942 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Ocroszm 1, 1864, 
: than ti 
Rawlings, called Parple King, a large compact lilac-| worth of Turnipe entirely destroyed | by th - Prof. Je cg rst periodical rain rain (thas sada ito 
Sonnac gurple, to which. s jet ye erue dra AMA [gi EM wer “achive, re hon pes | which districts so € stanced are calied ‘nie, 
awarded, Bla ck Doctor, a variety exhibited on deed insects in his Kihi ppe: in Oxfords m d uuibax kinda |» “there are inito raets, especi ally that 
casions, was shown Mr. Legge, and Brunette, | had attacked Turnips, Beetroots, Carrots, vat hae - 
previously reported on by iE by Mr Hopkins, Ne | of Greens and Cabbages, Celery, and Seakale. Their mest i ena pire vould sage ae 
Plus Ultra, a streaked bro ose, from 2 numbers were quite formidable; as many as 29 M mide. Lremomber being ud oid. eil. 
Perry, received a Secon Palate ‘Certificate P Tarte of them 14 inch long, having been found at the € aac e Alicante, on ihe cael ct i E ty 
contributed Leah, which er certainly r” ch ie of a single Broccoli plant. Hand-picking and hart, that t ther re ME SS eae E ain 
of the s ue T a collection of | of traps had proved the only means of stopping ps copiis: 
most of choice varieties deut à by himself, for | ravages. „Mr. Janson exhibited four small dran $ years. 
which he was awarded a Special Certificate ate. No Yo English Rev. Hamlet i to the British list of beetles. 4 Since oor last notice of Z^ Züwstration Albis i 
wer ev. 
occ: 
. Pa & Son and E ta, eo 
urner came beautiful collections of established India, nen about 50 miles from Madagascar, it having 
varieties, among which was a de of charming| been probably bred in wood in the ship; sev 
le Dij blooms of Souvenir|instances were, however, pe wire by d ws a E 
de Mal . Me dai Bri E President, ; François | in which insects had been taken as far as m mem th J. : 
acha rmo, Jo Hop 25d rince Leon, General Wash- | from land off the d $ dd carried b y the N. D. = is c mpared Ba a enm v. 
ington, Lam Madame de Stella, Maréchal! Vail- | trade winds. Mr. hil Ca — iu po a cerise 
lant, Selatan aimo Lord Cly a Beauty of Waltham, Men Di e Lepidoptera A Which ihe ied ren | ot the central petals handed: with white Ao i aa 
y F« ifrage, under t 
Maurice Bernardin, Madame C. apelet, Narcisse, | lec the oly d. Mr. abu 
di Falcot, Triomphe de Rennes, the white Hybrid called the attention iod the pem to the numer y gatea & ge, un 
Lini, net Triomphe do and other interesting | incorrect a and r ridi culous statements relative to the | name of 8. scum ocu Auni if i i. the c 
s mi 
arded a Spe er argo 
o urne 5 e : 
; i ion, i ich were the fine e psc of | of of letters ife uublished in the Times. las spring, laden s coral berries, Iriartea 
hire de Din j Nah ata The last named | Westwood a: nd the Rev . Hamlet Clark also enn the o irea Palm, er o stems, gouty in i 
exhibitor also leis jk nigina Fret of Lilium diffusion of so much error in a leadin tig ms rnal, and | the centre, stilte iss P^ peor roots, and 
auratum. Fro r. two kinds of bel unfair treatment to which Mr. Woodbury. y had | ¢ cro owned with a - o pone js y-parted leaves 
Gladiolus, t t subjecte A paper by Mr. Hewits t g ng the sezments truncate and deeply toothed 
è light-st d t d x the apex. Aquilegia spectabilis, & very hand- 
wi ee crimson rs Mowbra; niis WORT od read descriptions of a num of|some plant from he Amoor river, produeing dark 
LSU salmon en mart purple. The new species of Sagrides and — native of | purple cy iie of which the pem sepals are 
same exhibitor also received a a ry Certificate for | end wee and ier 1 Lieuten com- slightly ti ipped w ith : greens «3. e pet als which con- 
immia, a fine evergr hrub with stiff| munic few Remarks on the i Silk worm 
s Tapanese Skin i pright Ahel Ane clusters of little | o of Bengal. pa The pav H. ut heal etnuper containing with lively plor, while the spurs are very "reuark- 
crimson oblate mae  Ribdéring it when in this condition nae ions of new species of plant beetles of the | ably incurved. inellia pna onte tup, an Italian 
a highly ornamental pl a Schematons, Pete for their great resem- | Variety of great peer » the Meu pure white, 
pt. 27 (Fruit Committee). —Some Grapes allied He lace t to species of Lycid:e. and represented as perfect in regard to symmetry of 
Chasselas Musqué were shown from the Society’ ci 
Swe Gol Hamb G fi 
Sweetwater, and Golden Hambur: rapes were fur- : 
i by Mr. Richardson, gr., Southend, near Dar- Potices of Books. 
lington. Various Apples came from Mr. Toogood of | Advanced Text Book of Physical Geography. By 
estergate, PA: Near t and we also noticed some} David Page, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., Pp. 296. Blackwood 
very good Pears and late Peaches. From. Mr Murdock, | — & Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1864. [uad 
of Hendlip Hal. m Worcester, came an excellent | yr. age’a text, hooks .of Geology are deserve dy 
ne iria ony à Melon, to which a First-class Certificate popular with the student, because they contain just ions 
the very information which he requires, arran i ton 
| in the clearest manner, This is to a certain extent the 
character of the work before us on “ Physical 
Geography," a charming og ae which iw "been 
bea EOM treated by Capt In book like a 
MARKET GARDENERS, NURSERYMEN’S, AND FARMERS’ 
d —On the piers of the bea wanna Lal 
oe ty, y ast, 
market piss pa erry in or ef er to pins [ign 
who are not members 7 become s0,? icy when 
e cultivators of the soil a nd 
partakers, directly. or indirectly, witho ut membership, 
vt ie pe lub Tic AE undin ng a ae » E. looking 
words, then again by an equally poss antic JP giam haf- 
Tg terms which require no explanation at p p nent Hypa io 3 ae which 
D); has been exhibited in London under the n e of Iresine 
‘| Herbstii, given to it by Sir W. Hooker; ‘the leaves ue 
| roundish in outline, and often so deeply ema ate as to 
ory bilobed, and. they have 
cases taken up by 1 the Committee, are considered, The | style and the sí 
b referred 
toin illustration. When, in the year 1828, the Market | opinion, We hold i to be high tre to NN use of Sene that they become det ; th 
ne 
exertio e gardeners qe for the benefit of 
all the trado, $ securing the rent an Apel at the pm nb | and at 
moder: e. This Society was then forme 
held its dw] meeting on the 26th of March, 1828. 
The objects proposed were to obtain funds to assi sist un- 
e A Amita, a p! 
À = E E rosy blush flower, very delicate n ME tint, ^ 
» gh x : form, but searcely, if we may judg 
ligible expression to the law that t regulates is the e great disti 
pect of our science, and it only partially performs " erae Vue os p nra a Y e Behmen i 
unction phe. i m . Bening with the h the 
desi ue rent aad se pr lg a fal ln v es vide oe Psi methods of Shan enr. a eee A by EN Sense 
Among. vd enefits which the trade . generally have Hi ji field of Nature, the ordainings € of ur planet, E a, good-loo rap ng Pear called Beurré Spaa, A £ 
A e abords : amid all their myriad ra mifica vade unity an and gian variety. 
i bject “of science to 
the We » Ed Mors Bi the Seve “te mu; discover, and the highest cert. of pulley to Books REGCEIYED.— Par! TIT. and 0 
the charges age hy railway transit in da vegetabl evahsb. . Van, anybody what “the | Diction of Chemistry. By yea Watts, B.A, FC? 
e markets gheatiy bs Bese and the addi- caning of aur planes p” In the ficat of these Parts the article on Iron is, coo 
tional gaslights to Covent Garden Market without We don't mean to say that Mr. feta est Ey not | cluded, and our eye has been attracted to a few pU 
cost to t fe holders ot stands in the Miki La E fu ot pi ormakion, age. thah DE. is, M acranged-lon the curions aaliieet. of sombriam. * This term 
Sie ae: The covering over of the m et | extracta * Mar ie LEN several chee | derived from! Ivor equal, and ép; part, and its em 
mpl 
for! hock deles iar Baron Humboldt diruit "à the m v de Bi 
à an pas time, as dixeris ERE Ed urine Mem ptain Ere ym differen enis ES s mpounds have oed et 
ained next year, e| f ge ota € ea find it. There more different bodies which are sompored " ; 
leases fall adjoining house Poet are bean as d same elements, and of the same pro 
and s great Sites si be made i in the market. PEEPI m those elements (V. e. which bave the same 
MEL B Pee em composition) are said to be Isomeric. 7.1 
in hortieultural and agric alt a Bird. should ged | The wap and third numbers of the Geological f ollowing organic substances may be cited by W3Y 
ge nerally known. One striking fact abode be noticed, | Magaz ne, the commencement of which was wA at | illustrating the emp erment of this term, patrie " 
amely, “that o one of the market gardeners who first | p. 846, keep u p the bye a s we mi trs Am acid, acetic ether, ehyde, oxide of ethyn - 
axo liie mis. | the original dio the mbers before us ve (dee bodies which e e different, and haee i j 
Hitano là didus Deon thia free applicant, and the articles on the Bridlington "Macs with a list of fossils ; | same WD composition of carbon, hydrogen, ^ — — 
first recipient of relief from the funds. It i dei Mi rus that on the skeleton of the Archæopteryx; on Acrodus, a | oxygen, and are represented, the two former by, ar 
more generally kno arket | genus of fishes of the secondary rocks; on the copper- | chemical formula C H8 02, the two latter by ci 5 
gardeners and others, the number of ori e: will be bea rocks of Alderley Edge, Cheshire; on the| Of inorganie bodies the elementary substances. them P 
inereased, and therewith the success and prosperity of ene -t f the West Indian Islands; on the | se go x "c rige, E 
the Association. Wim. J. Lobjoit, Henry Byers. Wm. | Yelationship of certain West Indian and Maltese strata; | oxygen existing in 2 
i Thomas Atwood, Soniy, ortlake. and descriptions of some new fossils. There is besides a | allotropic states; S ron E it is- kaota © 
— of SMistalindoM geological information, In| ordinary oxygen, ip 4 pon as ozone. 
reply to n. eur wood, w ipsun wholesome | dictum—“It is of consequence how the atoms dE SB 
s o ia P. Pascoe, Esq, F.L.S., | scepticism, as he calls it, as to the phrase “rainless j eompound/are arranged as ae v kind atoms b: 
Chair. Mr. "ye — a | district” nsed by geographers, Tegarding such a thing And. hence there may be v y totally a A 
ecimen: ibility, Mr. D, T. Ansted, : 
») which ls had after sd vitre that the north of Africa and the|is in fact the whole eh y "oneri. : 
ipee iom whole of Asia Minor are subject to occasional rains, in a | Part XIX. contains a long wl on Led ind fie A 
at least 150. | certain sense seasonal, though for the most part, and | different. modes es of dealing with its ores, from 9^ — 
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