June 18, 1864.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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large proportion, X the "plants at all. Let us 
— we ell beneat 
hi w by} ¢ 
the ‘visitors, my as ed ase of Serie 
ill bring a new pietu hin sig 
E ymmend this ville sub et to the careful | 
ediaidération of the — poin 
organise the shows as zu Royal Horticultural | 
t of the newly-formed 
Bodet] o no also to t 
i exhibitors. 
YA from the chm ot view which this 
ice here a p 
one of tlie ape horticultural MOM 
which a Tte has sent along with | 
an inquiry as to the it in "dispute. . The quo- 
oe referred to is as follow 
miim nate, 
of stages, and against elevating any | 
have | 
h the e eye, and we oan me "a rd ss 
exhibition and bedding-out purposes. To 
s much to the one set as to the 
qu 
necessary c the 
| popular signification, distinc 
with that which it bears in die records of science. 
m — whether by seed-raising or by impor 
n, is one e of th 1e most interesting of i A fa 
ba opportunity to 
no tice certain plants of this class A ese for garden 
0 be found in some of the French nur- 
Most of the ^ ants referred to gn Zw ng in the 
extgblieumens of M. DAUVESSE, E Orlea 
One e most gk oe of the ans re 
to w — wA hardy variety of Ceanothus, called 
| C. azureus latifolius ; dus aA been tected 
M d of seedlings which had been raised from c. ameri- 
rc the name of Pelargonium rr "€ quit 
en therefore admit that ** the Tener y dons a 
d bea 
t from and at variance longev 
—— Taz introduction of i Nepre TRE “a sw 
ferred | #1 hurtful atmospheric influ neces 
rom a 
The herbaceous and Tree Pæonies of 
— to rank erem the m See aby 
hich have foun gar 
Mes wers, disposed i "der, or e graceful 
regularity, assnme the most varied colours, and are 
by florists, but also "A pe Far who 
The plants 
roduce them in ns. 
hey have an indefinite 
pr the 
are, moreover, very hardy, a 
vity. 
The Tree Ponies thrive in peat earth, either pure, or 
m pixel with fertilising substances, and 
dec: . They imer growing so early 
1 spring that the first shoots aad fl 
times e" by frosts i pn protected. Nevertheless 
they gen erally de ve elope themselves, in spi ite of s uch 
accidents, p 
and in all cases the plants "themselves are bre affected 
in respect to their vitality. Some persons cultivate 
: Tree Paonies i in conser vatories, i in prepared earth which 
and t vx sheltered from 
hey develope in 
eiae eres Ig nid the pa Fs of which 
| is prolonged b of sh aq 
some 
, The berhnecous 1 Ponies nne: in nearly all V ien 
suffici nt depth for their strong roots. hey 
anus, fertilised by C. azureus, The 
5 
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} 
x nre ow for distribution 
zon ale. 
Without making any distinction wich w onig only as x now 
i6 
branches ; oval EU 
and | 
s0 that, the Towering season may be prolonged from 
f Ma ay to o the end of Jun 
ath and toothed i the mar; ins 
P 
ovember; and i 
at 
m, shania be ("o down pos this treatment Dang pd 
aut 
them to throw up young shoots, which bea 
bet "i flowers. From the scarci L Fa 
flow: ers at cer ps d 
o h 
s Pein which Pouch not to lack it, not only 
ds 
the profuse and| flowers i in the follow 
M 
4b y t 
herba CCOUS 
from the 
e the flower bu 
they have perfecto t their flowers, but also 
^ 
em ment whe: 
from t 
utumn, to fiam 
strong eyes, capable of yi elding vigorous 
a d eason, secure the flower- 
stem of 
Pures il^ 
. Unfortunately this eritie, though well meaning, | 
ong in his facts, and s qme whole ean 
falls to the ground. The er might not, 
tition on vt place 
a ora concludes 
making contrasts, both in 
rth atte 
it n mateurs, in spea of these 
LM and nurse e ytaeti and florists in Popii g 
catalogues, so frequently fall into the sam 
ent: 
The r is simple enough, and may be thus 
sited: ~The naming of plants is a business whioh | 
devolves upon scientific botanists, an be 
M in i pee eee aw 
o give 
which receive the 
laws. Nam an 
sanction of the 75 2 men dagegen in the science, biter nat ly ith 
and the | rec 
| flower borders, fos. that it will take a prominent place 
| amongst carmen p lants, Iti 
uttings and la 
To 
perfection, it is essential to place 
them in very "a: positions, but where they e not 
eive the sun (— ket ho "- punt; of the day. 
song and the ground has been calitaihod by i them 
is indispensable to take them up an 
m, it 
F 
w and dimiiish i in size, the roots et 
e transferred to fresh NH. In the case ofc 
This variety is remark "e 
ell-understood éodo of MM: its white e flowers s being as numerous as those 
Planted 
lan 
S. Fortuni itself, which i is rose-coloured, 
in spring, to take away vu riora leaving vir those 
which are more vigorous 
The multiplication of Chin nese Ponies is easy. All 
are ev Hehe as the 
ME P" 
in 1802, 7 
question. have therefore full aud complet sanction, | 
lished. 
Thus much in trodubtoty 4o yc a way for an | 
Another shru 
tiaca, with the. de. streaked with white. Thisis new, 
and remarkably effective. M. PÉPIN also refers 
Fontanesia Fortuni, a plant brought from China by] Mr. 
FORTUNE, as being hitherto rare, but now extensiv: 
wn by M. DAUVESSE, and forming a 
of garden interest is Maclura auran- | PTO 
fine shrub, with 
foliage having much resemblance to thatof certain eie i | 
sailable. In tthe days of Linnaus the the contrast is said to be ve pry fng. aii th the bark and pM 
hi Y i i. a group ot un dinis are paler-coloured iban tbe the. tree Miei V the s and SUM xd a ha 
Then th an Acer Bigs p 
comprising what are now a umber of fants of Map x — M. PÉPIN ageri ta lacini, Aue | be divided, m found better to rovag tto these Ww 
Mea bl 5 PAT "T — (a Jm ue s from Acer eriocarpum, one of the finest of the grafting. this end, strong roots of herbaceous 
the age sees ts ees h eso Maples. The young woo this new tree | Varieties are P red; these ate kept growing, | H 
i the exigencies of science ‘required “that | is purple and glaucous, and its leaves, which are very grafted, à. branch with one of more buds b ing 
. ,Wey S ould be Me ees its much laciniated ae cet thay — and white and inikerted dunt the ag of the root. The fted roots 
ET i in 1787, L ERITIER remodelled p d riter observes, from | ê lasses or in frames, placed by 
[ And od rved Volgo, MF pw fail to:be chosen pM ien m a emm aspect eed the grafts s 
the po sage united, and commenc aa di 
Boong: ed at the b 
the 
ase into a nectariferous tube 
e stalk, 
VIEILLE, nurseryman 
s cse. wat as very d acqui si 
y 
thet fy Hee 3 not E aut 
teen 
sho’ 
with their colour and 
Agel ai, v, catinot Ni te MES Qo Ra ION a 
gst flowering trés. ror 
e” vourite amon 
JEONIES. 
iété 
M. 
ROUILLARD, in the Journal dela Société Impé- 
met | riale et Centrale Hir Horliatar, has given a very 
Bann ‘Ponies raised by 
accompanied b by some 
at 
| Manosque i in the department of the Basses Alpes, and 
kami 
cpm of the facts to the immediate question | of Ja 
panese Privet, vigorous in habit, and flow S besides necessary to wait for owerin 
Bie o We may put them in the form of an abundantly. eg: eren nine, or m hr and eve b in the c 
nt, T us:— "Ibis, we learn, to M. DAUVESSE, that we are pes e Tree Pxo eS MM. Guérin-Modeste, 
fectly regular f f Thuja (or Biota) orientalis aurea, Verdier Père, "Mathieu, émon, of Paris; Thomas, 
teri mra which was picked out from his se ode of Thuja of Saint Denis; Hiss, FE Versailles ; Callot, of Douai ; 
But the pK: « Saa Penis Jave iteithes | es n 1845. And in MR he obtained in =| Parmenter, of ' Enghien, and several others, amon 
regular flowers, nor ten n perfect sta milar Miir Cupressus Laws: niana mana, a varie ety whom he Italian owers m be especially 
Therefore they are celina, whi lh ion T e obtained many new Tree Pæonies 
ajk be varied and put in thig | 4nd à compact rq which give to ita novel and wall "e aig varieties, magnificent sorts not yet 
PP E peculiar chm y prar ae Ü o these must be added pe introduce 
ition to irect from | hina by Mr. Fo ortune, Sev 
lrgoniuns liave m flowers with calyx eid eva. din nets trees, a very ime dee E hara hair ral of these 
of their colours, 
e 
respect to the regularity of their iiem, d the beauty 
e | 
nies, both ligneous and Md ara ME. 
ial catalogues 
the aeaiia 
n. 
Many Po 
| be found in commercia. 
of all flowers sof which 
thas s of t the parent, st this mend mend 
the elegance of are 
igorous; leaves yellowish 
y -— fall, brilliant d 
a 
| garden, m the iptitig exhibition of 1863; and at Spd 
ral 
ne Pes 
“some vey pore seedling 
ced from M. Gosete Modeste a 
very meri ritorious _varietios eon 
tion. This 
both for' 
induced collection Which hàd 
yielded achi Tari e iivili. 
large 
softer rose towards t edge; a magnificent 
e | variety, v with very fine vei, and not yet in 
| comme 
Henri i Pingar ard.—Vigorous ; uius glaucous gree 
| flowers very large, mié x fall, ‘ose amaranth towards 
the po of the petals, pear sy white at the top; 
‘magnificent flower, not yet in commerce. 
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