11-1849.] 



THE GARDENERS* CHRONICLE. 



j i Mr Young, whose k-.nds were trrande 



juried w ' lbert Jeannette, Themistocles, Mars, 



r t2!' rS Thole. For the best dessert Pears, the 



"• ■' 



: 



Reun e and Ne plus Meuris. For the L - — 



: , e J Rhubarb a 1st prize was 



ZfJhtt, gr. to th< 

 hSJ Victoria Rhubarb, 

 gent for exhibition only. In par- 





^^^tstterwiwrsr 



E'£!i£«i»> flower: 

 Jj^S^U-flowered Moss Roses, raj 



W, pr£er. Honorary awards , 

 jfrCoMar, for a flowering plant of 

 tciieers. Dickson and Co., of the ] 



Mr. Caritair*, for Hyacinths, a b 



dodeadron campanulatum, and P 



grown beneath the stage of a gre. 



r:h American plan 



e: 



tbub were passed to S. Hay, Esq., for" hvbrid Rhodo- 

 dendrons; to Mr. R. M. Stark, for a "collection of 



Mr. Sleigh, for Oranges, Epacris hyacinth 

 to. Mr. Bum, for cut flowers of Rhodod. 



Park, exliibited the in 



iiabte specimens of Pelargonium w 

 -Bt prize in 1848, by Mr. Cossar, gr., 



producing the ad- 



Leek bulbs, by Mr. Weir, surgeon, Galashiels : 

 moveable flue cover, with a model, by Mr. 



kLZ QM ° 9e ArcUt ^ture. By Henry Weaver, 

 Bn5gl row 80 " 1 EState AgeDt ' Im P erial 4to - Po P e ' 

 m £^ iaS u? 0r J Sricuhural Labourers. By Thomas 

 jMmDera lime, Architect. Royal 4to. Dean and Son. 

 ou7ercLl n L P !K iod ia the hi8torv of this or ™y 

 elMMrfS ^ unitary condi tion of the humbler 

 legislatire r, iety . occu P ied so prominent a place in 

 Qinda of uW ? 10n > or faken s ° deep a hold on the 

 we we true d"' P osu ? on » influence, and property, 



^"dbtaJrihSn P the Sen r The time is ^fdently^ot 

 dm J to Ke thaWl^ ^i^ 3 * heil interest tnan tneir 



^isjstemnrpv -i t. affl,cfc and disorganise the 

 -^Ij.oneR lI ' whlch ™ unhappily but too true 

 P^thropy would In * StCpS wh - eh wisdom and true 

 £* PwniSons*^" the ' inducem ents which tenTto 



^•^.tSL^ I 8004 workC beforTthem j&ey 

 ^^wthemu t g ° ther andn obler means than the 

 ^ ^e au S to t0 dWaXm the disaffected > to miti- 



f^s^ K otTo^iyTirs:; 



*o\S ldition of tiwfabSur 8 ^ *" p0Ssible t0 im P rove 

 ^^erefo^P^ide for' him a comfortable home 8 



lt wi ^22i k WU1 be most «M ^ the locality 

 It* ^F^vS!? aW de8i S Ded 5 the latter exhibit 

 rT^ n "«»t upon the average dwellings which 



Xve^ S^hafbet'mo ^ ^ 



l^SSohr^ 8 e °Serwk el Se^;t S anc1 

 SL° f "n «<Sta?7 CMried out his de ^gns without the 

 5?^«C3l'fclT y 8 eDtlemen ' even °f ^rge 

 lw ?ebnil ^Dff wh * attem Pt'Dgany improvement in 

 E*? IOnal mln!^" to a «cmplish thisthe services of a 



S> Stiliy^ 88 »" th « ™rks ever written _ r ._ 

 t^^.«o*U B ?2!!iJ e 1 . de,li ? d th * t.! 16 g r ^ ater P r ?T 



JeosT^lrl^^ 11 "^"J* and 1 OD J e J of ** fl^jOrchid^uS/Sed'ya SI^EJnf^ 

 be P8 a VeT'lS: Zl^^Lf ' J°£ SffftfS ^J? "** 



signs suitable to different localities, and that would th ' '^l ™ 0mon 



The ever-flowering Echeveria retusa was 



looking Californian Echeverias. intro- 



iartweg, which have not yet flowered 



guttata and i 



flowered Eranthemum was like- 

 wise in blossom, together with plants of Henfreya 

 scandens, raised from cuttings last an' 

 Deadly Upas tre~ -* 

 thrives well here 



streets. Plate 9 « „ DU 



i proprietors. A portion 



)f ugly ! 8 or 9 feet high. In the smi 



e when by Messrs. Hartlev, was a finely flowered" plant 



1 districts destitute alike of effect j Spirsea prunifolia "flore pleno. When exhibited 



of Java (An; 

 as but a si 



Garden Memoranda. 



N, TURNHAM-GREEN. 



are now beginuing 

 many are showing 

 . Among the latter 

 rationed the large mass of Phalamopsis ama- 



Horticultural 

 —The Orchids in this 

 "gorously in 



lew spikes are thrown out from 



gaiety of the parent spike has 



succession of flowers is kept up 



ly the whole year through. In 



i remarkably fine plant of Burling- 



Dendrobium Pierardi was like- 

 also D. cucullatum, a species in 

 the same way, but larger, and therefore more desirable. 

 D. nobile was displaying its beautiful blossoms, 

 null not inferior to, are much shorter 



, Among other 



to a block of 

 Arpophyllum giganteum, a beautiful t ': 



health. The Oncidiurps were mostly showing flowe 

 some of the flower-spikes of 0. altissimum measur 

 ■om 8 to 10 feet in length ; 0. sphacelatum and oth« 



lossomed Epidendrum aurantiacum, which has be 

 iown so often in Regent-street, was still in flower, a 



hough somewhat difficult to cultivate, it appears, fr< 



rightly applied. The whole collection exhibited 

 possible health, the foliage being of the deepest green 



Gordon ascribes to his supplying ammonij 



tit the size of a Bean, he rubs it on the hot-water 

 b or twice, to disperse the fumes, and the \ 



rise acts beneficially on the plants. It must, I 



proves to be a really valuable plant, its snowy b 

 having a cheerful effect at this season. Associat 

 it were Mr. Fortune's double flowered Chinese P 

 the red and the white. They are very handBom 



shrubberies. 



ih I, : 



mas Roses, Lachenalias, Nemophila 



blue Bweet scented Hyacinth of Cabi 



be the same as the Cashmere Hy: 



Cyclamens purchased at the sale of the late Dean 



Manchester. Many of the latter have not yet flower. 



but it is anticipated that something new and good v 



. emophila maculata ; the pale 



Hyacinth of Cabool, which proves to 



Hyacinth, and various 



: - 

 the middle, i 





vork very efficiently. The side of the roof is 14 feet 

 I inches deep, the upper sashes fixed, and 8 feet in 

 ength ; the under ones moveable, 6 feet 9 inches in 

 ength, and 3 feet 6 inches in breadth. On each side of 

 he path are placed the plants, and behind them there 

 re ample means of wintering the bedding out stock of 

 ummer. In the large conservatory huge plants of 

 Irugmansia cornuta, whose white flowers smell like 

 Sweet Peas, and of B. sanguinea, were in bloom. Also 



The large plants of Cestrum aurantiacum, than which 

 a more valuable conservatory plant could hardly be 

 amed, were closely pruned in, one just now, the other 

 week or two earlier ; by this plan they are made to come 

 ito bloom in succession. The true Habrothamnus fasci- 



beautiful 



ch treeB planted under Mr. Rivera's 



the walls. The latter are protected from spring frosts by 

 - - J — copings, 9 inches broad, fastened 

 ping to brackets fixed in the wall. 

 rd Bufficient protection, but in order 

 _ of the proverbially cold winds of 

 March along the wall, hedges of Arbor-vitae, about 

 60 yards apart, have been planted across the border, 

 at right angles with the wall 



Miscellaneous. 



Method of delecting the Flour of Indian I 

 of Wheat, by M. Mauviel la Grange, in Journ. de 

 Chem. iv., p. 339.— The sample is sifted, and 2 grms. of 

 the finest flour mixed in a teBt-tube with 4 grms. of 



this add 60 grms. of water, and then 2 grms. of car- 

 bonate of potash dissolved in 8 grms. water. When no 

 Indian corn is present, as soon as the carbonic acid has 

 escaped only yellowish flakes separate ; but when any 

 - present, some orange yellow particles 

 subside, which are easily detected. In this way an 

 admixture of from 4 to 5 per cent, of Indian corn with 

 wheaten flour may be detected. Chemical Gazette. 



Calendar of Operations. 



(For the em 

 FORCING DEPARTMENT. 

 Y'.NFt: • -.— As the succession and late Vines will 

 soon be in motion, and as the ground is still cold, it will 

 be of great advantage, where the roots are wholly out- 

 side, to lay some leaves and stable litter over the borders, 

 to the depth of 15 or 18 inches. This will yield a mild 

 and genial warmth to the roots, and its good effecta will 



