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ext season 1; Esq., sent a handsome variety of Trichopilia coccinea, | liberally into our shrubberies and 
shail phe "4 it, ng toa mony be kapradin hur with the ele the” A little Dendrobium erepidatum, and Den- e tha whose appearance will be greatly 
lime to keep off red spider, or whether I shall paint it E OF Bekis gk pa l 
Th th was dug o: about a foot depth below | as f D. nobile. It however looked mori jardin a not exi 3 
Boca but einy “filled up again with ay stones, ike D. prae EA or  Pierardi; but is more Aca dia ah ge ul with o dinary planta’ Hn 
which were well gas-i , then covered with clean | than age! of these kinds. From Messrs. Jackso1 of Sian ion of halls or drawing nome two made 
gravel. The borders on each side raised and Kin ase a ote vari oa of Lycaste Skinner, appe arance; one, the best, from Mr, Macintosh, ¥ they 
boarded, the front 1 foot, the back 1 feet 6 inches ; thi species of Vanda with little beauty and n “a ee ena the other from the Dae 
I think adds very much to appearance and convenience, | scent fro Suther ands garo gee Stafford House, The ro 
the trees coming cl p to your hand for the nume-} Of Pela argoniums, Mr. Turner, of the Royal Nursery, | for s ja na in nie wicker basket, ihe 
rous ert someone required, and g seen very much | Slough, sent Scarlet dla a brilliant sort with horse- | posed of Fuchsias, Erica hybrida, Fancy P hon S 
better; they are also nearer the glass, and no shade is shoe foliage; Bijou, and Perfection, both variegated | Hydrangeas, Chinese zaleas, Cyt Pa : 
Uo, 7 from the front ‘border r plants on those in| leaved wat the Sitter with be best folia gaot the two. | chellia capil blue and tricolor colored Canes 
the back border. I ha four sliding ees Dob n, of Is slewor ‘th, s the Bride, a very pretty | Heliotrope, Dentzia gracilis, the pretty little l 
t the back l to let d tl petals with ang 8 and | amcena, Calceolarias, scarlet and sweet-scented V Aad 
ak t, also a pk ventilator in boarded side pont ies act bs: be a seed ERa En "From Messrs. Chater c came Tuli ips, Stocks, white C inese Primulas, Pay at 
r. My plants in 16 and - 1l- inch | Apat Bots Squills, and three or four sweky i 
1 yeraniums, the w ‘ale being neatly round 
Of oer and Rhododendrons some were shown; | base with common toothed Lycopod, so as to hal the 
ing up the back of the house, which I shall ke eep but a among them was nothing at all worthy of speci cial | ceal from Made the basket in which the on 
check by lifting and root pruning placed. The latter were also so arranged 
Strawberries about t 6i in. below front shutter, holding | Hen Biddulph Grange, i the seat of James Bateman, | the pots i in phew they were ee coal ms 
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pots on borders; they are blooming and setting fruit ta! e ‘or interesting outdoor plants i in that part of | basket from Stafford House contained Cae 
undantly. Tota. Ches shire. Concernin these Mr. Bateman aise “T| (two a Genista seinen. Cinerarias, 
"i ern Cases.—In objecting to glass pans for soil Mr. i f Epimediums which however | Azalea perfecta, and fancy and other n kina ee 
Forsyth seems to have overlooked a fact — in my | from 4 untoward aioe very imperfectly repre- nium ns, whic formed t the Palk of the plelieg sa, 
inion, is eminently favourable to the’ | up. wet | the basket 
with the peaty soil necessary for Fe erns, a growth |€ f the 1 alread: Fruit was s confined i to a an excellent dish of Beung 
of Conferva takes place and renders lal fi and rea iadaa the o pest “of ahs eae Pears still in good preservation from Mr, Ri, 
Eau boliw as above F f| th Ties ld have been ready to accom- | gr. neyd, cee ay e Cherries from Me 
such a case with many pretty microscopic Ai i My | pany them, and of course before another meeting-day Shuter, gr. tothe Ear = hae and Chinese 
own Fern cases of the common kind are all grown | comes es their bein will have altogether passed away. seg japonica) se from Malta by Mr, 
dim with confervoids on the inner sides of the glass Ba ie Seyi of the e group are very imperfectly known Duncan. latte awake fe fruit of the kind, butast 
and I would not exchange them for zinc on any g to probably owing to their having ber 
account. Shirley Hibberd. tw wo or he p lly q prs they were ripe. 
podria I think it des irn e Vegetables Mr. panne of Slough, sent specimen 
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moieties, to the subject, and with this view 1 now forward | Mr. Ingram of the Royal Gardens there. Its. 
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a alpinum : this, perhap. fhe’ Teast interesting species in | leaves Cabbaging or rapping so closely over 
daien wee anes a Thefallowing wer ete reaver the group, hey the only on per in a ga ap the: heads till psd are large enough 4 for we tae 
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ka Nic ei ag» Cowie no Relat ag Green. the former, but rely åistinet, and I think the | In the latter respect it to Knight's 
Charles Radcliffe, Esq., Edgbaston, Warwickshire: most Penntifal individual i the genus ; Bed Protecting; tħe heads are ean pen pee and excel. 
ton Onn Da. ehwioko Hal, Gloucester. my specimens have only as wae one expanded flower; | le ent, and alto; gether it must be considered a great ao 
‘Thomas Bond, Esq., Atheneum Club, and Dorset. E. ea of this t there are 
Mrs. Lacy, Richmond, ‘Same | under the names of E. colehienm, E pian tum elegans,! From the Garden Society came variou 
_ Mr. Francis Smith, Florist, Dulwich. &e; the flowers are a hon si ellow. E. atro- Gloxinia Begonias, Poel Chorozemas, Rhododen- 
OE Chinese Azaleas there was a excellent display, | violaceum; E. v'olacea-carn ‘bab though similar | dron anc a e Genista, Eutaxia, Ferns, 
special prizes having been offered for them at this|in colour are no doubt specifically d distinct; Isa ro- and « re 
vette. Ge Groups of six bere oint of merit du luce a profusion of violet an c flow sur- e priz 
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Esq. J . I s plants were e pure white a ; E. ere ext me eting oi o Society will be held in 
clayana superba, white striped with pink; Adolphe, | tum: grows in a dense compact and hen | Chiswick Gardens on tie ote and 10th of June. 
semi-double purple; Criterion, white suffused with planted at an paladin that Santis if. “its globular a T E 
pink; Trotteriana, brilliant rosy pink, inclined to be |racemes of eream-colo owers being seen, is Royan Boraxic, REGENT’S Park; May 12: 
semi-double; roe rege white with rose flake; and | striking plant; E versicolor, a pretty rather wie first exhibition of the season held walk sees 
robusta, a a large salmon red kind. Mr. Rhodes sent Sir | species, with brown a ellow flowers; E. macracanthum | this Soc’ took place on Wednesday last, last, The weather 
‘Charles Napier, ne rosy salmon; Holfordi, like | (E. grandiflorum of some espe oa has large whitish | was v voce Po heavy showets falling at inter 
ot in colour, but a slight improvement on | flowers, but they ae not very freely produced; E.| vals during the whole afternoon. Visitors were it 
that showy kind; Criterion, with flowers 3 inches | Musschianum, a much smaller p'ant as the last, the ere gam scarce. The Queen, H.R.H. the Prince 
peste ig leei Paar pestions Van Geert, in S e way at hat U > ha abit m of the flowers are somewhat similar, | Consort, and other members of the were 
essrs. Fraser sent | but the it is more grace and it is rofi ins ted rdens in the morning before th 
Double Ted, ri arrika a ‘ood white; Edmond mer. ee ertaine henagenttbead, og “the public. The ahi a 
double red; Gledstanesi formosa, white striped wi with pink; [or t the genus, and I could not produce any authority | was in all respects an excellent one, The 
Duke of Devonshire, a good ped? and Iveryana, white | other arrang. the plants was a adhered to 
striped with pink. Of Seedlings, Messrs. Ive ery s Snt | men for rei of the names in the foregoing list ; au] time the Azaleas, which ee pa 8° i 
e Circle, a first-class flower, soft purplish rose, |that I can answer for is that I have sent you ten|the most prominent positi nd being 
slightly spotted in t upper petals; Flower of the oe that 8 are gis ae ae Ihave others | flower sg made a _ effective o and striking 
Jay, apparently an improvement in substance and t at presen nt in flower, ce ol the l ng oiii 
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ag The latter was one of the most | our it ht at least be doubled. ieg i the > =. i Greenhouse plats wer For 
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; flowers of considerable e i rt ‘bad specimen. Me 
: pong Mr. Fortune's litte Azalea In short, | foliage is singularly elegant, and the new leaves that| Large collections of them were furnished Å Wite 
e of the plant looked as as ie the latter | appear from time to time themselves es present every | Dods, gr. to Sir J. Cathcart, Bart. and ‘Thee 
porte! omen with its par et > addi- A of tint, from a a pale green to a brilliant red. bread, gr. to H. Coll m DE of wan é 
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med, Messrs iray t Hutchin ld 1 were so arly equal in, 
soni, poms eh large spotted ros rosy lilac — p re a | to fo m large masses, and be in a separate com- | merit that ti the Tis had some di pae pre] 
paara ae salmon with flow ers 3} inches in parie nt of TA garden, where, j in n their proper season, | which was the best. Ultim atelni oe eve of the 
Sout of ad a aie From Messrs. Christie, of | they are hi ighly ing and a TE None of | was PAi first. He ea grand specin ri 
PARI Azalea in hogs gis of | the species lik site the fall blaze of the sun, and (with the pig EN Red and Gledstanes Azaleas, the last f 
Criterion, but “perhaps a a igit — oaded with flowers, the blue Lest us 
kind. gs Noble, of Bagshot, a ova anh, a lt t D various Bree rlastings, Aden andra : 
hardy kind first :eit to the Socie nae China mnt e ep trees, b “+ gether excluded ; y Aisi fesh p- 
best nana at - white flowers steely i ce bilis 
ac, glossy fol age, and and is al her a able Hol 
Blane $ for solani together a desiral ee perfectly, if pana i in plenty of. bit vegetable moa id. | barbiger um, one 
1d inch SE OE phe: no Ened E Messrs, Booth of Hamburg under the name of an isiana, iym 
> . metake, is perfectly hardy, evergreen, | flowered Epacris miniata ih Hw 
plants each. The best ming H T See perry and grows rapidly planted by the side of a running group en javani 
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"o E mow» plant al more striking habit or greater | enough ; t Cavendish H 
next group in pe of ne eame capabilities. don’t nage whether Akebia quinat: pra S Boroaia aF: y 
y Tegg, gr. to Baron Hai pei: This co; often seen in flower is flow e here beau- | Azalea var ariegata, one or eee! Everlastings, 00" £ 
serrulata, Pimelea spectabilis, Aphelexis tifally at this: Sse I Se pace » form of ah: 
Erica Cavendishi, the Oleander-leaved Erioste- boo, it was mentioned th oD 
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these w vere, e Niepparg- i was stated that was more likely to ERA Soe crassin 
m a diu general aspect of our scenery than such plants. The | spectabili ltenæa stipularis. 
yniaparvifolia, Azalea a Broughtoni, want of long tapering Paras those of the Arundi- Sir E pe a oh rs, sent an Te 
tac eximia, charmingly | naria faleata, the kind named above, and others, is|of the New Holand  Heath-leave 
pt ae elexis spectabilis, es ep re beginning to be more or less felt, and now | Leschenaultia formosa, A 
Of is Mee f $ t it is known that: Rar things may had and are depressa, Azalea coronata, and a cyn 
Orchids Te gr. to C. B. Warnes] kasii they may soon be expected to make their way | variety of immense dimensions, 
