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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
95 
Domestic Economy. and Cookery, Channing’s Lectur 
Self Culture ct 's Geological Ehelched, Dodsley’s itoonony ae 
n Life. Doyle’s Flower-Gardener and Monthly Calendar. 
England ’s Happiness one. Ganioner’s ss Gardener's 
mpanion: on Bees. Gentleman Farmer, or Observations 
or tt 7 nee bo Flanders artley’s Geogtaphy for Youth. 
Henslow’s Botan ardner’s Cyclopedia. gina: 8 Mere of the 
Seasons. Jackets Treatise on Agricultur _ Lin s School 
Botany. Loudon’s (Mrs.) Ladies’ anion Adie den, 
Loudon’s (Mrs.) Ins reece ardening. Aackintash's Srey 
and Fruit Garden. 
yarden. 
Flo ower, and Kit 
— 
Rog 
tchen Gardener. 
n G 
3 Fodieatis Poultry. Mason’ 
More's Pawn ‘Gardin. 
Lo ons 
te 
ta Fre 
fro as de Geliru 
W arya 8 mackye on Nabaval History. 
it Cult 
he ‘Bee Preserver, translated 
The Handbook of Frui ' 
lta Sone 
HO UL 
abtees: “ description of the n 
IC 
—R.W. Baichard, Bsa. 5 ms the air 
OF i indar-oncarg 
URAL § 
“Mr. ney was 
hod practised at Cocotan, in 
was 
rew in ge eat 
It is said ‘that i in 
on 
pons subjected Pa a considerable 
consistence. In flavour 
rtfulodour: anda 
as it is obtained i As “pat into errs r 
deCeSsary 
r and appearance the sirop is “ike mo- 
lasses, and it may be oa and by distillatio 
ced. ° Th 
‘A silver Knightian me 
From J. Allnut 
eneum, with 
its flowers 
dal was awarded for the Dendré- 
Hi 
e 
yellow and brown 
3 O. pergam 
cette leaves, feeling like parchment; and Zygopétalum rostra- 
fi s s 
found in oy and the prett 
yellow flow The 
Chlmcaatttinn: ees 
oS ren SOCIE 
t in the chair. 
May 24th; 
June 21st; one 
Dahlias, Sept. 20t 
r Pinks, 
NNEAN 
m appearance 
is in bud, to the perfect formation of the latter, was beads 
as 
ingular prostrate variety o 
eath, 
Acac Pr a longifGlia, wuk ‘spikes of 
of 
cut flowers consisted of two vari 
rks 
Messrs. Chapman, 
Five shows were appointed for 
ason, iat will take oe as follows:—For Auri- 
culas and Polyanthses April 26th ; 
k 
r Tulips and Heartseases, 
angvniads, ‘ilteadanes, = Roses, 
es and Picotees, July 19th 
3 and for 
Y SOCIETY. 
by Dr Satna A 
“4 "the ovule pie a 
chee mies, when the 
“The 
por ance to which the author had come 
pi cipal conclusions ee importa 
were :—1. That t the € prima 
loped 
ricle is  istinet from the embryonic sac, and not a 
. 3. Th 
mpregnation. 2. That the primary 
arising from 
it as stat 
to be ee to the micropyle, 
4, e formation of poe 
mn 
result of ba Pa of pantie ‘independent of it. 
ttn. 
at Sir Wm. Jac 
of tartan was ann 
15, between 
soater to take 
the hours of half-past 7 and 9 o’elock. 
e polien eee are not 
and never reach the embry 
nit he results from ; dynamic 
mary utricle, said is not the 
The Pre: sident pro- 
place on the evening ut Feb 
NOTICES OF NEW 
—— ae 
Epi nyt, 7: “Orehidce -. § Vind 
and well worth ¢ 
gr 
it differs in the great le cheth Ot 
form of its labellum, whose lateral lobes are 
Wings in shap ile the intermediate 
long unguis gradually dilating int 
cultivation it requires 
plants as Cattley 
forked bl 
Ing the long leaves to hang gracefully = as they do in its 
native woods. If grown in this wa e ¢ ultivator must fix it 
mly to the block, and pack the roots all ronnd with turfy peat 
or sphagnum, and take care that it is frecly watered, particularly 
when it is growing. Plants which are hung up in this manner 
the not likely to su ares from too much water. Itis propagated in 
usual way, by division.— Bo 
Ys eg. 
ee CHEN hey ate oe BILOBA. Lar, st 
tote Sut Sabehe ge e Leschenaultia. 
plan 
than 
ene nomena ted 
“this plant 
r garden coer ite orc: Lode iges 
much larger size than this. It 
a plant first: it'wast however, es » had the honour of 
PLANTS WHICH ARE 
OR ORNAMENTAL. 
ee feet. lo long of 
Its 1 
all the allied Species 
ing. 
its whip: like Jeaves, — in the 
> 
& 
2 
a 
ee 
= 
o 
“$e | 
' 
ictiniee to be loaded with 
is believed that 
however, perce: maa 
Messrs. Veitch and Sons, o: 
Horticultural aes 
Saeco greenho 
mero ranc com. 
ows vet | ina eaters of peat and pidabiere 4 
mould, and would ag well if planted out in the border of a 
conservatory.— Bot, 
{ISCBLLANEOUS, 
Recollections fal renc: egg om tho 
of Fra 
ugh we are 
ce for many ar- 
i fe) 
The 
on by the ospect of instant prot 
cultivation me penis yielding dye 
ei that pos societies may 
23: 
e do mprovement. oble proprietor o 
that ‘bapa intend hele cada aera Mas as a Flemish seo 
man, of strong good s servation, who 
duced his master to saliigale ask was! 
n 
as he is a very liberal man, we need not doubt 
ing by experience. are several amateurs who 
have collections, bu much variety of flowering plants. 
climate is admirable, and there is considerable variety 
of soil restin the lower chalk. t art does litile, 
and there ty) operatives to be found; this last 
ptig§ cannot be easily supplied until ecucation shall 
ex pressing 
of Dr. isidamlina es ood 
ab 
u ric 
division of ne. and the smalln 
in anci 
S 
wt 
ne 
ge 
5 
g 
anu d, bat not well cleaned. 
cas aatkersioats from 
e only fine Apple met 
which retains its plumpne 
Potatoes in this quar ent, and many other 
culinary vege ‘tsbien ; the market sigarilen s bei 
attended to. Walnut-trees s abound; and from 
oil is extracted which is used for barsing. 
trees are splendid ; a also the Robinias, cias. 
here is a street named from an dee of them that runs 
its wits tei th in mre western a e town ; close to 
a church, the name of which has for the moment escaped 
me, there are some beautiful specimen: the Platanus 
growing luxuriantly, and cf a great height a nd pro sacset 
e ry-g not kept with’ s 
in eure and diy te ek contain any ee apy 
They keep a good many plants to aha dtr cart for the 
ladies, Wi never Sans at parties but 
there is nothing attractive. In 
The 
Paris, and it is oft en 
anda 
est “fruit j is pee by 
very bad 
it was t 
n Reinette, 
The 
e winters a owever, es 
d mats are not to be dispensed with. Dr. Bretonneau 
pointed out to us the result of an experiment, which was 
certainly very remarkable. He had dug round every al 
ernate bush in a row of Red Currants, and filled up the 
spaces with a yellow ferruginous clay found in the vici- 
nity ; the quantity of fruit on the bushes so treated, com- 
pared with that on the others, was immense 
Mel 
o. been rise 
¢ 
r hand-glas: They a 
of Nets ret ce level ith aa pest bat the plants 
were meses and the fruit small. Some of t st Eng- 
lish es were left oc some siligratons, but we do 
not yet ena whether“ they" succeeded. ee Fr oie 
seldom soph gece “g hips 3 : novelty at cts the 
for the moment, but onal shicasrecees 
o persevere after ost Co snag has abated. ere 
numbers of talented and ieee ot eee in Fras 
co ith the unt of the population, it 
und smaller oad in isos any other part of 
Eususe, Turkey excepted. Yet we are indebted t o the 
4 
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M.—[We oe, — the curious fact about 
nd | Corrants, above mentioned, to the attention of Mr, 
ey. 
Botanical Boke ae: —We are glad to be able to 
n chest Cathar, that the next volume 
ecaisne, 
ing nse De Candolle to complete this 
ta 
s of Flowers.—A forced et of Phlox 
stolouters, hich arm freely in winter, made a se- 
on 
of June, Me being turned 
of preparing the Tom 
ae sample deposited in a 
f sup 
oe of the fruit i the u ; 
cook the er a eir own juice being ient, 
without the addition of eri until the sugar penetrates, 
and they are clarified. They a nen taken ou ead 
dishes, flattened, and dried in the sun. A s - 
. f the syrup should be occasionally sprinkled over 
em whilst drying; after which th in 
boxes, era = Lanyee. with eee en oe . The sy 
rup is after d for use. They 
‘ii 
ur, i: ae is sherk that ‘of hel best caida tox of fresh 
he pear-shaped or single Tomatoes answer the 
ss 
" Chmate of ~ parr ret Bia tess wing table, 
wering of som 
y 
gazine a Horticulture :’7’"— 
gee for amd brilliant discoveries in oop ik art. 
ur climate to watchfi is: r | 
Names of Species. 3 of beginning to te lon the 
hou favourable situation: 
Mean. Earliest Latest. 
rican Alder, Alnus 
‘eerrolata March 22 | Feb. 21, 1828) apr 8, 1829 
Wild Swamp Willow, Sa. 
lix conifera + April 4 | Mar. 26, 1828) | April 7, 1829 
Red Maple, Acer rubrum | April 15 bass ril 1, 1828) | April 22,1832 
Rue -leaved Anemon 
Anemone _ thalic- 
troides 
Blue Houstonia, Hous. 
tonia ccerule i : : 
igre Horietall Equise- +| April 21 | April 8, 1897|May 3, 1841 © 
arvense 
Early readuaes ,Gnapha- 
lium plantagineum 
Earliest Sedge. Carex 
varia «a 
Meadow Cowslip, Caltha 
ustris April 22 | April 8, 1827|May 3, 1841 
Early Violet, Viola ovata; April 23 | April1l, 1827/May 3, 1841 
ood Anemone 
Early Potentilla, Poten- April 24 | April11,1897/May 4, 1841 
tilla canadensis : : 2 
Yellow Dog” s-toothVio- : 
le echt gi nium ame- April 26 
saelicas % 
Juneberry, 
Be im 
Pyrus botryapium . .| May 5 
English wag 
2 -tree, P rinee’s Im- ‘ May 7 _ | April26, 51 ay 2,185 1837 
rial Gage s 
Peme-tes ue vey May 12 | May 1, 1830) May 21, 1837 - 
Apple tree. 2. >. May 14 | May 2, 1830| May 23, 1837 
dgehogs.—One of the reg interesting facts in the 
of s that Necekee tale 1831 
db 
ave no 
value in forests, where it appears to destroy a a number 
of ad in his 
the appear alarmed or 
when iar coiled shetsacles mire, its body. 
occasion M. Len 
har 
however, did ot ye the bites of ae 
indeed seem to care much about them. At 
reptile was fatigued by its efforts, she 
the head, which she ground between her 
in fangs ds o 
every part of the body. 
sort often occurred 
