1158 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. (DECEMBER 5, 1868, 
in а few days, altl n Rutherford's construction. _ Their principle is very|on Orchids in the Salut Public (of ] a еы of th. e 
kept on till April. They je ever did not prove “БМ | simple, and when well made, the indications of us 100 b last. Ar own observations ce me to 
Neh tn^ were in the end throw: п о the ru irs | thermometers are perhaps, of all ойе ers, the most letely of you opinion respec cting a pre Moe. 
hea eap. I may add that tho ose Айт, ҮП into use уеге | reliable. If properly placed In ehoral $ 
d by last year’s rait, i ү liable to get out of order. Their bulb end should be | have met with very few Orchids. e" ie low and hot 
тым енен has been in every тер һе ваш ар a little lower than the tube, which will conse- | plains under the line; but I have found a great many 
Е. Welch, The Palace. sow Irelan quently incline slightly upwards from the horizontal |iu the higher regions, principally S the summits of 
ївразныжы ug n tender Perg is s not employed The late Mr. ME wman made а great improvement in|the highest mountains, and particularly Cattleya 
for DM p r summ Ruth erford’s s maximum thermometer, by introducing a Mossiæ, which I have no fo und anywhere but on the 
dese: stead of steel, the mercury 
ааа "eos hs: to phie to the. lat his КҮМҮ E should not Parahyba, where the thermometer marked 13° Centi: 
it is very Lock requiring only to be kept free S lost sight of by от makets; they have indeed | grade (55° Fabr.) at sunrise, xw] the hottest months 
from frost, and to hav slight pruning in every | sought out many inventions, b ut by so o doing have they | of summer, То what degree it falls during. Kin iny 
season. Strong iM e best e pU pius to "à "течет expense. be een able to give. more truthful season I have not been able t to авсег rtain. e fo und 
grow the Brugmansia in; "they can readil P d Epi 
in the ground with 6 i nches of good rich со lafen put Chrysanthemums in the Crystal Pa lace.—As our local | L. 2. Brunet, Directeur de UInstitut y Bees de 
round them; into this the plant roots, and grows and | shows are now over, pand as out-of- door border f fovent olia, Brésil.” 
flowers most profu: asely. At Lousi ng ti = 
Dou ie т RrRU e ratar toe rwr oaa Ns ul Sorietieg, 
grow wit tb oo great vigour when planted out e | astonis HEN ound the centre avenue a blaze of re E м : 
have some good sized plants of it at this io piace which | blooms, in beds round, oval, and diamond-shaped. Мг, tno Chai Н ы ны mE Esq., Presiden ade 
have been subjected to this treatment year after year, | Williams, who had the care of them, informed me е 5 lected Кей dc ар ти р: 1, St. 
and they. are now objects of attracti What can be|that he grew the large varieties all on the В:08у, Esq» А v oM Я Xa res 5 = дщ 
mor ful than a plant 5 feet high, well feathered | “second bud," with which he commenced disbuddin papers were read:—1. Note" on 
В è ё P ode of Age 
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ое dripping climate it escapes this pest; the yellow | The Pompons are all well-bloomed. Мг, "Шав trains T : 
Bri blooming p sii are ^ suited AE slo do many of them so as to have fi fi 1 me ho m the ando Po pu 
AXE John дагып, Crom Castle, Ireland. [But clear stem; they then branch out pyramidally, and | 7 n : 
about high wind? | | look exceedingly ае without the support of sticks. аат занта mde d i 
Gardening. —Cbrysanthemuws ara amongst | lection t 2n аба enders may wish: to Сы a col By Mr. Mann they eia вобра ad belonging wi 
the few ection om in conservatories up to візан; P 
in gardens situated i in the midst of smoke, fog, and the | comtet ari in November, I will — the . names ctm ede ewe ды prey Mines pri pA 
a city. With Veg tas to E м man o wy varieties, whieh аге ав: follow that = natives collect them = o "ты 
Fg it cannot be asserted that it is impossible to beo: VARIETIES: Yellow.— Little а атгу, da безе төз ediblb сайуу сайн : 
пее good flowers and healthy plants; for апу one who | des Р Phntes, Chevalier "and Orange... Sparkler, Ме | геи legumes contract in drying, so "that t the E 
thai such i is practicable. However, all town. gardeners | * je Abbé Passaglia, — de Eure, Fabius. pa 
p Dales; they t t, therefore, sweep Julie Lagravère, Madame Poggi, Auguste Mie, т length, Те object ot the D übt s f ens in the 
before them t obstacles hi t "romwell, M Hugo (chestnut and red). "- te.— p tok ME m di iss a dud s 
from t f perfecti ty, erley, e sta, Mrs. W. Hon Lucidum, WBdertaken їй the о imei. ascertaini of 
to Which the. skilful gardeners t named hay [M rd | 
brought those under their management. orat tile: Palme rston. = Blus cms nd Pink.— Julia nen Alfred | defi 
bei myself for once successful, am desirous оЁ| Salter, Queen of убн Ariadne, Orpheus, Cassan- 3 
ег: the fact, e of stating А I contrived to | dra, Christine. Indian Red.—General Slade. R Es T of т s e$ dere iae Ж -— 
be so, for there are doubtless m who like myself | and. Orange.— Boadicea, Fair crie mes c A -— t teme т ire - Th көр < hi dy мейл 
i in e ens | —Arigena, Progne, Beauté Nord. chymatous:biindies; „рел: үчин de 
are surrounded оп all sides by lofty mansions. I| Le/low.— General Сапгоһет&, Solfaterre, Golden: Cedo in feng, эш жш 3] to32 i топ баа он 
have often wished to grow WA aua av ed EUR Noli; dee Temi dis UE x M: s 6 he centre, "the. valves being a quarter of an iuch thick 
to the fact of my being in country at the time when tapha. Cullio pe (anemone), Madam White апа 2 «s Sr i ^d 
the plants require enin and training. Having giay T. phur. h —Аг —— et UN Тайши, Bijou de jt ES — € pae eru. We 
happily jadis collection of Chrysanthemums last | l ortieu ture, Andromeda, Mo - vem os | » 
ring ‚1 destino m rng icta —-— Над, Faire st uL. ibo IRE S cmd Crowns, by Mr. тее The remarkable 
h and placed them in a cool Galat ha Adèle Priselle ү ае) ; ; A ^ : 
icons In is An re oM some good shoots, and o | эзен е (while and rose) Madame Montels ‘Dicksonia Hio or tie They метр ан rie 
in June so strong were they that I "headed ^ them, (white and yellow anemone), Madame Carnac (rose ке ү = СҮТ" idet „жен un ей of 
i 
me a sup P wint ; ring | oati 
E 30 feet on the ЕЕ оп the west st aide and | lowers, poa: uch i т vance -— f ordinary seasons, | it the. most wonderful Fern4ree in the Word 
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wall which separates ours from i hbo o " n ville. about 
our nei; ur's premises | W- i i 
I planted several of the ОЕШ a bius, and and Peaches.—lt is M] to erect in the Es det ea pis mim ve t ped r^ yes 
the others in pots in the centre of thegarden; but in riken. тна fruit house against the wall. Ther Mid. à r, the one with Seven , the other with віз 
July, when all promised well, I had to leave town for m walls facing south and east of equal height; on the Poro " The тр ЭЧ 
the sea-side, І was determined, however, to do justice South wall there are Apricot trees which bear, but is, singular diis it perium: to have been originally 
аз far as I could to the plants, and therefore left them | particularly well; on the east; Peach trees that gèn bows t 16 feet highs! and to have fallen. and broken аё а 
in the care of a man known to me more for his honesty | rally blight, and so do not ‚ Would it be advisable: height of 9 fee s m the groun: — and to have shot up 
is horticultural skill. I impressed upon ^ James” |t i ез and | agai “ Memorandum 
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er containing Lily of the Valley. Against the proving PE pd me mie mildness of the seaso жесш, |. world! Another tree this, 17 oii 
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instructed my uri ане lime and | treeless SECOS T house be built, but no stamens could be detected, and as no 
pot; served growing near, 
been victori 1 may | LApricots sho o very well on an east aspect; and if MORE, 
therefore siste, and he opinion of Mr. A. В КЧ you move them yap: а M, ciem —- ts likely do mor AL абын Qo f Lo ees : but’still 
Secretary of the Bopal И Hortioultaral (жугу of Ireland, bg than they n the so pec. On pore во, when having carelessly placed three or four 
who visited me yesterday, in my favour, that better pel er hand, te e is t м iei their proper of the seeds in a pot of earth, a see dling Xa lum 
by being place ар e sou con) .espe- 1, 
town-grown plants. Е, А. M., Dublin. ; [cial i if you cover them wit This glass will ig sull more аа а m pé zi 
оаза &е.—І shall be m tend 1 |алу other than pistilliferous flowers ; 
ovaries an 
resident 
correspondents (not diary: in «s vm) who =_—— 
wi үза meus. эк: feir анн of C produced.—— The 
self- thermometer, to ascertain rms ^t Foreign Correspondence. Mr. Panizzi on the part of the Trustees of the British 
for accuracy. І һауе one hung, accord- _ Cool Treatment of ids.—Lyons, Nov. 28, 1863. | Museum, in return for the Banksian ion of 
1 al uch has of late been m ке in your columns on|insects and shells, the specimens of, Austras. 
been earn | li 
y ammals, i CE 1 na 
p ру the effect on | from ditierent quarters, question must now be сол- | were directed to be presented to that Гаа 
en. | sidered settled in favour of growing certain species in | and from Mr. Brady, on the part of the Natural H 
Pk es. "2M tory S iet of No th T iberland. &c. for the паб 
y : ‚ 18° Fahr, | them as hitherto practised. ^ Nevertheless, : às many are lof the late Mr. Winch's herbarium. prac AR LAT 
he 28t ~The- thermo- | still incredulous, and as some cannot make up their| А Special Meeting was afterwards held, at, which 
without sun, is generally in ће day-time | minds to deviate from s, you will, Гаш sure, | R, Heward, Esq., was elected a member of the Council, . 
or wer h ове (ir Teonghton) in. the shade. | consider it to publish етеу tab раа dn Ped uis ton jd 
' ment. 3 
er. [The instrument to you refer | favour 
ve been : th 5E e а d send you M 'aletter which I have| Тнк ROYAL. versary meeting of this. 
on M сетке чола apo qi be meme era Er M Dust. on Hous on Ner 30, 
ce pig Bue St. Maurice, Monplaisir. | а онна та: ter 1 
“Bahia, Oct. 30, 1863. 
“I have road with great interest your i R.A, D.C.L., LL.D. ; Treasurer, 
