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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
attention on the plants of Scripture, however, con- 
side d. that under notice to be the true з пераа mel 
4 he 
ofa small trees py Ba Me. Berk хе ey stated that КЧ 
balance of evid 
Mustard of Soripture. being the sam 
e е our own. 
same exhibitor likewise came two seedling ‚ Aurieulas, | —— 
| to one of which, named i 
eate was ed ; the oth 
received a В e G 
ао - on d Coloured bracts ; this was 2 leve 
ооа 
B. glabra and B. speciosa, 
which were Келе by tlie same 
reference to the growth of Aloes, 
unknown 
whioh у» usually subjected. Мт. Saunders 
which he stated 
si 
arks were illustrated by a highly interesting group 
exhibito To p e Ball was awari rded a First- class 
үт L nl. Сат боа 
of À 
E жий, me. same gentlema: 
ra, remarkable for 
n also sent a leaf 
of 
its striking colours, 
Ck | ide 
бр sh size, P ce time which it lasts in p 
It is rolled up like a piece of paper 
when i it in 
class Certificate was awar arded. It was believed t 
ntieal with the Chinese x "hyacinthina, ч 
s idere 
into grow 
three | days, but i in six weeks the plant dies dow 
Major Trevor Clarke, who has one of the "finest АЫ. 
then gave a short 
vid h 
placed over the roo ots i 
came a pretty little Bletia from Japan, for which a First- 
3q., ME 
em and E. M. Williams, T were elected. 
ea ине 
tions ч кч plants in England, 
ode of 
this ra, For cultural purposes, he remar! rke ed, our 
western world, each being again 
sections, viz , early and late flowerin 
g sorts. The early 
rba- 
kinds of the South American type, icis ba 
| collection of Orchids, among S was a fine bee 
of Dendrobium Dalhousianum, which received a First- 
class Certificate. A similar mark of distinction was 
also conferred on a К Heath imported from the 
Cape by ‚ Мевзгв. Low, called E. fragrans, a handsome 
uch а appearance of a Date, having а clea 
drical stem 8 high, surmounted 4 а - 
[Arum 22, ees 
r from Mr. О, leon AA 
a First-class Certifi- Огой ом on the Natural Жышу of S Soul dif 
whic h was named Harry, | tralia ; communicated ir the Secretar 
sb March 16.—G. Ben , Be 
d Chair. Isaac Anderson He Esq, J. 7M - in the 
feathery fronds. jn yet the Elæis is only known from 
Lak 8 m the sea coast, of the eash 
ia opu: 
r flow. 
catkin, its swollen stem, Dd its Mss aphieal positi 
th 
; shoots in the way of soaveolens. Mr. Marshall, of | but the African plaut, it appears, produces normally a 
c oboe: ^ М h 1! T nfield E lh аба prettily owe man in n swelling o of adr 
tubular blossoms, the Egyptian appare seen in many Palms, is in this dris altho 
type of the е CINE Kew Онеш | ен ту of the new “Odontoglossum Ві, which п очы from universal; and man Ee Ай gs. pes. v 
To this also be referr magnificent | stated by Dr. Reichenbach, who was present, о be | been ШАН шө in Авіа. On LE unds the author 
fobast-gn oriog с бшш, and ien оу! ihe sort called | quite distinct from O. Alexandre. "This ета ^| reunites В. zthiopum with B. паро foris It is tho 
No great difficulty, it tated, would | Firs aw Certificate, as also —M: pios of. East African Palms, sometimes 
be f found in in M AA of "ud «ойо, us seeds of | Parsonsii, from Mr. Parsons, : а аё J. тч 80 feet in height, such а tree at 5 feet ps the 
earl Esq. goose Backhouse, of York, ing a girth of about 6 feet. 
whieh s| 
ved a Firs 
css — for a "extremely brilliant velvety 5 
r. In short, with 
«ish na 
eep 
ch s wi ied A. fulgens, but it was stated that it E 
{| зав probably a variety of A, stellata. From 
0 
а urs Seems 
to mark the first flowering of the plant The 
Mr. | thickest part of the stem is at the base, above 
* quickly dimini shes in the first t5 feet, reaching the 
this i 
charmingly-fowered example o e rich orange- 
scarlet igni ee кс which, when well 
wered as this was,is one of the most 
о 
pots of tolerably large size, the grea 
to кер 
as far as 3 as early C Cotton 
is "Conceraed, а are 
a moist atmo 
all ny Orel iids for hanging blocks 
towards the ventricose part. The 
Special Собо was also given for а truss ofja 
f the ine Bhotan Rhododendron 
lful cultivator. Mr. Veitch 
sphere w hilg growing, which induce Ta wood, sh 
laterale, and well-filled у Plants treated thus will 
come into flower about Midsummer, and will continue 
in 
Nut 
i Fineas Certifica tes for kis three J арапеве 
vtr yere for a fine таумен of other plants, amon 
g late 
then either be thro away, or 
year. They will romain dormant all t and 
may be cut down to the firm La 
tim yp 
te specimen of and, La eleg esr omed Cymbidium | ав 'difenlt to subdivido into satisfactory species, some 
eing di 
sorts wil s show a a e ог two 
Ье so 
early э чей їп April; 
B i qui rA Beason, 'and frui ited 
ron: Princess Alexandra ibd 
Ma carere Cattloya Dominiana, a magnificent 
doin d rom Mr. Ayres, 
| Nurseryman me some  Seedlin 
на Conifers, ap Че apparently Бы 'Rotinosporas, to two of which 
t-class Certificate warded. Azalea King 
of the Doubles, "ea СТЯ plants were contri- 
buted by Mr. Robson, gr. to G. Cooper, In a 
and th then 
in 10-inch pots the next year. The 
were 
8 
3 
EB 
& 
E 
G t indicum, requires more ] 
he 
the green seed 1 family | A 
of highly dolci plants from Messrs. 
EN Henderson. & was a hai ndsome , Specimen of 
h 
+ 
to the e without ripenin 
immersed for 12 hours in water suddenly assume 
becomes sweet. The Hyphænes were 
chotom the Doum Pun. ү 
коз , cyliudri it "hs ughout, and во 
race the 
Oriental family, | 
otton jus anded are irony erm From " Messrs. 
, and all the Peruvian family 
tton 
expan 
Jac ze of King came two' varieties of е 
gonium, said to Бе 35. sorts for forcin ing; and one or 
ңир / 
too much moisture ; 3 y 
soil m The má 
Fre 
sorts in this family make pretty stove Lem Rer 
very i 
the заб : D Sho llerah. "Cotton were stated to 
9 flowered, and to be both distinct апа remark- 
well worth e foe their beauty alone. Eo 
g Assam sort of Dr. Fo 
bes Watso: tson, and 
A collection of plants raised from Jungle earth im- 
ported fon lad he id 
а method prefe: hi 
usual * *edlisetione " of У ndis 
ME EN Clar i 
g 
Ы f Indian firn vga 
ignei aiir sri ues young 
with 
nis all cases in'which he had applied it. 
. The following candidates were elected Ordinary р 
· Adi Birt, Mrs. Blair, Mrs. Brown 
таа t, Lady A nes, G. rant pope 
imes, Н. Нш, ш, Бал Тап piae 
f Araucaria 
gford, P. Rawson, Esq., 
i Re Е, Wilson, Esq., 
al Committee).—Mr. Turner, of 
„оц this occasion a finely-flowered 
A Silver Bankene d agen 
LINN. 16.—George Bentham, Esq., Presi- 
dent, in te иле Тһе following age were read :— 
Note n Pueraria, DC., correctly referred by the 
Ай” t ‘Phase läte: By the President. 
otice 
be | of some Vegetable Moséfrokitiers and 8. Noteof Obser- 
нь n Germin ation. By George 
Dickie, M.D.——4. scriptions of some New and 
Remarkable Species ГА Aristolochia, Mas Western 
ical жые D. Hoo M,D.—— 65. 
epe Sie New raei By W. 
chair. B. W. Foster, M.D., and J. =з Weir, Esq., 
ere elected Fellows, The following papers were 
ecd. Surface Fauna о, 277 Ocean : 
nd allied p 
1 bark and aboun: ish 
milky juice; the heart-wood is of pude ане of 
very heavy, and full of риш js yields a colouring 
fus 
isa 
D. 
vow fione Bentham, Esq. President, in the trac 
t. | While the chief under- pais: th сопв 
4aotíces of 3Sooks. E 
n 
. dn лє, € the single Part which is 
th 
e 
ovate or oblong, the heads of male flowers fn the 
of the | now 
Anamallays s to an elevation of nearl 
their base being died "1000 feet above the sea. 
and has quite а diterna, vegetation; 
are нЗ of gigantic size, Euphorbi асе, Urt 
Anonaces, being perg in эч trunks cov 
epiphytie Orchids, and F and Balsams 
orte: 
12 Pu, price 25, 6d. езе 
& Co. 1866. 
work pro an extremely cheap, Sedi 
il type, with t lumns to the рабе тт роі 
size of a pen, white, an and didis, and those of e M of his kind, the first чо priet 
Nurs Teatro ted in a larg pretending 
* uneven on the surface, of a pde type t three sm: generaly 
ype to ca the eye. Two or 
cream colour, with seeds embedded in an agreeable pulp, | woodeuts init nearly ev Thes s0 much wordt В 
having somewhat the flavour of an insipid 
From the | apple, The natives of Sena call the plant Pamboka. | ' 
| chosen wit. ith great sense 10 ill illustrate 
*amphora," “ampulla,” the Egyptian god 
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wood was destribal 
as hard outside, and soft and pithy y within but when 
kept dry durable and resisting the attacks of termites, 
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let h paa ee tringent pulp at е sme 
pee ue, a eir astringent pulp e 
fe 54 
ms abounding, 
ists of Acanthace?. 
. Anubis" 
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