CHRONICLE. 
THE GARDENERS’ 
the, e Would they retain their sasad 
then end perseveran: 
uantity of dried leaves in the interior, where he had buried in J. q-5 a amp, gr. 
RRA en refuge from a cate storm. The fire broke att ng td — Let me then recomm Esq. „The plants in Mr aan ramp 
a t, long after he had left, and as it was on | with lim td T am sure that by and rot the foe will large in'size and beautifully in flower, Among them 
steep hill and no water near, of course it fell ; still it isa | Ibe winged ered. = he good company of such eas were Ixora coccinea, Gompholobium polymorphum, a 
meee wreck yet. And there are five or six most age ay I lea awh R with my best wishes or | handsome bush very different from the same plant 
venerable monarchs of the forest nearly in a | his su stiffly trained over a wire-trellis to “a face ;” Lesch 
called e immemorial “the Druids’ Oaks,’ ——_—_—_— “I, pede fausto, sh aultias, the handsome Swan River Boronia 
the pleasure grounds of the Hon. Robert Windsor Clive, ae laturus meritorum preemia.”—Q. E loaded with rich rosy blossoms; Pimelea Hendersoni 
, Oakley Park, near Ludlow. ‘Should the admirable sug- | —Priapus, Oak. REE old ned eare fr ls — -i spectabilis, a hu ge Epacris, Cho ; 
: wht, j fi 
3 of ith . Mr. 
tion on:so tmportant a subject, and there cannot be the ing pot at night—it see meta dissolve e them.” (Of course fine Azaleas, one of the smaller kinds of Acacias whi 
slightest lobt bat; that’ the. nobléinen ‘and gentlemen it will require a few vs db riments to ascertain the precise accommodate themselves to pot culture ; Pinel 
who are the fortunate ssors of those precious quantities that will destroy animal life without injuring ena is, om o ema Lawrenceanum, A 
réliques of antiquity will gladly avail themselves of the | Vegetation. F. N., Talo doe . | om Tetratheca verticillata and ericifolia, the 
chance of getting perfect fac-similes of the venerable! Hot water Boilers (see p. 345).—In ee | last a PAra lilac kind; Erica pressa, 
ii before time levels them with the dust, . the acceptance of our pu ubic ene by Boronia Drummondi, Polygalas, and Heaths, | . Taylor 
N., Ludlow. agree that the trial shall be under the Mtu of the e| sent ¥ as daps raaa aaa spectabilis, - 
Eucnide bartonicides—Not having seen any pre- Hortieul — Society, and are ready to test our one | elegans, mn on = pen = Boronias, Mr 
vious account of the ee by which ‘this pretty boiler against whomsoever else may be ini inclined to com- | Hamp’s plants were small, and ni ery different from 
annual may be made to flower all through the winter, Pete with us, at such pones and place as the Society may j me 
perhaps t ay ant be dihiteredtiing to state a few par- appoint; and we beg to be allowed to make a few sug- ong collections of 10 Stove and Greetthouse Plants 
ticulars I saved some seeds last April aot We are E iing to test boilers of various | was a beautiful group from Mr. Barter, gr. to a 
twelvemonth, an placed the t ew ~i a shady part § t we do ait think that very small ones should | Bassett, Esq., of Stamford Hill. It contained a magni. 
ere they were very much neglec ted, and be let for the purpose—we say that 2000 feet of  ficent Azalea coronata » literally a ball of purple blossoms, 
searcely anynotice taken of them for vi p at months, pipe is the smallest gene | to which any of quite 7 feet in di 
They were then potted singly into 4-inch pots in the boilers should be attached, and if it were 10,000 le i 
soil composed of turfy loam, leaf mening oe sand, and feet so much the better—the latter quantity will be | spectabilis, the 
ae id] Aituationin-a light ai m A yer 
S a , Bart., had bea atid op 
stove during the ae etty unless wi low t Pimelea spectabilis, a yellow Heath, an Ev 
awd star-like blossoms have a very wre effect during $ trial of heating the large Palm-house at Kew soca Erioste i 
dull months when flow wers are scarce T hav e e just in t that there is e. 15,000 fe et of 4-inch pipe; H acumina Chorozema 
- shifted them into larger pots, and they appear as healthy Will undertake to fix one boiler which shall effectually varium, and a large yellow-flowered Gompholobium, 
vigorous as ever, and promise to be objects of great heat that ndble cabins. But should that ae con- Mr. Peed, gr. to Mrs. Tredwell, contributed‘ Pimelea 
beauty during the summer. Piola. ceded too, and that there be no other es tablishment | spectabilis, a depressed cone of flowers; the 
ge American Oak.—I cut the following from a which affords the necessary facilities, p will not ene ns | manda Tetratheca, an Bverlasti ting, Erica depressa, Alla- 
, paper recei It ve ndifl o acuminata, and Boronia 
idea of the magnitude of a la arge Oak E growing in North of water. Ys ig et us fix our boilers side sf side, as as | pinna’ Key Clark ke, napis aaran Webb, of Hoddesdon, 
-Carolina:—“There is said to be Oak tree near ™any as like to eee course each boiler to be | so Adenandra fragan ns, the i eat Erioste- 
Raleigh, N. C., which at the sun’s capitis covers with tested ag y, the fuel be agit weighed, the heat | mon, and eau elea Henderso spectabilis. Mr. 
Dank Rone fet. It would afford shelter for 4500 men be sae e Wa hourly ; each boiler should be | Cine arson, gr. ‘to W. F. G. Sarthe; Esq., furnished the 
Geo. 8. R ested pr gars for at the least three or four days iT Intermediate Baiak Azalea triumphans, 
ays, the 
Slugs.— Pa wi is not only the power of attaining the greatest | Adenandra fragrans, an Everlasting, Polygala ia 
i Nene sae som ab omni parte beatum.”—Q. H See t in the shortest time with the smallest quantity of | pn | nata, Pimelea spectabilis, Ixoras, and Heaths. Mr. 
rs have too often proved the ea fuel, but to ascertain which boiler will maintain the Baxendale also furnished a collection. 
pma remark of my good friend greatest heat for the longest time without attendance xhibitions of six Stove and ‘Greenhouse plants were 
co t “J. R.” evidently has, , t0 the fire. Each co op or to puede all his own ex- supplied by Mr. Rhodes, gr. to J. Philpot, 
his appeal some time ago, I thought there aera and also to pn Pt wn such a sum as the Horti- | Mr, Williams, gr. to Miss Trail, are Peed, and 
so many responses'to it that I refrained from Cultural Society may think sufficient to liquidate all | Mr. Morris. In the first group Chorozema 
down my experience in slug warfare, supposing Charges, ors the chamyion who ‘will ‘deserve to 0 | Henchmanni , gracefully trained, and “skilfully grown; 
be | ut as he seems so little be crowned with Laur Scot free.—John Tetratheca verticillata; Hovea Celsi, Dracoph 
a ; for destroying slugs | Weeks & Co., King’s Road, ‘Cheba, May 19. gracile, a very useful plant for cutting from, Pimelea 
lerto suggested, I thought it would be as well to Zo keep Sparrows ows off Barly Peas—] have had m ilis, and the ‘buff Erica Albertus. In the 
State: , -and its results. I, Early P uch ed by ‘sparrows this season other collections were some well grown plants nót 
: ' been in the possession of two ancient therefore covered me rows ‘with netting, elevated on | different t ‘have named. 
here was no gar- | h twigs, a ged ‘down ‘on either side, ‘but | of them were however hardly sufficiently in flower. 
snails | wherever the met net Miam to get near the P | nthe "3 ¢ 12 Stove and Greenhouse 
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pulled them up, also early-sown Lettuce, a thash ‘and’ Joa 
T likewise tied white worsted. over some eet rie eee aati ge ane 
ustard and Cress,.and in ‘hours 
Horace says:— Nihil est ab omni. into each other and 
m Mr. Clarke, 
Mrk Keele, gr t to R. Butler, 
kept at an equal distance Grounila esdon:: 
regard to ‘the slow-worm, T 'bélieve it is a the oe Shey may be:made to gs so the pur High Geni, Hoddesdon Morris. i 
; pe aign p rae ‘Hope Hall, ae Gardener to W. Harter, Esq., were plants of Dendrobi ar alho- sanguineum, = pie 
o kept ar many Som thee oo cites Deewana Cates Massie. Dr, Kale 
them fond of snails, T ~ | Fei 
Feildingi, Fox Brush (hetides Feilding) and penah 
Gants PARE, May 20—The suavis. Most conspicuous in Mr. Morris’s sett 
ethibition on this occasion, Lycaste Harrisoniæ and Phaius grandifolius, the 
ere 
fine specimen. 
minane eg aeaa the: "ro 6 Orchids came fom Messrs Dut Gi 
sae a i 
