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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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For the three finest and reentry introduced varieties of 

 Fuchsia, there were eight competitors. The silver medal 

 was assigned to Mr. J. Downie, <r T . to General Robert- 

 son who produced F. RogersUna, £ ? psii, and magnifica, 

 (besides several very large varieties stnt for exhibition 



i Y )- 2, Mr. R. Oswald, gr. at the Orphan Hospital, 

 for varieties named Prince of Waterloo, Magnificent, and 

 Fairv Queen ; 3, Mr. J. Young, gr. to T. Oliver, Esq. 

 for F. excelsa, racemiflora, and pulchella. — The show of 

 Roses was on this occasion magnificent. For a general 

 collection, consisting of sixty named sorts, the silver 

 medal was voted to Messrs. Handisyde, nurserymen, 

 Fisher-row. For the best twelve hybrid varieties of the 

 China Rose, the silver medal was awarded to Mr. P. 

 Thomson, gr. to J. J. H. Vere, Esq., for R. odorata, De- 

 voniensis. tea scented, Blairii, Camelliseflora, white 

 China Princess Augusta, Sir Walter Scott, Yellow China, 

 Swan-neck, Crimson China, and Doctor Billhrd ; 2, 

 Mr. A. Forrester, gr. to Opt. Falconar, for R. Blairii, 

 Bel'zan'ce, Beranger, Blanche, Mrs. Boyle, Indica major, 

 Fabvier, Girling, Paroquet, Devoniensis, Maria Stuart, 

 and Magna rosea. — Comparatively few tender shrubby 

 Exotics were sent for competition ; but for one collec- 

 tion, consisting of Epacris grandiflora, Elichrysum proli- 

 ferum, Ervthrina laurifolia, and Leschenaultia biloba, a 

 premium was awarded to Mr. Young. For an admirably 

 grown specimen of Pimelea decussata rosea, another 

 premium was voted to Mr. P. Crocket, gr. to Col. Fer- 

 g Ugon# Many beautiful tender shrubby exotics, for ex- 

 hibition only, were sent by Mrs. Haig, Professor Dunbar, 

 J. Henderson, Esq., and Mr. J. Macnaughton. — Some 

 very beautifui tropic A Orchidacese were produced in full 

 flower ; a premium was awarded to Mr. Stirling, for On- 

 cidium Harrisonii and Maxillaria Harrisonii. — Beautiful 

 specimens of Stanhopea grandiflora, Oncidium cupreum, 

 and Acropera Loddigesii, from View Park, were sent, 

 not for competition. — The competition in stage Pelargo- 

 niums was limited, and the prize was gained by Mr. Young, 

 with varieties called Duchess of Sutherland, Enchantress, 

 Mabel, Beauty, Caroline, and Rising Sun. But the 

 specimens sent for exhibition only were never excelled 

 either in number or splendour, the principal exhibitors 

 being Messrs. Dickson and Co., Leith Walk ; Dickson 

 and Sons, Inverleith; and Carstairs, Kelly, and Co., 

 Warriston. — For remarkably well-grown herbaceous 

 perennial plmts, two premiums were voted : the first, 

 being the silver medal, to Mr. Young, gr. to Mrs. H. N. 

 Ferguson, for a splendid specimen of Achimenes grandi- 

 flora ; and the next, to Mr. Forrester, Carlourie, for 

 Orchis foliosa. — For producing the four most curious or 

 uncommon native British plants, in pots, a premium 

 was awarded to Mr. Stirling, the plants being Aceras 

 anthropophora, Eriophorum alpinum, Asplenium viride, 

 and Sedum dasyphylium. To the same another premium 

 was adjudged, for two trays, one filled with exotic, and 

 another with indigenous alpine and rock plants, several 

 of them of great rarity and beauty. — An extra award was 

 made to Mr. Gow, gr. to Count Fiahault, Tulliallan 

 Castle, for a collection of Cut Flowers of more than 

 30 varieties of seedling Rhododendrons raised by himself. 

 Among the remarkable plants exhibited was a magnifi- 

 cent specimen of Erica spuria from the Royal Botanic 

 Garden, upwards of 8 feet high and 15 feet in circum- 

 ference, the whole plant being completely clothed with 

 rich blossoms ; together with several other fine heaths 

 of large growth.— Clerodendron Ksempferi, in full flower, 

 was sent by Messrs. Lawson and Sons. Echites atropur- 

 purea, was from the Society's own collection. Nemo- 

 phila d-.scoidaiis, was from the garden of the Orphan 

 Hospital. Delphinium Menziesii, a Columbia river 

 T*!- 8 ' w as sent by Mr. Guthrie, Dundee. A basket of 

 the highly scented flowers of Mandevilla suaveolens was 

 from Archerfield Garden, where the plant is grown in 

 great perfection. Trays of very lovely Pansies were 

 exhibited by Mr. Symington, Mr. Finlayson, Mr. Ruther- 

 "jru, and Mr. Murray. A luxuriant specimen of Hera- 

 m Ura . g, S aDteum ' eight feet high, was sent by Dr. Neil!, 



*. ed aa having been grown on a very poor sandv bank, 

 entirely without manure. Mr. Sang, of Kirkaldy, sent a 

 fnn ? thc n P e f ™it of Rubus spectabilis, which was 

 wana not tery palatable, and proved that this species is 

 more adapted for ornament than utility.— Mr. Adamson, 

 ^aicarras, sent a Melon and a brace of Cucumbers. 



BOTAMCAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



Gard X~ TpUS Societ y m et at the Royal Botanic 

 Afte 7. e8Sor Graham » President, in the chair. 

 hou/ P a Uell S htful walk through the garden and plant- 

 eoinri accom P anl ed by the learned president, who 

 thev p ? U - t many of the beautiful specimens wh/ch 

 room COn , ain ' the meeting re-assembied in the class- 

 four r the foll °wing papers were read. 1. On 

 zance Tu a ° f Desm idiea>, by Mr. J. Ralfs, Pen- 

 Xanthidi & ene ra are Cosmarium, Pediastrum, 

 them whi^h 3nd SceneJesmus » and tae descriptions of 

 will shorn W6re accom P an 'ed by illustrative drawings, 

 Natural i?. fPpear in the "Annals and Magazine of 

 M'NaM* V y '" 2 " Continuation of Mr. James 

 States anl»k rnaI of a Tour through port of the United 

 journal \t Canadaa - In the previous part of this 

 cipal b ' .' M'Nab gave a brief outline of the prin- 

 ce niM«kk , and horticultural features observed in 



re < embr , ^ ° f New York * The P art now 

 •Wnd All cllle fiy the appearance of the country 



in 8 PlantR y J WUh an accoun t of the more interest- 

 th e most r i nn " the J° urne y thither. Among tlu se, 

 diuQ i, with vi were several »P*< :es of Lycopo- 



Albany werl lh ® P cat J soils on the -.oar'. -sides around 



e covered, consisting of corcplanitotn, cla 



vatum,and dendroides, the latter resembling at a distance I 

 young spruce Firs— being similarly shaped and of a lively ' 

 green colour. In damp situations in the close forests, 

 Adiantum pedatum and other ferns covered large tricts, 

 while Pyrola ell ptica and rotundifolia, with Chimaphila 

 roaculata and umbellata were in full flower along the 

 drier parts. Satyriura herbiola, and Neottia tortilis were 

 also observed — the latter growing chiefly in pairs. The 

 principal plants noticed in the meadows or open grounds 

 were L'lium Philadelphicum and Canadense, Mimulus 

 ringens, Verbena hastata, and urticifolia with Asclepias 

 obtusifolia and vatiegata. Proceeding towards Troy, 

 on the banks of the Hudson, great quantities of Knlmia 

 angustifolia, Cornus florida, Lupinus perenni*, Andro- 

 medas, Vacciniums, &c, occurred. In an extensive 

 forest, chiefly composed of small trees, and much en- 

 tangled with Smilax or green Brier, through which the 

 party proceeded with great difficulty, CypripeJium spec- 

 tabile covered large patches, with Arum triphyllum, the 

 latter in full flower. Mr. M'Xab concluded the present 

 part of his journal with an account of some large trees 

 of the hemlock spruce, Abies canadensis, being the first 

 of this tree which the party had observed in natur-4 

 situations ; — the largest specimens were about 10 fee: in 

 circumference, and 80 feet in height. — The Honourable 

 G. C. Cunningham, Mauritius, and F. S. Cordier, M.D., 

 Paris, were elected foreign members ; and A. Greenwood, 

 Esq., Chelmsford, Essex, was elected a non-resident 

 Fellow of the Society. 



NOTICES of NEvV PLANTS WHICH are EITHER 



USEFUL OR ORNAMENTAL. 



Clitoria Fui-gbvs. Bright-flowered Clitoria. (Tu-iung Erf- 

 green.). Leguminosce. Diadelphi i Decandria.— This is an ele- 

 gant addition to the number of those plants usually called creepers. 

 It was obtained by Messrs. Veitch and Sons, of Exeter, who exhi- 

 bited a specimen at the Horticultural ftfeai the Chisw irk Gardens 

 in May, as a species of Centrosema, oneof the division of the g»nus 

 Clitoria. It was discovered by their collector, Mr. Lobb, growing 

 on rocks, -over which the graceful slender branches spread in all 

 the wild luxuriance of nature, — on the Organ Mountains of Brazil, 

 in the autumn of 1810; and seeds were received from him, at the 

 Exeter Nursery, in the spring of 1841. These were sown imme- 

 diately, and produced plants which flowered for the first time, 

 though rather scantily, last autumn. The abundance, however, 

 in which the blossom buds have been developed during the pre- 

 sent spring, justify us in considering it most likely to prove a very 

 free-blooming plant. The long, slender, and slightly ha ; ry stems, 

 are well adorned with handsome foliage, having a smoo'h and 

 bright-green upper surface, and the lover side of a paler hue, 

 closely covered with numerous very short soft hairs. The slightly 

 depressed position of the leaves has a pretty appearance. illy 



when the stems are trained spirally round a basket, as they then 

 fall over each other in a neat and loosely tiled manner. From the 

 axils of the leaves, the flowers arc produced in a clustered brad, 

 supported on a stiff and wiry peduncle five or six inches long, ele- 

 vating them sufficiently above the foliage to display, without in- 

 terruption, the bright and glowing scarlet blossoms. It hi 

 hitherto, been cultivated in a house intermediate betwixt the stove 

 and greenhouse, but it may probably be found to succeed pretty 

 well in the ordinary temperature of the greenhouse. It thrives 

 well in a mixture of peat, loam, and sand, and when removed from 

 a small pot to a large one, its natural situation amongst rocks 

 would point out the propriety of intermingling with this compost 

 a few pieces of porous, broken pot, or charcoal, to keep the 

 soil open, and facilitate drainage. And, although it will need a 

 reasonable abundance of water during the season ofgrowih.it 

 will he proper to limit the BUpply in winter, as moisture is then 

 liable to injure it, especially with a low temperature. Seeds bnve 

 not yet been produced in this country, but it strikes root with 

 tolerable freedom, from cuttings.— Paxtun's Magazine if Botany. 



Garden Memoranda. 



Bank Farm, near Kingston, the residence of Sir 

 John Broughton, Bart. — We visited this charming place 

 to see the collection of Pelargoniums, which are now at the 

 best, and were highly gratified to find some of our old 

 favourites keeping their places, in spite of the new 

 varieties which have annually appeared. When we 

 looked at them we could not but wonder why, when 

 such* beautiful flowers as Matilda, Nymph, Queen of the 

 Fairers, Erectum, &c, can be purchased at less than 5s. 

 each, such inferior sorts should be cultivated as are too 

 often to be met with, even in collections where a better 

 taste might reasonably be expected. We were never 

 more struck with the superiority of nature over art, than 

 in the present instance. Plants of vigorous and robust 

 hab-t, grown in moderate-sized pots, had sent up fine 

 heads of bloom, which they supported in graceful negli- 

 gence, without any help, the mingled colours contrast- 

 ing finely with the clear, dark-green foliage. Not a fly 

 or the mark of one was to be seen ; upon close inspec- 

 tion, however, a good deal of run colour might be 

 observed — which is the fault of the extremely hot 

 weather— but the plants being judiciously placed upon 

 the stage this did not materially detract from the 

 general effect. We must leave to a future day the con- 

 tents of our note-book, and will conclude by remarking 

 that the taste and liberality of the proprietor, being weil 

 seconded by the gardener, (Mr. Redding ) were mani- 

 fest in everything we observed. All the plants cultivated 

 at Bank Farm are specimens of their kind ; and whether 

 they are beneath glass, or in the beds and borders, the 

 general effect, on the closest examination, alike proved 

 the wisdom of doing that well which is done. 



Miscellaneous. 



New Horticultural Expedition. — A new voyage in 

 search of plants is on the point of being undertaken by 

 Mr. Lowe, jun., of the Clapton Nursery, who proceeds 

 to the Straits of Malacca, with the intention of visiting 

 Borneo and Java, and if possible, the coast of Siam, 

 Celebes, and New Guinea. The spirit of enterprise 

 which leads to so arduous an undertaking cannot fail to 

 bring an ample reward ; and we have no doubt that the 

 name of Mr. Lowe, the younger, will soon rank among 

 the foremost of those bold spirits to whose dangers and 

 sacrifices the unparalleled magnificence of our gardens is 

 chiefly owin^. 



New English Dye.— -Dr. Robert Thomson has lately- 

 published an account of the dyeing qualities of the com- 

 mon yellow pale L : chen(Parmeliaparietin») which he finds 

 to contain a peculiar co'ouring mater, called Parietin, 

 of a bright yellow. This is heightened by a drop <f 

 nitric, nrriaric, nr sulphuric acid, while minute quanti- 

 ties of ammon'a, or other alkalies, change it to a rich 

 red inclining *o purple. 



A Sh< Iter fir Young Plants.— This shelter is more 

 especially destined to be placed near houses in j ces 

 where other s ,: ch contrivances would produce a disagree- 

 able effect. It is composed of two moveable femi- 

 eylind' r>, constructed in the way of 

 straw hives. To the^e senr-'-ylinders 

 are fixed solid feet of wood, for the pur- 

 pose of being driven into the gronnd. 

 If it is only necessary to shelter one 

 plant from east or north-east winds, one 

 serai-cvlin ler is sufficient ; but if it is a ^j 



ro f ecr. is ; 



plant wbich you are forced to pro 

 delicie, and req-iires a more complete 

 protection, you inclose it between the 2 

 semi-c)liuders fixed one to the other by 

 means of hooks represented in the 

 drawing. A lid of the sime ennstruc'ion, 

 furnished at its e'ge wi'h a circle in 

 wo-jd-work, is fitted, when necessary, 

 upon the cylinder, an I thus perhaps 



offers a more effectual inciter sgalosf the 



severity of old winds and excessive heat 



than any other. These sorts of shades 



are li Ut to move, rery solid, and very 



warm ; for, letting hut little o r the » m rior air penetrate, 



they preserve very well the heat which accumulates in 



the interior — Revue Horticol*. 



CALENDAR OF Ot'hKAriONS 



Fo» fir pv-irnt? M ee.k. 



I.— TIOTHOUMv CU.NSfcKVATORTES. &C 

 Thk answer given to Air. Fryer, in the la->t Chruncle, reap 

 ii g his iu-w beau' n T*riaab«rfUs, re • i, ds me that this il the 



right time to gr-ift the varieties "f Tbuoberf i* a-ata* to have 



fine specimens >f thi m by next April and May. The roots of 

 T. cocci'iea is t'.e be«t ttoek for them, bat those of T. mdi- 



ra wili al-o do. Another lot gra'n.l in September will suc- 

 c-id the**, and a third grafting in Ap-il wil keep i»|> the succes- 

 sion fo: rat or nine months, and the trouble is not DalfsO 

 much h- that of reiring seedling*. A^ the nights b > 



lengthen, and 'he ll ve plants have I Ic t nr growth , the 

 house need not he k pt s<> moist as formerly ; hut di o 



quail ity by d^freee, ami do d t syiiDfc 1 kte in the aft err. u. 



ro'srreri.'on/.— The Ticx idas sent Ik me by Mr. HartWOf, 

 and some oi his p.issh i \.>wers also, promise to make p 1 

 Conservatory climbers. 1 know two s rts of new hybri I tv.a- 

 sion -flow. one of which I 1 a\i- flowered — which will like- 



wise d » for this house ; both ar< in some of the nurser it 



are not >et name'. Pass flora fr'gTans is almost a rtf 



although iis flowers a e a no g*t the sweetest, they are too 

 sparingly i roduced to make a floe display. A'l P^largo 

 Including the common Scarlets, that ua to be forced b * re 

 nex f March, sh'-uld n t he stopped or cut in a f ter this tin md 

 all tha earl> -struck cuttings ol them should n w, or suun.be 

 planted out n beds in he reserve garden for a month or two j bat 

 as soon as they begin to ge? to trong or succulent pot them. 

 Another rule to be observed with forcing Pelargoniums hat 

 the pots should be full of roo's, or what we call p>t-h uiui, 

 before they are brought into heat; as - ton as thej throw up 

 for fl tweriog, however, they may be shifted into larger p r 



well sup died with ho, ltd manure. Any per- n can ap] eat 

 and moisture to flowers in winter; but a good deal o! judg- 

 ment and forethought i> required tOJ^ej t the plants : now is 



the time.— D. li. 



II.— FLOWER fJiRDEX AND SHRUBBERIES. 



(Hi'- : oor Department. 

 flower gardens are atla-t becoming a little cheerful, and the 

 plait- are rapdly making up for the time lost in the spring. 

 Look over the beds of Scar et Pelargoniums, and » c 



. 



Petunias and tail-growing Wbenas are frequently much 

 figured by being broken ab ut in stormy weather. To pr t 



this, provide some strong pieces of Birch branches and place 

 them in the bed, so as after they are covered, they will support 

 the branches, and prevent their being blown about. Attend. 

 assiduously to the rem val of all decaying flowers, especially 

 on profuse flowering Verbena*, as Basc.ayana, Queen, &c, 

 which will do much t • pro'ong their seasou of bloom ; and xoii. 

 mow, and sweep the Grass and walks a' least once a wet k. 



Reserve Garden.— Prepare a temp rary pit here, either by 

 butldii g urt walls, or excavating the earth a few niche deep, 

 and forming an embankment round the sides lor the propaga- 

 tion of Scarl t and other Pelargoniums, indeed, for all iree. 

 srikirg plants. Tni- pit may be covered with VUntneyed or 

 oiled canvas, and, if there s ti.ree or four inches of light sandy 

 soil foi the earthings to strike root into it, will answer ad- 



niX HeJt'sease, Pentsfemons, an 1 most plants which make 

 bra! ches about the surf of the soil, may be readily mere ised 

 by placing me light sandy soil about the young shoots, inio 

 w'h ch they wdl str ke root, and may then be removed into nur- 



£>it$ and Frames.— These structures are now partly stocked 

 with Nierembergia*, &c, wbich are c ming forwaid for air.ther 

 season. Piepa.e a si ght hot-bed f r a frame, and begin to in- 

 crease inch plants a« you require a large stock of next season. 

 Mangle*'* aud other variegated Pelargoniums are generally 

 taroy strikers if kit till late in the season ; therefore begin in. 



time.- »'. -P. ■*• 



III. -FLORISTS' FLOWERS. 



Auricula* .— S*ili attend to the cleanliness of these plants, 

 keeping tl cm free from decayed leaves, weeds, and "the green* 

 fly." Pvlyan huaes. — Continue to part in favourable weather; 

 also pi "lit our seedling*. Tulips. — Qt these little can be said 

 just now. The bed, however, must not be neglec'ed; uig it 

 over, and ridge it up, so t a' the soil may be s.veeteued by the 

 action o' sua and air. The bulbs in the boxes ought to be tho- 

 rough y dry before the loose skins or roo s are removed. 

 Hanut.culu»ea. — Great kttention must be directed towards 

 roots, us they arrive at maturity, which is indicated by tne 

 leaves bee ing jell w, tney should be carefully taken «JP*» 

 it usually hap, ens th <t some arc ready to remove before »*"££» 

 and should the roots which have become dormant rem *^_ e 



the ground too long, they are apt to "■^V/^STcon. 

 throwing out fre^i fi • es, which is attended w.th rul "J£ Urly 

 sequences. Carnutiuru.-The bl oming season ' . «*** attract 

 began, and these favourite flowers » lll . co,i ""t, tii j„ the 

 admiration during the pretent and " w J*J5fJ5 and will be 

 south the EshibiUoiiS I ave steady J«su» ,\.f inland and 

 held, according to the locality, in «f2!2LS2J as seedliage- 

 Scotland, perhaps till the middle of 8 tember. As seeatinge 





