.1849.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



*CjS MtfoMge and glorious' we 



-^Z^i- the gardening public of Ireland ha 



•t^Cjjt, The choice plant. 



•■^T* 1 ^ — the highest products of the intel 



|^*j£J», skill, which had so magnificent] 



i f* ff lTitotnnda two days previously, were no 



***2!fllrt have produced the most painful sen 



■**j | iSTbeen more disappointed than it was a 



**T?.^i*&e Boval Horticultural Society mad< 



ST** 1 "*-' for M far M g0od cu]tivation . w a 



j^TrSL, m Amaryllis, Erythrina Crista-Galli, 

 f2£tarf«, Polygala oppositifolia, Begonia 

 ^jTlipharba gplendens, and Eutaxia myrtifolia ; 



iilffplMitB would not have fetched 4rf. each* 



Jfchw wrtainlj the best plant in the exhibition! 

 The priacipal collections were huddled together in huge 

 boui. ennnaedw full of moss that it was impossible 



the pott, which, to say the least of it, is very bad taste. 

 The plan is justified on the plea that in this way a 

 naber of indifferent plants make a goodly display. We 

 anot,ho»eTer, quite admit such reasoning as this, if 

 :« promotion of horticultural merit is the object in view. 



lukrtfopl Edition, °th e at e the who1:e assemblage 

 of Ate ud greenhouse plants was of the worst 

 posflle description. Of course we except some fine 

 tld botuiol specimens from the Glasnevin Gardens, 

 iU eonttitated the only redeeming feature. Among 

 8ont Soter. there were a few good Auriculas ; Hya- 

 otfb alio wen creditable ; fruit was generally indif- 

 o. 



.Am, of which there was a good supply. 



Lrou , May l.-The President in the chair. J. 

 Wkn Dr. Boott, Mr. Gould, and Mr. Solly were 



S^^'stVSundt; the ™f'of his 

 tajjM Norton, in Durham.— The reading of Mr. 

 ffiffi. C V he An&t ° m y and De'elopment 

 sKiTJr Economy and Instincts of Chalci- 



* M^L^™ 8 i and of which a re P° rt 



£ ETsff i F ff red " No - 12 ° f this J" 1 "-. 



J*i flU MarCD) ' Was tinned and cc 



ceding witf " 

 JTW« Mr. Newport read 



SSSi"SP 0rtrf hi8fomw 



rfb«« J^T Parasite Anthoi 

 2TlJ*;7«i 1831 and 183 



• Boned before the Society by Mr 



J appendages of the c; 





. Westwood read s 



Country Show. 



April 25. — At this, 



Stove Plants : ]', Mr. Appleby, for Gesi 

 . . 2, J. Bell, Esq., for Gloxinia Snowiana 

 the Hon. P. Dawnay, for Justicia carnea. Climb* 

 Lord Howden for Tropseolum Jarratti ; 2, J. Buc 



York HoRTicuLa 



st Ex: 



.-ar-led 



Backhouse, for Gompholobi 



Duke of Corn; 

 Backhouse, for Boronia 

 P. D ai 



xompnoioDium poiymorphum. Or 



i'cndrobiumfimbri 



^earomatica. E 



sident's prize) : 1, 2, 3, J. Roper, 



i, R. altaclerense/and R. Cunning 



, J. Roper, Esq., for Camellia; 



for Sylph ; 3, T. W. Wilson, Esq., 



~ nts: l,3,Mes 



a, and Chorozema Chand- 



for Hovea Celsi. Azaleas: 



a ; 2, J. Bell, Esq., for 



seedling ; 3, Mr. Appleby, for A. indica alba. Epacris 



or Cornea : 1, Mr. Appleby, for C. speciosa major ; 2, 



Messrs. Backhouse, for E. grandiflora ; 3, J. Hutton, 



Esq., for E. Willmoreana. Cinerarias : 1, Hon. P. 



Dawnay, for the Countess of Zetland ; 2, 3, J. Richard- 



son, Esq., for two seedlings. Ericas : 1, Messrs. Back- 



se, for E. Macnabiana ; 2, J. Bell, Esq., for E. 



endishii ; 3, J. Hutton, Esq., for E. Beaumontiana. 



ideas: 1, J. Richardson, Esq., for P. decussata ; 



or P. Hendersonii ; 3, Mrs. Davies, for P. specta- 



5 . Acacia, or Cytisus '. -J. Richardson, Esq., for 



canadensis ; 2, Mr. Appleby, for C. racem 



low bed than General Tom Thumb. Its foliajre is a 

 shining light green ; its flowers bright scarlet and 

 numerous ; and its habit dwarf and spreading. It is, 

 requires 'a HtUeLo^w^th ta^fatoMhtti ** 

 The Bath Scarlet andThe" FrogTore ScTrhTarftSo* 

 older sorts, which bloom freely, and are fine in colour • 

 and the same may be said of Mrs. Mayler, Punch, and 

 the Huntsman, with many other varieties of more 

 modern origin. The Horse-shoes are distinguished by 

 i dark mark on the leaves, of the form of a horse's 

 *hoe. Some of these, as Pre-eminent and Cottage Maid, 

 have the bright scarlet flowers of the preceding kinds 



but e bo!hsp?c?es _ 

 sides of elevated boxes, b 

 "* ' ariegated-leaved Geraniu 



e the Red-blossomed, 



»; ■;. 



nd flowers of a delicate p 8 

 jwn as the Cup-leaved 1 



:xs,f 



, J. Roper, Esq., for 

 Dawnay, for Duchess o 



! L,-„U 

 nd. Cal 

 2, J. Hut 



Esq, for Daphne 

 1, Mr. Appl 

 Messrs. Backhouse, 



Hardy British^ Plant 



eptentrionale a: 

 Hardy Herbaceous Plant 



Cypripedium Calceolus ; 2, H. Baines, Esq., for TriJlium 

 3, Mr. Appleby, for Fumaria nobilis. 

 ft: J. Richardson, Esq., for Polygala 



FWhe7r* 0f » Fell owofthe Society, who was cuti 



•Wrth^JZ pa P erw *s read, and to whom Mr and 



^fet dthe factinthe y ear 18 ^ cha i 



^•M.!*!!*. W «twood's verbal communiea- on 





t ^"io?? hy - a committee o 



^•f^PaWrt, a ° pted and Published. 

 2." to «ffio?f ^ ected * ^stake he 

 ^^h e nL,l!° d i >f , the l«va of Mouodo uw - 

 2^°°. M^I e £ ard8 > from f «ther anatomical 



?JKS 



^C^l ' •««>• line ST T g ™ d Petl " 

 m 5 and utttn £ d * ed 8ac d «™g 



pretty 



l new kind has lately been raised 

 >n of Messre. Lee, nurserymen, 



;h), which has bright scarlet flowers, and 

 '• 



rove too tender for bedding. A ■ 



ite pink. To form large bushes for 

 lawn, or for single plants to fill large 

 rlets of very robust growth are culti- 

 •se called Smith's Emperor and Smith's 



Superb will be foui 



readily propagated by cuttings during the growin 



son ; and they generally produce seed freely, from 



potted, cutting their heads well in ; they ought then to 

 be put under glass and encouraged to push young roots ; 

 and, if properly managed during winter, they will form 

 . set into the beds again in the 

 following spring. A Btock of young plants ought, how. 

 ever, to be maintained, to supply deficiencies, as some of 

 the old ones will unavoidably die. Snme of the hardier 



! '"■: 



ing are said to be Diadem- 

 s, Rouge et Noir, and Queen 

 Victoria. These, with such other varieties as are found 



We can therefore confidently recom- 

 tio would successfully manage their own 



Calendar of Operations. 



, and have plenty of time for maturing it before 

 Many of the free growing plants which were 

 early in the season will now require larger pota> 

 mediately supplied, unlets 

 it is wished to flower them in their ] 



te strength, will be useful, both to maiiU 

 present vigour of the plants, and to assist the 

 development of their flowers. Keep a moist g 



ro.of 



the conservatory by fi 



; and when syringing sprinkle well the 



ure, the heafwhtch they have absorbed 

 . In fine weather syringe Pelargoniums, 

 ouse a little before the sun goes off it. 

 plants, also, which have been recently 

 e considerably benefited by a gentle 



