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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND -—— GAZETTE. 
[Jury 16, 1864. 
Cuscuta, or the distorti dveoftent deathiol 
folds of a Liana rting and often dea clasping 
| Ivies, Alsophila guianensis, and othe 
re 
"m 
were seen 
ts incessant peregrinations, if it does 
ns, 
Then emergence was effected Men masses 
fa near ds 
of 
ome group of "mglome. 
damage. 
"the pots are to be removed ey this position as soon 
The sing ularly fascinating effect of the <4 | beeps wl and tu a han 
produced by i Ae breadth at be extreme aie hinl nd de are then to be 
the house of r ockwo ith niches, | pl ]la,Cheil Nothoct 1 Selaginell g placed, without rece iving a XS Of water, on some 
tl ith peers v lal rime and P elevated shelf of the greenh where the leaves 
its summit, rhe whence d m bad into the bile; while E singly was & noble s specimen. E will vasa and the bulbs s again | become dried. Ti this 
crests of some of the fin - "Tree Fams it Europe; by | the Silv mE dee cde of New Zealand, with a hi 
the gutter beams of the roof valleys being supported | fee r, "d near it a variety of Cy g p ibl lt rice 
by rugged pillars, from which spring r rches, modularis i2 ‘feat across. At the base of the Did hould t l the foll enti, 947 
thus dividing the house into centre and side aisles ; | son es m the mound, V SIETE 
while round the sides pointed r ustic arches are again | gro men rom a rocky bank near, Woodwardia 
raised, and b verdantly radicans depended, — the young plants at the = GARDENERS’ ROYAL BENEVOLENT 
wild as could im doti. jode all, by the wonderful of the f gre and in one or two cases INSTITUTIO 
capacities of the house for Fern growi ng eir tan mih ak of rep wills M -| THe Anniversary Dinner of m Charity took plece 
ich are not surpassed, if equalled, in any hispidus serambled wildly over a pile of stones n Friday last, the Sih inst, The Right Hon Charles 
any other artificial ideiara I am sure those w in one plae and near it Begonia Queen Victoria Tawon Tor d Provost of Edinbu urgh, presided, and pro- 
have v. isited Roc kville du rin g the past 12 months will covered 5 feet of a nearly perpendieular mass of red | posed first the henti E ** Her Most racious Mai ^s 
before or g Ivy th e Queen," and t “The health of their Hovel 
Ferns, Specially the finer SRR species, insucha| From a group of purple conglomerate sprang the | Highnesses the Prine nce Said Princess of Wales and other 
t i e nn -— spotless s haft of t of Tree Ferns derat members of the Royal Fa xpi A ai oe terwards -— 
of o hoarie ary which flourish Macarthuri ; and | near it a fine specimen of Alsophila | the “ Army and ae xui to what 
bela "e there among their d heap of the old characterised as m oi im rant toast of the 
— als, red sandstone, , which, it may be noted, is — - «ir viz, '* Sucee and Pros rosperit to the Gar. 
1 g Fe erns from s spores. Her deners ' Ro; x meee volent Institution,” In reference to 
and work of "ihe sides i the g glass, and a ept |t f tl t often happens that some hard. 
out of sight, while he air an er them the specie e oi A bar os rhe voled of Mai iden-hai air, a - workin ng mem iiber ‘a the profession is overtaken by mis- 
ventilators which are fixed in the short brick wall, and | in some places a lot ej the Killarney Fern; while at the | fortune, his age embittered by sickness, and nothing to 
then through and over the oe rockwork, &c., into | base, no om tium xs a was very fine, with Asplenium pe to but te kindness sg those are unwilling to 
the body of the house. I should hav ve said that the Fabian stly, Cyathea medullaris rose et the | see an kones eod ma without a helping hand 
sides and all are covere ed wi ith back a affy scales, and spread out a Ha appily the Gardeners’ Benevo- 
one, but p yim oof is so conducive to eit re iameter. A fine c ibn p Insti. exitu and its Mery | is well known to 
servation vide temperature and m iru some r Palms Wa also to bel seen, with the|most people. My friends Mr. Wrench and Mr. Cutler 
that Sentus i is M tery gently ‘att ee re admitted, Cinnamon Cant and other not very commonly grown | kindly consent to continue their services as Treasurer 
— Po "- cio usly pure, "still, and agre eeable was the stove plants, William Robinson. and Secretary; and of the 24 members forming the 
(To be continued.) Committee of Man ent, one-third of p ber 
f tl are always practical a mem Now, no one 
ill est t a fa the 
quiet gloom of the eden a a Brasilien ‘forest. 
regrinations through oa Fernery were of a 
i characte cime o "o 
beauties that presented them Her of 
choi erns would attract attentioó, there a aol 
Tree Fern in “the distance, thus compe god 2 5 from 
HE CULTURE OF THE AMARYLLIS. 
E is generally eg that the culture of bulbs 
receives much attention in the establishment of M. 
Van Ho utte The ge din Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) 
-1 
oui forward 
eminently their they would inr be doing by their 
less poires brethren what reason, ordinary " kindness, 
d prompt them to do. I hope that all 
ed, the blossoms are Hera 
pillar to post” movement ; whilst on a dis 
some old friend would app barat, 
more Loe omy than e 
‘thor hinas met with was a mass of Ficus 
ing pi r Moral from archways that 
ush it aside x „get — 
Inde 
hybridised, and all the resources at command are p 
under contribution to cort the quality of the f 
du magnificent collection 
dal at the Universal 
Brussels last. spring, and which were 
were obtained, 
m M. Van Houtte, as we learn. from his new bul 
b | tion 
his s Sooiety cave] one should, indeed, who enjoys the 
of flowers, fruit, and vegetables, ahe W, 
E 
o 
charms; but t with 1 he caida ners 
and I trust that Hoel B long vitet 
inter o: D the shelf of a 
tin pots in the 
The > Amaryllis bulbs pass the 
iperate 
A 
| tem: green — 
g 
ing Ferns of aay age nd size aboun 
ng them were Goniophlebiums and 
ed with Tradescantia. 
88 Over r the end of = house, the | 
qualled | 
x a d. that ai 
their roots a 
round, 
Pee displaying a perfection t poem ad freedom ju the bulbs are repotted. Whe 
They ie kep 
whi ch they ha ave grown, without water. 
the beginning of spri ing, ;about February, they a 
repotted in fresh earth, composed only of _decayed 
| leaf- mould, d with little sand. ag 
soil he | 
e 
cleared awa: not to injur otten or | 
broken or are etuis picked, of E the finger is | 
det base o bulb, clear awa: 
anging thor f "the = dine skins of 
hus dressed, 
ae seen in pots they ar 
+ edi be more Uerum inan the 
wild id streaks ot p»? pd among s and 
b ese Begonias arat 
b n N 
X 
maious m 
renim e di he bulb i is sw elling, 
er firmness, and the coats will then 
a bulb. 
the m is in ful! 
it recovers its form 
form si d — vitht 
3.35 
e b t sho 
nished. vith psd poe the - - the bulb eing are 
held w e roo he 
enevolent Tatttion ‘that 
€ ie quiinati widow tlie 
— be in pes misfortune, may ub 
— ^: r its sheltering protection." 
“S The ce E nes, r proposing “ The Health of 
the excellent "Treasurer t the fost his esteemed 
friend Mr. W; ," remarke d that it was most credit- 
immersed in tlie 
honoural able course. 
Provost's, health was per ies most 
u 
e Lord 
enthusiastienlly, a e said, 
am oth 
ey choose. 
eed hee a grand national “characteristic, “a to it 
inde bted for ef. 
EN VE? 
hald. 
a good an 
nye of pots, and f Ld T x the first time free since they 
wilds. Begonia a fuchsioides—alway 
surpassing p drooping naturally Mod 
of its bright baile 
Hoyas, Bignonias, Tilla Arads, &c., with hares and 
a of jer in re vigour, jutting boldly 
& high 
The 
with 
es. 
magnificent Dicksonia 
view, Yon Sd called. attention from » E fe to t 
cen parts of the "vigent 
Age as 20 foe 
across the crest, and the pad mere heathy fre 
indee 
ps land herself, 
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house or hot house, is giv 
them until MÀ start, pe even then -— pu p | 
be gi On the veriti when vegetation is 
| progressing E with all i ceu waterings 
hbundant. -The pots s p 
ac 
placed in the temperate | 
ouse, x t is ie that the | 
=the irn A earl 
g period, the grower may, if ^ 
pem p his iu; but once fertilized, t 
flowers pass away rapidlv, an d after hav ving borne se hen 
it is rare that the bulbs. flourish the ns year 
be iie 
d, g 
compare things with ái, Y 
appearing here this evening. I shall 
agreeable en ntertaimment we have 
iii thank yore ost warmly for. pei e ess 
The health of mnm , who — Je. 
l w next given, ani 
term rri We "understand that upwards of 400. 
were collected on this occas 
e Correspondence. 
Hom 
Water Panps. The long eric drought ha 
d for an By ve long sine 
Fern I have seen. It was intel on the floor, 
Ferns, of E: nel The bulb d by seed-bearing, an nd after 
stones, an rier Tr iy lad thes roots pies d his ms he the seeds have reached maturity it will be seen to have nated wit e to such A degree as to rem fo 
that and that its dress—its coating—is too large tn for gardo zi " urpose 5 ; " M as od 
as if the plant had been in atub. Beyond the Di cksonia | fi j th "Phe cath. bat ie ne eg ‘by front of the 
could be seen Rhopalas and -— o Paper plant in fine | tile i oi th Ne as th sake ig ag cd d ade 2 Quia ocn as g oes still further obj ioe 
climber: d | i ‘all sun, in soi 
"while ps coast tra enge in ge em: lem uing the waterings so long as the vegetation i8 and segete eom ae bis and the 
band fart "Xu vimus - ope pem Yum sei ata pne ^ ollowi the ^ face of: the soil, about 
A little on a noble plant of Dicksonia and restricting the plants entire ly to Oak € Rcs Pene 4inch suction: 
+s fet Boe, and feathered from top to | falls E - eof In cn n eb "he garde hn and a Z'inch pipe, lead or iron, will my 
—— w—a plant worth a house to itself. | s01 il, it ful to draw o iret es ith | another, that it must have an additional v wor 
Rockville, cM it is said that one in such | the wid of fa phere stick, cond hole in the | river ; n AR the pe alls have bad 
bas never been found in Foo Fernery, 80 it is [ee at the bottom, rare eg with the orifice exprience in thes : n ne a advice? AM. P. 
eerie from the eh t€ of the | for the drainage of the pot. .This hole, from pene- | °F asany v. Rosery.—For some time au thors have 
drifting into the pec d omitting all cnin 
grin ‘and other 
feet introducing themselves into the pot and after- 
wards overturning the earth in it. The earthworm. 
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