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ae GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
791 
one interest, ection pig of import ance in a national nee of 
—Dr. Ne pl said, that in his opin 
eons, oor takin 
ep 
with alls on tugs tend to establish a c 
theory respecting our aboriginal forest vegetation ; indeed, he had 
fee proposed th r the High 
sta n 
tosh of the Alpin a plants in Shet 
this peculiarity coincided with the evan at the 
vertebrate animals, to the high-water mark in the same loc 
y G 
and to thie se 3 Fin! that 
be Locality. 
COUNTRY | Bhp tg oo sete ceant 
y, Nov. 17.—Th ual general 
teen Chamber, —C. 
of this society was pend ag the ‘Co 
ahigee chair. The foll 
aying a statement of the affairs of the Oxfoi 
Gare Horticutural pega! before the ae the Co: i 
for the year 1842 would h wee! a fratifie 
ported duat there had been 
that the balance of last 
that the Society is in a fiourishin 
balance in the are al bn oa: age pe is not 
addition —_ i 
xtended c 
abe ng the year 1841 the co augers ex- 
te) n vegetables and fruits, and 113 prizes 
In the present year they have exhibited 302, and 
i additi 
ittagers who have o been recommende ere. 
€ t only'in a pecan: moral point of view, from 
miums for industry held out by societies like this, that 
there will still be a 2 oy iter com Sa they therefore beg 
ly rege on si ar Bd the neigh 
pe dremctepes, fe eg to ae 
the Party of the 
adcliffe Observer, for the use of the 
late 
The follow entlemen were appointed as the Committee for 
the ensuing year :—C. Pe W. Henley, M.P. ; J ngst 
M.P.; W. H. B. Earle, J. Morell, ‘jun., M. J. Johnson, J. Saun- 
rs, Esqs.; the Rev. the P: st of Queen’s College, the Rev. 
J. Baker, the Rev. Dr es, the R: atthews, the Rev. 
V. Thomas, Dr. Daubeny, and the Rev. a also Messrs. W. 
e 
vens, J. Hastings, jun., Ww. Day, J. Maltby, T. 
Looker, ww. sepremar gk Joy, T. Walker, J. Perkins, J. Phillips 
and J. B 
th cca gceds seta 
~ THE GARDENER OF TH 
WuHeEN lite was born I Fo been long the Gaitenes of the Hall, 
The sh plar ted with my hand 
| 
My pong was! in that work ind place, and li care 
Had I of a Ie things than grew and dente’ ‘thee 
ath the happy shelter of 
e Old Manorial Hall, 
At first me came, a cas eile a Queen —_ ong yr 
Aind fa —. nema me while I toil’d, and prattied o a hot urs 
ning, in the plot of ¢: te she calla = own, 
scams cted show of pet a . 
And sent har merry echoes throu 
The Old Manorial Hall. 
Thus eighteen summers, ev wae Hoe y, I tended pee Sad Cheat? 
I watch’d the opening of the bad—the s shooting of the stem 
And Meseed ne? r childly Takeniter tur Sa 7 Led ita, sinitied: 
ldeitin whene’er she pass’, a earth the whiles 
could I Bee think to tea 
The O Old Manorial aati 
Lge s day, when Autumn’s ait ights were nipp'd by early cold, 
Tt fell tike ag upon mine ear, vthte she was BOnERE and sold! 
it some rich lord, she hardly Se w, had c © bear away 
The pride of all the Psa roun a ci man’s hogs and stay, 
The ei ie da the a tng 
I Bard her P igh tp pir the fos ae could not understand, 
I saw her weeping turn and wave her parting hand: 
And from that hour nothing 0 on earth has gone with me but wrong, 
For soon I gab rd d the h = Iloved so long— 
spheeled coed to m 
That “Old Manorial Hall !— 
And now I wander up and down—I labour a 
Without a wish for friend or rest—a w hea ed m 
won at the bottom of my thoughts the saddest lies, that ’she, 
th all hee oy He and noble state, bmn none the happier be, 
in I, , the € poor o Id aes 
$s I can, 
The Keepsake. 
The Solubility Nd ee in all Water soon ining Free 
n of 
Carbonic Acid. the generally received opini 
Chemists, that s ng or river w tating salts of 
lime, will not dissolve lead or its salts, if kept in 
transmitted through that metal, although pure distilled 
water will hold a considérable quantity in solution 0- 
or Daniel’s attention having bee ected, in conse- 
quence of some severe cases of colic in ae, neig hbourhood 
h orwo sti 
large quantity, and has established th t, that in all 
case wa tainin Carbonic Acid, lead i 
readily dissolved, and cannot therefore be cog kept in, 
or transmitted through that metal. This 
truly important 
fact, unless attended to, may in cértain localities produce 
oe mischief.— 7. N. R. Morson, in the Pharmaceutical 
agent A 
Intended Winter Garden at Berlin.—The King of 
Pruss go ie orders for the formation in pope of a 
winter-garde en, § a ay that of Breslau, but on 
nificent um of 800, 600, 
120, 000/. sterling) has sick mg 
field near the Brandenbur; 
cans of 
Sag aa beauty or use, it . = 
desirable to caltivate fi in thie 8 OTe ba toe hen 
€ sum 0 6401 has been leh, pan 
led wel ‘* Citadel of Ant- 
rah and i ye un- 
covered sauce a with cold w which 
2e6 rac Lae cover Ron, ant ey ‘oss from rr 
to three-quarters of an hour. Pou away, a 
let them stand five minutes to dry, ‘ith the tid partly ot 
THE NATURALISTS CORNER,.—No. V. 
(Continued from page 728.) 
18. THE WORD Nien RE comprehends three different 
dignifications L. means the universe, or material 
world : we say, pr eagiK es #4 this Sener ; the beau- 
ties of nature— the at is, of 
tion. t m er which animates and moves 
the universe, considering this power as a distinct being, 
such as the 1 is supposed to be with respect to the 
body. "ti th ond sen say, the intentions of 
nature—the incomprehensible secrets of nature. 3. I 
means the partial operation of this power, a8 exerted i 
jected to constant and general rules, which. canno 
departed t changing and disturbing e 
‘o | general or ee thang of things, to these rales of 
ction and io en hae name of Natural Laws, 
ws r Volne 
9. THe H 
] Lr. 
entertaining, social, and fs ike er rom they touch no 
fruit in our gardens “ee all, except one species, in at- 
aching sliemes ur houses ; amuse us with their 
m, were 
tion of the swallow os ~ilbert 
continued 
CAiDEN MEMORANDA 
sisi mp p.775 
= pee a gy hbk garden adjoining the Segre hy 
uld be 
or the fendly latetpddt. 
he 
ther Yepecimens o 
bse gt a meee. picteeg 3 Giseine sinensis. 
oe oe gen nake A om of a large Red ed Cede ar is cg 
oe | # rth oun 
pie alt series of r ap . 
which h the” Pence cs droo t appearance 
Oo one would think that oa tind re’ acces this rustic 
structure necess mis i m the contrary, wo be pleased 
with the manner n hi er 
In a group of orange- 
argoniums, called compact, there io @ number of 
ing branche es, the me — re qu ot some 
pe plants spo e way. e the 
cause of this? -D it that pone ine einelesd to rates ian the 
character of oa foster a ? or fae it arise from some con- 
stitational ees aay uch as the tion of the colouring 
matter, or the of aie es for its ion 
cline to ‘the former theory, beca 
proper 
is Mee: Now this variety was ascertained to haye bee 
aised from alilac Lcheho§ and hence, we be thc eos the aeetacaey’ 
A bed Phlox Drummondi, almost approaching scarlet, — 
icuous; and some oth 7 bees Conl tained scores of self. 
postr Verbenas just coming into flower. A variety raised by the 
ter of this, and called af: Neillii résea, aS a good and dis- 
e ‘osy lilac, with a 
tinet kind. The flowers are hite centre, and 
are profusely produced. ir. falleson vad ~ wamtber of single 
specimens, many of which we ix feet in diameter. 
m four 
‘out under “che dwarf wall ofa 
nnpro 
priky ‘abatilon pace ay pera certiea, and he eo 
h red beautifully this 
ar usthealth. Salvia involucrata was aise fowéring 
freely i in the same ig peed Pao Bias new kind S. regla 3 tho 
& with which it 
nt, Some plarits 
of mea Learii fee ficifdlia, Stanton in apa open ground, and 
trained to stakes, ae flow —— hen not B Sele ogi Plein ap- 
ae ae ae tie Stly, @ ie a ntly, t 
ower frig roun bids it will moderate 
Prete growth, on stakting them in pots im oat pA. 3 bse 
run nat he same ame ge 2 to ae singular roped 
Morit anum, of which Mall taised a variety, the 
Soten of which are davknecien or i 
yellow, and without the yellow fringe oF lana olor outer cogs tag 
pots it d ps flower freely, but perhaps propagation by ¢ut- 
tings of the reme points of the ening shoots will, in two or 
three Geaeclsiode, moderate the growth sufficiently to make them 
cativationin oe antly, beh me asa crate fe ae it will pechaterine of 
nin the 
po poor soil, wlahend inthe pee 4 teatuee over 
a taney trellis, or the ? nage of a tree, makesa a iin pout 
object for a lawn or flower-garden. In the eye and Palm-h 
the plants rag he aithy ; 
Sieger kong 
he enter 
scal 
mply by retaining the 
nstantly a moist 
place they w 
mealy * °"They have been ean ed si 
a vigorous growing state, by ian itn 
Syringing occasional 
geous one for clearing either stove plants or Pine this abo- 
minable pest. its in fi » we noticed 
da cat! ica, Carcuma bitilon striatum 
trained as a climber, and iflora aris loaded with 
a, 
Passifiora quadrangul: 
its curious flowers. A r sppeg of Cereus truncatus So braced co on 
a Peréskia aculéata, trai m an arch ae the pathway, was 
som vied with thousands an eta thy nd Bhs 
ded i 
+ se 8, SUS Sen 
Palm Se, were also gro ie uxuriantly,. 
above, 36 na oticed, but $4 "3 bloom, large s 
Se Tidshendra oie tat, Pasalioek trea 
po’ 
heey rofusely. The collecti 
ts sis still y bars ups though ter do 4 
conspicuous a position in in ae oe they did 
the ae of Mr. Macintos' In t S Oreadaneds 
ae oug’ nat ; several O 
0 
bo showing t alm every joint. 
Haile ped the exception o of one pee, the fruit was cut, but 
M that there w: were som Bore! Hamburgh Grapes we 
have seen this s season 5 the ba S ares, © the ber ~ bt 4 
coloured and swell dthe crop Prat fr verage on 
sir gor of Pines was over, but the plants for fraiting peat year 
very fine. One house of Ripley, or w Nop omg monly 
Ripley Queen, for spring-fruiting, wi 
old, are well. lants 
promising... ere, both Queen and Black 1} kinds, are 
rall soil used for 
ground, we 
Cedrus, Pinus, pe Th pressus, &c. h were ght two 
ears since for planting in a Pinetum, Ba 2 ca Mad it tA | intention 
ofthe King to form in Ad ‘cacien jg mpi 
have been enco’ 
to ptt — strong before ‘they in iene out. or “immediate 
e is an ad 
remains t s t any rate, M ee is any truth in 
doctrine which m advanced the “ Gardener’s Maga- 
ie” her es, “tits that the ont direction given to 
tree from pro: perly. ong meses | oat So as to resist the pow 
the om this ae phy ; te ther eh is gi there | 
undoubted ion hy wong high $ in they are 
thoroughly established. Among the sealing plants in a frame, 
f 
young yore? ns of Erica, Epacris, Correa, 
and other showy plants, ae Baty prety 
by Mr. M,. e saw her 
called Venus Leh Anni ga 
ie, Since the difference in Revs jour 
te ar In th 
ground Mr. refuse of the flower. Wet canien 
such as Pelargéniums, Verbenas, and other plants, the ashes of 
bag in small quantities, he had been wu er yd for Begin e time past 
with considerable tage, mixed wi agree f for 
potting plants. This is a practical epbticatiog of the hints thrown 
out rw us at LP. 381 of this year’s Chronicle, and we were certainly 
lone @ 3 eg the plan working so well.—W. P. Ayres, Chick- 
advan 
Richard Parnell, M.D. 
mk 66 plates. 
hich the ge oe of 
a 
The Grasses of Scotland 
is us speci to be 
positively recognised, is one of the most Aifficult ped of 
Botany ; and we contin ise prett 
well acheatiiied wit ith 5 
g colours: of some, or the 
forms of many, or the broad and ample foliage o 
yields to no branch of the vegetable world in its importance 
to mankind. yielding 
the most my supply of food in all parts of the world— 
and to pass by the Hoss, r Cane and Bamboo—the value of 
ep 
it—there are no plants, we say, - which 
all these things are more profusely atrowed, as were; 
before “3 feet of the observer. 
ast ery of the Seige order, 
era } 
Tn ‘4 
about: a 067 1 species are m ay 
there can be no doubt seseiet is far greater. 
err aly 1 epee are adediteed 8 British in the last 
of Hooker’s British Flora, 
arnell’ s object is to settle the limits of the ee 
purpose has been 
yolumeof 152 pages, : and 66 plates, representi 
of carefal technical rp ons, 
t of the marks by which each species m 
ef = hyp ie ae of the gar which 
they are —— to possess in agriculture 
