292 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[May 7, 
and no vegetation can make 
X: 
а d nd th hl — 4 of En 
Sen deeply an оар у relieve s 
ee a the stunted Whe a hun- 
he remova 
the difference observable in the two s; where 
water is car temperature rises; even as 
much as *, an enormous gain, 1 to the 
equa 
n 10 degrees to the south- 
war gives 22 “the land of Hampshire the 
RS climate of Casti lle. 
so W SYLVESTER, at 
in Lancash a causes which 
to s stated by Mr. 
Syvesrer himself :— 
“Tis flowering I believe ме м = the con- 
sequence of an accidental c 
shall mention. I had hi therto p it like the 
rmest 
winter, the water remain 
the house was altogether hee d 
t ese 
the season, coming i 
that, like many of "he aquatic plants of North 
America, Hydropeltis, - Nympheas, &c., whic ы 
Load (and eum ud loom during a very 
er) i shallow ‘pot in this garden, the 
Менын will be found ‘sufficiently hardy to bear 
oar winters, if the roots be plunged in water, deep 
enough to protect them from the frost, and Ta aies 
to the su lace during summer. Bat I a 
d to this “county 1 
that of B t 
а ок 
сопйпе 
Karre w where d the ‘climate i is inferior to 
eee unties." 
plaidly € the importance 
= regulating bottom Hent while the water stood at 
pical 
ка The water іп ч grew was unnaturally 
hot; but as soo temperature fell ently 
= 75°, the conditions in which Nature originally 
the 
bou forth. its 1 hand, 
the fall of 10° chilled N roots cf the more » delicate 
oriental plant, and it becametoo feeble to flower, 
until its 
stimuli 
us. 
A — 8 ve visible effects of = 
2 ach species 
w Nelu veria » only an 
w, which 
— 8 —— : ! 3 or in the 
— — — 
Ix the report made last Monda Coun 
or THE Horticutturat Society * m Fellows 
assembled at their anniversar the fol- 
lowing paragraph — to Mh we 
tion should be dra 
* With a view pP 
utility of the Monthly 3 - i Regent Street, 
and to the further ripe posu 
tion at all seasons and in all branches of 
ments 
hich IIb 
E 
t 
the Council gave public eer at October, = 
Medals and Certificates of Mer ould be giver 
each — i 
1853, acc 
regula 3 — ene ed ; 
eere of. = cts of horticultural interest, 
which priz would cotidie to be giv 
А vided the exhibitions possessed conspicaoqs mer rit. 
A trial of this pas, during the six winter months, 
ише not attended with 
xpected from g^ partly from the ve 
weather, partly, as it would seem, from КЕЕ 
t being prepared for the change, and in som 
nici onm from the diffic 
un worked 
itio 
effect of improving that most useful br rai of horti- 
culture as much as public exhibitions have stimulated 
the sor 5 but not more — depart- 
nd fruit pore 
We l id think there 1s not a 8 — of intelli- 
gence in this . — ill not cordially join 
the Council in expression of this hope; for it 
— s denied that Es kitchen garden is wofully 
of impro The coun а ind = 
—— pde iue tha ис a qua 
е нашо. of “ace vege stables hide 
regarded as a branch of ho sida altogether 
infest to that of сеа. 
highest possible amount of pror Sia n ‘skill, and 
RE cq ai ia sos to the €— on of > 
1 of gar de The ve beco o, like o 
e-hor: 2 our prize cattle, ræ ету and 
n v 
o much 
e have therefore uniformly given them 
all never cease to 
worship the beaut 
useful. Our 1905 
asant schools; in our anxiety to зеи doe 
ing: we forget to to teach the arts уш give people 
value as servants, or wives, or hus s. А girl is 
e | taught to read and write, but not to make a pudding 
or get up linen; a boy is pushed on in his cypher- 
ing, but — nether vitia a horse nor wait at Able. 
roots once more received their natural 
those 
of a = prm and we will 
the aee — ow 
er extension of the duce on 
n like manner, a gardener is ma cient in 
an Orchid 
skill. 
of ac nions ; he can grow 
| Christmas, but a Lettuce then is beyond his 
tis t 
of the Horticultural Society ha 
been spen: framed ; and y ee earnest] y trust they 
3 ceed. has inful to see to how 
c 
ritish ae foreign kitehen garden produce, as seen 
reet, een medie di to us, all f. 
posi ible рн having — = climate. 
exc that bet 
t and 
ar Geer in the 
world than the English; no country approaches us 
in al (pera en, can we m have 
Ga abbages and Lettuce 
mu 
but be as strong in the provinces as in the suburbs 
not believe, till 
Dc 
whi ch w 
specia on 2 
n Tuesday, the 24th of May, medals are offered 
for the “ best se mis yi рен bles." It concerns 
he ur of garden these prizes shall 
well reds d. 1150 e occurs on the 
28th of June, and a third on the 26th July; and there 
h 
үре, 
of good cultiva- 
of gardening, 
Mr. Wanczsgw. 
rassia villosa 
all the advantages ) 
b is 
à 
ulties inseparable from all 
w 
S | very 
Anglo-Saxon skill and a 
арго 
geting | s a т specimen ditat; p bat. knows nothin ng mana 
of Oni 
o put an end to this a of things that the ia 
,| new regulations 
are now offered, in addition to the Society’ s medals, Payer ci 
queen atten- t - 
A rnESH 22 ot sane has been received | 
from , and is about to be sold at! 
L 
ав rooms, (Зее advertisement.) II 
this e had an opportunity of “А... 
A ә ж I dcr stu sent home with them 
able to say with. еа рна ‘that the follow 
are nndoubt tedly quite ne e folowing 
Apro Vaga: giganteum, and ру 
іса 
„ a 
A 
poke уйе Chysis Caasetum secundum, 
ma, Gongora 
g rawings, 
of Ens’s catalogue explain the pecu- 
liarities of e w species, and should 
consulted by bu 
uyers. It e seen that 
are plants of very дамар beauty. кыр! 
COLUMNEA SCHIEDEANA, 
Tue curiously D i blossoms of this plant, and 
their somewhat singular colour and odd m markings 
render it far fr pm Being iter If it does not. 
beholder, it at lt 
arrest the en 
possesses consid MAE ‘attractions for those who have 
taste fo: нчи by ‘er curious aad’ the beautiful 
It is, over, а pli 
mor ree grow th, with & compact 
habit, isti is easily cultivated, produci blossoms 
reely throu 
months. 
warm —— i 
shows; in ntry places esculents have been | successful growth, and u ept in а rather w. 
only looke E T from Не és s 5 peasants ; | situation during the summer it will not continue making 
and everything has to the wood and producing flowers thoughout the season; but 
showy but — decoration of my lady’s|when removed to a cool situation, while in flower, the 
drawing-room. that d am raa E blossoms remain long in perfection, and thus 
the latter in тар lightes мее ; е | retains its beauty as long as m ts. 
contrary, they richly -— all the —.— they , Cuttings of eith old or young Toot 
have d; f ft hey re A wi Ба pla е E ‚В oy y — 
or by eating gee the bark of 
stem and surrounding it with moss, and Keeping ping this 
tained in the course of a. 
ose, moist, shady 3 E се. у ha 
m blished, when the be faciei ME 
pping : 
be required to secure a compac 
fot — must be 2 d ws -— 80 — to admit 
light and air among As the plants 
tain a moist, 
ts over-head, 
With good 
; main! 
growing atmosphere, and к trem the Loge 
with the syringe, morni К 
if 3 a ча 
17 injur 
та few months in winte 
A кои 
rm moist situation argi in spri 
in — ute ey exhibit signs $^ 
ingly to the soil, but moisten 
rone e with the R hile n they sta 
and examine 
foliage, 
t | frequently, but be sparin 
the rm have struek into the fresh soil. 
tying o 
pem. 
2 — * атая moist situation till t 
ct however, be retai 
whil: in blossom, as 5 the 
would 124 to shorten season О 
flower tpi in the season 
drying 
warm of the 
vias they n not be 3 to ns should be ! 
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hy 8 а. 
ace ber ge : 
