





17—155 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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snot. Cheilanthes pulchella grows in | day on which the Horticultural Society'* first garden 



i**/ K ^ »«nong the Cistus Montpe- 

 • the wild rugged country between Icod de 

 Si.*! die fill «ge of La Guancha The beautiful 

 Cineraria (Senecio Tussilaginis) is one of the 



have been 



k* 



. laments of the lower part of 

 The beautiful forests of lenerifle 

 i-tably wasted, but at Agua Mansa, 

 m ^ the woodland vegetation may be 



At Agua Manga, 4000 



above 



;.e 



prtieolarly 



seen 

 feet 



fine, 

 and 



• ^ its luxuriance. ~. .-» 



sea, Ferns are abundant and 

 Pteris arguta, Asplenium acutum, 

 terl8 fragilia. Gymnogramma leptophylla 

 «Z2i to this elevation. On the mountain side, near 

 STwald of Agua Mansa, but separately, not intermixed 

 with the other trees, are a number of fine Pines ( Pinus 

 H^nanis^Doble and picturesque trees. The repre- 

 !JJiu2«i of this species in the atlas to Webb and 

 jkrtUot'fl work do not give a good idea of its appear- 

 u&useen by the writer; it has not the stiff and 

 far*] regularity there represented, but rather the free 

 mi fcold style of branching of the finest states of Pinus 

 irlmtrif, while the very long, slender, drooping, and 

 Jtooit pendulous leaves give it a distinct and peculiar 

 efcartcter. The beautiful wood of Agua Garcia, of 

 which a glowing but not exaggerated account is given by 

 Webband Berthelot, is the finest example Mr. Bunbury 

 of the forest vegetation of Teneriffe, especially re- 

 markable for the profusion of Ferns and Mosses, and for 

 be gigantic growth of Erica arborea. Here the Wood- 

 wardia radicans and Polystichum aculeatiun grow to 

 extraordinary size and beauty ; and the Trichomaues 

 ■peciosum mantles the wet overhanging banks with its 

 dark-green glistening fronds. Summing up his observa- 

 Alr. Bunbury adds, " The botanical features in the 

 vegetation of Teneriffe most striking to me were — 1, 

 in the coast region, the remarkable forms of Euphorbia 

 ttnariensis and piscatoria, Kleinia nerii folia, and Plo- 

 pendula; the social growth of the Artemisia 

 argsntea, covering great spaces of stony and rocky 

 ground with its whitish foliage ; the conspicuous abun- 

 dance, especially on the Orotava side, of cultivated 

 Date Palms and Dragon trees ; and in the ravines the 

 striking and peculiar forms of shrubby species of Rumex, 

 Echium, Solarium and Sonchus. 2, in the woody region 

 the prevalence of trees of the Laurel type of foliage ; 

 the vast extent of ground occupied by Erica arborea, 

 and the surprising size to which it grows in favourable 

 localities ; the abundance of Ferns and hypnoid Mosses 

 is the more damp and shaded situations, and of Cistiuere 

 tad Genistere on the dry and open grounds ; and the 

 HWefcrm ef the Canary Pine in the upper part of this 

 «ae. 3. The great zone occupied by the Adenocarpus 

 fraakemoides above the region of tree?, and that of the 

 tytausnubigenusat a still higher level. 

 Afril 17.— The President 



exhibition is announced to be held. The borders have 

 been dug, the Grass is being mown, walks fresh gra- 

 velled, and altogether a very considerable amount of 

 improvement in the appearance of the place has already 

 been effected. An old wall which separated in part the 

 grounds of Gore House from those of the adjoining 

 house has been removed, thus throwing into one piece 

 a large amount of excellent lawn, on which the tents 

 are about to be placed. As regards access to the latter 

 nothing can be more convenient. Exhibitors' vans have 

 only to turn off the Kensington Read, a very short distance 

 down Gore (Park) Lane, out of which they can readily get 

 into a little paddock, in which they can be arranged not 

 more than 20 or 30 feet from the ends of the principal 

 tents. There will thus be even less labour in loading 

 and unloading than at Chiswick, and the vans after 

 being put into their places at first will not require to be 

 moved until the show is over. 



On the lawn are sufficient large trees to keep the 



cultivated here, and on the walls we remarked a stock 

 of well-trained fruit trees. Some of the young shoots of 

 a large Glycine against the end of a house have just 

 been brought down to the ground and layered. These 

 will be ready to separate and take next autumn. 

 All evergreen shrubs here have been greatly injured by 



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and Hollies. 



ie winter. The things that have stood best are Box 



Sweet Bays appear to be dead, and young 

 Deodars are killed to the ground. Common Bays and 

 Aucubas are also greatly cut up. 



FLORICULTURE, 



^.Chrysanthemums — Until comparatively latelv few- 

 persons were awaie of the perfection to which this plant 

 could be brought by skilful cultivation. Being per- 

 fectly hardy it has often been permitted to remain in the 

 open ground throughout the year. This has frequently 

 been a cause of failure, amateurs forgetting that 

 although the winters of its own climate are as cold as 



place shady and cool, should the day be warm and our owllj vet the summer heat is much greater, and 

 bright ; and altogether the grounds seem to be better consequently the blooming season is accelerated. It is 



adapted for a flower show than any yet applied to such 

 a purpose. 



Two new roads are being made between the Bromp- 

 ton and Kensington Roads — one on the London side, 

 the other on the Kensington side of Gore House : of 



these, the end of the latter next the Kensington Road 

 is in a very forward state, and should it not be formally 

 opened to the public on the day of exhibition will at 

 least afford a most convenient site for carriages. 



Bank Grove, near Kingstox-on-Thames. — The large 

 Camellia reticulata here is now in flower, and, though 

 a little past its best, is still well worth going miles to 

 see. When in perfection it is said to have had 6000 

 blooms on it all open at one time ! It is planted out 

 in a house by itself, and measures rather more than 14 

 feet in height, and quite as much in diameter. It is, 

 we believe, the finest plant of the kind in the country. 

 Other Camellias, of which there are great quantities 

 here, are also m good bloom. 



Mr. Barnes' 

 Camberwell. 



Nursery, Southampton Street, 

 The late severe weather has here, as 

 elsewhere, very much retarded out-duor operations, 

 which are, however, now being proceeded with as 

 speedily as possible. Beds are at present being formed 

 for Japan and other Lilies. For these the common. 



one thing to grow a plant well, and another to bloom it in 

 perfection. In our variable climate it is impossible to cal- 

 culate with any degree of certainty upon having fine 

 weather in October and November, without which the 

 buds formed in September will not attain perfection, and 

 frequently the early frosts of October cripple them 

 altogether. In order to overcome this difficulty it is 

 necessary to place the plants under glass as soon as the 

 flower buds expand, but it must be borne in mind that 

 air is as necessary as light or heat. By these means 

 the blooming season may be made to last from October 

 till January. The Chrysanthemum exhibitions at 

 Stoke Newington and Highbury have done much to bring 

 this beautiful autumnal flower into notice ; in fact none 

 but those who attend these shows can form any 

 correct idea of the size, beauty, or symmetry to which, 

 under proper treatment, it may attain. Such as intend 

 growing specimen plants, or cut flowers for competition, 

 should very soon now have well rooted cuttings. I am 

 aware that many strike them much later, but I prefer 

 having them early. I plant singly in 5-inch pots in 

 good rich soil, and plunge in a v arm airy situation. By 

 the middle or towards the end of May I stop them, and 

 shift them into larger pots, and to ensure dwarf bushy 

 plants they should be again stopped in June, and then 

 shifted into larger pots to bloom. During the summer 

 months they are never allowed to flag ; for if this once 



garden soil is dug out about 9 inches or so in depth, and *,,.,, , „ j, , ,, * », 



o miYtin'Aif lnamo,^ ^«i{ B • * • ■ •* i * i • i hikes place the lower leaves will assuredly fall, and all 



a mixtuieot loam ana peat is put m in its place, in which * r c n • .„ , , . J ■* ' m , 



*i,« i...il» _li__x_T _ . r ,. , „« r * /.. i. hopes of fine specimens will be destroyed. Towards 





in the chair. 



were 



set of 



E. H. 



elected 

 British 



J'W, M.D., and T. Williams, M.D., 

 JJwra. Mr. Van Voorst exhibited a 

 ^Dtmed and presented to him by Prof. Harvey. 



Aa!!^ 1 L 0n o SO o mepoi,,ts of Restructure of Crustacean 

 A**^, by C. Spence Bate, Esq , was read. 



ftottos 



$ooft& 



tjfqiaBritannica (Longmans, 8vo, pp 

 « -p« plates) is a new edition of Sir V P 



W* Bntannica, with so many additions and 



M 



m. 



445, and 

 Hooker's 



*■*»» by Mr. Wm ; Wilson that 7> 



**»tt necessary 

 **kth»the ' 



to state in a 



e original author 

 note in front of the 





iofroda^ a W i 1 ^- ^author of the novelties here 

 mZStn^J™ W ™' " 00ke r » right, for he is 



*££ S^^i t0 , Peril the reputation h 



*** ^rK!;iSr ations that & litti 



e so de- 

 form, by 



e likely 



^autter^nir mUCm ? m We specially allude to 

 **tolSn^ ^^f 60 **** from German writers, 

 n founded upon characters most superficial and 



ift *^al as t^ e »*ple, can be so unscientific and 



^^^^Zlltt^^^ < ! > Rbabdoweiasia 

 •"ftctW? ms a fu «»wed and not an even 



•'■TS^^y 11 We ^olly dissent from every- 



*•* of the ferWS S*' m ° dern chan 6« in the 



?** to savin f ? B ? 0SBes » and although we have 

 ** K STK° f ^ hefi 8 ,IW8 Educed since 

 •^ that the ™5 v l _ JVIu8col °g i a Britannica, we 



„ 0W *- It is mcZy? • ef ° re us has mw, y m erits of 

 ^ Prove of greate^ f ? Species and ■ynonyms, and 



the bulbs are planted out of boxes filled with yellow 

 sand, in which they have been found to winter un- 

 commonly well. These Lilies, we need not say, are 

 perfectly hardy, and might be left in the open ground 

 all the year round were it not that in winter slugs are 

 apt to fix upon and eat out the crowns of the bulbs. 

 Treated as above the)- never fail to make a fine display 

 every autumn. Tritoma Uvaria is another remark- 

 ably handsome autumn flowering plant which is 

 deservedly a favourite here, and which should be 

 extensively cultivated everywhere, for when well 

 grown and bloomed what can be more striking or 

 beautiful ? Many have, however, found some difficulty 

 in flowering this Tritoma, a circumstance which Mr. 

 Barnes attributes to their having got T. Burchelli 

 instead of Uvaria, the former being proverbially a shy 

 bloomer. Tritomas are Cape plants, and with us some- 

 what difficult to winter safely, especially if the autumn 

 is wet and sunless, which causes them to grow late and 

 keep full of sap, and then when frost comes it cuts them 

 down. Mr. Barnes has, however, kept a plant of Uvaria 

 in good condition in the open ground by merely putting 

 a layer of tan round its roots, which has successfully 

 preserved it, and now it is beginning to push afresh. 

 Some take the plants up and winter them in boxes 

 filled with sand, or in pots, like scarlet geraniums, and 

 this is certainly a safe plan. Larkspurs are much cul- 

 tivated here : one of the handsomest of them is Ilen- 



i 





S^g species til? X .T: S1Dg 1,i3 "<U<mes S in dis- 

 *4. * Pecies tlU ktely unknown to inhabit these 



ft* a P«rfVctW T» (Edi , nbur 8 h > Black, in case) re- 

 ffV **, rive£ »a T fac<? ' nothi,, g but territorial 

 !?>> great ZZ PUceS beiD 8 ^'roanced. By 

 W^ ea ^ceof nfo? n T- ,S ga ' ned > wh:dl compensates 



2?"** f °r S^oll? 8 >id d0Wn Wkh Bnfficient 



V? °Py » map bv T nS - , Mount ^ ranges, indeed, 

 * f0B "<l m cn^L them8elve 8» «>d at all events are 



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The 

 folding 



f< *ms a large 



map before us is well 

 g sheet 3 ft. by 4 ft. 4 in., 



Ptive letter-press. 



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*rrogre^ ht ^- N ^ x «oN.~Active operations are 



* SUte *> Poss Sl.°f r , t0 lmve the g rout,ds »* 



Possible by the 16th of May next, the 



dersoni, a blue kind with a white eye. A variety called 

 giganteum is also a pretty sort ; it much resembles 

 llendersoni, but the flowers do not stand the sun so 

 well as those of the last-named kind. Roses, both in 

 pots and out of doors, are grown here to a considerable 

 extent. Those in pots are on the Manetti stock, many 

 dozens of which have just been grafted and placed in 

 frames on a tan bed, which affords them a gentle heat. 

 They are in 3-inch pots, and the scion is placed so low on 

 the stock that after the plants have been shifted into larger 

 pots the soil covers the under part of the scion, which 

 soon strikes root and may thus be termed on its u own 

 bottom," and plants thus treated grow three times 

 faster than those struck from cutting. Some of the 

 outdoor Hoses are being transplanted even thus late ; 

 but a mulching of stable- yard manure is being put over 

 their roots, and they will be kept well watered as the 

 spring advances. Of tree Carnations we now have 

 varieties of nearly every colour, and all the sorts are 

 grown in perfection here. By means of frequent stop- 

 pings, Mr. Barnes keeps them dwarf and bushy, and in 

 that way large quantities of bloom are obtained from 

 them. Now is a good time for pitting in catting 8 of 

 them, which must not, however, be too young or soft or 

 they will be sure to "fog" off. Tot 'roots of Holly- 

 hocks are also now in heat to cause them to 

 push a few cuttings, which, as soon as reauy, are 

 I taken off and struck in a close frame on a tan ted in 

 which there is a little heat. Other popular plants, such 

 as the better kinds of Sweet Williams, Phloxes, Calceo- 

 larias, Pelargoniums, 



I 





the middle of September the plants will have attained 

 their full growth, and it will then be proper to put them 

 under glass ; but at the same time, if the weather is fine ; 

 I give as much air as possible. The buds will now begin 

 to show themselves: not more than one or two should 

 be allowed to remain on each shoot ; liquid manure may 

 at this time be applied with advantage. 1 nder such 

 treatment a fine show of blooms may be confidently 

 expected, even in the most unfavourable seasons. Those 

 who do not desire specimen plants or cut flowers for 

 exhibition, I would recommend to plant their cuttings 

 in the open ground now, to stop them in May, and 

 again in June. By the end of September they will be 

 fine large plants, and as soon as the buds begin to swell 

 they may be taken up with a good ball of earth and 

 i planted in 9 or 11-inch pots, and plunged in the open 

 ground for nine or ten days, during which time they 

 should be well watered every day, to prevent flagging ; 

 after that time they may be removed to the greenhouse 

 or conservatory, which they will keep gay till January. & 

 Carnations. — Where it is desirable to have late 

 flowering beds of these, this is a very good time to pro- 

 pagate them for that purpose. Neither knife nor dibber 

 is required, either in preparing the cuttings or pricking 

 them out «here they are to strike, nor any artificial 

 heat, further than placing a hand-glass over them when 

 pricked out. Having fixed upon the stem from which 

 you mean to draw the piping, take the former in your 

 left hand, and the top of the latter, with four or more 

 leaves between the two first fingers and thumb of your 

 rijht, making a steady gentle pull ; the stem will give 

 way at the place most suitable for its making roots. 

 Then, on a south border, where a place has been pre- 

 pared for their reception by removing the surface equal 

 to the area of the open end of the handlights destined 

 to cover the cuttings, to the depth of 2 inches, and filled 

 with pure sand neatly levelled, but not pressed with a 

 spide or other instrument, the cuttings may be inserted, 

 the sand settled with a gentle watering, and the hand- 

 light put over them. Treated in that way, one may 

 safely calculate upon nine-tenths of them taking root. 

 Plants so obtained will doner till the winter sets in. 27". 



SEEDLINGS. 



Gaerr: J <& Crosses between Cereus BpeciosisMimis and C. 

 crenatus are scarce ; those we have seen were in the Garden 

 or the Horticultural Society and from Sir Philip Egerton. 

 Your's, t! ough Dot very novel in colour, are certainly ex- 

 tremely hand me, and we need not say well worth growing. 

 The small but beautiful kind marked No. 4, we are unac- 

 quainted with. 



Azaleas, Hi ths, &c, are also 



Miscellaneous. 



The Pead (Amyplalus persica) is, according to the 

 common opinion, of Persian origin. Diodorus Siculus 

 says that it was carried from Persia into Egypt during 

 the time that Cambvses ruled over that country. It is 

 supposed to have been transported from thence into 

 Gretce, and, after a lapse of time, into Italy, where it 

 oiily began to be known about 20 vears before the birth 



