Novesrn 12, 1864.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 1087 
f the Doctor among the Indian specimens sent over t io the last | attention, If I have 1 mixed’sci Neal, it was that | notions of ro be f. 
Great Exhibition. —— staple appears bulky, sione, MN not be sent ho met 3 your firesides ears quite | a minently tl 
believe, is very Here” is an ver eie dee p E X with Cotton. | « Cyri the "Tem ionic dia aa 
itta Wook. sont ted n pee ras Uie agro denter packet powa by Mos DAN of dn [Uv wr Men] | who mmm saat to ma i tie poh and toast 
fi " t hat like the last, but with | Snown 5 ce wit! POE emplo: 
dena decor rap prs x is ORUM them were the fine yellow kind called Jardin des Plantes, reat hom P d - tö 
H. $ 
a yellowish tint in the leaf. and smaller science ; and i 
Them i-e "y ke i ie of cultivated kinds. Quen of Buck, ady H. St. Clair, which proves to be | where science is eben a gt veto ‘con: 
“hole collection, Dr. Welwitec he same as W n aQ peti: | sideration. The catalogue | 
with Darwin back into the | A neat ere yellow Pompon Chrysanthemum called | -oof of this, the collection of ornamental 
as it were out cati i e fro I " 
Tree e 
t 8 
York t to “spim thread trom 15 Hare is the seed with the | gold calle Tessrs, Taes furnished a |an excellent cultivator and very worthy man, has 
e distinct- looking W "72 ' Epip hyllum truncatum, | however had another thing to contend against, which 
tricolor, a mei red P iih co pms d A is the prevalence of terrible hurricanes, whieh 
necessary ming glaucous variety of Cupressu s Law away in a few minutes what has cost years of anxi 
dian and | named argentea—a real diua vcram ls a labour. To this cause, doubtless, it is ; oit that we 
os s essrs. Waterer and Godfrey; and from Messrs. Ivery, in the list some of the most interesting p 
i lec 
subject. m S book—'' The Cotton T Trade," by 
George yoltenry published by Saunders & Otley. It has a 
strong Yankee leaning, but is exhaustive of the subject as 
a cos cmereial hi 
“The long J fibre Cotton, i 
making the warp, staple, is PREND called, i. e., ae yr om u- | the ausp ‘ednesday, Thursday, comm 
dinal threads of the woven tissue. These threads, e ofthe|and Friday last, = mee ‘he whole of the awards | Gach and Melon, - do we find the Water Melon, 
ust be made of — were c ried off by Mr. — Ü Nursery- | | though the  Sechiu of which a variety with 
the lowe marge em ver 
éraw material, No other quailty of Cotton is | exhibit In order to improve the display the Society | Phe hi eka pa " io 1 f short d 
aig age either Re aaa into the mer faraished some well-grown plants from its Garden àt | tion, The last severe hurricane of February, 1861, 
Chiswick laste i & M 
or to sustain the t and friction to 
rin 
M s, contrary, Se ems uncan, ge nu - h 
as such enters H . od 
tit of 00 some of which we have not been able to reintroduce. 
Hendon fe na 2 m A eee n d eg a is — alphabeti EL the nat ches 
dex order of each genus being appended, its popular n 
" de. Parts XXL, XXII. Reeve & Co. 1864" | Mauritius, where re any exists, and aom red 
mes numbers before us comprise t the Hydrocharidew’ whence it comes. u “It is ri Pag gas it will rag pose 
, 
MA voee In no part of our Flora are there so | sponden med er ro ge aa Tg dn in 
naba eie ui em onn Lc diei many doubtful natives, and Mr. Ben tham vil scarcely | means of readily ascertaining w. 
fe their pad dart than the poera and constitute the Ess] be blamed for the eliminations which he has made, as consists. of, and thereby giving such information as is 
portion (in Bony oe gre wat of oue Es and consump Sent = nre à nn vee oe farther Wi » ue nero ge 
think it te t however that such species as of plants to bot w shor are 
tidy Se ee om two to ave imos | Croetis iudi dores tabula ‘Se reinined. Any oue one uoi hen qud V eet one of which under yeu 
pe or th his pecu arpit Tt of Cotton, the medíum- | has vein ror s r in which it appears the € as follows: “Ihave rai upwards of 200 very 
staple, than of any other. perfectly = seems at homo, distinct varieties, comprising many shades of scarlet, 
ta - taken for candle-wicks) or for the ve 
e 
Derby d how 
ic short-staple Cotton is ured ett agony A - — wodk at o once allow t that it has very strong e clai s for purple, whi ite, striped potted, &c. Amaryllis may be 
be vnd "heeripton But it Z " rent in | admissi 1l ies, an 
e iS 
been der ved. It is sometimes possible to assign the be brought to such perfecti on as to m pm favourite 
t | time ad rule ts which are now widely diffused -- flower in beauty and marking of co 
"eti Memoranda. 
TEN GAR CHRYSANTHEMUMS. — Notwith: 
a standing ‘the dry | and du usty summer we have had, and 
Y. for fine 
ss its great recommendation. of ship laden with corn; 
* It will be seen, therefore, that while we require for the rétollebé when — e ig was confined Y 
purposes of our Mer rg a loue quantity A bes buon single spot, Whereas it is be found in the a unfavoura' d of the season gentral 
and third qualities of raw Cotton, need, and ca me, " - ut-door displ of forces, ieee Chry santh 
lies our real d ral quarte the le botanist from dr e Tuxuri: T 
f suppl; ; n: 
E. ply ae: eee en of Ameri san Ang the roa! Tending to Ramsgate. | 
- 6 second and most necessary species of pins, ine, probably p de A. 
tively the history of the Padian experi now naturalised i in a single spot along the rocky banks of dreary ^ 
| the s Aberdeenshire, a few miles below Ballater. | i$ about f; Brome worth inspection. 
very li it will that point, as Of fine indiv; {St gms eet Sl a 
d N : 
it to 
mate na weeks important 
addition hes been Mille to ‘the I list in the discovery of | WTX; 
A | Aceras secundiflora in Ireland, where, like Spiranthes whites; 
ppears at a considerable distance froin what 
~ 
go 
of gi 
the deine p s prejudices 
aves It is so short a tim ced Mr. Bentham’s | ing.. e na 
work (see p. Vide ur orden are tte to ey in addition to | blush kind, js donate for 
our former rem: too highly of its execution | | Broome has also some Charing * 
ot orm api regards ney o of | known Cedo Nulli, which latter 
M e|promises to be an — a 
rs | do not, however, wish — fy — Flore ar are ay äs the season will perm 
[Tu discursive. They have thei merit, grouping, the plants Being. skal arráhg or 
go, | but whether that merit is of the highest pem is ques- | Mf. Broome ontrives to ur crops o = little 
d | nap. A Flora like that of Mr. Babington, which | beds in one year; the firat fs bile. the n nnudls, 
| gives accurate characters of the various forms which | then bedding-plants, and iastly Chrysan mn 
d von ies of the satne genus assume, is not ou whole w - Yee fine, considering! they are in the 
use, especially to beginners, though in the most | Very nen ondon. 
f thanks to all good friends Os b ^ i cha In the Middle Temple, Mr. Dale has also a beatitiful 
display, especially “yt nr -— kind on a wall under 
Fe t una TÉ fo eae | | el 
. Lindley, who, always ready | make out many a eapposed species betur, The 
EI Meng var D oes [attempt indeed is often enou ugh to m: ake a a young 
the Mauchester Cotton Suvply Association, Dr. Forbes studen 
n, Mr. Clements Markham, Mister eris Mr. P. L. | down the 
à Dr. supplies of seed | Bentham h 
protection. Her blooms are very 
ed and j ange ge poe the best 
Que and Golden variety ; Novelt; 
eru, ittle Ha 
ml Manes = 1 a ; the | 
eat t work, th ) miber is always an untüixed but | 
Vw dd 0b others, eh, and thet Journal of the Ae Oe 2s Ea h perfect 
"Where of pleasure to us, and we rejoice in the hope dw r oily 
nies o 
here was onë want however 
h that we shall soon have the work com plete (totus teres Kids Ge AM E rdinary London 
1 
could wander here eei fern: 
ins shag A thete was poetry in the fairy be rn and 
im the morfu ere vf the myn TM: the Roso Catalogue of Plants in T Royal Botanical Garden. Sal 
was ‘bathed in it ; but there was try itt Atlast| Mauritius. By James Duncan. Er 106 and viii. 
id Printer, 1863. erg oet 
I T it—in a d (sew ye * pick: 2e Ooto in {the 
field, t! re first I MEA vis Ley V al." 
though it be, it is one of the The Botanical per possessions 
x modern times, considered, those most nearly | gardens a e t ru iin 
the poor negro's r support, as scientific institutions, so | Pg TN B: ey now d : dr quts 
uar ing hoodia, Del Ma thoy on seta en, 1 uch as — of introducing plants of utility or [i e's and Mr. Broome's collections may, 
or my heart is breaking, breaking, for the love seg Nels ' |ornament, or nvenient ble pro énades | * 
Ah! riogh when I’m mi and dark visi for the nei hbourin residents. We must not there- sane i Pas Ce n1 
The last low murmur of th i fo shall be p hen Ars fore blame t pe^ P dibeétts if their condition does hot _ Mn. RALTERS Nursery, HAMMERSMITH. —Here 
xaetl reconeeived 
Farewell now, my friends, and thank jou fof your kind} always: come up exactly to our own p at present is Cbrysanthe- 
