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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, 
207 
which he exhibited, the woody matter might be traced communi-| 
cating with the alburnun, ~d one point by ae of the bark, 
and insinuating itself between the ites, ae 
e annual supper of the society riage ds took place in the 
Café Royal Bi aad Christison in the 
GRICULTURAL 
Mar, 16.—The ios was a meeting of the ietee for the —* 
of receiving the Report of ew ones Committee. The of 
¢ chairman having read to anne % 
oe 
w1cD 
. th 
day, pr costed. to detail the progress of the inquiries of the com. 
mittee in selecting a suitable — On ar future transactio: 
the business of the society. o- 
their first meeting that it would = = aoe 
of their funds, to speculate in the erection of ti rhadeiog adapted 
j oci nal the mo ardous outlay of the 
vY tnat 
» beyond this expenditure, an loan to me et the 
ned to recommend the ct as course 
ai <3 me cron Hep best nase 
Pk eam in wae direct on for such a 
: . itha 
a the re- 
motion of D. Barclay, Esq. H 
- R. C. Stansfield, Esq., M.P., was adopted 
and confirmed | by the counci il. 
to al measures for preparing the lease of the poe and 
to make every ermeeetnest for the transfer the 
No. 12, Hanover-square, by 
April; the committee seed further requested 
to rep ort to the. council ‘their recommendatio tio of t the steps to be 
iiCwW IC. 
siden hey “om me of ss ) anataninten: ae house com- 
mittee, re before lv: us plan yi nae 
of his 
of ae ree to different pur- 
thanks to Mr. Dean for t the pains he 
subject, 
an ordinary meeting of e Council held the same a. P. 
; -P., in the Chatr —— 
reported to 
ns of native phosphate fr 
red to the society by . Kim! , and re- 
flowed ‘to the Geological Committee for their opinion of its value 
in an agricultural point of view, as a substitute _—- 
+ Sa. of lim oon concerned for fare spe 
Phillips fo’ that this specimen contained no less ethene her 
. and he ae therefore of = ion that 
it would be an important manuring eee prov its me- 
chanical texture oe sea dified ner we to assi- 
po one ner oxddtiog in bone-dust. Mr. 
professor Phillips’s investigations on this 
sful result, and t 
ould be bro 
i of application as a manure; but ne saat fer ‘that 
it would be aerent that a full exa amination of the act ion of this 
substance should 
to import it as a 
nicated ae me ingne: 
Menls taken 
r. Pi sey “then commu- 
wae sera a ndertake a 
into ar aenenabe ete “ey e of ins 
geological ciecenen of this rmineral 1 
ry. 
ign to ieee from his peti pe so the 
requisite passports and letters for the protec: 
of Dr. y is j —F, 
as 
, by his weight pet the axle, 
and bed the he movement of his foot can throw ft in 
gypsum ne required > be pic 
of pa 
per cent. of that 
the ‘serpentine soil contains no magnesia, w 
“ws om prc ofthat ert a eta |B 
Bee 
season ser piace at — Corn Exchange, 
pees ther a * 
gy 4 20 —_— cent, of ayn while the 
soil, on the contrary, 
— ir’C. Lem 
rock its 
of the rock pag have 
nm present in the soil. Sir ee pa — he et hav ve 
ato led me igang ie accuracy of the analysis of the serpen 
soil, had n ubeny analysed the oe oa oil a adie or two 
ago, and a ry the same result.—E. David, Esq., chairman 
fe) © Cardiff nae Club, cage ti the — of the conti- 
Se progress of that associati the mem 
to about 100, and the list of pw ne sane mes well fi Mr. 
David transmitted a copy of his lecture delivered ete the c club, 
on the subject at diet ficial Manures; and the following opinion, 
agreed to by mbers, after the a of the lecture, and 
at the close of their subsequent discussi: “That the abstrac- 
tion o of any por n of the hay a nd s 
which it had wo 
such loss is made 
which in 
m 
ecated compost, guano, 
alin, aes ~ Stapleford, peat Cheste: “sl 
the ca 
giles from his crop of fos 
lings which being driven, — on se em: i a gun, from 
their a of devastation on the fruit of an adjoinin: erry-tree, 
lighted on the Turnip-ground; and the deatiectians of a crop 
ne planted titat year in th me field, by 
ed themselves to the under’ 
Mr. lin states a nearly — whole of the 
Turnips in that part of the country, and in 
N North co pg were Lega cg -~ 
one 
the Sw pes Ss 
escaped in ng i og ete ely a nd he at- 
Lemp g the r ravages of these insects wae e ieee of the sum- 
mer —Mr. W. Were of Botolph- lane, expressed his will- 
a = communicate any facts of im portanc mnected with 
the omiees 8 which might —— 
The Rev, W. Rham presented to the journal committee a pa 
‘om a recent French work on oes ——— ive value of food. ed 
cattle, with a pte ss — erage results. Mr. W. 
aker presented c s The: on cutibation and Rules of 
lager General Friendly Institution,’ together with an eye 
di = and the ninth general report of the cpr, and M ir, 
Ri ers, of Sawbridgeworth, communicated 
pry and Canadian ABriCHICSE® ; all of seis were received with 
thanks, and referred to the journal committee. 
hire Horticultural Society.—The first meeting fo 
dime poi B43 March, 
— — of forced flow 
bles, a pty dishe ne Pears and Apples, and re 
. of F Amarylis, cat by the Rev. Mr. Rashlei er: 
were five of the various descri riptions of 
plants for which prizes were offered; the larger portion of them 
were much admired, = there resre hes div — shaits fae each class 
both rare and fine, s ing m management 224 
the respective pe ty The sp distribution of 
- In the evening the Very Rev. 
ester presided at the eons at the White ame 
Inn. The: following is the aw: a of th wt e pr — offered he 
— Best ove Plant (Onefdinm 
ead s medal, Sf Beaton; best Stove pea: t, 
not ely alg ty usticla fava) ditto, alfe ; 
=~ Plant (Chorozema vari 
Hecti 
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ev, F. Beadon ; two best Bulbous Plants in bl ditto, Rev. 
a. ¢ fem, <3 nine best Polyanthuses, in pots, bronze medal, 
Rev. the Warden; four best Cinerarias, ditto, Rev. . Beadon; 
best Coben of Plants. isp: te silver medal, Colonel Wall. 
bane — Collection of og ditto, Rev. G.C, cere! Ditto, 
an silver m meant Beadon ; ; Ditto, ci alge Genel, 
aving ata ng | 
led. 7 
s easily increased by seeds, or by 
seedling will not flower *pefore 
ure than from cold, It 
fividine the old plants; but the se 
the second season. It flowers freely from Tune to Angust. It 
was first raised from s received from Dr Falconer, of Sa- 
harunpur, but nah now to be found ecti 
seeds from the North of I . Byso e error th Acq 
in the gardens the name of A. longis: a speci buted by 
Dr. Wallich, under the number 4691, but not yet introduced into 
systematical works. at ies i 
kidney-shaped tap semi leaves, having 
and its umbellate flow A. rivularis occurs in various parts 
ned a h of India; Dr. “Royle one ribes it. as common in Neus- 
and elsewhere, i in the vicinity of water. It has no incon- 
siderable resemblance to the North American A, pennsylvanica. 
Reg. 
ihe eae Seams 
itive —) 
t the leaves Ban « oach in 
24 their pany surfaces the tender r 
w shoots; a h 
P show a bea 
o_o; expand aesetiees bay he thet) sun “elves ma 
clos pia as the shades of evening draw in, or before 
coming sh 
me tl — — and arid sands 
enaria c 
ig bf ame aie pe 
But soon within its 
Next in order ma 7 be towable 4, ry May (Crategus 
Oxyacantha), and how rich a es eh a our hedgerows 
lose yak a ae ~ Gel toma from them !— 
an: a sweeter ere 
py 
eir subjects’ oi 
doth ; a thousandfold it doth. 
hav ve we than 
mme t 
are generally attended with a aineindal’ > eared of seed i in 
— pene peed exe lobar fraitfulne s being 
fa hard w The seeds of the Do og Rose prognosti- 
ved the co os severity of the winter in a like manner.— 
Meteorological Jou 
d of February 
when the "Ea rly York comes in. 
pie A Mr. Ralfe ; Tree Violet bronze we 1, gs 
Tropze’olum tricoloru 0, REX let, ditto, 
Rev. the rden a a, Pine. apple, dead bh cote dal, 
J. Fleming, Esq.; best six dishes of table Apples, gilt-rimmed 
bronze medal, Col. Wall; best three dishes of Pears in eating, 
itto, H. Holloway, Esq EGETABLES, cum.- 
bers, German silver medal, ree Esq. ; ; nd best 
ditto, gilt med bronze Bip ae Beadon ; g te forced 
-Tim 
Kidney Potatoes H, ne wens ek best Asparagus, 
ditto, Col. ad] "best six stalks of Rhubarb, Bote. Ranney W. J, 
Cam ov et Esq.; best Seakale, ditto, Rev. the Warden; best 
Mus rooms, ditto, H. Holloway, Esq. 
NOTICES - poe Seed oo cara ARE EITHER 
OR ORNAMENT, Oe 
+ bd LENDENS. Hat et Glory (Stove 
Climber.) Verbenaceze Pity odmls enpibepermie = Or the © many 
beautiful climbing-plants rpugeeyy J the woods of Sierra Lanes 
and of which so few are yet in cultivation » this is one of the 
Its foliage i Zz of a deep rich 
inferior to 
C. widens eng 
newer took t me to ie ry where he found 
when I took up the root of it 
in every instance, except the first na 1 
iosnadk it growing in ol I consider a 
tinea #5 colour to stain linen) with a large portion 
of carbonate of i iron. The plant Mr. ere Pat has eet — 
scarlet, makes five brought 
Sierra Leone in > 1840, but I had previously ane to the Duke 
of Bedford all the varieties I have bray wealhncy: 
fiowered as they had 
Grace i 
- When the e root 
haded from this 
Ps height of 10 to 12 feet; but if it >> Segue toa - the sun, it seldom 
grows more than three feet.” spoken 
probably distinct specie i ich 
Africa are known 
racter of Sie 
species will require 
after its 
sphere while growing, 
atmosphere 
ANEMONE RIVULARIS, 
The seed is sown in June, lants are finally 
set out between the Sth and 15th of pay the chief 
thing to be observed, is to r: as 
ble without injuring tices: and this is to be effected by 
watering cautiously during the autum e Vau; 
Cabbage begins its heart in December; and the 
longer this can be ne os will be the 
ace: with thi is frequen: 
half-way through the stem ‘diee hae the farge pi te is 
March, but it is the finest 
plants that are ‘ Notwithstending at 
kind is very hardy, it is rally protected with long 
y generally consist 
in the thickness and whiteness of the leafs and ribs, 
and in the deep green colour of oy es which cover 
the heart often veined with red. The heart varies 
a great deal in form; sometimes it is ro o 
heart-shaped, but ally it is ro me and this is the 
no those Pa 
ich become yellow and form their Niearts first, as the 
re tas gad of enduring the Pos er than the i an 
a € ones.— Bon shin 
New “whe is has re duced from Vacef- 
nium Myrtillus by M. de Chassenon. The liquor, made 
in large quantities, has furn my wine sufficiently good 
y : 
_<oraeg Ps png A = cctre fom f is assured 
