82 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Fes. 9 
FE REAL ORIGIN OF THE CAMELLIA ARCHIDUCHESSA 1 1 
tide ta, S ‘ta 1 he des Jardins de — handed it over to M. Vic — then i n —— an ac>, we should . * 
„for July, 1849, pp. 483 e e | Va against > The iser — — i to M. L. vain puerility; but the repeated and unmeasure 
par ph from the pen ot M. L. Van Houtte Van Shows who purchased it at wprice pare a À higher | adversary too * plainly show an intention to 2 the . 
the d fsf: y | thet that at which it was at first offered his Archiduchessa Augusta at p p 
of and | attribute to ourselves, who have done all we could to 
iene a its reputation, which has been unjustly damaged by | way or precaution M. Corsi prevailed upon 3 — Dren mistake, za own unjustifiable plans; suum cuique ! 
in th f some persons.” We should have been happy to The names * 
have joined — applauding the above announcement, instead of ose of M. Jos. Piccioli (th e original owner), Professor hg Reg reer of informing the readers 
pelled to attack it, Seton editor had not endeavoured | 8 Betti, M. César Franchetti) and M. Charles b * that the varieties of 
— — truth of facts stated by us and Luzzatti. | Evelina’ — jorenza, brought into the market ae 
on our hema To . — — the Bere 2 “Under this When the plant was sent t p Van Houtte it was about | the winter of 1848-9, do novcorrespond with — nite wen 
same name there has found its Way into a very in- 4 feet high, well branched, very hi ealthy, and with a ens fror shall 
ferior whole-coloured variety, which has been i — ed upon the | flower-buds, which e anted on its arrival in Ghent. ms of r money respectively paid by them as soon as they 
public either by gross negligence or the most unjustifiable in- | flower, s — y M. Van ry soot himself ye 31 of his — to us — — * — The ssi — arose in 
” And in his Catalogue for 1848, p. 25, e. , Catelogue'for 184 648), ia is of a bea purple red colour, lowt N On > an 1846, the Coun Nencini, 
M. L. * ay om adds, ‘““ARCHIDUCHESSA AUGUSTA, — A without bm or green — and with n — violet, — „ by M. oj pa, offered us the two v 1 
i Camellia, imbri beautifal | Darin ve years before f 
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38 M. B. and G. are wrong in calling it the same as in 2 its flowers have never differed from the ——— ires. A lon 
C. Pecchiollana, which is a totally different thing, and which | which acco — fe it into Belgium, and which was signed as which confined Mr. Burnier to his bed, prevented Mm 
— ‘Ives have named Contessa Nencini, as every florist | above stated. It was then with no little surprise and ag: — mise owers of the new varieties obtained fun 
pnan teat A dich u as urchasers 
our Will shortly see to whom gross ‘negligence or Hout e in the Flore“ for July, 1849, was viewed; more es- | acting in perfect good faith, set to work to 2 
the most unjustifiable intention” is most attributable. ially as s by M. Van deprived of i 
As early as the year 1844 we obtained several layered | Houtte to M. Vicenzo Corsi, who was 1 interested in the 
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a most conscientious examination of the had never produced with him, any more than at Florence, by the — pret roceedin ngs instituted by us, and which wers = 
flowers obtained from our variety, we thought it our duty to in- itp ~n from the drawing sent. 8 promi by the seller repaying 
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mised the pu urchase money; and 
y change, cam only be attributed to by the statement signed Je ean — and dated 12th Mave] — 
— 4 — by an excess of heat; the same thing 3 f the Cr 
either i r, een it and the new variety happens to many other ae when too much forced to that our new genera’ atalogue, derably beta 
ARCHIDUCHESSA AUGUSTA of Piccioli and Corsi.“ The flower. We ask any con ientious — shes alturist whether aol —— —— — — — in Ita * 
true Aren augusta, which is brought forward by M. L. bl grey white mixe — wit s a natural and e | and will be sent to any one who will fi . us 
Van Hontte, with so much parade as ng superb stant effect? And whether that Yorulartey of the spots 2 his 2 
among the superb, quite out — . thie mon way, and for which he not denote the suppleness’ of pencil which allows itself to be! In the course of the last few years we have supplied the 
gas was not obtained from seed by d at rare virtue w — h M. Van Houtte is pleased to trade with more than 80 varieties of new Camellias, as otr 
Gaetano di Viceoao Co Care as the learned editor has it ; were with distn tereetednes curre i ced a pa ave before begged those w 
and we — o disprove the following account of n order to conceal his oat from his readers, M. Van received them ind. ugh to state in their owm 
pei x the A — ugusta, — insinuates in his catalogue, No. 31, that we are mis- logues whence 1 — — Kun, in order to: prevent aay i 
— "84, Mr. Josep Piccioli, of this town, the taken, and that we have supposed the Archiduchessa Augusta mistake or complaint from amateurs who might obtain, $ 
producer o f the plant under Soe saw its flowers to be synonymous with the Camellia Contessa Nencini, which from other other names. We are g 
for 2 time. He immediate ered it to us for 162. ;| was brought into commerce by us in 1844. Had we not tak me 
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simply . — we had, the year Before, care to characterise: this variety, which is white, imbricated, a 
Brought outour own own variety eye which we — Meg with translucent petals, streaked and dotted with rose; had Fo 
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be exactly the ot findin ug a purchaser, M. Jen, we not repeated this in our own supplement of 1848-49, p. 10, — other names. en RNI IER or ote llt 
HORTICULTURAL AND METEOROLOGICAL QBSERVATIONS 
MADE BY MM. BURNIER AND GRILLI, AT THEIR AGRICULTURAL AND BOTANICAL ESTABLISHMENT AT FLORENCE, 
The subjoined table of the extraordinary temperature of the Rhododendron arboreum and 
N. B. e plants are grown without any shelter in: 
atmosphere which we have 1 pee — — 1 its varieties — — border at the north of the town wall, Waden sibo ii 
readers, and useful i 1 gy view. The Po et indica Honana boundary, and is about 500 yards long and 8 yards where 
ture has never feet eno yw nor so dis- Siphocampylus, all the vars. 5 — ii | they are directly exposed to the North wind, as well’ as to the 
astrous in its effects as at resent 25 ed ora Lee mischief | Solanum 1 greatest cold, and where they get no sun bape 
thus caused may be conveyed to the reader by the following | Viburnum ja — icum Pinis canna ying to the 15th of — — not experie — 
notes. m sinense of temperature to which all the other plants — e exposed, 
I. Plants in the op ir exposed tothe South, and killed by the frost sag te 2 made at tue Agric 0 feat ab bov 8 a 1 Prof. Amici, of the i 
stablishment URNIER aud GRILLI, situate 90 feet — ve the level seum, made 240 feet above the ne level of 
3 plains, — e oa partiy, of the sea. The degreés are those of Réaum 4 zir’s* thermo which was ; thermometer, Réaumur’s, 
Citron, tives ns pey atk exposed to the North, under the town wall, 25 ft. high, * — 1 : ‘ating. i 
Oaks and Cork | Nerium dens and others | 1849. 9 A. M. 12 K. M. 3 P. M. 6 r. M. 9 P. M. Max. | Min. 1849.9. M. 12 . M. 3 T. u P. 9 P. x. f 
fig ga Nih ——— 3 e Dee. i 
trees and Japan Medlars, ittosporum lineare : PS 500 + 2.3 * 5 i 27 es! + 2.0 
$ a s — 4 38 2 18) — 28 m |= 3 is inches of snow fen. 28 1.5 — 1.5. 
boni 4 — 7.0 — we lo og. awe k BOE aah eis — 
7 — G . varieties 11 —120 pa 53 sie — 158 3 Sky clear part of day. 3 50 „% . | on 
j — 0,3) 2. oo |= unshin J — ＋ 2.4 ‘ os 
a glauca Rha rnus and va- 150. 1850. ; 
Jan. ) an. 
1 — | + 2.9) + 1.0 + $.3/— 3.3 do. 2 4) 2.2) 0. 
2 |— 4.7 — 1.30 + 0.3 — 1.8 + 0.6(— 7.3 T do, 3.5| — L0 0.21. 
3 |— 1.3] + 0.6) + 0.6 — 1.3 + 1.0— 26 do. i —1.0} + 0.504 0.5 — 1. 
F — . — ＋ 1.0 yet: + 6.6|Fine weather. —3 5) — 0:3) + 0.8|— 1. 
— 46) — e * — 6.10 Snowy. 3.5 — 0.55 . 0. 
fen ＋ * + + 2.60 + J. ＋ 2. 2.0) Temperate and snowy. + 1.00 + 2.00 2.0) + 1. 
Tote 2:0] + 32 +1, + 3. = 8 ＋ 1.50 + 2.2 4 2.4 1. 
8 e o tR + 6) + 6. PEH Do. + 4.5) + 5.8 + 5.0) + 5. 
9 |+ 64) + 64 + 6.6 + 5. + 69) + 4,0|Sun, cold wind, cloudy. | + 4.8) + 4.7 4 4.0) E 
outright—not 10 f+ 4.0) + 4 5.0 4, + 6.0) + 2.60Sun, eee oe 10 [ 3.0 T 4% „„ 
— — í 3 appear’ : 
ey : it |= nof #691 + 6.0] +3, +20}. [ine weather, a tiee 1t |-| „ | aw | a 
comprising distinct etie : i i s 
and others of different strength, except R. cin- ; i thë evening. | 
varieties; which have a 12 f+ 1.00 + .. Cloudy, 3 inches of 12 5 z 
specimens of 160 varieties of Azalea indica, a few | j melted in j 
at have n the course of the day, F d $ 
and 3 10 vig ogy Pow} * Fo any given degree of Kéamur's taermometer to ihe corresponding degree Fahrenheit’s scal yie | 
n degree of Réaumur baha 9, divide the product by 4, and add 32 to the not — — will aa aaa $ 
11 of Fahrenheit’s thermometer. 
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Myrsive africana, —— inj OBSERVATIONS of M. G. mae 
ea fragrans, IIlicium — . Cleyera ja- 3 of — 9 — Kaa —— — Savr, Garden se Former ng ne . 
3 i v tany at ight 1 
— ay — se te * — 250 feet above the level of the above the level of the s y p. Rönni om 
en Ciscoe, — os, Ee apa sea. Réaumur’s thermometer, sur- — 4 —— placed in the 
— * . — : iddis j 
Daubentonia, as well as other more delicate plants, which 9 12 3 6 9 ; 
were preserved by the snow from the effects of the greatest | 1 pm Max Min. 6 | Max. | Min, E 3 
id (15° R.) „A. M. i 2 A. M. AM. P. x. P.M. A. x. P.. 
Daubentonis tripetian Myrica pennsylvanica De er s a. 
Escallonia — m and | Myrtus tarentina l Bh nw is 15) — | eee ee T — . 
rabei H 29 eR welt Ke + 0.9) 10:2 || 2 ae fo awe 41.0 - 10.0 
Erythrina Crista-galli and ~ a 30 —9. — —3.2 =F |} 80 — 3.0} —11.0 || 14.4 
— — „ tenuifolia EA 2 ~ i 5.6 „ | ees + 1.6)— 5.6 — 0.4 
Euonymus t atas OL gr * 
Bramciscen, all the varieties | Poinciana Giliesi Jan, i : E 
Gardenia florida and radicans chrysophylla y RT BY. 2% HBS) 4 1.91 1.8 — 
terius, all the vars. „ confertifo d ＋ 1.0 ＋ 0. 4 7 0.8.— —3.5 or we he +h ake 
Haloragis capensis wa Fordii + 0.8) + 0.8 — 1.3 + 1.0, — 2.0.3 + 6.6] ... | 1.0 + 1.00 — 2.0 — 
Halleria tu — . 3.8| =—0.6)+ 3,0] — 2.0) + I.3 — 5.0 —3.6| — 9.4] + 0,27) — 1.8) + 1.31 — 30 —5 
Houstonia eoecinea „ glabra + 4.60 —0 „o- 21/40 — % 7 0 + Lal — 
— dustrali ve + 1.3] + 2.6/4 2.6) 1.6)+ 2.0}— 1. 41.3 + 2.5 K 2.4 + 1.80 + 2.00 — 1.3 41 
Inga puleherrim m ji pran pedi i + 0.8} 2 ＋ 1.3 T 2.880. [PEG] 2.6 + 3.0 + 10 + 2.0 
— ne ei — A 12 7% t GALT ba +H a 7 + 5.8] ＋ 6.3 + 70 4 7 K 
bimaeulata species, b pb SIES 67+ 5.3 5.5 4.3 +50) + 4.6 + 6.3) + 5.0) + 5.8 * 4 
Malvia Tweediana È N a * 3.37 75 . . 23| —. + 48! NA „ 
AMERICAN PLANTS. E * SEED R rogper ie 
S BAKER begs | is. inte HARLES SHARPE has much pleasure in an- Ae i REID — 4 
w i SUE Eor mie nouneing that he has the under- sorts o. succeeded 
15 ec ay de. which may be | POTATOES to offer again this season, which have for the last THUS REIDH. 
——— War Bagshot, Surrey successive given general satisfaction in all the truss 
the kingdom: Tie vel tur butb axe very easly’ dod poo: | Rover bit 
those arked = 7 i a F eet, 
renee ROYAL ALBERT sone EE ‘they ———— — Bayo Fin Postage stamps to 
stilt its supremacy over other kinds for š ; C a en A aor 
anes — 4 mad splendid red colour * 1 Per bushel of 561s. GLATE WORKS, ISLEWORTEH.— Th owing 
Bar r oe i articles, manufactured in Slate for Horticultural purp 
4 ze s. by EDWARD BECK, may be seen in use at WozTow 
to the Gardener, Sundays excepted. 
Flo š 
Shelves o 1 
a —— eee 
2 . of Slate Slabs, of all sizes 
‘win: i 
