May 31, 1856.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 375 
flowers ; the whire blossomed Ceanothus cre tow a er. ke of sop mi had the Lest.: Od on toe regents ie from New nada, 
“resem Eiri ush ; the com- | Mr. Davis, ae "Mir: Jon s House, produce à Messrs. Veitch sent the Californian Leptodaetyion 
mon Nasturtium ; a ge nus near Br oe ner w hardy | two well grown Diack n Se oer ; Mr. Taylor of which has been pievisaslý deseribed by u LB ag 
bulb from California; a New Zea erie in the | Streatham had a smooth Cayenne, and the eraka alpina, a we: sat Zealand rnin ith white Aster- 
shape of some ae of Philippodenden and Nidularia | variety of that fruit, over ripe, was shown by Mr like flow ropeeolum Shiai ianum. We 
picta. Of plants not in flower this firm sent the sin- | Turnbull. also rte ik of the Sikkim Rhodode ndrons, 
ular Ouvirandra fenestralis or Madagascar Water Yam, | Of Grapes, the last-named exhibitor ee three | Dalhousise and a gece | the former with nine 
alae at p. 359, the egarcd handsome Fern Glei- | good dishes Paer ng o S eA pa mburghs, large white blossoms on ít and the paa with orange 
chenia microphylia, anda Sund w (Drosera dichotoma),a and rem hiss s. Mr. Munro, gr. i Oddie, las and yellow flowers of io particular b Messrs. 
plant of no particular beauty, bat of very curious struc- the t best aiden of this kind ; it contained Standish and Noble sent a cut aprisa: of Spiræa 
ture. Of other novelties Mr. Epps had the handsome Sw erates ge! Frontignan, and Lage Hamburg | grandi ae a showy kind iutroduced some time ago by 
splend Of dish: of Black Hamburgh tl Mr. Fortune, Messrs. 
0 4 and the 1 ext it wd Gas 3 and cu i ° 
Tepe anh and white kalka sha ips flowers; a hand- Mr. Clarke, of Hoddesdon. Other exhibitions of this | villea spectabilis came from Mr. West, of Lymington. 
some ellez of Lille; and | variety came from Mr. Bundle and Mr. Spary, of The latter we need not say is by no means a novelty ; 
Messrs. Standish and aol bre an Azalea, a cross gg The best eaae of mite came from but it is se ldom seen in flower. We also noticed some 
between the Chinese amcena san lateritia. To the value | M mha roduced well- aga wn | cones ~~ Sera of Araucaria imbricata from Mr. 
thi l 
of this mule as an ornamental eg nt iger: o PAN, pao of mgr Grizzly. ~ Chasselas fore e from | Barnes, 0 
of having “hose on hose” flow wers a dou rolla Mr. Reid, o J. Hunt, eeh Sydenham Son cats | Mr. bens ontributed an poms collection of 
one within anothe’ f gen erally. were so unripe whol y unfit for | | Amary lises, hita we must not forget to notice Mr. 
the calyx lengthening out and t eee the size, fy and exhibition, The best, dae a were far from being , Francis charming group of Roses “on Manetti as 
colour of petals. This, therefore, independent of its | perfect, came from Mr. Turnb ull, gr. to the Duke of These w ne as eee Bn in their way could w 
beauty will always r render this singular hybri id one of Marlborough. Of Sweetwater Mr. Davis had beauti-| be; although fein new A from the bud not one ‘of 
much interest. From the cons beacon at Trentham fully pipen ned bunches, and so had Mr. Jackson, gr. to | them had fa o flower. 
were cut flowers of Cantua dependens, charmingly H. Beaufoy, Esq. Museadines were shown in go pii 
coloured, and apparently produced in great abundance. | condition by ba soi sg to B; iiaia Esq., an Horticutturat, May 27.—Col. Challoner in th 
A Gloxini m pla i Mr. W illjama . B. Warner, Esq. Mr. paris chair. Messrs, S Standiah a and ind No oble again exhibited the 
a wn th hybrid Azalea which they showed at the 
Some seedling Pelargoniums were 
| erent by “Mr. Westwood, of Turnham Green. The 
i 
exhibited by Mr. Dall, of Pimlico, we noticed two fine ‘and M Sonye eben a basket of Black Ham- 
varieties called erecta stellata and erecta Castelloni, | burg ae aes oe Hill had ceri bt hes of 
These were extremely beautiful, and are well worth | Black Pach jot ripened and as blac h eae’ 
attention. Grapes in Pam were a by Mr. arii gr. to | Test of the plants came from the Society’s AEA 
Of Pelargoniums there wa | Baron Rothschild, at oe ves Na rk. They were | Among them were Acacia varians, »a species raised fr "it 
la; E tupi i h 
play. Mr. epa e i as oe ‘sie | se —— pairs in ast re s, one at each end was me that the ripe seeds of this plant are extremely 
} y ani ng t them. So deadly, in short, are » their effects 
| that this variety o of “ Wattle” has received the name of 
ficent. 
Bouquet, Arethusa, Rosamon d, delicatum, fa well coloured and of good size. Mr. Ga rdine ner, as to | 
Conqueror, Gertrude, Lucy, purpureum, and Tomes Sir G. Phillips, Bart., had a en of —— yal 
hd colour of Governor Gene eral but not so gapa eorge Peaches, and good fruit of the same Vite ee “ 
Messrs. Fraser ti In th was contributed by nie. F. kaia pot Trent! ear, iolett j : 3 
Amateurs’ ‘lane Pe 6 Pelargo Sine, Mr. Nye, at r. Eva : ad p: kar egate; Bo oct jadian isine cae pb? re onsin 
to E. Foster, Esq., Clewer Manor, near Windsor, con- Esne e, | of ronia peo h re nae Peia 
tributed very fine plants, covered with flowers of goo E $ “viol lette Hite ive np ree tarines, rong phe beautifully Sede the bates 2 old mas eS a as benone 
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quality, and so to E. Beck, coloured, were contributed by Mr. Fleming. Rearasshe rt ee pit A ai Sag rns are 
Esq., of Isleworth. Fancy dash rasan Mr. Turner | variety of fruit was also furnished by Mr. Hill and Mr. | geilgin fragrans ing aR, a a EOE 
Em Fr: ectra, Mad loli- pee 
, Celestia’ $ - [was exactly interme appastanee beiwoin’ tho 
superb plant of Jenny Lind, Quee ot Bons Goth ‘of ane ie eae Boreham. The variety, we believe, aa two ae a but inal ep resect reams ase morin 
Silver, conspicuum, and Richa. Ai Cobden. Messrs. J. & J. | named On a green fleshed sort, which was aia sae prira eisen ” E aa sea 
Fraser exhibited Advancer, delicatu m, Madame Sontag, | awarded a first prize for good eager “Marn eat hry shrub o ae poy pi aie. 
Princess Alice Maud e, formosi ssimum, Princess Marie | Patamn,” from Mr. Nichols, was highly commended h; sy calyeins on "iad rub ore te from Cali 
Galitzin, Miss Sheppard, ERA Lind, Argus, flori This is ppt variety. rý aran oe a = j y kine ai especi pe 
bundum, Celestial, and Gaiety. In the Amateurs’ Class, handsome scarlet — Melon was exhibited by Mr. | per aps'the oniy p a on thorn aa aan h « 
Mr. Windsor, gr. at Kiddapore Hal, Hampstead, | Ewinr, of Bodor | it was rls Ye ayie oy E rA i ve 
showed magnificum, Duchesse d’Aumale, Fairy Queen, | Of Ki igs, cael fruit of the Brown Turkey kin | Sons, an = i a n rn a 
ne | came from Mr. Richards, of ie and Mr. Beby at] | blossoms are greenish ye ow, stiff and waxy e ing, 
plants and ns flowered, Mr. Bo ousie had well bloomed | Stockwood Pa rk. Mr. Teg à Mr. Bain had a a ne shape d ai er 
plants tion 
viest a weighing 5 Ibs., was commu! 
nd 
| stat Mexi t 
Triump an didl. Ghetries -in’ thtee exhibited by Mr. to be without om pela la claw which ae ran pos- 
bden | loping who sent imer frait o of Elton, Black (Bagle, | porien of Mapp: ii al ye ben 
Cinerarias Mr. Turner had a most excellent and May Duke. Mr. Evans furnished Early P urple e | With leaves in ‘the “form of -a’kite, as-were also the 
soloed It consisted of Emperor of the French, Griotte, Circassian, and May Duke. Of single dishes 
tie Vat Purple Standard, Viola, Orlando, | May Duk Fe mhi 
toile de eet Duchess of Wellington, a fine forward | Wi iton, at Hea Mr. Eva r. Munro, and Mr. P led 4 
variety ; Sir C. Napier, Lad ees xton, Magn m Bonum lemin slat sho ont ood si ibs cia of Cherries, uely fruited in what are cal 8s or 5-ineb 
Bousie’s Sibi á a Brillian ~ fine i| Plu $ beziis ae RTN ited by Mr. Fiemi and it was stated that that ees had: been: proved 
edged variety. Mr. Beck, of Isleworth, aie “sent 12) Of S 3 dishes, the best, came A aeees anes som gra ar to saini 
bewescret th among them wi ere excelsi sior, a good sort, | Ewin 
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[and a pretty plant of Calceolaria Kayi. The same est 
$ 
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bad SFR E 
of ‘odor ne n. The sorts were British Queen, |freing: Among sorts, s 
hates Pine, a white variety, and a a In| the yore tment, fooupat Black vine. was ti 
on & Son s stage ed 12 Pansies in pots, | single dishes Mr. Dunsford carried off the first prize, : A rege z S 
ao ie Er being paa Victoria, Omar peia, Father | with extremely well grown ash Quee rue Keens oe OF oer so poaae rea wide ains 
Gavazzi, Mary Taylor, Marian, Emperor, Aurora,| Seedling came from Mr. Gillham, and Alice Mau aF ne: vine Heute of ig sian seule vend 
i Nonpareil, Great Western, Ganesan. and ae nc ae Bland oy Bag of near AL Reine Hortis tle known'eort, wae s reported es tii be. 
uchsias were exhibited in tolerable porad but | Watfo pt oy ais een ace k Spi sai ; 
oe the best were six plants from Mr. Bous es BF. to Among Miscellaneous Fruit we noticed Oranges and Stanley’ OW in ter Prolifie, bo one ki a aiae 
the Rt, Hon .H. Labou: cher pee mr kp Kie ark, ucks s. | Citron s from Mr. there and cers ; a za, aera ‘A erea called ‘main 
cim h t servation from illy = 
anid Gracie densely slothed vith orage or Giese gr. to the Rt. Hon, ae ahat; at Heckfield ; the | Which bas pro oved | itself be an excellent winter Cos, 
from the ground to the very t sorts were | varieties were Ne Plus Meuris, Knight’ s Monarch, d 
Queen of Hanover, Autocrat, Alph a, Macbeti aoe Cra assane, and Beurré Rance. p Ayres, g r. to ai 
and Othello. In other groups were hampton, also showed fruit of the I Pear. 
So 
ae 
potas of of Books, 
— boon Evanlyn eke _ Rovat Botanic, Recesr’s PARK, May ae Under ‘the & a ti mte a ea Walert i Way 
it Cons i (Longmans: 
a of some 40 Pin e apples, 20 0 dishes of Shite ane last. apr a ing a fine ; but in ey Oe men deser which 
rapes, and nearly 40 of black ; 11 dishes of P. there t er eavy rain N: managed to t Blane without guides. It seems 
and Nectarines, i as many of Cherries, 5 di of | till avaninee and doubtless had the effect of greatly that the party Gites FEN os the Chamouni 
Fige, some bene. on fd Prolific and Early Fnac | diminishing the pig i The — e inpia was in oa ged by 
and great tities trawberries. cones F goed one. ing as l 2 ae d secondly to the ity of the guides. 
Only one M: Misclbgeiba Collection of Fruit was ex- | soon after that at the C: ‘alace, it was as might ee ana determined gest aa 
Date of S and that came from Mr. Fleming, gr. to the | aee key ae ag e ee entirely KAHE services and to guide ves. 
pa Sutherland at Trenth: t tained exbibi there. e herefore, now only to | X ; the 
utherlan at e am. T con! ot Bink oe Lae new things that arnhuak t on attempts were made ; the EFT 
aay rapes, Neetarines excellent for that occasion. ve and Greenhouse plants were | second from St. Gervais by way of the Aiguille de 
me British Queen Strawberries, two raie ‘Melons, l; bundance, 5 pap : Å the travellers: 
© dishes of Plums of the kinds mentioned above, and and Roses in pots. -Orchids nt at he pe ig well satan ial i be found by those eee erie 
wi some rare ye d 
i that | 
"o Pine App les, Mr. Davis of Oak Hill exhibited a | mens of good cultwation. were all er ee 
collection containing good fruit of Providence, Black could be desired, and there was one or two nice collec-) Count Streletsky in a pamphlet on the Discovery of 
Jamaica, a Blood Pine, and Euville, and several Bncenal tions of Ferns. n i , | Gold and pe lwer in Australia (Longmans) claims for 
Mr. Nichole oe ent from Devonshire some good Envilles,| Among New Plants the most remarkable was a the credit of it, and Eiere with justice. 
obi A Sa ienet ted in e C -aore find this 
ingui travi s clear}, 
pagesbefore 
to Lord Boston, Produced three extreradly well Grova.abester, Eor to was 
=m? produced three e€ mely we own er, = r s r 
Providences; but being shown wrongly EE ety placed second by the judges, while a first prize was 
obtained an extra prize. Mr. Davishad the best single | awarded to Broughtonia lilacina, whieh we need maate Gay a is a 
i it of that vari is one most com! Those 
were also shown i . Bailey, mera ihana ty: Me. Whaia SS Lee cai An Mr. Mitchell AAA 
Shardeloes, Of ee inane Me Linden produced ‘what was -called! grand seale for the visitors to the Zoological Gardens 
