462 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE а 
cut down; the inference therefore was that eun planis si Нена the Doai Ng pem 
nigrum dark ubl 
pani Rad hne variety d Bearded Lady Slippers "i Va dy dan of on Ње dead wood left had attacked the ims ium of|of Sunning Hill, Pimeleas, een Tct called беу 
different kinds; Aerides crispum and ад ne tm the] Deodar, causing the tree to pt l in : ealth. оне. eus i3 Certificate was awarded pa Чч 
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prs: m nobile, tho charming D. Deraan i and thought was the true explanation É n often | Cattleya slightly staiued "in the eh М 
erra divaricatu e of the most useful of all | refused to grow where another had stood before, апа Golden Queen, a useful.looking yellow-leaved 
rchids for farniehing materials f т ау ts. Messrs e adduced. | gonium, came from Мг. Southby, of Pde 
æ, hirsutissimum Among variegated plants "pr resent, a Fuchsia with Messrs . Е. G. Henderson received Seid Cartile 
€ others ; three species ot reri which тее leaves; Ilex crenata, of which g in which w e Reti cates for 
was D. Dayanum, now stated to be the true D. anosmum | and handsome hedges are made in Japan; а Ros cladon, Centaurea Tag usina, iid. pora 
of Lindley ; also Phalznopsis шешн a and a amabilis, гей эг Donax argentea, all occupied attention ; ; as edging plants. of that description; the p 
hende Beta rows Ms. геру of "Tooting, came a|whi ch sometimes come wholly w white. These perfectly | and the gold- variegated small-leaved рех e соба, 
third collection, in Eon were three kinds of|white shoots, it has been considered, could not be|called Fortunii in gardens. Handsome mus da 
Vanda; Phalenopsis grandiflora and its variety called propagated, but it was related on Fr Mors authority | Roses came from Messrs. Paul & Son, and Mr. "i 
aurea; Trichopilia coccinea; a fine plant of Lycaste | t МА M a portion of Ground Ivy, " wholly white, did | to the former of which a Certificate was aw. > ar 
Harrisonis, with 15 fully e Medi К онбай оп 16; e root, and ra it ultimately assume May 16 (Fruit Committee).— Apples formed the chief 
Cattleya intermedia, and three fine varieties of pe ordinary green colou ertain parts of plants, subjects of exhibition on this occasion. Of the 
Cattleya i €: Mes were 5 ade erted to, as, for instance, | best exhibition came from Mr. Earley, of Digswell, 
wow! elections of six Orchids the best came from the bra floral leaves in Mussænda frondosa, and contributed well-kept examples of Clust oM 
Robson, gr. ooper, Esq., who Pippin, Wheeler's Russet, Golden Russet N 
Cattleya an, idea 'the useful yate: Skinneri, ылы of both of which were exhibited. Passin Cockle Pippin, Sturmer Pippin, and King of 
a beautifully flowered plant of О, ies died hybrid О mp — hereafter, a Of these the Golden Russet Nonpareil 
Phalænopsis indor w finevarie ху дч of Vanda tricolor, | се n fine-leaved p the Berkeley | shown as Golden Reinette, was by far 
айд: Cati a Mosi. rom Robson also came said hat in Dcum ilising, flavour. Norfolk Beefing and Domelow's Seejli aly 
another кн онири in which we tle sweet-smelling | w with the view of itor eral crosses from them, | came from the same exhibitor. From Mr. Сох, of 
Burlingtonia is eum the singular looking рди ип |Mr. M'Nab had obtained а results from leaf, came а handsome unnamed i М | 
dichromum, that un vitrine a te Sophronitis | using pollen from short stamens than from employ- appar ently a sound keeper, acid and solid. Weis - 
eM quite a little scarlet ing that from longer ones, a fact t perhaps d Be duro of Gloria Mundi and Golde | 
In class dev to б-а йе of Orchids, | remembrance by [уйны E the last meeting the | Harvey. “М. De Jongh 
Mem. Maule eyed: retis „crispa, Foxbrush Мы properties of this genus were adverted to. | Mai and Poire емна both late Pears, the last of 
Mr. Berkeley, however, menti опей that a jelly was which somewhat resembles Beurré Ranse in firmness 
t among single sp R. arboreum of fle "3 Neither of these were better 
suavis ie Mr. pr riasa gir per A plant of Begonia from Mr. Earley, of Diel, pro- và "kinds : aon ady in cultivation. Among Apples from 
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ne pandurata from Mr. Sherratt, gr. to Ji rtuguese Tulip, w which promises io be a decorative | De Jonghe's Roozen Apfel—the former a good k eeping 
Bateman, Esq., and the eme Renanthera from Mr. ошо or plant, from Mr. Berkeley's own garden; i variety, the latter egre a slight Fennel fur, 
Smith, gr. to S. Norris, Esq., both noticed in the page | one or two, observations on other plauts, concluded t nd a handsome appearan | 
just quoted. 
again in шли condition for so young a plan t b Ма 16 (Floral Committee.)—From Mr. Veitch ; 
X. Char vy rare m de hes nett, Esq., азе Pu b of Orchids and other plants, Noti ices of Books, 
whom was deservedly ded ; | for which Special Certiientes were awarded. Among | The Applications of Geology to the Arts and Maw. 
"e anam fih ren dips i P: finer "e the former were Cypripedium villosum and barbatum, „factures : eing Six Lectures on Practical Geology, 
came from Mr. Robson, gr. to G. Coo се an io sg in Ps ne condition ; Odontoglossum corda- delivered, before the Society of Arts, as a part of the 
Messrs. Low of Clapton, who had two fl ich a First-class Certificate was awarded;| Cantor Series of Lectures for 1865. By Profesor 
of it in very small square baskets. Mr. Wilso вой, =; нае лай "Lalias, Vandas, and other plants, together D. T. Ansted, M.A., F.R.S. 8vo, рр. iv. and 3 
Dulwich, showed some of the many varieties of with some singuiar crosses effected by Mr. Dominy with numerous woodcuts. Hardwicke, 1865. 
Cattleya Mossiæ. Тһе  Society's | Garden  fur-| between Goodyera and Anæctochili, whereby the more | It would be very unreasonable to expect anything like 
—— Сур His mie Hookerie and О. barbatum | hardy constitution of the former has been infused into | a perfect treatise on such an extensive subject within 
m; Physurus from Mr. Weir, with|the latter, From among thes e hybrid forms Good- | the course of six lectures, or to look for much novely 
» k ei sci prettily marked with white; and | yera Veitchii and Anæctochilus " Doniini nii were selected | in matter intended for general instruction, What we 
опе or two other plats. Last, but by no means least, for First-class Certificates, The former is a hybrid | have, гона а right to expect is a careful statement 
must be mentioned the рога specimen of Тгісћо- | between Goodyera discolor and Anæctochilus e of well-known facts їп such a manner as no ot to fint 
pilia p jeg Mr. Pilcher, r, to 5. Ruc "re Esq., | and the latter i is reported to to hav ve a similar r par entage, above the heads of the hearers, 
referred to Thi ed | ments — in all cases be free from objectio wer 
did jure to the great collection from ; A. Veitchii, n аз is stated, these hyb rids will | matter should always be Senis n: - that the 
and h с e been labelled “ поб for eerie lag it | irren eire usage than the Anzoctochili, whose | facts оед should always be А 
чачтай uld have received a high award. beauty they in a great measure inherit, they cannot | ledging the extreme difüculty of the. час Ыз 
wi e exhibition of Orchids, but in | fail to be great acquisitions to our stoves. Among hands of a person who is so well 
the sam esp ais with it, was an extensive display of|other plants Mr. Veitch had char poping, e mples of | researches and publications eoi to Ee 
I E лела Pia nts contributed by Messrs. | Chinese Azaleas, among which one - med Marie a mas ster of the science, we do det that thes 
f Ham It consisted of fine a ешш bai flaked with cri 11 соше ЗЕ. ex йу Жо сна 1а in the point 
kon snch as me variegated Yuccas, Alocas X f great substance; and lit tie standards of| which we have sp бед { 
Cordylines, Draezenas, and Tree Ferns, intermixed T ther Tight. 5, named Dr. Rede l, also attracted | To begin iwi: he statement at p.9: ^ Every йй 
flowering plants о Azaleas, Heaths, Pim ronias, | considerable attention, Mr. Veitch, moreover, showed an | of v vegetable soil was once rock, which, by the шш 
Leschenaultias, Chorozemas, | and Clematises, us whole | interestin, tin, of dest. енер ved Pelargoniums;| mitting action of heat and cold а ш 
р $ variou us examples ofthedwarf | been broken down by degrees into smaller and smalle 
effect. From M t t ld iety ot R er-| fragments, until ^ Jast it is reduced to 8 
ing group of Ame tium princeps tolo niaguttata and В, pubescens, two char ming species, | powder, ex orm 
—' тунарды, ice Ги, Orange | to all "which Firetclaes Certificates were awarded;| If we » to the primary р of de "a 
n fruit, Yellow odendrons in the way of|and a fine-leaved Philodendron, on which was conferred the н s first соо! dered ' capable 
E шд paoe yo examples of the |a similar mark of meis M e sam ee establish ment sapporting "them, such та talon C nidi jai pet 
2 : i gems e ruth; but n 
new -in-hose urnis 
ample leaved red-veined Saurauja sarapigiensis, Anthu- | Veitchii, a indi reetasentel p , to чт vts to d p Uma de 
rium cordifolium, Bertolonia margaritacea, and other | Special Certificate was arded. 4 m Mr. ui teri s rd and in a prac ойы уш 
plants. Examples of Beaton's Nosegay Pelargoniums, | came Polygonum fliforme, e Sedum 2. Telephium, vem view at the pres t time it is quite untrue. loc 
of which favourable notice has already been taken in usef ful hardy уагіеда ted plants, to both of ien First- | example, the [s ed sands of Les Lan Bron | 
our columns, were shown by Mr. Wm. Paul, who al awarded. A similar ard was coe into cultivation by sowing à a mixture of n { 
had a plant of the new Hybrid Perpetual white, or s made to Mr. Smyth, ge to Lord Sondes, E: а апа Pin си а of the Broom. { 
rather sy Rose, — Счет erae Emile Boyau. Ir: bl ra cont through 
ay y in, а reet] ч Sm thii, From Mr. Bull came, amon "tti hich adually 1 
the Duke of Bealach in "he vp mias nis; Соо : th young — protrude, pes Quei 1 falling leaves. 
x J. Berkeley; soe ng to a prettil date b t to both eed, that the words are wel in dis g 
dum shown by Mr. Bull at the last m meeting, now | which First-class кер Mess bles Vot 3720 
said that it appeared to be the S. azoides of De Can- | has haudsome coriaceous gie ws like eR "of je S etd err not peer 
dolle's Plantes Grasses. He stated that it was reported | the India-rubber plant, withstand d. vicissitudes | the occasion, And such dorso 
to have come originally from Madeira; but that Mr. | both маа temperature and exposure. From Messrs, with what is said of the сое of уюй for the 
e, who spent 20 years in that i , had never came the extremely Шке Alpines at p. 14 The nam e of hum - x humic iim d 
been able to detect itithere. It was, he added, an old Мудейна n pant one of xa ev lovely of xe get-me- he the denm a Ë 
plant which at one time was common in the windows z Nots, from the le ; Androsace e ams. wen 
ree Е неа bs Mu rion o $ us vd ает and ганама d үте from the Himalayas, consists of various бча substances.* 
ni ost. e of whicl som another gem i . 
notice will be found and at pe 464, e = y. | meeting, t Aes vt bypass, үн mga ш; йеп tus е н J^ кр 
Orchis fusca and the pretty. little Primula pce vs oth er air, » ч есер is quite 
t. Mr. Thompson, | h aqueous 
glorious edet enn Wardianum, а Lm specim en ol t [et Ipswich, E enel a First-class Certificate for b orelon d, and m less ул 
which was shown, all came under review, as did i Aquilegia coorulea, a es resembling A. glandulosa, gaseous form as implied i in the — 
Orchis fusca from the south of Europe, which we have not quoted textually. 
x v^ differ but slightly from our own. Some | һе spur and certain other particulars. rhen 
ks were then made respecting the different brilliant collecti 
ect 
hóuse kind, M: 's Coel 
rope:ly king, supposi 
the h URN Preeipitate which is derived frot should 
boiled with alkalies on tho additi: e rogoty 
of | the name of unis T which, as 
| tes were awa; antri. | adm e esa 0 be a pro duot d oet 
were ан "aware how much |Ышей by Mr. Turner; ind similar award was conf vegetable matter, an told 
VEN шерш them. ОР two Deodars planted | on а group of a raro and interesting Атай, отд [roe miei olere i зы с acid. dt 
d not, and it was en end oe ои other | Cusen, рс w. 7. Wilson зыр Ej Ме. Williams, viz., mould acid, humic aoid; a mie too 
es latter hall iun imi discovered E: where in addition to the Mussænda and Clerodendron Арон жа which i ies some waters, 
mentioned above, communicated good | по vegetable mould. 
