406 THE sprite CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [May 21, 1864. 
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eee Hon. and Rev. Charles F. O. Spencer; Mrs, Verelst, lady 
summer prophet is Mr. Du Boulay; we tion with regard to the I found on examina- : 
according to him, a sum o Ai nd dies ed tion that they ad taken possession of no fewer Vivian, General W. Lave wks West, ex , and Mrs, 
with ous M so thatat|than 12 houses, besides some pits. All the means ighly —M r Mon on able One was s delivered 
this moment (May 16) everything belor ging to vegeta- | alluded to ae were tried without avail; but at last this occasion by M ^ —— e Curator of tlie 
tion is luxuriant beyond expectation X hope at the ja bienes v bait was lai i^ A quantity of smali birds |Ar othecaries Garden, Ka dm E to the | 
end of the summer id m to ed the failure of Mr. | were shot and placed in their runs, and on pots amount of space lished i y Mr —-——— on 
Du Boulay yv prophoei . Observer fisquentad by by ants. Tn ior than 10 minutes after Cool _ Orchids, published in anoti er , Column, rm 
PE gas Mi eed.—I f weed tak he s there he were so et ar vith ants week, | 
& reservoir that b. our "loue It having | a. is a ES ede «A was one g heap For t among pow shown to the Fi loral Com. 
I noticed that the water for short time at | ants, which we ded into a bell peng "birds and AA able rank also held a ^» on this occasion, wag —— 
this period of the year usually Late f. a member | and emptied them into the fire. I do not exagg gerate a basketful of the "nob e looking Ornithogadhm — 
of the family wasinduced to examine the reservoir, and | when I state that in this way we dad in a short | thyrsoides, to which allusion was made last week (p, 463), 
at some inches below the surface of the water e full of them. Fresh | This came from Messrs. Carter & Co. of Holborn, who 
an abundance of the n weed, Nin a d vere of course replaced in the runs, until the |recei ed a ve cial ho^ miam for it. Toac arming 
had communicated its offens @ flavo r to the water, ia of the ants were destroyed. I am now nearly | Acer fro apan, with pete oloured finely-divided 
h and free from them, and had it not - that some exten- | been Ves, from Messrs. heces is of ‘distin — - c: 
many yea Any MUS dor as Na the name of the | sive alterations that we have been engaged in this warded ; simila E 
plant and i its qualities will be ET received by us.| winter occupied my "E ES v eel my fol- orn em 
iara, Will some kind | lowing the scheme clos I believe th a: 7 Pine A have | Viz., hiolepis ovata, a asbis mre 
i : [sip evergreen shrub ; and bm rose- ded Species 
friend advise our Correspo ndent how to destroy it? | destroyed every ant in " e plac Epiro is have 
The fetid effluvium from it is said to be extremely | cleared nine houses effectually. TM ibat ^ can | Of Genetyllis. To C ripedium Peareii (an undeseri 
unwholesome. ] therefore confidently recommend “M. Ds" atten- | Species, e Dile but have not examined it), also from 
Rhodode endron ab ic —1l much fear that the | tion, and I trust that he will try the plan, and report | Messrs. Veitch, a Second-class Certificate was awarded, 
rather its efficacy he hi : m Mr. Bull cam 
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(noticed i im your m p p. 438) "ds 80 weaken the | Gr. to s S. Foljambe, Esq., Osberton Hall, Worksop. 
Grass-plo b injur s 
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Dieffenbachia Bara i 
trusses when fully expanded last week was very | sp Ilet it stand i dey, and with polished ivory-white stems, and slightly blotehed 
striking. P. A. [Give it now a good mulching of cow- | then, the | leaves, je rib also e, io a spotted 
dung, and keep it damp till the heats are over. surface, n open the po of the nests, and when they | stemmed kind of Dieffenbachia, called grandis, From 
Flower Markets, —Will you allow me space in your swarm up pour r the solution quickly « over decir n a| Mr. 0 came h handsome 
paper to try and impress two parties with the benefits ong, | Phylla, to which a First-class Certificate was awarded 
to be derived from going with the age. It is impossible | as it atl n them. As many of the Pea are a for na Coler ^ kind wit en lea 
not to observe the great use now made in London |hom in the ground, "hé process must be | ® ged with brown, to which a memes Certificate 
ff for d tion ; if in Societ It do was awarded. To Messrs. Lee were given First 
Llp cere for a Lilac named Dr. Lindley, a handsome a 
mai injurio e su an 
Rhododendrons? The effect of the tA. compound | fall of a ^ ns EA on of soft soap, say a dessert 
art vate er. 
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Cli VERRE h ti i ani. ‘for the handsome Dracæna Banksii in flower, 
Pan Paa see that you men ion this From Mr. Wiliams, of Holloway, came a sing 
ing i whic 
Pe miveed. tt handsome foilage alone might recom- a we ^ : : 
ne | mend it; but its glorious scarlet flowers cannot fail to | Were given to the same aa bce EE 
| etched the attention of ev erybody. It is reported to | grandis and Baraquiniana and for C moratus 
be difficult to manage, and I fear not without oo A lemon blotched-leaved Aucuba, called bicolor M 
Aber I sowed seeds of it this spring, and o! t re also 
ew came up, and those to my disappointment Pune ; he : 
M doge rcd had di a ae leaf. As it isa plant | interesting plants. From hich 
should possess, ton, ponere, arifolia, ra cin leaved plant, to w. 
Se ay i “as to the ost mode of |a Second ass Certificate was awarded. til 
i would doubtless be aon nann to many,| At the P nary meeting "i the Society, which 
.B , Merevale, Atherstone. place on April 20, a pa B on Disbu by 
et apart on each side of the new orchard- ite J. = ax gr. to James Bateman, Esq., F. RES, 
to be let by aaa aaa pm com cated. The author said :— I 
tender to nurserymen for the sale of flowers. T believe Foreign Correspondence. call em attention to the very i 
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builder and get a house put CENTRAL SOCIETY o MM HORTICULTURE, | the old dcindple of disbudding. As all cultivators 
and thus two trades would be Tenet ior the, npr) AND ACCLIMATATION.—The g flower: show of th this | of Orchids are aware, it will not unfrequently oct 
secure an immense boon. e said that the | Society has just been held at Nice in a garden remark- | that a aae rer having "- unduly excited during 
great houses will not condesc dta sell a single plants— | able for its magnificent groves of Orange trees, and we | the s autumn months, will commence 4 
ncy, Roses at a muing- 1 "lere they know their {are happy to state that i peso than equalled the vm sind) deb in the year, and at the very time 
own interest, and would only be too happy. If they | expectations of its promoters, The Emperor, who takes | that it ought to betake itself to rest: the growth 
refused, smaller houses Wa jump Du such a chance, | much interest in the e Society, forwarded two medals|thus obtained being generally weak, and there. 
Let the Council send circulars’ to Mr. Veitch, Mr. W. | for distribution on this occasion; the Prince of Monaco, | fore incapable of producing flowers. lt so happened 
i ha Mr. Prince ) Troubetskoi, and the ladies of Nica al so contri- hat at Knypersley, ir October and November of last 
pin 
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Messrs. Paul & Son, Carter, Barr & ugden, and | the usual prisas oi o by th e Societ. Ly. pe d pns Peristeria elata, und Epidendrum Stamfordianum, 
50 others known to them, and let us see if they have | tributors of plants who stood i aa the first ms WM that had made a most vigorous summer growtli, 
not a dozen acce ped I would further suggest that | Mr. Edwin Stuart, to whom was unanimously awarded might, therefore, be reasonably expec flower 
hend T shoul k the prices and they would V | the Gold Medal of Honour, destined by the Emperor to eely at the proper season; but, my 
trouble, says ssa have their stock dinners be given to the most meritorious ae ation This | pterea all three, instead of i Md 
Mate FREES. abe: seedling Pelargoniums formed one of the chief resting, began to push new shoots. l8 
cimo — Can any body tell me what is the cause | attractions of the m and for richness and delicacy | convinced that if t were allowed ne go 9. 
of a sudden ib: which has appeared in my aquari iei of colour and fine form they eo not v "s call. sur- | there would be no chance of any flowers least 
The latter Mi hian built about 12 years. Ith d. Some of the ts w d al 12 months to come, I determined to break off the yo 
Ve at bce supply pipe, so that in | specimens of fine culture. Baron. Viger exhibited a shoots, and try what enforced rest cr ete we Bs Nor bi 
etimes three or | Superb Koma pect and recei medal as the |I to remain long in suspense, for, in case of tH 
rti a day; e am Valise. growing in it. | most su i Some very Epidendrum, no sooner were the young s Shots remo E 
2 Be ite , gold fish, | fine nial of i M odd endrons likewise | than tl berti i 
; tour ot IM all | Were shown in great perfection. The popular Alphonse | make their appearance. As regards t Calogyne 
Bre. alike for his writings and bouquets, ant ame. a until Mid v when sir? 
says that fade Sata iene antes eras fresh shoots, each enclosing a flower-spike, o 
ter, by! - To M. Emile Thomas and | themselves. Lastly, as to the Peristeria, which wes 
ie opinion my | M. Sacco were awarded the other gold medals, for their | latest to move, I have just discovered that, tog - 
aving stirred up the deposit (wh ich i collected general collections of plants. The display of cut Roses| with the young shoots of the season, several 
under the gravel) when I had „the aquarium. clean ved P4 and comprised many new and first- flower-scapes are rapidly coming forward. 
nce, 0o, | rate varieties, of hn size and extraordinary beauty. | experimen the 
as I remember two years ago losin ng some fish. after a | In this class Mrs. Freeman, an e: sh lady, earried off | Nain ce OM paata SM MM OR 
Md leaning out. If this theory i is true, it would imply the Ist prize. Asa whole, the exhibition was entirely | congratulate thamel et on having now ope to thet 
that the fish should be ved whenever the deposit | Successful, and sirida siasat e farther exertions |an addit ional power of _ control over their poem 
has to be touched. pur wes few snails. D. of the iety, whilst it augurs well for the “ ge of th 
J“ M. D.” that no paste | Concours i ;" annou e place on the eM f different species will be r visite, ‘OF 
Iso Vesky ri Ast May, 1865, to which the Emperor will contribute a bi: E ited d to Les ischief bi 
runs, and bored very | Prize of 6000 f. and a silver cup. This favoured climate, fediiondy "pp, I have no Lal it may be of 
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an at this fóte, which we understand is to be Lon v exhibited rss e Fellows of th 
international, 
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| ROYAL HORTICULTURAL: Me May 17 Blection Fellows). 
—The following candidates were elected red CES 
Lady Teabella Atherley, Mise Ruth Baker, 
Es Ashbury, M 
ripe PA, Due A. C. ed CHEN OE Ly dtes AE 
