TXedwen of Cactus Acker* 

 Aphclexishumilis, in fine conditio 



cidium flexuosum 



1844.] 



=T= = T^f^ K ood condition; Azalea variegata, covered 

 ri tl blo 'o- and a beautiful large Coleonema rubra, 

 ^ fine health.- From Mr. May was a collection m 

 W KVK was Leschenaultia formosa, particularly good ; a 

 11 .nkivated lxora coccinea, pretty plants o Azalea 

 ^° a. and A. lateritia ; a large Pimelea hispida, and 

 '~"~ -ta * anni.— Mr. Bruce sent 



ion ; good plants of On- 



Leschenaultia formosa, and Adenandra 



W1U »„^ . .... - ■ hr W|th Ixora coccinea, and a noble 



ipe Sm« of Pimelea spectabilis.-From Mr. Clarke was 

 ?wettv Gesnera splendent, Oncidium flexuosum, pro- 

 audng'noe spikes of flowers ; a large Euphorbia splen- 

 deo.Abutilon striatum, trained over a wire trellis ; a 

 ^°ttv riant of Fuchsia falgens, and a small Aphelexis bu- 

 \] i. densely covered with flowers.— An extra prize was 

 Awarded to Mr. Taylor, gr. to J. Coster Esq., for a 

 rood Siphocampjlua betulifol.us, a large Diplacns pu- 

 niceus, and some Heaths.-Mr. Pawley sent among 

 other plants, Aphelexis sesamoides ; well-grown Boronia 

 timinca covered with small pink blossoms ; Gesnera re- 

 flexa with large scarlet flowers; and a good Nenum 

 «Dlendens.-IaMr. Frazer's group was Philibertia Cun- 

 ninghamii, covered with bright-yellow blossoms; a 

 small Boronia serrulata, evincing good management; a 

 good Epacris pulchella, a noble plant of Statice arborea, 

 and a large Euthales macrophylla.— Mr. Catlcugh had, 

 among other plants, a beautiful Azalea called Fulgens 

 Superba, with large, showy, bright-red blossoms; a good 

 Azilea variegata, grown as a standard ; Plumbago ca- 

 pensis, exceedingly well managed ; a fine specimen of 

 Fuchsia exoniensis, about five feet high; and a pretty 

 plant of Cytisus canadensis.— Collections of Climbing 

 Plants were shown by Mr. Green, Mr.Frazer, and some 

 single specimens by other growers. Mr. Green's plants 

 were Tropffiolum azureum, trained on a wire trellis ; a 

 pretty T. tricolorum ; T. edule, with pretty yellow 

 flowers ; and a good T. tricolorum grandifiorum. Mr. 

 Frazer's were Sollya angusdfolia ; a beautiful Gompho- 

 lobium versicolor, twining over a wire trellis ; G. poly- 

 morphum, llardenbergia longiracemosa, H. inonophylli, 

 exceedingly well managed, and a good Sollya hetero- 

 phylla. — Collections of Cacti were contributed by Mr. 

 Clarke, Mr. Green, and Mr. Upright, gr. to Mrs. Ridge. 

 Mr. Clarke's group contained, among others, fine plants 

 of Cereus Scottii, C. speciosissimus, C. Ackermanni, and 

 C. speciosus. — Mr. Green showed a fine Cereus specio- 

 sissimus, a beautiful Epiphyllum speciosum, E. splen- 

 dens, with very large bright scarlet flowers, and E. 

 Ackermanni, in fine condition. — Mr. Upright sent a 

 noble Epiphyllum speciosum ; also E. Jenkinsoni and 

 E. speciosum. — Among New Plants, Messrs. Veitchand 

 Son showed Pentas carnea, Hindsia violacea, and Cen- 

 trosema coccineum. — G. F. Cox, Esq., sent a specimen 

 of Mimosa on a trellis. — From Messrs. Lane and Son 

 was Hydrangea japonica. Of Single Specimens the 

 following were the most remarkable, viz., an excellent 

 Boronia serrulata, iti great perfection ; a large Pimelea 

 spectabilis, in good condition, from Mr. Hunt; a 

 beautiful large Ixora coccinea, from Mr. Barnes ; a good 

 Statice arborea, from Mr. Redding ; and a Ge?nera 

 tubiflora, with long cream-white blossoms, from Messrs. 

 Henderson, of Pine-apple-place. — Of Roses in pots, 

 Mr. Dobson, gr. to Mr. Beck, showed well-grown plants 

 of Madame Nerard, Comte de Paris, Armosa, William 

 Jesse, Triomphe du Luxemburg, Clurls Duval, Auber- 

 non, Bourbon Queen, Bouquet de Flore, and Great 

 Western.— The collection from Messrs. Lane and Son 

 contained exceedingly well grown plants, which were 

 remarkably clean and healthy. The varieties were Tea — 

 Diana Vernon, very fine," Niphetos, Caroline, Elise 

 Sauvage, Triomphe du Luxembourg, Devoniensis, La 

 Pactole, and Princesse Marie. Hybrid Perpetual— 

 General Allard, Aricie, and Louis-Bonaparte. China— 

 Tab v i erj Augustine Hersent, Napoleon, Miellez, Abbe 

 Mule, and Eugene Beauharnais. Bourbon — Armosa and 

 Boulogne.— Messrs. Paul and Son, of Cheshunt, obtained 

 a 2d prize for a collection of Roses in pots ; they also sent 

 cut specimens of Roses, as did also Mr. Milne, gr. to C. 

 a- Chauncey, Esq., and some others.— From Mr. Dobson, 

 was the larger variety of Oncidium amnliatum, and four 

 species of Achimenes, in good condition.— Mr. Forrest, 

 or Kensington, sent specimens of Martynia fragrans, and 

 three plants of Statice macrophvlla, in bloom.— Several 

 groups of Brit ; sh Ferns were "contributed ; in that by 

 Mr. Smith, gr. to J. Anderson, Esq., we noticed Hyme- 

 nophyllum Wilsonii, II. Tunbridgense,Trichomanes bre- 

 visetura, and T. speciosum, as being rare species. 



+V, ar 9 0n * ums occupied a considerable space in 



the tents, and added much to the splendour of the scene 



V u "r* gay and livel y decorations.— Mr. Parker, gr. to 

 J. H. Oughton, took the first prize in the Amateurs' 

 Class, for 12 plants admirably trained and bloomed; 

 p e ? C0 « si sted of Priory Queen, Lord Miyor, Comte de 



THE GARDE NERS' CHRONICLE. 



375 



of new and first-rate varieties, in pots of 24 to the cast, 

 the 1st Prize for Amateurs was taken by Mr. Dobson, 

 gr. to Mr. E. Peek, of lsleworth, for the following well- 

 selected plants : — Luna, Conflagration, Flora, Evening 

 Star, Erec'.um, Meteor, Dido, Leonora, Sir 11. Peel, 

 Susanna, Matilda, and Cleopatra. — Mr. Cock, of 

 ( hiswick, received the 2nd Prize for the following 12 

 finely trained plants: — Symmetry, Erectum, Emma, Hebe, 

 Sapphire, Rachel, Tasso, Unit, Jubilee, Luna, Sylph, 

 and Maid of Honour. The 3rd prize was obtained by 

 Mr. Stains, Middlesex Place, Edgeware Road, for the 

 following collection, grown in his peculiar style: Corona- 

 tion, Jubilee, "Witch, Vanguard, Beauty, Hebe, Rising 

 Sun, Enchantress, Fair Maid of Devon, Ivanhoe, 

 Superbum, and Duke of Cornwall. — In the Nurserymen's 

 Class, Mr. Gaines took the 1st Prize with Clio, Pilot, 

 Orange Perfection, Princess Royal, Ilermione, Sir 11. 

 Peel, Spartan, Phyllis, Augusta, Rising Sun, Lady 

 Prudhoe, and King of Beauties. — Mr. Catleugh was 

 awarded the 2nd prize for Favourite, Luna, Laura, 

 Rachel, Wizard, Unit, Nestor, Maid of Honour, Made- 

 line, Rir R. Peel, Gypsey, Queen of Fairies. — In collec- 

 tions of 8 for Amateurs a 3rd prize was awarded to 

 Mr. Slowe, gr. to W. R. Baker, Esq., for Annette, Amu- 

 let, Evadne, Beauty, Madeline, Bridesmaid, Proserpine, 

 and Evelyne. — Mr. Henderson exhibited a large collec- 

 tion of Calceolarias, which were not sent for competi- 

 tion, containing^the following sorts: — Queen of Beauties, 

 Corymbiflora, Lady of the Lake, Meteor, Princess Royal, 

 Magician, Mi!o, Andromache, Royal Standard, Sir II. 

 Peel, Lady Constable, Grandiflora, Sunbeam, Bride, 

 Modesty, Piemier Peel, Speciosa. In collections of 8 

 the 1st Prize was awarded to Mr. Henderson (?) for Sir 

 Robert Sale, Prince Albert, Fruticosa elegans, King, 

 Magician, Lady Sale, Stmdishii, and Delicatissima ; 

 these were well bloomed. — The second collection was 

 from Mr. Gaines, but these were evidently on the decline: 

 Cyrus, Queen, Lady Elcho, Mag. grandiflora, Magnet, 

 Sunbeam, Candidate, and Lady of the Lake.— The 

 Fuchsias generally were attractive, although several of 

 them had not attained their full growth, nor were they 

 in full bloom. The 1st Prize was awarded to Mr. Cat- 

 leugh, for Decora, Eppsii, Unknown, Cormackii, 

 Conspicua arborea, Rosea alba, Monarch, Vieto- 

 rine, Hutchinsonii, Exoniensis, Majestica, Stormontii. 

 2nd Prize: Mr. Cole, gardener to G. Lewis, Esq., 



mode of growing and propagating Pelargoniums in 

 Flanders, to which he has added an extract from Loudon's 

 " Encyclopaedia of Plants," explaining the botanical clas- 

 sification of the species. M. de Jonghe does ample justice 

 to the skill of English gardeners in managing this beau- 

 tiful genus, and we have no doubt his work will be found 

 useful by Amateurs. 



NOTICES of NEW PLANTS WHICH aue EITHER 



USEFUL OR ORNAMENTAL. 



B::rberis tevuifoi.ia. Thin Ash-taaved Berberry. {Green- 

 house Shrub.) Ikrberaceae. Hexandria Monogynia.— This v«ry 



rare plant was found by Mr. Hartv\ is I arrival in 



Mexico, at a place d Zaqur.pain, at the foot of Orizaba, and 



was raised among tl. rst collections i he sent to the Horti- 

 cultural Soc . Consider!- the warm climate of v it a 

 native, it was expected . 8 tender, and the event has shown, 

 to be so ; fu e have n i L-s \ et in our so impatient 

 of cod. In fact, it be regarded strictly as a g .house 

 pi , to v. h any i of frost would bi tal. It a hard - 

 wooded graceful plant, very apt to run with a sir, m, 

 without] icing lateral llowedtoh; i, 

 its beauty is u i. I" time, i ni, it remained 

 in that te in .-of the Hoi ultara ociety. 

 Atlast, bybii . so as to check the i sap, the 

 lateral buds were enabled to exp« . &C i ■«■ •» l> well 

 furni i with l; < feet hi Its flowers 

 in the 1, oft) ober to December), and 



are agreeably ""•'• il 



mo I ea pr . . gated by cut; e half 



ripewoot . ting on IS. aq . For soil it seems to 



like santij loam and at, A Mr. Hart — A M« Q 



from t rtheai farm of 



Zaqunpam.at an ft] feet above the tee it it 



found, thou i not verj ly, In the outakii the woods 



bordering i the savannahs, ait. g the height of ten 1 . — 

 Botanical He 



Sciiomi. siacrisfa. Crl wed Sctoomburgkia. (St e 



Epiphjfte), Orclndactio. Gy uaudrla Monan u— yellow- 

 brown flowers of this plant dist a it from all the other 

 species. In cultivation it deman lie;- e treatment as many 

 of the genus Cattl It n 'her be po I in turfy peat, in 

 the usual way, or tied to a bl ; of wood C h a little sphagnum 

 to retain moisture) and su-j c 1 to a ratter in a stove, la any 

 case, care should be taken no > water over-head when the 

 plant i In a growing Slate, tl rvri he glutinous substance on 

 tl.e sedes w'i'.ch suik.uh;'. they ; fcboots w ill n a the water 

 and cause them to damp off. In summer the plant should be 

 slightly shaded, and the In e kept as moist as possible at a 

 temperature of 8ir by day and it6s°at night. In winter, 

 when lil water is required, the temperature need not be raised 

 above 56^ by artificial means.— Jh, Reg! r. 



Lo.vicf.ha nn caairoLiA. Various-kj .1 Fly Honeysuckle. 

 (Hardy Shrub.) Caprlfoliaces. Pent yma.-Inmany 



respects this Him in shrub is i h lil common Fly 



Honeysuckle (L. X\ eum) ; from which it prin illy differs m 

 it rs being rly or ( stalklcss and much larger. Dr. 



Wallieh first received it from the mount of Gurvrhal after- 

 wards procured it from Kan i; according to Dr. E e, it is 

 common on the mountains of the north of India. In a wild state 





Z \ y !? f ! rior » from Mr. Bell, of Chelsea College ; 



Prin n Second P 1 ize : Corate de Paris ' Su I )erb ' 



TTn. n M. en ' Cor onation, Grand Duke, Enchantress. 



an d %VT : Erectum » M". Stirling, Gem of the West, 

 b°tw ;T" rhe contest in the Nurserymen's Class lay 



takin 66 ?! J' Gaine s and Mr. Catleugh, the former 



Erert a."' P " 8e » f ° ! Juba ' Albion ' 1>ride ° f $****!* 



de p7 m ' t r be1, Lad y Sa,e ' Arabella, Caroline, Comte 

 Sun \ T Llfe g uard sman, Victory Superb, and Rising 

 Flamincr it Catleu S h ' s collection contained Dido, 

 Corona?.' * " T annall » Lord Mayor, Queen of Furies, 

 Princp rt^r Je8 t 8ie ' Tass ^ Madeline, Nymph, Hebe, 

 ac e of \\ aterloo, and Selina.— In the class composed 



consisted of Gigantea, Modesta, Eclipse, Nimrod, 

 Defiance, Alata, Mars, Coronet, Achilles, Magniflora, 

 ^esta, and Fioribunda.— An extra Prize was awarded to 

 Mr. Gaines for his collection, for Gem, Decora, Champion, 

 Conspicua, Moneypenuii, llicifolia, Pulcherrima, JMa- 

 jestica, Uogersonii, Defiance, Enchantress, Britannia. — 

 Cinerarias. — Tie 1st Prize was given to Mr. Taylor, 

 gardener to J. Coster, Esq , for Kival King, Eclipse, 

 Seedling, Dr. Dodd, King of Prussia, Youngii, Emperor, 

 Delicata, Royal Blue, Carmina, Prince of Wales, Miss 

 Emma. 2nd Prize : Mr. Catleugh, for Sinclair! i, En- 

 chantress, Violacea, Eclipse, Delicata, Napoleon, Wizard, 

 Royal Blue, Splendida, King of Prussia, Youngii, Marie- 

 Louise. 3rd Prize : Mr. Fairbairn, of Clapham, Decora, 

 Delicata, Emperor, Carmina, Regulator, Enchantress, 

 Reg fna Victoria, Royal Blue, Pride of Peckham, Splen- 

 dida, Ceralia grandiflora, A'.ba purpurea.— Several 

 Stands of Heartsease were exhibited; the 1st Priz.3 

 was obtained by Mr. Brown, of Slough, for a^ fine 

 stand of the following 36 varieties -.—Brown's Prior, 

 Orlando, Julia, Modesty, Morpheus, Curion, Black 

 Bess, Charity, Mulatto, Target, Jeannttte, Maid of the 

 Mill, Warrior, Ducliess of Beaufort, Eclipse, Success, 

 Arethusa, Cotherstone, Viceroy, Fairy, Hannibal, Cy- 

 clops, Prospero, Thompson's Regulator, Salphurea ele- 

 gans, Exqui s i:e, Cook's Prince Albert, Mulberry 



S 



Fi_ 



penter's Prir.cess Royal, Bathonia. 2nd Prize: Mr. 

 King ; and extra Prizes to Messrs. Parsons and Wren.— 

 Seedlings.— Seedlinrj Pelargoniums were exhibited by 

 Mr. Whomes, gr. to E. Foster, Esq. ; Mr. Dobson, gr. 

 to Mr. E. Beck. Mr. Gaines, and Mr. Pamplin. Those 

 selected for 2nd Cliss Prizes were : — Orion, and 

 Mils Peel, exhibited by Mr. "Whomes, and Hector, 

 exhibited by Mr. Cock, Chiswick — A Certificate was 

 awarded to Mr. Smith, of Dalston, for the best Scarlet 

 Geranium, named Eclipse; the same Prize was also 

 obtained by Mr. Whomes for the nearest approach to 

 oarlet in the Pelargonium, for one named Conflagration. 

 A Certificate was awarded for a Seedling Fuchsia, named 

 Princess Alice Maud, from Mr. Wright, gr. to the Hon. 

 Mrs. Rushout, Wanstead.— A like Piize was awarded 

 to a Seedling Calceolarh, named Guercim ; and an 

 Extra Prize for a Cineraria, named Eclipse, from 'Sir. 

 Brining, of Stratford.— Mr. Baile, of Hammersmith, 

 received the 1st Prize for scarlet Geraniums, for a variety 

 named Globe Compactum.— Mr. Gaines exhibited a 

 specimen Pelargonium, named Mabel; this plant was 

 admirably grown and trained ; the branches were brought 

 down, and covered the top of the pot ; the symmetry was 

 perfect; it measured full 4£ feet in diameter, and the 

 plant was regularly covered with large trusses of flowtrs. 



climbing. 2-flowcred species, which he-long to I genus Capn- 

 folii . 'j . is a hardy middle-sited shrub, which thrives m any 

 good garden soil, and dowers during the months, of May and June. 

 1; easily Increased by cul s of tl lalf-ri] ..d, if t tea 



in the same ways ie of the common Hi : suckle, it was 



ra d from i received from Dr. Koylo from the ^.rtli of 



India.— Botanical Register. 



also 

 their 



l&iscellaneouE. 



Shekel Pear* on the A pi -stock. — Ai a late Exhibi- 

 tion of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society some very- 

 large and beautiful Seckel Pears were exhibited, grown 

 on a tree grafted on the Apple. Specimens were 

 shown from the C -stock. The committee, in 

 report, state that those from the Apple-stock had the 

 least flavour. In regard to appearance, however, no 

 remark is mae'e, and we are hence to inf r lhat they were 

 equally as beautiiul as if grown on the Pear-stock. This 

 high-flavoured Pear can aire to lose some of its aroma, 

 if an equivalent is gained by I rge size. We should like 

 t j see the experiment fairly tested. All Urge and over- 

 grown specimens of fruit have less of the true character 

 of the variety than wlien they oi attain to an average 

 and perhaps lar S e Seckel Pears from a tree on its 



size , 



own'stock would be as deficient in flavour as those from 



;ans, Exquisite, Cook's Prince AWcrt, , wmoeny We would advise amateurs to institute expe- 



iuperb, Hooper*! P.inee Albert, W il.iam Tell, Ruins, ^t Al Pi e. ^ ^ ^ objection to tliC Seckel 



?air Maid, Duchess of Richmond, Hales Dark, Uar- .. .^ Rut if it can be crown to measure 



carded 

 other subs 



Bcbicfos. 



Monograph of Pelargoniums {Monographic du Pelar- 

 gonium). By J. de Jonghe. 12mo. Brasses. 

 This is a little treatise of 144 pages, by a well-known 

 enthusiastic writer on Gardening in Belgium, of whose 



talents we have occasionally availed ourselves. The amwwru, V'^nlfirVa'telider family, 

 object of the author is to give what he regards as the best Poems, - for the benefit of a tenoe 



Pear is its small size. But if it can be grown to measure 

 6 or 8 inches in ekenmfen on the Apple, and retain 

 its good qualities, the fact should be generally known.— 



//(, ?s Magazine. /tr AM 



IIorchound.-Tae v.lue of Marrubium vulgare(H ore- 

 hound), in some cases of p aoniry ********* ** »«« 

 overlooked by oh! riters; nevertheless, it h«becndM. 



very unjustly f.om the Pnarmacopoeia, while 

 bsrances of no utility, or at least of doubtful effi- 

 cacy have been retained and introduced. In the rural 

 districts the Hor, hound long been a popular remedy 

 for coughs; and whenever the belief in any herb is found 

 general, there are good grounds for presuming it pos- 

 sesses virtue. 1 lnve for many years been in the habit 

 of employing the Hcrehound, in the subjoined form, m 

 cases of troul some chronic cough, particularly in that 

 species which is found so frequently after attacks _ of 

 influenza and other severe forms of cold, and have in- 

 variably found it has restored the tone of the stomach, 

 and subdued irritation, after other more valued remedies 



have been employed in vain. 

 J^— Dccectum Marrubii 



Lir.mline » 



Acid. Ilydrocyan, L. 1\ 



Syrup. Fapaveris . w ■ , « «« 



Misturce sumat c chl. ampl. i. vel. ij. ter in die. Tne 

 decoction is prepared by boiling four ounces o r tne 

 recent plant in a pinUand-a-half of spring ^% tke 

 doced to half the quantity.— W.H.Kutoe, M^$ 



Chemist. . i^h, that Mr. 



A Carlcn Poet.-We learn from a circular ^ 



Joseph Melony, gardener to U . ^ Tolume of 



Tetsvvorth, is preparing for ; uonca 



^ vss. 

 nj. gr. 



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