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THE GARDENERS’ 
rit | 
this most a Ht branch of natural history might | vee npr which are tinged with ad been k.. The tig 
ursued, th part of these ept 
TTo a winter he er pm =a Sip p shade, assisted b; 
“The Late Winter.—While we are looking aroun the sides ethan: but exposed 
in vain af many of those fine half-hardy plani lants which to “the É eniti at al orab co A pen 
we had fully anticipated, with slight protection, woul al was awarded for the latter. —Messrs 
ioe end the climate of London, we are, in some hat IT, Mane wept ey a conn © y brid | Rho. 
measure, gratified i in oe that in some pa arts 
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highest possible ble perfection; so also was an Erica aristata, ms 
a Mr. May, as regarded health, but not in good peti 
were some no le s ecimens of Erica 
dishi ; that in Mr: 
| health, although apikna 
a gorgeous spec imen of the double red pees. g 
jus blooms. E 
lie collections of Messrs. Hnt and Barnes were ‘somal 
nr prime, 
some of 
Ds | of apa and Mr. Gree: a 
ass of bloom; in his ‘coTlactig aa 
of which much was expected, viz, 
exquisita and prelautissima ey, however, were 
sa 34 Lk g of the older varieties. The Roses 
s, Lan and So fly pd gone | superbil 
t a tt 
y, 80 also 
Wi 
t mentioning that the spellin g of the names 
nnot om) of the 
in in many of oe hegre ns was ei remely inaccurate, a 
h has a tendency to mislead the 
s cross between R. ca cael eum and brags ae ra 
Le iles: fi hardy kinds.—From Mr. Jackson ngsto $ s; 
pand ba oon A tated abou — ind e aT baii pale-coloured. seedling ieee dendron, very. distinctly relief, pall oo 
morni cember, 1844, a ; “12th February, marked with dark brown s nally, the pot were two new kinds ¢ 
1845 H? 3. 14th. March, "1845. 5, 7° ;. wher Wi inchester sent a TEE of of blooms g hybrid R d 
kA > i 
norning of 19th, 1838, in the same situatio including one name: 
it fell 5 a. a oan son, Laures! nus, Sweet Bays, R- campanulatum, which, Es eare red, geet to be of Mes 
C vets, &e., l st a few young s hoots, but in spurious variety of thats spéc 
i i he shrubs 1 
his spring ali tho now in full flow In the e kitchen tected in the open el at E Bishop, siers ‘the 
garden the Peaches and Apricots have not soled in | plants are now in full beauty. They wer ly 
the and. are = thickly set with fruit. The kinds, having in them much of the pa es arboreum. 
follo plants have escaped a injury, protecte ed Along with these were cut blooms of Magnolia Sou- | the exhibitor 
only by a few rai Fir branch langeana ss between conspicua and purpurea ; M. La 
ai of G g Photinia serru- pna rpurea and gracilis ; ne latter ike toe s 7 
E aller, A gg 85g was awarded for -— | Barnes, gr. t 
us procera, Solanum erispum, uonymus Mr: a Seam, Pas pole 
Arbut 
orts, Laurus Sassafras, Chinese Privet, ae 
ra, Jasminum revolutum, and many similar plants 
Ge 
a 
visitors, aud eden great carelessness on the part 
arge collections of 30 Stove and Sete oe a 
rrington, gr. 
pide baa ig fe ‘ein "Cacti, among whi one 
med r egalis e showy, scarlet flower, measuring 
Mr. Hunt, gr. oe 
o G. ek iera 
Sir E. at i l 
which ‘gained the jin prize, were arkably 
well manag ed „plants, including. a ah ANNEN specii 
ab 
ing Forest Trees.—In the various papers s Thi 
jon ma nbs e piaig i thinning has ad 
dis oo have been carried 
unies 89 the s sun and air 
healthy. 
} 
“emt 
side srable. b 
Exeter, 
their colector, Mr. st % 
nea: r Mun na; n Peru 
eauty.—From Messrs. 
was Bletia gee which was found b; 
: rowing on dry berg! _ 
s the original | specie 
Veitch and Son, L 
out 14 foot = Pee 
t with its pendent t branches ; 
and bushy, and richly covee vil with 
eeolum tricolor, | in fine bloom, 
covering the 
quia Hookeri, jo 
evi blossoms ; ; Tropeeo 
1 
Q 
Some have 
not known to have been before 
Bean 
dead bran feeb, 
Another wie of balancing t the ne es; while a. thi rd 
would— 
the e genus bears, and is 
intr sine int o. this country.—Mr. Ayres, gr. to J. 
ias aae: and marem, the 
ultia Bax eri 
and such is t inion orl 
off the lower tier of “living teantins, shee would not 
awo wound tha t could | be detected afte T a few seasons. 
tar EE 
aet Aza 
w ha ndsom: 
ultra-marine ; Bor 
e New Holland species, pih ro 
Holland fgg of neiere beau 
wo: 
ee 
LS sagt pears Sage ait fo Bon 
s, Esq., was the larger ogg 
sn fear seen when the wood was cut’ up, and, 
besides deprivation of branches and. ree takes 
from the tree its mean: as: of. get It ha 
ife altogether ; and in order to sett 
seer 
} 
dli ing Ciner one 
“gr 
rypoee iio, and a see 
"The econ 
was pee Mr. Barnes, i in, hose collet ware 
Leseiteneu|tis biloba, me spec 
bright 
Golledge, tee 
n, gr. . Lawrence, was a perfectly 
a handso’ 
blue sbasuaes: which contraste 
the multitudes of scarlet flowers which r 
Robe o Mrs 
hardy care ‘odendeo, and a 
* pro 
1 
g 
d with wi 
e Eri endens, which Was cov ered from t the 
i 
1 
these 
ay proposed | to. form. antionl society, w 
would beof ve been E 
ae a Bde high quarter to obtain the assistance of 
n fartheran: rance of this object, being firm nei 
aia 
little i ak belie anksian Medal was awarded foe 
it.— fs in Loddiges sent Epacris miniata ; a species 
of r aod introd uction, ere mud ch of the A ai of 
loaded 
blossoms 3 Davide TA ; the useful ahe 
lexis “humilis ; Podolobium trilobatum ; and se 
large well-grown Cape Heaths, among which was g e 
dinosa, 4ft. . high, loaded „with blossoms. „ Eina ally M 
ever effect muc: 
result’ of bis nie gisan which was that a Larch 
; and some of He lower. tier of branches taken 
ded th 
a Mr. Billingvon, im his publication, has given a distin 
grandiflora 
pi 
tinguish it “that spec 
5 
y 
a of 
h 
of a rosy- ak “coo, ying ‘into Kab white at 
er folis 
end of the tubes ; ind 
fo bl 
f, wi ould! not; waa did no 
z: T poou eyt 
it was awarded a Sen Medal. Ti: aner of 
“ia 
ng effect, In the el 
Boronia mee , and an gepilact GONA ‘atropar 
into the Report of the Cheadle Cucumber Show, 
Douglasii ; Æschynanthus maculatus, an Indian species, 
ne vapi pipina ned all a: brace Such an experiment | 7 Mik 
this worth:volom pro an id con arguments.— | 1 ‘arliament street, sent t. for plants purea, producing multitudes of rap per sonal p? 
ames ‘amen merton, Hollifield Peel. [We havet no ex: |, sitting-rooms, which was worked on the “same stems. Intermixed with these 1 Ja 
ctation of adv: vantage from such a society. To try-the | Princt iple as the one exhibited at a pane e showy blossoms Hada pos 
d. cost less-than From the garden of the Society were plants of | Collections of 15 Stove an Greenhouse Plants were 
year’ ssubscription, and would be conclusive.) white and purple Indian Azaleas; Chorozem: iced by Mr. Fraser, Mr. bear 
Cucu BEST EF varium, a handsome Swan River sbrub; Gesnera | Veitch, of Exeter. Fras 
Mr. 
condition, of Podolobium wth ophy 
da; ta; Chor rozema angusti ttf lia, 
given at p. 274. First, the committee have not eve with bright scarlet blossoms ; New Holland: hastatum ; 
mentioned Mr. Latter’s name, who was the winner o kih: 
d prize ; second, the fourth brace: grown by {i p bl A contd | prize oe awarded to Mr. Pawle 
Mr. P. Mottershead is men ae’ Beis hand- | every "greenhouse ; eties of E ectabilis, in fine bloom 
some, whereas t! ell deserved the title given to the lum and Oncidium sia Spira Tooreak igi a ia Cave ndishii, in luxuriant gro h, t cel) 
third brace, viz., handsome it; third | 2 es, | i is: flowet pey rofuse rian E perspicua n 
brace should have been stai c desig but not er l I phele exis em ilis ; and Tropseolum 
particularly young, whiel t of th th circular trellis, abo 
reporter. Pae 4 nli Thornfield. Clematis EEA and iwo Cinerarias. See room collection, 
ate eres i; 
mas II,” had ever been in the 
would 
Home Park, , Win ndsor, he w have seen n noble lime- 
of | — 
Buddlea Lindleyana er distributed to sae Fallows 
as wished to receiv e the set te 
z m, | 
‘avines 
say of mistletoe on them. It isa Ke that some 
me your ae EES S me consult authors. befor 
ns.— LL. 
Societies 
H ge eok aar SOCI 
E.| Tue Firs 
Wesieatey las 
o 
è | after 
peib of | gaoi who m 
r- | ev 
oy PEO ing in 
and on banks, in company with Glycine sin pie ? 
is said to form a fine shrub 5 or 6 feet in height, ‘with 
sive het eh teen 
Plants were produc 
Miller, Esq., was thie best; it contained As 
of the Persian Lilac. It is supposed that it will turn 
out to be hardy ; but this remains to be proved. 
ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. 
T R for the season was hel 
arden 
Park. 
* Those 
eather heretofore 
e gates w 
er ' daunte I 
on| Ww 
this vari 
il | Slowe, 
pore 
elea spec pilis, pre 
Gnidia pinitos a 
morong which was 
ae 
eas, 
but it wanted the 
Gla adstonesi, in n fin ne conditi 
and ding a feature, 
cond: arded to 
hich oi so e 
A 
è Baker, i te | 
which was a v ry handsome Hovea Celsi, Pro’ 
abundance aa acer a very 
ETY. 
‘ay 6.—R. W. Barchard, Esq,, in the chair. 
AC De ors ve, H, J. Mil bank, Esqrs and Mr. C. Wood, 
were elected Fell This being the of Azaleas 
and Rhod eed iminy varieties of th 
sh plants were produced. ong the latter, per- 
ha) he most re ble were cut blooms of R. fo 
coir misealled Gibsoni, from the Duk D 
This pretty 
when the “gates were thrown 
than those of of the old speciosa 3 
Eutaxi: 
o gardens åt Chiswick. ad had asse: d 
as been describe d for many years, but it mission, sorely rm oe > carriage, with eee a as mae ger ne roa nets 
is rarely t two eabs, had made its appea The garden FREON to ese.— l Messr® 
having | been grown in a stove the flowers were “of a itself, which was in "200d 0 order, looked = tite with Pince, of Exeter, srede Rhododendron 
l h ith lovel: e-colow! 
of f the white Indian Azalea: “but when the plants are fall the mi. bands “took ees under the canvass a Gom Bolitas, on va T; 
the aftern s Sapa ce for | G. pol in the flowe: s 
flowers are aat r streaked with pink, giving the | the company to pate eal up and down, listen ing to rapes PA binhe hal = Makri, Vetch t 
T a handsome E ai Along with Ar was | musices TÌ skiis itself, aen ough inferior to ii, a speci 1 searlet flowers; 
ndrobiu' A wi producing’ t dsome sigri — credi! ip ~ e growers, evinc- | plant called a Li us, from i 
Spikes of bright yellow blossoms, A eae was improve! Me gis plan tke he Azaleas | robust grower, and having very large dar! 
led for the Rhododendron.—Fro Me. J. Wells, which were expected a have ronal in great perfec- | was not in b dom; —Of single 
ells, Esq, w , were beautiful cut blooms of | tion, were inferior any former exhibitions, and | combe and Pince rean 
n, nelnding R coe ; | , 7 feet high; Erica ck Seam 
ing species, „an campanulatum, a per- | the verage. Of new er there were scarcely any | one of the most'remarkab ie ‘plants 5 own 5 
In a an species, of considerable beauty, l sorik fea recording, unless i fi fronton covered with large aie rally s i ? 
i ta ae am vast a of pose bie of U = gestooss below, from Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and tiful Acrophyllum venosum, a re! r j 
: is easi lnguishe I iki lant, in fin condition ; E Good eart, DSL) hiloba 
and flat foliage, ty aderi of whieh | specimens. — Eriostemon Dbuxifolium,. fr: 5. | Eri eSsrs. Veitch, Leschenaultia 
Foote softferruginous down, and by its large | Veitch, of Exeter, was am extrao’ rina Se gre ae nh yaa „ to Mrs. Lawrence, a lovely 
