Novemser 5, 1864.) 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
1059 
cultivated, Mm it will 
bloom freely; » is iy d where 
my nee 
aperats 
e obse 
tions in this Journal (P, nt BOS on "he bistory | 
and cultivation of Chr mum, and | ° 
in the 
duction of new and ingore vate. Wea 
attention of our readers to I Mos 
i rtai 
atro- 
colour from themeelves, and pa this way give us | 
es very pre retty ,9nes,. |: 
new kinds, _ and some 
row off ji 
ifferent || 
will long be remembered by all who had the good 
| fortune to see them. 
| Steward to Sir de Ned 
young, inb a sd 
confidence of his pe so He 
‘by a wide circle of — and Hortioulturo has lostin 
‘him a staunch and w. upport 
from. seed. It is, however, the remarks 
made on the AINA a and more parity on 
rg ori which induces 
return to the subject nye day 
Tn the article to which. we pain, we notic 
nite the int of the supply com 
w pers uld form an — o conception. Some 
We 
ight 
folia 
healthy 1 foliage — grea’ ay to the E rat iva 
[o "s now -— that plants of 
tuf s in the Garden e the 
orteutual Society at eth Kensing ey 
have been placed in the covered entrances ‘leading 
from the Prince Albert bw and the ibiti 
Road into the Garden, y of them are 
specimens ; ali are in, the highest state of health, 
exhibiting first-rate cultivation. They have not 
been twisted and tied down into ugly | MA) M 
some: fashionable plants we have 
for — avt uz eus ven bus aro ir 
ed | 
which i is e |i 
ant | of 
ve of the enormous aggregate we 
it which mast be sent to marko et 
The Martes 
ort ‘from A 
during th 
ke 
tons. 
used a preserves 
ri Moo principle: aud. for une "mis use, 
&e., which must bave brought up the total ae to |. 
€ -— 50 tons; and, if we take 
pu — —— 
9 | (pro ref s 
— y Feni derer Y that this 
ranch of piri pre nd a is &, braneh, 
oats m tnt pr romises to. ex only a few 
be 
EM the oso a the most effective wry. 
re grea’ in direetihg g atte T 
xhibit much skill i 
t of equa im- 
tane ^k pas in training. 
e prar prac peri iat (^ will afford a 
treat to the Fellows 
ER 
ward at all; but the 
keen, and. even beyond the supply, and co 
Pt — -— = tons have een — ente d. into for 
while. som 
He was appointed Gardener aad 
A 
ry 
ms there — : = 
ted | Pri ee Sterkhore 
r has pu the streets of London | the 
that appear to possess a pluralit 
E exception of the C dn. — 
ighly recommen gon 
of names; with e 
„cannot | 
| 
L'Eto 
apted for pot culture; it cannot. e too strongly 
nded. The two divisions are those: 
the de seme for new Hyacinths is giving 
— to the production of newer 
Mte best of all the varieties having — flowers 
th yellow sp 
spathe su 
| eight very li 
and s 
this pta cy does. not , produe e so many | indiv 
sated fori in the: Pep gui —- of the blooms. No 
tingale - e ral 
EE ; Thera are Ser ES atia P DA varieties.of n 
rand Monarque and Grand Primo, bat it is the whi 
inda that ghe o find their way into the 
| London mai 
+ OÈ puc qa flowers, with lemon apnea 
‘have Soleil d'Or, bright in. colour, mith e ae cups; 
Lord Canning, sulphar, w ioe deep Lge cups; : Sir 
| Isaac Newton Pon Su! ulpburi 9; both w orange cups ; 
3: pen. Prin: 
each TE rof lon sameness is inevitable, ga 
api AR lemon cups seem t 
lide almost be, rar as it Khe into self pac 
en 
en 
of t 
prose tener — “the e ca they have under 
e half doz Bg ot P olyan athu i 
uring the time [es remain ia bloom. 
We have alluded to 
w varieties. 
relating to t 
rioh ; arciss, onsefally selected, r 
of the Sooiety, and t to all who Seriana Of the Str tà petet bs Todes real distinctness that pa among them. 
india, Double, R ing ari baa, 
to the curious way in which | vote i a slip of the pen, the curious dwarf curly | on the of of the Narcissus to have. 
soue "und WOOS of | variet ART'S-CTONGUE, described at p. 1035, - ‘addition to the double flowers, unless these shou 
£ mi , and pro flowers of | oatied c T Ey Consensi The fortuna ‘comprise a great in of quality as. well. 
This habit is well-known = finder was SENS; and we may E R bl eer. were it not for this. 
o which the plant is} more ety, that the ‘habitat i in whicli = ey was | it would not be worth cu 
Lo caet and is taken advantage of to propagate found was at Torrington, in North Devon ' The edes taie fors disision roam chagood 
Sif Idy io hina astonished son iinperies by fond camper Slane, on ore geo 
old lady in China astonished som glee og by [and Trumpet Sulphur, are two showy. single. 
m the way in which | she SPRING € BULBS, varieties, the first p in colour. There is als» 
NARC ‘Narcissus meat ie geet E he Hog gang N: 
On meme ey were admiring Dk calles - 
consisted of flowers of various colours, 
and lilac; when she told them: | m 
nly on 
garden. 
tion, whieh 
ry? kar 
then?" remarked b rn 
Ihave per done cee Y 
new kinds gr w out of 
sionaries s d ine 
Or tho several classes of pe tha 
beers and gardens gay in spring, thi: 
teresting. 
our|ciss in colour bright 
the n yellow, and very efec- 
he Poot s. Narciss (N: » poeticus). 
‘tive for pot culture. 
s the least iu The flowers Sield a ri rich 
perfume, which, however, in a confined atmosphere 
sickly and unbearable. in his 
ddin: 
rden, when mingle 
confe lightful s na ture, tliese 
eets are a part of our P ns stieations, and hea os? is 
| prons moted as a consequence of enjoyment so pu re^ 
i wi 
ex! hilerating rer emi ida Ls "that raliet: o 
de our 
ev 
‘body loves see it in the spring. The. common 
Daffodil N. y^ o-Narcissus) is vu a familiar 
spriug flower ; ,but not. so widely. 
istocratic-looking D 
hemum 
Mr. SALTER, of the Versailles s Nursery, Hamm 
a lar| 
anged into this cae but 
mn -enamoured youth ch 
dull 1 hence 
Pliny says: “I 
lit ro ceived its name from narce (tor pidit; 
rn yo» yout 
opi is de 
well either in 
h Narcissus, mentioned in the fa sat Ys b 
magi, to whom v ane number AM vation. Kuowa ej aoe. Polyati 
č olyanthus Nare E Jonquils are all 
RT. our fine Chrysanthemums who is raising | (Narci azetta vars.), from.a similarity of tirano ded making reall gli 
r by oar, ia aout to publish e ook ment of the flowers on tn with i several divi 
, A P thus, comprises the these b iore to record. 
formation not only as to culture Ham The bulbs are annually imported from on, tian ir ada 
to the. of the plant,to the mode of in large eau end rp be | give lists b MC 
raising new ki and. to many other matters. obtained at lerate. As regards culti 
connected: the way in which it has been, tion, Gaps tone See hiodieg. 
presen : state and even u 
lowe sr = vim M pee ia cg we will flourish out of| I never seen in London a manifestly unjust 
They ange ome apt to suffer te» ra adjudicatio: ave boxes so near! C 
—— WE h itl t the death of. Pera mes phas i eig mee Un elicate |: the prize might have been. given eith y, OF 
Mr: Joun Gress, of Lower Cheam, ilti : een better, they might. have = 
from amongst us on: Monda; the 31st inthe| In re vm ne pma Cis one EA whites| placed as equals. As honour, and not money, is the 
59th year of his age; He xc nd i n ar KI oups, and ies wo itron and lemon compensation for travel and trouble, I t nk such cases 
iderable time, but. his — as. little caps, There is much variety in gis ns of | would be better pl ally as it enables the 
until. a few hours before it ang sem j on ihe oom ry there ? a. gr ess | judges to award another prize to a gie : „In 
were better k than Mr, of the | g many o LO ti Dutch growers e po country places, either from ignorance or fav see, 
earliest. most. successful abibit. a Persa ae re m amt that skill in v gogo which. exists in the aw ards are 80 unrighteous, that I have mado up 
days gone by, and at other Great, Shows "| Haglan and, or the results of its Kr n. as: regard: y s 
wer are an oa tisfac indeed. ps white | 
as late as the present season. The noble — en a there a aei aln, a. paper [mem "i must either “rng to ae at ia or 
by him at these great displays. of horticultural skill’ Grand doain € Blanche, and one or two sion pni ag a class of men among whom there are many 
