May 9, 1863.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, ; 489 ^ 
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the Gladiolus, whi Barley | ness thought would n у a pu playing | rip 
and Oats wer е їп е ear, Wheat some 2 fee high. sculpture to advan ө, ав ы to be had|gr. to the gods of Derby at Knowsley. pe. Mr 
n the mi of this оар fer ТЫШ was a|elsewhere?in Lon Hes ant icipated, moreover, that | Sclater, to the Earl vx Apos at Stack; 
numerous population, which appe area ery pe poor n" лаһа, such mm might renct? in developing a taste for art | pole, "Pembroke. А first awarded 
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en, who seem to have even -— beaut em th|i een, appreciated, of * Арр1ев, бое af Golden Russet, Cluster 
ground out of them by work, insuffic ient food, „апа and solà a трата out Mon de: а Council of the | Golden Pippin, and ros all in a state of 
exposure to the sun. They w y organised an exhi ibition of sculpture, which | fair preservation, except perhaps the last, which was 
heads, except occasionally a handkerchief thrown over | was opened on Tuesday, will continue open for PY, considerably past its et To Mr. reen, 
the back part. To screen the ey m the ardent sun n,|three months. At т bas su ai of H.R.H. the; ey | вг. o Mrs . Ho oneywo ood, ow E Hall, „Kelvedon, was 
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impresses premature wrinkles on the Е: brow.| the pu' chase of some опе or more of the works Pippin, ead's Kern Sod А kind unkno 
Thus the girl of 15 appears 20, the woman of 20, 30; | exhibited; and they h with much  judg-|Mr. Су шга gr. to J. Noble ^ Esq. y Day Hill, Taplow. 
the one of 30, 50; and the one of 50, 80, ' ment entrusted id entire management, superin- | showed а good white-fleshed Melon, named Golden 
About 15 miles from one the ountain chain | tendence, m lac d the works to the Council | Gem ; and specimens of the Arche: rfe ld Muscat Grape, 
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king of European Toledo S, of Mount Etna,  No| The result is a collection of statues, busts, groups, | Laird, and Laing, came heads of a тето oe я 
better xem d з Mount Etna сап be PW than from | &c., executed in plaster, bronze, or marble, to enume- EROE said to be a favourite in the neighbourhood 
the roa Catania. . For 30 miles the | rate the exhibitors of which would merely be to give a | of Edinburgh. 
road "skirts the eastern or sea T" vus — circum- | list T 4 Р к ҮН » rr у, а — I——— 
120 m . Thus e o un the exhibition was honoure the " r | 
l tl bs e| presen etie of their Royal Highne Pri d d 3Botíccs of 3ASooks. 
bey Pow duds f this nificent tain. t it | Princess of Wa ies dud нч ишу before | Sermons preached before H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 
is dificult h. believe "that. it is toro ДЫН 10, 500 feet 12 o'clock, and w d by the Cou a of the| during his Tour in the East. Arthur Penrhyn 
high. Тһе rise up to the plain at the шош qn 1 oyal i Horton Society, чш” ш President, ie Stanley, D.D. Pp. p.232. John Murray, London. 
which issues the small final con ne, is so grad ual, i 1се nts, Xir | Our Prince of Wales has enjoyed a very great advan 
Ventworih Dilke, Dr. Lindley, and Mr. Blandy а tage, which has not heretofore fallen to а dote of 
English Princes in ecd mes that of 
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20 miles коа ERE tosouth—that the great E t . 
looks mo MU» now-covered ridge than a sin gle Mr. Weekes, Mr. Foley, Mr. Calder Marshall, Mr. 
mounta: nd Woodington, and Mr. Stephens, were also present, and 
least the upper. third of the huge rerit a qu had the honour of accompanying their Royal High- | n 
superficies. | nesses round the exhibition, and giving them informa- | Mere enit Et here, idi ud рок, s 
a rom ш, € ent the scene changes. Тһе soil is | Ба Aa reisen ct man ide 1 
erely dec улы lava, a mixture of large masses like | early 50 statues, several of them of marble, were Mam 
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like cinders, 58 of a brownish black earth like d auty to its he charms. А still larger number is | т 
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commences, the large masse e dug up and ed up e half Bling e the enn Bes Кеча full 
for walls, the аа ones are EHE о Ма the | feature ot the m was placing a number i i gi i i 
roads, and the ash-like remains constitute the s oil. А of larger models (almost ией, portrait тете оп | ЕА (n CES 
very fertile soil it appears to be, uie rel ing water |t ing hi 
to produce ollas that is sow. S ing The most interesting of these to horticulturis is | е n Pg a mos а eiit edi 
The southern Mp es of the vegetation recedes | ће model ofa statue by Stephens of Sir Thomas Dyko able com 
under ы cooling influence о i the vast snow-covered Acland, an old and valued — of the Royal Horti- On d 4 тетла during this tour Dr. Stanley 
plains oun nt na. ig trees have only cultural Society, erected in marble in Exeter. With атур sermons, which derived арат intereat 
eas leaves, and the Pri іе very small. The White less association m  hortioultare, ү not less claim to | from the circumstances under which, and the localities 
Mulberry trees and Vin ve also only a few leaves, а га нү of a ы statue of | where, they were delivered, and these are ublished b 
The black Mulberry ais Ы pere dum scarce {Чу Goldsmith, to bee тг у? ron $2 in Ё ront of Trin nity р ee f То es км б эур which 
bav ving their buds formed. Lemon and O s | Collego, Dub - dien такса Asiati w k f thoughtful s during this well- 
in marpie in 50m ay o а cel ebrate KIA e) eekes" 
and are often protected by КЧ AR rm аге | Statue of the Marquis Wellesley, Wooding model | хана ourney, Е de 
they as large, as vigorous, as tree-like, The Olive tree,| 9f the statue of Steele егес le, ant | the East which were visited. The first of 
ме? er, holds his own, p эв lso do the Opuntiss or or Bar Durham's bronze. > of the Q "hia. sa | ө Hant- whioh w tomba of the ра 
bar. Figa. The Tatt extensively cultivated | intended to have been p the Memorial of the | тле and Jacob, be found peculiarl 
throughout Spin T hedges a and for the sake of their | Exhibition of 1851, v vit which their т Royal High- worthy of attention, not only from the interest АД 
fru he height of some 12 or 15 feet, | esses seemed much pleas ^ 3 which must attach to this venerable sanctuary, 
ау ADM m esque manner, and assert their May 5 Ai T Committe.— necs highly rit first. Jewish, then Christian, now  Mussulgan, 
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with a large ous edant runk ark. s trans. | Special Ceriiicate was awarded to Mr. Sherratt, gr. to | Mor is supposed i » tho e ж cà 
M Дя of the r fay fleshy, ирен злос із |J. Bateman, Esq., for most beautiful eut blooms ОЁ. often read with delight; but, of all the Hol 
quite remarka ble Perz and purple-flowered varieties of Moutan Peonies, | p іп Palestine, is none hab pde ЕЕ nu 
ted Val di B indicating superior cultivation. А. similar mark of dis- [historial evtdiüiGo and thad this additionel сна 
is-seen AP &- Ее а wide and long sehn ón то, асойов was;also conferred upon two boxes of Cut that it was sup ced: Ыр: азий ыы. inacoeasi Dio. tb 
flanks of the «ози мө the (E and Chestnu t | Roses, one from Mr. Earley, gr., Digswell House, Wel- a. Gliristióh: Hw great was the ао у of obtaining - 
forests below the lin appear as а wyn; the other from Мг. Batley, nurseryman, Rugby. ` |аесевз to it, and how the obstacles were eventuall 
black patches. Ав pid жы Са ы the very pecu- | To the brilliant rich crimson scarlet new dnos Por ovarcoró;: we Taro sold in the narrative, Syhiol is ре i 
liar grim, coal-mouth character of the region becom es | petu ual Rose Lord Macaulay, from Mr. Wm. Paul, a| fciently gratifying t lish: 
more and more apparent. The walls on the road irst-class Certificate was awarded ; and two now 3 raham the guardians 
and in the fields and the бое are all made of| Japanese Clematises, one with blossoms perfectly EST, е 1 nu ота Ped us with the 
clinkers, the road ~ — the soil of ashes. Vine.| double, measuring at least 6 inches across, the other | remark, “Т of any other nation ahodld have 
yards are numerou e Vines— indeed, nearly y every single, wi purple flowers shaded wi , rose, also passed ovi xy Чел Боду эон than enter. Butto 
thing in Sicily-—are шей in the fields between ridges | earned two similar awards for Mr. Standish. From | ce sides чоп n of the illi 
or pyramids, so me 18 s high c of n ун black goil, | 2L essrs. Veitch cam fastigiat Ina 
in order to node moist is planted i ive certare eer кла» with slender | i^ КА red an ejaculatory 
this way in tufts at the E. of fur теа upright red-stained stalks, eac! ing towards the atriarch, God, intrusion 
ЫТ In flower gardens the same ayited 1 is followed, ЗР a or Tibe. ере — eek n: We then , “On, friend = саз эменде а 
is soil, formed of decomposed lav t [Ev — S M — i 
— itlon required Төр vegetation. | Dracophyllum, different in habit of growth from |4, Тре орутат отпали upon 
Every thing ago ч flourish and thrive init, provided | gracile ; the creeping eq mitior Батша | hallowed associations, Hermon end Lebanon withi 
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there is water. a s él cn veg getation aho н less | repens, described by us on orm orien mad famous Cedars (all these are accompanied with 
are ripe, The Vetches are in full blossom.  Lupines, Picotee rosea. all these Fir stolas I m ey 9 wira | реге e) ain алучу буру. amoa a 
white and blue, are very abundant; they are extensively awarded; a ; lo à Н , Second: ERA ed Ac llow a e ды : 
cultivated as fodder everywhere.  Hellebore in flo m E OET топао DER orange. Me ing. Cruise Baltic. Graves, _ 
d very common. Almond trees in full ics à nd fruit bea ms, sho mcs thesamefirm. First-class Ce теме | | 4 CE of ше Koyal n EN 
natural size. White and Red Convolva nd Scarlet Mr. Pull, Kings Ro ad, Chel London, Longnaá E, s 
í , near фы „ Poplars in | 2 pretty new is Athyrium irem cto uon aS d 3 
los; 1 tho me situations, Bamboos with new | ап and Mimulus maculósus Marvel'a charming variet 
shoots, 3 or 4 feet edt long They grow to 20 feet or more | belonging to the set of new hybrids зоог ced at р. 38 
and are much used for light бано as supports {о | Етош Messrs. Veitch likewise Rhod 
[m and for а variety of purposes. Pomegranate trees | dendron Princess Alice, the "lac fowered singula 
are often seen from 10 to 20 feet in height. J. Henry b venae. Calceolaria punctata, and sane Pres mul 
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Bennett, M.D., The Ferns, Weybridge. ora. ЁМг. Bull —€— паре 
(To be continued). several Geraniums of the et class, ап 
of Thuja cocidentalis добова. p Жаш, St. Sb Albus 
ооа рт тат i» and som e Mr 
of o дё racænas бов у related to kind. . 
& £títs, pim uzseryman, Y enas, among as well 
RoxanL Новтісои : May 5 (Erhibition S which Хебе а d Firefly were co Mr. | the 
boe c em One of. the d duties left for this Society to | Batley also sedg Verbenas, among W. ich ich Colossus 
регїогш by H.R.H. the late Prince Consort, was that | was ue for its size, and one named Dr. Temple 
of working out his his idea of making the X cd cii | was а large brilliant carmine scarlet variety. |. inscription to mark his last resting-place 
at Бош К l 4 
of art, by „holding out rrr edere to ioulpiors- to | to | called OU. аот xd aget ei МИ Мына, 1 E je "gia ot 
exhibit thoir works in tho garden, which his Royal High-| May 5 (Fruit Committee) —May Duke Cherries, |а physician 
