710 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE, 
[Nov. 2 
for any remarks on the advantages and ee 
of the 2 as a 3 of water, the material it 
pe e of, &. M. J. [We must refer our 
our own experience, as reco 
P- 2. 696, col. è] 
oreign Gorres 
se your South- | 
rahi, are far better sup- 
woods t 
American n, &¢., 
plied ‘with ah in hate ge 
very uniform during th 
60> to to 80°, and for days rata, ci? to 70* have been 
howe Ma A h 
to 
in some parts of the r 
ae 4000 eat, hot of air from the 
gulleys and yen below are driven across the prine 
and raise 
mum and ini- 
range between 68 h 
$2° pity the 12th. At night it is invariably between 
urse, 
hours 
widely different. * quite agree with an | mu that we ro have | 
I for which a Ban 
and 
e éunless 1 com- ing respectiv 
r. 
than in Norwo —* their weights were respectively 4 lbs. 
500 inches 4 Ibs. 4 oz. and 3 me. 12 M 
thermo- | Mr 
mountains of India ; also a handsome specimen of the 
rue Calanthe vestita, for which a 
without the red-eye, is sometimes sold, and a small bit 
—— from Swan ; 
* was awarded for the Calauthe.— Mr. Hamp, 
to J. Thorne, Esq., sent Hippeastrum aulicum, 434 0 
exhibition of e truneatum, and its varie — 
edal was awarded.— The 
headed . (P. 1 — — — 22 
ing kind, was exhibited in a 9 
of Pine Apple Plae 284 a seedlin 
te streaked with “pie, called Salteri, 
ith. 
r. Bray, gr. to E 
er Majesty at Frogmore, finaly- 
— fruit i of "the smooth · lea ved Cayenne Pins, — 
ely 7 lbs. 8 oz. and 7 lbs n 
Certificate of Merit was 5 a 
by Mr. Watson, 
2 
farish 
4 OZ., 
oz.—Mr. SON gr. to N 
ence weighing 9 lbs., 
antburgh (oF, possibly Black Hamburgh 
tired) weighin s.4.0z. Thi ormous 
respects, roe Be 
of Merit Was was 
s St. 
same grower bunche: 
Museat ef Alexandria, weighing . 1 lb. 15 oz. 
nd 1 lb. Banksian Medal 
‘fieate of di A was en r. 
q., Of Danesbury, pa examples of Black 
Hambargh — ripe and sweet from the open wall. 
tated that 
y were part of 156 bunches 
ine this ye 
a p lant requires or gets. I bury a th thermomete 
deep wherever I go; its fluctuations are never e 
r 
rge Moe? a on tree will eae 
same „temperaturo (a the plains of India) wi 
or AI at u xe at 110° and at mid. 
e black bulk N sun a it 150°, an 
3 nk assent, if not consent; but a 
N with that of elevations of 17,000 feet. 
whats literally 15 inch 
1 detect the 
Ago abe pres- and the 
Specimens of 
* — — Wee attacked 
then applied, whioh aman progress. 
sin ost luxur 8 pro- 
ducing a fair crop, considering th the 1 at of the season, 
low temperature to which they have been sub- 
jected, 3° of frost ae been oolong by eo 
miscellaneous subjects was a number o wingssof va- 
rious kinds of flowers and fruit — on rice paper. 
uare, * Bro — 
Mrs. Dickens of Here 
ce in the e 
though t 
of these tropical regions widely differ 
2 other, 22 are 4 75 ag tie Boras, y in 2 greatest 
the Card 
vegetation, direct, of course. 
apes &e., are the active causes 
in a grea at degree, and the 
is. another—not the 
feties, 
= a eee Esq., 
vel ee 
ae 
Honricuur ca in the 
len Eat Bank se Hoe, near 
ja thes sha 
: ‘These. were satisfactory examples of the sty 
of fart to ccm — es belong, 3 and attracted the atten- 
ladies present. om the Garden of the 
gay plant at — saison of the year 
trumpet- flo ower a levis, the old-fashioned 
whie b I 
worthless variety, fine 
by J. S. Ralfs Esq., consisting of some rare and very 
specimens. A collection of plants — the 
herbarium of the late Mr. th, fro 
able East India — ° 
s A- 
3 = — 
SOF A TEET 
0 
n- | genera, Pen 
1 
to Mrs. Tredwell, of 
ripe, ne 
of S. . three Cape Heaths, the charming 
pale mee bl Lyperia pinnatifida, a plant which 
the handsome and ver 
our, and are easily cooked.” Green Winter 
(Laitue hanes Verte agra a new 
Cos Lettuce received from 
f merit consists in i 
mmenced, sọ ery fine 
by, the . — of a 
ge — — we piety set hertsey 5 as no 
entry had bee eof them, and n ——— um was 
left by che exhibitor, we can report no further respecting 
jeetionable 
After the meeting — d co 
them. 
LINNEAN; 2 5.— The President in the chair. The 
Seere st of works and specimens that had 
5 
"the last Was a collection of — Fo the East! 
k as we have ek y stated, d 
4 
Yeléssert, from his brother M. Francois Delessert, 
W. — a exhibited — — of Cyclamen hederi- 
olium, found near per 
P 
3 
8 
B 
11 
ig 
E 
& 
8 
5 
4 
species of e genus Cleyera. 
beautiful flow 
Hallett, — s were elected 2 
ENTOMOLOGTCAL, November President in 
* chair. ‘Mr. Stevens ernie several eoeoons of 
of Bombyx, from Cotumbia, so 
me of which 
two perfect chryéalids, Mr. Shepherd ex- 
species of — inse and sev: 
leopte 
— 
r. Newman as of doubt nt. 
be nearly allied 
f n the 
orbona and — Mormo maura, 
andaria, Tortrix Rosana, &e. ; 
various moths f y 
alsó 
S., containing deseri tions of v 
bn co orn beetles from Aus — 7 — 
wo pa Paeng to the Socket y 
by Mr. 
k on, 
beautiful fh ape ecies of exotic ba Society T 1 RAS 
by a plate, also presented to the 
plem 
Socletys Traumnetle si 
a Treatise on the 
By By W. 
Rebre 
Planter’s Manual, bei 
Art of obtaining ayes 2 the. Sugar-cane. 
J. Evan arei Lo 1 8 1847. 
a 
that, nich should be his fi 
co ns, such as weather, fuel, manare, Ne. 
© 
oe 
2 
Fe 
fuel, two 
turer lose from 
which 
i as the 
8 have thought om Pia aot 
jelda f 55 must be at once head ad Me 
N commenced fermentation will ta E ah ot 
e Sugar wil lost; hence fhe mill hen the 
af work for ths extraction of the juice, W 
weather is showery ag = ae $. 
could 295 be dried, 
to heat the juice 1 . dee e ea 2 oy d 
