Ocrosrr 22, 1864.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 1015 
nsidered by o be the wrinkled and | he other, = Peach house, two ‘Aprico ot houses, and deep crimson colour, strongly marked, and h heightened 
petite remains P i DA ios of the Duck-barnacle. e Fig hous The Vineries, especially those houses | by its contrast with the golden colour of the leaf. The 
erbank tonsideted them fossilized sponges—an tha t are rata afresh and the borders renewed, are | flower is of a medium size, violet purple corolla, scarlet 
opinion phrin have shared with him. When mai and | in very — a order, showing good strong short-jointed | crimson tube and sepals, the latter being well reflexed, 
polish the banded portions show no ‘oscopic | canes eaches are fully above the average, bear- | and of good form and substance, the fine dark colour: 
peculiarity to distinguish them from the aljeeen ing largo ik The Apricots are “of recent introduc- | of the flowers appearing to great advantage agains 
banded | flint , md no arc structure, save where | tion, but, judging from the state of growth, they are|the brilliant auriferous foliage; it has obtained the 
e, or envelope Fora- likely to produce oe of fruit buds. Figs are in extra | certificate of the emer -— Gem of the 
misifer, ded Xa nihidia, and other minnte|fne order, the fruit gathered being both large and North is a remarkably flow with shaded 
organisms with their hazy shroud. Mr. in odward|good. The w all rm d ipodally Plums and Pears, are | crimson tube, and sepals of ght with and substance, 
believes he has conclusive evidence that the coloured | in excellent ‘order Peaches and Bs loa have never deep urple corolla, well reflex : ee pei 
bands in flints are produced by E A pee done so well in the more exposed localities of Scotland [and destined, I ink, to ys - 
by the late Professor Henslow. The paper is illustrated — the vive prs of 2. In many places | bition variety. Queen of Beatties, . first-ch ed pen 
by two lithographic plates, he old trees were all but eive Young trees planted | Fu M ps and sepals pure white, ne pnr and of 
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MA in reference to two rare ade have done EN well; but there is|great substance, we bright rose 
x plants, remarks that Bupleurum faleatum grows | a paren) disposition among fr de A growers here to have | shaded crimson corolla, MIONE with jiy a carmin 
plentifully on ‘both s ides the road from Chelmsford to | walls covered with glass to insure a first-rate crop of sepals and monstrous — corolla, so formed as t 
Ongar, on the banks rr in the hedges of several fields | good quality. Yo oung he ach trees at Bit thswood are|show three corollas in d of a lavender blue coloui 
adjoi Mer Norton Mandeville, and is extending its|in fine order. One thing is particularly e managed, | really very pretty, Nep —— handsome double 
boundary in the direction of yere It cert oe Viz., the pingi: Peart and Apples. Ross, the | kind, with. a bluish violet corolla, bright crimson tube 
increases by seed, and probably by its roots. certainly dye od: the Pan, of ‘the trees Ls | Hw sepals, a well- ri aca lower , of good branchin, 
tuberosus has a greater area. than tbe Papierem.. It pla ied some eight ine years & With care habit. Sunsh Fady ender, or mauve-coloure 
f Fy field, | attention to seek pruning amd ELS iao trees now corolla ; sepals: pare sn im rose, finely reflexed, quite 
| sometimes at the borders, sometim mes at the centre, | pre emt fruit-bearing ten of no pesi kind. acquisition. cem st a large stock of varieties 
Sometimes in edge us fields, and sometimes in n fields Unlike numbers of | e we a seen at even places | etit out in 1863, Empereur des Fuchsias, Hercules, and 
a mile apart. ‘This year being both dry and hot, this of note, they have been allowed to get up y a very » d Legrelle d Hanis showed very prominent and 
Lathyrus, which has never before been known to pro- co onvenient size, and this senson, which th frait hg has | strikin "o . Flori oe dF ^" r^ dos Punto 
duce pods, has been met with in fruit. A white-fl 1 ourable d with fruit, The ord on Be ialf o our Sea-Fis: ea- 
rim e ee. hirsutum is recorded a as is plentiful | are planted i in rows ‘ied t the borders d M Jp i bl pao and whilst the destruction, "by 
t Southe alks, and are e a treat to look up f herrings ‘and mackerel in fall ro s per- 
outside. among those doing so well in our West of Scotland | mitted and even i encouraged by law, a is ruled cn 
Beurré may Por k of sea- n to increase. For every 
eurré de Cupiaumont, Beurré Diel, i weh Tang ~ emale herring or mackerel destroy "y whilst in roe, 
Garden "à mo M. eurré Sup rré Rance, Bon Chrétien, Fo ndante, te, | 500,000 ova o; and whilst the satiate trout, perch, 
AND PLEASURE GROUNDS uen des jen Tareas é d'Été, Duchesse d'Angou- | and all freshwater fish are protected by Act of Parlia- 
woo Bit RN the seat of R. "Gump bell, Xe |. éme, Forelle, Glou mw Gratioli, Leon le ae, ment, there is no protection — for our sea- 
M “situate ed on the banks of the Clyde, RAT Louise Banne. of Jersey, Marie Louis ing, and Monarch | fisheries. The remedy is very simple. Let it be m - 
contiguous to “the burgh of moet and — Kni agi) nen rev the following were in fine | illegal to — ^ ae whilst breeding, t that is 
miles from Glasgow. T sk —Golde en Woo Yellow Ingestre, | them a couple of m hs’ immunity, om the supply of 
paratively f erection, is A the der En glis sh nish yet atig — Early s a good wholesome pads of food for t r man will 
style of architectu "ám Le nts a pleasing outline, Vargarel Irish Pitcher, T as tgo ery, Par be increased a hundred fold, and fish sm be procurable 
although the low ower” rooms are somewhat ippin, Stone Pippin, Scarlet Nonparell, "Stirling Gal in the London market at a tenth part of the present 
bana — to the tow position selected for its site. ier uty of Kent, Nn ma ra Pippin, Lemon Pippi re The p is well worth the attention of the 
of 30 acres, a 
oret which cover an extent | and Keswick Cod) gislature, and he will deserve well of the nation who 
e in an admirable state of keeping, and} Leaving this ye amet a square block, el hong 2 "the ey of Parliament to so impor- 
upon which the various pant. Pan! have jd n built, and o which there is room for such 
generally Lk at in all landseape gardening. Ther t lants = hate res la p rere om ent. pr font a Week. 
are not the oo t dmm trees which ae occupy too don gel “In the two stove es, Co loured Vision produced by Santonine.—* * Semen 
sometimes stum upon ij fine old baronial emer me pup. 35 feet ^ Pis Toot, rete the otl t ," or simply “ Semen contra,” is the name 
ere are numero e flowering and f. oliage give n to the mixed flowers and seeds of y erm 
prominent places to give a furnished plants, "a in e 9 many of which have foiiis a plant of Arabia and North Africa. In co 
landscape. Elm, Lime, Asb, andi Sycamore ther he n Glas asgow time after time. There is| merce there are various kinds of Semen contra. The 
Considerable nif 8 yar h | French "ir Belgians eall it sometimes 
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ey to be seen standing out boldly as lawn | dry house * dr Cacti, 96 fect bj 10 Fronting these | furnishes it. LEN TRO a 
plántój in pairsto match, but here and ders d chosen are ranges of Pine A" to the extent of 90 f in our aa À The 
Eel irregular clumps and beltings of trees ave bee about 9 fi id I some of|semina santonici, or santonicum of pharmacy, is a 
fa ng pre lte b 1 ed fruit. Of Melon hand | powdery substance, with a strong aromatic odour and 
A proved to | Cucumber mage at least 120 feet long | very bitter taste, resulting from the breaking up or 
the rig te e. The import and 10 Lm E beides à numerous cold pits for|coarse pulverisation of the flower heads and stalks 
£ for we are all bedding pla sit 8 adjoining; the flowers bein peny gone to seed, the 
re that some sort of joe is ioni) necessary, pota Con sd in the en is a pro- | whole is a mixture of seed, flow 
even th more favoured localities than the one in| portioned pu house i iud M um a This product is taken internally to kill intestinal 
question, ‘to pro roduce sym metrical speci rem Am ng showing, 1 measuring. 50 feet i by 27 feet wide. It| worms, at a dose of about 1 drachm in powder alone, 
the many The e grea eater part | with honey or otherwise, repea wo of three times a 
luxuriance, viz, Wellington gigantea, Abies Nord- | of the front stage contained | — hici is a | day; and tees i" x be en continued. for some days, a 
manniana, Pinsapo, a nobilis, Araucaria "rena, good assortment, consisting o rend pla ntd f perspicna strong purgat uistered, which. completes the 
Lawsoniana, -—. Tij gi an ealis. nana, Archerian ana, Aiton niana, Tarnbullii, Macnabian na, cure, Artemisia Avsinthium, another plant of the same 
or Hew pen which are t health, there is - others family Worm duod tribe, possess 
a splen endid assortment, The apres drives and walks ooded = The wood and glass work appeared to more “or less the same medical properties, Ia England 
arein the opinion of so too as Wormwood, 
. The heatin ng is s particularly well done, Southernwood, and Mugwo im these plants 
rather extensive dimensions. there qe kot, water pipes, and sufficient of them to ÁZ— the pecaliar Aisn called santonine. 
The flower, kitchen, andzfrui& gardens lie together, - c : rure 4 and lasting heat without having to | The ost curious property of  santonine is 
forming as snl em aroga gular outline, cold weather = extreme firing, which is artiy its Lie re v y Hy en the vision, 
beltings of trees, fl underwood of Rhodo- | no D a all eint, either um it: of economy or|Jxperiments were made upon peculiar a 
dendrons and dile 1 choice prine of d may be! conv: ze erenit i is d o Mr. Ross for his| almost at the same time, by inpet and by M. 
mentioned the fine showy fruited 'Cratægus Pyracan- | gen nd il qo e wi ader and to the critical ne and | Martini, of Naples, a quarter PE 2 o'clock, on 
tha, and the sweetly [pretty flowered Cydon'a | generous disposition of his worthy employer, Mr. | the 5th of February, 1559, ltook five grains of san- 
nica. The flower garden proper is of crescent | Campbell. M. tonine, and waited anxiously for the desired effect, 
form, and ID our visit was very gay with bedding Y isi 
plan nts. It is not one of those formal gardens which n 
faa gh Miscellaneous. and began to gets the experiment a failure. A 
ps POM eye S rest "e ^ 10ic dante - 2d EN i er what me inei h ld | 5 o'clock, however, I fancied that the white P ient 
i are upon a p groundwor! - M were to rie from his grave in this ofgrace|of my r e greenish t 
slid. Soest eerie hich is pleas ing after |1 the im rot LES 4 t. i ink 
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€ indi wW mprovement made in tne Fuchsia | attributed the efect to. 
inspecting the arrangement of masses " ides in th DE from Chili, of which he snid:—*'The bot 4 o'clock I 
respective figures. There was the usual amount of [gems form of the t flowers, their vivid | lighted, and the fire burning 
scarlet, yellow, white, purple, &c., which is to seen | colours, and the es ot Ke ecessively adorn the | a sing phenomenon now prese 
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i ias, to the conservatory or parlour window.” Looking | appeared of the most gorgeous w it is impossible | 
Cerastium, e ome Lobelias, sed Yale. Gazania back E: rey few years, r remember when the old|to imagine, It was a greenish-y E rich 
and Lobelia mixed, as era grown, lobosa, and then pu were considered | and brilliant, siege. € tind’ of burnisk gold. 
comida Eog ‘Simplicity of design i in the first instance, | the. gems p their tribe; but now one scarcely ever|It was the colour of chlor s, but much more 
with a few colours well arra arranged, and planted correctly meets | with either’; “the A h ‘of improvement has | intense. ion siia these effects to the 
ist, 
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of 8 ear me, who the objects as usual the 
more effective in the wi than nw rous geometrical sed up almost n Pe He yarieties, of nearly | natural a i enel = Monge what I experienced. 
figures of a complicated charac patter, however va errr d colour. I happened the other lighted (wth pears white and strongly 
lan ed, Wer fere day to be i É 
appeared 
and other handsome plants made proper use of, less Fuchsi eh ier f the south, with a few minoa ler Ft rillian tgeenish yellow, the flames of the 
complaint eee eae the modern system of|to spare, ES made up my ms. rd see gu dus y^ e fire were most remarkable in this 
e "s . An obliging for very | respect. The other objécta of different colours, red, 
The kitchen garden is and commodions, and is quickly introduced m - to the hall dia "the repre- than: yellow, appeared still red, blue, or yellow ; it was 
surrounded E pde send brick wall. U sentatives of old Fuchs held their oa As the eye|only white objects and flames that a, of tha 
the = ng ld of fruit houses of about | encountered the “ baee of beauty,” it was at once fixed | peculiar greenish yellow ^ alluded to; al doubtless, 
330 f sy ‘in the the centre of this oak re upon a wellgrown specimen o new variegated | all tints must b eis been v 
sid neries, each about 34 by 16; while 3 bags Pillar of Gold, a rich golden vatiegpiion, with olive- state of my vi It is, paltos, ne vodlðs to add that 
e are — Peach-houses, each about 34 by and | green ground, the midrib and lateral veins being of all repe Rr » iage able effects, at least not at thë 
