a NovemBER 29, 1656.| 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
791 
of the Wellington | or Dumelow’s Seedling were espe- out 6 inches apart early i in Mareh, and the po is! showed how necessary it is kee 
cial 
to 
surface, and indicated “that, ‘nde? 
least, to deep rooting w 
and unusually | ; - nee = 
fine, put several of a AES rane unripe | d z Zz ji 
fruit. This remark especially applies to those from | PE E saze 3° i aà [Erromes and e — 
Mr. Robinson, gr. to Lord on, and to handsome! | eee Egasi zp i 2 i though preme were = specially invited, there 
specimens of Beurré Rance from Mr. Jon Nash| | @2 302 293 zl = Ey = a a gahi Aaram ba pe 
of Bishop Stortford, and others. Mr. Snow’s eol- | wees, 248 “aE z a Š | hil roc, of al á 
n, to which the first prize was pees | |8253 22o ee Be a S 5 NAER ar rom Messrs. Veitch. This is a 
bor dd FS gt 735 és es 5 S part which few = A perp in ee 
ed Ne Plus Meuris, Beurré ‘Home. P: eu ERa Fe Fa Ša s = T evar ean d e$ Phap 
Pa a isar of Winkfield, fey Coane. allt ipa, 8 4 a? 2 = ie 28 seS : jis The secret of this success is at buted to 
large and fine; arie Louise, umonte! Glou (all la lati ela ee = ete a T Pe ae — ate 
M aad Winter ta — er Beurré, and Forelle or at ; a Tr red = a ag age: t cok uaa , eik 
Trou Mr. ore, whose collec- sg [ss |i ATN gie a 
tion sey second, had Knight’s taster Glo uM B= Boag as stg sie slg Pag sere ae ont 
ange ae Suna meee a crisis SS |=§ | warm sitting room. Messrs. Maule, of Bristol, sent 
Bre el tie <i a Bia e = - R | S§ |a magnificent bunch of cut flowers of Vanda cærulea, 
fine; Easter Beurré, Passe Colmar, po Phos Meuris. B. 2|88 T e a 59-ing e taap en 
Glou Morceau, and Winter Nelis. of for eign g = & S FE E |SS iene ng as CONE, Ae moans 
: s bi x Egis r. Woolley, gr. to H. B. Ki 
poa Ty aai Mai Weben, of Covent os" 818s tal Pg eas s. E. G. Henderson had a well flow 
Garden, aE e ee pper Apay) i ìparis longi S, 8 raceful looki lant, and am 
Beurré, and Beurré Di | = = S| Ew = 5 other things : 5 n ut yey of Tybrid om 
Muscat Grapes that could hardly be excelled *1 £8292|$a ibe y essrs 
‘ai bee hace: Gain’ tbe aimed | wi ns | Heme lee Tockean which ray ag Sa to be acquisitions. . 
; | G1 2" Fisae of Kin Aut arner of Broomfield 
Hill, gr. to peed » of fo |, Staffordshire. | |——— — 2 SS | bot hid is 
an i S3 Sophronitis 
To th r. Dilke’s prize for the t ird | Sea anions | $ Fray ir St 
g P28 Sta Sgan ws diflora and ie r eA ‘Heile C th bulbosa. 
general collection (oot contended for) was very ze "ts S28 Eee z 3R cose } Be Mr. ne, 5 = a Nu i ae ed 
eir extra merit. Ex ESEG gaS feo cR S| = | what was su o be a new Tussilago, from Japan ; 
t of this variety of riin was also shown by | E cse E28 REE 3 | S$ | it had large dey en | aA iin eae 
ey, gr. to Mrs, Maubert, of Norwood, Mr. Nash, a eae a Soe a = a i $ | yellow; it was Bie be d will therefo: 
of Bishop’s Stortford, and A. Glendinning, Esq., of Ash- | ES osy 888 gana g $ We i ir re 
z ebony: i gre ee il q- fee i ys vgs Sad FEES Z § |make a most splendid plant for rockwork and other 
9 ee . > iee aa pr me: cus PA EES ži s out-door ra Chrysanthemums were exhibited 
specimens of Black Hamburgh (to hie : once ize | Es a =F. =, 2 a Š Mela = E Han naire 3 rer amg Stole 
was awarded) from Mr. Hill, of Keele Hall; from Mr. | = As wS £35 @ R mre = gourd à hi ; 
Nash, ishop Stortford; : d from Mr. 3 | a 38 g5 2°58 > aeei a, om see oe 
| 25 = ee 3 
Coleb: pane ~~ hag iem Sar =| ee sé EE if | | = ye oe of the first cones seen in ag of Abies 
S caste. EP oe EE | oni 
Perey, gr. to As Cale J Epi faire ® of yet -| | zE = FE BEE | Hampton tee E ‘The tree which Fie ade 
Saha rom Mr. Frost, and of Roya adine from Fy NPL Taner we them is fi 25 t y 
to J. J. Bl , Esq., of High Grove, 1 lu will be seen that the threo Jatter cases were y satisfac: | ‘Arbotet a aol ig L be ight z7 ketter r=: 
Rendin ae so nas ae an exhibitor among table Pears. par Ants miere = b i tector donee tartans | . 3, 1837, says :—“ T lost a great n 
eauti lection of home e yng nance as sets is the want of 
, came fr Mr, Miller, gr. . Smith, encouraging, and is not to be recommended, except in | [by spring f ne T. by, tabbiiy ging ta bi a 
«s of iston House, W . Ivison, 5 - The pro- |] and they full vigour, and e 
Son ae the Duke of wgra at Syon, | @ When ook eeren yo hey e E erri d ž the a apteribrar tea 6 to 7 i in i= 
u other: inso. . t d B a i read space 
si had also some Mrapat 22) gh ail ante ‘ef That it ean be successfully cultivated in this coun try covered Dy i Mead ole yg dr oe Gs wers 
Otaheite eange in pots loaded with fruit. These i us specimens before the meeting fully proved, and in f Conifers well know how tender F when 
aaia Ee had pesn Poked by the judges ; for no |7 der i to sho eE ie arewt the fell Die kad Mr. Long was however able, by 
its. grow e following tal 2 a 
tn aiihoagh thay oorhiniy wel pan ed ee a e seg e e 
To ee Subjects Mr. Jones, of Dowlais | month ly m mpera of "Pemperatn: PEN sheen ERN high to be injured Py the lo w ground fi ts of spring.; 
ouse, i n we grown e soil at 1 foot and 2 fee t.deep, from April to Novem- rom the den of the iety came spikes 
ci e a ee) see are ial “wimg motto yeu | Pampas Graan, which bas flowere! mguifeenty in tho 
L r 2 ampas Grass, which has flowered magnificently in the 
Cayenne Pine, Mr. p an Antigua Queen Pine, Mr. | — aldo ciel LAOP ese Bh disiet to 1883 int ive). | garden this ibe ; also bunches of k Hambargh 
eax erage of Covent Garden two varieties of| 1856. | Temperature Average. | | Tempera ture. "| and Braddick’s Black Hamburgh apple but he 
Pine e large a andsome Catillac Peep ae SRS and well coloured, from Ewing’s glass wall, and E ia 
Atif. |atat g 6, er 
Tapes Jes of I > sere ; and = gag Moss| Months. fe psn reei aeae res Ugni an Psidium Cattleyanum, both bearing frui 
pl ai ‘awberries. ey n sent — There were also specimens of Cu ta farinæ, which 
es its ae oe pez PE were aa oth French say is an 7 variety for sou u d 
ortuna considerably injured fro a e Eer other culinary purp 
ravelling. Mr. Lewis Solomon furnished good-louking | July+ 
bundles of green pira Asparagus with which the rrr that, through the kindness oy Mrs. see Wood, 
French are now supplying Covent Garden Market ; | Da ciety f its seeds for distribation, 
st enderson, Pine Place, three kinds of ty of Nov, to 2! | and that a ouidi be given away to all Fellows who 
meh their “ short toppea * f 
aaia pet as also shown by Mr. Cathashot f Highgate, = in. temp. saa Rad. BE, ofD. one e merere Se 
veral exhibitions of roots of the T si b hecked A 
(Dioscorea Batatas) were p j one PE rs f te Fotices ot of Books, 
the most important came from Mr. Sibbon, gr. to R. C. ened Pear wy were exhibited yi Mr. 
Mam of Sa "e idgewórth, 
a Fek, j Reg. 3 of Tren r t Park, East Barnet, and along 
memoranda 
onea of 
aah the D 
mah 9 
of an 
sh, acces 
fot son ly seven ae Ce 10g rew, the produce of 
said :—* The trees + 
| Jersey) are Sie seven ip years old. No 1, 
budded on the Quince. struck root from the colar 
of the ; as soon as shies k place, about three o 
Unity den! ct and and of A Nature. pyi oe Rey. B, 
pp- 55! 
| spirit of Kaerra philosophy, = vont o or Eaei 
Ca of aoa the er gt oe ae 
lofty y subjects to wh hich the lea 
1 h Se 
e graft 
four ey ago, all the Quince roots died, for, as 
T. 
7 “ Vestiges of the Natural History of 
pth 
seen, the „stump is quite, bare, These (Pear 
f 
th 
Which was 
TRENTS tuber 
bat lot I cut up in 
March, 1856, into about Are cre peat and put them 
into two shallow pan in loam, sand, and leaf-mould, 
nearly 5 feet, and so hard was the clay that prs ‘spade 
could not am it as to take them out to their 
full eas As soon these root ts struck into the 
on the “ Plurality of 
Waride” ate not nce attracted so 
n that we ow 
e th 
so o that” the authors T ma w 
double 
and Pag ience, the first by 
one month. Seeing no "agus of, Deir breaking, È } f pots, th Parak = omg sg P ose on | exhausting the argumen bgp d in support of 
placed th y brol vigorous, | their Seine views, and the second by eliciting a sieges 
nicely in a month. On the 10th May I potted them ae they drome rao died back Outef a plants. skilful dispassionate ed =a ba ra 
Separately in small glass with tion of 2000 poa of this variety on the Quince | agains ral vi r Baden Powell 
no heat, all growing till June, then pl them on a | only the tree now sent and another have struck root oxi ere yrs | principles” of the 
bed of half decayed leaves, covered over wi on the collar of ha galt and both are in the same = Vestiges,” bu does not beli: plurality of 
garden mould ; the space they occupied was e. Last year every tree e two was inhabited worlds. To quote e ta briefly would 
12 yards by 2. I found 1 fe be ample r d with the very fi } be unjust ; to give them the s importance 
for them, a vel venient distance for cleaning — nek the other produced two or three, which were | demands is beyond our power. — We therefore content 
and taking them up. I dug them up the week in ed, spotted, and worthless. No. 2 is a tree of the | ourselves with recommendin gt gs to ia 
November, est tuber being 39 inches long, i which grew within 5 feet | of all who are interested science and natural 
cireumference 7 i and ight } lb. 8 — oE mens l; Seres in common with the others ers in the same eam with Pergo! a ae extracts, chiefly from 
Weight of the whole was 42 Ibs. a very goo canker, and has k the chapter on causes, There are those who 
T think, from such a weak beginning. This is plan tis iasol fhe ho soil i is moist, oad brings a small extent. | req’ h b for every pomii 
g, needs no watching, and defies en one No. 3 is rast and is a eae y of nal 
Pal it out of the ground page ediren fe Carrots been twi ed. Trees of this kind where the pag iy eg existence of one ahem yg a 
or Turnips f ble, a have a part of my nursery umn place rather than of another, They demand to 
če.” of which is very wet and cold, I remove bi know why the Dios springs ppa aE m coe it in 
t 
the arer 
— eins them a compos 
Dr. Lind] sa gi 
ing thom nat roo an à "men cating ke ts prem ag k sea apapon per e ae pa 
heat was un cessary, aS they wo! of Rhodod t the surf. that | shed their i leanas, and Laurels to n them. 
gite as well if ma wy © aad been planted ou out in the os the trees nay in good } heath and bear profusely. The | when of science avows his inability to find an 
Neither 1 foot fibrosity o ” | answer, the e world throws itself i into the arms of inge- 
reed. nee of “this Yam, wh hich ee been made ‘These speci ly int sh 
t of fi i as the’ gre iat the Qui bett ited for putrefying matter, that thorns are giv for 
oa d 
J 
ah 
paca 
+, 
garden of the Society. TI 
to Roses 
, and that Oaks shed their a so that snow 
certain kinds of soils = the Pear 
