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GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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lock, as i as it were, for the use of the crop, that quantity pitas it con- 
ther constituents. inquiry, 
tains prolly ortho pat amt bathe his part of the existence of 
a 
A few simple and easy 
ortion of this pe 
ad for 
w 
Suppose the subsoil of a single 
jepth oA : foot, to weigh 1,000 t tin : rhe 
ai one-thousandth part of phosphate of lime, 
s th an a ton | of this substance might bn a - 
b 
y the ac 
pe fr of 
the sab clachenits; or ihe ‘chemical means. Now one ton of phosphate of time 
would be ade 0% Ae supply a5 Ses ~ Wheat, or 680 — of Tur- 
j reckon the average crop obtai ned from an acre of 
it is evidingk that 
e of lim 
S 
+s oh sy te Gt 
‘that mentioned, Th t ite a 
+in the phosphate’ there is reason to believe the falvoll ee in 
e made, by pokin mene sre to im sig gi what 
was wanting. It is now so the distov y Mr 
Buckland, in the lias and other yoo thom ~<a of the solid reves of 
riew of 
mene re sult was, that Fribuked of lime in minute quanti 
matter, bree 
indeed, we Sasi that the shells of favertebeat animals contai 
from three to six per cent. peeks of ey and that, abelian 
to Mr. Connel, hes scales of"extinct fish, fro cks as 
the coal fo MW seeder: no less than 50, per cent. of the same 
ingredient, it ‘ wuld be emg: eee if all — of this sub- 
stance had disa aited t anpeer read hot is made 
up, in a great deze A the ‘ibn of bee other uvise, 
Dr waben as, urprised at being informed, by 
M. Schweitzer, with the } management of the G er- 
pa Brigh } 
substance are present not uncommonly in that 
quent occurrence of prety a5 of jipe in cal. 
e pro age of the ving of its het sone ved from 
make up the animal Pere: 
ying i it. To determine the 
Doctor had ay plied 7 (te 5 about 30 ifferent rociegg of Tine. 
shad bet a set ¥ hilst the ves 
ted 
cy darkened by the aidigen of 
resence of organic matter in 
atter: ofc some agricultural in- 
quantities of pizesen, which 
é es that first start up in 
fala ke of 
have been 
atthe 
PP t 
uires. .To the geologist, too, it can, 
‘not but be of interest to trace the sereral steps by which ae organic 
rily m ted so large 
here prima 
ie various extin 
matter, w 
the bulk o 
st have constitut a portion of 
act ani imals and vegies Be oars ae: 
r. WEB LL 
wished, as a qu uestion . of ‘practical interest, ve atl ct a th 
Doctor’ Sinai wore DY  geoyaog: the mode in which snlesreuns 
cases 
: ee con be 
of great ni ata Still, it was useful to cnet Pan what the first 
veg cr] the nitrogen they required, 
HORT ee ioe. bestia ght 
sas SEED at the Garden, ntiness of such 
flowers as alone be brought to nh seathations | is invariably ex- 
perienced in in. the present month, and the July show is, therefore 
never so brilliant no: so well attended as the two preceding 
this occasion, the conditions were not altered; and the day 
being both dull and rainy, Sex number of vis w 
limited. The lawns had reco verything in 
ad 3 us appearance than in June} ; 
the grass ely the f Soumency. of the acai ren- 
n the the 
in 
Brachycome ine, Le Lobelia hetero 
—_ a very showy eff 
oa arma uot the tak tiles “ret a oa 
\ "it must be understood that only the 
ee, of, cog? specimen 
in some of 
| mum ail eapab 
And while: 
ra, OF 
2 ive m management in which these aliar tri 
are ay in conditions wares bak: ; ctive ol 
ars wth, ith . ory ik pee suitable. 'T, 
coupe ted, t t merely with their na - 
ities, Aha ‘with, ae: whieh the¥ evince eng ificial 
: cultivator ; pat be thus be to give 
ogach.its-prdp a Bes nd though it may hardly be found 
practicable to efféct. shis last in one house ; pits, stoves, or ey: 
eenh : 
sides, 
varie ay of treatment may be Fania under one roof, by making use 
of a few rv tukin Aer OREN of re oe 
moistw O less 
- ceptacles, admit of apphicatie "is a very 
of deg ree, in ea sanie struct tuye. Plants re 
over r a.ciste i will E ae sture; anda _ 
shading will tend to retain that moisture about them, as we 
keep the ompcot ler. The 2 ags ain, that are aimost Srp shang 
as any oir of water, will be hot er and drie 
agen ana) 5 Aig with the growing stage in Their native 
Pais ay the other wit mi their resting ~eriod. erica vem too, ca 
be readily ad apted ta the wants of individual plants. Some specie 
buxuriate i In 4 pre acre there is a constant current rat air Stig 
rature, cade and atmospheric 
with 
summer, and many will no inflicti Pe set the 
former near the € pla ce where the air enters, and the a distance 
from it, l have an y ‘difficulty i in per iicnoing: 
But beyond the changes of treatment bait egal to different s Aina 
will 
one point, which is too much disregzrded, may be held indisput- 
able. It is that numbers of Orchidace yas ‘plants are grown in too 
hot and humid a Mae to anifest injury. That 
many exotic shrubs, which m their first introduc- 
tion in a higher ree Debra than t , suffered materially 
from big re is aged acknowle diced; and it is alike admitted 
"The applicati 5 
that a Picaiderable proportion oF them also wo ae a 
mensely benefited by being rendered bewkyof pad “Experiment has 
in not a few cases, demons ecrat ted the h of t tatement. 
were out of place to enter here apie she wetails or cultivating 
Orchidaceze. We wish br bo to indicate the point at which 
cultivators have arrived, as shown by the specimens | produc ed on Sa- 
turda’ Still, e men- 
tioned, and among these is the suspension ‘of the slants from the 
roofs of the hothouse. The natural situation of the ae, al kinds, 
hanging, as they do, around the stems and branches of trees, seems 
to direct a preference o ad given to the mode of suspending all that 
can be conveniently so eared, because bree blossoms can te one 
better seen when orks te a : vel with the eye, than wh in they 
have to be looked down bry a gen rad uggestion, the peared 
scent species, or oe e having fips st tes gi = psendo-bulbs, 
are best suite e bi hanging up in baskets, unless they grow to too 
great a size. e pseudo-bulbous species, too, should be 
whe ym fen tobe which have pendulous flower-scapes,” 
such 
d Gongoras of Saturday’s exhibition; and 
where Ste a eat dimensions to be hung up with safety, 
they ought to ‘ba yeahs on posts or sescatale paiay! which their 
blos ssoms smi ght hang down. _Another feature that should ist these | 
I — 
are on tha stem of a caulescent plant, or on the ascending rhiz of 
a pseudo-bulbous one, and are copious, fowing, and eicapictiodia, thay 
impart an epiphytal c eer ono? Which should be sustained by sus- 
pension. But wh en the e spec es has s diminutive roots, that penetrate 
e soil 
desirable, it it will be proper to eine its more terrestrial aspect b 
keeping it on a stage. For all suspended plants, baskets of woo 
wire, shells, or other material, ty roth wooden logs, are the mo: ost 
appropriate. The baskets should be as open as Lappe to secure 
good drainage, and likewise, as with Stanhopeas, to allow the de- 
scending flower- re to issue fr rom them witho at i in terruption. 
~ 
suspended, ‘but are too large for ad 3 and fo for. be! singe that ma: 
require much water. much more cer- 
tainly than through ‘ote “ie they 1 hive 1 a Tbe ‘chinractaristic ap- 
pearance when dened — be aptly substituted, The sod pe Le 
O gg as sometimes need support. Thi 4 ahohld no 
he save where eotaaelir necessary ; J eg “noth looks sect 
gtitefar than flexible shoots oan De in the 
kk oved 
are not 
ing to thei: 
pei but twined neatly over a yee or coll ecte ad by ae othe 
aratively small pe pilgacc of from 2 2it. o 3 t. high. Exa 
these pla ibiti d 
: pat 
refinement of taste ie needed to say Beata was the most agri 
long, a foot oF oo 
Branahsps: ciao ‘ se Colne ve cenirifcti, st Epidendrum iono 
le of supporting fesse tached to oF 
we willingly believe age these, in most of t 
Dod anilty, Ls amis Ie packing t oan rae, the 
re at night, and the manner in which t 
detract fr the 
Beant ty of the plan osetia: 
hey 
ts, would strongly enjoin their avoidance. 
The Gelidaoenns plant which united novelty, loveliness, and su- 
oe gs ttc in the last Number of this Pa It was sent 
wster, gr. to Mrs. Wray, of telesiin = had oem 
Che pare of flowers, paper: nearing about he 49 
chanting blossoms, The $ growing in ig Ei 
and had evidently been ke apt i Comparatively ary § and onl house, 
As a model of perfect “cultivation, there was a fine v: =A erides 
odoratum, from Mr. ys m, Bg ke! s ey Ruc ker, E sq. ffs s- 
worth, Surrey. The e de nd fragrance of the iste 
sual, The 
Eseade and intense reidere ag the general lux- 
riance of the specimen, much noticed. For ener 
of colour, oe an select the. Cattleya tsi exhibited by Mr, 
Goode, Mrs. Lawrence, Fae: ing Park. The species ree 
pecan ~ <thas and blooms like ize, with similar gsr ei i 
Harrisonize 
hich are, however, of a pera tare olay or violaceous crim: 
hue, bi = EP pei, paler. It had tw 
mber of six blosso ot a 
The rare Angreecum caudatum, ‘ngalar Teng for 
th 3... £t4 1 rs 
of ‘appendage A tail, was om 
ce swell-flowered, by M 
to S, Rucker, Esq. A char cies of Aerides Tike af “9 with 
lossoms in which various shaesot pink a white, with a a few spot- 
tings, are happily blended, 2 by Mes: isson, 
pet 
one of the | seudo- 
which. fer thels 
y He me ~ ieee: "of ing dn howe pulchellu um, T 
Saget Loh of - beautiful yee ish white tint, with a 
the lip. flower-spikes are ~— nid 
at, < the sia are preston clos only together at their 
LS 
appeara: s. Rollisson, of Tooting vent Celenths 
Masuca, a novel perio. fon the North of India with very rich 
purplish flowers, which change their hue toa di 
yellow flowers, which are ui by 
aw! Mowers, are no means nin 
some splen sot a ereconsutedy and ey ed the tent 
ous odour. S. ti as brought by Mr. Mylam, gr. 
of the tag et a in the flowers, 
of the animal 
S. oc) w bomen 
Hades Ss migaee aromatic fume ; and a 
> With tinct. and spottings, 
were further brought by Mr. oe Messrs. 
Rollisson sent a variety of S. Wardii, called pallida, with peculiarly 
light- Pee. picescane, destitute of marks, except at the base of the 
lip, which is of a deep yellowish brown. They had, besides, a yery 
handsome variety of S. o a _ —— 
much larger, darker, and clearer es those in a pe « 
bore was too, a vg dark variety of 8. ocw pecies, 
Messrs, Ro 
"rom 
species of Brasiad 
O4'-te: ate ar. aa ordina: vibe + ae coloured ground: 
seals said etal are narrow, short, with dark blotches, and the lip; 
es arse, ve week, Bra isti soy 
able by th rt-like 
ida Mr. Mylan; ia to Ss. Rucker, 
specious variety of Oncidium pubes, 
er ~A "y was | 
» Was 
rt +» who further vests 
‘The flowers are halt as | “te - 
din 
bine the ‘most brilliant yellow and brown colours: “A ood — 
It is roe of the most pleasing of 
specie 
white aah in the middle of their labellum. 
judiciously trained ea a — flat trellis. 
. W. Norman, Esq., miley, was a _ 
tremely well-grown et tonia sanguir 
of its rich tr cod emery blossoms ; ; 
cidium Lancean oa 
‘the _yellow 
uted 
aes teller stém Was 
From Mr. Barnes, 
vad 
Oncidium altssim 5 oe ef, ; gh he 
great a height; Oncidium luri t. in height, and the o 
having a better ‘effect than the last, because the “flow Ss Wer a ake 
Calan + * 
Koddiges, ina “a pariclany gear c Shimon and one me 
libera’ the nge Coryanthes macrantha, which, but its 
Dadaet t variegation might be comumhede some part of pier 
skeleto eeselivee4 with the name of aurea, which solitary 
yellow sepals, pale smal “a and a striped lip; with 
ae "Gelighttal Tittle. Burlingtonia yenusta, bearing two racem 
teen rh reoncd pinkish bf blossoms, w which owin 
the f the elip. It is s popularly distinguishable from B. “candida 
f The 
edllettion Narbiahied ‘by Mr. Goode, gr. to Mrs. Law wrence, Ealin ng 
Park, included Chysis aurea in . beings state, which is rarely w 
nemandy a singularly rich spec of Cyenoches Loddigesii, the 
flowering pacuio- “lb or stem of ‘which was growing out of that of 
the pre d throwing its roots around ss latter, without 
any boveriag pechaletth yp? 273 very strong, gorgeously tinted, 
. i gope efalum Arsenite ex poorly 
with another in a 
equity i large i in all their parts, besides being finely in flower. That 
in the basket must have had an admirable effect when suspended, 
bperary and dro: 
ryatt Wimbledon, 
for the fine 
An exhibition from Mr. Redding, gr. to Mrs. 
was pee he Aud Zygopetalum mgs tiahe, val ve 
blue frill aracter of = bata! a Teas 
which the aden continue open ; eh 
mottled with Bent Lg teks on ite genes Ma ial, 
crimson lip ; aloifo iets another of 
the plants ‘hich Teun ied! suspen in order chibi its pendent 
racemes of lively flowers; a iilant, ietween 4 and 8 ft. in nm eight, of 
neidium fiexuosum, nee th an abundance of pire and flowering 
most prodigally ; rum variegatum, the flowers of which are 
te with small Pes pee on a dull cream- éohdtived ground; a 
ariety of On Arar ampliatum, with enormous pseudo-bulbs, anda 
7 warf thic wer-stem, well laden with bright yellow blossoms; 
and the Mexia arouyatics, famous for the prefatot of its showy 
and the rich pris which age & oe ier hitgs BS 
atm compet fe: teeth them Mylam, fe Bi, 
noticed 
and ult On- 
a ea aneatibn 8 of the flowers of whic 
he space devote 
coloured bicsaie' dlose to the} eh Ie bul $s; with a vari ‘et, aius 
albus which Mor s or marks i i the lip, but has Oe ae: 
pure white fi week. othe moches c chilum was shown 
Appleby, gr. a T. Brocklehurst, Esq. wi only one sald wre 
with ; 
or highly 8 ap he Aes a bid in by no means a flourish- 
ing 0 se Mr. 
het 
which, “el toes iitoisiig ‘a hiooka fo {or several months, Ww 
by be Ts. sina ‘on ; the bene on Me or of the mdelea is yellow 
wn CO) 
e in point of exe ellence. 
were not thinly interspersed wi 
e whole, a favourable opinion must be pron 
We observed that, by by he oF ono pe ean: * during the day, some 
tivators had managed to pre Ye, ~ verfection, plants 
that reo 7 the former aw. ri ss would com ean 
e to t ioe i 8 of those ano ts “: opt it for 
think it a pity he same specimen 3 ere ia be shown 
eaths th brought 
ord . 
ed, in June ae the told of them fully 
withering appearances 
met in Foor aM Long ba 
n of the sam 
Perhaps th ba resent bie Erica cea, 
Lucombe, Pince, and hese The s specimen w' as about 2ft- 
high, and 4 ft. rigid the entire ‘apes 
with large heads of handsome white blossoms. 
tended aig bry sides of the 
ae very the 
wai thd: ihe! 
y . 
wes ent specimens of culture. ‘The E. a 
from Mr. Jackson, of Ki a was 3ft. in breadth, 
and extremely beautiful. E. Irbyana, which is well 
lifficult one to man: raed , Was sent, nearly 3 ft. in n ei and Highs ag 
tionately bushy, sn r. Dawson, of Brixton, Surre 
E. Massonii ame i individuol, ¢ the plant 
of howtos we 
‘ot 7in. Tong ak 
‘ Ried oe raps Kea contributed dh Mr. Bru 
Say ct “1:4 
owers prevents them from. 
shape ot numbers, ied the lu: 
ridin «ies b M C ‘of Chelsea. It was 
isin, b high, and wag rough by Me + ee Mr. Mays 
% 
an immense iid rh ; 
