Avávsr 15, 1863.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRIGULTURAL GAZETTE, 115 
shrub, introduced | iie | Fernando Po to Kew by Mr.|it does grow wellit is a very desirable plant. Mr. таш! сей. «ih Жоел аА di асла чудан 
Gustav Mann. is а € Shrub, with erect iege the p intends dev eh atten- ub their sow чук, ксле б rd e 
i oblong- оты acuminate serrated leaves, an nd tion to uch, plan as the variegated Periwinkle, | bloom may be е v ollyhocks are also mulcbed 
copious large, funnel- shaped ыш widened in liff чабор ted Ivies, and other hardy yit ith decay ed инле and Cocoa-n nut t fibre ref 
throat e limb being broad [н s for flower garden decoration. That such із f 1 
and of a rich violet purple. Though retai ning the | materials might be made available we have no doubt, | То Phloxes, bo th early and dais. Abd; Roses, co 
name Меуепіа for this plant, Sir W. J.F nd where large centre beds have to be filled, Acer | siderable attention is being paid ere, ma ере tun "6 
that Dr. А verme n, our gund iegatum, Purple Beech, variegated Turkey | the culture of the last upon 1 the Manett stock, which 
plants, considers it way di stinct Ка. Thun- | Oak, and other M would be highly ornamental. | seems to suit the stiff clay of this di well 
bergia. It is re ei as being much more beautiful Bijou variegated Geranium is a urite, as is also | as the sands of Folkestone. LM ied ms fo 
ihan M. егес ta, and no doubt is so if =: figur e may be Tro opæolum Eclipse. On the south side e the kitchen! the drought to which it has Don Jk bjected this 
trust: d border, со ing of Lobelia | season, nothing could be more msn 6 than i 
Orchid. from Borneo, introduced by Messrs. Low & | speciosa, Geranium Ж of the ws Perilla, Tom | growth in this nurse 
Co. ; d опе | Thumb Geranium, Calceolaria Kayi, and Geranium Glass houses соп sist of a es of span-roofed 
f tl t barren stems; an | Trentham Rose erections, filled at cato, су "with young Nin, 
flowers, rk aie s "ih m white uid Close to tł among which we noticed fine rods of Lady Downe's 
and purple, are on siege n ess — hey are large | tories in summer we have seen; it is emend prn Seedling and Black Alicante. ^ Gloxinias, Fuchsias, 
A the size m the plant, the lip is ve A prettily | by Tree Ferns and other ornamental plants, among and plants of that description occupied other com- 
arked.—Eria obesa, а mrt white-lowered Indian | which we noticed Ficus Cooperi fruiting, Achimenes | partments, in which were Halley's Geranium Adonis, 
Orchid, chiefly remarkable for its short oval gouty | suspended in wire baskets, producing a pretty mt а fine scarlet with a white eye and strongly-marked 
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The August number wee illustrations of the | the Lone ; and fine specimens cf Alsophila nina very dwerfgrowing variety, very bright in colour, and 
following :— Calceolaria punc а бея and very |and aus aa Leading from the conservatory to the | sui i о 
distinct- Tooking species of tl eas es ipin ‚ is a corridor which is kept well supplied | beautiful rich claret-coloured variety of Verbena, we 
Jovellana group, a Chilian bc 2-е ntly in introduced | with plants, in the midst of which are c ne | also noticed some fine examples, as iip rie Italian 
by Mn “Veitch & Son. is a tall = Аму һе rb specimens of Campanula pyramidalis, an excellent | Carnatious, шр] Терим and other inds of 
Ii t the base, e s la argish opposit p ovate | plant for indoor decoration, Mr. Westland sows the | florist flowers, among which fancy Pansies s though 
d lóose seed of it in March, when he puts the young plants | now past their best, Antirrhinums, and Реп 
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many: “flowered sce terminating t he дч in the open ground, transfers them to pots in | must not be forgotten. 
flowers are lilae with a pair of dew ip IT tumn, in order that they may get well established v = trees there is a good collection, in which 
gaping mouth, the lower side b puer e with “yellow, ir the — and in this way they make fine | are uince stocks budded with Pears, which, 
and the base. dotted with dark s — Crassula т cime one of the frames in the kitchen werd moved this spring, have made po satis- 
[4 £- | garden 1 f Eu charis amazonica ; fac tory gro wth; not on ne of them has died, notwith- 
odi igul the season Tor Spring 
роба siog almost ES cymes x MÀ gresniah. this praa 4n ce рени тб to » put it out ina cold mee rg 
flow It s from South Africa.—4nchom. frame, and bring it into warmth again in the «шые 
Ноо Teni var. pallida, one of a set of aroideous Plo a. when те produces an abundance of Сенен т. 
which are very remarkable whether in leaf or flower. The Pine Apples look well, being very sturdy, тар Папео 
ті in Мау, reared on the summit of а | healthy plants, consisting chiefly of Queens, Mont-|  Silkworms.—Last year the ive М reported upon 
slender prickly peduncle 2 to 3 feet high, and blotched | serrats, and Smooth-leaved Cayennes, all planted the experiments which "Lady Dorothy Nevill had cou 
with purple and green. E the following July the|out. Mr. Westlend speaks in hi А terms of the las of the Ailanthus уа 
single leaf appears, the petiole of which is longer, | named kind. In the succession house turners’ shavings | (Bombyx Cynthia). These решен) have been соп- 
the peduncle, and bears | (the chips or shavings from turning lathes) are used tinued, and with marked success, Mr. Buckland having 
horizontally o n its summit the ique p D for plunging; they are much cleaner than tan, and | pa! id a visit to Lady Dorothy Nevills йа planta- 
whi chi is pinnated, and has to three pairs | they will retain heat for two years ata time. The | tion at; Dangstein, near dde vd Hants, published 
"€ аван; each of the — loeis gradually attains range of Vineries early in the season is well нена ап p of what he saw in the Queen pue 
in nches, and, the inal o; ing. It comprises four divisions, each having | (February 28, 1863), of which the following is 
= Ts iu fters, the two centre ho ouse ев. accommodating extract : 
tth nter. It b d th th One of t Her la "ni ship has set apart a portion of her beautiful and 
introduced to “Кек m P Femando P am Mr. ЖЕ centre vet is filled vi. Muscat е Ale xandria in fall well-ordered Cy er 3. eg EE 
icc pm: very singula bearing, and in another compartment we noticed two аена Ж g iem 
rm reni, ‘remarkable for its tenacity z life. | or aires plants of the Muscat Muscadine, one of the id off che ME: ое г (чыў 
It balong to the vega ceous mA , = is ее finest White Grapes in cultivation, decidedly superior | for ad Sian ipne, the Uria mora i thog ware a the Чүти 
Spat'lum y E Indians. e plant is to the White Frontignan or Roy al Muscadine, and as | state of per ection. and really beautiful things to look at; no! 
dwarf perennial, with a thick fleshy root, к hardy as the latter. о апе Paa Towa from 2] to 5 inches long, of an intense 
fleshy mud leaves, and 1 he kitchen gardens are extensive; Rocambole, | emerald-green colour, with, the tubercles tipped with а 
on sbon e flow ered. ' peduncles. The specific name | which is now seldom met with, is cultivated here ма gorgeous marine-blue, Her ladyship pointed out to me how 
consequence of the much esteemed fo ouring dishes. It close Y | тшш Joso for ho wind. Thote feet lave такага cared nothing for 
remarkable vitality obse » Tin не lant, The | resembles the Shallot — ктөн but has a richer and > than the suck o suck ers of tho guttle-ab, a and heir bodies are covered 
ppecimen е2" зи ыз оашса гетры was pe flavour. Straw are grown extensively, | with а own w drops, y 
taken from lant | t Kew, of many esteemed being the true "ir Harry, — на 5 of uiae o Te en of them had s 
а plan sorts most 
gathered with the view "E Qe реаты for Ње Carolina Вараб Empres s Е Sir Charles | working away 1 e dil igent and useful weavers, as they а id 
RUM by Dr. гуй, м. F this purpose роон Napier, and the very Lady D. Nevill Кыша how readily and at what little 
oilin water. expense they were cultivated, and that she had found a ready 
е Titah 1 market for all the cocoon agens demens саа — 
dev wers in great beer Jast Му" at Kew. 16 гч а е ЮозунтЕ, LAIRD, AND І.АІхС Б NURSERY, Eo offered to take all she could supp каска. 
native of California.—Semecio pyramidatus, a sub- | Forest Нил„—1о+тега of Hollyhooks will be glad to | Lady Bohr Nevill herself gives the following report 
shrubby South African Groundsel, with terete ану know that a fine collection of them is now in full 
laucous leaves, and e radia jeva ht-yeliow € | bloom here, and well worth inspection. Amongthem| ,, 
pem in elon 26 A Tange radins Е" 1L is a plant of | we noticed Lady Dacres, а salmon-coloured variety | re ad ages e^  silkworms E havo краш» рын о fay, аг Пу 
— — ed orticulrural 1 interest: Ордена wi ith s Bp, ikes of flower measuring no less than 3 е dozen trees, and placed 500 worms on them. They yielded 480 
mbel length ; George Keith, a vivid crimson cocoons. А bird got under the net, and took off some before 
umbel te- | in уы beautiful condition, as was also R. B. Жөн; em — Төре сыена VEN onte E a зани 
ovate у , when even the leaves were frost bit: 
uisa ef de dove "i T de sem i yello we saw nothing so good as Golden AEN UT кн ри А to suffer. I have no doubt эл i е 
of which the ultimate divisions LR are | TN a bright s showy 0, el apparently an un- 7а ro : арнар Ол. iem 5 n —— 
fou r-petaled, w white ME tinged “rith p giving y free flowerer. E Eugénie із a fine large | tho worms devour the leaves the stronger the latter shoot 
them a grayish арреагап white, bot nd во pure as PRU e Blanche, which has, | fort ur» 
= however, the fault of being small і in the flower and e facts веет to establish not only the probability of 
ifücuit to grow. Of purples the best is Purple y 
xs RECEIVED.— Watts’ Dictionary of ues TY, | Prince, a noble kind with fine spikes of flowers, in [ope cibo bé carried óut, The эһ s 
Pa rt VI. (Longmans) In this part 5 Waits’ e = sell colour almost approaching claret. Among blacks, | itself grows pene - "abundantly in the country 
work we find capital x cles on Cider ‚ Cinchona, which are scarce, are some promising seedlings, абу, and it may be seen flourishin. er 
Clouds, Coal, Coffee, Colchicum, Combu stion, n especially one called Sambo, a glossy very dark kind. gardens of the metropolitan squares, notably Belgrave 
Акам е йы lee. С Kitto's very carefully | Among other colours were Lord Loughborough, а | апа St. James's. It will, indeed, live anywhere, and 
compiled Cyclopedia | of B ical Literature (Black), | showy ason scarlet; Prince of Hesse, and Walden | delights in poor 'and sterile soil; and w 
pe reached Part V., in Seng we find а beautiful fac- | Masterpiece, both buffs, suffused more or less with | the worms will ve. also,- The 
n Es „ће curious Anglo-Saxon Bible called the | sa pss and ne Я и first the paler of the two; | think that the general introduction of this new 
of еер rose-colou g табоц w 
Garden shaded ыша side 4 аай а tess з of Craven, the last | carried оп X y; ovon he smallest -= ане 
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KiwcsroN HALL, Kraw аа half way be-|ing ie ` ready market be found for 
twixt tene and Derby, Kingston Hall, the seat of| The plantations of Seedlin ET are К мг To especially this с 
can easily be seen from the railway, | well worth inspection, if m for the of mensi rn qune that they 
beautifully situated amongst fine scenery, ornamental | seeing how much plants raised сре seeds, saved from | slightest hyperbole, grow their own 
wa same flower, differ one from "ic other A gener own gardens. Report of the 
The Toe garden just now pres very attracti ire | vite m may be seen Ease m A 7820 
appearance ; а; other things ta con Stalna a seedling | shade of rose from tanstead Rival, a beau- Ж : 
Verbena named Lord Belpe E is certainly the | tiful early bloomin мас. iacu furnishes їп Egypt by Figari-Bey 
best scarlet we Без met wi th. sel hade of that colour ; and equally varied results may M ient P Аке of that 
Robinson's Defiance in айан ые а | good found in нет дов ды p kinds, anci -— ў 
very short-jointed and p ooming. ictoria | the good or of the e М to which this ancient 
Scot other largely employed, and rally predominating over those of the male. Tkhe|bein n qo. € pn "riding 
for small beds is very efectivo. A mass of Foxhunter|choosing of goed kinds for з th bt produce ears of extraordi 
Verbena is likewise extremely showy, but it is поё во | becomes, it will be seen, а matter of necessity. А The ver" si s det lécided ; 
striking as Lord Belper, and = we apprehend, not| Dahlias are also grown here on а tolerably large 9 
in flower. the Egyptian Institute of Alex- 
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stand c weather во E MEE ы viens scale ; t ey are not, however er, yet fully k fally andria, contains us facts which appear much ia 
