but a secondary Saree y it 1 may excite wonder 
ad would hes itate before we sent 
il e 
bition, I ld here observe that any alteration that 
may be deemed necessary should be cautiously and 
progressivel e. It is very annoying to exhibitors, 
after two or three years' unremitting attention in bring- 
ing fo their plants for exhibition, to find their 
endeavours frustrat » sudden alteration in the 
schedule of prizes. The Society very judiciously give 
prizes for ee plants; this we call lette 
THE GARDENERS 
—ä . — 
been said in its praise, | take the liberty on sending you 
the opinion of the late eminent chemist, rout, upon 
frequent use was likely to 
der; and I well remember that 
| pro d 
z concluded by saying, that an act of Parliament ought 
o be d 
sary, to prevent the sale of so 
отиу 
of feultivation for its ‚ “exhibition properties,” that ish 
ur readers who can 
years following be given, wit ith a view to induce exhib 
purchase and кетме A to show it in their — 
This w be letter B; letter C s hould contain t the 
Ors | 
hotles bon be Seating а favour on horticulturists, | 
CHRONICLE, 
of 
ing ing of | the bottoms of old wine |. 
Excursion of the Society was fixed for the 25th June, at 7 
Mickleham 
N AS 
5 pr 
* 
epose oyra June 
жере, aw: 
2d, } 
‘Queen. Ei 
to the ady Hame 
many o 
. useful. W. C. = 115 allington. 
oul 
best specimens of атай lected plan 
of the г! might aon worthy of a Los ve the 
2 A 5 of small sm nde suffi- 
cien ts wou M — 
3 1 erefore, i in — any alterat 
in the value of the prizes, due rega to be paid 
to the labour of cony 8 = would pro- 
e and sixes, if the 
they may Eis kept at less 
ter than stove plants. 
I 
intrude =? observation on the other classes of the 
exhibitio closing these strictures, I would 
remark that ere on the f the Society will do 
toe mpe ~ and at the — time it 
(che Society) — firmly disco scourage th 
monopol 
En Bidwill.— We announce with great c 
mn, the death, in nr Holland, of 
Mr. "Bidwill, the gom son of Mr. Bidwill, T 
"ay. and eoe cea Р опг о 
at 
years arking out a n 
from his district of Wide Bay t o the a муш one 
of И» on Bay, he w m his 
у, a ae the 
Bush, in hich he i 
ought on internal 
ich Cog eve LR died, after pro- 
suffi 
ception, as быты: A oti indomitable 
Fi quain BET ad 
(see p. 408) will adopt and t 
Ace 
Blanching Celery.— ornwall sea-sand is used very 
successfully for this eee Барорад Роек an 
_ | preserving — d pet 
1 qually well, x 
I should like Din know what. plan * T. P. 
t. A V. R., Helston. 
p E € 
LE 
le 
will blanch. 
wmnn-planted, "hasc анч n ‘arly P 
winter brought them on too quickly ; 
abo and totally deris by the 
, planted about 2 were 
of an 
une. 
su кобен much, soon ran to see 
421 
Pe COR Wi 
zes about the. middle 2 January ^ begining of F 
shall not | °F De 
e grasping 
which is sometimes displayed by exhibitors} Ex 
Tassel. Do 
shall not set P 
I thin 
eas, in our mild climate, come when oem 
ebruary, 
in November 
and are a better crop, than when planted 
— Р, y. "s The 23 
Societies. 
TOMOLOGICAL, June 6.—The President in the Chair 
e Bee, by Mr. Desborough, &e, 
ready for duca and that the Prize Essay w vie 
? | algo printed separately for sale to the publie, price 13. 
Mr. 
хат ave omm ta trepi 
Mr. Sta 
З: 
beers nace from larvze exhibited at the . 8 
of иы acute per- 
His vi { : 
Wi ilkinso 
subjects, especially h yb: riding, in w 
adept. To him it is that we We the . of the 
famous Bunya-Bunya tree, ed after 
Araucari а Bidwilli. and of the 
Australian rival of Victoria. 
„h 
| pillars which fe ey on 
| mens о the 
ek Par 
which had laid eggs а had 9 produced 
1 i Retinea Tu 
Wickham 4 (Ec cophora o» ere d 2 Tooting, 
brought for distribution a nu of 
Tephrosia a Consonaria. ‘Mn, We st wood 
of 
anked L 
r, | Addi 
not eligible for competition, — 
of by the prize list. Vegetabl 
$ NM lae 2d, Mr. Thomson, gr. ro 
r| Downie & 
Lady Araminta; 3d, 
Esq., with Rosy ’ Morn, Rosalind, Lal Gertrude; and: 
Resplendens. Pansies: wi 
Duke of.Perth (ih жаг à ERE 
Fellowes’), — Ору (Wide. 
Mr. Hen 
: Ist, Mr. 
— lap), Miss Talbot (Disi, 
o.’s), Е ‘the Day, Elegant (Tho 
QUA of England оте ), Duke of Novo Bal). 
n & * 
Co.'s 
; n. 
J. Bridges, Esq.; 2d, Mr. Reid, 
urple Stoeks was also s — Mr. 
: Ist, Mr. Stenhouse, gr. to Sir P. A. 
Mrs. raser, 
as. 
theon eleganter ЧИШ 
one plan 
: Ist, Mr. Whytoek, Tulli- 
ilson, Eg. 
& Co. ‚ Exotic. 
Azaleas,: Mitraria. 
itraria coccinea, . 
&e., with 2 
Messrs. F. 
awson!. 
cnum, Amaryllis 
e ишет oides, Bosna linophylla, Heatha, pe Messrs. 
: & Laird exhibi zi 4 selection of Greenhouse 
edling named Beauty. 
Dente and Messrs. 
Ranunculuses and 
. Methven» 
d the colony in which he died аЙ 
in br oir to lose yu J. I. 
How to — of Black Ants.—Y our corre 
will be o know that my gardener succeeded in 
m getting into my Grape-house b 
pouring — — lime mixed with water on the ants 
and their about the length of 12 eim three 
different days. 0, ту i a Cobham, Surri 
rrespondent re 
of bees ; in one of which the swarm had s 
ettled at the 
mouth of an adj 
place half an — ur subseque 
entered the newly tenanted hive, which w 
filled ; on | being removed to the st tand i in niis e — 
» which too 
ntly from another — also | prestan! 
us quite 
ameet an instance in which no less chia, — 
DV COM 111 
rse of a day, a all of whieh li 
| worke 
| Garebpis spinosa ; 
та 
W. 
Dr. Prout’s Opinion of Rhubarb Wine—The sub- 
Pa a san mpagne, made from Rhubarb 
been lately di discussed i in your pages, and mueh having species 
Seedling. Tulips; from W. — 
- olfordi ; from Dr. Paterson, anda 
m J. Kai NIS. Esq., emen Plants 5 from 
es, Aer d 
; th 
ermes flavicolle; 3, the 
of the Ca 
rum (or Palm sie Ue денй» ques i e 
which ot 3 catch and ea me 
gus 
Seedling: Calceolaria, Thane. of Fie e 
Fuchsia syringefolia; from Mr. Den e 
men from Mr. Stirling, Alpine plants from" 
2 Grieve, Pansies 5 and from Mr. A. Paxton, 
were 
for making ee addition to the house, he 
delli, ral | the necessity of some of Le, 10 i | 
; were described. “The. ана Britain, a calamity — — would boa 
