THE GARDENERS^ CHRONICLE. 



r the especial benefit of those who 

 ^benefiting their Grapes: — "The 



keep up the full v 

 • quality 

 evident that] manure should always J 



vTn?; a* 

 dry land.' 



' indispensable to 

 his is seldom the c 



exhibition of Grapes \ 



ham Abbey. The 

 bunches'were good, the berries black and well 

 swelled ; in short, they were equal to the best of the 

 average samples of Black Hamburgh. The circum- 



" rawoN, and we hold up his ra 

 example to those " unready " gentlemen who com- 

 plain that they cannot get any Grapes because their 

 houses are so bad. 



" These Grapes," said Mr. Davidson, were grown 

 in a house which, owing to the recent alterations 

 and improvements carried out by Mr. S 

 been suffered to fall into the last degree of dilapida- 

 *inn • while the Hues have been for more than a 

 ■ith. The houses have for 



an early crop without any good 

 removal of the flues the Vines 

 Irip from the glass, a fr 



with the 'seasons, and, indeed, have been anything 

 but killed v. '.standing, the 



whole crop has been better than for nv 



ia well ripened off ; the quantity of wood 

 .. .-Lve made, and their general appearance, 

 sufficiently indicate that, with proper care, a crop, 

 under the si- be expected m 



future years." We perfect 

 son — whose Grapes, 





>btained, well deserved 



( q.;--i! 



enabling"plants in pots 

 drawing-room, and d>o i > u-'u- m- (-•.-. - 

 deserve favourable mention. The invent 

 sisted of a bottomless zinc case, painted o 

 ring the form of a common flo 

 '•■ ■ 

 poured into the pan, and the pot covered bj 

 case, its sides will be net- 

 the damp air passing over them from the pa 



3 garden of 1 



i good as it wa 

 i Meudon plai 



as it could be, if the proportions of th 

 to be preserved. ThN~; 



I to the Horticul- 



. n any former accr-'<™ 



had all the appearance of beinj 



It was grown on 



which we brought into notice two or three years 



M we are informed, was not the heaviest 



- this year produced. The 



rted to have been sent to t 



while at Balmoral. A fourteen pound Providence 



■was a! so, we believe, a part of this year's crop. And 



accomplish a feat in cultivation which dull-witted 

 unready gardeners pronounced impossible. No doubt 

 they judged correctly of " 



The many friends of Dr. Joseph Hooker will 

 rejoice to know that the last Indian Mail has brought 

 intelligence of his perfect safety amidst the dang< 

 of his adventurous journey. On the 5th of Ju 

 he was encamped in a fine country, in t 

 Sikkini Himalaya, where the ground was carpeted 

 with splendid plants. The rains were inces 



bridges between his camp and Darjeeling 

 been swept away by the floods, and 

 tions could only be maintained by a m< 

 route. II o r-i.'i.v i ' i ■ \a of the highest 



interest. Among other things, his Rhododendrons 

 amounted to at least 30 species, many of w 

 are much finer than those already published 

 botanist had previously ventured to attempt 

 examination of the Rhododendron region eas 

 Kamaon, an operation surrounded with most 





,i,.u 



lg the rains. He had also 



, with scarlet flowers larger than the palm of a 



s hand, and crowds of other remarkable species, 



M .. 



JOct.6, 



same mail has also brought letters 

 ne, dated Shanghae, July 12. He had made 

 very large collections of Tea plants fi 

 India Company, from the famous Woo-e -fl 



;11 as from the green Tea country of Whey- 

 chow. The plants already sent by him to Calcutta 

 reported to have arrived in excelh 

 been forwarded by Dr. Falconer 



N. W. 



The Prince of Lisianths* is of too mt 

 portance to the lovers of fine plants to be 



bscurity until time shall reveal his merits. 



hey are is sufficiently told by the annexed < 

 from the following extract from the new nu 



" Journal of the Horticultural Society. 



ON LOAM, 

 term « loam," comes from an ancient 

 earth "unXX'nSf 1 " kW' ^^ ^* 

 hended a class of compound or mixed ewhs'J?^'*' 

 of dissimilar particles— hard, atiff, dense h^ 510 "^ 

 ""ft *°, *•*«*-'«* ea8 "y AieSXSft.g 

 readily diffusible in water, and usuallv *Z ^*> 

 sand and a tough viscid clay. Loams ar^ 1 ^ * 

 cisely divided into two kinds-the friable and £, T 

 tot h anTvTsddtnTxturf t* ^ ^ ^"^S 

 and a more adhesive clay. ' The coloursT^ak! ff 

 used to distinguish loams— the black and whit* J?? 

 are not acted upon by acids ; yellow loams somelf 

 which are affected by acids ; the alkaline brawn 1*,™/ 



s 



I of the beauty o 



of one of its flowers. 



inch deep ; the corolla 



plant from the dimens 

 The cup of the calyx is 

 Qg, and rat 

 kest part. These flowers hai 

 terete stalks singly from the axils of the leaves, 

 which are ovate, acute, deep green, and perfectly 

 smooth. M. Linden, of the Luxembourg 

 has raised it from seed, but it has not yet flowered 

 with him. To me it is only known in a dried state, 

 when the colours cannot be ascertained ; but they 

 appear to have been either orange or i 

 belongs to the section call 

 undoubtedly one of the few 



[tit a i ■ will probably 



be found a m i ring, however, 



complete protection from a low ten. 

 the whole genus abounds in 



. . . 



and P 13 Percent? 

 loam ^VbTte 



Bergman found a good loam to contain 





aceous loam," which may be either sandy or clayey, 

 according as the proportion above indicated is exceeded 

 on either side. But loams most frequently contain a 



ive powers of the loamy earth, if its proportion 

 iderable, viz., 4 or 5 per cent ; 



- - 



iart of the loam often has much effect in giving 

 ,ur. When gravels and pebbles are mixed with 



. I;-':.'' ■■■■■' -: 



aestone loams," according as the substances 



d vegetable and animal matters in the form of 

 ies, and the soil is fertile in proportion. Loams 



■ 

 nation of iron, are very unproductive i^^ 6 



• ,; e ^ t fc J 00 jrsl 



< haiaeai quality, and contains very 





I culturat l SocUt^ r v©lf IV. 



biclThardens too i 



require a greater portion of «»* w ™ porfon •» 

 loam, which will be less necessary /" ^ ' ort ion 

 humus abounds. All fertile soils ^JV^ „, F res 



rest chalk, to form a good loam, and "f "J!,' ante, 

 heavy. Loams require le^tdtag ««« *J ^ 



kbd P o r f ma C nure «n ""^^'J.'Such T»p| 

 their influenced All° kinds of «°P" ^t^l^' 

 thrive well on loams, and animals mV» ^** 



• ■ : ; ' 



subsoil for loams is a compact^ ;ra* b^ ^ ^ 

 sou ,™nd retains a sufficiency to be given out J^ ^ 

 as the upper soil may require it to • 



perty by wh.ch its quality j^gSt^J?* 

 the quantity of which, the relative u. ^g » 

 ascertained; and by ^f^l^or^: 

 criterion of quality, the ^Jj^, ^ ^ 



U» sa e me e 80ur^e° ^^^^jS^^y^ 

 former.^ 1? da'/be iTexce^s, <*£*,£* bTb"^ 

 added;' and a portion °f*J* £, ****** ^0. 



