ees 
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yas 6) 1858] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 175 
piine 1: OC been mentioned was natural and effective. Mr. Ellis, ; alias British Queen, carl ar 
eee white ; Prince Albert, a eel gr. to Dr. Bunce of ek odford, had a collection of cut | Frame , true ; hera rate Tn D E, prolife. amii 
ya; Pro, ‘and William the First, also fi of Camellias, Azaleas, and some pretty | Earl ford (Soden’s), a fine variety for frame or first 
ge Bad Another collection was ‘ae blooms of the following nran viz. Madame de St. Joseph, | crop; one ig as s a Potatoes grown. u ly wa 
at essrs. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place. | Adam, Jules me: argottin, Lion des Combats, and Jaune. | early; a fine anda a good c roppe Forty Fold, 
et caw of 12 sorts, Mr. Davis, to Of these first and last were much admired, | good. Flourball (Elote), er el aa a good 
Bee, By. Hamilton Terrace, a ee Wood, sent a om evidently ase ho Gage aring z cropper. Oxonian (Looker), cropper, es arly. Pro. 
remarkably well-bloom o essrs, ©. sent, in addition to litic (Burgess). Perkins’s * eedlin er floury, of 
NE Beecher Stowe, Mors, Laurens K , Oron- | cinths Bae iioa, cut branches of the beanti. | | arte qu s ges exceedingly ai M «8 
is Ric n, Waterloo, Prince of | ful Acacia longiflora magnifica, which is one of the | general crop. Robinson’s by i mso variety for 
im Y ur, and "Charles Dickens. ms. handsomest of the Hen genus to which it. belo: | frame eel having very ttle ` 
: p ry e 
at 
1 
an excellen t Tat 
à F n came : | pink eye; 
a nje , Vi een ae elke red-bi sia, Correa coniite alis, aad 
wom rng oon ts blue ; | the ieai Triat hyllen miniatum, but they had bee: 
W 'ellington, a rs 
p 
la 
delivered much too r to be examin 
ed or well placed atun TA Ted a “new Pepper from ch rom 
e found for Saira: except ir Messrs. Bass & Bro e a specimen of “Improved 
pen ‘white; wd poirad Kote. the, corner, Mr. Ivery, e Peckham, t Azalea Qaan šustard Vegetable Marrow,” which differed a little in 
ls Costa, double =o Robinson, single blue, Victoria, a handsome _white _ ki ad, with very large | form from that figure ar last year’s volume. Mr, 
le ony ~~ Wood. d with pur a Harman, of Denham, sent the true Custard egetable 
Patines gr. t Amon g novelties was Vente Low ei, from Ma quas m wer also showeđ 
ereen Fulham. eitch, to ete belongs our merit of caste faenar the thr rs of Dioscorea Batatas, full 
TEA in six es, Mr. Turner, of i for the first ragi in iew: A fa all ac unt of this ¢ — at p. 154, and which is there stated to w weig 
will b found ur volume for |£ Tt was a massive tuber divided into two unequal 
1847, Piz aot we bed not eskaria again describe it | for 
rs. Cutbush, here, e specimen shown had a ping, fay: of From = ree of Society came various 
mrelbeliia a remarkal early 3 feet | Primulas, A ilian, Pia Rhododendrons, 
in len ath. In Borneo, however, where it | grows wild, it Deutzia ervey the antil Echeveria rosea, and Micium 
10 inches in | was ee that me spikes often g 
t, the |10 an as oe fee Py owe prtagnificence ~ i» Six samples of fruit-baskets were exhibited, such 
seat the bottom strong. y specim: st ed with oes pikes pir as Mr. M‘Ewen recommended as suited for holding 
eet a a blush, with a peenliar half that haga may therefore easily rm fruit at exhibitions ; one was s , suitable for 
end of each of the petals an | We may add that it promises to pb in every way worthy showing Grapes in others wer val, with wide pro- 
of grat breadth and strength. Mirandoline of the high character it has ved, r. | jecting rims for Strawberries and Plums to be decorated 
mre not so large as many of the Watson, Flo orist, St. Alban an’s, came e another novelty in with foliage ; a fourth, round and elevated in the centre, 
es 
ħam on lying a little ‘to. ‘the eastward of New 
ro aden ‘Rachel, a beautiful * rosy crim- 
er. Zeala 
might answer for Strawberries and Plums; a fifth 
round, might be reio for small dishes of Strawberries 
and aa xth, 
and a sturd: Lonis Philippe, 
or last, seemed to be suitable 
at 
having a bluish ow groun 
k purple, a wal 
eee of h dar’ the a o p 
daped dower with a oai formed apis altho 
abound i 
of which na Tra soon oe a 
for Apples Er 
It was announced Bin" next meeting 
that for 
ough bli head of most beantiful For lants, &c., would be held in St Tanabe 
is Sapeandie pets blae ea 8 each with m hite., Only. one of | Hall, Pi lly, on April oT fore 22, and that on the first 
aaah Maria, a|these heads w: oe served to show | of oe days, Mi lot would for the distri- 
what a fine thing it is. The ae pads ty such 
vian seeds among all such Fellows Bn 
m of 
e and altogether a — colours gave life and variety to the Te should have pevbuay given in their names to t 
H: rson, of Pine-apple | i in | Secre! tary. 
k single deep addition to its beauty the plant has “value of another 
superbissima, single whit who} The Society then resolved itself Special 
; Regulus, single bl h grow it. It must, therefore, a General Meeting for the purpose of. E dicing two 
on bi ad wit een rded as an acquisition, more especially when members fn Council and a President and Secretary 
uble blush. e may | consider how of the late Duke*of Devonshire and Dr. 
her Stowe, Mr. Turner | ing ha alf-hardy plants. Mr. Fleming, gr. to the te |R Royle. “Dr. eye quitted the Vice-Secretary’s chair 
ush ; wae single blue; | of one at Trentham, furnished cut bloom of C. Dilke, Esq., who a the 
Emelina, delicate | the glorious Rhodoleia Championi, of which we k eii Ave ngs. The he the late President was 
i full isoa last week. e imens in this in- | q to with expressions of regret, and an 
stance exhibited very imperfectly che beai ty of the | from the minutes of Council was read by the chairman, 
um, | Rhodolei found wild in China; but the cause | showing the deep se Society ente 
of this is explained by the fact that they had to great loss it had e ced by the melancholy 
be forced q to flower, which | event. The lamented death of the late Secre 
the plant was growin anted purposes of Dr. Royle was next alluded to, and the following 
alteration. To oar. Heming # then sent, be given the | note from fe enfrey was read :— - 
it of havin: ing first bloomed this fine aes in Eng- | ing of the friends of the late Dr. Royle, held 
ith, |land. From Mr. Noble, of os ee — n a square | at Ki College, London, on Friday, Fe 
Chinese flower-pot a specim en of the still comparetvely — a 0 was appointed to raise the funds 
- | rare Skimmia japonica well furnished with red i cing a marble bust of Dr. Royle 
and { just about to . Of this invaluable the great eae -s the Col with the busts of t 
t een shrub it was said that its berries are late Professors Daniell and E. Forbes. A list of the Com- 
edge; larrari m roine Egee opting Fh mittee, consisting several 
agas with crimso e, were them; it has therefore fessors of King’s her with some persons 
conspicuous, as incti 
. | of unten ee who h 
of 
published in afew days.” To t this n anaiai 
so mag fon 
and fine fine specimens 
ery me from on” ties 
ick | gr. Wickham. ` seedling 
oy there were several ; J. C. Webb, Ba of Stal: 
am Hall sent Beauty of Stalham; Mr. $ 
oe 
of Slou ough sent a fine) 
rs Kale, lately described by us, 
object 
s then announced amidst expressions of much 
‘qabentes that H. R. a the Prince Consort, 
F.H. d 
S., had consented most graciously to fill the Pre- 
sidentship, and that Dr. Tinley, mh ‘ia resigned his 
office of paid Vice-Secretary, w e for the office 
of Ho 
ce | appointed, al aioe when his reer 
the Pri cede a se 
fay i 
eulaned 
Notices of Books. 
-| A Personal Narrative of the Siege of Lucknow from 
commencement to its relief by. Colin Cooke 
diag E.. R. Rees, one of the surviving defenders. 
o. Longmans, pp. 
rs. Longmans are first i in the field with — 
detai tails of ts ee eee and the 
rs, The merchant 
heroic defi 
Tor 
an were the | 
varieties tee rig! 
ai 
tangled in on meshes 
| sent at Lucknow 
deli a he eg like a gory 
‘poo eat, advantage, rei 
of ‘the — he bony nll With 
ineorporated made 
5| nscript 
resembles, this invaluable record is 
uring the siege: 
3 good a now well} duri by Mr. John Lawrence, of th 
it. Of i — ai ~ good | cov: a journal by Lady Inglis, and 
t L Kidney, a fit y good | the d Lieut uhar, who ý 
kept Manning’s Kidney, early, larger than the’ tho There is not a British heart that 
‘of | Ash-leaf, and stronger grower. Purple Ash-leaf, a good | will not beat with emotion at the recital of the won- 
a ie per. Alban’s, handsome full | derful endurance exhibited not less by our high-spirited 
i Messrs. | sized variety, not very early. Slough Kidney, v rywomen than by their gallant defendersin the face 
ly arranged in | smooth and clear. * White B Kidney; a good old | of unheard of sweet ing dangers. 
ere Sibe- preening nt apri rrer cone aai pacien me mere ES 
mpra Pragara Swen bing =t Perty Pag | lamented Sir Henry Lawrence, and a correct map: of 
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