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| ttle inve to the matter will show that 
the first, it is now generally known that its | a little investigan in 
^ re ernia the Een ci improperly Rice | Mr. ge sh not th tM — co oa id dn) real | seit Cae m ree: 
quet m prelo: ey n j Toi x aTi paer tak iin "à le except for purposes of business or philanthropy, and it 
e € a gape don from China, were | First, it is stated that the plants were all weil rn mus A ve ir meg a Mio Precio y a 
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into bouquet "A yer ype which | specimens. I saw them at the show, and can say they | in 
Gn te E rhen ei poa en no on data = wd were good ne low = En — oa wen e "cil Pais Pent : - eo] x me pene S gr — 
par poet o Per al "us owe d t erri and|to amend the condition of the parish, and latterly 
ore tr Goat Meron eal exannation aon home i aniy $ stigmatisod" with a | | he has received invaluable aid from his curates 
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> tes th th of plant al It as | 3rd prize. dem would have bee t ing s 
a th cee hich the pi E n i » ar, it was determined to see what could be done in 
tl i^ d oe d prize. The e awards seem to have | year, i 
-— wed. Of n P hino o ^» rs ona dne poxplated Mr, e Bull, eae there were no plants of a the way 1 establishing a small natural- piara class in 
[cans n ft va enus /Eschynomene. d" Willi but — " ig sue Central Improv one papei that 
Hooke | Fathers ertünel it to be an Araliaceous it is — possible to believe that yam LL " = ‘divans ool-room, and » n mi pee ma ep 
plant, and assigned it to the genus Aralia; but latterly | ignorant s is geni or pique cun ve Persae Mr 
i i el cially for officinal and | tion of them, as a solace 
ee om been dr ü liag cd gen anne! ncdithalplette tian mui abdo d A however much | and mortar. ^ I ow a enr crag d a 
th t - leads ignorance of the fact, that it is the omnium | botani and, horticultural experience lent their 
papyrifera ho eds $ ning ores t d api roin Les the a na d an exhibiti ion, and open to all sets not aid to Mr. Richson. A apil al NX memet 
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d breadth of foliage remind us of the schedu le. To have required a first and second p r | earlier are t 
Marsilcent Palm family. With the latter — pianta s of a similar character Y would be, therefore, US their work), and the arts m opere, ulb-plnting 
the Solanum, Uhdea, Cosmophyllum, Gunnera, &c atuitous. Moreover, I fi t g and tyin to sticks. made prac- 
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x d rance. This defect may, | being ver , as Mr. Bulls letter would lead the | kenn d intelligible to a n rge Mag uw. pen of all 
RARE dais t pplied y the plant M forms tbe publie gre ond were extremely liberal on this | sorts, men, ‘women, and children, old. It 
bject of t1 cording t elzner, it sur- | occasion, having awarded (see p. 648) three equal Ist | was determined at the same time de [y a flower- 
passes for effect all Ma punte Saë did, when it prizes, one 2d, ie 3ds, and one extra in this show, at which the result should be exhibited, 
he ne ated. Mr ell grown, its stat ly class, although they might with justice to all have | and on Saturday last this was accomplished. About 
and i f | award em s, 
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eet i ly one of each. mus that 
rm ntn capable of resisting ‘the force o e| Mr. Bull’s second letter, dated July 11, proves his | Fuch k- , 
wind, render it one of the most imposing plants that | first to be altogether a rapinis of the case. | Linen. Ales, snis — — 8, with here and 
can be cultivated for open air effect in the summer | Now, Mr. Editor I wis remark, as a judge of 
season. Unfortunately, up to the present time, cul- Horticultural Exhibitions pa having a considerable | Elders. j and 
tivators generally have persisted in treating it as a | knowledge of t. win, ge mdi have to decide | would Mul va ve a in bloom, rs the poor 
hothouse, or at least as a greenhouse plant; a weakly | the € id Of t, second, and — that | fellow who grow the plant had e taken ill, and was 
languishing grow "cg Pr Hegre! the jns ores and|they do it wi th a degree "of fairness that c not be | u nable to attend to it. A queer thing, lank and weak 
many have left o n that account; but it | questioned, 
ould exhibit dais very ‘differently if dt were merely | a are liable to do, it is not intentional but an error in 
nO cted in a col use during winter, Such statements, therefore, as that Mr. ydrangeas, 
out in the pet din "end for the summer, either on | Bull has thought fit to make have a ee 2s TAA santhemams, and a trough or two of Kidney 
lawns or in groups. In the latter case = is | bring a class of men who deserve well = thei: ve pleasing variety to t isplay. Prizes 
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or any other similar iquid. h not be found to undertake it. Mr. Mir A. makes a the ey were, really di d infinite credit t to nar md could 
The best plan for 3c the most of its deco- i ir that me t" did not g hich i 
rative capabilities i is to plant this Reala: in a basket, untrue He t a stat tement. that ‘they were | the 1 iaststo-yield of,weeds, A short t m ago, on Xm 
which can be easily plunged in the soil in th ti i evening, about 40 of thes ak 
open air in summer, an en up in the autumn, | —or at least a ssepe, of words; and, lastly, he | mds ^ fd accompanied the writer a x little way Mn 
The plants thus removed can E placed in the |app | er to learn something about 
during winter, where amongst other|to take Ist and 2d prizes in a miscellaneous cla cdi n owe "i To show that the les ha 
plants it will prove viy. ornamental, from the noble | —a state of i pg in whi - I do not believe. Qui. been ae there were at the iti 
appearance of the plant y breadth Mr Bull seems to have been, in the first inp M led bouquets of hedgerow and meadow plants, brought 
i i telzner says way b y an unofficial letter, qon no bea: ing w what- a distance ot at least tw rev sd. miles, Prizes 
nder ‘which ited. s the best co collecti i 
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he has seen plants bear 6° or "s Fir. duit freezing, | min. on dim prize schedule u ot ui e 
their foliage ured. From | As to the actual award in is case, that seems to plan id o so as to show their forms 
his experience he €— us that the Didymopanax | rested with the judges; and from . - d also been oj 16 
papyrifera is an excellent stock for different. species of | men who act in this capacity at the principal London | petitors were too diffident to exhibit. until more 
Aralia, difficult to cultivate — quei shows, we should have full confidence in their decisions, | should be done. There is every hope and prospect. 
results have been obtained b ing the ther or not the Society should do more for this|that the work thus commenced will be 
Aralia laptopi Ug, ii peltata, ana tho h beni class of subjects is altogether another question, | — ered in. No effort will be spared to incite 
A. dactylifolia. sing so many ad antages, e | Being one of the judges of miscellaneous plants shown | the people to further effort. A o rest in such j 
Didymopana: ES beo upy a high r a] t South Kensington on the 6th inst., I beg to say that see and inexpensive do th 
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of plants with dni: foliage. It is ra A |so far from Mr. Bull’s collection bei '00t i 
remark that it is easily propagated by the roots. || | unnoticed, we examined it most attentively, in order to i br! any amount of mere amusem 
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| that it contained, and all of us were unanimous that 
Home Correspondence. | there was nothing in it icular mend it. 
Officinal Parks ge at ibitions.—In your last} am surprised that Mr. Bull should consider his plants | flow 
week's impression Mr. Dodecatheon Jeffreyi has evi- equal to those in other collections exhibited in the 
dently meant to t very din t py aain is easier | Miscellaneous Class, against which, estu, Mr. Bull ousand- 
then to MER A tack u As to the | appears to be ignorant of the fact, they w e placed in charms of ae lovely _ Place, with the new and 
Garden ar toa tig Tnstitation, to which | competition by himself. Mr. B. states that i in exhibit. | fascinating on t but feel the more 
excellent "charity I on an annual s ae T, and also a | ing them he endeavoured to mul- | how deep! it behoves ew lover S plants and flowers 
donor, A hold tbat Institution in such esteem that|gated in the Society's see pp. 109, 110). | to strive, each 3 in his own way, to let his sweet and 
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hands., Ahere is the vast piespare,, too, for them of 
reared this plant”; “this is mine, the 
wm it took t? prize at Phibi tion!” After helping 
to adjudicate the prizes, I spent the afternoon at 
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following proposition to M D. J.:—The| These I have read carefully, (e admit that the | perennial pleasures be shar ed in, be it ever 
riim tural Society will hold an Exhibition of | introducti pa ee kind of t he resins of the Aucoats and London cellars. 
Rare Plants on the 24th of next month, and if Mr. Dode- | would add greatly to the interest as e | Leo. . Grindon, 4, Ch 
catheon Jeffreyi can then exhibit a col ection of plants, relief, as regards” "ight and shade, of « "de Thortieltare bacco nef 
of the same sorts which I erg etra um eer culti-| shows. I do 
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s, being | that ‘es id Ma such as were exhibited by Mr. Culture (p.700) is quy valuable, and I feel greatly 
o no mention of 
those against which he speaks so strongly), T D wil hand | Bull, are invited ; on the contrary, fair-sized specimens obliged for it, but the mention of the manu- 
over to the Gardeners’ Royal Bene dea of their natural | re of it for consumption, Agere I parüeularly 
the sum of 20/.; but if Mr. E eca! a ba eon re et ge tans, Ie Vg or appearances, are doubtless what | wish to ascertain is what undergoes, here or 
to do this, he shall hand over to the Institutio ant Pi Ri ewe Ruffeit Brockett Hall, Welwyn. prandium after the let a is 5 properly pormi in fact, 
similar sum. I make this proposition from its Deus ardener. nevolent Institution—Thanks to| what is mixed with i endered inte | 
inferred that the plants I showed are eas sir: o fined y dad eners Chronicle, the, dessert supplied by the) | Cavendish or roll ae pe as itis oie ays moist, 
and more easily grown, In ral cation Es pers bo She feli val on the Oth was abundant and | and of a swee ish taste. FT aig giis 
Ithought I had sufüciently and distinetly 1 ad that | sumptuous, Md that not one half of. Scias i 
Y coul have exhibited other pl only sel exhibited on the was The whole of those 
Wher BD specimens, William Bull. hies of fruit tmm el Bho whole of thon 
of table were | "dg 7 o 
persons ee ents in a public , it | left untouched, and on all the other three tables there require, and Ishall feel ly ob by an 
should be with an endeavour to lead and not mislead. was a great deal more than was required. As this a real manufacturer, as I expect to- 
h ner is the desire of the writes i fruit by th d licitation | about a month or six weeks, Jf. P 
good, but if the resi the motive is bad. I venture to | for the benefit of the Institution, will you be kind 
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make — ence to a statement others who Yi i MEI Lite ener 
M 677) respectin some plants shown by | to know, what became of all that surplus, and whether | for preserving Figs ; are said to answer capi 
him at the AE Show of the Royal Horthouleral Society, it it was sold in aid of the funds of E the Boer. An Oid|l can get no information as to whence they were 
Mr. Ball “I sent, w well-grown specimens to Subs criber. [We edo not know. geen Secre MES! obtained, as my relative p them. with the 
Show on July 6, of the medicinal and officinal pl Raro toy ere about eight inches 
named in the accompanying list”—a list, allow me to The Wor sus; Ae Flower Show Movement in| wide by ten long, an have a string run yes ge 
remark, that does tain one rarity, « Judge of my | Manchester. to send you a few cerato top they y can th «ducati be readily opened or closed a 
Surprise, that although entered in the Miscellaneous | respecting a Trid shov ud held in Manchester, of a | required. D. 
Class not the least acknowledgment was made ;" and | eharacter "puc d or two exbibitions recently PRA 
Mr. Bull goes on to say, “With such a want of described in voar Pa ner, a showing wes can be done | Forelg n Correspondence. 
y betwixt theory and practice, how is one to|bya e effort even in the smokiest est of} AN EMIGRANTS LIFE IN New ZEALAND: Rakai 
hat to do?” One is is really inclined at first| back streets. The parish of St. (eig ucoats, | Terrace ue: Cant nterbury, May 12, 1 1864. Doubtiess 
to cry out with the million, * what a shame!” but Manchester, covers 62 acres, and contains 16,070! you will have heard of my safe arrival in this colony, 
