THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



oflVr for the ! three pairs of rinks, in pots 



aot exceeding 1 



—<* but th 



gtined 





awarded to Mr. Henderson, for three 



rof line healthy plants— bearin: JO flowers in all ; 

 rarieties were Harriet, Winches r Rival, and 

 u'illiner's Laura. The first prize for ( uiliflowers was 



Bell, gr. to Lord Mackenzie : and the 



Jecond by Mr. Thomson, gr. to R. S. Wilson, Esq, The 



of One Guinea, offered tli rough the Society by 



. J. Dickson and Sons, for the 1 st 24 named Roses 



JJ8B, 4 Pro v ins, 4 French, 4 Perpetual*, 4 China, and 



i Bourbons), was gained b Mr. Adam on, gr. to Mrs. A. 



[indaav, with the following varieties : — Devoniensis, 



Paris. Yellow Tea, Madame Roussell, Celine 

 P«jane, Sousenir de la Malmaison, Coupe de Hebe, La 

 Daphne, Earl Talbot, Clementine Seringe, Louis IX., 

 6«ant des Batailles, Anacreon, La Moskowa, Agmade, 

 Queen Adelaide, Unique, Celestine, Jeanne de Urip, 



or Common Provins, Cresied Moss, Prolific 

 Moss. Lanei, and Celine. For another excellent col- 



oses,an extra award was made by the Society 

 Mr Bender. There was a good display of articles 

 t for exhibition only. Messrs. Dicksons and Co. 

 produced a large collection of plants, including Selag< 

 fatoiculata, Sinuingia guttata, Campylobotrys discolor, 

 with Pelargoniums, dwarf Lobelias, and other green- 

 house plants ; also stands of Iri s with Sweet Williams, 

 Pelargoniums, and seedling Pausies. Messrs. J. Dickson 

 and Sons contributed Cape Heaths, Leschenaultia biloba 

 gundiflora, a tine plant of Fuchsia Kossuth, and other 

 exotics, together with a collection of cut Roses.— From 

 Mews. P. Lawsonand Son, were a double Pelargonium 

 fciline, springs of Erica Wilimoreana with double 

 flowers, 106 varieties of cut R^> ^, fine specimens of 

 Hmnea elegans, Seedling Pansies, &c. — From Mr. 

 Oantairs, came a selection of greenhouse plants. — 

 rom Mr. R. M. Stark, Selago fascieulata. Gera- 

 niums, Calceolarias, and stands of Irises and Dian- 

 thus ; from Mr. Methven, Fancy Pelargoniums and 

 I loses ; from Messrs. Downie and Laird, iviar- 

 goniums, Verbenas, and Roses ; from Mr. Handa- 

 I Ie, Roses ; from Messrs. Ballanlvue and Son, 

 double Dianthus, &„■. ; from Messrs. Lawsou an 1 Son, 

 Greenock, a Seedling C >e Heath, betw n ventri- 

 cosa and Savileana, for which an honorary award was 

 granted ; from Mr. George Lightbody, '24 fine seedlin 

 Ranunculuses, for which a Certificate of Merit was 

 ;ranted; and from Mr. Forrester, stands of Pinks, 

 Delphiniums, Antirrhinums, and a new i idling variety 

 of Lilium monadelphum. From the garden of the Earl 

 Wemyss, there were blooms of the double yellow Rose 

 (Rosa sulphurea). From Dr. Neill's garden,- Canon- 

 mills Cottage, a collection of exotics and alpines, in- 

 I ding a beautiful specimen of Om hum pulvinatuin 

 (bearing 16V flowers), O. flexuosum, Aerides crispum, 

 Aram 1 >racunculus, Primula involucrata, Stcllaria 

 «capigera, and other plants. An extra Silver Medal 

 was awarded to Mr. Thomson, Dr. Neill's gardener, 

 ;<>r tins collection. Professor Syme sent a large speci- 

 men of the Egg plant grafted on Solanum jamaicense, 

 »nd bearing 30 fruits of large size. From the garden 

 of Professor Dunbar, there were Cape 1 aths and a 

 flowering plant of Justicia earns*. 



ronetes, which feeds on the i : by Mr. Mead. 

 specimens of a of Coccus with its ' f id 



upon t r : and tl legant n f 1 jj n 



callens, of Bl -.vail (an inte ting sp ies of si •) . 

 by Ir. Westwood, a living i dmen o Hanmticheros 

 Hen . sent from Pembroke Dock-yard 1 ir T. 

 Pasley ; Phibaloeera quercana. reared in great profu 

 >n from 1 ir leaves, from the gardens of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society, at Chiswiek; various specimen 

 illustrating the rav. s of insects (especially Cer oma 

 xylostella) upon Turnips, from Ireland and various parts 

 of England ; various insects which eat the petals and 

 pollen of Roses ; a monstrous claw of Astaeus fluviatii 

 nests of Chelostoma ttorisomnis made in a straw ; and 

 a species of Astyages reared from the Asparagus. He 

 al o brought for distribution specimens of Astya 

 Hemerobiella and nigricella reared in great numbers 

 from Pear lea v. . Some notes were read by Professor 

 Kirtland, of the Cleveland University, Ohio,* on riens 

 Lepidopterous insec - of the United States. The 

 President also gave some account of the works of 

 Dr. H. shatter, of Ratisbonne, that gentleman being 

 present as a visitor at the meeting. 



r any ot it md a very good in« c, « iers 



w ' ! SJ ' paid ch a Look 



oft best 1 sth canrnak London. 



Entomological, A /. 4. — I. O. Westwood, Esq., 



F.L.S., President, in the chair. A considerable number 

 of Entomological works and specimens were presented 

 by the E ntom ol o g i cal So< ies of Germany and Holland, 

 Drs. Koch, De Gand, Bohemann, Herklots, and other 

 Entomologists. Living specimens of the beautiful 



hrysomela cerealis, with its larva, were presented by 



Ir. Foxcroft. A considerable number of new and rare 

 insects, t ether with illustrations of the habits and 

 economy of various species, were exhibited by. different 



lembers ; namely, by Mr. F. Bond, some very extraor- 

 dinary varieties of different species of moths, including 

 aver fine Saturnia pavonia minor, destitute of the eye- 

 like spots on the wings ; by Mr. J. F. Stephens, some 

 curious varieties of Abraxas grossulariata, some of which 

 difcred in the form of the wings, resembling G. mela- 

 naria, in this respect ; by Mr. 1. dell, a variety of rare 

 Microlepidoptt i, recently captured at Mickleham ; by 



dr. S. Stevens, on behalf of Messrs. Wallace and Bates, 

 •Jttevery splendid Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, from 

 the river Amazon ; by Mr. Moore, various interesting 

 *epidoptf-ra, txc, from the neighbourhood of Hastin ; 

 7 -Mr. F. Smith, on behalf of the Rev. Mr. Kuper, spe- 

 cimens of the very rare Ctenicerus ca.taneus (klate- 

 ™»), captured in Monmouthshire; by Mr. F. Smith, a 

 v «rj i Qe series of Hymenoptera, including manv rare 



pecies, from the back of the Isle of Wight ; also "spec i- 



mC ^L° f l '° th BeXeB of H y taBfW P^ntaris, a > v rare bee, 

 reared from the stems of the common dock ; by Mr. s! 

 btevtBg^ specimens of an apparently distinct specie's of 

 -"Kworm. reared from e s sent to the Exhibition 

 ouiuimg m Hyde- park ; also an immense mass of insects 

 £ an kinds, whadi he had captured by th sands on long 

 m? i V ntlle Sh0re be:,wGrave ^nd,\t 5.30 p.m., on the 

 via °l g day * in a 6itnation *h«e, half- n-hour pre- 

 IwlT S rcely an insect was to be en ; am< »\st these 



ftotirrsf of Books* 



Murray 9 * Modem London (12mo, Murray, pp. 327), 



( >W country readers will be glad to know that at last 

 there is a guide through London to which they in. 

 reaso oly trust for accura , intttlligenee, and" com- 

 jdetoncbs of subject. Mr. Peter Cunningham, th 

 author of the admirable " Handbook for London," has, 

 m this little volume, looked at his difficult and compli- 

 cated subject in quite a new point of view ; to use his 

 own words, he ha ndeavoured to place himself" in the 

 position of a well informed ittide, seeking to give a 



t visiting London for the first tunc all requisite 

 information respecting lodgin , sating-hou s, places of 

 musement, c^e. ; of one whose aim it is to point out 

 those features of the metropolis best worth seeing, with 

 the way in which they may be seen to the best advan- 

 tage/' J d this attempt the author has in a great measure 

 succeeded. In a small pocket volume, beautifully 

 prin d, and illustrated with numerous maps and plans 

 perfectly adapted to the end they are to serve, a 

 stranger finds himself, after an hour's study, complete 

 master of his situation, and enabled to proceed, withoul 

 uncertainty or the chance of error, to any point in this 

 vast metropolis. Taking advantage of 'the principal 

 thoroughfares and squares by which London is inter- 

 sected or ventilated, and each of v>hieh is ingeniously 

 mapped out, Mr. Cunningham is able to i rry his 

 reader with the greatest facility from point to point, 

 leaving nothing untold that is worth telling, and omitting 

 everything that is merely interesting to the Inhabitants 

 of the metropolis. As an example of this method of 

 conducting a stranger, we give, notwithstanding tin- 

 sacrifice of some space, the following guide-plan of Fleet- 

 street. 



FLEET STREET. 



E. 





Shoe Lane, It ing to IIol-~ 



born. 



Bolt Court. — ] 

 Dr. Johnson died here. 





Crane Court — Scottish IIos — 

 pital ; Old Meeting Room 

 of Uov al Society, when Sir 

 I. Newton was President, 



[born. 



Fetter Lane, leading to Hoi — i 



Feele's Coffee-house ; News- — I 

 papers fikd here. 



— Bride Lane, leading to 



Bridewell Hospital. 



rSt. Bride's Church. Built 



by Wren. 



— To Salisbury Fquare, in 



which Richardson, the 

 novelist, lived. 



-Bouverie Street, leading to 

 Whitefriars and A'satia, 



C vrden Memoranda. 



Mr. IT. Bi V NuJ .v, Strati id.— T 3 p 

 is about half a iniK a the Stratford Station on the 



.is; n Count iee Rail v. . It lies on the side of t 

 Levtoastone Road, wl h leads to Epj g 1 rest It 



a line ru e of houses. The first is a green - 

 House about 1. tloi , containing many fine specimen 



Camellias, some of whieh stand 1 feet in height ; they 

 are ail in fme health. In addition to the large ex- 

 amples, this house also comprised a promising stock of 

 young plants, whieh are well covered with flower buds. 

 The coup </ 7 her during the blooming season must 

 be beautiful in the extreme. The next is a foreing-house, 



in whieh there wen ne plantsof the common Hydrangea, 



with charming blue flow -s, whieh were very striking. 

 Many of the best varieties of Aehinienes, such as longi- 

 flora alba, longiHora soperba, &c, were in flower here. 

 These two are both fine sor ,and ought to be in ever 

 collection. A good plant of Miltoaia spectabilis was in 



bloom in this house, along with Subralia macrantha and 

 other Orehids, UROng which were some fine plants of 



Odontoglossmn grande making kixoriaat growths; but 



the latter wc 1 t in bloom, Mn-eeed. a span- 



roofed boose, which has been built expressly for growing 

 Orehids and Ferns in, of bothef which Mr. Bunny has 

 very nice colleetions. Mr. B. has always been eel< fated 

 for his suecess in cultivating Cattleyas. He has a lino 

 stock of nearly all the sorts in cultivation. In the ssme 



house were some uood varii ite<i Orchids under bell* 



glasses. Among Ferns were Adiautum macrophylluog 

 A. trapczi forme, A. formosum, A. cuueatum, Hemionitia 

 {lalmata, Blechnum eorcovadense, Gymnogramma 

 calomelanos, the Silyer Fern and G. sulphurea, U10 

 (odd Fern, together with Conopteris vivipara, and 

 many others. Conspicuous among Lycopods were 

 Schottii,uinl»rosum,Willdenovianuin,( sium ar um # 

 circinale, plumosum, apodum, Htoioniferum, . J 11 

 the centre of the house is a piece of water for the 

 purpose of growing the dim nt kinds of aquatic 

 plants in. After leaving this range of houses, a 

 few steps lead to another range, the fn house in 

 which is a greenhouse, about 200 feet long, 111 

 which were scarlet Geraniums, beautifully in bloom, 

 together with Kalosanthes coccinea, and other showy 



things. During winter this house is tilled, with Kpacrises, 



Ericas, and other hard wooded plants. The next house 

 contained Cacti, of which there is here a capital collec- 

 tion. There are about nine other plant houses, besides 

 ranges of frames and pits. The open ground contains 

 a good stock of hardy trees and shrubs, all in a healthy 

 state. The nui sery was altogether in good order. B. £. TT r . 

 Botanic Garden, Vienna. — We are informed that A 

 fine specimen of Paulovnia imperialis is now in Rower 

 here. The tree is about 30 feet high, and has at least 

 400 flower spikes, upon each of which can be counted 

 from 15 to 40 flowers. It is truly a magnificent object. 

 If we could suce d to get a large tree to flower in 

 England, this fine plant would redeem its character. 

 The flowers quite perfume the surrounding m i-hbour- 

 heod. At Vienna, during the winter of 1849-50, tho 

 specimen which is now in flower endured a cold of 24° 

 Reaumur, or 20°- below zero of Fahrenheit. Last winter 

 was very mild, and there was no spring frost there, 

 which was of course very favourable to the development 

 of the flowers. 



Sergeants' Inn. 



Mitre Tavern. Retort of 

 Dr. Johnson and Bosweli. 





Church of St. Dunstan's in + 

 th« Wet*. Here the Fire 

 of Loudon stopped. 



Chancery Lane. Seven 

 doors up, on the left, 

 lived Izaak Walton. 



Cock Tavern. Famous for 



Stout. 



Hoars'* Banking House. 



Inner Temple Lane, leading 

 to Ten e Church : a \V. 

 corner house (now a con- 

 feciiontr'.-), Poj.e and 

 Warburto* irst met. 



Rainbow Tavern. Famous 



for 3tcu\ 



— Middle Temple Lane. 



Child's Banking House. 

 Oldest Banking House in 

 Loudon. Sue also 

 Devil Tavern. 



*»cte were several thousand specimens of a spe s of 

 uiea, <>f W htch v< ry few had previously been ool- 

 "p* ** ; the cause of this singular swarm of 



J 1 ** >■ vplicable; by MiOw ring, two specimens 

 iu e . t eIe ? a "t Plusia auriehalcea, from the nei 



iem I 



ts was 



W 



yu-uood \foi 



*■>• firant, and 



^ustrat 



,J g 



story 



, *\ «meus 01 various 

 by Mr. Stainton, s[ men 

 of a new species of Litho- 



Miscellaneous. 



Pais Oros Su rS tik Croux. — The horticulturists of 

 Paris have obtained a new kind of late Fea, which is at 

 present greatly ester iMd. It was introduced from 

 Switzerland bv If. Croux, of Villejnif, Seine. According 

 to a report upon it, by a special commisj- n of the 

 National Society of Horticulture of Paris, this new late 

 Pea, which they have named in compliment to its 

 introducer, Pois Sucre de Croux, possesses in a high 

 degree the valuable property of flowering and fruiting 

 abundantly late in autumn, and until checked by frost. 

 It is well known that other Peas sown for a very late 

 crop are apt to push long stems which flower only at the 

 tops, and produce badly tilled pods. They are, moreover, 

 very subject to mildew, and this, with even a short period 

 of drought in August, renders their produce almost 

 nothing. A new variety which appears to be free from 

 all these disadvantages must be considered an acquisi- 

 tion ; and we therefore take the earliest opportunity of 

 directing attention to it. Journal iP Horticulture Pro uc. 



Bees, — M. Raveyer announced at a late meeting of the 

 Institute of Paris, that a peasant in the neighbourhood 

 of Vezelise (department of the Meurthe) had discovered 

 thejmessis of compelling bees to swarm when he pleased, 

 of j even in the winter time. The discoverer proposed tm 

 make it ki vvn to the Institute, in the persuasion that so 

 useful a process, if approved of by so learn a body, 

 could not fail to be properly rewarded. 



The Jar I i anient Oak. — Amongst the antique specimens 

 that still adorn Slier wood Forest, there is one silvery 

 grey patriarchal trunk that, ere yon reach the ferny 

 glades, at once attracts the eye, standing in a leafy nook 

 by the roadside from Mansfield to Edwiwtown. Here 

 is a picture of Hi and death ! It is called kt The Par- 

 liament < ." Tradition says, that the First Edward 

 and his retinue were eh. the deer through the 



when a 





Temple Bar. 



The above, it must be observed, is not a copy of the 

 pn^e itself in Mr. Cmminghan 9 book, for some typo- 



phical err. \ exist there, but a sketch of the way in 

 which the streets are arranged. Accur y, however, is 

 so important, that we would recommend the whole of 

 this kind or" matter to I re> 1 before the appearance 

 of a second ition. * 



When we add that there are 1 :i ex nt ground ^ ( _ 



p is and m. of pxi! die places, incl % the best MMIiigcr arrived bearing intelligence that his Majesty 9 ^ 



"on [*«t>jects in \Yalesw6re in re It. The monarch instantly, 



■Mangled paths of this once royal chase, 



j * clue-map M which we have yet seen, either or London 



