THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



we have, after this, classes r 

 jive miles of London 1 Dahl. 



Vine much affected, stopped the spre 



■: ringing " 

 rose. It was an out-d( 



!,,'•■;■ 



foliage of i 





Sept. 4 J. R. Gowen, 



I. -plate, sent ;m iiiten'htin^ collection of plants, con- 

 tbis is rating of Pleroma elegans, which, when grown in a cool 



:r»es.— A correspondent states that he ( ;,.r , . 1< t-purple blossoms, 



Bitting, and they bring all out. When birds are br< 



often infected with small red bugs, which get into 

 nest, destroy the young, and cause the old hen to fore 



season ; give plenty of green Dandelion to your bii 



laying, some bens get egg-bound, and often die. I h 

 seen many cures tried for this complaint, but with 

 effect ; I have, however, found out a cure, by wine 



spondent shouldj get; the « Manual of Cage Bin 

 edited by John Tinibs, 86, Fleet-street ; he will t 



Plan of 



the plan of managin 



atoes.— Having foi 

 , suggested by ; 



mg, a yard wide, bending 

 rtliing up very high on c 

 -' * -d to bear tes 



flavour ;" and < 



'oris.— In the len 



r last it is stated « that Melons 



g by Mr. Monro, it is reported that 



fit <-v: :e iu flavour. Now as the < 

 ii , at Cliiswick was one of the largest 



:er, I consider they are falling into a grei 

 high flavour in fruits should be the first coi 

 of every gardener. The defect cannot 1 



ct highly c 



•ow all others in the shade I I trust tha 

 narks will induce gardeners to give some i 

 the subject, for among the Melons whic 



[This is a 



among first-rate s 



F poor ground « 



n ry seldom find i 

 trough the Pot 



■ 







vers of most Melastomads, they 



3 bush of the i 

 ase accompanied " 





mg Babingtonia Campho: 

 her with the new orang< 

 nabarina, by far the hanc 



"itatafcE: 



treatment. Why don't the Guernsey pec 

 propagation of it ? The same establishmei 





men also showed a seedling Heath raised by Mr. Story, 

 with pale green flowers tinged with pink. — Mr. Leach! 

 gr. to S. Rucker, Esq., produced a well-flowered Statice 



II..;:. 



it ; and Erica infundibuliformis and 



Leach'* plants are, but " di 



appearance, to the specimen 

 A Banksian Medal was awar 

 the E. Irbyana, but not to the oth. i 



managed plants of Erica retorta major, 



; specimens of their large 



Esq., of Clapham-pa] 



rigia Josephbce, one 



f flowers inproporti 

 )f these Brunsvigia 



candelabra-like plants of 

 af which had a stem about 

 nearly 3 feet high, with a 



''whfcfso* feV^e "ircan 

 lal was awarded for this 



iEsch% a anThs e -Lob™anus and' r rare P°! eo P ter£ 



its, in which they appear to better advantage 



in pots. A Banksian Medal was awarded. — Mr. 



Ler, of Slough, showed 24 variet > 

 Dahlias, which have now become much improved, 

 not only in shape, but also in constancy. A cer- 

 ■arded to them.— Of fruit, I 



and 6 Uw.;21 oz. No medal was awarded to these, * "'" 

 ones having been previously rewarded for 



man, gr. to J. B. Glegg, Esq., sent a "black 'Jamaica 



Melon, weighing 4 lbs. 11 oJ, fromW^,?* 



■ 



cultural Society many^ears ago^ m <L r ! i ?\ H « i 

 awarded it. The third best wai a hvbriH^T ** 

 Ispahan and the Hoosainee, a white-fl fflSSSft 

 weighing 11 lbs. 4 oz. It was inferior h flf 8 ^ 



Melon* I ^ » entS ' 1 ^ £*" » F«^ *SS 

 10 lbs. 13 oz. Both these frniZ-Z 



ESH^JSilftSSf- toJ - B - *£*?3 



hualiy tne worst flavoured was an unripe Beechio^ 



that variety.-The Society 



lilac-flowered Ipomcea ficifolia, Abelia ] 

 Statices, three Orchids, Torenia asiatica, 

 lilac-flowered Abroma = 



profusely and acquire a de 

 far beyond what they obtain 

 stove ; and, finally, Niphaea oblonj 



peratrice and Downton Nectarines 



es and pretty lilac pink blos&ona; 

 guides and acumi. 

 .ol greenhouse, when the; flora 

 e a degree of colour and beaatj 

 obtain when coddled in a wan 



f ,a tL i 



1 Zoological ! 



- 

 President, in the chair. Ai 

 the fine public ;r 



States, as well as 

 Society of Stettin, a 



Transactions (vol. v., part 7) was r 

 among the members.— Mr. F. Smith exhibited sped- 

 mens of the globular cocoons of earth, enclosing newlj- 

 disclosed specimens of Geotrupes stercorals. Mi. 

 Waterhouse considered these cocoons to be formed bj 

 the parent insect, and to be filled with dung for the 

 food of the larva hatched from an egg deposited with 

 the dung.— Mr. Westwood exhibited a living specimen 

 of the male of Sirex juvencus, with a specimen of the 

 wood in which the larva of that insect was engaged B 

 burrowing ; a newly disclosed male being also enclosed 

 in one of the burrows. He also exhibited specimen id 

 the Pemphigus Lactucse, described in the Gardtmi 

 Chronicle, as well as several remarkable Hymenopten 

 from New Holland, on which he made some remarks 

 as well as upon the discovery of the males of tne an- 

 gular genus of Scleroderma, by Sidney Saunders, Jaq, 

 in Albania, of which, as well as of the other species, 

 drawings and dissections were also exhibited by hm. .- 



ptera,from Deal sol 

 Choragus Sheppardj 



Shepherd also exhibited various rare Lepidc 



from Deal and Dover.-Mr. Stainton read a 



[ which led to much discussion) on the Rules of 



teal Nomenclature, insisting, f 



7 oz. A Certificate was awarded t< 



. >» 



exhibited by Mr. Ogle, gr. 

 to the Earl of Abergavenny ; it weighed 4 lbs 8£ oz., 



ie Earl of Stamford, sent a seedling Pine, weighing 

 it or three weeks ago. In appearance it is something 

 an Knville.- Mr. Slowe, gr. to R. W. Baker, Esq., 





inches, but badly 

 A Certificate was 

 eight.— Mr. Judson, 



tnond Villa Black 



Royal George Peaches and Elruge Nectarines came 

 om Mr. Burrow, gr., Br n 

 Mr. Monro, gr. to Lord Clarendon, at Groi i 



uus wick, large 

 ripe. Various Melons were exhibited, and, as they 



their merits. By far the best was the _ 

 ham-hall Melon, a I 

 . 4 oz., was sent by Mr. Bundy fj 



Castle, Idandilo. This ie one of the best of Melons 



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