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THE GARDENERS' CHROMCLE. 



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I WATERER'S Descriptive Catalogue of 



OlClifCAN PLANTS, CONIPEKS. ROSES &e. f for 



. nr Aatirnn, • * J 1 *** published and mny be bad on 



^JL foeloaio? two po«»M?e stamp*, to Mr. Hosea 



JSTki ip Hi ll N'u-»tt. W >king. Surrey 



SrWALOB»r-5£f^M DOUBLE HOLLYHOCKS. 



Vi LLIAM CHATER begs respectfully to inform 



\\ the public that bis Price Catalogue is now ready, and 



__!_.: — - n A**«„*> *«- Amn c *-" v - w - and vigorous 



est care is 



in packing ; also Plants gratis to recompense for long 

 Early orders will insure obtaining desired sorts, as 

 happens that some particular varieties are sold 

 _. tie end of the season. 



■hTmi * 1so a fine co ^ ection °f Rose9, PanBies, Carna- 

 Cbrf^anthemums, Ac, Ac, of which Lists may be had 

 m *~*tio n.— Saffron Walden, Sept. 13. 



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1* had df enclosing * fHfctajre stamp Strong ai 

 r.ra now ready to send out, and the grea' 



DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS. 



rr ILLI AM E. RENDLE, Plymouth, Nurseryman 



\ > and Flobist. by royal permission, to Heb Most Gracious 

 maaitt the Queen, has much pleasure in announcing that 

 as jut received a large collection of DUTCH FLOWER 

 5JwvT> in most excellent condition, from one of the first 

 *^iihments in Holland. The HYACINTHS are particularly 

 tort and handsome.— Descriptive Catalogues can be obtained, 

 JrtwDpanny stamps, on application to William E. Rendle, 

 jfansrymani Plymouth. _____ 



B\S& aotT BROWN'S Autumn Catalogue is now 

 ready, containing — 



?ait I. The New Geraniums, Fuchsias, Petunias, Verbenas, 



id other new and select Plants, at reduced prices. 



fiBT II Roses, select Evergreen and Flowering Shrubs, 

 CBabtrs. Hardy Herbaceous Plants, Ac. 



Fait III. Flower Roots, embracing splendid collections of 

 iHtDenli, Gladioli, Early and Late Tulips, Iris, Lilies, im- 

 ported Dutch Hyacinths, <fcc, _.c. 



liCopUi supplied on application, published complete with the 

 ■twipaper itamp, to go free. 



ted tod U • >r ticultural Establishment, Sudbury, Suf folk. 



Forest plants in the great exhibi- 



1 TI0!f.— The Subscribers beg to direct the notice of 

 Flanteri to their specimens of Forest Plants exhibited in 

 Clau IV., No. 1, South-west Gallery, among which are Seedling 

 ltd Transplanted native Scotch Pines, raised with roots 

 uaawally fibrous, adapted for exposed Moorland at a great 

 Altitude. The numerous premiums awarded by the Highland 

 tad Agricultural Society of Scotland for the cultivation of the 

 true native Scotch Pine, have been awarded to the Subscribers ; 

 sad their present Stock of this valuable Tree exceeds Ten 

 Millions of Plants. Priced Lists will be furnished on applica- 

 tion, and the Trade supplied at the wholesale rate. 



Johw Griooe and Co., Nurseries, Forre s, Scot land. 



G~0LIATH STRAWBERRY.^. Post-office order 

 for 55. will secure (package free) 100 strong plants of this 

 iileVited strawberry, or 12 plants, free by post, on receipt of 

 18 pottage stamps. Also Trollop's Victoria, 41. per 100, and 

 •nj of the old varieties at very low prices. The usu%l allow- 

 ance to the trade. — J as. Kitlet, Lyncomb Vale Nursery, Bath. 



Gfte ©ar&euerg' Cfit romcle* 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1851.' 



•tKVTINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



Th_»_t. Sept. 18 — National Florieultural ....2 p.m. 



C*ti?_» Show*.— Monday, Sept. 15 : Surrey Amateur Dahlia (Camber- 

 vti_~fetday, Sept. 16: Nottinr Hill Dahlia. County Meath, Hereford, 

 ail Vfchby Amateur Horticultural.— Wednesday, Sept. 17: Norwich, Mon- 

 J«e, Initol. and Taunton Horticultural.— Thursday, Sept. 18: Wycombe 

 Hartfratamu.— Friday, Sept. 19: Northampton Dahlia, and Darlington 

 ■UttdtfeanL 



h the reader would wish to know what is doing 

 in this country, in the importation of new plants, 

 he must visit Exeter. Near that ancient city lies 

 a gentle valley, forming the nursery occupied by 

 Messrs. Veitch and Son, in which alone will be 

 found more new and valuable plants than in any 

 place in Europe, with the sin£ 

 %al Botanic Garden at Kew— plants" obtained by 

 private enterprise for, commercial purposes, and not 

 Peered together by the power of a mighty Govern- 

 ***t. By means of excellent collectors 



Wthers of the name of LobbV and libera 



(two 



paia, in the West ; an 

 winces of Tenasserim, J 

 «f Malabar, in the East 



Jfitult is rath eroA «*.*« 



Pata- 



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whose leaves are much more fragrant than Sweet 

 Bay ; Embothrium coccineum, with long tufts of 

 crimson blossoms ; Eugenia apictdata and Mvrtus 

 Ugni, Chilian Myrtle-, the latter with a *fruit 

 like a purple Guava; and, finally, the rare and 

 curious Desfontainia spinosa, with the air of a Holly- 

 bush and the flower of a scarlet trumpet Honey- 

 suckle. Of this one single flower had been produced 

 upon a cutting in a pot. 



Many are the new or little known evergreen Ber- 

 berries collected here; _?. Darwinii , growing into 

 a round, glitterin . . exquisitely beautiful bush; B. 

 flexuosa, a handsome shrub, with straggling branches ; 

 B. lutea, a pretty diminutive thing ; and several other 

 species, at present undetermined. Eurybia alpina, 

 from New Zealand, here vindicates its claim to 

 hardiness, along with Escalhmia P<vppiguma $ a 

 Peruvian bush, loaded with white flowers" early in 

 the summer, and a great stiff-leaved Dracama, from 

 New Zealand, which may be Dr. indirisa. 



Nor are deciduous hardy plants less common 

 here. An Indian pal mated liuhus is loaded with 

 yellow fruit as large as an Antwerp Raspberry ; 

 great masses of a North wall are covered with the 

 scarlet perennial Tropceolum speciowm. which dis- 

 regards frost but abhors the sun ; the hairy-stemmed 

 Tropceolum Lohbianun is curling round a rough 

 stake, and decorating it with its vermilion-coloured 

 flowers; and Pama Calif yrnica, the California!] 

 Horse Chestnut, has established itself in the open 

 quarters of the nursery. Quantities of the huge 

 Indian Lilium gigantcum are hastening to prepare 

 for flowering another year, and heaps of rock work 

 are glittering with Oxalis spetiosa. 



Among plants of home origin, we ought to point 

 out the Htdera Ilagneriana, a kind of Ivy with 

 monstrous heart-shaped leaves; Cotoneasters and such 

 plants worked half-standard high on the common 

 Thorn; anoble looking Holly called Ilex alta-clerensis, 

 which seems to have some of the blood of balearica in 



it ; a handsome variety of Arbuttis A?idrac/me, catted 

 photinicefolia, and most beautiful specimens of that 

 noble Fuchsia corallina, whose origin has lately been 

 disputed, but which bears unmistakeable evidence 

 of having been derived in part from F. radicans or 

 some allied species. 



This sketch of the hardy plants that are already 

 saleable in this establishment, renders an account of 

 the tender plants less interesting for the moment. To 

 them we may return hereafter. For the present it is 

 sufficient to name among the new plants Lapageria 

 rosea, a climber from Chiloe, with very large 

 crimson blossoms, a fine new. Hoya, with long 

 leathery leaves, some most elegant Indian 

 Sonerilas with variegated foliage, a Peruvian 

 Begonia, whose leaves are one confused stain of 

 crimson, purple, green, and silver grey ; Cinchona 

 Condaminea, one of the true Peruvian bark 

 trees, a plant with a most delicious perfume, 

 now flowering for the first time in Europe ; and 

 quantities of Indian Orchids, among which the 

 D. albosanguineum stands pre-eminent. As to the 

 Orchids, no plants can exceed their health and beauty, 

 unless it be the choicest of Mr. Rucker's collection. 

 In short, turn where you will, the eye meeU nothing 

 but what is most fine and rare, in this surprising 

 collection of the Messrs. Veitch. 



Much disappointment is felt this season that the 

 crop of wall-fruit has generally failed. Last year 

 we heard the same complaints. Apricots are always 

 an uncertain crop, from the early period at which 

 the blossoms appear ; but Peaches and Nectarines, 



«open air in the fertile soil and happy climate of 

 yonstnre. Let us record a few of the species | blooming later, do not in general suffer so much. 



TOch caught our eye on a recent visit to this ' 



**1% establishment. 



jm among the ne* plants is to be mentioned 



j_T ll a r ttotptew, a most beautiful ever- 

 **** £om the Andes of Patagonia, with the aspect 



atrrr/u^kf 6 ' which H.R.H. Prince Albert has 

 E3f * k** one of his names. This tree has 

 Zr_ ior lour years in the open air, and has all the 



being as hardy as an Araucaria. 



-*™ we same country 



**Kner vj_ln_i_i,. n— 1 

 **Ul«o 



with drooping 



kfravmL of a Yew ; With the Zftocedrus 



- 7">*/7 an Arbor-vitae-like tree, having fnnr- 



JJJfered shoots ; all, we believe, exclusively in the 



t^ 0TX P f Messrs. Veitch. 

 ^ En°i^ ?'ker Evergreens, the existence of which 

 il ngiand is unsuspected, is the ereat ObUaue 



from 



^ Tree 





Patagonia 



mif ^T^' with hard, heart-shaped leaves, 

 % E^ ers lik e a Tea plant ; Casianea chrysophylla, 



P bk*m* eU Ca Wornian Chestnut ; great bushes of 

 i^^just beginning to produce their crimson 

 STr WeEB » 2 in <*es long, in the midst of hard 

 j* ^p green leaves ; Pernettj/a ciliaris, with its 

 3e|ri veen broad leaves and heaps of dull purple 

 *&d an -5° mention the other species mucronata 



m^Tr* loaded ^^ P de berries > ^y ^^ 



* ^ts ; Laurus aromatica, a Chilian evergreen, 



Large portions of the best wall in most gardens are 

 occupied with these trees, which, in a favourable 

 season, bear more fruit than most families require, 

 and in unfavourable seasons lead to the dis appoint- 

 ment now complained of. 



Let those who wish to know how this evil is to be 

 remedied refer to the third volume of the " Trans- 

 actions of the Horticultural Society," page 17, and 

 they will there find an account of a Noblesse Peach 

 tree which, in the middle of March, in the year 

 1811, was covered with glass, but there was no 

 flue to afford artificial heat. On this tree 59 dozen 

 were left to ripen, after 412 dozen had been taken 

 off to thin the crop. After that year the crop was 

 limited to 50 dozen, the Peaches weighing from 

 8 to 12 ounces each. The only attention required 

 was that of keeping the tree clear of insects. 



There is another case in which, by similar treat- 

 ment, the crop of Peaches and Nectarines never 

 fails. A frame is constructed sloping from the top 

 of the wall to the border, and sashes are put on 

 before the blossoms open, and in this way shelter is 

 given from cutting wind and night frost. By this 

 means abundance of fruit is produced from a few 

 trees, and the walls in other parts of the garden 

 are planted with choice Pears, Plums, and 

 Cherries. Now glass is so cheap, this is well worth 

 attention in this uncertain climate. The sashes, 



| when not required lor this purp« . mav be made 

 applicable to the shelter of other plants, during the 

 winter, or afford protection from autumnal rains; 

 and the table will be supplied with the finest Pears 

 and other fruit for many months, as well as an 

 abundance of Peaches and Nectarines, instead of 

 being dependent only upon an uncertain crop, which 

 lasts but one month. 



The experiment might also be tried with Apricots, 

 and some of the finest Plums. The market gardener 

 might find the advantage of it, as well as those who 

 wish to grow the finest fruit, for the supply of their 

 own table. 



If the manufacturers of greenhouses were to 

 advertise the price at which walls could be covered 

 by this means, it is more than probable they would 

 find many customers anxious to avail themselves of 

 the information here given. 



The powerful effects of parasitic fiwgi in dis- 

 turbing the ordinary growth of various plants is 

 well known. A curious instance was figured in the 

 "Journal of the Horticultural Soci< \ .f London," 

 in which the various organs of fructification of a 

 Cabbage, under the influence of Cysto/mt candidus 

 were increased to an enormous size, as lay be seen 

 from the figure, which is diminished to a third. In 

 that case, however, the relative proportions and ar- 

 rangement of the various organs remained much the 

 same, the only change consisting in an hypertrophy 

 of all the parts. 



In an instance however, now before us, in which 

 the disease is confined to a single blossom of Wal- 

 cheren Broccoli, not only is the alteration in size even 

 greater than what was observed in the former in- 

 stance, but many and curious changes have taken 

 place in the number and order of the constituent 

 organs. The ]>eduncle is greatly swollen above, and 

 though no contortion is visible, "it is clear that some 

 must have taken place, as the whole flower has 



made a quarter of a revolution round its axis the 



•epals, that is, which in the ordinary state would be 

 lateral, are now anterior and posterior ; and in the 



place of the solitary 

 stamens, which are 

 usually found in their 

 axils, are two new 

 flower stalks strongly 

 curved inwards, with 

 full sized buds. Within 

 the sepals are two 

 series of petals, each 

 consisting of 

 that to the 



three, 

 right of 

 the now anterior sepal 

 being deficient in the 

 first case, that to the 

 left in the other. In 

 the first series the 

 petals are only parti- 

 ally yellow, in the 

 second the colour is 

 fully developed, but 

 the limb of that to 

 the right of the an- 

 terior sepal is rolled 

 intoa cylindrical tube. 

 The stamens, includ- 

 ing the two transform- 

 ed ones just 

 mentioned, 



are double 

 the ordinary 

 number, the 

 interior 



c 



Diagram of flower, in which the outer circle 

 a, represents the axis of the plant. 



stamens,con- 



sisting, as 

 usual, of two 

 pairs and two 



solitary sta- 

 mens, are 

 seated on the 

 elongate d 

 base of the 

 ovary, with- 



out any connection, as far as could be traced, with 

 the petals. The remaining two pairs are, on the 

 contrary, more or less connected with the inner row 

 of petals. There is, however, so much confusion 

 about the bases of the petals and stamens as to make 

 it difficult, except in the tubular petal, and in the 

 two dislocated lateral sepals, to say to which par- 

 ticular division of the flower the individual sta- 

 men belongs. 



It seems indeed probable that the stamens of the 

 first series of petals are wholly suppressed, as also the 

 series of petals to which the internal ast of stamens, 

 which are confluent with the base of the ovary, be- 

 longs. All the anthers contain perfect pollen. As 

 regards the ovary, the increase in size is less than 

 in the other parts, but the most instructive circum- 

 stance is that the dissepiment is wanting except at 



