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1842.) . THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. } 711 
pis TURNIPS, M, E. eel, 634, pon. White, 
Biren Willroy. Red Top, 1, Mr Wieeley; eRe D rR. 
Peel EEP ‘CABBAGE, td Vernon e, 
! pt. Ing Arx Broccout, Capt.Inge. Buuz Porta. 
rors, 1 and 2, Mr eeley. _ W. » 1, Mr. Wheeley; 2, Mr. J 
Willcox. Kidney, 1 and 2, Mr. W te Bap Kare, Mr, 
wap tei RADISHES, Capt, In whet asad 
Ca 1erou rizes wae also a ed.— 
t. In g 
it will as seen from the above report, that the hinés ow the 
winning Dahlia flowers have not been furnished by the ex- 
pf rs to th ne secretary. It would perhaps bi be advi sable to 
nded in 
aoa “the flowers, the prize-money will be withheld.} 
Whitefield “thse Ae Suciety, Oct. 15.—The annual meeting 
for the exhibition mere A and other ie Peis era was 
held at the ene of Sar, r, James Mather, Chur i Whitefield ; 
when the following prizes were awarded :— Y—1, 2/. 10s., 
hite italian, weight 12 1b. 10: oz., Mr. J. Tong ‘aghe 4 Phillips, 
os 14.°10s., Seymour's White, Pirape 12 1b. fod. 
ch RES Esq.; 3, 1/4. 
pert 
aly ‘gr. to pe ~ 
i Say Meinour e 
weight 1216. 2 r. T. Berry; 4, U7 , Seymour's White, weight 
11 1b. 7 02., Mr, ‘T. Dearoaport 5, 158, , Seymour's White, weight 
40lb. 100z., Mr. J. Lord; 6, 128, 6d., Seymour's White, weight 
Qlb. 94 02., "Mr Ww Chorlton, gr — sg a sq PLES 
1, Alexander, Mr. W. Jones, e. aig + = .Bealey ; 2, Cheshire 
aid, Mr. W. Jones; 3, Ribst the ig cts Mr W. Chorlton 
gARS—1, Gansell’s rath a peepy ead | Mr. W. Ch oriton. 
4 Mr. Jon APPLES, P 
ELON—1l, _ s. Love ARSNEPS, ONIONS, 
Cc 
Rore oF ONION Wait & CABBAGE, + Oia INDIAN Was, 
Mr. W. Jones. gicras BEET, weight 141b. 40z,, er. J. Rams- 
botham. PARSLEY, Lager Mr. J. Allen. PorTatoss, Mr. ai 
RS J i oO 
» Ca 
if. 1. a a 
LE, Mrs, Bindlass. Rep Capnaag, 1, Mr. T. Booth; 2, a 
. Bleakley. Waire CapBAce, Mr. W. Ogden, Vrcrran. 
ener Mr. J.Swaile, gr. to A. Thomas, ) Bog. 
NOTICES +H Yes PLANTS WHICH ARE EITHER 
R ORNAMENTAL, 
$ ieabuion rik TIANOIDES : Var. splendens, Getitiai-like 
Pentstemon, splendid variety. (Half-hardy Herbaceous Plant).— 
Scrophulariacese. Didynamia Angios ia.—The flowers of this 
ge 
vari 
S little doubt but that this showy plant = genuine 
any, ‘ised from Mexican seeds, and not cbtained ay eb rep 
ret ag h the medium of culture and hybridization,—Paeton 
vette el MONOPE’TALA; Var. denudata. Naked Monopetalous 
Sea Lavender. Plumbagindceee. Pentandria win ain This 
gh well-marked variety of Statice mo ge myn sh maller 
and paler flowers, a more “drawn grow 
eaves somewhat wavy at the ps Ay rrr a ‘ne smaller 
quantity of oe seurf. No trace of it is found in boo 
origi The 
ce G © 
tatice ‘eatiedtieots. It is nearly hardy, re- 
~— ay i in 
ogee border ; suffers fro. flowers daring the 
autumn mo: onths, ki ore freely in 7" veh te soil, and is orp 
by cuttings of the young wood, treated in the ordinary 
way.— Bot. Reg. 
AB’RIDES CRISPUM. Sir Richd. Brooke’s Air-plant. (Stove 
Epiphyte.) Orchitaceze. § Vande. Gynandria A.—This 
t 
Supplied with water. If there is a cistern in the house, i ought 
to be hung above it, as it evidently ae the peep which is 
continually evaporating fr rom s . Whennotina growing , 
State, less water should be give n ‘thant at ottses er > te mes, but it 
pt too d 
ry.— veg. 
| HELLEBoRus o1y’mricus. Olympian Hellebore. (Hardy Her- | 
baceous Plant.) papancsisecm Polyandria —_ > 
gynia.—A na- 
_tive of the wae te emg atl whence it was sent to the Horti 
Mr: Bandicon her Majesty’ 6 Const at Brusa. 
“her a herbaceous plant, requiring a rather moist situa- 
the Soil to grow in. it is easily increased by dividing 
be old ants weet an P idee mant state, or by seeds, whiclt should 
“Bots eg y are ripe, in pans filled with light rich soil. 
NITIS GRANDIFLORA. Large-flowered Soph 
oe heh Orchiddcere. Gynandria Monéndria. this 
see me) native of Brazil th 
in the collection of Messrs. Loddizes, cot 
Tich cinnabar, variously tinted with crimson and 
Sewer,’ and pale orange or deep yellow iri the centre. When in 
ee, s the plant is not unlike a dwarf Cattleya; and this appear- 
pe COMbitied with the n pete a = its nee ets ~ relation to ge 
’, Inakes it peculiarly interesting. The natural tg tp 
this plant, is to tsten:1 spon a nate 1086 w ita 
mos 
it 
wellin 
placing them upon another block.— Paaton’s Bot. Mag. 
Nevintr. Dr, none ‘Heath. (Greenhouse Shru 4 Eri- 
Octandria tes —This lovely Heath is a 
major rant EB linnzeoides, Its oe Caigitly 
t of - aristata, but is better, and ope ee 
and bushiness of E. » ‘The flow tte - 
hal clusters, and are of a d iz, nelialee to 
i. Ape 
FE 
alt 
Fog z 
FEEE a 
i 
a 
a 
fala 
a 
Batt bron Bot. Mag. 
nD MISCELLANEOUS. 
a Dial of Flora.—The period at which certain flow- 
ane if eset £ pater 7d hg abe sa of pele 54 BY 
chief part of the Chicoraceous tribe ; between 5 and 6, — | are — arene but gradually assume a deep rosy colour 
di A foaded i : mber the delicate E. gracilis and E. phono 
* w th their } ite purplish bells, gave the house a gay ap- 
: eae at 6 o’cloc ay: ge cheeris maculata, several en nee. Although Heaths and Epacrises are the principal 
species 0 Solanu 3 and Convélvulus siculus ; between 6 | jects of ee ap sm mene, yet the Azaleas, Borénias, and Lesche- 
and 7,—the various species of Sonchus and Hierdcium ; | naditias are not less worthy of notice. By being allowed an 
at 7 o’clock,—the Water Lily, Lettuces, Camelinas, and — — ce ofa, sagem practicable, in order to render them 
mbryaé u 
ardy as 
7 r : the evprosenings winter they have assumed t ae: = tint, 
» Campdnula spéculum, and Cficumis Angfiria ; | which is so characteristic of perfect health cn A,, Oct. 17. 
at 8 o’clock,—Anagallis arvensis ; between 8 and 9,—No- 
lana prostrata; at 9 o’clock,—the Field Marvgold: os IRebiews. 
eek 
the Ice bet 
esembrydnthemum nodifloram ; at 11 o'clock, the puis. Martin Doyle's Cyclopedia wh c ractical Husband 
ia; ich has now 
of the pa . 2 in the after noon,—Silla cbmiaeldl- good articles on Fences, Flax, “ae Grasses. We ex 
ana; between 5 and 6, Riis noctiflora; between 6 and the following on Goar _ 
7. deh Nightshade ; between 7 and 8,—Céreus grandi- ‘“‘ The male of this species will engender at the age 0 
orus, Mex mbrydnthem noctificrad, CBaothers ie months, and the female at eight ; but if the object 
tetréptera an su eobitie's lastly, about 10 be to have a good description of the animal, it is better 
night, —Convétvalus otk or, ca led y gardeners the sae to rear those which are produced by parents so young. 
re) e € 
: eral fi s : 4. de 
period, and fall te close regularly the same day, and at rey rye € comparatively wi beef and mutton: a well- 
nearly the same hour. ere are diurnal ephemeral oak aes delicious for the t 
0 say, those whic ‘ call “him self a farmer, or pos- 
such as the different species of Cistus and Linum, whose sessing shrubs and plantations, would oe of ate 
blossoms open between. five and se in the morning these animals, un nfined ina y. 
and fall off before noo; and -nocturnal ephemerals, | 2*e™» who ought at a very early age to nequire habits of 
—, as bs a ila Cites which expands about | tenderness and care for every gentle and domestic animal ; 
ey the and closes about midnight. ut to the mountaineer, in his wild and lonely soli 
aly, Equinoctial flower ” er a open at a stated hour, goats are a source of subsistence and profit. If at liberty, 
and close again the same day at a fixed period, then re- these hardy creatures will find food enough pomp, 
open again on the morrow, winatitiee for several days brakes, and 1 domed barren sem where other enimals 
successively, at a certain hour. There are, as in the pre- | Would starve 5 beca t a greater variety of plants 
ceding, diurnal equinoctial dowers, such as Ornithégalum ae ony other domestic animal. The io Seep cOmCE Hemet 
umbellatum, which opens for sev days successively to them ‘in this particular ; it being supposed that the 
at 11 in the for , and es at three in the afternoon latter eats 400 varietie ha les, while the goat will 
nd nocturnal en flowers, such as the Mese 00 kinds. Horses and cows, again, reject about + nea 
Anthemum noctiflor ich opens several verge half Ot want mb palatable to the sheep," But this calou- 
days at seven in a evening, and closes between six an =| ion Fé head 59 - teen thas “inne a Plants, though 
seven in the morning.—De Candolle’s Physiologie Ve hae | 7s different animals under circumstances 
dtailes’ vourable to the gratification of their appetite for other 
nt Pickles.—In a vase discovered in the ruins of | £04 Will be eaten by. them when hungry, or artnet 
Anci 
Sercntinduth the Abbé Facciolati found an Orange in | 8°80? though rejected at others; so that a fixed rule, 
vinegar. It appeared the Romans pickled Or — ap we | 92 to what plants any of them mga ge reject et 
do Girkens, This pickle has been preserved for 1780 | COMSUMe, canno po Phebe < Lt ha + wun 
eats !— Manchester Guardian. a5 re poisonous to them ; but they th aid on ts, 
grounds me ender ce ge ur, tent thy ” eke ae i i ts the | which ue noxious to other animals, and can feed on ¢om- 
ear Caistor, a Holly ck, vel x ‘height of 155 ig yl and corey Mn be shaper gens! & pelon Tue gp? 4 
beniand ully flowered from the root to the pica’ ae itw kill the ass, canses it, 8 
Jitclichiteker Chased ‘ c powers, to fall into a state of insensibility, in 
elable Monster.—At meeting of the North whieh ie ore of ie 
Suffolk and South Norfolk Aerie tural Association, tig 
8 
“8 
H are A 
ef rte ge ee” | Be fo go condition. 
three of these trees no wing near each other in the 
county of Norfolk, all of the same description They are ps ar who a tisille, While to ep a 0 + oad Ag ent 1 
, z 
appeet that thi Sere Aheseratck ha has Pe Fan months it a aye Woe rate of two 5 pga? | day. me 
bag observed.’’—Country Newspaper.— [We really can- k “ The raat medicinal properties of goat's milk are well 
ielp wondering that the by acer ais editors of ; 
newepaert en insert such stuff as this.] 
,an es 
{GARD DEN M one DA. a very — cheese. The largest and finest goats are 
all, the seat of A. Smith, Esq.—The mansion isa modern | in ¢old climates, and seem designed for our use in regions 
atrdeture, baile by Sir T. ‘Rumbold, delightfully situated upon an | where the cow would not find sustenance, or even a secure 
eleva ted part of the park, at overlooking. ban nee qe | j for her r of the goat in parts 
which, in its course through this demesne, expands into a broad | P/ace ~ ; wr li di 
tine piece of water. The 2 park & aoatadis sotae old teaeh, of | of the world is highly prized for its fine quality, and in 
large dimensions, and is beautifully diversified by hill and dale. | our own country it is useful for linsey, and the skin is 
jae he paid boundary cna hae Pechaeey peg: fence which usedto | eonvertible into leather—of the morocco kind—or it is 
Se te beri a Ys a as replaced ii bric! pon : : 5 : : 
nwe d some fine Fedian S, * aise afew large specimens | Worn with the hair on by the Highland peasantry in win- 
he Coup ot Beet Portugal Fiaare Flowering Ash, &c. Ata| ter, as an outside garment. It is surprising that goats 
shore distance from the ie wine is a small cane rare. the are not much more numerous than they are in our Irish 
, ei e. the 
. , ie tains, 
Kitchen and Forcing Garden is situated at a distance from the | ™ Lag 
mansion ; it was laid out by Malcolm, and is probably am pb the rally without expense: to see a fem id so often sold 
finest of the kind in that part of the country. This was by the were te poor for a pcacgge 2 though its life, if 
years the field in which the able Griffin carried on his poe spared, wo s0 om uree of com my, 
ments, under whom some of the best cobe ous aprae the present inelaachot oral + ? 
day were tutored, This place is beh ny He e directions of Mr. | 18 & an manifestatio —— 24 
Davis, of whose practical knowledge we ‘ave a Ley a; the 
products which were exhibited by in at _ three fétes of the Selby’s History o of B ritish Trees is now hate 
cally in the Forcing Sharan fn rep th pt aren, Mr, | To the many favourable notices of the work which have 
4 ; 
Davis: Observe that this part of ertfordshire is one 0 éne of already appeared i in this Jou urnal we ha ave only now to add 
the be felis ee tee arding nvestigation of t 
tive plants, as in our numerous walks in th locality we have, Itis ser best compendium we beam of the qualities oft the 
among other utiful species, met with the following: Paris terete Whieb Gonatitate the w ar a 
quadrif6lia, Stratiotes aloides, ia palustris, Hotténia pa- pee 
lustris, pifera, Chlora perfoliata, Ophrysmuscifera, Ado and, “which is saying a pocerg aa, it is in all respec 
oschat sod ew evieale, Rare ven § we a, Stan worthy of being . 
um czrileum, Orchis latifélia, Fritillaria m eta | 7 
ovata, Allium ursinum, Epipactis latifolia, Helieborus fceti- eral The co ne oa itt 18 ae cuaplon ee 
dus and viridis, Platinthera bifé énium i o Coni espe! plants, and treats, ai things, of ” 
lium, Orchis pyramidalis, hong ee pr Hypopithys, Aristoléchii a, ebanon—the bad auality of whose timber is 
Clematitis, Hyoscyamus ni; Lathyrus Nis- ited Nevertheless, Mr. Selby adopts, without 
sdlia, Malva a Genist viioea aaa many ines which th the le of Solomon ‘ 
we cannot n era We were struck with the scarcity s babl 
f Quercus seesilifiora. i in "te Pipe py eta Hertford, where, as > is 
Ps ces so eg] we thought of 
= it in tolerableabundance my A,, Se 
Fae deeper tint than the 
in bloom are E. Lambértia résea, a rich flesh- coloates ae ont : 
a a bértia ; E. cerinthoides 
et ar al with thel xed m pace of he tube lightish. pink, and 
half of a bright 
>| erate 
