222 THE GARDE NERS” Acad AND AGRICULTUR. 
AL GAZETTE. MARCH Ц, 186%, 
ded. | 
| seeds 
e who 
species of this family, I should ws it a favou 
state this are probably nop zo 
* 
of them suf- i TT gre pU ү = again his 
ie would xd ap me fragmen Е 
t for identifica is | seedli ng Russi an Violet, named the Czar ; and Mr. Bull 
this 
The true Wilden 14 teea 
fı 
теп: 
not 
ng pr Aware 
& меѓу dirent D lani rom the 
country under that name, and is, so ө Бы not 
-to be found in our greenhouses. Maxwell rz Ж, 
ted by Dr. rm Siebol , to four s 
hylla, fcemina latifolia, mascu 
ima, First-class Cortifi 
which, dee macrop 
ele; tpe and mascula elegantiss 
cates were awarded. 
мерне s submitted t «dem inspection of the Fruit 
Committee were confin "dn some Apples а -— ie 
from Yorkshire, chiefly for the purpose of being named. 
Foreign Correspondence. 
т куз 
the kirek — thr ough Germany, of y mime 
Fi Austria чес йеп 1 have it from the fete. m сте March 7.—W. Marshall, 
be 
ever heard of. 
believe it does, 
return to the е8 mèthòd of propa; 
and cuttings, instead of trusting so am— 
mS seed. Several of those edi us 
nes freely are edid d stunted, er pr 
tively ге arly age ield abu ndan nce 78 
ch T. 
Esq. wc chair. meeting of this new Society was 
held! im Arundel Street, Strand, on Tuesday evenin 
t, and was tolerably wolls attended. The importance 
forming a Gardener nefit Cl сы» n connection 
with the Society bey Беке аб вот gth by Mr. 
Dea : ded ——À en it was ultimately. decided that 
at p wd alone should receive attantion, 
‘rules for its guidance previously sub- | 
mitted. t the members for inspection, were con 
and office bearers were elected. 
then took place to arrange preliminaries for 
operations. 
also fro: when places I i 
you ihò only specimen I ever found in in тегү where fi 
it is exceedingly rare. F. Mueller, Melbourn > 
S&otíctícs. 
CCA: 
e of Cyclamen, among 
зене were c. Om. cies and мын rnum, From Mr. 
Grex s and one or two -— 
BOTANICAL OF EDINBURGH : Feb. 9.—Prof. Balfour, 
Mr. Bull bad Dracæna ferrea variegata, two plants | V.P., in the chair. "Тһе following communications 
of Aralia Sieboldii, two new varieties of Camellia, | were read :—1. Contributions to the Flora of Otago, 
ipedium villosum, and New ama By ^ уы uder Lindsay. Тһе author 
tu 
nici th 
A Committee meeting 
Fir "nd Lar Ун туа seedlings аг 
duced by large vigorous A з; and that ^ 
whieh often а Ex profusion, D, give rise 
Bus must also haye 
original Douglas Pin 
ns not altogether sui RE 
healthy as those young plants of the same е аре mise 
o imported seeds. The D ees weakness in 
plants raised from British-saved seeds does 
show at 5А but at various Les between three ij 
iir of the 
Pine are n eing sent home freely, and ought 
eagerly sought after by cultivators. It à does n > 
g 
him 
med enia of the province of Ota 
fie оен! Andro bont 60 mil 
РЕ 
J 
Mis 
Some of those originally sent home by e 
1 
e 
hillyr 
rib pik furnished Lilies- g by 20 broad. Itm 
Valley. Erin yen id Pym n and а] | nds or district of the einn, in анда to 
bouquets. jb: Mr. п, m, Royal Garden. rog- | | the west coast region, which is that essenti ally of deep 
nor yet have the fine gon tints of vigorous 
One v variety, which was called the Abies Dri 
more, came v: mellias, | | fiords with скы тоша vali 
Ansellia soit А ту! зраді» with few iius of | 
Ka flora may be 
Murs s, and Apple: 
were Frogmore Late Golden Pippin, к= — Russ 
Scarlet Russet, Court Pendu Plat, Sonrlet Nonpareil; | "t to и ie eas dà ын кы 
Gipsy King, all in a state of excelle: ores. | plains, and, gore e the — аксы of Otago. 
It the 
the ea s iam 
is of a ye ellowish green colour, еа branches 
sei pendulous, having the stem ai 
y cover ith 
zm Beech sent a spike of Sohizostylis coccinea ; and | iffe rs ma aterially om that o We ste ern Alps | very diferent from seedlings raised from Bri 
Mr. Marcham, gr. to e Oates, Esq., thr foô seedling (which f seed. We ha the Botanic Garden one of thee 
у; lerarías, named Favourite, Ge m, and Dak e 4 Вас. and of sho, western iors эзеп боса has, generally | pendulous trees reared from a cutting, standing side 
cleuch. Messrs. Lee furnished cut Camellias, ral | speaking, an alpine alpine character. Among |side with the green upright form, proving, in this 
varieties of Epacris, and other early-flowering renim, | the more chareoteristio PAE RA чеге оЁ {һе dis | instance, that soil has поб so mach to do with the change 
From Mr. Meredith, of Garston, near "spend toad “д trict e. Ie ies E: Olearia, Сеннен ze Cor- | as origina ne 
эйр Vincis of ih Black Alicante Gra ape, dyline, &c. The author includes 58 ral orders, 
black as sloes, уан still cov ered with a Беш pes 147 a o pecies in Tis е Не 
mentioned five new ies— Viscum Lindsayi, Celmisia 
than eight m de om Tue Wa $e produce P Vines | Lindsayi, Poa Lindsayi, Aciphylla; Colensoi, - pam 
in pots куйчу early in крена 1864. Мг, Tillyard | тыву and; ex hibit ed drawings 
contributed three bunches of ехо cellent Muscat of| There were ано E ve 
n 
r 
Шыр, forester, Methven, 
meeting specimens taken from 12 seedling 
Abies Menziesii, being geh. A the offspring of ie 
noble tree now gro the Keillour Muir 
Pinetum, Perthshire, t! 
Es 
oF 
wing 
e pr e S of William Tho | 
sq., of Balgowan, о which is without exception né — 
de ealthiest and finest treo of the kindin 
by the late Mr. Thomas 
t was planted 
Fr Ls the: vr ISl. 1. The 
Pine Apples, and a dish of well- -grown x arities of 0 phical d 25 species were | tree grows in а deep, spong pest ЭШ, where й 
kalė. common to New чаг d and Britain; and 27 were | tillers freely, and cuttings stuck into the peat 00 
— March T and Fruit Committees).— OF this | БЫ tis =Й аага turalised. Har ту i mmigrant Раа take root. The plants produced аге very varions, 
еы interesting mee te notico will be. AS iine 4 "e more delicate and rarer as seen by the specimens now exhibited. These — 
in another column, From Mr. Veitch came an ex- Msi baseou п es of Otago and of New Zealand, In lings were raised from seed presented te | 
ушыр. which were pdt d гч cases Pu ri Е the detriment of е Garden by Mr. Thomson during the year 1858, being — 
ous fine varieties of лыш Sihat? "the rare e and cold whose fields or pastures are destroyed by the Eus the fi nes produced by the tree, and i 
beautiful Phalænopsis Schilleriana; Cologyne cristata, ие intruders, though in certain exceptional y have happened that the male flowers were mt 
one of the most useful of winter-flowering Orchids ; iastance in the pasture Gemes e радан perfected simultaneously with the female ones. и 
Cattleya Pilcheri, an eges ine iety, ihe result he i is decidedly and largely aros Remarks the neighbourhood various species of the Abies tre — 
>of а со between ‚ crispa а lia Perrin nii ; and on some Seedling Con nifer æ raised grees Ri ut in large quantities, partieul larly the As 
Тена Lindleyana, a white Kind, ! Hired in the lip with | in Britain. By Mr. McNab. For some years past, said nigra, А. alba, A. rubra, and А. pen As eme 
lish lilac. For this a Firstcl tificate was | Mr. McNab, my and within 50 yards ot the Abies Меш 
arded. Mr. Mens оте moreover a small cream- | raised fr: eeds ripened in Britain, and I have now judging from the diversity of seedlings, I ami 
coloured Angræc m from m Madagascar ; the deep purple- the honot to lay before the Sooty pore o orratio clined to think that some of the young female onë | 
blossomed Barkería Skinneri superba; the fine variety | relative to hes аы species which under| must have been fertilised with the pollen of some й 
of Odontoglossum Pe torei called splendens, to which | my notice, anied with a ч P1 p= speci- | the above- m—— — particularly ith tid | 
а First-class Certi hid Moe Cattleya | mens of à: акау оты. the various stages o of|the Abies nigra is a remarkable fact that the 
arscewiczii ; and Cy тір, р Leni ful сааи зе bienes the diversity of for nearer the КУН эйе eti to the А! sign 
species from the Philippine р to w e of the ume. ВШ first with the|more healthy and oispust they become. Ilay ка 
justly а arded a Fi ertificate, p Ms same Abics Ронда, в хас of the specimens аге taken|you some speci of Abies Menziesii, u | 
ere the waxlike white Rhododendron from the trees originally introduced by the late home-saved. s received from ВШ. 
Doe Denis (HMM between R.jasminiflorum | Mr. David Bossi the botanical collector ; some Жс минен that the seedlings were рй н 
а жими, to which а куы аан СА cate | from XT рока directly from . North-Wes subsequent date, they exhibit p е" 
was awarded; na, а t ten years; and р appearance as those raised in аше © 
charming flowered in the way of but froin Pint (18 în number) raised from seed ripened in хорат gh healthy, none of them the бре 
*rtisus fili Ls ase Ho TOS о осики land, aud now growing їп ће of опе specimen "which accompanies them, sait sni 
Ааны, Тара, usd Narcisi. Fio I Garden e Garion., Te °р» Буа wd. sgp st fnm from а young tree struck frora P dp 
eame the Dendrobium Мык ы. oticed b t 7 nglas), т. А оп. cw нмесе к rw i = 
p. 269, 1 . t o J. "Bateman, Esq, tinent, are of a rich dark green colour, having n The seedlings vary much, but none of them pes, 
, was awarded а Ж йзге бе Certificate for a | clean stems, while the majority of those raised from | vigour of foliage exhibi М юш sd { 
Lower ie eo жс изи c i dy оа fewer, British ripened seeds have their leaves sonne growing in the Botanie Garden, pr | 
1 arge-si € auti oured flowers | shorte: and of a Hec» pes tint, with bare originally ome by Mr. Douglas, or evo, origi | 
ted stems, and bran ге or less covered | reared from layers and taken from wy 
ral-co with resinous warts, m he plants raised from | tr The British look well рони! oc 
e-ripened seeds have a sickly look and a stunted | about 1 foot high, аб which size they А 
earance, nobwithstandi many of them had сао tint, and ~ yi decay. Many 
M the age of from 1 15 years. The soil of the | lings ar — 
Jotanie Garden is ingrid of a light sandy descrip- | | height ora 3 foot. de P circumstances 
DM LE ous that the trees of the decay is is not altogether er dependent on 80 
while th kd ign introduction agis Чо во well, | cuttings from the original imported 
1 нен tish seedlings shovld іп во m ins | healthy as the original trees. 
win у; , 1n several юш ыр in Scot паа. we are | remarks apply to to the British seedlings 
all a al ть 
жылта prs haee wod il, in connection with | reach four or бте jon rar 
А ‚ а шога vig огош state of health ОГ the вөй-ргойа сш | baa pplionble to British 5h seedlings plantodin ар 
а f ts may account for the present]: apparent luxuriance | where monticola seems to grow aised from 
50 the offspring. In several instances it has been f found | ever, is the case er the —— fci 
pened now growing In 
Оор) are set t dota, as а Ба and said to | поб ot with those from im seed. б 
аз vigorous. trees raised from imported | layers and cuttings of Coniferous 
