1842.) 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
239 
ms back as is the case in some flowers, The colour of 
d pure and rich, the base of the aes ry3 without 
n, and the yellow gra prouna should possess the same inte 
nsequence of the confined ‘damp o be 
nm the feathered fi 
; ikewise possess 
athe h beam up t of each pred by heed 
off on either side, touching the Aenkig and at the 
€ ground colour to show it yy amet oh 
nout a feather in general presents a star-lik: y appear- 
ance, which though not 80 correet as the other, is still beautiful. 
astic, neither too tall nor short for the size 
of the flower, and sufi cientl tly strong to gh eel aps’ vaihont 
support.—The La sey Leap op on the of the 
ricula was postp d till the n Eat, tg i will ake re 
TY, 
in the chair. Sir O. 
1842,— Brow 
Griffiths, were admitted ae: 
The 
E 
April 5th own, Esq., 
] es 
Kippi ted an associat 2. President anno _ 
the society that the ey had the pleasure of the company o} tg 
tin Loe pee Fre nch | botanists, MM. Ach, > energy de Senden 
A lett f Pri e Alb t, in 
ro prerge 
m the 
birth 4. a had = he ne of Crocus » vernus beer exhibited by 
Mr. a ower, which Pat fone ed in the vicinity of Hornsey 
Chur paper veral new verre of Spiders, 
with on account of | their habits, by John Blackwall, 
pep 
gitata), Monkey- ; also. the fruits of speci 
Pekea ae eo os 1S the various species of 
Banksia a bin and the frait of 
Malogash pote gene! a spadix of En 
ceph Ealartoe be borisen, Ot the woods there sections, 
‘verse and horizontal, of the Cork Oak (Ghevees Suber), of Casu- 
tee, suelo uisetif pees ney two centres of growth, 
tollen, and several 
NOTICES or adh PLANTS WHICH ARE EITHER 
BFUL | OR DR ORNAMENTAL 
VANDA CRISTATA. 
andria Fone Fe — 
sf 
and the 
of being on three-flowered Peduncles. Itis a 
" ~~ Soe we: sete valleys ee and 
lip yellow, othe tich purple 
and arrows ; a the point it is ated | into two acumi- 
Bot, Reg. 
pore, sen) ¥~ Mess - Loddig: Se 
It has flowers as large as those of A. coer rosy 
a crimson-berdered lip, sweet-scented = ve 
Selves auabiene elose head, and not a long loose 
Bot. Reg. 
Ecneve’Ria résEA. Rosy rege 8 (Hardy 
Crassulacere. 
Herbaceous 
rsmith, 
whose garden it pawns in April 1841. 
t ong guis 
with 
house plant, 
the same management as Crassulas and succulents of 
the leaves, os oe pr 
aa my ool the species of this a It tikes 
pt Bay yet or ss ma and should be grown 
imoteerens well-drained soil.~ 
a oe LONGIFLORA. Long-flowered Achimenes, (Greenh. 
Gesneraceve ey rene ne — No individual, 
vernmen' 
the comm peren: 
gal ers than the finest of the A cee og od hag 
, except pie = few months when it 
rest, this Achimenes 
& 
ing wild in the ravi 
spring along with haa h en! new Gesneraceous and 
een plants. edin very good ord 
time ounded with 
¥ as poss’ ble “y beateral chvenmetnagts 
Engiand, and were only enjoying that ‘od 
have had in their native country, being, 
ready to start into leaf and to Ww 
had re 
in 
© kinds, so 
e, but tinged 
The flowers 
the . 
be a plant of the easiest cultivation, flowerin 
tinuing co 
ng in August, andcon-: 
vered ev we ae violet flowers for three or tour months. 
seems = 0 free soil, and is more easily rg 
than em plant with, pare. h I am acquainted, In the s 
scaly balls described above ; _afterwards its aired stems will 
strike 
6 Into v bg 
+ a, ogee tal 4 } 
De SLFucK 
id at @iL Ur 7 
in a few days. ”—Bo “4 Re 
THUSA FILIFOR g Arbor Vitae. (Herds Bop 
Tree.) Coniferz. Ry et andria.—There is pap om 
+ ped oe rare > aap is the same as the pore ‘agured by M 
under the name of T. pendula; and ac ingly by al 
serene upon orem: plants the two ‘are rie rt Seana. : 
confess I do not participate in this opinion. — It appears that the 
fruit of T. pendula is four 
instead of four, with scarcely any mucro ; ; while in this there are 
ws four — aie and they have a mucro almost as 
long as sp selve Now a difference of this kind is too 
importan dis srarcely to be considered as 
ncaidental. é. therefore adopt Mr. Loddiges’ me of T. filiformis. 
tis ful tree, with long s ender weeping 
“Tbe finest plant i in England, or nen. acy is 
eee 
BE 
ood ear b 
me Kew plant is certainly the same a as the one in tee 
poe Botanic Garden, whichis there kept ina greenhouse dur- 
Fess 
Ing 
to be pret and slenderer than those of the one at Kew; but 
young ort struck from hayton go of each have no perceptible 
differen It is surprisi 
and particularly as vp plant strikes free 
of the tt two or three years old wood, if ta 
tum: mart and oo. peat patting + other Coniferze. —Bot. 
“CLETHRA bata IFOLI Clethra soleal Ouse 
Shru ae ee nite gree’ eenhouse shrub, 
we deliciously tr fragrant ‘flowers, inhabiting the neighbourhood 
a, in M Seo ae not hardier than rea, and re- 
t, growing freely if planted i in ss 
eaaiee’ the same 
It is easily increased eith 
garden soil siamese is rather — er by 
layers or se¢ds.— Bot 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
New Clover —Two new Clovers have been attracting 
attention in France, concerning w which we find some infor- 
mation by M. ilmori » in the Jardinier.” One 
is the Hybrid, ant the other the Elegant. legant 
Clover was for so ousidered identical with one 
called T. dum cultivated in Swe den ; be ae 
growi 
ead. the herbage is different; the 
Hybrid clover ae vaet and dark foliage, and that of the 
Elegant is _ = unequal ; the le ont! Aye? latter are 
also marked band “ike on Clover, 
which is not t Bape case with the Hybrid. pee a eset 
of the Hybrid i t in the mer, when it begins to 
shed its eka m, fens during the autumn, the root. throws | 
out fresh foliage, arranged like a rosette; but in the Ele- 
gant ~ sc this ee not occur ; it is the lateral branches 
The 
which rest on ound that supply the verdure. 
Hybrid Trefei also Naseer fifteen days earlier than a 
b hich however lasts the longest, and branc 
more; lastly, the former is taller, more beautiful, an 
com earlier ; but when the latter has arrived at pe 
fec ying more numerous stems well cove 
ours We = fe eg aa it will, when mown ght 
as the former. The Hybrid Trefoil has 
Rea 
fat ty used Wy M. de Kruus in the fe ee of 
arti 
te = Orebro yd sbeope en, and it has succeed 
well ; wn from 0 four fee cot high, and has 
eld ring about feats” irs often more than 
unds "othe niand (about an acre and a heaghly En- 
est). a Lackosts upwards o 
proba 
one day form valuable additions to our forage plants, as 
on land unsuit- 
tracted from 
or chalk, which they e 
ibus, twice or t Ay vs man 
fro 
and finding any in the soil, or in oe shape of mortar, 
which they often eat off the walls, would lay no eggs at 
all w will in the world. Lay to heart, a nd 
let me con in spring if the hens lay two, or two for one.” 
e Puvi 
BVO) © GT aon, AMGE 
than any other kind, and the great size which it often 
attains renders it remarkable ; it is cultivated for the 
market at Bourg and L and is much sought after in 
nce auty. “The. binies have very large 
mote eyes a ware gras Arti- 
choke than = Caen some plants they are not 
prickly, in Ades slightly ~ Some specimens have grown 
to an enormous size.— Bon Jardin 
Botanical News,—We learn that. M. Jaubert is occu- 
—- the publication o of his large pees oy of Orien 
ts, and that one n r of his ork has a 
M., Boissier, so we! his re tion of 
Iti Ms mentioned in letters from 
upon 
8 task, for 
Pr 
u 
duced 
nts of 
me, Conmnine up 
ber of new 
ein published 
among 
su ite are ne w, but 
as einen of P. ¢ 
has commenc pri 
of th 
Downing, has: 
rs de Jo 
Fg 3 
an 
arrived a fi 
of the cllections of Orch 
~~ is so rich, The former of 
suena Bs e publication 
Tsaiean amg and of t 
dela Sa 
unless decidedly shied a in 
ns. oh my re have been 
ee a is wa 
y Dr. Pise Gar 
hem P. tristis, longifolia, anaes ig arencssionn 
ed the 
og 8 a of Werimaltine, oe an Am 
a y 
Mes 
aie: ave cea left i 
w days since for the purpose of ex 
hidaceous plants i pang 
Vienna that Pannen Hees 
ies Plantarum, 
le 
prin, ng, W e fi 
it be grow, this can be done by separating ee g potting i. or ‘distinguished Webhek 9 has ‘i "highest qualifications. 
ofesso r Parlatore ha published 
ac ee ati 
on the Big: nonia fluviatilis of 
aoa of San Poplars hav: 
rtenzeitu 
Dr. 
a Dut oy translation of 
erican edition 
~ Gr 
r. 
= 
as 
ich Eng- * 
these distinguished botanists 
of Linden and Galeotti’s 
he Cuba Flora of M. Ramon 
Dahlie—The following list contains the names of 50 
Dahlias most de eo for — eir rag and eon of co- 
lours Wek hay taken new ages Bantry to old, 
the 
wteiler ating in the selec- 
tio on, ta arse in colour as po To 
make the list more perfect, the colours of each flower are 
added :— 
Andrew Hofer, Holmes, dark | Eclipse, Catleugh, vermilion 
n, 4 
Amato, Dandy’s, rosy purple. rosy purple. 
Bishop of Winchester, light pur- | Hope, Neville, 3 
aria, Wheeler, rose. 
Annot Lisle, Begbie, crimson, g of the Roses, Tho 
Burnham Hero, Church, puce. | Queen, Widnall, peach blossom. 
Conservative, Low, light rosy Lady Bang, oad Jackson, delicate 
Pp osy lilac. 
Climax, Jeffries, purple. 
Comeaeenes Widnall, light pur- 
Beybtian olin ez dark plum 
Li Begbie, purple. 
Ne mee ultra, arn maroon 
shaded with purple. 
| Pickw jak, Cormash. dine e purple. 
President of the West, paren 
Rou ms Noir, Ansell, aroon 
d light crimson. 
| _Springtield Rival, Lynes, crim. | 
Lad 
Nicholas Nickleby, 
shaded. 
Argo, Widnall 
De 
| Henri 
| Ur ade gs tee 9 yéllow edged, 
potent po Dodds, 
Lady Harland, Jeffries, bright 
lilac. 
y Middleton, lilac. 
salmon 
fiance, Cox, ye 
Bloomsbury, Pamplin |, buff. 
Duchess of 
Richmond, Fowler, 
ade 
egbie, y 
~ 8g 8. 
yellow. 
| zewishpan Rival, white. 
| Bridesmaid, Brown, white tip- 
ith 
eauty of the. Plain, Spary, 
white edged bg rh laveneer, 
| Maid of Bath, Davis, white laced 
na | Suffolk Hero, Girling, maroon. | with purple. 
| Victory, Knight, deep crimson. | Mary Dodds, white tipped with 
msbury, Lee, scarlet. " 
Eclipes Widnall, Phenomenon, W. white 
Scarlet re edged with rose 
Regina, Gregory, red 
pee bal ue oe 
south wall, where, 
the latter i 
arboretum met 
with "Malia aquif6li 
dwarf variety of Ch ema vaérium, which 
the profusion of Vioaseale which it p 
Hévea pungens is now 
80 lar 
Exguisite, sh, “white and 
Tournament, Catleugh, scarlet. lavender 
GARDEN MEMORANDA. | 
yr Turnham-green.—At 
am, Co- 
id Bérberis dulcis which 
e greenhou 
jas (one of which wauel 5,18 a toed “seodling), and boy 
ri 
large as those of H. Celsi, equal them 
with Pimelea spectabilis, and a new Acacia called cropbia eed 
ld species. In 
front of this hons 
‘Large speci 
splendens and Colimnea Schiediana are blooming — in oe 
e is a range of pits, in which Camellias are 
otected 
oe mats thrown 
them plants 
mens "a Euphorbia 
