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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[Nov. 19, 
himneys 
ce findin ng a boy, who bp been sweeping my c f 
sifting the cinders at t h-hole. On asking him what 
he was about, replied e ee ee tnashed if he did 
not carry home a certain quantity 0 
FOREIGN Aa RRERPORDENCE.. 
The autumnal show of fruits and ptt on ony 
“Ss sé SP Horticulture de Seine bs ise 
sa of the Hotel de Vv. 
The fruit was the kateb a ct of i 
rofuse abundance ; and 
Ap € = ibu i 
render this exhibition worthy the féte of so celebrated a 
od th i i 
The Grape 
gorgeous appearance which Wivceterived those at the 
ir show, Ray ey clearly that the celebrated paintings 
s fru Vandael, Fontain _Vo itellier, bsg 
so 
n Blane, Gro has 
musqué, Muscat of Alexandr, Violet - Ales 
ama ult, Chasse e Bar 
n appearance than the Chas sate de Fontainebleau), 
aume, hasselas de Fontainebleau 
was also exhibited, but ame this is not 
d byt 
t. Germain, eee 
rri, B rétie tien wok iver, Beu 
a kugtetesve, Napoleon, Beurré d’Aremberg, Bezi Chas 
motte de ier were an that could 
y add a basket of Do “yen né 
» but looking as fresh as if just 
va not 
au- 
. Reinette Angleterre, 
and showed could be done even 
duateits are teoarbi to this fruits Among other fruits, 
were the Pas e.Melan a vary Wigs dark oe late ya- 
riety ; the ae » Gourdy’e pris ES ae ed 
and 7 Tong Green a Bar “ The Plants an ee! 
were a ‘ould be e expected, page r soe 
iacsinbled bait ula “arnught. Dablias son ot 
be, from their wpivereah cultiv ivation, the fo 
Pigeo 
debarred several fro ng, in ence of its 
offering prizes only for stands of 100 ties ; neverthe- 
less, there were sev ight collections fo corer i 
and XA beas* son wers of 
Bur 0, Eclipse, Highgate Rival Beideswsid. 
Comte a v Helle, — Reine d’ onqueror of the 
rid m Riv 
jens wer e plus ultra fe d to the conclusion that the entrance of the spor i of the | shaded hand-glass in 
Gem of ¢ : ‘ wane is generally, if not always, through the ruptured epidermis. | better be A icaks ina Poeraty, sthone hathed " Paston’r Pr 
a, renadier, Petit Pa 1, In e author concluded “4 ~~ e that the Aen g a fruit might Botan 
dispensable, Lady Cooper, —_ Supréme, Primrose, ae ed by coating the surface over wii ibe, ofa) —————o—o—E— 
Aries, Glory of Plymouth, C ae ane apie which would protect : fom the nt ates or the “atmosphere, L E 
de Nancy, Mai f th, edd be oa — = age a of the meeting to Mr. ne gee ma AN see t 
hibited Prince of Wal d i; é orm of the spiral vessel which he had observed = the uriis, t gives us great sa- 
fection, Capote Wilna B ) ae) i pdt nag a mgitued oe ally. emnes & ius ‘consisting of se = sear id ae to Ten that Sir Robert Peel has recommended - 
Albert, Bridal g, Bea: e Pari Lady Cooper, vessel. It might at rat 5 ight, he PL be higicened that the | Her Majes ty t ) grant Lage annual pension of 1007. to this 
y Ann Murray, Alba ios ra des reed F. Tenn appearance is produced by plaits in the enclosing membrane of | eminent naturalist. 1s work, “ tish Entomo- 
on, Widnall’s jaeen, pcp ; s Fe 4 Stella,~ Fanny tie spiral ve the elreumstance that hey ¢ distinct! separable | 9 was Balyeet Gee he ee he 
“ are ctly separable ; is. ai 
es, arquess Be Vans Sie icton Rival In: Fret the tats e coca by act th at ifs es et aceon on Saves page: The ied is attention for 
om ah spiral bet —— broken 0 a ups pon nee re beter — he longitudinal nearly 20 years, at a sa en woul 
- — - — pe e courage tom ake, ont for whi ch no public aa 
eces, ate saan e spire; ‘ana a. could remunerate him d we are sure that all friends 
pes Jessé had‘some good Hon by tha it a interior view, of thi as Poy eee ee science will rejoice at the intelligence now communicated. 
bosa,’ Asclé épias’ het, (al- the circularity. The author conceived that such Hinges But it is not merely for his past labours that this honour- 
“4 were in for the e strength | able distinction has been conf It is well known that 
ry pods of seed), Acicia = aren ee | son i 7 ~— ge a similar | Mr. Curtis’s entire’ atte “Bo has been for a long time di- 
oda (an example of ots rected to a practical inquiry into the get of the i 
ta, he fi nd rden 
moea aand ; Fa 
S albifionc ‘edeaptoun, aria, corymbiflora, ¢ 
celsa, Fairy, gy Leda pve 
— oa sa élegans, Met 
l ¥ 3 iebeia sevalioie with: ‘large 
color, and several very fi 
and long flowers. Some ie Ericas, chiefly E. Linnzana 
rba, sa maar entricosa, and L to- 
supe m 
gether wig" Ac some hybrid R hododendrons (not in flower) 
with very singular foliage, were from M. Duval. 
PROCEED DINGS OF “SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL freted pos SOCIETY OF France ge ate 
Now: 0-9 Mapmond Barker, Eeq., in the “The 
of Beauchamp aaa Sir W. Beauchamp Proctor, ieee 
Earl 
were 
Jif 
tri- 
elected Governors; and 41 gentlemen member The Earl of 
Hardwicke addressed . letter to the "Council nis ‘the subject of 
the arrangements t made ine. + ¢ Society’s s Annual Country 
Meeting at Derby in ais next ; Mr. C. Stokes expressed his 
willingness to promote the fasisess of the ‘meeting to the utmost 
of his er 
Bon at 8 o’clock in tl > 
yw was communicated on the 
S spee Cis OF Wheat 
Mr. 
House, in Hanover-square, 
onieets A Teport from Pro f. Hens re 
£ +h 
communicated | some a> on the poi of distinctio: 
bat J on the peculiarities of breed in eaimeie exhibited in com- 
alling the attention of the members to 
entin a single expiration may 
Sihongh the aparty, of this 
mall ned by chemical 
be to 0 be *f quantitativ ely ascertai 
analy isis a it erosdbbe Ts was afterwards 
pre n by a specimen of breath sent up from Aylesbury for ex. 
amine atic on). Mr. Reade also expressed his intention of showin pg 
a future occasion, by aid of the ceangey rae that L iebig? Sas. 
dettion: her “no piste Me pa can have a better foundation than 
this, that it is the ammonia of the atmosphere btgre june 
ci te to. plants, 44 must t inquesti ionably 
tiv 
nega- 
till the 
tort meeting of the Society. Specimens of microscopic rer oe 
cules, sent up from the country alive through the post- 
were exhibited by ols Ross. They had been enclosed, w ey the 
weeds they were attached to, in a piece.of wet linen, coyered 
over with tinfoil. 
deferred 
COUNTRY SHO 
Hampshire Horticulé vt) Society, Nov. ae —The last exhibition 
was held at the Corn- Exchanges Winchester. The following prizes 
; the 
first work of the sieaats wh cglagh ee the hide be eing to ex- 
clude all animals that did aa show the breed intended; thata 
standard of form s should be assigned, and every point necessary 
so as to have its proper influence on the decision of the judges. 
By such fixed rules the public would become better acquainted 
and proper form both of cattle and sheep, 
and be better qual edt o form an accurate CpiiOn | as to os bl 
mals they should cehibit, That there was also essity 
fining prize animals to a system of feeding ; tr opacity: aster 
the natural appetite had been appeased, they were cramme with 
food, with heh oy 
were most ‘extravagantly supplied: ote blag means many detente 
were concealed, and the 
ties, unfairly represen sited.” 
The Rev. D. Gwilt of Ickingham, Suffolk, communicated the re- 
sults of his Piel of the pean Veteb, which yan eas IpxTHADy, 
od b 
his black breed 
of Welsh mountain sheep espenee - a was of the white), and 
from his Hampshire South-down 3; and Mr. O. Gore, M.P., a 
ball of agglutinated hair, posi dak Lg 13 ounces, taken from the 
stomach of a perfectly noeuibe calf, killed when seven weeks old, 
at Porkington Park, Shropshire. 
LINNEAN oe CIE 
Nov. maple Forster, Esq., in chair 
a Fellow, d Mr. 
Morgan, Bart, ., presented samples of wo 
TY. 
Mr. Parry was elected 
Woodward He ‘Mr. Aaiter associates. A ie 
nts from Aurungab: 
in =e aceat presented by T. S. Ralph, Esq., were exhibited. 
Amongst them werethe fruit of the Areca Catechu, and of several 
species of Leguminous plants, a specimen of Arundo Karka, the 
fruits of \Nelumbium speciosum, Anona squamosa, Luffa pen- 
tandra, and acutangula, a branch and fruit of Ca 
idi riferum and Pandanus odoratissimus. 
y ard 
closed am vessel, ° pape 
on the varieties of Papaver orientale, 
four permanent varieties, the 
and on other. The P. 0. - bract 
pinm ap ince ~A 
on the Secale —— in Pada the author had — to the 
eee that this diseased state = 1" plant hed not at all de- 
of fungi in the tissue of the grai 
He considered there wet 
. bracteatum, preecox, serdtinu 
press! was ‘said to tore better 
was read from Ss. Haro 
accompanied 
Aspieman ae been 
been d after the 1 opine 4 se paper. Mr ‘Youell exhibited 
reals a vente of the on American 
Zoology,. by Mr. ‘Audubon, They ual, a ng the 
or published.— We noticed ith ‘eta long 
Sather Joe ting pore Eco in their pay rear society, 
a Bites h eA notice ‘will Induce some to take steps for the 
sure, 
COPICAL SOCIETY. 
Nov. 16.—Professor Lindley, President, in the chairs A second 
paper was read by Mr. Hassallon i the destru ction of fr ruit by fungi. 
vidence 
vei - infl f fi } d iy in fr uit, from the fact 
fruit ok a pny of eee cation containing the spawn of 
the fungi. In an Apple or Pear of a el Fepapear agent the effects 
- this inocula tion become manifest in 24 hours, and the disease 
‘esses so rapidly that. in afew aye or weeks an entire dis- 
ae cle of the fruit is effected. If asound Apple were inocu- 
la ect with a portion of a decayed Pear, or vice versd, the same 
would 
his Memo 
Schul the 
us | marked, ‘that this ae fact appeared ‘to him corperee 
views of those botanists who 
the regard the spiral sel as 
organ destined for the a gear of fluid, and not a oat whee. 
upon a dis Presi ident defended t 
nia, and not 
quantity of regs 
| the sap was distinctly to 
directed the 
in their fi 
society to 
po a * oa ni 
showing that 
pening Ave te So gi the 
agency of its ts larger 0 constituent, and Spe to prove 
that it tends pegs ee cand Yani aitoce of ar? 
per annum of car ammonia in the breath of m 
| ples: The Rey. the Warden, VxcaT 
aryota ureus, also_ 
dbe a gs: 
m the rafter: 
fai, be propagated by dividing’ the pseudo bulbs — 
J mane 
cltiva 
e fungi growing on the | 
; os of an hour will. port 
efull rved 
were aw arded: ANTS: 1, cidiu um 
ornithorhynchum, “Rev. 'P. Beadon; 2, Epidendram cciditcaters 
J. Fleming, Esq. Best Srove ne not Orchidaceous; Dis 
chorizandra thyrsifdlia, Rev. G. C. Ras hleigh. Besr Coin, 
TION OF Dirtro: Rev. G.C, Rashleigh. pee 
pe ea cg Sa Lng 4 oa. Best COLLECTION OF Dirto: 
. G. 
Rev. F. n; C. Rashleigh. Besr Twxiv¥ 
Gunysaxtarenvns + Sel “Coronet, Early Blush, Sunnie 
page 
Min mirabile, ay Marie, grande, formosum, 
uc de Coniheieiots Goliath, 1, Rev. the Warden Mr, Ralfe, 
Best Twenty-four: Rosalind, "heernaon: Tasselied Yellow. Con- 
queror, Bou, j seauty Babe 5 Maria, Adventure, Grande, Goliat 
Duce d iana, Theresa, Madame Pompadonr, 
a en, Earl yB ish, Triumphant, Bidens tetart l Coronet, Prin- 
ro grt Superb clus’ ade w, mirabile, Sanguineum, ] 
r. W. Bar r. Ral N 
Pal. Wall. grt aby 
o Ditto, Rev. br. Moberly. 
. White . Fleming, Esq. Out of Doors: 
loway, Esq. Vine eR 1, J. Fleming, ria , oH. ¥F. Hol- 
loway, Esq. Dage Co. LECTION OF APPLES: 
don; 2 
- Wall. Kitchen: 
‘ol. Wall. Brs 
Col, Wall. Buer “CoLLEcTION oF Pears 1, apt 
Esq. ; 2, Rev. F. Beadon. Best Srx Wheritae, now in_eatin 
H. F. Holloway, Esq. Mepuiars: Col. Wall. ED CURR 
Mr. Stride. EXTRAS: J eatte Rev Br ead m. Collection af Ae 
—C 
Onions: H. F, Holloway. "Hoverat’ Cottazers? Prizes were also: 
‘ar’ 
NOTICES or NEW PLANTS WHICH. a EITHER 
EFUL OR ORNA 
Yellow Leelia. ‘Stor svete Orchidacere 
Epiléndres. " Gynsndria Monan retty Epiphyte 
pm lately flowered in the collection or Sigismund Rucker, Esq. 
is from Brazil, and a = oaches é to aa cinnabarina, a noble 
ured Béwer 
ly at nt, instead — mph straig <2 = in L. cinna- 
barina. his is one of | ought to be grown in 
a cool stoye, or at least ast at th the cool pase of the RA Onn" 
daceous-house. A temperature which suits Dendrébiums and 
plants ae that kind is Pied injurions to this species, hin hence 
erg ke —_ pfs: Toak of we a cool house 
saat bese bictirg aad wate Th ec 
one Rendel cama: “(s ‘ove 
LE“TTA 
’ i). einen deere. Pentindria Monane ria.—This beautiful 
plant was imported m Brazil, by Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, 
and flowered in their nursery in July last 1¢ blossoms are 
so much larger, that they resemble more nearly those of Lucilia 
grates: though rather more lcosely disp: oset The flowers 
half in leneth int 
spreading limb, round the mouth of “which the 
cs nged, protruding a The colour is a binish, Tevendee, 
very deep, an ceedingly attractiv e. Thereis a trifling odour, 
when the Potancente is perfect. Although inclined to make 
long ke he sabaaey this plant in all probability may be kept dwarf 
and ¢ a timely pruning of the young branches. This 
point of i its dattnde mal sao to fet sgh ge attention, bag? ‘should 
It m re of sandy 
pot- room, it will soon attain a flourishin 
of the ‘young wood eit — 
injurious to t e farmer and the en 
ga and 
order to. enable him to prosecute these very important, ‘but 
*sfa 
as been graciously extended to him. The papers published 
pit a -_ “ time in the Transactions of the Royal Rene, 
in peel oerial have long evinced how highly Mr. Cartis is 
qualified for so difficult an undertaking, and how much his 
— urs may be expected to conduce to the advantage of 
ose who are interested in the all-important bone of 
ti 
soi 
Sa alsify a and Scorz itis bo — Scrape them 
ently, and cut them into pieces of an equal ee ; 
im throw them into water with a little Soravile 
sot aon ent their turning black. Boil them, with me 
cook them. They mu 
ned, and served up either with ye 
or white sa aus. whee are also verge when fri 
in te batter after ee te ; when dressed thus they should be 
abit with fried Pars 
ical ot hl as far as 
Infi 
Conifers of Turczaninow’s F. Flore Baikalensi-dahrico, has 
ere ee 
a 
Yee 
