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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL phere. 
[June 18, 1864, 
Keens’ Seedling. Mr. Fraser again showed Reeves’ 
ying 
| no doubt we 
M d$. 
en to them, novelties would be Obtained 
percent we a fnitad i in pots. e the resnlt of chance, through a: agency lofa most skin character. 
21 Mr. Smith ; 2, Mr. of bees o other aceidental circumstances, The scarlet “ With respect to shape of ries mgst o 
Em these by x: the abbey, was a Hybrid Fothergill Pea was raised by Dr. Fothergill, in | hybrid Pelargoniums with very s wy mw hank 
Fea from ab. Meredith -of Garston, near Liver- | 1780 ; and during t st ten years of the present | leaves bearing a great onl arity to mde other. As the 
pool. was a medium sized fruit, oval in shape, with try d very m marked impro ovements SRO. one soavet of "d of the species are so very varied i in 
whitish-green delic aren e flesh, and a thi g d the commence- | outlin and s ele egant, why should not attempts be 
golden yellow ; skin. Among red fleshed kinds, Searlet —— e pr — nen of florists’ varieties shad E Į 1 flowers? 
41 
ead, 
Awards.—Green-flesh: 1, Mr. ye » 
Mr. Ruffett; 4, Mr. Sawkins, Sca: 1, Mr. Simm 
= Mr Be as 
E Bailey ; 3, 
onds ; 
Marseilles, 
Miscellaneous —One or two collections were | 
wn by Mr. aiam ‘Mr Pottle, and others, — 
ing of Pine Apples, 
eis s, Peaches and Necta 
Strawberries, and Mel 
TURAL: June 14.—Sir Wentworth - 
L Hon 
art., in the Chair. 
Dilke, The following candidates 
were cleeted, 
8. Bo 
Haq, ; Mrs. St. | 
Auburn, Cc. W W. "War a , Esq. 
ly E arin, 
W A arig 3| andj C. M. 
^ 
jr eal of progress had been made. I 
vein good ere g 
y wide field open here for crossing and 
preset but siz ntin ng, exc ept in one or t 
en as well as ‘shape and substance of petal. 
aluable va arietie 
(o yer as the Pelargonium offers 
eP 
exhibition tables were next adverted do, the. sections 
uch varied and 
teful perfumes in the leaves, nie Should not es 
charac ter be imported into the lea f the large 
of 2 vr the principal raisers mentioned, Among 
Mr. Hoyle, of Reading, from whom the fol- 
ne severed. sorts. This wou d pe: be a diffiey 
— dd would certainly much add to the e interest o 
the plan 
_ The x52 was amply ue A by Peper Fe mM 
I h Tt 
5 and for the | 
fine collection of them nat R Reigito] e by std 
+) 
ann radere aed a batch of s 
10 or 12 hundred. 
* Y “One of the first I , possessed was "Davyanum, at 
" varieties from Mr. 9 
NNEAN : June 2.—George Bentham, Esq., Pr resident, 
scarcely on e good point, though at that 
possess 
-— € mne on paper r abou at 40, years ago, and 
n shape o 
| estimate cor rectly what has been done, it is necessar 
Ata mecting a - Floral Me ias held on this 
ei 
with a light eye. 
f the present time wit 
floral and hotavical works pere 
especially the first 
ws 
lour. sub- 
The Rover, a Fancy like the last, but lighter in colour, 
received a First- ein Certificate ; M to Silver Mantle, 
e, was given a Secon d-class Certific ate. 
rose an white 
Q A 7 
Were given to Mr. Hoyle for 
Publicola, a crimson-coloured Pelargonium with white | 
eye and dark top; and Mary 
with white eye and bla 
ertificate 
ally, of enn 
heath, was given a similar Pita a bright s 
te d ealled Venus, with. a € yellow 
marbled va riegation on the foliage. Messrs 
enderson received a Special Certifieat 
petals. | the next 20 years by judicious and p persevering cultiva 
c tion, as it has during 20 
y 
Aana m matter for remark, I seria however 
that there is yet A of roo r further progress, 
| and that the Pelargonium may PI a init advanced in 
been years; it is just 
| w 
have tried all I cou p I 
| reward of my perseverance in | that! beautiful "fiver 
called esee Sew: progress ks been m 
on it will be a 
ae ral 
x reni it will be » has Pu ous ja | on 
nd 
ade with vad | 
hov 
Li: 
in the chair. The President nominated s fe Kx 
Esq, Dr. Hooker, J. Lubboc , Esq. m. 
Saunders, Esq. Vice- Presidente for the ing year. 
Dr. Welwitsch exhibited a of Aroides from 
Abgolt "prs ipea. to Eis the ll i metamor- 
der of 
oco tyledons under the nam ecophileacem, 
agreeing with Iridacez i in the structure ia the perianth 
and root, but distinct in the number, orse directi 
enera, all the Conantherez, Th 
Hover with a aa er 
ties that are spotted on 
the lower petals French; Mr 
of beautifully tricolor red-zoned Pelargoniums, in s which 
- a ae a called Cápta! nae Meade, ee which 
Certifica! alsó given Veitch 
came fine v ermpien of Lilium. anche, A 
pest of the scented Pelargonium Lady Plymouth, and 
esting plants. 
r. Wilson Saunders then delivered a very M 
ing aid instructive lecture on Pelargoniums, of w 
in 
¡j | most int n the eyes of ra 
there are many ears before 
the introduction of the French varieties I ne aapea 
Saracen, Nonsuch, Ocellatum 
R d will long be 
T. Saunders next procee o indieate some 
the 
variety, and ea T A alluded to the propagation of some 
| of the Cape s 
The concluding part of his ne will Paige have | 
He said :— 
E Having now shown aay 3d: tg: been xd 
with the Pel time, i think we 
may glance a t the future, and looking to the various 
charts of the species, n ere progress may still 
^ y ep selection. Although, 
pape pointed out, BS, 200 years have 
KASS. since the first Pelargonium was introduced, a ne | the 
nearly 100 years since the first crosses 
d 
still always * e in the ring,’ and with its white sport 
E from the 
sett e of | 98 
oov. which NA carter a good florist’s 
£ the re weg was = show that Sep pae 
belongs to Sia latter group, and has no claims to be 
ed as' a distinct hereæ 
The 
gia are all fertile, 
g a s "like the 
nthera 
and remarkable for peace 
The Conantherez are 
Pann anthers of Tecophilea. 
er distin, 
red or bra: ot; must 
excluded, a md evidently belongs to the yis 
s probably Echeandia should also be plaeed ; bu! 
oy: anella, hitherto placed in Antherices, CARA nk witl 
theres. This group of Conantherew might 
iod P5 consistency remain a distinct tribe of the 
Liliacez, following the Allies and An therice ce, n nearly in 
n his “Vegeta a would. e d 
LR ‘Pecophilea, nthera, Cumingia, and 
aig Ak: ew desirable on pete of its very 
peculiar cters to consi nsider the group as a distinct 
ble ag m." 
aren t 
= be og » - of a ra dee f ‘cultivating. with the edge we now possess of Bridal 
As regards duration, Pelar rgoiitomé were stated to be | and the advantage of banter there ca 
pind Lat gay or annuals, and the difference of form | that a very few years woul effect great results in any | 
mong th arkable, not only in the | ew series of exjeriments for the further improvement 
Aie on i * the jee. ‘As regards ‘stems, some | of the, Pelar rgon ium, et abi “iat th the pee 
h eod sq | themselves. is rd pei e ese attem 
pend rud e Lem a Bi eral s ug] should be made fue ow do how valuable 
ers next enga; 
lecturer’sattention. ae werestatedto-ensbrace di 
pv 
riieatm. of quel niis of pers 
Iu Re 
e Pelargonium is a As "contributing to the 
prior his to that of Tecophileaces:. The author then 
mprovements in eonaitation, 1 s 
foliage, Led &c., d would suggest experim 
lowing peras 
mcg. llow, white, pir — scarlet, crimson, | 
‘brown. 
observation, and also a list of the speci 2. On “te 
on | individual sterility and cross bci RR E. certain 
en of sot Onoidinm” by Mr. John Scott ; communicated 
Tsik them gave out an : suem 
"ato pur i remarked that n: his paper consisted in the Edinburgh 
ie flowers were the leaves were A near “hardy ems constitution, tad nd ri A. : Pa of which is t ; 
" to introduction, the first mcr TED anic Garden, the result of which is thus uq a 
ms, : of eapi- pred AA kind xd Toat sy vi with lary con the pees 4 pay bp O. mier rochilum, sia 
and a few others, r ‘spi ties for the habs dyte ynehum, and divaricatum pus Em 
‘about 238 years ago, but they | in work open, o Ba em idées Al geod lowers fertilised 
larger nambers between ithe ts 1790 and B10, since FF: IM mtem aora p] 111 tt mote ing O. mücroc vg. ia ornithorhynchum ; 12 flowers 
iod fi dditions to their numbers almos ms of a woody nature fertilis É à 
m: Lo With x 1 ard to the Pelargonium Fy an » quii and veal — the he DoF a conseryatory in |o. na mir oa m oE S ; 8 flowers fertilised, 
economical point of view, it was mentioned that some |a short space of tim ; ei are manas Bi 'é micmohilun (N) a) E j. Ornithothynohum ; ja 
ts; t f the tuberous-rooted species | phe diea Eu - fertilis 
allied te ain is eaten b A the "Kaflrs; and that in ^ the | wou si joan take place here; PE Mae blossoms might | O: anm guru. os on x ilum (2); 6 flowers 
h of nee and in Algeria, an eifenthl oil is | be expec : ted p y would k M e plant a very A Q) Dy O. divarlosidie Caprona M QN dM 
obtained fro Radula rosea. For gardening acceptab e b ition to our LER eee erti capsul diat oid towers 
Seen ders a ane m cies into «P. peltatum, the 2 leaf.—This tiful aùd |o. tum cupreum ; 
r. n spe merous shining eu vay o oV meum 4 "xa. by 0 ea 
the of th eir leaves ; S eri for the 
scent em ed i their Jénves; and 4, species rem dy 
able for the odour of their flowers. "Then 3 were then 
With i gom of t the best flori 
amo 
remarked it was 
“the ast 
cient EE 
e & is ite vum e to the Wu of 
darker 
is well Poort of more 
ulturists. | SEEN Peg 
wot E 
hybridizers. Much, If 
ht Ld d E with this plant. 
MP gutes bet T, net. Diese lere de tty i 
cibiated petals, yay e fn 
size. The flowers 
x ek aec a 'Jadicions cious 
th in Yr bot iti they dtd 
e" in é es ‘tig 
cef ind could a shrubby 
how ely pere tho o 
9 
©. microchilum (2) by O. A eaa tin (a) owers fertilised, 
-— n pollinia ; 24 Y^ wers cm. 
O. mierochilum (2) by its own pollinia; 24 flowers feriti. o 
à ‘ e e "i 
Alu, t ee 
Sumatra Singapore," by fis 
of the habian of the B 
