508 | . HE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [May 2, 1857. 
foundation of the Society. The Council are cer- | guided in the cases described. Still less does it | April 11, roi March 20, 1854; April 1, 1889, 
tainly entitled to — this as brid most favour- | appear to us that UCHARTRE’s experiments in- | Ma oe 26, a 
m of returning pr validate in the slig ghtest degree the axiom given}. Ran » March 857 ; 
a aed la oe a; an al by the o publie ot the above, that “ flagging is caused by the absence of 1856; Ap April 2 A 1855; ” March | 99,4 1854, dnt T Ise 
ea on which it has been resolved to enter. water enough in the system of a oa to supply Säilla e meg coriilon, “Mare P 
The most remarkable change that was announced | the leaves ac ane as rig as it is lost by 1856; April 10, 18 S55; -ek 15, 1854; ramia 20, 
related to the distribution of plants from the Sey anton o his exper iments 1853 ; March 20, 1 h 27, 
rden. This has always been a subject ofimmense | amount? “ A plant recent ly watered if placed! Co rydalis so ids, March 25, 1857; March rs 1 
difficulty, “especially hen numerous applicants in "hae sunshine flag Of co t does if April 16, 1855 March 14, 1854; April ian 
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sired to have the same plant, as when it has |the leaves perspire faster thanwater eàt te pumped | March 28, 1 
happened that 50 dinane have been m z= for | up from the stem; the plant is like a pump whic Ribes niin en A first flower seen open on ate 
some half dozen specimens of a rare ais valuable | will not draw because it has emptied the well till | plants, March 26, 1857; March 26, 1856; April 19, 
species. It has been ripiital to the Connell that | the water is below the level of its sucker. Leave a March 14, 1854; April 4, 1853; March 2) 
this difficulty might be overcome by having recourse | the “oe alone and it ag pam fills, agi which | 1 
ethod of decision by lot; and the experi- the pump acts as before. In like manner the pla nt). mii 1 Ñ oe 27, 1857; March 24, 1856. 
ment is to be speedily tried. The applications now | if lett afi tcl to say removed fr fr ot the hot oe ae Man Sg isi 12, 1853, 
making for the very rare Mexican Coniferous plant|sun, the great cause of perspiration), gradually Ap Et rae March 14, 1854; A ate 3, 1856; 
called Chamecyparis thurifera will evidently very’ fills again pons water, and recovers its former Scilla bifolia rubra, March i eee 1853. 
much exceed the whole number y plants in the freshness. Do not all gardeners guard against |1856; April 6, 1855; March 1 4, 1854; pc. fons 16, 
power: of the Society. And we are authorised | this flagging by screens and shades? If not in) March 28, 1852. 853; 
e that all ap ications for this plant | France they certainly do in this country. It may be an Se sot te April 1, 1857 ; March 26, = 
will ba tegiotered up to July 4th, at which time the |indeed happen that inexperienced persons endea- | April 15, 1855; rch 14, 1854; April 4 1 d 
list ag ses. At the meeting of J al Tth, in Regent | vour to prevent flagging under the sun by giving | March pf 1852. F 
Street, the names of the applicants will be thrown | more water, which is useless, but good gardeners| Anemone apennina, April 2, 1857; April 8, 1856; 
Du a box, whence some one will „publicly ashe know wee and rely on nothing but shade, and roi 30, 1855 ; Apa 3, 1854; " April 12, 1853; April 7, 
one after th oe of it, 
to pera, The names 5 not drawn wil will ri course A plant ws et sa are dry if ta in the hot : 
represent the applicants to w as sun flags.” Ofc t doe e first act o ; , 
unfavourable. Should this prove to we unattended pun age Ait ony eens in mae iyati , and | 29, IES panera Nac Bie ae 9, 1856; April 
a sry sat a ay unforeseen the system will | nothing reþlacesit. The plant is now a dried up| Co biyday, Agel’? ? 1857 ; Apa L 1856; api 
think it likely to give much | well, upon Neale a poms cam het Butore it yes (T4, 1858; March 14, 1854; April 5, 1853. 
aele aaraa provi vided public notice of the plants to nly ha lf-e g Ai sempervirens, April 4, 1857; Apt 1856; 
be masaa a +e gra fe Nie ue 2 "e all, i is clot that of M. DUCHARTRE’S two cases Ami 13, Po March 25, 1854; ril 12, 1853; 
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ie quantity of haa of an rare Hose: valuable = ae s oa a po e ot agiia pido? fatne rn bata April 6, Pii saaa 2,1856; 
papo w been received counteracted by shales which permits a mere void | Pt 15, 1856; March 2 hs “ey 
Spain, we understand “that 2 all classes of Fellows, to be supplied; the second is not remedied by uschkinia scilloides, April 6, 1881 1856; 
whether paying 2 oF 4-enliioes, will be PP Cae 1855; March 27, 1854; April H 1853; March 
guine ah but demands a fresh cme of the indis- | 38 
meida mk De A ‘general athena the l able rf id. Any garden on clay Pi on Ben. lity Muse ari Rr pa me 7, re paean 30, 1856; 
Cochlearia officinalis April 2, 1857; April 4, 1856; 
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THERE lately appeared in the Journal of the the Fine aes rn ; night comes and withitshade;| Carex ites April 8, 1857; April 2 186 April 
Imperial Horticultural Sper of Paris an account | still they flag ; the sun is veiled y heavy sinais, 20, 1855; March 30, 1854; March 22, 185 
by M. anai De me experiments which € | the precursors of a storm; but no change comes Hyoscyamus physaloides, April 9, 185 857; March 27, 
has made with a to debii rmine the preet a ‘over the foliage ; perhaps it ts the more. At 1856; ew 14, 1855; March 15, 1854; April 12, 
of the well ea wid eco enon called ‘‘ FLAGGIN st the storm bursts, the ground is saturated, | 1853; April 2 1852. 
ty a Fis a airaa belief. that the state water rushes up the conduits fa the thirsty trunk’ | , Narcissus moschatus, April 9, 1857; April 6, 1856; 
fs peor to ore this eee is given, arises | jg “ape or driven into a the yeins, and in an rig e 1855; March 28, 1554; April 8, Lact 
om nothing else than the absence of water | hoy othe leaves stiff and erect.as ever. | ~’ 
ibarda gi April 6, 1856; 
enough in the system of a plant to supply Sa even th angi the storm pA succeeded by a burn- son 1855; gee page. march oe April 
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tion. Teigr RTRE thinks trom. tw differ inf. With ae respect for the well known talents flaccida, April 11, 1857; April 
saying t py eo! arises from rent | of M. DUCHARTRE we must think that his ane soe io 1855; March 18, 1854; April J, 185; ‘se 
PATA, ai ees sae hpk ments and the a hale he draws from them 1852 April % 
practical men calculated t vanai a yt plain matter. In dnt "Deer Cae eee anches, April 13, 1857; Ap 
A common Sunflower was = subject of one set minds the great f bana dbe to cont April 20 , 1855; March 26, 1854; ‘April 12, 
ofe Having watered hgw pa in the k i 
morning an eg then E ek i a ie , its oie = ate, NaON Pseudo-Narcissus, April 13, 1857 ; April 2, 
leaves were by noontime brou igs to such a as state of they merely repel the lagay me ; and are pro 
A pril 6, 1853; 
taney they they ath hung sh : never necessary. uid: kiwe dge ARAT PETT 1855; March 25, 1854; 
MApN = fag ill-lighted dewo: itë ‘eaves s | and hort enii yep 2g: and more evident; Aon saxatile, April 13, 1857; EA 8, ar 
tean n it me recovered its freshness See eee eee Pg isis , 1855; April 11, 1854; April 7, ’ 
which it vietoerved en the evening although it was a oe = i 
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ed out of d SPRING FLOWERING PLANTS. Sas oa ae ae 18, 1001 ee a, tS 
This same plant, three days afterwards, having} Tue following i isa register of the flowering of certain | March 27, 1852. 
been well watered as before, was again placed in | spring plants in the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh,! Scilla Loita April 14,1857; April 7, 1856 ; 
a hot om it flagged by one ener as Serge from 13th 1 March to 15th h April, 1857, as compared with | 21, 1855; March 30, 1854; “April 10, 1853; A 
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and when placed once more in an ‘oom bs five previous years 9366 
it became fresh in a couple of hours Tee the ussilago Farfara, Marek 12, 1887 ; ae 12, 1856;| Adonis vernalis, April 15, a Arar 6 
air of room was purposely kept very hot Apri 11, ed March 14, 1854; April 4, 1858 ; Feb- April 19, 1855 March 28, 
and dry. Being then turned out of doors in Rig tae p March 6, 1 rie 
the shade, it remained without change. Next pulsatilla, 2 March 14, 1857; March 10,|  Fritillar imperialis, April 15, 1857; Pia 1859; 
day it was wa in the morning and i 1856; s Apel IL ot March 14, Tss, April 13, 1853; April 14, 1850; 1 March 26, 1854; A of 
; third time exposed to the hot wads |Y Erny 21, 185 April 3, 1852.—James M'Nab, in Proceeding 
by noon it was completely flagged, and then A copra, March oe be ae ae Botanical Society of Edinburgh. | 
having expended all the water in the soil, it was ied bg h 16, 1854; March 28, 1853 
no longer able to recover its freshness when placed Dondia Epipactis, March 14, 1857; March 10, 1856; VEGETABLE PATHOLOGY.—No. CLIX. l 
in a darkened room ; nor did exposing it to night April 9, 1855; March 11, 1854; “March 25, 1853;| 658. Parasrra (Red Spider). — The tittle ins 
dews restore it. In the <p ether ah cat March 8, 1852. nown too well to gard ers under the nant ite 
as in the pen nor did it recover till it was| Narcissus pumilus, ean 15, 1857; March 16, 1856 ; | spider has obtained its po name IPOD" eate either 
again well wa April 2, 1855; March 10, 1854; "March 21, 1853 ; | web which it spins on the leaves which it affects, ane 
: pre aL DUCHARTRE, “two entirely | March 11, 185: nting mere ‘scattered threads ^ pider. Its © 
different things scat try When ‘the leav March 16, 1857; March 20, not a 
i es nappia agrostidea, 
consequence of a momentary excess of 1856; Apr April 2, 1855; February 28, 1854; February 1, 
perspiration, the earth e the same time retaining 1853; January 31, 1852. 
fee nivalis, March 17, 1857; March 18, 1856; 
ciency o moisture, shness of the 
ae g restored by me rely moderating the per- A ni ma Penin » 1854; March 15, 1853; 
February 20, 18 
on. But, on the contrary, whenever 
aves from the dryn M Eid earth, neither {oat eet 16, 1885: co ch 7, 4 Apel TE ea 
ness ee pogre ad night, nor dew Aer had hronium Dens-ca nis, Mar h 20, 0, 1867 arch 24 
any effect upon ing organs, and wate 1856; April 11, 1855; mae h 10, 1 it 
Pee ok 7 j ring 1a, Meech 1 in are 854; Mach 19, 
vee ae is ely ad s the author, he specie Gagea lutea, March g 1857; March, = 1856 ; 
these tw et ae | April 14, 1855; March , 1854; April 12, 1853; 
we would understand the the Aaa “ed 40; TSY; Aat r pr 
ences |25 1858; “March 16, 1854; April 8 1868; March 81, br 
nsect 
ing th ee, ieee 0. 1857; March 15, 1856 ;| 
Pekin age 1855, 5 March 27,” 18535 | 
to be! at 7 ‘March 20, 1856 ; | í 
