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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[Marc 19, 
: C. tridentatum, several varieties, one particularly fine, 
oor a tpike 0 of 20 flowers; C. purum; Cypripédium varia May 
a beautiful new species ; Cyrtopédium Andersoni, one plant nas 
flower-stems 5 ft. high; Cyrtochilum bictoniense—this is 
ies on account of its long season of flowerin 
t 
: ne a x flo 
stem, a much larger and better opening variety th e com- 
oefélit hyanthum, brie greenish-yellow 
um §' rip 
; M. chlorantha; M. ifl 
very carious and p als M. atropurpireum 
‘several fine varieti 
flower-spikes 8 > ith bright shin- 
ing large thick leaves and a stout flower - Linge Bain anew 
pe ebtirnea d grand a—these two species 
e now owe: ant, but do not 
appear different from the species; P. bfeonry us and P. macu- 
Yatus; and Zy, — rostratum. Som w wore plants are 
wn Ww Orchidacewe, among which ‘Gloxinia Hyg Fi 
ina and princ 
grown, under 
roof es seats, and on logs.of wood; and m ndbile 
and Meare eS are noble plants, and showing abundance o 
er-buds.—Y. 
dler and Son's ae how Vaurhali.—The Camellias 
house he now beginning to make a handsome ve 
exclus usively Ted 0 
the tout ensemble will be charming. 
jes now — pr e Albi 
a pretty 
gular double flowers Lindleyana, large s 
; fidrida ariety Seta for the ‘cupped 
t the 
st 
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io” 
a 
“4 
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nan 
oe ie 
Bo ees 
eF 
gong “ Fi ‘Abor aceite The pulp of the almost shapeless, 
ay mewhat ob-conical, fleshy seed-vessel of this plant i 
weeti d saline; it is about an i alf long, 
of a Pees ig te or green colour. The cele- 
brat r. Robe wn observes, that this is the most 
fn Raetesla, poy! found on all the 
red yards inland, 
ike the Derwent and 
may indeed be called estuaries. The 
, and 
widely diffused oink in 
co It seldom extends many h 
ama ich 
fruit is ‘ibe about the end of January, February 
Mar ch. 
Nati i la, one of many 
plants thus sealled fi in ‘ig eaony, grows from 
twelve feet high, in alm 
ae icitich fruits w 
ie ree m y; 
when oon. Soe from a thirst, by the berries 
of this s sper 
Leuc zene Richei is smu a Native Currant, This 
growing only on the sea-coast, and 
m Nt to seven feet. b 
v 
of La = was lost for days on the south coast 
of New Holland, and supported himelt ‘principally upon 
the berries of this plan eatin on of which 
circumstance it has a ite wit ofc x 
cluster. — 
in the mid i 
other elevated a are situations in the colony 
it is formed b 
the taste is something like that of 
true ; a variety like, but more purple, called conspicua ; 
and . which at first is almost scarlet, bu 
grad it dies off. Th also a Rho- 
dodendron named ——? et pe of which possess a pe- 
ular ond qpateiul eethenas to be quite hardy, and is 
an ex serge kind Bae early f patna it was ee parently 
between an Azalea jodendron.— March 12 
's Nursery, poh rw. eworth,—Many Standard Roses have 
been a sam hi avery simple way; the houses consist 
pane 9 gag walls, on e fixed without rafters, 
_ ina 
which lights ar 
and the heat is supplied ah Arnott’s pion One house, 56ft. 
pred and gft. bene r a with an 18in. stove, placa in the 
“aye ack wal » SO as not to gmap song the 
the ay myst 
m pan, constan 
med, the hou: 
— 
$e n 
Elise Sauvage, beautiful pale y 
Fer ; Smith's Rf nari Pectutis, fine a colons, wha a daticer 
centre; an , pale = Bow Quee d Ar- 
mosa. 
pale le 
ate: Angelina, pret ty purplis et mson ; Lamarque, 
Victorieuse, pale iteah = Moves I 
sncint. 
n Journal of Natural Science, Agricul- 
ure, s Patistics, shan Barnard, eehart Bown Vol. I.No.1. 
Tats is the commencement of a Natural History Journal 
Van Diemen’s Land, under the fostering patronage of 
n Franklin, and will, we trust, prove of good | 
use of science in that colony. Its objects 
y 
Dr. ea co, 2 Be sy Dr. Richardson, Mr. M' 
and bed among which we find several passages of po- 
terest. 
Mr. ¢ Gunn gives an — of the eatable a found 
port. 
in Tasmania. The e generally of very s 
ance ; the following soeekil are the most remar ole i— 
: st fruit in the 
7 fait. which is large, we a finer 
ike that of the Rubus Arcticus, is hidden from sight un- 
ter the Soke (and also often partl 
partly buried 
‘ight soil), which densely cover the rae The flavour 
Sesedilley tuk ot ike Poglah Cranberry 
slight degree of bitterness.” 
It usually Bic s from three to six feet high. - 
angar prihiten Solanum laciniatu This 
shrub growing from four to eet high, with large 
deeply-cut leaves, i Ap ers, eeded a 
fruit resem the Potato. PG tor fruit 
when ape ripe, hich is tae ated by outer skin 
bursting, may be eate: id pp state, or boiled or 
rs me “i te, and may be eaten 
n any quantity with im Sc but un til the skin bursts, 
although the fruit m 
acrid taste, and causes a 
in the thr at: Mr. 
Kangaroo Apple distinct from 
outh Wales. The Kangaroo Abbie her best near 
the coast; but I have seen its n the Derwent, ten mile 
above New Norfolk. It is a perennial of | rapid growth, 
but erg ya aes taht frost | gts 6 it. 
s T orrhea a.—Mr. Backhouse 
of the Foot i iedes of the Grass- 
ry. The r 
gines beat off the heads of these singular plants by strik- 
ing them about the top ith a large bigrt 
then they stript off the outer leaves and cut a 
r ones, leaving about an inch and a half of the vehi te 
tender portion joining bi this portio ey 
aw or roasted ; i v 
having a nutty ute, ‘gh balsamic. 
s-tree in the colon 
le f whi so may be used as food: those of the 
arf Grass-tree (Xanthorrhza humilis), so abunda 
about York Town, may be obtai ing the in 
leaves firmly together and pulling them forcibly upwards ; 
but care is required not to cut t by slipping the 
hand.’’ The different s pee of orrhzea aré on 1 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS for the ensuing week. 
In the hurry of business at a season when the gardener has so 
many Vv various wae upon his eterna some of the sowings and 
plantings recommended in former Calendars may possibly have 
been raioeind; tif necessary, laneuh such crops may yet be 
put into the mand without pind, — loss of time resulting from 
their previous omission, beca rence of 
a week or ty two in the time of aowtie an 
g difference in its —t . 
example, the Seetaiords Marrow Pea sown now will n 
rally be fit for table under 14 weeks in the N gaighboernond 
of London, while the same sort sown a month hence will be ready 
to gather in about 12 sg" gos thus one pet aaa ee Pi this 
aa ple’? mely 
_In this should be iteed thed date of 
they 
E 
ad 
accoun 
useful by young gardeners. | 
po mara of th 
at aaiifity is to be metry A tial aily ¥ regis 
pee ic temperature Sane make the table more perfect; but this 
is not essential. Assisted by 
may so regulate his wet ley sowing tha! 
bo for use just at the — requi heft abe kn 
not be uired aden because the proper 
i suitieg in crops must Saechusellle ary in some degree accord- 
pega to the nature of the soil, the local situation, and the climate 
of the district. 
I, —KITCHEN-GARDEN AND ORCHARD. 
In-door Department. 
ry.—Plants in ‘fruit should be aided by every auxiliary, 
oO a large size. If more suckers are 
emission of young roots by pulling off t r three (not 
cornet ws mol lower leaves, and then éarthive = the stems with 
ich ci Or if this cannot ee conveniently do: 
Keep t y ne, give 
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fe) 
moist t and w: 
VINERY,— mre the Vines in the latest house show signs of v 
tating, let them be tied up L nares & Curve the ends of long ; 
eit : e house, or back tow: 
the “stems of the vines; this will m th we 
or ma ny  ehobes will tmnavotdably be broken. 
beyond the fru a 
better not to stop Aven 
them to grow one joint fartt 
PeAcH-HOUSE.—Con ar “the treatment eis ever 7 last of 
eek. atch closely for red-spider, and if any are found, in. 
crease the was ase 
CHERRY-HOUSE.— t that is safely set should be encouraged 
to swell pond a ite increase me m at. At this eae of the 
year, 60 degrees of fire-heat will not be too much, a free 
interchange cpt eF is ieuess ‘al: 
F1e-Hovsse.—Manure-water now and then will be bene’ 
is not Ds gto itis better r to close ear y and use no more 
than 9 d. 
ae 
84a, chart 
vancement, pele by support w 
fru 
Cucrupens _AND MELONS. —If cold winds prevail, ‘it will 
dls or long “ straw) formerly a 
eceive their final earthing, PPro nee oat ah 
the operation ; the soil must on no account be heh Keep the — 
shoots regularly t t ants. 
ick out CELERY, S s, &c. face enough, — 
1 young vegetables or ‘Planting out mut be "kent near 
poo that they may grow a 
Ft tous D nei 
ArTicH HOKES will no or nger need gat ction; therefore, when- 
ever leisure irene the dung or vohtees Tektest used for that pur- 
tore fink spread over the ground and dug in. 
ARAGUS bari sh ould be forked over if the soil is heavy and 
binding, © oy the git ath shoots may more readily penetrate it ; in 
igh ng t 
S 
the surface neatly will s suffice. 
me 
or in n, by of s 
bis Pa outa a great jena of bay sig I stalk. 
uch labour is 
ie antity of us seable substa ance, 
grows below the surface being so tough and 
not be eaten, and that part only which is ‘eaponed to light and 
being really goo 
Bonace, Manicoxps, and all hardy a 
two. 4 
ABBAGES.—Earth-up the largest plants, and keep them free — 
sorts which will 
Cc 
from weeds. Ae. sow seeds of two or more 
eKgra oe 
CEL 
‘AC. eae in rows on a warm border. 
hotbed 
Peas h that are high enough. 
RA kag <a —Sow the Spanish ee he. such are wer 
tons D PoTATOEs should examined, and i pee 
toute, "the sprouts must oe Pebbell of: pte intended for sets 
rey not be sprouted. 
e also to Cai rrots, pe gal v2 roped ine 
on hard,—Strawbei 
beds in autumn m 
tters little whether 
he 
ae 
-“ s be done now or next induth, provi ied grafts are kept 
orm 
ai Stata GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
-door Depar sae sed 
Srove.—Such plan nei, as Gesneras will now send out a quantity 
of young bese os some of which bc be ete for propagation, 
and oth Tr od head to the peas: 
ible, giving strong 
a high night Suiptanbase: 
rapkheber AND ConsERVATORY.—Continue to pot, as neces- 
plants which are intended to aged bes Any — 
of f th ; ‘haa eenaia species that require shifting ought soon ‘to 
be paal Rec they oh oe A get root-hold bepre site’ ‘jaced in 3 
their er quarte’ open e plants of Fuchsia — 
bifiora, < ond ot er re namental ena; should be re- — 
moved to a warmer situation, an uraged to grow. Keep the 
leaves of eee and Crilige trees free from dust oF or dirt 
unsi materially affects the health of 
plants. Teining plants on ada rames will require 
soanens attention. at te Tro gp the twi top p of Le 
ee Many kinds of 
rae dily, poppe 
ants eiamia for the Le nng ote 
ropaga 
winter. Take the Sieians rath forced 
sip in a mixture of 
the ys Bee soon strike root in a gentle heat. 
their flowering pots 
” Out. Department. 
Pinks, CARNATIONS, SWEET-WILLIAMS, and in short all her’ pnd 
ceous plants aed unremoved, must be transplanted winees a. 
: ved late in flower # 
8, 
‘Take the opportunity of 
Propagation in every form ought 
Me — earnest, one th “i p- oat as 
shrubs. Cuttings of some plants, as Privet, may yet be : 
Holly, Whitethorn, oe cut other ¥ seeds which do not vegetate 
quickly, should be sown immediately. rees 
OREST AND Corrice Woops. —If the planting < = — 
completed, all tree-tops and other loose wood be faggotet. 
Cut the | branches into proper lengths for cord-wood, to ayiDg 
rds burnt into charcoal, or man t eta Deca zed 
and useless trees might be felled fe The ng 
ald be cut down oe be (By D Whitings 
toal 
ast e atmosphere of the house 
ion in different stages of ad. 
ti any large bunches of 
hegre ss 3 the a) ae Serge hag a 
The 
may 
Mad aa for 
By this ’ 
roduce the least ‘posible : 
who the ch 
strin pee ik Pe 
ahead 
annual herbs, may he 
the tenderer kinds had better be kept backaweek 
rt of those sown on @ a 
plants, and 
sand and leaf-mould, and 
Shift Carnations nt — 
