26—1853.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 407 
delivered a short address, referring to the retirement of tains, old and new, but also on account o ts possessing [ our flower- -gardens, 
n and the position of the Society. e | good d cimens of certain trees and Fake: which are display of this beauty] tr е — ts at our me 
Rev. T. Hugo was elected a Fellow. Mr. W. Thomson only to be found in long established places such as this politan —À ey uot feel desirous that t te — 
exhibited two photographic portraits of two natives of is. As an example of what has just been stated, we | masterpieces of fl 1 beanty could be m 
Cape York, Australia. Mr. J. Hogg exhibited specimens | may mention that close to Mr. Osborn’s cottage stands | late with the 5 the Petunia, and rent half hardy 
of Sir J. E. Smith's — of the common Primrose the original "Fulha m Oak, a noble tree of fair propor- | plants, which throw so great a share of gaiety into our 
(Primula vulgaris), gathered in a wood near Stoekton-|tions, and, though upwar/s of 100 years of age, as | parterres during the summer months? But no; plant 
T resi — nominated R. Brown, Esq., W. hale and vigorous as could possibly be * in a them out, and they literally run wild. Well, what 
nce, Esq., N. Wallich, Esq., M. D., and W. Yarrell, specimen of its size. We also remarked a ve ery fine must be done ! are we to espair of ever possessing 
Esq., vice-presidents of the Society. Mr. estwood | example of the Cork tree (Quercus ва in excellent | those: gems of ће greenhouse in our ens? No; 
exhibited a volume of autograph letters addressed to | | condition, though doubtless very old. Of We eeping | try again. Bring all your energies to bear upon an 
Philip Miller, Esq., by various naturalists. Mr. New- | Elms, Cedars of Lebanon n, and Purple Beech, there are | object, and you must sucesed. Well, I have tried 
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S.W. coast of Ireland, on the evening of the h of à with blossoms; indeed, notwithstanding the of Cornwall, Duchess of Leinster, Fire King, &e., all 
ay last, and is often confounded with the Manx | miserable spri ж we have just experienced, flowering | nicely coming into bloom, planted them in three beds 
Petrel (Puffinus Anglorum). Specimens of both birds кїт and trees generally are blossoming well this in the following manner :—Having got my plants well 
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recorded to have been taken only four times in Europe. | plant or two of Rhododendron Goweni, a Fighe lere | but nearly double the- depth of it: the plant, pot 
—A paper - — — Mr. J. Hogg on the artificial hybrid, bearing compact heads of small sweet- scented and all, was then inserted in the hole in such a manner 
collection here; am th 
п | them we observed fine specimens of weeping Cherry, the whole of my plants; and no e could 
Sophora japonica pendula, weeping Holly, Larch, and possibly produce a better display of qnan than the: 
iegated Elms. e latter he|did througho he season. The 
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foliaged trees. Among Magnolias, which have been mand аз though the plants were in a greenhouse ; and if 
us rusion. Mr. Hog very gay, Thomsoni was still in bloom, and very | any of them should show the least disposition to ramble, 
that experiments might be performed — decide this fragrant; and close beside it was the graceful Genista they can be taken up and examined at any time ; besides, 
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Reb bictus, their beauty is now all but over. Among the Thorns,| Pelargoniums planted in this way require a little more 
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Wegen les of thi E. Real and Р 1 foliage. d is of Chin rigin, and was first rol of pots; but then the cultivator is amply repaid for all 
Зар Senna of the a of Tea Тер ae жай — — and sent out by the Horticultural ' Society Plan 4 trouble by osa: d 2 рон, Hoping that 
i — edition. = — Stewart, Esq; London, | the pu Royce Nut were also striking, on 1 of others may be as suecessfu ve been with , 
E Stevens and Norton. 1853. 8vo. Pp. 677. ge above method, my rec ung e ji all is, to try m 
use was a fine batch of Caleeolarias ; | plan. 4. K., Stoke Newington от 
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time. There was also a collection d between 30 and 40 | in. the chair. Sixty-four seedlin ng plants were staged on this 
4 sorts of the still rena 1 ee Cape Pelarzoniums ; an | occasion, the gre ут portion shi 18 of 3 
i there were also Azaleas, Gloxinias Y ms, Petunia un- 
Alen ‹ — e lage ty "kind sd rss 8 Verbenas, Mimuluses, Fuchs’ і Pinks, and Calceolarias. 
nd. m by hich a f the Californi ants, а First-class Certificates wer e marde > arg dye 8 
comelasi 2 whi was а goo Pede ot the Californian evergreen | (Hoyle), and to Rosa (Foster)—to the oe x its Fus g 
that — which he would probably tie would 79 Plum, the variety of Berberis Nepalensis called Lesche- PU being a light NA d ы purple m ра 
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between might and e were pr ulti red lea named Stri . — sissima, sent by Мт. Taylor gr. 
fiie, 6 ins. in length; and an example of Libocedrus Don en y tir ei ee o Merit, - 
сле 0 е elass so directly: benefited by them. Several of the glas ass houses — being greatly altered anf It is * i Mort faked and spool vi ith 1 ight t pu Similar 
remove: this i im “rp for althou hit is very true that ebe o С ing . ros Xr. 2 . 
id im ж oved, and’ 5 Ne ae 8 — heus usual A were р ET о A. е best and ge and truss bold. To Pelar- 
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increase of commence, " n — p iy modifed — fallax 9 — ъа len. fed with Maud W ; ouium Pea — ims qo ү decided improvement 
or trade, yet as та spite " : on Pearl, and as a ower va 
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seen from the aetu ‘ ae 
tural — „ ho 5 told that in one др" ; ; ; еа | н thers of less note were staged by Maj: oF Foquett, 
respect — Mis: — ords have been actuated by | Chiswick show ; and Lysimachia Leschenaulti, a kind ov тй Bes " T. White, Esq, amd Mr. бана. Sud 
domos disin! aia eee olence towards their tenants compact heads of rosy flowers. This looked as if faney varieti re contributed, A label of com — vai was. 
of the 
—— the it would make a good bedding plant, its flowers pro- awarded to o Lady psd .Latenehers (Brage), being an OE 
dual passage- Wat кз | Mising to be sufficiently numerous and bright to make it | variety for vases, baskets, and other out-door pu ;as а 
еен by th й a sien м i Monee ‘Successive effective. While E ^ SK plante, 8 Б a it-s — ае v d 5 Boanty (Banks) 
lords of manors,” and that the great — we: norial | 25 well direct attenti ery pretty crimson- | received a Label of 8 bd is in the a ay i «ime 
customs is the result of the differ — scarlet Geranium ea Brilliant, whee will doubtless 7 — 2 а mà Ж i shay оа. mazo ve 
tem f respective Held 1 не This assur- become а favourite, It is exceedi ingly dwarf, ^ profuse (Banks), has a good habit наб desirable — (white. — 
was given us by Bl tone some 70 or 80 years bloomer, and has good foliage narrowly ra ee, with | pu urple); Pink Хон (Norman), eu Tel Neqve ‘aS 
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ago, and — been anded: dow to posterity in every his Of I Irises, a fine collection is grown 7 com Ee odi not 1 or shown 8 З 
i ition of his celebrated work, | чү аг tine iure rrived too 1 gin of 
бабру. огр 2 айди: а мыш without are also large 8 of * us P amon the j тшк d None бә. Hull; two or three i туч rahe 
m4 à the latter, the white is La . бум and pariter ита kinds. 
or comment in the edition now * 
The well known character of the edit A fine ; but Whitey is also а very доб ood one, and swee 
; pains he bin en tbi м ads scented ; the best ‘pink’ is-Reevesi, which: is"also very HortYHocks: G. M кез usually exhibited vary in height 
hold law, would certainly have led one to suppose — double 5 and the best deep purple, Pottsi : we also re- from 1 to 2 feet. nearthe base of the spike are. 
tene Pon * PP rel | marked great many single kinds hok . met with i in| generally fe. Tinos mv this EU in abend : 
marked the sta weather in бў 
marked i ipa tion. on — 
the Pe erret n pe ci ыш 1 пояе нь ively cultivated here, and very attractive ‘they are, pom бе 23 таст are destro and 
; in seve every PP | ] ont of dhe man atom about 2 fi m the lowes 
"ise with advan tas ARIE — ible ch A е | Carly” spring nearly up to Christmas. Ne bid at the time the — Took ‘complete Ву shading, the 
WIDE ior. The chapters: on custode ones on remarked: all the newer and fetter Kinds both in pt Brien een eat s a of fie Spike may be kept 
alienation by e, а S) and planted out ; and of fruit trees this nursery possesses] 8 ford or 10 4852 ropagation by divi 
bring the — — et on: — one of the best collections in the country, They looked e ‘out in autumn, afte eee БЫ 
Ho hesitation in ning kung quu time; and we have | exceedingly healthy; indeed we have ed —— mes 
' оп їп экем he second volume of in: -three or a advantageous number. 
à Ракі. and — stone fruit cleaner, or growing away | i — ac os E ke the old plante hos 
E. edite by Mr. ‘Stewart is as satisfactory more freely. ses, too, are cultivated, “hog з bot in too many pieces: every separate part should carry with ita 
any — of of re real am d personal amt ^W АЗ | such quantities as in the nurseri Hertford- ей seni — 5 — — — се — 
think, stone is ever likely to be. shire; in a long border of them, all * under ent i£ not.broken.too. fine, will Hower well 
ublie however, that both the legal profession and the the same circumstances, the only sort in bloom Dunt sce enm — o 
pub fe in gen eral would have erived much more advan- was Géant des Batailles, which was brilliant and | ppopagarry tin MEL J H. They are increased by inarching, 
Бе from an entirely new work on the subject; and we | striki is i .. the | ИВЕ aud bndding oh the singto red and Middlemas 
; м striking. This із not only the earliest | ч М 
that Mr. Stewart will, next time h occa- W. tate that Acer cuttings of both of which strike readily. These latter should 
sion on such mit rel: atest Rose of n tap a ааа | je ne mga off in August or September, as soon as the y. 
himself wit erde not merely content villosum and Pavia californica have proved tmd ripe. They are prepared by being eut through 
merits and improving a work which, possessing great hardy here, not a shoot belonging to them having been ee we joint, or better taken off with a “heel,” 
the wants UD panne ои —— in emi ed ^ injured last winter. The Sikkink Lawes TU ж onem чөө ысты They Simi, tien te oon watere нече rs 
lis own way, unham — Dy tai а езен и. some plants of the Funereal д placed in а cold-frame for a month or six weeks. They dior. 
ндн ar рита: thori andan unscien- Sikkim Rhododendrons we saw some strong plants, then be introduced € a —.— — heat, а ir 
` them ered xcept iliatum, into small next "ET still keeping them in heat until 
— u—ũ but none of "ave flowered yet ex T — IZ. hs, then hey са n" y 4 
Garden Memoranda. FLORICULTURE. Bo aot кыск 
Messrs, Osnorn’s | NuRsery, Furuiw.— Among the Ж fast CE the plant begins to fa 
more VAA d oai Mi Landon thin ie one of| Bavorne-ovr . Pagen һи, been a source | тили ; 
the most i — to lovers of general i gardening, not | of regret that the finest varieties of Pelargonium have Gas: C E. mE so much when they 
ount of the great variety of > subjects it con- | hitherto not been found available for the decoration of reached us that it would be unsafe to 7 opinion on them 
