Max 14, 1864.1 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
463 
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air. geo ted a Fellow; and 
LINNE Ma: m, Esq., President, in | 
the Ch Dr. J. 
Prof. pod and Bro. “Steenstrup, PRES Members 
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from the character of the Vernal Equinox, 7 2 be a 
markable one, irable, at as ea 
a period as was possible, t to oup publicly e general 
Ee of what ted. Accordingly, in the 
Mark Lan $ Eipre Ma arch 28, appe i 
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| leafy drapery, — the shade of which Swainsona 
and large collection of half Em ardy 
Er description, appeare be 
e|growing with unusual activity ael the “skilful 
t of Mr. Boston, Messrs. 
of 
following : et The still, warm, dry, but not productive 
f 18 We do not see that the 
Out of doors a new eg Tie s being Hie ev 
will be ke y with bedding plants, 
of the season, has much to do with 
m and su bitis of the 
ness, most agricultural 
s on the char: 
pene] 
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laid out in ans saei cd beds, qn from each other 
s el walks Spe H 
eddin ay pe are e s pr 
sitors therefore will have an opportunity of forming 
ae ti hei A its for 
opinion respecting their comparative merits 
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ER G. Henperson’s NURSERY, WELLINGTO. 
y 6.— The fine display of hardy - 
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was never better, if ever so at present, 
Mess 
Mackensi zie, by Mr. Ho orace Waller, “one of the few 
50, Nein on “the p occasion or in "med 
rs, Hendersonjto perfect the 
Eel bez pred reri of the past fon weeks 
h the plant ts blosso: to ful ully 
Toots ne the flora. of that region.’ y The Conantherew, 
weather tables. which had been lished. We 
rtion of about 
it was re 
mgeni orar. and i in the qe not being versatile, 
ga 
10 years, and found that "the equinoctial period of 
1851 was, certainly riod, nch 
b nt of adhesion, a remarkable peri db 
e ogg S P in wi "ros sen — of rain having falleu i the X The ota 
anthers open by longitudinal vives The characters | Of May, June, July, gust, Vy ager which that 
of the group to be most fully period should typify, hieme i to the author, oug 
represen in acl iut i , which | to have been excessively wet ; say a t ontrary, 
differ from each rage in the perianth of the one weather on the whole was fine, and the 
other camp mid. in these the | quantit rai less than usual In tha 
p unite ds e 
ear the apex in the 
um. Zephyra has two of its stamens 
pletely gave way; 
ti one. 
olan 
abortive, ml ,represen — i curved magn whilst 
at the base. Cyanella | 
has not oniy the habit but The structure of "pr group, 
the ovary being half immersed i Ao and the | 
year, 1852, March of that 
develope Themselves and bianks being totally pee 
300 
the great extent occupied by the pla anta.. arly 
— E 50, a affords a hig ony treat, whether gazed 
hole or examined b y be Whee people 
come pom loug dis ta ances ln: see this display, he mus 
be rather i Marylebonian, who hearing o 
its unusual perf ection, as we did, could resist the 
| temptation to go and see here are more things 
in the Wellington Nursery, excluding the better known 
departments, than “ are dreamt of in the philosopby 
of gentlemen who tell you that the ' good har 
for in the whole month tiers | fell o 
and who also. "does ‘the Tulips and Florists flowers 
th 
tak ing 
jandi in the equinoctial week, not one 
d 
stamens opening at the mi. 
e fashion of the ddr 
and the ungenial air and soil of the neighbourhood 
is semi- -adherent, but the stamens “open iy Tongitodinl| 
of the Antherioe, 1 aena dikene connects the two | 
e minal ai ange ement 
Sey 
E Chwtopteras : p North s Wate | te 
es Williams, iN in a letter to ——5.*N 
on Cyg i ieks. 
nus Passmori,” by the Rev. W. po 
' ENTOMOLOGICAL: April 
—F. Pascoe, Esq., F.L.S., in| 
tho Oi Mr. F 
4, 
. Smith gave komo porthor evidence on 
he had € h 
Bates on ip. eens stated that he had kept the F. 
hnfgpiarie ue but he had never Send d it to i 
luminous, v „did any traditi 
among the native I nb ad its. emitting light 
Ir. Butler exhibited a number of insects imbedded in 
Is 
ism, and 
made a further vv 
woul Ms predicted à very dry summer, 
| ánd consequently a , se pef as unde 
similar cireumetances in the p - But what 
E ed : ere were x Rat bry days, the 
the: 
unt of rain for that month being neatly $ inches; ; 
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e quan as again Li above rv average; 
and altogether the five ipit Nm to be dry 
proved exceedingl The which the|o 
consideration. The existence of such a vast and 
increasing collection in a nursery which takes such a 
lead in the distribution of new varieties of bedding 
plants, is certainly indicative of a change in the 
aber 
rg taste—a change which has indeed already 
"Waking along the Tulip ground we passed, on the 
£Ti^ad 
prece Sosane. equinox typified to E y E 
| drier than usual; 
er,a greca of Myosotis sylvatica 
g batch 
qwe grada John's Wood; 
typified to be v very dry ry proved excessiv ing 
these facts into consideration, all tha! canbe said of 
amphlet befor to the 
He id rni ae in the 
of 1864 is, that instead of bat vesting they 
value whatever. || 
proved | b E 
whilst that which the mind equinox | on 1 
ne ty Takin 
are 6 jus as likely to prove the contrary, and are of no p 
of the Tulip ground is 
ied by a lar, FE e very best things care- 
fally lod to, Mod all all phe in pots, which of o urse 
prevents the attainment by the nobler species of the 
rfection which they stan pave at full wan ina 
Useful Knowledge Society’s Family A 
(stator 1 Bs gu E ey the best of M Taube 
ae of publication, P. ENS 
and VII, ane Tafore ra ug ania thy NIIS es in 
its high reputation, 1. The whole work will be Comprised 
ean imperial 4to, at the extraordinarily 
What a 
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£92 & 
p n . 6d. each a chatty | orm 
be reit dr] young peop le 
ongen ial soil. But the aka Aretini, and such 
though ud Irises, 
PASA ei enel Fes with ir charms 
the spirited Lug rione yet they m in íi T 
DE to 25 so when planted out. this quarter we 
ly admired Dodecatheon spends and ink ag 
folia ; a leas Mare ge vari "sud 
men os ou ane kg 
i fruticosum of an 
lden-lined and 
he 2 ser Thalictruas 
anemonoide n equite little thing am mong 
uble flowers ; and a fine colle ction of Trollius co coming 
G 
Mzssns. CARTER & T HILL. 
There is now in full bloom pez Me it of the 
bulb, itr gie ir rd 
ed flower heads 
n s stout 
ME sip for the purpose of devoting a few 
more minutes to the planted-out division of the her- 
snow-white of | 
th A "atem S, 
a distance, tl 
baceous Plant a aaa od deep dark blue was observable 
n closer r inspection pr pro oved to be 
conspicuous even 
" Among 
Seal Snowball stood in the fi 
ventana 
a X 
eenhouse shelf, p Poeg a fine effec 
Pelargoniums of the zon 
rst ran 
as Madame Vaucher, but superior variety; it 
to those who o may be able 
| easily to grow it in some sweet country spot, where the 
sparrows are not black. „Some fascinated customer had 
bears a €: ph ep offlowers, the petals of which 
EY ee and o great substance . The habit i s com- 
General earse it 3 
ye 
In ea of the Transformations of | the Lepidoptera of 
by Aad his "orn ighte Mr. 8. 
E sh 
on E pede 
sition 
mode it must be considered an | 
either for out or esas M d 
scarlet of t ie ipe 
cate rose kinds doce to Lady C 
Bel. Demonio, Monito or, "Mrs, "der tty, 8 and Beaton’s Pet, 
are also worth ssessing as they 
i 
Messrs. Car m s many th usands 
de! es 
ten 
do | some in — beginning en bi 
doubles, s suchasSagina apetala fl. pl. ; tbedonble Kyan 
ig AE Hose in fir aud other curious 
Prim ere more abun e have seen 
wc) her ET Pæoniasi msec 
a large portion of the ques devot: ted t 
| herbaceous plants and 
M. M coming 
ho 
ma ere larger; Ranu reor flore pleno, a 
ud "large and choice double. elon was in flower h 
ps second to 
„doors har eni 
Me: me recently 
ton Bay. Mr. F 
e Co: nstruction of wi Nests 
eory of 
developed in >A a ens read 
n Digale fr eue Mos 
read à Memoir ir on i 
Watethotse 4 
Society at a EN x peevions 
j$2otices of Books. 
tel 
M gaan 
rai Mag 
ain. By Thom 
of scarcely seven pages, it cannot be 
that the subjects me: mentioned in the title 
quoted, ean can be deeply en: In the first 
nd | is crammed 
Colecolarias, j 
ribbons i emn ore Bac 3 
pone pa situations might a one as effective as 
en Chain Pelargoni ium, glass are good | 
+ a 
reminded us 
young shoots b pülicip ip. Capui pd eri im 
Calceolus. These 
of ag some charming baskets 7 which weresuspended | 
use almost wholly devoted to them, 
[o essrs, | 
where, cheap, they 
f Grape Vines a long house 
the leading varieties of the 
in excellent oe for fruiting. ot Clianthus 
Dampieri, the brillian a large black 
boss in t| be a 
improved variety called 
o 
splendens, This, however, hrs 
did not see in flower. * variegated Coboa 
;ladorned the roof of one house with 
scandens 
interesting ! Mi 
very plentiful, as was C. 
flower will afford a treat not easily to be had elsew! 
“cradles” de 
ea tegyptiaca gs 
plants admirably suited for sni ing 
dioe zo variegated 
nibe foun 
looked 
so of the new variegated n 
"Marshalli i variegatus, which is quite a gem 
