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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[Apri 93, 
‘ Sulphur” are hardier, but they are coarse, and do not 
boil tender. There is a circumstance, also, in the culti- 
vation of the tenderer white kinds which I t find 
use for; it is the comparative smallness and insignifi- 
cance of eads produced in the spring, from plants of 
@ and luxuriant growth in the preceding 
autumn.— 
The uth Nut- 
eh —In ere description of the 
present Bs race nie it does not migrate, but in winter ap- 
coaches nearer inhabited euniry “ay is sometimes seen in 
nd garden Now I have never seen it in m 
ve built in one 
an n 
connubial season, as the y draw 
selves and their 7 ‘4 from the insects and larve t 
infest our trees. 
PROCEEDINGS td SOCIETIES. 
LTUR 
ORTICU 
.—Sir O 
yrenck! Esq., and 
From ons, Rollisson there was a fine specimen of D 
macrophyllum, which, although h ondition as 
had been a ew days previously, was still very beautiful ; w ith i 
were Combretum macroplyllum, a climbing plant with cluster rs 
and Di we 
of bright crimson flowers, boo} ma produces freely, an eya 
Sabina. A Knightian m awarded for beg ndré- 
biuam e oe “Pince exhibited a “white 
Azalea, omegista, 
srs. Luco 
ed A. leuc a tainly a yee variety, 1 ‘postess. 
ing much the habit of a Tahodsdendion, e lea uch 
ert ose of 
han those the old A. Seer | me “flowers my Dechachaagers and 
produced in dens Giatet. Ther an early bloom of 
Rosa noah mee oa m the same n Plaats A Knightian medal 
awarded f e Azalea. Messrs. Veitch sent Manéttia 
or, w climber from the S. of Brazil, with 
beautiful scarlet tubular flowers, tipped wi oe enon and a spe 
cies - Epidendru A Banksian medal wi the Ma- 
Messrs. Young were a se heed ae of Ges- 
nera ; Azalea, with large light we flowers; a very 
eedling 
och ae caties Bladhia japonica, and —_ um religiosam—the 
: poy ea this plant has some resem! ge, 
the are gathered by the e Japanese to perfume their tem- 
é also used in many of their ceremonies. A 
M 
eulrateda A certificate phot: lege! given for cheese Strom Mri Sivers 
of forced geal c Perpetuals 
which are we founda fect tforee admitably and for Hf their fragrance ; 
the Se isa oo of 
erpetuals 
Torrida, brilliant c Celina, ritsent of coleainc 
Bernard, pink, Neautifel ral form Bourbon 
Grand, or Fabert’s, very large, gy Cup, brilliant rose, very 
it rose , perfect shape. 
Lodoiska, very large, = indie Courtier, rose, vareein 
‘Antindus, a purplish crim very double. 
, lilac rose. esgaches, pate a double, 
blus and finel sha 
mi light aha son, 
of the Cabbage Rose et de Flore, bright rose. 
Ee oe deep rose. Joisette. : 
equien, pale blush, very large. | Ne plus Ultra, cream h 
Billiard, brilliant rose. i very ragrant. es 
Rose du Roi be ee light _— Giese, white tinted with 
* Hybri id Chin 
Madame Plantier, pat white, 
Mots double, and perfect- 
aped, 
Bispusrats, bright. en 
Kleber, brilliant crimson purp. 
Beauté vive, a res per- 
Mansais, fawn colour and rose, 
large fect-shap 
very large. 
Lyonnais, ec ros 
atulieiie. Rivers for this collection. M 
‘quhibited a Conanthera, ime Mowe Se tthgge dull blue fat socal py 
- saa a ‘stand of of his sanding: called the Countess 
was aseedling He e, 
called Prince Albert. From the garden of the eons Share —_ a 
Surng-yoow Bowles erene want ich, 
rown 
= been known for some time, has seldom b ‘ which, chou |S 
areaar of evar otmg of that ibited were not so 
kage aww de atiful gions Bayer 
Sci =e 
g itn waitin Con aa whiteness of 
landia miniata, a haloes pled, Wek Hite ee 
and a dwarf Pr variety of red wax-like flowers 
and a dwarf variety of Chorozema varinm, covered with a pro. 
LINNEAN 
mage A 19. Pawar ee , Esq., in 
ham Edgworth was ected 
that ithe Soci weave eee 
Arch*bald Menzies, Esq. 3 ho 5.0 
the chair. Res M. Paken 
Secre ann 
7 owe ry announced 
estwood bited a col- 
Netherlands,” the first part of which was printed in the first part 
of bin second volume of the Society’s Journal last year, and has 
y been translated into German inserted by Professor 
Sprengel in his Monthl urn: culture, published at 
Coslin, in Prussia. n 
d 
mas d ; ‘the aed of rain which falis 
oem! i bes sew snow Neti 
mstances 
ae 
he mye of pia cagbine: 9 ee and 
the seed i in uspring. Pe yard ofthe haat aac J venzi? of the 2 soil 
with an account of s modes adopted 
fo Sm amelioration and i 
ab Routt segpaile sie author aseri ibin 
in the poor, sa 
classes - Sherali, st, 
the anical texture by ms judiciou me! nei 
he diff hs com g th 
hi and aes enetration af aa. roots rn plants, an and 
the draina age 0 fi , secondly, to their im- 
pregnation mth Mieuid and co 
aes 
admaixture fs) 
of ste 
the soil in that of E 
id Flemish it plough ‘oe lights 
(for the stiffer soils) 
ways between rows of 
for dbs ie soil (for covering the seed and finishing the pul- 
bi sation of the soil) ; ‘the at wooden traineau, loade with 
‘ones, and dr sin ween (for levelling the surface of light 
coils without compressin m, breaking the clods mo ee 
than the a ro <M gt pene hurdle (for the e 
Pa se); the mollebart (or shovel, for levelling newly “trenche 
jJand); the H cutting co innowing 
imilar to those use 
ni farms not oan 
much capi In econd part, in con- 
the aathor sieoeeds to! give most tachoat, 
sao bjects —— with Flemish 
crops a agent eed in 
the dairie e 
the rev eolsatios dog-wheels, or 
ruts uke that of the common pump- -handle) ; 
e of its ts preservation in 
an 
of 
horse-power, 
an labour to a 
to 
Th 
near psi ap consisting of little m 
e following rotation a begs adhered. rages 
le. The itirely arable, and divided 
farm 
into six portions: No. 1, half i Flax, a nd half in Colsa; No. 2, 
Wheat; No.3, Ryeand Turnips ; No, 4, Oats (five-sixths of which 
with Clover-seed, one-sixth left for Potatoes and Carrots) ; No.5, 
Clover and roots ; No. 6, two-thirds Wheat, — one- third Beans. 
This rotation, the author bayre star 1 could not continu ed lon Dg 
if the manure we bs 
ow once in twelve 
pbc areas and seems Re 
an 
e year: Wheat peatly every hina year; Rye, 
png we ix years ; ar once in six years ; 
Potatoes and Carrots only in very s ies, the soil 
bein s a perience ors ed to the farmer, that 
ery deviation of any consequence from this course diminished 
is profit. The land was a tly manured, and the 
ows, in the author’s aninions that 
rae henge 
tageo 
be devi: 
es page in rich bales “chat 
third year, while Clov 
st nbs 
town, hich with the sv sw Steers gs of th 
formed a very per geace addition to the manure mad 
surprise the English i aan the 
ried that on séch a farm 30 milch cows and 
and that two paddocks, of a few acres’ 
ercise in, about two hours each 
very p 
and the constant and i sbondaste use of water the bright palish 
This coll 
th © of its local nok cllaseaialt 
the ‘splendid collections that ie —— re 
ety fro: Bono t and the 
P 
which he pro osed t 
had brought it bah Indi P. PG cna ed Sel Seon 
scotica, gathered at Wi near Caithness, were exhibited by 
ose son, Esq. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIE 
Aprii 13th.—The Duke of Richmond, KG. in ‘the hate 
‘lof Somers 4 elected a gov erin and 36 gentlem mn members. 
—The Rev, Wek oo pone M.A., vicar of Winfield, Taid before the 
council the sec md part of his paper “On the Agriculture of the 
iy 
of the utensils, Rae cht bea is any metal—and the 
of the wood of th 
angat t 
of the 
Gyles adh ub teotan onda 1 be a great xeon! 
poee aieetbe round os omit d is ae substitute has 
front; thd We ‘a oved by the eer wen his | Lage ashe wishes e 
direct the course to the one oer 7a 
pers ‘omed to the use bse: sale ete i 
able to drive a Tan re 
ng 
m, which requires great “rh 
steer it, while ver would be rs great a ew ’ - 
off by the oscillations of his waggon, per sg h frequently runs off 
the dyke, and is overturned. into the ditch on one eos or the 
other, the horsés hating no S oe to keep it straight when the 
crooked pole has not a steady foot to guide the front ° Whee 
The Dutchmen always make their horses trot in the wager 
when not heavily aeoteds aie which ng time is orm 3 ha 
larve est ; sb DE } 
Ss. 
making’ an _the hors e d to 
ms trot like when the ana Fos Pp * 
a it.— we gr os tea Secretary to the ROVA) ” Agricultar al Im. 
subject of the annual country m e hela 
this year at Cork, expressed a to that they should receive 
assistance from the persons eeeehiniea at Bristol. The fol. 
lowing presents to the society were submitted to the council : 
1, A collection of 217 soils — i : 
tipl thoutf 
ith cies for shin tas by the fractions of 
depth, ne ahi aonte of cylindri ie ney presented by T. 
N. Parker, Eeavi of Sweeney Hall.— self-adjusting lek 
silver level, for pak age hind rvonae ‘tirigation oun p ke. 
This level consists of quicksilver freely coming to a ley me 
curved 0 — sr ey po essel; floats of ivory of dana height 
si xo two surfaces of the quicksilver, accommodating 
position of the vessel to the same level as 
ac a h e box 
is ived by the nezzles in w e floats $ move up and 
do nd by means of sag a chelosed w ithin the aan pea 
as bd th rely. within it, even i : 
side down. When he eee iin ne of 
pe is taken by tie “baked eye, by pHingiie the summits ved ho 
—— ow aright line with the distant object of vision: presented 
. Parker, Esq. .. of Sweeney Hall.—A catalogue of the 
Nuscum of the Highland and Horicultural Society of Scotland.— 
(8) 
o 
rid 
of England, to February last; and the ee of the Agri. 
cultural ceneet ~“ ee for. the previous year, from whic fe a 
—‘* Mr. evened Deputy Prensa at 
ultural 
procure him a 
in his hands the pase and s for this purc 
of that society had agape taken the necessary m 
5 eee a Cavite, a tee bos 
r. Ton 
agricultural in i 
ee pt the egvizedtuiiat and Foterding his i a in a greater 
degree, than the time, labour, and expense a ttending the treading 
Pp roces: S, whi ch, for “ge Rubbee harvest ponte occupied both men 
o fift da 
him from paying his rents 
ale tides lines pale might hago rey e pointed outin the 
perereen system, but besides that t - culturist and 
far s too poor to allow his grain and the 
d to be paid cease fone pie the crops are 
al, or pap 
irrigating, 
he same 
adding, 
we presee that a Hate =e opera- 
Lilli ng the promise 
ti 
must prove ; 
Hs his own ‘coun’ 
Sci 
d be the means of its general i intr 
the mabe landholders, and that it See Re fail in due course to 
e. 
4 
ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Pi 20.—The first Flower Show of the above Society was held 
e Horns Tavern, Kennington. The fo g is the result 
of ne ont which was very numerously attended ; and many 
of the plants exhibited were in high perfection. The Royal Ade- 
laide Cup was to Mr. Atlee, for the best | collection of 
miscellaneous plants. The Silver Cup, given by Messrs. Dickson, 
for the four be: ulas, Viz., green, 1 ey, wehesenet . 4 
coloured, was by J. Chapman, Esq., with re Glory, 
pig in Champion, Conqueror C ee and Pot 
r. Lid 
nae ’s Duke © 
wa op li “pre 
Mr. Gaines. 
i mee: Mr. Janenons “od be 
png 24 Heartsease ye silver, Mr. Th A Pp 
wee —~Best s uricula, small silve: 
ij te Ba Best heeding Polyantis, 
Willmer wes art paste thir 
yard best 12 ditto, dissimilar, mall nes r. - 
specimen stank middle arleg rine ele 
best ditto, small silver, Erica aristata ma or, NW 
four sorts o = Vegetables iste England, sn 
m. 
ya Esq. : ‘he 
Lascelles, Oliver’s Lovely Anh, Hughes's 8 Pi 
Duchess of Oldenburg, Cinque or of Europe, Page’s 
Lancashire Hero, bore: cig! s Duke of Wellington, 
Diékson’s Earl Stanhope 11 Mr. 
the Victoria possatien ss 
first, for the best four Auriculas 
the second, for the best pair of ditto, 
culas were much finer than could fo 
Continded: ee a weather ; 
lants Ww be 
some enbaodingty ee blooms. Mr 
seedling Rhododendrons, varying from deli 
a ba Mr, Phe df also sent a eae 
erdrias. From Cuthill wer 
on are Gaines, collection 
AEE 
vegetables, 
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