ws the 
eeks. Perpetual, 
have been "eco | along the border, which they enl re 
bl On the 
44—1852. | 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
695 
when applied to — One me bis gi instance of this 
e e have done. s given a character 
us Nageia, iaia rahe sige 5 dlicher ; 
e genus (we need not quote his 
ed out ‘of the axis of a a 3 
spike, which wool is consolidated with bract he 
tacle i is connected with the bracts, 
rae of 55 ese spike.’ 
design of the work is however go od 3 2 
present issue be ¢ 
until the Cal 
worthy to be c the six pre 
have been issued by the justly eminent firm wh 
name it bears. 
n Memorand 
8 Soren? S GARDEN, TURNHAM-GREEN. 
of the t interesting plants at present in 
flower here is ddie Paw mpas Grass of B 
mynnai a good apeci men of "which i is growing in the 
den near its entrance. This 
— stems, each some 8 fe 
and surmounted by an erect panicle of 
ý r 
ul light-coiou 
The 
are 8 feet long, with a hard 
flinty, skin, grow in — N e in situations at all 
ites. 
favourable soon r a large size; when in flower 
inly few pla are more striki mage 
nificent in ap al than this gigantic Grass, which, 
servatory e Americar garden, the shrubs were 
thinned out last spring, and the border laid down 
Grass back at least as the Conifers which it con- 
tains extended, -S ve now to report that the 
south side is about to undergo the same treatment, 
p eable 
which will have the effect of openi 
piece of lawn i 
Da aa 
onsists in leve rares the ; ground, b 
tho urine o th wher e 1 ior oo high, seared 
rig t required depth, and then neatly 
Se alee AE which promise to ‘be very 
se gett = eae 2 Conservatory; but 
in blo for some tim 
r ope pnp 
This however 
ieee aa hs plant in question has elie no forcing g 
. alleged, but has been treated 
precise other sorts, whose flowering it nig 
cedes i Carnati 
ves were- 
Sochlenria 
razil (Gynerium | < * 
lant has 12 Phe 
et long, about the thickness in h 
= pms 1 must be sh 
well as 
for such as as Nonparei Pears 
gee 
Of r 
nudition to what were me entioned in our . of the 
i 
ual, and when it 
when the skin is 
— = Tale —. one of the late Mr. _ ight’ Pears, is 
larger and better flavou 1255 than the Beu api de japiau- 
8 use at the ime. 
a acon’s kd Be from 
all; but it is eis fla voured from a standard, 
and it keeps longer. The Urb e is in nno 
The young trees in the o d have made good 
owth t er. So p 
planted. in 1850 have already. reached their, fourth 
without any man th 
hard ground, which was well trenche t deep, 
has thriven better than that which, was planted 
highly manured land in the kitehen garden; but 
which was not so deeply trenched or worked. In the 
last-name den the Auvergne Pea is still green, 
Pinning and producing a few pods, so that this * 
t out to be one of t eas fore anta crops 
regards Celery, a —. which ha 
traw screens, to kee p from ros, had g grown stronger 
In 
— better than the est. same department 
was a plantation of pra a . consisting of 
the Flanders and Lettuce-leaved ; were good, 
but the latter could easily be i 
green colour, and 
n 
ich blanches well, and the Chicorée fin 
to have withstco 
A collection of Lettuces 
both on the 
o se D e 2 
tand the winter under these respective circumstan 
me le Hadras RE, the residence of the — 
e Dean nchester.— In this favoured 
sit * the Chinese Gates glabra po pepee stp 
and the rnum japonicum has this 
B 
* 
ery E 
FLORICULT URE. 
3 
cas HotLyHocks BE GROWN IN Pors ?—At t 
present time, when I think it is st sae Fs —.— more 
Leen that florists’ flow ieee to m ir ho Id o 
a 
eut 
this araci irati 
ri coupon an 
allowing a age Lig’ 
ment of that 
to 
rfection ; perfi ection than 
. 2 in: 
"e be proportioned to the flowers 
the plant; cnt is, a well — 
propery Ul ee 
of course, for exhibition — 
and regularly | bloomed — wou r be preferable 
to a lar 89 one v ee fine er and 
ned o 
5 arent perfection, ot in size 
rng ur, and quantity. I have had so 
ase gps -m late frosty nights rendering this neces- 
Hollyhock be outo of place. IV. 
ur Ca 
Tops: Pershore. We “will attend to your 
f 
GLADIOLUS: 
Vibu nie 
produced 1 bunches of white 2 * were n 
fragran 
s to possess a 
- — and late, live on Indian 1 and water 
after day, in ord 
Most of contain a snug 
to, | cottage ; and the shelters afford plenty of shady p a 
and as the fru 
-|in Portugal, their 3 
which t 
n the 
ration of the cottage ornée, or ae of the palatial houses 
of England. We * no 1 so effective as a single 
specimen, or whic mmetrical proportions 
accords so a with straight kes and architectura 
proportions of a as the plant under 
notice. ree a the season et 5 Holly 1255 may be much 
extended; for, by bringing the first lot in pots 8 
in a war rm situation, po retarding a late lot in a nort eS 
aspect, we might have plants in ‘perfection n from Jun 
until October. In fact, in no porate of view could the 
s, Blackheath. 
AHLIAS.— alendar a says s(p- a), “Our 
Dahlias are Eg — of the ground;“ a great contrast 
with those in this ee ee. Mine are still in great 
pe ong having this day (Oct. 25) gathered several 
blooms as full and perfect as any we pave had during 
the season. John Hutchinson, Truro, Cornwall. 
OKE NEWINGTON page? yd gees Socrery.—At the quar- 
y lart, the Preside nt in the 
t els h November, it was tho 
state of e ainty #8 geraria the ‘Duke's funeral, t 
8 a y be d 
Taylor. gone 
AuricuLas: J H. In mild weather give the plants all the air 
you can, keeping geen clean b fall decayed 
ie eaves. Bei w dormant, coc asionally give a little water 
to ‘prevent the ‘foliage fe from bee min g flaccid, but take care 
Care PELarconioms: Z. The 
for them: one barrowful — 
through a coarse — 
of silver-s and; dra pot 
moderate-sized pieces of oie al; ein mall; 
hole in the of the pot 
t, if it should not 2 ‘sufficientl 
ath z% 8 0 8 drainage. liberal s 
is given, small stones — potsherds may het sed, broken 
small, and mixed through the soil, to ensure a thor 
drainage, as much me — upon “that in the su 
cultivation of this Sera — flowers. 
TALOGUE received Mr. C. Tyso, of bil a Berks. ' 
— n. sig 
do not, however, always turn out true to n 
SEEDLING FLOWERS, 
ne hybrid of the gandaven 
breed, with e of scarlet and yellow flowers, Sigh. 
are 2426 individually Targo and showy; a good addition to 
this useful tribe of plants 
Miscellan 
e Or 8 Gardens af St. M 2 — i for them a 
d be one large field of Indian Corn. 
gu 0 
ea kad compose ed of Myric 
porum ta and Tobira, each pos 
e partion e Ses green, 2 scattered over the 
n | country with an hand, give a wild and varied 
| ebarm to the see almost inde seribable. It is 
very man's ambition toil 
y purchase a quinta in 
Quintas 
retreat of 
y, in order that they m 
to —_ their gorge — Sundays. 
re the emporiums 5 e = pee of 
the citizens in summ 
5 * * paast are oo api different forms izes 
ery e ee, is his own 
— a ee nate at taste is displa On 
y all agree, whi hich is — every 
hich 
guese ; an 
all of 
they ees" 
sent 
a proportionate | th | there, too, 
and pro- | gro 
kins 1 propagating house the be planted, a high wall must be 
Glycine was being 3 increased by being open ground scarcely more ‘hom 4 fe et = Tei, and | undulata planted around and across, the force 
The d on pi f the root common kind. | beautifully branched, which I consider be | of the winds. P. undulata is now „ used, grow- 
P, regji e e was also being performed with Tree | splo endid pot su bjects ; and a dozen or ae of | ing quicker and possessing a more ha appearance 
bo alg which were worked in the same way on eee — — bloomed and contrasted, would form other trees employed for this purpose. A 
esea nam of the herbaceous — after this a group scarcely less remarkable and gorgeous P. undulata will grow in five or 
were said to make n about a — a bar 5 af “Azaleas i in May. But it is not so much as 30 feet high, When me! walls “ex ag and shelters 
2 pp 3 top of “ves narrow span- 20 2 obje general gardening | planted, t is trenched any attempt is 
this house has mass of flowers all the su ld te the growth of Hollyhocl made to level it, tlie walks following the natural 
bol and it is stil ge a 2 situations like this, —.— | in n pots; for, nicely to wbich they ions. This done, the Orange-trees rag! ore’ 
it is permitted to ramble almost un a might be applied in a a reaa e point of view are at a distance from 25 to 30 feet apart, d 
——— far more profusely, and has a better effect almost endless. Grouped . — z well con ground sown with Lupins, which are considered by — 
1 when confined to Di masses upon lawns, the pots plun n the Grass, or Port favourite food ge tre 
effective also 9 te and been = as single —.— mens, — with gardenesque Seven years elapse from planting time before the 
: under zag cir l mples of shrubs o trees: arranged in lines | Orange trees come into full 3 ; ccna a tt 
2 . regards . wing’s glass we have val or n terraces, in | S! ee the ar s cropped with broad eans, Fre 
time little to walls — oo along ig A i 8 p — — me and Water Melons. The quintas of the 
the fruit is already al | exceedingly 
object in required 5 
elective and ke sac the ee — 
MEN 
rranged anywhere whero a a as 
: ietors are always cultivated ; he e wey 
i apr practice at ihe expiration of 
