THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[rosy 
a at Saeuacars Fee i OE 
om to amount to about 8007. An accoun t of anew fish, taken on the | Mr. Hindes, without any other indication than that of © = 
inductiv ive e evidence, and that ne iconty secogniced: and, as as ne coast of Cornwall, and nearly allied cathe genus Hemiranthus; was | It pose d thi a 
tical experience has not sor . € bene- commrinate y. Mr. Jonat sd ene The specimens taken EVE/RIA ACUTIFOLIA. Sharp-leaved  Echevé éria. icone 
is fi con that mo | out of well-directed Foner hg, but + the char r of fhe fish, Mr. Couch was gue apc Crassulaceze. Decandria Pentagynia.— Amon 
fit from the evidence sou Sy Gaal parts, he tra sts that no en- disposed to sewn 8 to ought to Santtitote anew genus. Part of : the novelties found by Mr. artweg duri @ short visit to 
when fully examin “it fs the lead members to | paper, by e, was rea ad, 0 n the Sea ‘Cocoa-nut, Lod oice axaca, in Mexico, was ae pretty plant, whose succulence and 
deayour will be wanting ok os ments which have a reference shia ndis & abundant tenacity of life enabled. its stems to reach Europe alive, When it 
inducesciensiinse: ci loc tieliesbbe t iculture; and that | on the Seche —. where it attainsa height of 7 feet. | was first peceret by Bhs, ‘Horticultural Society, it was mistaken 
to the yey prin ie . pressing upon such the neces- | The leaves ce pa ated and very large, oe petioles haandring Te E. gibbifiora; but u y different, 
they will cae at,is taught only by each experiment, and | fr uently 15 feet, and the lamina the same length, — sea and much ore ‘aidsome: Tt “differs: ‘from that species inthe 
- cntangte he experiments with existing theo room Mr. Rigg | being 10 or 12 ¥eet. The plants _ dicecions. The large: leaves being acute, greener, and more richly touche d wis Scarlet 
. old. erect c y 
a recapitulation ‘of reoean anes — cle, and they are ‘rich scarlet tinged with aioe ae The Bea 
with 
chemists ‘which have long enga 
he thin steer ove ve is the vegetable pro oduct made 2 by. — and 
in 
ene thts g more at vari 
riments, and arene re thera than the theory which s supposes 
erive 
o the of their 
bonic acid of the atimosphere, and ‘of their nitrogen fro onia. 
Mr; T. Smith, of Nova Scotia, inquire a om refereuce to Daniel’s 
manure: he — sed of ners 
BER 
sok 
mm whitey powerful manure, ir ae 
We have here large tracts in which the soil contains 
s0 much sulphate of iron, that “rit in ordinary quantities, has no 
sensible effect ; but, on such soils, oys aa -shells, coral-gravel, or 
old — have a perinanent g to the uantity 
carbonic acid gas which i eou 
substances, by the action upon 
is constantly pening Me a the sulphuret of iron i 
ae oan “eee eter 
Taree quantity of ‘lpate of potas 
rome ashes are v while 
t near the sea, is etd many crops very u Sietd in 
also be observ _ ome very high winds 
ver the land, to 
falls. arks the si 
mences to be useful, is elt that which, limits rege ve showers, 
may it not be that the salt prevents the eyp um from a a* 
—Mr. Miles, M tabular manu 
for the agriculturist, by John Robinson, M.B., lecture: 
on t istry and = . R. Barker 
comm ervations on abuse of lime 
ome © and 
hatha Teed land, by Mr. W. H. Pisher, of 18, Conduit-street, 
London. eauthor’s great object is to impress upon farm 
the importance of using quick lime, ll not lime which once had 
been ona but, ks delay in use and exposure to the atmosphere, 
has me ¢ + A ; and has absorbed from the air the carbonic 
© 
ing it direct from the kiln upon their 
inth : is Lome and in that een ploughing it in 
8 with the following r bors 
he lime 
Tine in. the 
baa Ai « ssa 
del towards its "exter. 
ve a some - 
to erpillar. ~ M: 
of Early tehes, grown at Bast Tisley, in Berkshire, “a 
yi William d. Williams, They were planted on the 26th of last 
Augus light red soil, 
They 
uy 
The sheep Kept on them the last fortnight refused the ps “ehiel 
is Leena compared with es), b cart-hors 
wae atisfied with pow i nice ce appetites as aber fed mori 
Sane we as remaining in th ere is sa spurious 
Vetch Hote emg for or variety, 
ment to who 
we Ws Cavisech transmitted the ‘allowin result of lo h. 
‘in green cro crops :—+When mene has teen aves 4, Clover eee 
layers tice Peas or Tares grown, or 
Wheat, in bee) ae of € August, by x there about, 
of Whi 
eae ‘ 
eeetes sinarae cahetkat found in 
foot dy 2 feet and @ 
entirely vepetaille matter, resuitin ay d 
rushes; both the peat and water ae 943 ly im regnat “2 
iron. Be ae first taken | the substance is a pre, eae ron 
expos p 
NNEAN soc! Lae e 
June 7, ds dpe Jigen of Norwich an 
Hooker w } elec te da fellow w. The yv 
liquidating 
he chair. Dr. Joseph 
olen air theweone for 
ICAL rete OF LONDON. 
June 3.—J. Gray, Esq., President, in the chair.—Mr. 
A. Hee exhibited living spe hrys te ni 
a 
| cimens of Op 
fera, Aceras anthropéphora, Orchis bifolia, Orchis ustulata, 
Paris quadrifolia, and other interesting aves from Reigate 
. T. Twining, jun., exhib G. 
presented a s 
Val angi erard presente ng Sra colée 
tion plan “a Sierra Leone, poe horees by Mrs. Bl 
yt 
The ies of the paper commenced at the last meeting, 
On = Flora of f the Malvern Hills, being a 
digenous to the chain, by E. Lees, Esq., wa 
The Author remarked that among the Hiepatice cener 
Anthéceros sane aoa an h e latter at the 
foot of ee ‘Sages on the Worcestershire Beac while there 
f Marchantia, Bop beagles 3 conte and hemi- 
spheerica. The ane ermanniz t in suc ch variety as = ag 
have been expected, seca aes “of yong especially Tam 
ciliaris are eoeaent upon the turf of the hills, r4 
he dwarf decrepit Haw- 
d age, creep almost 
. is apm 
ery rarely fruiting. *sungertannia 
as only occcurred 
ullet.’’ 
ga 
coal 
s Lichens they 
e of moist lea 
pen purple Parmélia omphalodes extends itself, co: d 
white pares of She re Re. physodes, the darker ee, ha 
dingy olivace: aa tk Bs cage Sead Sate ak 
mma serobictiata br the higher , the led C 
undance; while “ eecietaele oe cian ot is 
“s cl uding manne hed fhe , lesey iat coral- 
atin and the still pots corallin: zerophoron 
mpressum. The R inten: Lichen, Poiadénia ran gfe, is plen- 
tiful on the Turf, w ith i its allied species, andthe sadder — darker 
sme ech ; while in every paxt the brown os scarlet apothe- 
cia of ~ ness toes in all their Packapiagen varieties contri- 
bute tod cene. Inthe whole 
e paper ae 
with a list of Fungi found in this interestin be ity. i JaB 
p ponies Lepesant of Carex enentae! found at Chaaiton, 
near Manche announced tha h 
» been appointed urstor "ahd that eae Herbarium ‘wire be i 
spected every Monday, Wedne Friday, from 10 to4 
and on sien evenings from 7 to 10. . Also, that the first excur- 
ar it is 
; snatat the members of the Society wouldtake place on the 7th 
ts : 
-FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY 
Jenb 6.—-MrzEdgiondéin the ehsir. ‘The manner in which the 
two s succeeding exhibitions should be conducted, and the value of 
the prizes to r given at those menace as finally settled. It 
“was agreed that igi should be offered bo amateurs and 
professional florists, for Pinks, Pelargon iinad Raton neuluses, 
Koses, and Heartacase, at the Megas on the 21st of Jane; and 
that the extra prize, viz., a silver cup, of the value of 
offered by D. Sheares, Jun., Esq., sho ald be given for the best 
collection of 36 Fi TA "of ones, to be ire eN in sin =a 
blooms ; these, in all cases, to be distinct, and sp <a by 
anything but the fo liage of each variety. to the 
prizes offered by the ata at the exhibition eB ine prt of July 
for Carnations and Picotees, . was decided, that the silver cup, 
of the value of 5/. 5 58., presented by Dr. Lind le ey, should be awarded 
to the best ed it were a ist class 
re class prizes could’ 
warded, must be subsequently © whic for the “oF 3 
sane or NEW PLANTS WHICH ARE ee 
— OR DRNAME tina 
. Tail-leayed Jasmin: inacese. Dian- 
— Mono ar (Stove Climber A very eit scen iin | 
Jasmine, inhabiting se iy valleys of the Sylhet mountains, - 
whence it was introduced the Botanic re Sees = Itisa 
: = thy-1 at with d me leaves 
whic e tapered into very long narrow poin a a eh 
oug. Be stoke ts nave none of 
we i white masse: 
e 
requires the temperature of a where ft pi aad 
wers in great luxuriance. It is wal adapted either for planting 
out in nd border of ha mh and training er 
twinin und stakes mt The soil w Base seem 
itera of loam get d, rotten grow 
i. it is ee multi tiplied by taking off cuttings of 
La ang ing them in sand, and plunging the pots in 
Reg. 
AZA‘LEA ar EM The Highclere — 
Shrub). Ericacee. Decandria Monogynia.—Th seh 
c ting giotheu utmost beauty 
calbora 
ly by garden 
nicated to us by the Al of Carnarvon. “ tiga produced 
ari 
e crimson tints of A. i rabeseens "i 
_ _ of its isis flowers, deer cover the nti. 
sna very s' eitiog. We have 
rensis in pf Cmte. By of its origin.”’—Bot, 
Ornrradcatum DIVARICATUM. Stragglin Sta: 
Patt Farge the Sup Hexaéndria Mor esa : ee fr, Htased, 
onak ed ur r surveying ship, met with this 
t tec Pp 
whose garden mY 
covered coarse brown scales ; theleaves are y ery long, wa 
channelled, of a dull green , and being too weak to support 
own vale is erect, 
ee 
Socie 
It has large oblong bulbs, 
nt, requiring th e treatment as V 
Helénias, and growing freely in an an 
flowers | pews July to August, “But a single bulb wan Teedlien ale <i 
branches are oie straight, bg eee ear three or four fiowe: 
a corymbose manner vt the t. Reg: 
OncipiuM setalhaed po aon Oncidium. Epi 
phute. ) Onchidssetey § Vandes. Gyndnctia Meee aie — 
new species of Oncidiums this 0 g 
=H 
ese eran 
or the — 
eral appearance like those of C. ma fe 
circle 
on whatever side the umbel is regarded, it still — to on 
an . Messts. 
grinning faces 
Loddiges imported i it ‘from Sg 
Oncip ANUM, 
dria 
habit of O. 
dicer. Gy; nan. 
a. 
pami whic arly a It di 
arnished, as it were, and bears two large warts, one transy 
Bay: one longitudinal, place 
form of the win, 
m Guiana 
hnia. Otay, dacez. 
ceous order, im 
has something the a ey pig nt macrontichiia® 
flowers are green, except 
Re, oe, 
E’RIA ACUTIFOLIA. Aeute-t eaved E’ria. Orchidacez. 
n 
imported from 
deep green, very ag and | between 2 in. and 3 in. Jong; 
raceme is erect. 
white, with violet veins. 
e; 
The lip has a purple base, and a dall 
icle-flowering Eri Or rchidiece 
stove Epiphyte.) — Roctiteds 0! 
HAs 
Gynandria Monandria. 
plaut have flowered with Messrs. om i 
narr = ted leaves, and 
flowers slightly freckled with ene ne 
powder formed all alone 
tubercle, which occurs at the b 
VEA RACEM Sho Leguminose, 
Monadélphia Dec4ndria. (Greenhouse eared ‘his is a pre’ 
= , raised by R of Sunning H 
er angles, Esq., 
from Sw Capt. James. bet _It 
sa enrages’ wieaves, brown ee and short axi racemes 
of eae purple flowers.— 
GON -ROSEUS. 
Tetr: ohn a Monogynia. 
we shrub, raised oy Pont 
Capt. J. Mangl es, R.N 
anigiy divided into de. pone alors as pense 3-cleft or 
5-cleft, and amy -pointed. -The flowers nei rade 8 urple,, in 
age surrounded by the leaves at the e€ the branche’ 
eg. ‘ 
Cy’Tisus WELDE’NII. Welden’ ewer Leguminose, Mon- 
adélphia Decdndria. (Hardy Tree.)—This plant is no w ino 
in the Garden of the Horticultural Syed , and prove. 
eeaes Kane Me Scotch akin withstanding ie foliage, 
embles that spe ee ist ie scented, 
Se a four a nag an upright; sa drooping clus- 
from the mountains of shrubs hardy, and 
d Isopogon. Prolghere- 
(Gr ceo “Shrub. )—A han dso! cae 
ne angle 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Climate of Ladakh.—Frost, with snow and slee 
in Se eptember, and continues with ile in in- 
of } e 
this may bi 
whilst on the loftiest mountains snow 
oa 
even in June, a su 
uring 
occasionall 
mer months, the 
0 134°, a 
sown in the Sg intake 
~ on the 12th of Septe 
speedily aeapeneiea: by sco 
there is conséquently very little rein. 
in the country; yea fell but on ten ae a 
Uantities, be 
small q een the end of ri nd the i 
se 
upper sepal are purple, the lateral sepals are yellowish ce : 
ae ot . Rei eg. ; 
Orchi 7 
Bn gad Epiphyte. this re ae Sah plant has the — 
sin 
iffer: j 
pete much mace steno ot es “the form of. = lip, Ht is 3 
2s or the column is almost that of a “he 3 
knife-blade directed entering and ipped: with a lucid in: 
iges obtained it fro Bot, Re, F 
ofa ‘dirty q 
ve long 
sane 
the gucdle Bot. the i ma burying th \ 
ache P 
Bes 
