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jbricata, Fimbriate, Al&ertus, L/ancliaissima, 



■audi/ Cinerarias, 1st, Mr. Fowler, with 



md Lady Jane. Stove or Greenhouse 



Medal to Mr. Fowler, for Dendro- 



destroyed, as have also different kinds of Duvaua 

 Ceanothus divaricatus, C. papillusus, and G. den tat us. 

 The same misfortune has likewise befallen 



Silver 



micrafltha. 



Spireea 

 Reevesiana, Escallonia rubra, Berberis hypoleuca, B. 



dealbata, and B. aristata. B. tinctoria has apparently 

 been killed, while in another part of the grounds, away 



3 Plants grown in pots the prize j from a wall, the handsome JJarwiu Barberry has with- 



Mr. Mitchell, for Epimedium vio- stood the frost unhurt 



•2d award to Mr. Cameron, for Boron ia 

 For the finest two Spring-flowering 



warded to 



and Draba aiz >.des ; 2d, Mr. Falconer, 



sirs Fraser, for Saxil'raga oppositifolia, red and 



fc ? ^eties. Rhubarb : Mr. John H. Porterfield, 



2h Victoria and Albert. Messrs. Dicksons and Co. 



h'bited (not for competition) a collection of Hyacinths; 



^^^leaars. Cunningham, Fraser, and Co., a basket of 



ft YfpW - " 1 T^z-xn-ni^ onn l\air*/1 cant Hianintlia 



Tmms min ***> an( * Rhododendron spit ndidum ; from 

 r j[ gjjewrigiit, Esq., Hyacinths ; from D. Anderson, 

 Em Azalea G led stau esi excelsa, and a dish of Mush- 

 «2L«fr<rfnR. Gird wood, Esq., specimens of a new 

 ' Turnip grown at Corstorphine ; and from Mr. 



seront mdiquee le nom et la demeure de l'e^posant, la nature et 



le nonibre des produi a«iruis. 



Art. 7. 'I * produits destines a Texposition de la Soci.' 



imperiale et centrale d'horticulture devront etre adreaaea, francs 

 de port, a MM. les Couimissairea de Imposition universelle 

 d horticulture (voir le modele d'adresse ci-dessous). 



Azaleas, 



!*«>£ 



$ottcc£ of 23oo6s 



As regards other plants on the conservative wall, the 

 New Holland Eucalyptus coccifera has escaped injury, 

 as has also Mr. Fortune's Jasminum nudiflorum, which 

 has been for some time past, and is even now producing 

 a tolerable crop of round bright yellow Primrose-like 

 blossoms. Primus sinensis, the single pink kind, has 

 had i»s leaves browned, as have also the common Myrtle, 

 and Solanum crispum. From the above it will be seen 

 that what injury has been committed has mostly been 

 confined to the foliage and young tops of shoots, which 

 when removed will leave the plants in comparatively 

 good condition for making new wood and leaves for the 

 coming season* 



In the open ground the trees that have suffered most 

 are the Mexican Pines— apulcensis, macrophylla, Teocote, 

 Devoniana, Russelliana, and patula, which sustained so 

 much injury last spring. These have apparently been 

 killed, while even the long leaves of P. Lindleyana have 

 escaped almost untouched. This fine species must 

 therefore be pronounced to be perfectly hardy, as are 

 also P. cembroides, P. Monti zumee, and the Californian 

 species radiata, muricata, and tuberculata. P. monti- 

 cola likewise stands well. P. orizabce has had its leaves 

 killed. Fitz-Roya patagonica lias sustained no injury, 

 nor has the Crimean Abies Nordmanniana. Libocedrus 

 chilensis has had its foliage Lrowned. Cupressus 

 austraiis has been hurt a little, aud it is probable that 

 portions of some plants of C. Goveniana may turn out 

 to be dead, though that cannot be correctly ascertained 

 at present. The Pampas Grass has been thoroughly 

 blanched, but it is to be hoped not killed. The Chusan 

 Palm has likewise been a good deal injured ; but it may 

 yet recover. The Californian Cherry (Cerasus ilicifolia) has 

 had its foliage browned. Camellias, fine bushes of which 

 have been growing on the north side of a wall for years, 

 have stood the frost well, only one or two of them having 

 had their foliage hurt. The majority of them are quite 

 uninjured, and as green and healthy as in the month of 

 June or July. Among Sikkim Rhododendrons, ciliatum, 

 alpinum, and cinnabarinum are quite safe, while some 

 of the hybrids from arboreum have had their leaves 

 somewhat browned. Benthamia fragifera has been 

 killed to the ground ; Laurus regalis has had its top 

 hurt ; Quercus Cooki has lost its foliage, and Garrya 

 macrophylla appears to be at least three parts dead. 

 Among hardy Berberries must be mentioned Mr. 

 Rivers's hybrid, between fascicularis and aquifolium, 

 which must be set down as a valuable 

 shrub, and quite hardy. Magnolias have stood well, 

 except the narrow-leaved variety of grandiflora, which 

 is a little browned. Laurustinus and Bays have suffered 

 but little ; in fact, as we have already hinted, the garden 

 altogether looks about as well now as it usually does at 

 the close of much milder winters. This may be attri- 

 buted, in a great measure, perhaps, to the wood having 

 been well ripened last year. 



Messieurs 



de l'expositi 

 horticulture. 



Elysee 



A Paris. 



Envoi de (nom et prenoms del'exposant on raison sociale) 



demeurant a (residence ou siege de l'etablibsement), expo- 

 sant de (nature du produi t). 





extt&iti 



The Golden 



on the ! °f th e Australian Gold Fields, by George 



Henry Wathen (Longmans), has been written with the 



object of giving emigrants to Australia a rapid but distinct 



imprmbn of the aspect and condition of the land of 



their adoption ; and of affording to the English public 



tn opportunity of becoming better acquainted with the 

 rise and progress of a colony which is destined one day 

 to take a prominent place among the nations of the earth. 

 The portion of this book which will be read with 

 06t interest at the present time is that which traces 

 the origin and history of the recent disturbances and 

 lots of life at the gold fields. These riots are here 

 attributed to the iuequality and excessive amount of 

 the gold tax; and the oppressive and un-English 

 manner in which it is levied from a population naturally 

 orderly, but particularly likely to resent every exercise 

 of injustice or oppression. Were it not too serious a 

 subject to be treated lightly, those persons who are now 

 K> loudly accusing all grades of government officials on 

 this side of the water of ignorance and want of sym- 

 pathy with the common business of life, and of too 

 KTvUe an adherence to forms even in great emer- 

 ttncies, might derive a sort of negative consolation from 

 discovering here that they are not worse off in these 

 Wpects than their fellow countrymen at the antipodes, 

 wfco suffer severely from the same causes. 



The scenery is graphically described and illustrated 

 by the auihor's sketches. The different phases in the 

 wild life at the gold fields are brought out with consider- 

 able effect, and disclose a state of manners, which by its 

 itTODg contrast with what we ordinarily witness in 

 England will add considerably to the interest with 

 which this book will be perused. 



Sink on Village Architecture, &c. (By H. Weaver. 

 Urge 4 to, Hollway, Bath ; Pope, London), forms a 

 torn volume 13 by 17 inches, and contains 10 liiho- 

 pjphed drawings representing seven designs for Rural 

 Schools, Labourers' Cottages, and Parsonage Houses, 



with i rough estimates of their cost. Those who wish to | Owing to the continued coldness of the weather vege- 

 wthejr own architects may gather useful hints from tation has made but little progress as yet, and if it were 

 ir. Weaver's plans, which are made with a view to not for the gaiety of the Crocuses in the beds on the 

 *tonomy and convenience rather than architectural west side of the arboretum, and the increased greenness 

 2?~~j resu ^» however, in some cases not unskilfully °f the Grass in that department, it would scarcely be 

 Wj*"jed. Internal arrangements offer no ground for known that spring had yet set in. Fruit trees of all 

 Racism because we do not know the precise objects or kinds show well for a good crop, which the backward 

 ciesof those for whom the designs were made ; upon 8tate of the bloom buds will help to secure. Nine-inch 

 ^"nole they have produced a favourable impression wi( *e coping boards have just been fixed on the Peach 



fcglected 

 *q*ire. 



The 







evergreen 



. w o o © — — ~*») 



or improved upon as circumstances 



^. ? 7 of Great Britain, illustrated by J. E. 



""^J (8vo, with 49 coloured plates ; 27s.), has been 



y noticed at pp. 502, 631 of our last year's 





in a tk; * e ave onl 7 now to announce its completion 

 * «un volume, the plates of which are neatly drawn 



*ntei tI ' a , nd give a S ood idea of the P laut3 re P re " 

 HosdL f^press, by Mr. Johnson, of Guy's 



ftodW ! ? i i writteri and instructive, and includes 

 practical directions for cultivation. 



tfivf °/ to* Crimea (Routledge. 1*.). -^i 



*UeliPv! o i Rym has 8 iven hast y but graphic, and 

 'oeiteve authpntm ok«+,a™ „r u,~ i: ? _ r v .. 



may boards are about to be placed. 



As regards routine operations, pruning and nailing 

 are now nearly finished, and in the kitchen garden the 

 getting in of seeds, &c, chiefly occupies attention. 



Under glass little alteration has taken place since our 

 last report. 





Under 



Want I* t uth( ; nti c> sketches of the lives of some of the 



«B sorv l ° have falIea under > and of °Aers who 

 ^teslft i perito of theCrimea n campaign. He 



fctteaAA* , leP ' Whh force and s P irit ' 0f course > 

 !*motinn P°P ular vi *w of the great question of army 



^001^ ,» Worki,1 « of which under existing regii- 

 ^of thi, yexem P lifies in t!ie ^ell-known case of 



Ucy Eva n r° St dl8tin « uished modern generate, Sir de 





Hour 



Memorand 



-It will heZ^ f L Soctet y's Garden, Turnham Green, 



% oat.doap? Ct ° ry to know that the injuries inflicted 

 W mJ nJy eUition ln this establishment have been 



IMPERIAL AND CENTRAL HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY OF PARIS. 



We have received the following regulations for the 

 exhibitions of the present year : — 



REGLEMBNT DE ^EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE. 



Article Puucibb. La Society imperiale et centrale d'horticul- 

 ture ouvrira, 1* T mai 1855, une exposition permanente et univer- 

 sale des produits de l'horticulture ; elle sera close le 31 octobre 

 suivant. 



Art. 2. Cette exposition sera etablie aux Cbamps-Elysees, sur 

 le carr6 de l'Eiys^e. 



Art. 3 Pourrout ttre admis a cette exposition les plantes, 



arbres, arbrisseaux et arbustes de tout genre et de tonte esp^ce, 



fleuris ou non, les legumes et fruits forces ou cultivea naturelle- 



ment, et les objets d'art et d'industrie ayant im rapport direct 

 a l'horticulture. 



Art. 4. Les hortienlteurs et amateurs franeats et strangers qui 

 voudront concourir a cette exhibition sont invites a faire 

 parvenir, dans le plus bref dclai, a M. le Secretaire de la commis- 

 sion d'organisation, rue du Cherche-Midi, 17, une demande de- 

 position qui devra contenh- :— 1° La nature et la quantite* des 

 produits qu'ils se proponent d'envoyer; 2° Lemplacement qui 

 leur sera necessaire ; 3° L'epoque a laquelleces produits pourront 



nom de Pexpoaant; 3° Lespece des produits inclus. U sera, de 

 plus, Acoompagne du bulletin d'admission, indique art. 6. 



Art. 9. Les colis contenant les produits de plusieurs Exposants 

 porterout, de plus, sur leur adresae, les noms de ces Exposants, 



et seront accompagnds dun bulletin d'adrnJauop pour chacun 

 d'eux. 



Art. 10. Par une concession faite a Ia Soci. t^ imperiale et 

 centrale d'horticulture pa- les compa s des chemins de fer du 

 Nord, de l'Est,d.' Lvon, d'Orleans, de )uesr t de lionen. Havre et 

 Dieppe, de Saint-Germain, de la Mt.-diterranee, du Midi et du 

 cirand central, les produits destines a l f Exposition de l'borticul- 

 ture jouiront, sur le« tarifs, de la luctiou accorded aux produi: , 

 destines a IVxpoaition nniver* i!« de lindustrie. Cette reduction 

 ne sera accordeeque sur !a pieaenUtion de leur bulletin d'admis- 

 sion. Ce bulletin d'adraission <levra ctre remis en double, avec 

 les colis, entre les mains de MM. les agents des conipaguies des 

 cbemins de fer; tous lea frais de transport devront, en outre. 

 6tre quit <'s au depart. 



Ai;r. 11. Les pnduits venant de l'.'-t ranger et destines a r ex- 

 position de I' horticulture seront admis en pleine et entiere fran- 

 chise de tous droits. Ces produits, accompagu d'un bulletin 

 d'admission, ;eutreroi!t par les villes et porta ci-apres:— Lille, 

 Valencieni . Forbach, Wissembourg, Strasbourg, Saint-Louis, 

 les V«rri. de-Joux, Pont-de-Beau^ sin. Chapareillan, Saint- 

 Laurent-du-Var, Marseille, Cette, Port Vendres, Perpignan 

 Bayonne, Bordeaux, Nantes, Boulogne, Calais et Dunkerque. 



Art. 12. lis jouiront, .\ parti r de la frontiere, de ia reMuctioa 

 indique'e art. 10. 



Art. 13. L admission des produits a VExposition est gratuite, 

 et les i:xposantsne sont aasujettis a aucune retribution, dequelque 

 nature qu'elle puisse etre. 



Art. 14. La Commission d'organisation de V Exposition est 

 chargee de recevoir, deballer et disposer les objets a 1' Ex; ition. 

 L'ouverture des colis se fera en sa presence; elle en constatera 

 l'etat, et dressera un proces- verbal des avaries qui pourraient 

 y etre survenues. Eu cas d'avaries graves, copiedu pr< -verbal 

 sera immediat lent expe"die"e a TExposantpar les soins de la 

 Commission. 



Ari. 15. Toutes les plantes ou objets exposes devront etre 

 munis d'une etiquette liable et correcte, iudiquant leur nom. 

 MM. les Commissaires placeront sur chaque lot une etiquette 

 indicative du nom, de la profession et de Tadresse de TExposant. 



Art. 16. Les produits exposes seront places soit dans desserres 

 lidifferentes temperatures et pourvues d'appareil de chauiYage, 

 soit sous des tentes ou autres abrisles plus couveuables a assurer 

 leur conservation. Leur entretien sera confie* a des jardiniers 

 speciaux attaches a V Exposition et places sous la surveillar.ee de 

 la Commission. 



Art. 17. Chaque Exposant aura la faculty de faire garder ses 

 produits, a PExj on, par un representant de son choix. 

 Declaration devra etre faite, des le ddbut, du nom et de la 

 qnali ce representant: il lui sera d^livre une carte d'entree 



personnelle, pour le temps que durera Texposition de ces produits ; 

 cette carre ne pourra e*tre ni c<5dee ni prAt^e a aucune pc"riode de 

 1' Exposition, sous peine de retrait. 



Art. 18. Les representants des Exposants devront se borner a 

 ropondre aux questions qui leur seront faites, et a delivrer des 

 adresses, prospectus ou prix courants qui leur seront demanded. 

 II leur sera interdit, sous peine dVxclusion, de solliciter I'atten- 

 tion des visiteurs, ou de les engager a acheter les objets exposes. 



Art. 19. La Commission veillera, avec la plus grande sollici- 

 tude, a la garde des objets expedies ; mais eliene sera responsable 

 ni des avaries, ni des vols ou detournements qui pourraient etre 

 commis. 



Art. 20. Dans le cas de vente des produits exposes, ils ne 

 seront livres qu' a Texpiration du temps fixe pour leur exposition. 



Art. 21. L appreciation et fe jugement des produits exposes 

 seronc confies a un Jury compose de trente-six membres titubiires 

 et de douze suppleants. Ce Jury, choisi par la Soci£te, sera 

 divise en six sections; chacune de six membres titulaires et 

 de deux suppleants, et preside par un des Vice-presidents de la 

 Societe. Chaque section fonctionne alternativement et sous la 

 presidence du Vice-president ou celie d'un Membre delegue 

 pour le remplacer. 



Art. 22. Chaque produi t expose sera, pendant la duree de sou 

 exposition, Tobjet d'un examen par la section de service, qui en 

 dressera un proces-verbal. 



Art 23. Ces proces-verbaux seront revns, et les recompenses 

 determinees par le Jury, toutes sections reunies, sous la presi- 

 dence du Pi ident de la Societe. 



Art. 24. Des medailles seront donnees en recompense, et les 

 Exposants recompenses recevront, a titre de prime, le rembonrse- 

 ment des fraia qu'ils auront faits pour le transport, alleret retour, 

 de leurs produits sur le territoire francais. 



Le Secretaire de la commission . Le President de la commission, 



Liotf LE GUAY. Cohtb DE MORNY. 



•Ul CVC - — *w* »rv» nave isauy aiiKA nmtii 



*e Uierm 6 U8 ; for on the morning of Monday ! 

 ^I^r.^ ™ U° below freezing. On the I 





W 



iinircuuv an wcretanac ae ia commission quinze jours au moins 

 eo^_^ -^uomvter fell 14° below fr»P 7 in<r On f h * i *J van ' l'ouverture. Dans le cours de l'exposition. les demaudes 



2*^tove wall the foliaJL\« i • g '^ % i de T r0Ilt ^ tre adres ^« huit jouni a l'avance. 



!r mf Jte tender th* . *8 e and « n r»pe wood of many of Art. 6. En reponse a ces demandes, la Commission d'orgtti- 

 •^l U ;.. i . tm ngs have been browned • but: as far as sation fr-r» connaitre :— 1° Le nombre des produits qui pourront 



£tre admis; 2 L\ -m placement accords V L'epoque precise a 

 laquelle les produits peuvent etr admis. Elle adressera, en 

 outre, en tripte expedition, un bulk tin d'admission, mir lequel 



^ Ne " inland 



Totara has had 



FLORICULTURE. 



Pyramidal Fuchsias. — As the Fuchsia has now been 

 brought to great perfection both in shape and colour, 

 a few remarks on the mode of culture which I have 

 pursued may perhaps be of use to the amateur in 

 enabling him to produce pyramidal plants as fine and in 

 as short a time as the most experienced practical 

 gardener. The system I adopt is as follows : I put a 

 few old plants in a warm pit or Vinery where the tem- 

 perature ranges about 55°, about the end of January or 

 beginning of February, in order that they may have 

 pushed out plenty of young wood by the middle of 

 March, I then take off what cuttings I can get from 

 each sort, pref^rrin^ the ehortest-joiuted wood. First 

 prepare as many 4-inch pots as you may require, taking 

 care that the pots are well drained, and the compost of 

 a sharp open nature— coarse brown river sand and a 

 little leaf-soil well intermixed will be found to suit very 

 well, with about an inch of silver sand on the top, which 

 will enable the cuttings to emit roots more freely. 

 Water gently with a hue-rosed not. then nltinze the 



