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]2 The President in the chair. Mr. T. M'Nab, | anum; Stove Plants, Nurserymen : MEY ae ge, for Garden Memoran da 
pest was varaen o Kp the ore vas Gesnera Douglasi. Pula gemens - "Mr. odge, for|  Flottheck Haahr Ha 
ving communications were 1 t e Vanguard, Calceolarias : Mr. Lodge, for stand ous Rete hu > si plants i 
Lichens f b Sort =| cornu! Horticultural Sociaty, May 8-—The tol | Beam, See ppa, im Se a SEO 
gid Ludlow cr Men observations, by the Rev. lowin are some of the shore atate plants exhi- | 81° uy, tl 8 a open’ 
. Salwey. This list will rt ha appear aA ee e 5 o Bronze Medal was awarded the net time ; re ocu ee ka as pro ~ gl 
Magazine of Natural = r rea another urea flowers. arge 
A of Pe. entitled - Observations on 3 Pinata o F. Passingham, Bog:jtfo fopisy tomas kablo per" g Cattleya Forbesi, Dendrobium chrysanthum, Makila 
hiid ii ‘the Gloxinia Cartgnii. J. P. Major, Esq., received a firs iari An polioides and several fi iib Goägoma Adoi 
a nts Dr. Seller was presented b aite.” ie prize for Gesnera tubiflora, Vinca alba, Achimenes said OHN Fp wid lowe: = 
dent of dici Sh Ta t akih ha ud bee n | grandiflora; and Columnea Schiedeana, Mr. Passing- | caoratum’ was brô oducing ees splendid flower- 
dredical of ffi aS on Ti Ngee eee aD ham „was voted a second prize for Achimenes grandi- |.) along with it were small but very healthy ‘ene if 
pier ce f considerable suterest to | 1073; A. longiflora, Pentas carnea, Cyrtoceras reflexum, Saccolabin butia ya des Aspar 
ist. Among t a Draba, a | Gloxinia eae santas ree pp Schioeane Aerides having striped leaves, one-half being a a 
aaa some other Caryophyll “Potentillas, | W35 won nse ret a a yellow, and the other of a very d i 
tn an Saxifrages ‘ „an Kinisa i Tedak 3 a Pyrola Euphorbia splenđens; Ruellia formes, and flower-spikes, similar to those of affine, 
ris, a Statice, a Poly vcd Empetru some Douglasi. — æ; Mr. Major contribut the fl Y d ofa 
s Erb “pom fo ae) =r Aih gathered Oneidinm luridum, Dendrobium fimbriatum, Calanthe | 41) the Orchids were in luxuriant health, and 
i <= è trete ‘on thé shores of sona ice ee maculata, Preen aloifolium, a clean and healthy appearance. 
ium pulchellum, Saccolabium flower, I remarked Ar disia picta, a and ihri andia 
E ~ fine P itl isce 
s upon t m 
TE paren adjacent to usual course of whale 
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onde ar nt atropurpurea, ` an! u lant, f 
holding ae n eollestions vain hd y ob. was oom G. C. Fox, Esq., sent Oncidium altissi- villosa, Medinilla erythrophylla, and’ Cy sexed Ga 
| Ge pret ay Ot eae os coc re ts odbo ini flexum. In this co nak oe were also several 
ý endrum cochleatum, and Cattleya Forbesii.—Of single | 5] ofthe diffe fed of CASHIER 
ri h Mr. Sutherland ‘The advantage EE TN Mr. Major sent Dendrobium nobile 5 Mr. Leet ing fro act ge "eet ditios. hë oli a 
, Oncidium Tontlagreneo: Mr. Passingham“ sent plante d odt inthe bé nd were splendid objects. 
ndid obj 
alea tat alba, Chorozema va- | denia ‘crassinoda covered a ‘trellis, 5 feet in sito 
cies are fody ade different circumstances rat soil situa. 
rium elegans, Statice pseudo = ro meade 3 feet across, nae pretty rose-coloured flowers p'a 
. Withou e, the defini- 
eee and climate. | se likly to cone Toc 4 From deat ga — h ve oe be Lem part. Wii es wore | along with it was Allamanda sige proadaitag 
ing rende red universal, that licable t Pimeles oe Ga Aria a Mite Majat large flowers;  Clerodendrum splenden: 
Kenties aly, and a Armin it difficult and iftar Ki £ Perf mass of the brightest red, togeth 
[loner ò Fecognise them in new situations without | 8°" Pri sary King, Enchant ress, Acme of Perfection, grandiflora, and galeata, which are re 
ther assistance, w while | the want of the same knowledge | Incomparable; Anna; and sooane yer Ga a Pion | curious flowers.’ In the greehliouses I -o 
ig a fruitful source of the unnecessary multiplication of | Sent Diana, Queen of the West, Prince of Waterloo. on ge of Leschenaultia biloba and ‘biloba g 
cies. Sir William Hooker vom W: Daubuz, Esq., were Model of Perfection, Duke flora, some measuring from 3 to 5 feet in’ hei 
¥ations on the extreme variations which ‘some species, of Cornwall, Pride of Penair, Alice Grey, — a neatly as much in’ diameter, quite aa wit 
a er best isped imen; Risory Ringed SR jor. blue flowe rs. “The Heaths, thou piai t Jar; 
arctic regions, and Wahlenberg had spoken strongly of bd s; Mr : Ki on . eae were and many of the sp josie presel 
the errors introduced Mowe sie study of a a cies is | ictoria; Splendis ima, ‘Rival è King, rich diy of bloom, ‘especially Erie ca ventri 
confined to one locality or lat tph; mi Fox contributed Enchantress, peri coments minor, which was se tag a foot in height, at 
5 ens, Coronet, Prince Albert, Royal pur qai covere ed lait h ‘flow w he ere, for ‘thes 
the justness of their sentiments. These variations must | ‘ Paes laa Mr. ‘Daub z sent Gem, Magnificent, time near Hamb ge sp 
take place in obedience to fixed Sras ae, If these | @tand M h, ‘Lass of Riclim — fae Queen of the infortmmata m, squamatum, Keempferi, affine, 4 
multiplication | West, Adm mira ble. Of Roses r, Fox, were | hastatum, flowering Oe a "green nliouse j Lilium h 
at facts, such as were presented in ‘Ae of the species aroline, Anna Maria, High “ere seedling. -Some | fólium album, punctatum, and ‘speciosum, ar 
the latter showing more than 50 flo 
how exhibited. the meantime, as the definitions of a and vegetables wilde also produced, for which | pe very fine 
ds Of Ge 
Some species were nearly | several prizes were _ | buds. eraniumis and Caleeolarias there was am 
hatural circu fristatiees of their growth, the only course shine ipshire Horticultural Society, May 2 This | splendid 
left was to ado re a rolix a: Kaduk when tea are sd the second Meetin ing’ ‘for thi is 5 year, a at hich th p fi 
inet with of species kriown to ù o much alteration. Fine specimens 
And this Dr. Beller EAT his as Ne ogy to t to the Society for of Mihtooms were exhibited by “Mr. hse The “Miscellaneous. 
giving some particulars of this kin gard to a few ale Sg the obi awards :—Oncidium ¢rispum “4 Botanical N are er had 
the species now before them. He th vn = beaded s$ Gar: 3 Catt jetet ‘Mosaic, BS m, perience in the progress of t my they ay ; 
offer somè icular observations on the specimens ex- oath mei | ; Pimelea a spect: bilis, G Sm, Rev. Gi č oubt that it has been rein impeded in thie eo 
hibited. of Cochlearia anglica, earia’ fenestrata, pi leigh 5 Stove Plants, in eoRectionit: BS m, Rev. a Bie te appearan Tas names which itemi 
Draba hirta, and Epilobium latifolium, in comparison F. Beadon 3 Greenhouse Plant s, ditto, D Sm, Rev. G. | than b other te hatever ; and that tin 
with the accounts’ given of these species by different S _ Rashleigh ; Bone steely t my v. Mr. Heni | this atatan as prov fod an’ inviticible ob 
authorities. His observations of the ekind on some | V Roses m; Rev; Be Beaten 5: Cacti, G | its “be coming the serious occupa atio ion of“ ikose whë' 
‘Apples, D S m, H. Hol or’ who, 
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of the other species weré deferred till next meeting. 3. | RB i Eg pes) jae E “3 ore 
On Datura tatula, as a specific for relief of asthma, by Howay, E m, R: Wrigh HE aequain inted with them, are fastidious about euphony 
Mrs. H, N. Ferguson, of Biel. In this communication SE Greek or Latin purity. So strongly hás the authorh 
goar is an extract from a letter), the Datura tatula is | 4 A 9 impressed with the truth of this vi nm 
lescribed as most efficacious in Telieving asthmatical Sowerby’s Supplement to English Botany. casions he has endeayoure: nar 
complaints, while the D. Stramonium, the species com- (Contin i re p: 367.) for the Latin or’Greek compounds ‘by which the geil 
tonly used, was found'quite inert by the writer. The PL. 2892.—Sazifraga elegans (Mack.) ` This oe of plants are ie enti Upon turning over" 
following directions regarding the preparation of ,the | known kind of London Pride oi SEn bh aA wee | late volumes of the i ster ” many 
plant may be deemed useful :—“ The proper time for = instances will a 
taking up the roots is towards the end of October, when | by% t has “ev the Cı Col. . ach- “fo pocalyram 
the seed pods are ripe; the plants should be drawn from lege” Botanical Garden, àt! "Dablin. aroni aaa close noe a ad at iy 2 
the ground, and the roots cut off, with an inch or two itherry $ E ’’Comarostaphy 
of the stalk. They should then be" freed = soil, and garden, itis peculiarly well fitted for edgings, and thas k Red-coat ; Erythrochiton, , 
dried in’ the shade. When required fo the root a eee peer ge ens more £0 ie the S. um- Pouch-bell 3 Glossocomia, 
should be torn into ‘small shreds, and pit fe inte’ clean | bro n London Pride. Tts flowers ‘have’ all Snow-wort 8 Niphæa, 
tobacco-pipe.” “The smoke mpg s no nausea, so that | the Bane of tives Sean by its‘ally. “Deseribe aby lory-tree Clerodendron, 
the most elicate 1 ady may use i ip Air ii ai Bab: Stylewort 5 Stylidium, 
= . 2893.— Sarifraga Gein (Linn. } was former] Hair- i Trichosma, 
“Country Show figured ini * English’ Botany,” but is it again veh Reed ore his 2 Arun ina, a 
i “Bury Floral and Horticultural "Steni May 28.— | fully represented, “ in order t seit d so ve in imitation of t the well-known and usu 
his was ‘the first Meetin ing for this ar. ‘The Tulips | the Irish It is very co’ ti Houndstongue, Loose strife, Bug: 
were remarkably fine. The prizes were awarded as f Cork and Kerry, and is -well dese ie of a place in Abn en "Hareb bell, &e. ` He’ cannot, however, 
SEEM :—Featħered Bixdrres : l, R. Dixon, Esq., for | går ee enn on rockwork. Described Pg Mr. | any success’ in these feeble attempts a at reforming 
= yal ayah 3 2, Mr. T. Smith, for Surpass Cata- | Ba Hook. Br. FI. 127." Bab. Man. 117. evil, nor, perhaps, ought he to have expec ted i 
ve al 3, Mr. ater, for Mansola'; 4, Mr. Lodge, for | © Pl. T Bosi i Calithatinion'"Plima (Ag.) A most | such English names aN not universally adapted it 
falgar. F. iat in 1,Mr. Holland, ajrit? | beautiful little sea-weed, described by the Rev. M. J. be suspected that the cireumstance is tracea 
; 5 Slater; “for Roti "i y a> ie reg base we indifference of the public to “partial and i 
] Dixon oF Sd rier ae 2 J. ie Byblomen 1. 2895.—Carex “irrigua (Hoppe). This plant will changes, which are unseen in the’ ocea 
Biénfaite : 3 ME ag fi È ae Eat. Bey ‘tot a our agricultural readers ‘rather than the gar-| nomenclature. That they are — m 
i tenfaite ; 3, n DEON or ei ette 5 4, M mer. The Sedges arë usually more’ deserving of ex- mitted; that the person” most ¢ reless 
, for Buckley's Beauty. Flamed Bonens + Y egi ion than encouragement, but in Pam “sy nt bef 
- eek R 23 i Henshaw, for Sabl Not® that Myrtle rather than of a'Cham 
ex; 3, Mr. Hardman, for Violet Win > Mr. able to say anything of it from ‘our own is, 
Dixon, for Louis XVI. Feathered Roses: L Me. ‘Sa mith, eines but we aya e sey is high ‘authority of f Pries, |a Wow ae en x "comm v 
for ‘Lady Crewe ; 2, Mr. Dixon, for Conipte des’ Ver. | the eminent Professor at at for‘ vr at’ in ifess diso ment 
gennes; 3, Mr. Slater; for La B elle Nanette; 4, Mr. | Sweden ‘this*plant is found t make “e cellent ivite ribes RIGHE to’ the most 
Hardman, for Duehess of Newcastle. Flamed Roses : : | hay,” in the boggy fields ne anes sn opinio 
n is vour of a v 
1; Colonel Lee, for Sere to 2, Mr. Slater, for La } highly val ble. We'therefore hae pai some owner on ais considered’ catalogue, which should contam 
Vandyken ; 3, Mr. Hardman, for Thalisterees ; 4, Mr: | of deep’ peaty bogs in the “north will face it in this of ‘all the plants either 
Dixon, for "Ear il. Bikane =: 1, Mr» Sla- | country. ` Its earliest observer in Britain was Mr. Jo erie aan ntry, the fi 
ter, for Catafalque.” Byblomen Breeders : 1, Mr. Slater, Thompson,’ the “miller, of Crowh all-mill, near Ridley | the second in’ the usual Latin or Gree 
for Seedling. Rose Breeders : Land 2, “Mr. Slater, for | Hall, in No erkens bi highly’ deserving “and en- pont pene there wou 0 
Seedlings ; 3, Mr. Dixon, for Queen Eleanor. Yellow tindufastis botani h de teeted it i a deep ‘morass ard to which’ reference’ could always be 
$ nea: and whi 
Smi hy - tend poet oo a yan y for | since been a fos nd neat Dunifries and on the mountains buyers and selle ts, with whom t 
Beg fo Tropecctumn tricolorum.’ Ericas # DF Frisara. Sonata ou in sim via a eae a Ba peti tet ws ws peed be ing Latin names for En sad almos 
4 a pee Spins ng 7 eaves are father broa yer at. Among nurseryme r 
oo p en on boot meget S Mr: Nye a on flat, DAE Hoe Garuna ae ‘differing considerably ably the custom to sell ‘plants ae naen, me 
whe å : most other 
* a Hardy H erbäċeous Plants: | it rae robably soon “fall oec Sabet always 
BY Gr for’ oye ipedium Calceolus. > Hardy | after the ead iy soon lly oe if bee a = met oe micas her Lievens arrobia whether “it vel 
rubs : lan. for Rhododendron: Russelli- pelt by Mr. Babingt on, Bat Man 346. possible to buy the Comarostaphylis” -arbutoides 
