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THE GARDENER 



Other French produce from Mr. Solomon . Epidendrum ciliare, Cattleva 

 ^TllI mCarr-ts, Globe Artichok- ^mnh^L^ .!*...*__ „_'_ , \ Fl 



White Asparagus. From the gai 



CHRONICLE 



■son 



d Carrots, G 



lite Asparagus. From . — — 



-»««wimen3 of Taylor's Hybrid and Essex Hero 

 •*f l Sl Mr. Stearns furnished a dish of very good 



Hfceellaneous articles w« » " c " T- T' 6 



(to E Vivian, Esq., of Torquay. Or this some 



be riven hereafter. Mrs. Compton, of Collier's 



Rlmckheath, again furnished specimens of ornamental 



*s* Mr Fred. Eowe showed imported examples of 

 - amm in the shape of straight shoots, some 8 or 10 feet 

 Qy™£Ln» set with long spines, together with other 



ani'sities, 



„ „, mimi pods are used tor tnicKening soups, ana rea 



2bLfBMte Busb, Euonymtis sp., probably atro-purpureus. 

 *^ fjJ"|Bi* a of the Society came the singularly-shaped 



r^ttUm riotoee*, Rhododendron theatflorum, Edgeworthi, and 



fcrommttte dor,:" 

 toting: the scarte* 



double white Prunus sinensis, a useful shrub for 



hrluknt of plan 



irtMi TiriAMima alluded to last t 



ottor rro ether plants. 



TJ* IW of nee , &c, awarded 

 fc oaf •drertiatog columns. 



Born Bottakic, Regent's Park, May 9. — Although fewer 



#ere produced on this occasion than usual, yet, upon the 



wae a fair average show, Her Majesty, his Royal 



Prince Albert, and other members of the Royal family, 



the Society with their presence in the morning before 



ptaf wire opened to the public. The weather, although 



cold tod looewhat cloudy kept dry. ^ 



Laite collections of Stove and Greenhouse Plants were 

 oootriboted by Mr. May, gr. to II. Colyer, Esq.; Mr. Barter, gr. 

 19 II. Bvmtt, Esq.; Mr. Green, gr. to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart.; 

 nd Mr. Rhod gr. to J. Phillpots, Esq., of Stamford Hill. In 

 Mr.CoJyer's group were immense plants of Epacris grandiflora, 

 Kriottemon neriifolium, Boronia pinnata and serrulata; Ixora 

 Azalea Murrayana and variegata ; Ixora javanica, 

 Lesclienaultia formosa, Erica elegans, one of the finest 

 ptanti of the kind perhaps ever seen ; Aphelexis macrantha 

 fVyuta, Piraeleaspectabilis, Chorozema Ilenchmanni, and Poly- 

 pi* oppositir'.lia. Mr. Barter also had an admirable collection, in 

 ▼ere fine plants of Ixora javanica and crocata, Eriostemon 

 •tfum, >hauotisfloribunda, Chorozema Lawrenceanum, 

 mgala lemmata. Azalea Perryana, still one of the best 

 jmjttej in cultivation; A. coronata, Erica Cavendishi, a fine 

 gat, but inefficiently in bloom: the blue Leschenaultia, 

 iwmu plnnau, Firaelea Hendersoni, very highly coloured ; the 

 svwt-wnelhng Franciscea confer ti flora, and a Vinca. Mr 



T«£!!i fe M , ? raef i Se d ° U - bIe red Azalea > Polygala acuminata, 

 »ieoccinea, Eriostemon intermedium, Ixora crocata, Aphelexis 



^W^S^'- K Zalea * ver ^ ana > literally one mass of 



SCSL^' £ endersoni » Franciscea confertiflora, Leschen- 

 Sl\w£rh« ?^ Lawrencea ™<^ Daviesia umbellata, 

 SSinKll.^ I' *? EpaCns miniata ' Mr - Rhodes Produced 

 P * e ° Ph7 . 1I 2 fn 8 p lIe ', * ^•H plant for cu "ing from for 

 ^^L •' COl0 « ed , Vinca ' an Everlasting, Epacris 



«■**£ Tephan P otis 1Ie fl athS A B 2 ron!l1 sem,lata > Eriosfemon 

 HH* ^formoS P^ " 1 ? 111 ^ Tetratbeca verticillata, 

 SSma. ' 7gala acumina ta, and Chorozema 



nvfi 



gTtodiflora, 



»nnerii folium thn ™ , ,vl 1 IUVBO » -enca propenuens, 

 •Wafca, aXS 6 fore slender E. scabrum, Boronia 



•»ft»«eiw LT*.i" snidrvu,,,. „ erect. 



W » l ii % 



■EnS; 



a M 



«-, a variety of >Wn- nOSt - emo11 ne ™''°li"m and 

 kind, E. LrandYfl-if ns , m i, n,ata called splendens, a 



famished tSr^fe..? 11 ^ 1 : 1 ™^* spectaWiis. Mr. 



n*ort 



J**** floribu;da"7>; CU n Ul ', ral Societ y's meeting ; a'good 

 "*•; Bosnia ptan«« ™^ " leg " n ? and Hartnellif both line 



"•ronia pinnata ^a ;; , " -^•"'-ueiii, notn fine 



^^qui s ite%nn a e ; "i n l r ™ ata ' LescheoauUi'a formosa, 

 E**»«e«i Hypocalymno ^5,'. S prett /' thon 8 u larel y seen 



AUamauda neriffoH« J. /J 61 -" 1 ™ aild Pampli,. we 



CAr , a very tioe " * '. ? >' ?" '" g from cold . Medinilla 



*» ncemos,,, . 1.?, nt of Kh ynchospermum iasn>inmH oa 



Mi 





C|fc ^^e Azaleas, Boron 



i .^j i*- "• ST" ^ mmm r a J m Mossiae, Oncidium leucochilum 



and altissimum, Vanda tricolor, Phalasnopsia grandiflora a finP 



plant of Saccolabium guttatum, plants of Cattleya iamhina fnd 

 Skinnen m lovely condition, Brassia verrucosa, finely grown 

 and well flowered Oncidium Hartwegi, Chysis bractescens, the 

 plants^ 017 Cymbidium eburneum, and one or two other 



In the class of 16 Orchids Messrs. Rollisson sent Phaius 



Zhif ln > a D ° ble plant With 10 s P ikes ^ flowers; Dendrobium 

 "f r e ^ d cbrysotoxuiii, Vanda suavis, Cypripedium Lowi, with 

 tour ot its singular blossoms fully expanded; Lep totes bicolor 

 Cattleya purpurata, an exti-mely handsome species, white, with 



fh« l K Pe J 1 S ; r T ^ ic , h0piIia coccinea, Phalienopsis grandiflora, and 

 the bearded Lady's Slipper. ' 



Collections of 12 Orchids were contributed by Messrs. Gedney, 

 Uarke and Summerfield, and Mr. Green produced a group of 

 8 Orchids. Among Mr. Gedney's plants, which were in beautiful 

 condition were Lycaste Skinneri, bearing 15 flowers, Vanda 

 tr color, the Fernando Po Ansellia africana, Calanthe veratri- 

 foha, Dendrobium nobile, Saccolabium retusum, with four charm- 

 ing racemes of flowers ; Phalaanopsis grandiflora, the brilliant 

 orange Epidendrum rhizophorum, Vanda insignia, Oncidium 

 amphatum and Aendes virens. Mr. Clarke produced a fine 

 specimen of Cattleya Mossite. also C. Skinneri and intermedia, 

 -257 Srandifolius, Saccolabium retusum, Goodyera discolor 

 well flowered; and Dendrobium nobile. In the other two groups 

 were Cattleya Mossias and Skinneri, the Devonshire and Dal- 

 liousie Dendrobes Cyrtochilum stellatum, two Oncids, and 

 Epidendrum crassifolium. ' 



Eoses in Pots were produced in very good order, considering 

 the unfavourable season we have had. Mr. Francis showed aS 

 excellent collection, in which were Geant des Batailles, Baronne 



^r ^ ^? Ul Perras > witl1 BO blooms on it; Pauline Plantier, 

 with 50; Lougere, with 30; Devoniensis, with 24; Souvenir de 

 Malmaison with 27; Chenedol^ finely coloured; and Coupe 



f i be V ^ lth S0 bIooms - Messrs/Barter, Sage, Terry, and Ward 

 also had clean well bloomed plants. 



Cape Heaths came from Messrs. Fraser, Rollisson, May, 

 Peed Barter, Dingle, Taylor, and Koser. Among these we 

 remarked the following varieties : pinifolia rosea, a kind seldom 

 seen; viridis (true), also a scarce sort ; Sindryana, elegans, 

 vestita alba, mundula, aristata major, Cavendishi, denticulata 

 moschata, favoides elegans, Hartnelli, Macnabiana, perspicua 

 nana, suaveolens, propendens, and Beaumonti. 



Of novelty there was little. In addition to the plants shown 

 to the Horticultural Society last Tuesday, Messrs. Rollisson sent 

 Meyema erecta, a greenhouse shrub with Tyrian purple flowers 

 something like those of an Achimenes. They were in this 

 instance, however, quite withered by the cold ; the same nurserv- 

 men also sent a Cymbidium in the way of C. pendulum; 

 Messrs. Henderson produced Rhododendron glaucum; and 

 Messrs. Lane Andromeda formosa. 



Among Miscellaneous Plants were some Ferns, a collection 

 ot Amaryllises, apparently varieties of A. Johnsoni, and a 

 fetaudard parasol-shaped Fuchsia. 



Florist's Flowers, considering the lateness of the season, 

 were shown extensively, and in fine condition. They comprised 

 Pelargoniums, Auriculas, Cinerarias, and Pan>ies. 



Pelargoniums.— Of those Mr. Turner, of the Royal Nursery, 

 Slough, furnished 12 of the best plants we ever remember to 

 have seen ; they consisted of the following kinds— Governor- 

 General, Carlos, Lucy, Basilisk, Rosamond, Majestic, Mochanna, 

 Exactum, Rival Queen, Clara, and Petruchio. In the Class of 

 Private Growers, Mr. Windsor, gr. to A. Bligb, Esq., Hamp- 



stead, produced old varieties tolerably well grown, but not in 

 good bloom. 



Of Fancy Pelargoniums there were seven collections scarcely 

 sufficiently in flower. Here again the best group came from 

 Mr. Turner; it comprised Madame, Delicatum, Gaiety, Form o- 

 sissimum. Caliban, and Electra. In the Class of Private Growers 

 Mr. Windsor sent Fairy Queen, Magnificent, Duchess d'Auniale, 

 Statinski, John Bull, and. Madame Miellez. 



Cinerarias were numerous. The best group came from Mr. 

 C. Turner, who sent large dwarf plants of the following- Bousie, 

 Optima, Esther, Loneliness, Sir C. Napier, Lady Pax ton, and 

 Picturata. 



Of Pan3ies, in pots. Mr. C. Turner contributed Brilliant, 

 British Queen, Uncle Tom, Monarch, Aurora, Ophir, Lord J. 

 Russell, Marchioness of Bath, Satisfaction. Sovereign, Purple 

 Perfection, and Emperor. Cut Blooms 36 varieties : 1st, Mr. 0. 

 Turner; 2d, Mr. Dcbson. Among thtse the best kinds were 

 Perfection, Monarch, Royal Albert, Comet, Sampson, Satisfaction, 

 Nonpareil, Beauty, Sir J. Cathcart, Purple Perfection, Queen of 

 the Isles, Primrose Perfection, Mrs. Marnock, Salamander, Earl 

 Mansfield, and Royal Visit. The Pansies, generally, were very 

 fine. 



Mr. Gaines had six Herbaceous Calceolarias; and Mr. C. 

 Turner a collection of 30 Auriculas. The best of these were 

 Lancashire Hero, Oxonian, Bolivar, Ringleader, Lovely Ann, 



ns. 



3£JfcW«*>n intermedin^' Fri? C T ata ' A V h <*e™ sesa- 

 5T£SP« Heaths. Mr Dhfri^n* ^ ans ' tvro B°™n!as, 

 Ghte2* e l ni ''i6, the useful a, r^,,, nimmenseredAz » lea . 

 ^j£M»nci SCt .a calrcln. 1»im! lyUuni « n °«™, Azalea 



. Euphorbia aplendens iw ^ n " fl ° rida ' ^Hamanda 

 i ^^on intermedium ^ SSI * a .^rdata, Krica Sin- 



meoium, Hovea Cetoi, and Cyrtoceras 





and in pots, some of which were very prettily marked. 



We also observed a rich yellow ground Pansy, named Perfec- 

 tion. This we have before described. It was again fine, as were 

 also Sir W. Scott, Admiral Napier, and Crimson Perfection, all 

 yellow ground varieties, and Sir C. Campbell, a very large dark 

 variety. 



In-doors a gr* t many plants arc I ow beautifully in 

 nower; a large portion of one of the Orchid housei is 

 rilled with PbatenopsU aniabilis and graodWora, and 

 when we state that we counted 368 glorious blossoms, 

 ail open at one time on them, some idea of the kind of 

 display they make may be gleaned. Orchids generally, 

 both in this and other houses, are also in excellent con- 

 ojtion, and several are in bloom, but the best are now 

 placed in out-of-the-way houses, to keep them back for 

 Gore House next Wednesday. On one of the rafters of 

 the stove, Lapagena rosea was in flower, but as yet 

 only sparingly, many of its buds being still unexpanded. 

 Although m a stove here, this fine twiner will never- 

 theless succeed perfectly in a greenhouse. The well- 

 known Stephanotis floribunda, trained along the roof of 

 a .low span-roofed stove here, is just beginning to open 

 its sweet-scented blossoms, of which such a crop has 

 not been on it for years. On both sides of the roof 

 are six wiresful of it, running upwards of 70 feet in 

 length, and therefore when the blooms shall have 

 become fully expanded it must certainly be a sight 

 worth seeing. About a year ago last autumn it was 

 taken down, pruned, and well washed with soft soap and 

 hot water, and ever since then it has kept quite clear of 

 insects. Dipladenia acuminata has been planted to run 

 along the centre of the same roof to produce a variety 

 of colour. 



At the entrance of the show house— which is gay with 

 flowering thing*, intermixed with plants remarkable for 

 fine foliage, such as Dracaena indivisa, Norfolk Island 

 Pines, &ci— are cases filled with cones and dried speci- 

 mens of Wellingtonia gigantea, and other rare coniferous 

 trees, backed by paintings of some of the more remark- 

 able Orchids ; here was also a plant of a Belgian Rho- 

 dodendron named Camille de Rohan, a delicate pink kind, 

 richly spotted with crimson. It is very distinct, with 

 little apparently of the arboreum breed about it, and 

 should it turn out to flower sufficiently late to escape 

 spring frosts, it will doubtless be an acquisition. R. 

 formosum elegans is also a showy kind worth attention. 



In a small newly built damp stove were masses of 

 Aneectochilus of different kinds measuring 14 inches in 

 diameter. These were in pans planted in peat, sphag- 

 num, and silver sand, and were covered with bell- 

 glasses. The beautiful S<»nerila margaretacea, whose 

 foliage has been described as being " sown with pearls," 

 and the handsome-leaved Begonia Thwaitesi were also 

 here, as were several seedling plants of Flatycerium 

 grande, whose seeds sown in peat and ^sand slightly 

 covtred vegetate freely. 



In the front of a small greenhouse, now full of flower 

 kept up by Hyacinths, Tulips, Heaths, Cinerarias, the 

 Jasmine and Java Rhododendrons, &C, Moore's 

 patent ventilators have been fixed, and have been 

 found to work satisfactorily. They consist of long 

 panes of glass about 6 inches wide, arranged like 

 Venetian blinds, and moved outwards or inwards by 

 means of a lever acted on by a strii . For green- 

 houses, at least, Mr. Veitch thinks this mode of ventila- 

 tion perfect. 



The large Orange house has been filled with Azaleas, 

 and the Oranges have been moved to one of the new 

 houses which faces the north. Among the Azaleas 

 were plants of the noble Lilium giganteum. The New 

 Holland house was gay with Acacias, Epacrises, and 

 fine plants of Dielytra, which are planted out of doors 

 in summer and lifted and brought under glass in winter. 

 We also noticed here plants of Impatiens Jerdonise, 

 which was so much admired at the different exhibitions 



Memoranda 



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-— ••uinatof tallsKn^i * WTm or ordinary 

 X**atonce "striSK dards * ud Pyramids, the whole 

 **** M^^ 1 ^ r «d beautiful. Groups of 10 



' from m/ 1 La r e ' and Uieen ; andcoilec- 



¥« ^d si 

 mac 



Ac. M, 7$>r *1 **Pol*m. I'nnce Albert, 

 g^-. died E mpr £ a Kol'^oa ^?d a nev, finely-shaped' 



m»»L, El, S eme > whlch ™ S much admired. 



AT;—"!, all" d e *?c?t,S °°f na i £ a , mM Election 

 IjC^cti «»b», f e P«*-coloared kinds. 



55*5 <»ll e< i Rranriffll" Green ' in whose & ro "P »as a white 



j5k -Collection, of , A e m , ore comB1< " 1 sc »rlet sorts. 



gr?0( ' 1 WaL P l ants were contributed by Mr. 

 ^W** 1 Mr - "»- ' Esq '' Mr - Woo "ev. er. to V R 



af22*yn 

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WT" Pindifl^' v - tricolor «^ \r ■ . LWO nome s P»kes 



^aaiWr 6 r ^ «t?es of TI° l1 ^ <&*** intermedia 



^ oJST." WooU 4 een^ PnM D 5 erl ' the latter with ^ 

 ij^'^am BphaWla?„ m 4 l dc » dr ? ni cra -folium and 

 ■■V* jitoni ; VanX t ? V endrobium nobile. macro- 

 ^^^,hZ%%^ » d S*ft*i% Cattleyt 



g<* t, chyS?it2222i L ^ lia nava with fo ' ,r 



^*** *>5£X? , *» and tiro snrtf 6 / e low -spotted blossoms, 

 *^arobi n m *_"J sor s of Aerides. Mr. Hume 



^ and densiflorum, a fine plant of 



Messrs. Veitch s NurserYj King s Road, Chelsea. 



Since we last visited this establishment considerable 

 improvements have been carried out. The wings of 

 the large conservatory near the entrance have recently 

 been heated with hot water, and separated from the 

 central portion of the house by means of folding doors. 

 One of the parts thus partitioned off contained tree and 

 other tender Ferns, Sarracenias, &c., and among them 

 was a very fine specimen of Medinilla magnifica, with 



a ■ ■■ a M • a ■ 



Farm 



38 drooping spikes of flowers on it ; the other end was 

 filled with Palms, large Sobralias, and plants of that 

 description, among which was a young specimen of the 

 Rice-paper plant (Aralia papyrifera). The centre 

 beds in both these compartments have been mar- 

 gined with vitrified masses of brick, which when overrun 



with Ferns and Lycopods will have an interesting 

 appearance. 



Two new glass houses have been added to those at 

 the King's Road end of the nursery, and two more at 

 the Brompton Road end. The latter have ridge and 

 furrow lean-to roofs, and are glazed with Hartley's 

 rough plate glass. They are filled with fruit trees in 

 pots, for the growth of which they have been put up, 

 and for which they seem extremely well adapted. The 

 main walk has been thoroughly drained the entire 

 length of the nursery ; the margins have been put in 

 repair, and along a portion of its centre flag-stones have 

 been laid down, which are a great improvement in 

 appearance and comfort. On the borders on either fcide 

 have been arranged choice Conifers, relieved at intervals 

 with noble standard Bays in tubs, set out alter the 



manner of Orange trees. 



last year. 



Among rarities, in addition to Wellingtonia, which 

 has stood last winter in the open border here, were 

 Abies bracteata, Podocarpus nubigena, from Patagonia ; 

 Thuja gigantea, alias Libocedrus decurrens, Torre) a 

 myristica, Laurus aromatica, a greenhouse plant with 

 very fragrant foliage; Lomatia ferruginea, an evergreen 

 shrub from Chiloe ; Escallonia pterocladon, a hardy 

 shrub, which received a Medal at Chiswick in July last ; 

 and Desfontania spinosa, also a hardy shrub with fine 

 Holly-like leaves. This stood out of doors last winter 

 in the open ground. In addition to these may be men- 

 tioned Story's Epacris Eclipse, which is a very striking 

 variety of the Miniata breed. 



. Both indoors and out everything is in the best 

 possible order, and well worth inspection. 



Miscellaneous. 



Poison of the Monkshood.— About two years ago, it 

 will be remembered, a gentleman was accidentally poisoned 

 in Bristol in consequence of eating scrapings of the 

 roots of the Wolfsbane or Monkshood (Aconitum 

 Napellus) in mistake for Horseradish. From a paper 

 that was published in a recem Number of "The Chemist," 

 it appears that Mr. Thornton Herapath, of Bristol, has 

 subjected several specimens of these roots, collected at 

 different periods of the year, to a chemical analysis, 

 and has thus ascertained that the highest proportion of 

 poisonous alkaloid (aconitine) they contain amounts to 

 about a grain and a half in the thousand grains, or 

 nr.ore exactly, 10.12 grs. per lb. From these results, 

 and the evidence gi n at the inquest, Mr. Herapath 

 has satisfied himself that the gentleman in question 

 must have been poisoned by a quantity of aconitine, 

 certainly not exceeding five one-huudredths of a grain 

 in weight. Consequently, the poison of the Monkshood 

 is the most deadly pokon known, not even excepting 

 prussic ac'.d. Aconite roots, Mr. Herapath says, may 

 be readily distinguished from those of Horseradish by 

 the scrapings of the former rapidly assuming a pinkish- 

 brown colour on exposure to the air. Bristol Mercury. 



