7—1854.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE, 
103 
woodcuts representing were history n ought to 
'have been named. Nests of birds for example. 
а Coal Тат. ( halbes ; 
ose who are реча: just now under 
—a re 
, 
means ir 
1 right to fleece the metropolitan districts over a 
e havinga radius of 20 miles. Everybody нт] 
ed this circle must pay the m пеат thir 
no ni 
Dickinso never was а Sys 
adapted to fetter and pe — and 4 io subject а 
whole po еч аа most degrading interference 
with their saetions, at the same time that it 
inflicted a tax of А pár cent. on a prime and indispen- 
sable necessary of li One ce shall 
exemplify this : Suppose a o have a diet i 
eanal side, or merel pim Ze manure, just 
an 
outside of the Ci ity circle, and that his амаар Бао 
were situate rather within that elastie boundary, d 
ithat the енен эе езе gre. — consisted of his own 
at he 
an rehase of а passing coal , 5 
"trader емо ача S aliat oceurrence) a boat-load oni to s җи вы т, st e$ 
of coals, and m in over his own land to his own h at during t li prevenit year üpwards = : 
home, the farmer, the boat trader, and even the mine TOU" been suppli 2 arious parties, and cem ^ an 
proprietor who loaded the coals, would each and all 00 kinds of e Renan colleetions of grafts o ruit- 
become lia penalty of 1007.1 unless the decla- trees, cuttings of Willows for maki er-beds, &е. 
rations, tinte &c were forwarded to the Of the former, 340 species -— sent to the Queen's 
Corporation Custom-hou Р? within 48 hours, | College, Galway, еы ~. otanieal garde x on а sm mall 
d. 15. Scale, is being made, а 
ondon 
and the duty paid ime. ME of со) landed. 1s 
this law for ые Eu of Parliament 
"for Ог | 0 
ow 
he whole suburban district ought to be t 
| forced vro e n order th 
utified 
зоп cde M during the last 21 years menit o the 
ormous sum of more than tree million, one hundred, | 85 
mnd ninety-sis thousand p A municipal меду 
which сап defraud its neighbours thus does not Tus 
reform, but demands suppressi 
Цо 
| 
New Plants. | 
46. — неры x ett aliàs S. Fortunei. | 
"Under this name a very р ST d flowered shrub 
«A — in АРЛ заң having — tiitéodased 
from China by Mr. Fortune. Wit в too apt to 
"form = "uber than flowers, but the rich ruby 2 
f such as S ME mede clusters of gems set i 
oe & hot summer we have no doubt ње е 
ms d be Min а Such, indeed, would seem 
Чо be the case on the eiue if we may trust à figure 
in the Flore des ез, M. Planchon has 
changed the name to 5. Fortu a Itis there represented 
t corymbose ieles of a blood ме 
re striking effect than 
. Planehon tinis 
"fore, Changes its name, а say very less 
His а aming upon the subject would be. needlessly 
a botan exactness 
аге „ 8s is the c 
ТШЕ t 
We suppose, ean doubt that his plant was — s common 
rs 
; — КЕ an the асу oil-producing 
eas . Som € of their 
——— position in the gard It 18 certainly not the 
appropriate structure for к purpose, but it will 
nuit well as a eommencement ; 
ou a 
e see the importan 
sufficient means will be provided to make 
ms attached to the Botanie Ga 
|, of Kew and Edinburgh, which have been — в at 
| the publie expense." Some of the glaze o hold, 
e various articles are in course of construction he а 
very considerable collection is already in store to furnish, 
them, а of Mo 4 € "qune “ойе, ftr 
used medicine, the 
t |. eomm 
nt, which Таа deed; and D а 
Addi his 
= 
beites Уо prepara tions sf "тена ә pieds ren used 
as food, and fine sections of wo &e., all of trata — 
een purchased from the Brideh. Guiana a Departm 
the d Exhibition. Considerable P еб on 
made fr her nts i Ex 
also om ot partments in the Exhi- 
bition "The pro wd of a а X at which nearly 
4000 people attended, hav he MÀ of. 
botany to undertake the viter A dise estove aquarium, 
ouse, which is now progressing satisfactorily, and wi in 
be ed for the reception of plants early next spring. 
out last have т 
itional VE in no sma 
Col age, а, for а eh object. Ina Фф. j ourney |a 
made . Moore to Conn — during the latter 
part ot onde: some rare Irish plants and flowering 
specimens were collected for srar миен among whieh 
iced Nais flexilis and Potamogeton longi- 
dstone 
eastle, growing near 
ti all, Esq., 
тө ago, md the latter by J. B 
т M.P., about the sam 
n the economic айта of the garden some ex 
viis of interest have been pese d. Atthe Even-| 
ing aene al Meetings, held las — ho the esee 
Dublin ety, s ар ead on the compa- 
| rative ale з ro and thin towing yof tott crops, s bot 
ng 
munerative points of vi 
disc oot ts vihich follow ed on those ыу анча 
r point. 
assist in elucidating this matter, Mr. Moore détermine 
to instit paste some ex spem 
e groun ing each 10 perches, were & aside for 
he éultbvalion x of eue ME and equal quantities 
ind of ut on each compart- 
ti ‚Те веей бан" лон last week in April, as 
Drills 18 ins. apart, plants 1 foot a EE 
2. Drills 36 ins. : Жаз ып ts 18 ins. apart fn dé 
$. pas: 24 ins. apart, uu 14 ins. apart in апе 
The сгор was raised on ће 18th of November, and 
the ы НААМ MdL prts the following results 
appeared :— А 
box Cwts, 
8 per ew acre. 
4 per 
3. 1 0 = 16 (0 per acp. 
This experiment, as will be seen, turned ME in favour 
и Xhick рінді, The roots which grew on 
t : 
E o е. 
2, » 
H 
and 2, were 
ground be bette 
see: suit е 
TA, ne en: of the ea € 
were 
plants 
. troagh to "great perfeet 
| strength to T comfor ‚т * ov 
'The former was diseovered, | 
oun 
ortions of 
T 
.|'eome wel! u 
house, which was н. since. condemned, aud pse- 
mended to be ren with очне of. regret one 
o fell removal of a r нча 
баьа і ма рынча 
еге һе —— his "aan 
will, I doubt not, beeome impe 
nature of the late — Ms as "-- 
cle in thew Бата it is both 
uncomfortable and unsafe, A ribi eo omm us house 
could be built in a better position, and, by € part tot 
e old A: in the present building, at a very 
itn 
ge 
We liasa "е the garden and other departments of 
the Royal Dublin Society have lately been placed under 
the control of the Board of Trade at Marlborough 
a e t 
FLORICULTURE. 
TREATMENT OF THE CALCEOLARIA.— Perhaps no flower 
has eun so readily to t the efforts of the hybr: d 
as this ; for, insa 
short peri " 
found them succeed ver 
but they i 
cte sa full of drainage and 
compost of loam 
er quantities : make it fine, e С“ with. 
висе; sow the seeds, 
little ра sifted 
sturb tlie 
pri pots ns, epa 
above, oniy he soil aet be used a li tile coarser, Plant 
m didis for about & m when they may be 
i egin wd 
чү 
о 
er, they may ame be plated againin pans бг 
boxes wider -— than rst, or m si: pyi in 3 ineh 
po If the plants are perd hi, t may be potted 
singly with nr ; the young roots ie cline to run near- 
j| the surface of the soil,so this must never beallowed to 
г, and fumigate 
p them iiir of bur 
About the present time, epe еш: into their 
pots, in a soil of equal parts fibrous 
mould, and rotted dusg; drain these well, and turn 
out «the young plants carefully, without E the 
oots; them deep enough to: -— the h soil to 
round aai = of the p КАД ys tliey 
will emit numerous r wbe emer d 
o te jer water, e" sprinkied mdr d eve 
ing. the sun reaches them 
ing, he 
being of the g е Minn ыйы! the - oen, Nos. 1|th 
e globe, whic 
à fri om bri 
sted in the follo 8 Д 
among Ше 
soil oceasionally " the weather be dry; they wi 
row out roots at every ен shoots should 
then be taken off otted separ pots 
- M а 4 light loam and teaf- 
— where they | ean be kept close wā 
MÀ eoa 
Das been anhi ара Durning rape oil i 
ound the Irish eoast alone. The eiopening e£ tbe garden! 
on п every wéek-day cera the past summer, in of | in 
o the: pr aria of сенен which m 
the lighthouses | wi 
t trong an 
plentiful a to поту the е дейчепеу: | When Per 
their w uarters, be i 
ful, in watering, not to 
тей Pn Spiræa ; that the p —: Tuesdays and. Fridays, as formerly, appears to have wm mem of water on ue герат exami hie dif, 
undou y is ; and it answers to his ече n appreciated by the publie; for it is sta at | and if the pots are filled with roots, give а shift ; 
_ etum do. M. Planchon has no evidence that upwards of 16,000 persons visited the grounds during |this allow the roots to increase, and thc 
aut х“ was эсер S. callosa, there isa < probability tbe month of August, which equals the number duri ing | plants eee mi, etum the roots are eramped, it 
ме а чы annot wisdom of а whole yea -i years ago; and Mr. Moo as а ney to w the plant prematurely into 
іе нег with yet нег aliàs, when the | strongly rec ends the plan to carried out in iege i its great i inj ry at the proper blooming season. 
Ta матн assignable for doing so is mere conjecture. | future, if Соте вео will afford- the pus to provide | Instead of —M the pots in the soil, place them in a 
: absence of direct proof, one conjeet is “ the additional assistance and other contingent necessary | frame and k m cl moist; water them 
dor Wed to attention as another. В mania | expenses. Itis mentioned dui еррйев . of plants апа occasionally with - ure water, to get. them into a 
i e E names seems incurable, and we shall now | flowers have been regularly sent to the ' iment g growth ; and when they have made shoots of 
3, Pürserymen selling Sp. Fortunei as a fine new | School «of a twice every week during the session.| two or three inches in length, take them off, and make 
Japanese s e ersons who already have it| According to the entries made from the 7th ——— them int ев Plant them in а well prepared 
ques shrubberies under the name of|1852, to bi 1 Монии embex$ 1853, there been 800 | eutting-pot, and place them in a i perature of About 
callosa, examp Бн the conservatories, and 2673 from otlier 659. Af the SL aces. are plunged into any material heated 
departmen en, furnished. [to t h the bau keep them close and 
of both it and seeds are reported to continue to be 
Бам. received, * 1» the estimates," says Mr. Moore, 
shaded, anà y 1 pot ihingi when they - нча By keep- 
ing th p prowi three courses«of 
à 1 1 report ti hat i is now every * for the forthcoming i ave requ the - ре а m ined ; but міри i г rare or Scurco 
prospect of this garden possessing a proper house to! mittee any ly for —- small —€— sort, t he dollowing method may be TE M secure a 
grow : flower the Victoria Regia and other tropical! sums speei м ned. The matte ete :— Alter the-shoots grow a short time, eut them 
aquatic plants in, and also um of economie| will, I hope, be favourably damus by Doniini; ain h in the centre between 4, and then eui 
ин: iron е which jut: ted for aj cially the annual additional sum asked. im without мр t down the reas thus making two euttings of 
i purpose on the ground now occupied by the | which it will be im impossible to ca — on € pu € a leaf to each = this leaf must 
building of, the Great at Industrial Exhibition, has been bli фей.” He adds, « “I на 4 `of the 
am Б + dn 
converted i building, and now а | only farther to call attention to g-' pr I s P Plant these іш pots well 
