May 21, 1864.) THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 485 
pr S occasion. to advert. __ Unfortunately | | were streaked (oninia and | | which for we shallbe proud to have you amongst us. Onsepa- 
aimcuity 
those wer 
He point attention to the 
ity of Vaccinium amæœnum, a species which produc ced | 
vicc then, let us Sy, not" Adian; , but ‘Au revoir ! vi 
amps, t 
to th 
prede fruit, and was at the same je 
an d to that of "Urtica (Bóhmeria) nivea, a textile species, 
5 ie ges SSrS. 
e fo iL n ening Vin 
i perma peret" "Sun there iila j^ few survivors, 
for which colle t be 
whi prepar ed to pay a hi igh 
woven. This plant had lived two winters in the 
Botanic Gardenat Bru ssels.—M. ew parium some 
reor t ie the Congres then hese 
Home Corresponden 
Conan aac e a have finished the a of a 
pen ei on the ng of i intr roduci cing new uits. He 
I. Vo on Siebold ii toi 
rice if the 
tras. ures, T heso dae, are TEN r only, ded which so irs had 
Fro pen ‘ad —M. Von ‘Sebald oh cimated that he had 
some M the Vines Ep. by Grapes of 
w vite M. Dumortier had spoke n he auitted 
Yedo, on me iei of May last, the ‘pid were ina 
| promisin and he engaged to send a case hed 
ackets r4 the "Société Royale de Flore, upon his retu 
to Japan, He was convine - e vio piti b Bel- 
gium would know how io „them o good a 
HM 
a 
Guatemala large supplies of the prim est 
have may now be abanne tie 
TO 
e may hope that iil 
amari ali MN CEA question | 
his 
of which you were i enough to give a 
78 of this year's han 
seems li o 
e 
sero y TE p: 
to say that it 
un e Oki is made o of t 
courses of tiles bedded i in bettidit with 9- YT Plon 
but also under the Vine border. 
how long all 
I M rae as we have | p^ 
host of | 
I 
of Be an um, MeL Lege 
in their es by such a ente "xliii, had pee: that she was ie "Flor 
collectors the Orchid nec soy st at lengit. fail. the orlds.—M. Planchon thought that Ui | 
may not be in 10 years or in 20 that we shall receive Na plant which furnishe T the 
ag 2g bagged is to t 1 
| Henos not only is heat provided, but it is provided in 
w form, viz., that of bottom heat, both within the 
Forder and without. As I donot pro ofess to be a gardener, 
| but t only a eeen I will confine me- 
" 
still, aget or thee: ter, die 
oi the 
g last novelty; but > time | with the 1 Gene of the fine cam is 
ust And the same m T 
ric. 
come. e was the pro — of Bóhmeria "utilis, —M. Kol 
- at so len on the p etos v 
M. Ent "e 
myself to the 
and refer you for the horticultural part 
of the matter our mutual friend “M. J. B." 
[see p. 483] who kindly pean me a visit for the purpose 
Mechanically — 
ieal in fuel. I 
Mons, ond n the S necossity of 
upon 
giving 
| defi nitive "significati hothouse (scire 
ity of th iers ens of the 
beable to expend itself in the study of new Beni of froi 
animal life, whether recent or fm is | y sedi 
It will be a tame, monoton and e cessity of knowing t the de egree 
when nothing is left for the dare to ee X * fo r of moisture necessary to the different | kinds of houses 
the man of science to investigate, or for the collector indicated by M. de Puydt —M. Wesmael called atten- 
mar n to the 
vod preter Song ah (cere temperás) re hens ere 
He me length | the 
gardeners,” as the 
American soothing syrup for mo 
April 20) disco: nti nued the fire dur 
The na dis in will then cease to aiia 
nature, and even the pitas ear were often co mpile iled. 
odigas presented the uu 
mission 
but 
the ear’ rth i in the border TT Ar 
Wi 
as 89°. The 
hont $351 
ange 
in Bardino with » b 
ments of — science ? eary Congress 
until some development ere shall On the re-assembling of the Congress at 3 ams 
ory o 
as being one which was EAU p the 
ile udi er outside of abou Iam tryi ng t 
| St ime Frenc wd, cecum bers, 
"d 
lan t? 
th is 
able to prove :—nam — that | 
P 
v Terence to the 11th question: “ Insects and other 
mals; their destruction, n” M. de 
e 
, the 
cedri shag that dier on | 
diuo be qe "extended to granivorous birds,—M. 
B. Dumortier suggested that the Committee M 
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moment, the x whole 5 of the | be | taken for the protection of these 
. This 
classes of bi he i 
propositi, on was received with applause ; 
hange 
— | Rppara 
d the dedi cost of the] TEE 187. 10s. 
. | outl 
in | til eeded. hos 
Loewe to build ees of this. Baicription I ond tid 
The floo 
border 2 feet wide at id 
e house being 
shed 
n 
ersle ey, 
turist, has for the last thige years s Vine 
border on a large scale by NL ‘the ieee heat 
of the tone under a chamber roofed with tiles, and 
that im M a wie most satisfactory, the border 
in the late s r being never below 68°. The 
cost of the wits foor (ro feet of A including 
the space under rd adve: the 
meer as 
tus, h: 
extn se 
wit 
fro! 
+ dee betig of 
es no path is o may be dis- 
ne caution 
three c 
" annihilate. For the | instincts of ot our nature th wish 
ld us to believe, that however - dd the dul 
t will at length emerge from its fiery 
nse Vine, in which M. 
Botanic Garden, and 
A very animated poc ih ima upon the > 
oor, as e M 
hea 
y 
it gets dry, eiat din tolerably sti 
P 
as a bride Delonte 
i baptism in more | c alb al 
die its primeval MN and ado ried, for 
and, in he glories of ithe | new ‘creation. Munich ; 
of iie Bartin E ngs Societ ty at 
. Fischer, Professor and- zis ctor of the 
mortier, M. 
as no eye hath 
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that the 
di D said, the 
not ore profitable res sults, it 
in E relations of amity between the learn 
ad M leas& secured the inh advantage of etii e 
ed men of 
tiff. 
insufficient one at first, so I had "i ebuild that t pert 
of the ese hon . C. Wykeham Martin, Leeds 
‘ast. 
The Weather Prep ets.— According to Mr. Plant, of 
| Birmingham, our last winter should have been remark- 
able for its length and severity—it ended by bei 
remarkable for its mildness up to Jau. 
eres for its severi eM from Jan. 4th to bes 9th 
thermometer registering 22° of fi 
morning of the e 6th— e frost Wi n6 ate tn 
e, in fact abou! , 
THE HORTICULTURAL CONGRESS AT M. Rauw. Secretary and peti depen 12th s den uw pe er 
BRUSSELS Ne tlierlands redes for the Advancement of. Horti-|and on the 15th the esumed its December 
Or the (Concluded from pads. are, Professor of Botany at Rotterdam, in the na name | mildness, In February we ha ie agreeable but not. 
10 1x. 26th of April, the sitting commenced at of t Eri foreign m: of the Congress expressed his | severe frosts, from the v i the 10th, and then our 
ET m^ gratitude for the proe. and sympathising reception | winter endi e of the most agreeable 
"e LO MASH question of the programme, | they had received. He congratulated the learned men | winters I ever remember. "Why bas not Mr. Plant pub- 
eer e, erai intr actions, ow had met together on the —— which had b 
ii mer addressed to ongress tablished — them — relations which, while | tications? So much for Mr. Plant. Our spring prophet 
ts. lon relative: to the titvoduotion they gave "ar parting so soon, | isa M, r. Shepherd, y of the “Climate of England.” 
M. in e some additions to the note he | ind ue for rone y reunion. He thought, | He t * there is no foundation whatever for the 
I ously presented c the nomenclature of | therefore, m ought Api Ryerss egal cu the vertes s that we shall have a mild and genial spring. 
ics M. unicated a note upon the | Royal Netherlands Societ d to e for|The general character of the spring, summer, and 
SF lants.—M. Van Varde de Corput read a = y toteindtiondl gered exhibition, n will ee admit it is melan- 
e it as fi c 
next 
ulity o of squares and public parks.—A | and m eines 9 would be taken to mak ne and ¢ 
theory of ay took place respecting M. Von p itigoriant as possible, w imer of being compared with wet year, but will take care of herself,’ 
Baron Hügel gd of variegation in plants, in which | that of Brussels, This we nae was to take place We have had the I st perfect English 
: A ig Siebold, M Rodigas, M. Planchon, | Amsterdam, in the newly tP or tna spring I ever rem uds and rain, but no 
part.— mer was of opinion | M. Rauwenhoff con ncluded D e" t glera cn hv io droughty ; inim. but 
on should be ween ich | th ] be well received in Holland, | not too frosty. So much for Mr. Shepherd, Our 
