Jews 11, 1864] - THE SML: RONTE AND isan hobo GAZETTE, 555 
year in articular, are are certa nary | cent ind spotted, | erect, elongated, and eac MR TI 
Tolo heir si size = “form i us oa an la nee 8 ayn amo mgs E the mese ch clas »! flow vers, of which this woodeut gives a rr idea. he 
x Pet 1 triata purpurea, | ig nus, with 
ao r has been expended in | EY Herth ved whe et well: e F tarte his | which the florets "€ bracts are clothed, give s with 
their ir training as mA Eoswinise ihafihb eapital strain of this ptos , Was a y adeko variety 
pee en vacui wer ge of consider e dps goer bat i required m ber growth. It 
ults which have been obtained show a very | aq jr rosy ground-colour, and was marked by broad 
s D, who is w 
| aspect to es plan 
| amaranth-purple or aeons red er the 
lens — ains are pretty objects, owing to their 
de nticu 
€ 'T')- as 
the 
The plume sies pe arising apie 
n the two une eines leaves as in — y 
is emitted from a pott derably below The 
same thing I find — in in Dodee atheon Mendia. 
«T I9. you a small h Unless 
worthy of note. 
bet 
s The at of the subjects shown — however, 
specimens as those ch ronal n at of the Pelargonium race, and of these, amongst what 
Regent's and at South ton a few|are called the “show” varieties, was one of great | 
days ago. This, however, i is | all the p i aise we can à and of a most distinct eie qu wan Sohn | 
ive. We th The shape of this pools and the texture and | 
tter direct 1t t f its petals, wer every respect dr 
of the labour and buen to Iz Med artc the colour was a rosy scarlet shaded aha 
The form in which these plants are trained is dee ply vei eined abe maroon crimson, the oppo p eem 
HN een oaa: Rat nat inaptiy ben sharp edge of p This is oidoubts aly, a 
T Takei il of ad a les ME the bk id of the year, and far oatitifelion all 
meo wee Ba ’s de - the rest, richly ER the First-class Certificate 
io indisidan} which it received. The other most noticeable sorts of 
iter that ath giask ought z “to be crowned with | this class were British Sailor, a. fine deep purplish rose | 
a fashionivie - eget up” | with white centre, in the way o adam, but darker; 
pss be complete. ost ar sar a well-formed soft rosy carmine with dar k 
To my alm 
r that our ^ svaletioa (m encourage| 
blotch, white _centre, and pale rose „lower petals ; 
Sunny pam = , with dark 
“pe etal white 
rach a fera m by giving prizes for He se plants, or 
that gardeners should waste their time in pro- 
ducing them 
In addition to the ugly form which we have just | ' 
condemned, it he: lion ue opino 
sys 
green lea fi A alowed t to be visible,  muidy ti is 
wrong. ing to our idens foliage here and 
there oniributes. as much, or nearly as much, to 
M. when both are combined, as Nat "rH 
to be, the one heightens 5 re produced 
» B other. By all means, then, let us ee e an 
tunity of seeing the leaves of our plants as 
as their 
isi the great Brussels 
exhibition in April last, some of whom were 
by the Ro i ociety, 
| ay e yal Horticultural 
had an opportunity of seeing that a show may 
made interesting and effective without such huge 
mens of scaffol as those we have just bee 
during MG UE be hoped, therefore, that 
will be taken to encourage and develope th 
kill of our cultivators in a n nag ag eel 
direction. By all means let at these 
nroat ; ‘xhibito 
white throat and pinkish under pus remarkable for 
cacy o m, and likely to be useful 
et 
= 
of bloo 
i i which w. y pretty 
ght r ssf carmine flower, the lower petals 1 blush A 
i.n spots ss Jed Mrs. ui which bore a d trus 
IT and é 
Piped rose with Mk blotch, | 18 
it ripens is I see no chance of increasing my stock. - 
We earnestly hope it may succeed, as it is a most 
w | lovely thing. 
ORCHARD MANAGEMENT.—No. V. 
In the 4 Soa. so to speak, or training up, of 
young trees for future usefulness, it is necessary, as in 
the ie subject, to begin very early to lead them 
in the gol direction ; an d as I am fully con- 
vinced ap a tiv 
necessary to t 
also the Lond 
p. bay for the furtherance of that o ded 
at the rots should be spread out onthe surface of 
the ground, and well covered with some g 
and had u petals o eep rosy 
petals slightly Bnted with carmine, Blai Atha, with 
ark r not in good nido, but 
M ought to be prevented, and by 
may be do one. | Whe en Pee ERR, they 
had desirable qualities abont it, The first-named, how- 
ever, w 
extent, but it is 
then of so a consequence, if there is on! 
Of the ds of Zonates there were several ve 
flowers shown, but as it takes m Mdh to bea t 
alrea va known, these did not meet with much favi 
“ticks cultivation. 
vour lopment of surface roots in 
Me 
In order still further to assist the dev 
the young Pc the 
should E ummy ulched over 
from the censors. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, a pretty light | covering of compost, 
sore; Lo AUR in Sees way of mm Beauty; in March, with some go 
M of Wa les,  scarlet zon ate Y white-edged varie-| I fear that these d&tails vil apre TW Some to 
ing | tediously minute, and the ns given for them 
Ek rose-pink, were among the x most deserving of men. | unnecessary as being i in Peele so very obvious, but I T 
tion The latter, he e as n things are so well u nde rsto od 
hree occasions, pro s to came an acquisition; it | by our younger brethren in den f 
certainly improves on ARR — supposed, d is € a sid sie tree d at, a en 
ough also menti we consider now expected from a 
e Tropsolum called 
To of bs 
gardener than aaron have been plici necessary 
s hay 
shows, plants i in the hi Toy Minis of | cultivation 
large as . mall; but more na in 
form, and ith. their leaves 
Visible to the eye as well as th 
t 
day. attentive observer may may seo at 
ere is generally 
ase at our Londo 
our most crowded e xhibitions Y! 
of ooi i e fonas these large ‘‘ specimens," 
seen so often. If one Mem ns 
e us 
to see a Am “arhead, be may be almost 
the attraction far or 
ing eon or Sa And that le are 
not entirely led soe by us colours and 
huge size, is clearly great i 
Which was taken in the little collection of Alpine 
Plants which had mex Messrs, 
House, of York. Ther 
ed 
rs in front of these pt "all the afternoon, 
a charming little group, and we hope it will 
the last of its kind which will be sent in to 
interest and variety to our flower aces. 
dus 
cud SEEDLING GARDEN FLOWERS exhibited on 
reds Ese x ma cad Show, belonged 
pr den of. Azaleas, 
here 
New ts. 
- |277. TRIOHINIUM Maxarrsm, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1889, 
be the fac 
a could be folia “of its eae | 
es oe nd 
assin us Away; 
thus, aequi 8 to be 
Ww imd. rns the pii rot, jared of “practic are 
pien but Er id PE Rt Ihave therefore been 
n detail than may be es many 
actioni: paced ^n the hope of placing a few of those 
DL before others i ina plain unscientifie man nner, 
n. zie not. ; Bot. Mag. t. 5448. 
* 
The existence of this "beautiful herbaceous plan 
made known in the Botanical Register for May, m; 
gardens from 
| but it has gl of late appeared in 
in which the stocks are planted ien 
require to be kept clear of weeds, and in the next y 
should have atop dressing o 
e 
ar less injury n the soil 
€ Previous to rud. t, the roots o be carefully 
examined, and every one which has 
ir final uani 
prese 
pm d expressed, namel. 
y, th 
best of i its class, for that dao 
River, where it grows wild, Mr. ee a of Apri, 
writes of it thus 
which we are hardly prep 
* The Trichinium Manglesii is from ry seed 
asa good 
reducing fhe m: os lest we poen the 
roots, and through o ne ere of the 
4 
planting operation 1 asearly in October as possible,an cs 
| reason is that I find when thus early p nte dar an emiss m 
from a large quantity of the heads Ip 
t -- will scarcely feel the remov cn ou 
Rhododendrons, Mr. Y 
oe icy LM some 
ever, well : T 
M "wn Ee evince | 
amongst Hardy d 
The root seems perennial, "end throws up several 
a light-{ 
branched stems, 18 inches or more high, the branches! 
on 
| contrary when late planting is vccied pe he a 
| of roots is by means so certain, and the is thrown 
