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ficent flowers. C. wolacea superba, particularly remarkable for its violet 

 colour, beautifully shaped flowers, and abundance of them. C. Pronay«wa, so 

 named in honour*^ of the Baron von Pronay, a very zealous amateur and pro- 

 moter of gardening in Vienna. It has not, indeed, a very large flower, but is 

 very agreeably speckled with dark and light red. — J. Rinz,jun. June, 1835. 



Art. III. Domestic Notices. 

 ENGLAND. 



Buchanan'' s Nursery, Caniberwell. — We have visited this nursery several 

 times in the course of the summer ; we have also, through the kindness of 

 Mr. Buchanan, jun., received dried specimens of the more rare of the trees 

 and shrubs in the Camberwell Arboretum ; and we must confess that we have 

 been most agreeably surprised to find the extraordinary vigour with which 

 trees grow in that arboretum, though they are surrounded on three sides by 

 dense masses of houses and clouds of smoke. One cause may be, that the 

 grounds are perfectly flat, and that they are surrounded, or at least bordered 

 on two or more sides, by ditches constantly containing water. At all events, 

 it is certain that the plants in this nursery have, in this dry season, suffered 

 less from drought than others which we have seen either in the neighbourhood 

 of London, or during our late tour in the country. The circumstance of so 

 many species of trees and shrubs flourishing in the midst of so much smoke, 

 ought to be a great encouragement to the possessors of town gardens. We 

 hope to show, in our Suburban Gardener, how very far superior to what they 

 are at present these gardens may be rendered by judicious planting. 



The Trees in the Ai^boretum of the Surrey Zoological Garden being also sup- 

 plied subterraneously with water from the ponds and lakes belonging to that 

 establishment, are in a very thriving state, and in another year, when they are 

 correctly named, they will not only be a great ornament to the gardens, but 

 form a valuable botanical school for the visitors. As it is in contemplation to 

 have a collection of herbaceous plants and shrubs ; or, in other words, to avoid, 

 as much as possible, having duplicates of plants of any kind, these gardens 

 will probably in a few years be as much entitled to the term botanical as zoo- 

 logical. If to such a garden a museum and library were added, it might be 

 entitled a Natural History Garden ; and we have no doubt that, in due time, 

 such gardens will be formed by the corporations of towns, and even of villages, 

 all over the country. A grand step towards this end was proposed to be 

 made by Mr. Buckingham in parliament ; but the subject has been deferred 

 for the present. — Cond. 



The Metropolitan Society of Florists and Amateurs held, on Aug. 20., a show 

 of flowers of different kinds in Vauxhall Gardens. A young friend, engaged 

 in floriculture, who attended it, has favoured us with the following recollec- 

 tions of it. Prizes of three classes of dahlias had been proposed, and were 

 awarded. Of the prizes for flowers of pansies, Mr. Lane, Berkhampstead, 

 Herts, obtained the first. Fine flowers of pansies were contributed by Mr. 

 Mountjoy of Ealing. Of China asters there was a collection of fine flowers. 

 Of roses, picotees, and carnations there were stands by Mr. Wilmer. The 

 finest of the roses were from Mr. Paul of Cheshunt, Herts. Of cockscombs 

 there were plants remarkable for dwarfness, the combs pretty fine. There 

 were extremely fine plants of balsams and plants of one or more kinds of 

 Fuchsia and of Huniea elegans, from Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, . 

 Bart. Of orchideous plants there were fine plants of certain species ; some 

 of the plants were from Mr. Press. Of Clethra arborea two plants, very full 

 of flowers ; very fine plants of Campanula pyramidalis in flower; and of ^rica 

 Aitoni and other species, and Rdche« falcata, flowering, were contributed by 

 Messrs. Chandler, Vauxhall. There were flowering plants of Rochea falcata, 

 and various other plants, sent by different persons. A plant of Magnoha 



