374 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[May 31, 1856. 
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Nepal and Cu me It is also found among other o of pe correspondents to detail i in your columns Rhubarb-scented D. mac byllum, extreme nely -we well 
the mou: tains of the iya a oe is not only an ex- | the way ri gi , flowered ; Calanthe Sa A eps many spikes of 
ingly Crosman but a highly interesting species. | snow- asta blossoms ; 3 Pha aleenops' mow endillens; finely 
Iti red gpg 1o oon s large work, the Arb. and Fru ti- | s, ilgi bloomed ; Phaius Wallichi and fee e Skinneri, both, 
o be mg a “species of Ilex which may Societies. , but more especially the latter, , literally covered with 
probably he found half hardy in England.” thia was the flowers. Mr. Mylam, gr. to G. Re ed, Es sq. also 
of our information i n 1838, , the da ate of the publi- Crystal Patace Exuipition, May 24.—The pAr g nished a very fine group. I 
th 1 fé held tl n Wallichi, one of the best A atic plants of Yani 
Bair i in RA gardens | rere at an soup tah of “400 AAR r the Sepa of this oti took aan on that has perhaps ever been shown; th 
above the sea. An article appa in the Gardeners’ aa ay T} frequent sweet-smelling V. suavis, Epidendrum alatum, en- 
Chronic le lately on Paraguay T a (Ilex : Par maguazienoje) heavy showers fell ll during the forenoon ; in the afternoon drobjum dep ifo u ith some 12 bunches of 
who had not only up, avda very numerous | yellow flow armeri, the rare Cattleya Aclan. 
f the opportunity ot _inspeeti ing dis; Barkeria a speciabilis, piet A Niara poai ed; ; Cattleya 
f the genui ne herb, but had tasted. some drink made pany p mA 
T other species of ilex &c., used a the rich coll 
ide seal Paraguay Feos. which he remarked was 
fi he |. li had to be carried as pl exhibidion it wae be remembered, was that it was 
must have Tea of some sort, they made it from an|of unity of expression, much of the grandeur of 
infusion of me next best herbs which the locality | effect which it would otherwise have had was lost. 
forded. his accords with the angois of o ther This se psan S Giaplay mas ian sy confined to the transept 
ravellers, ihe not only ‘ead pi same thi 
Mossiæ, nearly 3 feét high and as much through, and 
ia abium: p 
and 
in it than is an found i in flowers of this plant. 
Bets o' H, B. d 
e great fault belonging to last year’ s' covered with 
z morsum ; Dds 
from its first cost ; for all over the building, and that for want’ rata 
olley, gr. 
wed Orehi as, 
hay ‘ y 
AREAS citrosmum, with much more colour 
Mr. 
fer, Esq., an Srydan also 
S; but the above formed what may be 
a 
t sa la tk 
of infinitely more serv hey g botanic: 
I 
bev: 
r, in other words, giu ths Y wou it seeme every respect an improvement on that of last 
arer to buy Chinese Tea for eve r, or else to a, True, the num mber of "plan nts was pouen s not so A 
o our own Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea), = some but they were and 
for Tea, indiff 
anen of the plants Ri ii ag TA the king of this | once a aes and imposing, had it not been for the emag-| Variegated Orchids, extremely well grown and beau- 
Conspicuous among these are Ile x Da hoon, nificence of we, Palace itself, whose splended orna- tiful Ei came from Messrs. Veitch. The sorts were 
pa T. vomitoria, and I. d Asi AA S st be admitted, is too much for plants | Anæctochilus cordatus, intermedius, setaceus, xantho- 
have been used by Americ an Tdi ans far beyond the | to Arh agai sian successfully, A light canvas cover- phyllus, and Phys genteus and pictus, 
reach of Paraguay Tea e haye whole -tribes | ing susp ended above the Bleue served to screen oe, Roges were present in all the beauty and grandeur of 
using all these pieciee < of ely hie I have named as | from the. direct rays of the sun, . which the Quean of gin J susceptible. The health 
Tea ; and wiih « e plants being tender, As regards the exhibition itself it was eukal in lof the foli ee to many,,con- 
das if w 
ag 
sidering they eatin spring through which we haye 
assed. Messrs. Lane 
ollection was, as in fact it 
ex pnns of Aa s is, particularly fine. “Tt contained beautifully 
tr 
n Holly, w which, according to Dr. Roy os e, as well |. mzerops Aada s) and in front. of thane such bushes of 
as oases my own observations on the living phn pe anus variegatus augenfaye as one seldom has the 
in the gardens here, I. dipyrena so much r . | good fortune to see ; the dense drooping T striped 
e season of the ikai nin leaves. of these plants ro all who could. get near 
leaves can be gathered, dried, and parched, to mal them with admiration. Other por- 
B 
r. 
Busby. 
quemin 
Tea from the common ia olly, and surely: in is worth of this remarkable sabibiton were made up of 
while to beg zin the manu fei one of an article of sue! eh Norful Island Pines, Da ammara obt tusa, Cycas revo- 
eap Tea wou uld. e Aralia pulchra, th 
s in pots, 
other PAR less herb as a substitu te t cult yl mpa- | bloomed plants of Baronne Prevost, Lion ombats, 
states that Ilex dipyrena o | ratively rare. | uchess of SEEEN Lamarque, Pa: erras, Sou- 
the common ern ~~ it does, but when I “tha ve| One of the main features of the sho ow was the collec- | venir d’un Ami, which is one of the handsomest 
compared both plants ing here side by side, I find tion of plants re markable for fine foliage and grouped | of Roses; Comtesse Molé, am, and Coupe: de 
tthe T. di „exhibited by Messrs. Veitch, Indopendentiy Hete. In Messrs. Paul’s OED vas u a magnifi 
a month before the common ‘Holly 3 Ba still it is ‘perfectly of their individual beau uty they were arranged wit cent example of the yello Decazes, 
Iso Racy bloomed no of Che Je é, Mad: am Lalay, 
forð. have seen young plants i in stock out of doors in they came. In the was a noble a of Jules Mar gotin, Blairi, the glorious. ’ Géant des B 
the Exeter mamas ries, It Dracæna indivisa, a a ar ien stem gome. 5 fom t in tailles, es ei and Paul Récaut, a variety of N 
any one to tr Tea and to height and a famous head of Yuc ca-like et so well | Mr. 
— us thus one malig nearer to the ms king T this was a magnifice ma i ee (Cha- yy rd sent among o 
Hes rtfo poe Lanprane, 
lise piaty and Coupe Se, pre pect mate eurs, 
MI 
» Esq., St th ast 
y, gr. to J. PA 
Luton, Beds, ha à the best nes "Comepienon amon 
hem were Pay erie Kan Perras, aan vipling, General 
ac d am Jesse 
Auguste Mie, an 
owland, Fea. of Lewi isham, a ste others sh Somi 
ose: 
ll at 
ell 
gro wn. 
Mr. Wilkinson wi Ealing. likewise co 
miya f few years since Chinese Tea was as great a ra beautiful specimens ee aon tree Fern I 
Paragua; y or South Sea Tea | antarctic ca, the Stag’ s Hor n Platycerium, Philodendron 
is now, d wh 
Aa 
work to ce your people to eat Potatoes one two Orchids and we a ts, all of them a wi me 
d_ well-grown Other. Broups caf plants with fine 
Surprise to find = aenn eain been so long in beleving foliage were less striking. DD them ap, noticed 
that our beautiful native Hollies were sent us in uharéy Çoles Blumei, the handsome Cissus discolor, Cala- 
le of ims and Marai ntas of different Kinde. "Norfolk 
somewhere read that the learned botanis' t Bonpland, | laria tenuifo lia, 
nmhio: ho accompanied Humboldt in his travels in South f. 1 
small plants of choice kinds on Celine 
in 
aa gr. to sin ia Antrobus Bt. 
2 a drink to cheer but n obini: T have | Tend Pines, and dense flowerless tussocks of Maxil- a 
A 
. Paul & Son. It was named Bacchus 
formed, as might hore b een padais ‘one of 
the most striking ee of the show, They were 
contributed i nf ee gold ang abundance, Of, old 
best wi 
oun.) D of fi h "eaf 
D D 
n them The more Temara able plants 
paap ai view of se pl to Europe ut the authori- | many an old oe “id we recognise . 
ties interfered, and no ea RE him from ol them. Of large groups the best was that furnished 
ing out his — ‘an ually made him pris by Mr. May, gr. to H, Collyer, Esq., of Dartford. 
Had t re o virtues i in the R olly leaf is it likely It contained a beautiful Pimelea upontehilie, several 
wey aoha F. and well vei Azala eas, Dipladenia crassinoda acrises, a very 
the 
that 
the econo’ omy of plan == as well as ve amet e acquain ated | of the swe Seaman tweet = flori- 
» which we ne carey if 
best Azaleas in Aa i : anan 
tia Cat IVerIADA, a white kind streaked with pink ; 
and jbsag ariegata Rawson 
es, an 
rs, Mr. Carson, gr. _F.G. 
BAA the — “lesion. It con- 
sist sf “OF cent a very fine spec men, gi the e 
Spec 
with the luxuries an sities. of the most highly |b ‘band Gompiobiu polya awe in the form of a 
civi — i y, e ae nd ely mets be: 
Chinese yellow ; HE ee a ma, a, double are a eae 
Mr 
ariet 
shoul ETE in Paragon uay Tea culture if it Paes ielled pa xis ch tha pins 
, and 3 did e Heaths and Changers as, and a very badly 
the beverage of fl The next 
of fe most brilliant et In oe Jass as 
kinds the last- paped PAER produced Marie, a pa 
3 del 
himself and all around him ? stag: Forsyth, Torquay. | larka hla D 
-—L have j lons a hive of bees under Seite | „Mr. Dods, gr. to Sir John Cathcart, 
tissima, white with crimson stripe; 
d 
Bees. Bar 
peculiar circumstances that I patar you the are Plants produced by this grower were dre sty in point 
the h i your apiarian corre eee auty, and all of them i well merited the high mark 
may be able to explain a a Amro a which I asp 
fro 
m Messrs, 
ll ; and ma; gpifica, the latter agi 
Hill 
white. "Apo varieties Tony ot especial notice, chiefly 
of Dor 
Ivery, ing, were er rispiflora, 2 
es The speci: ore ieularl — 
ears of bee-keepi ng. A healthy hive (one of | of. oe were Cemgbol grt ret Bor oa 
Keighbour's) was observed by my ee in full pinnata and sel a, Eriostemon buxifolium, Ade- 
1 Two days afterw: ees coming nan ANSAR, a a “doable re lea, Ri . Gled- 
out, he thought they had deserted th ima but, on. st lendidly fl elexis 
o 
Tos: 
ose we have jus ust 
ecUPrPHerooe 
£ 
Fi 
f 
» uO ® 
pH 
S 
Hii 
EE 
ze 
3 
3 
iasth inegar Beria Ma have (some Grape | bennty, d jud 
‘Gai 
Khoa 
gh oo ge They ver the shou 
‘Tain stem than some I saw the other day which have ie me tn iene sagh fod sia ded 
t ears ; y 
and regularly produce many shanked or vinegar berries A very fine collection was furni by Messrs. Veitch. 
ot 
petals had a Pesala 
whose 
ses border ; Admiration mite, striped with pink 
Beauty of Europe. hite suffused and richly apo apoted 
h salmon; Tr 
Lord Ra 
otter a, a dazz) ty ng purplish 
an, distinct i in Har large, but not stri seriking ; ; 
way of exquisita, but apparently an 
tha pur- Crit 
a improvement on af Aton en nL Williams, a,good 
osy salm and Barclayana, with a greenish 
rons were contributed by Messrs, Lane & 
rs. Lane’s Ragepup consisted of aureum, 
pioniro 
: muskat that.age gh Orchids were pape in their usual Aero and | ‘Sabinicnum, s sulphureun , decorum majus, primulinum 
The y 
cata,” ‘These, 
sorts. Mr, r 
we s been ao lly AR by us. former occasions that.we 
need n tch 
on 
t farther advert. to them. Messrs. Veil 
ished S. 
e house being glazed with It. contained Calanthe yeratrifolia, a noble pl plant ; Cat- | Ms e judges: awarded a firs 
all Cacti came fro: 
am pictam, a K pret “variety, to which 
“glas ) rom i Green & Grix,and 
wis amount of fresh air, but they, the Gra C. rmedia, the lar arge variety of Oncidium roe of , extremely showy We 
never co! The subsoil iss and ley of smpiatum, “echopti pazit, the charming a Coe noticed nothing new amo 
_ à soft en epep soil is, not heavy, but isapt bium Farmeri, the purple variety of Aerides odoratum,| Pitch lants, a collection of which was, shown by 
to run pueteaethe, am orm a compa was top a aa ‘variety of . Saccolabium Blumei, two Messrs, Veitch, formed one of the most i 
} e enat depth of sand beautiful plants of STA metry the rich orange scarlet | portions of the show. They consisted of Nepenthes 
ts have clean Lælia cinnabarina, the rare Cypripedium villosum, and ampullacea, vittata, Pa the rare and valuable lanats, 
- Can other Lady’s Slippers ; Vanda suavis, and the greatly | and phy phora, the latter literally loaded. with small 
us? We prized Epidendrum vitellinum. Another excel it 
ire came from Mr. Gedney, gr. Elli 
, May 27, is we i 
8S. 
ipae ampliatum, Cattleya .Mossiæ, :Saccolabi 
Heinemann aoa guttatum, Dendrobium a D. dovsiorum, a 
some magnificent plant beautifully in 
For. New Plants the exhibition on this 
ted 
among them was 
pape ae next mentioned of Nend 
eee sort bardy se cam of iat 
occasion Was 
to, the dat pamed, firm. | doau 
„eardinalis, 
