E 10, 1858.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE, 548 
“Stirling Castle were vane by Nr. Car- | and now univer- | part tai lates of 20 figures each and short 
"Z the Countess of Danm Fio sally veces ae pa a a variety of | de f them, The price will Se anaes sists 
gr. t anda xs ay somewhat spall ba | | men in; addition per ge sinko s. 6d. per part. It may be i ad t 
Tami i pots n by Mr. Robert eget pice illustrating ll booksellers, or of the pasien John worst an 
adjectives are introduced as an aid to the student’s | 3, Mead Ple nee, Lambeth, S. Nothing ean promi á 
shay. Nee Violet mory. The more important of the Linnean maxims | better than the first part now before us, , the figures in 
ay SA Mr. ier, "24 roa gery capital fruit Di given in their original Latin for the sake of t those | which are so characteristic as to leave little to be 
Brugnon. Mr. Smith, gr. to H. Littledak, Esq., | who are able to describe plants in that most t useful desired. We only wonder poms such a k can be ‘oll 
Birkenhead, and Mr. Carmichael had both fair | language. at such a price. Every gar rden i 
of Elruge and the last-name variety ; and eat eo ee _,_ | or ninepence a Rebar ‘himself with 
Hitive came from Mr. Frost, of Preston Hall. A Manual of = ae Manipulation, &c. By instructi p 
Seedling and other Strawberries were fumished | Lake Price, 12mo; ne geo ill. 
, gr. to her Majesty at Frogmore, and What contrary, hon re 
thill, of Camberwell. They were, however, saa is no doubt that Pho! tography is hada becom eg rden amay eige E 
condition ; what merits belonged to them mest important branch of true art, and that the onai S. RUCKER’S, EsQ., Wrst HILL, ETH.— 
therefore be property determined. of its being an essentially aa process is, to use | Few pe ti Eocene jaah 50 be ei as thi 
ies Mr. Taylor, of ome, sent a most | the language of the Photo; pher, a mere piece of | Around the house is a beautifully kept lawn well fur- 
pesntifal punnet of 1 Mr. Marcham, E s fo one who has compared Mr. Fox | nished with specimen “Conifers, among krie is an 
Oates, Esq, Bydrop House, Hanwell, had | Talbot’s first imperfect unartistic attempts with the | extremely handsome Araucaria imbricata that how- 
y Black Circassian, Ma oh Duk k ‘ae Morello; wonders recently obtained by some of the o £ iita tors ever whic oot probably be m l is a char- 
J with them h of Fastolf | w whos e marvellous teen yae have been ex in | gly yrn ey mple of Abies Nord- 
a the bright green of whose leaves strikingly 
DI 
Turkey—came from Mr. Snow, gr. to ae 4: 
garl de Grey. of a yakinna future. It is a ta t he can |The — dendrons which surround the 
(Of Melons, the best was Exton Hybrid, a green-|never enter the regions of imagination, but he | been unusually gay, but legal beauties are now over fo 
feshed sort, shown by Mr. Allen, gr. to J. B. Glegg, | must eventually take far higher und and be | this season. Between t field is 
‘Three fruit of a red-fleshed kind ¢ came from Mr. | recognised as the apostle of absolute truth. “High |a strip of flower oor e tastefully laid o 
Crawshay, of Cyfarthfa ayer art,” it is ed somewhat boastingly, will | on one side a noble ‘bank of American Epo sep 
From last named gentleman came six of the doubtless continue to charm the lover of poetry, | it from other portions of the grounds, and on another, 
—, perhaps sii exhibited. They | o branch; but Photography | within view of the house, are the conservatories, in 
toge 3 lbs. each therefore averaging | will eventually conquer the affections of all who find | front of which are two charming fountains, and some 
5 lbs! ‘The Gst raie 28 inches in length, | no beauty equal to that of Nature as she is. The time, | very fine pyramidal and standard Bays in tubs, 
1inches $ in Ade next the stalk, and 9 inches at the jereovae for displaying the power of solar painting | These latter are piani along the sides of a gravel 
was 28 inches long, 11 inches round at the has not yet arrived ; every da, ay is father ay some im- | walk, and loo! from + distance have a 
beatin atthe point. The at. inches | P a discovery ; and it ras, kky and excellent “effect. in the flower 
length, and the same in in girth as N The 4th that | garden are all matter of. course filled with 
ire! the same as the 3d. „The sth Si 26 inches its s high “destiny vil be “finally Resi 9 Works | their summer im one we observed planted 
in 11 in hose T. Lake Price, representing as they do | with the brilliant pia crimson Rose General Jacque- 
atthe: The 6th was 10 inchis vena at the stalk, at that is at prn known of the processes leading to | minot, This is pegged down close to the ground, and 
9 (Ez the er and 25 inches in length. |s such results a: AE to contemplate, have there- | though rather thin pÈ se which is the oi nly fault 
i ights and measurements might | fore very great value o the student of Photo; ography. | this variety it wing colour when in full 
uee supposition that the specime il , but t what | blo: ossom renders it ‘hal si gat tive. A long border 
sent were old and unfit to eat. Sue h wai however by | to avoid ; his pages are filled with i | the wer garden is K pieten, as follows:—At 
no means the pod the con ae most of them had | the beginner f Holly} t of that is one 
blooms still adhering to their points ths n were solid, | experienced artist ; in short the, book's is i sety what it of 1 Dahlias; then comes a row of Sta ai Roses inter- 
in the ski ich were h 
oy oT +hotaller 
and in every respe nigra specimens said, to the w: ptr Bi of making sun Roe, The varieties of Phlox supported by a mixture of Stocks 
taki enltivation.. “They ey hi peter grown by Davis, | point which strikes us as having been omitted is ie and other dwarf growing plants as a margin. These, 
one of Mr. epee tthe S gardeners. at = of Pho graphy to “a ee ae a of when n bl loom, ; will „doubtle ess have a fine effect. On 
tl h ite 
lan’ 
which were Statice brassiczefolia, a handsome about ich instruction wou m to` e the more a yards in length, with a pathway ` down 
Warbvecred kind raised | from Teneriffe seeds; Tr rache- des: fable. Mr. “Di my Llewellyn’s mile A boris on each side. These last are kept 
Tium album, ful pl n belie that the repre- | gay with flowering pente: in, pots, gee are > apenas $ 
ion, and o hich only differs fro om the blue | sentation of ints offers dife eties that are absolutely fneicd with in winter, and in summer 
in the e of its flowers; various frnit reos insuperable ; and we earnestly trust that some zea alous tall standard Fuchsias Tubero fie. Among 
with unripe fruit from the orchard house ; | amateur will take ee en branch of art in earnes est, prion climber: the outside of this small winter 
three in pots, on each of oe there | den, for so pim may be one , are specimens of Cle- 
from seven to nine bunches. One of thes Foster’ the ne yp iflor vases 
white , raised from the same packet of seed and aan bring eaves to doubt. ae var ariegated are employed freely for 
purposes, in front a li a 
about which so much was maid in our columns lately| A New Work on Ceylon Plants is announced from half "hid. among Rhododendrons, and elsewhere were 
called Lady Downe’s Seedling. The parents of both the pen of Mr. G. H. K. Thwaites, Superintendent of a eRe | y p } s 
kinds are stated to be the Black Morocco and Sweet- | the Royal Botanic Garden, Peradenia, Ceylon ; isted h sa fi e her: 
water. The merits of the black Seedling are now fully |in the identification of the meae by Dr. Hooker, ‘The oo ue ieh vide a in a the middle inkn 
“eh darned the white also promises to be a useful | This work is to contain a complete enumeration of ou two pe a as it were by a 
plants known to inhabit Ceylon, the richest and most | aviary and some fine eee Teme i in x ae 
list of prizes awarded on this occasion will be Tiaportabt eastern tropical n of Great Britain, | handsome belles: pons is always interesting both in 
found in another column. and a country which has, from the "Greek and Roman | summer and win n account of the great y variety of 
> riods to the present, sustained its yaaa as the fine foliaged and pi plants which | it contains. One 
as 
ye, lf full 
for 
Notices of Books. as rags, and other vegetable productions. “For wae of flowering | mais such as Azaleas, Calceolarias, Pelar- 
rs it has Seen the site of a Colonial Botanic Garden, | gonium s, Roses, and things of tha tsort. The other wing 
| 1 and is filled mostly with stove pit 
hich 
Descriptive Botany : or, the Art Deinen ing Plant i i aaee 
correctly in oa self-inst a Poari of the island, and which, ‘under Mr. Thwaites’s able| and the finer sorts of tender Ferns, of whic " 
and the use o; aol. resa Lindley, F.R.S, mpi has acquired a deservedly great Rucker has an excellent collection, 
Bradbury & ` pr i celebrii e advantage the back hady 
The reason which n, this ale school pas - a, of Miquel the | where they form handsome 
BBitany in the stated by the author. “The Exa | secon T teens has Porter ee rien agineæ, | common toothed Lycopod, the r ing green of 
paige pt ag of + e and Lond on, ndraceæ, Pedaliacez, ny geen rie of | which is par rticularly pleasing to the eye. Among th 
abe cms 
inane “ze ere, have decided | Verbenacez. The only Pg sng view of the upper | more striking v cn, C i m w lia 
a making — Saripin a principal fe tur e | region of a mountain in Western aculeata and tenuifo eilan ele 
n papens thi pri ariaa Messrs. Longmans have published. a RA Rhine | G nogrammas, among Which was luteo alba; the hand- 
lt Tren Ì Ted d iy ‘the a pwr in the absence of some | @uide, with a good map of continental railways. Tt is, | some Pteris periant and a fine plant 
the on tive | however, much more 
elit of oe students who come moh London to Paris, i a whieh great city it is also a very 42 
natural history not only tena a pre- | eful companio; on ect of th f Ficus and other damp wall p 
Tindal c equally the traveller ais gba advice concernin; re Sis looking fronds of Platycerium kem “ 
ae but being formed upon a uniform | —— = “aa tariffs, rails, and all the sights most | fa ve a striking effect. Amo 
hey can be easily and accurately contrasted th ey a i l 
the "The ey m oe Bar aera “The 7th a Sth parts of m. Hooker’s Species| The grand collection of Orchids for which thi 
Paran somo | ce the habits of observation, and the | Féliewm, completing the So rai, are berare us. | is so justly celebrated is now mm € 
dently of knowledge gained by private study indepen- | They are chiefly occupied by th of which | some of the varieties of Cattleya 
of any teac at is most especially | there is ang elaborate account, worthy of the critical | also the extremely handsome | 
Jiant Sra 
| cabe bins, len 
it, they render the practice of what is called f its d th an instance of f | brilliant oran rina, ore 
Bat tee et grinding ” for examination impossible, | the he reduction effected i in the nomen of so-called ill- | lowered, and many other aan i et Bies 
hints “an at question, excellent as it is, proves | considered species, the curse of m tany and the The aquarium "ihe vi =. ‘ sin 
dae Pis ing to eet. Rite J to the | Jars of their authors, $ it is worth Hert that our | teresting. Ample leaves a and ss: 
Saa oaa sere are entary Pteris aquilina, has been found to cover the surface of the te ate Orchids, 
ios, the manner in w eben eal descriptions | Fe acral no fewer than 20 so-called species at: least; | pended over them om Pite of as Sea 
the ee enren. Tt phate seems desirable that | probably Ferns. Shallow panfuls Sr phot Foie 
it iw: drawing up descriptions o hy many more Flowers, illustrated by J. E. Sowerby, | green circular tufts Ad Gig eye bere oat there’ in 
Salas that all who have mastered the he rendered | is a periodical that cannot fail to be extremely useful: perca apogan A doe ether the Cret 
tany and learned the meaning of common technical | books. The author proposes to represent, on 80 plates forms and tinta which Sie in Aaa een 
is it ia sch, aa aratand ib: Most especially | each containing 20 figures, all the wild flowers known | render it second 
1 for the sake of ae itish | uce on | attractiveness. 
academical those who, under recent |in the British Islands. He will therefore pon one of the Tineries was a long ow Of 
without having vo o exami a scale everything to be found in the seven ‘At the back of ts bearing well.” Others 
recognised aa | English Botany, a work originally published | Peaches and Nectarines in pots bearing 
e J ab T72, and stil costing 1 1 The work now com- | had been been brought from under gla 
js! menced is 20 parts, monthly, each; sheds ; 
the leaves of the Vines were errs To 
