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„„ rently sufficiently shrubby to be эү Id soma haps f: - еч ead куйме. Т, and lesg 
d will not be E unless an Viburnum plicatum, a very fine Gueldr е, STS. 
Bs. x ni еа be aware. of the popular error as to | out some time ago by epo merid vint vas er : iugis one 8 pos 1 
ir nam irds about which he may Calceolaria called Ajax (yellow wi rown | Were in 
be to — — d — Country people may je which, having a stiff good habit and multitudes ea ud a s which w as ав 4 were. on that occasion, 
mee . pa | from the same cause. William showy blossoms, will doubtless — a MÀ — " Ente 3 which were not shown on the 14th, were 
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отме и. plant.—Messrs. Henderson sent'& little shrub (ca 
TM — “ing * oo. —Permit me to inform “A Near | Pultenæa), from Swan River; and Mr. Glendinning ‘Naw 1 wW Pia AN — were aways > 22 tenzea, ericifolia, 
Neighbour. А — why our Grapes have not coloured | had a New Holland plant called Dianella ezerulea, — ча 4 m iae Mess — wie met a small bit of 
ite previous us years, that the Raby. Castle Grapes for which a Certificate was awarded. It produces. i va pulchella а — on; Metrodores 
e been second to none (in this locality), egards|a great tuft of Grass. like leaves, from among | н m— о " — ; an interesie 
colour, for this now the ar in successio in hich issue tall flower-stems, terminating in fine pani- ing — ilac or за ег n pink flowered. 
“М eighbour,” notwithstanding his denomina s blossoms win he absence o eolaria lolacea, WI Oping flowers 
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{ i i ly- bell-shaped ;. and. Dietyanthus. Pavo 
t be distant, or he would have had ocular proof | light, however, they did not open, and therefore the | nearly. be E : 1 ni, 
т ME here. state. G B., an Under Gardener, 7 5% whole of the beauty of the plant was lost. Mr. Burns, * arg more. interesting. than showy, 
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Castle. 
Chevening, se a-do White Ischia Figs.—Th an Houtte, of Ghent; Dillwynia cinnabarina 
тт: plants Hom? the Society's Garden consisted of three | a promising plant, on ac ts fine colour, from. 
e Cape Heaths; Coleonema pulcherrimum, two Azaleas, | Messrs. Henderson; and the Wax-inseet tree of Ching, 
50010005. oronia M lla, Eutaxia iini an Everlast- a plant resembling an. Ash, from Messrs. Ro is 
ing, Medinilla magnifica, two species of Begonia, and|  PELARGONIUMS filled. one side of a long tent and 
Ho ORTICULTURAL, May 24. pcc Philip de Malpas the аст ZEschy nanthus ерони portions of others. Both Faneies and common. kinds 
Grey Egerton, Bart., M. P., in the chair. The Marquis 40 well grown and ерен more. es Mt. 
of Sligo, W. H. Jones, Esq., T. Smith, Esq., R. Nayler,| Roy Nic, RigcENT's-Pank, Moy 25.— This Turner’s. collections, which were placed first. Аа 
d., H. Smith, Esq., T. Devas, Esq., and Lieut.-Col, Society: was а by a fine day — е first féte this corner of one of the tents was We e 
Gold were elected Fellows. Of collections of vegetables, season. The exhibition was in aller s a good one. | named. Citriodorum. grandiflorum, 3 feet in height, 
which were especially invited on this occa — two were As most of the plants of which it * — hnwever; had a woody branching habit, with flowers 
produced—one by Mr. Bar et to Ear pi rity, at | were — ni —.—. on the 14th, and were fully like those of the old Fair Helen, and it looked as 
Chevening, the other Spivey, g J. А: reported on at p. 325, we shall merely confine our | would make a good plant for out-door decoration. 
8 тең “ of Найт; пеаг Bishop : Lo remarks now 0 such things as were not present on that О Tories, Mr. Turner showed. a fine collection, com 
6 varieti e fro and o om | occasion. sisting of 84 varieties; and Mr. Willmer exhibi 9 
Haliingbury. Ө mah "of Me ‘Spivey’s er ee as th Stove AND GREENHOUSE Prants were again produced | Towards the afternoon both showed the effects of the 
Broccoli and D for instance, were, however, better | in admirable order. Mrs. Lawrence's fine collection | warm day, some of the sorts becoming quite flat. 1 
t н ; but then he fell far short of Mr. В. ked as attractive as ever, and improved by the Amon Pp aa ect SUBJECTS were some: Ferns, 
in point of a sine and anh varied collection, which is | introduction of a: fine plant of Ixora javanica. We Lycopods, a few Alpines, and some all rtd en 
what the Society was desirous of encouraging, in order | also remarked — — beautifully — be classed two collections of well fruited in 
that it may show what a — skilfully — is | flowered and coloured; — а еп — — — pots. jd f 
really capable of furnishing at different seasons of the | what stove — is mer rophyllum za 
; the first prize was therefore awarded to. Mr. | venosum and a h uge e bush of Azalea exquisita were also | 4. n 1 d Amoris NM 
Barns, ease Mr. Spivey: Mr, Butns:sent/ remarkable plants tendered the resignation of his present office, and spoke 
Willeove and Miller's dwarf Ке» ——— dwarf Mr. Cole, gr. t o H. Co ollyer, Esq., of Dartford, also ia Wah tesa s Eis i 
| і і table used furnished а good — consisting o of: Suneil posed j 
in soups, but not now very fen Бан "Seakale, Jeru- | Polygala -— Ий. г. Boott, one of the auditors, read the Trea» 
i — : : Bee > Cattell > Epacris е деюр venosi surer’s account, from which it E mie that the receipts» 
Cabbage, young silver-skinned and ‘Strasburg Eriostemon 8 Allamanda neriifolia during the past year were 882 
M old Potatoes, London: Leeks, Mushrooms both eüspidatum | Aphelexis purpurea grandifióra diture 7290. 2s. 8d., leaving 5 the treasurer's hands a 
large and in the button state, Jerusalem Kale, Victoria, Pimelea mirabilis macrantha lenses ТЕЗ 10s. Dr. Wallich esr that the 
са Linnseus, and another kind of Rhubarb ; white Erlen . coccinea minor Arales irm thanks P ^od E pe, No bap Mr. Brown: 
and red Turnip Radishes, and a salmon-coloured variety, Dipladenia splendens lerodendron splendens. for the hich he had’ md the. о 
parently a good long kind; Walker's “whiteapined Leschenaultia formosa | Erica propendens F Presi : "ha in an eloquent address, refem 
Cromer, eur urled and Normandy Cress, Mustard „Chicory, Of these the scarlet Clerodendron splendens was oF the ast t a benefits conferred оп seienee by 
ram; common and Lemon Thyme, | extremely well flowered, unfortunately en uncommon 7 Ke ваюй b was about to retire from. h 
1 dont Bath Lettuces ; Sweet Basil, | occurrence — this fine plant. The Hoya was also ba 
Fennel, red, common, and variegated Sage; Tarragon, large and good, the great bunches of. flowers being 
summer and winter Savory, Batavian Endive, Chervil, | numerous, r égularly di diffused, — vel eoloured. Dipla- 
fine double and pant Parsley, Sorrel, Watercresses, m splendens, as every o ws, is another fine | у ha 
Burnet, round and prickly Spinach, and Italian | thing when vell MR but — — Sin is it sana 
Corn Salad, which, as we have EN stated, is much | in that condition ! The Boronia pinnata was a fi h, Won $ 
8 n the com в T ey produced | and so was cha Leschenaultia —— mosa. The latter Mem N Bennett „ under- 
new d 38 тне А тоссон past its best, have у тий. nearly 4 feet 3 i d urchell, D. C. L., 
e Cabbages, Spinach, some very goo od Mr. Cla rke; коб Streatham, аы a collection of stove W. Spates, Eag Walk 5 Ed, R. nee i „пет 
ks, A mea Seakale Considerably past its best, | and gr which the more remarkable . of ot "a 
Myatt's Victoria Rhubarb, and Mushrooms. Of foreign were, per oe ‘Dielytra spectabilis, anana neriifolia, Р 
owed Mr. Lewis a of Covent Garden, sent a A кыт) pim ulata. Mr. Watson and Mr. William 
salad of very good Curled Endive, Paris Cos raill, - —.— V Aera Mr. Garden. Memoranda. 
andfine as they — possibly be pro- Ha amp, v who * produ ced a group, had a very fine  DRoPMORE, THE ius or Ару GRENVILLE пша. -in hn 
duced. saat London at гапу season, and а) Turnip | specimen of the Авас Heath init. Mr. Speed sent | ten or fourteen days’ time this celebrated place wi 
А Snake: edal was awarded, It may be the pretty little — bella. Mr. Cole fmt col- literally one mass of floral beauty, for by that period: 
mentioned here, that the Garden of the Society also con- | lection of Ixoras onsisting of I. erocata, coccinea, and | the thousands of Mei Azaleas 
tributed a collection of vegetables, consisting of round aurantiaca, it contains will be in — udging 
Summer 8 and the following Cabbages:—|  Azarzas were were. again. өс? forward: zin very good size and. prominence of the buds, "they promise win 
Wheeler's pareil, Early Plaw, Tiley’s Early Mar- condition; and this tim — owin 8. P 
rom, the best very early kind, being sweet and tender, which full iy maintained tlie. igh reputation. he has all | — wet weatlier which we had in win 
with no waste; "Y Battersea, aloe Fulham or A enjoyed for growing and flowering these plants. | having. thoroughly. moistened the ground : 
large sort, but Sutton Ear Of Тал. Сас, the 3 soil ie nit ai , 
a a coarse ; tton’s у ALL Cacti last mentioned exhibitor also | woods. of Dropmore, where the soil is light au i 
"Coomb, Early Nonpareil, and Brown's Early. Тһе some — qs med. plants, consisting of. 3 velly, and, as a matter of course, the drainage £u ade | 
same establishment likewise furnished Linneeus,| Ackermanni and A. grandifiorom ; E. speciosum plantations in the neighbourhood of the dress" 
Victoria, Prince Albert, and Prince of Wales. нечы elegans ; Е, Greeni, E. grandiflorum, and — and elsewhere have, how ed 10 
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Hardy White Lettuce, Victory. of Bath and duni were numerous and fine, and if we. may it is but fair to expect that not only the 
Galway's bend Cucumbers, and the Virginian Poke judge. from the eagerness of the. visitors to catch а and Azaleas, but all other plants of sim 
(Phytolacca decandra}, a plant indigenous to the United glimpse of them, even at the a — of. great patience. will even be better in future years. than ever © 
States, the leaves of the latter are unwholesome; and long delay, owing to the ero hat hung „ have hitherto been, inasmuch) as they diit 
but the young shoots, which lose A d — os we should say that 7 are still as great as enabled to ripen. their wood perfectly; and e . 
m water, are eaten in North A aragus. | when they were less common, With the. exception of flower-buds; and the general ap 0 
These shoots, which Фла their apte а early Epidendrum —bieornutum, Celogyne. Lowi, Acineta place is also very much i (by th = 
n spring, are cut - about 6:0г.8 inches long; they | Barkeri, Maxillaria leptosepala, Aeanthophippium tion. What is called the Stubb Mom » i 
are boiling water, and af — bicolor, Epidendrum macrochilum, and a group from (a point from. whieh it is well knowns magnifice . 
boiled for 20 „айчы in water, with a little salt in it: Mr. Hume, gr. to R. Hanbury, Esq, the ‘collections of the surrounding country can be, obtained), 2% 
they are then placed on a suitable dish, with a small remained rne wn the same " they were a k, | renewed and. heightened 4 feet, and 
: of butter added, when. they are ready for table. | Among. Mr. plants, we remarked. two well the better kinds of Rhododendrons; Azaleas; 
in this manner, it is considered in America flowered 1 wo goo =ч аса of Aerides | medas, and other flowering shrubs made, 
slieate: as Asparagu nts, aca the pale-blossomed. Dendrobium cretaceum, | meadow. in front of this. “ mount of tree st ада 
Pinee, & Co. received a Large Silver Phalaenopsis grandiflora, and Barkeria spectabilis, to- also all through the woods, wherever it was es been 
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nd. Roses in pots. were beyond. all praise; we doubt if have stated, is gravel. to within an inch or t i 
mend. and|ever they were — in such magnificence: before. surface, where there is a thin layer of — se ped! 
ce ea 8 d E Both de — amat seemed. to -— done their peat. In this, with what tree leaves could be — 
bold flowers and brigh t clear. colours ; they were best, and we. trust ib some of those. who once pro- and mixed in with it, the: üben gene n 
to, have: been:reimd. from, Massoni, ampullacea, | nounced im he uncultivable in. this manner were | only. thrives: but blooms. It will, therefore, 85. f Е 
Sprengeli, Hartnelli, and esee all, it will be seen, | there to see the result. In Mr. Francis’ group, жыйы gravel; but : others, bns found ist 
rst, was lant. of our аг, аты 2 
meda form | Devoniensis, studded with blooms, some, oft er sence: 
green shrub, from Nepal, nnen bas deen found. to Шы ones of whizh-cevtainly- could not-taeasnzo. lesa, than, б. bog.mould. The “ . mount, u gad an е 
hardy at Exeter, and whioh, — — deserved the | inches aeross.! The Persian Yellow, too, in: Mr. Terry's just sufficiently ov € with- 
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рм, grown іп а greenhouse ; Acacia. hispidissima, a. fp non E with blooms, wows oly жата igi sunny — summer, one г of the: 
Wii: Lange’ Ыш "nir. want of fragrance, Mr. Rowland's| i - 
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