Juse 6, 1863.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL бАЛЕТТЕ. 531 
PECIAL PRIZES for the BEST THREE GROUPS | hav 
of FRUITS and FLOWERS for the DECORATION of most formidab le and rapper of 
n 
the DINNER- в are offered by Sir C. WeNTwonTEÉ DILKE, 
art., Vice-President of the Royal Sorti cultural Society, to be Int 
awarded at the Sec ef Great Exhibition, WEDNESDAY, 
June 17. First Prize, Gold «3405 m or 107. ; Second 
Prize, Gold Banksian 5 r 7555 Prize, fSociety's 
Large Silver Medal, or 3 
Novelty of design RÀ bonita arrangement will be thetestof| ће animal or терше WOT: = Àn 
-— Mee le Flowers or Fruits are eie dg not demanded. | ; th ight 
Eac 
ust consist of three groups, y be са 
ein ors Sand 4 iiam or two of Flowers and опе 
one : 25 o 
They may be about аа épergnes, glass. or china dish: 
wicker ог wire Work, or in any o oth er way, most to the taste ot 
Ladies are invited toj join in the competitio 
The Prizes will be "m bya суз of Ladies. 
SECURED FOR THEM TWO DAYS BEFORE. Letters to be addressed 
to Mr. G. 94-3 Royal Horticultural Society's Garden, South 
Kensin; 
md on for; 
Schedule of Prizes to be 3d on application £A Bin | oce, 
e long believed that hospital gangrono, А 
опа being most [rond being mos gracehully pendent from Who uprig pendent from the upright 
stipes. British Ferns were represented by а very 
as not b 
w 
A Ње apex forming a very large flattish crest 
кт: и ". БЕ angles to К ДЕ, of the frond; 
à d also by e curious ystichum angulare 
Elworthii, miscalled Жуу, Бп by Mr. Ivrnr, 
nne is 
, 19 | a variety in which the NE of the ordinary pi 
| 3; 
8 pps DN T 
Y$ 
Another 
of M fts, dosis. T ri ie УБАЙ, isa 
. | free idis s Tai sport, with blunt pinnules an X short 
unt 
blunt pinnæ, here and there irregular in grow h, but 
toabh. pretty as all Lady Ferns are, it is wanting in 
ber ess of character. 
Amongst the plants of this category not being Ferns 
| one of the best and most novel was Ñh ynchospormum 
domes 
Ё peon 
di 
безне of disastrous effects — tion in the sh ani 
oides eT a Japanese p gro 
shrub imported by Messrs. HEND. Со, 
алй so" for tho pe time exhibited. "This seems 
| likely t to be a very ornamental thing in its way, the 
96, St. James pripet, or of Superintendent of the 
Exhibition, Que s Grape A. 
ү Order of the Committee, 
Brighton, June 6. EDWARD CARPENTER, Secretary. 
Ehe Garueners zu 
RDAY,JUNE O6 
TINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
oyal Horticultural (Uncoyering of 
чї кин ЕврАҮ, June ы бош of in of Age zi A 
dx 
г маара 
edged with 
Wednesday: aud stint үз 13 added, 
Аш show n 
was just i 
gorgeous than ever, the oniy fault “apparent p^ the 
gular mann er, the variegation sometimes occupying 
m the, one half of the leaf Messrs. Varon һаа 
aspect, a very clegant ever- 
green ai bs Around usleaves; and from the ваше 
— А а 
ыы аву. or бәтен dud E йа а ү of | firm was а Juniperus rigida, and a so-called Crypto- 
t 
Portei, а Philippine Island Arad, with pedately pinna- 
| tifid leaves, baving broad linear o oblong вертепів like 
Phlah 
тк; &e., which were oid hed to "Mr 
HowARD for epu The result of the examina- 
tion has been vi dia essful. At dec that |n 
gentleman has o erated tipon 
heels esit l4 "the quantity. of "the fe |: 
sent was 8 mall. [o found exactly the same con- 
Rhododendrons and other plants of which it is com- ing 
pe во that as not one in a hundred could Ed for| Pelargoniums were ез Mot dire Diadem and 
ai ugh the| Artist, tha two fhest of ts season аз yet, апа del 
bs. the Wales erly noticed, эйе ere; во were Prince 
We leave m quen кр = of 2 exhibition to be 
Passing on to the seedlings of fl orisis flowers; the 
ales and Princess of Wa чы the ede re etd 
easing as well as brilliant Hower: We were also 
Men leased in some respects with Муку Asteroid, 
and Doss SON'S Startler, two brilli iant сгїшвопв, having 
the 1 with 
нея € an 
the emum. rubronerviuia and EU s anus » асраб. 
stituents as in Bouth American “ Red Bark," and byan Мт. Ivg E Apple- 
edges. Nyr'’s Jewess wa pina beauti fal fon ower some- 
thing i in the same way, but rather MULA MÀ three 
have a certain g UE V^ Wn ds well ds 
Mr. | brilliance about t ш мо, © їп tha absence of 
1 меней Amonga 
alt 
host of the Z Aa веб of Раков were two very 
a M 
is usual when obtained ko Red E with |fine sorts, namely, Adonis fro r. HALLY, and Dr. 
шр of cinchon idine, 3 also ob- `| Lindioy ж Ir. BULL, Тһе former has а very dark 
, Mr. ) t scarlet flowers with 
considers t ver and prom не 1а ной doha ind Muro 
result, when the im mature f the bark w, did but s formed ned pane Toners. the npe e zeneral ев in 
sidered (viz., tw к specially 48 pé ect - m vite fh fist] уе үтү out fü thé r Бйр ing first-rate. Two specially 
del d ы rum Ali Siid s 5 zs s the | E pret m is m RN attrácted our attention. Оре of these, called Duchees 
ем age pro uet o з] өү us years, 
об Be iiet — ym f Northumberland, was from Mr. Horra LLAND, who 
me, gl € soia БИШИ: ыр Le tly, he ipei there was а ч zc Yo ойда чап порам атв à А шайы fas fine “ сыа E 9.74 
аы wer; the flow т 
to supply se definite pow on this poinh |a d- Ese and not T white gud y vi i tolerably 
as well as on others of moment connected wi regular tn Of magehta rose somew 
these танна Poss | near the in. Thé jd was mu EA jes ыа ре deri m 
Ssa pap is last teport of March 31, 1863 | appa ee | shape ré ёлавер à in £e but 9 and very pleasing 
ves then be wt т Cinotiórá я pun the Nilghiri | in colour, а very dee marked with Ге 
И, at 146, 648, of which 35 - Am out. | tu | distinct white bars, ЕА а well defined star, 
There is an increase by. rei g ће was named pülchella; cami 
ue of March of 10,8 f which Мае а таре | гіп | Muswell Hill. 
rowth during that seaso inches; 1619 li 
binis an von, sol yer to vs dividuals,. and -= € Bae diameter of its flower yer tabon ihi анн 
Lo pri clear and 
koo qc 
for. Pais Mid eads of | be 
families, in Sora alone, А have Lone or 5000 
pian 
MONSIEUR rA ЕТ "e 50 4517 studied | 
uestion of SPONTANEOUS GENERATION, hàs 
| D к 2 агре Porple but параи н 
а nob a «са: to be of much importance for ME 
ses. 
calle a uttei, 
arrived at the ате ne ag c daa piis 
live fermentation es pla minute mals 
exist. Accordingly һе ы that wher ere every care 
iei 
рте 
x b Р ог 
15 taken to prevent an рзы onon dg 
ti тегше. 1 petfeotiy sound for án indefinite Ёз 
е ‹ з реаг 0! HERO а 
ап incipient. "PAS ot "рине ah für атан le кте я 
the red substance which occurs in what is 
blood-rain, and Who e ultimate particles 
active жой motion, ЖМ үтү been Steel Ё 
as belongi imal kingdom, thoug 
the Sup аз one of great interest in 
ап economiéal poin A diese аз showifig the čireum- 
es 2 8 which we may ex 
xpeot to о prê- 
for any —— time 
Pd 
fros ча iut, Nit ЕИ, dd We Бана o no less 
importance as regards ME OMNE н. We'an 
first d К for the purpose 
~ NEW 
mai | WHICH Ha up p anus “AND 
peers some interesting Gloxinias ДЕ Messrs. 
pes N & SON, "eee ceto 
call 
pr er X and E due Pers 
regular in 
d 
kinds; the ra TY Tare se maquis а 
dei dug e way If dpa With it were some of the 
ripe sorts, ав IMS Victoria Howard, purple ground 
| with white piri streaks; and Lady Emily Villiers, 
red with white feathery streaks; also other 
not SA dose: бекі. coloured воть, punctata, the flowers of "which 
P which &everal very | Were ыен dotted all over thickly with purple as in 
| 
We acidi а very nice exhibition of cat flowers of 
Ixia, Sparaxis, and similar он from М 
essrs. HOOPER 
pie ihi imd 
FROM RAL 
JULY 7, "1800, ri 5, 1863. 
А rst of the саран, phys have gained 
eetings f thé p ч 
of Ње Florál СошшїМее of the Roy: 
Me AAT robe tural Soeiety, is im point of fact, а 
(e tenets Ө | almost if not quite all the more deserving novelties in 
the margin, | the shape of in troduced plants, flowers, 
iom, is eitis which have боше before the "publie since p very 
and seedling 
