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Fesrvary 14, 1857.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
Gloire de Dijon would not live 10 10 miles north of the papers * Description of a new species 
Trent. 2 of Paton”: by a. o. Wentwood. Esq.; 2. “ Deseription | 
close on “the Pea Hp lt age and it -hass not only of new species of Pulex ( Imperator, Westw.) found 
withstood ‘the seventy of the last two winters worked | in dat Gateshead,” by J. ©. Wes d, Esq.; 
ss siandards, b p-a ae aaie t in grea t perfection, | 3. “ Note.on the cultivation of Mosses,” by the Rev, 
and it appears me to have‘a ee a ggin Bryarium cons ofa 
ee with on "of Souvenir de ease 4 feet 6 inches Hong 22 ean from back to 
front, and 26 inches high, fitted with s 
opinion is 
respect to the Hybrid a 
or for verandahs, or-even aeons rp it must 
most assuredly become a Saai Á at A. Godwi win, 
13 loads. ’ gardener, states it to be 
the White Oak of os ‘New Forest, Q. Robur peduncu- 
lata, 8. i F. H. 8. 
ion of some | 
new West’s Bt r’s jispi shown pi Ingram, 
y to her Majesty at Frogmore, Bpa the 10th 
cpg wi I -e to a 
to Fro 
; I was kindly shown through the eed adem 
neigh 
E.. 
My g 
is that it is much pple te "3 nee eal in this 
uals, and as 
Water 
Booth, M:D., V.P., in the chair | 
à Fellows.. The 
helyes and having 
which was generally left eÉ. esman d 
- . Thep mem were 
ved from 
frequently waini wit 
ken 
Rosew 
Alemão, se made some interest ing observations re- 
specting on es PET 
Notices of Books, 
Ceylon.; Past and Present, by s, by Sit George Barrow, Bart 
mo., Murra Tray, pp. 
We do aan ye ese pages are the result of any 
aco knowledge o 7 — 
a secs “ts = 
red-stalked ; En 
| Ba 
a mweri 
e case, pen "kept in the hade = 
Some as | vai 
and black ; Spanish Celery (what is that !), solid ai 
dive, green-curled, ae and 
tavian ; Lettuce, ss ; Parsley, d large 
Spe d Pepper ; Peery Chariton, 
h Beans, 
Horn oeng ; Beet, red and white, 
x The cultivation of Potatoes in the maritime pro- 
ces has bee pies mpted, and, exce mi-e 
ment, yarr ay in t the high lands of 
a syrin n. e n tricts, particularly at 
Raimat Goodamoor, Plympton St. Mary, Devon, 1856: | ta o procure suitable kinds of soil, aks» in snes Materate Fo Donald, they have c 
Inches. Days. Inches. Days. ‘emis soil had but gly used, the pots more successfully ; and there is reason 
January .. 7.60 on 21 one forward m „105 | being n than ph enms with drainage. In this | suppose that they may not hereafter become a valuable 
February = 442 15 | August 4.16 ,, 1 yarium about 240 s d ‘been planted ; ‘and | source of supply from the higher districts of Kandy. 
eras 76T > T6 September. ast n 28 | the consisted chiefiy: of notes of seam It. Among N an e elapsed since they were 
April ” paper y 
ay 448 ,, 13 sere ker rs Z aai "a i many instan t partial success, | attempted in the ~~ lands of Hindostan, and they are 
June OF} md : # the author men wastes os e instances in which the | no only in very general use et that 
248 „ 17 | December 553 „ 17 
vay “panier AEST AsO iriton had been quite sntiafntory, among which were | country, but a considerable article of ex 
Carried forward 33.69 ,,105 55.58 ,,187 | the following :— mia proved a charming one OF fruits known in Europe, the Snipe ani the Pome- 
Henry Hele, Treby. little plant for cultivation, but required to be kept! grana y are cultivated with any suecess in Ceylon, 
licomnion p ost | and the former on Ja pp! , Plums, 
Rain'at Holme on the _— Devon;'in T8356 2— setae desirable kind for cultivation, growing freely, the tall | Cherries, Peaches, and rs =i variety o 
n panoi being both abundant and cet: Tagi fruits, whi nd in an garden, are 
Sin bre a "| pa pea “Ler tobry ven Dore one which.should’be ‘excluded, as | unknown, excepting by a few specimens of them lately 
fake 3.95 parte one 3.75 | it bacamo! a e eese growing manae but in its mem rted. The two first have been planted of late at 
April ; 9.35 September 5:39 own pot e corneum veh ut are w apa oso 
May 6.09 paminaer ogy 130 | their fruit f reely 5 iaa um pyriforme fruited so | whether they will be Rte raised 
June 2.49 | December... 9.17 | densely as to completely hide the mance the Bar- | by the late General M'Donal at Grand "Pas, hs have often 
Tap Tope ias were ‘stated the ~ e the best and | blossomed, on never formed a 
Saale ai -aa WEAS Kotil, teo: cee COGO l niat atisi tory Mosses for cultivation ; “nothing “ Strawberries (the alpin) h ve eek peice 
TME Rev. Th Hullah. the kind,” observes tho “onn em in saceesflly in we lysare district ne ee ae 
Rain at Booey Dartmoor, in — :— of colour, growth _ f the species egree at Colom pec 
‘ee 5 Inches. | Fi y d "were a s or cultivation, and it was | found wild i in on higher pattie ot Kandy : "Melons have 
January..." . x Brought forward . 31.62 | mentioned that the únia plant of ntoides wa “a bee ater Melons and Cucumbers un- 
Bobruity e, ~ ee. 5.30 rina fe g mat portion of a specimen which m in apered dant. To General M‘Donal and “Me err 
> ae i e Snai 715 for 20 years ; sericea and rpa were Moon, the superintendents of the Botanic Garden, we 
a a n = Sea. is aoe very oo ro Mo suitable spee for = epre at owe ‘i gr gian s many prim ue A this ign 
pes > ound to be of stragglin it, | amongst others, the Persian Almond, the Lovi-lovi, 
June 3.82 | December ee eee : E , 1 
FESE TIRE ail. —— | seem nari ir vi chiefiy their x- | Wampu, Lu-ch utan, most of which 
Carried forward ... 31.62 Total ... ... 56.48 | tremities, for if cut off the plant will not throw up already na , and increase the display of our 
Henry Terrell. ' fresh sh but the | deserts. The Lemon has of } ve pe roduced, 
Large Oaks.—A correspondent expressed a wish last | extremities i ; finally, | appears to thrive well in the soil of Ceylon. 
weak inet the description, ‘size, &c., of 'a a Oak Hodkeriad jucens promis to ‘be alike beautiful in winter By the way we arg er es Sir Bebe! Eer aed 
; cut l Mount Estate. I have and: nevere ing or losing its deli ave recognised in artes ‘i 
one m Mr. A. Skelton, Sas manager of the | ness These, it appeared from the’author’s ex , | common enias ed Jam’ well known to 
estate, the following iculars:—It contained 20 on Eon eer Mosses fi mt aiarar G. | Europeans under tine emer of J es. 
ds of timber, and feet from the nd it am, ibite Te various Jaca- 
measured 6 feet nee 3 the stick frendi yea randas, or oods, sent from Rio Janeiro by Prof. | The author of the Opium Revenue of India cane & 
Mr. h, e three 
ve ., pamp T pens whether it is “right to 
m the Chinese beyond lns one rice 
bidden indulgence of opiu o T is we SAY, 
Why not? We take millions from le in 
$ bom form of taxes gin obacco. Gin-drinking 
o oking are habits of the same class as 
apaina ; harml ble 
pe ous in excess. Tt is the same with opium, and 
with a celebrated G: er from this bour- | rather appear t a tax upon their pleasures, any more than the 
a ‘and well do I reme ber a mark m by | with the acc of ppi pa fan the “ist 80. pags a or ne a as Bengalese should not Tie a Pte 
on passing t gh a house of West’s St. Peter’s | consist mainly of extrac om own n upon their farm well as oursel or of 
Sium just then taking (what gardeners term) their | rative of ost trustworthy rer "The books of | the pamphlet i is perfectly right in describing the hostility 
‘swell ; it was ow late theyare.” Now it must previous writers and sundry official re ish the | to the opium trade as seless outcry.” 
be all that Grapes “taking their first swell” | remainder of the author’s:matter. Among things 
on the 10th of last September must of necessity be ripe | there is a short essay on ‘Ceylon Horticulture by Chief} Anew en Gardening and Botanical Periodical 
before January Ist, 1857. Will you hoe phen have the Justice , from may | is announced ‘to ap in Holland, 
kindness us whether y the Grapes in | make an tof tural practice and ‘science. Its 
new orold? Lam inelined + to think'the latter. |  « The chief psc to b ded to the 1 Pr de Vriese and M. de Siebold. 
- D., Manchester. [You are quite mistaken, The vegetables of pring yee aisinat here, are irom the * 
Grapes were new ; and the firstripe in the house. The | heavy rains ; only wash the young plants cn Messrs. Cuib Highgate, have 
others in the house were still ipe,] sae Aen yaapa y but by the violent change of ag e soe ve priced Catalogue of Kitchen 
Fig d Mr. Paul's e on this subject | temperature produced in the plants w more &c, Itis remar free from the 
Breat mo haa Aea E ver A ~ "ny ee lik " ea grate tured, by. the inte ‘sun breaking upon | lumber which formerly occupied the pages of such pub- 
7 suit, . 
ee i a pl ng be ages 2 nt ot pestiet rit a — after heavy - tng y es aa mks 
probably the d e saltatory propens of Nature; | rapi ye e, exposed Parts 7, 8, and 9, of 'Seemann’s erem of H.M.S 
such unfeminine exercises; but Tt also appears to me thar sbg | Heavy rain, and atorvaris is o four o oc tall dome of Herald (Reeve) are before us. They include the botany 
very little hybridi , an art in which our pasm m sun, will become wa in | of N.W, Mexico and the Flora of Hong Kae, the latter 
= swe ais ee ei er the cut | mere jell, compiled from th 
ioe al rer fern at bevel |, gt But the indigenous plants of Ceylon seam not to be | popieed, he Introductory remarks apon this subject 
not entitles; and ali the bead roll of distinguished Roses. - ay 5 ere a occupy eight pages, and convey a good idea of 
Stine et Mr. Rivers t point of ion has sitions of ° temperature without apparent injury, and climate and physical peculiarities of this island, It ae 
Paying their eo l the Hybrid Perpetuals are rather ‘coy in were the number of esculent native vegetables greater | pape rarely sere In the hottest month, which is Septem! 
oh orth te aeai Gaye ot Outs T which | than iorated so far by cultivation as | the thermom rea 93° sin t ‘deat, hich is 
e 4 ; 
ieai tom i doing at present. Among the48 varieties |to be capable of supplying the absence of those of | ber, it did not fall lower of 
b as being bs pensable and so familiar in aro ht haps, as rse, | in six years. This however only represents we presume 
peisea Yo see Sonn of ‘ere, Batore de Heckeren, vice ona di l-attention to them ; but they afford | te weather of the town and not,of the surroun aa 
‘aaa ei, varieties which my nurseryman calls “mitfy (?) ) things » | little vari ptat aR oa e | mountains ; ; so thati 
obliged “eps been very sick with deferre i of Greens from Cabbage or Spinach is ill supplied | This should be bor edhe: 
replace them annually., Lady Stuart ay e the Basella (country Greens), Rumex canies | watching their 
Bese are two, m at becomes = ot | (Qu. vesicari Sorrel) or Amaranthus (Tam | n; CS Ri 
Nn}, Lion des Combats is'a fine gentleman who must not be | (@% Vesiearius) (country ’ their beautiful cae 5 Aan es w 
or bathing fo mot Alexandr B effa pali) 3; W n by . - en aff 
matty, iere erai niy are not armere a Yoon. — we Dolichos; Potatoes by ames par number, ‘The p 
tepid ? iae i Saes yme of which | aS; vulus 3 tions of new or little known plants, among 
ell Soss, yellow Hybrid “Perpetuals, and Men- the comparative cai : Ni at 
itp nd Roses constitute an Irish echo, isn’t| “In addition to these we have, as | to the| ©, reticulata. 
ch, Sr eying. satisfactorily di of the nursery rhyme | kitchen garden, the produce of some of the larger trees 
things’ T. Paul wishes to know if it is wise to re A work on i 
. eure not, by any means; for goodness sake e Bread-fruit in a ý i p 
ions. Ta suffering amateurs from ‘the indifferent and super- t and abundant supply ; the Jack fruit, du Muséum 
the mast, soa aisles Nope At. Rivers wil ail his col colours ‘to | used by us but largely natives ; the | Variétés d’Arbres Fruitiers —. dans cet établisse- 
iee, or“ go maitis Bes; for his | unripe Papaw boiled ; andthe pods of the Murunga— | ment, avec leur d ion, leur h 
What pedek, one,” ASit is translated by profane Yankees. so delicious when dressed with curry : to'these may be| etc., is announced in Paris from the pen of 
, —_—_—_—_ e Beendikoi and Brinj i Botanist M. aS 
eg - Bie European vegetables which have been found to sma Seen 
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