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Jorx 5, 1858.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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—— d Rose Celest pias iy Sweetwater came from Messrs. Allpor i Jenpther nominations, n 
Carlos, p aeg grin toad on the West, Carios, Thomas, Frost, and Chambers ; and some Muscats from H ar of inda b I } 
pyr mkan Sanspareil, Governor-General! Mr. "Turnbull and others, but they were quite green |is also a discussion congerning the ma known me 
oe Lew Euphemia, Rosa, and veline = the a and agam Ani unfit for vane shed ty however zesived tion that Linneus called a plant Bufonia in wate 
b 10 plants, Mr. Foster and Mr. | prizes. Fro ans were furnishe essrs. Buffon, the greai ench zoologist; the result 
this time Font nearly equal in point of Allport, and ying nquiry, by Prof. Fée, of Aare: and pa A Br 
Beek = Nye, gr to Mr. — however, | The best e came from Mr. Forbes; but Mr. | is to za Linnæus, and to show that 
ait. in oank : meandi p — ston ge Sor Mr. ae ees re Lg fru knih sae had po ao blam: og eam ag, tire rh ef rong novelties described 
Fai en acy, on ` e learne anists just mentioned are 
ols, Saracen, are Sanspareil, Prince of Wi chess and Carlos. Kensington orn, Necta arines ir. Fleming ne beantifal =e i species of Tomiie,” with large ae hd 
Wi ins, gr. E. Beck, . was ae ~ examples of Miia Hâtive; Messrs. Hill, Forbes, and | reflexed stipules !! 
Mr. on eneral ia Fanny, fein vans also se dishes, Se! consisting of Hunt’s| Printing: its Dawn, Day, and Destiny (4to, Brad- 
Governor derful, Gem of the West, armenia amet Tawny, Murray, and Violet Hatiy bury i Sipan ìs a learned and highly interesting 
Sunset, W 5 Cherries : Black Circassian pe. from. Mr. Fleming |account of the progressive s by which the art of 
ae in good — ce $ The iy ee he and Mr. rene of the e Royal Bene Frogmore, The ese ps odin pan i- adipe L irern So 
ee in wo r. Turner, who e for ecture delivered a’ i 
incl os as ‘me ory seen. Celesti did disl Smith of | by Mr. Henry Bradbury a few weeks since 
pa were literally mountains of flower; and Twickoubarn, They consisted of Beith C Queen and e have also before us four official ‘reports on the 
jittle Jess remar! markable were Cloth of Silver, Patten Sir Charles nara We also noticed dishes of Keens’ | Botany of it the purpose 
Star, Bridesmaid, and Madame Sontag. ing and Sir Har amet of surveying a railroad route from the Mississippi river 
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* fed Jenny Lind, conspicuum, Madam: e Sontag, esse fe) Melons, green- eshed kinds, the best was one | to the Pacific ocean m 
ten, E vening Star, and Celestial. In collec tions of six med Orion, and of red sorts the best was Turner’s | Government by Drs. Torrey and Asa . The four 
r ers), Mr. Bousie, gr. to the Hon. H. Seale: Inco mis rable. form a thin 4to ae with 85 excellent plates en- 
w „and Mr. James, gr. er Rete hesi ‘en ig s came hye: Mr. Ivison and others. The best was graved on stone by Mr. Sprague. These publications 
re placed equal: Th t kinds in these | the Brunsw ; fy ah Sara aa 
ein ne were aioe: hs sana Queen of Roses, Various sa of er fruit were exhibited by swans es of st best of the works of a similar 
rion, Madame Sontag, purpureum ps M. Alessandrini of Lyon Tomah paid Boca ge and [nature published ee the direction of European 
Pa Ciatb ee ver. ighly coloured for Engl Spe i they | governments. From among the new or rare plants 
Of Seedling Pelargoniums quite a bank was. pro-| nevertheless rı mE faa eain sone of yen observed in these expeditions we select several, the 
am Those selected by the judges for prizes were | and we understand that some even went so far as:to | introduction of wh highly 
Peacock, a large free blooming spotted kind; Ariel, a | mistake them for real fruit ! desirable. 
beautiful light flower, of fine form ; Lightning, a rich may add thas aren exhibiti tigo f American plants The first expedition under Lieut. Beckwith, who tak- 
erimson, dark top, and- painted lower petals; Brilliant, <n annually in arden his season who! olly ing with him Mr. James ipae as collector, proceeded 
scarlet, with dark top een Nagy gis Sha iaat h farmis ne a by Messrs. “John Waterer, of Bagshot, and i Hovey = mas Utah directly west o the 
spot; e to state that it doe rnia 
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Leviathan, large purple; Ec i is pew og pow ~~ an acre Gi oe und; and con- | iovis noe Bm: elding little. novelty ; ; new species of 
— a dark spo tted kind, very fi ree;” sists of all we ‘ner pose te be found | in caltivati ion ; | Viola, ee ben sae Phlox, ee Pomar | 
new sto ate a a ar alban super- | some of them immense trees, such as long- -established — Calochort d Brodiæa, none ark, 
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yearlings, and were | nurseries like those at Bagshot alone, could furnish ; | forming the pela cipal ies sitions. The ae phe 
awarded mangn as | o hers remarkable for fine colour, and all of them Ramee tion, under Capt. Gunnison, accompanied by Mr. Creutz- 
In Fancies, N naa veel ved .a Certificate. This is an We would therefore advise all in- | feldt, was better conned sharh took a course from 
ci ag dark 1 i maroon, with white centre and edges. ted in such anihan 3 pay them a visit next eae Fort Leavenwort! h, the Kansas and 
also shown, and is well named; it is lake when they w will be in greatest ‘ection. ers: next, Arkansas rivers into t e poy basin of Utah, and 
e believe, is the day fixed, on for their pecial in- | t t ier or Nicollet, 
olka opa new species were found; among old- ones the 
ong Pelargoniums whic! 
be named excelsi iris, SS ee ee - wr ae were Abies taxifolia, a. handsome 
ie, and Guido., These were very fine new spotted | BrEcHIN ee ORICULTURAL.— Among the efforts e growing from 35 to 40 feet high and 12 to th wit 
Hn e hibited by Mr. Turner. Criterion (Foster) was | that are now being made in Scotland a promote the |i in dimai ae an indeberininist mus without 
afine large bright variety ; and Mr. Hoyle, of Reading, | art of Arbor lke. not the least important is the apparently r between flexilis and Strobus on the highest 
sent : Beauty, ir C. Campbell, l Cochetopa e leaves in fives an 
al grow 
lady Canning; the two latter are very fine flowers. A the Scottish Arboricultural Society. One of these were smeared with a clear colourless alent The 
very free blooming light kind named Lar field Riv: al | local soi cieti ies has mdeed been in existence for a tor third expedition under a = gag Ne be more 
shown. I d to h be: eetin: i although its route 
Virginium, 
set begang var as a trade flower and | thei ie: | ine pia and cordially co- ba — ro horticultural occurred on t this line 
Ot new french Pe doubles be be inv: — par ciety, hose Transactions the more impor- | Fendleri, a sp pie ee m at = 
Of new there was a very Fant 1 å actica. gern are published. An annual prize | acuminatus. The — 
group, in in which =o pets striped like a Car- | is also o ofore by the Brechin Society for an. essay on | Whipple, accompani y Dr. J. M ge ; 
r o, the 
and from its short, eng footstalks, is likely the Pest of topics of interest co. h | southward, near the 32d sasuih of latitude. Little 
tstemon 
nation, named L'Avenir giv asi ars be 
Among new “plants the most remarkable was | contested by the members; but it is gratifying to find | western New Mexico between 35° 
Clianthus Dam, pieri from rier Veitch. or Rhodo- that this season they do not feel so much disposed as | tude to the great Colorado River, passing vores the NA 
eral essrs, d | hithe imi i i ir own local liams’ comm: 
i ea f tributar: 
om e a prengan ae w, pink, and buff, | which was Aol ret ag HP egy ges Mr. 
. ee: and altogether it appeared to. Donaldson, Brechin le, ii | exertions of: the exploring party. Among the more 
ety fine variet; = tary, after reading the minutes of the gees fie important acquisitions were the following :—1, Fre- 
Ferns were shown on this occasion and served to fill competition | montia californica; this rave and beautiful shrub, 
Sp shady nooks recesses, in which they were placed al te rego prize. He stated that } he was sorry | which proves with us, was found. tyro 
hose 
| linburgh Society’s prizes. cor very rich 
Messrs, Waterer, of Bagshot a large-flowered kind | to be the Sie S of the report of. their late meeting, and peculiar in its flora. A number of new 
called i and species rewarded the 
wW. pages the tstemon lis, 
l were magnificent per rea 6 bject“ Pruning F oe Oe >with the ‘dade of | mountains.in N. and elsewhere, with a 
ef Gleichenia big rsa capping he groundwo M, | panicle of purplish blue flowers often 2 feet in length. 
handsome species of ai Fo co meal BE he read Pk the Dani sks then pg 4, erinacea, a fine Oak with bristly cups and 
large size and the admiration of who saw them. Lina Boge Taken n up by it and disc clause irge Chesnut-like leaves, growing 25 to 30 feet high 
Wardian ; Ruscombe Wollen, of 9, very acl The en oe i fron brevifolia ; 
in she Villas, pea" ge regi and octagonal Secon fon on this subject was Kepk o up with, “greater this = ten rth-western: Yew, considers dis- 
and ith. rockwork tastefully and to greater len han on any Of} tinet from that of green 6, P Wellingtonia igantea, 
pod. and. planted with divas diraeh: mape] T libe c ataa bit haye come oy this Saara and ape oh Dr; Done orrey, following Decaisne, regards ag a 
Hin, road pants, I iat Sacre S full discussion, it was, found | that, there e | species o i unakii-io 
it there was: a 1 oh ae display, re l puerai opin nion on peace: N generally prevails of tha of P: 
of Pine Aj and 4 4 among this I woh. E T br wit enves “soin 
: Mr. Bailey, naan Sog nite r ripe e and with the opinions n 
- 4 Ibs. 202 bogie z however, | their Seer Pak . Phi ie. Mren laler, aon 
from r. Young, gr. to C. S Baile Bsq.,| om: e meeting ae aw: e society’s | 
weighed 5 lbs, 602., but i was quite iA at ‘pe The mating un abnal 008 munication, and 
ins Gun, ean foley ee 2 
ee) _ both over and well ripened. | this the murred, a8 never: intended his 
best Providence by fi F Bailey, Sh ther titi blication o =s 
Lt weigh 10 lbs., handsome and | over-ruled by e unanimous v aen — 
This was brag mee ihe first. prize. Some | was then eel that the ne ‘offer ite the | 
from Mr. Booth, and we noticed a best ossa n “The Management ofi the Larch, s; embra. 
nne or 0 > TY 
of i mburgh opment at maturity,” the essays to be sent to the 
dishes. Baskets of 12 Ibs, each | Secretary 
by Mr. Frost, Mr. and | to fo take place on the fest Saturday: of November. 
So See nee 
These wees all i in i sea 2 aoe Sma Notices of of Books. 
AS a “oF nck Ban ath The fourth part- of Volume V. of Halper’ Annales | menor 3 EXHIBITION OF 
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