318 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [APRIL 4, 1863.. 
z a : Ане trees, | and being of better form, obtained т 
th n taken from г head, and | always removing the spurs after bearing. E a pure а 
may е found On ma ny оГ tho Sydney fr fruit, "Alive and dead, three in number, are on a south wall, close to a rivulet, certificate, Similar awards we given to the tet 
looking like so many йув i I ш ne as ын mes | and having nothing westwards but a high thick Thor | forms— white and red flowered—of the Fern leaved 
— Á he diim ce акч eA rt—stem, branches, | hedge. I never allow the walls to be wetted after the | Chinese Primrose, which came ie m thesame establish. 
SIS "lack and front. The young are almost invisible to | buds swell, but give water at the stumps, according ment. Mr. Bull showed one WO promising seed. 
the and are very active fora short ed till Ал Е to judgment. The three trees are very strong and yet | ling Horse-shoe Pel rgoniums; нб an attractive Ала]ед 
selected a е. = ае В ph eu гытын н ап very old; the youngest is 26 years old, and the other | call d Surprise was sent by Messrs. F. & A. Smith, 
days vm iu aci the Or t at the perio ар едо owering that | two are 42 years old. I know the date of е | Dulwich. This variety has flowers of a vei salmon 
they may share with the bee and ot. ер. пи ото с. firs by the testimony of the Rev. Cossley Saun-|pink paler аб the e ges, and is very conspicuously 
kai ет ага Mo сойылу procen о ы» d to Е Tarrant inton, who remembers | spotted, and occasionally barred with de 
ith scale. I have often had it nM A па ыа ресу зе ers, гес 2 29 а , А | ‹ ер тей, itg 
а, Шейше and neglected trees, “Oh, I shall have them |its being planted, when his fat was rector of үн уша beh eing owing to its bold spo ting. 
clean now, for the ants have taken to them, an Phædrar ht 
eat them up." That the ants carry the s 
on th Ican confirm from personal observation. e also 
found, while hand-cleani leafby — that ifan y bra 
in Victoria. 
aliy c Largo and to illus 
mplet 
iari 2; Fayal (ono E s MIA the entire produc s lost | i 
from ex cause alo sual exportation from Fara was 
12,000 chests аїру, pati int that year not a single chest, was 
pe: And n anothe instance of extensive destruction is taking 
place in New Sou D Wales, large numbers, of trees, from the 
lant of Ше "months ved се tree es 60 wth, are dyi 
ve а disease of the The cause cw as yet, mot: clear! 
амин. 
Мт. Holroy pe has attributed the success: 
and they will soon | Rushton. 
cale from КАЛД the 
'erguso: the 
The insects that Dips 9n | bot 
trate the extent 
in 1843, so 
„фы the 
P ny of Mr. 
RAS we 
the e wato 
оо big at 
in I 
within dune а yard of 
came dene ass 
havin ng w 
d the 
аера ‚ "ith 
YAL Вот p 8 (First Spring Sho 
ollections of. N койшо Plante were бозой oa 
n › Lee, Henderson, 
Wiggins, to W. Bec 8q., Kr OFT 
roots cut off P а mes of 30 
the perpendicular roots, so 
my wrists. I 
which s thick as 
х "the birth from 
new maiden earth and ован du 
hem; 
ssful 
perim а proper system of e лө reels 
-— т а limited use of bone as a — 
— says, in reference to manure, t hat it ought to be 
du ыш hen the trees are very young, — ere their roots 
reach it “ће ey ought never to be disturbed. The ground ought, 
however, at times to be sligh 
to admit t ны c» nts end. air to the roots, but they ought 
e Corresponden 
s Tho following varieties P Oak а 
to veh T writer; the cork is by n 
in appearance at very 
—1. Qu ercus Sube er, of Italy; 2. Q. Cookii, 
Spain; 3. Q. Pseudosuber, Italy, ze like the next ; 
4. bd тг. the Corky Lucombe Oak ; э», A nie uw 
han t 
it 
Enci great tendency to 
form а сотку bark as they grow old. Ў 
Contractile Tissues а Plants,—l have just read а 
treatise on the contra ctile tissues of plants, an nd the 
— broken on he surface, so as ү. 
no 
be T that Ig 
е good and very г ad y ders seen 
| the. fice т my old For s (now ded) ie. I ordered 
him t t the ns down, and cut the Тоша, РО 
ОШ: T nd perpendicular, they w would bav 
sight that would h 
“ Sport that wrinkled Care derides, 
And ve holding both E sides," 
Finally, I should mention that windy, or sleety | 1 
weather I keep on ihe i eem day: má night, but take 
and 
х Camellias from Мг дотад Ls to R. 
I e fro 
Mr. Wig ins, gr. 
r Mr. How 
КОН оош ted b 
na а 
Мг. W: 
gr. 
lection of Japanese plants, all of which have alrea 
been fully noticed in our columns, was produced by 
Mr. Sta жыш ACE came from Mes 
Mr. Young, gr. . Barclay, Esq., of " Highgate! 
Mr. Stantish, у Шеге were also stands of cut 
Clapham, and from 
wed Different varieties EA "Сус 
m Mr. Hn and, вт. t 
б 
ard, gr. to B. Edgington, I 
some w. ^ 
5 + 
also an 
Fern- Jeaved varie'ies of Ch іпеве ан. Кангай 
them оа, 101 in the morning 
hn, there mentioned, has de interested m 
i edle рої act 
using them all instantly to о elige 
In like manner the sensitive Mimosa 
[mew and leaf-stalk er rect, оп on le wf pe 
Fetweon 
E an Pa: machine, which, on turn 
causes air to 1 
ош 
collapse in the same way as th 
imosa Б е чаедо of the repul- 
sive "uem ne = pid that the plants droop : ab [b 
night in the does or d and i 
oms. 
? | Mushrooms from & bed 
u 
Day,” as I extracted it 
the 
ing a native of rium 6 I naturally take an 
interest in all that goes on there. G. 7 На 
т d 
by Messrs. L ce, & 
ted by tenens 
е а Wellingtonia gi 
Western Times, and | 
everal exhibitors 
came the pretty. оне 
5 o'clock in the afternoon in fine eather. Quick and from Mr. Bull 
Belen from cold to heat, or vice таф is bad {ог | а0серз, and a glowing АшагуШз-патей Fire King, 
Р blues. 37. F* Dado сїў, essre, Smith, of Dulwich, exhibited a. variegated- 
The Royal MMC E me, n reply to o Messrs, | eaved Hemerocallis, and а promising; seran p 
eiteb, to say that esponsible for the state- Azalea called Surprise. Cineraria Emperor, from Mr. 
which ELLAS in cats columns of March 21st, | Tames, gr..ío W. Е. Watson, Esq., was "considered 
datum, оттегін 
8 лүе arr. in a small 
Draceena 
the "last a fine addition to plants remarkable for the 
beanty of their leaves. .Hoteia. or Spirza japonica, а 
and Mee Ж 
gantea 
A€— the last tree genie dw 
| Deoderà ra, presented by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, & e; ; 
| it was plan y Mr. Pince, and named the Prin 
[=ч d Pike, Exeter Nurs 
Mus —1 beg to rm for eri a M а 
made of suc 
is deseribed in your Paper of March the 14th. “т е 
sam but 
га influence ше actions? Is there any Jes 
= -— idea? Julia. [See a leading ar siet published | p 
ay. 
ВМ Owing to last summer being so wet and 
lo 
bed from which thes E gathered was 
f Februa: vary, and wiat T send is 
the first produce ^ it. Ihav t А — a 
рио how І make my spawn, and I ł 
ve Mushrooms every day for te eene ч 
itl kgs oms, 
was shown by Messrs. Veitch; and Mess G. Hen- 
derson had a small plant of Po rtlandia E 
ansy blooms came ой Mr. Bragg; and а 
Cineraria Conqueror from Messrs, Dobson, of но, 
NEAN : March 19.—G. Bentham, Esq., Presidenf, 
Dickie, 
ге с 
mabini affecti ting the 
The sim plest of the changes descr 
he 
sunless, I do not think that — out кав XE doors n = 
be emn o ns ы year. The 
jet: add that I put one barrow.full of turfy loam to 
bed; and 
5 
а ИЕ, x 
e or cover it at - вате time with 1 in 
taken 
9f | shed after а bee 
Fairfor 
h | consisted о 
h or so of mould 
from an — bed; the ой is kept dry in а 
elon 
8. J. Har 
he constituent E ets 
vis interit И the axis itself aco 
cm пове, In other ins = the change 
eem oute 
in the 
axis of the Ear E ыр 
beca: 
used 
ord n Gloucesters [Th 
f half- 
-grown teni hee Mushrooms; :] 
e sample sent red 
т 
the number — flor 
а= or all of which 2 
iato Ы had акеп place. The inner pes were in 
one an 
ts being 
ab 
me level with it, and in others were s split int 
кре ше E (or P4 6 е rendering the. symmetry о! M the eine a 
al - te. Withi 
e rtic Pboth | mitte e A few pre flowers a ue een ra iri oi some of 
in ge and € blishments. "The walls А lofty; z thie mosting, E PM CO в the neat which resembled pales, $ mid others were in various 
) trained, and producing dance | and attractive | Scherzeria s, which ermedia: 
en "тані hoe MENU Tat eries, cus inurl) si c eme = or teriam mdi of 
an ard-house, giving great promise of Figs, | mer, but now looked brighter and more vi orous, This |t In a third lower part of the. 
h I consider to. ле 5, FS the best of fruits. desirable little уге [etym stalked 1 aoaaa pid dark | spike the ipike б: оны. нага and 
The forced Strawberries: Keens' Seedlings, and В n foliage, and а bright scarlet inflorescence, the | arranged singly and alternately on the sides of the 
Princes, looked healthy, and were ning to ovate spathe hich is flattened кем grooved rachi ikelets in the part of 
or later, p who wish to |against the stalk which supports it. Another beauti the spike w in pairs “notch 
IJ and Moor Park А ricots ' with четт (бе was а Camellia eeu pali. Parlatore, a bah of the rachis, as in Elymus and Hordeum, the spike 
must glass-case „walls, ез| Mally- th th wa als remarkably smooth | themsel i or less вр with an 
hich аге the most insidious. If, however, culti iu Both thes bee апа inuer glume of the ordinary 
cannot afford to glass-case, I can assure them n that Tu сос as the rare а-а attractive Dendrobium litai mad a паш of 
use sheeting 2 yards wide, which florum, came from Mess rs. Veiteh'an жыз and received | rows but in several, which owing to the shorte 
к |1st class certificates. „flowered triglie yellow | the rachis beeame densely tufted, So closely were the 
nsed it; and T have never failed Wallüower, shown by F, J. Graham, Cran- d that imes a fusion of the onta 
0 ; I ford, was commended; as also were a crimson forcing | tiguous. was found to have 
ir poles, place the ends of Pelargonium from Ме ù fonii ihe edi eaae i i y foi d to extend 0 
and the nam ewis Loyd; and a very bright the inner pales, and in one case the inner pales of three 
he trees are light scarlet Amaryllis or Hippeaster Fire become uni In addition лив this, the 
o Cw acu Bull Chelsea. Another Amaryllis named axis of the spikelet just within the outer adl =. ян 
ruit. grow е | В ian ea M UNE a е E ATE 
as the case may be, kw s Wood, a bright crimson, | branches, each bearing its tuft of florets. In th 
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