SEPTEMBER 13, 1856.} 
of of Black Hamburgh bes red and covered 
with bloom were furnished by M “Haitian ot Oat- 
lands, 3 Kay of Finchley, sud Mr. Clarke of 
Manchest The last appeared to be Mili Hill Ham- 
The 1 1 
beautifully = ou! 
THE GARDENERS’ 
| Souvenir de Malmuiso 
, Géant des Batailles, Gloire de} 
Dijon, General J: sequeninot, Lord Raglan Sabre pro- 
mises to be one of t y best of our new Roses) 
Acidalie, and Mrs. Boos Mr. Cranston 
which 
This came 
Moret of Alexandri ria, c 
rdare. The 
"to C. B 
in one of o 
hardiest of Tea also 
owland, Esq., also ‘came some e fine » bloo 
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show soot i of | seen 
From of A. Row ay of iat t “flee ied Jia Marztin. 
615 
describing are others formed in the usual manner, 
ha hoge on the old and another on iy new system 
been planted ral the same time and with 
an the dif- 
state aturity. 
ose on jor new trta were much more plentiful than 
old 
hatda 
those on plan ; : they w re also individually 
n 
perti a noble bunch o 
Black 
pari ctarines were well ripened, er small, 
dishes gå 4. kinds, the best c e from 
Th 
Violette pra 
dishes, Mr La. ane, gr. to d almer Kags 
one dish of Potatoes called Bradley’ s piran which 
In German 
Greens on the new and old plan there was a marked 
es, | The Pars: 
ere good. 
They 
and “quite s smooth and polishe: n the skin, an 
larger varieties were shown, sae chen were coarse. 
nips and Carrots in some of the collections 
were 
ie 
F nda en Sept. 
— W, W. Saunders, Esq., 
F.R. S., President, in the cate 
The President bef 
applied 
systems 
so, the flow 
wa 
<a 
arb both on the 
een good, but that on the n 
ar rising 7 feet in h 
bad e; excellent Birvge Nectarines and Vi Siete ciao 
eaches, Fine fru of t d of 
J 
awson 
È the Society the great loss which natural history hed 
expe erienced in the de: ath o f Mr. Yarr » which had 
had made nye 
strong in silebont 
only 4 feet 5 inches in eres small, a spay 
Wi 
pi ee 
Of Apricots there were one or two dishes, all of 
which were however a of pe small fruit. The 
came from Mr. Ew to O. F. Meyrick, Esq., 
Yarina th. As one of the most petted British 
naturalists, and one of the most amiable | of men, Mr. 
beef Turnip, sown ‘tbe weeks 
bui 
} iF, Q g 
Ha i Anglese 
were not does plentiful, The best Green- 
fleshed came fro e Phra Oddie, 
y East Barnet. he 
Hall, peren a called Pine Pa Mr. 
aaus of the Deepdene furnished the best Scarlet- 
Bee 
? 
ment, had for 
Daas of works 'upon na 
the Society by the Royal as cultural rodent t 
any y 
w plan a perfe 
Zoological Society, Society o were an 
Arts, &c, 
nounced, Mr, Westwood led attention to the modi- 
fi cation in haiei M the distincti ion of s spec 
cies and 
af i 
BOS HAO oS we 
Figs: the buted by 
Stoke Park. the Brunswick mnt Whit 
Cah », 
umference. 
on pt 
= e the 
aeni lles. Exgellout ‘fruit of the Brown Turkey came 
from Mr. Robinson of Warnfo 
Cherries ar chiefly con fined to Morellos, E which 
e beautiful fruit. The best tw 
in kic h a great number of i H rrian pamir 
as distinct species were sunk into local varieties ; 
point í of view whi sd recently gaining ground to a 
n thi is try. Mr. Wallace ex- 
arati Aa meni oi two Tepido ah of the greatest | 
came | 
ently captured in the Isle of Wi an enemies 
Atte exigua, a therto unique. 
cire! The difference between the growth of 
Carrots and sfeer. on the new and old e stems was 
l , those on new being much 
the larg 
In <r eee the difference was et 
were good and apparently free from 
ssrs. Hudso: 
of Plums remarkably f je specimens of Jefferson, 
Kirk’s and Gre signe shown Mr. Snow, 
gr. to Earl de Grey ; ph ete equally ere 
fruit of the Jeferson, Kirk's, and Washin; pine 
ne: Bou We 
Apples, beautifully ripened and well coloured, | 
wn by Mr, Mitchell of sa it The sorts 
Gold 
en Pi ippin, 
ear | in the spring of hi year was 11 
| pure sand and sawdust, bat fed with liquid 
Brussels Sprouts 
ops 
ing heavy crops. 
feet in 
men šritish Museum. 
ecorded as captured by in Dev vonshire, | 
had been doubted as British ; Dendrophilus pygmseus 
rhannol na the old 
were much finer, and ya i 
Shet varieties 
Oddie 
kai and Cryphalus binodulus, a genus of Bostrichidee 
rs, 
r Alexander, 
Alfriston, 
gr. 
aufin, iat th 
= dish was furnished by 
. Whiting ; the Mr, Ta ylor, gr. fA 
J. Coster, ec ue fine fruit of this variet, 
Of Fruit trees in pots Me 
showed collections containing 
Plums, and Ch 
The species of this ent are gene- 
yidividual grains 
ts fibre was equally as 
carefree ane new. It will thus be seen 
that Mr. Wilkins’ plan of feeding crops in active growth 
rally found under the bark of Conife ers, but t 
ae cies was found under the bark of A Bpad” 
one’ stated that he had observed Apate 
n the staves of casks of 
Ionian Islands, 
Mr. 
capucinus 
urrants importe 
vens stated that he had 
had fed on the lea 
a) 
by him 
sof plants 
n d e of the facilit ws 
rom the | it 
. B Ste we 
red a beautiful species of amps anda Pyralis which | at p 
eatin ctor rom | little trouble eh grt xeon 
rodue 
been pr tive of the best results, and therefore for 
cane holders 
found 
nd others 
is being formed to carry out 
we a t the plan 
regard 1o mall gardens at a very small Free aem 
into our ne ative 
oad ng Bop 
as his means will allow him, As we have said, 
Poon’ ore, ll hold 
Cut Hia in the e of Dahlias, Hollyhocks 
sters, and Pa “abund- 
ance, and fe reaks in excellent atin tion. 
othing in their way could possibly be finer than the 
ollection of Dahlias contri urner, of 
lo Mr. also blooms. 
mong the Dahlias shown by Mr. Turner were Sir 
be haber. Du of Wellington, Con- 
aney, Sir Napier, Captain Ingram 
Cossack, . Popham, Earl of Carlisle, Yellow Beauty, 
haded Model, Lord Palmerston, Rosea elegans, 
Cleora Lichetiiria reared ae ner eva feeding upon 
ge-coloured 
ke aA leading to the possiti of its att an im eag 
ted specimen. Mr. Turn exhib +i a new | boon; whether or not it can ever be practised on & 
from the weighbouthodd | 6 ee | large ‘scale remains to be proved. The great obstacle 
Mr. Ne ewman exhibited spec ns of te | to its universal adoption is its e: 
vi ee oF Grass, which which the tee thinks m: A 
sident recognised as a i Mr. West- mention, that Mr. Wilkins 
wood an of f eggs f d ital bread of half Mangel Wurzel and half 
Phryganea inclose ela Eha on Yew | Wheat fiour; its taste is good and i its equal to. 
trees by Sir W. Trev velyan. Mr, Green exhibited bat of moe a rate bakers’ bread, He has also made 
Wurzel, which he says might 
m Mangel 
zold fo for fd per quart 
an oran Lichen. . S. Stevens exhibited uart bottle, We tasted some of it 
the larvee of Agrotis pR and  Macroglossa al fter it had been three weeks bottled ; it was, of 
gem nese Messrs. Dutton be 
numerous recently captured ; a paper by 
a Faeries containing the Cicindslides), ots anew Be gr 
but it promised to 
it had been longer i in the bottle. 
Miscellaneous. 
_ Bunya-Bunya.—The finest cone of Bunya-Buny 
Garden Memoranda. 
„MR. WILKINs’ EXPERIMENTAL GARDEN, READING.— 
Europe, form r the collection of the Austrs 
lian ok res tion Universelle at Pari 
Chameleon, Miss “Ni ig SETA 
acha, Marshal Pelissier, Hamden 
cy varieties differed bu 
| kied 
t | several years been well exhibited at this place. From 
fjor attention, and 
has long occupied “Mr, 
he plan on a small scale has for 
the eye value of the 
d part oi 
in the Exposi 
and inte s ‘ecxhibited by Chas, F. D. Parkinsox 
Bets of Moreton ee son of Col. Parkinson. Throug 
medium of Col. J. Sidney somes M.P., this ha 
P 
P- X 
own, me received prizes Of these we 
hope to gives some account her eafter. 
in 1854, and the result of our inspection 
ee 
ame 
Aiete 
ne ghm “Mr. 
errant 
We again inspected his crops the other day, and the graye 
hater and 
iddleton, salmon 
; Purple Perfeetion ; ; ae 
Fi sora | 
d Lady Middleton, 
. Paul had nkra een of Whites, a 
saa eee with none of thai ge w 
oul have ; also Prion rose Perfection, 
Koay Men, a lively looking bright pink kind ; and 
aaae h ured sort called Pearl. ade i collect tion 
of 
which | an 
e growing in beds bottomed with 
and 
thin 
ends and sides to a ania 
middle of ich conducts 
wiiaadiites 
undergro 
drain is placed an upright pipe wl is fed by a series 
of small gutta pereha pipes | Sasse with a reservoir 
The 'Bunya-Bunya is of the Pine kind, and grows in 
otk OE TION ormountains, Itis not known 
state further to the south than 
E tag 
should be 
e cant the same 
blooms 
roa ~ gages AAN very beast bat Holly- 
in perfection 
oe and when seas 
turning a tap all the beds can be supplied with liquid conseq 
Agai ah 
seru 
pointing ng downwards. as i Bay 
ant, d formed t 
‘The 
med by 3 Mr, Belly of ot Piltdown; and Mai Paul. 
eties we remarked beautiful blooms of | in; 
d the int eut of 
ore! 
et w straight out 
im She tear ue it a as ord inati 
rds. Iis height is immense ; Leichardt mentions 
zag A 
| Wilkins? pr present mirria of papai “eh beds and a soppy 
ing the manur 
Opposite 
