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1842.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 171 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF of a New Holland plant, which he called i ve ta ad at 48 — er are the ae: be 
NEW ear ll THE TRANSACTIONS ¢ OF and which we will translate Virginwort, which w auty to psitta , but are o hardy no 
THE , containing Figures of Achimenes longi- net rought from New Holland by the as Mr. Alla an Cane seus a and con ioe ashton an by s Drought forward 
he Ie’ thI trice Plum, forming th: ’ 
page bas] tums of the N pag a ed peor for saineeie ningham, and of which the female only is known in | earlier in the spring, and treated in the same manne 
e Fellows of the Society. this cou ee e most careful ies A Bh of this pero tona e first ky —— S = preceding Kind ; 
] ey are wor a roubie, Tor nothing cal 
ant year a after year satisfied Mr. Smith cars it has more splendid t . Gia diolus «agp alts 
The Gardeners’ Chronicte, 
SATURDAY, MARCA 12, 1842, 
MEETINGS IN 
HE excuse WES 
haat heey P.M. 
Tuesday «+ ++ + » cultu P.M, 
Teves’ ee on ee 8 PM 
Wednesday ... Wises - & eam 
Friday: + + + + 4 tamical » + 2. + ¢ 8 P.M, 
Very lately ata Webb Hall described Mr. Daniell’s 
ave 50 often ne attention, 
s: “It consists of the ma- 
c 
terials of combustion, used otherwise sian by combus- 
tion to p e growth of ” Inasmuch a: 
all plants live Libel tei pon rt materials of co 
s - 
e manure consists 
of the food of 1 las 3 Nota vere | ohn declaration, 
it must bus Aub 
Am e precise statement heving now been made 
in istol Mercury, and 
Ww ry manure, we are in 
a condition to lay some further observations before our 
readers. 
Mr. Hall states the ingredients to be—Is d, 
cee matter of every kind reduced to a state ve fine 
* division; 2nd; inous matter of various kinds 
rd, wide quicklime; 4th, sulphur in minute quan 
ity. ‘The use of the first ingredient, the woody fibre 
is tolerabl oie and in some soils it pare would, 
rming 
e to mix wit ore active ingre- 
dients of the manu see and to facilitate their equal and 
regular men tee over the 
object to be gained by he toy a8 bitumi- 
pe Ag is less ariden’, and op 
to doubt. eh first su rete % that the 
“bituminous matters” meant the tar-water of the gas- 
works—a liquid certinly EeRnINg akall and ibe 
men, and no doubt consti ses a valuable m 
capa- 
and hat plants 
combined with h dro- 
en, as well as with oxygen F i” the for 
clear when we consider it 1 etc nateme Fon 
nsider it mere 
nic aci ie su fe 
he office performed by caustic alkalies in promot- 
ing the decomposition of the wood 
bsta pre- 
of woody. matter. 
eory te supposition, 
‘State A ees so re some other conipaund, its 
—L. 
aye 
of late years, which it is very difficult 
sed memes of stamens 
of a pl 
i Buzarein- 
pak 
iors experi- 
at Kew, published an 
con 
He Am Smith, fc ataraee 
account | 
pia 
no Po ollen whatever, and yet it t bears fruit wit 
fec meets youns plants 
s too not on one occasion, but for sev 
meets may be regarde 
mith’s observations were confirm yt 
fr. Francis Bauer, and ili: oli 
a male apparatus was not likely to escape ; especi- 
ally si since the plant itself, in the Garden at Kew, is quite 
a small bush in a pot. 
We do not pretend to be able to explain these sin- 
gular ‘aca: but we a a them for the he Sige of 
illustrating a communication on the Cucumber by 
Mr. W. P. Ayres, which will be found in fC EC co- 
This correspondent is a ee cultivator 
of Cucumbers ; he has written well u 
therefore be sup 
nected with it. 
tilisation to be unn 
forced, and that he appeals to the experience of hi 
self and wget in a of oie opinion. If this 
reall say, if future experiments, 
fog agains all “piinslbtety of error, shall confirm 
the opinion Mr. Ayres has formed upon wha 
lieves to - facts, we shall have something more added 
— curious sah mob we a ve — a ted pa 
howev express our 
incredulity a as to th Duseabet pate seapitia feril- 
sation ; it was, we think, one of t nts 
on y hae 
coe not), and = the et purpos: 
e, the necessity of co 
and stigma Sap t it was § found that denies etal 
would n Ther indeed, so many caus 
- error in aah intentigutions, and the results saat 
t by Mr. Ayres are so contrary to probability and the 
nature of things, that very conclusive evidence indeed 
ts 2 be poses? of induce us to acquiesce in the jus- 
tice of his conclus 
mn. 
ecessary when C 
o 
fo 
ON THE CULTIVATION OF GLADIOLUS PSIT- 
apes & OTHERS In THE BORDER. 
GuapioLus psittacinus or nata lensis, is one of the most 
omaiental of the Cape Gladioli, and from its easy culti- 
tion deserves to ha af 
pet 
of curious- aaaen 
large dens bright orange and 
scarlet flowers are sain ed for two or three months, By 
planting the bulbs at different seasons, and protecting 
warding 
is iva) oud pla 
of flow 
end of C vied ike all bulbs, it makes a more splen 
appearance when ae ted out, or when grown in pots, 
and in masses t ngly in the borders; it therefore is 
much better planted like Tulips in ey which should be 
in| »or early in the 
18g} 
tthe same time a good portion — well-rot 
i 
out the ws, 
en peiting a ‘a little sand along the bottom 
place t bs in the rows, about nine inches or 
smal] po b, and rows. 
this whey ae ill require no further rte e, ee 
ing and tying - hyn latter is nee done by 
driving a few sticks r e outside he bed, and 
running a couple of eis a tas ine tound it. With 
this treatment the _— will sete flowering about the 
end of July, and w ing for nearly two 
months, particular ay i y rage: deer with water 
or twice (as the y require), just before they 
in to expand their first flowers. Care must, however, 
be taken, not to wa _— water 
little dull or 
very hot dry weather should intervene, i are acd - 
be scalded, and lose the bottom leaves, which makes 
unsightly. 
nie ee will require to be taken up about the end of 
iamaeal by te = they must be oa dried and placed 
in some ure from frost 0 until the next 
Pp 
their oe but these are of little value, 
for they will be two 
and as every ower 
| 
or | the ne enough for all purposes The plant also 
freely ; but like the small the a wo wit bea 
long they flower, t not worth the 
trouble of raising, except for the 
4 
groun prot ri aad ti lways suffer 
from damp, and never start early enough to flower well 
next season, however ay be protected. This 
bea 
t, such as G. pudibu nds, 
large brownish-purple flowers, lightly marked i 
og centre of the upper petals with white, G. Spoffo sith 
ianus with its various-coloured varieties, cad G. Collvillii 
with a flowers m ee eo pale 
ieties again m them, 
are very a for nang either planted out in pits or 
grown in pot 
Gladiolus ramosissimus is the next most beautiful kind 
for growing either in pots or in a bed; is a fine any 
cies, with pale rosypink em rs, which are 
os Lardy kinds Gludfelga 
byzantinus (the Turkish Sword Lily) i is 
it has fine long spikes of deep crimson flowers, 
produced in great abundance 
nd August; and ie a much more Seo plant po 
worthy of notice; 
which are 
esirable p 
and as long as possible, by freely ‘supplyin 
water cee ie growing season. When they pera done 
growing for the season, care must be taken not to dry 
il in the hn i 
bulbs being very t 
hausted, and frequently perish if kept very dry the first 
winter. ible e cool 
dry situation where they are secu om frost. In the 
spring they should he n placed in a Set or 
fully pit, al when faigly irony they sh na _— 
removed ints or pots, at 
: soil than that used for the seeds, planting eter still 
er thickly in the pots eping them shut 
up close, and moist, fora few are until they 
begin to H them as 
grow again 
and encourage them Se Mae as —— ay —_— in the 
t spring they 
ay be potted in ler pots, and ~dats like Gladiolus 
mrdinaia when many of them will flower.—G. 
THE OXLIP. 
A notice in the ee ros a a 9, es 
upon the respecti an old long-disputed 
one | family, the Primrose, Cowal ain Oslin, although cor- 
rect in the main, requires obsery s to make the 
state of the case y 
It is probably true that the he English Primula elatior or 
fot that of on and the Continental hese! 
n Primrose (P. acaulis) and 
juced 
and is premeoa the ony 
the Primrose and Cow: e found in 
from France 
ter a northern one, 
ranging . = = the top of the Alps. 
eed ound in mountainous 
e ou 
of England, i in which the Bi pig nih of the northern 
and so athers flora are found side by side, an and what wonder: 
ifa hybrid be the res sult ? 
