1842.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
a cérnua, and 
peated to. the bottom with nuts and screws. This is | be care carefully administered, because their oe nake 
re ny once cae, the bars can be removed | then abit bedesearedy dam. Av the net ling ty | steeranthe OnPreeetng, shane, font ofthe owes, the 
cae iy ret any part i Th The top is we re Phar 4 potted into a richer er loam, with ‘whieh a little leat. in the tan-beds, have a good effect. The ¢ following list will give 
2 inch thick, 13 inches deep, ae a inches sijuare; hitied the te trek gahiee pets OF they may be tor pat es Ss aa some idea of those which are now in flower :—The first, upon en. 
throughout with sheetiron.. The crushing-rod is 34 inches | kept they “ry | eee be exposed. to the pesmgiert file unk, hd the poke ey take ae pric yan ~ ate ose) ‘c. moll, numerous 
round, 33 feet long ; the face of the rod should be steeled, be Feserved in ving seeds a few plants should Pe oes meee 28 racemes above a foot long, of yellowish 
with broad grooves. The top of the box should be ach, Temorine Pus = six to se y ton fine plant of Caelégyne Gardneriana, with twelve pen- 
d to the bottom by tw : owers as they appear.—Pazton's pgs po a sieas « ts delicate white flowers cove ne pot, Be. 
Eeoned -:<0 perce Wier seg. — Bag. of Bat fore moving on, the numerous bright red flowers of the lovely 
passing down the outside, with an iron pin to h ittle ; e exquisitely beattif 
li 
of bones if very fine, or 
-—Can any of your readers an me 
an idea as to the greatest weight (without. confin 
i ck of ou 
) du 
en ed atP I deavouring to procure t 
largest a tis to be had, and a e of agricultural 
societies give prizes for such, we are in ignorance in our 
art o e country what the other can do. erhaps 
“Sa osceearenage would state, should one be kind 
reply, the age of ae or are; and whether 
mike: in feather or not.—A S ets 
Progno 
tain sign of much rain ; and so it proved. - ater - 
now as clear as before, ‘and ~ its proper colour. How i 
the phenomenon to be e —W. SS. Gaile 
Parsonage, Berks. [We aes sit know.] 
Dorsnicum plantaginéum.—The devotion of this plant 
oo ~ glorious | source of light om ratty as pointed out od 
may be observed more: o 
Fens in many plants, though certainly not to the pated 
sweep of the sun’s circuit n.the heavens—the Werd-el- 
Shem 
correcnon 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL e) hes-ergemaeas ie SOCIETY OF ENGLAND, 
tie Playfair vhas ex me a a ingness to extend his 
S, on the 7th of Dece 
on the subjectof the “ Aplseatinat of the principles of Phy: 
to the Fattenivg a sent ” = em fo _— com evening, if consistent 
with their wi. s dur id pce 
nveyed. 
" n 
to We pdaewing last, bat in co ~ eth nae Sof the absence 
pe: tes ers from town n, asufiicien t number did not attend to sak 
@ quorum for business. “The next eee y Council will be held 
on Wednesday, the 7th of December 
ne O UNTRY aH OW 
minor exhibition of 
Exe » No nee 
Chhrysantiemuras took plac ce at the dochiiy': Rooms, High-street. 
t have been e expected; and in 
y was not n 
Sasol vee = of the wet w otter the compan Hea 
The principal contribytors were Mr. Grifiir mes * ells ; 
Mr, Booth, gr. to J, Buller, Esq.; and Messrs. Veitch and 
Son. The ‘latter exhibited pe Plants of the new blue Trope’olum 
Gee i Lie “lia Perrini. The f wing is the list ot geet ety 
dissimilar sorts Tiffin ; 
Mr. Booth. Best 6 dilic. i, or Griffin; 2, 3 Booth. Hest 
tlceton of cut “estate » Mr. "Griff Newest and best specimen, 
Mr. Gri a prize was also awarded to Mr. Griffin for 
An 
Gesnéria Sebi Cs rer édium insigne, Onefdium crispum &e,; 
and another to Mr. : a Mexillaria 
aa for Cactus truncatus, and Mex 
a cta.— Wester m Tim 
North British Professional Gardeners’ n the Ca Sept. 23.— 
oo en for the season 
oons, 
eee 
Marquess, 1, Mr, ung, to T. Oliver, Sng Me ie 
Downie, G oberts THREE BEST CAMELLIAS—Alba 
fimbriata, Press’s Eclipse, Double ite, 1, Mr. D is, gr. t 
i Blai 9.52 Alex. Fowlis, gr. to Adm. Sir P. Dur- 
ST 
i 
oodal. me A prize 
5, offered 4 Me pee Bellen yar pi bse BEN F Dalkeith, 
a Herbarium, collecte d, dried, named, and arranged, by any 
per Son, a journeyman or apprentice to. a member of the society, 
Was awarded to Mr. W, Bertram, appre entic ce, Melville Castle. 
NOTICES a fab hd PLANTS Saraie ree EITHER 
hte Bg LENt ees 
ae flowered 
nied leg 
aicneney eon (Half. hardy Aim "Picoiden, Icosdn 
ate Pentagynia.— As a ve ery d d interesting object, well 
t us 
Effect 
since 4 ade an epportnity 
° ect of carbonic 
more mingled with atmospheric air, 
Fy ess effect.—Liebiy’s Organic 
» when cee boiled and eaten — 
Ce elery. — Celery 
ego an epore! _ ad 
n uncooked 
by the 
little Beet-ro 
ard 
Hardy Peo ae 
P. hybridus, Chelone 
&, 
macrocarpa, josa, Geri 
nium 
Al yesum s 
atile, 
benals “ieee Sister dota: S. Gmelini, “a Ss. 
°s Patent Manu 
ssio 
he | in favour of Daniell’s Patent Manure.; and sta 
had divided his field of M urzel i 
4 . d 
ate, 
oe of = inst of 
ISCELLANEOU, S. 
ie Acid: 0 
Vegeta 
Ww yea 
= observing a striking instance 
» and 
it 
nor 
sathedy 
spreading up 
Che 
ation,—A few 
and of ual 
epert until — 
tained but a f 
eer wenn grav ity 
n_ the ground; 
es more and 
had produced less 
misiry, American 
nnials.—The mleving ts 
“wraeny 
glad consider it. tarred 
cold boiled Onion, and a ve ery 
racocép 
hompsonian 
ora, P. rnea, P. emg ®. aristata, 
P. sticea, Slajcinoldam eaiife 
ns 
” Socie 
eS, select list of 
es, P. ovatus 
alba En 
é sini cio- 
» P. omni- 
ica, Cam- 
meeting of the War- 
iety, Mr. Phipps, 
ns, spoke strongly 
d that he 
t re alone was pl a 
h t in 
ts favour. He ed his conviction that the manure 
would prove a valuable ery, and be brough ht into. ex 
tensive use.— Bath Chranice. 
Locusts in England.—About t three weeks ago a 
ing m a specimen 
man, being struck “<a 
tivity, after a — 
a 
this psd 
ai ee ta See 
posing ; 
n too 
Asiatic pPiagh in a field at 
he m 
noe 
its w 
su 
when Y aril discovered, the insec 
ord Mercury. 
a sh paaag eof 14 yards.—Stam, 
“GARDEN MEMORANDA. ar tel: 9, 
rth.—The dulness of our be 
fe 2 poss of late years been greatly aren by the etiolee.| 
i f and beautiful plants from all quarters 
Chatswo. 
heir 
| in the easily-traced analogies in their forms, 
_ ; neg pet feos in the animal kingdom, It is not F oidveaueht 
: the beak Grcted Gtully baited oe 
do clean? een au y- 
‘ Ss, and the rich markings of rng ert tiger, rep 
owers. 
n 
house at this S$ season is yes and pleasan 
curvilinear hou of 
well vy 
heated Sebi perforated seemed ned enclosed § in a well- built flue, 
fille 
h coarse br ric kbats 
P 
rishing an ant p 
of ti 
are stone ines d ee ak the: punt oa pur and in Ene 
two large bark- y a walk; 
wid gees from 
and fri 
paces B which gives the plants time re develop ecw blossoms 
aon their duration is Ii kewise Dob meg eae 
bly stron. 
mensions, 
and stone. 
fe 
middle walk in a line with the door, has 
the Gryllu 
St tonegranely ek Che sterfield. 
ual 
to 
, the back x frogs and 
butterflies an 
nak . a 
the 
in Shef- 
at Mickle- 
vg sacs: 
moths, me 
daceous 
eral 
often kept is 
ged Orchidaceous 
from excessive 
th 
chilus setaceus, with erect spikes of white. 
although curious, are yond ec i 
pencilled all over w 
; Saute, with rita 4 
nd sake of contrast, Plearo- 
» and are are flowering in bentls Benne the 
in ig the last or four 
ry 
wax, with dark brown mom 
_——_ 
&, bearing ¢ wo panicles es of 
eep A aie the a and petals of 
and slightly — with yellow eink apse 
seep od 
and 
Bag nraragr - Chiteys 
aiee, ity ts ra the first noticed, 
eets th: 
rmous plant of Bréssia poo ror a ais 
greeable perfume eth the house: above them are suspended 
a& racemosa, with eight racemes of 
most magnificent peondby of Lee‘lia anceps glowin 
meen there are six sp 
bani a fou 
an ~! a 8 group 
Sacco m carinatum (a 
Bolbophyium coccinum, wi og ne 
um raniferam 
the cu Ma ving tre of 
the pag we come yep ores other = e plants off scarves par 20 
flowers at x ty 
Frmcorvicgn of Epidendrum coridceum, 
vetnaed remarkable for its 
mr 
and Mackayi, with numerous pes of Oncidiums shooting up 
ong them) :endona block of weod he J nah Peake 
is in surpassing vi 
ng so many moths, 
plants of Epidendrum cuspidatum, cov 
these are 
with E. ra 
trid um, and two orthree others ; f 
=“ 
ya 80 as to oe a 
ents; which ¢ C y ;pripsdiaan insigne, Calanthe 
densifiorss Cymbidium. einen, mes Goodyera discolor stand con. 
ext co 
ca 
= 
S 
easil seen, and to 
pended 
ar 
chrysan thum, three stems of 
covered with mt form a most gorgeous object.—G. 
¢ 
ies. 
Remarks on Bermuda, is a small 12mo a drawn 
ups we Elise by the = rder —— id, the Governor 
olony, for the in 
onelted by all who th think of settling on that island. 
The bese ip g passage is important: 
uch: edepenes 0 or wages become unable 
oneal themse are provided for, after the Scotch 
system, from the stated of the Parish at which towed 
belong. No rates a 
snbasidbertomuunabelthasuierti the benefit of of 
the h. 
Paris 
‘* There is want both of — c 
urers in ntry of the on ay 
stated to be from 24 to 30 shillings nth, with 
heel-w coopers “The wages 
for bop ort this description w ie about 4 shillings per day, 
without ores ok 1 
he aes marine of Bermuda being very con 
2 to years of age could at all 
nticed and ees en as 
d sufficient food, 
d the a site 
der such 
ontliated, roe 
The inside is taste- 
“ As an encouragement to “persons. i sain to pat 
to Bermuda, and to enable them to make best 
ir first arrival, the cantuatens sei piieeieed- 
ae 
shone: a 
a = the Commissioners of B of ato. 
. owever, are > 
e ben efit ¢ fa ny such 
Riitgtente' w ‘ weed bes doubt on their arrival here labour 
f suitable society. It is poate recom- 
fa milios.shauld 20, ible emig 
| ogee as well to meet this 
up : s¢ ties of mutual fection which tend so 
All 
enjoy- 
0 powerfully 
