THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Jury Le 
flower ; Wales, Begum, Ce-| The SEEDLINGS were not so 
cilia, um, Gaines ss algar, a Sale, Rising tings se several ‘Pelargoniums, however, were exhi- and of the Phoenix dactylifera, also undergo Set ttl 
Sun, ble, Amelia, and Rhododendron ; and | bited. selected by parr during pere raan The perisperm of 
the latter sent Madeline, Constellation, Witch, E m, | the judges, and received a certificate. These beauti- es of Astroc aryum, in British Guiana, i 
of Cornwall, Sir W tt, Acme, Sunrise, Mogul, | ful flowers are uch improved, that it becomes an- bY Sir Robert 99 pte k to as hard as 
metry, Aurora, an and Victory Sup 5 n atte EES 5) ually more difficult to oo sorts that will carry this Phytelephad The are of the ‘lanes of the seii 
12 varieties, ‘in 8-inch pots, of superior cultivatio class onward to a: The flower chosen by the nr e. ry thick, and 
the Gold Banksian was awarded to “8 Cock, for gon, a rich and hig arly ges porous ; the pores etwreen the 
cate oe wers : ome Vesta, Countess Morley, wer, of goo eye tain from Mr. Whames, gr. to E.| cells are in last ey and die pores form ¢ b-shaped 
omus, Cora, Pulchellum, Sarah, Poster, Esq., Clewer Manor, near Windsor ; a promis- cavities leading g out of the cells, Coope rin is ilu 
Hector, Mi 3 and ~~ bong Gilt w. - | ing seedling from Mr. Kin oom was also ex xhibite d l 
ceived by Me. obey for Sylph, A eg Lord | Ot! devoid of shape lan ween these clu ub-shaped cavities, s, but 
ie arises from 
n, Aurora, Witch, Queen of phire, 
Class 
Sap 
Hero, vgn Andromache, reget of f Canterbury, l | 
erry M aA a — ns” 
pa uae, but common in other qualities; but as this 
onward, form, ee and iA 
1e same flower to beco 
class is now pri 
ania 
tube lying underneath, and has no 
connection with ite termination of the pores. oa seal 
by the resorption o walls, be 
S 
come conv 
o Peram o Gold Bank sian was | an ‘established favourite. Certificates were 4 . The tabs under the microscope, tree al 
Eido for nai ‘allowing I aati partan, P dii, fı t lobul I. Chemical analyses of the seed 
Zs ~ espe Des hess yon einster ry aiii Hen- | Mr st, of “Reading, cream ground, with chocolate have been made by Payen, Connell, and Baumhauer 
tta, Don m, Airiamana an Hermio one, e, Lady spots and the other was from Mr, Gaines, quest 
ki n Alike Seow ground, very prettily spotted. by Dr. Percy, of Leu, n The result of this ana- 
sana ara ti Pole hibited f M We have now brought to a eta se the Report of the | lysis was as ‘folloy 
Cock, to which the Large Silver Medal was awarded ; last grand comet of the yea Carbon é : F 44.39 
the sorts were : Cyrus Superb, Nameless, Sarah, B! vould say, do hee allow any victory of Hydrogen ` : 6.63 
Dwarf, Redworth, and Pulchellum.—Mr. Gaines t l your "energies, or lead you to Oxygen rah 47.61 
hibited 3 pots of the apg Pelargonium called Queen believe that you ; for, depend Nitrogen. A 1.37 
Victoria; and a noble specimen of Sylph, from “Mr on it, the c ee ultivation is still ver y young, 
Beck, of ace was also shown. — Calceolarias, mS there are yet greater triumphs to be a than 
which are calculate ‘make an effective early, have | have been dreamed of. To the defeat ould| In drying 12.64 per of w — 
been but t scantily exhibited during the season At t the | say, persevere, and svfecess must ultimately aliena’ your | The ash me Gayheris, hy toch, pecs 
and carbonic acids, in combination with lime, 
the Messrs. a, there was but ile variety in on oxide of Sse The pho 1 oa aci tae 
eam , being tted upon gett i, a BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- | combined with the potassa. The iron was vo bab! 
Prince Alfred, Conductor, Prof. V Kinghornii, MENT OF POTEN introduced in filing the perisperm for chemical e amid 
Lady Ann Charteris, were the ae to which t 
Silver Medal was awarded. 
display o hoa and Picorzes, from its 
h 
n, was limited—but extremely 
y 
cu rere ‘al Le grower. The tr 
oolwich, contained a egg 
in good eo 
i of W 
sorts acl end, and i 
eet s eS ve 
of Leicester, Norman’s 
Nige 
Reform, Ely’s Mango, Byron s Defiance, Higher s Si 
th 
-e ya Lodge’s Tru ue Briton, Dalto 
» No 
chain's S 
wri; 
f 
proton Soult, Wood’s Rosa- 
Ibert, Simpson’s Marquis of 
‘ibe rt, Pierson’s Sir G. 
Spies 
Granby, } at Prince 
Carew. Ken 
Monday 
nation, 
¢ 
e 23 
ay, pid ter botanical papers. Professor Henslo 
being absent, C. C. bir Esq took the chair. 
A. Hexrrev, F.L. S., aper on 
Development be Vegetable Cells. 
the — ns of MM. Mirbel, Schleiden, l, an 
ame to the following conclusions respecting 
rom observations. lst. That 
the 
yia briefly noticing 
Moh d| Dr. 
Professor ALLMAN — a description of the 
w | of some o, 3 
as burs 
LANKESTER drew resemblance 
abi these sare cells iral vessels ; the | 
; but if the e pi 
lat tt 
and true cepi 
1A} 
e 
here is no such thing as a the: a uption o 
n the lib called the cambium 
d the 
e | tissi 
reason why the same areri should not ie portial med 
s|by the spiral vessel.—Mr. HENFREY stated that the 
ue of whi ch | the | air-bags of Utricularia was com= 
y 
utile “first devstoped from the ‘s0-calle eytoblas 
the “pera but the primordial oie 
ees a Dake of Cumberland, and Seedling. ‘The Picotees 
y admired; soem mo 
| 
of 
Mol nl, the existence f which in growing one eems 
to be universal. | 3d. ‘That ye oerein oe sy e is n 
d by Nägel 
T saw — co of 
Victoria, 
» Nottingham Hero, Miss 
sady Chesterfield, “Willner’s “Blab ph Prinee 
lus » Cra: 
layer of mucilage as sta Nä; 
, Jamie Gore fob} | 
ation of 
edal | Tradescantia virginica, hed 
of = 
8 | pon 
utriele ; the granu aes ah atter oi 
ound "the nucleolus, and, enclosed in =y primordial i 
not jara country, n 
e| on the Cer Ala 
RT en HAM read a 
‘ht , he found 
the =") re of 
The nucleolus or 
hi 
nae of 
follows. 
min 
central spot hleiden 
int, is situated ói 
iè 
is aggregated 
atricle. 
now found i t very common! 
trict of preet Britain 
it from a or species of Grasses. 
w teti commonly, va the —_ m 
The ~~ most u 
He tad a 
tonnia S 
divides into two, and a corresponding constriction of 
Phleum os Hor e um murinum, and G 
It 
rera Rei 1, 
P 
two, a layer of permanent cell-wall substance being 
hi) SPE A nein A 
Glyceria 
had very much inçreased also on caltated 
grain, and he believ ed that at this moment e: ergot 
A 
NAS bed pel d ea 
PORE 
ilver Knightian to W. Newhall, Wo 
pe 
ed flowe 
oolw wich— | 
na spoenrectarndgt Class, Messrs. Norman, of Wool- | 
to the centre till a complete septum is formed. The 
lateral walls grow by extension, being moulded A oe 
In the 
14} 32.7 di ta Rit 
Dr. LANKESTER ‘thought this subject important in a 
practical point of view. It was well known that ergo oti 
AE si ain ei sed a pronun influence on the anin 
and wished to 
a 
A 
stem, w of Dr. r. he hadi 
h 
Latham if 
ip Glapatra 3 Jamie Gordon, and cates 
Maas oa the nucleolus, and thus gives rise to 
Dr. eee stated oon he had evidence that the ergot — 
had excite a its peculiar eon on animals to the 
d pore 
= 
realia Eoi aibeides; Norman’s Dick Lee, 
Seedlings 3, 4, and 5. Willmer’s Prince Royal, Robin- development f mo a A at i tributed its 
on’s Nottingham Hero, Thurtell’s Norwich Rival, sai gh all tt t manures, and stated that 
Norman’s uty, and Seedli ing 1, Coste: ese fi 1b is a Gee wae most abundant in in the — 
Wood's S Gowring’s Bride of Abydos, in wis country, it was means to find the most im- j are 9 be ards. f 
Prince Al ogg’s Mrs. Mathews, Halliday’ s S Pair portant of his observations n made out by others, so that Mr. RICHARD i koe read the report of a committee 
Phillis, Hamster’ ners 2, Brinkler’s Lady f the e general correctness of | appointed to draw up a plan for the registration of 
his views. The th p! heti lants and animals. 
I obl d t infi J Dr.  LANKESTER read the report of the „committo 
exhibited, o one from Me. pria of Woolwich. 3} on “both animal ‘ood, regs seule: H n thad 
ac other, from Mr. Hendre: This consist: rhe prin 
not sufficient! r. Nort 4 
+h Pha f 
tly for peace 
the Silver — ian, for Kiran’ Gay ak: Beat 
and Dr. Danbene: ; Weed ’s Queen Victoria, aie 
z bag rec. iu rtell’s 
’s 
Matilda, Whi cine 
H 
f of wood, as “stated by Du Petit 
a a list of sets peters and eerie Had the 
ny 
» | Thou: 
| the asin =e tes were "elongated; at the 
further observations we re y before 
Chu 
Mile-end Defiance, Waliss Uni 
of Northumberland, Smith's De. Coke, W Willmer’ Da- 
iews on the yon ation of ge 
structure from the facts he had noticed.- —Pro r E. 
me time | The co 
he wall 
dvancem 
chess of Kent, Hardst ‘one’s Prince 
rat 
or the A 
Tom a, oa t’s Alpha, emaa H Hem aA sent, but = 
Unworth’s Ome ie ath's “Lord. By vron, niahi Mari wee hoped Mr. Henfrey would continue ey re the prise ea Fene of ot systematie botany, w eh 
Hodge’ gm LANKESTER : read a notice of the Ves etable Iv with respect ta: a variations of 
Clarka Marida” ‘Me Heabrey or Tagua 7 4 The author than have yet — made; ai p 
lows :—Vandenburg’s King, abe s Britannia rubens i f the be modifie d so as to exhi 
Willmer’s m Da avey, 3 Seedlin Z, , Coron nation, Brage’s| was enal bled 'e to present a aani of a youn plant, whole of the forms eoutalnea in the r groups, 
a in the gardens of the Area their mutual relations in a more philosophical oe f 
ling, Quercus, Dr. Dantenoy, Seeding, Willmer’s Prince | Taldi of  Hackne y. This plant had been piaco fs in} The great impediment to the pro of À 
of Wales, Blackheath Hero, E Kd Croesus, Cou- the | natural order yphine, by Bon pland and Hum- | history has been the want of union between opeta j 
sen’s Queen Victoria, Norman’s Wellington, H thinkers, those who study the details of E 
algae White’s Wa mac Coke, Hardstone’s | A fi isted i f Which nce, and those who speculate on its general aspects 
mth. “ae ing was as exit This ize of a pana bbid; theory. In order to facilitate and gh 
is called b cay Sp ia oda Ni H union, i ms rrie t b 
; these essaya very esi the structure of a Sasi flow: i ve shoul jeran upon a -considered series of obser bie 
16s as tey “exhibited ARNS: ‘of the new varieties place _ ndley hat ssid i and experi rimento,» “whieh should be conducted m 
s Messenger, | it to “ima order Cyclan remarkable publio botanic garden, e requisite preca nions 
fiance, Smith’s | point in the economy of this nimpe was, that the h z and the 
i a sana all im n “3 perisperm of the seed appeared to undergo agreed upon, the preservati ion of nae “i 
o , i | nO’ eh D prin t o rocess of germinati keeping a proper register, pee Pi: 
Miss Watson i ig kia fn old te sad feet mt finally are “the experiments would mi 
Tiles Parfoction Dı h ia be expos ed to the interruptions, and o eS instance, 
ress, Grandis, and vg germination he cea is birea re into ‘the | which threaten individual observers. oe which th 
peri- ici 
soil by a rhizoma an inch or more long. The 
| two groups of plants were selected, in on 
