рсгузв 9, 185. THE GARDENERS! CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTUR. uL GAZETTE. 11:7 
nsiderable loss. John Chalmers, бат | in less sihan 1i кедр үстү н 
з cmi. 
‚эту 2,7. Coleman, Esq., Stoke Park, Slough, — 
MC" gives as one is reasons for an advance 
"La ge profite which ,nürserymen are now such | AS w ìll n 
8 years. Where this care is not taken, in | The Mons tera, he stated, fruited чог! with 
nine cases out of ten the hardj-wooded forest trees| him every year, and he took occasion to describe 
of nnd to be aan uana es become stunted — the interesting and singular way in which. the you 
er becom: le eaf unfolds itself. Ав re gards — à асе ж | 
уши» букы + ^e е. ші ибин мү; о» itis we 
11 k thinning wi yet 8 lo n 
ger fond of and ad 
iog а я с height; whereas arta reer, 
ET hey и into а tank they soon п fil led. it, causin 
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sery trade, -— treated, ное fine clean growth, which ів E | the plant to grow with great rapidity. The beau ot 
a x in s Uke hardy MD, Ды are much only foundatio n for sound good Y teg ope, w P. [ie ста and. elus hed leaves es, especia lly when viewed 
m e candidly ess tha e - ч буа the other you ur leave, return 2i M» interesting subjec! , and it 
reasons adduced be "Gt C." in fav f an advance us. [By all means do во: it | stated that even if the fruit should not prove of mu eh 
алу conviction with s "We may also remark, | is one of the emi ли Е alue, the plant was well ир о on account of 
ihat w agree with Mr. Veitch's sensible com-| The Fra пе.—Сап you u tell me Dus is | its very ornamental appe 
ments on the subject (s i 3), we would go a step | alluded to in Atm following passage from Willis's “ "Trip |. Dec. 5 (Floral гаа чун - Collections | ri highly 
farther hy an able-bodied young gardener, a o the Tropics ?”:—"“ In опе of the West Тыйап dis | interestiug plants were shown on this occasion by 
candidate for а foreman's ques p» or for a first start | at St. — in the island of Marti Yet — walking, Mr. Veitch, to whom two Special Certificates were 
ш bead gardener, sbould be paid less in a nursery tt ere was | awarded. The енй among other —— ens 
m^ established head gardener,” è ‚Же co co! nsider t} ый qni m qi a | of the pretty scarle tw er-flowe ring Maue ia micans, 
y full, and the tree a h will 
z merits of of тето men) to p all that i is usually в common Ыз To but it looked а аз sif a B tef 4 doubtless prove а valuable basket Ey various little 
mquin of them ; for d fallen in the night, and laden half gentem ^ iph, yllums; the white-spotted-leaved 
ing all gardeners employed by us 15s. per week, in | branches with as much, as they could bear. fu pus | Son erila ш the red.spotted-leaved Berto- 
Pl confidence t hat [ed of each à spread- , | lonia guttata, o gon -: equally Meu hairy rather 
oar rules, and do as ould be acao by, when лац |i ing branch, a large lapfol in ne cluster. pubescens; the a sulphur. 
themselves have the азы of others, Osborn $ Sons, | on inquiry that it was the Frangipane tree—wonder- | striped.leaved 
The Nurseries, Fulham, 8. fully. — flowering sa W. W. [The Frangi р tl Е y 
F Ziani shon be glad to know Жо 7^ mags pane is a species of Plumieria.] | han э зале с җа ise v with oma wax 
my Tig trees, whic h have e pro oduc ed a crop of Wellingtonia in. nic answer to ом соггев- Кт? flowers, barred сговвуаув with crimson ; "and 
fruit, but so late i цве. ht ле | pondent “С. Е ama (see p. 1132), I beg tate t 
trees are against à во -— wall Ought d the Figs t whi ch w as prepared for the e б question | The same collections contained, moreover, MUR a 
пера off? We stfield. [The past season has b g of rich black loam, ben. 4 japonica vera, loaded "^ iren ruit; various 
'avour f d Ты. | fine cM of Lycaste Skinneri, the charming rosy- 
of ul are called весопӣ-сгор Figs, which very rarely | well turned and mix Y together. А med | , lowered hybrid Calanthe Veitchii, the — hande 
ripen in this country, and that ouly under circum- some 12 feet across; and sufficiently mha to ч " at | gome lilac blossomed Cattle 74 а Dominia ndrobium 
stances peculiarly favourable as to soil a and situation. | quantity of soil. In this my Wellingtouia was planted, | TP the ere e Libonia {тшш апа 
The first crop, which ripens about August, is produced | and it has well repaid me for the labour other ‚ Fro r. Wilson Mane 
from the уса ееш хто ору which may be scen at the it. This material, I apprehend must resemble the "soil | | саш 
of T 
le de y оргас аы pes теги dior md. 
in its native climate, | | two vac interesting Orchids. 'To Messrs. Luco: 
present y De 
lim Y pins t It wil Н ll be quite proper | as it із reported. to Бе found in а very rich black deep | & Pince was awarded a First-class Certificate A the 
therefore for you to break off all the young green Figs | loam. Altl f the M ellin жч» шау | handsome variety of NAE angulare called 
of the second crop which have attained to any size. | not be so valuable as that of 1 many oth till mantioned абве and а 
as, after very mild winters, we have known such | large collection of plants the Aoc Án 
are аз large or rather larger than Marrowfat Peas to | and why Ire ended i d y^ planted i in er ів | Garden, in which were vari. v Qni рейн Вагкегіа 
swell out and produce the earliest fruit in the succeeding | because I Mega an aus that t likes a mois de itua жые — — — ing lide. — grandiflora 
sammer, we should eave n. meh for the chance of | Of several plants in the park I one = t Odontoglossu from Mr, 
an early crop. e necessary pruning is confined | very wet pan Short, its roots are literally EXT Weir “ыды чо зә: аең Zygopetalum ас Poin- 
totbinning out the wood. Nos hortening of the SM with water during де winte er months, On measu: ring | se ttia p herrima, with splendid heads of scarlet 
must be practised except where fresh Ee tel на) to find that it | floral — ; Dracsmnas, Crotons, = Peperomia from 
required for filling up vacancies; and a ll th (had. grown 8 fee pre in Pe this geason, H. Mr. n with silvery marked lea M унн, 
wood should be laid in close to the wall p E. Lngd | Day, Theydon 4 Epping, Esse. ooperi, and one or two а 
The Fig tree is of a very luxuriant and —— pcc ү Committe: Sez "le vat sul ipea st ашы 
itisjust possible that yours may be ei a in &ocíttí were produced on this Mr. t the 
rich a soil, in which case it nm have a tendency to Societies. fruit of Monstera, ‹ adver ted t do "abore; M. Parsons a 
cast off all the summer fruit, This, if so, must be 
corrected 
HORTICULTURAL: Dee. 5.— W. Wilson | dish of very fine 
ROYAL 
root-pruning, Б a careful attention to į Saunders, E:q. in the Chair. Five new Fellows waro amd but very good seedling Pear came trom Mr. 
to ep th the t shoots throngh the summer, so as | elected. The Rev. M. J. Berkeley directed attentio a | Myatt, of Deptford. 
e fruit of Monstera deliciosa,|  HawpswonrH HORTIOULTURAL. — This Society's 
iis ree 
e a fri." i the por -crop pong are eret Pe catal 2 Me Nur. gr. to Lady Dorothy Nevill, Anata Fruit aud Chrysa өөнү Show was held at 
early, and when the tree. ire growth, it will often | was found on trial 5 be extremely e а and | the Town Hall, Birmin С turday, Monday, 
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happen that embryo fruit. will i ur ч ules in it, howev- r,it was | | and Tuesday last. The dis ispla of fruit was excellent. 
base, which will swell ony - pcr the succeeding | | said, make it нен asant to the throat; and it жаз | | The Pears ien А pples were Ба and highly 
summer, but this is never сазе when they are left mentioned that a gardener who had eatcn t half a , colour ed; those from the Chan -— Islands were par- 
on шї the Ан (€ A ruit suffer ed gons siderably from its effects, was con- | ticularly well nri and in celle nt coidition. 
Root Fungi and Planting.—® J. М.” though L бан" 
а 
forester, rue Le rely be mistaken in the ma he! a genera miis Fruit of тше dart npe Тһе$осіе ty's ten guinea eup 2 че b best col 
. 1183 
g 
Experience has proved to me of late that there isa 
consider it to be a useless and unnecessary expense to Duke of E Cleveland at Battle d 
collection 
remove old roots before replanting fresh trees." | not unlike, Mr. Berkeley said, a Brinjal Depot oium | fine ое; Жа еч ы вае Pines; large sanno : 
lection 
е I| out-of-doors, was furnished by Mr. Ја ack, gr gr. pude of fruit, 24 varieties, was egens Mr. C. ura 
of Castle Bromwich. 
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w. 
upon trial it proved tasteless and of little value, as was e уап cante, Lady Downes, 
gr too much of this done at the present day, alzo said to be the case with a species of thi 
when we ought to expect better things. I hav which is eaten in Japan. Examples of the резка of on viv Dach esse pe nct v. . General 
as 8 , J. M/s trees look healthy aud well;|frui& of Mandevilla suaveolens were also sh а А се Ta Mor orceau, eums а iurar erg, and 
but most likely their flourishing condition is due | is meeting. MM Orchids iw ааш c age arré Diel Pears; and 's Orange Pippin, Cornish 
o the peculiar nature of the soil, not the planting ; | communicated—one, gesqui remarkable iei the Gillidower, and ae of Prin ner ek Mr, C. J. 
пй: the r root Fungus, [ене plenty of bal e| ing ngth of its n ge other, алала ‚ less g | Perry had beautiful exam les of Queen and Smooth 
à „нә oots of Elm, pearane Ё y 
sh mes p lo 1s ound aet much acoonnt of the aE m Li on the з Dessert Pears consisted chiefiy of Chaumontel, 
ecay ев place, DNE HAT rly if gom have pep axy, nearly — bloss аге arranged h d'Angoulême, Triomphe de Jodoigne, Passe 
allow: m to sprout а рир after the tree has bee t| the iE so e л edging et lace. | Colmar, General Todtleben, Vicar of Wiukfield, 
down, харс псе із different, and soon | decays, bu. I do not This last i "B Mr. Siuaders; the other | Beurré Clairgeau, Ne plus Meuris, Knight's Monarch, 
of Fir trees, Elm is perhaps the one o 
сап Meuris, 
shown by Mr. Veitch. Mr. Saunders also fur-|and Colmar. Sewing Pears were remarkably showy. 
f | nished а Colore; which it was thought might be | The most noticeable were Belle de Jersey, Catillae, 
проп фе: roots 
ам med that it grows most freely upon. 1 should | new. It differed in вет veral im. important eios Кош Savarin, Verulam, Beurré d'Espagne, B:zi d'Heri, 
Boi have noticed this advice had not circumstances | speciosa, and to which it | Belissime, and Spring Beu; 
ktel hr Чу brought before me instances that forcibly illus 
rré, 
re some elm Attention was next directed | Dessert PHP M wa sca in n and form, 
- | bore И 
mischievous E cts of not гоор перап to an Olontoglossum from Mr. Weir, peculiar | but not large. were Cox's Orange Pippin, 
a NA ne rees, 
o had several Peg 
i n 
n dug, in bare proportion 'to the to ; and of the Gaultheria it жод that it might bea 
in the vertical position of the extreme point | Ribston Pippin, Corais Gilliflower, King of Pippins, 
е|о the lip. Cut specimens of Thibaudia ocanensis atob 
gentlem e ee: 
e ау of the better kinds of Pinus, none vi oh and of a Gaultheria, from Mr, Bateman, also received | Golden Harvey, Ga den re p Fearn's ippin. 
-baq succeeded speci 
pe i strong resem 
Thibaudia bore to Rhododendron Кеу-1і was adverted 
ad Orange, "nose du Canada, Wellington, Emperor 
Sof f the Pall or pot, and the plant: introduced. Fromt the variety of ferruginea. Musa occinea waa noticed as Alexander, pie Ба reet Мёге de Ménage, Royal 
mater r traps, and at all times kept the soil in immediate | words in praise of a к=» анаа ori of Polyst generally 
Contact with the roots em spon state T eit the m angulare ела Mr. Pince, Mr. Berkeley be асыл [ | e e some am flowers were st pte Th 
results.. A pressure o other work a few years rem ep best were T ain Plutus, Robert x ei 
plant a small plantation in a. similar he Chairman then made a few observations respect- | J. Dix, Riflems m Slick, Cherub, Themis, 
way to that which your correspondent ing gem plants of Oncidium carthaginense which he | Nonpareil, Belladonna, and -— arde ^ 
the unsa isfactory progress of the xm has qoe. us|exhibited. They had only recently imported,| The pie open a 
псе to take them allup and trench the ground in а and he produced them to show that considerable | 1, Mr. J. C. Perry, Castle V Bon vide; 5 Mr RA A. dens re 
pro ner, I could mention many more TOP EPA to the spots on the peus y oT Dessert T pud 1, тет 
д еге are too many of them ;and I am petals,- as sen as to the cry quin si species oret siering 2i z TI E Ti : АЯ 
eve: entl to plant, pum ifferent ii ven ey. 3. artwright ; е; ©. Ј. 
whether c тен о! созат ы пове will | in their native habitats. With gei tts the | Perry ; 3, Mr. G. Thomas, Jersey. Kitchen Apples.—1, Mr. В. 
p'easure, в! QUE anres Mr. Berkel he TID s AER 8, Mr. Pluck. 
Where sooner and doubly better by first draining | Coclogyne alluded to by rkeley, he pointe Chrysanthemums.—21 i King, Camols Hall xiear 
ìt is required, and then before planting, ре ош а eg orna in эл tale, which looked Newmarket; 2, Mr. Hobbs, Bristol; 3, Mr. J. George, 
trenching the ground, It will repay this extra outlay | as h Vol appendages. | London 1, Mr King; 2, Mr. Geo еа "12:1, Mr. King ; 
