June — 1858. 
ug its variety ioen grar randifiora, 
ate a 
THE GARDENERS’ 
Robinson, of "> Want Park. — — “of the san 
Grape also P. 
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ne 
e from Suey Bey Bie Bailey sent 
3M , but 
that their reign of beau 
ALY 18 OV Or another season : 
but TE numbers of the ‘ 
ir 
Ca) 
um the stil White pra m Mr. Little hood?” re too fev w; their places are too abund 
Cowes “Gyo alia ae, Vanda nied an | wa were unripe. tl Je can see sari the 
lingtonia Jum nes in ee were cement by Mr. Clarke, gr. to overflowing vegetation of the _young summer, the 
Groups of 10 Orchids were furnished by Messrs. Lond Dark ley. Muscats were also shown by Mr. All 
Woolley, Carson, = Keele. In these were some noblo port an egg. G mba a i “boomy. days of June’ will sail for 
examples s of Cattleya caes oe Camarotis For baskets ž lbs. of Black Hamburgh, for which | excursions. 
Odontoglossum citros nearly without eave 2 of ffered by ya wW. spon Bed. there} “Last month we noticed one or two of the Umbel- 
various Seccolabiums, ‘ne rare ‘wpripedi s all oi ich produced credit- | bearing plants, ‘or Umbelliferæ, which might then be 
Trichopilia c Phalænopsis, the yell bl Phe best n ain tha “roi Mr. | found in blossom ; now, in Jun “ne we have rep fe more 
| Cattleya citrina, one braci peaa ERER Frost, on Preston Hall, whose bunches were large and | examples = this aa important family. 
Farmeri, and the white Calanthe v ratrifoli: beau utifully co ea tricts can we go far ‘a-field’ ition snes? with the 
= Tn collections a rchids, of which “here wer Of pen tote in pots Mr. some tamer pote “Hemlock the easel maculatum, or spot 
], we remarked a ee Phaius Wallic pn examples bearing Fane aes “of er ee fruit. Mr. | Con alled from a7 Page m being marked, macu 
= pa Rockeri, and ot seldom seen purple os Pa ered | Fleming had also specimens of his Trentham Black, an late, w with a argh urple ersons generally are 
Bletia verecunda. acknowledged excellent new Grape. They were sent no habit of calling Ney “all Umbel-bearing plants 
were shov admirable nana by Mr.| more to show the character of the variety ock. The e Hemloc mi may be known at once, 
of “sate Street ; Mr. Carso: spin T examples of skilful cultivation. This variety was ted | an ii. with certa liniy, m s bei ing the o only British 
må Mr. Morris. In the e first group, which to hav: — Eats he begi Umbellifi t + a 
nt’s Park, - © noticed 
ee in ae since t 
d ti 
of April, a nderstan¢ hat no fewer than 60 
over, it is further recognisable by its deep green, large, 
jas, o 
the Valley, Coltsfoot, Cocksfoot Grass, Cineraria 
maritima, and Hemerocallis. Of the tender kinds lists 
will be found in former volumes. 
Roses were contributed in good dition 
con 
ed, consider- 
had good groups, as 
ni 
also 
naea Mr. some ‘exhibition nt og pont well from 
e Manetti stock, 
f| from Mr. 
Sherborne Cuties Mr. I 
tifully cut leaves, and by the smell, resembling 
Cucum ae pit The berries are jet black, oval in shape, | that of mice, which the past exhales when bruised. 
jnicy ey and swee r be have a fine bloom on them. The| The Hemlock is an excellent type of its family. Ex- 
pr ly large, even on pot plants, narrow nate ite te tri or ae of any’ ot the jp 
nd tapering s 1 
mof Sagana ie beautiful fruit e Royal | George came 
es, gr. to J. Dix a tng t Mr. Maste 
to J. J. Blandy, 
‘ecognise, 
you wil find è hem ml more or less approaching i in fare 
and he example. There is a small 
reihe. with an 
scarce! 
Esq. ; r. Hill, gr. to R. Sı Sierd, Ea. Mr. Higgs inflected point—five stamens—and two styles crowni 
sent Violet Hative, and Red Magdalen came from Mr. |the more or less ribbed and furrowed carpels or fs 3 
Cotterel. vessels. a non-botanical person would call the 
Of eer cong a specimens of Murray came from | seed of an Umbelliferous plant is com two dis- 
pa Fleming. . Masters sent Violet ates The | tinct carpels, which, when ripe, separate down the 
e also came hen Mr. Cp Mr. Chalmers had | central line. ese carpels, if cut across, will be found 
Rivage, and we also observ: nge a: age “a caus, or 
and T eee: 
ase = dish shown came all the way 
n betwee ibs lit 
ich a ial oil. 
the Caray, a Dill, &c., all pares A Vo Umbelliferous 
es d upon 
Melons were tolerably numerous. 
The sort was the Moor Park, and r ob nd th character stic propert: epend 
bloomed small plants on which for though nat sa large they were quite ripe a and well | the oil contain soo in their vitte. We will 1 not attempt 
calture at least aj rs to “eg a favourite. Dr. to enter into the distinctive features of the Umbelli- 
being of - he cultivation of dwarf} _ Or Figs, Mr. mero t Brown to his Grace m pes of | ferous plants which we may encounter in our walks, for 
i re mesa ae p á 
of amateurs and ot Hy who might not be able to afford valle came froni M and Mr. Lunt, of | aid; but nevertheless the botanist 
room for Jarge specimens, offered two prizes, one of 37. | Greenock. Mr. Parting sent Brown Turkey, and | endeavour to collect toe to discriminis, if possible, 
and another of 2i 2l., for Eepe en saree mina collec- on Perpetual ca Mr. Constantine and | with ae seg a Flora, the differen ies 
tions of 20 varieties in aman | with; well Pua the Umbelliferæ, with th 
0 
ts, These prizes were | Mr. 
won, the first by Meem. second by on 
| vies the y 
Francis. Both had very nice collections, well fewer 
and handsome. The se — were on 
different from others sho wers on 
former occasions, the names of Y lhe ich ai Tag been 
M Paul had ni 
quite 
“hast, but ereitea. ai hand- 
a 3 Š eee 5 with a ee in 
J petals—a fine kind ; Queen of ugal, rose, 
mman claret, hat 
, deep somew: 
small, but co and handsome. The rest were 
chiefly light 
e boxfuls | 
Sir Har: 
ng | Du fine 
were Sir C. "Napier and British esi from Mr. Smith, 
enham. Mr. Kail 
kinds, and too much alike to attract par- Drang 
Among gree 
eshed varieties the best ve, pa Perfection, ner 
Guns scarlet- fieshe d k e first prize was again 
bea tial “divided 1 
specimens of the he ata a ge 
observed that Umbeliferous pits which grow in 
damp situations as thei eir l habitat a 
ul aromati 
cs. ai the 
| aromatic r as, used as a Se AN weetmeat, is 
ny. 
xception; it grows in watery pla 
Hom, ing. leave of our Umbelliferous friends, we 
of Twi e had some British Qu 
pols, o were scarce. Some good Black Circassian 
came ton, Mr. Fleming, a Trentham, 
Fruit trees in pots were exhibited by pig Lane, 
but on ge were ripe fru’ it except on Cherr 
Amo gE neous Fruit were some aay fine 
mons from Mr. Cuthbert, Citrons from 
5 GE Se misc 
ʻu | encount 
mportant and extremely “handsome family, p 
par ssa tbe often called tl 
emb) 
fanci 
e of the butterfly. 
common Pea, with its stan wings, and its 
a which last a the stamens and me that 
style fo orming fut e legume 
Í lly 
m the 
to 
apie ital 
Mr. Glendinning, of the Chis- 
e 
Pippin Apples from the Rev. L.V. 
ifally | had Rose Apple (Jambosa 
Higgs. We likewise noticed ‘some Pears still in good 
condition, as were also Dumelow’s Seedling and Cockle 
eee Rees 
Mr. Ivison 
nection in 
1 themselves. Eaa ia) 
repens) and nob fh 
Goose 
and „ made of 
q| These were furnished b 
There also Apples, Pears, | off 
ain, SR tis as real fruit. 
y H.R.H. the Prince Consort, | pl 
the President of es Soctety. 
Of Vegetables a crthe a rg The | cay 
best came from ‘eons Ms Whi It con- 
tained _Cabbages, ithubarbe iced sticks; Lede of 
were 
tae 
dolabrata and | P. 
Ios Veitch. 
good, more especially Pine Apples and 
ack Grapes. White ones, more particular] ae 
Mr. Bailey showed 
Ze Fo 
H 
a gay AEE E a 
size, Cauliflowers 
hE A RL 
off the purple Trifolium arvense; 
side we may — one or more of is ring yellow- 
lossomed s This species with its zigzag 
ren and purple “blossoms, the Trifolium sala you 
mnot mistake; look at them, and you will ea them 
all papilionaceous, or Pea-like, only the flowers are 
collected into earn ge! o Yeaves trefoil. Like bed 
e Clov: vers were considered 
Horn Carrots, Globe Artichokes, Onions, se 
Cucumbers, Peas, Radishes, and Tarragon. In the 
second lot, om. EIE Lambert, were Ash- “Ashlea Potatoes, 
French and co 
Tues at Go 
© | Carrots, Cauliflowers, Turnips, Onions, Cabbages, and | Milk. 
Beet. al eats 2 nom at A sc ert 
by 
Soin eek 
Sari were they thous to be ‘noisom witch 
and wizard, the united trine “i the Seafieia doubelon 
ie as sacred.” 
tenure to look for the 
fered pretty. “ated leved Lady’s 
y kind.” | Mr. Higgs, con pinach. | yulga g 
cael showed yellow-green flow! 
y4 two of them emilla is not “a 
nts, and Notices of Books., Mantle,’ the plant being ; 
wiest of which in imes honi 
i The late Dr. Fiks ‘Syeopels Tragacanthine | paid to gin Mary. ? “Virg 
Mr. Burn. Mr. Fleming, gr. to Astragali, copies of which were cet a J053 or bower, the ly’s frage—* 
Trentham, had a fine fruit 1854, is now ow completed by the delivery of the examples iy di Pigeni 
een came fr thi ly’s Mantle is pretty, but å 
oz. Wild Flowers : ee see and how > A be hern sister, the Alch ‘are five tng 
umerous. Beauti- | by Dr. Spencer Koger 9/7 4 ‘a noy ons ia ott beauty of ite vee e a 
Hamburgh came from Mr. improved — of a <a published in or serrated at ran eat a acm 
Esq. Mr. Frost, | the name of We among DU Piore. ire’ is a y astro, rivaling Salope 
bunches with large | very m be that the woodcuts which ion eT eA 
well coloured. | illustrate (?) the little volume should be so i thar axils, may now be 
Torso keten- Geinin A. Kalte Sale 3 end flowers growing in dee. The 
Dina ? oe ths allan f it is not | isters. 
red, berries say this the more earnestly bemuse these Wild F7 IZ N 
. Tı cannot be otherwise than and instructive to t 
Mr. Taylor, young e, as will be seen by two or three “es d that flings unto the winds 
Isleworth. Mr. | from th of its 
Peter’s ; but they were Summer! full summer have we now in its beauty | W magre eee 
tigr Of White ae. friends have faded the elongated 1 aes toe i itt cre oly 
i ; the eaves 
Sweetwater, as did likewise Mr, the seed vessels of the Violet, tell! for odoriferous properties. Do tbe surprised if you 
