13—1854.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 197 
coloured summer-flowering variety i in gardens ų generally, sions, averaging as they i on strong specimens from parts of those mo wn experience. is con- 
an opportunity for making a few remarks on kinds | 6 to 8 or 9 inches in "reet fined to the Sikkim H Himala , where W 
more commonly vated. The names of the тайене [^N P albiflor a Pottsi has very "beautiful rich deep crimson- | inhabits mountain slopes at 4000 to К == е 
varieties noti are given as they ge 8 in | coloured dod prin aud а medium-sized neat rj dk ing-sized tree ; but, fro: 
trade lists, so as to admit of their being obtained by | grow the forest, never assuming the d 
the characters here given them. The following jopular Р. albiflora festiva is neat and dwarf in habit, w h [does i in this country. Its wood is pale, soft, and spongy, 
division of the gen into mple dark green s, and rem arkably larg e, Pune i e Eu ; it does not tak 
groups, in rotation to its period of blooming, Mo. + mehri flower-heads элет from 6 to 9 i ins, на € but gustos 7 is of fair quality, not warping 
may Pisis | be as моу а any of conveying | іп diameter, and easually streaked an hed with rosy | or splitting under 
good 
SEL on x subjec 
T GROUP, m from pt second week in 
il May :— 
nia e simplici- 2 Pæonia arietina а аи 
-x е paradoxa fimbri 
& 
9. 
Е 
- Aser oxoniensis 
n peregrina com- 
З minge 
tan (arborea). 
circumstances, 
Wiliam Wood, Holdgate j am York. the dac A of ү it was recommended that 
—— ep es Walnut- iwood s hould » aras for 
n ео pcs апап nti ty 
e d, I “іс also to ei but it was 
noun Br (justly, І belie "у зоп for th 
es | being defi cient both in hardness 
-| ha 
MR. энинин; re TRANSPLANTING 
ACHI mea 
Da AC 
of the Plowing gentlemen, viz., 
Marg а Sir J. Russel, Mr. Hunt, Mr. e rdw. 
Т. Ande 
These inguished from the other уте те һу 
their less = and genera re ereet compact habit 
of growth, экы ылы from TY е 02 feet i in height 
P. ar. oxoniensis is remarkab "^ € rich 
violet- — vade: measuring from inches 
in diameter, and having — = clear nt MEUS 
in the diee. or кА 
e s recognised by its 
aiaia а erect e being abodt 2 feet in height, 
with darkish istin = > 
— 
arietina 
compaet grow 
6 to 8 inches in 
ida.— This і is an elegant variety, of medium 
having neat Fennel.like scented leaves, 
and aaiding terminal richly crimsoned single-petallod 
flowers, 
P.ienui uifolia flore pleno is a fine — рзона to 
2 foe, оф benutifally divided narrow-lobed leaves, 
and d m le dark crimson blossoms, -— inches in 
e 
Seconv Landi bloom from the first. week in |fr 
May until June 
adoza fimbriata has 
wth, with rich double Sui blossoms from 
width 
топа обама Букаш, 16. Pæonia officinalis апетоп- | A 
flora 
13. Рео 
atrorubens) 
эч lifted, the firs 
Mr. G. dp Mr. erson 
Graham J. Wilson Mr. м: Intosh, Dalk eith Park, Mr. 
M*Nab, Mr. "D. Mackinlay, of Newlandbarn, Dr. Graham Weir, | e 
Mr. E ord, of Caitsburn, N) I. Smitb, X m 
ter Riccarton; with Dr, Balfour, Secretary, and M 
Bax 
етай дари nt. 
Edinburgh, March 4, 1854. 
The committee beg to report that they were c conducted by y Mr. 
Muil the 
Lord Provost, where some large plants, печна chiefiy of Hollies 
and Po eiu gal Laurels, had = €— ч d during 
Here the comm mittee examine 
equally common in 
;‚ from Sikkim, „probably th 
and i 
r trans splanting 
ility, are always 
J 
find 
and fre 
i Ithy 
wers | condi cud were seen varyingfrom 5to8 inches in mes alla made Ebo: 
d m 
very neat erect 3 fe 
pecially as 'Sal, Tea k, Mesua, 
. The secon ү omisidernble, I have lately conversed а 
cutter 
with an experience n. timber 
sionally en gaged fo 
Sikkim ert in felling g Sel alone, He ass 
the quality of wood 
has 
not made n progre 
were A a satisfactory нача Д эз эт -— 
3 inches А vomer ria bad numerous roo 
from the cut sitem o. The subsoil 
ich the shrubs were lifted, consiste. 
xt 
ham, Bart 
April, iss, Lis. of t them dier of 
Cherry any mon nths, & 
found bir wood but Sal. 
rally «tos he could 
duci clumps, by soil or 
е ex ness 
: arro ; but he never could predicate of a tree 
' | whether it would be be hard or 
usage 
ез а been em vallée to fell no 
mference of branches, and ^M friend рне me that gene- 
ed by the — lever porer ый! "ipt some measure for 
, Which adhered fi 
mined m 
-3 P en new pleno 
зарбу Byeantina (a MURIS NEL. is equall 
large as the last described, readily db by | 
and foliage, and by the still 
richer and deeper pecie of its magnificent blossoms. 
ў nest of the 
arge and feum 
, its 
rendering it à noble and distinet varie 
sizes had 
d of which, bad failed. 
numerous cut желк half ; an inch in in firen 
the committee went to Campie M 
Hay, Esq., where Mtas t 500 
been operated on durin 
The soi 
ay, со. gnarled ; in lo 
ber is softer, but aueh 4 p upo 
Very ШЕМЕ sandy na e Fs lé ап ihe other r qualities. of the subsoil, which iti is ian й to 
peared in чё К аб tate, s the growths rw n the ї 
the t very. vp s 
of the 
here a-large 
ointed no A havi been | though: d that i E 
state. The 
арз vans IAF and а Scotch 
e 2-feet transplan inches long; | (у 
кы the qp Fir, 8 feet high, "Te with ti the 2-feet 5) жеры 
had made new roots 25 inches long during the last 10 mon 
panied T Mr. 
CP mong a list of the 
,, Grape Growing, nog a "x 
uring 
may say that for years there w 
This day a deputation of = mey T 
M*Glashen, proceeded to Lr 
Inglis, Esq., w 
of Vy 2t E bei 
i tree w t high— 
which are |a Bac deal? and train 
princi 
varied fro 1 the rod 
їз 
tifully brigh 
from 4 to 6 inches in 
until July ; 
24. Pæonia albiflora pleno 
25. 
Laricio, a 
Tuin» SscrioN, in bloom from first week in June |; 
TE 
ш Eroen dr diameter. 
бейеу d desirablo kind, 
^ Mh with К green| А 
purple aen which 
posee ilio last in habit ,9f 
y it forms P pr. 
surfaced leaves, and it has i 
; but their 
еър 
weighed, and 
en | given :—128 8 lbs, 1 vs 158 lbs., 1851; 201 гон, 1852; 
the Migbleschedd, 234 a. 1853. E. Р. 1 Co. 
ramond House the memorati 
are some 
their easy application, 
employed. The results, so far as the 
is con to the com- 
d.i they dave no hesitátion in 
horticulturists to the value of Mr. 
Xcerpt from Minutes of a Meeting S da Council and. Com- 
ea. held 16th March, 1854, J. ghe V.P. du the ав 
wA Report ( ng been read 
TM the ade Beg, on Mr. 
was approved ira 
was requested-to Me i of the same to cen NGlasben: 
(Signed) . Barrovm, M.D., Secretary." 
ondence. 
