Avcvsr 26, 1865.] 
wisst. The р 
Glen, Antrim, - ey each year produced foods with 
забо of this - 
be: 
not arrive at perfection, ihe margins "becoming repand | w: 
lant was found five years ago i т 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZ ЕТТЕ, 
The base of — ашп is yellow with purplish dots. 
h it cannot rank рые, than Odontoglossum 
m for "bent 
been exhibited 
crenate. 
ds season bave never produced spores! In the frond 
having 
t the Royal Horticultural mcr s 
scienti rem б the plant no do ubt 
793 
laying th foundatio hat i t urse and corre- 
| s Жыт which lasted ol his 
In 1815 he married tbe eldest о of Dawson 
Turner, of es чч Esq., and settled at wii. 
| in Зай! lk, w use rendez: 
vous of Cri й foreign bo 
һе formation of that — Herbarium 
1 Qa} 
iddle ‚ upwards fo r about an eighth of an — 
idth was of 2 distint creamy white; and if, as М 
quus poini out, i ipee He: annually f fronds of 
h white- 
cp 
E 
Md Harte-to mer an 
y y add, in ihe p n the] te fronds of - year 
t from the earlier ones, The sam 
urs in cm varieties of British Ferns. In Polys- 
hum angulare dec 
itinguishable. from 
ce 
bo 
e thing 
rrens, for example, m spring | Chro 
— 
P 
THE LATE SIR W. JACKSON HOOKER, 
Охе of the most familiar names to all the reade 
onicle is that of A" illustrious 
recorded last week. The 
ich paper was in 1839, with 
rs оѓ | 
veral other бозо ту applied to by Her by 
ayt st jerar work was е on the British 
P 
$P3E28E HE 
g 
ERA 
m, but all those р: Ace 
d dissimilar, that n ore us edi нА 
spect they came from the same caudex. M. 
New Plan 
311. PALUMBINA iig cm e Walp. Ana. vis 
m 009, ONCIDIUM CANDIDUM, Lindl. В. Reg. xxix 
аша of the Royal í Gardens « of Kew, then the private 
ЧН 
E 
that the se gardens should be made over to „ће nation, | 
and should ultimately b 
riorati 
nical science for England, its colonies, a. dependencies. | 
It was with heartfelt pleasure that the Editor found 
necessar entific 
employment, He e was ia bna Aim у ar Ya Ferra 
Sir Joseph Banks to accept the then 
1843, s. 76. ONCIDIUM? ? CANDIDUM, 
Folia, n. 
PALUMBINA : ве 
c sequale, 
lum dorsale oblongum 'subaeutum, sepalum | positio 
4 — oblonga subaeuta. Тарбан sub- 
assa, androclinium obliquum 
„| ment; and above 
m e" a cl. had been ; nominated 
to fhe my eicit 
e University uU Glasgo, 
which, although not a medical man, Sir Jos олі = 
In 1820 
able to procure for him. 
rem — to si P " 
s| bein ein 
lasg e emoluments of tht th 
агу, ài 
His if x | eaa е3 entirely devoted to 
male. Columna m apicula- of purpo: ^ =. 8 епе е which he had tany; 
2 CEU yl ЕЕ advanced s айас Й of botanical seience,| he rose early, and went late to bed; he ed but 
larem. Tabula stigmatica obliqua prona inerescens uper | Was of all ч а | (he best fitted to carry out the views | little, avoidin iety except on Occasion 
hii basin, Cau тше роон аши раною terti embodied in this report. journeys to England; and devoted the whole powers 
Р. candida : pseudobulbis ligulatis compressis monophyllis iliam Jackson Hooker was born at Norwich on |'of his mind and his pencil to his favourite science. He 
кп diphyllis, foliis cuneato-ligulatis, racemo pauciloro | the 6th of T 1785. His father, at that time а con- | was a most popular lecturer, his class being sometimes 
flexuoso. fidential с а large manufacturing business, w attended y volunteers as medical men ; he 
“Habent sua fata libelli" is an old proverb, but а]ѕо | man dev i p ading, especially travels and | encouraged his students in the pursuit, by taking them 
m lio: their fates, and thie va had a very | German ems and to the culture of rare апі оп excursions, by giving them rare plants from his 
interesting one, It flowered in 1843, with Messrs: Lod- be m ni pianta, a of which his collection was p d r famy hing ғ p^ letters x 
| uction to all parts of the w when went 
m rei гаа а ч education at the High School at | a . He kept up a close p the 
Norwich, under the tuition of Eus celebrated Rev. Dr. | officers of the Admiralty, Т ry, an 
Foster. Having inherited, through his g ег, | Office; and it was mainly through his exertions 
Willia: Jackson, Esq., ап ample competency in landed | botanists w were во freq " irruere gi Dupin 
property, i Jin is 
and to scientific pursuits ; while, with a view of quali- | ие md XC of all parts of daga 
fying hi his ttractive resor! 
resided for a time with Mr. Paul, ‚а gentleman farmer | ніве — literary m 
living at St n Norfolk ring the 20 dea "he resided at Glasgow he 
pp Natural Hist pul Flora Scotica,” in which the pania ofa 
d f British Isles were for t time 
the birds ө Ner -— be was ren 2t ed moro ES II и to Ње nat: argen A All) de 
able by rvations on their habits; and | Exotica,” and (in conj ов wi г. Grev е 
(Mia id gis D intimate with Messrs. Kirby & Spe nce, | « ones EC ;” also * Botanical Miscellany," 
Alexander Maclea ay, the Secretary of the Linnean | * Journal of Botany," е сту ж ар Pw 
Society, 5 уы Е1ог E the “ Bot: of Ross" 8, 0 d 
evoted much of his ti "e t 9logy u^ „Ао чь | шз, Back’s, and other Andi Expeditions; 4 аа 
time he became acquain wit h, the | Boreali-Am а,” on in conjunction wi Е 
| most eminent British botanist i his X ay; aud hit ving | Arnott) the “ Botany of y's Voyage," and various 
| himself discovered P" атт арһуйа, кь of the | other m of standard authority. In 1826 he com. 
most curions and ra (а. of B Au pour , which 2 (me Kor gd j^ e H x" Moguima; 
took to Sir J e y encourage | which e" near years. 
commence the study of that science, which | Herbari in regm d "А was apr becoming 
afterwards m ursuit of his life. | the finest in Europe, mainly ng to the indefatigable 
In 1806, when he саше into possession of his penes etant up with of the world, 
es he seems to have, ve imm d up ЧЕЗ snl io Бе Denias trained Scotch medical sti 
for History; he о seeking fortunes in foreign З 
tours in t m piede paro nat Matias Fro up to the'day of 
Orkneys, Hebrides, &c.), by Dahon his death. 1 salary e Crown was 
Turner, of Yarmouth, F.R.S., his future - wW, tol other ts of 
and afterward Borrer, of Henfield, F.L.S. At | Professorship amounted to about 7007. ; the number of 
this time he principally resided in London, where he | students having iu from 2 
made the acquaintance of Dey Joseph Banks, Robert uring his residence in G he w 
в Drs. Solander and ander, &c.; indeed of|offered knighthood, which he accep ош 
| most of the distinguished scien nifio men of the day. the Fourth in the year 1836; this honour being 
couraged by Sir Joseph Banks, he in 1809 visited | bestowed on ari in consideration of his scientific 
Iceland, which he extensively explored, making large | career, and the тесто ће rendered to 
collections in all branches of Nat History ; but Botany. So much 3^ his professo rial eme in мард 
diges; introduced by Hartweg. Dr. Dads. had a|tbese, together with all his notes and drawings, were | nection with Scotland. In 1841 8 was а рро pris 
coloured sketch prepared by Miss Drake; but the | totally lost on h's way home, tbrough th deam E | the Directorship of the Royal Garden С эн, under 
m ни е (We cannot but feel that in | at sea of ship of d which he w i аа t we shall narrate in succeeding 
se times Orchid wers were so very chary of|ing, and ringing articie. : 
with flowers, so that we have often felt ised to E XE ep owing to the arrival A another (fo -be continus.) 
what slender means they had so often compelled l in was almost miraculous ; 
= ist to ye k. When Dr. MT account of it % иШ. e Il bo found in the espe acsi BOTH ASTLE НЕАТНЗ. 
PN OU oE O noida he w -— iren ud MEM аш ]dom falls to the lot rm A one to chronicle an 
E pa l Anding bis own remark that the piant | reached a seco: 33 of Heath g for 
с; гсн. and he was naturally the first to Кыл 1810-11. he deed extensive preparations for Сеше successful ca eath growin 
= Oncidium. “ча having n g Sir Robert Bro to t! : mr iid upwafds of ау у efi To have bil a 
Other зет t the figu Miss D ake | paene. d of Ceylon, of which M veto єг and propagator of ple in 
їй his Herba ha. (борк of which, Kindl muni- | ар Te жне г for th ose ris sold pe on over such a lengthened pe wed 
м by f lay уйно a ш), ed ейге, tat ** until | estates, proceeds of invested in busi- | Жап eee attention, оё д abes 
rye shail T хий, je safest to ше and re gren T pad | of this А аш М, and what his name will in fature 
а Ба е суроку "Sdividoal ill-chosen, m meoted with, is the introduc- 
pit" rd Indeed, it had disappeared; bnt | ОЁ the zeal with which he eae од e Арадо on of а Ж seedlings maoy of yet 
only from England. When Messrs. Loddiges| we may give авап example dem ot te 2 eclipsing the under cultiva- 
oe m, ser а че, OMM кеше, ии Е он о sot e bipes "s Кеа Menta His uh Tt is evident to all those who are acquainted 
» tire on. , lecti К 
кїї, а large set ighly curious yr typical arrangements, с however, all came to nothing; as ће | with the Both 1 in i T: бова КҮ 
Жетет, merely for scientific purposes, for they were | sanguinary disturbances which тусшт и сч MS а а эса м obtain such MR doris as 
t qe, Ul Poor thi QU point de vue of bs т Hs took plac i in Ceylon, prevented his plans from being he NL Ad рө (тиш 
much better than e ted, a 
met fhe Oneidium um candidum Lx Meu | In 1814 he made а botanising expedit ze to | diseară all all those DES ich did iu енг of 
[set ur Lindley, a а anih у we call| France, үтүне E e = z Lo aibi d in thel fom pote HW pedo uced. грай wonderful 
иан ede a favorite of ev e = the m il- сосен y Mom o acquainted at at Paris and still is Mr. Тагай! attachment to his p ribe ; for 
White and "wes p. e реди botanists of Europe; t 
purplish, on brownish - purple peduncles. 
elsewhere with the principal 
