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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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a ARE RN Ae NI: com RN! oe i ERAN ER > iti et anne pee A 
Murray, Marquess of Lansdowne, Duchess of Richmond, Dodd's 
Prince of Wales, Widnall’s Eclipse, Amato, Hudson’s Princess 
Royal, Springfield Purple, Rival Sussex, Widaall’s Osea An- 
drew Hofer, Ne. Plus Ultra, y Middleton, Mr. Bro of 
Slough ; 2, Mr. Wi ,» of Cambridge; 3, Mr, wart, 
of Salthill; 4, Pamplin’'s Bloomsbury, Lady Cooper, Gir- 
g’s Prince of hina Dodd’. BE shoves of Wales, Burnh 
ero,  Girling’s boy, > dam’ 
Presi. 
h, 
ero que, Ne Plus 
bifice Ht bd tuner? und. eta NG 
GROWING | 
<0, Wil ill Watch, 
e Per rfection, ‘Cyclops, Mr. 
ope, e, Rival Sussex, es aba Lewis- 
P nee eld d Rival, Pheno- 
Andrew Hofer » Mr. 
35 is Darling, Ne plus altrdi, Penel ope, 
Pembroke, Sir J. Astley, bee Sa 
sag Sw 5 anee Queen gee pice rten he oe by, whit “ 
st dark, Ess ox Prec 
Scarlet, Catlengi’s Eclipse, Eudged, Pilticelé Royal, 
Mr, Bro Rose, Widnall’s Green Mr. Brown. White 
Whites, Mr. Smith 
pla Mina showing as ‘he best 
As atest of its deaaehian: er blooms were exhi- 
bited in the room, uniforml od. 
ties we may add, tha! petals are finely fo 
stance, and wellarr: . Thecolouris of the. deepest 
roon, and being very uniform Loreen O gives great ‘grandeur 
to the appearance of the flower, Virgil i? (Mountjoy). Rr es 
crimso re: reinteyeds’ f considerable de ‘and fine 
with -and jen The 
ellarranged. 2 S35. 
general : mo: f -8 he 
upright petals. « pars snytc ated good 
but eye aery is rather 
n ell.)—A fall sized a Bower ) 
yb flat? the 
t 
4. Empress of the a ta ag Sy of ‘sorkesy.)— ~The he. 
t were infer exhibited at Salthill 
cua a eee of the Dati 
po dep psa: 
fo: d, of a medium 
c a 
DLI 
four received 2d- Class prizes, ae a of 
bright a) Aurantia (Sparry), a dull ofan 
3, Cheltenham Queen (Hodge 8) y-W ite. —4.. Washing 
purple. ibi 
forth Midland 
. Triumph, decided to be bets bod (yer) Fi Crimson 
ction (Parsons)’; ; Emma (Bushel erfection 
Perfe 
pos sod — de Paris (Drain); Siri Chester yitisy Inthe 
even ting t ook place, Mr. Wil chair—when 
aceat of t “the rs at eg = Pte tion oa 
amount of their prizes. Mr. Bragg, of Slough, 
prize of a guirieas, offered by Mr. pie saan tort the "best wi white 
Dahlia, announced his intention of offering the 
wards a eepstakes forthe best wh Dahii a of 184 mn ee mos 
years, A Be e shown in ge bs Sie thilowing exhibitions The 
ee teiipetes 8 Basie iety, the London, and Salt Hill. 
kney, 
Smith — per f Hornsey, likewise gave Ga 
guineas each, making he prize ineas ; entries 
2s. 6d. fesse oa form a second alors Six blooms of a seedling 
Dahlia of 1841, named Mrs 
angem is, good ; eye good; depth full ; sos 
median § , general form perks colour white, poss tipped ; 
class of quality first- ~rate. 
COUNTRY SHOWS. 
Royal Caledonian Borsiceltsral u Socielis Sept. 1.—The display 
of plants and fio extensive, pre- 
miums being oe ees ro ameniiena and Hollyhocks ; but 
duced were remarkably. good. _ For 612 
Carnations, Flakes es and Bizarres, the highest prize Loughe 
to Mr. D. Foulis, gr. to Alex. Blair, Esq., being Ely’s Col. Wain- 
an, Mrs. Ely, Volunteer, Queen of Roses, Admiral Napier, Dnke 
of Bedford, Fair Flor: ate ’s William. the Fourth, 
Son, Sirs H, 3 f Devonshire, 
wright’s Rainbow, A 2d -was.voted to Mr. Pi Thomsons.&t-s 
Craigiehally.for. a« g -of Hercules, pi 
‘or r eek nf »Queen: of Roses, _ Granger, Bir. 
ingh : yawns § rl 
— Mr. Foulis, the varieti 
Grace Darling, Fietcher's 8 
. again for 
being Annalby’s ‘Lora Norbury, 2 siy's 
s Mrs, Horner, 
berry, of good quality, and remarkable for lateness (a desirable 
property in a pes § like the present), were sent by Mr. 
Somerville, gr. at Kippenross, 
Wingham Herhiceiieret and Floral Raciela, Sept. aiier 
Although the weather was not aoeey wet, 
cag ey inviting to ier » lar; 
this 
suffi- 
“Exhibiti tion; nor the dis 
ave been ‘accustomed to see. 
BEstT 
an 
—D, KSCOMBS—Mrs. Gregory. Awn- 
a Marty co probéscida, ‘Didiscus carrileus, aaeos Dram- 
mond, ae 5 Sankey. Per .S—Linaria dal 
nden Daurias, best 6— 
. Fr riage i "Wales, ‘Aaiiradte, HENS» es 
Dudley Stuart, Beauty of the Plain, R 
Bist ATOR Re » Egy ptian Pr 
Hope, A . C. Ba 
wish 
or Boy — Pamplin’s Bloomsbury, 
Heyiae Edged Be ky ite erg ps non, Rev. C, Bayla 
Dahlia of any colour—Admirab] v.J.G. Ho 
—Mr 
um 
coccine 
N — Phlox 
gentianoides, P. réseum 
Mere ggy a, Lobelia fulgens 
s, Stachys 
— 
eh 
J 
ol al 
> 
a 
2. 
n 
SR ABAY EST PE 
rs 
Le 
a, Pen mpanulat 
Senclandig, ielone: Tritonia, Lindi 
Chrysocoma lynosyris, Gaillardia 
ARES OR. Mr i a ean akee otk ambi Py fs ue ‘LORAL DEVICE 
. Branford. BouvqureT‘or TeaNpDER riow coroes God. 
UQUET. OF Harpy FLowers—J, Plumptre, 
ir % W. Bridges, faves (netted 
een) Lad ‘ple, from the open air, 
here Cluster, Mr. Coo; Sw eetwater, Mr. J. Elgar; 
Best Purple, oan th re heat i Gt Peter), J. P. Plumptre , Esq. 
Whit andria), Sir B. att Bridg ges 
M.P. 3” (Mase: 
rt.; Bes: Pistols grow gnc ere lass without fire (Blac 
argh), J. P. Piumptre, Esq_, 3; White ee Cwhite Nice, J J. 
Godfrey, E sT CoLLEcT TION oF Pes—Fronti nan, 
Black jifontignan, Sweetwater, Hampton Court, Claret, ite 
Nice.. lack Han mbar gh, thio Muscadine, J. Godfrey, Esq. Fias 
Pracuns— (ied Chance! 
- Mutlow. 
ioe 4 perl 3 2 (Re d Magdalen), J: Godfrey, Esq. CTA- 
aks yy ahi . be Godfrey, Esq:; 2(Roman), Mr. Onn, 
Piv WN AG AINST A WAL 1—~(Coe’s Golden Drop), Rev, E. 
ot x 
H. sat Z Diadem), _Mr. J. El aus 
Mr. 
ghey are easily increased from cuttings of the young shoots,— a 
eg. 
‘Pian AnIsantH. Garden variety. (Greenhouse Bulbous 
mt.) Iridacez. Triadndria p 
e a mule obtained ms Mr. Plant, nurse 
produce of seed m Anisanthus splendens and Glad 
ii. It ae a gi reenlonas bulb, and requires the a, eat- 
ment oh Antholyzas, gi Gladioli, or Ixias. “t thriv: 
when e of san leaf-mo 
peat. The 3 mee arg be p 
‘ool é frame (where they are secure from mice and frost), 
till they have filled the pots roots; afte: ds they should 
be re ed to a Situation to flower. After they have 
done flowering, they should b by withholding 
water, and finally the roots should be rig from the soil; 
which is much better er than to allow to remain in 
bo he pots, ae they alwa’ 
sian t. Reg. 
go UM SANGUINOLENTUM. Scarlet-spotted Dendré- 
” (Stove Epiphyte.) of ug Gynandria ere vaya 
This is a plant from Ge f great beauty, with pen 
are stained oy: mm 
same Pip The flowers are as large as 
ageregatum, ofa va gh fawn colour, with thetips of the segments 
and lip Stained with jolet. Ther 
t species has again Ww phages 
had been set ve elenaaan It has 
pened ary a curious bearded bright ams tip't the side lobes of 
ieee nd yellow, while an iddle lobe obsolete, 
iiages a ‘ne spotted with crimson. tesa a te dere plant, 
for Professor Gardner never met with it during his long botanical 
journeys in Br — Bot. $. Beg 
Drymo’ 
MO'NIA PUNCTATA. d Dryménia (Stove Creeper.) 
ex. Didynamia ‘dagibaoieihe sane curious plant has 
the habit of a Sinningia with acreeping stem, and. troduced 
from Guatemala by Mr. Hartweg. It haslight eran leaves with 
a , and the petiole ae eaee ed ain be Faw The 
wers are of a pale cream col 
olet. 
The lobes of the corolla are weer rercneclow rin give cto — a 
retty appearance; but its want of beget potent will eyes 
eing a favourite with cultiva t has blossomed in 
in the garden of the Horticultur badge Det. Reg. 
ANILLA PALMARU -tree Vanilla. (Stove Epi- 
phyte.)  Orchidacere. G Monandria.—This plant has 
re horse , for the first in Europe, a t a collection 29 
The Thostotas are pale green, of a delica 
ges. 
sohbers: and about two inches Pag 
has an elevated 4 line in th 
where it touches at “eee ‘t e pong ovary is a 
narrow calycle, Ea cokest three-lobed, and of a fieshy texture. 
It is Font ae od bod ok Orchidaceous plants which inhabit Palm- 
iabee lpi is See ton at the Gabe: 
each side 
pee sar. 5 | a udded Stelis. eee Epiphyte.) 
Orchidacer, i ate: Patan pant, is on veo 
e 
guy. ys has lately Ydwered with M 
ers are on long racemes, du “ Sabeneen 9° “purple, slightly eae 
he nae ws and, 
cov: pre 
catiene r 
he labellu 
with an speeerance like minut 
. D. W. ord, Rev Gregory; 
est T' swick 
Codlin, Tokers’s Incomparable, Ribston Pippin, Dutch Cod- 
ye Scarlet Ad@mirable, Kentish Fillbasket, White Lion, Emperor 
Alexander, Woodstock page ee and. Fair Ve oF Laine & ae 
J, Ei FireertTs—D. Denne, Esq. 
son, Wiisoiu mr D: Bevciin oy he pete Re 
Harrison ; , Mrs, dson. Best BAskeT oF Frauit—Mr. 
Elgar. Pea i a 
CeELERY—M 
cE—ditto. 
ng 
Livroce— ditto herds = Kidbacy rpeeapra: tal), ‘ditto; 
(Charch’s Kidney), Rev. 2 ae ag roger ar 
Montresor; 2, ae 2 tes Cucum mae ~vhite“pine 
Mr. Fostall, . Bask BLE Pin og Denne, Esq 
merous thy te were filéos distributed to Cottagers for their garde 
produc: 
NOTICES or NEW PLANTS perp: oe EITHER 
OR OR ENTA 
tuM. Lance wes Sciatic: (Stove 
Orchidac Cea, oy! Epidén 
Epiphyte.) drew, Gynandria Monandria. 
—This leg which has so much the habit of E. chi m, is 
readily kn: nbabied its ery ovate yee inted lip, which is 
sbee I with eep purp radiati ng 1 upon a pale yellow 
groan the old E en oar rag 
ta ‘can easily manage this with similar treatment. kbs 
chow oat Ser in i cool stove Posie. | with other ane a of 
habits, f which have nm lately ed from the — 
mee 
ae 
Bé 
kept 
arene cClUM sesamiae cred: ‘Ants <5 
Sh lidcez. Polyandria Pele Hiiber. A young plant 
of Liege, 
a bell, 
* The trunk is seated | eenieeiines to attain 
vat tree the stems and branches are rounded 
wers, which are greenish yellow, and des- 
titute of fragrance, pheeed from Lgl axils of the leaves, and are 
for the olitary.—Curtis’s Bot, Mag. 
bee rm erain A. sang Purpl e Gaybine. vaca rd oe 
ennial.) nvolvulacese entandria hia,—T a 
very ae Pa bt and po obtained, last year by Pate 
never n s from Cuba. The sige pe large and tuberous ; the 
a peanehind ever wafer Seaibie, but growing out rapidly in the 
a to — length of tweaty feet or more, and producing 
abundance joie. oms. It is ig the easiest Laas ge. and should 
be grown in ixture of g: andy loam and leaf-mould, to 
bse: ae be added a small pean of rary! fanghS: the loam is 
it we pene onert te room on irene should be 
a supplied with » bo’ 
ad the growing er ee nthe pant 
ing, moisture cae be gradually withbeld 
pots becom 
ae Pe Aes ae 
rticl I peoticyate 
tufts, and saad nk very abundantly.— Bot. R 
no TA PA _ ‘Clo rth “like Eria. (Stove “Rpiphyte.) Orchi- 
capore with narrow dagger- wepee leaves. of a a. pale yellowish. 
w. flower, woolly on the out. 
and si covered with a 
ike chbethanbet, The label is > papas, slightly hairy, and has 
e beogk Rei, of a iy hairiness a little below its point.— 
Bot. Reg. 
ists! 
ew Ameri rican ota al two. 
tion to a new Plum, of see quality, 
hich originated in the city of H ‘dson. The original 
tree, of large size, is standing in the garden o . Law- 
rence, in that city, and w i from t 
in the neighbourhood whe e origi 
s yet scarcely at all known to cultivators or nur en 
(Downing, of the Newburgh nu ) are now en- 
deavouring to Belen it largely. The tree is ost 
‘abundant bea e fruit, when fully ripe, is of a 
bea utiful colour and. delicious flavour. The following are 
phan: of the fruit tnearly two , inches. Stem “about an 
inch long, rather recap inserted in a slight cavity ; 
ture scarcely visible, on ee side of whic 
rather larger than on the 
or oat brown covered w 
ero s h adheres slightly to the 
n 
stone Ski 
thin ; juice a rich, and sugary ; n ts and 
leaves slightly downy; the won not glomy on n the upper 
su The soil of Hudson and the vicinity is a stiff, 
hea loam, i in many places ‘ifiinl into Ney ich pro- 
duces large and abundant crops o Ss. deed, on 
the North River, all our most productive orchards of this 
fruit are upon heavy ey soil. The Plum orchard of Mr. 
of the largest in this wae 
e 
be it a species of Indigo, bu 
pg fit d near ses Pokssih toxica - 
remarkab! 
the genus Tephrosia, 
