246 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Maron 18, үөү, 
всепе is ever grateful to - А4 and mind ; because. | | necesito ^ н eampin » for a few e at Clapton , — Impres ssions ns of Fern 5.—AÀ very r good EXT] 
group the plants as you e “lines of beauty" SEE fem V Road, & үч Jom Wd, o A Hammer- | by taking impressions of Ferns, &c, int 
are ever Mice; arrange th you may,the mys- | smith, as the case might be. Wm. Rob stated at p. 221, vis by pinning down ч Кай 
tery and indeflaiteness which constitute beauty of zather idely, so as leave some spaces twee 
vegetation in its highest sense, cannot be extinguished. Home а бау А анн them; and after having the ground partially tinted by 
Such a scene can have no effect on the mind but an oyal I am very glad. to learn | means of the Inc ow ink with brush and eom to ly 
elevating one; nobody ever was or ever will be repelled | py you hat tl down more fronds in the intervening Spaces, ор eren 
by it. It is only by freely intermingling such plants having some interesting д ид at the : Royal Horti- оте parts of ihe first layer of fronds. In this my 
with free-fowering ones, that you сап ge et the su- cultural Gardens. I well remember the Tues lay me s Ferns ha ing the appearance 
premest beauty of vegetation—not that which please: | ings we formerly had in Regent Street, and which were ы being behi au A the $ virg Even three layer i 
a class, however large or learned, but all mankind. | continued for many esed ks unquestionable success. | P^ Ves s may 9e thus exe ate: The fronds ought all ty 
This Г say advisedly; and I take this opportunity to | Very instructive they w I exhibited at them for be very well dried before pinning down, oth wise the 
utterly repudiate the false notion that it is by colour | many years, and {ре ега to the day with plea- poin nts of the piunules are very apt to turn Up and 
alone we can attract the non-gardening community. | sare, there being always so'nothing to be ыйа. э prevent the impressions from being perfect, J, Р, 
"Therefore, I nrze that every conservatory or house for | a greater or lesser сне тид of new plants s to be seen. Deanston. 
exhibiting plants in their best state, should have in| around London there were any g ecimens in ie rdy Fl 2 Garden Plants,—I shall have mne 
it a large proportion of ever-vertant and gra fally boum they were nearly always e at these Koen " 4 in getting up for the information of “A 
habited species, which are incapable of being trained | meet ings ; and 16 was the same with fra The reason Keer and o Others, я ав 800n AS time permita, а carefal 
into е апа moreover always ready я РЕ w 76 that every e 0 those who list of ý hardy апі, half-hardy but pa ticalarly 
by contrast the beanty of free- flowering p lan upported the Show—med: als and есй мв were at һа dy lants, which from their ueauty о labi, 
Sn AER leaf, or aspect, would tend much to add to cur релш 
bodie lich would be worth visiting were it only for ECT df em. And not the leas t interesting par rt of his smental gardeni: g shai varlety and vva, whig 
the profuse masses of В мане. that are in full bloom, | the Le was the lecture by Dr, Lindley, i in whic iste take very g gad care to 
but Lycaste Skinneri is in reater юки М) and all prune information respect ing the merits of tiò produce in their то and stoves Wa, 
very decided variety—an Ж, \е plant for the pre- plants fruits was av en many Robin ngon 
sent s season, Also in flower, and | very beautifat нео, plants P ght fr a long distance to these! Svr ingi ng and Grape Setting. fts would a шешү 
t | meetings, and I h o doubt the Tuesday meot-| obliged if some o! your state in an 
plants in the house, though other “good th n |1059 now projected will meet with the вате | ё rly.. N umber the grounds of- obje ection which шау 
the Orchid way are here, with Lælia Lin se ng success, provided encouragement is given to those| ave суза cs when in leaf, bab mor 
and the pure and exquisite Cattleya rscewiezii | who bit plants to bring. I for one will do my part | especially when in flov n my younger days, some 
delicata аб its best. Bat bere is a plant, another of | to support з Society, if they will ugs make the |25 years ago, when n I had the charge of houses undera 
theperennially interesting section, which at once t meetings as interesting аз po ossible. There are many head gardener, the ioci. practic syringe 
the tide of Orchid admiration—a mass of Cephalotus | others besides who are willing to leni helping | Well up to the time olouring, but means tg 
follieularis, nearly a foot in diameter, "with a profusion | hand. I should advise that prizes should be offered allow a се m in ФА to be toil ч water, 
of by far the est pitchers I have seen, though | for good old as A pl піз | as it w would p ettir ing. Now, despite the ul 
always particularly observant about this plant, and а! | are not always ready on tho day fixed, but Ьу | 276 vould at times get a drenching; bat 
apparently from one root- . And with this, ever- | encouraging other plants a proportion of fine о i- E» recollect seeing any of them suffer fma 
interesting subjects are not exhansted, ere is pro- | mens may always be expected, and many old f. their immersion. Moreover, about the year 184i 
ably а unique collection of Pitcher plants—the rarest | that one seldom sees in our days will Ene tediy while visiting a few plaee in Ayrshire, I ww 
species and Mr. Жиын hybrids being ali in excellent | appear. It is quite as interesting to see а good old much struck with the exceedingly well s 
character and condition. | plant well-grown as many of tue new on hough | bunches of Museats аб  Auchineruive House, 
By-the-by I wish Mr. Dominy would infuse a little | [ am a lover of plants, I would not forget the old ing Mr. inner how he managed to seb thea 
of the blood of асра animes e some of|kinds, as is too often the case. I gather from your well, he modestly тае, E he was not sure if he 
the ugly-lipped species now во commo stoves ; he | report that б were Lu fine өү; ехһ brata соіа А ut that dur n time he had gro«n th 
has done more дист things, surely. i This class of plants was | (34 y s I thin ) el 
the valu: able Pite' her- peA from seed sd the thousand. АЖЫП КЫ ерше k the — КЫР сМ, беш, nd tha v aci quite surprisel to 
fine ens both of old and new kinds | ga кен, rye in the matter, [ asked h 
pots and pans; 12 Р tir y plan и ЫС, gu en prt * we ^ remember it was|he impr egnated кы аг кау $ di. said, "* х ч 
on the DaM У and phi сеу н ү lut i У termi- | there the first plants of Van da suavis and of V. caerulea | mode of tre id ent was to give plenty of heat, ai iem 
nated by a Lilliputian pitcher—a most interesting | were seen. ‚ What à sensation these two plants caused at syringing, and that he considered syringing ы 
Sight. The s andra, another йай nt which will w when the vins were in flower assisted the blossoms 
y a visi much at Christmas as Midsummer, | as ыш ga ds shown „оой ' The Vine borders were heavily cropped, and Ме, 8, 
is now here ii am glad t it is | any to have such ah Neq PUN uch а | had no idea where tlie roots were. ul. 
in several РОТ еге is a new к dal Aot which I allude, if one Pompes to | ment red spider was unkn — 6 Yrá 
Cypr cum омен h Calanthes; а houseful of | see e c thin ng new and good during the au utama and | that the bunches were anyth ing like I mi сбн 
Epacrids i in full bloo om qut: а gay sg; ; and Rhodo- | spring monis, ыл Re; mdr Street, was the place t о hamperfula we see exhibited now-t-day sa в А.А 
eely bloom mes hes d ш isited, Ia AS js old pue bat 1 ES were no heated borders or other appliances d 
house MR oin ut ind u ose li now 80 commo I mention this to show voa 
having yet to go further west, ' | pleas ure. Many exhibitors liko шуша reg TT | lent and well-b d Grape һе gro e ме 
Messrs. J. & C. Lee's Ror Ж, Nunssk great 5 shows of 15 o many spirited although the syringe is used till a late vun #% ` 
Hammersmith—the oldest battle-field of the trade, | growers of a later d MI ыш; г, чїй. to make | adopted the praet n and ч е c зр 
where the very ground must be fullof old pruning: | these "Tuesday m bigs duet that the Fellows may | correctness, and my opinion is, that а ба 
proach with. feelings analogous | to t! hose | have so aying their sub- | being equal, th ge is very useful up Р 
which might be яп ipti they have some ing $ e in the | time of the berries colouring. It prevei voe 
mpire when ЖО the afi of Austerlitz: but with shape of айа FER but besides what the Garden | ment of i1 spider, though it does "E udin 
that the com ends, is still going оп | itself ean produce. I hope pes remarks from a four- | tends in теа e in vil 
acti of 
ood 
nifica 
any o in hai 
useful old ones, iag have Te Aoise d dnty since the 
ost tellin ing hoses 
is Genetyllis fi гасно very much 
earlier Wn un б. . tulipifera, which is 
for the fray 
Viney 
il of vey 
a king. Well, Tremandr 
guinea Fellow will not be place, for I wish the 
Society every Aag 
al b ev and Barbarossa Grapes. 
healthy. “Perhaps some of your correspon | 
give the rationale of their objections to the use of thë j 
Der wel 
ак 
al Albert in a late Number r3 Eus ER it 
a", de and that it 
nt, with A eig 
nosa, ea mag. 
t in this 
now РЈ b iid 
Th 
{ it flowered, bat "with no signs О! 
TES 
` Cookia a pune mii ue s 
beeu fruited in nian ? Ihaveap we] 
come into flower, but the blossoms all fall off. n 
of fruiti 
m ee 
Hoy al Albert Gra 
was not raised fi eed in t 
shown, I Кый: Ag d of us x pes ТЕ Society's 
me C held qua. 16,1849, by Mr. Bevington, 
gr. to Mark Phillips, yr of Stratford-on- Avon 
I remember rigutly 
dts bracts, 
ctc 
d Barbarossa, rbibited song pih it. 
в ойе red for sale in the sprin 1850 b 
nnetohold 
ARES Which eil 
er Ёраб! 
of the best i 
this s season, there з 
Eth 
re a good many specimens in flower 
of t 
Mu та а а May Talk 
retains its for 
Wen 
e the same place. There. Sa be no 
pice. 
sore pianta and Orchids, and 
eens aad отела sericeum multi! 
wer, 
Though коїн are late | 
ng the Royal Aleth known to Mr. Cox 
as both, bear name of Prune 
о г or жер Pa the letter I 
ablished i in ni E T 108) s tated that it 
was first introduced ame o 
2 2 e : >з n Bennett, 
rsery ; and day раш salicornoides, a small 
succulen t, is in bloom 
yellow- fwered sucen 
кшн, Workso, "P Not 
j Small. Bi d ds.—My experience ot the house-sparrow 
rest 
dide 
ere is au old plans of the Cha 
Mo Collins probably go the plants t tha н РУ вай Зы 
ge fruit allu > M Mr. Сох 
sent him 
Aer which w 
s fonnd to к: Lco with itj PC 
names, Su in dio а е - ol 
m sed о bei. 
connention wi with Mr. Colins sni s IM 
n Hen Willia the v 
ra Mans Merk 
"c 
pret ye Ei If the 
and beant, 
with plenty "of hs and he 
I have seen Mam 
e fine succulents T жуз $о|1 
"ac. Е i drought and salen $ 
the 
without s 
of "ao wer Ed they 
at were never to be 
mig o клн Кы t 
that conid 
H 
dation in the garden than your correspondent, 
We find here about this tim 
Wim b 
эле he perc t 
na tree d close. by, giving a ehirp of defiance, н 
. will im m ету 
=: 
"ot the two yr 
mpre 
Ше pes о 
all поб have written 1 in 
sh: 
Та 
our 
The latter is very difere 
eed petente 
die spot, I de watched him closely, but ^E never 
attacking any t 
r Plums, pk iram the ле generally feeds. 
eU ha ^ ts from the 
itis easily scared а ive m returns the 
$ame day to the same place, J, Е, Cliveden. 
SoríttitS. l 
this E 
Roxan HoRTIOULTURAL: Mar. o» eh fiot 
sion Te following Caudidates W' pev 
Bowen, Еж; ИЯД, o. 
izabeth Arthur; J. W: Bowes Бег; 
Esą ; J, Burstall, Esq. ; 
deor El 
R Burra 
