THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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»* tr Show days for iS44. ,f f 



r<£« -^^n' t °rn X "neatest harmony and 

 SSSwM. »* S " K '?^» New Year's Day 



'■^JS5o« rc ' lasse H S 0f JT^oTe7e'S«p"etttor. at the 



iu»« e /5 tn the gardeners vs ' lo ;;, irpr Mr . Sevan, has 



1 Slsf The late g-jgj'tfi treasurership 



Sffl. S other avocations, ^""ft, ^ gQ ^^ 



Br* - — - - r tl,rce 5ears - Mr - w ' 



fcOT ^^n elected in his room. 



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vpvv^ANTS WHICH ARE EITHER 

 JjSUu The Bfl~Z£j>£ IT^ 



SSft* «"■ ^^d.hosfortl.e common Kidney- 



' ..«iinflrv nlant ana uiua wn „5. Many 



f 



' wt raordinary piani *■■- samc genus . Many 



Aud yet they both bcloi g kinglioal , In wn.ch 



ances exist in the ^ similarity to objects 



-wcrterf have found ^f™* °^fore us is by no means the 

 fSaDimil world : and the on- oe • Wed flowe rs, ere 



^ScmMe. J«^Vu assSe^y something not unlike the 

 CiieexpMded,tocwi»w-^ y he th . with wlnch the 



SSooT of the snail. A odj houg ts it8 interest, from 



K^J tbo* compared by n^mwns a » ^ ^ . ig fe _ 



*2£uoo. nothing but the ^figun : ot ue ^ ^^ 



STcharactcr, is thoojjt ; of while one of lhc firgt 



KireaWv delightful production. ii* ' fc f its a , tr;u; . 



SSS&'^tatt^Sgfff'i. ^/mS ir> collections oi 



So in modern times. Indeed, £ is a. 



sSJ« *»* ;■ r .1?" r 'wi riiaHarriso,,ii,andiii that way is 

 the name of Glycine or y«"i» ■ is a deciduous stove- 



^ pttt ^lffl -cemes of large 



x " Ku hirl nf a nurnle and y ellowish h ue. They have a 

 lower*, wtuch are of a purpie m»J_ t tlio ai* n rf«r branches. 



reryrac 



The plan ■ 



totaiywiU «"«""; JJ k'e-.r free by syringing, and by 

 S£; E 'XT . SX mo^.ie e re 'it is a good Lnt for training 

 SSe riflcrt o?a hnasc, where its fine racemes of bloom will be 

 £, WQ *i vantageously. It is a rare and highly ornamental 

 SSwttl v fragrant flowers, and of difficult management 

 t£»7 ^rts of the loath of Europe and the nor th o An ica it 



Sw the ornamental with the curious.-P^on's Magazine of 



'tacsoxia piNXATisTiPiLA. Mrs. Marryatt's Tacsoaia, or 

 Panion -flower. {Greenhouse Climber.) Passiflorese. Mona- 

 celphit Pentandria.-This truly handsome plant is not cultivated 

 toinach as it deserves to be in the greenhouses and conserva- 

 tories of this country, considering how long it has existed in our 

 collections, and how readily it may be increased by cutti rigs. It 

 B a native of Chili, ami was introduced by Mrs. Manyatt, of 

 Wimbledon House, about the year 1830. Nor do we think the 

 trial has fairly been made in the open air, to ascertain whether it 

 eculd not at least be made to flourish during the sum mer 

 Booths, by protecting the roots in winter. The native climate 

 of this Passion-flower is not so warm as that of our Passinora 

 carafca. With us, in the Royal Botanic Gardens, it is trained 

 to the back-wall of a cool greenhouse, where it flowers in the 

 summer mouths.— Curtis's Botanical Magazine. 



Oxcibivh bicolor. Two-coloured Oncidium. (Store Ein- 



**yfc.) Orchidacea?. Gynandria Monandria.— This charming 



species of Oncidium, one of the rarest of its genus, was obtained 



by Messrs. Loddiges from the Spanish Main, and is 1243 of their 



catalogue. It flowered with them in September, 1842. Among 



other peculiarities of the species may be mentioned its very thin 



paeodo-bulbs and three-lobed crest of the labellum, the front 



lobe of which projects forward, while the laterals are at right 



anjle* to it and slightly toothed. It has, moreover, a very largo 



ap, which although deep clear yellow on the upper side, is 



almost white underneath, as also happens in some of the Chrve- 



■tred species. Its nearest affinity is with O. bifolium.— Bo- 

 Untcal Register. 



Bottiau palcifoma. Few-leaved Bossiaea. 



as the partition is but the thickness of a brick set on edge. 

 The branches are trained on a wire trellis over the back 

 path, and bear an abundance of fine fruit every year. At 

 one end of the arch a Shaddock bearing very large fruit is 

 a conspicuous object. The back path of a Pine stove on 

 the east side of the Orangery is covered with Oranges, &c, 

 similar to that in the house already mentioned, and grow- 

 ing with equal luxuriance. Adjoining this stove is a house 

 about 70 feet in length and 24 in breadth, which the 

 gardener, Mr. Piggot, informed me is intended almost 

 entirely for Conservatory climbers. The greater part of 

 them will be planted out in the borders inside the house, 

 and will doubtless have a fine effect. At present the 

 house is principally occupied by Orange-trees, Amarylli- 

 dacese, and select bulbous plants of various genera. The 

 Greenhouse contains principally a stock of young plants, 

 which are designed to render it gay during summer. In 

 the centre of another range of stoves is a small house 

 devoted to the cultivation of Musa Cavendishii. The 

 central pit is filled with earth, in which the plants are 

 luxuriating. One of these plants is carrying a very large 

 bunch of fruit. Mr. Oakhill, the proprietor, has paid 

 great attention to the culture of all kinds of bulbous 

 plants; and the many fine specimens among them bear 

 ample evidence of good treatment. The Amaryllises at 

 present in flower are chiefly hybrids, between vittata and 

 Johnsonii, some of them exceeding either of their parents 

 in beauty, and all of them very showy. For a Conserva- 

 tory Amaryllidaceae possess so many good points in their 

 character that they cannot be too strongly recommended. 

 Tiie greater part of them produce large gorgeous 

 flowers; they are easy to cultivate; may be made, 

 when well managed, to flower at any season; and 

 take up little room. The varieties, by hybridising, 

 may be multiplied almost to infinity. The collection of 

 Orchidaceaj here is but small, Mr. Oakhill having only re- 

 cently commenced growing them. Numbers have lately 

 been received from "the Organ Mountains in Brazil, some 

 of which appear new, but have not yet flowered ; amongst 

 them is a pretty little Odontoglossum in flower, which I 

 have not seen elsewhere. A large plant of the old Phaius 

 grandifolius, with 12 or 14 spikes of flowers, and Bletia 

 Shepherdii, with Neottia speciosa and Jlodriguezia recurva, 

 are all finely in flower. Ardisia crenulata and Euphorbia 

 jacquiniflora are, as is usually the case when well treated, 

 now very showy ; the latter plant occupied a small square 

 pit in the comer of a bark bed, and is thriving well. The 

 Pines, which occupy six of the central pits in the like 

 number of houses, are looking very well and some of them 

 are carrying fine fruit. There are no houses entirely de- 

 voted to" Vines, they are planted in borders in front of 

 the Pine stoves, and trained up the rafters over the Pines. 

 — J. JV. Jones. 



1 



(Greenhouse 



u^u' u Le S" minos *- Wadelphia Decantlria.— This New Hoi- 



:^ v " " *s a lira 

 «pt dwarf, and in 



circuu.- 

 when 



_--«., which has been raised several times from Swan River 

 •eros, js one of those plants whose appearance depends chiefly 



BpOn the W»v i.> »K!„k ;t. : , l » T ■ _. - • . ' 



ataoc 



baki* !?! 1 ' an ? , in ver y~&°od health, it "forms 'a pretty' compact 

 fSSnfn 7 s . pnnkle(i w 'tb yellow and crimson blossoms. It was 

 Wnw'.v raised from seeds by R>hert Mangles, Esq., of Sunning 



br lir nl, ?k y ' 18ll> iX was name(1 anu defined in this work 

 in the - «tr ; • , A / terwar cs. in December, 1842, it was figured 

 Wi ham Hn/f ° al Ma J azine " « nde r the name of B. virgaia, Sir 



E m t enwtein e aware ^at it had been already pub- 

 hi roush npL £ rCenhouse snrub ' anQ wil1 "est succeed if potted 



tte ifem !wS" Xcd "£\* littlc loani a » (I »•»*• When potted, 

 SitauS .Kit n S'. c . r be Versed in the soil, but rather a little 



winter, 

 and air. 



which will preserve the plant fr 



will 



•fffrW 



■- «s»w una always i 

 Fire heat should nev 



Xeghter. 



ig 



GARDEN MEMORANDA. 



The 



0^? ft ?? Gallon, near Liverpool. _ . „_ 

 fce&t .on. «f*!l e contains an excellent collection of 



^Plants are V- SCn - U8CitrUS - T,,e 8 reater P* rt ° f 

 example of th P gr0Wln . g ln l lits ' aild furn ^ h a striking 



&*** them i SUpen ° rity of this 8 y stem over tl at of 



^ good cuH. !• am °, ng tlie live] y S reen lt,aves that 

 ^westing effert I? Vv . tribe alvva y s carries, has an 

 but f ew L*Z t ,- tlme 0f the r^ w »en there are 



plan 



ink "T Udc] L Path "i y ra , n S e9 , Citrons, &c, trained 

 * bfeadth is P rtiHon^ h « d V a little more «»n a foot 

 £? B ^iSwtu e u °fi f,0m thebock of the bark 

 ion> g , e8 > Citron s&e ng h ^ ^^ In this ^rder 

 Xm ^ P^nts have tat ;/ rC p,antcd ; and [ * this sit » a - 



ta e advantage of a little bottonvheat, 



Miscellaneous. 



The Elaagnus reflexa, of Japan.— -This plant was in- 

 troduced from Belgium, into the Garden of Plants, at 

 Paris, in 1837. It flowered for the first time in the open 

 air in 1841, but more abundantly in October, 1842. It 

 is a very branchy shrub, the largest plant of which is now 

 three yards high. The leaves are alternate, and evergreen. 

 The little bunches of flowers are solitary at the axil of 

 the leaves, and there are three or six flowers together ma 

 cluster, which is about half an inch long. This shrub is 

 worthy the attention of Horticulturists, as it can endure 

 the rigour of our winters, notwithstanding that it is always 

 growing. - In this it resembles our Alaternuses and 

 Phyllireas ; but it is certainly to be preferred on account of 

 its elegant foliage and odoriferous flowers, which are as 

 sweet as those of the Bohemian Olive, but less penetra- 

 ting. It can be easily propagated by cuttings put under 

 a bell-glass, and kept in a mild, damp atmosphere. 

 Hitherto it has been grown in peat, in a shady situation. 

 It would fruit, perhaps, in a proper soil, if that could be 

 made.— Rev. Hort. [This is apparently the Eteagnu 

 partiflora, mentioned at p. and figured in the M Botanic 

 Register" for 1843. tab. 51.] 



Poisonous Nature of Hemlock and Oleander.— *l case 

 of poisoning with Hemlock (Cotiinm maculatnm), occur- 

 red lately in consequence of the ignorance of a cook-maid, 

 who had mistaken the above plant for Chervil, and as such 

 employed it in a salad, all who partook of which became 

 seriously ill. It may be remarked thit the Ilemh ck 

 would not lr.ve produced so hid an effect If it had been 

 employed in lottp,or in any preparation requiring fire-heat. 

 The poisonous principi I of the Hemlock (coneine) is 

 v Utile, and disappears by boiling. The cook-maid 

 declared that she had employed this plant some days pre- 

 viously for soup ; and she persisted in saying that it was 

 the same as that which caused the illness when used in 

 salad. A few years ago, a child died from having eaTen 

 one morning a quantity of Oleander flowers. I he 

 child was se zed with violent colic, and whilst the cause or 

 its indisposition was unknown, the symptoms soon assumed 

 an alarming character, that of a burning fever, under which 

 the child sunk at the end of two days. With reference to 

 this last case we mav mention the following, related by 

 Professor Richard. In 1809, when the French troops 

 were lying before Madrid, some of the soldiers went a 

 marauding, every one bringing back such provisions as 

 could be found. One soldier formed the unfortunate idea 

 of cutting the branches of the Oleander for spits and 

 skewers for the meat when roasting. This tree, it may be 

 observed, is very common in Spain, where it attains con- 

 siderable dimensions. The wood having been sapped ot 

 its bark, and brought in contact with the meat, was pro- 

 ductive of most direful consequences, for of twelvesoldiers 

 who ate of the roast seven died, and the other five, were 

 dingerously ill. An order of the day was issued next 

 morning, interdicting the. cutting of the Oleander. This 



plant belongs to the Apocinaceous family, of which nearly 

 all the plants are deleterious, and contain a white acrid 

 juice, more or less thick, and produce eruptions if applied 

 to the skin. M. Pepin states that during the wars of 

 Italy, an instance of poisoning occurred in consequence 

 of soldiers employing branches of the common Laurel 

 (Cerasus Laurocerasus) for roasting their meat. — Revue 



Horticole.\\ 



Experiments on various Flowering Plants, with Guano 



and Nitrate of Soda. By J. E. Teschemacher.-— Small 

 parcels of the new manure Guano having been very gene- 

 rally circulated in this vicinity, it is right to put those in 

 possession of it on their guard against using it too freely, 

 many plan's in England and some here having been killed 

 for want of proper care in the application of it. Guano is 

 an extremely powerful and warm manure, and if applied in 

 large quantities, or in lumps, destroys the roots. For 

 Pelargoniums, Roses, and all hardy, strong-growing 

 plants, one teaspoonful to a quart of earth, or about 1 part 

 in 100, is sufficient ; it should be pulverised and well 

 mixed with the earth in which a plant i3 to be repotted. 

 When it is not convenient to repot, the earth may be 

 gently stirred on the surface of the pot one or two inches 

 deep, and the Guano pulverised, then mixed in ; the plants 

 should be kept well watered. Besides Pelargoniums and 

 Roses, I have tried it on the Myrtaceous family, on Ericas, 

 Fuchsias, and Camellias ; its effects on these are equally 

 surprising. I have been also trying experiments on 

 various plants with nitrate of soda ; in every case I placed 

 two plants, of the same species and of nearly the same 

 size, close together ; one of them was watered three times 

 a week with a very weak solution of this salt, the other 

 was under the usual management. The effect of the 

 nitrate of soda has now become very evident, the plants 

 watered with it are larger and earlier in bloom than the 

 others; it appears, however, to me, probable that these 

 effects will be rather evanescent, and the plants will always 

 require this stimulant. I observe in the English publi- 

 cations, that this constant necessity for the stimulant is 

 urged against all these new manures, but surely there is no 

 strength in this argument. All manures become ex- 

 hausted, and the farmer has always to apply the stimulant 

 of his manure-heap to make his land bear. From some 

 experiments I have made, I think that Guano will prove 

 a manure of much greater permanence than any that is 

 now in use, particularly in soils deficient in phosphate of 

 \ime.— Hovey's Magazine of Horticulture. 



Adulteration of Sugar.— A supply of crushed sugar 

 arrived in Perth, a few days ago, with all the appearance 

 of adulteration. Samples have been submitted to chemical 

 tests, hut hitherto, we understand, without detecting the 

 peculiar ingredients of admixture. To appearance it is 

 some mucilage or starchy substance, giving tne sugar a 

 peculiar clammy moisture, as well as smell. Suspicions 

 of adulteration have been entertained here for some time, 

 not onlv in crushed, but in lump sugar. A large quantity 



of the 'latter having been dissolved previousto being 

 boiled with fruit for jelly, was found to contain a large 

 portion of glutinous or starchy matter, but the exact 

 ingredient could not be ascertained.-/*^ Courier. 

 r We never saw or heard of such an adulteration of loaf 

 or crushed sugar, and rather doubt it ; brown sugar is 

 often, and to a gr.at extent, adulterated with various 

 cheap substances like that described, but we do not under- 

 stand how loaf-sugar could be so adulterated.] 



CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS 



For the enswng Week. 



I— HOTHOUSES. CONSERVATORIES, &c. 



Stoe*».-W the paths, stage., plants &c. arc kept clean, and 

 the heatins apparatus is in a g >od working condition, there ™ 

 h" little necessity for giving much air, at this season to stove 

 nlait at rest a „ rt in dull weather. Formerly, currents of air 

 w^re though so nd.speusabie to plants at all timet, that increased 

 fires were made purposely to rise the temperature higher than 

 was necessary, in order to heap u.» these currents. 



rmaervaton/.- A «eat sten towards the proper management 

 nf stove idants in waiter was made when those in flower at this 



° ason w£e n found to do woll enough ^^^^H^S 

 45° in the conservatory. Euphorbia jacqunurlora is the oesi 

 JUVant we have for winter, and the : flowers are e, en more 



brilliant in the conservatory than in the s^ve Among the 



or Narcissi, Hyacinths, early Talips, 



with some 



rSSs£i=s=-ff a sag 



Sg£KSS23BEaSB3 



requires abundance of water. , 



Pla r tS '.;»rr Pit, _The«e are now crowded with Roses, Lilacs, both 

 tJ'S^t^S, Sweetbriar, Cinerarias, Hyacinths 



T.fiiSs^arc i, Jonquils Anna Boleyn Pinaa, Gardenias. Ron- 



deletTa Jpec Francisce'a Hopeana and lat if .,lia, *j"*&S+ 



rrot :-ifar las Pel ugoniums, Chinese and other Azaleas, nith > Rho- 

 do endrons Andromedas &c. These may be syringed one a 

 d°y? and smoked occasionally, and a temperature of from 55 

 to 65° should be maintained.— D. B. 



II. -FLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. 



Outdoor Department. 



The remarks of last week in tl«s department are : still Wtffifc 

 As the weather is mild, the plant.*, o f ,hr. h, md .£««»»>, \ 



C "& 0„nfa..-A 1 f;e spare ground in «%£*£">«£ 



fmMfMmmm 



hardy Plant™ nto wh<fn harden,,* off for the flower garden. 



