Mayjl4, 1864] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 461 
inheritance from our ancestors, the | given good — —M. Cordier did not kno green,the variegated 
riim sit of which are closely bound up Uh i means, but indicated the systems followed i in | plant were chlorotic. x us These,” remarked M. Von 
with the love of our country, and of the i dep dence England, in Ttaly, &e —M. Pla nchon comba ted , the Siebold, in conclusion, “are the observations I have 
and liberty for which our fathers so generously sk f the | made during my tra ravels, and I will eas to apply 
their b bie - mperature, in relation to warhead rof. Hoffmann, | them with success in the manufacture of variegated 
Ge er] Di rector of the Botanic Garden at pss, ‘Gee flowers.” (Laughter and applause). 
was, cem is sto wy; er nd finalice. dion pastas Darmstadt), spoke of the ie om abc ne the se oues a The the eory develope d by M. Von Siebold raised a 
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pi nks, and such like. The circle is |in which he understood the term a dibclanitik E^ He | par ongst others MM. Planchon, Reichenbach, 
greatly ptt now; it is so vast and so tid, wi not agree with the Dsecvithbes of M. ue pa md: Baron Hügel, Hoffmann, Rodigas, Andre, Kolle 
"mn mprises so many different genera of plants, and | —M. Planchon admitted pai m the diese valiont of | B. Dumor tier, &c. 
any plants from ditferent countries and different M. Regel, and a g (To be continued.) 
htitudes that the art of gar rde ening rests upo na basis as sccimatization + Lr ee i^a the iced 
entially scientific. Baron Hugel agreed wit " 
| che od as well as natural, come to its kid, C penc by M. Re egel.—The arguments invoked by TOWN WINDOW GARDENS. ; 
th 1 tł | M. Planchon as to the abuse of ge ga pes means| No one can ever have been concerned at all in town 
which is the basis of all cul ture, is in reality the | were opposed by M. Donckie ae defended by | gardening without being struck constantly by the 
hse of Botany, v —- its pro d facts, its by po- | |M. Barral, Edit of the Ho rti cole. Ton | persevering efforts made, under circumstances always 
theses, and its 1 It observation of | Sc Mey tained his astrometeorologienl "e — | wae nde and often almost hopeless, for rearing 
phyajological facta that hortum scene in Meg [that of the influence of the stars on vege a few vm and havinga few green leaves to cheer 
oe ur =e ank of a true am of Me mao delegate. of the "Society H 5 Delius, "mr the mo notons. row of _windo OWS. Here one sees just 
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the familiar structure bens organs of plant vhi "x he regarded | iin has set up a tiny rail ‘and ventured some 
functions, to possess some iden of Ti Gets, of | as ely to _ Require consideratie aiai in the | | pot outside, with i its short-lived e d Pus yellow 
their life, and of their nutrition and fecundation, ruit i and sickly Mignonette. But, unh: e plants 
able to account for the phenomena of — ion, nd | The Congress reassembl n os P.M. The Ministers often look, we meet sometimes with bright ketino 
of the sleeping and awaking of plants, and lastly, to | of Foreign Affairs ng of the Interior and the Governor and I can now remember in different parts of England— 
know something of their stations and habitatione and | of Brabant were present. M r Santo- rtp aee speaking of towns. Wisi Se ce lovely m 
of the laws according to which they are distributed in | cen Hd of the Botanie Gard of Pav via, offered s flowers srt outside ow 
the different regions of the earth. remarks on the vegetation of the dme of Italy, ren I must say um in al cases the same plan has bee 
Gentlemen, these few words will suffice, I hope, to | the C He explained iss different adopted—the thod different, e t d end gained 
make it understood that botany has now | ob tions he had made in s north f Italy, and the same. ox or ie ray ind has 
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: and success the numerous Sig imported into "p | where his studies were prin red Fey towa rds the have sheltered and fed the roots Aerorrirad 
wor Botany b Reid, many ds oni'ers.—M. Fée, Professor of Botany at Strasbourg, | But to have such a box or tray is not always an easy 
attractio ons, a and ai quires | every day w importance e some remarks relating to acclimatization and thing. Wood, with age will decay, and then a down- 
By » numerous, Yejutiora with the ‘plllovophy igi the maturalizatio tio l is imminent. Tile boxes are expensive, supposing 
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of nature. Let us then be thankful to the faint to the second question n of the pro- them to behand , and there is the E up, which 
distinguis shed botanists who, vaa sud, cog the | gr SRN viz :—‘ “Hybridization, crossing, and artificial is to so many a difficulty because they do not know 
distance and fatigue of the j journey, have not fe ear red to | fertilizatiqns in general; characters of Hybrids, their how to set about it. Still, those who h 
come to us, rility, their poly morphism ; preservation of eodd such window gardens desire to see them perd ; 
me us address to them a sincere and pag on relaotis rad ” JM. Wesmael, t-Secretar, d i 
r to say from M. Be pa poser some det ails | | kindness of their ON invi ited me, now some 
ie us congratulate ourselves o ing t fien utr us, | relating to the preservation of Pollen. This communi- | d 
for they come to establish between bostichltüre and | cation gave rise to some critical observations on we just se n 
botany an ep and indissoluble bond, art of M. Fée. The writer, he observed, did n he i 
the of the reddi of Belgian societies I explain how he had been able to preserve the pollen fr the idoa and cut and dried s. so to eem: 
Mbit you all, with all the gratitu ade of m my heart, | a long time, and to verify its vitality. He hed! himself something that would be plain sailing, that most 
an affectionate and hospitable deri h and in the operated on a pollen which might have passed for being working men could afford to buy, and that any would 
name of „the horticulturists here pres I add ora trophied, and which had yet given know how to set up. The invention has now been 
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botanists, who have come to guid fight by | not act solely is ore or less normal develop- here I will quote a few sentences from the prospectus 
or Me. of science ment of the po Dei tib e, po^ that it might act wea they have just issued, as it will enable me to € 
address ress was received with prolonged dig without this, and also without the intervention of the more clearly afterwards what I think will be found 
The President then, pro posed to proceed to t final e best way of using it. 
] A’ suggestion at one of "I ; 3d “ Theory of the variation | “By producing the nidi - window gardens in 
MM RUM rs to gon nfirm d 5 provisiona committee in | of species ; se d origin of varieties, and of ra races, &c,”” "dro iron, capacious, stron g, light, fas ing, and ea easily affixed 
their of office was carried by acclamation; and on the| “Dynamics of plants, and the periodic li 
proposition of another member of „the a asse take a the vegetation influence of temperature bua germina- ‘ust fo m ed wishes of Min love rag and 
foll , leafing, flowering, e fruiting of plants, &c," this dow: that will allow the mechanic in 
in the committee in the quality of Vice Presidents :—M. | elicited no — A the 5th question :—** Food of the pond lr part ts of ond this luxury, a8 well as 
$ Brongniart, Member of the TANE Profes eee to thd plants, action o sphere, influence of nitrates, | those who ive uses. In this way a semi- 
Museum of Natural History at ; Baron Hügel, | ammonia, phosphates; decry ot manures, composts, &e.", > | circu ular iron bee bed, 4 feet in width by 2 feet of 
Deputy Extraordinary and Pipe EY Minister | M. Pyna ert, , Professor ab the Se hool, of A | projection, aud 9 inches in depth, receives, besides 
of Austria; M. Fée, Professor of Botany to | Ghent broken crocks, &e., for drainage, two barrowfuls 
the Faculty of Medicine at Strasbourg; M. esed action, and use, of peat earth. On the 6th q ld , especially 
Garovaglio, Professor and Director of the Botanic |“ F] li in fi erm aed upper windows, dee Ee tratam of air is purer), 
Garden of Pavia; M. Koch, Professor to the b rrtt |i do iE harmony of colours, &c," M. Koc ch, the production of large groups of flowers in great 
of Berlin, Secretar ary of the Sara for the Encourage- Profcssor of the University of Bo rlin, "titor of the | perfection of bloom. The almost universal iove of 
ment of Horticulture inthe Prussian States; M. Lecoq, an nschrift, explained his theory of the beautiful in eed wers, even under the most unfavourable circum- 
Vice-President of the H orkicultu d and Agricultural Nat nces, in ree » evident in a variety of inefficient 
Society of Andenne, Horticulturist at pov T Tho: The “Tth question :—“ Colorati tion of plants; varie- para etd and the Company are in hopes, therefore, 
uc elsea, fosis gation, is it hereditary by the seed and contagious by. kd the iron win s ppn which they now offer, 
Mr. Murray, Assistan Secretary and Delegate of the the graft ? ” led to considerable discussion. of great ENT of size pattern and price, will meet 
Royal Horticultural Een of London; M. Planchon, M Von Siebold explained the varies he had a public 
Professor of Botan at Montpellier ; . Regel, Director | been zo f 12 in Japan, | “ Also, They submit these window gardens as affording 
of the Ierai Gardens, Secretary of the Imperial | which co e said, h ded Let variegated great safety at nursery windows, a little light wiring 
Horticultural Society, and Deputy of the Horticultural plants bhai ae ther He p ibed its geographical for creeping phate being in addition, if beet affixed 
Society of St. Petersburg, Editor of the ora; | and et ri conditions ; and from the fact of at and above the outer circle of the The 
ito Siebold and Protessor Rei "— Director of the osed northern latitude (latitude franchement durability id eoo ese window gardens is in sated by their 
the Botanic Garden at Hamb burg. variega- being made of the -— iron, either galvanised or treated 
tion Was a disease. In proof of this opinion, he stated with an anti- sara material, and the Company desire 
The Congress met on the 25th of April at 10 a.m. | that to e" ben tion 5 thes safety and easy mode 
Among the communications submitted for ferder [at once green and variegated; neither in Siberia were fixin 
Wasa memoir from M. Bastin on the necessity of esta | the Lue: variegated, The variegation was an affecti The wrought-iron bent bar supporting the window 
blishing a uniform p cele for kitchen garden | which b by two holes, and fixed by 
toe ee author of the oir proposed to esta- | ported out of their normal clima te, * I will present to | cement, which is done without scaffold and from 
e ith the view of rendering | you," t d M. Si Siebold, “a work representing ladom, and remain to set without weight being put 
juveni After a debate, in ; and next day the garden bed can be lifted in 
no bolts being requisite. 
ka After n which many rte B0) Mes gated. p ants, found only in 
SESS was re is to a commission | whence As alti Lope r E rom a cory si ithpls itin the 
Saye Hulle, R odigas os t fils, | fact, namely, t that in Jap cates millennary,, “This th ay a 
irioidamps, i n, Pynaert, "i the Goant | whilst at h oie is = p centenary. That and done ho bed 
ue ki sep. why or ode normal native Gants are still so little | is sug jd that the 
questi deas ls Beet eded to discuss the first ffered up in its place 
iue aid the programme:—* Acclimatization, natu- de “largo number of Japanese plants he had intro- - | sill, when the line for ; 
n, and p ima cim of vegetables," duced, he ha ad him self “made” three which were | into the brickwork is the 
Mr, Cordier, Vice-Preside B d E^ Botanic Nana of | variega these had arisen from à pl The window garden is then removed until 
M some remar. ka possibi s and | with the len a plain green colour, and which the srroughtiron bar is pat in and fixed to the mae. 
[. Peat, acclimatizing camila cds of Mushroo having sardia ‘acidental, became variegated, | in the wall as marked o ‘This should be done by a. 
Vi chon. ed agains ^ the —À acclimatization, Aming others this w dj case with Sedum Sieboldi | level, so as to ensure be wf dow eaten d being levei 
Ser pe rabetibate Mt of naturalization.—M. V whic had been brought into com- | when placed on it. 
a eae of M "Pan on. He} merce, and had been aien a "ccm e) from| “In iv gl ay the sills being part of a string 
ants up] art e" introduction of certain Japan, a although in reality the fac t was n “ This | course, other case in which the strap of iron 
from Japan, which ad been **acclimatized" in oes E ” he observed, * come ré Japan, | over tdg silis is inapplioshla, the Company have other 
ich try only because the have found the conati aac "it was I wko madeit.” There was yet another| modes of modifying these parts, so as to meet 
k p dr in ked M. Cor di ier | fac t to be aiii, Vida, tha t the he n n was not | all circumstances, and will be happy to attend to — 
Too ah any certain means for the culture by -— ed [on sketche es and maar ota bad forwarded t to then 
himself had made some beds which p" d a the plant while " exposed to air and sun, TN the 
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