Jury 23, 1864.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONIOLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 701 
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he destruction of leaves by wind, Thi, 
your t ireumstances, - Roses are volatile things, | my Rosary by t y is 
you bern Tables : " DRM ig wer Lind teni a c ri ain ci mit of exceptions. In the Rosary there | season the wind has be ue quiet, but i od i n10 a the month, 
rainfall at PE or the d Een lid no AU | d not, ax in beo df as “rule absolute.” As saura | of last year there were rom one t T ales, 
uec ighe fall m oF regis having | the Celin 2 stock, I know bu t little of it. Mr. Wood, o IL Novelties.—Do not give up such good and h 
whatever; -— €— dé mdi tg h 9. Lok. Roses as the Géant and Ba sin sand an They have 
r Tables orth 13 years (6 P| or Norfolk tlived hundreds at my residence, and are as good ani 
i folk on this stock, ranging with shoot ou ^ 
piers imei Verre rage "o the frat aiz ae apd : wth, from 12 feet to 12 feet 9 inches high, healthy as miersi were 13 years a 
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the new love 
mon 
i o 9 feet, and p ney ns 
fall to June 30, 1864, has been in defect ut from 1| This year I shortened them "Pos eq No Pire pe Eoen aaa aa ea TT 
e inde, wil hot sn be E eae Gupta p ps id variatia Hae ose i E Bonvawalt Awali lost want not only good Ros e cir than we have 
in whieh there nx deficiency Een ur ets the Briar ‘stock, it is an ue aries B iae t mor want. more deep cups and 
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P Orehide ie in Pin X an IESS, ily tod or e the state- | for As ro lands, a better than the Manetti stock for | globes. As E E rid want A ATIS 
ment of Mr. Warner ma p. 677) relative i the growth | dwarf and moder growers; but if land is light, or | (now ck gy y e nM 1 = c 
of Orchids in Vineries, have seen them onlsivated | E ria unless eei de afford to Si uere Lone | Sa 2l: Feier Mr: Hybrid eh a8. high 
for years in this way without affecting the er ee m roe piso, ip to mule M "e eevee bette J | Tous, "and uocé fullazod, full ere uu 
li d , and I e your readers that | Manetti stoc! is s i y í 
ptu ate ier specitiens "jn every respect grown | and to all m ooit an italian die it is in wel, posis ed onera ban eg ed "Har ig 
under this treatment than one usua ly finds in those drai ned grounds, | e har diest, of all s stocks. Tns suc bel 1 idt s * E ; s 5 e 
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bien Je to to their successful culture. J. M. Bothwell. manured very highly, bear no comparison With fone à one rk e pupa and ieri Ne 
Officinal Plants, §c., at Exhibitions (see p. 677).— | p urchased Man etti Roses for earliness, abunda ce, an ohan, T h very Lo Ror d d JE 
Had Mr. Mte ha inet to you ri confess his astonish- -|largenes of flowers, and for lateness and continuity ne 2 - A E zd e y da 
— - havi "Ing received a prize for the poor lot o of |o of ‘flowers, Still, put Briar Roses in suitable | also goo amai xri ^" Td P 
inal an lands, and they will do splendidly for you. For pole rear du Prince Alber a lotte g o Wn 
+ err the other riy and at the same time sent | purposes, the Manetti stock is, I think, the best. PN we Rive ers has well said, in a letter to ne eeg 
the pound so miserably “won” to the Gardener? | 5, runing.—Some people prune on a particular day, | it : peti E age e AD and mi abit. 
Royal Benevolent Inst pape I must say it would aud prune u Roses alike. Excellent rules are given | well adapted to gie ide v oyal an 
course than the one he has | for the pruning of all fies in the three works | and arde TA say, world-wide sorrow 
purs scm Why, there are eil wo or three ded raa terral to. es t, however, b oai it, at Mr. R vers’s 1 
Lee in the list Mr. Bull has thought worth tat he in the sam ily require wiry AGERE | iishitioned | to i Majesty finr friend Lord Rivers, 
while to send you, which are at ‘all diffieult to Among the Routine there is a world-wide i d I cannot but think that this Rose, and such like 
obtain, and none of those mentione are diffi- ceni between _Acidalie and La Qa intinie. ,As|d ark Roses as I have mentioned, wou J o 
t e, Nutmeg, | re X a ee ar Ros priate t ausoleum, and also suitable to this 
i i r it is moved, it is a rule that it must bo | Ro oyal Garden, so indebted to her r Majesty and the late 
desirable—and been * * put off" with a 3d prize, then | eut “har ehato it 6 for a pole, wall, or standard; totem Consort. 
ld have b pomplain lhope that|for lack of this, Briar Vip frequently fall P Till, astly : Selection ed I think you cannot do 
i^ some " or any of m. Curate of ic gardens | ho bw the sap rises and the eyes swell, you must | better, if you na not w the Roses, than state to the 
| are n r lo t of medicinal plants | never prune. nurserymen what a an ur circumstances and wants; 
than i, exhibited Dy Mn Bal they will have sense | As regards M: ti Roses, they often fail sg | being | and thou gh € cannot for several years be quite] sure 
| enough to refrain from exposin, Aber a poverty of | cut hard Piom. irat to dt prune them “a y ilfully deceive 
interest, in your columns. Dodecat n Jeffreyi, Chinas, whether pot plan * monstrous. plants, Tf | you. "The old stuff” they know "walt ; but they 
EE tcc eet ka a i cann the case of novelties, till they have passed 
down to und wood and soun i akin y Baugh severe winters and unpropitious summers, 
zt does and Hardihood, — tell their true valué or worthlessness, I think nursery- 
Rovar iting sh Mag July 19 (Election of M. "Eng and. Some that Pe. Cime blood Án. them men Should take some security from the raisers f 
Fellows).— The follow t elected, viz. Ow i but yet they are pei Asa rule t he Roses are accordin to description ; 
H. L. Bischoffsheim, Mon: e Bourne, Esq. Hoi- torde e. ad hardier A tl 1 also think tha at sp irem make inquiry as to 
ts. E. Fellowes, Mrs. T. Ferguson, W. Leask, Esq.; H. A. | Roses, Of ci here are pond n both cases, tho capped io veri, as s take security agai 
Merewether, Esq. ; W. Mort, Esq. ; Miss ind a R. Te tley: 
sq. ; W, : When, har ied ou a a novelty (pated as thorn- the « “ expressio falsi." 
Esq. ; P. O. Whitehead, Esq. ; and Mrs, F. Gre less, remember y may be no recommendation I| It now on ly remains to thank you for your kind 
The following interesting lecture on p Cul- | ventured some man ind to say in an article that none attention, and. to hope that what I have ‘said may 
ture was delivered on this occasion by the Rev. put vigorous growers would suit the English; and the|create true Rosarians. Your well-kuown love of the 
x E lis He Eee of Rushton, near Blandfo rd, > | consequence has been that raisers o seedlings have | Rose must be my apology for this prolonged address 
| rsetshire, e rased «c » * moderate,” eae * i 
l I thank the Council of the IN for the high com- easly ^de i te d E ‘oseribed E" VAL a A UN. July 19 (Floral we ae oe subjecta 
pliment” which they have paid to me in asking me to | to escri ponia "Y ud 
give a s ort, popular, and useful Mti on matters | « g . * Mod highly 
mn the Rose, As the time is limited, and in the Mes lands of nurserymen will ka si in 95 e ore sed eet MA Ri. o Kind, to rich a 
as ^ great book is a great evil,” I can ay select. I | lands out of 100, and “dwarf” means death. The two | Eomae. Certifica ai ava 
4 will endeavour to avoid prolixity , laxity, obscurity. | best moderate growers, and both of mog hardy and exhibitor also iis of Rosea el a lively 
. Nothing new can I say—nothing that bas | om been said | excellent, are the well-known Géant des Batailles and : : "nus. ; 
hiefore, and m much better. The best lectures on the bam 
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atering.—Roses suffer much in torrid weather Ie jo etian Wales which give fi — pa 
I ack of water. S M > i ground | time been favourably noticed by. rom wu : 
ese hould be surface-stirred, and sufficient wa e poured | Gannin $ Lord Clyde, all ori R ; 
E g, and Lor yd e, all crimson Roses, were con- 
persuaded p sing ba pre ius t pen 2 Noi ^. to touch all bei ig ve the MN. if. tribu by Messrs, P. ul n. To Mr. Perry, of 
e 
Tek collection of cut blooms of Verbena among which 
i y n given of nin, uid the ^ Might dom, hr ch are in the ratio Ts let with hit ds wall 
publie in aes published articles from oig p Ak d heat, will be able more easily to penetra te the | "0 Wworm, scarle Mis ate n SO HE »& good 
^ Soil.—The best soil for Roses,andalso for such Stocks | so; il pc i ve a formed wh 
is fri loam. il exists n 
possess, is oxi t ki Syringing—! A at iy of the miel of | Certificates. A Petunia from Mr, Fist cim Create! 
naturally it nay be approached by an admixture of ses n of if 1 the trees were isl TM lowers, wick ce "m prin Pu£plieh road, RENE 
stiff soil, — as t x oca te ebd of the leaves, | ap d. of medium size, have e each five stripes or rather 
and : Lan By jonas the e AD distinct fand bot nage 
affinity forelay; 1 had nearly said the convertible Me plants, e lea dou are externall y and to the cireumference, For you ang exam les of Asplenium 
Sti internally Mid to o kentti. Syringing is the best | Tr ‘eden ir; iiberqide, db Certifica 
^ qual -class 
ontene ion | ning to keep down fungi and aphides, sv also to. was also awarded to the vin exhibitor, who had ie 
H^ dag the mi schief ed honeydew, which if n Mens ed wise one or two plants of a little red Cyclamen, called 
o n as perceived, will, by the ` ah Ri 
wn very fin ds y À 
some R - t t b |Peakianum, To Highgate Rival, a rich, rosy salmon- 
clay, - à sel sonreely sy n witho ‘ade us is id parts, lenve a ea comerota that vi destroy coloured zonal Plaen from Mr. Windsor, gr. to 
which) inough g good in them selves, are not fit for the 9. Fungi.—T lese are a numerous family. The tw | Lord Dufferin, a bites nd-class ce aven 
publie gen ly. | most Kar piane are Orange reve and White fu angus. | | — 
fis pe. G — Much h depends upon how this ne, inched de 
rien Roses should not be planted deeper Ay 4i iud si 
: Indeed, would mulch the plants in a radius of | an must be destroy: 
Manet ing may planted nearer the surface. Bia sup j ) Z. of bl ` 
d MN voe el be ms over the collar of little water, and then mixed with a Mr. fos of 
propagated epe Qd bu creta of pos water ánd recs ng- Seedling dme 
low ‘iat the radius of the roots Muy not be dee r thán | po di he top on, over the leaves. This is the most Ferns from other T ue 
"os akin Mesi rote "There is also another misery, “black | 
especially if exposed seas al freshly planted Roses, | blight.” This is called by some a deena bas may E 
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ti Iron stakes are e um to jan staked Pa so, but I could never oni ue of fungus, 
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LINNEAN : June 16.—G. Bentham, Esq., Presid 
ent, in 
i d e -— J. Mivart, Esq, hibited a 
e for small eds, I believe, from ex [th chair.—St. George ]» € 
plants thatcher’s TS, 6s. 6d. per 1000, and nd oe vie Lr vio cante ea from checks of weather, I| rm men of a curious monstrosity of Digitalis purpurea, 
E : tae hurdle shores at a "Ld 100. For tying | am ns to think this, because I never remember seein eae a fusion of several of the terminal flowers 
first ue pen wini not prevail, after the | it un - deers vicus is no preventive of white fungus. into one cup-shaped corolla, with m median floral prolifi- 
rst year ground plan bie veda standards (the most | It is mischie Poe Bn pes g oe, other two cation, "the adventitious brancl ch just about to pass 
convenient height where num bers are ked | mise nie a When it e urs eai open carpels, The following papers were 
Eun will not require dene and tying. If ground are sí wavered affected, bk rin ae the. und deeply, or | read :— P uer i of the skeleton of a Dinornis 
Eu grafted they must always be staked and = ving the plant to estop the slit at Mi, are probably presenta by Dr. Gibson to the Museum of the York- 
or the ene of the flowers will break them off | the best preventives of mischief, re Philosophical Society,” by a Allis, Esq. The 
Ty E ae "o Wind. — Roses cannot have too m were obtained by Dr. Gibson, poacher his 
| briar, season, At oth yrs it is | brother, a resident of New Zealand ; and consist 
a “and the C. Celine ik are ony good wr oe sete vei pee beneficial, G gc iant NN ere potas: at ol skeleton of the Moa, as well asan Apteryx, and some of 
