8-1849.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



r— r^^pheri7air," has jour ^^f^ 



15 lbs. on the square g .^ ^ .^ ^^ ^ guffi _ 



hy expenen*®- nj m*^ ^ ; .^ ; | reply, that 

 »ny roots in V^^g^i^ s^t-, di 'l.'.uttd <.«nullj 

 l^houUhe border, ramifying in all directions, and 

 SnTto the under concrete as well as to the upper. 

 A. to the roots being "found so beautifully netted im- 

 1°.IZ below the concrete,'' jour correspondent 

 meaiaieij ^ ^ game thing would have oc . 



CU ^T»„ the air being purer and warmer there than in 

 ° mBg ,£ti*rVof t) S t bor(]tr . r , id .,,, t!at it jg . ;s;; 



a S to thVconvenion of a portion of the hydrate of 

 r n* into carbonate, thereby rendering it u! e in 

 ^booic acid We may presume that he intended to 

 SS that the result was partly owing to reason 2d, 

 and partly to reason 3d ; and in assertion 1st he must 

 rtlythe same thing would have oc- 



tbaU portion of the stones or tiles would be converted 

 that in the instance of the .\,:.e ue, u ., . i.;l„ f :1 . me, 

 produced on, >'. ODe o f e ^ l e t ' of a t ^ in a g Xtsw 33 £" i^' 



, : ;.,, a r drains, tl an by pas-aiug through the concrete. 

 In regard to the stones or tiles, it is a matter including 



tifullymider them. If a stone or tile is laid near the 



undtr it, showing how much they delight in such cir- 

 cumstance^ The heat of ihe s 111 is e .11 kicie 1 through 

 the stone to its under surface, where it meets the ascend- 

 .- :r. Lture, which, but for this impediment, would 

 have been carried off in vapour, and along with it a 

 considerable portion of heat. These two, ].:.-•■■ and 

 moisture, added to the shade afforded by the stone, 

 constitute just the state of things in w 



borders are to be exempted from the benefits derived 

 from deeply stirring the soih The roots of the Vine 



siderable pains should bVtakTn' t^induce^themTo filTa 



■ 

 encourage their appro! v ' 

 possible; by keeping th 

 you have them under g 

 • .: 



I1Q 



ana particularly to 



isible ; by keeping the roots within^mooiTaTe^pace 



control, and are enabled, 



ranting materials in the ca? e of forcing; I wish it to 



crcte coveringfor Vine bordeis, nor do I Ld it necessary 

 here to apply it to anything eke. Gardeners in 

 - tr.Ure'v ai e t! at it 1, difficult to explain all 

 know XaUhe 8 °° e Sdentific P™«iplw f although they 

 iZlZ I,' C - Se WUh . my ° onP ^e. C " I hLYtoTy 

 fS„ L enm v ntS in - Crder to discover a method 

 « Mjngaig my \mes into a creditable condition, 



S* CilKI chief * by means of the c - 



atttion, That I am J '° Ur corres P OIlde,lt ' s . infor " 



P^Pwe to leav-P L? ™ n f ruc „ t . in g m y mouse-trap, I 

 Chrmielf nn w a % the ofhce of the Gardeners' 



v^7Z»i 1Z 8d K ay D , ext - My servaiit > laat eveniD ^ 



fa* which v,' L , , ttle tra P 8 iQ m y coach-house, 



««*« seeds w A J u , ru, 8 the <%> removed a box of 



dS ' W . h . lch l fo ™d sadly destroyed by these 



ent ? 0I ? ia Z lle has brought me, with 



»y scheme), the traps containing ten 



.. : :''-. 



J* flowed of 



^octettes, 



Feb. 20.-The Duke of Nohthum- 

 Went, in the chair. Among the sub- 

 Perhaps the greatest novelty was a 

 red with beautiful 



f the Black Sea. When found 



e *J harny ' l jS ed ^ 1^ had fo 

 Ut that asitl 5 dm ^ 0Ur »»nt«ra we 



^'"form ed "\ Ll 



- 

 - 



ie specimen, some 10 feet high, of Camellia ros< 



iff speedily by 1 



feature of i 

 I grown get dry it is < 



water to pass down through the mass of soil instead 

 ie. It was stated that he practL 

 thi plan n II his large specimens, and with adva 

 tage not on'y to the plant, but with regard to savi 

 time and labour. A Banksian Medal \ as awa ued 1 

 the Camellia.— Mr. Ayres, of Brooklands Nurse: 

 Bl k ki. a !,, v c « ived . Cer: flcate of Merit for Boroi 

 triphylla, one of the handsomest of early bloomi 



ated to be only a plant of 2 years 



5-inch pot ; to have been grown from 



October in each year in a strong moisl 



red in an inter- 



e. It was potted in Wimbledon peat, sand, 



and potsherds, and appeared to have enjoyed the treat- 



. 

 men of .^Eschynanthus speciosus, and a small plan! 



... 



osier, as had been stated by some. It hac 



.... . 



. Fox Strang- 



received no protection ' 

 Heath (Erica arborea) ; 



>lius and olympicus) ; the Italian Laures- 



weie all from the open garden, 

 tmanyui 



Mr. Grey, Be. rd 



front. They were stated t( 

 thermometer had fallen t 

 EkneL" 6 The ^7^1 



together with sevt 

 . tne open ground at Be 





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:■;:;:; 



: »'.-, . 



gna Pine-apple, for whic 

 arded. It weighed 5 lbs. 6 

 ;d of two small- crowned I 



I, Oba 



-Of Grapes, Mr. 

 , Esq., received . 



1 of Muscat of . 

 s growth, in good condition. — M 

 jury, sent a brace of the Brow; 



Streatham. These weighed respectively 6 ids. 



"* " apes, Mr. Butcher, gr. 



Certificate of Merit for 



Oao 



Royal Albert Rhubarb, 



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... 



. : 



l pose which he has attached 



Garden of the Society came 



'^ei°grovvV 

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... ' . 



large Laelia superbiens, which has again li,». 

 Garden ; Acacia celastrifolia, a new speck: 



. 

 blossomed Henfreya scandeus, which proves to be a 



m:'::,; 



j Pear, which rip l- m S q ,am„. r ; it is 



rsBergamot,andisrich aad 



. 



Bergamot, which it resembles in shape. It will keep 



- v ' 



M -Is of this, as well as those 



od, are very thorny when the trees are 



3ung ; but tbef e are replaced by fruit-spurs when the 



After the ordinary meeting, the Society resolved 

 self into a special general meeting, which had been 



. .:, 

 ; a close, his Grace named, 



... 



Appendix by Dr. Brow 





=n 2000 and 



I 1814 ; and 

 an plants at 



tion. To the 



, Dr. Brown 

 species. All that were 

 tveli have remained un- 



Vilmoriu, of Paris. English gardener.- lia\ e no hither! 

 .Uih.i-.uh-li d Narieties of this vegetable ; but it appeal 



possess very different properties, 

 sent, one was the common Violet-t 

 other was nearly white, and was 



ascls 



3 predecessors. His Prodromus Flora N. Holland* 



re, assuming the number of Australian species to be 

 00, the public is indebted to Dr. Brown for the know- 

 ]ge of about a third, the remaining two-thirds having 

 en discovered by other-, and made public without 

 e assistance of Dr. Brown. Justice to the dead and 



a are also phyllodineous. Weareequi 



