THE GARDE NERS' 



CHRONICLE. 





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prove a h 



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they 



emerged ff*m *• ****** 



hi* ftppeil 



As each .ucatesivdy made 



£ntedluui,l r-J*^ 



"reward of merit »"»» 



•H-P-P-f' 1 «2T^a''rew« d .'.merit » Shall 



I beg to state that there are no ^»»^ J but the figure is taken from a 8ma ll s^S «K 

 any extent of greenhouses, &- , out jf wtocD. few ^^ ^^ yQu ^ ^P "J**.**, 



amount of flowers as that mentioned by your corre 

 pendent could _ be cut, on any one day through the 





*f- ! H •— J "JSCwi; M to give -he 



Ira Tellers a 



of the surrounding 



the 



magical 



Here and there I 



■• lird's-eve view 

 ^fohhMikood — occasionally exhibiting 

 SSISTa right of which quickened dieir pace 

 SSJrir- ' Wh2 their journey was a very long and 

 i***** 7 ' f Lir looks they pattered past the loop- 



SgS3bswsi^?2s 



SXC ttntlv imagined. I cannot, and Will no. 

 SStotali il7lf«P these I^--^---; 



Jarlv life Ikgerin the memory 1 Y/%Um AwM, iVew 



/ jrf, JIammenmilh. 



The ereat%ulk of the plants which I pari 

 hnn.es were not the sorts likely to produc 



m 

 ce 



I 

 em en 





in 



Home Correspondence. 



Varieties ammg i u/er* : ~-Jn th« dawfication of 



that genus, of . . , 



13 in Us npu ty, and the broad evident prinapleon 



frhich it r i. The grand demarcation of species which 

 ieparates the Stl bus from other Tines, applies to the 

 general claari i<» of Coniftue It 1 certainly 

 within the boundary of the five-leaved Pinus, so far 

 only as the near connections of the epeciea can be 

 marked by tlie number of leaves in a sheath ; but its 

 great value i tlie higher characteristics it affords for 

 The primar dh ion of the genus and species of Ci rs. 



York in the months of August 



there, 



Lon- 



queer 



don ones. 



their greenhouses , , 



flower! fit for bouquet-making on New \ ears-day 

 am of opinion that the principal work the six gentler 

 who were "up all night" had to perform, was kerns 



^greenhouse hres°well supplied with cord wood, in 

 order to keep out the frost, that being at the time many 

 decrees below zero. The sending out on one morning 

 the winter time 200 dollars' worth of cut flowers 

 (41/ 135 id ), reminds me of the tickets to see Jenny 

 I ind's first performance, which the people here were 

 told, through the press, were sold for from 200 dollars 

 to 600 dollars each. No ; the immortal dollar note is 

 loved too well to be parted with, for such trifles. ^ hen 

 the New Yorkers possess the refined taste of the people 

 of these countries, I will believe that a New York nur- 

 sery can send out 200 dollars' worth of cut flowers on a 

 winter's day. At present, as the Yankee would say, 

 * I guess that would be going a-head. ' C. B. D. 



Timber Trees — Mr. Bailey has very correctly desig- 

 nated a "Young Gardener's" scheme for obtaining a 

 supply of home-grown timber an " unhappy one." One of 

 the first operations agriculturists have to undertake when 

 about to improve the cultivation in ninny districts, is to 

 root out the hedgerow timber, because experience has 

 shown that however much trees on farms may improve 



that though u' 

 Watson's materials were sufficient for botanical a 

 '" " , they could convey no adequate idea oft 

 plants under cultivation ; and to condemn a nW iJf 1 



tification 



appearance in a state of nature would be 



plant f^ JL 



three-fourths of the finest things in cultivation? 

 oblivion. The person who sent the seeds to me M 

 Peter Wallace (a pupil of Mr. Paxton's) garden^ 

 Jose de Canto, Esq., St. Ann's, Porta Delgado k 

 Michael's, thus described it upon the paper which' 

 tained the seed, " a soft-wooded spreading shrub, fon^ 

 a beautiful round head, about two feet high— product 

 every point a spike of beautiful white flowers. If h^ 

 a first-rate acquisition to the borders; if not, ab2 



In the letter which 



m 



the beauty of the landscape, they are in a far greato- 

 degree injurious to the growing crops ; and yet it has 

 Been proposed that farmers should be compelled to 

 plant trees in the corners of their fields. ^ I thought it 

 I aay thoft~much only to express the certain amount of | was generally admitted that farmers had just now quite 

 vah 1 consider to 1 to the classification of Pines as many burthens to bear as they were able to stand 



bytl i. umber of leaves in a sheath. There are, as I under. Query: would not "young gardeners" be 



v ' better employed if they devoted their attention to their 



own business \ Roahlus. [Certainly.] 



tilul greenhouse shrub." *** wuv «*,*»- WUICI1 acfl8 _ 

 panied the seed, Mr. Wallace says, " The Camj^ 

 is a novelty which you may recommend with c* 

 fidence." Upon the above statement of facts, *hi&j 

 verify by sending the original, it is unnecessary fa % 

 to offer any comment, and am quite willing to allot 

 you and the public to draw your own conclusions, r 

 that I desire is to justify the description I have fa 

 upon the seed papers, which I think I have do* 

 Whatever the plant may prove, these facts n» 

 established :— first, that it is new; second, that hi 

 distinct in habit ; third, that the flowers are large ;«- 

 fourth, that the plant is a shrub ; — all desirable qualife 

 in a genus so extensive as that to which this 

 belongs. I have written to the Azores for plants,* 

 that its value will soon be proved, as they will be te 

 before the end of the coming week. — Wm. P.Ayw&JIm 

 lands, BlacJcheath [We have omitted a quotation fa 

 Hooker's " Icones," which is immaterial to the quetfit 

 before us. As we have already stated, " what the pte 

 may be worth will be seen hereafter."] 



*. 



your re lersaiv aw an vera! exceptions to this rul 

 as, for instant , m the uncertain number of I ves in 



the sheath of Pinus mitts, and one or two others which 



Establishing a Boob ry.—A friend of mine who was 



frequently four leaves in A sheath. 



appeared* me a very valuable regularity in the rule which 

 supplies that simple mode of subdivision ; a regularity 

 to which the gi it majority of species are obedient. 

 Among them are the vai s of Laricio. My object in 

 addressing vou is to draw informs »n irom such of your 

 yea rs as have, like myi If, applied a long and exclu- 

 sive atten* u to th tlltivation of Coniferous plants— to 



draw ii >rraat n which will be both interesting and 

 valuable, 1 eon . ry possi' that the varieties 



frhich wc cultivate may have frequ itly arisen from 

 accidental causes of soil and climate, and have been 



But there hasalway- ma- pie had laid her eggs, he sent his keeper to a neigh- 

 bouring rookery and got half-a-dozen eggs. The magpie 

 hatched and reared four rooks out of the six eggs. They 



lived comfortably together through the autumn and 

 winter, but in the spring a battle took place between 

 the parties — the rooks gained the day, drove away the 



• Horticultural, March A. — J. K. GowEN,Esq.,Ij* 

 surer, in the chair. Perhaps the most interest* 

 though by no means the most important of the subj« 

 exhibited, were two examples of the new Skis 

 Himalayan Rhododendrons, seeds of which have tea 

 so plentifully distributed among cultivators m i 

 country. In consequence of the very beautiful rep 

 sentations of some of these Rhododendrons, p 



Sir William Hooker, it is utom 



sorts will be cfeeofw 

 appears to be m 



by 



magpies, and have now established a large colony. 



ft W. U. 



Wireworm. — A statement is published in your last 

 Number respecting the destruction of the wireworm. 

 I saw the account in the Journal of the Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society some months ago, and tried an experi- 

 rpetuated in their newly acqu'u I characteristics by I ment by collecting some wireworms, and putting them 



into a pot with some lumps of Rape- cake, as directed. 

 1 looked at the pot this morning, and they are still alive. 

 I may say that these have been potted several months ; 

 so as far as pot plants are concerned, Rape-cake is not a 

 sure remedy. 7?. (7. 1 read " E. F. K.'s" communiea- 



Mr. W* 



Lanwff' 



surface 



. ic npemng of their & Is; which, whether in the 



course of centuries, *■ Itered over wide extents of 



by running streams, or owing their original 



e ence : ti and their sub quent propagation. 



to the uncons< ms acta of birds und bisects, have now 

 in OUT time acquir I such constancy in their habits. 

 as to claim distinct places m the catalogue of their fel- 

 I 'W sj ^. I enclose two specimens of leaves Which I 

 picked from a Pinus austriaca in my Pinetum. The 

 austriaca is a rec« cnised member of the family of Laricio, 

 and has ahva aj ; d to me to be not less easily dis- 

 nguiahed by its two- leaved foliage, than by the form 



tion on the destruction of wireworm with interest, as I 

 was preparing some notes of a similar kind. I have 

 noticed the eagerness with which this grub devours 

 Rape- cake, and the fact may account for the usefulness 

 of this manure as a spring dressing when the crop is 

 endangered by the worm ; but I must express a doubt 

 whether this, its favourite food, is the death of the 



leave 



rul 



> md and co> , and general habit of gnnvth ; bnt the j eater. I have found wireworms revelling in a heap of 

 o! r'fT 6 '^^ ^cepuons to the general Rape-dust, apparently in a high state of enjoyment. 



m> ,„,1 u T" , ? ?£T$?2 T * e tree) b ° Und Ma ? not the *™ ^ been ™»**^ by Mr^Char 

 rp and twisted tog Iter hke the two leaves of the plant nock for the dead bodies of the enemy \ $ S 



These are not Mngh- uwtances on the tree from which winter *n.raea tnem 



the v m pick, d ; , e i mts are almost entirely clothed I and cover 

 With foiieg. of !'.,.. deMnption. The plant is about ! them 



lished 



that many magnificent 



among them, and, as there ,.■„-- 



derable variety among the seedlings, both in iff" 

 ance and constitution, this will in all probabiiitj I 

 the fact ; but that all will not be handsome, mrj 

 sibly even desirable, was proved by the plants m 

 for the first time, on Tuesday last, by 

 gr. to E. Hussey, Esq., Scotney Castle, 

 hurst. These consisted of a Kttle Alpine am 



smalt pale temon-eojj" 



flowers, which possessed a scent something like W 

 the buds of the Balsam Poplar. In general appeaw 

 the plants resembled the ferruginous KhododenW" 

 our gardens ; but at present they are ™} e ™ im Z 

 to that species—Mr. Cole, gr. to H. CoUyei, M 

 Dartford, exhibited a young and very healtHv^ 

 of the pale variety of the charming Khoaooc 



for which a Certificate 

 Mr. Cole finds that the 



with scurfy leaves, and 



i 



dtf 



javamcum, 

 awa'ded. 



They 

 a 



during 



e 

 the 



are in an excellent healthy condition 



wall about 14 feet hirfi. I 



send 



10 feet high, and exhibits a most remarkable vigour 1 



v 



I V mepel y as examples of the mildness of our 



northern climate, this place king about 58° North 

 latitude. The winter has been remarkably mild here 

 as well as in other parts of the country ; the flower-buds 

 f grandiflora have been swelling uniiormly throughout 



the maturing action of thn7 if hanTttn^^r' 1 , 81 ! ^^ 1 " m4er P rove no ^verer 

 ,*" the basis of still rther mo^SI^^ 



w ls h know 1 f oth n have ever remarked milar 



qaallv- ■ well developed in this or othei pecies ' 

 Jn the instai ■ I give from my own collection. I recoc- 

 n ■■•■ first action of natural causes to prod \ 

 varieties which l •- * l - ' - - - 



of vour^lf and j , r readers. Pinus OlouctHeT***. \ ^ W fel ; " J r ; St" J < ** r ' Gardewr f ° *' 

 Peat ' w?.-I have rend Mr. Cut , remark- - ' * J . lao ^'> Gordon Cattle. 



of Merit* 

 best my* 



' Irk 



managing this fine species is to grow it qu"^ 

 the stove, until it has assumed the form o ^ 

 sized bush ; after which he thinks it *™j 

 in a greenhouse, treated like an Indian Azai . 

 Glendinning, of the Chiswick Nursery, ^""'^i 

 sent a very promising greenhouse plant, m ^ 



a Labichea, from Swan River. It resembl d i ^ 

 low-leaved Heimia, but the flowers "**!&** 

 handsomer than those of that plant. A c ^ 

 merit was awarded it— Mr. Franklin, g • ^ 

 Lawrence, produced a nice collection o # 

 consisting of the charming Tnchopiha t ^ 

 fragrant Burlingtonia, Gibson's Cymbid, ana ^ 

 rather than beautiful plant called Pontine*- ^^ 

 A Banksian Medal was awarded for the &wec ^ 



—Mr. Loddiges, of Hackney, showed a spec ■ j 

 ivory-flowered Cymbid (Cymbidium eoor. ^ ^ 

 the dark variety of Dendrobium nobiie : 



A siroi^ 



iff- 





tion, an ply a sphere for future 



fie history it < nfera.', to which 



I 



Irish peat charcoal, ami its effects 



son 



Campanula VidaliL— At 



with mn , Interest I am resident within 10 mite of 



p. 136 of the Gardener 



jnanufarture t ^ vahial>le ferti 



^vera hundred ,f acres of the peat bog, varying from 

 3t IS feet ,n depth, and I am*toiiSa oTtryin^S 



mm, ofv«r intdligent com SJJ5R £2 



with tl». best and m t economical manner of manuC 

 Jrtng a from the bog 1 shall be much obliged. Tw 

 [You wit] find some information nn *hu i : / 

 84 of our 



SSSS BBSS I ft* z h - ** a r ice » f thi -^ 5-M5S5 p • • 



l pi esume, from H ooker's « I CO nes Plantarum." in which Eri V a P ,cta ' 



sian Medal was awarded for these, 

 was also made to Mr. Blake, gr. to ^.a,^, 

 Esq, of Stratford, for the large-flowered r ^ 

 Coelogyne eristata, Epidendrum odora B» . ft ^ 

 Skinner's Lycaste, a plant which, in add, . uo ^ ooD ).-* 

 beauty, has the merit of keeping long in ^ 

 subjects from the Society's Garden consist^ ^. 

 plana, and Dendrobium cucullatum ; ■ ^ ^ 

 Epacris, three of the smaller growing *pe c ' to b** 



the winter-flowering Stypoei „ P 



y.u state it to be "astra li„g shrub w itl,ro^Z.i C ? tisu s racemosus, a useful plant at : tins - . 

 eream. co]oured fl - - 9 *»M "Jh good -s^ed pretty Polvgala Da i m aisiana, Boron.atetrandra^ 



*ther at the end „ .W.J,,..? T.T " r ""* l nanth.» Mfl nn .. t.h« handsomest of ah 1 ' ^ 



Jl^theri at the end of a lo„g sta iK." As the figure in 



a theT "T W ' fr ° ,n Mn Watson ' s *£<****, 

 ai'ttl.e description also supplied by ' 



nanthus longiflorus, the handsomest of a» y^df* 

 nam ha, and a fine bush of the broad-leave ^ ^ 



1849. J ' '" 



-C put Trad< t» Nat f#>*, 



Seei 



n S 



r-—» . .««,, „e remarks, » was the only species brought 



an account at I \lZ ^S^St J^/ft - ^^ fiut 



l" TO brou g h t to me in the dusk of an evening. From 



than which, when well flowered, as this 

 look gayer. 



was, 



few P 



Linneak, March 4. 



the 



** 



Dr. Wallich, V.P.J ^J 



A collection of specimens of dried Ferns fro* 1 



"2dg worth, 



by the Rev. R, Ewing. Dr. Wei* 



was V l *7§ 



of India, made by M. P. Edgworth, t#l> nrese jit«« 

 bv th« XW p v.. r :„„ n? Welwitstdi pr* 



