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taelf. 



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and 



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No lees than five 



offomfrd tog***. I. ^ Qwwlifl 



uaeil for hedge*, is erect prickly, has oval 

 set transversely, yellow flowers, as all 



a ana fruit inferior in "quality. - Opuntia Ficus 

 B f -a r" In , Prickly P r of ou 



i© second has few or no prickles, but 

 setose eyes large, ellow, oval, well- 

 fruit, keeping through the winter ; and has 

 an transverse articulations, crowing erect to 20 

 wtfffb. 3. OpmUia pmmdo-Tuna. — The third has 

 flat, or concave, battledore-shaped articulation?. 

 1 jj[ few setose eyes, and few prickles ; grows busby, 

 _ than erect ; and bears bright yellow flowers, and 

 -gypie fifr-shapetl fruit, not much eaten. 4. Opumtia 

 *"**" .fhe fourth has thin, light green, venous articu- 



with many strong tawi prickles ; flowers dim 



'numerous, wcceeded by rugose crimson fruit, 



colour by painters— perhaps one food of the 



5. Qpimtia humilis. or vulgaris — The fifth, 



jBiaJl, prostrate, lias articulations irregularly oval, 



lv rugose, bears yellow flowers, and purple, 



fig-shaped fruit ; and is natural I on the 



yfc of Florence and other parts of Italy. N.B. 3 and 

 1 which have much affinity, except in size, are much 

 the hardiest, even in Italy. S. 



Birth' Xati. — In reply to the inquiry of your cor- 

 lOjpotidcfit respecting the nest and eggs of the garden 

 warbler and black-cap. I may say that they are ex- 

 tremely similar, but the nest of the former bird is 

 paerally larger, and composed of a greater quantity of 

 nvteriata than that of the black-cap ; it is also looser 

 tig contraction. The eggs are often difficult to 

 iipfftn, bur those of the garden warbler are gene- 

 rally paler in colour than the black cap's, and less 

 dhtmctly marked. The eggs of this latter bird are 

 often of a bright rosy hue, which is never the c:. e 

 witb.the garden warbler's. It is not easy to describe 

 the call-notes of the two species, but they are easily 

 'Ustinguiahetl by a practised ear. // // Doubleday, 



J%e Rme Garden at Rer/aWs P&rk. — I paid a visit to 



this garden on the day on which the Roses were said to be 



is biooii, the 20th of June, but I was, with many others, 



©pointed, and my money was duly returned, with 



the promise that the Roses would be fully in flower on 



July the 2d : but what was my disappointment, when 



that day I found them no better than on the 20th 



of June, Indeed, the most common sorts could not 



even then be said to retain their original character. 



# This must beallowed to be a complete failure. Sagittarius. 



Iritk Larks. — If your clever contributor, Mr. Kid«i. 



means to say that there are no larks in Ireland, or that 



, they do not sing, I am hippy to u ure him, that they 



knot ami? abound, but sing gloriously. 1 have never, 

 indeed, heard the like in any other land. I have a 

 I «spicion, too, that the nightingale, nacht-i-i n (old 

 ; German — to sinjja'nights), comes sometimes, but rarely, 

 »rely. H.M >rmac, M./K 



P \— I brought the skinless Pea, noticed at p. 387, 

 »«ny years back from Flanders, but I could not induce 



. the good folk to make use of it. I observed Mr. 



; Dickens's mistake ere you set him right. This Ptea 

 would be a most desirable addition to English and Irish 



} wokerr. II. Af'Cormmc, Jf.D. 



LlVEIPo L FL >EAL A-ND iOITICCL OAL, . tint 5*,— 1 ' l»f I Tiiuhl) 



•H*« for C He*' h* waa awards I to Mr. Pa rioaJor 



(Feedlii , veotri «a superba, P.i-oaiani. C***iulU <?r- 



giann, and t dor; W, to Mr. W«nch, f.r renrrfoota det»«a, 

 tricolor elegmo*. veotricot* oarnea, v. roue*, I f&%ottuia*a 



tiperba, and Bergiana. Four He &ttis : Ut, to Mr. Uttla- 

 e, for tricolor specio**, ventricog* Miperb9, Cartnd i, 

 and rentricog* breriflora; 2d, to Mr. Fairrie, for , r 



dnmoaa. ventricosm super ba, v. manrnifiea, and perpptcua nana 

 rosea. Six Fu« U* : 1-t, *o Mr. Leatherbarrow, for Comte dr 

 Ba*ulii, F.le/antiggirna, Esteem, Bianca, Dr. Jephg n, and 

 Beauty of Leedg ; 2d. to Mr. Harrison, lor Dr. Jepfison, Fair 

 Rosan.ond, Coronation, One in ^he Ring, Prinoe albeit, and 

 Una: 3d, to Mr. Fairrie, for Purity, Oem of the Watt One in 

 the Rin& Laooantba, Pearl of England, and Eronientis* Four 

 Fu lisias : 1st, to Mr. Leatherbai rovr, for a needling, Elizabeth, 

 Bianca, and One in the Ring ; I, to Mr. Bardswel. for Ele- 

 gaBttftkima, Napoleon, Duchess of Sutherland, and One in the 

 Ring id, to Mr. Fairrie. for hsabetii, Dr. Smith, Parity, and 

 sir Robert Peel (La wgon's). Eight Pelargoniums : 1st, to Mr. 

 Winch, for Lord Ebrington, Puke of Cornwall, s*lpb. Witch, 

 Orion, Forget-me-not, Sir Robert Peel, and Standard of Per- 

 fection ; 2d, to Messrs. Davies and Co., for Major Domo, Ajax, 

 Magnificent, Emily, May Queen, Su.1 am mder, Star, and Vic- 

 tory. Four Pelar atoms: lgt, t<» Mr. Littledale, for .Matilda, 

 Lord Eb on, 8v)pb, and Hannah ; 1, to Mr. Stringer, for 



Zenobia, Wlttfc, Blanche, and Hebe. * Fancy Pelargo- 

 niums : lat. to Motors. Davies and Co., for Hero of Surrey, 

 Reine re F rancaise, Statui^k', Annig, Exq dsite, and Jenny 

 Lind ; 2d, to Mr. Stringer, for Lady Flora Hastings, Lad» 

 Hirers, Teatmannianum, $ta'ui»ki, Noeegay. and Queen 

 fletorla; 3d, Mr. Winch, for Heine de Francaita Lady liivera, 



•iad matum rubescens Statuiski, I untesg St. i.trmaine, 

 and Hero of Sum v. four Scarlet Pelargoniums : 1st, to Mr. 

 Uylaaet, for Lucium Koneum, Dazale, Tom 1 humb, and 

 rb seedling. Pot Roses : 1st, to Mr. Griffiths, for Coupe 

 de HebS, Hrtnnas, Peiidte, Charles Duval, Sextus Pomponiug, 

 Vanhui n, and Crimson '.lobe. Four Aehimenes : l*t, to 

 Mr. Wilson, for l*aten* Major, Pieta, LonginV™, and Ghies- 



reghti. Six Verbena > : 1st. to Mr. Hyiance, for St. Mar. 



gnret, Aralanche, Vulcan Su rb, Z >< , I^hi^ei Miid Tommy . 

 2d, to Mr. Hates, for St. Margaret, Magnificent, ]i, fiance 

 klinerva, Atrorubens, Ade'a, and Chauviere. six Petunias: 

 1st, to Mr. Rylance, for Prince Albert, Sylph, Rainbow, 



plendens, Dianrt, and Lady I ldletoo ; 2d, to Mr. Baits, 



ir Beauty, Queen of May, Sylph, Alba Magna, Lady 

 Sefton, and Marginata ; Sd, (o Mr. Harrison, lor John 

 Bull, Mont Blanc, Lady of the Lake, Pale Lilac, Rosea per- 

 fecta, and A-honi. Six Calceolarias: 1st, to Mr. Bate, all 

 seed ings. Gloxinias : 1st, to Mr. Wilson, for macrautha 

 grnnniflora, Fyfians, carnosa, rosea, and Wortlerana ; 21, to 

 Mr. Brown, for Cartoni, and 5 unnamed; 31, to Mr. Bates, f<»r 

 macrocarpa, alba, sanguinea, Teuchlerii, grandis, and Hue de 

 Blag. Miscellaneous Plants: 1st, to Mr. WiUon. Siftfle »e- 

 cimeng : 1st, for a Heath, to Mr. Winch, with veutricusa 

 superba ; lgt, for a Fuchsia, to Mr. Harrison, with Sgnor 

 Bianchi ; 1st, for a Pelargonium, to Mr. Winch, witn Prince of 

 Wales; l*r, for a fancy Pelargonium, to Mr. Winch, with 

 Beauty of Winch« ster ; 1st, for an Orchid, to Mr. Had wen, 

 with Saccolabinm guttatum ; 1st, for a Stove Plant, to Mr. 

 Sharpies, with Stepbanotis floribunda ; 1st, for a Greenhouse 

 Plant, to Mr. Davie-*, with Kalosantbes miniata; and lgt, for 

 a Herbaceous Plant, to Mr. Whalley, with Myogutis atoricus. 





loui Dorisy, Miroir de 1' 







. Ati- 



gclina, Bocelle, and Henri Clay. Quitting the J setonn 

 we> paseetl a collection of < .amental hardy treat, the 

 Hollyhock ground, and entered afield of Roses, consist- 

 iiiL f several acres. Hens the effect was very striking, 

 produced as it was by Rosas of every hue, and conspi- 

 cuous among the whole was the universal favourite, < ant 

 des Batailles. The Weeping Roses formed an attractive 

 feature. Numbers of them budded on stems six, seven, 

 and eight feet high were arranged in rows, their pendant 

 branches almost touching the ground, and flowering 

 abundantly. On turning a corner wi aught si^ht of a beau - 

 iful wax-like almost white Perpetual, whose form was 

 hat of La lieine, and it was nearly equal to that vari j 

 in size ; the colour approached more nearly that 

 of the Celestial Rase, but the flowers were full, the 



habit vigorous, and the whole plant perfectly distinct 



This is named « Paul's Queen \ oriav* By the ie of 

 it grew a rich scarlet-crimson i urbon, nothing inferior 

 in point of beauty, called - Paul's Prince Albert/* 

 Tin i were other interesting aaedlings, but these were 

 the most remarkable. 



Miscellaneous. 



African Cotton. — Three kinds of cotton grow sponta- 

 neously on the west coast of Africa-,- white, brown, and 

 pink. None of them are precisely like any American 

 variety, but the mode of culture pursued here is w«B 

 adapted to the plant there ; with this t:i 1 vantage that 

 there the same plant bears a su<vr-M(»n reji, for a 



great number of years. It is of much larger growth than 

 ours, and the yield is much greater ; but the staple is 

 short. The fact of its great eld and continuance from 

 year to year, coupled with the cheapn<-sa of labour in 

 Africa, must ultimately produce a large supply from that 

 country. The grand obstruction to its being profitable 



as an export, is the want of proper machinery for tliw 

 extraction of the seed. This ojieration is now done by 

 hand, or bv a little machine consisting of two rollers 

 about the size of a common ruler, between which the 

 cotton is paaaed, so as to leave the seed behind. We 

 have heard of no efforts, as yet, to introduce the \rneri 

 can cotton gin. Colon u< m JleraJrf, Philadrfphia. 



Mesth Horticultural. — In looking over a list of the Kells 

 Show, held on th» '^4th ult , we find among the winning P«lar- 

 jroniuins Beck's Governor, Major Domo, Uulitima, Aurora, 

 l*nnce*s, Oustavus, Rosy Circle, Cuyp ; Kimmonds' Field 

 Marshal; Foster's Gipsy Bride, Constance, Victory, Negress; 

 Ffoyiij's Crusader, Line's Forget-me-not and Firefly, Arnoid'b 

 Virgin Queen, Wipsy King, and several others. A| n, in 

 Pansy stands are Hooper's Masterpi- Bellona, Berryer ; 



Turner's Mr*. Beck, Mr. Beck, Gem, Addison, Viceroy ; Btll'u 

 Aurora, Climax, Duke of Norfolk ; also Crop'ej'a G< i*m 

 Gage, Byne'sLucyAssheton, Fellowes' Queen ot England, Hunt's 

 Ileien, &,c. In Roses, Mrs. Elliott, haronne l'rerost, Geant 

 des Batailles, Souvenir de la Maimaison, and a host of other 

 beauties. In Pinks, Wilrner's Laura, Kerr's Harrirt, Youn.'t 

 Double X, Ellin's Brilliant, Costar's Lola Montes, Young's 

 Lady Mildmay, <tc. 



beauties 

 they are 



^omtfesu 



Garden Memoranda. 



Mewhs. Paul and Son's Nursery, Cheshunt, 

 IIjrts. — We visited this establishment the other day, 

 and found the extensive collection of Roses which it 

 contains beautifully in bloom. They are now well 

 worth inspection. On entering we passed through an 

 avenue of standard Noisette and Hybrid Chinese 

 varieties, many from 15 to 20 years of age, of immense 

 size, and covered with gay and fragrant blossoms 

 One of the first met with was " Fulgens " the head of 

 which, when measured, proved to be upwards of 



JtoTAi Hoa-ncrLTCRAL Of Cornwsll. J«lp 8.— At this, the 

 Kcond exhibition of the realm, the following prize* wer« 

 Jjsrded :— Fruit : Finest Pine-apple (Queen). Mr. Vivian • 

 M do. fBip'ey Queen), Mr. M. Williams. Best dish of Grap«« 

 gnscat .-f n*-aandria, Mutcat of Tottenham Park, Black 

 ■tohnnib, V not's new M««c^t, White FrnnHirnan. and 

 Wch Sweetwater), Mr. Friend jrr. to Mrs. O. C. Fox ; 2d do. 



E-y, Black Fromi-nan, nod Royal Muscadine), Admiral 

 Is. Best bunch of Grapes (Dutch Sweetwater). Mr 

 — _1 Best Melon (Xetred Per-ian Gmen-nV>h , l?ov. T. ; 20 feet in circumference; and the *■ n of another 



measured 13 inches round. Pursuing this walk 



for about 100 yards, we met with several "Union 



ftuJnotts; 2d rio. (TeneriftV), Mr. Fiiend. Ren p«> U nd of 

 wnes (Mavduke), Rer. Canon Roperg. Be*t quart of 

 ysseberries (Feairl), ReT. T. rhillpotts ; 'Jd do. ( Hit or Miss), 

 w. Friend. Be*t quart of white Currants (Whi'e Durcb), 

 *>▼. Csnon Rogers. Best quart of red Currants (Knight's ,; ed), 

 Best quart of black Currants (Black Naples), ditto 



•no. 



wq»isrt of Haspberrics (PtatolflT), Mr. Frimr. ; 2d do. (Red 



nXST 1, ReF " T " PniI, P ott *. Bist quart of Strawberries 

 WIMiQueM', Rev. T. Phillpotf. ; 2d do. (Wvati's Eleanor), 



ff.. fri end J 3,i i] °- (Myatt's Helena), Mr. W. M. Tweed*. 

 JJJtrs: Ornamental Plsnt. in flower, not previously exhi- 

 ^? 'Gardenia Fortuni), the Bronze Medal, Rev. T. Phill- 

 P»J». Best 12 Stove and Greenhouse Plantn, Admiral Re^ 

 r* 1 *' »wt 6 varieties of ditto, Rev. T. PhiUnott-4 ; 2d. Sur C. 

 2J»»», Bart , M.P. Be*t specimen Stove P'ant (S ephanotis 

 J2JJJW), Rev. T. PhUipot-e. Best -Greenhouse specimen 

 ^•santhes miniata*, Rev. T. Phiilpotts. Best 6 Orchids, in 

 »<>r Calaothe veratrifolia, Sobraliamacrantha, Kptriendrum 



flsl 1 Zl U Kev ' l " Phiilpotts, Best 6 Gloxinias, Gesne- 

 JJJr Achunenes, or Sinniniiiav« (Aehimenes gr*nd ,, a. 



JJPwa, a., vennsta, Gloxinia cerulescens alba, G. jrranl 

 ^gesn era zehrina), Rev. T. Phiilpotts. Best specimen 

 ST y* 1 ^^anniti ra), Mr. G. S. Simmons. Best 6 Gera- 

 J2*(Ble K ans f Qneenof the West, Thurteli's Pretender, Re- 

 35". **«»*•, and Aspisia^, Mr. M. H. William*. Best 4 

 ^jn^ms (Star. Nandee, Madeline, and Lsra), Mr. M. H. 

 jj***. Best fpeciraen (Centurion), Mr. M. 4. WiUiams. 



S/S! t P * cimea (Viridifiora), Mr. Friend. Btst 6 Fuch- 

 .«**. J-phson, Beauty of Leeds, Purity, Fountain, Shv»<ck, 

 *v Of ), Mr. G. N. Simmons. Be*t Roses in pot* (Br. 



f**F|pe 



J>mthess of Sntherland, Lady A ice Pee*, Eari Talbot, 

 ^Te-nir da u Maimaison), Admiral Reynolds. Bet Rose 



s 



I 

 I 



5 



rEy ^»qpode Hebe\ Admiral Reynolds. 

 Ct\ J, if**! L»nd. Smith's Diana, Henfc 



Beat 6 Pmks 

 *§**(*>. [, — * —.«... >•».»« .-■ *^.«i.«, Mi n m h rej'm Rubens 

 *SJiL _ °- Mr ** Herbert, Smith's Huntsman, and Coicott's 



STVi *' **<»****• B « t 3 B »'«N *" C. Lemon. 



ftlw CPickwick, Queen of Sfc a, S ,ck. M. 



■■owflaka, Marqui- ot Aylesbury, A<i- ral S* ford, 



•c^iiet, Rembrandt, Miss Vyso, Harlequin, Mis. 



™* ^om m rial, Rev. Canon lioyers ; Verbeu-is 



it, Margartt, Rosette, Chauveii!, 



**-^?lTi7» 



Standard Roses." The combinations we most ad- 

 mired were ; — Fabvier and Madame Bureau, Mrs. 

 Bosanr[uet and Le Grenadier, Fellenberg and Airaee 

 Vibert. On reaching the top of the main walk, a path 

 branches right and left, 50 feet long, leading between 

 avenues of pillar Roses. .Nothing could be more 

 charming than the effect of these pillars, planted 

 about a yard apart, rising to the height of 12 feet, and 

 covered with flowers, from their summit to the ground. 

 Some of the most striking were: — Le Rampante, 

 The Garland, Thoresbyana, Splendens, Madame 

 dWrblay, Rosea plena, Reine des Francais (beau- 

 tiful), Belle de Rosay, Blush Hip, Richelieu, La 

 Biche and Acidalie. A few steps from this avenue 

 led to the Rose turn, where the arrangement has been 

 recently much improved ; nearly 1 000 varieties are 

 disposed in such a manner that the general effect 

 is not only good, but the trees are individually shown to 

 great advantage. The beds are irregular in form, the 

 walks winding, and partly of Grass. Among the Roses 

 in this enclosure, the following were finely in bloom. 

 Perpetual* and Hybrid Perpetual* : Duchesse de Pras- 

 lin. Pins the Ninth, La Capricieuse, Neome, Duchesse 

 de Rohan, Caroline de Sausal,Comte Bobrinsky, Baronne 

 ilallez, Gen. Cavai'inae, Madame ie Lamoriciere, Ma- 

 dame Fremian, Madame Guiliot, Standard of Marengo. 

 — Moss : Purpurea rubra sanguinea, Alice Leroj 

 Latoue, Gen. Druot (perpetual). — P, ns : Adrianne de 

 ardoville, Don lie Becar. — Gal lira: Napoleon, Oh 1, 

 Colonel ( >mbs, Jules Bagot, Malherbe. Tta Seemted . 

 Madame Bravy, Madame de St. Joseph, M lame Vil- 



Calendar of Operations. 



(For the enauina week.) 



PLANT DEPARTMENT. 



Do not allow any of the transient summer 

 to remain in the flower houses longer than 

 ornamental ; and those which have been grown as 

 annuals, to serve merely for a season, should be thrown 

 away when they cease to be useful ; for if kept beyond 

 a certain stage, they only engender filth, and harbour 

 insects. That portion of the Gloxinias, A eh menes,and 

 other bulbs, requiring a season of rest, which are now 

 becoming shabby in appearance, should be placed in a* 

 close frame, where they can be ripened off by gradually 

 diminishing the quantity of water. It is seldom neces- 

 sary to extend this care to the whole of the stock, as a 

 few of the best pots of each kind will furnish enough to 

 work from next year. Take care that these plants are 

 correctly labelled before the foliage is destroyed ; and 

 mention on the label the date when put to rest, that 

 they may be excited in the same rotation next year. 

 By going over the stock in this maimer, more room 

 will be gained for those plants which are being grown 

 for autumn and winter. These should enjoy a rather 

 freer admission of air during the day, that they may be 

 gradually inured to a cooler temperature than that in 

 which they liave been growing for the last three months. 

 The same course of treatment ixmmt be pursued with 

 stove plants in general, especially with those which have 

 completed a growth for next year's flowering ; these 

 may be placed on the spare shelves of a greenhouse, 

 from which the plants have been removed. In this 

 rituation they must have abundance of air, except when, 

 ths weather is cold or windy. Greenhouse plants 

 require similar attention in everything except tempera- 

 ture, which should be kept as low as possible, unless for 

 plants which it is desirable to bring quickly into flower. 

 On fine afternoons syringe overhead with a fine rose all 

 plants which are under artificial covering. In fine 

 warm nights it will be of great benefit to remove the 

 glass or other covering, that the plants may be refreshed 

 by the evening dew ; and also during warm gentle 

 uramer showers. Some of the earliest specimens of 

 the Lilium lanci folium and varieties will soon be coming 

 into flower. Place them in a situation in the conserva- 

 tory where the sun's rays will not act too powerfully 

 upon them. Supply them with sufficient water, and 

 occasionally with liquid manure, that their flowers may 

 be prolonged, and enhanced hi brilliancy ; and also that 

 their foliage may be preserved. 



FORCING DEPARTMENT. 



Give every encouragement to those pfenti 

 which are now showing and swelling, by means of a 

 moist high day temperature, and good bottom heat, 

 and by wading during very warm weather. If the 

 quantity of fruit which has already made its appearance 

 is inadequate to meet your probable requirements during 

 winter, water may for a short time be withheld from a 

 portion of the plants which are fittest for fruiting. Ou 

 the other hand carefully avoid any check to th e which 

 it is desirable to keep on in a growing state. Yixkeixs. 

 — In die late Vineries the Grapes which are required to 

 ing till the new year should be well thinned, and the 

 shoulders tied out, so as to ensure a free circulation of 

 air amongst the berries, that their skin and footstalks 

 lermoz.— - Bourbon; Aurore de Guide, Duchesse de may be better matured* and less liable to decay during 



