THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



classes in the ty, by providing 



for them a good museum, library, lectures, and classes. 



jmoDg naturalists, Mr. Ransome's gratit 



portraits of those to whom he felt indebted for the 

 prosperity which has attended the progress 



in tended to confine the issue 

 of these prints to the members of the M< 



friends of those whose portraits have been 

 » limited number of large India proofs lias been placed 

 for sale in the hands of Messrs. Rowney, of Rathbone- 

 : Charlotte-street, Rathbone- 

 . . : :. 

 devotes any profit that may arise from the disposal of 

 the prints exclusively to the funds of the Institution. 



Mr. Gould, the Rev. Prof. 1 . 



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Spence, Dr. ''•'■ ,.„1 Professor 



Professors Owen, Sedgwick, Forbes, and others'. 



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 Those of Professor Henslov.-, 



xll, and others, are faultless 

 at resemblances, and, wherever Mr. Maguire has had 

 the opportunity of drawing from the original, are beau- 

 TV e believe that no such collection of contemporary 

 ever before been offered to the public, 



Garden Memoranda. 



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h mse here has become too 



it contains. So greatly have n 



-•these last few years that th 



free passage along the paths. The large Phakenopsis 



: -;iued for the Society from 



Manilla is finely in flower, and it promises to go on 



blooming yet for some time to come. Of all the 



s the most suitable for small collections, on 

 • or flowering habit. A fine specimen of 



Mutonia Candida was in flower, and anoth feet wide i 



beautiful Dendrobium sanguinolentum, the fragrant which has been taken off the upper part of the orchard j „;,, ,;, 



fipiaendrum ceratistes was just coming into bloom, and for the better accommodation < . . , tirne the \^ veB nr 



there was also here. Nepenthes Rafflesiana, whose of exhibition. This space ia i ..„.,„ fr .„ n ,|„. 



wnously formed, large, brown m* I 



admiration of every one who sees them. 1 



^ka superbiens in the large stove has thrown up < 



«ne strong flower stems, which may be expected 



£we this part of the garden we must not forget 

 «o notice a little frame in front of the C 

 Muse which is now quite a blaze of pink fl 

 "w.haa been effected by introducing Oxalis Bowiei 

 J^Bj*moag whereamo 



"ones and brick rubbish. This interesting little fran 

 which runs the whole length of the Orchid-house, is i 

 'armed, and it receives no other care than that 



h^fKu T* ov two on il now and then t0 kee P ( 

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iiTourable circumstances, the Oxalis will keep it g 

 w November or even later, after which time its tc 

 »u} die down and be removed. 

 ^ a cold pit we observed Fuchsia serratifolia 



acquisition ; further on, and gracing th?°doors of 



** Brs - Hartley's conservatory, were bean 



«M specimens of Sedum Si i 



«o prettier autumn flowering plant for vases, and it is 



» easily managed, that even the uninit : .,• 



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« have fallen, the heads of the plants are 

 °»Pped close in, and the pots containing the roots 

 v.iy in some cold frame, or an I 



^,L? re £ laced under cii 



g>*th. The principal point is to keep them free from 

 X ? n ? h m Ter y fond ° f them. This Sedum is 

 •j^nardy. In a span-roofed house, in front of the 



» PUnt or two of the Californian Evergreen Chestnut, 

 weu as a n i ce collection of Cyclamens, which were 

 r™pt at the late Dean of 



to yield some new and choice sorts. The 

 »h^ i next th,s win fioon be occupied with Begonias, 



:;ay in winter, and which ar 

 Tl »e value & PIt ' Where they ar ? kept 

 JJ so well known TT ahoulTbe -"fo? 

 ^dsomer during the dull season 1 And it is almost 

 lho 3J , jy managed as Dr. Siebold's S. 

 **«ed in ° Ut back after they have d ° ne bloomin S and 

 BrI. n J be . iar § e conservatory, the noble red-flowered 

 « hich it contains have been pruned » hard 

 and they Me just breakin g agaln . These flower 



The Melloca tuberosa has been tried in tl 



for the Potato, but at present we can only report thi 

 it has thriven well, that it has escaped the late fros 

 (3° and 4° below freezing) almost uninjured, and tin 



We understand that in consequence of the frosts i 

 varieties of Apples and Pears, the garden committe 



heDukeofVc 



. i '. , the Seat of 



,Tnd S we beein, here a 



The process of bark in< 



■ly , .",, 



where it branches off gracefully, forming a complete 

 canopy over the tops of its less lofty associates. It has 



paired, for hundreds of flower- buds are still in various 



plant remarkable for the quantity of flowen 



but' when proper! v | '; ^Sty of ste- 



us abundance of flowers. This valuable China Rose I ^e vounTleaf-bud when it 



is planted against a pillar, and, after being '— 



sufficient height, it is disposed on arches, o 





Miscellaneous. 



Tosenhinai.—In March, 1844, I received 

 iers, of Brunsvigia 



the Cape. Theyw 



peared. They did not, however, grow finely ; and in j tabs place in 



ler, new leaves again show- t i„. < tr ,:. i !.'<■ 





il. In May they wen- .,, 

 placed in a pit, kept dry, and exposed to the sun, the when w 

 lights being kept closed. In the September ensuing one J leaf, th< 



