1918501] THE GARDENERS’ * CHRONICLE. 295 
D were furnished by Mr. Turner, and Mr. Wood, of | yet flowered, (Fig. 19.) A few pseudo-bulbs of this and stroncer ofan ano and a ͥ 
were furnished by Mr. Turner, and Mr. Wood, of yet flowered. (Fig. 19.) A few pseudo-bulbs of this and stronger eve amaze- 
— 8 — remarkable plant were sold at one of Mr. Skinner's ment at the 99 — — — ** — Thistle 
urn Pim Exuterriow, May: 3 —Amateurs—24 sales, having been collected at Nicaragua by Mr. w. diffused its ineomp 
: Ist, Mr. Treacher; 2d, Mr. Scorcher, zd, Mr. Par- Warcziewi ple of specimens in spirits enable whole room. I found it limp and fad under a 
sons; 4th, J. H. Brown, = ; — — Boon 2 to define it. Amon it is unique, for heap of newspapers; I took it and pulled out the 
— Thomeon, Iv — Za Mr, Boney agg. A first-clai 5 aa > | the flowers being absolutely solitary, not in s us | pointed twig that had into its tender heart, 
was awarded to Mr. Beck,” a flower of much promise, raised spikes, and for the column being wingless, and extended | entreated its forgiveness for having so mistaken i 
by Mr. Turner ; and to it ws was also anon the e Vice-President’ into a pair of feelers like some Odontoglossums. Its worth, laid it into a saucer of water. water, and behold it did. 
prize: of. one guinea. 1 — * — fine specimens of lateral N too, are extremely short and fleshy. Its forgive sps for its shrivelled. florets — them- 
of England, Almanzor, Mrs. Hamilton, Ellen, Mrs, | COl unknown, but it does not promise to be a ves again t forth their f re abun- 
Soon Mite * —— ferar —— — ae, rrak i of senile horticultural interest. Paæton's r than ever, Itis now the season a aniy pe are. 
Sir R. Peel Age edn, Dake — — — Flow er Garden me : n bloom, and they stretch heir heads by hundreds out 
S Mrs. Bragg, Viceroy; Example, Ophir, Emma, Mal. epiphyte, of the earth; for they grow_so close to the ground that 
vern, Disraeli, Rainbow, Lucy Neal, Sambo, &c. The flowers Way Central America, vious it was sent to Mr. Van one must actually dig them out, to get the flower entire, 
were produced in excellent order, and alt er the — Houtte by Mr. Warcziewitz. “Flor wers en with the The exquisite perfume ef this Thistle is universally 
was one of the best which has been held under the auspice 
— base of the lip yellow. (Fig. 20.) This extremely | acknowledged, for many fragrant essences are 
curious plant differs from all the previously known Stan- | from it.” The foregoing is an extract from the Diary 
IPSWICH AURICULA AND PotyantTuus Snow, May. 2.—Ist, Mr. n 
for Lee's Colonel E — Grime's Privateer; Tour in Barbary. What. a pity it. is that the 
2d, Mr. —— Smith's W. Grime’s Privateer: had not read Lady’s Botany, or 
3d, Mr. 3 ‘eae e Buan and = e ra e and some such book, and told one the name of the 
: Mr. „ Townsend’s Lady Duncan an s s 
Wild’s Bright Phoebus. Self : Mr. Woollard, Woollard’s lant at once, What is the rere but 
Seedling : Mr, Barker, England’s Hope. Polyanthus: sweet flavoured vegetable t Dod 
Mr. Woods, Flare up, : Mr. Woods, Agitator. Mr. PES PPA ( 
Woods obtained first. firat a and s second prizes for Polyanthuses, of 14 27: a 
which he is an r. Ipswich Chronicle. Garden Memoranda. 
Messrs, FAIRBAI 
Bebiews. Tin — here in general look well, and many 
The Statistical Companion for 1850. By T. C. Ban- f the H 
for which this establishment is 
field, — 424225 C. R. Weld, Esq. 12mo. Longmans, — justly celebrated, are unfold 
-PP- ir ings — E. in 
Now that the world has learned to estima’ 
facts, 
speci 
daphnoides, — bilis, a beautiful specimen; 
Sprengelii, — elegans, — elegans, 
vestita rosea, odore rosee, fast pep nae or 
and some of the ven — 
tari — 2 abiana, a pe ya — nra 
kind, been in full 
. cts, surmises, 
queries, statis enquiries have assumed importance 
in the eyes of the ordinary reader, — intelligent men 
continue to —— 9 2 in the — — 
e therefore 
a confident belief stat t the little work ber 
reported to have 
us welco beauty for — least i onths past. 
are epe as it does to things s social mercan- a comparatively new kind, im the 
1 way was pe in blossom. It 
cal, and 
„ in 2 to 2 eubject about 
interested. It will 
mitted i in — to give the Government authority to hopeas, in * a lip wholly free 
aran horns, and istata, w 
call for aa [normene returns as to the different | without any break in its middle. It may be regarded | is — one of its parents. — it is stated to 
— of rural industry. as a species with the hypochil (or tome: half of the lip), have been raised between this species ‘and 4 
The only fault ‘cha strikes us in the work before us, alone present. This is described as being “ovate, Our readers will regret to learn that the fine specimen of 
except its brevity, is its arrangement, or rather want of obsoletely trian t the end, very short. It has Cavendishii, which has been so often exhibited from this 
arrangement, its insufficient index. About the | much the form of a —— extremely fleshy, ‘ot a very | nursery at our great m 
former there are typographical difficulties the force of bright yellow-orange colour, passing towards the point | the last few days. It could not have been less than 25 
which we readily acknowledge: but this cireumstance | into pure white, and mottled on its sides with handsome | years of age, and was green, vigorous, and appa- 
should, have drawn Aor attention to the index, purple blotches. Four little tumours, two near the rently healthy to eg er S “young shoots dropped 
which, we regret to say is, as it stands, inaccurate and | articulation with. the column, and two near the point, down, and it went off suddenly.” In the propagating 
wholly insufficient. Thep prico « of the volume is however | indicate four abortive horns.” The flowers are other- | house we observed some — young yes of Dielytra 
— — will probably —— wise pure white, with a few purple spots near the base — This is readily increased here from cut- 
for pies to pieces, and | of the petals, which are short, firm, concave, and not tage of the very young shoots enap in in silver-sand 
pasting the fragments t — Mat in such an order as may reflexed, as in most other Stanhopeas. “The column covered with a pone oS — z shelves of the 
be most suitable is own line of research. is very short, very fleshy, compressed, rounded above, Camellia-house were many beau se wo ee 
The following — may serve as an example of the | Winged at the sides, channelled in eyo 5 flowers, Boronia serrulata, and in the reve Em 
in which important facts are brought into Which grow in pairs, are about 44 inches across, and rich scarlet Geranium called ame houso, 
istinct view. have v very short bracts.” Paæton's er Garden. dwarf and apparently profuse blooming kind, w 
will prove suitable for bedding. Many of the young 
EI T 4 F Stanhopea tricornis. — — ae Heaths, of which there is an immense number here, are 
=e 5 2 8 from Western Peru; nts of which w re dispersed at already in their summer quarters; they are protected 
— 8 — 4 one of Mr. Skinners Has mage flowered. | from wet by soiled canvas coverings or “lights which 
E 1 (Fig. 21). A very —.— thing. The figure of the lip | are e removed or put on as occasion may require. 
. et Be is most remarkable, there being a third horn at the base The young stock in frames has wintered and ex- 
5 > gee ee ee ; — of the middle lobe of the lip in addition to the two always | hibits the be: of health. 
E 3 3822 os > 1 5 
`< 2 3 arcziewitz the petals are 
= „ — 2 p.. spira are For the of Operations. 
TT — 
2 ears: E — er eee : should be attended to as they go out of 
$ SESE ¢ 2 Marshes. — portion of the lip. Paxton’s Flower Garden. srr if they “and pl 18 
— $2 23 = ant The air was filled with the | favourable situation for forming — —— 
= 2 2 2S p> | aroma of a multitude of toffs, which the uin children | Many plants, and particularly large ones, which recei 
21322283 bee pf | had gathered few uis -5 akai flower which | a liberal shift last year, will not bave filled their pots so 
8 ees E 8 a Improvement. ™ |I could put in comparison, as regards odour, with this fall of roots as to render re-potting n essary ; and it is 
= N = |seemingly insignificant Thistle; and here, in Tunis, | better to allow such to make their growth and set their 
D. — — n where kind Nature seems e created it in such additional root-roo Thi + 
S S 3333 „ | ofWastesin |% „in order to overpower the pes na- will of course be nd this is 
3 3333 3 present state. | Œ | lations of the town too fond of it not to matured, and the danger of their starting again 
S 3 2 aaz a fae amiin abra it. One or two days after our U—ͤ—— e D vied a aaa 
E 3 is arrival in Tunis, F— brought me a flower, | cool house; in the new soil so supp continue, 
2 a 2 8 A ¥ 23 * = a sort of vegetable polypus, as it oe i during remainder of the autumn and 8 
2 rA 2 _| Improvement, | = leaves nor stalk, nor, as I supposedjsmell. For want of a produce roots, but without making any progress in 
S 8 stalk, it was stuck on the end of a small twig. cae —— oe thus — 
8 H tek 8 . offended at the imputation against my taste, implied by ts are prepar meet 
3 1 2 8 F—s offering me so ugly a 1 no attention with extra vigour; for in the size and colour of the 
$ 5 SS 25 8 * 3 | his ——— on the chimney- piece. Often, flowers Azaleas so treated far surpass those those which 
ee | S F 8 8 8 however, as I the spot I perceived a delicious been treated in the ordinary way. Though these u: 
odour, and in vain i were the concealed plants succeed very well in ordinary pet to which a 
) Miscellaneous. beds of Violets or —— from which it eee small proportion of — — 
Bun, Naben cirrhata.—A stove Orchidaceous epiphyte, | Neither F— nor ph T— could give me any information | liberal supply of sand, have 
from Nicaragua, introduced by Mr. Skinner. Has not on the matter. The perfume, meanwhile, grew stronger can procure Wimbledon peat, at a moderate expense, 
