THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[JAN. 8, 
flowe greenb ; t of a walnut, but sometimes anal In 
doubt be a ouse plant ; | for their large size and the number of a spikes of scarlet | River; its size tha 
sr hve at vg bene in pangs erreedpear that ; Lee Bectioniere! | flowers; and plants of the Ram’s-horn lap pear ig ~ taste it — the — Potatoe, and is prepared for 
Society, to which it was presented by the Earl o' canum, *were fi were — a young as as ese wor ‘ood by the e proc as the Cammas, in which 5 tas: 
il used for succulents here consists chiefly mary C itake foie bread: 
Pyra' Lobelia. (Hard; er po d broken brick wie ing from the vi porous oak they it-is a tolerable su 
cout it in erbactous _ gy al m the ety of no | make, suits them g e roof of the house plants o “* Wappatoo. Sagittaria.—A bulbous root ; a new 
beaut , lanceolate, finely. secehes leaves, rae Epiphiyllum truncata and v 4 spec f the Arrowhead, which is found onl the 
it violet flowers, so embos oath A. “ g long — leafy | which ad to the picturesquenes dame ese e" beh ome alley of the Columbia River, below the cascades. It 
tinguishable by a passer aubinia, . 
tobe ef the pe ‘scans re back aloot fr ayy ap corolla, i wet: of ander the the name of piperifélia ; it has curious binate leaves, which, | grows in sha lakes, and in marshes covered with water, 
the latt d — young, are of a deli lour, anon the Orchida- | When roasted, it becomes soft, and is then both a palatable 
— were several Zygopétalums, Cypripédiums, and the lively | 114 nourishing food, and is much us e Indians as 
Eripe ee LATILABRUM. Broad- oneg ep pc maton 
neta Epiphyte.)—A Brazilian plant, allied to Epidendrum 
¢ late sie eh wtih has the habit. _ Bu t its ip, — i aie fuer 
han d acing 
tady’ 
it a most singular appearance. = oan aniy ioweiea at 
essrs, Loddiges’.— Bot. Reg. 
Is CELLANEOU 
is. 
following mongeee | in- 
eds of 
which w wn as manure over a flower-border, where 
hundreds of them grew. The | ith whom it hap- 
pened says that they had been t boiled in making 
4 : 
d the dregs were bun 
8, in the cask where the seeds hundivel 
up for 2 ren 
without inju 
Ins vhs, if Planis.—A rather remarkable instance ° 
the instinct of plants in searching out food and su 
for themselves, is now to be in the woods of teh 
An Oak-tree, high perched upon the point of a compara- 
tively bare rock Pa the face of Dunmore “ny finding its 
home supplies of soi 
ing (one is almost inclined to think) a more ahi pvt 
off a fo 
-trunk 
‘ants.—M 
very valuable chemical examination of the princi- 
or Halophytes of the Coasts weeps with regard to the 
quantity of potash a they contain. The research 
was undertaken, patty in order rs learn whether the 
soda va ith the age of th 
eae a part: th her pl 
plants, an y to settle the question whether plants 
re capable of converting the one alkali into the other. 
ri It oun 
myo. 
her case alimocnemis cras- 
sifolta it ‘ppesr pe during growth a part ms the prea 
of sodiu verte carbonate and sulphat 
soda, as eee ye ana ie ° he young pans of sails 
clavif olia contain no chloride of sodium, but considerable 
the ‘old plants 
uta co rly equivalent 
antity of carbon- 
plants. 
d plants are 
for x ip quantity of cartons te of 
might there- 
f jioned sine (wbich 
bbel did not iti hese fr fade exactly the 
spot as that fro ‘om which, in the 
change in the 
We must therefore camnidie this. 
morphosis of one substance into the other as yet un- 
roved, + Gobel also state . ee n other plants the 
quantity of 3 is larger in 
ones. With respect to the re 
ie the fabrieation of soda, M. 
ist :—1. Salsola clavifolia, young dried 
imocne i 
brachi you 
Halimocnemis is crassifolia, yo 
ys Tamari » young specim 
GA RDEN MEMORAI NDA. 
Masters’ Exotic ery, ry.~ sor ag 
house at een | is Poy pore. devoredt to succulents, as well for pe 
pry nag She e forms of some as for the beanty 0 of the flowers 
of Rcwenss ¢ Aloes were particularly conspicuous, 
pet 
Ornithiium coccineum, which has toes in com tbe t flower for 
ed to Camellias and 
ruit arge as eign ones we « = er sa st 
bs near tang plant out of door is a handsome spec msl Ls Gar 
el between six and seven feet high, and is a 
° Bicton, the pen Me — set hi 
pon Mo well con rably ada mei 
ry a int te bast i poss repair. 
sates in the vari 
b 
ful 
st ranting in various dire , brought 
ary the neighbouring ils, supplying the ps ME of Sequemey sheds, 
of the premises, there being water-taps in nearly every 
_ siales are co “agers at play in 
The whole h are 
must ie magnificent 
ere is a fine collection = Ca- 
in good health, a 'the hous although t! 
mellias. 
‘ some clumps of Camellias growing 
ower hn in the open a 
vigorous as Portugal Laurels, well set for bloom. 
ron and New neuen: and rns plants were clean and Neatly; 
and among them many new and good ones. A little 
the left ‘of t he peckbansn isa > beautiful 
which aati of many good kinds, which are h 
this hous: 
more 
g> 
reum 
lifeles B how 'y from the 
seems to have been felt more here than 
the pode sinetond, that + he ry se 
lowered beau ntifully every a 
several 
ibs. rig phe also a peat J 
wards of 1 high and wi eat inet oned, a Di 
me ye feet in height, and, in fick: 2 the kinds of Pi 
ucdria imbricata is euntengin’ ed in the 
me ms ek The flower-beds for patting 
eva ge are capable of ba all the be 
he und, 
he revert hybrid 1 Rho- 
e a delightful appear- 
satniy prodiise 
—J. R. §., Dec. 27th 
Re a. 
é¢ New American Orc n Account of the 
most valuable varieties of at 9 of alle wahaled, keg goad 
to cultivation in the United States. By Willia en 
Be Boston, U S, tau. 
Tut an volume of between 400 an 
written upon ti plan of Lindley’s te * Guide to ee Orcas 
and Kite. garden.” It con — an gues a a large 
s 
number of fruits, both E and Am nd i 
the guide we penne to mats ‘of the United States. 
Those, however, Oo ma he work must bear : 
mind that the descriptions apply to the climate of North 
where th 
in England because it is so in the United States. Some 
allowance must also be fo differen tween 
American and English tastes ; this is particularly apparent 
in the chapter age th . eat de oo 
of th “es merican Grapes. With u w- 
dk their foxy pik our at mucilaginous pulp will ess 
event their Lay, ng = med. 
n appen ains some useful information con- 
cerning ‘egetabley, flowe ers, a ther matters related to 
gardeni he follow vhs Bs, cmos or their uses, will 
Probably prove hew to eH 
dg w plant, found 
silebag in the valley @ of ‘the Cali bia Rit ver, in form re- 
sembling a Ca 
oot, Ps pe ae =k ok thern peren- 
nial plant, a native of are eaten like 
sac ate, Potatoe, re with “Gullivacion produce abun- 
an 
A new species 8 lant, found growing in th 
valley at t the Columbia Ri ; tr “ ae at ch 
n article of food of 
great “importance to the Indians. “a Probably Camassia 
esculen nef 
** Cowish 
species of plant, 2 
found growing on a 4 plant, or Sarge root, 
land in the valley of the Columbia 
roots with 
their feet, and these being extracted by their toes, rise to 
the surface of the water. 
‘* Martynia. Martynia.—An annual plant, with con- 
spicuous, showy flowers. The green pods are fine for 
areas a Sow in May; the plants may remain two fel 
as 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS for the ensuing Week, 
AT this seas = of ~ oto ar there ought to be little left pre 
the way of man ring a igging ; if, how 
es 
be taken of every suitable day to r hem The benefit that 
ground, parti — if o fi a clayey te te cate, derives from exposure to 
ret is well wn ; but besides this, the more perfect incorporation 
f the manure with the soil, which wi il be effected by the necessary 
be! esses of ridging, levelli &e. vantageous to the ensuing 
crop; therefore, as a general rule, ground ought to be 
— and dug as early in win racticable. Should the 
eather be frosty, sufficient emplo, i i 
together a quantity of 
composts, pointing and dressing flower-stakes, &c 
KI ee ke AND ORCHARD. 
door Department, 
__PINERY. —It is teases in a _ gentleman’ s family, to obtain ripe: 
her ripe a’ at one time; therefore, where there is convenience, and 
a sufficient stock, some plants meen ee now be encouraged to start, be 
raising the tempera’ any days ; the botto: 
t ec 
WB 
° 
such as y “ 
newing ithe botto: Poa ~heat might often be adopted in preference to dis-” 
turbing — jana which is always injurious 
In wee gi eather it will ry to cover the re pee dung- — 
my Si 
ty sthstanding this” 
he coverings had 
ime in middle 
he “ogee ot : 
+e 
of the tg 
VINERY.— Febectel —_ eo vent the 
frost to the roots - growing g Vines; for if they are once paralysed # 
his cause, there taining . As the ce 
young shoots ne Pon ce in growth they should be car to 
wires, by no means be = gd at first, for fear a 
Ltd this misha ne ttl sable r th 
poo tieing and toe hips ti 
shoo} y teought ‘into their proper positi on. 
shoots “thnios »~ leader), 
pinch clean ou 
introduced sh a 
+ 
a 
7 
e fros' y Vin 
out Pine. poe = eo ae ee should be — 
protected ; if tuey are tied in a bundle — the ease = a house, | 
vom to the glass, a double covering of mats will sec m from 
-HOUSE.—Trees which 
hould ra within 
unl ry 
house, if moderately forced, will ripen 
he dle une to the middle of July, _according to the 
earliness of the sorts and the propitiousness of the 
(0) nin D 
CHERRY-HOUSE.—If forci fae vs begun in edhe the empera- 
ture by fire-heat sho’ ~ = now vga 45° ul bead length of 
time; but if a — ull, cold. weather it might 
occasional, cited! 10 a * dentine by iets for the ‘ake of ad- 
ly be in 
perpen te fresh oes “erely “ge: the frost out of the house if forcing 
enced s' hristmas. 
Cucumpens.— a aeain inst sudden variations of temperature. © 
The tend of the: 
year, and w their health and vigour the productiveness of the 
plant dapeade, ” Mix a good ten, of on leaves ee be er iny, 
tended for Cucumber and — ee ny will m and con 
sequent gnome the ferm 
f th sol 
arthed Ce as they adv: ba in pet. 
ered to remain in sized pot. 
repeatedly 
If thrips appear upon the older plants, they shéula; be 
ted, and no other plants brought into contact wi 
A-KALE_ is best forced in beds in the op ‘ound sae | 
pose leaves should be used, because there i is not much dee of 
overheating; a light covering of litter will, however, be ee 
perms them from being blo about. boxe s with hinged. 
ds are better arthen pots, and more economical in the end. 
Ruvears might also be forced in a similar way, and very little 
heat is 5 nt to induce vegetation. 
Bonen SHROOM-HOUSE.—Keep the {emperatare yy 55° and 60°, ” bez 
d the piregubere humid. Bearing-beds ought not to be wi 
ash absolutely necessary ‘Tata feat Korie. ioe frequently. 
Out- Department. i 
If severe weather is apprehended, Peas and Beans " 
their nga above Seen, poet al 
leaves or tan; or in case 
forage a ieee over Lage lf the g 
rows mig (that: pe Dashes south 
$B 
ees 
= 
places wheré § renal wry has nee 
might be san hem cold os cov —— of Fern, or 
branch es laid o ; the same also of Parsley. 
is lian me angry as a substitute ior Endive in salads, in” 
w to be take = 
ots ar ; planted in boxes oF 
hey mowed away in lace - 
le warmt oy 
cate’ r any dark p! 
“ays wall-trees yet to removi 
sn aupert is south, in which siuation 
ees somewhat exis ier Mag rate in any other. 
es not yet pruned, — 
will permit it sie be 
one clear joint above the bunch, and. * 
rals be e b i 
