194 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Marcu 21, 1857, 
l Society’s Garden, when all the world of lington d.ro., Queen Victoria s.ro, , We 
yi osen, mai choked with something he Horticultura = 
had picked — ie the floor. During his confinement | London will have si opportunity pd i ining it. ] | Lilas s.b., Cavaignac s.r., Robert Steiger a ~N 
erumbs of Wheaten oh “were his «principal food, | aa ana —In a I raised ps seedlings | Mr. “Alex ander, Twelve e Hyacinths, by 
which he -preferred to anything else.” So much says from a podo aaa taken sr taga al gens, ferti- | ers or Ea Tah t, 2l.—Mr. Hen 
Bewick. These birds are remarkably good eating in lised with Sng from a ora’ variety o s pà on | Sivewright, Esq., with sern "Welln 
seeds in the pod, tis the | Albert s.b. |Lord Gra La 
ber, when they take to the uplands and are very | Pink, There were only fiv l y s. 
s ge 7 i gu | ich vegetated have lin flowers precisely | Nimrod s.b., Richardson, ae Lord W, 
r in one than | sch s.c., I 
other. The flowers in i le ' 
with jackdaw ert i he i aeaa one ively pink, and in immense trusses, blooming last year d.w.; 2d, 1/.—Mr. Douglas, sr. to J. R 
not the gpa È N., La til till October, It is altogether an exceedingly pretty and | | with sea Koster ¢.b., Gra: d Vaingn 
New Pi nthe a male Fruit Tree Blossoms. saet pt eos th _— I shall be glad to forward you |B! anc s.w., Lord We ellington PR, Volta; ak 
eeiving dat w all fruit iw ly receives a blig bloom in summer if you wish it.) Von Thuyll s.b, Prince Albert sb, Mon 
this coun ne LR. a, a | du Feesch, s.c., Charles Dickens d A 
wall pr aha day, > — the natural colduess by} Planting Larch.—I see in an old volume of yours “du Lac s.ro., Orondates s.b., G 
moe ew © it ma; tor what not, I) | (June, 18519 some PgR aaa e this subject. I am | | Prize by Messrs. Lawson & 
thought that if eep oni pace day and m ight | only a nen grower of them, and plant some 15,000 to | |in pots, open to all—Mr. H 
cen eios iad rsh tt exposure of the | 20,000 ann pla the plou 
i | e upper side of a field on side land Albert s.b 
dari the any:use, | them a hint, By 
I hope one day to eat.a Peach with re mh wr | fatal iprocess, of merely opening a cut wit 
have been saved with hundreds of ot and “ atk ” your young tree in it; I Hos PP 2 
simple process. William Sharpe, M.A., 34, ge so sem = es long run the trees can succi eaey unless the s 
Strand, friable. ri always roll my ground Upin p ie | 
Rhododendron j gene —Having lately been kpaa paw ‘it any ee will go to the small extra expense of n & 
my friend Mr. Wm. Wi athis seat Tre egalion, near | doing so. will find the advantage in the long-run to | a iba Meee Fe eesti, 
i ni i i i 
containing from 14 to 15 ‘lowers, and 38 buds yet the long run, as I have said, it will be far better for h 
unopened. It was grafted five years since on Rhodo- pocket. I generally hole some months eB hand, to | ate bla 
dendron icum, and is growing in a.13-inch pot, and give the pit the er of the aoe, &e, and as | li Ch hieftaih east t); 
Ji., 
hasthe appearance of vigorous "The plant 2 ‘weston tint on of the advantage that I reap I can only say optima (Ho 
Buds.—What is the cause of buds on me atthe have made in many instances 4 feet. Taffy. | was voted to Mr. Porterfield for the sam 
Rose trees os toa naw size, turning yellow, a —_—_———— | Seakale, a prize was awarded to Mrs. Serle 
dle tes : ee [ Wauntiof feo d. J a | field. iti F. aces of Broccoli, for bes 
Plants.—In reading your remarks o; Societies. | three com — the first prize was 
to Mr. Teder for Gillespie’s Broccoli, — 
kei 
whi € pees iha bet} on 
years:ago:was wearing out, and which aMi me | esen . Barth, LiL: D., md J: Que Esc „were following : — Aspidistra elatior vari 
to make the following statement :—A friend of mine | elected Fellows D. ers ury, LE Gast Si, mre ferrea, Maren ta sanguinea, peli 
red some grafts of it from one of the original of the resin of Liquidambar orie ntale, sores aie | dium aureu ie charum offici 
trees in Hertfordshire about 20 years ago ; these formed Licust Stone X, pre a ies the south-w Liv istonia Siete. Calathea 
a ‘fine healthy tree, which continues up to this time, | also a the bark of the same tree afak the n of oe is, Corypha australis; in seve 
f fruit. I took rpos variety. From 
on, 
to this da: s 
however, seen it forfour, years, This I think tends to | of es aries itself, ang: Aikoa ron a managed —one ‘Lad Paxton) meas eet 
confirm your ‘theory, that plants do not degenerate so 1, “ Description of a new nostri it naked apni 4 yout | cumfere S ay Ba an mr 
much as to be ‘termed worn out; that,at least, is my | Thaumantius us achroa, with histological details,” by Dr. | | Mr, Ritchie, Parsonsgreen, contributed Azaleas, &e. 
impression. cor intelligent ’ gardener must .be Cobbold, 2.“ as esis new species of Strepsipterous po of the Azaleas an extra premi pee 
acquainted with instances which to the unexperienced | inset, found on opterous insect,sent from Borneo AZalea Phoenicea—a magnificent p 
e looked like “ wearing out ;” if, however, the cause of by Mr. Wallace,” bed. ô. Westwood, Esq. 3. A“ Me- deficient i in flower. M r, Laing, so wel 
‘constitutional decay is sought for in ‘the | moir on the germination of Barringt PERE Careya,” by | cessful es of the Rhododendron, 
right way it may generally be traced to a very different | Dr. T. Thomson. After remarking that the si a struc- Cut specimens “ Bianca is was highly 
- am ye opini: any cA p= r 
if = 
not yet: in a-bearing state will make dess fruitful:trees. | Endlicher and Meisner : (2 as an embryo in the axis | Plants in the exhibition, ex'ra aw 
Ed 3 . m m En 
“gona sang for Pears, but in Apples my-experience | of copious albumen, on len. ae originated with came Mr. Ba i 
e ones but more so with strong growing | Gaertner, and was adopted by Hami mg Roxburgh, | extra prize was assigned. Dr. 
a others. I have also found in Carnations Wight, and Lindley ; (3) as an exalbuminous embryo | Row, sent a small but interesting 
pipings taken from planis which had happened to | in two layers, a view first promulgated by St ge po Scilla Siberica, Iris reti 
an i oot 
stand | ‘some time without blooming, showed the same Arnott, and doubtfully adopted b: ite Dog’s-t 
to fiower, although plants of the same | opportunity thixsielhiug sipa oh vey Guth oe a waa inane, 
bloomed This I | these enab} to arrive with ‘on r la sinensis, Rh 
ty at the following conclusions: iex (very well bloomed), &e s 
embryo of gtonie is exalbumino the | Handasyde supplied among Conifers 
i ; that the me Ear is an aie Biganten. Messrs. Ballantyne & Son 
organ, consisting of pith, woody layer, k ; | plan variety of C 3 
and that the plumule at first almost without scales is | A ma a gas k aE 
dev into a stem, while the opposite erain was sormaroag by H, caer Kolin Falcon 
into 
when | into a root. Notice was given of an alteration | Was highly commended by t 
elongates was given 
| of the bye-laws, proposed by the ~ ma sea the | it Tikel to prove a valuable ioves p. 
| days of meetin g from Tuesday to Thu ae uished a display of ornamental bags 
by co Sas rea holders, &e., made of te 
3 T A „March 10 Th his meetir g | The desi in many instances were re quito a 
y x 
before nsnm ch the ho north. The | presence of numerous 
$ 7 . a j jes j E ae é G t- 
oe Po are from old Vines that I cut down | poe pe of a ed some very fine Hyacintbs | furnished by Mr. Robinson, 
Mr. k ugla we 
1 pots, and bouque 
bore a heavy crop of Grapes. I attribute the great — Sendin The rs is the prize list :— Henderson, gr. to the Duke 
to number of his sae ng 
: “ot of hot water in an wn Ist, 2l— x ere Of garden cath pen 
Paes — mie printer! as described by me | with ee b., Voltaire s.w., Nin ere . emr Son h Britney 
= e = grene this mee th ; and wich all Blandina. s.w., Orondates s.b, Miss Ainsworth | able i einai and beautiful "finish. 
hians of:din cae as h aaar eae says that in the Grand Lilas s.b., Grandeur à Merveille s.w., Charles | implements altogether was g 
pee l — eating fine foliage Eye cor be | Dickens s.b., alba perbissima s.w., ns Koster | amount of public attention. 
: oE She pean ae produce fin p ase at this season Gh. \Grend Vedette s.w., Porcelain Sceptre s.b., Norma See eae 
ee ie I have peen at but not | £ Prince Albert s.b., Lord Wellington a Dat 
March. W. Thomson, Park, near Edinburgh, Wanike daw., Lord Wellington d.ro. ; 2d., 12 — Messrs 
— vd Pov & Sop, with Mary Stuart ` s.w, Baron Nae 
"y Grandeur 
-b., Solfaterre s.r., La Tour @’ Auvergne ia 
pony hele omer S.T., Porcelain ras sabo 
E GEN of Wel- 
