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ВЕРТЕМВЕЕ 12, 1863] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 871 
—- — vigonr а and age it 0, "probably prove | the variet: cultivated and чаа the М. sapien- | nothing can add more to the v ty of a spike t 
а ve а е thing in its class. similar award was | tum is noliber «igni. de Afric It is indeed |a few small greën leaves between the flowers ра 
made to Gladiolus o edi Мт. Standish, of | suggested by M. igas - 1 elegant and graceful а dun rance, Аз тода rds 
rom і 
scot, а Smoo Fight, rosy scarlet, with purple |of M. sinensis, which is the 
vittata is a siii | give it a 
avendishii of Paxton, | sm ti зе brightest and most distinct Xe ta а 
айу i wit 
А h, e à i 
markings. е aipear were g'ven to the вате |and. differs chiefly in stature and habit from M. [point that should be kept constan! 
ed Mrs. 
exhibitor for other varieties of Gla joltts, nam sapi ientam," Тһе other figures represent Zomoianthus | seedling raisers. 
ix, a faintly-striped Te su distinet р! a Chilian herb, apparently perennial, intro- In bul situations Hollyhocks must be staked 
Mount Etna, a large bright pale ad ; and Randle | duced тА Messrs. Veitch & Son, and which has radical |! y ge high, or 
Jackson, a blush white "ect ped wit e k.  Several|leaves З or 4 inches long, lanceolate or narrowly | or otherwise чый by wind. The most robust do 
other fine owe a e fro me source.|*pathalate, tapered into a long winged petiole, and 
teresting v iega ated PM яе produced, | crenately toothed, and bears eorymbs of several large | In d ту weather the 
especially Phytelacca. decandra variegata, а bold her- | flower-heads made up of тее or four rows of blue | guano; or апу О other: АУ обр & Crea me. del 
aceous perennial, wit very 8 Ming НУ: КАП florets, the central ones ipped; and lastly, |round the roots, поб too near the In order to 
Jeaves edged with creamy-yellow, the small gree Catasetum cernuum; a dnd species of the have fi fine ‚ flowers, cut off the la tel. shoots, thin the 
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portions of which next the midrib were mottled with ә, sapie. Wo 
1 1 :cht dea? "th 
s must beaj bee 
very effective plant; it god a Commendation, as did = tlie ҮШ s үү nof the Pe with a Pinto | nsual size and habit of the mes "a topping, one may 
mone japonica Honorine Jobert, fi 88S, 
г by Prot. Babing- | inerease the size of the blooms, but at the same time it 
sometimes 
. Smith, of Dulwich, a continental variety | ton on the Bo о:апу of d рейген; Sir Ae A pode the duration of flowering, and 
wh 
produeing showy white flowers, and Tier to be usefal | Hooker’ report on Kew guan 
as n Б - 
V & Son for а 
notice by мә dr. - ei | di go the "Dpesranee of Mex ike. 
whieh is reparay var: nw. i among the енеди т һә of 
a e 
яй еа дош group of flowering plants; in it th 
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glorious 1; and t ОН. е atum; а critique by the S Xd tor on 7a! den, Queen Vier Lady mmt eras, M 
Ánthurium Scherzerianum with its reflex i ydroeotyle, Орь, Commia, and Blastus | Barrett and Rose Celestial, 
враћеѕ were bod iétóti, Similar Niro were in the Natural System, and s undry book toties. ina 1 kinds 2: untess Russell and 
assigned to Messrs, E. G. Henderson & Son for g H ng | Sho ortgrove Perfection were conspicuous, as were also 
group of cut blooms of Pompon and Bedding Dallias, Fw me other reputed Umbellifers, to dod OM Lizzy, Rosea pallida, Beauty of г. азыу the Hon, Mrs. 
ү, 2 in Hyacinth glasses, and forming a very interest- | is identified EB ép iolepid which it supersedes, Ashle t Blushing Bride, Joan of Arc, and Beauty of 
eature of the show; for a large group of Commie BE s to be the s Ехесесагіа Agallocha, | Mitfi A 
Variegated, leaved Pelargoniums, amongst which i and Blast is am ov erlooked тат peter or nearly white sorts, consisted of Lady 
eve and Mrs. Be eryon were unb an y h Be ntham "s Anplectrum parviflorum. Roue а pos al White, Queen of Whites, 
i Abas of Te Tries, d The ill igazine consist of ont Blane, and Snowfial 
Which neat bushes grow рот eshow . Thenam group ol of Teias ae auti ns * C ONT d Of Cherry and Crimson- "оог ed varieties, the most 
of the best pens were Little 1 Mistress, "Lite Denr, to have Ъееп na n than popular; Rhododendron striking were Beauty of vea pur per Helen Stuart, 
Pretty Polly, German Daisy, end Fairy Child. Messrs. | Oountess of Dewon, à handsome АЯ variety su rince Albert, R. Cant, ocelyn, Warrior, 
Henderso slowed čut blooms of afine looking Verbena French. hits finely ie flowers, raised by Messrs. | Comet; Lady King, Walden Ge m, Candidate, and 
aki La S almerston, a broad.lobed white with | Luco Pin сө & Со, 5 Pe Же. ү: Соп шд аё г. 
deep rose eye and more or less with rose; and | Dom моче. ooking ‘carmine rose, said to be g Sca the most effective were Governor 
Mr. "Ee ford, ж „шш —— sent a largo dep but {тартап&, ка rà bo clit predict eted that it will be A j ie үз carle et, Illuminator, Glory р: Walden, 
coarse scarlet, name me attractive | general faycurite, “no E and — Clarke, Garibaldi, Brilliant and Mete 
Pelargoniums. were 8 rn E Mex. Saltmarsh | colour. having previously ^i hae tbe Salmons, Lady Dacres, Mrs. Oakes, е 
& Son, Chelmsíord, one ii Mich, called Little | Bourbons ;" and finally а group PIE the Double-iowered тое, Stanstead Rival, Excelsior, Premier, and 
Treasure, of dwarf bus ushy habit with small zonate Pyrethru s to whioh we liave Walden Masterpiece, appeared to be the.b:st. 
leaves, and а profusion of searlet flowers, pro- occasion, the present number appears without the Among Yellows none were better than Me iren 
mis ses to be useful; and another, Luna, a yearling, | usual ‹ mpan De — Gem of Ye low: s, and Miss Lizz zy Kin 
olden yellow wit 
defined Lone of brownish red. Finally, Mr. Bull or feriis Mr. rater has this pn di inde 
pA edd larg cag of in interesting plants, including flowers Bot me, at ыы em 
the very e те Vallo ана onmi which appears to Garden а ы ifidéed 1 
be distinct from major in hav ing a pale centre, . Mm. CnuaTER's NORSERY, N WAL —To 
serving to до off the glow of t 1 fi Maud. chiefly belongs id mer " of being the 
perianth segments ; ton hic не її, за t now à 
looking broad-lobed pinnate Palm, from Mexico ; m occupy | our gardens By patient ore n new Miscellaneous. 
pretty Fern е or Adiai е o es, better „their: predecessors, year I A lih 
shown uuder the now discard ame Adiantum | up under his until now, 15 аз we і 
radiatum ; Schizocasia Portei, it-leaved Caladium ; | to JUL e left us qo ү r f in the Alps:—“ Sau р hë principal village of the 
some shrubby variegated Begonias, which зу perhaps | аз size, gia t quality а ned. Pos Upper т Engadine, has this бм Баш enlivened for 6 
be useful for stove decoration; and one or two m olours are, howev still à desideratum, a T id to that ue by the presence of 1 180 8 (энц АВНЕ who 
forms of velvety-leaved riehly-coloured Generis of the | point particular nite xm on is now being there assembled to hold tei усе nual meeting, 
zebrina s e list of awards made to the Seedling | Аз regards cultivation, all the Ноу hock. requires is under tlie presidence of Herr National Rath 
а set. 
Dahlias will be found in our advertising pes Уз ood garden soil, well D ros to 
ought not to o 1 
уоп 
good g the depth o 2 feet| Planta, the аа er highly intelligent repre- 
mit to mention some ve blooms | or so, incorporatir gw th it, as the operation procedé, sentative of one of the oldest families of this elevated, 
о 
{тош the collection of Е. Ape eg of Deal, wh hich nty of thoroughly deco ure primitive and аташе valley. Тһе general meeting 
E Е. G. Hen erson 2 речо сант y decom pea- night soil,  Ifthe|on the first йау, the 24th, was held in the Church of 
Воп, - » bi subsoil is wet, Hol lyhocks will thrive remarkably well Samaden; d the well-known Prof. Vogt there 
things, but t pesi attention n had | in it in Simat; but iu wimter wet is injurious to them, | gave his lecture *On the Antiquity of Man? On 
the corollas sprend o Sy flit, like — et i. e. in cases in which old plants are Mee to remain ім. je eath the pulpit were casts o 
toma flowers; one of them which we measured was | out of doors; to prevent that Mr. Chater removes th À — n ughis skulls, 
25 inches ега: mould round the neck of the plant, Ld ыы up with which the сї stic featur еге expl ined, (€ 
white sand peration which he reser rse, the famir jaw oulin-Quignon, with its 
them from wet and insects, from Б. їп ый, they | decayed teeth, proving, as the leeturer remarked, * that 
are AM ы suffer, if not killed. Не however recom- Adam suffered from tooth-ache, was amply di 
$Botícte i түт oung plants being planted every year, as | Pr V app d to entertain - doubt of the 
e Лоѓатісаї Magazi this month co -— one лой —À—— if vm flowers are desired. Holly: | authenticity of this jw, and strange " : y he attri- 
püre 8 0f some very еен im One of the ost|hocks may be propagated by single gan n^ € = th З " тө! tho je t sion been 
EESS Bowenia spectabilis, noticed elsewhere, а — ding by euttings іп sprin ig g е, ie fa j - үн 
е bipinnate-fronded species, discovered апа» ally ћу ые m heat. Ph ints raised i n. sims на 
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^ 8— | but fair add, зе conclusion 
HO Cunningb: ntl т. Wa Re era d 
Hill, by minm, end m M EDAM AT oit етйат. реч the larger the better, in ree: end tee UE er the Ie сне їп n Їйї, Prof. Heer r "" м ап sic, but 
Another of considerable interest is Silene Klizabethe,| v! r greenhouse, gis vé plenty of firmly, expressed his орітоп tha жа m A t 
arf p ial Catchfly, reminding one, in the size air on all ni rable oceasions; they v | then grow | qo estion had folly established the T rou 
апі form of its flo d of aécidental five-pet«led | during w winter. In March or. April turn "oem ou à en е $ v" " ro an — 
boy ns of CAE es асмай petals, This таге ће open. ground, and they will bloom аз finely апо ав (This ven was, perhaps, ag 
s 
me ve of 1taly, and forms a | early as if planted in —— ar 
[od viseidiy кты vM E он acute | May will flower the same yen 
reading leaves h stems o t an high, than 4 feet apar dena row ra row, 
e " 
of M.sapientum.| thin them out according to the 
ut a 
{де of geveral bright im the row. If ar ped in bede they should not sta 
yan inch amd a bali | nearer than „Feot each way. They siet 
ow. usa viftafa is also | the shade of trees, but t nor tj пейт Übeir 39d alk and. ar 
ned at Kew, and | May — reed the spikes bave growñ а "foot т, marker in order to illustrate the most m 
lants | of the ка on the second day 
lat hem not "A penna al sections assembled wherever they eould find 
and З feet, asunder | aecom: одина The Physical and Chemical section, 
tand | under the of Prof. Clausius, assembled in the 
under 
cof the Hôtel de Bernina, and 
to ‹ 
strength. of the | tho composition of песине ара олаг. 
— — = : Жол. : 
“ The remarkable variety of the common Bawana here | plant ; е well — and very strong, ] = red зад генв B г of the entertainers 
нае ће S 
Iu writes Sir W, Hooker, was discovered by the spikes; if weak two or three; when : н pe of their guests, АП the vehicles of 
late W. Ackerman in land of St. Thomas, beleft, In 
жык e|and the ad 
in the Bight of Benin, and ee sent to| individual flowers on the spike а о ее, Ше e Mero iating -char-à were 
his emp oyer M. Van Houtte of Ghen abou edges smooth and even. 
same time, that island was visited Les i. c. Mann, centre m 
мын the | barouche to | he most, exeruciatin 7 { рее 
Each 
ust be fall and compact, closely э за WT S0 or40 such vehicles wended its 
eal Tat: form, witha stiff 
Е 
h similar in 
T ү, under trium ] several adjacent. 
rnm iain d | иней petal extending outirards абозе hali an EOM E. ботен, Ше манка ыкы» йөре. 
ЇЇ, d ths Е 
Were sent to the Roya 
A E of the present ye&r. 
Thoug prop E spalis 
ial оен to the common Banana, this forms, | parts of the flower may present а unitorm арреагапее (С du tablishment 1 
а iki wers 
.8mon, the dark А foliage of a tropical house; but | be regular, and not crowded 
! ts come to maturity the eolours fade. Тһе | mass, nor hanging loosely with 
ново plants bears no seed, and there seems | each hey - 
little doubt, both from this eireumstance, end from the | the shape of each may bé 
information we have received from Mr, Mann, that! fully b аб Aud 
wh 
Dos шо disposed tliat one. On the firs a amd id dags e gem 
confi of sumptuous elegances 
between | feet being taken into 
found 
. н e halls : iie Presi- 
paw er ce бтмей dine in собата i 
