THE GARDENERS' DENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
894 [SEPTEMBER 19, 1868, 
“Hyacinth Culture—In Mr. Fortunes admirable, IL IDEE Gloire E: Dijon, Lord Raglan, Souvenir 
рей “А Visit to the Pub Farms of Holland," I do not | d' Elise, and La Rei nstock, in case of a slip. А neglect of this obi iat 
find any allusion to the temperature of the soll, which | Awards. zls ше Bragg & Qo.; 2d, Mr. Gosling; 34 sri led, in 1860, to the Е of аа) En pglish ауе 
impo ът, part in the cultivation of 
e H recent visit 
Hyacinth эй, | 
соп үз plays ап 
Ae Беш вртїп tty 
Mr. Woollan 
e of their guides, cent from the е Col du 
Dahlias as a whole were unusually good. In Mr. 
Turner’ s stand of 48 were beautiful blooms ^ Cygnet» 
mode of reducing the с0- 
Ку, of danger A an inepp pre ciable e quantity by the 
theory of p rokapilises d is P егу ingenious, and t ier 
thy Editor, but it 
ountry, I was standing i 
Mess rs. Van der Scho! ot & бозе ү Hillegom, one y^ im arl of Shaftesbury, Delicata, Model, Andre Dod ds, 
Miss Henshaw, Hugh M 3 Charlo tte Dorling, I Lord 
2 was мна by a sensation of ] heat th h tl 3 0f | Derby, and Midnight. Keynes had Delicata, 
y boo 1 he soil f t odel, British үр, in Anna Key mes E 
Ti d col fthe| Der erby, Pauline, and Juno in nice condition ; 
юй FON ш, y accounte my mind the degre he Harrison showed E blooms of Mauve As $54 
ted t for 
heat, а rn утар sky. Тһе latter was not со 
БУ Ыы; yi: br oken masses of maty, а» 
were floating about, bet which the sun's rays 
en 
poured down with a concentration that seemed at the 
moment to help in the so sol 
(wt Bion Y $us informed was 
more common than in КАЛ ч here is an important 
т. Paul, Waltham Cross, №. 
Derby, "orar Miller, Earl of Shaftesbury, Mrs. Bush, 
and Delic 
ачаа In, Mr. C. Turner; 2d, Mr. John Keynes; 3d, 
Ha 
In ме of 24 Fancy varieties Mr. Keynes took 
iis lead; his set ооб ned fine blooms of Baron Alder. 
», Pauline ‚М «позе of Kent, ‚ Samuel Bartlett, 
WO 
be d alto d perd ру less "ale 
ML ans, “ “Тһе ascent nt an nd des КЕ 
are among t t Ad 
fall in n thé way of the m ries 
суш „еге should be little or e. а to those 
After 
genribing the proper mode of 
"de j^ adds, *In spite of every prec dug, 
(чалны: тау slip on an boe ope, where, if uncheck 
fall would lead to certain destruction 
R the rope is зову 
ases are said to occu ing is 80 pre. 
carious that а а ра rty с cannot be. tied together, as if оди 
grandiflora. 
Das —Às 4 exhibited ie nA Ei 
Orchid i bloom tbe other day at 
e Ma nche ster 
ted tat о small. state al 
this time mE year, cd shi at once e into a small pot, | 
sand. 
On examini ing the e plan about the end of October I 
found that it ye iter another shift. I, therefore, 
moved it into a pan 8 inches in дода and 4 inches 
e. I then plunged |. 
nw а хс ch I treated it uL not be without | Ј, s rry. 
abio, and Prince of Wales; and Mr. Perry, p an о 
Comus. 
were to slip he 
along with him to destruction 
Awards.—lst, Mr. Jno. Keynes; 2d, Mr. Legge; 8d, Mr. C. 
n the Amateurs Class of prb e good blooms of | ®® 
в Ridley, Andrew Dodds, Miss 5 Henshaw, Delicata, 
Model, Lord Derby, and теа жеге 8 
Awards.—24 ; 1st, Rev. С. ; 2d, Mr. J: n. 3d, Mr. 
pos J. = 12: ist, ie Sladden; 2d, Mr. Lock; 3d, Mr. 
opk ins 
dn the Amateurs collections of 12 Fancies, nice 
| P Baron "Hos vade 
tter; 
a day, which kept the soil and moss s ; 
ept in a coolairy g ouse shaded from the 
mid-day sun. In the beginning of February I 
remo as much of the old surface soil as I could 
withont injuring the roots, and added a goo top 
ressing of gh pea d sand. After that the plant 
progressed favourably and commenced p row a 
tlower ep hey the beginning of The latter 
w pidly until it ; reached 2 fü in y height, The 
measured 4 левее опе way and 3 ера the SPA, 
The last ies now just expanding, and I e 
that 16 will т, 8 in perfection а pem six dud 
ad Mitchell, , Gardener 10 R. F. Ainsworth, Esq., Lower 
pehea 
f Charles Perry, вчт Pauline, Pluto, 
-Awards.—lst, M 
у. 
hr r the seas 
g фт usses are always 
wem were d 
of l'Avenir de ^ Pallent t, Ruby ge and 
Magnificens; and Seedlings Modesty, Pink Pere, 
Fupeps, M uve Queen, and Princess. А fir st p 
aw. 
а а were shown in considerable quatn NE. 
Among the collections were fine blooms of Em mpress | 
Perfection, Countess of 
ater, Morning Star, Prince: 
Invincible, Governor "General, clays here Бр as har 
It is for those con 
whether, in $ uch i instances, the eem 
in меш їз such as to justify the inevitable peril or the 
100 e ood в n this remark, as ye 
the үч agraph, v eia uns рейн е ое 
lest e M m а slight disturbence of the wly fallen snow. 
on a steep slope should prod he and ped 
| Re ipi par M Mr. Ball says that заа репе 
сеззагу {0 determine whether be 
soy A tempted, adding that о Ж fatal accident 
orded in the umerous popa р Ms t Blanc arose 
judgment e of the guides, when 
| gerous ition. Bo is T pe Giy es 
| vere in the face of nig wea : 
| geology of the 
exíract : P 
“Тһе alpine zeolo ist has not merely to contend with 
| e E S 
of t 
cely ever кен аїп е санар 
to him 
which are elsewhere famili iar 
roughton, M. ales, and Luci stone, Же M. where their mineral structure is less 
Rhus se cedaneu — Can any of your (f rsegondon "Awards.—l1st, жабы. Downie & Тайга; 2d, Mr. Harrison; | Changed, the colour is V n a altered. Thus the 
inform m hether this species of Rhus bord 3d, Mr. Chater. reptepontahiye of the c in is is a black 
n tr. ior. our climate, Its br iliantly-ijnted RS тапа] Gladioli were very showy; some fine spikes w limestone, The most formidable йоу of Ke 
foliage induced me three о purchase a|shown of Madame Bassevil e, d Nep ^d Yarmouth, from the absence or rarity of fossi 1 not surs 
plant of it, 1 which bas pow ge een б T pot and: Pd Achille, Ophir, Othello. ые; ап prising that the first attempts E geologists 
vp and if 1 di І маче: зь Meesrs. Yo: Ж ре; WP i" санып; 34, should baye failed to discover a clue through this 
would | ut. j We GA ad no expe- ч ч byri For а long time the opinion prevailed, that 
тїепсе on vm point in quest Orchids, St ist ен Fa plants with variegated | fhe e Alps were composed of peculiar rocks al 
The Ass erted Refraction. үз the Suns Rays t through foliage, were well shown. Тһе e most remarkable were | different from those elsewhere known to geologists ; 
glas. hi test this w ith uv pra | Caladium Belleymei and doa and Croton angusti- | and even 30 years ago, the stratified rocks of the 
curacy as possible, and t rning, at 10 a.m, | folium from Mr. Hudson, gr. to d archard, Esq. ; | were generally classed only in three general divisions, 
(Sept 6), the sun shining very bright, I took two of | Alocasia macrorhiza varie ds Cala: Men pono r mag- | under thenamesof Calcaire Alpin, Flysch nu no" 
ES outside on the rms не Alocasia metallica, from Mess в. Henderson | With the names of foreigne | who have laboured ik 
e roof sloping to t paa east, the other | & Со.; ui rdyline indivisa from Mr. Yo 0000, gr. to | the field, М uoo ciates those of our (кее 
inside, sloping at the same * ag "both 5 fet a plos H. Sto one, E ountryme: ir Roderick Murchison and Professor 
ground surface, and the latter 9 feet from ss. м. € was Жа " uae p жору the Grapes |Sedgw Te 
n a few minutes tho t ometer outside E. 6^1 [7 archioness of Hastings uscat of Alexandria | 
that pl insid °, showing 16° of difference, | from Mr. Parsons; $e Muscats and Black i mburg! ris i» Ale f ster гата x ede eed E an 
thus showing to be conductive rather than|!rom Mr. Russell ; а Кр m- | о what may be called the body of tl 
xd T do referring to a maximum thermo- | 0 pee Prizes were jx for stan f fruit and k jme come t » which is BM the 
of my orchard houses (md | rs for e decoration, to be doin for by | of Murray's Han dbooks, 
feudi ORNA. the shade, behi ies s only. Some very pretty des cipni were produced. | С, D, &c., under the different p 
a b 
Moss, so that no direct sun-heat could КО it, iE it 
с: һе герат d 105°. This was, I presume, in "the hot 
er in July and Tes 
broke temperature. 
eius 
Ввтёнтох Новттсп. 16, 
Autumn Show of this To was ids in Dar Pavilion 
lent on 
tbis was surely a high the 3d to Miss R. Miller, Hurstmoncea 
M молы ооз 
т 186 prize went to Mrs. Ба 
Воо M Regency | NE 
hn: 
Madame "Temple, aE Bon} and 
as Mont Blane 4 district, Sixt 
е the whole coming un 
Maritime: d ао „Солар an Alps, 
distriel, ye 
der the in divisions | 
&c. 
e 
d 
е 
range e 
and divided. Anio routes, ы 7 
such 
Д 
f 
are also nine 
one 
one of 
< ойг of 23005, 
nd one of general perte 
stated, th 
Аз we см ЗЕБ ted, the ** Alpine Guide " is 
The ide. By Ji .| written mainly with an eye to u 
Saido Pig có —- SETTA London : Long Trustworthy information is supplied with regard to 
every peak o een surm d, amply 
n шей from р. 847. 
assures E * the 
excel e. Cut flowers real dangers of the h 1 here it ís only $ that 
» and were пе in great ый, М. н Д іпагу circumstances, | be UM, О|а way might be found f " 
of t] s pine s pem m bh Firs d the 2d of t md pida уш Ы Ый takos 2 distinctly to say ti it is only a con- 
' Pd d, cetur rmation is too scanty or altogether 
Beleg d. anting, D takes care to make known fe want. The 
.9f Cheshunt, pe, ; dim Ц, pne pn Th sbort noe 
b carefully ere i^g: a 
| ater рма de шш чш conspicuo the higher region cf the glacie glected through the Alps, The to 
! aroc, La Ville de St. Denis, Comtesse regio g'aciers, , crevasses € even of co; stated to be about 72 English miles; for 
Cecile ds Chsbrillant, Madame Caillatt, Madame tide vidt aro oe dg. bridged oyer by à a | one- the way the railway will rise with at 
1000 i now or né ; hà: : 
Crapelet, od Fia EM le Е sss Milano E ded ЕЧ seen о У T3 ri m of E slm doe LE "i T s esti the tunnel 
Canuing, Catherine Guillot, President. 223 p.12 ges en formed о à 
eo rn у, Мг. Michel Ж. id; а e is v p "he I ud [oss ИЯ ; in PESE Р d Libo he ull Mont Genia wi bib iru apesin attention 
4 ushpler, а Vaisse. орпа w! ntion is on t of recent in tions, which 
; Comte de P; Р gr ie per t р, estigations, 
Gloire de о a! n x > Denn pesa Mi» hs F а м us dn Hair pr [2 bable hpt Ж was the p "Si 
Tenue at ута es e Cha T in which case ts Чыны. Boiler HIM to the Re dr Лав дв ord 
һай nice examples of Francois Lacharme; Anna | 1780118 are tied together wi h а stout rope, as it is | Cambridge, f. 4 Аз eint pen 
de Diesbaeb, Monte Cristo, Mad С. nna (ір the highest degree probable at 20р us ES зак, sings 9f tho Hon rnm 
Olivier Delhomme, Madame Boutin, Mad, "Crea them should fall at the same buo MT fon mity, and w + Robert ilis of the un al 
Vicomte Vigier, and Prairie dv Terte mo Wood, | diia no неи danger from RE date А, need be Seni "e jr is en rai оре 
Awards —1st, Messrs. о travellers tii » 
Mr. Keynes; каме for cx "i^ ib M 3d, | poper на ero this risk, bu greater А i sims to 20 of Hannibal. and 
iem it " m: were "e shown, eii peel w jo phy pd Ж De "m. jue i re EX cares to make himself master of the 
V; Comtesse ; Specimens оё Айып, Benateur and it is not less im rtant to that it F l oi Pus 
Cecile de Chabrillant, Olivier] fastened round the Body of pui шы je d PE readers то cro pups omoes э 
ҮЛ АУ. o Жс primi 
банана але 
peces. y 
