JANUARY I, 1859.] 
THE GARDEN NERS' CHRONICLE. 
7 
whom v 
LE pcs 
t such assertions 
are the s 
afte 
these 
ight, 
| the inv ree are of er 
ding to an igno norant and dion 
J of li 
we are indebted for the 
se facts on whic oh the opponents of a pr 
gts of 
s are utterly 
speculations of 
slig gh t 
in the world of Roses since 1853, and secondly what the e 
an a 
add t t 
ikewise contains a tine collection 
a of its riches it may be 
eid) pis anting season 
of irn orth Aaving. 
t 1 
ide 
re a "tha ib there are ro 14 sorts of Ara ucaria; and 
je 
“Ta addition to this v i 
extracts from Mr. Paul's Rose Journal, in which will b 
found n m ia points of inte e 
The plates which accompany this annuz al are we ell 
JLAG 
tised pencil 
of Mr. , Andrews. The fi these is Loui is Chaix, a 
dtes ma Raglan ST éant dé Batailles, and an 
r^g what progress has beat attained i in the 
Les met y handsome one. The secon esents 
ents = science. 
inn the most pitilosophio riens 
* 
ee * e ty 
To do 
adame lan n, & ia handsome Lnd 7 
d with very fine firm 
sad It is isa 
t. Ja mes’ s Hall. good Ros 
stice to the ma aterialists, 
3 ip 2: 2 
Tea- | of Pear trees; H 
it- | But, Un the “other 
d fro 
ALL iOng v pecies 
| it was o 5 miko ts 
plants of Mins tg borealis, Abi 
Thuja bh rrear 
The Prince, encouraged by his success in trying 
eee et of many kinds of trees and shr ubs, — 
the idea of pl: wr — in ires open —.— nd some varieties 
but her ust be admitted the 3 
"he ^u im oom e exception of the Poir 
tand the cold of vinta 
co ne ction of fi 
nd, 
surprise —— we observed daa 
3 Nordmannia and 
wem ni fail 
sans Pepins, n itc Aqu 
‘hand ‘the 
the 
on that their 
,707R /R — EUM DE. R 
lace 
;anifestations ¢ of min 
inquiry, 
t je menie doctrines 
—€— 
riod did 
viz., 
8. xtr eme reac- 
inary | to be prou 
a super — crimson Bourbon Pp. ” The fourth 
fos 
yr din n a little perpetual Moss —À the E: 
Eug It looks as if it were a mo: 
oder gius i is very Fear 
cull as 
ral conserv: stories of v 
old De Meas ux, and if as good as its pking is something | 
of, 
Piesse’s Chymical, Natural, and Physical Magie 
(Longmans, 12 cree is ~ 85 devised attem pt at showing 
schoolboys how imple ju sg sand ‘ticks may be 
We e ty r end i 
satisfac- 
so little 
already 
or 
- 3 ed to them. narked with 
n that the true e of pruning, as yet 
a 0 had been rey irap to them; and 
Í full i 
ethe: measured nearly 1000 
2 N een e, in accordance 
n, is elegant. They appeared 
a with that of the m 
TRADE Lists Recetvep.—John Grier (Waterhead 
Narsery, ambia). a Priced 8 with brief 
ee n arks, of a selection of 
Trees, Z This is ‘one rof a class of T Trade Catalo ogues 
peice 
which D con We : sgh mim sist— 
; Qf aplendid. 9 — containing e collec- 
han species, obtained from 
Mire dn this kind of were d Mr. Grie 
di rectio ons and descriptions appear to be clear, ener s 
equally 
fa | rue knowledge of 
Betwee dace ex emes li 
xercised upon clay soil by 
is greatly yeh its fertility. 
erer. with th 
perties of clay undergo by 
s the tru’ th, ` 
act of bur 
V. 
‘We have not 
ei roy ar oe which the 
‘he petet f he — 
which 
o the qon —Lowis v. Houtte (Ghent) Prix 
i 
1 * , Odontoglossum nzvium, &c. 
Palm-houses, containing the richest collection 
of p^ ‘planta pn we have seen in E 
ne of whi: w h 
t des graines. closely printed d 
—.— of 50 1 pages, containing Meer lists of one of a 
in tisa 
pe. 
and great merit to have exeluded m the brate — 
whieh are now worth n An 
Bot 
s growing, except 
tanic Ga rdens. . Houtte give us 
125 
first made in th ofa i$; 7 de 
ion was first made in the roses 0 analysing the dis 
ilicates. these, in P natur 
he the P 
—— erg in irt 
— in Baiern, Nov. 1858. We — much like to these 
seeds. 
and the db. 
the Zeitsehrift des 
Veri 
HH 
den Memoranda 
r an 
ROUBETZKOYX AT 
and . are "em ree 
lutescens, Platonia chiragua, , ipi 
Species fron 
el 
premorsa, and a 
m Peru, Chameerops PrP a m 
Leopoldinia Piassa Calamus rudeni 
hem at Moscow, in the houses to whieh I 
PR 
n tubs, which are nearly 5 m in 1. 
trees were uii. d y the Prince at Palermo, in 1850. 
Their s nches in 8 and 10 feet ik 
t branches, and 
They w us rand Mni 
mly some small roots n 
ear the stems ; but: 
e ouse cont — 81 
fine collection the most interestin 
have been directly obtained from France and Í lily a and 
the same house ther etico fine se on of 100 
cies and end 
| doden 
Many o their natural state, are not | NOE garden and par 
ted on by acids, but they become: fect soluble if | Nykolsky, and which we v RE e visited several times. 
redness before the applieation of the acid. Ie creation, though only dating fr fi ie! Bis, neverthe- 
s gs to poti clay, pipe clay, loam, | less deserves a: ttenti on in various res 
mar clay in soils. In d in all des esigns of this kind made “by professional | 
ir in concentrated men, th 
ic acid, wi 3 but if greatly scape is near the mansion. This portion, called the 
as is done pipe-clay in 
A they dissolve in the acid peers vui tivation of the newest and most remarkable annuals, 
po ity, the contained siliea hich ha: 3 ced into our gardens. On the 
like a jelly i in a soluble state. aed Ser! belongs to | Same 1 vam ivated biennial and peren- 
the e kin E: — d ye ins within | nials all eountries, and in the declimatising of 
gemein t elements spent o a most these dei Prince is always making experiments, and his 
luxurious growth of giants; but their t Visi aga | able directions are attended with speedy success. Only in 
insufficient to secure this end. The so pa be v 
accessible: to the 3 to its 8 its to” resist the. . winters was but few ; but now the 
ic acid; must it, in order to | Prince 1 
th diti and vigorous sueceeded in greatly extending the list. AS examples 
opment of the roots. The coments present must I may mention Dielytra spectabilis, Phlox decussata, | 
be brought into that te of combinatio 
brick, beer 
walls like a white. crust, within 
ro erected. - If t 
Up. to the at time is lig few amateurs have 
. 
arboreum, be which are associated the fine 
the Himala; 
„ where most buil 
of salts cover ae EN of the 
mb after the 
afi 
y 1 5 1 
ua]. | eum, Populus 
oie which Mer iced recently introduced, and which 
brick 
. The Prince 
5 
Alder, , Pine, and Spruce. Among 
may be considered fairly acclimati sed, we may content 
bari. | Upan ths Bat ity of M. 
| and the T in Ca in Journal de 
T Academie Fortunate Gate Un s ud de. 
sponsible rag the names 2 : 
asson. | 
Miscellaneous, j 
, Habits of the Lemur.—I had repeatedly seen lemurs. - 
such are the 
Acer striatum, and | 
lvanieum ; 
crophvlla 
aby TL E M 
erved on walls which, 1 
crustations 
reappears : ae 
me emt eer of ae hore 
J 
bego erus 
mot, m, pyramidalis o and 
2 
1858.9. 
55, with four 
urnum 
Which have not yet been trusted in 
platanoides, Negundo, 
pennsy AEsculus tricolor, rubicunda, and Jatea ; | | were 
ey Colis orientalis, Fraxinus excelsior, crispa, pend 
penne erispa, pes poc» ‘ay rag honse, leaning 
with thei spread 
the the warmth of tho Mj sibh ead was shining : 
and appear in| They are often kept = 1455 nr — ve i 
eir fore bd 
nercifo! 
By Wm, Paul, F. H. S. Bhododend 
coloured. ee feat ha Ribes s 
ir | Lain n 
We ind one on board the 
the [seh lt was YA and socia - 
any trifling noti 
ently gave it water, which it Pipette like i: m 
Tus establishment, the oniy o one of its kind in the 3 wa banana and in a short time ! 
