Novzazn 12, 1864.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 1085 
individuals of almost any other ieee plant. When | Fronds simply pinnatifid or quasi-pinna biat tion ; but ain Oe tha 
how ever he leaves the _ prelim inary, a es to use|segments divided or cleft, but all with “the margins | its blossoms uch larger and ge than those of 
ee — E or those to the | notched serra te or crenate, especially towards the that well- known ‘kind, It was stated to be D 
id 
lar; ral orders, whatever | tip: e.g. di hiti and therefore a greater 
may | be the f of the mes he will, in several of zn ds simply pinnat tifid or € -pinnate, the pin-|tion than kinds requiring warmer  treatmen $e] 
ules deeply cut into lobes or segments: . Asple- | C. marginata, so named on account of the light edge 
germanicum, Polypodium Pois Athen possessed by its lip, tn cael be now, as it should 
any reviewer; but ji^ ery des p to ve gainst | Filix-foemina a args dilatata. Ifany one can com- | be, generally known by the name of ia marginata, 
the summary verdict ee by your own, and to | prehend this, e cannot. Mr. Gri ndon must not t be ai angry and of this C. Pinelli and others were stated to be 
invite your atten "ie facts in my own A his | synony Of S jophron nitis gran ndiflora, ra, several small 
rience, , bearing, a i tiny do do, rn] desid eratum ofa book by Fniéetieit too much. 
tional I l doubl t it is one " the few o which have really 
- mer ' more Tn f, and | atk t blossoms; and that collectors of it in the 
with our Reviewer g 
Tat hè *an +} 1 } 
toa plant of the natural order bi ar your ] Reviewer entry of ench plant, t, make 
thinks Mr. Grindon has manag y. contrasted, and c ma the gossip about | forests of Brazil stated that mie wrapt t| v trunks 
commonest Umbellifere hei eaboat is the ZEgopodium à | exotics, cooupyi ng the space s ained with -— | of trees on which tyi nni qm flame, A very fiue 
Podagraria. It flowers freely, but never ripens fruit ; | arranged analytical keys, briefly worded, of all the chief | new rose-coloured Epidendrum from M. , named 
at least I have never been able to detect any,|exotic garden plants, vat he - Jure produced a|by Mr. Bateman E. amabile, and which is possibly a 
though I have carefully watched for it. Let any nseful book, and one for is v is a real want, Hog. of E. dichromu 
i js jul, how ‘ever, 
one make out this plant, in the only state shou a new copper-eyed UN of Calanthe vestita 
which we can get it, by Mr, poesi emis and|composed of t terse "d named cuprea, exhibited b yM Messrs. Low, a very nice 
then Jet Mr. Bentham’s Key be tried. In bo — Poem ap. ty as aper too many E goes in the present | additi l 
the student will be stopped at the outset, by Ton book. We cannot find space to carry this diseussion| Mr. Bateman then introduced Major Trevor Clarke, 
to characters founded on the perfectly ripe fruit. When, | further. ] 1 the foll y 
* the other hand, he takes Mr. Grindon's Key, he| Pampas Grass.—l agree with your Correspondent | the Cotton plant. The lecture. trated by 
y work itout in five minutes. I have had similar | (see p. 1036) that bere: is in many instances an l 
difleulty on we one hand, and ther, with rc ad want of success in the cultivation of this in this country; also by living Colton he bas his 
Pimpinella Saxifraga, Helosciadium nodi florum, and | Grass. In this attributed | conse ervato ZO in most instances well far rnis ish ed with 
several other ag In Mr. Bentham’s Key to the | to its er. plantel in unsuitable situations, I am | Pom 
Composit : no adequate clue to t however, only cause n the sp M ring of th the pres - ape r I was o dur Rt a party of 
Groundsel, ar to p^ Coltsfoot. The object of this|of failure. I have been most successful with it in a bee ety, gel dece dece d 
letter is to TAKA if something cannot be constructed aidati. fally exposed to the sun, wi rx dry s vell pei Bere Yu ES at some qni pi p 
that s x p ee clearness, reorient and | and sheltered from high winds. If the shelter is no 2 t have made such plant or family of plants his particular 
practical value, an me time the t payee bs ect, t i oye stems are apt to get be oken. When ap 
of Mr. Bentham’s and Mr. Babington’ s. Allow m hse on turf and backed with vv the dark ions ~ taiea Be . tent eo icem at or tin ‘Seton 
bmit the question thus ublicl sto the considerati z foli d rich sil 4 idee 3 iow to ita be lt 
su q p y: i green foliage an rich silvery plum $t this Grass are | plant, M Cross d with a view to its better cultivation 
se g gu 'To insure rapid grov TERA rich soil blossoms ofthe M ine o n 
botanists. The epi ect can be pega e rtan well manured, with a little peat waded, will be found | r was at one og strious Soa T E 
those two eminent authors pr not already h aes dd suitable, A dry state at the roots while dormant Hh ‘but 1 po not p^ "I had undertak: 
ts v 2 Aere skill on e construction of i of|is best; but they should have an abundant supply of kes reed vast and ome subject ; its cultivation at 
Xeys, which, after al not servi purpose they sel during the period of active growth. Sloping | 9e 0r Lad B ya feb el i 
profess. Mr. Grindon’s Key deserves a fair t hey to Duk of ornamental water afford a good. situation for udvisely, € VA debes pe um. cud 
say the eres en > my own knowledge I can state | this Grass, ly n time, in 
that his ias "been extensively purchased in the effective ; dt seems to receive benefit from the inevitably appear in my 
A vapour | now glance at the difon ilties I had to e a 
Téuouhne district, wh To s UB AUI It also enjoys a little elevation | ™ Seed was scarcely to be had in England, and the habits of the 
g above the ordi inary level. In cold situations it is | different kinds u: ater 
erp es n ris : nhi uc ist, acci ^d H | necessary to protect the plants during winter, and to | carry out 5 Prat ehem: E oe To pump 
has been found to answer the oc Wa of the | maintain as far as possible dryness at ti mae e TEP tind on i ce re arcano qoe seid 
student and to be ag pa with its professions. | straight t Wheat era to a E mage use: of pro- eeban aed oF vagi venus vus dos dun gir 
I find that a critic in the current number of the|tection best. Having tied the plant iqq I shade display, not only the p 
i arn History Review,” page 524, Np kes the same | rou nd pe a ki avide which are de es nt together at sit be PE ioa ib , 
varie! an uanti 
view | Mr. , Ba bington’ d Key that have k orl ne — sid ise made fas then Ia apply a thin oie fie in the modu m from Ve countries where it is 
] coveri m few coils of string | cultivated, as I could ge er in the time. 
the * decet evidently an expert bani, sid to kee ep it ini ite ple ce, Thi Mc very effective and | different sorts come in oom from abou! 
that he had found Mr. Grindon’s Key, as far as | neat protection, which Fonds off water, preserves the after from the poss 
, and ins early t the 
 Heys, Vine Cottage, Hazel Grove, near [Usern pti growth, without which we cannot d on an annual | cultivated infEngland, do not: even | 
I have to complain of Pra sig she ge made n your hm of flower Vira April is the best month in | ond sean sunlight of November, w 
Reviewer with r t to a ieulars in my|the year for transpl — large specimens of thi the eben er ca 
* British and Gard en "Botany. e states, udo; that oes It is quite requis move à mem em € with 
I claim superiority for the ert w the above-named | frequently, say every ree’ or fh our y as 0 
ork, when compared with the Keys in Messrs. | t tho mec: are perceived to be [Pm Ses TE it is is | gat insu 6 
Bentham’s and Babington’s bos on ve the ZZ si icd found that the balls are too dry, they ought to have | ap ritis « ‘liko è p. ind pda" not like the 
not commencing with char n from t, | one or g preceding Rose o um heim a and fair as ever. 
e latter being often -—À pire He pend the operation of removal. ped planting in the fresh came _ p po erred ad produce could | 
xit à n perhaps 
rule, and instances the m Geraniaceæ On the best tarekat Pampas Grass ou id Pe and hybridisel pods hed 1 sent away’ my nig son and lost my time 
reference to my work it will .be _petecived - any extra care that may be bes rel ME cio uii ends it E Re 
I do nothing of the kind, "Ma wards will be well red by its increased statins i i 
nished by tho fruit being cited ane teen, liben | aty. x in. most purposes - Lion forward vies MS E S REA. 
the leaves, ier as supplementary rather than In ame last ennn you ns that * $e. never especially after their transit insit by Mie but, thanks to the 
initiative. He further leads 2 reader to suppose that | remember to have heard of an instance of Pampas E Ae! oe Bae ee Rh rer 
I make distinctions P species to depend largely upon Gras being see i in Mes open air.” I iy to inform | younger parere tok the Keoaligton daperimenk epe 
the colour of the flowers, e been p here these| My nt difficulty moar A this: how]to say a very great 
Centaurea. Reference to my t will show that this | two years, on a plant goiti by the "aide ofa X: of ti : 
likewise is contrary to fact. "nhe Dee to the colour |a que plant being on the other side, at a distance "e or climatic Tean, n ah 
i rel rir Ly yer not have cared to notice x feet. No a prey means of im ion have b inta o ouldibe | ip your Gane tetur 
is merely S MA V v is of impregnation at een | points of difference, wouldjbe taking up yourtime be present 
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h ted. Las 
like a spirit i of fairness i in hie general comm Give pue rem pota? poing on some Moss-covered stones i af ivi 
me credit at least for pe effort to » simplify the in the brook. When the panicles of bloom growing on contral or irure Él (ri. gru ps iR t eve Y 
ody of botany, and to exi g I indicating ripeness, I | tain or valley, cultivates its own tina oes variety. “Gould al 
If 1 have failed, at on oven do not let me be wae two of the Tant of them, from vd I have | this be told in half an hour? For the same reason I a 
misrepresent made mistakes I| this year raised a batch of — g Th Wilt, | conan Goo ee 
am not surprised *to is id I should "like to be|St. Lawrence, Ventnor, Isle of Wi Unwillingly I pass by tho fu and labours of those 
told of the book of 860 pages, dealing LI meis Nom Wa SUP S gifted men who, starting from the simple distaff and 
of end that is not blameworthy in the s respect. — i € DK dM the cage the ag 
On ag oig at Sio died I perca V moet í then prac pepe Ae respi al hio Meis 
por Ae. agg us to a por rtion on] x id section- Societies : ena Pa arse prie Boot hich joe the s 
lfred Bingley, Lad, 
a tx th obsolete oe idem am Rose, Lieu 
representation. e case of aoe Geraniaces, as we | Mendel one! nae Soa tt 
read the book, the characters derived from the ripe Colonel Scott, R-E., J. C. Thurn, EN Willing, Esg nants Sp of the ¢ tion plant i old, old : s 
fru nd in dening a the two MM Mrs. E ard Wood, Dr. Wooll inary Fellows; and — (€ ages ago—that the thoughtful observer 
rri as as HOR obtained from the lea they are n dee king Ss repro a Foreign a Member, à Le w and year ty eee i denn Agere pres the tree— 
printed as alt eiue or supplem mentar ary, ; but as partof| J. Batem » off occasion bloodshed, and which stood before him, as if planted by the hand 
| remarks pening’ Cattleyas gone other Onchide, of the Creator. for the comfort of his creatures. Did he dream 
o say pintad after the Tent character is to | most of which came from Messrs. Low, of Clapton. Que, s iilver threads—an| hal 
beg E dated for both are printed alike, and rop Cattleya bicolor, with slen m ms |t re E: ican sae “schromati a 
stand as parts of the vernm Whatever may have o feet or so in height, and handsom verd pretty Cotton pod would be changed into gold by the magic of 
been the intention. As to i a tims to = golden fleece = woniitbped b buy world. 
j i er! wasa woman. It was, it must have n. see 
r peat «€ "ed age ee " mentioned are cal see was said to be remarkable for the ease with her om Sida E KUNA ra. glowing Sx dep san 
vhi d here M En to separate C. Isnardi f and sro err with life and beauty. She seems lost iu 
C. nigra and C. Scabiosa. Then the a out “of view v the | being. independent of the column, i. e., not wrapped n ior of some object before her. It is a little shrub of 
ffected by dthe latter, as in most othe! er kinds. This, when | rare beauty ; me pies s th Boe air — dluque-epottnd 
us l me SE E ds rr ts golden c aves it in her cu vair ; 
these are put thus Fre à ply p 1 | better kn Of a Cattleya E ue ripe ay ix while GHI downy fib 
te, g : t hom m New Grenada by the Horticultural spotless = he plays with ae pula it from 
g. Polypodi l d ride tm Trichomanes. | Society’s poets Mr. Weir, it was said that it | hand to han i nconsciously twist ® 
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