Mar 15, 1858.! THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 403 
A pacrises the J Acro- , Willermoz equally fi Aubernon, an kind, but, ing Star, Celestial, Duchess d'Aumale, Perfection, 
s- Trioen, Fin randra, tha sw Preet soented | Ser: aey ring Louis Odier, the cuir admired | Gs aiety, and delicatum. TS 
permum jasminoides, and = or Souvenir d’un Ami, gt large delicate salmon pink inerarias, as mi ight have been expected at this 
Mr. Rhodes also showed in class. OSSOMS ; Blair i No. 2, ery loa on a y; yor season, were shown in quantity. Large, dwarf, and 
ions of 12 Stove oe Greenhouse plants were | pose remarkal ly well coloured. Am g Mess ssrs. | be s were sent by T 
by M Cutbush of Bar Fraser of Lea which were little inferior to e; Ber just Perfection, Magnum Bonum, Admiral Dundas, 
ackson of Kingston, pth pE PER o erty aa nee age fine full-flowered crimson | Rothschild, wih i cra and Attraction. These were 
Green. In the first group were Statice variety ; Paul Pama Baronne Prevost, Triomphe ie justly placed first competitors, 
Holfordi, a white Epacris, the bea’ utiful Erica vestita | Paris, Duchess of Sutherland, Souvenir un Ami, Géant the bes t kinds, in whose groups and not in the first 
ism, ‘Azaleas od different t Linds, various ao among des Ba’ tailles, and Coupe d’Hébé. Among T y's ‘olman and Mrs. Hoyle. 
was a noble specimen of H artne and Boronia plants were Vicomtesse Een with very fine Blooma y ae Miscellaneous wie Flowers the new varie- 
‘ ix ise Sauvage, Bougère, and other g] tse! So Bijou Perfection were again 
a pretty plant, which one seldom sees ; the | yellow kin pore co condition; prek Burning Bush, before 
8 Leschenaultia, a Gompholobium, the Java Ixora, We eat! oo were contributed in excellent condition noticed i in our colum A charming new double white 
Statice imbricata, the white Azalea Fielderi, and Medi- Bes yoni Cutbush, Peed, William s, Rhodes, Ma: ay, and flower ed Ge erani um, pvr by Mr. Turner, was t]: 
ey Among Messrs. Jackson’s plants was Whitbee ] 1, and particularly by the Royal party. It 
of the pat eaenries s of Meyenia e erecta we ppd Lie Wilsoni, a other sorts hissig to that class; mun- | is named Gem of the Undercliffe, and appears likely to 
hi mea dula, depressa, tage one pomas of various sar; make a desirable bedding plant. Seedling Cinerarias 
op a violet, yellow, nse whit Po cali’ | doria perspicua propendens, elegans, | were shown very good, certificates being awarded to 
Mr. Sates fng hea pea. a pretty Erica mers various | and tortiliflora. Perfection, Mrs. Dik, and Wonderful. Others however 
: ons, Epacrises, Allamandas, and| Azaleas, as we have already mentioned, were nume- | were new and pretty, Lady Inglis and Favourite. 
us, well grown, and charmingly flowered. The large | Although soon for seedling Pelargoniums there were 
Stove and Greenhouse plants in tens e from | collection of them furnished by Mr. Turner, of Slough, some shown. Sunset, a scarlet crimson; the Bride, a 
Messrs. Kon Peed, ee Carson, S auni aapi Kaile, | was the ee of capita In this the plants Whita; Jung Bahadoor, rich dark mr Avril and 
Morris, and Hamp. In ups we observed Poly- | were “not d ce” as has been of late too demona, 
of different kinds, aerei an Chorozemas, Pime- | mneh the fashion, oo und Pypess — with 
i Heaths, Boronias, a most beautiful | flowers, Among them were noble examples o varie- . ep 
ie pontbtaiioca = ; io inghi i Notices of Books. 
sorts of Azaleas, among which was a mepe oa | alba at imerva, an urryana, Messrs. Lan 
one from Mr. Carson ; — ndra fi , Pimeleas, | Fraser, Clarke, Paisa and Jackson also showed | fine eg Oe aes Feyage: Flora of Tasmania. 
en rt 6. L. Reeve 
zpi 
3 s class. G wg 
that Mr. May’s plants, though lias had yok elled all essrs, Hashes, awe. and Peed, and of six ae" from Tn the sade sane ‘of this important work Dr. 
the T. e’s place in Staffordshire, viz., Messrs. Bray, . Whitbread, Peed, nd Morris. | Hooker has carefully 
wae by railway, looked as fresh and well as if they Among the varieties were calycin a Double Red, ng which Tasmania abounds, yA fewer than 74 species 
been ong oat from the nearest greenhouse. | White, digg nitida inward variegata, Brough- | being now eemi i d as good; to which _— bi added 
magnificent specien of Erica| toni, alba magna, Murryana, carmina’ Chines many forms, regarded as the 1 but now reduced 
pressa well tih st coyoding the pot with its ante Prince of Wales ag sy violacea superba, | to their mee re legitimate rank. In his teier thas Dr. 
pens: It also con a fine Azalea Criterion a rosti, Elise A grandis, lateritia, candidissima, Hooker n most ably assisted by Mr. Archer, 
usual sian “of colour in n it. uliana, Iverya exquisita, dilecta of numer- 
Collections of 6 Stove and Greenhouse plants came nr triumphans, Gledstanesi, Duke of Devonshire ous poate species, “has-thrown a ight upon their 
m Messrs. Peed, Clarke, Chilman, Williams, and | Mont Blane, as. cena ne and | true structure which would be refused to the most careful 
These ' were made up of the asunt  maticrials,: a Mr. Bray showed 20 very nice Pra hg ig! dissection of dried specimens. The whole of the plates, 
Polygalas, E kinds the — were odie: Bride and Mod in number, are occupied by figures of these remark- 
song which was a fine “plant of. rr jia i seen| Tall Cacti were shown by Mr. — and Mr. rhe able plants, and will much increase the regret of culti- 
tortiliflora; Chorozemas, Pimeleas, and Adenandra | gr, a R. Scott, Esq., of Hornsey. They we re chiefly | vators that the successful introduction of Tasmanian 
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Epiphyllums 
Gres, as has been stated, were in good con "Ofredl novelty there was little. Mens. Sackeon bad | ner gape 
hh es ana of 20 sonis Mr. Gedney, gr oa E lis 18, | Vanda Jenki insni in our — of the Horticul- d editi vi a Howitt’s Land, 
ee wees iH s of aes aste kane, on tural Society’s meeting, and T variety of Labour, cad “ae noe} 2o years in Victoria (Long- 
drobium ensifiorum, 0-52 neum, an | mans) in two cheap 8vo. volumes, ” TEA is 
pbyllam eee e Lycaste Skinneri ; Mr. Sta naish. ‘Spine SE Sama ha ) ir pS er Dora to say 
and gr < the rare Cypripedium villosum and | saw and did while residing in the pns A r. Howitt’s 
c the rich ens, a cinnabarina, m ~ m as a shilling; Mı ate oung, of ‘Goan narrative is a necessary for all who oes about to visit 
beautiful L. purpurata with large white blossoms | yy, Gaines, 1 Rho na odendron Aucklandi, a large whit te. | South „Australia with a view to settle there. The 
stained with purple, a large Phaius Wallies and Vanda Aowersdcsott h long shining niora Mr. Williams additional chapter, traci 
suavis. From Mr. Wool ey, gr. to H. B. Ker, Ri Maleoneri: bat of all the Whododentioens senim f the progress of the colo one mm to this time, and a 
came a pale yellow B ifrenaria, Cattleya a ena A that fom Mieiin ee was most admired. It w =P over a knuckles of a lit terary ge ntleman whose 
White plant, the Rhubarb-scented Den- | stated to be a sanding Aoro Tetheteenaen, and heal | about meum and fuum are rather hazy, The 
lum, D. nobile, Lelia flava, with no | flowers of immense size, and of a beautiful yellow flowing sh robe of the future of Australia is wi e trust 
TA col and | P” 
Pim 
the yellow Cattleya citrina, and Arpophyllum gigan- r a = ii or no gold, but peapa ies fre 
reat z Begonia Rex, a sort with handsome silvery marked gold, give bu » e use of 
teum, with little purple shell-like flowers arranged on | leaves; Messrs. Tana B. splendida. Gaultheria her own lands, and nothing r progress. 
spikes with the greatest possible regularity. Mr. | furens came from And serge gold Unquestionably will still e found nE E 
Keele, gr. to J. Butler, Esq., of Woolwich, sent Tricho- | Qp Miscellaneous athinte Mr. Glendinning, of ee thousands of square n 
eo the charming Dendrobium Devonianum, | Chiswick Nur: aenk bandsome plants of ths naw Ka untouched. dee ep beyond the ito Madog 
aggregat Ble beautifully |” and se 
ae 
Farmeri, and ae um, Schomb kia |e ; i ormous stretches of country where q 
and Chysi — Chinese Larch kibia Kempferi), the italy and sandstone nae ef existence ca tion 
a sips the tem 
ractescens. of tak, 
DE S. Spenceriana. ne of Lycopods very desert 
who sent Cattleya Skinneri and | À : EET claims itself a desert of goli 
intermedia, the yellow Dendrobi om ageregatum, pi gs ps Morris; Mr. Standish ling Skimmia | «New discoveries wn cen ap immense regions 
iets Skisneri,” F Phaius Wallichi, Lelia grandis, Ja Pt. Rhed larg elgg age BARS h large white where the grazier, pa e ngrieniturist, and the e 
pink streaked tske lip and brownish elow. sepals and vita i alike find fresh t esh The 
the rare ulinum, Vanda fomen ac rA a k in lip, with red navigation of pag tion dite aden M vat cate AA 
E Belk the Finan of Bnei dium Papili O || hen lone pdt a a whole ere of an and bids the squatter 
collections of 12 Orchids ae Carson showed the e yellow ZY, ldly advance into the wilderness, promising to carry 
Te Epidendrum, Den densiflorum, the) m Pelargoniums a steady improvement was per-| down his wel: and his cattle, and to carry up all that 
Butterfly plant, Camera’ Mosier, a fine plant of | ceptible. he n med Le AFE visions thereupon of mighty 
Dendrobinm Paxtoni, Vanda suavis, and Cyrtochilum | #!rge m indistinct flowers ; they aim at combin- | rajlroads stretching from Adelaide, through Victoria 
ee Mr. Carson, gr. to W. F. G. Farmer, Poet ing quality ‘vith size of bloom. The 12 plants from and New South Wales, to Sydney itself, rise Ealo E 
a fine plant of Dendrobium n obile, also Vanda | Mr. T were especially size | im gir my old frie nd Judge Boot hby, a and he 
balay fad nae on the top of a short tree | amd profusion rai espace sare of King of ; 
_— a and Borm.. This Scarlets, Governo: ermon General, Üns, Tina, |i constract these magnificent works, with all th oe 
emise | Sansparei, Palas, Lord 1 Raglan, Lucy, Eugène Eae bere docks an Pree to be refunded out of the sale ihe ae 
lands an the pr rofits of its traffic. _„„ He 
ae exhibitor 
rer rire ea a er cae Vestal, Mari 
leya x iy Tham l 
with 8 spikes TASG ig Vask Admirable, e, Conqueror, Daaa rr se Siar ‘Light teon down this highway of nations aeei 
OF and a Brassia, 50,000 ‘tons sli Arrita 3,000,000 quarters o 
aa fee of. nix lants there were several. The ; 200,000 bales of w tallow, &e. ; 50,000 ho 
, gr. to J. % T Mi, Poster of Clever, at Mr. ‘eke of toma ead det onti; vada p an li Tay A 4 
ae! r 
met Cattleya Mossie, Trichopilia tortilis, the san The best came from Mr. | tons of copper ; 
Paxtoni. M p ii oa ou D se a Elle Calon eect pr mete p : 
um. E i r. Bunney, of Stratford, =a na, Fair Ellen, Carlos, Queen ay, aesan tting ; ater velli i 
fong Fielding Fox-brash Aerides, Epidendrum Stam- | Wond onderful, Sanspareil, and Edith. To Mr. Wi 8, Team atone e hee a of 18,0000. per annum n 
a Dendrobium yllum and D. densi- | gr. to Mr. Beck, was awarded a 2d prize. This eollection a om nie} a hae of ego He sees wine and dairy 
joncidium Papilio, and Vanda tricolor. sisted of Sansparel, Pallas, Fairest of the Fir, Fair | produce, poultry and eh and all that man ean create 
e Lycaste Harrisoniæ, a fine Cattleya Skin. Ellen, Laura, Governor-General, Admirable, Lucy, | or desire, rushing along with a “Velocity to the cities, 
CN la coloured, some Dendrobes and Oneids. Wonderful, Gem ofthe West. A 3d prize was awarded IRDA? ao were aa nas trent and not to be eaten. A most 
f bractescens, i i- | to Mr. Weir. ificent scene, yi return 
easte insignis adail The Faney X kin ig as usual, were very interest g. | A magnificent scene! but rather the future than of 
lius was shown by Mr. | Mr. Turne in the N i Cas with to-day. Some day such august machinery will be in 
Dendrobe in the [benntifatty foward “Madame Sontag of size; | motion, resounding through the wilderness——a wilder- 
delicatum and Evening Star were but little inferior, | ness no longer—from Base Alexandrina to Sydney 
Messrs, Paul and Lane were | but ai rites were ae enin interest by a medium- | Cove; but at present neither Sydney nor Mel- 
Perras more espe- | sized plant Binair This was perfection in| bourne will be very anxious lle —_ 
saps f the Murray stream. Already they 
every- | shape of flower. Rosier was also very good, | armed with the 
, clothed with it ie of a rieh purple crimson aaga koar an de tion to that of 
ipti t which for 8-inch pots | see arm that the great river draws nat 
A zapi caer Pena ia Weyer r made ad p the six plani oinen Ti 5 sada every thing downwards—wool, fat cattle, and whatever 
le. 
“` There were. also|| were good, “put. they were not sufficiently in poo the squatter has to send—to its terminus near Adelaide. 
condition, Madame | Among private growers Mr. Windsor had Even-|That is the natural, and as concerns them 
