193 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [FEBRUARY 28, 1808, 
Miss Lewis, G. 1 Be а Rhododendron or two, A 
bac! ight as at front, that I am in- | Gore Langton, Esq,; Mrs. Lew wis, Miss Lewis, G. Maw, ч. , г two, Androm 
gir xe уун Ae rwn: apitulation (for it is an oft. | F;L.S-; Mrs. Ross, diss Santaren; C. Seely, Esq., М.Р. ; oribunda, the white variety of ри sanguineum 
duced, at the risk of recap Shackel, Esq.; Dr. Spence, W. Whyte, Esq. ; Major "denoral Double-lowering crimson Chinese Peach, bs 
repeated theme) to beg for a sm mall space in your | Wortham, a8 Ordinary б; ; and as Corresponding | Do - Di Б tabilis W charmin 
columns to say that a lean-to house for the culture of | Members : 8. Shelman Cow Esq., "Que ensland, New South | masses 0 ielytra spectabilis, ШАП Sind in p 
rchard house trees in pots, or planted in the borders Wales ; Dr. Hurlbert t Hamiiton, Еа Canada; J. G. бань form of a sta hh , well furnished with blossom ; 
ither as dwarf bushes or pyramids с to give the | Ева, нон Brams са RN Ge aom у осот Amaryllises о of different sorts, beautiful masses of Li 
8 pues diem ton, New Brun of in Valley, Persian Lilacs, and баар ке in 
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Tide 30 ichésor 2 fent voee quet [scatet Arcade with joins the Grent Tn ternational | among which were Dielytras, Rhododendrons, Epaoriseg 
din a uk wall openings 3 feet Tos] andi foo E or Ih Exhibition building on the one side, and i siad on | Tulips, Polygonatum multi oram, bearing numeron 
E wide and 3 fee A the other. The dis MY м -— ing-flowerin "Ва lbs was drooping spike of Fi hite low чег, Рац 
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admitting two currents air, which in A hot r vea Me 58р 
‚ : fit higbly interesting exhibi tio on. Veitch лише а ha 575 e group, in jid 
Erst меч desint ice de the мы f inths many excellent collections were con- | Eriostemons, nore Tradescantia @) ED 
tributed. тч не "d urserymen's cla ass of Jar; rge groups | in fovet, Imatoph yllum miniatum, bearing handsome 
* ҚА | fine plants came from Mr. m. Ра em heads of ms, i 
eds, robust we T flowered ezample of Queen of Hy a- OD udin. "villosum, Chin Azaleas, Boronias 
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ever abundant, is of no avail, for it seems У н Е 
have observed, that Peach and Nectarine trà more 1 1 
particularly must have fresh air admitted t o the ш sinths ia Дан andina, Майа d Sale Man uir and the brilliant Noon flow ча Lj I 
surface of theirleaves, where, t Li T = mo ja vanicum, the last, though sma ighly ornamental 
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;aurens Koster, an old but still eere variety; Wil-| Messrs. Smith, of Du wich, furnished Platyceri 
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expressive phrase, e lungs or to pee tha 
am I., Pie iie a sorb w ve sually lar rge bells; | ørande, Croton variegata, prettily variegata 
proper term, stom: ata, are placed in such abundance 
— -— жет m жы Мн, in some leaves there „are, Von Hum oldt, Baron von » Сот e Celle, | Cyperus alternifolius, cedet marmorata, Cyano. 
ae bre км my taking advantage of this peculiarity Prince ъд Saxe Weimar, уй "Bleu Mocrant; d phyllum speciosum, pretty examples of Eriocnema 
in die structure of leaves Towa uy ilas, and last but not least Argus, а deep blue wea а | marmorata and T а variegated Hemerocallis under bel] - 
in cultivating P. and Nectarine trees under glas white eye. "Ot Plum viec dero ү the + glasses, and t the seful pink-blossomed Monochetum 
for all my houses чч e low ventilation, the apa- roofed Men гы m Blacks, or nearly so, were represented | Gesnera cinnabarina, Colin 
houses a continuous АНЕ; either glazed or of wood, о La Nuit. Among Whife varieties the most conspictious adi Heat 
each side, and the lean-to houses ventilators f Sand Sf Wa vien c me -— Hoo M Ee nt ас T Adi iid HE rom M. г. Ва ад eane ble ie osi on, B which were | 
5 aterio » | Hippo ongifolia, the noble looking Fer 
back as above described, with no roof ventilat atio n, but Мк аш d Queen of he Nether! a de ві is a ез т ООЁ ы dme. be la aae D pe 
or Delicate Pinks consisted of Gigantea, 4UDl- acaule and A. leu це onervium, a glaucous variet 
M — гаре, Раев and Netarines may flora, а verte kind; and Lord м feed A e ty 96 
houses against boundary walls, (but not as bushes or Buffs were confined to Koning Van Holland. Fro ee Үассаз, PS other plants of that description, 
pyramids) if es houses are de Mois wk in front | Messrs. Cutbush, who farnished a anotlier collection, “ Exemple s of artificial flowers made of rice paper were 
and equally so at the top of thes g roof by a a glazed came among Blues Sir Colin ampbell, Van Speyk, |s own by Mrs. Stodart, They were tastefully set op 
shutter on рев Тһе бы ir e trained Orondates, Grand Lilas, Charles Dickens, Baron vx i lai dsome vases, cd Sd extremely а m 
trellises under the glass without the least fear м t | Тау, cem Regulus, Garrick, and charming plants Sypbsraitód, had a ect, Among 
failure, for the cool air entering at the front, as it of mong Reds the тр Еос аи bie Came li na in mi Shape of PM Бае with. flow "d 
е е will ascend and make its way upwards, | Масашау, of which a very fine а s, and Snowdrops; and the stems об. 
ing the under surface of the leaves. nd | Von Schiller, Mrs. paai Stowe, "Solfaterre, Queen | the vases FG EREE with a neat s sprig of Fem E. 
gig. а to the trees, which unless they receive of Hyacinths, Susannah Maria, Howard, а md ud . Whether ali the cR made 7 
fresh air after this manner become blighted, infested odgson, a sort prettily striped with wh ror not we had not ч о а. * чы 
with v spider, and useless. То the lack of this very | *@@ also en Victoria Le Pro E pos Ке it was au interestin exhibition. 
: t nete Duchess of. Richmo ond a and Princ Cha The subjects belonging So the department of the . 
simple method of ventilation, at a low level, I impute lot те se к t 
many failures in orchard-house culture ; builders either was Duc de | Floral Committ were nob very numerous, but there | — 
do not know or do not care for the wants of trees, so Malakoff, x traly beautiful sort, and shown in good | were some of considerable interest. The very hand. | 
that they a bstantiall condition. ong Whites the best were Orondates, | somely variegated Bornean Cypripediu as o 
and man Г. gn е ers from want of experience try to Mont Blanc, Miss Burdett Coutts; and Grandeur à| sent by J. Da Esq, of Tottenham; а fine yellow- — | 
cultivate sin houses that are certain to brin ее Blushes were confined to Duke of "Well striped Yucca from Mexico, calied lineata lutea, anda — 
disease ie infer ertility. If trees in houses had the gi ift | ingto lov i Пей anceps, w 
of speech, what a crowd of words would be heard every | | Collections - 12 Hyacinths came from Messrs. Cut- MS contribated by Mr. Bull; a large bright-looking 
fine inl ih spring and summer about 8 o'clock, bush and Mr. Wm. Paul. In addition to the sorts just | for arkeria spectabilis, called superba, and а 
“give us ai an the rame: , these КНЫН contained examples of General | pril lliant white- edged salmon Azalea, named Presi 
Ната, — owba u white ; ; Princess гаетен сЕ ys, came from Messrs. Veitch & Son, These all еб ; 
dark red; and Ida, f yello Fir е Certificates. Messrs. Veitch also sent а 
iri winners o күн he prizes offer ed by Messrs. Catba zd pretty wie Bpaeris, called densa, which wassai aid tocom 
to amateurs for the best 12 uie of Hyacinths were | from Western Australia a, and a variegated Hibis 
is with us wbile the P 
Маш. they will fad epus Staten че Бах ds Carr, Highgate, and Mr. Taylor, iter е ee бою New. Caledonia, which was commen 
being "elosed KA when frost is n orchard | Among sorts shown by these ch were La | зне с еа from Moalmein, sent E. Messrs, Lowk 
house a temperature of 26° is lean i ШҮ ав close 91 Lac, Alba Maxima, Grand Lilas, Charles Dickens, | | Co. w-leaved À rgyrcus, from - 
stagnant air ile fruit trees are blosso: | Madame Hodgson, Von Schiller, Baron Von Tuyll, | Br azil, -exlibited by Mr. Bull, both r "e ived Second- - : 
Small Birds.—In M — portion e your (Gr andeur à Merveille, Rm Blane, Princess meme ed plant of the hybrid — 
Paper of Saturday last, the asked wh eth | Howard, — — ulay, Couronne de Celle, and рү, hich 
z х баа dne Ler | Van S peyk. Mr. g of Highgate, who was likewise 
d 1 t feed s 
os Ht о Pres do not А upon ANS vds disti | one о "the co im for this ү prize, sent a well grown 
place their young, Ts Aie of K the її, are | collection, in which were also опе or two extremely | Ara 
principally fed with с TUS p the Virds We flowered ki Se 
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сопре о Tuli e numerous, and mad ood 
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larvæ of which sometimes do much decade in meadows and B 4 Van Haarl 
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Chin lese runt several extremely well-grown mong Miscellaneous subjects was а a box co 
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e buds, and they will sometime Cd collections w wn, consisting chiefly of single le specimens of Bougainvillea speciosa, wh 
RN nti the ens is more pars tial to | white and pink sorts. These from Messrs. Taylor, siao t floral leaf, and mem of colour were 
buds of this tree than the w. Henry D жота Todman, Cutbush, and Blogg. A group of double- ficent. They were sent by Mr. Wainwright from 
em > blossomed sorts was "d shown by Messrs. сы, ga s en in „Хо ort tham wem tbe the plant wh 
ums , 1844, f Croeuses there were ems i present: blooming 
appeared а TENAN E ралоо опе from Messrs. — р e great perfection. жм Sm ad а пісе со 
г т. Магкћат, ЕЯ hs covered their pots with Moss so of Cinerarias ; Mr. rie see > Tooting, the. 
evident that he cultivated, under that the them from view, ds as: ы flowered Rhododendron, just mentioned; and 
arseil! It always appeared toi po { Puis аз it were out of a green bank, a ч of | but not least, a cut specimen of Hellebo yn 
could have fallen into such a mistake; from an | in additi i was shown by Mr. Haringt 
observation made by Messrs. Lee, TE ore mith, in in appearance, se off e — € я е Moras to | the нее Roses thi 
their catalogue, 16 seems that the mistake is ES no | much ics a ovi the sunshine, | hardy as а Crocus, and t 
means uncommon. Nerii is no doubt the White | however, on this садо. ne blossoms. P not expand are white beautifully Based with pink. 
Ischia, = 8. vl Mr. Wm. Paul also h group, which was | of this Helleborus were pr 
Pears.—I can fally endorse the favourable opinion shown in pots in the den plas Among sorts the | to the Royal Horticultural e 
which oi one of your Correspondents, a few weeks ago, | most striking were Marie d'Ecosse, white ; and Albion , ago for distribution amongst the 
gave of the Bergamotte d'Esperen. This year it was |? prettiy — vm kind. not cultivated half so extensively as 
ost excellent, ripening during January and ruary, | Lily ished i I which the — 
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ту ebruary 
nd : n after Winter Nelis, ро ае Veitch; and Mr. Salter хк = чч cut, i& renders а а piece of mk at the 
and yet be thought good, must, indeed, have merit. In examples of the same useful spring flower, but not so | quite gay with = showy bloss 
G. S. 
other years it has not been so satisfac ctory. finely in blossom £ узай, 
Cyclamens came from Messrs. Smith, of eiie barossa 
e The sor sorts consisted of red and е varieties of| Vernon, Esq., of ле жез J. Craws 
sotítetíts. dr (20. cde rA | "| сун Castle, S, Wales, sent ТЕГЕРЕ 
хо! isl bunches of White Tokay. 
Royan HORTICULTURAL: Feb, 20 (Election оў Mr. Wm. Paul, and three Roses in pots, i riecht showed a bunch of ripened А: 
Fellows.—S. Н. Бе». ү „ їп the chair. Тһе | for the season, came from Mr. Todman, of Clapham, . |it w in goo tion, havi 
candidates w M viz:— A strikin g is of forced plants was contri- | otherwise nt in MAE: Fr 
ЕЕ, Esq. Жыз Е Menar P g^ a ria s. Veitch, who had two famous panfulls | to B. D. Colvin, Esq., 
Ld igne d ҮС, Сасама сопз isting of Charles Dickens, the| Pine Apple, and there aeneis a foy dishes 
Johnston, F. H. Pis ый Vainqueur ;also various hardy Ghent and! Pears from С, W. Strickland, Esq, Messrs. * 
