June 4, 1864.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
Gloire de mon plaisir.—A rich crimson n with lemon-coloure. 
now pretty well known. All s. ha have | ca TAE iau m Fijne Ae ae ware — T" constant and good ; truss rather small. ng 
mely small fibrous roots, eontaining in them- fine 1 things, but tly suc ave been Y | "King of Verbenas.—A strong growing kind; colour shaded 
extreme sm Stola ami. itio they | noticed. for pani: a beautiful form of Aucuba crimson, with large white eye; of fine form, the truss Li. a 
of - ra fine. 
pem ealled limbata or afgin ; the long narrow green tra 
Mea a ias ra Lock aaa hive x ihn) fren with cele aniio: age Teams cok Seon e AE s 
In the p ce of dryness the liti agus c inne nopitys elegans, e giae Sandisk Gyneriumargenteum tive, ald osha que. 
mentioned wither and never revive. Damp- albo-lin. and s was | Lizzy.—A piecing pink with white eye ; a free bloomer, 
mess seems indeed to be more important to a ea jon ros gone Filix-foomina , diffisso- an. poem idi s roop with white eye; distinct and 
them than soil ; fo they — € etimes found multifidum, with tasselled fronds and j Lord Leigh —Find largo scarlet with large lemon coloured 
growing on the branches of trees like — | and a tasselled form of Polystichum acul N n | eye; one ef the rs a fin Boe ee T 
ir i - ec ord Craven.—Deep on. 
hytes in climates where the air is unceas- |as Um ign ai « leaved etiaai A : ns is ran we the p P! eae noe $é. Ey. 
ingly ch. with moisture, What the éultivàlor Ee tn =| Ta gwi i ke Ung ui "i A ee efci ney, in my opinion, fa CLE to an exhibition variety), 
i n me res ect ing L u 00. which will a ite "ar into every co. 
BEP. qheteius, e g A b Es ra | bec r btusa 3. Moore.—Without doubt bhe, me ot ‘all the blue purple 
plants, uch a wi LL MS Mes. z di and pisifera, but with very glaucous branches, a at pond out; the ba 8 ex € nt; the eye is TU y 
urroundin d hite, d the fi f the flower smooth, bu 
^os me Sirpa oe c di in OF te we shall endeavour to say m" and wi 20 igi hy Heed is iios plensiós, nt a bright 
ground, so that what rain "le may be retained in EST ] iran ia nob ; 
it, : nd to give prea ind wee tre anas Magni A Bde EY v, Slower rie aar ani I lle; " 
ine e resistance assage o. eir very finely foFined truss, which is its chie feck ty io 
roots, emos EXHIBITION FLOWERS. m Mad. roe HMM e mee ^ ^» med flesh-coloured sort 
ale ri centre; a 
as t y E As Dem. Meroe i Mrs, ne —Rosy plea t of a wes Fan shade, with white 
t an ch  Messrs. H eye: ; disti 
exhibition 0 isir n HAA his Boasin à wers ie i a d^ 4 on d esit. x cellent variety, colour rosy scarlet; the 
Rasp Hill oD: ave as “ihe — e i ir jika i is a finely foriied, but the flowers want a bolder eye ; stilla 
Hill, sot leat week, which d PES impair je upon merely as a brilliant gott called very ü&eful varie t 
—— THE fine show which took place on Wednes 
at South Kensington, though remarkable fo. pred 
ndour of many of the cllections ae tig *h ie 
he general absence of i nferior specim 
these gatherings ; ae in 
E vaa vo y 
a borders 
uline.—. shade of rosy purple, with fine white 
Pau —A chas 
“re pe pr ed "den 
p 
be: which purposes many var ieties are well A ii 
it is its qualities as an exhibition Tower that I wis vy e very PH =A ie. cate pink of a peculiar shade, with 
ore now to treat of. Those who have seen de oria Another dado of pink, smooth, and of fine 
hes various shows good collections of Verbenas, nicely | form, with a cular Fille 7 "— 
ranged and well shown, must acknowledge that no S very ng a large eye; 
the ra ts are redit ‘tid stout i in substanco: Like Lord 
floriste flowers are more effectiv he great variety | Graven nee qualities must bring it into all collections, 
of brillia: Rose Imperial.—A large well-form: oa flow ^; - pelos deop 
nk with 
mane picuous 
; August; and | a free Poona, 
part | Ven 
crimson centre. 
Reine des 
and well form 
Sylph. —Flesh. eslour 4 with. pale crimson centre ; fi 
ong constant; an ET ine variety. 
hite with purple centre; truss small, but 
om mE with crimson centre; truss large 
us.—Pur 
very c chaste, 
competition we had E is X p see. The result, 
indeed; was a walk over the course fo: Fa 
prizes offered, ud an » Adiantum which h uch to 
» the ice ioe, feet, it is 
HIE 
recommend it. 
In selecting plants to grow under glass for t 
the pur- 
pose of cutting blooms for 
in entering on the MM another z 
Aas 
yea 
Amopgst the New Plants show. flower, th 
e most | a 
thé strongest and most robust lo eu plants to be 
mi which a fov. well. armed. ‘plants will impart litüe or à per comes 
ethibition, I would gg al, 
nas having given the public 
of seeing their’ productions 
uring the 
"i Thes T nmm 
s i 
ayllum: orn 
pale-co oured 
ne form, in the base | 
“hey ing 
| Bote 
other 
was the curious tes fike Stangeria paradoxa, of which 
oblo 
de of considerable interest | 
ould, old r 
| m d good loam, in y nul. eee. 
When "the zen buds bet visible they shoul 
enn Hi, and Boles mentioned in 
‘notice, were ag Tm 
most imper! 
of glossy gree 
inn og ig EE a y wall-marked e fa 
haraet; 
rubra, was shown a very pretty little p put, vith ere erect 
e 
gor 
9c 
—Maurve, with white e 
Model. —Searlet, the e eye perfectly elredlar, 
and very large. 
Now ret —Blus h; w 
ith crimson centre ; the best of the light 
a rch.—Lav ender, with large white eye; very bold. 
Start viter. —Bri iliant Lei of very fine form, and with a 
circular white eye; large truss. 
Wonderful. —Very similar to the 
» The ron py Castle Br vov. 
harles James Per rry, 
beach 
better | be d 
ava Me 
a ere oe with one of its oblong ovate woolly | removed fro v en fram T d be f rues 
eenh o 
po ad Seca Waa | Krottih rd stick pated dal HARDY FERNS AND BOG PLA 
ae borne in an ix pas unusual pom in 
white flower-heads, whic may bi a useful green- | it is nni that every ind a ‘of ps should pw as p- | Devonshire, and any plants ‘hich have survived the 
house pee" It bore the garden ee o of agnam à potet for if a truss once becomes one-sided it alin frosts of January and February, would endure any 
e rens. t tatices were shown; but t was or exhibition purposes. ordinary winter in oth nina P of England, The 
t them equal in quality to the "hybrid Another matter tl ones of British and exotic Ferns at Becky Fall, 
& 5 mita. The negl ect is the smoking of the a: or gre s an opportu 
nity of giving a list of Ferns which 
ardy. 
rinkled, er a igh oa: should bd used, or the | fe 
fet delicate colou 
"elu. d! s "€ top of each s 
ill be pr The 
It will be h shoot 
three buds w two side ones 
ichomanes: and Hym 
whieh, to be catistactorly cultiva ated, must. either 
Sieve: pitchers, the upper en whic 
he. e gm i 
red, Ther hemum, with 
the habit of Gymnostachyum Verschaffeltii but MOM | 
ta RN Ra e veins, this had the ta and | 
ins marked out by 7 nr lines of rod; m and 
wi 
with the thumb and Sitges, ` for um pu 
qune cae the size of the remai e. This 
of the smaller buds also preventsthe plants from growing 
- and lecragey, as after t the one bloom-head is s cut; f fresh 
vcrba (96 
; M artificial im 
sedia 
itation of N fet such is 
| oe is ang at York, 
Becky etty well ers to touris the West 
| fof England, " 
] on th 
s, ton beautifully fringed over wi 24.14 
glands, We ri a ~ Jeaved A of | 
Petola enlled AS in which the. dark 
M. 
will p 
ers Will be produced om ye p^ the nim and 
the, plant will be more aud ha: 
The following list antt ins 
por s n pots, 
the best vérietion for | 
and for cutting for exhibi tion. ,In|r 
T stands at the s s ed ed of a narrow 
rímoor. The hills 
are art or even precipitous in some 
ch. The 
t of the valley shade off into t the 
r covered with He: ath an d Furze. 
| keen leaves were beautif 
es of un 
iegatum, Phormiu: x variegatu Pay bom 
Cái» the new Diefenbach and 
whic! on 
were not numerous. 
-|1 am m growing, except seedlings, of which this 
yself 
ear I have upwards of four thousand, all in pots, and 
d I th 
to » Be M ee un der gl asa; which n me etho 
only one by 
aad to: ly 2 
f their last 
The stream rushes i ina 
Seem —A finely-formed brilliant eee V flushed 
The yellow- | with purple, the eye w white, large, and circular; ae leads down the right side 
of the valley, windi: among granite ; á 
he greater part of the lip is of [X PI ees zagging where the excessive Prp4- 
ctn ur, was the mosi centre, "m dires requires it. d qr 
e.—Colour 1 large lemon-eoloured path. of 3 e valley z d 
eye; good in form, and v n : WER.. h "rares 3 
UULTUS rpm dyes m 
Countess of ‘Bradford.—Mauve, with white eye} à good and being dry, to which the average yearly 
pleasing variety, and one which en well stione ep: rainfall he place exceeds 50 There ig 
Decorator.—Glossy crimson, with lémon-coloured eye; very therefore an unusual degree of humidity, which causes 
k na Emperor.—A useful so ; dull red, stri vege to assum d — — 
aperi ulbs, bearing at top about | deep reta] very Erin es A The wild Ferns become qui epiphytal, and 
channelled lany which were finely pde ed | on — Brilliant scarlet, with y ye; 8|with the. Mosses clothe the limbs of the trees 
had much ch the t 6€ narrow leav. ps NEAR =Scarlet, with pale yellow eye; fi d ipiis hang in long grey and green 
; and Orne from below the base of ^ dor ML No o DE drap om T e branches, - rocks are covere 
ie Tose a weting stem, 6 feet high, | ure white, with bright purple eye ; T with | eo ii osses, and erry, Here grow 
me a. Taceme of flowers, in which the sepals xai Qe Emod, abeo Bd oru on moist rocks Hymeno hyllum. unilaterale noir gird 
! Breen v at the tips, th. petals co! - des Batailles.—Although not ‘strictly a show Sitan bridgense, Osmunda regalis gro samong rocks by the 
of a aan os with fed;and the Ai ha gan protru- B [^ 3 5o good in many pos: dm qnt ‘an producing fine | water with almost tropical luxuriance, its sett atte 
oy with red at the base, ur much required in a — feet long, — ng in the clear — 
ware alan 
tha that no grower should be without it. The 
too well known to require description. 
