614 TH 
E GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 13, 1856, 
is introduced can comprehend the “the facilities and “appreciate. the 
difficulties of his position. Because = Oy one can now direct a 
telescope to the spot where Neptune may be re n, do we oat 
less of the science by which the ex 
ce o tha t p 
originally detected? Because children may fess lipana es 
o 
exactly e y 
to linger a and anguish far kerk k due encouragement : 
very art depend it must continue 
stio ea 
(To be continued.) 
Home Corresponde 
giganteum in North Staffordshire ire. This « 
ji and I „mean to apply the p+ jaar in 
of 
has coeur ma i me as ‘appropri — trees 
po inasmuch it is the N of tre y| 
amane Da it Dot therefore Probablo Mal its “tet 
on the roots of trees might b urish them? Im 
to try it in a pation pong oa one of the eRe in 
sree . eee to make the experiment is by apply it ng 
a 
|and Sagenia alata. Adiantums, , Aspidiums, and others 
more commonly met kja were also abundant. 
| Pitcher Plants came from Messrs. Veitch and yp 
he sorts were ea, lev ævis, Rafflesiana, 
| phyllamphora, 
harge 5 iy I have been burning a good deal of stuff, 
en 
sox I find 
urchased 
at 6s. 6d. per ewt., 
pot. n be 
and 1 ewt, oil peh a ‘grent wg of u 
ere the 
bilis, 8, hates 
grande, Peri rig ts diare 
the blue aoe nce vitellinum, with bl 
nusual brillian o Angreecums. 
ae, but not eae 
trees, sowing it on the surface and leaving it to were in good col 
washed in n by the rains, of which we have abun onsen Among the sorts were Clowesiana, Irbyana, 
K. | Austenian: a, and retorta major. 
not entertain a doubt that the method h 
[ Plants remarkable for fine foliage were shown exten- 
frsordina y plant flowered splendidly in July last at described would be standa pen ~~ soree pare sively. The best group as usual came from Messrs, 
Biddulph Grange. It was planted in the open border | pated, The difference in the leaves of the two Lime | Veitch. It consisted of noble plants beautifu ully arranged 
and has borne the three last severe winters trees sent us was m. va pre rea ivistonia borbonica, Philodendron pertusum (a 
inten species with large and dsome leaves), Draceens 
throw w off super rfluous moisture ; and even this precau- ar o and indivisa, the beautiful Aralia pulchra, Plec- 
was probably superfluous, owering rye Soreties. mia elongata, Pand tilis, Dion edule, Cycas 
made its aor in April, oo rose to the height voluta, and Sabal umbraculifera. The same frm. 
8 or 9 feet crowned by a 5 blossoms, whit Crystat Parace Honnicurrunat EXHIBITION. ~~ The contributed a vay - ee p of ae plants, and 
continued falls y 10 days in pefetion, The; ey were l f Fru and Flowers held t of t hown largely by 
Pal: 
cumstance that t might have e: notice had not the 
tonk, razy on on "Thursday, and Fr idap ia ‘la st, 
ped 
elicious odour—perceptible at tthe distance of 30 yards 
A 
£ growers, "Among 
a rina, arezewiczi, aie pictum, Dieffen- 
and, advanced state of the ae bachia baraat on ogee) Cissus discolor, Croton . 
a ention ae: the pot where the pl; ant grew, | was ‘perfectly successful, 'Thepa par rk and te errace e garden s | variegatum, and €. discolor, the latter with leaves red 
The flower-stem m i ll 
the height of a yard from nite ground, and was stiff as a | flowers, and the vases, oe are wuilty filled with | gatus, Col Blumei and pectinatus, the former 
flag-s staff. It is still (September 10) perfee ctly green and Scarlet Geraniums, were a perfect blaze of bea sprek blotched, the rer Sirake and mottled with brown ; 
fresh, but i Indoors the plan ants were extre emel ly heal thy. the red and brown Dracena terminalis ferrea, 
pods as Tarao wi those of the common Bean, The yee hsi fi nanassa pa agpi a variegated variety of 
ad been received from Messrs, Ve ‘itch, of Chel p pill in height. Two Tree Ferns| the Aloe-leay Yucca, a grins a with green 
ng opposite the "Sheffield Court were remarkable | white leaves, th cage arta eran lurida, Cala- 
to the one that flowered in Mr. Bosca n’s garden, pe ras their Juxurianoe a and beauty; they could not measure | diu nia. 
Truro, i CoowaD $ say this was irvbably oming. | in less than 12 feet in diameter. Red, white, a blue | splendida. So large mblage o f these and other 
great measure to the circumstance of the Staffor Water L Lilies were blooming profusely in the aquaria. | beauti ifully leven ‘plants was perhaps never before 
which re course | The number of visitors duri e 
could not be done p great injury to its roots. J.B. | understand, was upwards of 50, _ Fruit, it need ly be remarked, formed one 
—I have The display of Stove and Greenh Plant i t fe f the show. It was ve 
ius on this sù er at mat 563. We have another | buted on this occasion was y d; but | plentiful; but with one or two ptions it did not 
in Salvias, se Delphinium, of ies a nd what were produced were well flowered, nan exceed mediocrity. Th were few Pine Apples ; 
inn being met t with i in t “the e sam ae us, but t certainly as,| Grapes, Peac and Nectarines were abund 
you are perf tly i S | Dipladenias, Ixoras, Stephanotis, Harare ‘Vero: he ay of Plums, which on the whole- 
were very good, Pears were not very plentiful, but 
by hybridizing. I mention Salvins because I have tried ra of every shade of colour from pure "white ‘al te there — a good display of Apples, 
, st EREA of 12 dishes of 10 distinet kinds: 
blue striped vane Subscriber. f the arieties were extremely handsome, of fruit t were — ibuted Mr. Fleming, gr. to 
Diseased Lobdelias. gret to find th lly one in a group contributed by Messrs. Du ke of Su pria and, and Mr. Tillyard, gr. to the Rt. 
by your co correspondent ree as affecting Lobelia Jackson, of Kingston, th urable er at Heckfield. Mr. Fleming's: 
ramosoides is by far too miaa is season, and I siling exhibition eters M Queen 
b 
in many be attributed to some 
ae on the ec Tent of he farenes A bet thea of 
ghee 
series plants die 
as there were several collections, the best 
f w a. was as furnished by Mr. apm, Br. A.J. 
Dozat, Esq. These = 
iy japin of disease i in a gies instance. aon! 
ood 
rs. Woodru fi and bard d Raglan 
one of the bes 
te 2 one 
Lond arate above all others in the neigh bouthona of 
for | 
wire 
crimson | N: 
addi- 
Pine Apple, both oe but air a a vane over ri ripe 5 si 
Museai 
Among scarlets 
| are brilliant and showy, SAT e purples 
is These all- possess w 
Wonderful. white Pa 
| which serve to set their respective colours off to excel- | 
d Among whites Mrs. Holford was the 
—must have been struck with the beautiful appearan 
pose brace of the blue Lobelia beds on either side of 
Wb 
|  Cockboamnts and Balsams were exhibited ; but the 
other Grapes, Trentham Hybrid and Hybrid 
BeN pr aing Violette ado and mar 
ctarines, very fine Walburton Admirable Peaches,- 
Moorpark Apricots, Morell and Jargonelle 
.» Mr. Tillyard had a ck aica 
Pine Apple, two bes pa me nice tte 
Hative Nectarines No Peaches, Red 
Ma en a - and Washington Pius, White Ischia. 
Figs, ex Black Ham and White ws 
rapes, son ret Cherries, aud White Currants. 
third Saton lonion Mr. ago, gr. to W. Leaf, malp- 
and Jefferson 
yet when there a short a ae surprised to find the 
of args from Mr. Smith of Dulwi wich, were “pas 
bes 
Apples, Brown Turkey Figs, 
Mr. Smith’s were ee "peautifuly Elruge Nectarines and Noblesse Peaches, Black Ham- 
d by th Pp eh and flow ered. The wa burg two Queen Pine Appl argonelle 
ance to have only been recent pien ted. On inquiring will be fi rded ÈP 535 of our pre- Pears and a B Jl Melon. 
the reason e or this oy ets done so late i n, Ij sent year’s volum Of collections of eight dishes of 6 distinct kinds. of 
was i that the blue Lobelias with which they| The exhibition ‘of Searlet Gerani iums, three stages | fruit the best came from Mr. Fr E. L. Betts, 
were previously filled had one all suddenly attacked | deep, was quite Ek in yor The best of them | Esq. It contained a Queen Pine le, Muscat and 
with a sort of “ blight,” and so seriously injured as to | were Frogmore, "Ton Thumb, Lady Middleton (which | Black Hamburgh Grapes, King’s Green-fleshed Melon, 
to have the le of th J. | is not distinguishable i Trentham Rose), Rubens, | Grosse Mignonne Peaches, Violette Hative a 
Tf such has been y Athenia I fear the ian and Le Titien. very fine kind with beau- | rines, Jefferson Plums and Morello Cherries. Ne 
many a gay parterre 1 will Ape ar pe er rred ne tifully compact Da t flo wer. Among sorts with | in point of merit a collection from Mr. Rol 
place wie h the | horse-shoe leaves were Baron Hugel, Masterpiece, an » Warnford Park. It contained a Black Jamaica 
blue Lobelia occupied. B. hton Hero ; and of variegated sorts beautiful plants Pine ° Apple, Muscat and West’s St. Peter's Grapes, 
Exhibitions.—If prizes are offered for fruit and vege: of Brilliant, Attraction, Silver King, Golden Chain, Gre Plums, Royal George Peaches, and White 
tables in collections of 12 distinct kinds Flower of the Day. e also noticed variegated and Mister) Brunswick Figs,and a Melon. A third 
take the prize if they exhibit in their collecti tree other kinds grafted standard high. | collecti from Mr, Taylor, gr. to J. Coster, 
Grapes, two dishes of Peas, three of Potatoes? Do you uchsias oce ite a piece of hia. at least 24 yards | of Streatham: it eng ee a Golden Perfection Melon, 
term distinct sorts of fruit and vegetables ? ben in length, and am ong them some well grown | a Queen Pine Apple, BI k Hamburgh and M eon 
would it disqualify a party, ded he stag re | plants. Of li y Figs, Noblesse gece ual ne 
an the 12? By answering these question eu, Venus de Medicis Pearl a eih , Duchess f Lan- ig er sat Morello Cherries. collections 
would greatly oblige George Taylor. [We pehend dante. pure white with rose coloured e a s England | came from Mr, Kaile and Mr. M: rap Selwood 
Mart 
the exhibitor keeps within the meaning of the "rule, 
ood bold owa, Clio, a Rtr 
purple 
iwa Enen O 
Among dark He were e Autocrat, 
is undoubtedly disqualified b an act, and his 
collection shouldbe trented as if not sor present 
Forest —I send you two leaves of 
two Lime trees -Seinra i phia S iDa ears— 
and whose soil was exhausted D two hih large veges 
tables substance out of it for 140 years. I 
ort 
ding as 
The ‘irae et 
every b 
ea, 
mee iota of he , Banks 
There as also 
Glin, Alpha m snd G ral William 
Fearin were “exhibited in tolerable abundance. 
Among th 
iy Sunning Hill. 
Providence Pine paalt noble i mpare a 
to and rer 
picta, iikot rosea, the e and eo cm ties o 
longiflora, the bier Aether venusta aakala 
ood purple, d Edmond Bossier, white, prettily 
treaked round the eye with rays o 
Of Lycopods there were route ell grown collec- 
tions, in which were beautiful plants of far 
arb 
round ; 
tree iak ph pra (this is i s 10 petra neo I 
i number of ornamental 
reum, Galleotti, stolonifera 
umbrosum, viticulos 
rtensi, Papye, Cæsi 
a on att 
vi yor perais 
A haw 
vent | tion of. everybody. 
ere the admira- 
less than 6 Ib each. Mr. Bray 
ed 
oad jerien both of which had, ho 
Hing. 
ned some 
griid ne Brook 
little injury from travel Mr. arenes “err usoadinesy 
it being done to a large extent, and earth might become _ Of Ferns there was a large aea of handsome speci- | House, Norwich, had some prt 
aree. Tt has occurred mixed wi a Oa and Pitcher | Museat, an . In the elass o a 
densed and portable nutrimen nutriment might not be given, Plants, _ Of Gymnogramma there were usual some r Mr. Romae: T gr to Earl de Grey, fennel 
mixed probably with a little earth or ashes and left t a, Barong Pram White 
Be marked nt the ts oon ny Perhaps Belanger” Pteris geranifolia, Gleichenia dica: Teni Al pee fe ag vag JF ibs 
a little guano might beautiful i kind, a niegan | Frontignan and Musca g= Bass containing 
pant m e 
