310 
with his own hand or put do into plant in 
the arboretum at Chiswick—at least all that stood there 24 
years ago, for it was 28 years now since he had become 
= was a N : 
and though h 
THE GARDENERS’ 
fully a month, I hope in a 0 nd you 
dish worthy your notice. J. Roberts, Eastcheap 
Green Peas 3 8 have been in arket 
these two weeks 
bservations on : the . of the Animal and 
CHRONICLE. 
[May 18, 
-i Pok Penden in —— — 
— 3 a garden attached to the 
ie 
May 3. [W 
n | spoken of. ] 
cul 
i nd 
did not form the ornamental portion of the bree, ha other Abs ge ene K ingdoms,by wh Vital Functions of both 
almost wholly executed under hi e Permanently Mai Spr pi p. 279).—The — 
F 1 2 pee paper extracted from the “Florist, and Gard 
as the nobleman w e had the proud satisfaction and Miscellan 
honour to serve was otis io President of —. Society, and he could cellany,” under 
say, without fear of contradi t no man living had given communication to the Rag mann Socie ety of re an and 
80 —.— 3 ad the er = * — u = — t 1 * was forwarded to me by a correspondent, I very mu 
an, a aced at (Mr. Paxton’s spos : 
Anp means an 3 facili Mie Savane Tee that this — tion was 5 ager to the 
that science, on if he. ad Rot sc eeded in all he article, as in its present state it looks like an original 
— — it was no means opportunity. communicatio ot. Edward Beck. 
Culture of the Ch I 
ce 
t for ity. 
= ar.) He had also pleasing pina che = the Horticultural 
ociety on — 1 tad accou viz., that it the 
through which he was first introduced to be noblem 
7 rage pe believed that 2 = done much — 
every ego — gee won that spe? was 
established s for — “fond of the science 
medium 
commune ether with a 
Sir J. B Bes, 1 afew be ck distinguished men, under the 
we have taken — ge of y columns in givin 
up and become a 1 val vi Society, —.— Lager oe Tear.) ) pan to the e do not wish it to be under- 
From that socie! ety ha ad e ted that foremost and mos ood that every r exhibitor —.— this preeise method 
2 of 1 “David Douglas—(hear)—an — per reari ent, but it is such as we ourselves adopt, an and 
pr nage dl on nd 1 his — m ** st his life in the pursuit that if d in will 
of his and t than W an of science had left a we venture i patted out it will ensure 
higher nant behi The Horticultural Society had —.— | dwarf plants from 13 to 2 feet high, covered with rich 
neouraged m dark gree blooms fro 
ised David 8 and had aio ae pated enco 
other 1 of g == 
r att * * eee 
to tho “establishment of ‘this. deten 
Believed Ve aed P odical shows of the Hor 
d been of great 
Chiswi meat k 
bese aia of the art, and givin actica 
ment to its ; pursuits, 8 “there Tad Paready been ı many 
oo the Society, anic Society in 
hg T He hanked 
to 
m mos st c m 
with that of th t ers,) The CHAIRMAN 
next gave, Success to the Royal Botanic Society, we 
* and the Horticultural Society he hoped there would 
= s bea uth si oer but not a hostile aries, for there 
* uii enough in this Reala of for both, 
wod pudgy with this toast the ue *. * * oo 
toast was drunk with honours. 
thanks. The B 
D picat 
pater pal ent 
enden For the first ¢ exhibition of "thi var 
alr tedy — 16. 000 yang 8 ar, hear.) After 
some othar toasts, me onn AT the evening were 
bei — ar The 9 ipal subseriptions 
— wore: 
in eek 
0 II. Borens, Esq., for his 
e 
10 
1 
Lam 
aaier. — 
Robt. im * Esq. 
John e, Es 
char’ r, 
Sameer 7 Esq. 
Messrs, N * Co. 
why M 
eee 10 10 
10 10 
td 
10 2251 
ade, Es dg 
Messrs. Noble and Co, 10 10 
ph Paxton, Esq. ... 10 10 Mr. Gier 
ä —** * 
Home Gorr — 3 nS 
pees Rust. —The followi ee statement nn om — 
. 
raei claim that i s 
it tende 
m 
, | singly in the same sized Leto and ke rept i ia a close 
the tops of the stro es sh 
| e of a a — — 1 Pots and placing 
d they are pes 
fra 
e become establish 
1 
well de 
(one year old) pig manure, turfy loam, and leaf-mould, 
ing half a barrowful of peat and half ditto 
kintak to Way. 42 a of the above. 
ey a 
e expirat 
twice a wee 
aware ol 
—— it 
of fresh pig m 
poan of water 3 SANN 
days. As 
As soon 
where only Le 
o | opportunity a cutting y the’ wea isis p beny an 
sadha A 1 ers Youell and Co., Great 
Fs 
No o 
— vember, 1848, 
aches atid, which had bee ken 
ndin 
overnment interfer 
2 x * 
ri President exhil 
tained 
he rial hee 
an me largest leaf not — See ore than 4 
t 
no other mah £ Pg s 
l 
Soriettes, 
Lin , May 7.—The President in the Chair, 
8 Alphon nse De 1 and Asa - n M.D., were 
| 3 noin pa Dr. Lankest wman, Esq 
. Spen wa „ Were appointed 2 — The 
bited a leaf of Victo; i 
istinga 
— were suffici mA distinct ; but whether 
were o or secondary i he would not 
ught the bodies which were ordinaril 
Devonshire,” 1 "byr A: wo 
by the P resident, were read. In this 
wood was empl oyod ix — a new bling a and the 9 
in particular dire On 
Franeis Beaufor 
nder von Humbeld on yen origin at mode of pro- 
pagation of the Gulf-weed. Mr. Brown was of 
ant gro 
and was e ae out to sea by the 
rved e W. 
believe that the Guit-weed might p . itself whilst 
floating in the waters of the 
arden Memoranda. 
FLOWERING OF THE VICTORIA REGIA AT Srox om 
kn 
— space 
22 feet lo 5 F i some 12 feet wide, 
of aes cost for fuel and pg appliances, Many may 
indu ak become cultivators of so truly curious 
t, who have hitherto con- 
got 5 Ke eek 
at Sion d from Kew in the 2d 
e last. * Te wm was gets a Bec! small affair, 
es in diameter. 
viously pro- 
which 
one 
d and e e. a water ek 
. 
o convenient receptacle having ear os 
vided for it, 58K — ga i. e„ tubs in 
elumbiums h tiva re procured, 
these was ied w 8 in this the pot contain- 
g our aquatic was plunged, The other two tubs were 
. ne above and the other below this one, the 
circulating and changing the von 
ans of a siphon out of the higher tub into 
the one in doa the from 
ery sa 
gress. A slate 22 feet long, 12 feet 
2 feet 6 inches deep, N » shallower as its si 
proached, was about this time constructed f 
They are Cormack’s Prince | 
days. 
were in bloom on the 7th of April ; a 
t by a 2-inch pipe at top, and a rarya 
small slate cistern 
andi it i is fed from a 
