418463) THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 579 
svete srg completed, and one impro which — Ss charcoal may absorb eF 
SpenrnrnetoreA à Sahoo leaved Porphy- | been eff effeeted is, the blagiing down oa planting rifiem pe rom ei Hie bees, pérhaps i “inside partitions pn 
(Stove Perennial). Acanthaceæ. Didy- | P! ece of ground behind Pee se. Most of the trees | better be of straw than of solid w ti — 
: Angiospermi —For be possession of en and shrubs were moved last May, when some of the | cha¥éonl would be of little use in this = 
eg Shai K ake indebted to Mr. Forkel, gr former were coming into leaf ; “Spruce Firs and other | kow what effect the chareoal tight 1 Tare on bees in 
his aged the King © of th Belgians at Brussels, a | trees, 30 feet in height, Iso moved, and are doing | hot weather, whilst the hive is den: asely owded, I 
sent it to us under t abov ; bu t unfortu unate ly | perce ground is a collection of the best | ara efe er iaa Pea 6 7 
á istory, so as to pe upper hive. The re not appear to 
Seems aht, ‘or the aather ‘of its phe! appropriate | | trellis tise T or 2 feet in rimak ; this having a ea. | project en s to throw the en tof the hi eee r a thing, 
| näme (roppòpe pa ple, and éun, head of hair), given in deney to promote a good dis of bloom. Of ri however y whi ich may‘ be easily remedied.— 
amsi hee singularly richly-coloured spikes of deep Vineries little ean be said, the Vines having only bee: 
m within the scales of which, the scarcely | Planted in May last ; the border i 
brightly: coloured (but more inclining to blue), of the pir si with a drain opposite each rafter; ee 
ear. It was exhibited i in the Horticultural one half o ade, the other half is. to be added 
coms, when ete ines may require it. | 
4 range were some well ag jaise "5 with leaves | 
‘half Covering the Tami violet Wek as large as those of Rhubarb, and of a very dark green 
‘It is a stove plant, and contin BBS wering during colour, Out of t egies rood -— ee 
j the spring 2 and summer merle 
a ere, Nee s.— Botanical 
Er anerRosTIONA, “Silvery y spotted Achimenes. 
(Stove Perennial). Ges eee. Didynamia Angio 
 perñia. irene vn the ener roveltids sent b reol- 
or the dens Kew, the 
e, spotted with w nite gonia argy 
he first mpana e of the owers produced some 
ppointm sl keste the racemes increased in length, 
more oms expanded, t the plant became a 
vont, and is likely to continue so, for the 
s bid fair to continue the whole summer months. 
or cream colour, spotted wit Bete The 
tr 
pits 
meege 3 to 6 Ibs., were Pe to have been cut.— 
y M. Sta nley s, Ha aggerston Castle, 
Mb, Hs 
Ber a: 
great perfection, a pai in a, tub, of 
t ae 10 a in — and 12 
feren d is one Sean 
soi ch are tipped a with pate pi 
ower measuring from 2 t Ptah ik in Tength. 
a eee ee hash, and has a 
appeara 
Ni iscellaneous. 
The Searle 
w scarlet Laburn 
ver from Par ris for sale, and the high ating ng nam 
eatm ent as othe: of this 
RA 
Erica Ewerana. 
feet i in circum- 
ink blos- 
most magnificent 
L how 
obtain 
cooler hace ; thus 
Anot doubt, by its seal caterpiilar-like t 
with the original i 
is i sagecitionetly a true congener. — Botan 
E Garden Memoranda 
à Pooklaniis, Blackheih, K: ent. —This villa, the: resi- 
of James C 
‘from C “tab urnam y the aoe of o: purpure üs, 
had been grafted o 
Ee tead of Approaching pe "m to scarlet, 
might hav ected from 
shrub, abont t hi 
eat 
tock of the Scotch Labut- 
roe Jañ “t had become a tall rambling 
0 fee gh, and so covered with these 
vm 
the 
this 
We 
age 87, Tt room is left 
ee ae 
sayi 
falject. ‘Thos 
Wd 
well 
isit. 
wiit GO 
pay Sn Ayres, who is gardener there, a 
micin 
Vi 
“for ng more b 
who are interested, however, in | 80 as in 
in 1841 to hz 
reus ; and in the same year I was increasingly 
7 Erica hiemalis measures 6 fect in circumference 
yard in height, this being the it of 15 
and 
racemes of 
ntal 
; 3 Picea spectabilis is bushy an 
Pik in n1839 $ otiera, on òne of the main 1 branches 
if 
surprise ed |. 
to observe, at the eng a < some of the hybrid | ,, 
the 
well as flowers o 
of the e yb id, the leaves are 
size sha 
common Labùr: Each ay sts Er 5 sit 
I may so call i, ‘has the lea 
and in those 
F Ber 
Reference.—A B, ee wai pe tike osei: D, The hive; EE E, 
e between outer and inner box filled with chareoal; 11 lL, 
¢ bees tru: y 
àt 
ing the Use rës; 
pa Aase 
al $ ide 
tlie Pois. Pihis section is madesquare, este being the same 
ed 
, if | as the breadth, but it may be extended tomy leugth, 
: CALENDAR OF O PER ATIONS 
the & 
nsuing 
and many other plants, iso. took very nearly intermediate, b nas ea , be- $ 
kaise bly well. “the - SaeeIpoot Mr. Ayres Sev fat heats of = jah Sees ped aomi RL Oe So i 
i mixture of Shirley prol b = ‘any | render it desirable to expose a s to the little canthine 
m leg with: a a le silver sand ; ‘al a dtl vast pro- | we h sen ~ hat the sh oe n f Seem 
a ach of winter ; more air shou S0 De Acinitted to tiese 
; = suit his plants fasion af flowers, of which the many a are > still dingy i eh it gucseranties: in need. aaa deen ig eg 
the greenhouse, BOYA kind of stove, on peri rids. , buti mte rmingled with others of bright he Ena great measure upon the thorough maturation of the young 
aut ofthe hardi been moved with th H res of the ‘wood. It is a great error to keep that dre Aresa to 
of doors, was in bloom a bushy plant of Pentas num, Some farther account of this temarkabte. ee aed ni cmp hai Sac cane i oring a 
ye > igre is very useful on account of its long | of nature is 5 pom in the Gardeners’ Chirbaicle for sd i ae rapia development should be teami y and 
o or nt yres imagines that it | 22, 1841,an or June ¥8, 1842.—Shetty Hall, May Rardened serge pe ol as 
y become one of the best plants for winter | 18, T 45. hardened and ripened preparatory to the ‘a winter, 
Gia wellgrown specimen ol Achimenes Me. | DEAM of Robert Graham, M-D.—We eet Wo an | Gees Kiakia Sats regii al run es nam 
in full b it m the death of this gentleman, who io has for many Chinese Primroses and hiaees €hrysanthem eons are of this * 
3 a dark variety h Ciorodendron year's filled the beers of Botany in the Universit class ; the latter should be =, Sa tied out; ro = ee 
having 11 pained of bright scarlet flowers; the | Edinburgh, His lectures were delivered during the ol bushes may be produc watery n : 
er than those of the sik scat- | Session by Dr. Taos do pes er, and we have reason to 
any — d things were like-| believe ery grea rae This: circumstance, song TR awd . redia 
i i š to; s sonia and similar p quire to be 
among which w as anew plant which is | his high reputation Pass a scien Perna and his ex ee cae te abies i aes aan caite Air ths 
Sesto ose Society, to whom 
the vaeant chair to Dr. Hooks, aes pretensions stand 
name oien Niar A 4 i 
~ s 
WER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIESÌ 
Sa the 
3y Mr. Fortühe from Chamoo, with this 
“A PaE Canpartsceos plant, ami 
lo resembling 
istance ppi 
proves to be 
—_ 
i 
heard of, 
last year, as 
nder 
ction, It was coat ei inhabit by 
; enty ty ofside-sh 
Bees. 
q Semo -E tried the ya lan 
as I 
t in summer for 
e to bie 7 any tbar are over- 
Gu 
mn; eubh 
ds, suc 
2 ey = na, Philo: 
niv x a, Livan fa 
shoul pet inf for p ante g firr Te seth z; any tha t were 
Si ew! ay had better be pi vanted ve itt once, Collect seeds 
Eo Williains, and sow st sping planting. Piante 
bebe 
boafd, whilst those ia the > aiceotapattyin 
heat, ron quan antities of them lying out upon the flight- 
pi E 
o bo rders Dianthus supe: aren: 
s, & tep such Lett cat back 
air Tieùŭ 
n a few 
ts “Be: 
collection 
ie, a pror 
atte 
1 pin fixed i in a block of Soa s0 
+ 
box cept he very Bone 5 
the winter months the bees need no other protectio: ott sume ef ree el i 
its than ‘what the box affords. This apie Bat 1 have hed PA gene — 
ch ith hipped | hem 
- | roofs, which look posh heater and are o turni are 
th 
at pare 
sy je 
ich prevents 
‘the bees from coming out and pecan h tom cold. 
is not Soei the spates 
boxes | 
with s 
| think it woul an 
ans, Ce 
It 
ween the 
r, I om 
are | better to detach them 
aoe tinue took to your Frege et 
7 dhe’ ee extra 
bat ia 
ger È 
si tire, 
a not woken een pdst 
ERTES, VINERTES, &e. 
Pinter fruit will now be in bloom, ór 
‘fa the latter case, sce that godd liquid 
