







8—1856.1 



THE GARDENERS 



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and Dendrobium nobile. 



CHRONICLE 



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The two sides of 

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 ; they were nicely 



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siflomro, 

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I*]**?*! as regaras coiom. 



w Veitch 's collection was placed on the end of 



tf^e with its wings extended on either side. On the 

 i^^B the noble-looking tree Fern Dicksonia squar- 

 tod in front of that a magnificent Cissus discolor, 

 ed on both sides by Phalaenopsis grandiflora, 

 ijy. masses of flower. These last were backed — 

 ^^ 'tacid, the other by Dendrobium nobile. 



£$ch corner was furnished with a Norfolk Island Pine, 

 MOciated with which were the yellow Dendrobium den- 

 Azalea lateritia and coccinea, Philodendron 

 wmxmua and pinnatifiduro, Aerides virens, and 

 Cattleya Moeste. Oa the left^ of these were the fan- 

 leaved P»loi Livi&tona borbonica, Medinilla magnifica 

 in the shape of a standard ; Lilium giganteum, rising 

 c 6 feet in height, and bearing a glorious head of a 

 doren large dropping white flowers, streaked with red ; 

 together with a .yellow Heath, Platycerium grande, and 

 Coleos Blumei, with reddish brown leaves, edged with 

 pale green. The right wing comprised nearly the same 

 plants as those just mentioned, in addition to which were 

 t variegated Screw-Pine, and the Dragon tree, Dracsena 

 Draco. The above were certainly the two mo>t 

 interesting groups exhibited, the intermixture of plants 

 Out of bloneni, but with fine foliage, having the effect of 

 letting off the others to more advantage than could 

 ©thermae have been the case. 



Mr. CoJ ver's (of Dartford) collection consisted altoge- 

 ther of flowering plants, which exhibited little preten*ion 

 <rf hiving been grouped for effect. The collection from 

 Mr. Peed, gr. to Mrs. Tredwell, of Norwood, was toler- 

 ibly well put up, but still its arrangement, compared 

 witLthatof the two nurserymen just alluded to, was 

 extremely deficient. 



Of collections of Stove and Greenhouse plants, Mr. 

 M*y, gr. toll. Colyer, Esq., of Dartford, had some 

 immense lushes, among which the best were the fine 

 Erica elegans which we have mentioned before; Leschen- 

 aultia formo^a; Gompholobium polymorphum, a beau- 

 tiful bush, trained so as to allow it to exhibit more of its 

 natural habit of growth than usual ; huge Fpacrises, 

 Boroniia, Everlastings, Pimeleas, Eriostemons and 

 Azaleas. Of these kinds of plants Mr. Green, gr. to 



to E. Antrobus, Bart, also had an exhibition, the chief 

 feature of MA »»» u e i™u. Sir John Cathcart , 



Cape Heaths, on this occasion, were in beautiful con 

 dition, more especially the fine plants shown by Menu* 

 Rollisson. Rhododendrons and Roses were also 

 present but the display they made was extremely poor. 

 1 he latter, in fact, seemed almost lost in a corner bv 

 themselves. Tall Cacti were scarcely more effective 

 and we must not forget a large breadth of Gloxinias! 

 among which, however, we saw nothing very new either 

 in name or colour. 



fwSf m P -?r nte there Were some g^ious examples 



ficm Messrs Veitch. They consisted of Nepenthes 

 ampullacea, Rafflesiana, Hookeri, lanata, and two un- 

 named sorts. ** — ... 



f«u t .i • ^^srs. Rollisson also had a large pot 

 full of the singular looking Australian Cephalotus folli- 

 culans, whose curious form attr " m 



t,_ „^„ ,. « , — -*-w*.« I'mutuiar nonce. 



lis losettea of leaves and little pitchers lialf hid in 



bellTss gteen m08S WCre covered over with » 



Among new plants Messrs. Veitch had the golden Rho- 

 dodendron B.-ookeanum from Borneo. It has glossy green 

 foliage, and m altogether a fine addition to the genus. 



1 he same firm also showed R. californicum, a delicate 

 pink kind, very different in appearance from those of 



lie eastern mountains of America, or from any we 

 have at present in cultivation, together with Weigela 

 amabi hs and a branch of Embotl.rium coccineum from 



the FaS "V-T"' *** **** * ud Mr ' l Hll, gr. to 



toe Jbarl of Lisburne. ° 



r^TT-'^ lhl]i *> Black Eft gH » d Elton were 



is tl in Th ut, - Ul rf r b> Alr - F,emin e« f ™ 



ferior M " sta dlsheC of dlis fruit " e " »- 



Strawberries were excellent, especially the finedishe« 

 of them from the Duke of Norfolk garden at Arunid 

 S? Z Z K ^."'^^.Q-en, no't quite coloured to 



Troll™ r V- ^ a^ edll "-» M y»«'« Eleanor, and 



Ki[Z f Th f- *«• '-.e and well coloured. 

 1 cT, ° fur,>, * l,ed g'>-d dishes from Blenheim 



Napier oX n r e v 8en \ Dick r i '' S Pi " e ^ d S ' r Ch«5 



i>apier. Uther varieties of Strawberry 



xsraraft- ^t^te^ToS 



Of Vines in pots Mr. Constantine ^Z m 7Z.rV. 

 ably dwarf plants, with fine bunches of f«™ oTZn 

 Other exlnlunons of this kind were anything but eood 



Other fruu consisted of Oranges, Citrons, Prickly 

 Pears, Bananas, and Winter Cherries. Y 



■jrdeper (Dods) and Mr. Farmer's gardener (Carson) 

 nkewue abowed wonderfully fine specimens of stove 

 »n<i greenhouse plants ; but these, as well as others 

 produced on this occasion, were not sufficiently different 

 S,,*-, , have l , been a 'ready exhibited this season to 



S of 1™ le t0 occupy room with a de,ailed 



Qt plants with fine foliage Messrs. Veitch showed a 



XtTrwErtS collecti °n- ^ contained Zamia 

 P^ds, I hilodendron p.nnatifidum, the Nepaul Ber- 



SJiwT' n" gata ' Ca ' amus vimi «*li6, Sabal 

 DrTinl't) ^ C r endl8hi ' Ceroxylon Andicola, 

 D» Draco and indivisa ; the last with a noble 



Palms 8 a^ ^'^fsocmtedasitwas with pnid- 



were the „i ♦ I tore Z om S> but stii l very hand- 

 "marlfahL Sh ° Wn , by Messrs ' Ut > llisso »- The 



■teifoir a f mong them w — ■ * ■■ 



JJ-foha Rhopala Estrellensis ■ 

 £El S a » d i. udi ^, and 



I^oicorea 

 CoiensB! 



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Lomatia australis. 



a 



--«»«, xyi-aeajna terminaiis, 

 discolor, and a Caladium or two. 



Messrs VritM ?V ey P roduced »» sort of 



Ph)su"us picm' had , tbebe8t « rou P' which c ™- 

 ,. ^"or a P S argentens, Coleus Blumei, 



^^^iy "u ; arie,y of Maranta r °*e : 



^(P«dS u ;Jr cas ' H y d f a ngeas ) Vi„es,andScn 

 h Wd 8 " " 8 L An*ctoch.Iu8 setaceus intermedi 



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"> Vadium „;:,„' »; * B F' ec,0S!a > calathea 

 Snails / ™» Maranta Warzewiczi, Dra- 

 , and n '.,* Va »egated varietv of 



variegated 

 K "elha maculata. 



ety of Aspidistra 



rsnk| i" J ) haTrrirr Mr ^ Lawren ^'s gar- 

 M , ^ieffenha* • Ca ' adlum9 . Phryniums, Cissus, 



K° A P^"dra T ^ £ r - 0t r' the Leauti,ul w,,i te- 



B^ tbe «V,3k;^ pold ,' Vrie9ia s P eciosa > with a 



te^^ium. Iv, of . 8 c a riet bracts, and E, anthemum 



'"^•a, A^eratum! a\ n ' >ticed 8ome variegated 

 ,2 en »> bATlT' aD , d hardv P la,lt «- 



EJ'^tcher, ^ U J adn »«d. The best came from 

 l «**V.i..'.8 r -.to J F Young, Esq., and from 



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wall literally loaded with brilliant orange scarlet 

 flowers Th, 8 fine new Protead is said to be § hardv in 

 JJevonshire, having stood these four last winters out of 

 acors. lh,s does not imply, however, that it will be 

 linrdy in other parts ; but it may be expected to succeed 

 with very little protection, and that much its beauty will 

 amply repay. Messrs. Rollisson had Meyenia erecta 

 a shrub with a good habit, and covered all over with 

 violet purple Achimenea-like flowers with a yellow eye 

 llns will make an excellent addition to our present 

 races of stove plants. Messrs. Jackson had a large 

 flowered Clematis in the way of Azurea grand.flora; 

 Messrs. Standish and Noble some Chinese Berberries 

 Az.lea cnspiflora, and Spiraea grandiflora; and Messrs! 

 Veitch had Lomatia ferruginea, the Rice paper plant, 

 a fearracenia, and some variegated Orchids. 



Florist Flowers were shown most extensively, and to 

 think of alluding to the plants that made up the dif- 

 ferent exhibitions by name would be a hopeless task 

 Let it suffice to say that they formed no inconsiderable 

 portion of the show. Pelargoniums were unusually 

 abundant, and there were also Fuchsias, Calceolarias, 

 Pansies, and Tulips ; sufficient we should hope to 

 satisfy the most ardent admirer of such things. What 

 is wanted in these classes of flowers is variety, and this 

 is a point to which exhibitors should pay attention when 

 making up their collections, which should be varied in 

 colour as much as possible. This seemed to have been 

 very much overlooked on Saturday last. 



The exhibition of fruit, as a whole, was a poor affair, 

 and what was produced was most onsk ill rally arranged. 

 Collections were furnished by Mr. Fleming, gr. to the 

 Duke of Sutherland ; and Mr. M'Ewen,gr. to the Duke 

 of Norfolk. The most remarkable feature of Mr. 

 Fleming's contributions was his Pt aches ;.nd Nectarines^ 

 which were extremely good. He had also excellent 

 Grapes, May Duke Cherries, and Melons. Mr. M'Ewen 

 had well-ripened Grapes, a Queen Pine, Melons, Goose- 

 berries, Currants, Raspberries, and some very fine 

 Strawberries, among which was a dish of Hautbois. 



Pine Apples, with one or two exceptions, were dis- 

 creditable to the skill of British gardeners. Mr. Bailey, J 

 of Shardiloes, sent some well swelled fruit, especially 

 a Providence, as did also Mr. Robinson, gr. to Lord 

 Boston ; and Mr. Barron, gr. to Airs. Vivian, had a 

 good Queen ; but with these exceptions and perhaps a 

 Queen from Mr. Constantine, there was nothing worthy 

 of remark. 



Grapes, as a whole, were better. Mr. Davis, of Oak 

 Hill, had 12 lbs. of well swelled and beautifully coloured 

 Black Hamburgh ; Mr. Turnbull, gr. to the Duke of 

 Marlborough, sent large and fine bunches of Muscat ; 

 but they were far from being ripe. Mr. Hill, gr. to R. 

 Snevd, Esq., had bunches of Black Prince well ripened 

 and coloured. Black Hamhurghs large, both in bunch 

 and berry, and finely coloured, came from Mr. Dods, 

 ^r. to Sir J. Cathcart, Bart. ; and Mr. Munro, gr. to 

 Mrs. Oddie, had good fruit of the same variety. Very 

 fine white Frontignans were communicated by Mr. 

 Ay res, gr. to Lord Southampton ; and Mr. Preller, of 

 Ada Lodge, Tulse Hill. 



Of Peaches and Nectarines the Duke of* Sutherland's 





Itobfetof, 



OnlhmanLmgcrih, and (he Amount of Life upon tht 

 Globe. By P. I lourem. Translated from 'the French 

 (second edition), by Charles Martel. London : Bail- 

 here. 12mn, pp. 180, price 31. 



Our readers will perhaps be surprised at being told that 

 the normal a<;e of man is 100 >ears, and that old age 

 does not begin until threescore years and feu have been 

 actually accomplished. And yet so it is according to 

 one of the greatest of living physiologists, who, more- 

 over, does not speak dogmatically, but rests his opinion 

 upon many catefully observed facts. It has long been 

 known that the duration of life bore a certain ratio to 

 'he duration of grow.h, but the certain sign that marks 

 the term of growth was not known. M. Flourens finds 

 this sign in the union of the hones with their epiphyses. 

 "As long as the bones are not united to their epiphyses 

 the animal grows ; when once the bones and their 

 epiphyses are united, the animal grows no more." 



"The relation pointed out by BufTon is very near 

 the truth. He says that every animal lives nearly 

 six or seven times as long as the term of h>s growth. 

 Ihe true relation is five, or very nearly. Man being 

 20 years growing, lives five times 20, that is to say, 100 

 years. The camel is eight years growing, and lives 

 five times eight, or 40 years. The horse is five years 

 growing, and he lives five times five, that is to say 25 

 years ; and so with the rest. We have then finally a 

 precise characteristic which gives us accurately the 

 duration of growth ; the duration of growth gives us the 

 duration of life. All the phenomena of life are united 

 by the following chain of relations :— The duration of 

 life is given by the duration of growth ; the duration of 

 growth is given by the duration of gestation ; the dura- 

 tion of gestation, by the height, &c. The larger the 

 animal, the longer is the time of gestation. The gesta- 

 tion of the rabbit is 30 days ; that of man is nine months : 

 that of the elephant is nearly two years," &c. ' 



Many other statements equally curious and interest- 

 ing aire to be found scattered throughout this little 

 work. The most valuable portion of it is perhaps that 

 which relates to species, and in which the coup de grace 

 is given to the metaphysical notion of the pre-existenct 

 of germs; but for the author's views on these matters 

 we muse refer to the book itself, which we venture to 

 say no one will regret having perused with attention. 



FLORICULTURE. 



Pyramidal Fuchsias.— As decidedly the best collec- 

 tion of Fuchsias shown at Sydenham on Saturday last 

 consisted wholly of plants of this shape, I give you my 

 plan of growing them, and I hope that Mr. Bousie, the 

 exhibitor of the group in question, will favour your 

 readers with his mode of cultivation next week. I put 

 a few old plants in a warm pit or Vinery, where the 

 temperature 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, preferring the shortest joiuted wood. First 

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

 care that they are well drained, and the compost of a 



coarse river sand intermixed with 



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ffZ — arable Dl an fr . ^.""7^ "-t"^" J ""i muus 



S** 1 Pemadaetvi A p dlantum cuneatum, trapezi- 



^^)^^S^ 1 grow ?> and ^i*C 



jj^uion. onte buted greatly to the interest of 



AC is remarkable what fine 



8ome. 



7*H -£■ been imroH.nLi remarkable what fine 



**oog r 1 b( >th exhf. 1: 3 B : Wft r»er, and Me r 



»^» them 



!'*?<?, umbrn,u m IT' C£eS ' Ura a,,d i,s arb °- 

 *" ^-growing Ubd° rmTOum > and a P°dum, the 





gr., Mr. Fleming, sent by far the best exhibition. It 

 contained large and finely-coloured specimens of Violet 

 Hative and Murray Nectarines, and Royal George and 

 Grosse Mignonne Peaches. Mr. Constantine also pro- 

 duced well-ripened Royal George Peaches, and so did 

 Mr. Gardiner, gr. to Sir G. P. Phillips, Bart. Of Nec- 

 tarines, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Ayres, and Mr. Spencer, gr. 

 to the Marquis of Lansdowne, all contributed good 

 fruit. Among the sorts were the Violet Hative and 

 Downton. Mr. Hill, gr. to R. Sneyd, Esq., had also fair 

 fruit of the Elruge. 



Melons were pretty plentiful. The heaviest (hybrid 

 Persian) came from" Mr. Monro, gr. to Mrs. Oddie. 

 Mr. Boreham, gr. to Sir Fitzroy Kelly, sent a green- 

 fleshed kind, which was considered second. Mr. 

 Fleming had Trentham Hybrid. The best green and 

 scarlet-fleshed fruits were exhibited by Mr. Munro, gr. 

 to Mrs. Oddie, and Mr, M 4 Ewen, gr. to the Duke of 

 Norfolk. 



Figs came from Mr. Busby, gr. to J. S. Crawley, 

 Esq. ; Mr. Bean, gr. to H. Perkins, Esq. ; Mr. Bailey, 



sharp open nature 



leaf-mould will be found to answer very well with 

 about one inch of silver sand on the top for the 

 purpose of inducing t ;.e cuttings to root freely. Water 

 gently with a fine rosed pot, then plunge the pots 

 in the propagating pit, where there is a gentle 

 moist bottom-heat, where in the course of three weeks 

 they will have made roots enough to stancf potting off. 

 You may now pot off singly into 3-inch pots in a light 

 open silted compost of rich loam, leaf-soil, and sand, 

 equal parts, and if you have any bottom-heat to spare 

 they will be the better to be plunged in it for a day or 

 two, to give the young roots a start. They may now be 

 removed to a warm pit or Vinery, or whatever you find 

 most convenient, where the atmosphere is kept moist, 

 which will ensure a strong, healthy, and vigorous 

 growth. When you find the pots full of roots 

 repot into 6-ineh pots, using for this shift a good 

 rich compost of turfy loam two parts, one of old rotten 

 cow droppings, leaf-soil and sand. As this will be their 

 last shitt this season, care must be taken to provide good 

 drainage ; this cau be secured by putting in plenty of 



potsherds, with two or three bits of open turf or Moss 



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