vines were cut back by a sump - frost ‘in 
y soou regained their f 
> The house is furnished by, a eaten Arnott 
stove ; but no fire heat has ever been a On the 
h side of this are 
pipes, al e 
e Vinery just 
men 
vered on the outside = tarred felt, and 
Margaret's, Gloirs n autu Without 
= them are — — e latter w e (amous t or bod ding par es pores), E * o poadia Joan 2 ie rn a not ripen, and the fruit ee blighted. 
blue Vanda (V. cærulea), and Leelia superbiens is showing SENN Aa DETRIA, ant, Macrantha, and | The winter of the plains of India being more analogous 
flower spikes. ‘The singular Lady’s Slipper (Cypri- —— y conser 2 * . — pes — tenor in its distribution of mois d t to a European 
insigne), will soon in full flower, * ted by Mr. ageing bieomi"o Dahllas summer, such frui the Peach, Vine, and even 
informed et out h e lst was won r. Robinson, and the 1 
he has for dra meien — — aT ve te pe a plants 2d by M Prockter. * Edwards aad Mr. Cook also com- rig tice N 125 ae sale + Ste a a iy ; 
wing may peted. The sorts n were M ueen o Apri ios ao ae fev 
wen i great perfection from 3 till e Lilacs, Mr. and Mrs. Seldon, Shylock, and Sca let Gem. Of are only g “tend oe vious 
3 —— of a capi ital crop of Peaches on a Roses Mr. Wilkinson had some fine banches, among whi i 
with dwarf 
— one of which ne 
> 
tipe Peas high, am Wooley, pao ed half a bushel of 
wae ating ) remarked Mari 
On aa nis side of the Roo, 3 as 
2-acre orchard of root-pruned 
n compara 
at the bottem of this eee a 
whose branches 
ve Bot borne so 
bow, Nan * nsard ; 
(Keynes, John E 
Whites, Mr. Herbert (Keynes), 
Malvina, General at ee j 
Edward, Marchion 
Herbert, Carmina, We 1 
Phantom, Sir. —— e e ‘Seraph, fe aoa 
rick 
Bathurst; an — 
12 Fancies—Dahiias : Jet 1 
Maroc, Elizabeth, Rachael, 
Mrs. — Princess Charloie, ie smiat e. Mid antiss 
„H. e, with Maid, 
Pa eg neess Char lotte, Miss ss Compton, 
Melam Rose, Belle do 2 ogent cea, —— Stri eta, 
Miss Blas kmore, Jenn: 
3d, Mr. Hun ut, — — — 
Mr. G. Smith; 2d, Mr. Shockley. 
display went, were Standard, Mi 
— corel King, Model of Perfection, 
„ Dea maan 
5 ‘of tye sorts, 
un 955 s 
arpa 
su 
numerous by frivol distinctions — 8 the present 
e tebes must bec galar ripes o bo d, distinet and 
ell defined. OF other. Seedlings, Nanda 5 a0 is a strik- 
g fancy ; purple with bold — — Grand — 
(Turner w ommended a * r dee 
lilac; Henriette (Howard, erent "ating, —— 
ing Hero (Rawlings), Koss 9 gue — 
s glorious dark, the latter aņ approach to purpl 
o much needed for press ren = i at — . running 
—— a scarlet corollas * s awarded 
Mrs. Hansard, as be — . — ion ay B — entire 
— — the polosu Falling on the liom 5 the 
on tal hind first, stand, to which we have already directed atten- 
CATALOGUES received from Messrs. Bass and Brown, Sadbury, 
Suffolk ; and from Mr, Godwin, Ashbourn, Derbyshire, 
W 
Mr. gts 8 * 
n Friday, lst 
Oa — 
und t 1 on the hills 
ing Bolivia s and Brazil, the — of Sarrata 
and | Tipuari ri and Ulimari, wher’, w n 
d before ‘wine ins search of si 
= 
S 
scri rost aave 
on o when or cross at with 
that, notwithstanding his ring them with 
woollen clothes * — the ae mer of — pi aiim 
ones; w rrived, an n good health 
namely 
— an 
— Peaches never ripen 
ikkim, apparently from the want of sun ; the tree 
grows well at 1 to Gapida D foot, and flowers abundantly, 
m its -n s the n pr maturi 
cordin Soy Keser July to October. At 
Da niigi it y — the English : eason, flow: rsi rch 
fruits in eptember, w 
3 Waln ut. 
wy. 
lisbury, with Prinos Ra dziwili, sie Doulas — | 
de ta 
direct rae of the sun 3 the Feuiti 
cultivated fruits are extremely poor ; na 
confined to the Walnut, some poor brambles of perro 
the “ yellow ” and ‘groun: an pberry ” are th 
some insipid Fig ery austere 8 
igs, an The 
European Apple will bd ripen, 1 Pear not at all. 
Currants and Gooseberries show rt to 
e] thrive, and Strawberries, which 8 ll, ripen a 
flavourless berry, Vi Figs, Pom Plums, 
Apricots, &e., will not succeed even European 
again grow and thrive remarkably well 
throughout the summer of Darjiling, produce 
very fair, sweet and good, but inferior in flavour to 
English, Of tropical frui i below 4000 
feet the O nd Banana alone are frequent, with 
mons of various kin for is, how- 
„very short: that of the Plantain might with care be 
es 
but neither so or free of white pu those of 
A ssa West Indies, or west coast of 
Mangoes are brought from the plains ; they 
not thrive in the aie ; and though L have seen the 
of this oth the farmer ts aster ns onan 
3 fall well in England = value of a igs sky as 
: aal her 
m 
Guillotte, —— . & Souchet, Acidalie, La 
Reine, Comte de Pari ane Pr revost, Devoniensis, — 
re Elliott, Leveson Gower, —— Madame ‘Ladfay, Lamarqu 
Gou bauit, G eis 
hot dam — “teapot to 
a 0 La ben of enn i mae their winter. 
fruits 
Hence it appears rss 3 some English will 
the 
ae a 
e | day to displace Bou 
as elsewhere 
tively a failure this ent 
dar o of the bank, stout | 1 rede 
this | nov 
amen perce re N japoleon, Queen, Bouquette de Fiore, 
Mrs. Bosanquet, Paul J Armosa, Cramoisie s uperieure, 
and — — de —— . we take it will be likely some outer 
rbon Queen, being a very desirable addition appr 
ge than we Gonid 
ooms 
e eb 
3 others wil I thrive d in * 
Large e 
to th lect coll Se „ wis and Ta Furth 
e Most select Collection. gs were Numerous, and lated at sey its excessi 
proved as they always do, a source of much ia‘erest ; amongst 
a Dahiias, Sir J. Franklin (Turner) took the lead; for to a| they are often „„ 1 
first-class Certificate was added an extra prize for the than the average of that of London ying for 
Seediing, offered by Mr. Lochner, i e ine also a further extra | à week on the and the thermometer ter descending 
aire = Mr. J. Edwarda an it | to 25°, It is true that in no ease is the extreme of cold 
T 
ok india Marsan to > May) 
