THE GARDENERS' CHROXK E. 



759 



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""""er and bo confident was I of success, that 1 i the Early Turnip was cwtmon in China, and had pro- 

 '-** "laid my life" on the result. However, | baUy been imported into France, whence Mr. Lawsoa 



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a 



*, < i •'■»., 



fctered YtUow ; lid, I 



Bad 



po*t 4# ritare, T) ii 1y. 



_ ■ ■ 





b 



ISe beginning of the following July, a hole was 



+ * thesis 

 be found. 



reason 



sign for the 



of this experiment is the want of a current of air 

 *■** over the ice, by means of which the super- 



1 am 



bent moist air might have been driven off 



^oneof those wh< 

 2i«pfifyingma- 

 l_ I cannot help 

 JJJeh tbeorisin on 1 

 f Do not you suspect 

 L-. iee somehow I] 



ijk y (;/ htingak ; * Can a ' I far' Nightingale Shig V 

 *--• well-meaning correspondent, " Ruricola," has, at 

 74 1 raised a curious question ; or more appro- 

 no-, he has " found a mare's nest." With 



y 



fc* 



**• gpeal 



^laudable view of attempting to correct wliat lie 



—jrines to be i an error,' he has advanced a sad error 

 rjjj",^ . an d one which cannot be too soon corrected, 

 fclarpsupon the * impossibility' of a hen nightingale 

 r Aping ! ' Let me assure him (for it is a pity that such 

 tertians should get abroad), that both I and several 

 ifier nightingale-fanciers known to me, have had hen 

 I fcW-SH^) nightingales, caught early in the season, that 

 I Lm "sung" sweetly, — not indeed with the volubility 

 4 the male, for the formation of the larynx forbids of 

 aoorse such an extent of power ; nor for any length of 

 Let us, to speak within compass, say their 

 gcttional " songs" have lasted for some 1 days after 



e cased. There are also other hen birds which 



had obtained it. — Mr. Davits also exhibi i nporiiati 

 of Elymnshordeiformisatfected with ergo 

 of Elynius canadensis with a branching spike of several 

 heads. — Mr. Stark exhibited gr wing -pecnaeas of Por 

 tuguese plants, amongst which was a beautiful species of 

 Linaria, apparently allied to L. supina or L. alpina, but 

 with large flowers of a rich purple. — At the request of 

 the President, Mr. Fortune gave some interesting in- 

 formation relative to the manufacture of Tea in China, 

 and also hi regard to the Tea plantations belonging tot lis 

 Eset India Company, in the Himalaya. — D. Oliver, Esq., 

 jun., was elected a Fellow, and six candidates were 

 proposed for election at next mooting. 







png 



fer were cagea. 



For instance, young hen robins (early in the 

 ), and hen canaries, are frequently heard to sing. 

 It is true that their song — for ' song' it is, and not their 

 all-note' — is necessarily small. If "Ruricola" will 

 it lis leisure refer to some of your earlier " Notices to 

 drrespondents," he will therein find * advice' asked on 

 lAalfof ailing canaries, which, " although Miens,' yet 

 img sweetly" TV. Kidd, New Road, Hammers Lth,Nov. 28. 



&o netted* 



Botanical of Edinburgh, Nov. 13. — The President, 



in taki the chair, alluded to the success which had 

 •tended the meetings of the Society during the bygone 

 session, the increased zeal for botany among the mem- 

 bers, and the numerous donations made to the Herba- 

 rium and Botanical Museum in Edinburgh. He urged 

 on the members the desirableness of renewing their 

 exertions this season, and he particularly invited the 

 young members to record the observations which they 

 made, and thus render them available for the purposes 

 tf science. He concluded his address by alluding to the 

 deaths which had taken place among the members of the 

 Society since last meeting, and in aft especial manner 

 referred to the labours of the late Dr. Netit, Mr. David 

 Steuart, Dr. Bromtield, Mr. James Nicol, and Mr. 

 James Cunning laB* All of these gentlemen, in their 

 different departments, had done much to forward the 

 Science of botany. Several donations to the Library 



were announced. The chairman exhi- 



FLORICULTURE. 



Qlcnmfs Garden A Imanac for 1 852. Cox, King William- 

 street, Strand. 

 This, the thirteenth annual issue, opens with a modest 

 face, the text being " Good wine needs no bush." 

 Progressof Floriculture" begins that portion of the 

 book with which our duty is most concerned ; without 

 entering into the discuss n, we wish the pi ;ress of 

 floriculture to be rapid ; that some matters aro to beset 

 right, there can be no doubt; but it is best done 1 avoid 

 ing aught that may injure the cause we all advocate* 

 There is a vigorous drilling of the Royal South London 



Floricultural Society's Committi , concluding \\ ii the 



assurance that "all is meant for the best" A strong 

 and loyal defence is given of Dahlia" King." "Showing 

 other people's Productions" is an appeal to men's feelings, 

 written in the right spirit. New Dahlias, 15 in numbei 

 are enumerated ; some of them have been already noticed 

 in our columns. < In the criticisms against the National 

 Floricultural Society, itis not our intention to ( .ninent ; 

 we are not its director. Although, Upon the whole, this 

 Almanac ventures upon less than usual, yet it will be 

 found serviceable to the inexperienced, and a good 

 remembrancer for all. /. E. 



En>rUi . . \ Olutterta \ 



Be* .fW of Burlaw!, Kfta*, Deftene* '"Hal, 



Rh Mdenbsm. uter**! Yeltow -"he w arte* 



l*fef<ht*, Tempi* of Sofa***, I**** K»pe4e«a «ta, Tiaeple 



f Sol- Vests*, and I at ; 4th, I Mr F 



Gold, l*ilo% De*\i\v. Queen flf 'n gland. eWem, 



Vttta, %teen of Bus-land, hsWWfo, UrUadn Tee Puee, 



Beans*. Phi 'las. Anni Belter, 1'eaWtK-* mm M«fee* Pfey» 



in*. Pena* . 1 he Duke. Etb The WareVn, Fonaotum, 



Pupor Ae l'Eure, end Am , 5tli, t Jimn, wltli 



The Warden iern o« r sod « oetered Yelh-w, K njr. be 

 Warder Campeefroni, Q n of Eogltod, Ly*ie#. Miners 



ydenhern. The Duke. T wrv-ooloured Incurs. Tb« nave, 

 Lxtias, Beaut v, Veeta, Not par mom, Chrktlae esta» 



r'upont de l'Eure, Foimonam. «l*red Yellow, and rV Kono 

 SHI, to Mr. Merry, with Kin; ^neaa of Hadrian". Oetiath, 

 Golden Cluttered, Kin*; Qurtn 01 KSfland, Uohah, O i ld w i 

 Clustered, Beauty, ?» >■ Marie, Oem, V 4t t Gem, 



ieiiuty, Jenny Liod, Dupont de J'Eure, Sydenham. Ptflanoa. 

 The Ihike. PormoBum, Dups»«t da l'Eure, Anuia Sailer, and 



aWdeaham. 



hlooma, dJttoct TsHeMe» : 1 a Mr 



Taylor, with Go Kin*, Beauty, 



P 



* civ 



4 



Yellow, < I feifrand, P<>rS»*un Madame I* de % io 



Nono, Duchatae d'Abrasaaa. end DeSaooa ; id, to Mr. J a diss. 

 with l-nhath, Kins, Qusas of BsfUmi, LpiD*. Nuspsrsll, 

 lKtered Yellow, C hruune, Peflance, Vrata, « *<*• i'Eure, 



For m, and STdenham ; 3d. to Mr. Bembf, ^»'h Madams 



fhauviore, rrinsats MaHe |neaai ol Bi afJS«S MIS'. 



Pilot, Maname Hardv, G« it»v Orls«do. henutt, * 

 Yellow, Dupont da 1 ura, aod The DuW* ; esb. to Mr. 

 i„i withwolUth, Pilot, Quet-n of ESfJai "•*•• 



Beautv, The Warden, < ttatrnd > hm, Tw «i liw 



carved, Sydenham, The Puk*. irnd Pupsst de l*Msr P ; :>tf*. to 

 Mr. • Wfh, with Cloth of Os4d, Madame CM**' ^f» 

 Cluttered Yellow, Tha Wsrdra, Prftatict GsiiUum- 

 Pilot, PMMMsa, A » Salter, The oke. a e»« Marts; 



6th, to Mr. Ittecoa, wttw Hessif. P- 1»» « Kiujr. P» ( *!5 



of <.old, CAma*«tr« Form oa urn Madaaas I ki, ▼eetaa, AasaS 



r. SI irl«V 

 tittersd 





bited a specimen of the fruit of Tomato, in w/hich five 

 separate succulent carpels were included within a single 

 fruit, an appearance similar to what is frequently exhi- 

 bited in the Orange. He also produced examples of 

 Zosteranana, from the shore of the river Blyth, in 

 Northumberland, which had been sent by Mr. Storey, of 

 Newcastle, for the Society's Herbarium.— Mr. G. Law- 

 eon exhibited a fresh specimen of the immature fruit of 

 Victoria Regia, grown in the Stove Aquarium at the 

 Garden of the Royal Botanic Society of London, Regent's 

 P»rk. The following papers were read. — 1. On the 

 Gulf Weed (Sargassum bacciferum.) By S. Mossman, 

 H 2. On the Correspondence between the A ngles formed 

 *J the Veins of the Leaves and those formed by the 

 Brandies of the Stem. By Mr. William Mitchell, Edzeli. 

 Communicated by the Rev. Dr. M'Cosh. These, more 

 •pecially the latter, being very long, will be given, 

 • soon as room can be afforded them, in another part 

 °f this paper. 3. On Fossil Woods from Antigua an> 

 Australia. By R. Bryson, Esq.— Mr. Bryson exhibited 

 •samples of silicitied woods from Antigua aad Australia. 

 The former being both exogenous and endogenous, while 

 A* latter were coniferous. Some of the specimens were 

 *tout a foot in diameter, and were beautifully polished 

 ty Mr. Young. Mr. B. made some remarks on the pro- 

 fess of silicitication, and pointed out the difference of 

 appearance presented by the woods. Some were com- 

 Pktely opalised and hard throughout ; others had por- 

 tions either extenal or internal, which were less com- 

 pletely silicified, and in a friable state. In this latter 

 •tote the Australian woods showed the coniferous struc- 

 ta*, while the opalised forms did not show discs under 



the microscope. Mr. Anderson showed several fossil 



Ws from the tertiary formation, belonging to 

 dicotyledonous plants.— Mr. J. B. Davies produced the 

 following specimens from Mr. Lawson, jun., who re- 

 marked, in a letter accompanying them, " I send a few 

 deities which may perhaps be interesting. Some new 

 ^rieties of curiously-marked Kidney Beans from Por- 

 *?g*l ; Tea grown in Portugal ; also Turmeric root ; new 

 Tu nupa and Radish from France, the white variety is 

 ** earliest I have ever heard of, being ready in three 



a 



*eekg, „, 



W canadensis,""showing very abundant foliage at this 

 **■» ; this Grass has been long known to botanists, but 



Stoke >ettih 



In our last we only recorded the uames of the lucceuuil ex- 

 hibitors, promising that a more extended report ahoo 11 follow; 

 we, there* e, proceed to redeem our i»romi*e. Fire year* 

 nnce Mr. James. Mr. Holmes, and some law friend*. v<ntnr#d 

 the establishment orf a tiower show in ■• dreary dark November," 

 a month especially unfavourable for such mi ings ; yet, in 

 the face of numerous disadvantages, our « hrysauuVmum 

 friends had no fear, they knew tfc c inabilities f the flower 

 tbevbad pledged to footer, they foresaw that a flower-loving 

 public muit appreciate even the eil»rt made to d i the 

 ffloom by which Nature's lace at that time is surrounded. To 

 such attention, therefore, our rwrotiriie flower, which cheats 

 the winter of haaf its dreariness, owes much of Its present per- 

 fection and beauty. Tbe meeting, some account of winch we 

 are now about to Rive, far surpassed the •an?alae expecta- 

 tions of even its most enthusiastic so v porters ; plants and 

 cut blooms bein* all they could pnrnibi j have desired. 



Clave I. Single specimen plantu, growu with one stem only : 

 Vafc to Mr. Scruby, with Defiance; 2d, to Mr. -undoi with 

 Madame Camerson ; 3d, to Mr. ElUott wi'h P Hieie 



Plants were truly examples of the very highest cauvadon-- 

 rom a fingie stem, some inches clear abo*e the p^t. the 

 laterals bad started; these again and again feathered, an ttt 

 as a whole, plants, some 4 to 5 feet high and 15 to 13 feet in 

 circumference, were the result. They were amirty: far ntshsd 

 wi th foliage-plump, healthy, and porous. The O^ers on 

 the specimens could not have numbered lest than 3^0, and 

 of these there were scores tit for exhibition as single hi iup 

 bo that floral profusion had not detracted from "i""*"' 

 nuaKty. Specimens such as these placed side b tide, had a 

 charming eff ct-the first was white, the second reddteh 

 crimson, and the third a deep rose ; these plant*, with one or 

 two duplicates, occupied a raised platform, tilling one side of 

 the room. Immediately in the front, but standing on the 

 floor, were arranged tour specimens for the pmes offered by 

 Mr Bird: these were contributed by Mr. Scrn^r ; the sorts 

 were Pilot, V.sta, Clustered Yellow, and Annie Salter. They 

 were in 11-inch pots, and were capital specimens of good 



™ Class ]! 11 8fx pots of distinct varieties, size not exceeding 

 11 inches there being no limit to the numoer of plants in a 

 not. Four colleciionsresponded to the invitation. They came 



from Messrs. Holmes, Elliott, Scrub* and James. All* 

 h'bited the application of much skill. Mr. Holmes and Mr. 

 SUtott were placed equal first. Mr. Ho meV. six plan . were 

 only some 2 to 3 feet high, while Mr B t's were fromMj 

 6 feet • both collections possessing, however, many qualifica- 

 tions which constitute perfect specuxiens-vw heal thy, c lean, 

 fuTvrell flowered, and ju- J varied Mr. Holme* staged 



Annio»elter, Queen of England, and Madame Camerson. as 

 the back row, wi^h Vesta, 1' lot, and Defiance for the front, 

 Mr Ftlmtt arranged Vesta, Ma lame Camerson, Annie Salter 

 Madame Po^ Pilot, and Minerva ; M, to Mr Scruby, m«b 

 Madame Camerson, Annie Salter, Defiant, Lucnlum, Pilot, 

 and Lniai MrTTames produced Veata, Madame Camerson, 

 Defiance General Negrier, Annie Salur, and Madame Poggi. 

 This "fou ■ cnlleotion/occnpied two .i^es of t he room m Rouble 

 I Unes, and with the single specimen. .already allied t. pro- 

 rf.wpd alt eether a moat charmuip effect. !so aomiramj wm 

 Jach coYl iion arranged, and so kind;, did each ufattanr .tad, 

 his neighbour's inerest, that we dare not ailow the circum- 



'* Tbe c^rflUerr^Van^ on two long table, ; to the 



r Jht the tweoTr-foura and sixes, to the left the twelves and 

 sixes • and aUho J u«h there was hull space to spare, each col- 

 lection found ample room. The total number of collect .n. 



Z~A for romoetition was 36, and when we state that in 

 sta^d^ c'-mpetmon , ^ ^^ ns&i< 



SidefrnTy be '^rmeloTthe tout e^mtU. We can further 

 add Jhlt of the 508 blooms so exhibited, there were many 

 who'se ctrcumference exceeded JOinches; ye Dahha growers, 

 think of that! •no'-e than 6 inches in diameter 



Class III. embraced 24 cut blooms ot not _len i than l. at 

 tinct varieties, nor more than two blooms _f *»1™° T ™^ 

 Mr. Taylor, who delivered a lecture on the culture or tne 



Chrysanthemum for cut flower* a full "^''//j^tuchnS 

 lished at p. 151 of our present volume, ju.t.fled ithe .n *trncUonj 

 „e so ably aovauced by receWmg the firs t]g»j£ *° 

 were staged in three rows of etgbt, tne *"' ■" » Heaut' 



King Campestroni, Queen of England. King, B 'l'» th j"£££ 

 Queen of England. Racine. Pbydwa. P»« »« no »e h-nc^ 

 Golden Clustered, Pb^Jia*. DeBance, Un *"'~ J •& So 

 raosum. Sydenham Cyclop,, G^'^^slr hv withMadame 

 Nono. Piutus, and Sydenham: U, to Mr. Scrub? , witnMaoamo 



a ■ Ml 



Yellow, aVe, King, Orion, Dinanca, t ilaa, Annie 

 "oiase V. 8ixcut blootna, dleilnaa illHHal : 1 . to U. Saadea. 



v.»n aba wiilH.nli.'ith, i)\\wu <>( V.t ^la . lV!i:.no\ Hrmity, 



he Duke, and AnMidsa ; 'id, to Mr. «rmby f wHb PHncKM 

 Marie, The Dnke, Otnettred V^lJow, ^ *<h. H and 



I vmuh ; :;d, t<» Mr. Croats**, srlth n**my t <&mn af «f l *f^ 



Pilot, King, Clattered Y< Now, ^» L 4,h 'i? U JL} m} ^ 



with King Besutv. Clustered Yellow, Pi.fdliN. The IJnV and 



,fiance ; . to Mr. O. >mul, with Campfatrontt, ®^^ # 

 Dertaawe, ien Clustered. Queen of hnglsi J 7 • 



th, t Mr. Blscoe, ^ >th L>mss, 1 irdeii, iMaotj. l**dias, 



...lfcath, and Duj. de TEur. ; ah. to Mr. lUs 

 ■leant*/ C*. ps, King, The Duke V Has r 'f«^um; 

 toC.V. Luchner, atoq.. with Chris ■ .nd«. **** of 



ft r Vi 



EnltUnd' Vhe Dnke.' Warden, and (J ist»r«l. 



Class vi Six cut Wooms. dihtlwt vari. 4M« for by 



mensbrrs who bsd never taken a P*i» 'or . u» Wo—as: 1st. to 

 Mr. H««nn, with 1 '• «» f England, IteHuty, Tbo 



uke. Oolden rin.tered aad l>.-fia< ♦ Mr. SM. Id. with 



Kale Salter, Km, Ueantj fha Doha, C neyeA Tj ketfj* 

 Kormosum • 3d, to Mr VillUms, with Orlaad « 1" h .,) I, 

 Beau^, C«n\p^tn>«il. Sydenham, and Th k*j «», tn Mr 

 abridge, with Ma.lan,e Chtnviere. KtB(t. Annto »alUr 

 l'h d aT <*«een of England, and .urn. fts»< prtw 



rarietles : 1st, to MT. Taylor, with Matguente d'AnJo... t-luck 



rieur do Maria, and Madam, d* mu : *>. " Mr. O. 



8, For*C plants of Pompons : 1st, to Mr. Ta,I< s Mi\ 



James. onectlon. no! fo competitl were eo. rbuted b, 

 irJLrs -handler. Wandsworth, and b Mr. Salter. Hsmiaa* 



■**. ,,!_'.-; l 11 I^im. The mot lis MMt 



umith ; the latter 

 were, 1'iquillo. I 



V'ongel 



1 irop, 



Mr. Batten was also a con'.ri- u'"r. 



.inity 



. now finislMd *ttr repm, « ■ t»aa m». w"r. 



r annonnnlng that a five guinoa Silver ' -.lsi«srt« 

 for MX Plants at the show in 1 i. This the gin of an , car 

 o the Nocety. This indoced another of . a f;VK'» n 5» 



Cup far 2* blooms at tn« same fh-w *» *• J»"^ j» 

 trMSurer Buth these prtxes are to I in lieu of ttJe Society's 

 aoney prizes, whereby its fund, will be s* ad •'•"»e £* 

 finals Other Silver Cups are In cont. I ther, 



Mr Suiter signified his iiten*lw of « m far new 



flowers The inducements, th efore, in Ota year IMS I Will 

 ST^rJit. The receipt, at .he door this je.r '«""««»,•• 

 oter "l., and this for one flower ! On account of so ala 



murti the prteas were of greater vel. »" a».y.W*«f» 



JIZa J It it but just to .rata that durit «ie.n f every 



rlafmant was faUy pa.d. W« have ooh » add tb* a» t*. 

 a n ™ at the Boob ter Castle In Ox evening, where we brf 

 fhe honour of , reading, the greatest harm y preva.led, and 

 that there was a fall meeting. ./. » 



E»nmraon : C 7 «M acarr bellevaits t»«*n««f"«»- 



Yourj ttlngswili W acceptable. J. t- -« «• »aoy asanas 

 tar the enumera n. J. E. ^^. . 



Olad.ou : J Speed. The following we k w to bo gnod. and 

 are we bel^ - •. in the trade ; net ,o xh rodn I and 

 S^dad at the National Pi ieultural Soc ie^; •*] «-' 

 7o faTa. we know, la private hand.-the ratoer ■ X* 

 rrST-X-moS.. Dr. L-ndky. General C,v ^ C«frt 

 V wK.Insignl. O-ar,!' ,« A1 b. i.iean c.^na, 



Mr Robert Peel. Van OaRern, ▼^«""»: ^ hHr **1 



luftous aad K^a Muodi. Qa» fa *l wM. <md *»jr«i tidwi 

 Tr»" - Oandaveneis, O. amabil.s. «. .plendeus, ». Due 

 d'l el. Psittacinus sanguineus, Brencbleyen.ts, V nidi., and 



teSaffr^Sf/ra] mm* The w-*" f* r*r.»y. 



Parll*. were-«rapes. BrieM, Heltotrope (Oom). and BOi- 



.S^JKT.X't vafuablefor top-dressing y arly so^tner ; 

 protection from exre.sive wet is desirable ; I rosea through, 



V.™*? V 7lt UigW, important, and in rtrictest confidence. 



J.E. 



Miscellaneous- 



,« l 1P en nnnomted ProiBMOrof J»»ny 





• — > -uio U I itTO kit*** wvva« - VM © , ' . 



^ere seems great difficulty in making our agriculturaJ 

 ^ends believe in its value ; Isatis Indigotica, afl employed 

 ^ China for dyeing Tea." 





Chaueiere, Beauty, Queen of England Mjri BaK 

 Hardy, liiando. Maname Hardy Queen of ^** n °> 

 Dnkel Pilot Defiance, Madame Chauriere, Clante^a Y« 



Madame 



The 



♦ How, 



in the Medical Sch 1 of Aaucy. LnirU 



m n* To o Dueasc. - Of the a tmoa|. ric >"«™™£ 

 bve-eone aM we have no other reeord than » afforded 

 TZ emSsof the animals of tl p«.od. These 

 mos tlv I e«ed a powerful crushi * .nasticatvng 

 alTaiito, which enable! ihem t uh-ei n brancWf 

 trees ; 1 ilst in those of later da 

 racters progressively partaking » 

 present clasp, which fee<" 



nitrogenous property. 



thSre, be J^ppoeed to h£j unuergou. .•j-j. ^ 

 culated to produce these results , an i i 

 remembrance that, when a boy in ^ - uature 

 a- P^o+n, «raa tnULllv different to the root now 



f the 



a 



The 'vegetable kingdom may 



raised 



Phidias 



