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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



fiagghot, exhibited not for competition, consisted entirely 

 •f seedlings, and comprised many beautiful varieties ; they 

 •were Sir T. I/iwrence, Titian, Celebration, Great 

 Western, Julio, Magna, Claude, Conqueror, Sir R. Sale, 

 Teniers, Guido, and Guercino. 



C i s krari as. — The Silv. Banksian Medal was awarded 

 ••Mr. I very, of Peck ham, for a collection of 12 Cinerarias, 

 which comprised the following sorts : — Retina Victovi 

 Seedling King of Prussia, Prince of OUlenburgh, True 

 Blue, Piokwick, Emperor, Laura, Nosegay, Eclipse, 

 Triumph, and Pride of Peck ham. 



The Seedling Tent contained but few Peiarponiurns ; 

 «nd one only, a seedling of the present year, received 

 a certificate (named Dr. Lindley) : this was in Mr. 

 Wheme's collection, gr. to E. Foster, Esq., Clewer 

 Manor; the flower is fine in form, with bright, deep 

 rose-coloured under petals, small white centre, with large 

 ■dark blotch on the upper petals, leaving but a narrow 

 margin of bright rose. Another seedling in this collec- 

 tion attracted much attention ; it is a flower rather defi- 

 cient in form, but possessing extraordinary depth and 

 richness of colour of a peculiar quality ; it was regarded 

 with -much interest by amateurs, who speculated upon 

 the influence such a flower would have in future upon 

 this favourite class. In Mr. Beck's collection (which 

 was disqualified from the omission of the names), we 

 noticed two fine seedlingB, Arabella and splendens ; the 

 former a rosy flower with a white centre, the latter a 

 nigh and brilliant-coloured variety ; the other seedlings 

 in this class presented no improvement. A certificate 

 «f merit was awarded to Mr. I very for a seedling Azalea 

 named formosa, and the same to Mr. Catleugh for a 

 variety named conspicua rosea ; both having large flow- 

 ers, clean and bright in colour, and expanding freely. 

 A few < tnerarias were exhibited, but none that seemed 

 to be improvements upon those that have already ap- 

 peared. There were a great many seedling Calceolarias, 

 principally varieties, having small blotches covering the 

 front of the flower ; these are now become so common, 

 that, unless the form is fine and the marking peculiar, 

 they are difficult to distinguish from each other. From 

 a careful examination of this part of the Exhibition, we 

 thought tfhe best seedling was one from Mr. Kinghorn, 

 *amed tiie Duchess of Sirtberland. The Fuchsias pre- 

 sented no improvements upon the kinds already in culti- 

 vation. 



The exhibition of Fruit, the Pines excepted, was by 

 far the best we ever saw in May. The Grapes, both 

 Black und White, and also the Strawberries and Melons, 

 were as good as could be produced at any season of the 

 year. Two fine baskets of Black Hambnrgh Grapes were 

 dbown, according to notice, by Mr. Wilmot, of Isleworth; 

 and although they were exceedingly fine, almost as good 

 as could be desired, tliere were several lots as good from 

 other growers, and one or two baskets considerably 

 bettor, -especially those sent by Mrs. Knott, of East 

 Barnet; these were perfect : fine bunches, large berries, 

 quite ripe, as black as a coal, and beautifully covered with 

 bloom ; these were the Black Hamburgh, but some Dutch 

 ~#weetwater in the same basket were equally good. 

 Very superior Grapes, both Hamburgh and Sweetwater, 

 •were also shown by Mr. Atlee, gr. to H. Beaufov, Esq., 

 Mr. -Oodds. gr. to Sir G. Warrender, Bart., Mr. Wortley, 

 *r. to F. Maubert. Esq., Mr. Braid, gr. to H. Perkins, 

 Esq., Mr. ft. Chapman, Mr. J. Davies, of Oakhill, 

 Mr. Spencer, gr. to the Marquess of Lansdowne, 

 Mr. Bell, of Norwich, and Mr. Mitchell, of Brighton. 

 From Messrs. Cridiand and Co. were some fine bunches 

 of Black Hamburghs, but they were deficient in colour ; 

 and those from Mr. Henderson, gr. to Sir G. Beaumont, 

 Mr. Murray, gr. to the Marquess of Bath, were much 

 injured by being badly packed. In addition to those 

 mentioned above, very good White Grapes were sent by 

 Mr. Gadd, of Betcbworth Castle, near Dorking, Mr. 

 ©odds, Mr. Davies of Oakhill, Mr. Mitchell, of 

 Brighton, Mr. M'Lean, gr. to the Marquess of Down- 

 shire, and Mr. Brewin, gr. to R. Gunter, Esq.; but the 

 Muscats shown by Mr. Brewin were far from ripe. 

 The only Pines worthy of special remark, in these 

 days of six and seven-pounder Queens, were from 

 Mr. Leslie, gr. to J. Fleming, Esq., and these, 

 though tolerably good for May, were not so good as we 

 feave seen exhibited in some seasons by Mr. Dosrding. 

 A seedling Pine, apparently a cross between the Queen 

 and Black Jamaica, was sent by Mr. J. Fish, gr. to H. 

 Oddie, Esq. ; it was small, but tolerably well swelled. 

 Three kindsof Strawberries, viz. the British Queen, Keen's 

 Seedling and Old Carolina, were sent bv Mr. Spencer, 

 and fine dishes of the British Queen, bv Mr. R. King- 

 horn, gr. to A. Murray, Esq., Mr. W. Davies, of Isle- 

 worth, Mr. J. Davies, Mr. Spencer, and Mr. Dodd : 

 all these were very fine, but Mr. Spencer's were the 

 largest. A fine dish of May Duke Cherries was sent by 

 Mr. Ewing, gr. to O. F. Meyrick, Esq., and a small 

 «ush not quite ripe from Mr. Dodds. Some beautiful 

 *hite Currants were sent by Mr. Dodds, and some fine 

 paddocks came from the garden of the Viscount 

 Berehaven. Peaches and Nectarines were sent by Mr. 

 Spencer and Mr. Henderson, but neither were very 

 fcne. A brace of very excellent Melons called Snow's 

 Hardy Green Flesh, and said to produce two and three 

 crops m * season, were sent by Mr. Snow, gr . to the 

 Jbarl de Grey ; ^reen flesh Melons were also exhibited bv 

 Mr. J. Fish, and a brace of Persian Melons bv Mr 

 Spencer. The Cantaloup Melons Irom Mr. Gadd of 

 Betcbworth Castle, would be considered fine at 'any 

 season, but for May they were superlatively excellent, 

 and some of them could not have been less than six 

 pounds in weight. Mr. J. Fish sent some Cantaloup 

 .Melons, as did also Mr. Spencer. Two good collections 



of Apples and Pears, in a tine sUte of preservation, were 

 exhibited by Mr. Baldwin, of Turnham Green, and R. 

 Brook, Esq. There is one hint which the reporter mav 

 perhaps be permitted to giv« the exhibitors of fruit, and 

 that is, to point out the necessity of every kind being 

 properly named. Without this it is impossible to do 

 justice to what is shown, and it will account for the 

 omissions of some names in this report. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 

 May 3.— J. E. Gray, Esq., President, in the Chair. 

 Various donations were announced. Professor AUman, 

 J. T. Mackay, Esq., and T. C. Hunt, Esq., H.M. Con- 

 sul at the Azores, were elected members.— A specimen 

 of Borkhausia setosa was presented by G. S. Gibson, Esq., 

 which was stated to have been found by Dr. J. B. Wood in 



corn-fields at Withington, near Manchester A specimen 



of Primula vulgaris, bearing three flowers on a long 

 slender scape, was exhibited from Mr. D. Stock, of 

 Bungay, as an example of the plant usually (though 

 incorrectly) called Primula elatior by the botanists of 

 that part of England. Having been inclosed in a post 

 letter before dried, it was too much shrivelled to admit of 

 its being assigned quite certainly to the variety cau- 

 lescens of the London Catalogue. The variety inter- 

 media of the same Catalogue usually bears 10 or 20 

 flowers on a scape, and approximates to the Cowslip in 

 its deep colour and short pubescence.— A monstrositv of 

 Primula vulgaris was also presented by Mr. D. Stock. 

 In this specimen a short peduncle terminated in a funnel- 

 shaped calyx, formed by the adhesion of 15 sepals, and 

 inclosing two distinct corollas ; the limb of one corolla 

 being divided into eight lobes, that of the other into 

 seven.— Read, "A Synoptical View of the British Fruti- 

 cose Rubi, arranged in Groups, with Explanatory Re- 

 marks,"^ Part 2), by Edwin Lees, Esq., F.L.S. 



COUNTRY SHOWS. 



Alnwick Florists' Show.— The florists of Alnwick held their 

 Animal Inhibition of Auriculas and Polyanthuses on the 7th 

 ult. The flowers exhibited were in fine order, and reflected 

 much credit upon the growers. The prizes were awarded as 

 follows :-4uric*las, Green-edged: 1, Page's Champion, Mr. 

 Allan; 2 Empress of Russia, Mr. Cockburn. Grey-edged: 

 1, Grime's Pnvateer, Mr. Allan; 2, Grime's Privateer, Mr. 



[Mav fi 5 



3, Poppleweli's Conqueror Mr~l~w^« , — — =r-~- ' 



U Mrs. Wi.louKhby? Mr. Biddell ^^C**^ 



*r 



HimeinHs 



1. Mr Wood ;2. Mr. fiidde » ^ * ^f^TS* 

 Mr. T. Burlinghsm. Single bine • i mt V* Bof **r-V 



Mr T. Burhngham; 2, Mr. Cook. Stov - " S " Vlctoi - 



H. Smith : a a' 



Sm.th.i, Mr. Bennett; 3, Diosma purpurea " m7"u ; 3 ' 

 Fuchsia formosa elegans, Mr. Bennett ^',w nj Uoofl J <• 

 Climax ; 2, Jewess, G. J. A. Walker, Esq bSP"?* >. 

 delecta; 2, E. Hartnelli, Mr. Stanton* *££ **A*** 

 Rosa pevomen,is, Mr . T . Burlmgham • iF&J**** ■ 

 Mr. Wood. Herhaceous Plants : ] cVr\ri' a auM *Ul. 

 C. Irbyana. Mr. Bennett. Extra Paiz^Ter^^ * 

 Azalea tndiea alba, to Mr. Bennett; for Erica ZnLl"? for 

 Smith; for Verbena Prince** Poyul,\o £%&%£*: 



onuter 



Species Filicum 



°" khoncn 



32ebietos. 



being Descriptions of m , „„ 



K.H., F.R.S., &c. 8vo. Pamolin. Part II 

 It is extremely satisfactory to find this important work 

 duly published at its allotted time, and executed withal 

 the skill and taste of its predecessor. The Nnnroe 

 before us contains the genera Dicksonia, include 

 Balant.um Culcita Leptopleuria, Cystodium, PataruY 

 and Sitolobium— which Sir W. Hooker does not con 

 ■ider sufficiently distinct— Cibotium, Loxsoma, and the 

 (Treat mass of species included under the names of 



Hymenophyllum and Trichomanes. The next Part will 

 appear in July. 



u , ""*"—*» 1 "»- ««*" ; -t, Jtrince Aioert, Mr. Richardson. 

 Polyanthuses I, Bonny Bess, Mr. Cockburn: 2, George the 

 rourth, Mr. Allan. 



Cork Horticultural Society. —This was the first Exhibition for 

 this season. It took place on Thursday, the 18th of April. The 

 following-were the most attractive objects :-From Lord Bere- 

 haven, some very fine Shaddocks and Oranges. From J. S. 

 Barry, Esq., a fine specimen of Chorozema varium, and a large 



NOTICES of NEW PLANTS WHICH are EITHER 



USEFUL OR ORNAMENTAL. 



IUrbacenia Squama™. Scaly Uarbacenia. {Herhaceous 

 perennial.) Lromehaeea?. Hexandria Monogynia. - lor the 



the sweet-scented Boronia serrulata ; several varieties of Cacti 

 J23J? nf Cn v S V1Ct ^ J the & raceful Tropceolura tricolor, a new 

 S„^ em ° phlla ' and a Collecti0 " of Mosses. -Cork 



vras r/mf r 7 a fl \ <" SA °™' M " P »/—**• Exhibition of TULIPS 



SrS; 10e * a,U conside ^d superior to any previous 

 . J tT:_ ™ e ^^ing^prizes were awarded :-Tumps : ], Duke 



C far es he Tenth ^ eIil ^ to »./^falgar, Captain VYi.kinson ; 

 Mr Wafm.lJv i* M f- R, ? harf,son ; Marshal de Sourbaissr 

 moisa S 7 J. Pnestman'a Seedling, Mr. Hargreaves ; Cre- 

 moisa, #\r. Hargreaves. Feathered Hubs.: Gaystilla Mr 

 Hargreaves; Black Baqueta, Mr. Jopson; Victor a, Mr* 



^^iSSSS^^iSA Mr - H «»«*Wi| Waslnngton; 

 Ron^tP Mr x I : MaIt " Part oot i Mr.Riehardsoni Viole 



niiSnara S" l^uT**, > Capt F,ash ' Du( ' hess of Hamilton j 

 wSSlfrth L 'h n R ! cl ' ard8 ,° n - Feath *rtd Roses : Due de Bronti 

 Mr Ha^ Jl »o Little Mr. Richardson j Triomphe Royale 

 Mr. Hargreaves ; Andromeda, Mr. Walmsley ; Holden'.sRose and 



N?le 1Pt Mr de - V ' frgrenneS ' Duchess of Hamilton 

 Flamed Bi 



Hargreaves 



Richardson: Leopoldina, Captain WifkinsonT Le 



Hero 



opold, Mr. 

 uchess of 

 007/1 s : 

 Richard- 

 Mr. 



C- ko Ivn "J, L T , ,6th ' Mr - W «l«>«'ey- Flamed 

 ^i^^^L^^!^^?^ &* Hill, Duches, of 



TrouKolam Irtn ' ^F* Wllkinson - Greenhouse Plants : 

 specS^M^'J 01 ^.^^^- Jcnkinsonii, and Polygala 



M 

 Bardoi 



Yellow _„ . .. frV> 



Gawthorpu 



The ' 



name, or the flowers for which they 5« £2* With ° Ut *• 



South-Essex Horticultural Satiety, May 15.— The attendance 

 was aqua to that of preceding ye^s. ? h e Wger 2Z 

 were particularly fine, a,d contained plants ma.iy o w ic h 

 would nave been cons,der,d exceUent L ^eslcLZxu 



former years. A variety of prizes were awarded ennc-min* 

 which we have no details bejond the names of ^the winner. 

 Several cottagers' prizes were also distributed. ™"era. 



number of plants have been raised, which have flowered in the 

 valuable collection of those gentlemen during the spring ot the 

 present year. The genus Barbacenia has been long known to the 

 admirers of plants through the B. purpurea, another Brazilian 

 species of considerable merit; and throiurh the more recently 

 introduced B. gracilis. Besides the present, these are the only 



>ecies which have been received in England. Tweh >eci< 

 are mentioned by Martins in his " Plantanrm Braziliensis;*' and 

 engravings and descriptions of six are furnished in thesame work, 

 all of which are different from the three above mentioned. Tfaey 

 were found growing on arid situations on mountains, at an e i- 

 tion of from inOO to 1500 feet, and onlv between the Hth an, 1 

 degrees of latitude. One of those species, B. tricolor, apparently 

 bears a strong resemblance to this, but is a riwarfer phna\-and 

 essentially distinct in specific chanacier. The lea 1 . ire shorter 

 than the scape, and the .flowers, instead of having the inside of the 

 petals of a deeper colour than the outer, are just revei Most 



of the speoiea — and amongst them the prevent must be enume- 

 rated— have long narrow leaves collected on a short stem an VJ a 

 tuft, and when without their flowers have an appearance resembling 

 some of our mountain sedges. Few plants are able to bear the 

 want of water for a longer period without sustaining injury. And, 

 except during the period of the most active growth, much aoisture 

 appears to be inimical to their welfare. It ought to be sparingly 

 applied at all other seasons, and, even then, it will be necessary to 

 use it cautiously. The soil must be well drained, so that no super- 

 fluous moisture may stagnate about the roots. After they have 

 completed their growth, they must be preserved as free from wet 

 as possible. To induce them to dcvelope an abundance of bloom, 

 a dry and caol situation is indispensable dnring the latter part of 

 summer and throughout the winter. On the approach of spring 

 they must be removed to a warm and humid stove, or placed in a 

 pit with a steady bottom- heat. In stoves, where there is the con- 

 venience ofrockwork, they mav be planted along the front, or m 

 some part where they will "not be far removed from the eye. But 

 it is as a pot-plant that it appears most likely to succeed b«t. 

 Propagation will probably be attended with diiiiculty unless seed 

 can be matured, and we are not aware that any has yet ri?e«d- 

 The generic name was given by Vandelli, in honour of W* 

 cena, a governor of Minas Geraes, in Brazil.— Paxton's Magazine 

 of Bo tan a. 



Phlomis Cashmeruna. Cashmere Phlomis. (H4»e> ***"" 

 nial.) Labiatre. Didynamia Gymnospermia.— To those vno 

 possess no greenhouse, this good-lookii.t; plant, from the i va uey 

 of Cashmere, will be welcome; for its large, pale-lilac nower* 

 remain for a considerable time in beauty. It is a hardy peren- 

 nial plant, growing about two feet high. »»><* floweriP* m J": 

 and August. It requires a rich, light soil, and a situation wmt 

 is rather dry in winter. It is increased, when the plants are ^ 

 by dividing the roots m spring, or from seeds; but it J r 

 slowly when youpg, and will not flower before the »econo J 

 after the seed is sown. It was raised in the gardens of the m ■ 

 ticultural Society, from seeds received from Dr. Royle.— i>o fafl 

 cal Rftfister. 



Garden Memoranda. 



Messrs. Lowes, Clapton.— In the first house a hand- 

 some hybrid Rhododendron, with cream-coloured blos- 

 soms copiously dotted with yellowish green on theupp 

 segments, is a conspicuous object. Tiie flowers arelarg » 

 and I counted between 30 and 40 in one truss. Se !? B J f 

 plants of the old Eutaxia myrtifolia, a handsome P«e 

 Holland plant, were flowering profusely, together wt 

 specimens of Boronia serrulata, with its loveiy starry 

 pink blossoms on the tips of the branches, Platyjobmm 

 parviflorum, with an abundance of yellow nowers . , .' a , D J en 

 seedling variety of Azalea indica, called Woodsit, |J 

 with large rich purple flowers, that were beauUW J 

 spotted. The atmosphere was agreeably scenteJ fr ° m 

 number of 10-week Stocks in pots. The hoiwe adjoining 

 contained specimens of Platylobium Murrayanuui an 

 Chorozema Dicksoni— the latter the handsomest §ftt 

 of its Claw ; the graceful C. cordatum macrophyllum, ^ 

 orange and purple flowtrs ; Leschenaultia hi! «> sg , 

 a profusion of azure blossoms ; and Anthocercia vis ^ 

 withjlarge white flowers, having the iinule of the c ^^ g 

 tube streaked with numerous green lines- I" tne 



