THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
gardener, who will here find the prineiples on 
some a his daily operations: depend clearly and | 
ex 
—— — is not ee T those ore wie 
o have lost their mpt 
forces influencing organie 1 he comes, 
2 to otho fo Ho 
ing — eee 
"aie of-the 
Organisation 
es the action ey vise agents and the study m 
res the 
_ beings, 
tal 
phenomena, not vital forees, and indeed the difference is 
Lian? HE Ed tt 
rising in a capilla 
tube cannot — the tube b 
the effect of the sa — f 
e force which ra 
“ Dutrochet has demo nstrated: 
riment’ that the fo 
its seat in the 
wed the juice 
cape 
in the — that ey — 
of 
e impulsion resides * 
- | the: translator's notes, short an 
; | increase the value of the work, which we f 
tation in i 
the 
tion is draw wn, and the author then prooceds im Aor 
tion and Exhalation, which he treats Y Satis. 
e manner. The follo nos — on nthe absorp- 
j reader an idea of the 
‘i le in which ork 
* Ebern i in Vegeta few words, also, on 
ion in Evin i Here, in these nfl glasses, a are 
— of plants, more or less imm nei 
7 dilute ——.— of acetate of iron È a 
Bin iiri ic so: mre — | 
me men Niet deprived 
— . ferrooyanide of re as a 3 
of the 
e that were wi redj.an a 
ith this extract we e must n ae merely adding that 
o the 
genera „however, regret to say that there is no 
index, the —— of which materially 2 ts from 
any merit the work might otherwise posses: 
THE RUSSET CELOGYNE. 
oo e brunnea, Lindl.) 
per, bearing about 2 broad 7-ribbed oblong 
_Seape radical. Raceme 7-8- flowered, flexuose. 
Petals linear, slightly lanceolate, Li 
. 35 lobed. ‘strongly 3-ribbed, with the later 
obtuse, entire wide as that in the middle, which is 
roundish. — — perfectly entire.“ 
Sp, CHAR.— Stem 
aea leaves. 
We now have in our collections several species of this | sta 
fine genus, in which the bright yellow eam renders 
many of them so handsome is wiih aced by a pure brown. 
Of this C. fimbriata, sorry speciosa, and — escens | | 
ich n: present has to 
are well known example 
be added. When we first sa Fi 
for C. fuscescens, but a more exact eee of the 
i- view is afforded tow 
al divisions to 
mistook it indeed | reache 
arden. Memoranaa. 
Balnagowan Castle,the Seat bef Sir Charles Ross, cn 
—This i is one of the finest sea 
Inverness to 
as 
once iadicate that the mee Bas oe 
ration of. his ain, From the turnpike- 
road branches off the drive which leads you 
te i i 
reat flat-roofed lodge. From the lodge the drive 
sweeps through, a spacious lawn for nearly a mile, 
clu re re scattered about alter- 
ree 
20 feet in length o ften hang from the projecting portions 
of this rock, which, when looked at from a distance, has 
a ad effect. 
e garden is almost a semi-circle, in whose centre 
is a massive fountain, the water from which, by certain 
es ud w jet i orn. to at the south 
recovered their freshness in the aqueous Ae on, ab- end of t A rustie stair on the ide, and 
Sorpti en yet greater; while, lastly, it is most attached to the grotto, conducts the visitor to the top, 
si aia which had been im pti e deprived whe k has been formed, and flower borders, in 
“of their ro. which it is intended pot plants should be plunged, so 
N “Whatever may be the liquid e 3 a e as to ‘effect when looked at from the su 
by the wants except in the acid, summits. At this en the garden is a lake, having 
a or very trated — a which, Jan i in the cen walks. and 
. Lane of the plant, respond well with the size and form of the flower 
ee ng its juices, cannot-be absorbed by it The latter were well filled wit cones d th 
et us now examine whether the absorption of the to be no expense d to render the place as attrac- 
nutritive juices, which takes p sof t tive as possible. Mr. Smith, rdener 
roots, and the movement of these juices in the plants trived that he ean have something in bloom almost all 
Poor aver hi eon be eee eee phenomena year round—an ‘obj rthy of attention in 
yo flower-garden decoration „ Dah 
“At the — ae ‘of spring, the sap rises from —— has eee us the error. It is hea much the] Pelargoniums, &c., ‘intermixed. with hybrid Rhodo- 
(ba zoote to the yap 1 the central part of the in general habit, but its lip has ach side a dendrons, such as nobile, campanulatum, a 
trunk; aud at this time a liquid, mi she: suceus pro- — defined 1005 as oe oad as the middle cae hip sehen m, &e., were luxuriant and conspicuous at the 
e er Proper jui — composition is different | the true C. ſuscescens has only — ae lobes. time of my visit. Pl of er- ri 
t that ot the sap (or succus 0 passes in aeg is wege er 4 inches long, hiit ect health. Mr. 8 
1 direction; that is, from the leaves through 2. leaves, ‘fro m6 to p inches Mr. Rivers 8 of root-pruning <i 
+ s to the roots. If we bore a hole to ese ev — 24 . wide. Its blossoms although them, they had» fruit on them, a ha r 
“the of the trunk of a growing plant, we can col- large (nearly 23i dene Smith will be kind enoug 88 5 not it 
“leet a considerable quantity of sap, which is denser in sary to render them very striking. They are of he rng arrived at 2 the Pears being the 
rs est is taken higher up towards the leaves. f n Mh set any markin Te be: 2 mht varieties. A. M 
! contraryjwe passa ligature around the trunk, lip, whic spets 
or if we remove FF ifon of the bark, the swell. broad brown band along the middle of onkii" e lobe, Miscellan , 
hich we shall soon see formed e he knot or and three vermilion coloured streaks in the cen ri e Curious Phenomena 2 “Night blooming Cereus, 
— of the leaves; will: existence Ke.— days ag ; 
proper 1 — ro produced on ly , plant at Bron, in * — 1 since 2 my greenhouse ; n may be peer to you 
iments. on ahi force | have communicate. The Night:blooming Cereus, of which 7 : 
e sap of Vines ascends, the writer goes on ih 
mpulsion, and the discharge of tlie 
eae of we esth a from a cuty are’ facts ey a 
the effects of capillarity and imbibition, A liquid 
For the meaning of these technical terms see Lindley’s 
Glossary, 
The annexed cut represents ‘an expanded flower of 
e natural size, stron 
n 
The days however not being of the length usual 
ordinary season, it seems to have been somewhat 
NEW GARDEN PLANTS, PUBLISHED IN BOOKS. 
i 1 ? Ti i When first 
Name. ‘Where Published. pe untry, | Quality. Natural Order. ce pot | of . ‘Flowered, Where 
D 1 ins „Gard. Chron , 1848,55 Penang S. N Orchids re and Jauuary 1848 Loddiges, 
- usty-tipped ‘Li ris. (epiphyte rown. F 
m lbertinze a 1 Karsten, t. 1 Caraecas S. X, ) Orchids ‘Yellow and | Midsummer ? 
' T'he Albertini Coryanth. (epiphyte) os atin 
rinefolitim ....... „ BeR, 1847, 5 China G. U. Lilyworts Crimson Oetober 
"S (bulb) ; 
„ B. R., 1847, 18 Borneo 8 * ) Orchids byos and March 
i {epiphyte wn. . 
-$ 7 * ene é B. R., 1847, 38 China H. R Roseworts White March 
my. +$ VOwny W Spiræa. ; da 
a ip 2 B. R., 1847, 27 Peru G. * Orchids Yellow + b. 
+B —— Bea dort. pt. 
X. B.— = Veryhandsome, f. = Second rate. $ Third rate. 1 = Unimportant, 
