1842.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
159 
have placed mine where they get plenty of sun, and they 
undantly.”’ I believe the fact to be, 
e 
ga popuiet 
desirable to explode a pop alae’ sat in the treatment tis it. 
5 —A Salo peor 
" Transplaniing Firs—As “Totty”? wishes “for 
information relative ” Sessplas hy Pvp es, 
ing may hav 
e follow 
per fhe ie 
tn ao ie 
cary 
depend upon local circumstances we an & 
situation “for ogee ng; and if the oon be procured 
w moorland soil, they will P remove with better 
Wi wd the situation is exposed, or ur ee 
of some extent, I should plant trees spies maller 
et 
from 3 to 6 sped one ae os ees 
Biz 
e7 required for ee effect, nd. a little extra ordi “had 
nse m have | i 
not to be considered, 
them, for ean aad 
might denagiite i pe destroyed. In plan ating. re pits ue 
necessary, and the roots should be regularly spread ou 
to their full ‘eitent the soil should be light fresh om, 
A r ciiyerea aes of r 4 inches, 
a temporary support should be given to the tree, and then 
it may be wate $ earth must not be 
trod firmly round it t at d ene- 
rally allow the trees to remain till the following day before 
nishing Meh fag 
| vent their being shaken by the Some yea 
. planted a ssa of large Bprece "Firs coe 10 fe et high 
at about 12 or le mig ee ly inte 
I planted oe on 4 fe 
n 
few iow he 
of the lar nt i w hand 8 
consider : pak oad plan in an exposed situation, as the large 
trees afford an excellent shelter, and can be thinned out 
at plete. — Ho 
have now a ia gee? of Deodar 
tinge aly planted a — ince, yet with callositien | the 
size of a Pes “2 and the roots bursting therefrom in gre 
ndan 
PROCEEDINGS © OF * SOCIETIES. 
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Hae it .—Sir C. Lem ;P;, Hagel “chair. 
the fo owing fi fruits were distributed : Knight’s Monarch P 
acide kind, raised at wectee sley Atta s ihe near Hereford, “By = 
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the nevet ailing rills that runs through 
beds are formed. In the Dae oa, — a vf of _— soil a 
few inches thick is laid on when ts 
have done grows ni in the paviinn: ry Aeeth gus re to cut 
the third year aft er sowing and in the ‘pring a layer of leaves, 
note 8 inches ep, is laid ov e Bed; when 
come through this, the cuttin ; hepnis B treatment, 
Capt. Churchill stated that he had seen python ine from 3 : i 
re, in circumference ; he also ed, that 
at time e roots of the peta were at a a under salt 
water, whic h the growers considered b e, 
gardener * Py Lawrence, exhibited a large collection of plants, 
hich the most remarkable was a specim 
ote © cea 
‘Opeana, covered ing highly fragrant Wossoms, whieh on first 
expanding are violet, and ly become almost white : the 
others were Cinerdria nese, a showy purple 5 
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gona Cérbera acim with 
e Ma Sacukesea? 
a Sain ded ea some Reins at — 
pally 
Odonto- 
nh. om J. Bateman, Esq., were cut flowers of 
Syne nitida, white with ellow ridges onthe labellum ; ; Cyrtochilu 
Maculatum, and an Epiden 16 
be a variety of E, fuscatum 
een, gardener 
nthus pratensis, 
of Cuc in pots, as denexibed in the Gar- 
and  Sogeg re vie Nt Por thé a. eo as given; 
: one was also awarded t ph B. Fielder, gr. to W. Linwood, 
Sq., fora cut Be tok ae of ium Auden. Mr. Erring. 
in rere’ cxbibaena some so-called Ba aged 
a South wall; they were large an 
‘ dia 2 atk. possess ee fine ex osha peculiar to 
wn Pippin; and it w: su eee ascertained that 
maantows s ee medal was 
for fourteen kinds of Potatoes; 
y, y, the vara from one seedling tuber, 
py aes and two tubers of another 
ma 
were 
Hartwe, ; 
ing &€; one named nine chine bk a rere os Rewer. 
the other, the vitifolia, has singular-shaped od tare but at Wttge! | wa 
ther is not so desirable as the first-mentioned, glee Bes), mo: 
worthy of notice were white and purple Chine Th 
fiowers more double than usual. The pretty ying Pentlandia 
mini iata, and the yee purple Mirbélia ledifélia. Pang 
cut specimens of Sdlvia pulchella from Guatemala; the tonein 
are well suited for bouquets, but the plant, from its weeey 
growth, can only be grown in large greenhouses or in co 
vatories, 
LINNEAN SOCIE 3° 
March 1st.--Dr, Horsfield in the cliai Mr. George Gar- 
diner was elected a Fellow of the Society. Mr. Westwood 
exhibited a monstrous Bg wescssre of Chiosognathus Grantii, 
a nee its left antenne fur also several ney species of 
tralo sent to Mr. Ho ope tom Perle, and : number of new 
Gollathidesns Cetonide from India. The a podyvse! semonaene the 
tag eae a collection of plants, chiefly Carices and Eupatorie from 
arratt of America. A letter was read from Mr. Borrer, offering 
the sapped het extensive collection of foreign phanerogamous 
pen nts, nsisting of European plants from Mertens, Woods, 
ooker, — 3 ee plants of Drummond, Gardiner, ' ; 
plants of ore Unio Itineraria from Arabia, Abyssinia, the Cau 
s, Pyre or &c; and Lippoid’s plants from Madeira. <A pa ee 
in rea hit ome ld | beautiful insects bp Silhet (the opt 
jor part of hein belon f F. Paley, Esq., 
Che Sabai catia daertnaa by the Rev. F. W. Hope, F.R.S. 
FLORICU ETY. 
LTURAL SOCI 
March 1.—Mr. Mauger in the chair, Mr, Sandford was elected. 
Mr. Dickson read a paper = the Auricula, in which he pate gone 
os of late years it had been less cultivated than most other 
lorist’s flowers, which srade from the strong stimulants which 
d been adopted at the recommendation of Emmerton and others, 
4 i Tnany 
4 + + 4 +3 akin C8 
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utin the mean ntime d 
pie method of c ultivation, given by Dr Horner in our p, 396 ( i841}, F 
din the 3d, 4th bers of ‘ Wakeling’s Florist’s Guide.’ 
The object of the present paper was to have the Sy op Ry of the 
Auri d d the following : 
Pips.— pabald b e of an average size, flat, ro and smooth on 
the edge; the divisions which form the Segments sof the corolla 
should be but slightiy indented. Tune.—Should be round, of a 
well filled with anthers. Paste —Shoul 
orm a circle, with ‘Y dense, smooth, pure white. ge totem 
Violet black, or any other; should be rich and bright, circular 
round the e pas te, ofa er pina we and s- possible tip ry 
distributed round the margin. 
we y, or ema Truss.— Seaeiae pit Par ad es ioe pe 
ps full blown, without overlaying 4 other, inva Should be 
Stroll, and 1 Ihe oe to carry the truss well above the foliage, 
which should be healthy. nage forsee each 
property, perhaps pr of them 
money that the superiority o prop 
ent that it has only to be seen robe to be res Re and, e 
thought, it out he bem pen ncaa of allothers. He said that 
mcr Taylor, an ampion, when well grown, possessed 
ore good properties than oy, other beg «2 kinds: the byenk fault 
of the first was the paste bein thin, the othe the 
cracking of the paste, both of ws Bangs eh ‘be reenenied by ased 
cultivation. As a ern of a well -formed truss, without any 
art in dressing, he uae Hed 2 Biiseitnia, the best 
tube, Wood’s Lord Lascelles, and Conqueror of Rghice; paste, 
or fineness of texture and pure white, Fletcher’s Mary Ann, and 
Scholes’ Generalissimo.” After the paper some con nversation 
at vi mene on the proportions of ! sas gee, paste, and ground-colour 
A discussion on the sub- 
$0. 
as sO a 
coloured 
'e ae: will take pate on the 15t! ‘a ret 
ear ta TURAL nay ETY 
Feb. 23.—The Duke of R ond chair. Fourtee nm gen 
tlemen were elected. + Laferié. Esq., F.R.S., pre esented, 
on the part of she gen of Trade, an American draining-machine, 
invented by P, D. w Orleans, United States. The 
object of this “mhichine 1 is - yuu water from a low place toa 
higher one ; and the i inventor proposes to accompli sh this pur 
tieell “y pl aced ver. 
tically a third it Neng into score ed 
ronan d gy is Pee 1 with valves as or heel turns 
admit the water and retain it hw gh a Felon “elevation anoee | the 
surface has b attained, when nclosed po foes back 
along radia ating e compartments peated toes ollow 
wheel, pod 9 is carried ae by a cylin er ina Con ttaecgs stream. 
Mr. Her iry enters into a detajled account of the cular ar- 
Hingenittits by a ag Pergo he is tore in the most nontess. 
cal and efficient man the gon merit of his 
invention, the tangen stat tee charm in which t ents of 
biel hollow wheel are arranged, in reference to | the ‘jlindi con- 
duit through its centre, and the contrivance of the ons for 
seooping up the water tiger the reservoir re the a 
draulic wheel, when in use, is placed a rame-work 
1 to revolve, by turning the handle of 
cog-wheels acting on its circumference ; and the inventor beg 
that he found a wheel of six feet in mstructed o 
most f efficient Ty routine: tur eee 
mes! "4 the chaaest rate, their carrying awa 
rag 3 a, ae tt di at the a me 
$ evil on a single estate under aged ston 
to no less than 100/. every year. The Duke of Richmond in- 
formed the council that on his —, in the ok wot s of Scot- 
ere very 
Aerie 
y the age on their 
pone traced 
where many of the rivers d one banks 
much injured by the strong an cur. , Tesulti 
fi ctions h in their co e most essential 
og ot had been deri ed from the use of ielned panes, or lar; age 
1g the two supports at one end lower than those at 
ther, stationed in the river at eos. banks re- 
qanred defending against the action of the waters, or the currents 
diverted in . Page al: 
pits, as to become a Videos and inconvenient incumbrance to the 
owner®s ; that this c acd shale’ 
Riding of Yorkshi re, re, and w was frequently b and 
al ong  aith crushed bones, was in an tate aoe useful in pro- 
the growth of Turnips; but whole of the pected 
hav ad § 
hagas. atten nding the seslienien of the ‘bee np ot to the gra- 
relly part of his own farm, was in aduced, from the success which 
lad pe his trials of it, to select from the numerous experi- 
d made on int, i 
cae consid a of the 
members that even an article 
by it ers not mere iy Solita 
Serdcucses & 
ogo Qf 
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a) 
ac) 
society, ap and to sho 
but t an absolute nuisance, may 
becor e of value ed applied = its proper pur 
in this instance, to soils of a 
noc i 
operations. 
pate opr a | the system * pursued, and that bis Barley crop 
ncrease of 27 3 7 bushels, and his Whe op! 
bushels, per acre, besides’ Saving the expense of y Fone 12 to v6 
bushels Of rape- dust Top. Mr. _Charno ck suggested that the 
society should S$ (raw and boiled), 
Rape-dust, an d Guano; and concludes his communication with 
the result he had obtained from a cumparative trial of the merits 
of nitrate of soda and soot, on a dry grass field. He 
— — of fief field a hu id 
(which phe t 166, ), and the result was found to be very much 
favour of the soot. This communication was refe nth to the 
vournad committee, and the thanks of ns we returned to 
Mr, Charnock for the favour of his state His Grace the 
Duke of Newcastle conveyed to the Soaeaet eicent E. W. Wil- 
mot, Esq., of Worksop Manor, the offer of Nottingham Park for 
the purposes of the annual meeting Any 1843, | should the society 
decide to hold eee mecting “of 
north-eastern district. 
any great p pene ein g this offer, but that, ceoake ‘t be 
Shoal trea af by ea society, the rt should be placed at their dis- 
posal, free o r. Wilmot also aovryed - own per- 
sonal racket perc ely at their disposal o ng Saag 
The Mayor of Maidstone nite aletter tothe council inform 
ing them that the attention of the corporation o 
ian been drawn 
were most anxious to obtain the assembly of the society to be 
held at that town, which, both on account of its distance 7 
Lomion, and its h a ats on the 
fore them for d 
this induate of their interest, in the proceedings of ‘the ap Bt 
and a copy to be enclose the re- 
Te of Dec. m4 1841, on all towns recommended as suit. 
able fort ca of the society’s annual meeting in any par- 
icular yea’ r. Ther remin, of Berlin, informed the council of 
po fevearaiie reeuption a ee society’s Journals by the Mecklen- 
burgh Patriotic Union, a their having deputed the Coun 
Ostensacken, the principal wanes of their ou be ‘take such 
ith the bs ecang as would in a con- 
tinued reception of the work by that body. M. Theremin m pre- 
sented to the society, on the part 
tion 
adapted for young farmers ; by M. Gumpreckt, yrinelyal ‘ites 
burg, in Bilesia. —Mr. Miles, M.P., pvbelinked 
art colieetion of twenty- 
the agric sa 
r. E, F. Welles, of I Hereford, presented 
the Smith- 
se Sag tad in 1841, 
ted impre 
ssions ad ce rtificates of bate for la gf 4. award 
by the Rod ing ociety, and the Surrey Agri- 
cultural hatin. 
NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS NTS WHICH ARE 
EITHER USEFUL OR ORNAMENTAL. 
BRUGMA’/NSIA FLORIBUNDA. Many - flowered ia. 
(Stove Shrub.) Solanaceve. andria nia. — Brug- 
mansia fioribun: sm shrub, s| gly ranging 
pe 2 go Clap’ eh Nursery. But be 
size of its inflorescence, instead of protruding it singly, as in the 
allied species, it is ; collected into a long raceme, comprising six or 
blooms, which open in succession throughout a 
From this last circumstance it has received 
f B. floribunda. Messrs. Young, though doubtful as 
to ‘the precise district it naturally inhabits, h fi 
sidering that it is a “rape a viet 
as brou ght to 
their nursery two or three oy che! abundantly in 
a stove during the months OF J gf e and duly 1841, hens renders. 
the flowers particutarly showy is, e large ted calyx, 
which is almost as long as the Soe da = He geen li is a a similar 
and eq wally ric rich colour, | it has been treated as a stove heath 
In the winter it is placed ina ota Byraied and, since it 
eve 
rains its he peed it" has n then an 0 ental ai aspect. It is 
ust possi 
pg is meet rather ned and moi ist than such struc- 
usually are. Cuttings of the young shootsp ina sandy 
soi under a a oven tg ~d ork porn se by a little bottom-heat, scon 
nding streams, to defend th banks with 
wicker-work, interwoven with reeds and rushes. Mr. Miles, > es, from the slow progress it makes, 
the e notice, that when the subjects for the prize essays of cannot be mee ee on st fe nevertheless this tardiness of 
1844 e der the consideration of the council, should | growth renders it a most desirable plant for a shelf or stage.— 
move, * Mod prize ffe r the best information for pre- | Paxton’s Magazine of Botan 
total nting th: oe wearing of the banks 4 sivers, nt gr — 
y tidal influences or streams, at the chea rate, and wi 
most permanent effect.”—Mr. Hayter, M.P., submitted to the Phas _ MISCELLANEOUS, be d of bread, 
council a sample of the new manure for Wheat crops, eee rmaceutic a aee 
A Mr. Daniel, and advocated by Mr. W. Hall. The manure, on | take fi sibs. imperial ; cold water, 1} pint invperial ; ses- 
eyed opened for inspection, n, presented at first sight the eyiguar. quieartnnale of soda, } oz. (Troy w Fare ; hydrochloric 
sy! Peon. gerde Ane gg od the disagreeable and strong | 4-44, 6 fluid drachm sail uantity of if required. 
Sear of coal-tar; haag found, however, on a nearer examina- ’ q 7 si 
tion, to fy: more similar to ckien > table-manure, or a bitumi- the soda perfectly with the flour, ne 
— tg Ae mould, , evidently coptaining oe oe portion of | the water, then the whole intimate: we Fe uly toget v8 
e penetrated with the tar, and which rendered it spe- addle for that purpose, 
Cineafly Bene and oe tothe touch. Mr. Hayterstated, that po par nd . rok gee Me rai 8s are be made inte two loaves, 
understood the price of this new manure was fixed at present at | Preference to the eougte Pcece-n 
the rate of cas Philling per bushel, and that the inventor cs and put into a quick oven im cunarthe 
mended the application of 30 bushels per acre for Wheat and st oan} hour tee half to bake. 1 
ged aan halt that sewed for Turnips; in ho eet of : ae d with Pe net a 
ing an essential condition, that the manu 
brought into immediate contact with the ey 6. : caaenente tamap of it is deposited pring ie loaf, 
Esgq., of Holmfield House, peas Ferry rit Yorkshire, commu- | upon by the ott Be C The 
the council the res’ a ai which, howe ever, is ld have a spe- 
asa ! a] 
his farm itr. charnoek for cay oat prio ni celay | acid is the eres saised with the wheia 
ae cease accumulated so ‘ 
