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8 So rieties. — reddish coloured nuts, which may be eaten like Saffron, the e produee ce being threefold that of the Wheat. 
5 5 grat, Oct. 3.—E. Branne, Esq. in the Hazel nuts, and which are — on the edges The e gardens should be placed dry, exposed to the sun, 
l pe + of Bristol, and M. Ricardo, | m Small buff coloured woolly leaves. It vas stated and towards the south, und . — 
; pe Lane, n, Oxfordshire, were elected Fellows, that a'kind of arrowroot prepared from such plants | winds. They should — Pr orest trees, nor 
k subjects of hibition Messrs, Rollisson, of Tooting TS nsed as food by the natives about Vera Cruz | be too much elevate Districts 
3 f Orehids consisting of a a fair specimen and other parts of Mexico.—From the Garden of favourable for the cultivation of . ots Ls Th 
. e Er idendrum vitellinum; Pha. the Society were fine specimens of Sedum 3 g season begins during the last wee of Septe x 
ed; t ibia. Mulgedium macrorhizon, a plant useless for pot — ae in the first week of October; — — non 
Sas ia eee iè variety tom Miltonia | Culture, but which would form a good out- door plant times lasts till the wie ps of November. The soil is 
aer 3 unnamed Vandas, 1 roots could be preserved over winter; prepared after thre the first is i 
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rare Me 0 8 awarded to the two first. fragrant species; Miltonia candida ; Odontoglossum the field is ploughed in autumn after the harvest, the 
e ö Eae Hovea ilicifolia, a species es whose beautiful violet | same as for Wheat, only somew t deeper and narrower, 
p ‘i a rs amply compensate for the difficulty experienced According to the third method, the field is ploughed 
n eultivating it; a new Callistemon from South Aus- immediately after the harvest (whether of Wheat, Rye, 
. the self coloured variety of Miltonia trali ia, with numerou us tufts of crimson stamens sur- | or Oats), and then rolled and harrowed. Three days 
3 specimen of which was . at the mounted by yellow anthers, Which contrast well with | before planting, the field is trimmed. The manure is 
‘of the Society; M. Clowesiana ; Angreecum | them; and Satyrium Herschelli, a variety nearly related | only added during planting ; but so that it is well covered 
ra mazi eee 4 good On- to S. erectum. In consequence ond supposed diffi- with earth and does not come in contact with the bulbs. 
Sib n i 
we phage Odon. | Orchids, w comprise some of the most beautiful | best $ man n bulb is 
— rather — R herbaceous 8 in en, th í cet has taken | called in Austria Kiel. It is of the size of a Walnut, 
l some pains to obtain aco ection, with the vi - | Surrounded by 10 or 12 soft ~ nes, of a 
il Cyenoches | 1 eee Pricof-calouyed f tain N they are cultivable or not, and the plant in fcinnamon-brown colour, which terminate at the top, 
t question was p ed as a result of the experiment, | around the germ, in capill threads— bollen— 
Medal was awarded 3 ee eas he w rene are as hahi proved successful, The h anner that only about three o 
13 t shown w. rom the prettiest of its race, but reach the top, the others bam shorter and finer. The 
r new 9 the p exhibited thet — of health. Í multiplication of the Saffi ron proceeds from these bulba 
Achimenes white flowers spotted in the ew Garden (K iele). No case is known of a flower producing seed. 
te with ellow and purple and two plants of a new T ow INK den Plants. sash bulb produces within hilf w years — 
W. s Peruvian Capsicum, found to be far les HE P 3 PLANT. autumn and the end of s from one or two, or from 
than e comm on Capsicum, A Certificate of Sr. Cnan.—Stemless. tea 5 leathery, sharp pnns soe . jo oend 
fit was awarded to the Oncidium, A similar award] andrecnrved at the point (8 — 12 inches long). | Flowers 14 or Mies af it she meanwhile every year, and nothing: ro» 
* i i. as Glendinning of the Chiswick | 13, about an inch in mines ter, at the end of a stiff * mains of it but t some coarse blackish brown 
22722 for its |. SecanBl nah ete . bollen, and a dried hard assis pate 
0) "i 3 „ wi ; 
1 F Apaan —— A — g which the young: bulbs are seated. Pelee the bulbs 
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è 4 i ä » oblique, incurved, the middle. one ovate- are planted they must be cleared of all membranes re- 
repens, a new Ceylon kind of Balsam, acu e slightly ener crest thin, concave L of the parent bulb, of of the plattel, ke. sr all 
y are ed 
ght) yellow flowers, a lunate, rounded. 
and bni 
eee. will render it a pretty or 
a hott ck 
use rockwork. It is e xpected that it will amay alin 2 high, ina dry fre lace. The sow- 
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sprove suitablefor out-door decoration i ig gd le furrows of 8 inches depth, the other placing the bulbs 
: re 3 inches apart, and the t 
they are half covered. Saffron flowers appear 
before the leaves, and can easily be removed without 
| ae — bulb. The best time for gathering them 
is early in morning while they are apap When 
ip edad. si ed fin aa = * es whe ag fag: „ 8 ing eat 0 
=e ee straw mats, until fit for picking. The pic 
i irid Pe penal: Lady Sefton, lilac, blush ; Saffronlösen) Sonit in separating hs P trif ic 
8 2 A. carmine ;. Louis Bordillon, rose ; from the style, and removing it from the iant his 
is done the day after the pi thering, and must be per- 
3 without separating the parts of the tripid stigma 
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i They should re remain adhere rent, or, as as it is H g & the 
‘be entire.” Little or S the yellow 
~ mith Tila dw 
dee crimson, shaded, dark purple ; Baronne Prevost, | ee . i sfe 
' iae Duchess . ditto ; 1 8 X i PATAN: 
A rosy pink, tinged with lilac ; Du Roi, o a 3 . price. On ollowing e ir 
Crimson; ‘Mogador. ; Bourton ¢ "Aside bin white a ag a very unexpected addition to the genus Phale-) Tomek wh loving to x 3 * 
ee yo d Eu; Madame nopsis, of which: 1155 exactly the habit. The flowers pression. After a few hours it becomes oily and flexible, 
Ae; 3 elaine pt blush; Irina; are small, numerous, and arranged in a loose spike. and can then be pressed into well closed boxes. Most 
3; Comice de Seine et Marne,.crim. The lip wants the tendrils. so remarkable in Ph. amabilis of the Austrian Saffron. is sold at Krems on the 28th of 
rose; Pierre de St. yr, and grandiflora, instead of which it is bright rose colour, October. Its price is from 30 to 32 fl. [=36—38 fl 
S o Cassey, lively red; Le Grena. | with almost the shape of a trowel. It was found in 24 kr. Rhenish] per pound. crop of 
Chartres, deep rose; Sou- Manilla: by Mr. = Lobb, vie sent — to Messrs. Veiteh, “year, the green leaves are left en vi 
le, Dea: ‘Caroline, blush pink, who des spike of flowers from 12 to the next year, and in gg w 
crimson; tinged with 18 inches long ; that which we saw was not more | and to become yellow at the top, they are 
pale flesh’; Cramoisie | 4 inches long, but it had blossomed at sea, and Pro: dar cattle, he little bulb edn se tiie 
5 0 Perpetual: Madame | bably inferior . it will beeome hereaſter first year had formed itself on from 
ahah a a little tube, with 8 n 
n, er. to Sir George Beau- Culiiva ee e ä not eultivated gr 7 in. the autama af sha apond year, 8 
n Pineapple, bandsome and a France bolas The bulbs (cormi) (Nef kalle kiadel, is perfect. If everything goes on 
8 Slbs. 23 oz., for whieh a Bank. oduced towards the latter end So i berip rekst j ein ae 
ee de, ‘his. as ‘certainly a fine de kh ae e gentleman of. the family of Pear, ostain twe om ihres ines the. quantity. af balba 
ste hele he Soy that P Porchaires, who first: planted the mon his estate at 2 Sere pintaj — DE gs dui : 
wer ee, ‘Phe bo Af the bulbs are left fur a third crop, nothing else is to 
a Rev, l e <atumbolis are wel b known. “The ‘same bulb or, cormus i mas Wen after . me — 12 
Grass lly removing the wes 
AUT bud (caiew). appears, which, after baving ere July. It is, however, remar abi that oa bulbs nor 
several flowers in the autumn of the peri i pean 1 ultiply in the third year. The bulbs having 
dies. Alter e würd peat ho bulbs should in z | now yielded.Saffron. for two, three, or four years, 
janie. A dark, somewhat loose, sandy soil, in a removed about Whitsuntide, when the new bulb (X 
unny situation, pork best. Havn n wet, clayey, and js perfectly developed, the Saffron-grass 
fresh ured soils is axe wens ble for its cultiva- d bulb quite disappeared, ..By means of ;a coarse 
London before ah en p as of the Grape. ove they ar oleae at eadh ing mould, and 
came from Mr. Rutchison, Ihe bulbs are rr of Julg, about in in an al or loft; P. uti 
12 ta a square foot. A temperature of 14° Fahr. is 10 70 "Beane of a iy Snails —1 determined 
very eee to them, in ease dhe snow does not lie f undertalte the anal aue e — — 
8 ery hi In the Ga ta, the wen ge — . 5o frequently found — aad in * 
r in May, but itis collected for co which has thi 
ta (le Jauna) are re plucked off, dried 
and . in dry. i 55 
77 fl rom pness. Sa ha years. th 
of Black flower, Marigolds red- 
2 by poet 905 it ‘with Safflower, 
"thay were fly ne Se sals an rede bet lao de end), 
and were remarkable poy Spain, g 
nd in medicine. In France and Spain, 
Planted on — Mane 2 e amen is prepared from it, under the name 8 
nn of Er eee It is also used as a pro- 
damp. A Banksian 
J. 3 Fea, aon Fen | iias de oae — 2 ior the home consumption, | bee 
ee ie tbs. 
came 
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escheat 
