pesrvany 27, 1858.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 155 
the river ; the latter is falling rapi idly, | of science, have been made. } with movable sash s, whid 
wih bey GE the marshy round ie ying m aee plished emg shall ote her own statem be i, off aa put on as required, ý Ta the’ tite, 
R away in the ens but nothing of any importance ; “Th ormer editions the author aeli inet of the rarer South African and other bulbs (of 
heed a little —_ “hall push on, first endeavourin Baron H which there is a superb collection) seemed to thrive 
palih ation respecting poor Mungo Park. Some | arres General Sabine’s excellent notes; to the works of iari The Hyacinths are cultivated in pit-like 
diain some have seen, and who Rne dened Sir Charles Lyell, which have so an contributed t poran with banks raised on each side to support sashes 
gases of i can om sily im ine his y to hav ne been Aem geology sei pont oe mglish language is | occasionally. At the time I Be there (the latter end 
this before pe as To s ain poem spoken ; to the f Messrs. Sti rachey, of August) they were ma out of ground, and the 
SE apn, i in items feat | Thomson, and Dr, Joseph Hooker om the Himalaya such as Balsams, Cockscombs, de 
T aot elva ge i ivm ace “above ie: the papers in the n us periodical en daken which are grown piran Ay for their n no de- 
ya ee a a ost ere se | the” United States, In the tean of be ——. estalishment “tint either 
aoe a ata which ae profiaced like ga n apn any drair mije sath hose e i T ead spa: irod, in order to 
5 
ot yet report on thei rgely favoured with the 
4 Une ae aa ar: e Ptaa “of this, pay in particular to Sir | best soil I ev er saw for the o growth of many kinds of 
Roderick Mur rchison, who shoe ngst r countrymen | plants, along efforts s forth 
i ] are generally attended with co pet $ success. 
Societies. —to Professor H. D. „Roge ers, of anah formerly « of gardener | and amateur Hovis i in „Brit n has hra 
the United States, for his account of the la: uan- 
š aryl eet a 1 Geo; eography y and Geology o of a North A American — brent in the nurseries i The <n in which t 
7 cer nen! e surveys that e been ex ecuted w grow so freely is of a very sandy nature, more or less 
Tie President, = tier J, E; Gey, Bog “meeting on | View = establishing canals and railways with ve egetable matter, which latter appears to 
ates mage the preceding month, nominated Ameri a have furnished much new ‘Wari with poem its quality, as, when it exists in larger quan- 
BA Wilson Saunders, J. O. s ood, and t wa i via ecome of more pa tities the soil is rendered very cat maa, as ìt de- 
W Presidents for ayn ensuing year. Mr. since the discovery of uriferous riches in Cali- | creases, less so. Camellia as a re also ex sively grown, 
F. Smith ibi a number of rare and beau- | fornia. The travels of Gate a and ee Rikchay, the | and very successfully 
PT E isiy Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, re- labours of several Bri officers n Tibe ta nd, the The Be lgian horticulturists appear to Pec in pee al 
sally elicied în the district of Port Natal by Herr | Himalaya nt that are difficult to increase, and 
gave an interesting communication on ndia wander the able Sirection bg * Colonel Waasi have they are enabled to sell many kinds at cheaper rates 
Sone of the family Paussidæ, of which he sent | opene ned new views with regard to the most elevated | than they can be had at elsewhere. Besides 
several of which were nondescript. regions of the Asiatic ge whilst the discoveries | to this extensive nursery concern, M. Van Houtte pub- 
eight the observations made on this occasion was of Dr. Liv ingstone in South Africa, made in subordina- | lishes one of the best of the Continent: À 
the carions circumstance of the prevalence of pale tion to much higher ern and those of Dr. Barth and | periodicals, the “Flore des Serres,” which contains 
among nocturnal insects; the pale Megacephale: his companions in the nort ern part of that continent, beautiful one es and re descriptions of new and 
ae ton Doryloides, and other instances were have enabled the author to give a more accurate view | rare plants, as we culti 
i’ J rt of this statement. An elaborate | f saeco ee have been until now a terra| vation, and o on n general prt | subjects. All the 
y Sydney Saunders, Esq., H. M. Consul incogn This was also the case as regards Northern | details of this work are omplished on his premises 
a tte on on the economy of the genus ‘Conops, of Australia before the late able survey of Mr. Gregory. |in the pole ely a rri are arb plates en- 
et Rr ercecal wey the species to be eng following pages will show how highly the ne graved, and ont rinted and bound; which opera- 
š i as 
the auth 
ea 
i Regent’ k b tially disbarkino | Tatives of orl ao and able officers, both of her own | them a lat Sat > "The ie appeared to vary from the 
var aan which had bea tnt eae ie per ns ee eet „United States, in their „perilous ages o of 12 to 18 y L. Va an Houtte receives | a 
destructor. ibut rom 
lg 
. He attri 
whi a Min ta Gadel acacia n. On the s subject of the tides | pay teachers, &c. 
in ig inar ohh gmp aoe jet r. Whewell’s bees have been her great authority Having looked through this extensive nursery, 
ing been entirely stripped of their bark. paper and guide, as rere of se friends General Sabine A f desiderata, M. Van Houtte sent his 
ing the description of a new and remarkable Mr, Faraday on rial magnetism. In this, as well | principal teacher of horticulture next day with me, 
of Scaritidæ from the river Amazon was read by in for rmer colton, the author has. availed herself to visit the other nurseries and gardens in the neigh- 
fe Westwood. Ia ft Our first call ade a nu: 
T T 
anank The dition of his Atlas of Physical | M. Van Geert, Sen., who cultivates fruit trees exten- 
gw: Feb. 18.— Geo: in folio, "published during the oo yor, w sively, and appears nae UT a? their man: 
iN K. EA ué ost oe om ames been o of the e greatest service to her i n the compilat well. There were speci: of many of the kinds bearing 
, Ta . prese i ent ic scoala fruit, a exer plan, calculated to afford purchasers 
Tates Esg, presented : Sep ih ce by the same author, the most oeit and t g 
(h and Zamia cylindrica (2), which had been grown work of the kind - ~~ appeared in our own or any | The “lar: arger w grown in rows, with intermediate 
in his conservatory at Highgate ; lan 
gate; and finits of Hibiscus other language. erick gerne Me rows of aa trait, such as Currants, &c., as well as. 
wus ripened during the past Aubemn at Stoke George Gray, ‘hap Sclater, Mr. Adam White, of the|some rare exotic plants in pots interspersed. among 
: ere presented by R. Kippist, Esq. There British Museum, who have looked over the chapel on | them, to which latter the trees afforded shade. I 
also exhibited specimens, from Ceram of Sago cakes geology and r ooker me Professor | never saw 3 Fa of ground more fully occupied than 
article of food in the Eastern Moluccas; they fant parent: who have carefally revised those on botany, | this, nor s better stocked with healthy plants, 
been receiv, from Mr. A. R. Wallace. AA edite to Mr. Alexander Keith Johnston for RE general partionlariy Camelias, of which there was a quan- 
MS. of Pavon, entitled “ Nueva Quinologia,” which had pom a of the pease ee the » author's best | tity. e hardy trees and shri Pubs RS observed 
been completed in “Fes year 1826 ease ly before | thanks are due. To her friend M: fine speci 
i ng death of Pavon, and had recently come into | °XPress her acknowledgments for ‘his er during | mens of others, as Sep goiter ore $ 
e a Sei aay o ard, E her residence abroad, in in eE the Tinis sassafras varieg ah re = variega- 
: by that genitlenian who “made some Siri passage through the press of this new edition, for ara tum; Liquidambar “graeia 20 0 fee t high; Torreya 
tims wen aemp it The followin ng communications hitherto unpublished on the countries visited by him Humboldtiana, 3 feet Magnolia glauca, 8 feet 
voted A L memoir “et Hes WEaweles “of the South America, crite valuable information that waa high; M. Thomsoni oniana, "iS feet high, with other 
peng $ Tipulidæ,” by Ji Lubbock, onl: ly bo procured in ngland. t tte g q y , growing as 
4 
i 
“N »| This we believe to w a perfectly true representation am flowe era 
Toin oto. “the seer See aaa ina of the pas a effected i S edi tion ao re us, which Our nest visi was A to M. x. Yomi a 7A 
er, Ina which contai rich collection of plants, inclu 
late collection. a beg = aa wees ny of the ori gorse introduced into European | 
»made by Lieut, cot and eats ‘cated to | 2 any "img, recom saat de it to t ne pernsal dlg ns. Here were seen excellent specimens of the 
Dr. m was one which pty: in aat ints | tae M Schiginwel who seem to have returned Sikkim and Bhotan Rhododendrons, and some huge 
i With the descriptions of Grifith, wás taken ‘to A the on India i in a state of the most happy ignorance of ar nts of hybrid varieties, besides extensive collections 
of that author, a plant of which the | the labours of former trav an TS. f Orchids and young Palms, wk iia er other pan 
Wi at Tea kon seen by any botanist | remarkable for their r general effect and fi me foliage, a 
s time, being probably buried a his Plantes vasculaires des Pyrenées Set ta By J. G. 
the India House. The e plan ion sone tet 8vo. Paris, Pra k. Pp. 330. _ | tinent = with us. 
Thomson recogni E Condia, The au we alist, ti We next visited the establishment of M. Van 
5 a species “2 Gomi 
cà view he wag Sep peuted by Dr. Hooker. whe aa > University f Ups: y aid | Jun., who had reg? — large se of Cacti 
ie t, and gave it the name | "quired for a b : ; zeen a ee dee = 
fend. addi of the Pyrenees, “ with a view to establish a a paral W be- | exchange for plants since sent to tere 
aT as another ordia vestita, H, f, tween the vegetation of those mountains and of the | of ey p — is sem and fine. Bie ber ; 
a. A paper “On the ee Dor M hosiş | Scandinavian Alps.” Having spent four stata in this | Ara a gracilis I e w stood i oe, 
t end: other s opener by ome abe nod part of before Pin sere tes no . houses, bei ing y formed, a è bont 6 sel tes 
Pp: of a 1 cata’ e e Came! s were nen piga e s Ean ses 
4 oie M oon Nee if aie Een miyi ae Pyrenean plants, arranged for the most part acco: ring | T and also so whe ne Basile es 
ta,” by Dr. F, tr | to the Tes of Grenier and Godron, to to which is pre- tis ae pe 
The author oF uit Communicated by r. | fixed 2 compara amination of the ‘audi | with & io he 
f numerous Kind ot Eucalyptus Potit drania preien together with airm upon | The conserv: ce dr such as or are, are reyes 
the w plan of ns of the seeded Pyrenees rs n g reind no e stu ae šive, but not very well calculated for 
"hich he the Sh Karit ysical geography, ani vellers in In the ary ee range is a 
3 ha eee by eriin cof thelr Dart, eountry anos , will find Dr. Zetterstedt’s volume a | house, latel rected, ern! a pants 
z Paper atn of Eurybia Bae useful guide. on Aoki Paces fine specimens, especially a of 
eo of the Pteropoda,” by J. D. Siete Oh RS WOR A E Sabal e gras with a stem 15 feet ; also fine 
» communicated by G. Busk, Esq. randa. examples umbraculifera and nnia 
THE ee Guent. — Horticulture is here | australis. alee ths trees were some good 
earried on great spirit, the environs of this ri Magnolias, expecially M. auriculata, also Gymnocladus 
* Notes of Ot Books. and viedngr: ‘awe chiefly occupied with nursery | canadens: is, Phellos, &e. Large plants of 
and - market gardens. At M. Van Houtte’s nursery a Myrtles, Sweet Bays, and common Laurels were stand- 
SN p ing in tubs along with Orange trees, all of which re- 
* Somers t issued a new edition (the fourth) | cultivated, oecupying a vast number of conservatories, quire the shelter of the conservatory during winter. 
n of = hy, an excellent | as well as an extensive space of ground for the hardy | T inental 
y sy of wi r mee ay to the general | sorts. The different houses are well adapted f British from the 
_In this Apna] Se i Il as for exhibiting the plants, being low | former of so of our beautiful 
‘adorei, ren ition tion very cnn eos and double-roofed, with flat st in the a and | few being Areg A ough to w ithstand ‘the seventy ot 
: he sides. Many of the rarer speeies were | Continental winters, and even in summer, 
