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ho attain his object, I atte jempted 8 fertilise grandiflora 
and | but 
622 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
leaves in —— * field that had reached a certain 
stage of 
growing 
in cottagers’ gardens, which r le 
—— stems, there is considerably less 7 ‘it than in 
n the 
2 
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a] 
o 
8 5 
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cet 
—In y 
by the — Society on the 5th inst., you 
lemned an Achimenes, — andida, as an u 
rable opinion may hav 
valuable oe eae re 
o show that 
— 
all, therefore, attem 
da is unsuitable for exhibition, it may p 
t to the hybridist. Several years ago I 
— to add to the then very limited number of 
sven ap — the task I imposed upon myself was to 
arlet seedling of the size of gra 
a with coccinea ; efforts were vain. 
I then ‘confined my attenti os to the smaller sorts, a nd 
nd piee Der. sa, 
na 
report of the meeting 
unde- 
t 
. | still I do not intend to throw away such go 
a very desirable kind, and a plant after ornamenting 
| the fiower border all the summer might be taken up in 
the autumn, potted, and set ft 
enhouse ; it would afford many a sprig for nosegays 
ones; it i is ca alle d Tricolor, and I think rather tender, 
at least it often e- silly. i i 
zed be 
plant a moderate 
y 24, ¢ 
colour in their brightest tints, re shap 
remarks vile tin 
nsidious con t 
e ee 
Atrosanguinea, Hendersoni, Emma, Rubens, Sabiniana, 
and some others; S. N. V. 
Vasps and Dahlias.—I had ma Dahlias attacked 
— ark and — — — 
with coceinea produced — improved — viz., 
A. cupreata a and coccinea Superba, &e. 5 and a succe essful 
ho h m, by which — iha limb 
variably — Thi is year, owing to there being few 
ee not observed ree do rg mischief ; 
„all óf 2 va several others, I prese 
Messrs 
with favour. Thou 
seedlings are decidedly beautiful, I merely con- 
sider — as an advance — two or three steps in the 
ot been interrupted in my 
nted 
of Vork, and which the publie 
. * nes see Sept. 
* Propagation KI page 472). Somo 20 years ago, 
when I firs aore as amusement, 
nefiting ve health, I 
being a novice 
— soe 
few Auriculas — Talpa, but 
row them w 
oth venusta and s will form se 
with the improved scarlet kinds, and I -n — —.— 
affirm that the result w prove much handso 
than the parent plants ; iti is also réasona ‘ble to suppose 
— i. ha diflora, on account of its seme ip, would 
* to mix with them; thus, three old . 
furnish all the necessary properties s to insure my object. 
I have ae you that colour is to be prized, 
be 
robable 
A. erba, and rosea seed 
very profusely, and my — er addline moderately so ; 
a union of candida m would probably give 
i mson, and white varieties, 
e 
the 
mount success 
The seed of last season has 
some decidedly splendid and new Bad; ; 
doubt but that next spring I shall - able p present to 
white and crim mulus the size of 
Moodii. At present I have ssessing a pure 
white tube, with a dark . ‘order, which mea- 
4 = across, and which, though deficient — 
2 crimson border which bove 
ee 
iji inch in 
in size; Lie 
pro 
y m d sa 
ust give them something better nips eat wre drink, 
but without telling me how to do i 
was no encouragement, t, but being very fo fo a of flowers 
I persevered nd by experience have 
ee at ast * manage 2 pret ty well. 
ing t 
c- — 
s raiséd more 
times the intrinsic worth, it — — been the eber 
i re and attention for months p d i 
rhood, a Hop planter, 
was accosted. ss two boys of the age of 9 and 15; they 
wikia reli was refused ; work was offered 
i The cireu 
ing orphans (according to their 
e of a an father while 8 work at Reigate), 
1 
that 18 
requisite to furnish an ordinary sized —.—— 
eitron 
Small varieties 2 are two lemon 
much smaller in 
ee 
~ | clothes they a —— — ie 
e- Royat Souta Lonpon FTonTcUl. ept. 1 
This —— the last for the season, was held in ir 
Surrey Zoological Gardens. 
A amily, that they were fed fro 
caps, shoes n 
— finena = h Such is the 
gentleman received in ing to show 
kindness as H. B.“ suggests; N oti 
* 
TURAL, Se — 
As the lants p 
arkable, we shall doves 
our report chiefly Dahlias, the display of which, 
for extent or perfection, we have seldom seen e qualled. 
n the Amate acs Cass, for 24 Sees . the 
was aw 0 B 
; urnham, 
— were in no way rem 
to the 
— — eo Gloria Mundi, Springfield Rival, 
wings Searlot Gein Have Tri 
mstance of p 
tale, — ng been 
[Sepr. 16, 
n Warner, Princess Radziwill, Louis Phi. go 
Eya; Shylock, — of Roses „M —— aie 
vation, Es ide, Non Cay. 
sey op re Bos ean em Standard ; Mr wad, 
son, of for Beeswing, Robin. 
k 
P R — 
rincess Radziwill, 8 Loa Phili „ and 
uib, Southampton, for 93 Delcan’ 
arner, Queen of P 
Miller, for ‘Madam e Wachy, Hermione Em 
oro ecco, B uquet de Brueil, Judy, an Roi Eapen ú 
2d, M man, for B F 
prize was awarded 
helsea, for 8 Hilson, Nell Gwynne, 
3 Gem, Golden Fleece, and Shylock; 24, 
vard, of Burnham, for Hero, Croc us, Golden 
eece, Canary; ge mg _ == ; Calin 
i th, 3 6t h, Mr. 
n the Nu — Glas, for the be 24 i Dalis, 
ded 
‘ rner, of Chal- 
Be eeswing, 1 Vue Mrs. 
te — 
E 
Anderson, 
Captivation, Yellow Stan 
Cobden, Prine 
in 
Mr. Tur sb * 7 Smit Pieotee, 
Magdeburgh, Vicomte 
nn, Dulein 
„Mr. 
varieties: Ist 
aite, to 
me t the 
exhibitor, was awar o Mr. Turner, 0 of Chalvey ; 
and the contest for the . — Sweepstakes by Most Messrs, 7 
Collison, Bra d Co., 1 urner, 
dee aiie 
atte 
Of f the SEEDLING eee hich were 
epidop era, from Devons 
a singular pale buff variety of the blue ream an bate 
Mr, Doubleday ener the Pe 
Cryptorh yncus, which 
ha 
name iole, It ma 8 
