23.—1845. | THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 387 
eae ee ny ee es ae le io ia Ta 1830 he was sent, tomology havo boon communitaied ty the Palike by the 
shape, and beauty ng ne ies L of s and us, to prosecute inquiries into | Rev. F, W. Hop Tei 
of ate, in ex¢ellent Se, It was awar mer the tany of Affgha : In 1841 he was appointed | actions of the Linnean Seciety of London’ He i 
he highest prize.—Mr. Gaines’s Climax, and Mr. Gar- tothe Me ediċal duties. of Malacca. In 1842, upon oe. | Most especially remarkable for tie silos spirit 
“od’s Lacer! 5 were awarded certificates of Hens Let | Wallich’s absence, rom illness, at the Cape, he was in which He yny srosecute rehes, and 
28, vane 4 otted Calceolarias are all the rage, recall to | trusted with the super inte mde ence of the Botanical for the patience with which he ae 
P he te nee of our readers the beautiful eclfs and | Garden at Calcutta ith th high keda P 5 Page 
Jotches ‘of former days, and entreat that some one will | Professor in the Medical College ; and, upon the srg subjec of his investigation. Sume of his is published 
attempt the enig something extraordinary in this | of Dr. Wallich from = = ape, , he resumed his place | papers “eapectally those on Mis able na map and 
way again. —S£epLi G PELARGONIUMS were i A by Malacca, wher e he was zed ‘with disease of the liver er, the iet Devel lopm ent of Organs, have; nev yer 
Mr. Beck ; those velocté ted pE. prizes of th ly equ ualled. Ei Thet mér ite o 
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" were—Aurora, first prize ; TARE seeond do. 5 Ro n a sad cnt —havi ng “jn every c ar j ie di 
rele, extra t prize ; ; Be lan ii s ê, at ved ko Government receiv ed its “appro f tifie d y, appreciated and foste: 
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red by 
rst p s giv o Com bat andj than 5 is Se veisty While at the head of 
etitor, and a certificate of merit “a S Caliph We shall net wah f MEUT 4 aie w botanical science as few have “ake ernment t of I india, and it is to his lordship’s 
we unde rst tand the oe or aa either the opportu resi or fag: talent of affording. ane that the Soci oy are in acbied for some of | the 
it t Cl 21l aich his varied and e: ve journeys, his courage | most interesting parts of the 
isa pa aay for these interesting productio isa and his energy at failed hi him OF 
the 10 latter a tt hg of Asam or the aal pi Afghan tån, he still pur sued regret by the present ct eea: “Generah Sir ihe 
real m erits, ` We will merely add that, in "our opini his researches, un e danger, coe of Sita ian Ting i his Excellency’ 8 Aagi 5 at the annual dis: 
Aa in their, lpi pel Seon Soman bered pee or of visketioe: mit disa , as he e than once | tribution urs and prizes at ho engal Medical 
against the other, büt | by fever and debility, his fet conv: siseeagion, ‘fo und him Co: He lege. “Ast s it is understood th at the whole of the valu- 
i y. out, oh i so far = thos se of | Over ready fo or fre a “exer ertions. He h oy thus, by tl ] fth are 
t f those of the ] servation, and | consigned to the Directors of th 1e East india’ Cranpadiyy 
n. Sho aid en weather prove favo roi a large in perquisitions extending ‘through | the neg Ft the host confident hopes may be cherished that the è ex- 
bition of seedling Pebivigonitins 1 nay be ex etted which have been enumerate d, formed lar valu ecientifie world 
at the Hortcltra Ha A féie, co see of col- | able collections, and bro ught t together materials for a of ths full benefit wh ch a calculated and were 
Teetions being v d this | gre a botanical work ; k led by I rva emag pae zoological 
í ng Haake tg riod of epose for “singling a scientific Flora as dge, ‘Aand t that the i irre epatatte loss entailed on hi 
i (Fons several PAE of British plants, and collec Ind a last fatal illness. po ow by his sny death, and p: sudden extinction of 
tions of British Orchidaceæ and other pla nts | haps no more impressive picture ot the energy of this jan those hopes of fortune, bon and. reward; whieh 
E | estraordinary pga and of his devotion to | ae edge and ‘nda energy were 
bichos. science, čan be given than that which may be drawn | so well calculated to raise, will meet with such allevia- 
h : 5 fs ti 
Wietteal Prentiss on the Culitvation of Ovchideesous pier a “own extracts from a letter which was | tion as, to ke pn we ed Tiberality of the H onourable 
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By John Henshall. 8vó. Groombridge hin nis ag mi and addressed to Dr. | Court, the e great value 
ik so fall. of absurdity as this, che WE yi MClelland s—* :— 1 write this by deputy, being seriously ill-provided state of his widow and familys may be con- 
ape a take ü In fact, we believe that 
epat 
treatment ielsijeniby active, so at I am reduced to == 
orks unknown, ` except among gardeners, Bees. 
4 fator! finan isin ae a mis: adm we should engined beget gag See Fea ve as gf Aydt es toes | Ans me rtt.—Many I that 
Y make roach, except to me: who Hiave inet | ROL CCS pet, UB. tho — ahaa A t is not “a rare occurrence to 6 Bee ‘bees from th 
i af 3 impression I commen lines to you on business. ag ees from the 
and And likewise 
ce a few 
it, aaia i hs begining of Aug gust to the "ist of April? 
F the vanit y to believe that, horvidistanding theis i sae ieee wih er a " na — la a os 
| Mal 
: Soto t maggots, or ' young bees, are troublesome w hile the y 
of 0 ; “ig y For ah, partons Sera don sean Pae naO, being ited Noo Ak: ON a port |2 get wo orki HA ed only about 6 or 7 ric ths. Siis 
ly cl d | 259, h 
Pi. Hen nshall in his very first page, , tikes areto pasted, T iae and all having stn previous y cleaned an posing te ntain 26,000 bees, their 
dasthe 7 
impo ortance: 4 indee d as “ the 
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winter, need rding to Bevan, would amount 
i ost ths 
l ‘tind of ‘niodteetiod, it must be ack nowiedged 
any delay, As you coal the ecu T have taken with | t° 23,000. By * hr account it wou uld be nearly 8 mon 
| wie wap spe tao the hopes I nen of making them before others aba bred t o fill their places : if so, how 
| dubweerient to a general sientie Hok oI India, I need ‘act is, when = are iñ 
geographical not impres n you H Bh hed 24 good condition, a= ar po at all pericds of the 
vt proper Sarosas and their 1 being sea properly elon sa dae ‘ele ee Pesala: ot ch ere ; rip Sa i weather. 
fd: close? together in wini 
at gt bee RPR and T Ww ri = 1E E i A till the aa in the hive =i not erdel Bo rom 60° to is 
Ist i mer it ranges from 90° to 100°, and 
wife to Calentta, should it so happen that I leave | Y whi ranges 0°, ea 
Philippines; and 7A Tn all the plans which I have consigned to your Mere hot weather to 130°, hen the heat is greater 
terra Leone into an islan Y | execution, both regarding my wife and collections, I am | pee mbs melt, and if the brood-cells were not coated 
ainting his readers with all that ean confide nt your own feelings will prompt, you to. ever} a tough substance they would collapse sooner, 
tant question of geography, he y “Asking God's s blessing on yo | being in the centre of the hive. Much has been said 
claps th ian and vy our wife, I bid you good bye? Thus far,’ t substance being the cocoons from the 
: ues Dr. Moorhead, his medical seu) mai brood. But the larve of bees form ho cocoons, or 
m into “the islands of at Mr. Griffith’s - dictation, but I grie he | Chrysalis at all (I mean no outward covering, and not 
a rebut Pans t0: pais esterday eal, heen the change of the grubs to the insects), like those of 
am ea prem at half-past seven o'clock? Memoranda bis bs pent close the open ; 
> Dr. e e =‘ To the gp 
scientifie, he grou a by | are so tight in n thé cells, how could they form cocoons 
w each group is to be details fa farnished Ty UE rn, peer eben bei round - thei r bodies ? which ideo hees, oe the 
Do 
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ho 
d expect to find pl lea wW. 
2 ha tt d, his ener ies alone remaining 
and constitutional mene es asso- vee on “Exp cotati E Anm ei and era aoe 
it Tsochilus and nged ts fatal ammlady in Ais Cone CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS 
lad Westend T e his heirt Lint Hi pursuits ee his zea For the ensuing Week, 
ad rias, and tease! ed; he became care-worn and cma ard in ie I.—HOTHOUSES, CONSERVATORIES, &c, 
elt x and nines, om 1boks: ia rchi eet House.—Continue to mai intain the maximum 
0 be managed in the same way! Need we by i 
mper: ith copious s 
] fons of the free-growing kinds will 
= he had Toft il er Tor some years past, and was oblige nahn and those on blocks of wood, and in wire bask 
Mis cae vr Pag Sora in his diet. -In Afi- may have å little additional Moss applied over the roots. Whe! 
= es neous: + ees s very nearly carried off by fever, to | vigorous growth is going on, never allow t young and suecu= 
of the Mr. Crip. +— We extract from the Annual | § whic he: had ‘een i sutjeet ‘a ie ticle Úavel in AS- on roots bet petn for pod a faoiste, pT at this — 
4 ; ere xpose plants comin 
teiks A Royal aed Society, the fo none wing in- piir a more devo Or | flower, to a colder temperature if you Pers t >y 
n may no t nought un- | inal wate pr al meen much of the evil conse- | for any length of time. Geranium Houses—Shade the blooms 
lancholy list of these most valuable lN to his Te. i his attempting ‘more than the | as they expand, and lower the temperature as far as practicable 
o ani. be we gene under q y bi ó ancomibltbh with to prolong their inai those desirous of obtaining new v: 
wand ve enable: x P na with greater certainty, should ersa 
e tila cid a 7| justice to himself? an k Me Griffith's researches | from bees and other insects which are likely 
wit a the Ea shol io Biota tany, he me ee cted no op- the ki inds. Muc care is requisite in this respect, for even at 
b Whose death at Mal portur various p India, 0 sr he hopes of + ake orgie ge are Leyte cat Suppl 
a t ter, wi 
ed! en ‘i to et her E oparata: of natural history, Poey er ag Pit.—This Se el filled wi 
ra ines noe een ane a subject o of | OF his yeni ald attat in zoolo yy vhich poe ornamental pints requiring the aid = additi = 
either regar at general roof; they consist chiefly of | warmth to bring them kindly into bloom ; among these may 
ad above or graiia she n rticular interests “of | | n ee vate insec ae While mats classed alsa, Cockscom ay ie ara Garden Stas ze 
those who were personally ac: | o the army of the Indus, he made, on account of Go-| time in this pit, as well as of many kinds of $ 
y , pi 
ts and my ered Y be / eye his great | vemen t, large collections z mammalia and birds, | plants — a 
pie graficas. Mr. Griffith | YS") the Honourable Court i —FLOWER. “GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. < 
ecaste cha ed botanists of our day: | of Directors, and which constitute a valuable addition to |, The ee eet ies e r 
a e si 5 ii fje the museam se the India otis, he ame sae aa | order to insure a bloom nert year, carefoliy leaving all 
j cons the smaller animals | th e strong young wood of this year, that is we pan Pia 
been rarely equalled, ot Afghan —— eh ors ae a out of we Sa must not parece be cut until the quip 
ry Remarkable power br rege ag ‘onl anithologien A volleetici een are snore aston: their a hes haa te ar irete pen cn n E 
a the a 600 im not over to loosen the sufface, after 
neated at the London University: | She having brought together x vat tes vsaveral the heavy Ts ee but dos me eke fom ore 
rgeon on the a Ta oF neta north € n out annuals, and trans) t x ts 
ae nena law: larly d thi weather, Clip edgings, 
short on the 24th | Capul. Besides the oe of a considerable num a ea hasi pa Shoko nat apf arance. Where 
ortly etme rae aes of new species, the in f these collections ota the soil ie poor — in lawn looks bad, a d my :À 
amina ; A ins | nitrat sod: ve an ply it in 
na ti ai 4 in their affording, ae s, os most. a wn oe ei nda = haves oo re 
i > illustration of ar other Pelargoniums, d = = ~ overplus 
on of the fae ed i a of bid fo Pet in India, icp has às | plants after the beds are filled ee tow 
ns Mr. % E Frames.- en plants as often es 
he ie pro- y see ted. : s of | they require it, shade-a little during the middle of the day if the 
asa olean of he tread sree i and attend carefully to watering ; give man 
swan to the then un- India, during his vatious travels: the rtance and such plants as have filled the pots with roots, but ‘not 
ind Ava, | extent s these is detailed ina paper on the subject, | too frequently. Let the liquid not be too strong, and let it be 
beg la In printed in the second volume of the § Calentta Journal SAgedontiia clans ; many plants n destroyed by too Teya 
‘mission ! Sf Natural in en- aay 7 
History and some of his discoveries 
