458 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
Fens t formed from Sphagnum and other 
Masen. ike Mie peat found in mapy parts oi of Eng- 
a drink, which, when 
state as prepared i 
copiously proves inebriatin ng. It is narka pi that 
is ma ade of the fruit it com 
th 
land and Seo tla nd, but owed its orig a to t 
unicates to | 
The trunk 
drunk a about as 
also the latter ; $ the greater part of Kiya peni exhi 
much in width. Other two collecti 
e from Mr. Bruce and Mr. Green, the former 
taining some remarkabl y well-m anaged plants, a 
flows from it Pent ch p 
Deen pee rd ‘for a long period of 
a fluid 
he: Be matii e matter. Of the greatest delicacy i is, 
showed some Cacti in flower.—Of Cape e Haars “there 
_ The firs t prize { for 15 was a 
es wey fs the sdostigitic liquor extracted from the un 
expan d flower, Which affor rds a i pe nen 
to Mr. ica 
ang several o 
5 
oe 
ns of reee which lie ied” an the bottom | 
oft oor. This gives rise Ae two distinct ee of turf, | 
which are known fe ‘het who dig the turf for fue i 
by the names uppe and fonwes. The ne is t h 
more compact and heey of the two, and the darker 
fans which the Warrau Indians call Ari * ee 
a 
pe 3 ‘for 
of gemmifera, vest alba, v. cocci 
colour; the latter, which consists entirely of the bark, 
we a is ¢ considered to be ean excellent remedy for nea, ant a atte endens 
colour, and much looser in texture, and becomes the dysente: ye TI t well- managed specimens.— Amo} 
more so the deeper it is dug. These two kinds of their h t f y he f rst pr efor 12 2. pim he was awar 
turf, however, pass one into the other. The trees lie Lie oom ‘to sweep it with, TI to M rbairn, ais ributed a variety of jasm 
immediat ly above the clay, which constitutes the basis Ko ihe Say ta ty and mountainous acts e base | flora; the urious AnA rater than eat virid 
of the whole Fens. It was stated that tl s appe turf | of the balsething leaves for making Sal The fern and deveral others.—Mr. Frazer and Mr. D 
alone could receive any increase at t ent time, midribs e young branches are cut in thin slices, son, of Bri ixt on hil, also showed in "this clas 
p poh ev! Be conid scarcely be go ingl Bethe fi a W f bushy paia RIRI > condition 
, growing state, from the extent to which drainage I ith with 1 il for the Indi B Saks and y 
bale ied, and a ais he conditions ising ha | the | An : í ventricos: a, E = 
for its formation, merly it was supposed to o gran favelting entomelg ist as a nuibeitats (or ae o Ax mu ihe and gaping his; the latter ; just coming 
about 20 inches in 16 pa There being povera] geolo- | insects upon, or to those who are provided with aoi into bloom thr groupe of eight plan 
tt ing oe section durin, g the ret ing of this be tae as razor strops. Of the grenen use are, how- | the first from a ° Tan Ree a fine metuleeflora, 
, it led to iscussion e fibres o s of the young leaves which are manu- | odore rosæ, in fine conditio n; and Mas ssoni in great pe r 
vegetable depois pe their conversion into c ropes s, and the ey are of such a | fecti ion. —Mr. Bru produ 
r, Fa tt of India, stated that he had oe tenacity that tl Eba with Halicacaba % 
in the bott many of bs e lakes of Cashmere a turf cate their beds and Rs te ie of it. The inhabitants | covered with its curious gree 1 flow ers.—Mr. Tayloj 
closely resem mbing the r turf described by Mr. | of the Rio egro make a tra me a it, and AE a also exhibited in this gam, and’ six specimens 
Jenyns as existing in the Tene of Ca mbr idgeshire. „The is sold from 10 t 12 m milre Eve ts decay the | sent by Mr, , gardener to J. Helling, Es 
lants, of w etp this tur urichi is of use, and cy oe the Indians | Of SrEpzines, Mr. Pamplin was sarig econd 4 
sav la, P noget < Utricularia, ea Nelumbium, | which likewise many aa do not refuse, namely, for three varieties of ventricosa ; nami 
e natives op Ca shmere used this turf as fuel. They the larvæ of a large bone i Be oath palmarum is | magnifica, rosy pink 5 v. grantor ie ae but not 
cae it y pase a ‘the lakes with forks, and after- | found in large numbers in t pith when the trunk is such bright « colour ast the for er ; and v. pplenione Q 
d th thus ob mr heeri ar PR a ec a a and whi ‘i. 4 Set boiled or roasted est 
Bapincron had observed that the vegeta- ars. a marrow. ‘This useful tree of Orchids with me ead on of a magn sites 
tion mt KS ee of Ireland Ha Scotland was very dif- which Leak lanos of Cumana to th a f S. Rucker Esq., Jun 
ferent fron a that which existed in the fens of Lincoln- n tabutsss vot ‘e Rio A Neno , and t outh | and arkable, Ru kes tients wee 
and ote hs Pa He had seen peat obtained af ey Am an area of 550,00 uare | were "fully described in last week’s Feet aS well 
the bottoms of ponds in Ireland i F e same way | miles, wa urns rately called by father Gumilla | those produced by Mr. Don and others. Of single 
ib y Dr. Falconer to ha een done in | arbol de la vida, the tree of life; aud it k related a there was a considerable num Eb: 
hmere. e believed one great cause of the forma- the Orinoco, that one of the kings of Spa ari le Erica Massoni ai me Raina for which i: fi 
jn of bogs in Ireland was the constant falling of t d, bréad, 
e related an instance of an island in the Blackw com and wine, attempted its introduction into t oa other fa fine Veronica qe, pii i Kinghorn ; A 
“i asame pm over with a bog in the memory sage The anther yea ty perked, finally” thos dendrum fallax, from Mr. Ayres ; 
ms living. ave writte en this t n tw ints, It is i 
ha E. STRICKLAND | said that he had; seen portions |t fi reely, 3 et i high, while es i oA Son Mt, Mylan, 
ù 120 feet ; 
purp r aking ornaments, ts, which w were precise size in Guiana is not is opal 50 feet ; 7R dho vk fe tin ght and bearing numb 
> ae of ie Me theme the formation of e it is apserted that they are not to be ya aa at a greater of he pitchers, which a uti 5 
aw li; eS ie a He balio À vat, that the coal | height than 800 feet, while the author hi has met them in | brown ; this was by paa e 
coun een deposited in two merous pa ups, and of a luxuriant growth, at a|shown.—Messrs. Henderson, of Pin l 
piai s Pies ne hys deposit of vegetable Jstrey t of from Sp00. i 4000 feet above the sea ; but | tributed Jacaranda Cluinn Yee 
r ers i EL ay af Tizah had <j t grows likewise here in gr rou ups | Roses, both cut and in pots, was extr 
pat fad gs #5 eink t qu i Py Ai calnianeg ps a a ng the dampness = 
ag an ipa d TAR Sr g FB mess of co ib jAi Bir n y surpassed 
The Bisnor oF Nomycst pe to the trees fou YAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. i = 
p Tr. Tony s, He had seen them in Lancashire, on | July 2. The third and, last Exhibition for this is year of Peg fo 20 ratte, n Ms jesa A 
at they bore marks of frequently also | heldi nd r i i 
of the axe. He attributed the accumulati ibe negctahla | Park. Unfortunately, just a as the gates were opened, the Pe Ron "ey ell pi <i pity Char! 
matter in o the preserving zplore k the water rain began to fa ~My 3: bala a At See 9 of two Macio Deck he į $ thes 
He wished that chemists would analyse this el About: f ock Mew hed hesse S vor, Duchess of utherla: 
a houarog that Ferns and other pale generated more favourable, and oe pa hin [hese oh Mr. Beck, of Isl 
A E wick pave tie water fe took considerable ins jes y sai Sra pan 8 in this class; the more remarkable plants in 
psp er. ing of the Belgians, visited the tents in the morning. oF a a ee ik high, prpgunog a 
RICHARD Cork , thought it was the exhibition ae = Freed hl l eth little ee: a ‘avo dozen large Lowrie ape. 
curious that the vale ke ee. ridge- contained some pla One a be | orate oats eS mei 
hire should be un dermos sta na thel SEA above, “tn | Bee ete a with it is th at of Mes essrs. “Lue ebe, Coutard, William Jesse, and Augustine M 
his country, the bogs my Spt ge a srs. Paul Son, heshunt, also show 
and Ai heavit anes nee B at the bo’ Some | lri with them. A DR A a Suit thee cath a Fr 
bogs in Ireland were ? feet dee fh arge collections of 30 stove and greenhouse i 
R rere covered over by sand. ta thought y Mr. Bar ries, Ze; t Sa G. W. ovce plants Bourbon Quesn, 1 S pelicité, ai White 
ee and Mr, Ayres, gr. to J. Cook, Esq . Mr. Ba rnes’s 100 vari iain Å ‘ ded to M 
Etal S5, the first prize 
i Rens Batu, of Dub bie I $ia did we Mr. Francis,” For 50 sorta, Mtr. O 
Some trees which had been blown ho in the hi pil not pre: nat Eikie ‘last Chiat rset igi ata n were | fi lison won the frst pd “and Mr. Milne ‘the § secon 
| Pies. nee were covered with grass, and the in- Ayres’ oo abet were Achim multiflora, the useful es ; 
terspaces een them were filling up with vegetable Ag ope kg aenal a small i at: Ixora erocata, pro- | ; ane, an i izes being awarded in the 0 
duein of bloom, and a pretty plant of A nw chje oe "mentioned ms ie 
eous o am was awarde 
aaloadithen’ “coceinee, together with a healthy, well- jec pAs s plants, containing sé 
Mr. ‘Morcurcox | Pointed out the aiflesnae beaver 
of 
the ch: 
the scabra.—A collection of 15 stove and 
peat of the present day, as indicating a diferent class | greenhouse plants was produced by Mr. Fraser, of es he of Ackimenes t the pretty Apg nia Cat Carton Si Ki 
A Aromen cesin prods, Coal for its forma. | Pridge road, and another by Mr. Pawley, of Bromle gia im git F PA] i Na ve ae ie 
siy water, and he made no | The first!prize was aw the foren which con- grou aiy eras, pike lants He war a „al 
ont t that i tif irl nd, could be ieee for three or saat gta well managed plants, among which aye devices illustrative of the grouping of pia 
enturies, that it would rise a fine coal country. | MAY te m tioned Kalosanthes ndifl 
t was a curious fact that although the same aaan measuring about 24 feet in height a ki nea arly = The quality of the Exhibition was greatly 
e mountain lime: , prevailed in Russia as in in width, and cov with fine | the p numerous CE EET of PELARGONIUMS ; re, 
reland, yet in the former country es weto no bogs the pot ; a fine Vinca alba, abou aex + i eight a generally well bloomed and in fine he althy ` cons 
He attributed this = climatal causes, undoubtedly the same in width, pro pifia ly covered wit For new an fi strate varieties the first p 
t Ireland had much to dd with its boggy is group contained ape: good plants of Stepha- awarded to Dobson, gr. to Mr, E. Be “at 
€ — EET Man cordata, and the pretty blae worth; these were poy eedlings ies 
or OpHam reminded Mr. ee that in | fowere d Sollya li inearis. sATA Bawi ey sent Phænoco nda, Favourite, Bellona, Marga osy 
Ireland the tain limestone was with a bella, Marc Antony, peden, Be nd priz # 
very deep clay wherever the bogs were teks Th + | Zenobia, a d Lord J. ssell. econ pa 
Spel Ho lar Ai tice ~~ “**) Six collections of 10 stove and HEE min ae Mare Cock, Chiswick, for 12 comp lly-bl 
Sir Ronerr Scuompurex then read a Description of | vo Da wee ary the first prize was tomma- specimens—Erectum, Cyrus superb, 
n Aie pE at, P a Pn a. aie author re- manana - Hunt, the more remarkable of whose ane, Denn sea mtg Ie Th 
p o the early accounts whic! eh lists in Eur verte 3 7- GUCE lippa, . 
received of this beautiful palm hich wie squamatum ; a fine Teor e0 occinea ; Boronia epe Mr. Staines, for Hero, Co pee or 
i to have Sedat the first fruits to well managed ; and a fine Erica tricolor, —Mr. May, | 5 Ebrington, Andromache, Sir R. 
lusius, in his “ Exotic Flora” deseribes itas | WRO won the seco wine, sent Erica metulwflora Sunbeam, Aurora, har Arpoi isho of ‘ 
tissimus squamosus similis palme-pini; bicolor, about 4 ft. in height, and 3 ft, in width ; a noble La Polka, The sar 
milla, Gili, and ve elder authors on Go coce pi ucing upwards of two doz pabade Bi ag i Gales, Messrs “seo 
consequence o arious loom ; a fine own Erica xeter, an r. Hen H 
make of it. It we i. Siih, k Manoti, aga Grows ‘| Saat rize Mr, Gaines received for Lad) 
Witch, Prince of Wales, H: 
iflora, Ai 
a vegetable, and furnishes a 
at the cose a 
ell in their 
as 
Pı 
* The flour which they procure from the arrow-root is called } 
i ane and our Senemninatien arrow-root is mest. likely 
Alba grandiflora, 
Exoniensis, an 
Lucombe and Pince, for Meteor, 
ved from the Indian word, 
