THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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» no fibie o U 



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ire sold cheap at the works, as t 

 perhaps the price may " 

 a large waggon, loaded 



a good sub- 



acid enterpi 

 Ferns, and Pandt 



There is perhaps no city in Europe 



'■' " in collections of Palms, Cycads, 



to say nothing of Orchids, Ca 



asive scale ; the orders for Camellias from 

 lone are supposed to average between 10,000 



1 to feel it his duty to uphold the reputation 



i of the Casino entirely filled 



s aud fruit, but numerous collections of Ca- 



mifers, Oranges, Hardy Evergreens, and 



; 



the amphitheatre in the rear 



for the taste dis]>l \nd, particularly at the 

 used of noble Palms, Conifers, 



princ ^ by putting : wv . i:e exhibition was 



I iv the presence of the Kin?, Queen and roval 



burnt clay well calcined, so as to be red and family, who came in state, with the Prince Royal of 



for making the permanent way. Use these substitut 



adopted, there need be little fear of a successful resu 



Richard Smith, IVestacre, near Droiticich, Oct. 10. 



My Balsams being very tall, I cut the tops off 



I then gave * 



rich soil, and I have now 



good for not 1 



ley produced 21 lbs. of Potatoes 

 ing | lb. in weight, and then 

 Potato amongst them. Th< 



October 1 

 One tuber weig 



suppose that there v 



and take every oth 



The Belgian Mod 



out of my usual qu 



Potatoes, I have never exceeded 20 tubers diseased in 

 all. I have just raised my winter crop of Shatsburies, 

 and have a fine crop of 37 bushels, and only five bad, 

 where 1 had cut off the haulm directly after flowering, 

 considerably affected. I first tried this plan in l°84o! 

 aad have continued to do so the other two seasons. My 

 Potatoes this year are very numerous and very large. 

 I always manure in the autumn direct! 

 any cropland I plant the second week ■ 



till the frost I 



'urrey, Oct. 19. 

 of saving Potatoes.-! h 

 ed by Mr. TombelJe Loi 



_ en have the earth raked level. The 

 manure I use is thoroughly decayed stable dung and 

 cinder dust. T. A. Carr. 



Storing Potatoes — I fear that our Potatoes will not 

 through the Potatoes. I at 



Large Apples.—The following is the weight and size 

 Of three Apples sent me by a friend . They were erown 

 in this neighbourhood, and I am infnr^H ^„ g 



he Society. Araliads : 1st i t 

 far very fine specimens ot 



, quinquefolia, speciosa, and 

 other species; 2d, Mr. De Saeger, for 



. 



it, Mr. A. Verschaffelt, for Bon'apartea 



lis, gracilis glauca, juncea pen, 



and L filamentosa . | , r ] arge p i ants 



of Bonapartea . pendula, and 



... 



two splendid Cereus senilis, C. mon- 



A. Van Geert 

 who had a splendid Pilocereus cometes, I 



chaffelt. Cycads: 



for two magnificent ptants ot Uycas revolut 



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elongata, and mexicana, Dion edule and ac' 

 Bta. Laurels: special prizi 



tor Urammatophyllum multiflorum- 1st n 

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i-rina and oculata and Aerides odoratum • 



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tigrina aud oculata, Cattleya granulosa at ; 

 &c. Palms : 1st, Mr. Verschaffelt, for capital 

 i 



elongata, Corypha rotundifolia, Charmer. -\ 

 rabus subglobosus, Dsemonorops melanochsstes, and 

 Chameedorea mexicana, &c; 2d, Mr. De Saeger, for 

 Thrinax multiflora, Sabal Adansonii . 

 3 rops excelsa and lutea, Phceni:; 



■he style of fulgens, but smaller .d"* '« 

 large heads of reddish yellow blii"''^ 

 i, Bomarea eduli« a prett , ;C ^«i 

 shea of orange-red flowed. Tht^l ** 

 >t equal to that which I saw two **■»■ 



Ramh ur dW, *^^^?^£ 

 i Pears: Royale d'An'.u?.!!** 



K'T. iSSZim? fiW 



Muscat d'Alexandrie, Gros Maroc, FraBkaJjjJ 



de Carmes, de Perse, 8 



J " 



of Sabal Blackburniana. Pandau 

 Saeger, for P. longifolius, utilis, i 

 flexus, peduncular I 

 prize, Mr. Van Houtte, for a 

 icumjlst,;;: 



Mr!™! 





of Xotnrc, !> 



imboldt. Translated by Mrs. Sab 

 . Longman and Murray, 

 client translation introduces the Ei 

 »f those amusing and instructive I 

 xcept the experienced traveller a; 



The niggling and hatching, and 



however, nothing that is essential is neglected. 



It is in works like these that a student should 

 search for the important facts of physical geography. 

 In the writings of Humboldt he runs no risk of gather. 

 ing errors instead of truths, but he knows that he mar 

 place all but implicit faith in the narrative of his great 

 teacher. He who has mastered the facts in Humboldfi 

 "Aspects" may have much to learn, but he will hart 

 little to unlearn. A paragraph like the Mowing 

 ward in the rapids of some mighty transatlantic stream: 



« These African plains occupy an extent nearly three 

 times as great as that of the neighbouring Mediterranean 

 sea. They are situated partly wi * in > ^j^™^ 

 peculhfr character 1 " depends^ In°the eastern part cfjjje 

 same geognostic phenomenonowm 

 in the temperate zone. On the plateaux : of ««j 

 Asia, between the g 



■iiL-th of many thousand i 





,T?i."« 







*J 's Catalogue by 

 semhlfi Sh«r,l, c ^.r' 



)od f Rochford, Oct. 6. 



h was held on 

 tte Casmo, gave ample proof < 



. Proteads: 1st, Mr. 



both these collections were composed of large 



Finest plant in bloom : 1st, Mr. De Saeger, 



>risandra ovata ; 2d, Mr. Verschaffelt, for 



Erica retorta major. Finest new plan! 



r. Mechelynck, for Medinilla speciosa 

 Palm : Prize, Mr. De Saeger, for Cha- 



it, for a 

 ___ Spathodea, 

 1st, Mr. Verackail 



_ my South American 'pm 

 .portion ;> them ; namely the G*»**"g 

 teppes between the Don, the Volga, the OjfjS 

 he Chinese lake Dsaisang, bemg an extent of ainx- 

 2800 geographical miles. me tinw9 bilry 



« These Asiatic steppes, which are som • 



and sometimes interrupted by ?me . f0 "Z^\^ 

 (dispersed over them in groups] > a ft^ ^^ rf 



ll-mmTmmi^ 



plains, which is inhabited J *^ t ^bK* 

 RoTcet W and wiTh FritHlarias, ™%^$Sm* 

 « As the torrid zone is characterised on r 'j£ M>eeB t, ib 



some^f'the Asiatic steppes in *" ^Jf^iw** 



