222 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, — [Maron 5, 185) 
like character of the scene, the photograph being taken | their power to introduce these games: depend upon 
t Elvaston to some 
at its further or upper end; and to some extent the if this is the case, the tone of the institution will be which he has purchased near th Borrowash sri 
tops of the Tree Ferns have Surah from the picture. | very much 1o wered (Hear, hear], and a vast number o ; Was removed on of his transplanting made" 
To one like myself, fresh from the region where members will w ithdraw alto ogether. And then, agam, | with about three tons of Soil, and there is little ines, 
monotony holds almost undisputed sway; where | the sg to of talk sing about dancing, tea-drinki ing, &c. | that it will do well in its new situation, This altho 
“decided” colours take a too decided lead, and, Howeve is quite in keeping w bce the introduc- not the tallest, is perhaps one of the handsomest wet 
where “every ally” may hopefully look forward | tion o ie be —— ie all the rest t of it it. (My im- | in the country. [t is so dense in habit that ser 
to rejoin the society of its fraternal relative, [^e is, that if t in "^ people can stand; on the opposite side of ; enl 
the relief afforded by this exquisite touch of nature, and gton Gar An ret Society will be bro opibus being'seen. Its height is 14 feet, the Spread of the 
sudden collapse of pot, bench, and regulation, could | de y; oaks I nae read your excellent leading ail | branches 12 feet, and the circumference of the stem 
only be equalled by a sudden ai from a Bedford- | in to-day’s (Feb. 27) Gardeners’ Chronicle, and re gret | 4 feet 6 inches. Observer. 
shire Cneumber field to a Gentian-covered vag aie some | that you did dr om to this subject, for, to. my mind, | Pat at Bituminised Paper Pipes.—About the tine 
such desirable flight. Tree Ferns were here seen i n | it is one full of importance, as far as the Society | of the repeal of the paper duties, much WAS said of thy 
their real character—trunks 6 to 9 feet biis 1 d t with your Corre-| many useful objects to which the c oarse © mated d 
crests 10 to 15 or 18 feet across, of grea beauty. | spondent. in patting Mr. Ch ester upon the back, for | paper might be applied, and rmi py pipa” 
Conspicuous amongst them was Dicksonia arson I believe it is a a part of his programme to Sa cr the | for various purposes, and a company ca bets 
from New Zealand, with its slender stem, straight as an | bon wling, &c., in the Gar rel Pray, sir, favour us with supply such pipes, with the stronge statements as to 
arrow, and crowned witb a crest of more than jo fronds | your trea upon the subject. Hr ther F.R.H.S. | their durability. In 1861 I was s induced to pure ‘al 
of the deepest ‘green. Far larger still in its crest, Eo one can QUY disapprove of these a Jay down a qua ntity of these pipes, called * Patent 
tho as y nly a t, is the lovely | Vhen, some years I|Bituminised Pipes," for distribution of liquid 
Cibotium Scheidei, the finest of the Tree iia Es seme a F.H. S, me was my favourite Nos I am sorry to say that in 1863 these pipes 
There lso fi t the si he watching of as aii of im fruit: ‘trees, and | useless, and they are still shea now, ev 
Fern of New Zealand, Cyathea dealbata, ke ete thea sight of the experimental beds, with all that was | have rotted in the ground, not from the inter; iin 
tall 3s massive trunks covered with seedlings of the | new, i found as interesting as instructive. I cannot j of the manure, but the outside action of the water in 
same and of other species; one of these forms the | imagine how the giving up of this garden to grow | the soil. I should ` gla 4 = hear if a 
contre piece of the most distant part of the } plants to supply Kensington can ever have been thought | sponden ts have an ence E these pipes and 
and is probably the finest specimen in Europe.|0f. Op the introduction of croquet and bowls, I must wheter it be at all Dinilaan tomi . They were supplied 
Amongst the smaller Ferns in this house a nice Ex z | put my veto. I know that if games are to be allowed, | to me by “The Patent Bituminised Pipe Co., Limited? 
produced by the rose-coloured young fronds of Loma f h- 
L?Hermi | draw their names. I sha’ ll gladly continue my support | ` Heating by Hot Water.—It would be useful if sone 
phyllums grow well among the moist rocks; good to the society while it} t jo f your readers would state their experience as to f 
specimens also of the Sulphur. Maidenhair in two | of the science e of horticulture. The new garden at South | | quantity and description of fuel ed duri 
varieties, and of A. c hilense, may be seen, ts loge ethe ear promises much, but its leading feature i is adéwB months just past, adding of course the 
wi city E e si 
y mn K t, 
nd a fine "yid of A. fla ds ifolium keeping up the Royal rias oe E i ay without chimney. It will be also necessary to be informed hor 
t s e ipe h en 
| jim ch p a ` 
in baskets or ar roniti Pei ary eng a see of the rocks. | “ Hamlet ” advertised, es di aio rn omitted, | ratur, e the houses aiu been kept at, the intemal 
The house devoted to the culture of East Indian 4 beds FRH.S., rch 2 3 ie a with | | dimensions of the. hous , how glaz zed, .and whether 
Orchids contains a select, iih not very large collec- ® most interesting article i in your out tart w voe R. W. 
tion of those piant and amongst them several scarce (D. 197) i an ol | aphali ium oe thie i is said (see p. 197) 
. Species. seiciatod with these is a class of l'erns that While cordially endorsin ing his a 3 rable & advice to 5 beh rdy, a statement which my ex cperience “does not 
ean probably be found nowhere else in cultivation, eschew the “apple of discord,” I thnk i a, fairly be | 21 ires for I fin ad uu three Years" trial with it that 
. the Lindswas—-remarkably interesting Ferns., Observed that the “beautiful design ribut ie | will 1 
- They grow quite freely with a high temperature, deep Mr. Nesfield can only in yeit ye hes i as his; inas- kill th at wili not even ees in a exl 
shade, and an atmosphere ere Mee PN ME dis as usa es the er-basins and hei Peach Tem: ss Tabs lot of it during the last frost 
- Perhaps the most m: icuous amongst them angement a onse qui. troubled s of where there was no o Are; and I ey 
Lindswa trapeziformis, and its wir D i "alenta, | levels that mu Me "painfully affect the legs, if n he | much doubt if it will sie m even in the Emerali 
from their large size e finely curved Then æsthe tic | $ ensibilit ity of the Y p visitons | Isle. G. Fletcher, Picton Castle, Pembro À 
here is-the d elicate L. dubia, D mail semi This much appears to met e| Prizes for Wild Flo pasties = as I doin 
ichenia ; L. reniformis, shai iogenes, 
fronds the 
isto "M Nesfield’s dimus reputation, which pes i n 
tum | Father, on the classical co: waned relata at Holkham, Castle desiring to save him from the necessity of resorting to 
e our; e: rd the main the sharp practice which he threatens against “ bota- 
s, and L. crenata, with erect pinnate fronds, at Kew, and on other r numerous works in nical pirates," I have written a letter, of which I 
very detinet the p t-named having the edges of the “nearly every county e Great Britain. Delta, |s subjoin a copy, to the Editor of the Atheneum, depre- 
pinnæ finely frille d; and L. s agittata, an Mme rare| The Hydropult.—Will you u be good enough to ask) cating the carrying out of the ill-advised ofer of 
Fern with . Thes mm many | Some of your Correspondents, premiums for the extirpation of botanical rarities, 
others of this genus, cannot fail to ies Pests every | | p. eme in everyday use as a garden engine, to jp. C. elyan, Bart. The following is the letter 
over o | me through your column with their opinion referred to :—To the Editor or of the Atheneum. Sin— 
Near the hat habitation of the propaga Bran I tried one exhibited at Kensington, b ‘eed I trust that, the season for Fi wild plants not 
ting houses, and also a small Se ouse occupied iby. Ddtato. | thought t the labour requisite to work it - grea it may not be too late for the 
glossums and other Orchids requiring little or se heat, I want to purchase that or the old garden-engine this | Royal Horticultural Society to withdraw wa & 
building of considerable size inns Ss urse of | spring, and shall be glad of assistance in —— judged offer of prizes for "eollections of the niin it 
i à o ad | ts of various districts of this country, which, 
en 
= a cryptocarpa, | nie and cultivation of orchard trees in pots, I = ce of hevitenltargy anc any p ersons who baya bai 
great interest, from the probability of its proving hardy | fender my experience in reference thereto. In 1854 I | Seely of Aava a ger 
in our climate. lt is of the same group as Gleichenia commenced the cpm = E trees in pots, more ‘the fact, that the mere collecting o of plants T5 
flabellata, ^ pis fronds 1j to 3 feet high, very | especially that of Peaches and Nectarines, and my ‘Tittle the extension of t xa ves e 
rigid, and yet graceful from the delicate texture and /#bour has been crowne with. I have scarcely I am, sir, yours truly, m C. Tr 
colour of is Ee pinnules, This is the second | during the whole time repotted a tree of those with 1864, 
` Gleichenia likely to prove quite hardy in England, Which I first started, u 
introd by Messrs. Bac khouse. The other’ is 
m, Esq, Preside 
—G. m Bede sd 
ham, 
he of YA e out, ot - then | oc , in the Primulacece, 
puc tee oci aide fresh applied, |Scott, of the Edinburgh Botanic Garden; L1 
ed Peach and Nectarine trees in pots at | cated by C, Darwin, Esq. The inre cp 
eir digas have always been a | paper was to give an account of «ig of the 
7 petitor, Many of my trees are in as s several dimo UR and non-dimorphic spec sdate e I 
desired, and none are ina bad | genus Primula. more completely to e stroet? $ 
fine: leaved plant. William Robin ition. About the time I commenced the cultiva- fije of poenis brief account of reales } 
(To be contin ÉD tion of fruit m in ig ` gentleman in this neigh- of a few other enera was prefixed. Hot pris c 
bourhood, D. Lyo pod 1stics in its i 
"a re mi t dimorphic character of whichtheee 
est reenative n the long-styled f: x other, 
Home punito bé, e inest deis for him wel in hone ome pry Seats vn wikia ho:ded more thine’ a as long as na m i 
Bosa? Hori; - then until now, e one had been erre but the | projecting far on i of the flower ; ie ns re 
ICE ti y: Ol hw rn = s et no ie kid kin p Up acm in charge finding the drainage choked, repotted styled form, the anthers, not the — wei size of 
CHE uA odi E é Aa Uy | four or five of them a. few weeks back, and. the whole | jected; a marked — qoom uhr d 
“adjournment **- oc the hdc. 4 ouse now is without exception the very beaw ideal of | pollen grains in thetwo forms, Experim' ing results 
ng. n orchard house filled with potted secs should | styled racemes of Ho dara gavo the rli 
mic bos 
I h 
_the reports of the le maeoting Me see no mention eT | be. "here 
ibs amea procos a . € 18 no! 
D ower 
: t a shoot or spur that is not covered | 12 flowers fertilised with their 
edt to at a A hene! E meeting. . Do the | with blossoms. Therefore Mr. Watson, provided his | g containing 37 
por wat » &e.?. If so, I feel | trees are in sufficiently large pots, may safely allow fertilised with pollen of a long styled nta ot e 
e Y ery Much, inasmuch | them to remain inthe same pots, and. not trouble him: | good capsules and 154 seeds, The H. inflata hie 
oun principle—hostile.to the | self about. ‘shaking out or repotting. Ri ichard Gadd, y Wer sacó episc comen rae. genos Prinde, 
ATAA Coe vr par wein and. Sá M o orthing. ——— P: It was stated that the my p | 
j the Cour th ey M RI 2 iom editas SA was present the oth sm with a great majority of Toy ett E 
ey would Joa all in at the removal of a large Weilingtonia from m contained others in which one form 3 oM 
