Decemper 11, 1858. | THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
907 
Saaatifal in form, round, slightly < 
n form, round, slightly conoid, i in colour p: ~~ the view of showing the characters afforded by those; obtained b: 
yellow, m mern perdene mottled with red. Very ornamen organs ` whic h are ‘too often neglected. Mr. Westwood | mentioned are Cure 
ed | dia: 
Of Seedling Melons were Ellesmere, from Mr. Wigh- Í to tl enus Anomma, 
ton; frit very large, weighing about 8 lbs, appar- | Dan ish entomologist | M. Drewsen. Mr. S, pyre ~ | Caladium ms with v 
ently of the Ispahan section; very juicy, but deficient | hibited some very fine beetles recently se 
i e from 
y e Carlo Schmitz, The species specially 
uma 
Roscoeana, Caladium Maralg- 
f ant from „Brazil, alli num, Crowea latifolia “ae stricta, 
‘which he had received fro: mre Chirita, and a —— © a 
gh 
ingle specimens were 
e successful 
in favour. A Seedling of the Cashmere section, Celebes by Mr. Baht Mr. F. Bond exhi bited sien Vanda tricolor ented by meme, Maria 
neal Apt ere BB lie He mi iy known; it had t 
Lam! 
Signor Emilio Barducci. ben 
ch obtained prizes 
behad grown for several s, and found, on com- | cabinet of Mr. Robertson, from Scotland, was ; previously other plants or r collections which 
“Exh 
ery 
early and very late purposes— ery hardy, a free England. Mr. Gorham exhibited a new microle ido- | H Seaia aa 
setter, and abundant bearer. In evidence ab Vis “init. | peers tabest, r Coleophora Foca, | riogat 
FA 
= The fruit is of medium size, soi ett Hy The > former had o oy ve 
ea d 
m a new Noctuidio ious moth, Micra pte err! ias in pote with 
wil 
been Seog: reviously asa Se Puchsins 
r, F. Sith guv ve an account pono ge apa 
oval; colour dark green. -i Met! mu 
nl thick; flesh deep green, fa blind 
i of far our, Seti bev Laon elite from India. An 
was not ripe enoug’ p an the justice | habits of oe Gisa 
toit. It was considered Pecan, Bayek arand be ore’ ay, 
autumn use. emitted by the green 
i Of i Mr. Richards, > mston Park, | the effect produced by 
, sent one mae we he foun r to any | into hot water, which 
Pelargoniums 
les on the | Lantanas 
of Taner and 'ormicidæ, | Seedli Roses and cut Rosos 
E pp, eak peculiar smell AT all Mi 
ropping the orem oh beetle | Ornamental Cacus Ditaceous 
causes the crepitating vapour fruita 
Seedling Pears 
near Tadcaster, 
other ind cultivated | in tl me pada A the te table, ape and ex explode, Mr. W. Wright par a notice of a | | And extra ment tion was 
ke. lso described it faili à the reer oe ae of M. Muat to Mugherint ai Go Goa (hat are are the hey P); ‘aie ts from 
ti The fruit was noi AREE a | Siam, and Dr. „Gray made a concerning small 
the stick vege Mr. Stevens | Holland plant 
the von do of the 
appended to the 
Tah X nN 
e, therefore, that itis that varicty, a: Jost M 
ance spe vo 
was equal i taet pes Akep in good co: t is | of the "boty and limbs, meat on the leaves of the yong as71. Excepting sbhsebe trary blot e 
proba aple teurs, 
ts appen 
amo; 
name, or a seedling from =e z! kiar re parent 
without 
get 
ma pe sat - Graham, lace aih Sie HORTICULTURAL Socrmry or | Were “individ of all 
er Behibition) — from the | Peceived priz 
rs, and nurse ghee 
en; 
Fang 
Royal Museu By the listi 
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ing Pear that had ever been fie mo ‘ander the | [a1 nger interva a usual this 1 are ition was held atis o of Books. 
was um 
10) 
it ab and adorned 
es in its greatest diameter; longitudinally | with festoons and wreaths under the able direction of | The Forest of Dean; an ‘an Historical and T 
and transversely; stalk short, stout; colour i Cesco i. The most striking object was| Account, fo. By H.G. Nicholls, M.A. Small 8vo 
ig. Fran 
lish on the sunny side, inclining to | the extensive and varied collection of fruits displayed in Murray, pp. 286. 
rusetty green, purp 
ie cinnamon as it ripens; texture very melting a = are Pint rows, and especially bes A ral _ ears, | This volume relates 
the his 
; flavour rich, aromatic, and very sugary. eens agence eties, many | of the prectest of our forests exce 
evita od a kada prize | the a 1307 to the presen 
nedal. Sig. Carlo Semon collection = contained a | the half-savage miners, the a. buildings, the forest 
i trees, the m 
iam 
Gra am sates it b0-be-weey Ao tas aon] a 
canker, and that its habit of is very upright, | n 
i EE —the tree naturally | considerable: seo yt 
i he had im 
f them new to 
varicties, y of which laws, the minerals, the 
SGarhae ey of Belgi improvements, even the 
Boe r ileaih 
Barchard, Peboey eath. a his hard’ stock. 
m, x “1 
. to Mrs Prance, | or oland, Whence most growers of the country | its management are successively passed in review ; 80 
EB ne position and climate that in reality the reader has a pretty fall account of 
most worth pier , 
subalp 
ing, thay ne ils whith ‘has a fa bly | of Sig. "Semone establishment at the Casentino i in- what is 
Also, another variety ¢ cal Ned H 
ne et 10le well ar 
hi dh too acid likel i la ] 1 le "a histo! trees 
w as to to tal eaders the 
ing, ich w aci ikely ea $ ce 5 baak that of § < Grilli in the pe Rass ary ri i | selve ves and our m , ras A, eben pas s inter tait otit 
amongst dessert Apples, and too small for kitchen | who bone an 
940 
+ yy It oe have 
autko knowledge appe 
d car 
to havi 
Of other Fruit the following were the more remark- | © Marchese idols for his aie ‘alton of Nan. enable him to deal co that part of his 
ey | of rece ween! gous. a pion ai | i vari of Apples 
situa 
a 
tion was descr th 
ordi existed in i Per tite of dan aeh The: 
‘of Black Hamburgh, fine, well grown, an 
— te -eq ion: G rally. h praise, 
‘ize was a’ 
cany. Together 
ured, They were of the most ra 
- | bited B” e Royal Gardens, oi of Pozgio a Caiano 
named pag: 
nt, under the name ianti; those from th the RI 
i si penmet from | 0 of Pane, std Aimerics and the Tokay, | wet 
laid before th 
les and Pears. The Pears. exhi- ph he Mie 
derived from 
ee meray „| that ever 
biter, Casi Cask pe of the day, a 
spoken o! 
warded 
ited 106 varieties, of age Phe were fo th ikoe Mr. Kenne 
with the oper rapen mor pi too anit Sor 
re and 
Ms any o precious sows Kilda: Shows fore sligt ye ttle or ii be 
grown on an open wall, and the produce of a suppi het og wine of Artimino, Monte Paco, on thee it Stee 
se 
e Siemoni, is 
a ie Een r Somi 
ion 
Luz 
it] 
Sinalizar Seer namin well up be of oon ot toate 
first. 
exh 
be 
to haye been 
by nti dny 
ile 
e vineyards of meae i found better than suing it on end in 
‘reap! 
tage, Isabelia, a nd Pas ina of | placed in ¢ vy Sow ed 
, the aoe 
AY 
Society. The bunch was large, d apparently a | C ng 
setter ; tl 
; berry longish, oval, large, the M 
eae," skin thick; seeds few, but moos oreo of | rio stones, one quite a new one, 
T The 
the berries rich and vinous; leaves small, stiff, en to the, Roboli garden gt 4l varieties, of a will not A “aa vot 
* pes 
Fait Plums ie. Riv žhibited Reine Claude de tion to “ive Sache Ridolfi for 40 Goat aricties, including before us 
Grapes; and an honourable men- | interest to foresters can be g 
aei ies | forests. Simple Mr. N icion! x very different expla- 
ut 
ers 
vay, from a pyramid in the open ground; large The third prize, specially reserved for “ Most strangers visiting the forest do so in the ex- 
i ucous. bloom, and i 
wall, and as a pyramid, or standard, in Cyp 
Cherries in r iag d a rarity worthy of | of a vigorous plant in 
fruit 
; y Sig. Emilio | ceal itives, or dis 
aga gd le known Pears were Beurré Rouge, | Scoti by a peculiar method of ete, In Peaches and | of violence an plunder, or “5 
class objects 
$ z to Tuseany. Honour- | Oaks barely 50 years old, compris 
A good dish ot Coe’s Golden Drop was teat iO Mr. able sation penile of an enormous bunch of what | the remainder of the surface disfigur' furnaces, 
and Belle de Septem bre by Mr. Riv was called the Uva di Gerusalemme, but which | collieries, and groups of inferior buildings. Pe forest 
a dish i and ar eaeaat from Mr Rivers | was in reality the Land of Promise Grape (Uva della | as it existed in the days of the Norman and em 
, and ai al notice, sitet Terra sa) from the Royal Castello kin A who resorted to 
prize was awarded to the Cav. iria f trees had become 
the Span 
de Caen, from Mr. Rivers, the Pesca Melo, the Bianca di Nizza, the Amm isabile what it is t present. 
fruit not distinguishable in appearance or flavour from Beles, and Pesca Mandorla; and for four delicious Plum have sieeve the fellings, 
good 3 bu be produced o 
a 
be a healthy, hardy, M h ous tree. | ya a notice 
(ey ora “ad vigor and] parti of Sig. 
"Pew of the trees 
eps p dette of seeing groves of ged timber sgn 
Tich and delicious. ‘Too great praise cannot be given Sls i meats the, Oporto, the Malvyoisie (M the | the. ground in every direction, and are much disap- 
this excellent October frait—it is cers r e me P ce on | Cy ag ite Portugal, and the Spanish uscat, | pointed when they find the greater part to eer 
According to Mr. Pep pra 
was- taken of the Vagal bi sees 1s reign left set ae Seca by the 
icl 
for its exe it vere called * forbid trees, 
Carraresi, both its eral wer or er 
be a valuable Ganse! f Tena fi F urable | requirements 
a s New Late, rom | quality und b ifu Se ee oa hera 
Bergamo frait; flesh 
ry stars fa Se and poems Jersey Gratioli, Walnw m gt Goan 
ee 
from Mr. H melting and good flavoured, from the 
and ‘for Capsicums, they were su 
Apricots will not grow. Doyenné Blane, good flavoured | collect of Melons alone the sige awarded | said, left stan 
melting: ` y pa archese 3 
te 
f h 
had set ont with the legs and proboscis ureter) with collection of at least 12 exotic pasta in Serb was | streck by lightning, 
an ext ize ido 
Two fine collections of Potatoes received prizes, one Hover ige 
t i 8 | c 
ree in în he fore 
for collections of Melons and Cicinas ;| 18th of February, 1662, ae ti 
poor soil-on the Hasti s, where Peaches and enas the latter were exhibited, but among several | Oaks and as many Beech, y 
n, for | district, or the yet more voracious aces “ye 
e 
alks of its acorns b 
; arie and ge 
low grounds about Florence. None | years old. Ti of the y m robur f asire 
ible s 
re than one acorn on a stalk, rm] 
short. 
I, h 
A few Years back it was 
late A ir 
PE nits 
