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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
143 
is unworthiness. My character went -— the severest 
test and proved satisfac wee ‘on a ¥, _ssked 
permission to exhibit, and the y las 
parcener behav ed so badly that le ta be think az diving 
may go to see the show 
0 
ws ‘and to pay the entrance- 
e latter wou a bat required if he took a dish 
ndon. } 
‘tad —_ my late P 
generally come to table at this season, of very indiffere 
quality. With the greatest care they pers bo matery 
pulp, an re deficient Vv pe it occurred t 
were te) 
t this was — to their not being iene pr sl a 
e taken from vi agrne yg and 
near the fire 
of heir 
qu wait on entirely changed—the well to their 
usual flowery c onsistence ae Bernd yp Facey is quite equal 
to ieee, of ee rable 
lub coli. mete ser tempted to cure the clubin 
Broccoli MiGs tere, but haves fe succeeded ; but the follow- 
Previo usly to planting my 
a dibber lar rge holes, which I fill up 
with Saas -cheneed. ars 3 and to compare the effect, I also 
had a row of limed holes. The plants in the former are 
ae _—— nf club and much finer than those in th 
—W. Taylor, Gardener to J. Coster, Esgq., 
Streaihom m. 
a elongatam—On reading some ssaoteorye by 
at at # D.. at p. 21 (1842), on Gesnera elongata, I w 
or 
ter months, I sho e ice know its he ibjects 
to this temperature, and whether they are healthy. I find 
u » such as Pimeleas, P 
t y 
st of er they became unsightly ; the flowers 
were pale and the leaves so spotted and rast that I found 
it necessary to cut them over and plac e vinery ; 
so that, as a oan plant, except a are to understand 
that 2 use requires a oars _ of 50° or 55°, 
the Genes elongata will be useles S  # 
é Werekensths Fi Paramdam Chey (aot Baramdam) 
- grows, or did ye ceby (on the 
Fiaiass pa village event inte Shes fous Sleaford, 
on the wa am, was highly esteemed. * : 
general i Piha was t it — not succeed in 
other place.—O. W., Feb. 
Salvia pat ers have appeared in the 
em 
yearly with success 
with the D: ablias, 
stored exer fs in 
en 
‘ ey must 
be ovcasionally examined. About the aides of February 
(or earlier if required), I take a few wag faa the Bawa 
or some other house where a Fas 3 mperature is 
write tnd start them before po ting, in the “tame 
8 generally prertned bis Dahlias. In the 
ofa fortnight, the bud 
toeach. I in moderately soil, 
and shift those to remain in pots as they require - 
ing the bloom from a portion of them as it appears, to 
‘msure a succession. I find this od to er much 
ae late plants, 
being aes psec unless for a few late 
; and good plants are made 
“A the ‘ime a ad ween | “a fit to por of. Constant 
Davisnas? Advertisements 
more injudicious than 
to th of 
Prizes he has taken in a given period at some exhibitions, 
pagar nl Ly say pet much ued date Fytiagem 
the of his master on ee tee 
ever ip ortialtaral exhibitions Au coke them in general) 
have is , the prizes have seldom been awarded 
me é 
ss Raga and a lover of  soge —— 
walk over th interru 
somewhat Boveri he other ay at ‘e advertisement eso a 
Mr. § Somebody who calls himself a first-rate gardener, 
and who i 
he “ e to 
Months from the time of t 
beg to ask this gardener, 
| Leefe.—Mr. Leefe, after remarki 
quantity of Grapes he considers a crop for “dads ‘Vine 
and what age his Vines are which he calls young. e all 
know that S b duced from Vines raised 
ear a crop of 
* Sure y there are 
Such adver- 
tisements as this are calculated to do misc chi ief ; they create 
discontent = distu a Prac ee ig ere! which o ought to 
exist between gentlem gar , the more 
especially amongst those w i i 
young vineries, and w 
by letting chess bear a 
Ws “We 
made by ~ ertisers ; and we 
ers 
ss 
but which is essential if he h 
ek. 
being given fi without re- 
gard to or quitivation, we s bee he will pels that this 
pi i s in cnet Pe position to the practice of the Hor- 
ticultural Society don.] 
. On 
the Rey. rg oy Cas fe. 
. Notice of additions 
of interest 
“as On oe eA ord sy of Deyas ge EY 
are the e proportional ngth an 
the base of the calyx, the — of the Mieea and the 
among ‘plants of this s speci 
n Fungi found near Audley End, Essex, &c. By 
to the 
urer on Botany, King’s 
Flora of Aberdeen. By Mr. G. 
s College, Aberdeen.—These 
ickie, Lect 
ae Maris ghee: to Be ome do not present so much 
meral r 
y Mr.C. C. Babington, 
characters distingaishing these 
of t 
-L.S., F.G.S., &c. 
and form sepals, * a eve 6 
ien 
—The 
ies. Two of these bs gen are apparently aerate os 
ie tooo fir gh iced the 2 diffe: erences oa 
n 
of Europe. 
England, § Scotland, and. on the continent 
, The latter being rm, may be co; 
of the species, and jn it the sepals are icon 
ur times as long as broad, the base of the a 
thre 
being Somiaberioal: in gf the calyx is very nearly the s 
being only less acute; but in ¥ the sepals are scarcely ‘rien me 
long as 
broad, and yery blunt, os sa base of the calyx is trun- 
cated in 4 very remarkable mann 
Sack eee 
Horticultural Society of Bath. 
—We learn from the 
Bath Herald that the two Bath Horticultural Societies 
ve been united; the negotiations which hay 
en pending bet o com be ‘hav cs 
been brought to a close, and all sources of disagreement 
removed. In a few days the necessary preliminary ar- 
rangements will be Ape aprig boa ye ag egg e 
will enter with vigour o duti office 
ward $6 reat resu 
Wiers.—Mr. 
will be concentrated into one focus, we look for- 
Brinsden, a civil engineer of Ballinasloe, 
has saveused an — contrivance for sina the 
erflowing and 
tect 
wd 
aerag the adfotuing okt ph 
cting valve, bie two 
of rivers, wiers, from o 
His eur i ete 
o arms of ae length, which are 
“ altgraat tely open sdhyamge Day g to the quantity of 
PROCEEDINGS | OF SOCIETIES. mater that impinges vpon them “s 
3 —This vege le is well known in 
toda [eh 7 The aoNe pe te poe ie Up eave Pte og the France, but hardly moi here. As nothing can be 
should move, walsnee “re? t monthly co the ad easier than treatment in the garden, it is to be sup- 
ree i me hen is aetarente to ie ra pepe tere ore that cause of its neglect is the difficulty of ma- 
ments Gnd he exh! naging it in the kitchen, When a Cardoon is to be cooked, 
rasate seine equi obtain any prizes whieh the ud the couse heart, and the solid, not piped, stalks of the leaves are 
the ¥ bacldine us plans and specification ious for the erection of to be cut into pieces, about ches long, and boiled 
peyiion, 3m d the enclosure of the show-yards far sta stoc abe im like any other vegetable in Sere vases, not saltand water, 
ie eal deieant tructions of | tii] they are tender. They are to be carefully de- 
general Bristol committee, for the ry yee of builders tia : 3 
such other contractors disposed to tender for the works. | ptived of the slime and strings whic 1 be found to 
TL aapyanl hats “that the — P ao cover them ; and having thus ree A gp pe are 
repor on a suitable residence e its fir 
meeting on Feb. 24.—Mr. Hobbs presented a eid of the rules 2 7sncaahey Page tae hag ™ Bs the * : n ill 
d lations of the East Essex Agricultural ety; Mr. they are want c ; are aken out 
oward, a copy of the 4th Number of the Tra ions of the d heated with white sauce, marrow, or any other of the 
Yorkshire ey tural Society, and of the prize-sheet for the ets recommended in cookery- 
e' 
Raat on the exhibition of cae the Doberan m 
German pe bie get last aut 
BOTA F EDINBURGH 
This Society held it ey fourth monthly mpCeRE for the season on 
Thursday last— Graham Donations to the 
erwick-on 
es, and 
been ¥ yer prt pot iter by her 
e read :— 
tah Veg table Monstrosities, with specimens. 
CG” Watson and o! 
—Some 
monstrosities wer ae “interest particularly a pape aa 
pusillum ?) having eb 
@ flowers,. throu ones adhesions and excess B oa the petals 
or obsolete, and the stamens imperfect; An- 
proliferons, which was 
; to 
uch a mode of pi 
ek 
animals to which the new plant is 
$. On Primula veris and allied og By the Rev. J. 
that P. m. 
wa Soy ex- 
up as Primroses, o 
have had several tedependent testimonies to the fact of Cowsli, 
changing to ses; and until proof, by direct ex 
ment, pene the experiments of Mr. Herbert and myself, I 
cannot believing that species (as they thought) 
and the Polyanthus, are Of one species.” 
and deprivin 
them } if As. Beery the Cardeaes will be black, not white, 
$ well as disagreeable. 
nigeer! 
D. 5 
oo pikes each ie uate ci ‘of Tan “Tong. 
14 spikes on above 
te 
plan at of D. mon 
blossoms. 
; ded tl 
elongated be 
to supply their p aon Oncidinm.| Ca 
phar pretty C 
GARDEN MEMORANDA. 
Sq-5 
W. H. Story’s, E. Heddon ~—There is here 
a most excellent pm A - com roi yemned and other frit 
it 
o suffer from damp > tac 4 
back, which can be —— 
he level of 
among the uae “na : 
in fine bloom ; 
in the shape of its Sovak tne eo is much deeper coloured, a SEE . 
oo est plant of . 
epg Fok 
ah in ere country i is he og ll on with 
dD. 
0 of rich orange ~ 
azzling when took A large 
covered with beetles) delicate pink - 
m onaie is 
wer; 
six strong phe og Be 
‘he 
bata has 
a has pret sige + tieaeden’ Seennaty marked with 
nan cn us flowers almost ost hiding 
ae x flowers ; 
