29—1848. ] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 475 
Wildman's Isabella “op 9 s oval berries, a seedling obtained from the Black Ham- son, Premium, Mr. Montgomery — Rainbow (Hall’s) 
on John’s Prince Albert, Sir burgh’; and Mr. Elphinstone, “ Victoria,”—Of Speci- | Optimus, Duleifer, y Waite Serge * bon. 
Smith’s Lord ws’ — Warde men bunches, the heaviest te eat er gl weighing | with Pizarro, Lord ee Sir Robert P Peer ri, beep 
No. 3, Mrs. Bevan, hes’ Lady A. — 2 3 Ibs. 12 oz., was produced by Mr. Ogle, gr. to Earl | Ultra, Prince Albert (Kerr’s), Marchioness of — 
ide, Princess Augusta, Miss rough, Abeg Tonbridge Wells ; another, 2 Ibs. 114 oz., | Rainbow, Mr. M. of Wales, Su Douglas , Consolation, H 
Purple Perfection, Beauty of Cray, — by Mr. Cox, gr. to M. Ricardo, Esq. ; a third (flame | 3 Mro Alex. Mitchell, Alles. In stand of ae aes 1 
rund's Bride. l y) by Mr. Busby, Stockwood-park ; | Mr. Don, gr. Hay-park, em te with Rain coms: 1st 
CauceoLarras were exhibited by Mr. Gaines, his col and a fourth, weighing 1 Ib. 10 oz., from Mr. Gadd. Temi —— mee oe E Hager Excellent, ‘Trafalgar, 
lection consisted of Van Tromp, Ariel, . Blantyre, Well fruited Grapes in pots were shown by Mr. Cole, | iers 3d. Mr. Millay, drag Saar ga 9 Midnight, Bar — 
— n of May; gr. to H. Colyer, Esq., of ord. Wenman, Wallace, Dido, Success, 8 Hero, Trafalgar, 
of Poon was shown by . Tiat aa gr. Of Peacues, the best were produced by Mr. Wright, and four Seedlings; 3d, Mr. Malcolm M Millan. In stands of 
to the — de "Rothschild, of the following sorts, | of Wanstead, who showed fine s of Roy the ee Pih i ele 
Dr. Jephson, Fame, Corallina, Cassandra, Exoniensis, | George. An even well coloured dish of Violet Hative — aed Vera: 2d, Mr. Don, with Hero of Bucks, Consolas 
and King of Beauties.—Mr. Gaines exhibited a seedling | came ‘age . Snow, gr. to the Earl de Grey; and Mr. | tion, Blooming Girl, ¢ — ‘Goliat, — Prince Albert ; a5 
Pelargonium, named Shylock, to which a Certifi- | Fleming, gr. to the Duke of Sutherland, sent capital Mr, Meldrum, Dunferm — first-class certifica 
cate was awarded; it was a very pretty — light | specimens of Bellegarde. Mr. Elphi instone had Royal | ji od Mii Ther ra — 
purple rose ground, bright — top petals, with a George; Mr. Cole, apparently Noblesse ; Mr. Toy, spe- — — various counties that ma et — 
teh of the same on the lower petals, a margin of the cimens of the same variety; Mr. Errington, fine fruit, | certificates, At the close of — — lings 
. — : 4 8 — Mas forwarded from Mr. Michie ue of which, No. 1 
Fur. — As is — in July, exhibitions of fruit were Stacey, Royal George; an r. We e same best of this Teoh rah bright, cul lou an — — cher 
numerous at either of the two preceding | var iety,— Vi olet Hative Necrarines came from Mr. | general meeting of Society was held, and the new office- 
Shows. Of Pine-apples there was a considerable nüm- Wright; ge from Mr. Grahame, gr. to Mrs. | bearers and members of committee elected, when it was unani- 
ber, and Gra uantity, maintained a fair | Smith, Bognor ; Murray Nectarines from Mr. Foggo; | po ö We bas ee —— — 
—— hough we cannot say on the whole that they | Scarlet and other Nectarines from Mr. Toy; and state that the — is in a very vigorous condition at present, 
ell, for in general they were badly coloured, | Elruge from Mr. Parker, of Roehampton. and is doing much to improve the Pansy and its cultivation in 
Melons were —— and there were some excellent The heaviest Meron‘ (a Windsor prize, 8 Ibs. 14 020, Scotland; Stirling K urnak, 
and £ 
Peaches ectarines. Other fruits were also well In the Nurseryme . M‘Ewen, gr. to Col. Wyndham. Morningside Practical Gayleners? Sootety.—'The second meeti 
Class, the heaviest (a Can ataloupe, for the season was held on * 20th ult., whe en the judges 
INE-APPLES.—-The best Providence was shown wn by | 5 lbs.), came from Mr, Ga dd, of tchworth Castle. awarded the prizes as follows: Pelargoniums: Ist, to Mr. 
Mr. Mitchell, gr., Worsley Ha II, near Manchester; it The best fla v oured Melon (a green fleshed), was pro- Young, gr. to T. Oliver, Esq., for Duke of Cornwall, Hebe’s 
i 11 Ibs. 3.0z., an s onta : å 2 — 
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The next in point of merit, a fine fruit, weighing searlet-fleshed), by Mr. M‘Ewen; and the third (Pas- for Arethusa, Blue Queen, Clim ax,. Consolation, Duchess ot, 
10 Ibs. 79 o., was produced by Mr. Christie, gr. to singham's green-fleshed), by Mr. Joynes, gr. to Mrs. Rutland, Duke of Wellington, Hercules, Ne plus Ultra, Prince 
Viscount Folkstone, Longford Castle, Wiltshire. Tue | Hall, of Totteridge, Among the many Melons whicli FCC 
same grower wed fruit weighing respectively were shown, were various fine specimens of Knight's jy 
Bibs. $oz., 7 lbs: 9} oz., 6 Ibs. 10} c, and 6 Ibs. 4 oz, striped Hoosainee, Cabul, and Ispahan. 5 sr E tans Tara nea 5 
Mr. Hamp, gr. to J. Thorne, Migi of South Lambeth, | Of other fruits, Elton Pine and British Queen Downie, — — — niles — einge —— ist, Mr. 
Tah $ E yf = A an stemon venustum, 
— a vidence sani lege 43 — and Sristol — b — —— dard, of Bath ; 0 the p hiox Van 8 ype — versicolor, — Aquile piapia 
y ristol, | same varie y ust ; utiful Florence Cher- — Three Turnips, early white: Mr. Gourlay, Two Early 
a fit weighing — 8} oz, Another Providence | ries by Mr. Snow; Black — by Mr. — of | Horn Carrots: Ist, Mr, Douglas; 2d, Mr. Thomson, gr. to Mr, 
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ton, who showed a fruit | gr. to J. B. Boothb 1 B ss wn Turkey Figs came | cess, Compacta, and —.— Best Twelve Garden Roses (Prize 
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3 lbs. 23 oz.; Mr. Taylor, gr. — Coster, Esq., Gadd; unripe fruit of Passiflora edulis from Mr. egg acer a collection of Pansies ; from Mr. Young, — 
= - Greensheils, gr. to P — — — e gr. to J. B. Glegg, Esq. ; and a collection of * fro, Paasion; pisar 
31bs. 120z. ; and Mr. Toy, gr. to Tae Han * one | Gooseberries from Mr. a 5 8 to . Oddie, of —— 550 ne ber — * e of ‘tbe subjects 
East Thassos: for whitch — ere given, 
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to H. Beaufoy, Esq., of South Jankai * Trinidad, | LINNEAN, June 20.—Epwarp Forster, Esq., V. P., . Hornby Florat 9 —— — —— 
7lbs. 2 02.; Mr. Elphinstone, th variety of | in the chair-—The Bishop of Norwich exhithied teo ener i with a fies toons awards without the 
Pine, 5 Ibs. 12 02. M. Mitchell, of Worsley: hall, an | cases of birds and insects collected i in South Africa, and subjects for which they were give 3 
il and Mr, To oy; Black 1 the neighbourhood of Rio Janeiro, by Captain Stanley, | 
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Grares,—The best bunches of Black * elected a Fellow. The 3 S 5 extracts THE ROUND-HEADED EVELYNA. 
tame from Mr. Hyde, gr. to G. Willis, Esq., of Wan- from a letter of the v. Mr. V to R. Chambers, (Evelyna capitata, Poppig.) 
stead, Essex ; but they were hardly seen to advantage, | Esq., on the luminosity of bogs, called Will-o ’-the-Wisp.| Tuis plant, which is a native of the West Indies, 
the box in which they were shown being too small, | The aline thought the phenomenon attributable to has flowered with Messrs. oddiges, who obtained it 
The next in point of merit were produced by Mr. insects, Professor Owen was rath er inclined to attri- | from Guatema It is the Bletia capitata of the “ Hor- 
Jackson, gr. to H. Beaufo deer other exhibitions of | bute this curious light to the slow combustion of gas | tus Kewensis.” In foliage it is so much lik j 
e ly | Mr. t fairly be | pointed 
i y those from Mr. Lushy, which were | referred to an insect which emitted light at one time pleasantly scented, and of little beaut Many other 
23 the Market Gardeners’ Class, Mr. and 2 at another, as is the case with the Falgora, species of the genus are en of which are very 
rster incli i i ornamental, 
resemblin 4 — Ed ard Ae ROTOR ——————— ———ñ— 
Doubleday had often seen this light in America, but as THE 1 MILTONIA. 
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and not 80 good as we have seen them. — Mr. Lus hy, Pteronareys regalis. eaths. Sepals nake — flat, —— ——4 
B: to J. Sio , of ‘Streatham, had three bunches af the same a —9— broad — 
Black P well co and otherwise good. cottish P Society. — The fourth annual m of this — 
Ob White € — very — ten of Cannon Hall Society 3 held this year carat a Stirling, E bear e 105 — ns Gividerat whe polut laws ewe ewe — patie ool” vis 
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Mete but hardly sufficiently ripened, came from a grea a of s tands for ex exhibition, and alder sevdlidigs ; * * hite-edged, t toothed hood, seid Sheet tang 
r. Cox, gr. to M. Ricardo, Esq., and Mr. Rust, gr. | and w ewed either singly or as a whole, it was certainly ngs” 
to J. Maclaurin, Esq., sent good bunches of Muscat of | a very “interesting. 3 to the . of this favourite flower. A rather pretty Brazilian 3 — Messrs. uo 
Alexandria, which were much spoiled by travelli el apical 3 — e , Brothers, Pal. diges: We have oe — 
em — 2 Mrs 9 the first prisas dan 9 a to Messrs. Oliver, Brothers, Fal- wither. It was a yellow cand — 3 in size 
8 cam y A 5 , Climax, Ne Plus kd 
Bon, and Mr. Hewitt, gr. to J. Purday Beg. Ba swater; | Ultra, Optimus, ‘Constel'ation, Lord Nelson, Ne Plus Ultra and colour E that of Milton stellata rm whieh it differs 
gr. Y, Es g., Day 
Dateh came from Mr. Riddell; and White | (Bell), Conquering Hero, Star, paan Pitho, Sir Robert in having an elevated plate passing middle, 
3 -, | Peel, Satirist, Trafalgar, ae ai ection, President (Cook), | narrower ls, aud a flat It is 
rom Mr. Taylor; Grizzly an ite Miranda, Rain bow, Duches E Rutland, Castillan, Premier, | N * L — lip. 
tignans from Mr, 2 ; White ditto from Mr. de id Brilliant age 5 oe There was aoe petition for the | No. 1595 of Messrs, Loddiges’ Catal 
> — tands of 18 poo open to 
W. Leaf, 1 i Butcher; pies d me and f aiat „ Abe Brst rize was gained by Mr. * For the meaning of these technical terms; see see Lindley’s s 
e esa sent a variety of Grapes, having urge garde = alkirk, with Sir Robert Ped, Mary Jawa} e Nel- Glossary. i jo 
NEW eae ae ar oo ae IN BOOKS, 
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N . . Colour Time When first 
ame, Where Published, of S Suntey, Quality. Natural Order. ot Viewers: of Flowering. Viowered, Where, 
Cavanillesii ——— Hort. Journ., III., Mexico G. 1 Cinchonads Scarlet June 1848 Hort. Society, 
— 8 247 
+. — EROE Hort. Journ., III., China H. h Caprifoils White May 1848 Hort. Society. 
lla Nn sisie Hort. Journ., III., India S. hk Cinchonads Yellow June 1847 Hort. Society. 
— rise vis Hort. Journ., III., Nepal H. h Heathworts Deep rose May 1848 Eaton Hall. 
bar 
Beurded Rhododendron. xxxv. ; 
Rhododéndron nilaghirienm......... Bot. Mag., t. 4381 Nepal G. h Heathworts | Deep rose April 1848 Lucombe and Co, 
Rhododendron, 
bet Lohdd td tata che ETET 3 H ? ý 
* Showy Vriesia. Bot. Mag., t. 4382 | S. America S. A Bromeliads apt e 1848 — 
