THE 
242 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
. [Aprin 12, 
to England, although anothe; 
easure tation within 50 miles of | last anniversary, that the Society now consisted of | Gibson, new ug other form 
Sarge ce aris my ise he A 173: members. the nage Siri ote ose, of z ee ic. the “ees poten es reported in Sen. 
verb u 
he will under ertake o distinguish the red-wood hN aw od ary nmutatus var. pubens, 
from ay 1 id eI A Bnasijniiian have to record their 
1 hall 
I mean before. the trees are cut. d ait 
stances) like mek ripe pace friend a ore ii 
Beeston Park 1 rmy dye nt and 
d 
FETE Tònga FL.: S., 
Presiden ae J. Reynolds, 
ta The Report 
pact ' Librar 
S hate little oai op yr ty 
re-to,be found. in all the-Pine asin throughout | 
Britain. Although “A Paa “ie ra clearly shown 
hard an i in Seatch — 
on e Scote h Pin 
ittee Siart es 
nt ił nin 
and Dr. sored 
Ge 
0: 
rie oe ske ite h 
Her- 
tment. 
e 
e 
Mr. , and fr 
, were respectively rocovid rasan er; 
of the 
mat 
um: Comm 
r parara s mans pees in its 
and runs thus :— “Ege: 
| Although otter: objects were 
f the Society, an 
change of British Specimens: — 
ee one the 
that som 
retted 
m for beliey 
d: some of th 
been carried into effect as far as practicable; yet it, has 
ing that a = good pirate olson, aay inclu m 
ny ale 
d ink the exchange .o 
same Soi 
ave 
o mention is etna te the mas of 
= race 5, when aa were plan hidis 
hof 
th 
ts after al 
"o i 
and-great assistance has been giv 
of s specimen s) and im 
, by the dis. 
to ention re — 
Cone ies e e been sedulously. ra g this ob, 
nm by the ready Kinde g 
will eventua: 
the Highland for: boe rams do produce timbers 
equal in. quality e from hme they are taken. 
It is.quite clear t portation of. oe of Pinus | or otherwise interesting pl lants 
vestris from pees sia, &e., has not t been ex- 
E 
FA 
pecies, have 
2 Pp- 3 
the specimens of wank son, Gardiner, 
have been promptly and: regularly ae d to the 
Vari of | Ayr 
seven 0 
4 
debted for many. valuable specimens o 
a d jandi“ A Bigi nono” risa admits t 
Sir Walter Scott's pay regarding the Canadian 
est 3 and, of asi Pray 
tage t 
ters often bear rier sale on the practical distinction 
urrent errors’ in 
he distribution Rya 
of species. 
In ap een peta 
o | nomenclature have ted, 
byt 
timber, and the greater Hot ing ow 
the, Highlan d for ests, But, gra 
The: ese novelties, 
saat 3 
1 14, 
ee: 
collected nad “abel expressly, for 
_ha ve: been» lat 
E 
erly 
at at Algoa 
of Tamer in, Oxfordshire, has — pre eg fas D 
Em 
Bay.: Local Herbaria.—The Her 
of that for Pai 
Num- 
Esher, im Surre 
and Russia im akundance to raise plants 
f: Europe, it d 
ree: known i in a those | 
e 1 ies 
oo 
suff. 
ir desiderata in the fcdinburgh Catalogue; which 
But as we a oii 
d for 
nhaid: not include them, 
ants. 
N 
isa ous 
ris’? theory, were pcan: i see T 
timber-trees produ ce ne gts timber-trees, there 
WO] rp 2 n Britain, whichis not 
—Pinus Sylve. 
ills for Peas. “ig sowing ¢ this. vegetable I make 
use of a voi simple instrument.’ A e of wood 18 
inches, long, 2 inches broad, and 1< deep, is bored w: ith 
all ort 
the erties w 
ovélties and varieties in t 
sho: ~~ tal 
announ 
mg a 
which prece: 
their names «in. the 
Already, eevee a a ana corrections. require 
pn ve ae 
ociety, —— d 
ced u up end 
ill now be enabled to abel or past 
ual manner, by draw- 
i nes rs R. Bantock, Esq., is yy a: 
A ree mon hass 
Iming, in 
p 
1843; 
same eee my Cro ‘one 
| for the neighbourhood. of Taunton, in Somers 
The Rev. W. © h, is formin 
| BOTANICAL se oh a: EDINBURGH. 
March 13,°1845.—Dr. SEL 
€ Librar 
apmounsed: The slowing commu 
to be pre « tag 
will ¢ 
the 
not specially es “for), as the peraan can ‘be pro- 
cured. t unfortunately happens t that the ‘Society’s 
rs“ (although 
ot Pn 
fo 
On the ous Clo orn tah Cnn D ye J. 
Tal, Sang 2. On ostratum 
Kiitzing, by tl the me. These. pag 
length “in the « Annals of | N: Aey Histo 
holes.of 
holes, are 1. ineh apart. A slightly elevated edge pre- 
inconvenient for the Herbarium « Commit 
the,gardener’s hand. Being marked ‘in inches the in- | 
strume 
are coming in, with the © resi sults 0 the 
ttee 
It is precisely the = when fresh partels 
summer labo ours 
to make 
part of the:United States and the rk 
portion e this journal read regi the ae al hie 
rel ated oss the >o tanical aspect 
d ‘the tward 
nt also serves | to set. patil distances | 
+h 
poniai deere 
the rows. In using it, for sowing tent s to have been iade, -Sti 
is struck with the holes, the inst placed iss d p already Peres or = promie 
a dinto each hole. mon dal d fficient t opinion ‘on the 
. the dropping continued 114 
T'he process is. slower rere wlien cp A is eft exe < Cates! "be ‘Set cay ù in de. anedig a 
Hereby by: hand 
Fi, 
1 
deeme ad “necessary to 
ba 
‘ ens — G. mr Johnson 
Celibacy.—In obedi ene to x request 
has: had access 
grew a 
he species; 3 the: ey wi ll be seen “and estimated by he'| observed: ding pwards the rì 
pieta who receive them from | the Society, ` But the | rower but deep, h vin heme RA a act er 
e | of specimens through the Botanical So he} El mr se 
aho ry Bent method for oiling “nowt new Hernlock Spence ines, and 
e follow- and correct oa errors: of nomenclature. By “this step | size. On'the north bank, the black snake root, 
ing-statement of facts would be 
the! 15 3 years she’ has domesticated with her mirin 
he oh has- been solitary—all u ome of a mate—so, | 0 
poaa The fac 
ene sometime’ about ‘the 1830, Bally » was brought 
from Demerara by the captain of a ) Wes India trader, 
and present ache vied. Being instal bets abd she was then 
corel ny ayo installed i in her latticed 
tinguished the Botani 
the Sista of re ti 
botanists of B: 
ociety o 
strong additional inducement for making this Society 
-communication between the 
merous active botanists, in the best t possible ieee a singular effect beneath the shad 
fmt of actual specimens in proo of ‘of ‘its reality Tt not seen on the ‘south | bank, pe in at e place ¢0 
which has hitherto e pecu liarly and exclusivel ely dis- = iced, all richly clothed with Aowa ; ; heroi ‘ 
London, affords a singe xtensive ups of Bu Pomme ippop 
pee rating were observed ; each p rmed ae 
au lo gs Š bush, and when backed we shed 
h 
and. ranked Tahoe the Pirn. pets. In 
ab rof 1838 vor exact date not: noted ‘at the time) 
she ie ai appearance and health for: some time, 
few first years of the Society” 3 existence, 
1840, the system of labelling 
specimens was very fault 
ex 
, from 18 
and distributi ing 
tin the 
36 to 
t 
Canad a pere a great ¢ difiere > in the vege 
remarked ; a for the frst 4 time in¢Canada, he 
specimens Weeping Willows, rei i 
hen’ spoken to or asthe > 3 in short, it was con- 
mdd that poor Polly ie 
surprise was,'of course, e: 
pe oa of a tt abe ses. ‘iag 
for 
Pie 
ng By the 
‘tu apie tom of her 
that ‘Polly h "had laid fe 
f three 
mae between er tia ter w. 
in 
araar gees arte But 
ich she recbverd 
well: as 
hange of eh A ew 
| occut in re tabelling of of sy yt hhousands of spec’ ais; 
Eze Bay limited par of 
the first time inthe country, a native forest of F 
resinosa ; the trees wot r: A oa fore govt very tal 
bi the stem: eeded 2 feet m 
meter. y detain pepo 
Moun n sell breads (Betula lenta) w 
this . M‘Nab as 
is deseribed b N 
Arri a vride-epreading top, much ans 
of Britain ; the stems av pies. cpt 
Here also Monarda fistul 
re bn tter “very ae 
t directed tl 
and 10 
heir atten tion 
from t 
t vale 
her usual rg mye: and temper. Bèi of ented the engagement 
favourite: with visitors pier “house, ep! ci | ofa y for th 
e of the fo belling atto speci pace 
begged away, the reaming one of that: bate is is now = = rin eibi otpa 
before you, as well as rita ose: of hel after Peo with | supplied wike tic plants.. $ ly Peninsul 
its! ‘date on each. inl 841, she epr roduced others | from the following countries can oa rt ibuted, 
under simil: 1844 4 sone s (Watson an à Hunt); New South 
in an interesting situation, and aone five. pose te Wales 
n- the same See a = ae 
t not yet 4 as 
ear she is i 
Py 
and 
bbc A me e Norfolk 1 Island and Nev 
(A. Cunnin ne expecte d that 
— Dog [Don’t you think 
sonia ie land 1 @ “tnd a ot rd gt Pretty Poll? - This 
statement is certainly very curious: Has’ anybody a 
ase 2] 
Societies. 
ee ‘SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
Pom 1— Dom 
p a 
don; Essex,” Ps by ca: Prr Gibson 
Nov. 29.: Anniversary Meetin 
pare Te cual From the “i of of he Cou Counc i 
appeared that 17-members had been elected since the 
n Wal- 
Specimens ‘were 
ani across an arm ho the Lake, 
sandy, “a with m 
|t 
many valuable additions hich re ave be or wil 
duly“ announced reports of the aaa 
monthly meetings. ong oers tho folowing may be 
particularly am iiim +—Spergula ora ted 
- | by Mr. G. S. Gibson ; Car epena: Dr. amt ; 
Teu 8; b ” Mr. T. Ingall; Cinanthe fluvia- | 
tilis, by Mr. Bentall; Galium Vaillantii, by Mr. G. S; 
ren ( 3 n, Watson, and Kelvington) will 
arse of 1845. Bu excrescences, supposed to 
will ‘10 promise that the tro plants | which, with ‘the silvery whiteness 
(Bast Tada, reel) can ia be got: ready wit hin ‘the next | th ble ap 
months. Britis sh Herbarium, ies of were noti 
pas ons of the tary tn roM] li cits examp but : of them appeared to 
I ived the: above cael The 
the United States ; 
comis ; 
sess: excellen t medicinal p 
it is 
caus were picked in iia 
Rudbeckia hirta, which was 
