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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAT abd 
[APRIL 23, 1864, 
me their opinion on the subject they would greatly 
oblige me. F. B. 
1 k 
arrives again at the simplicity of Nature, but 
of — in its highest and purest forms. It is 
rasitie Skin „Fungi. = am SEN, your 
t _ strai ing this simile too far, I think, d NAE 
1a. 
Bull x 
Par 
have noticed the I ded 
to my letter Ae 342). The reviewer, in the face the 
| Mr. Ber rkeley, * great reaso 
for lookin the Mucors,” iso ET 
thus: * we d e it absolutely necessary to point out 
that Mr. B. did not think Chionyphe might take = 
I don't use the word Muc 
— Bee Pies observations 
n my letter 
d Mucor. I 
th 
rh Scien only flowers, and as a whole n ring 
little mblance to what is most beautiful in nature. 
A f es further in the attainment of a true and 
perfect taste, and we shail see ding as thy really 
The eye will then be ved, the desire for 
ratified, and a e por ime a prospect 
opened for further progress in the right way. When 
once that crust of flower, for I can call it xótiitug v 
else Eb - EM ane meh Meurs eolour, which 
we broken up, 
we shall p ‘the light spray, "e deep hollow, the 
made to the same eminent firm fo 
SUE 
the half I vea iy r, 
synon mà 
Tho dod dies Thomsoni. nM -— Sikkim species 
has recently flowered Soda 
Soul Dern wee 
mbe Ro 
good thing, id pret p 
iti y 
—Can you info 
Pamma ds in stoves ist Orch id houses. 
with these pests. I trie d a 
which stick 
mentioned by Henshall in his work o 
Pla ante," viz, , melting spermaceti and arsenic together, 
I find wa er that the ants 
except this bait, which they |v 
T have also srine tur pentine and 
ie ‘into the "pots. 
+, h EI t 
carefully avoid. 
ni 
Rosalie, ‘Broughton Standard of Perfection, . ue 
pom variety of nature whic eye; 
and which, instead of dam the beau 
indi 
ividual flower, cs rathe er to 
elias hat our 
m 
ve yet attain 
ed 
The blood- Md : "higher "inp in "the cultivation of what is tru 
Bape S. S. Ellis, Rose Hill, Hoddesdon. 
Societies. 
Vern T rom wears Veitch, d received no 
class Certificate for it, To Meteor, from Mr. 
= l'nodider a rosy-pink sort, with ji sies 
Jeu denble as those of an 
llona, from Messrs. Smith, a uae 
a Certificate was also given. DUM, 
Ci ria. ese 8 inibi collections Were com, 
a dark crimson self 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL: April uv Spri 
Show).—Azaleas and Roses, which we rou 
fine, made an effective display on this occasion, Mid 
there was also a large assemblage of other plants Pd 
many of which were new and extremely interesting 
Azaleas.— Of these, koX: d oe red t oes | Josh 
bushes were ed by 1 Slough, 
furnis . 
nase on varieties the following were nF baleen 
yana, Gladstanesi, Fielderi, Trotteriana, 
de 
ards.—6: 1, Mr. James; 2, Mr. Marcham; 4: 1, Mr. 
and | 
[menn 3 Mr. Marcham ; $j Mr. Lacey, 
—A few well-flowered plants in pots came 
Mah sers, Dobson, whose ar E : 
tish 
uffered greatly from 
the hert e Fa day. Among anti a yellow and brown 
d Vesuvius, from Mr. Bragg, was gr 
au, Mary, Model, Gem, erue a fine 
guano on their tracks, but the 
as ever. Perhaps e ers can enegest 
— remedy against these plagues 
— My frames an —- hav e lately. been 
dou ible pink; Cr iterion, and t 
white ere erg 
a e nion 
Me 
sed and 
go as to 
o kin de, a 
thi ciné stock. 
of variously coloured flowers. 
ni lleetions. in 
order they mig 
a time this did pretty well, oe - hb when food 
more deserted, and | t 
to whic 
inei plants. 
e 
Eia ae nothing 
b 
were some skilfuly grown and beau: ifully 
— Lene E "Mr. Turner; 2, Messrs. Lane. 4mateurs.—9 : 
oP dman.—6: 1, Mr. Turner; 2, Messrs. Lane ; 3, Messrs. 
Bisse —Nine plants in Pots of these came from Mr, 
in their 
the young plants co ^ TEM medy that I only free from speck or blemish, but of that ample 
have found as yet, is to place a MD oft py strongest | Cara and deep green hue which unmistakably 
Scotch snuff round the place to be protected, forming in indicates perfect health. The sorts were Senateur 
this way a barrier, yim so far as I have been able to | Visse, Comtesse Ouvaroff, Baronne revost, Sel 
obserye, the woodlice will not cross. This is evidently Jusqulinot,. Charles "Lawson, Souvenir d'un 
iiorictibàbló in ases, therefore I apply Mada e Boll, Souvenir de c — and Victor 
your Correspondents to know whether others suffer in Verdier. Another group fro aul, also 
the same andi what is the best g to do. contained good ee m President the yellow Tea 
K . [In th tase of Cucumber frames, Mr. | Rose Marquise de Fou Emper de Maroc, |a 
says, repe 
ver e necessary, keeps his frames dae of 
A or two placed among them, also 
helps to to din their n 
umbers. 
‘whibitions.—Will y 
the satisfaction which it is but. eurn e feel i in the 
numerous, were = Rhon ne 
crimson ; Al 
ha 
ou allow me to express | (H 
oremost among new varieties, which were unusually 
H.P.), a bright beca 
white; Pierre Notting (H.P.), | r 
ndsome iol: : -— ed de Tougemeut 
.P), very , im 
Rougemont (H.P.), 
hschild, “crimson; Lords Clyde and Canning, an 
ip ke ac Hi small groups of t 
Mr. Turner, and other rS, M ots 
ps MS D viz. 
Sot 
Potion enia at one or two small groups of these 
the following were conspionons, viz , Lady Milner, T 
Abingdon, Warrior, Santar: Hi ye nd Mary, and 
Defiance, all of w hich in their way were extremely 
In - class of plants, however, Ms d 
han x ug as d^ es. 
ul 
Anm ng thes e, the greatest 
n of the Australian . 
Williams 
g 
Plans 
a singular production with a stout black-lockin: stem, 
like that of a Tree Fern, and bearing a noble ed a 
bri ght green I A Ras 
ashi 
on. 
: described by us 
; Madame Alfred Bate 
-Bafeate Adolphe e 
an 
Mr. Parker, of Tootin 
Mr. Turner came a small éollactiot ‘of Pelargoniums, 
the -— of most of which have been given in Lag 
very g 
8 - the handsome ve 
— which some "Fellows of the Roya U Horte at 
de 
e for sugar loaf or a 
pyramid, with an even E antfase, especially with a same 
ness of colour, is one never found in nature, 
sometimes the na xe a. sg uem -loaf mountain 
now and then wi massive and fi 
Fh pee to this shape ; xS M. (n would be intro- o et 
e to most of the aet se extr izes were ociety had caused to be prepared asa 
d x iim teal & Bos ak, Tame sare F M regard for Dr. Lindle ley. 
Treen. e eno Ist, "Mine, Paul & Son; 2d, M: 
Turner ; 3d, oe m. Paul. LINNEAN : April 7—G. Bentham, Esq. Presi 
ove an wie enhouse Plants.—Of these Messrs. | in the chair. W. Eassi was elected a Fallo, 
Vaitel find an Reste collection, in which were Carter exhibited leaves biet i glomerata, 
—is | handsome HORAS of etes as, including the ood in which a double foliaceous development had forges 
riostemons, of different along some of the voee son the under The 
Pimelea viale deris a well- de rie tA ing of the leaf, mE indusiom of F “he 
example of the sweet-scented Rh n Gibsoni, | following communica: 1, "On 
Kd arcinia yielding Gitabogein * Siam, "by Daniel Hanbury, 
pr shrubs, Mr. Bull and Mr. — s also furnished ; with remarks on the structure of the anther y 
ticed various pale- | the section Hebradendron of the ge Garcinia of 
We hear | flowered varieties of Rhododendron, Azalegi el A cau Prof. Oliver. 2 orphism in the Fio 
and | sorts, Palms, Ferns, the singular dark-bro eaved | Monochoria vaginalis,” by J. Kirk, M.D., commu the 
ormal tree Pogonia discolor from Javas p» i eee Dendrobium Is President. TI plant, which is found in 
a hes D. undibulum; also w lagoons of 
picture acquainted | Cypri m Lowii, and p rious ide melds plants | prosan a very Mes sare in 1 
with. Red rt. In fact both, would look un- |The lat, togithor ‘with the Orchids, came from flowe: usual inflorescence was said b 
and would offend the Comparison | Willia of i m. ree or "Tour "inches long, Y the 
perbaps must clearly show New P ants.— From Mr. Thompson, of Ipswich, came | membranous spathe its b fro lat st 
whereabouts we are, and what we should = well | several Anees les of Collinsia verna, an old-fashioned | sheathing petiole; this spike rises above the Mare ils 
n this. A gentleman remarkable for|free-blooming annual, which was Commended. Genista | the time of flowering, but again ds to mo ofa 
ted aede toph n stages throng Everestiana, c ertificated a year or two was — i The other form of infl ce "base of 
n pu ceder, fri ie Messrs. Low. From Mr. Williams came 4 | soli sessile flower, produced at the ever 
| to - The Ped ire: Mad and a eee od t specimen of the glorious E Rhodo. the leaf stalk, a included in i eath; Mr 
ek to be marked by =- he simplicity of rudeness, | dendron gen of which a w magnificent] = a these nbranots 
has no id, artificial, ‘in bloom be se Highgate. a ell 2i formed of the, fowering 
ing, within which rupture 
e— | same tivator for Dendrobium Dayanum, a | till after! the ca Wien 
M ties be 
fine kind in the way of D, macrophyllum, To Mr.! forms produce capsules containing many 
