THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



jvent Garden, 

 ;posed for sale, atthe door, and labelled^Bella- 

 Lilies, a quantity of bulbs in blossom of the ™ 

 isis or Guernsey Lily. Om 



well-known seed-shop in the 

 ' " 'sale, at 



:y,,n,, 



,v Lily 



ness or ignorance, such misnomers ought to be avoided 

 by respectable tradesmen, for they become the s( 

 of much wide-spread error in the popular identific 

 of flowers. Probably nine-tenths of the tyros 

 might have seen the bulbs alluded to, and the i 

 attached to them, would be content to ju 

 nseofitbvs i -*.w this flower 



80 labelled in Mr. 'a seed ' 



be right." There is a moral 

 ness of nomenclature, restii 



and the Black Hamburgh. Last w 



thought black" 1 1 ainburgh fr 



which it was raised. I took particular pains in cross 

 it with the Muscat of Alexandria. You will find iu 

 Bmall berries the exact flavour of the Muscat. It v 

 grown in an old Vinery, which has not been repaired 

 ninefyears, and into which the rain penetrated very 

 much. There has been no fire for the last two year 

 The Black Hamburgh Grapes growing by the side of 

 in the same house are just the same bad colour as ti 

 Grapes sent. I find it to be a good setter and a good 

 bearer. My opinion is that it will prove one of the best 

 Grapes grown. J. E. L. [Berries large, oval ; flesh of 

 ace of that of the Black Hamburgh, with a 

 rich, decidedly Muscat flavour. Appears highly de- 

 er trial. !|] 

 Salvia splendcns often grows many feet in height 

 without flowering, but when it does flower well it is a 

 truly splendid object. I have plants of it 

 exceeding a foot in height, covered with blossoms. They 

 — 1S - pots filled with * 



tare of sand and 



Mildew on the Vine.— I have noticed for 



many of your readers 



to the great prevalei 



fruit, to the great detriment of the 



and wood, as well as to their future 



H.M.,TheP,j 



too prevalent disease. Be sure th: 

 I radically wrong, and I have no d 



I of which e 



depth. Some of the borders I 

 oa the Vine ; ol 



it is not 



enabled to supply them i 

 their attention being mi 

 tion. CM. [Yes, yes; 



[ planted out 1 



is, soundesl 



• ■ 



1 than those dug out 



The field was in Potatoes, and ma- 

 ; Barley in 1845, and meadow the three 



Miller, Li 



Rough Plate Glass.— Since this sort of glass, so highly 

 has answered, British 

 21 oz., and upwards, is losing ground, and not 



trial, are, I think, in duty boo 

 »f its merits, or demerits, to the public. I have 

 on a small scale this season against common 

 for the growth of Melons ; it has 



lit were concerned. The rough plate and 



. 

 by side j eight lights glazed with the If 

 lpied a separate range, but they showed 

 the above, as regards the health 



properties possessed by rough p 



perfect development and fruitfulness of this delicious 



litemma, that lei 



his prescriptions there are no hopes of his recovery. 



Raby Castle, Oct. 15. 



Ornameniiu -As the season 



ral of trees and shrubs is fast 



ornamental shrubs to form hi 



and pleasure grounds, or even 



mon hedge plants. The advantages of our own dav are 



far beyond those possessed by our ancestors in - ' 



respect. The many beautiful things we now have v 



unknown to them-Box, Yews, variegated Hoi 



Lilacs, and a few common Roses, wereall they v 



of different sorts, Syringas, 



and other species : Spirteas, 



more part'.cu , Folia, salicifolia' 



ra,the S 

 STSe-Bi'" ..Swee._, 



SiZ. I a Chen 7' The common Bro ° D ' makes a 

 handsome hedge, and it erows verv fi«t in „ m 



|»da, a robust-growing shrub, hearing 



very pretty. The Tamarix 

 Tb D eEvC d t 



«™ ,? Ever P* n p ™t, and Purple- 

 well grown, are fine shrubs 

 (Cydorna) japonica would make a very orna- 

 M&. and i ik 7 iS - e Euon J mu3 latifolius, which 



e >& ca s et SsVr^ ^a 





reglazed with rough 



tome valuable for the general pur- 

 poses of horticulture. Has any one given it a trial for 

 fines, Peaches, &c.,or for a conservatory; I have little 



t Roberts, Raby Castle, i 



ater part of the winter. This induced me to pro- 

 ate a number of plants of this Fi 



winter blooming. This year I had a bed of ser„.. 

 i and Napoleon, both of which succeeded beyond 



ling Fuchsias for bedding. I had fc 



atifolia propagated in April, 1848, 



ped in July, this year, were 10 feet ] 



ttts, and, with propel 



' *'j Plan of saving 



i tops cut off and 



striking and remarkabie^Tnan^e^P^^^^;^ 

 pruning. To these I beg to invite ih 6Vii ^^rf 

 of all concerned in the success of s P*cial atteatb 



trees ? I feel anxious that all bit JK ^°^ %2 



topic may I beg to enquire wha ; sdS'« T « D on <& 

 that produces the immense losstaESfj^L*?"" «i 



I ' I •' v' 



palustris and strobus° are^hA™ ? Qu " e * 

 sticks.] source rf ^ 



cal, Oct. 17.-G. Bus K , Esq jwm 

 meeting took i-^S 



iffnifiaJ v..- m C0B *J- 

 making some remarks c 



; • '• '; ■ '.-.'.. 



written papers and given drawings of bodies !& 

 supposed to be f u n gl . In the first place he «SJ 

 mt^tSwas on? one ^^ % d ^ ***!* 

 blance to each other as to claim anything like a^T*" 

 character. W«h regard to the figured bodies £S 

 and water, they were not definite enough to 5^ 

 possibility of classing them with one body or aoothL 

 Budd, E 



matters passed by cnoiera patients on board the Dre 

 nought. These bodies which were described as fZ 

 were of three different kinds,— 1st, There existed »«L 

 hilar body which was more particularly figured by Dr' 

 Swayne, and existed in two of his preparations, met 

 the possession of Dr. Lankester, and the other* khk 

 own, which evidently exhibited the characters of the 

 spore of a Uredo ; and on examining Enmo ~-ZL m 

 of Uredo from a loaf of b 

 was found to correspond i 



the cholera patients. As this species of fungus w« 

 ■• kept, and easilj 



i ba.er- . 



power, with a bad light, looked 

 last, consisted f small portions _ . 

 of the grain of Wheat. In the 



a bodies w 



ex^eedingl^like^ 



auuui, t iana yarns, tne rot 



bloom. The crop has just been dug, and the prodi 

 of the spot treated according to Mr. T. L.'s plan 1 

 been carefully weighed against two equal spots, one j 

 above, and the other just below it. Here is the resu 



The tubers were alike sound, so this proves noth 

 that respect, but it is satisfactory (No. 2 beinglhe 

 Tombelles), as showing that growth certainly does go on 

 the tuber after the haulm is removed. F. E. 

 Pruning Forest Trees.— Although the old contro- 

 rted subject of forest tree pruning has been for some 



ountry, has by no means subi 

 ow fast advancing when the i 

 le pruners are generally in 

 nxious to draw the attention 



unning system (if system it can be called) 

 as in two ways ; first, it retards the increase < 

 growth, which it professes to promote, and secondly 



starch granules. Drawings of all these bodies were 

 exhibited, and their strong resemblance to the bod* 

 figured by the Bristol observers was at once recognised. 

 In conclusion, the author stated that he did not wiab 

 to pronounce an opinion that the existence of a vegetal 

 organism as the cause of cholera was impossible, tat 

 from the observations he had now laid before tie 

 Society, he considered that such a cause for the prodae- 



—Mr. C. "Woodward, of Islington, said that he belaud 

 that things which persons took into their stomaete 

 might produce some of the appearances described bj 

 Dr. Brittain and others. Mr. Topping had shown tan, 

 under the microscope, the ordinary chalk mixture, and 



cisely similar to some 

 drawings from Bristol.- 

 probability of the truth c 





of flies, and exhibited drawings of the wae.-Ut. ,utr 

 said that he did not think the supponw 

 ler reproducers of the fungoid theory would taj 

 tnouznt their observations sufficient to warrant »« 

 conclusions, if there had not already existed the hypo, 

 thesis of the fungous origin of cholera, rrom ineu^ 



■ ■» had seen the drawings of Dr. Bnttaij i be tf 

 uvuu^d the correctness of the conclusions ol . 

 and the subsequent advocate-*/ the fungous theory, 

 the published drawings of Drs. Britten, B ™£ B Jj 



iwayne, many things had been evidently ' cmmw ^ 



D^-ayn^T^^^he^^- 



Some of the bodies figured as top*!™***^ 

 servers were evidently eni J^f « C £j Twbich * 



Portraits of Honorary Members of the Ipsw^^ 



Published by George BMSome,^ liteD e*^ 

 Wuhave before us m this co ^ cl Qn stone,*** 

 a number of living naturalists, ur»» ^aire. *" 

 creat taste and admirable fidelity by Mr. .JO. % g^ 

 feries has been executed at tie cos t^ ot ^ ^ 

 RaS>me, of Ipswicb, a most uberal P*^ 11 



