considered the finest plant 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
ar Vicissitudes of Things,” 
Ægilops squarrosa ha 
appeari It is It forms part of the ser d wi one ¢ eral 
in this a ioe 4 Wea May, Gr. to Josiah Spede, by Lord Verulam, only called Lord proms | but he had not Psi suceeded in obtai amg ieni 
Hawkesyard, Rugeley, Staffordshire. ere isa toy which 1 g have heard, and I ym db Triticum sati Prof. Henslow then exhibited forms 
Early Peas.—I qui: e with Mr, Whiting that it have it given over, but waite d upon a little. They | of Ce ntaurea n ‘aah x had nigrescens, in which 
is a ter of some importance both to buyers ys (Lk i p! ad completely 
sellers to ascertain whieh is cys the best Pea for ve peal that every five-and-thirty years the same kind | the other. e then referred to instances 
first crop; and like him I have this season been; and suit of years and weathers comes amu! again, as gi i Primula, and Anagallis, passing one into 4 
proving a few sor rmy o alatastion, They | great frosts, great ie hoor droughts, warm winters, | other, Mr. Bentham stated that when he first began to 
were the following, which were sown on the same /| summers with little h and “a like ies pee they call it study botany, he thought pe ermanent characters ought to 
day :—1. gster pate grea d nce Albert; 3,/the Prime. Itis a ony He now, however, 
Warner's rl peror; 4, E Seea 5, | computing backwards : Pcie found a me concurrence.” | believed that t permanent characters might be givi en to 
rgne. a — 2 were equal in regard to| This p: may be fami liae i to omo par ski plants by locality and climate, which zi no right to be 
earliness, but No. 2 is such a poor bearer i so very | reade: Cas pa kare Mawes they may think as to the ex- | regarded as ange x vt He then proceeded to 
tender, that I SOEN e it not worth growing ; sing iste ence of the ne Prime,” will probably intereat, them as refer to his own experi f the Flora of Europe 
a few “days later, eg prolific, but inferior , | Asia, and Africa, 0 with that of the British 
to No. 1; No. 4 was eight days later; No. 5 T rak dto|to some ex tent, at least, by the subjects of Queen | Islands. He instan ore particularly Bellis peren- 
be only a second oat ly, but far inferior to Fairbeard’s | Elizabeth as well as by those of Queen Victoria, and as | nis and B. sylvestris as the same plant, and Taraxa 
ae h I consider is the best of all Peas for | showing moreover that aE subject excited some atten- | obovatum and T. lævigatum thought that all the 
second sowing, g tion then as now. One your correspondents says | forms of Rubus, with the exception perhaps of R, 
meted ae t flay Petrie, Elsham Hall, Tiscala t f old i , ought to be referred R. fruticosus,—Sir W. 
— Asan SAdendiara ts o Mr. Whiting’s list > be very vague when sifted. Jardine referred to instances of birds in which external 
abe 2 add that of “Rendle’s First Early Green.” | Not Pal I lg In 1851 an old told } d the colour of their plumage and 
veral trials lie thi s Koi I have pro oved it | ix a hona it rash to build raat a aes, flat roofed edi- | other points of their structure. me i lfour referred 
be croft Rival ;” the as the Crystal Palace. “To be uch in their 
exception tion alluded to was ye pha it turn a do characters I 
=. identical ne ss Warners "Easpaece” The Ais | rae ld me ‘precisely gp year ad the uration p placed. He mentioned the case of Pontederia 
every instance was procured direct from Plymouth. gien: snow that happened in his youth, but 1 have for- dadika, van assumed, potang to its treatment, 
Beta. n both. n, I remember a very o gardener quite di ffer! cters. Accidental changes in form 
Monday, the llth inst., as 
erk of 
got Again 
areak that in his youth a iage ee 
ll at Fra: mpto: n Dor on standards, 
Ed 
? 
Has 
din old tim 
itself on nice fed ; it died a Friday. perh is ie larger 
species of the locust of ‘Tartar artary. hgw it emid have 
Mansfield m y those more con 
te: 
got to ust be explained 
versant with such mat: wiry tess ily a re 
a Metropoli Botanic and -Flower 
r. J. E. Gray 
| depth age, and other circumstan upon the cha 
eine of shells, He rere ber mmultipliestion of rp 
ever frear In Normandy th is no dou reat evil, and calcu to „deter ' persons fr 
thei: pe having pein Beevers in par I they istory. mn 
not to be found at pre buke, t. Germain-e ishing the ch hich 
And so they “aid in Engla: The reason of constituted» a Sa those which night charac- 
aye, [A 
pheli oon pom pie “üiseontinued was the gradual | t 
prices, 
tory of mi an idea, I believe in some respects n f 
ei te 
Cotoneaster pme DA a Hedge Plant. —It has been 
Seton WE 
elay individual. I 
gi 
el 
of rogers and thousands of parts, each resembling the 
other. 
feel “obliged. My plan is to institute ® gard d 
banks and As, however, I d he T 
w a 
LITAN PPAR AND DAHLIA Png 
those flowe ers, ms nt 3, 
den ornament, | 
and lovers of gardening may see 
nanba s a aatinaa sianar 
all information : abou 
seeing it ended as a hedge plant, 
that tant exe! avn by myself, I 
| any, plants are 80 well vate aa ts for an ornamental and 
e p or used for | — 
oak state that paik if 
, the flowers pr 
© 
r habits, and learn 
obtaining Er keeping on I believe suc 
r of “5 cr Sa The Dahlias 
notin existence, ce we have nothing i the | th average diamete’ 
near London. t Kew affo rd no | side ofa nie on about 33 feet above its level ; ~ “and as a whole were not first-rate. Roses were shown by 
facility for Sakae d proved a sufficient protec- aie Paul. Messrs. E. G. Henderson err 
are generally considered a vt i “aa 1- Park | tion against catile without poll The only care re- van-load of poesia p ts, yng” tastefully 
Gardens, from which so much was expected, are of no | quired is to keep the plants clean and their branches as zidu , formed an admirable centre for th e display 
service to the general and 3 the Medical plojas tanie | th ss Ser ro d in the Tas of the fence for a fe | of the Palyiook pikes pig apane them. Messrs, 
Garden at Chelsea Tn need not mention, and at th with a nual dres ssing with the shears or switching- | Smith of Dulwich 0 specimen Bal: 
Palace $ knif My hedge Of Holly hocks Messrs, "Biri ard sent Solfatı rre, 
none of these places can the man hts in his | i h oe by all who have seen it, being at all | Sou areas, Pourpre de Tyr de, Purple Perfec- 
garden and home adornment get at cenit name, natu winter , Br pag "Seedling | “Erctal Superb, saan 
and cost of the useful and beautiful vegetation | which | ae | spring with a profusion of scarlet berries, until it Vest and n. Mrs. :, ear. Chee —Lady 
enchants his ` two I will briefly Middleton, Walden M ra Saturn, Resple engeti 
state how I would pursue this object of instructing in blossoms, which during the day are literally covered , Autocrat, Beauty of Walden (on f the 
science and taste. The garden ld be as near town | with bees. Besides forming a good and varieties show press gres yoii es raion), Gent 
as smoke and the price of land w—not beyong | | branches hang down above the ae and completa des Hen as En and M Paul 
a fourpenny omnibus ride. The i cover it to the level of the r store the berri | pre oduced sage’ Perfection, ‘Memnon, ourpre E 
gardening sh k tral position, the shrul ; but the Mistletoe thrush i is the only bi Tyre, Nar rs. Oakes, Hedenham 
flowers bein, = a erener, piai clearly I have seen attracted by them, J. Gaitskell, Cimber of wimg Sifters, White Globe (best re 
named. tside this ous line e or | land. Glory, and Hon, Ashley. Nine spikes : the Rev. 
circle would be Sheri our indi pisa sme PA ordered | Large Puf-balls.—I found a puff-ball (as it is com- Fellowes Hp Ti Solfaterre Improved (best yellow 
sma to the best natura l ina with faci wma for | | monly one of such giganti ic dimensions nt Ha spike, a tħe best spi the exhibition), 
Exotic plants | think it wo It was in the sha ape Lilac Model (best spike mottled light), Fireball 
mentioning. 
Tt 
rth 
should managed, £ o that the visitor might | | elongated Teman skull, me: ensured in urpurea iat Eo purple or plum 
learn ees scum abit and uses of what he is lookin ng | A cl x lin ond 2 feet 4 inches, and weighed 54 spike), oxi, Mrs. As! Oakes, bse Bren- 
at. I wo va also as far as practicable allow botan s. [This isnot very large for Bovista.] | nu ro a, Lemonade 1 Sin Rea: Mr. Gra: eat Sat 
students to obtain l specimens, as a aema Npn Eva, Pourpre de Tyre, Beauty ò 
maos an a propagating department, so ote Souvenir, Solatere Yellow Model, Seedling, ai 1 Hon. 
that the progress of vegetation could be observed. On Societies. Ash H. Bowler, Esq., furnished Atropur- 
the ground there should pene structure containing purea, on’ $ rs, Ashley, Unique, Joseph Clarke, (to 
a reading-room, where botanic and gardening periodicals; Barr ASSOCIATION FOR fgg ENT this was sonra a First- nl Bene ), Mrs. 
might be seen, and a selec! ct library of reference, _ There Seisnc, 4 dh Ro nae D.—Zoo AND BOTANY Bowler, Lilac Model, Quee: a Seed- 
should al: e i tinue . Lankester read af "paper from Prof. | ling 3 Fourth, Mr. : in twenty-four 
d the catal f lisł ily, | Henf blooms, the best varieties were for the $ 
a museum, where specimens, sci se and tauri ing ii kkas this paper Prof. Henfrey annou! those shown in spikes. In the class of tw 
could be easil and that Prof. Schleiden an Dr. Se hacht had ren blooms, (Dealers), Mr. Chater, and Messrs. Paul 
f d collecti eties were 
Nil 
spec: _ 
easily referred ing im 
and contrivances exhibited. It may te said all ges would 
ertakin s country | p 
costa fine sum, for most und oduced the embryo in the oeeds of flowering plants ; | Exquisite, es 
must nd had come to the conclusion that the mbr ryo i At: nguinea, y Morn, ilacina, Grandis, Master- 
mind for some months I could chew oa the expense formed a a distinct protein — con ined in the | piece, Queen of Buffs, Ruby Queen, Canary, Purple 
would not be very great, He also poi ointed out that the embryo g, Leo: y Middleton, Lilac Queen, Beauty 
fortable means would igpend about his own grounds. I den, Aui b ptre d’Or, Ignea, Walden 
should suggest a publ subscription 1 to lay out the lose en after the pollen- -tube has come in contact with val, Lord Jocelyn, Pourpr re, i 
faepe th Mei ,» Purple Perfection, Mr. Adams, Whi! 
thousand platsi; PER publie de private good- Fripay.— “On the Variation of of Species,” by the Rev. | Globe, Beauty of eshunt, Eclipse, Hon. Mrs. 
will, and florists would no doubt soon add to the store. | L. Jenyns. „| Ashley, Blushing Bride, Solfaterre, Charles Baron 
The rarer plants and i ug cohen Sg (which Improved, Criterion, Rosy Morn,.and Omar P. Sir 
with about 2000 ies) might be collected by degrees. | to-day would refer Ld the men ae but that his f£ Dablias (24), M s T erie 
F t s, I calculate a nominal entrance | illustrations were t plants. He then | John Franklin, Colonel Windham, Malvina, Capi 
charge 2d., florists’ special advertisements in the | proceeded to ref ete the fact jen a large. nomher of pam, In ble, Sir a yaa 
reading-room, shows, the sale of red t seeds | varieties of animals, more especially bi put | Palmerston, Grand Sultan, A , Rachel Rawlins 
and speci among the trade, would defray the | down as distinct s, which were ardoubtedly the Harbinger, Sir C. Napier, foot Bath, genes 
expenses of ts, &e. Having been an amateur | same bird. Whilst he was convin ir R Whittington, and Du Cambridge + 
Eos of species, he felt sure that ote was a tendency to | Mr. i Legge had Admiral, Sir C. Napier, ea 
_ [feel much interest in the een Seoul be happy to regard as ‘distinct many animals which were not so. ing, Amazon, Mr, Seldon, Duchess of meal p 7 
give any assistance i in my power n institution which e Tri iticoidal Forms of acre ane g on ne Beauty of the Grove, . Phare 
would pro Rachel Rawlins, Duke of Wellin a ng Praet 
flowers. G. Finden Warr, 5, fra Cottages, South- k meek Henslow. ouisa, Glenny, Port Wine, and J Sir 
gate Road, Islington. the result of his own ey in which he had so | Mr. Keynes furnished Lord Palmerston, Lollipops 
Change in the Seasons. oe se, ging gilops squar. thurst, y Folkestone, Cœur de so, Re- 
in your columns about the change ia in = seasons t ert rosa as to lead him l hat M. Fabre’ J. Franklin hel Rawlins, Dr. Gulp Arenie 
ae e t that A. ovata the origin of Wheat, Ta Ar p of Canterbury, d Annie. 
h o Triti ti was not “altogether without fount Lord Bath, Sir C a one ee ap C. Grant 
s a oana en my geome tion. He exhibited sp: pecimens, in which the form )y Mr. 
