614 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [SEPT 28, 
and, by the kindness of the Duke of Devonshire, have Ibra him Pacha away nel ‘season. HF. Rosier, Brook- | Sotietie g 
been widely gat liberally e The seed of the Lands W Blackheat + 
oung plant, w „which now occupies the tan of t Regulations. Ti beg to call your 1 to Rorar HORTICULTURAL or IRELAND, Sept. 12.—At 
houseform ci decribed, was sown on the 12th Februar | the se "Péntage Act (10th and 11th Vie pa | this, the autumn ane a fine display of gardening 
ary ! pro- 
last in a a 10 pot, and placed in the tank occu-| which charges every paid letter returned double This pubes e was exhibited. At this late period of the year, 
pied by the parent. The first leaf made its appearance | i * 2 only injurious to the rev ee. 85 is a aoe — EN plants are aA n The showy 
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after being sown. When the young plant. had become ar. [A very great improvement in our 3 and F uchsias grown in 
a laced The random kan irada of circulars has become a | Notwithstanding this, aren, the stages were well 
the tank, shown at p. 549—in the mound of soil | nuisance to e -l ow, 
; i e old =P sae condition. So — — only 1 at 
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80 . e plant observed a ee sition in Heaths to produce double — prize for tha best 12 Exoties; which — 
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commenced. When established the leaves unfolded moriana, example of which I enclose for. your ex- 
a : . rably well grown, but none of them of. ver 
. and the first flower-bud made its appearance 02 | amination. Cliftonia, Sept. 23. ra Pe hg nor. otherwise remarkable, For the So- 
Roberts’ — a Tiles.—I am surprised to see so | ciety’s prize of best 12 Exotics there were three com-. 
ts many noblem — eo signatures quoted in petitors, and some good plants shown. Dipladenia 
favour of — I find no good to result from splendens, Chironia viscosa, and other rare plants, were 
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on vigorous, and the leaves appear very likely, in 
short time, to reach the outer wall of the tank, althou h 
e diameter is 33 feet 6 inches ; and, if we might judge OF 
from present progress, there is little doubt but next he, y OS 
ar the leaves will be much larger than any we have 
bbe seen; indeed, at present, nothing çan. exceed the it, he ask s : * ms lantain 
losueiagt an and healthy progress the whole plant is | they were worthless, having previously applied them to | There only one small group of . — Orchids exhi. 
a ious species of Nymphzea, and other four kinds of Strawberries. Now if I have misa 2 bited N. competition The collection of Heaths was the 
w wit! s them in any way, I shall be thankful to any one of those worst we ever saw exhibited in —_ otunda—m 
rapidity. t oned Nymphæa noblemen's or gentlemen’s gardeners who may — out of they ; and, indeed, in ö 
„ ta: Nel an of them to correct me, and show me what benefit they | have w: ranted the judges in disqualifying 
33 5 r have derived from them 5 if the mes is to be used at all, of them. There were three competitors.—Among: the 
there is room for much improve _— res as economy | Nurserymen there was only one soli competitor, 
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aromaticum ! Yes. , when re- that the value of such artieles can be fairly tested; and Liliums were furnished. Among the latter was a finely- 
h i bloomed plant of the rare Lilium Wa llichianum, which 
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charcoal? [Don’t know.] W. D. H., Clonmel. add, a, that L have the akiu to pama one of the Wardii was suspended from the roof, the: curiously- 
The Wilmore Surprise Pelargonium.—I regret that ™ most ere 22 and greatest promoters of hor- shaped flowers of Ë which — much attention. re 
I was led into an erro ecting the possessor of this ticulture in England; but that is no reson why his | show of Dablias:.w probably. the best seen 
flower. Before I wrote to you I consulted my plant | Money — spent foolishly on things from which Dublin. The large marquee on the lawn was — 
f. , who once wrought in the Birmingham Botanic no benefit can: be derived. D. Kidd, Garnston -park, amers with groups of these gorgeous flowers, ‘The fruit 
Garden ; he also thought that the seedling had been Hereford, Sept. 18.——1 tried Roberts’ tiles two | was also exceedingly — in profusion; but the 
found at Oldford, and he heard something to that effect | Seasons back ; since that period they have been unused. vegetables es were unusually searee, a cireumstanee which 
in London last May. I also regret that Mr. Westeott The principal objection 1 had to them was, that one calls for he immediate attention of the Society. The 
i pair of tiles ag ews not keep the fruit of one plant clean; | defici —— aa this — we our horticultural ex- 
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you; it would have saved him from the error of sup- | and 1 believe few will deny t the — expecting hibitions, is amazing. Our fine gardeners would pro- 
posing lant to dling. Bu ; togethe pably reg: little to their credit to carry off prines 
ic imore. that m 3 admit of the — forming a compact mass ; for two- in this department ! ate. 
r come into competition in the Year old plants they are 1 — as the 
market wi th her Surprise; an and that I hope she will get and foliage would cover a space arge as the Rorar HORTICULTURAL or CORNWALL, —The prizes 
I à for it after what you have said of it; backed, tiles. I eannot help saying that I ‘think it the ne duty of a | were awasded'asfollowsi: Finest, Pino- apple ea ask Teg 
as it is, by Mr. Westcott’s experience, there can be no | journalist to guard the ae against useless whims, Silver 1 r eS A Bie i 20 (King’s Own, 
fear of its turning out a most bedder. I canno a as Mr. Roberts would en- . ne el Gags Aue onia * 
however, subscribe to the etn, that a seedling ofany 7 . e n 1 
* i Blac e, Black Hamb Mr. Vivian; 2d (Royal Mus- 
kind, be it ever so curions, can be half so surprising as| 4 Magnum Bonum Plum Tree at Grey’s-court, cate, ‘Black. H Hambunrh, Nel Mascadine, ‘Tokay, Black 
angements of ee forms which it is the Henley, 2 upon * it 621 Plums. The ‘tree tree is 15 feet in | Prince, Black Frontignan), Admiral Reynolds. Best Bunch 
; and account for ;| height and 20 feet in width; it is so N To peier of Grapes (Muscat of Luneile), Mr. Vi 3 
: Š . that th (Reblesee), Rev, Canon Rogers; 2d (Bellegarde), Sir C. Lemon, 
ri oy tal th ee 9 1 t the ache and Revel can reely be Bart.: 3d (Ford's Seedling), Mr. Vivian. Best 6 Pears (Bon 
nuts having had an influence on this or any other seed- The Plum very large, of a fine > rich colour, Cr Chretien), B Phillpotts; 2d, Admiral Reynolds. 
lings out of families, we ought not, even by | P 98 Beurré d Aremberg, Marie Louise, Beurré 
implication, to countenance the idea ; at least n avon. aee TE 55 Diel, Bon Chretien, Napoleon prem g Old Chaumontel,. 
ben not do „%. D. Béaton.-—-| „Olalere anted four hie seam Fits Chaumontel Besi, Glout e ä 
of your correspondents seem to have discovered | Manleys, Ox ord een York E Regents, and Early 8 z E a i iro . 15 Daubus; 
a mare’s nest, for double Pelargoniums, with from } Purples. They: are: new, all. ont. of Sher grenad sad sa a Sir C. Lemon, Bart. Best 12 Apples (i — 
seven to nine petals, scarcely deserve the name of semi- housed, and the effect of the disease upon them is. ai (Kerry Pippi, Rev. Canon Rogers A * Kerry 
double flowers. For more than 20 years the cid double ile fitet bad, second. not sa. bade third better, . 11. of Wine, Auta 
e h n co n enough; } In point of produce. I have | Pea DE P ‘Apple, Golden Apple, Gilliflower, Ribston 
orning in Farringdon or Covent. garden it may pe About an average erop; the Early Purples are the best Pip ‘Apple, Sbasten’s Pippin, Hawthorn den Aranor 
bought for less than a shilling; and it is no unusual b. every respont, betii in nn i ein — as ose . Geran ee 2d (Old 
ence to see it in the E baskets, though 8 ——The f little- use- | Golden ean en Pip Crofton; e Poe 
those gentry are by no me much enamoured ful. In. Ann laski , ee side pan sora 6 yards — W Se camper ean, Winker Warden, 
with it as some of your vai tong 1 „e. the Wa each, were set with red winter Potatoes. One ros usset, Nun’s Pearmain, Early Nonpareil, : 
i be identical with it, at least the wood-c manured in se the usual: ways the other 2 When e afte if ole Reynolds.” Best Dish it oF ae v 
ou have given v ose mbles it. D pelle); Réws 24, Rer. * E : 
oe cit piv sagen Peel 2 Ees 8 old they n e. 2 with cows’ urine, diluted va water. Extra : 5 Rev. * E . M. 
verg ten pe Eliza Sauvage, and every flower 3 he plants, as they grew, assumed a strong dark green | donian), A miral Reynolds... ange 2 
been self coloured, and ost of them semi-doub — A few hig s ago the Potatoes were dug up. The (Glenn pins Mr. D asus hore and Greenhouse” 
some flowers producing a dozen petals ; but we thongh unmanured row (fine tubers and not one small) pro- Plants (Ixora rosea, errand es. 
80 little of them that the e have been thrown in the dueed 30 Ibs.; the manured row (several small tubers), | Baxteri, omen ar ar 4 ae iam moba ibunda, 
h heap. Story’s t Blane, comparatively a 20% Ibs. E. Edwards, Penegoes Rectory, Sept. 18. Pieroma elegans, 5 Mr. k. een 2d. Berben 
semidouble | —— commenced taking up my Potatoes, which were Lobbianue, Gesnera pieta, G. zebrin — 
í y land, on the llth.of, September, and I AP Crowea saligna, _ Brica Ha Hermits 
the double form of Mont # 8 of 186 loads per gere, of | Mr. roses, Begonia foie aa. 8 Cuphea Scape 
er su in raising 1 8 fhe Ist of Agus thoy ep wore aitackad by panies wen Lilian Jains punctate, Ob 
es ll of the é. gh- | Pentas carnea, laria splenden 
erve aly p pera e iha try, and which led m any to suppose that Begonia 3 We &.), d 1 
nt, and one of che fancies the crops would be ed, as in former yi — . 
flowers ™ 5 ground up to the Daubuz ; 2d (Vallota 
nding what Mesers. Foster time above stated, examining the tubers daily in dif- Baleamina latifolia, Za 
r ’ | ferent: — — ed a oes | 
ave ished, I am con- he bli I i g ' | Achimenes patens, Thunbergia joxinia Ban, ; 
hie a : irs are]? ght. I however never found any appearance of Mr. 6. N. Simmons. 5 —.— e e 
ey, and that by a judicious disease amongst the tubers. eee noda), Mr, Daubuz.; K. philipotts. 
zi by a ju ; kem ; 3d (Begonia. 2 n N. 
be accomplished 552 8e Specimen en ~ . Bos 
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maasi Best orea (eoi aan superbam 
5 d (Oncidium La 
l ragged thing is a "n of time the present | or flag about 3 inches from its point. is he right or Aitoniana), Mr. agham ; 2d, <m 
3 og go thrown scores of 2 aka rpp es at i 
