25—1853. | THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 389 
varying the —that is, a dry | sam And this, on the 8th of June, sufficien indi- Une of these Wm Azalea 
wine ike sherry, rr ог а brik on like champagne ; but — — ess of the season, I think it — LTU 
ither Rhubarb, Currants, nor will pro- | interesting y of — when that scarcely a bit of foliage could be i 
duce a wine with the true true champagne vour; it is to ing the effects of the severe weather on A also a fi ; 
be obtained only from the fruit of the Grape, ripe or would be so good as to what extent their early - 2257000 
unripe, its leaves, tops, and tendrils. If the ripe Grape Peas, and other humble i i 
is used, one-third less sugar will The recipe I ber uts of the garden, have been injured; for there flowers ot ile е — in perfection, and 
Lecco vientre ve-men ose amongst y pers to early and | e it a favourite ; and 
ruits To make 10 gallons of 9 t supply * h things is of more importance — verticillata wi ' always be prized for its 
im re, Take n .| than а healthy an ——— g Pinetum. I believe the | colour, which we need not say is far from being 
of fine moist sugar. a Peas that were sown before Christmas were very much | among ts, were also beautifully 
15 to 20 gallons, taking cae that thas a hole for а ap injured by the severe w in March. I was pre- flo ‚ and when the sun is sufficiently bright, as it 
bottom. In this tub, bruise the Rhubarb ;| vented by the incessant from sowing earlier than | was on Saturday, to keep blossoms they 
when done, add 4 gallons of water; let the whole be well | the beginning of January. I sowed some Early Em really very showy. The Ixora and Allamanda 
rred er ; cover the tub with a cloth or blanket, | and Early then, ET del sdb A db ts. 
and let the for 24 hours ; then draw off | Emperor to-day ; the yF 1 Messrs. Fraser, who were third, sent :— 
the liquor through the tap; add ] or 2 more gallons of several days. I crop? — sown before Chris Aphelexis — purpurea | Erica Cavendishi 
water to the pulp, let it be well stirred, and then allowed | not so early as n later this year. 5. U., Hod. " losissima tricolor elegans 
to remain an hour or two to settle, then draw off; mix , Herts. Lene. в Вон — 
the two liquors together, and in it dissolv e sugar. Monster Rhubarb.— h at 7 in-| Allamanda cathartica jasminoides 
the tub — clean, and return the liquor to it, me to wei ere : the weight sticks, 8 acuminata " ta 
cover it with a ket place it in а room, the tem- | exclusive of leaves, was 22} lbs. This is not а solitary |, — — — Kempferi 
perature of hich is not below 60° Fahr. ; here it is to | case ; ga abundance at that w The Ixora c 2 — \folium 
remain for 24, 48, or until there is an | variety in question was the Vic perm is — m , Variegata Pimelea mirabilis, 
a ce tation having ve s when it|the herg both for forcing and g . J, B. The int ti the largest 
d be drawn off into the 10 as fine | an {Л , Chirk Castle * North. Wales. example of the kind we have but it is scarcel suffi- 
e 10 gallon ‘cask ple nans y 
nee a which — vag — * up to p ciently showy to arrest a ations ion of - Men; it is 
4 water ; if there E agp а home where it is most valued—where its numberless 
— he hn here э ч ы — 2 * ч | Societies. white flowers yield a perfume ne Oe is ripa oe cnt 
any liquor left in the tu З ot by any sweet-smelling plant tivation, Coleo- 
quite fine, pass it through flannel, and al up with that — GARDEN pax’ ExsipiTIoN, June 11.— ae зб AI 4 and A were also fine 
instead of water, As and ore prominent features of this b rilliant 22 plants, so was the variety of Erica tricolor called 
the liquor inishes, it must be filled up daily, to nr display of * and fruits being given in e cree is one of the ex of the Jedes. 
ати fermentati -— 12 Peek it then | column, we shall, as before, confine ourselves here 
more moderate, w e ou put | entirel — 
pon hole made by the side of it, * with In . of 20 Srove and GREENHOUSE PLANTS, n Apes т Vinca ie 
a 6; this spile should be taken out every two ог | the large gold medal, as first prize, was again awarded to grandiflora 8 otis floribunda 
шее days, ing to the state of the fermentation, | Mr, May ^ ener to Mrs. Lawrence, Polygala acuminata c — 
for eight or ten "c to allow some of the carbonic | for folo ing, viz. :— Azalea exquisita Epecris miniata 
acid apud Lew p hen "T ＋ P cask — purpurea iflora У! — , uM — Qiu 
ma pouring a little liquor in at the v racophyllu le Cle ron x y НР 
hole once 4 — A ten da n. for dicte or four x ee Lesc ч ul major Dipl — pone ait iy сс rns чө Kwmpferi 
This operation is ormed at long intervals of a month | Adenandra iua Gore к тА — 48 — The t о 8 otis floribunda in this 
or more, till the end of December, when on a fine jtd Allamanda eathartica Pimelea spectabilis ir vite \ ni th — beau! 
day it should be drawn off from the lees as fine ygala acumina n Hendersoni pun — — 
sible ; the turbid че oi rough flannel. “Make pesi ^ МЕИР eden rs pots Lage re covered with pale ы: yellow 
th clean, re liquor to it, with one drac Erica Cavendishi oleonem rum b E The d ndron was also ; on 
of isinglass das (puro) di dissolved in a little aba ; stir the he above as a whole were matchless, ма іл He inst ei. ih ine ad of brilliant scarlet blossoms. 
whole t the bung in fi Choose а | of size and beauty. The Showy Pimelea was the The t tes and the Scariet 
clear dry da: 9 for — it. They shouid be on м Ее that was exhibited « 50 su — i in May; Ixo е 
cham are по 
pagne 
enough ; secure 23 corks — 
&с. 1 generally make up the 
ree pints over the ten gallons, which T1 bonia for 
was considerably past it — Not 
of Coleone: 
^d 
whose multitudes of pink flowers had "acquired an 
or three amount of brilliancy which is rarely met with in the 
the purpose of one. - cask as it is wan jl of this shrub. We learned from Мау | 
several years past I made a wine with ripe and that he grows this plant in the open ai rly 
* rii ng to the season, equally as|eight months out of the 12. As soon in April as| 
good as any fore It has always spirit becas with- | the weather will permit it is turned out of doors, 
eut thé addition of brandy, which Dr. 
es (publi or 30 2: ago), a 
* spirit 
ese 
33 filled up to the season 
as long as an e 
* у 
recipe for makin 
aces M ад is given P. your volume for 1852, p. 405. 
Lu able to answer for its 
T "doni t two tablespoonfuls of pale 
8, it soon comes pro 
rs, wh 
usely ixto flower, and“ colours ” well, 
nd ас in beaut 
autum gi 
it is removed in-doors ; 2 all 
=| shady corner bed. the ples 
-weeping branch 
to this, the most striking p plants were, prag i 
Allamanda _ cathartica 
whose brilliant round oaj- putt . Uis wa — 
much admi 
| gayest 
eT 1125 8 лг 
Р {һе 
prize was awarded to Mr, Carson, gr. to W. F. С. 
‘a 
Farmer, Esq., of Cheam, for 
Aphelexis macrantha grandi- | Azalea bella 
flora » Variegata 
Leschenaultia formosa » а . 
iS biloba major Franciscea acuminata 
Allamanda cathartica pee 
Pol cordifolia Gardenia Fortuni 
» › “ Dipladenia crassinoda 
| карад Бејта penta еу ыр whole 
of the plants composing it were 
condition, being uniformly a ma — 
The Allamanda and Azalea variegata were 9 
well flowered; but the greatest favourite with 
company was evidently the Fortune Gardenia, whose 
erassinoda, | large i Ma Mer Ее: т gave off a 3 
| its 
A 
rance that q air nei 
with swee bella 3 a nice somo 
p thickly studded with purple blossoms of the 
A. с the — and 
the blue zo ser were also fine, 
Mr. Dods, gr. to Sir J. Catheart, Bart., sent 
common wine-bottle will very much im- was in most vigorou health, having, мыны spectosissima Ixors coecines 
3 ie d Danid Blast Court Í Wks ba dadk we were — ushed shoots 18 inches in 1 ма ids A 5 nb 
: ы ing Cartridge.— 0 sin henaultia biloba (a lant гап e " ia n 
you for fe. the insertion f my last remarks on the per- | was — for its charming deep bia ue тн 25 Lecienanttin Baxteri — epi ; 
ion. carte for Ы This day I went to have this i perfection in налан it was seen in cathartica Vinca alba 
18, omp: Captain ‘Hadden, R. E.; on Saturday last, the plant must be shaded when in "ovn acuminata Clerodendron Kæmpferi 
the result of this first experiment with cartridge in from the “ bright sun,” otherwise its intensity ' fusely fi d 
rock was perfectly satisfactory, even | will be greatly diminished. This plant is said to be а. во меге —.— A. lateritia, though small, 
the drawback of the nov of it to the wer well, ae great atten- one blossoms. The Clerodendron had a 
employed in sinking the well. The the rock was | tion in spring to keep it free from green-fiy, by which, r striking 
afin ag gta quis bane m wider than | if it gains ia footing, it is greatly injured. Mr. May | plant as any Quei en 
the interior. my could | winters it in an intermediate the glass, The only in the Class of 6 large Stove and 
Ones by ta i hand 6 T wn; iron | which k it from „drawing.“ | House Prants “in pots or tubs, not less than 
rammer was then placed on it without the baked clay Dracophy gracile is also not unworthy of notice; | 20 in diameter,’ was Mr. May, gr. to Mrs. 
plug intervening, and the suspended block of timber | jt is well suited for amateurs, as it fl Lawrence, who contributed— = 
Pd re to 1 5 on the no Ma! the i Б e answers cutting for 2 It is, however, f buxifolinm PRA анар 
there being space between the sides of the —€———€Ó its management, espe- еопета ru x grandiflora 
and the iron rammer dage would render | cially in regard t to watering it ; and mildew, to while ig | Pec Apheleris —— 
the explosion ir t, but it was not so ; the Lad is subject, must be kept off it by . frequently We need scarcely say that these were all large and 
ec ch was about © Аз grait — with sulphur. This ae n the | fine plants, such as one rarely has the good fortune to 
experiments wi more perfect, | warm end of a greenhouse, or where is an inter- with. 
» уе - ‘the tated clay plugs, and dae powder o 2 house that suits it 1 5 The 3 Hen- —— — in 13-inch 
e ts of trees and mirabilis, Mr. finds to succeed best or, W 
third of the mou — th of Mu к a ted about б. x xs тїйє as ein the remarked 
of the way down, the iron rammer is easily placed | In this - X they are rendered more free from insects, 
its proper position, and the MU blow of the fallen | they flow become mo: „ require 
block forces it on the head of perfectly | less WE orn winter: ta 
zw course of| Mr. Green, gr. to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., of Cheam, 
practice w у of communicating, T sla 1 be „„ 
. © inform 794 ou d it. 7. Жж» Victoria Hotel, Aphelexis macrantha Ixora crocata 
| Ү «кр» Dradophipting rale — H ema hibited by Mr. May, Mr. 
" "S must have уми " ELICHRYSUMS were ex . May, Мг. 
been pointed, being charged 11, e Exiga Cavendishl Green, Mr. Taylor, and Messrs. Veitch. The varieties 
pag — and a half of dp find them not eat-| Allamanda neriifolia Clowesiana of Aphelexis S. grandiflora, spec 
nod E in town of Bens called at Covent — cordifolia А Diliwynia — i ; 
1. 
were asked for d prige of Mert pe oder per quart = Залаа Hoya b ela 
Ixora coce 
