134 THE GARDENERS’ PRE ASE 
Ee oS unasema hie tart ANT CAA RE a 
the heating pipes below, thereby causing or generating |into three distinct ones, measure respectively 2 feet 
sete i of hot steam almost unendurable by vege- | 1 inch, 1 foot 2 inches, and 1 foot 9 inches in heath 
emex -n rigerator, as a matter of course, was | each of the three measuring from 54 inches to 53 inches 
inci : 
b so 
ere as dam ng a sae ‘materials placed over the | The tubers were taken up in autumn ‘but not weighe 
cham’ ing flannel em each of the | until the present time, very probably therefore they 
venttianotds which was som Be kept saturated with | have become Senge lighter, havmg been exposed i 
water. The other apparatus to dewa iva or was one nT airy place since they were ‘taken up. J. Gr rifin, | wi 
that Mr. Hazard erected in the Du no m Down | Nurseryman, Bat th. 
Nurseries for heating a small house, generally used f Amherstia nobilis.—A specimen of this magnificent 
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forcing flowers. This answered ‘tolera a well fect a | stove tree is now in flower at Wynyard ae the a 
i edi 
short time ; irremediable symptoms © rangement, | of the Marchioness of Londonderry 3 it is, I 
however, soon ‘presented themselves, whieh eventually | the second plant of the kind which has bipaisinia | in 
induced prietors to band it, and abisi this country. The specimen now unäer notice was 
i roo » which I | importe the y 1852, being th 9 inches 
tute in its m an ordinary brick fi in ear ; 
Mee soe ec an me! ae aa: Allow high ; it flowered for the first time in January, 1855. | me it 
azard’s article of the | It is now a fine reece. tree with a flower hes upon 
10th Sars ‘ease sade th he makes the following it, of which some are now in bloom, and sige a for 
observa SOF 
ot water I would beg to observe |a week past. hey will also be: comin ower | ma 
it i is ronpiatis m erection and in'afteruse, | daily for some time to come. J. Sat, m ba 
epa Park. 
p the chimney is very grea was to obviate this; Jer sarin ae Tops.—The ong feat hey of 
tha E invented my heat extractor, and I can only say | the Jer ichoke look rough, if cut off} t 
who you ndent jites will ever senha’ when the pete is a ae or so high, and ‘we in salt 
et hot-water preven examine the merits of the Patent | and water, Meee the lid ii mri opet k ¥ pie 
Heat geer This invention I am of opinion would | which has exactly the flavo also 
be found sr = useful in Mr, Hazard’s| been thinking (for I have wat gece the pan) ‘dad if the 
witnessed, as may be roots were eee ti, Sa in boxes slig zi y covered over 
apparatus oun ver va 
judged from the following facts. At Cote a ther-|with mould and then put i py at, eit te be blanched mber 
mometer red 18 i = 
was lowe inches from the top of the like Seakie, or allowed to reen if approved of, it 
chimney, which very rapidly indicated 220° Fahr., this | would be the means of render mp this root more valuable 
being the highest point the thermometer was capable of | than it is at present. James Cuthill, Camberwell, London. 
indicating; and ceo me = _— a at rr anrasan of| Ràinat Ham, Plymouth, i in 1856 :— 
ays. hes. Days. 
uin necessary ieyt Mindo eriadan of a eiai January se a "38 on 21 | Brought forward ‘2250 saa 
temperature. As regards the extra expense inthe first | February .. ... 3.99 ,, 10 ra ae ee sa 
renee of a hot- water apparatus, I believe that an ony a fad » 5 | September... ... eee fe 18 
LE. Mhi. 28, 2 j 
uch r 
weed (Calystegia sepia ) It flow 
and Augus is a very $7 pia: climb 
, 184 Such is the Boa in the y 
. w h . 
c 
near Ludlow, which m kindly throws o 
at the Bromfield flower show. An acq 
as only one fault, and that is as — 
about a garden if the soil is light, o 
always grows it ina tub, harini 3 s 
ant. F. N, 
of mine or the printer’ aa th answer an 
rather vague, but the one I spoke of as having a 
variegated ape while adding. and a grey green 
afterwards, pubescens. "The other ii 
t i Td 
rn nd 
and the very miniaturo stiff-stalked acorn 
or three in a cluster, the an gpa 
ri acorn rag s an imag I believe 
Quercus Zan or Mirbecki not a be at all like 
suber, pes latter is ve 
cient 81 ,, =... sii 
, May e. « BAL p 1B N borne 1.004.159 
ae gng aA little al net hayes of ae se Hazards inven- Jae | a. vier. 480 l 
Gardener? Chronicle of ion Lah inst. from the pen of | Carried Pi 22.50 ,, 71 Total... e. 46.40 „1 
Mr. Cramb, who states that a 601. stove was used to |— The Rev. C. Trelawn 
ea chureh at Horsin ro - Surely 607. would be Orci ee a in winter.— —Having often heard 
it db 
gham 
to goa indin way in heating a structure by | it arke by vim and others, who are not | Cork 
ow water! Add to Mr. Hazard’s apparatus the price voiy y wel ee in the growth s exotic Orchids, that | long and about 3 wide 
of his Hea t est he nden 
xtractor, coup 
one is frequently subjected to from its oe and | #ccount ~ . ir want of ga idy in winter, peiie to | 
s lie 
and ee s gramuntia, have been 
I see that 
it will be evident on which side the balance ‘turns, | furnish al 
Cornus 1 
H. M., Lyme, Feb. 2). kinds in he aoei andallto ibe had in flower in the jick or Redwood of the Turks, from the wood of 
_Rose—Gencral Jacqueminot, H. P.—I am sorry to see | months eyi January and February, when it is generally they obtain the dye of their red d the 
any mark of disparagement put upon the mailinin of | supposed nothing can surpass the conservatory for giad y x eme ater forms the mo S 
sucha constant and faithful officer as the General. He floral — i _ They are as follows t weather, and very us 
is entitled to bé spoken of in a much more respectful | Cypripedium insigne Barkeria Ski being am nt (the flavour dae like. 
_manner than the way in which Laffay has been caer rent =— ere GES | vinegar). C 
pleased to do in your columns. It would be a pity | Brassavola pasni 5 reflex in England, I wond 
indeed if anything which has been said about this Rose enosa ” lencochilum lian Che 
be Di a ing amateurs and lovers Dendřobium t eters i ne ies.] Th 
. 5 recarpum 
_ Of good Roses from adding the General to their collec- ile ne anini 3 Odanto cae iaemens i putchetum Mai kakpori: 
; ys a Rosetum would be incomplete and pagoi Tongteall ste Sitne 
look very i him, as he h conten ar eo Calanthe — ty) | lea Saaie Mitt ite 
-> 00K f y as fe nas suimcient co ves est variety pt Dats us. 
 in/himself to light up any collection. When the Géant ” Cochlear latifolium | o maches chlorech ium Ros mp 
des Batailles made his appearance about 10 years ago ie Mdiyriantheriy” -=en aiig bh Srei ia RREA its pure wl 
it was, if I may use other people’s words, the greatest — picta Zygopetaium Mackaii blossom, and hopa —— an 
“leap ” in — that had been made in Roses for 20 rariabilis ates Phalenopsis amabilis Esn tal Cypres ned is aka, a E i 
‘before that time, and the Géant kept his place and | See ir ‘we, n Erandifiora riety of C. fastigiata, 7 abont a fifth part of the si 
it well till General Jacqueminot entered the field | Lelia anceps SorlieseMis grandifiora mers in that 2 
and “leaped ” completely over = be of the Géant. | oe oe : "hee Horticultural A. "when this 50 
Every one knows ere he might have been nothing se Leptotes t ae a Cirrhopetalum Mednsæ about to be replaced upon a solid footing, 
worse of a few more petals, but "his intense glow ing | » serrulata, and similar | Oncidium Papilio = a sailor’s eee é Let us h om 
colour, unli = s of any other Rose, makes up for a varieties incurvum strong pull, 
at respect. The Gen sn is ie aay I aa y need say that as the season advances I might | genet seat nefit. 
riser, and should be seen betwixt 6 and 7 o’clock in the | add Se weekly as regards quantity and superior | th ieultural, „oving to 
pon So unfolding his gorgeous robes. Pee he stands | Sorts, gives to their e. 
like “the hero of a hundred fights.” | Calystegia Pratap oot meres observed one or two | M‘Ewen, the newly appointed m 
virk. articles in Paper concerning the double Con- every gardener 
Heating and “ Heat Extractors??— Your volvalas ond wie parties have evidently been disap- | must be an ex: 
it “M.” (Feb. 7, page 874) thinks Icon- | pointed in their wishes, perhaps Calystegia pubescens, vegetables, and flowers ; that 
or dot i w e e | eatalogue ev 
Polmaise principle kkor Bion old cockle. 
try 
whither a few friends and myself had gone to see an | 
ancient British tumulus that hed _ ce “ 
lant was vate the hail nn ierk me 
F jun dinguladity A The o absent by | 
accident, and the ladies of the family did a Bar lny ie wo 
; but gave me a blossom and part of the root, | 
rayi n over the Horticultural Society’s Journal pa | 
room 1846, a woodeut of this very plant presented itself t 
cry n 
| from Mr. Fortune’s mission in C Xw 
sent from Shanghai, and stated to contain a teland of the 
o recei len in oe 1844 
curious plant terete very nearly to the -C. se 
or larger Bindweed of our English sale, from which it 
t difer “the having firmer and smaller leaves, prap 
and a 
sp 
the every part. It ithe fest plant of ius order hat an mol 
as pr om ra 
ery new new fruit, f : 
table be sent tothe a pa there 
sending = his, ! 
cerned. Lastly, pontiedete as an ene 
ment ris their gardeners, would be d 
making them eer of the Society. James 
Camberwell, Lon 
Change of Oa stage in Boletus luridus —Most of. 
witnessed the beautiful change i 
double Convolvulus, which was supposed to be dead |; 
ived at the Gard This | when 
