

THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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was the gun-boat, as harmless a looking object as 

 lS well be imagined, lying low in the water, and 

 f**L f or a moment attracting the attention of any of 

 Sadevoted birds, who appeared to be perfectly at their 

 lL and in the full enjoyment of repose and plenty 

 ( T their lona; and stormy voyage. The brent geese 

 i the widgeons were preening their feathers, while 

 Jko scaup and tufted ducks were continually diving, or 

 jr^piB" their wings on their return to the surface before 

 5y a^ain plunged to the bottom. The swans were 

 -Uo feeding, but m a different maimer * ~ :aU xK ~ : ~ 1 



home," a nice ball of earth is secured, and the plants 

 never ex rience the slightest :irm from the shift 

 This periodical lifting a. replanting is extended to a! 

 the Conifer tribe in Mr. Young's nursery, so that 

 Spruce and other Firs 10 and " 15 feet high can be 

 transplanted with the greatest safety, a circumstanc 

 of much value in planting for immediate effet in 

 forming screens, and in shutting out unsightl object? 

 Under the treatment just described, Pinus patula, one of 

 the very handsomest of the Mexican species, and tend in 



. , most places, is found to stand the winter well, unprotec 1 



-^ they explored the surface of the mud beneath, in any way ; indeed, Mr. Y. finds that such soi , in 

 there* to judge from their perseverance and the number moderately exposed situations, where winds sweep off 

 f tails that appeared at the same moment directed all stagnant damp, succeed much more satisfactory] 



inwards, they must have discovered something well ; than in low ground, where moisture hangs long it 

 ■r . ., ... __i_x_ t _u -i_„ j.-.^ :-i. r i t j ieir ] eaves# j n proo f f tj,} Sj j n tolerably elevated and 



open places, the Cryptomeria and Taxodium semper- 

 virens maintain their green colour unini] ired tliroi h- 

 out the winter. The former, artificially fertili d, 

 ripens fruit in abundance here ; a I we believe that 

 Mr. Young was the first to raise plants in this countn 

 from home-matured seeds. The same thing is, how- 

 ever, stated to have been effected at the late Lord 

 Harrington's, at Elvaston, and perhaps at other places. 

 Among a host of Junipers, Cypresses, and other 

 plants, we remarked nice examples of Finns pvrenaica, 



whose bright yellow bark, seen occasionally through the 

 green foliage, is not unornamental, and it is as hardy as 

 a Scotch Fir. It is therefore l good kind for exposed 

 situations. P. Sabiniana, Webbiana, Montezuma?, 

 Hartwegii, Teocote, longifolia, Russelliana, monticola, 

 nobilis, Nordmanniana, and all the finer kinds an 

 cultivated here, and are generally ^ood sized plants, 

 beautifully furnished with branches on all sides. 

 Deodars and Araucarias are abundant and of all 



..— 





tuuuMs. Medusa, Cloth 



V 





■Jited to their palates. I could also distinguish some of 

 tke less common species of anatidse, among which the 

 jaales of the smew and the golden-eye were conspicuous 

 ja their pied plumage. The sooty coter too was there, 

 hot foraging by himself apart from the main body. All 

 this time their concealed enemy was gradually lessening 

 the distance between them and himself. Slowly and 

 stealthily did he advance, nearer and nearer, until at 

 fcst I expected every instant to hear the roar of the 

 gtinchion-gun, and fancied that he must be excessively 

 dilatory or over-cautious, as minute after minute elapsed 

 without the report reaching my ears. At last a bird 

 rose from the crowd and flew directly towards me. I 

 saw that it would pass tolerably near, and when in a few 

 seconds afterwards I perceived that it was a male 



I almost forgot the 



I 



was enacting 



golden-eye within 30 yards of me, 

 important — though as yet passive — part 

 in the scene, and as I instinctively grasped my double- 

 gun and raised the hammer, I felt tempted to pull the 

 triirser. Prudence, however, prevailed, and I followed 



the example of my sagacious dog, who lay crouched at 

 my side without moving a muscle of his limbs. He had 

 seen the bird as well as myself, and his quick eye had 

 detected my hasty movement, but his attention was 

 again directed to the main body of water-fowl, several 

 of which had at length taken alarm and were rising, 

 one by one, from the water. It was an anxious moment. 

 The swans were still there, but they had ceased to feed ; 

 their heads were turned towards me, and I soon per- 

 ceived that the entire flotilla had gradually approached 



some of the former are splendid specimens, and their 

 grey aspect strikingly contrasts with the deep green of 

 the majority of the Pines with which they are inter- 

 mingled, more especially with that most inter* .-ting of 

 all the tribe P. insignis, whose lively appearance is so 

 charming in the depth of winter. Indeed, so vi 



mtn Vestn. .M* 

 Gold, am! i 



C-*»« *-' if* Ur. I ewlt, with 



Pilot, Madam* I erst alter, Vista, I I rra, and 



1 Mar au ., to Mr. Bono n t old, Qaeec 



t. Fern ira, &c. 



III. Twelve bloc - : lit, to Mr. Jamas, wflh Qnaen of 

 England, K Qol J *, Ciui w, Defiauoa, 



Christine, The Duke, D le V Imjarial; Jd, to 



Mr. Tayi . with Golden tins -ed, King, i.jaeen <& England, 

 Beau hidias, Detinue**, Ne plat tttra, The Wardac, 



^jdenham, I'lutus, Pjo No , mid Punaoasun id, to Mi 



Hutton, with Phidias, Quoen of I rland, The ike, Rabelais, 

 Golden Clustered, The Warden. Kinjr, IHfiai ce, Yetta - F<m\. 

 mosura, Beauty, and Bupont del'Eura; E. snderaon. 

 set up Queen of En ind, Beauty-, Denanoe f King, Q 



Clustered, Goliath, TampU *8olamon, The W arden, Aristidaf, 

 Vesta, Barbarosn and Imperial **"•* 



lass IV. Six varieties iu 11-inch pors. Nurserymen: 1st, 

 to Mr. G. Smith, with Napoleon, the DuVe, .Namati*. Pilot, 

 Annie Salter, and Defiance ; 2d, t*> Mr. Back, with asta,C«nw 

 pestroni, Formoium, Queea of land, Annie Salter, and 

 Defiance; 3d, Mr. Batten, wit Madame Cameroon, Pilot, 

 Belle de Versailles, Christine, The Warden, wmd Mount Etna* 



Claas V. Six varieties in a*h pots : 1st, to Mr. G. 

 •rith Nonpareil. Amifl Salter, the Duke. I ', Delianoe, 

 Belle do Versailles ; 1, to Mr. 1 . with uttered Vellow, 

 Pilot, Defiance, Campestronl* Annie SalSar. and Madame 



PotrgL 



Class VI. Twelve blooms: li Mr. sierry, u . ■ h Ouaianme 

 Tell, Queen c? England, be Duke, Klap, GolUfc, Hildias, 

 Clustered Yellow, Oer Formosum, Dupont < ■ Lure, DeitAOe, 

 and no obo: Jd, to Mr. O. .Smith, wftk fbe Warden, 

 Madame Chauwere, V*u of Bet land, C sn a s er ad Vellow 

 Annie Salter, < riitiue, Polycldtt, Vesti ^j>ulns, Flildla* 



Defiance, and Pt rivi* :m<'. -WMVl 



Class VIII. Open. !■ i*tinet Anemon >f& rarietlat 



1st, to Mr. Taylor, with Madame de (* ucd « r— q , MarfueriSe 

 d'Aniou, !•' leur de Marie, Kanoy de Seroiat. and Gluck ; 2d > 

 Mr. §. nith, with Fleurde Msric, I >i>a?r; .luck, Madame 

 doG< kreau. ancy d< . rmet, and Mar d'Anjou. 



Class X. (Kxtra Prizes.) Io maiden eaniUilere, n^ Mr. O. 

 SmiUi : 1st, to Mr. R. Waters, with The Warden, CsoHi Of 

 Gold, Jenny Lind, Sydenliam, Rabelais, and Veste. 



Class XI." Mr. stcln. for three white and three yellow 

 Anemone flowers: 1st, to Mr. Jemes, with three blooms 

 Fleur dc Marie, and Gluck. Q 





nearer to me. Now or never, thought I. I glanced 



rapidly at the advancing gun-boat— almost at the same 

 instant a small puff of smoke issued from its further 

 extremity, succeeded by a pigmy report, and up rose 

 the entire host of water-fowl— swans and all — the snow- 

 white plumage of the hoopers standing out in bold relief 

 against the murky sky. Then a huge volume of smoke 

 and a bright name burst from the prow, followed by the 

 thunder of the great gun itself — off at last ! — and as it 

 cleared a passage through the winged mass between us, 

 several of the motley crowd fell to rise no more ; almost 

 at the same instant the head and shoulders of a man 

 were protruded from a covering of sea-weed, tinder 

 which he had hitherto been concealed, and the next 

 moment he was vigorously plying his paddles in all the 

 excitement of a regular cripple chase. My turn had 

 at length arrived ; restraining the ardour of my dog, 

 who only waited for a word to take an active share in 

 the pursuit, I turned my attention to a detachment 

 of swans, about five in number, which had appa- 

 rently escaped unhurt, and after wheeling once 

 or twice over the bodies of their dead com- 



ascending 



trumpet-like 

 and 



near in g 



panions, uttering all the time their 

 notes, were now gradually 



my place of concealment. On they came, but suddenly 

 their leader seemed to have discovered my position, and 

 veered round in an opposite direction, followed by all 

 except one, who, as he was passing overhead, fell a 

 victim to my long gun. A brent goose almost at the 

 same instant passed on the other side, and afforded an 

 «asy mark for the first barrel of my heavy double, while 

 Ae second was discharged at a venture, but ineffectually, 

 at a party of pochards— the last detachment of the 

 fugitives, as they hurried back once more to the tem- 

 pestuous but less treacherous waters of the channel." 



are the colours of Conifers, that by exercising a little 

 skill in planting them, great variety and effect may be 

 produced by this description of plant alone. Mr. Young 

 has attempted to illustrate this as far as he can by 

 planting them in wide borders by the sides of his walks 

 in what he calls the ornamental department of his 

 nursery. Of the Yew tribe he has an immense stock, 

 both in the shape of single specimens and hedge plants, 

 and, as we [have stated, these together with every other 

 kind of plant in his establishment, are all lifted and 

 replanted every three years or so, in order that no 

 deaths may occur when they are sold and sent to other 



places. 



The stock in this nursery being all of a hardy kind, 

 few glass houses are required ; nevertheless, there are 

 some, and one of these, a long span-roofed erection, is 

 used for wintering young plants of the i iderer Coni- 

 fers. In this house, which is furnished with a bed in 

 the middle, and shelves up either side, was a large 

 stock of the Funereal Cypress (Cupreous funebris). 

 Plants of Libocedrus chilen .a large tree from moun- 

 tains in the south of Chili, was also here, together with 

 the New Zealand L. Doniaua, the former being the 

 handsomer of the two. 



ClatiXU. r.yilr. Ki^fcj tor *\z pianu Tompoat "ir??*?^ 

 T >r, with P'iquMo, L . Fiar.cie, ])aph *, Lc Nalti, Mb«, IA 

 .loupleur, and Eliia. Mr. Jamet and Mr. Batten alio exhibit** 



in this claM. _ __ ■«***»»- 



Claw III. Hy Mr. Back, for a tingle btaWftt lit, to Mr. 



James, with Queen of KnKltmi. t ^ 



Claw XIV. Hy Mr. AtKirit, for three bloom t of yellow : lit, «0 

 Mr. Jamei, with Clustered Vellow. This prltc wai at flrtt 

 awarded to Mr. TaYlor, fur three nice V but it wat . aft 



wards withdrawn, on account of hit not htTin* «M»pM* *w 

 the reaulations. -- - 



Class XV. By Mr. Atkint, for three blooma of white . 1st, to 



Mr. Taylor, with Defiance. . i *. 



Class? By Mr. ievan, for the belt fpeeiflNB vlant. 



1st, to Mr. Jam** with Pi!*. m m - ,_ ^ § J m 



■ 



Garden Memoranda. 



Mr. Young's Nursery, Milford. — The beauty of 

 &e better sorts of Conifers, both in summer and winter, 

 has led to their liberal introduction into private esta- 

 blishments, not only in England, but also in Scotland and 

 Ireland ; and this has induced nurserymen to pay more 

 than usual attention to their cultivation. Mr. Young, 

 foreseeing the demand which was likely to arise for this 

 interesting tribe of plants, was among the earliest to 

 devote a portion of his nursery to this description of 

 stock, and the result is, that in few places is to be found 

 So fine or varied a collection as he has got at present at 

 Gilford* Situated rather high, in the pure air of 

 the finely undulated country in the neighbourhood 

 °f Guildford, and with a light loamy soil lying 

 °a sand-stone, these plants grow with a vigour and 

 Wuty which is uncommon to them in less favoured 

 localities. Here some of the more tender and beautiful 

 of the Mexican Pines endure the rigour of the winter's 

 frost unscathed ; but this is to be attributed, in no small 

 ^gree, to Mr. Young's judicious management, in care- 

 fr% watching and checking luxuriant and late growths. 

 Whenever he perceives that such are likely to occur 

 te moves the plant early in autumn, which has the 

 *8ect of stopping its luxuriance, and of giving the shoots 

 a chance of ripening and hardening before unfavourable 

 weather sets in. In addition to this advantage they can 

 ^ moved and transplanted with facility, and without 

 tear of loss at any time. Their roots being so near " at 



But it is not Coniferous plants alone for which Mr. 

 Young's nursery is famous. Occupying an extent of 

 20 acres, he grows all kinds of forest and fruit tree 

 Quick, and other hardy stock, all of which is especially 

 cared for, and is in excellent condition. Among other 

 trees of an ornamental character we remarked fine ex- 

 amples of what is called the new Lucombe or Oxford Oak, 

 a sort that is perfectly evergreen, while the old Lucombe 

 Oak is not. In addition to these there were several 

 new evergreen Oaks, not trees, but spreading bush«s 

 raised from seeds given to Mr. Young by P. B, Webb, 

 Esq. These may prove valuable for planting anion l: 

 rocks, and for skirting the margins of clumps, .c. A 

 new broad-leaved Laurustinus, some remarkable Hollies, 

 and the Ivy called Hedera Raegneriana, are also worthy 

 of mention. The latter, from the large size of its heart- 

 shaped leaves, will be found useful for many purposes, 



and very ornamental. 



» After what has been stated, we need hardly say that a 

 visit to this nursery cannot fail to be productive both of 

 pleasure andprofit,more especially to those about to plant ; 

 for here good sized specimens afford some idea of the 



dM.ioo., viz., y«llow. white, light and dark: rtwrtl .to 

 Mr. Taylor, with VI u tun ; - \ to Mr. 1 iner, ■», h < '« 



Yeilow ; U, to Mr. Whner, with Annie SjJUr i »e« "bit to 

 Mr. Locbner, with ) lance ; 2d, to Mr. Jmmt», <***» : *fc £ 

 Mr. Lochner, ditto : be»t light, to Mr. Locbmr. * C toe 

 2d, to Mr. Tajlor, wl( King; 3d, to Mr. *•%*>?* ™*« 

 England : best dark, l.t, to Mr. .lame?, wtlb I****. *>• to 



Mr?!**.", with Pi \ T «no;8d,. , C, !T'T"!L tl „ 



ChvsXVlII .By Mr. Locbu* or m. * wing Anemone 



flowers i.. two d ion. : beit low, t Mr 6. BmlA.with 

 Gluck ; -d, d, ., ditto i 3d, to Mr. Lochner, . tto ■ . be»t 1 gbt, 

 l.t, to Mr. O. Smith, with Fleur de Marie; 2d, ditto, ditto, 

 3d, ditto. Madame deO'r.iereau. , 



GUm XIX. By Meiars. Jame« aod Bevan, for the _ltt, -d 

 and 3d best flower), to be selected by the censors^ f™mt^ 

 entire exhibition. 1 he first award was made to E. 8aod*rMn, 

 Esq., for a bloom of Bwuty. b«Ug the .. i AowrM 

 enumeraf d in the 12 blooms in Class III. ; tb wa. the pride 

 of the exhibition; 2d, to r James, with ^y si a 8. the >0. * 

 flower in the first stand of Class 1 1 ; 3d, to Mr. Tajior, tor 

 a flower of Defiance shown in Class X\ . -Tli.J 



Collections of plants and cat tiowt .,-. ™™'Wly «ntn U aU« 



by Mr. Salter, Mr. B. G. Heudcwoo, M «[; ^"' S**£ 

 McEwan ; an extremely well grown and a ^ , f nd n Bn % b l £?5; 

 Epiphjllom truncatum was staged by Mr. htem. »""°«T «• 

 e/ening the prises were handed to the re.pect.re «»■»■ «. «« 

 the Hon. Sec, C. . lochner, E«q., announoed, after wa«t 

 Of all claims, that there would be a balance i b hand. «e 

 extra pri zes were announ red by Mr alt er for ne ****"£' J -*~ 

 Noxwich A'ou. 2r..— The umal Chryaanthemum bbow waa 

 heWon" WednTday, 'the 20th «lt il any of the ^^ 

 cially the collection of 12, exhth.ted by the Rev ' .Lac m. 

 were very beautifally R^own tat the bloom, were^not we 



think, quite so Urge as usual. The following M_ ***™*J" 



awS. q 13 varieties : l.t, to Rev. S. B''™^""^^ 

 Queen, Satyr, Madame Hardy, Jenny Lind, IU cuba, IJeaance, 



S'of England, Nonpareil, The ""^^^SK 

 Annie Salter, Pliydlae, teen of \ gll °7!;^ to l n J! | T^tl 



Uueham de Moutal, Vesta, Pilot, ^"^ h \ d fe*S«ur!«, 

 JJapoleon; 2d, to J. Gordon, Esq.. with The Duke, Saturn e. 



P^ot,^ Mad^Chaurre-r; ; 3d toR. Cta-JjlU , ££, 



Salter, Vefta, Ducheite de McmtftbeHo , »«J <^^ *™»^ 

 Clustered TeUow, Lueidum, Minerva Lj n as, 



end F ieur 



ior ncre j^uuva a»*.cvx o F wwuvu U «-^ . jj arT ' w ith Minerva, Merit, Eclipse, <iueen o.i^- 



kind of effect large plants of the sortslikely to be wanted Beiaty^Memnon^Ma^ame^oa^, ^££££3* 

 make. It is easily reached by the S 

 way to Woking, and thence by loop 

 which is within two miles of Milford. 



Salte 



Pogg'i, Empress, Madame CbauvWrfc 



Pilot, 



FLORICULTURE. 



National Flobicultukal Society, Dec. 4.— Mr. Salter m 

 the chair. As might be expected at so advanced a season, hut 

 few novelties were contributed : Cyclamen perMcum rnbruin. 

 a well coloured and fine'y formed .eedhng, recetved a Label of 

 Commendation. It was furnished by Mr E G. "f^" ";- I 

 An Epiphylium, between E. violaceum and E. truccatum, was 

 forwarded* b, Mr. Gaines. It was evidently a free li. «er.ng 

 sort, but it was damaged by trave!ling.-Collect.ons of Pom- 

 pone Chrysanthemums were sent by Mr halter and Mr. h G. , 

 Henderson, and from the latter establishment came a plant or 



Erica Leeana, in g">od flower. rrn,.im™ 



North London (Hiohoati) CffltYSANTHEMrM ExnimTioN, 



Nov. 26.-As the following report tf the awards and I «<>*«» 

 occupies much space, we shall confine our preliminary com- 

 menr to the simple announcement that every «^cess has 

 attended the unceasing exertions of the comm ttee of this 

 rapidly extending society, whose exhibition on this oecaaiou 

 was all that could possibly have been desired. 



Class I. Six varieties in 11-inch pots, private g««re« .1st. 

 to Mr. Holmes, with Madame Camerson, ( ueen > ot "jj^ 

 Annie Salter, Defiance, Pilot, and Vesta; 2d, to Mr. James, 



SkiTX-mb of Gi es, Temple de Solomon^ ^trirn'on.' 

 VaScv de Scrmet, Pilot, Minerva, and Km^of nn '^ n * 



6 "riette. : l.t, Vo ReV 3. B^^'^'ed^llow 2d to 

 l>efianee Vesta, Hecuba. Pilot, and Clustered \ enow , : w, to 

 K^v KG. Lucas, with Madame Fwgi. Kecnba, Anme Salter 

 Vesta The Duke, and Pilot ; U to J- Oordm. .Esq ,^h 

 Formosum, Vesta, Endymion, ***?]< f.^riSte? • "JT» 

 Yellow, and Louis Kapoleon Cut 'ff^i'^JS'SitamS 

 6. B. L. Knight. Esq., with G**** » e ^' C ^Zv^, 

 Hecuba, liueen.of Yellowy ▼-** ,™£ ^T^^^i 

 Madame Chauviere, Annie Salter, '* uee "» *"".- MinerTa 

 temple of Solomon ; : ^^^SfcX %2ST^ 



