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TilK GARDINKRS 1 ( illlOXHLK 



[Makch 10. 



If* ; from that t «h# 



: h ¥ ruary we had a . situation, ifl flower and 



■ Juuiperus 



froet' every nurra* without a §ir pt tho« h 



#n the mor; eb. 4 and 5 there was only 2 and 



full 

 injured. Jun. penis hermndiana, 

 ng, nuite green •»<* healthy now 



of cones, not the least 



browned other 



I* of froet respeeti vely. Dmdmg the moot! Januar 



ftn I the h> winj? are the averages for tlie first 1 

 day* BM 39.8; twin, 33.!). For the la* 16 days: 



29.8 ; miii., 17.1. For the month of I isry : 



m*s., 31 ■ »-, H • And frotn *• 6lh lo lhc 



f Fr h. my thermooMt* r uever touched the freezing 

 point at alL 1 attribute this ml to the exposure of 

 the thermometer to the wind, aa another on the groun 

 ckae itcated almost throughout the day the same 

 temperatures, a I in oue or two instances, when the 

 wind was I two or three degrees warmer. All greens 

 are leair except Cabbages, Br us se l s Sprouts and 

 Kale. A. I miry « mnum, Kent, Ma h 7- 



The thermometer * at Lill Tom . la Ums i of 

 >rthuiaber'.a J, arc fixed about 4 feet from the A. 



ofetervar were taken at •'' a.m., and show the 



24 hours: 



japonica,'JO feet liieli, "ever looked better 



Cryptomena 



Aram-aria 

 Abies morinda 



of Highgate, furnished a group in which wer two ^ 

 particularly worthy of notice;^ they were Willj ai ^ 



First, a very deep bluish purple with a large 



cona^ 



imbrieata, 30 feet high, in rude health. 



well as Picea- Webbmna and I mus 



aa 



"tn£h tlel. to" know, will stand the lowest tarn- 



perature. Mar '< 

 Main at C ster in 18^ 



laches. 



4 



rJitto 17th, 



rn am en 



huil frost an 

 if they had 



The 



lowest t>'t»peratare in the preceding 

 February I >tb, + ; ditto 1 U, — 7 

 9* j the nu.m of the maximum and 



ni» of the 17th was — 7 We 

 snow fcr v-vsn aeeka Kvrrtjreoiia look 

 been set tire to. Feach and Apr* t trees appear to be 

 4eatn>>e<l ; a hai »me apaeimeii Araucana on our 

 terrace, if ilJod, is very nm<-h i Mired, J. / «, 



low j are the cold nights that have occurred 

 litre dun eg the late severe wrath* The data ai 

 taken from a registering thermometer ia then I :i of 

 a garden, -J feet from the gr* id :"— Fek. 10th, lowest, 



Kid 



.Jai iry 



1' ruary 

 at irrh 

 April 



May 



June 



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0.96 

 O.G 

 

 90 



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j: rough t forward 



July 



Aureal 



ptember... 

 October 

 Nov< ber... 



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Carried forward 



17' December 

 9.45 i 



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Indies. 



.. 9.45 

 S.15 

 0.90 

 0.70 

 2.72 

 1.52 

 1.48 



19.92 



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Cumiariso-v or Ten Ykars with Chiswick 



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1^15 1846 1847 



29 30 



27 7 IG.G 



184S L849 1850] 1861 It 852 



25.9 31. 48.8 



3 



186311854 



rJ> 1S.2 :0.7 





4. A ' * < 3 1 I 13.0 4.1 IK 2 HA 1.0 



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Awra«a— 4;irenceater, 1.4; Cluswick, 2 . 'J kos. C Br&wn. 



Grafted HI >dmdrons v iff a s9 of ByMds.— 

 The diseasamn now going on in your columns us to the 

 merits or demerits of grafted Rhododendrons will not 

 fail to elicit some useful facts concerning that valuable 

 plant, which I think might justly be called the most 

 ornamental hardy evergreen phrub we posses?, and 

 therefore deaerwmg oi having ev.rvthin^ sat<l about it 



in any way likely to facilitate its general cul- 

 ture. I have had some experience among Rhododen- 

 drons, which leads me to differ from " J. K " a romp- 

 ion hat gralting ifl n ssarily a dwarfing proces 



IB ■ k . • II _ - . _ _ I 



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Manvseedimir plants of H. pontieum will grow quite , « . _. - 



;S „s\ ,v 1, rid tlmUuvs ever come tmder mj **» ebur^eum, Sclu^burglaa v.o^a ea, Vanda .*£ 



nmwiTwt, y »> >» . v ««. . ,.. *> • all j a handsome variety of Dendrobium nobile called 



h, do., |4th t do, 9*; i:>th t (1 . II ; 



I7th, « zero ; I h, d . 6' ; 2 1st, d 



We have had I rest here, mora or lesa, from dan. 12th 

 lo :8th, «,r \n days. l«-5 in II poiida was 12 



aebes t: V'egetabi e sumred v« y mm 



but, from pros- nt appearances, evi -rirre* -ns have 

 not suffered near so much as in If D 



Am Hen 11 near Ta/nv 5. 



>u tt\ .at 12 p.m , an ordinary thermometer hett 

 at \ Saturday, the 17th, at 7^ a.m , it v*as 



i' bo!ow Bsro, bein^ " lower than in January, 1888, sj 



registered by m« in »rth V\ Ju« -^ nj U- m 



present ap|>earanetii. Wallflowi weet Wdliama, &c., 



aeem dea In the kitchen garden the Braasira 



nhe ia much cut up. With a Urn he tl m« meter 1 ng 



1° below **v 1 was able to keep a heat of < in the i 'mo 



stove; having pot ( I rapes setting and swelliugat the time, I 



wosob e«i »op op a brisk te m perature mer 



toJ.L.lkal iitl Hi m 9 \\ mil, Stag, Uh 



The lowest lit temt rature at I Hilton 1'ark, Cheshire 



i can state w as foil >ws : — 1\ roa ii. 11° j 1 0th, 



1 ; UtlM ■ | i,12°; I6th,7°; 17th, 6°; 18th, 

 U* th, I ith, i ; -j 1st, I The regist< 



Dixie placed agaioat the north wall of the house 10 feet 

 from the ground. E. 



Yellow RtnpUtrt/.—Tlm fruit, vulgarly sailed white 



Haspl* rv, is, I think, voiy gfn^rally preferred for its 



dei flavour to the red. It else j ^-esees one sob- 



aMerable advmifn^e — that it ia very little molested by 

 birds, who e y are not fond of it. ; and therefore 



it can dispense win ts in places where nothi las 

 will pi teet i red fruit 1 ti pr luce seems to be 

 cry oasatit »ry ; and it yields but e nty dishes 

 even totbftdosei table, while the red sorts 'are pre- 

 served by the asheL ^ r are the individual berries as 

 generally filled out, rounded, and well- formed as the 

 others. TU*r« i soaaallling defective a T at the plant. 

 Oan any of j or correspondents inform me whether any 

 artificial treatment, such as manuring or watering in the 

 dry parts of the sprin will im? i*t to this variety the 

 luxuriance and produ iveneas of the red Raspberries 



-fli • Jim 



/' reyutsala I — Tn the select list of Figs which vou 

 give our correspondents, you often name Preguamtft 

 Loudon I see does the same. I tried the sort for 

 several ; %rs under glaas, but it asm even showed a 

 fruit, and I gave it up in despair. Do others find it a 

 good bearer I /*., March 5. 



Ileal t >t for de- yaj Bhinekm, or Snogs, in 

 Fore** and other Tro —Dissolve '2 07.. of < sive subli- 

 mate in spirits of wii. and mix with 3 pints of best 



tar. The decayed parts to be pared off or gouged out _. 



below the level of the sui iding aowid bark, and the Messrs. . w ,_ 



wound wtall painted over with lhc above. All limbs with the names and coloured f the bcsrandm'osVdktinct 

 tha r uire removal sbonld be cut off close to the trunk, of them. Hybrids raised from seeds of K. campanu- 

 •r larger branch, and treated in the same way. Wm. latum, I find; inherit in a striking decree its peculiar!- 

 LUi ,, 3AA.( :«, 1 $U m. tfcs. In foliage and manner of growth there is a strong 



_ - , , 1# , , r,,e effecte nf the 1ate f rosts family likeness between that species and my seedlings 



on some of the half hardy plants at Woodatoc .. near | from it, and unfortunately they promise to be quite as 



ge, era aa ioilows :~ Kucalyptus perfoliata quite shy as the mother in producing flowers. Judging from 

 .whilst ix obhqua is killed, and K. robusta very | what we know of the Indian species, it is to be feared 



head of sin tile flowers, and Baron Rothschild, a brS 

 red, and also single. Mr. Todman, gr. to Mrs. ^ 

 master, contributed a mixed collection of bulbs, coST 

 ing of Tournesol Tulips, Jonquils, Lachenalias, andU 

 kinds of Hyacinths. Cyclamens were furnished ^L 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of the Wellington Road #2 

 sery, and Mr. Myatt, of Deptford. The latter seat v 

 persicum ; the former red, white, rose and flesh colos^ 

 varieties of that kind, together with the dwarf andpn^ 

 C. Atkinsi, a comparatively new hybrid raised by l£ 

 Atkins, of Painswick, from seed of C. coum crossed sjflj 

 persicum. Cinerarias were confined to one collect^ 

 which was contributed by Mr. Todman. The nj£ 

 striking varieties were Beauty of Clapham, Queen, ^ 

 Delight The last named exhibitor also showed £sdy 

 flowered medium sized plants of Indian Azaleas, cej. 

 sisting of Pra}stans, Trotteriana, a variety in the wtytf 

 lateritia, and purpurea elegans. Mr. Fleming ag* 

 showed a plant of his purple striped and mottled wife 

 seedling called Duchess of Sutherland. 



Among Orchids were some noble specimens. Of 

 these the'niost remarkable was Dendrobium specioas^ 

 a large plant well furnished with flower spikes, fa* 

 Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting. This was unfortunate^ 

 however, the spotless variety of it, which is not nearly 

 so handsome as the other. It was stated that the mag*. 

 ficent plant of this Dendrobe which the Society is ^ 

 known to possess, is now in full flower in the garden at 

 Chiswick, but that owing to its great size it could not be 

 got out of the door of the house in which it is growiij, 

 to bring to the meeting. The other Orchids in Mean 

 HollisiOB's collection were the White Butterfly plm 

 (Phalwnopsis amabilis), the ivory white flowered Cynfc 



pulcherrimum. Messrs. Veitch sent the singuiardooksj 

 Lady's Slipper, Cypripedium viilosum, so called a 

 account of the long hairs with which the flowers are 

 furnished. Mr. Forsyth, gr. to Baron Rothschild, W 

 a well flowered Phaius grandifolius, and a large ni 

 fine Dendrobium nobile came from Mr. Hammerta, 

 gr. to J. Lovick, Esq., of Stamford Hill. Flowers 

 Mormodes icueum and of two Vandas were contribute 



genus. 



notice, and if such stocks are chosen for grafting upon, 



and that operation be skilfully performed, there can be 



reason why a plant resulting from such an union 



should be less robust than another of the same 

 variety « from a layer; I must admit, how- 



c r, that I have never seen any hybrids possessing 



that laurel-like luxuriance described by " J. R." 

 Vs 1 uother point in dispute, as to whether the 



1 lil d of a hybrid is determined by the male or « , f . « 



the fei le parent/ I agree with " J. R » and the autho- by Mr. Pass, gr. to T. Brocklehurst, Esq , of the Fen^ 



1 les ho quo; , that the male exercises the strongest Macclesfield, 

 influence in this matter upon the offspring ; but as my 



opinion is founded upon the following single experiment, 

 it|may not be worth much. Some eight or ten years 

 ago a plant of R, arboreum grew in the border of a con- 

 servatory here, and yet notwithstanding its favourable 

 situation, it refused to produce its magnificent flowers 

 ofte r than onee in two years. On one occasion I 

 fertilis I some of its blossoms with pollen from common 

 hardy kinds which had been forced into early bloom, 

 and plants the produce of this cross have been growing 

 out in the common soil of the pleasure-ground ever since, 

 some of them being now from 5 to 6 feet lugh, and as much 

 through ; consequently they are perfectly hardy. | |In 

 habit and appearance they differ altogether from 

 arboreum, being dense spreading bushes, with nothing 

 tree-like about them. One peculiarity of the female 

 parent, its shy blooming, has however been inherited by 

 the offspring, for some of these large bushes have never 

 yet produced a single flower ; others have flowered 

 paringty, the colour in all cases being some shade of 

 crimson. I have also raised some very distinct varieties 

 by crossing alta-clerense and other red hybrids with the 

 common sorts of ponticum and catawbiense. These 

 commence blooming after their female parents, coming 

 out in succession till the common kinds begin to open, 

 and thus stopping a gnp hi the flowering season of 

 Rhododendrons ; they have also the desirable properties 

 of bright and various colours, and a compact dwarf 

 habit, but the value of them is unfortunately lessened 

 by their liability to disfigurement bv late 

 frosts. A new class of late-blooming, high-coloured 



kind-*, not li le to this last objection, is now In the the other 4 lbs. 12 oz. 

 hands of the principal growers, but Icing at present 



s P r,n * 



high in 



tivators 



Of Stove and Greenhouse plants there were seven! 

 Mr. Davies, gr. to E. Rusher, Esq., showed Francisen 

 confertiflora, certainly the most ornamental of ike 



A plant of this and another species of Francisco 

 were also exhibited by Messrs. Veitch, who showed, 

 moreover, a charmingly blossomed specimen of 4e 

 Jasmine-flowered Rhododendron, pronounced by miij 

 to be the gem of the exhibition ; also a fragrant wbifc 

 flowered Posoqueria, and some of the better kinds a 

 Ejacrises. Messrs. Lee had well grown plants of 

 Stvphelia tubiflora, Eriostemon linifolium , Imatopliyfca 

 miniatum; an Epacrisand a Camellia. Mr. Todman seat 

 Eriostemon myoporoides, and from Messrs. Henderson, 

 of Pine Apple Place, came Hebeclinium ianthemrt, 

 in the shape of a handsome bush covered with Ua 

 A gera turn-like flowers, a Begonia, some Acacias, »■ 



other nlants. . 



A small boxful of Neapolitan Violets was shown DJ 

 Mr. Boyd,gr. to Viscount Dillon, at Dytchley Park, Ox* 



Of Chinese Primroses there were four collection^* 

 of them good specimens, and well flowered. They**" 

 from Mr. Smith, gr. to Mrs. Reay, of Wanstead ; *• 

 Chilman, gr. to Mrs. Smith, of Epsom ; Mr. Green, r 

 to Sir E. Antrobus ; and Messrs. Hendera», 

 Wellington Road. Mr. Hayes, of Edmonton, Jj* 

 pretty blush kind called Bride, whose b,oom8 .^fj 

 13 inch across. A good specimen of Double \V hitc 

 shown by Mr. Keele, gr. to J. Butler, Esq., of VVoojj 



Some good Pine Apples were produced. Mr. r 

 ing sent from Trenthani two fruit of the «no ^ ] * 

 Cayenne ; one a little too far gone, weighing 5 1M. 



From Mr. Davies, gr. toJ£ 

 Bridport, came a Black Prince, finely shaped, frag 



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The U 



in lrela-i 



Iniat 



r, 



Corrma ruf» not at .ill injured • C. nlba 

 ■n»«sa prostrata quite healthy at the west wall, 



Acacia affinis very much injured ; 

 dead. Ceanothus divarioatus and 



much injured. 



dead at uth wall. 



A. Terticilbta 



^ r " P'gidna and I severaforhsraTealthv 



bpiru>alte«m na killed, S. flore-pleno and all the other 

 upinjurcJ. . !afr! .» quite health vat the west wall, 

 killed at aomn wai |. CoUetia fetox slightly injured. 

 Berbers empetr, folia and viatica killed, B. dnlchi and 



Sin ' ■ .1 v" ' " jured h " ia y be remark^ 

 that moat of the nl>ove are eataUirfwd plants, being 



more than ten year, planted. A,n,>, lg8 [ the exotic 

 JW'5/ 8t00tl l we11 ^ re m»7 be n ie ntione.i 



cZSn^T^ "^^ •N-n^, «d devotuana- 

 Cunmngban k sinensis looks remarkably well. Cuorei 



MS JLambertwna and mucrocarpa could not be more 

 healthy ; C. Iwitanica (G« Cedar, 50 years "ld7, 



a fruit 6.', lbs. weight, and the other (the 15!** 

 one in August last 10 lbs. in weight. Mr. v° aa *> ^ 

 Colonel Baker, showed a smooth-leaved CavenD , 



4 lbs: Mr. M'Ewen, pr. to the Duke o^^ 

 sent both smooth and prickly leaved Caj^ ^^ 

 farmer weighing 2 lbs. 5 oz., and the latter *' '.^ 

 Mr. Page, pr. to W. Leaf, Esq.. had * fro 



mjr 



that none of the large growing kinds from that country 

 will be free bloomers. J. B. #. 



octette 



M, JLSq., nau - - ^ 



weighing 4 lbs. 15 oz.; and Messrs. Bray ana ** ^ 



igrespec 



pe and 



t. to the 

 Wuburn ; and Mr. Jennings, gr. to the 



oz.; ana Messrs. ««y '",. 10tt 

 had each a Queen, weighing respectively tfio* ^^ 

 New Grapes, quite ripe and beautituuy^^^^ 



came from Mr. Forbes, gr. to the 



*- iSS 



at Knowsley. 

 burgh. 



Pears, unrivalled for 



These both consisted 



of Bl** 



H* 



thus late' in the season, were shown by Mr. _ 



Pine examj' 



to the Right Hon. the Speaker ™^7 s^ifj 



hed by ** r - " ijy foW 



Earl de Grey ; Mr. Robertson, gr. tOjU^y^ J 



ereatlv ininr«! . w i,;i.t h n • . ' N "" a «*«;> Jfc wc *« ^nui-ens ivusrer, unanes Vu 

 pe*tiy injured , whilst t. Govemai^a in au exposed Sutton's Favourite, and Queen Victoria. 



Horticultural, March 6.— J. M. Strachan, Esq., in 



the chair. The Hon. Lord Murray, J. Boord, Esq., and 



Mr. Videon were elected Fellows. Notwithstanding the 



very *< vere weatln r w e have lately experienced, there kind of fruit were also furnis 



was an excellent exhibition on this occasion, not only of 



plants and fruits, but also of forced vegetables. Of 



Forced Bulbs there were some charmin- collections, | shown were Easter B 



chiefly of Hyacinths ; of these the best came from Mr. 



D *vies,gr. to E. Roslier, Esq., of Hamilton Terrace, St 



John*h Wood. The most striking varieties contained in 



it were Laurens Koster, Charles Dickens, Nimrod 



their beauty && 





Mr. Cutbush, 



, gr. to Lady fcffl.1}^ 



and Mr. Smith, gr. to Mrs. Reay. A»io"g Ne P 



thown were Eafeter Beun . Beurre K » u | d C J* 



Meuris, Knight' Monarch, Gkm M««»«. fe j|# 



Winter Crassane, Chauniontel, Beuriv r^ 

 Catillac, and lan;e and fine specimens i« 

 Germain. The latter came from Mr- »»* '' s 

 A most heautiful collection of App-e 9 



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