THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[Ma*ch 24 



in many pU«» breaking almost sheer 

 ins, it is possible that ' 

 v in winter, and the 



t ckneyism, Imustsay thatthe 



road in Burgundy, three miles long, 

 Poplars of gigantic growth, from 10 



•e' There is 





• : .. .■ • 



rhen he botanised on Mount Ararat, 

 i we had need of, for the heap was 



, no further. This i 



M, r v;-" 



ttA. In my own Vine 

 ""d whh » be Kt l Me d SiTe nd Warm) "'** ^ 





- y<"n, ana protectin 

 *' ' ' : | ;'; J" r '"* V 'M borders* iTis for 



aced by the Duke of No] 



rmtaed that they should 

 charity. Dolman. [Y 



1 at Leicester during 1£ 



their owner's death is formally annou 

 and as they often die through neglect 1 



firmly believed in. Others think it ■ 



snables many a poor man to kee 



ain are afraid to st 

 is paid in gold ; the! 

 i one for keeping t 



in the "Quarterly Review" asserts 1 



I h red. The 10th Aug. is considered 

 ha P d day ° f jUbUee ' and th ° Se wh0 are 8een worki °g °n 

 from their swarming, and their setdtag'on the mouths 

 of Plato and Pindar was taken as a sure presage of their 

 future eloquence and poetry." The Church of Rome, 

 too, has the following passage in her Breviary :— " Peter 

 Nolascus, born of a noble family at Recardi, near Car- 

 neighbour ; the presage of whose virtue was, that while 

 he, yet an infant, was crying in his cradle, a swarm of 



family will die wUhtn a year. 



Horticultural 

 Chair. The Rev. W. B. L. Hai 

 Ashley, Esq., were elected Fellows 

 a great many subjects of exhibit: 



scandens, Erica Willmoreana, nitida, and triumphant 

 the latter a somewhat scarce Rosemary-leaved sort' 

 Se ptan*lTof re £™n 1 U 8 ni t rid* e °' ph, '™ de8 » but lar & er ; 



i Esq. Besides 



tralis), Tropseolum tricolorum, andTli ^? ofet »»*. 

 inophjlla. A Ban£y>< 

 awarded for these.— A similar award w r* 1 ** 

 to Mr. Bunney, of Stratford, for a handsnm" k "* 

 yellow-flowered Oncidium, apparently newt! br °*»ai 

 Mr. IvesoD, gr. to the Duchess Dowiw- %*•» 

 berland, at Syon sent a Gaultheria froT^** 



hardy hybrid Rhodoc 



flowers; SaW. ££2*+ 

 red Sage, apparently not di £>» 

 nalis; a flower of the SoS* 



; and ripe pods of the & 

 found to produce exeJU^IJ 



i Vanilla fruit and the Rhi!* 



son, of Pine-apple-place^J* 



or an interesting collection tf£. 



"^.howewr.Jt 



■■hibitedfwmfcjj 



Van Nassau, Tubal 



> LeplusN«r2 

 m, Tubal Cain, Charles Dickens, Willi*! 

 \le blue, with lighter tubes, Laurens Km* 



\ if'; 



Panorama, La Dame dsla 

 ington, Waterloo, double, N« 

 , Prince Albert. /»/«-.««- 



received a medal, and was produced on this max. 

 more to show its constancy of character than its mmfc; 

 the same nurserymen also sent their hardy ydbi. 

 flowered Violet, from Patagonia, and ablush-aim 

 Dendrobium, with a yellow blotch in the lip,fromM* 

 mein, for which a Certificate of Merit was awarded.-! 



Clapham, for a beautifully grown plant of the late lb 

 M'Nab's variety of Erica aristata major—Mr. Saw 

 field, gr. to J. S. Venn, Esq., produced a good (Man 



of the white Indian Azalea Mr. Fortune': \ 



obtusa, which certainly proves to be a distinct am 

 was exhibited by Mr. Henderson, of St. Jota'i-w*, 



Cinerarias. — A Cineraria named Mazeppa <mhn 

 by Mr. Gaines, of Battersea, and six seedlinpolk 

 same useful genus were produced by Mr. TowwsM 

 Nottiiig- hill— Finally, Mr. Kendall, of StokeNewiaga 

 sent a seedling Cineraria, named SanspareiL, * 

 broadly margined with sky-blue, a novel colour ii a 

 class of flowers. — Mr. Drummond, of Pratja 

 Park, showed a Ripley Queen Pine-apple, weigia 

 2 lbs. m oz. It was stated to have been gr<i*H 

 turf, broken brick, and rough charcoal. Special 

 of ripe Roseberry Strawberries were communiawr 

 Mr. Dunsford, of Chingford-green, Essex; and* 

 Mitchell, of Enfield, sent a well-coloured sample «» 

 Roval Albert Rhubarb, from an open WW" 

 Temple sent an exhibition of wax models of no*» 

 — From the Garden of the Society came a nice «** 

 tion of plants ; but as the greater part of them nasa- 

 already noticed in our report of the Garden, putj* 

 :u-t vt. ek, we sh;ll only add to that account the L* 

 States Orchis (Orchis spectabilis), a pretty «J 

 growing lilac and white flowered species, which «W 

 or nearly so, and a very dwarf compact wnite-no 

 Azalea from the north of China, differing fa» J 



particulars. It is apparently a P ro,use . . Jjfr 

 will prove an acquisition. [It is as weU toa^ 



. " r ";" 



ore necessary w "^ 

 t the practice is V 



petitors at the general meeting of ***?J'^ 

 the 1st inst. ; but we have still to record i r 

 tion, on that occasion, of a salver and < °» ',* 

 plate to Mr. M'Nab, the former supermten fl ^ 

 Experimental Garden at Edinburgh ™ e & 

 Mr. Crawfurd, of Cartsburn, observed that 

 was deeply indebted to Mr M > 

 ments in the Garden, which had bey* ' ,£ 

 plished by his taste and energy , » m m- *» 

 the noble hall in which they were now ■■- ^ 

 two Camellia-houses, which had given so m ^ 

 tion to many, and the « Winter ^ ion ; for* 



--.■ .■■■.:.■■■■ r:,-- 



funds. The Council were so sensible , of » *J 

 token^of the Society's approbation ; W 



