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THE GARDEN F.US' CHRONICLE. 



c onUtiD8 a specific amount of caloric (the whole of 

 which, I wiQ add, is evolved in combustion, whether the 

 process of combustion be fast or slow), and that a given 

 body of water requires a certain amount of fuel to heat 

 it to any given temperature (varying, of course, under 

 different conditions) ; and that that boiler which ab- 

 sorbs or extracts (I should rather say is the medium 

 of conveying to the pipes, not necessarily synyonmous 

 terms), with the least loss of heat from the door and 

 chimney, is the best ; no matter the form, nor is 

 it at aU material whether one boiler or half a 

 dozen be employed, so that the object be attained. 

 Here, however, the field of discussion begins, as 

 to which form and arrangement will do the most 

 effectually ; and although it forms the question at issue, 

 I will not trouble you with any lengthened theory of 

 my own ; only observing that as three sorts of 

 material may be used for fuel, perhaps no one 

 form or arrangement is equally best for all, but 

 as local position will determine — whether coals 

 which cake together during combustion ; or those which 

 do not, and coke and cinders ; and, lastly, wood, and 

 perhaps peat, bo the fuel used, so do I incline to think 

 that each will require a different arrangement from the 

 other two for the most effective application of the 

 caloric. The extreme case to which Mr. Ayres alludes, 

 of a pit at Messrs. Weeks's being raised in a few 

 minutes to GO ° at a distance of 365 feet from the fire, 

 I suppose is given by them to show that even at that 

 distance they have a command of heating power. 

 There is little fear that under a management far in- 

 fel r in intelligence to that of Mr. Ayres, such an 

 oversight should occur as to render it necessary to heat 

 a 1 *rge boiler and 750 feet of pipes for the sake of a 

 8 tary pit ; indeed there are few establishments 

 where several glass structures are in use, and where 

 bottom as well as atmospheric heat is derived from 

 hot water, where firing can be entirely dispensed with 

 for many days together the whole year round. Surely 

 thin a case arises for consideration, to what extent 

 several separate horticultural structures may with ad- 



Foreign Correspondence 



gr. to Sir J. Cathcart, Bi 

 Green, for the following, viz. : 



Adenandra speciosa 

 I Azalea, double red 

 | ,, exquisita 



Aphelexis niacrantha purparea 

 Boronia pinnata 

 Chorozema ilicifolium 



C ^P e r^HnXEa^5 



fit!: 



Guatemala, March 2, 1 855.— I went on the 5th of last 

 month to Los Nubes (the Clouds), reached them in seven 

 hours, and literally I found myself in the clouds. The 

 altitude of the mountains may range from /000 to 8000 

 feet above the level of the sea, or perhaps a little more. 

 The soil is very light, but dark exquisite mould and 

 rich pasture. On the ascent (about 3 miles) were patches 

 of Cypress covering spots on the barrancas, forming 

 triangles and very remarkable from their foliage ; not 

 another tree mixing among them, and yet only in two 

 or three spots were distinct or solitary trees observable. 

 As we ascended I was particularly struck with the 

 intense scarlet of a plant of which seeds have gone home, 

 and also of Fuchsias, but only two species, pygmsea and 

 elegans. I took up my quarters in a new rancho 

 building, and fear I passed as uncomfortable a time of 

 it as our Crimean folks. The cold was intense, and in 

 the morning the ground was quite white and the Grass ™™±„*» ^ 



Re 



Erica Cavendishi 

 tnostemon myoporoidtt 



Gompholobium bar™ 

 Leschenaultia form<2 

 m. „ , pimelea spectabilis 



These were all large and beautiful plant*. * 

 Cavendish Heath was an immense bush literall* 1Qe 

 with flowers and the same may with justice be ?** 

 the Boronia, which was perhaps one of the best u * 

 of the kind ever shown. The AdenandrTwt 

 admirable example of good plant growing and so 

 the Gompholobium, whose large yellow floweri ** 

 much admired. The showy Pimelea was scan*! • 

 full blossom ; but it was a fine specimen as * 

 the double red Azalea. In short the 



group was composed of fine plants 



whole of tha 



Mr. Green, gr. to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart, of Cb 



earn, 



crispy 



oh ! 



my trip of three days ! 



ff »«~h as we have in October in England, but, 

 what a glorious day, and how delighted I was with 



The Oaks are 100 to 150 feet 

 high, covered with "Lichens, Mosses, Tillandsias, and 

 Orchids, Epidendrum vitellinum, Odontoglossum corda- 

 tum, and Arpophyllums, with some fine varieties, really 

 very beautiful, of Epid. arbusculum ; one species I now 

 send to England, with white lip tipped with brilliant 



Odontoglossum cordatum was in. great beauty. 



each 



Aphelexis purpurea 



„ macrautha purpurea 

 Azalea, double red 



Iveryana 

 „ purpurea 

 Daviesia umbellata 



n 



Hi 



pink. 



What a glorious free-flowing thing this is I 

 bulb has two flower stems, and few less than a dozen 

 to twenty flowers on each, and in masses presenting 

 quite a Chiswick bank ; but how to get them down was 

 the difficulty, and I risked my neck two or three times, 

 for I am not so nimble on a tree as I used to be 20 

 years ago ; but the excitement was irresistible. From 

 one tree, the only one with the assistance of ropes and 

 two Indians which was at all scaleable, we culled about 

 200 fine plants, and then we had to get men to fell the 

 trees — the only means of getting good plants — which costs 

 about five to six hours* hard work to accomplish : but 



r 



vantage be heated from a single source, especially where j what a store-house these mountains present ! I have 



I have not a leaf out of 



anv 



Having 



new buildings are being erected, or old ones rear- 

 ranged. T.K. 

 ; Advantage of Larch.- 



tree (not even the Sycamore) excepting the Larch, all 

 of which, even 200 feet above the other deciduous trees, 

 are in full leaf. Somerset, May 12. 



Crit/imum maritimum. — Permit me to ask if "Sam- 

 phire 1 * is not the common English name of this plant. 

 [Yes.] The French call it "Percepierre" or " Fenouil 

 inarin." It grows plentifully amongst the rocks on the 

 coast of Brittany, as I once learnt to my cost. 

 given a franc to a soldier whogathered a basketful for me, 

 lita example was followed by so many of his comrades, 

 that I was forced to stop payment long before their zeal in 

 the " dreadful trade * was exhausted. I was not aware 

 that the name of u Percepierre " was used in England. 



J. V. a 



Vinegar Plant.— I have lately had this plant given 

 me, with the following receipt : — " To 2 quarts of water 

 add \ lb. of coarse browu sugar, and \ lb. of treacle ; 

 boil them together ; when quite cold throw it into the 

 jar on the plant. Tie perforated paper on the jar, and 

 let it remain undisturbed two months— three months 

 will be better." It strikes me that in some former 

 number of your Paper, when speaking of the adulterated 

 vinegar sold by tradesmen, you recommended the 

 making of vinegar with this plant. Pray is the above 

 jeceipt a good one— is there a better modus operandi ! 

 How long after its being separated from the mother 

 plant can the new one remain before being used ? If 

 taken out during the time prescribed, for a minute or 

 two, will any evil arise ?— this has been the case with a 

 friend of mine. If not encroaching too largely on yonr 

 •time, might I ask yon for some little description of this 

 plant, as to its genus, &c, and discovery. N. A. P. B. 

 f We have no experience in the matter. The plant 

 itself is the mycoderm, or mothery matter of a mould 

 called Penicillium glaucum.] 



Remit of not Protecting Wall Trees.— Like your cor- 

 respondent, Mr. Henderson, of Coniston, Yorkshire, 

 1 iiave always covered my Apricot trees with canvas, 

 netting, &c. ; but six years out of seven I have failed 

 .in obtaining a good crop. I determined, however, this 

 year not to use any covering whatever, and take my 

 chance ; I have this day, May 15, looked over my trees, 

 and I am glad to say that I have an excellent crop. 

 1 can count 50 in a square foot, not in the least hurt by 

 the spring frost, particularly that of the 5th inst. ; they 

 are as fresh and green as any one would wish to see, I 

 ave never seen so good a crop before. My Peaches 

 and Nectarines are apparently equally good ; our wall 

 is a very old stone one about 12 feet in height, with no 



projecting coping. George Archer, Garderer, Finedon 

 HaU. 



lUFrmtin Itdy—On the 27th of April the frost 

 7%t f° severe * ^ples that all the Tomatoes were 

 killed, except ng those few close to the sea, and shel- 

 tered by reed screens ; even the Vines suffered. At 

 balerno, still more south, the wind was as cold as in 



™ a m J- ond °?» **<* snow fell on the lowest hills 

 J?%\ u NlSmes the 0Uvea *** a " billed as far 



t^i? *? *' T ? 6 l°° r fermers are c ^ting b^k 

 the treesjuat as we do Apples for grafting. It thus 



ap^ that the severity of the pa/winter" hal been 

 widely felt, and the disasters occasioned by it will, in all 

 probability, long hve in the recollection of 

 Somerset, May 1 2. 











risked four boxes now to England to Mr. Veitch, and 

 refer you to him for a share for the gardens, as well as 

 of all the seeds I made collections of, evergreens, &c. 

 My advice as to the growing successfully of Odont. cor- 

 datum, Epid. vitellinum, and Arpophyllum, is to pot 

 them in fibry peat or light mossy stuff mixed with 

 leaves and woody fragments, and place the pots in a 

 saucer with water, keeping it every evening well 

 supplied. Try some of all these plants in a greenhouse, 

 and some out of doors during the summer, when showing 

 flower, as much exposed to the sun as you can ; for I 

 found the most brilliant colours where most exposed and 

 free from shade. ^The sun during the day was very hot, yet 

 in the shade I am sure the thermometer would never 

 reach 60°, and after sun-down the exhalation from the 

 ground was excessive, even freezing after 8 or 9 o'clock, 

 during my visit ; the day I left, however, the whole moun- 

 tains w r ere again enveloped in their accustomed clouds, 

 and rain for four days succeeded. I was so benumbed the 

 last night with the cold that I caught a touch of rheu- 

 matism, and resolved to seek a melter on the coast. A 

 ride of five hours took me into a climate of 80°, and I 

 spent three days at Escuintla, where I made a collection 

 of Oncidium ampliatum, Epid. Stamfordianum, E. 

 macrochilum roseum, three varieties, &c, and many 

 seeds, some very remarkable, particularly in Convolvu- 

 lacece, all of which have gone by this mail. Ascending 

 near St. Pedro de Martyr I observed a remarkable 

 Pitcairnia quite four miles off, of course without knowing 

 what it was ; but the intenseness of the scarlet shining 

 out on the bare rock and burnt-up grassy face of the 

 precipice arrested my attention. I spent two hours 

 after the search, and, with a difficulty only such as a 

 determination to get a prize could warrant, succeeded 

 in bagging four plants. I do not think it new ; but, 

 never mind, it is a glorious beauty, and may be new, as 

 I never sent it before, for I never saw it accessible. 

 The Epidendrum which I sent last year I now repeat 

 fine specimens of, preserved through the year in barrels 

 to acclimatise them ; and as the season is now when it 

 is again in flower, I have sent two Indians to Retalente 

 for more. One of those Indians always has accom- 

 panied me, and as he has learned to make a her- 

 barium, he has my boards and drying paper with 

 him to collect all flowers and seeds which I can here 

 weed if I like. The Antigonum grows luxuriantly at 

 Yzabal, and I will conduct it to England in June next, 

 when I hope to shake you Once more by the hand, 

 although I only mean to pass a couple of months, as 

 my duties call me imperatively back again. The plant 

 like Odont. cordatum, but larger bulbs, &c, I could not 

 meet with a single example of ; my only two plants eo 

 now to Mr. Veitch. G. K S. 



Adenandra speciosa 

 Azalea speciosissima 

 v Fielderi 



Aphelexis spectabilis 

 Boronia serrulata 



tetrandra 



j? 



Eriostemon intermedin 

 Lpaci is miniata erandiflon 

 i ranciscea calycina 

 Pimelea spectabilis 

 „ Hendersoni 

 Polygala Dalmaisitna 



The most remarkable plant in this collection 

 decidedly the Ivery Azalea, which was literally 

 mass of white blossoms, faintly streaked with purpli 

 This was, as well it might be, the admiration of e?ery. 

 body. The double red Azalea was also a remark^ 

 plant, but it was too stiffly trained to please some tastes, 

 and certainly a little more freedom might have imprond 

 its appearance. The Pimeleas were fair specimens o! 

 the kind, and the Franciscea w r as also a good plant a 

 were iriost of those of which the group consisted. In- 

 deed, the great distinguishing feature of the shot ns 

 that there was not a bad plant in it* 



Another collection of 12 came from Messrs. Fraser, 

 who sent ; — ' • < 



Eriostemon scabrum 

 Erica pinifolia rosea 

 Gompholobium barbi^ 

 Leschenaultia formoaa 

 Pimelea spectabilis 

 Polygala Dalmaisiana 



These were all evenly-matched plants, and in good 

 condition. The Boronias were healthy and well grown, 

 more especially B. tetrandra, which was one of tne bet 

 plants of the kind we have seen. The Eriostemon 

 scabrum was also a well cultivated plant of this cob- 

 paratively slender growing species. The yellow Gom- 

 pholobium was likewise a handsome bush, and so wm 

 the Fielder's white Azalea, which in some respects ■ 

 considered superior to the common white. 



A fourth collection of 12 stove and greenhoiai 

 plants was contributed by Mr. Barter, gr. to A. Bassett, 

 Esq., of Stamford Hill. This 



Adenandra fragrans 

 Clerodendron squamatum 

 Chorozema ilicifolium 

 Erica Cavendishi 

 Eriostemon neriifolium « 

 Franciscea confertiflora 



These plants, as a whole, were scarcely in perfects 

 some of them being insufficiently advanced in blooj 

 while others were rather past their best. This remark 

 especially applies to the Cavendish Heath and 

 Gardenia. The best plants were the Stephanohs m 

 Ixora, both of which were well flowered, and 

 Adenandra was good, though its blossoms were harOJj 

 out enough. 



Collections of 

 contributed by 

 Esq. Messrs. 



group consisted of— 



Gardenia intermedia 



Ixora crocata 

 Leschenaultia biloba 

 Pimelea Hendersoni 

 Polygala acuminata 

 Stephanotisfloribund* 



t 



the 



It: 



6 Stove and Gkeenhouse Pu5is«* 

 Mr. Carson, gr. to W. F. G. M 



A Fraser, Mr. Cutbusb, Mr. Morns, F 



to Coles Child, Esq. ; Messrs. Rollisson, of Too"^ 

 Mr. Rhodes, gr. to R. Philpots, Esq., of Stwwjg 

 In these groups were well grown plants of ^^T^. 



Eri* 

 si* 



floribunda, Everlastings, Dipladenia crassmoda, 

 teraons, Leschenaultias, Statice Holfordj, me 

 which was shown in Regent Street three ™ Ji 

 still fine in bloom ; Brachysema acuminata, ag£ 

 leaved plant, with deep crimson flowers; ^ ^ 

 florida, Boronias of different kinds, tnoro .. 



useful 



fid* 



Pimeleas, Tetratheca verticillata, a J 18 ^ ^ 

 flowered plant, Dracophylium gracile, fcpacrw 



Azaleas. , 'amqsA 



Orchids were numerous, well flowered, ana 



In collections of 20 plwj ^ 

 B. Warner, Esq., received 



fresh and beautiful. 

 Williams, gr. to C. 

 highest award, for— 



Aerides Warneri 



affine var. 



orietu*. 



Horticu 



many 



jral : Exhibition at Gore House, May 16. 



—On this occasion there was such a display of perfect 

 gardening as perhaps was never witnessed before. Stove 

 and Greenhouse plants were furnished in abundance, 

 and the brilliancy and beauty of the Orchids have seldom 

 been surpassed. The great banks of Azaleas and Roses 

 struck everybody with admiration, and even fruit, con- 

 sidermg the unfavourable spring we have had, was won- 

 derfully good. 



In collections of 12 Stove and Greenhouse Plants 

 the first large Gold Medal was awarded to Mr. Dods' 



ft 



„ virens 

 Calanthe veratrifolia 

 Cattleya Mossise 



Chysis bractescens 

 Cypripedium barbatum 

 Dendrobium densiflorum 



' nobile 

 pulchellum 



>; 



Dendrobium macropb 

 Oncidium fttnP^S 



Phaius Walhclu 



f a'coUbinm ret * 



Vanda suavis 

 teres 

 tricolor 





i 



ii 



Among these, Vanda suavis was an jwj 

 ith two noble spikes of flowers ; v. rer 



'"Txcellent |* 



was 



wi 

 good 



for that 



like*** 



blossoms on it ;* anTthe different examples 

 &c, were also well flowered. t 



Mr Wnnllpv. *r to H. B. Ker, Esq., * 



Cfc*** 



Mr. Woolley, gr. to 

 produced — 



Aerides virens 

 „ maculosum 



Calanthe veratrifolia 

 Cattleya intermedia 



Mossia* 

 „ Skinneri 

 Cypripedium barbatum 

 (Jyrtocbilum filipes 



Dendrobium Paxtoni 



densiflorum 



n 





Dendrobinm »<g pb y*« 



Lvcsste Skinnen 



Vands tricolor 

 insignia 



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