268 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Manen 21, 1863, 
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Garden Botany, some no otice in our eolumns. Its | ва same with suitable books, specimens, &c., for their in- 
more general dissemination may serve to aid the FE AND FERNERIES, 
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satis ts, the | ject of ns, that most interesting iiim 
кнн is буг SUM Mea he Quse Society mir ds ve the ben efit of the m м | Cryptogamia, ibat few among t s еайет a z Кеч 
туф again wor E^ of its ancient fame :— and TTA of their colleague, Mr. WAR ournal can have neglected to ы? » ium Ws 
* Тһе members о e Society of Арон: {гота “ The Mas d Wardens invi ite the cordial co- sm forms, to rejoice in their refreshing coloni ij 
the earliest period зё: y history, have taken р endeavour to render and to wonder at the varied growth which the — 
lively interest in the pursuit of botanical TURA NM their estat wat 4 с\ worth зу of the Society as species exhibit. or are de many, probably, who do 
Very shortly after their incorporation in the reign of a a scientific body, and t t a mode | not number among their acquaintance some one 
Ja{mers I., we find them engaging in EI botanical | in which valuable ecd m ed be mad d, v , by assist- | whose appreciation of the pleasure that their 
excursions in the neighbour ood ot London and s ing in the comple tion of the various bri of | quiet companionship а has induced him tọ 
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Herbal," and an honoured memb er of the Society, has greatly oblige the Master and Wardens by so oing. of Wardian pite perhaps have в kr peus invested 
left a н Lue pes s of several of these ear у “ 16 is hardly necessary to айй that it M intended to | in a pop pular boo k on Ferns, and yet hav: ined a 
excursion бн mi only the devotion to botany of | render every facility to band of Botany and their | very the intention of the firs rst, and 
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the “Socii кае” ашый, but the extent to pup pils making use of the Garden in its 1 g 
whi ich that t devoti оп was 8 вћаг ed by fo by the xn uia emplo yed in the other, 
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with cdm for within bait ма “ their incorpo-| .—-—- novam remarkable for the beauty of its Le just when their rapid growth seemed to 
ration, the Society were able to secure for their flowers, it must be confessed e ihe GLADIOLUS ^ romise so wel, he will be ready, perhaps 
members сты opportunities for the prosecut ion of he foliage. "Thereis|to welcome a few suggestions that may guide 
their favourite study, by acquiring a Botanic Garden of| scarcely enough of leaf, s0 Ar t one is tempted to |to better fortune with M successors, Much 
their own; and the reality of this interest is strongly | think, to set off to the best nåvantago the bold spikes|of this ill success may, imputed to 
proved by the fact, that the means for the formation | of bri үзе blossoms., A suggestion has been made, the self-will observed to be “characteristic of all pets, 
and early support of the Garden were prov vided by the | and it seems experimentally tested, to use the CANNA the cause of the premature death e Ferns has 
members from their private resources. to sies the deficiency at which we have hinted. It ну been the same as that which killed the 
«16 was under these circumstances that, in the year may therefore be ecd Mod at this juncture to favourite canary bird, and compelled poor Carlo, 
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between 3 and 4 acres of б on the bank of the | Cannas may Ъе taken in ji to вару, the stock | seek relief in .apoplex y. For with Ferns, let them but 
Thames at Chelsea, and at those who ша ai water suited to their habits, of the 
ture enclosed the gro oak: ul siis it for the “sy out this mode of plantin g- ditions of which Ros shortly to speak, 
purposes of a Botanic Garden, here it is mece to put ina caution that | and x less they а with the better, 
“Such was the origin of the Society'Ss Garden at jua at least of the species and varieties of Canna | Like the petulant, old i who, troubled by the 
Chelsea, which was the ies Gardan m ihe n site body, | бы would be —— for the object Pre d Cannas ton frequent inquiries of attentive neighbours and 
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as n science. For nearly two centuries have the wish o be let alone. Shou g beetle or 
Society ideias this Garden at their еты T 8 but; which T in a gen e ea n become | а чод озо be dist turbin ng eH iA Fragilis" will 
and frequently u under circumstances inv o the Gladioli. Hence the larger r | drop r if “ Elegans,” 
id f tl bold t h pretty c столот ко shoois be found 
members; but on no occasion on which a strenuous should be such as dd be per for their being | one morning lying gencre he*lets you know 
the|employed as a background. Probably there із по | һе ground is too m und about him, Even 
purposes to which it was originally destined, have the | rore appropriate species for mixing with Gladioli than | Vulgare will cry out in рез size and fading colour, 
members of the Soci меу. Бе found gra in the | the common old Canna indica, which is comparatively | when, forgetting his shady home, you place 
liberality and zeal wh characterised th early | dwarf, and has n arrowish green leaves, su A wwe i posed heap 
predecessors. accord better with ће — deri c e the Gladiolus| I have жаа mentioned Wardian cases, 
«Тһе Society have sought and received their reward | than would the broader and ted leaves of learned and mo: t amiable мевае р — namo has 
in the assistance which they have been able to render | many of the majestic an vna varieties w b i ed cases e growth of 
to the general advaneement of botanical science, and | days find a place in the seed catalogues. plan nts, on the scientific pr vinciples rigioni s set forth 
1 i ed c i say one word in| by him, bas ойлой their use in the culture and рге- 
cessive generations of medical students for the prose-|their behalf as noble summer plants for the flower | servation of many varieties of arti and "i ially in 
cution of this branch of their professional Laaer Nor | garden, to which their foliage, when well деуер, the safe transport of plants from tropical climates to 
have there been — at an еи п (по ко imparte an almost tropical aspect, When used in this | our own. We a iee: е only concern Sa their use for 
belonging to their own body who have e робну ап у indeed, our th f in London and ыр arge 
aided the Society i in their efforts to extend t the benefits of ring them to perfection ; and hence the means which | and particularly P "ihe рана небе such hardy 
sound botanical knowledge. In the year 1721 Sir HANS | a knowledge of their habits suggests, should sd be | exotics, whether denizens of the temperato юн 
SLOANE (at that time President of t If tey ав | elevated regions іп the ia. as do not require 
Physicians), who had become the purchaser of the land Md believe them to be worth hek kea kohase ear We do not RE to рге. 
wnder lease to the Society, conveyed the Garden to our parterres for tho n: "m "the noble а appear-|vent the of fresh air, as has been com- 
to the Society in perpetuity, *to the end that M they present by their foliage, e, en ded sa кезе 2-5 ima п ку but to exclude those fuliginous 
the said Garden might at ай times thereafter Бе |takin ng some trouble with to e ensure d the matters that exist to so so great an extent in the London 
continued as a Physic Garden, and for the better 2: n and which, whether by filling up the pores 
encouraging and enabling the Society to support th bl by which plants breathe, or by affecting chemically 
charges thereof, m the manifestation of the power, an s сй seed гв, ый дф as every E p "m | their tissues, are found seriously to check the healthy 
wisdom, and glory of God in the works of creation. ^ |allthe кш i a little warmth at the roots, ыр: | growth of all vegetation. This, then, in the first place; 
“ For some few years past, the Society have had to | standin hey may sometimes succeed without it. | but beyond this we desire to produce that stillness of 
contend with numerous difficulties in their efforts to | The dd ә da of applying this E heat o oi s the air, and to preserve for it tha t и of moisture 
preserve the Garden in full efficiency. On the one | limited scale, would of course be by the introduction | which аге dud prevail in the Tui 
d, the expenses of its n have d ‘i cluded situations in which Forn ч: 
heavily от the resources of the Society, and on the | in a su sufficiently drained excavation— Mein is to | d lig mes of 
other, the increase of buildings and manuf: ies in | say, of leaves a dung worked up dito the state i Nature of decay and 
its neighbourhood, and the threatened ж се de which the mixture would be fit for making a hotbed айтай s im eren e ыы dd рон 
way companies, have created a feeling of disco But whatever the agency employed, the result would | даган! ve natural agents, р reserving the effect of 
ment, and even of doubt, ав to the course whioh the be similar, provided it were sufficient to 
Society should pursue with 3 reference to its continued 6 к that re әтә. would be, has been i shown by Capt. | „А curious misunderstanding of necessary Con- 
maintenance. When the executive of the Bode ety, | TREV use led to much iesppiimen in е 
however, йене d how much benefit the Garden had | of topi p pinta] in the open : air, when pla: in beds | early history of  Wardisn cases. 
conferred in times gone by, with е pride it had | of heated еа These experiments Pl b be gem thes е had been constructed under the Cinmediate supers 
i predecessors, and, above all, | recorded іп e 5 of the Royal Horticultural мае нн of the inventor, and sent on 
when tl they found numerous & body of the die Society (ii. 182). The heat in this case was supplied by for conveyance abroad, with instructions fo for their 
students of the is were still anxious to profit | a hotwater boiler and pipes, and was sufficient to rai ly filled with sp 
by it (no fewer than having applied for | the temperature of the earth to ай 70°. Most of the plants Jndigenous 0 the tropical country to which th a 
admission during the past summer), they unanimously paare Were taken at once from a stove, some few only | ship was bound. Directions were also given for 
0 | Dd denis d dI о m V оа а аниц of such гераї the 
a vigorous effort s| should be made to rer.der it as efficient | house, and керш wa iven them. might be uired, and for r 
as — for the fulfilment of the important objects | It was they а to suffer no check | were complied with, and with Chinese exactness, for 
en so long devoted. | when planted out, but grew away at once, and that at paint, thickly laid over both glass an framework, com 
“In order to carry this resolution into immediate | a time when Кл Limes out in | pletely shut out the light; the plants were killed, an 
—— - e been determined, in addition to other | the ordinary way, were chill and t» the successful issue so anxiously ех of an inti 
. To make а new and as completea| Now forthe result as кена and we will resting experiment for many months postponed. , 
pon vm ж posso of all medicinal and — | quote Captain CLARKE'S own words :—*' е. or three| Your Fernery then be of whatever dimensioni 
plants. 2. To enlarge the colleetion of the more | Cannas, including - curious C. Hedy- | you choose, being simply an enclosed space roofed 
important hardy Peers eous plants, arranged according | chiun coronarium, ere placed s во ав to hide my rude glass, and with X hes, 
to the natural system. 3. To convert the old lean-to h C. iridi- | the ment of your dweling permit, 
houses into * Aspects of the vegetation of tropical and "T failed i in procuring in time, and I much regret m or e better, that the ends should be side 
temperate climes.’ 4. To make two divisions in - m um able to PL this fine and still rare = work. I presume that уоп would wish that one 
span- house for plants requiring various degrees of | C. flaccida produced -— — —— Hed: g from your drawing-room or library 
re. 5. To construct а Бо ture that they we: vie e cem ie wint 
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ps To construct and plan amples of|had been made previously in the stove. It then, 
ta “illustration of their utility i in culti- | TOGETHER e THE CANNAS, MADE A HUGE THICKET 
he conveyance of plan and | оғ SHOOTS. e Cann ither flowered earlier nor 
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пе w "oom for more esit than others in the open ground with- 
determined the aspect, Were this, however,'a 
t made a much more luxuriant growth," 
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