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362 THE GARDENERS CHRON ICLE AND. AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Arr 23, 1859 
the elags: 807 15 . — remonti californica | nation. In 1858 Mr. Peebles ; attempted c 
w w Pla e y but he, too, has ouly bee — — Set 
rcely any progress — fully — at p. 52; it was on this occasion | cones are produced high EA on the t 
during the day, » enc! eit n MEX a ‘growth, of an inch ; | nicely in flower. The same — sent a fine Lomatia easy to reach them, and the seeds seem to b ery often, 
indeed, I almost thought I would write to you to as sk calle d | Bidwillii, with handsome pinnated leaves, of | injured. bi resin of the tre € is used for ince 
y ong, narrow, spiny-margined leaflets were 1 Prof. ur nication 
i tl larly enriched behind at ilie base; it is a distinct | 1. 7 of. Pais Pa at Tayport, Fife, in E 
pom Ex 
ing progress Was rarely perteptible, but the fc llow- , the ¢ 
ing morning a growth of 
it were a recognised law vegetal 2 physiolog: y. g r a dis 
the growth emm pire nly t night. This, and handsome addition to the class of fine-foliaged ber, 1858 f. Law 2. «Exi m. 
however, is so opposed to E facts now "rm je y you, | plants. ey had also a pretty Bejaria called micro- | aws 5 4 S Voyage to America j 
that it appeared to me desirable to communicate the phylla, / Arthrotaxus Doniana, a small- flower ed — October last. —III. n the Growth of the nds 
above result of my berie. Ignoramus. [You 1 v ra 0 the Ro 
find a long and very fully detailed account of the rate edulis, A. Henderson & Co., ^v. appl venim In this notice Mr. M*Nab gave a deti 
of growth of plants both under glass and in the open | Nursery, — a nice plant of the a 'yano: of the growth of the Bamboo, ta ben 
air by day and night in the Hort. es 2d series, | phyllum magnificum, and a very fine p Abl flowered third j^ until die plant 1 the heightor Ii 
Vol. III., upon which our statement is found Datura, said to be from —X having the habit of wi ith the mean temper atur of the io eet, 
The oy Seth — toni wt Hae British AM digo: arborea, and fine creamy yellow flo Th 1 th a 
Isee that they hr earnest measures | the beautiful New Zealand Loden ene, 1858. The average e ‘of ‘the i Fete 
i g a new objects of natural| one of the most charming of all. Me Fraser, of | during the period of growth on ee m. 5 to 70" * 
history. Let us hope t they "wil obtain some instructions | Lea Bridge Road, had nice plants of tlie e Clematis Mean mpera- e 
ere they It is rather an astound- lanuginosa and C. lanuginosa pallida; Labichea Jal 13 j ture e GO 
ing declaration, when I say that in none of our museums | diversifolia nicely grown; an Azalea called Benno, y 8 54 de eg. 
are the specimens preserved in a proper manner. In with very large but coarse-looking flowers, rose- 
making this assertion, far oh it —.— me to condemn coloured, the upper half purple; and another 
any individual who works in those establishments: Azalea called Roi . — a per € hs pa 
Those whom I have the — of reife ng both here | some flower of a salm of 
and abroad are clever, honest, and indefatigable men. | Slough, had a pending: — called Perfection; 10 is 
But they all proceed upon false principles, and, of|a bold and striking flower of excellent properties, and 54 „5 18} 
course, their labours must end in abortion. As well of a bright rose or purplish-tinted rose, spo ted dis pee 2 Aug. 45 » 1993 
might we expect to give swiftness to the tortoise by | tinctly on the upper segments. Messrs. Ivery & Son, : 47 : 185 
cogent flogging, as to see beautiful and correct speci- | of Dorking, had a seedling —— a —— white, i 19b „ 
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ns i ans of anti- | with flowers fine : 45 204 
quated and faulty process of preparation which they | decorative variety. cle collection ns of 12 on dep — p of August to the 24th of September 
` uniformly pursue. Forty years of attention to the plants were contribute d y Mess Fra and Mr, | the ex wa feet, being an average 
subject have enabled a neighbour of mine to st Cutl y Pelar- of — fet for every three days. On the 24th of Septem. 
into a new and hitherto totally unknown path, em- | goniums in sixes by M T ght of the- shoot. was. 40 feet, the 
bracing the four great departments of quadrupeds, | remark. Mr. Turn wed 12 bey seien the best eid. o l days. The plant was shifted into its 
ts, and i I me among which was Dickson Matilda. There was a —À abe during the ea of 1858. The soilusel 
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Mr. Waterton with a visit, and inspect his collection, | among which Raphael, a dense shaded crimson, Comet, 19.5 “Meas rement of certain Coniferous m taken at 
en -— certain that he would emp — — brilliant scarlet, and Virgine, bright carmine, were | St. Font, Tite, by G. Patton, Esq. Communicated by 
new ideas, n his mind | conspicuous from their intense colouring. Mr. Turner Mr. yptomeria japonica (in cone)—height, 
— the old p must be entirely laid idet see the | had also six well-grown egens ig the newer varie- | 21 feet ; dieit cine of 7 — a inches. wr 
new one — "helre any real good can be effected.| ties; and collections of Cinerarias were shown sempervirens— pesos t, 133 feet; circumference 
7 i Messrs. Dobson & Son, of Isleworth, and by Mr. 10 inches. Abie: cephalonica height 14 feres 
Mor de dini —At there is an account of Holland, of Spring Grove. Mr. Bra agg, of Slough, | cumference of stem, 20 inches.—V. “On the Uses of 
to Cucum da had which had been fumi-| and Mr. James, of Isleworth, pt stands | the Bamboo, with illustrations.” By Dr. Hi 
gated via this paper. When tobacco paper is burnt in| of Pansies. A mixed collection of plants from | alluding to the characteristics of the Bamboo and the 
: confined atmosphere of a Cucumber light the| the Pine: apple "Nursery contained ine - of various species described, the author remarked, “the 
ps structure of early leaves is apt to suffer. The some Orchids, Heaths, 0 Nu Pine Apple, | Bamboo varies prodigiously in size in 2 
reason is that 8 paper is a sort of touch. paper, e ariety of Rh ododendron the supply of water and the richness of the soil. 
made by soaking in a strong decoction of tobacco, in | aureum, &c. A group duni the Wellington Road Nur- | dry hilly localities it grows Big to Sor 10 ft vii 
which nitre or saltpetre is dissolved, and while the | sery , contained Rhododendron Dalhousie and Edge- in moist jungles’ and in 
pg qe ome E out P peo gv deco! A ppeed and wor A Arthrotaxus eupressiformis, &e. Mr. Standish, banks of of Moga rivers, it attain ET 
vie ich E 100 It has been known to 4 — 
‘poisons f ti lares. T haled by th the|diflora (noticed in a former nd laden with its 18 EM in » [rh The p wget e 
rer P — To ‘once made 8 canopy of muslin | snowy white to lowers, an and it was stated t ently | babl e fou ce in Burmah, w erc sca 
à ithout in S ee 10 inc es i Mec oin 
to destroy those marvellously reproductive insects the | our own piant are kill Bou ce omer of gx 0 24 inden in Te A s 1 15 is often culti- 
orm The fumes web rra borse or destroyed| Some seedling Cinerarias were contributed by Mr. vated i in clumps , an nd to form ornamental archways for 
l lice, dy the fum d shrivelled and dis- M and o! eo o as a hedge, being bent over 
{five have never very’ inj d ros W. uckingham. | Ine mparable, a fine ees rosy crimson with a basal | and interwoven so as to combine the EL 
er encouraged the use of tobacco — white ring. around the "e rk eye, the florets mers a hedge and a paling. There "ut ane many mi 
hief bas ari ] haded 
Garden Expenses.—I admit that. t my stat emen t (see | md of i 
2 d t dod habit. In addition te dido 15 oe — when young an E e 3 
p. 265) Pg. ore ae See The extent Pate kitchen Beaut „ a dwarf variety with rose erimson tip The M is given in the form of a ye Y 
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en x» a purple, and Lisette a shaded blue, but all efto Europe for meking the tips of felingiolh 
TN d : i nal . isette a sha ue, bu of|to Europe for making the tips o i p 
3 ep well cropped and cultivated, so | interior quality; as was also 5 from Mr. g. poi Nera dist are ord when young 2s 
and no charge is made for what they rs Some fine samples of vegetables paras the south of The stems are employed for prop built en- 
.. "dung-heap, nor what I use myself or give to . nt for inspection by Messrs. Keeling and flooring, doors, and blinds. Some houses are 
i m — be kei in b^ ved — ss work- | Hunt. Among these the Ca — Were particularly | tirely of Á— Paper and cloth are manuiac 
/ from a d from a market — | fine, Asparagus and Artichokes good, Peas and Straw- m the p The tender shoots are u ^ d 
bear little relation to each other; the market gardener n e RE «xd they Form one of the ingredi 
grows what will y ield “him the profits; the In n our report ofthe first of these bene ce 
hi a Bur 
sorts of things that ‘ tony of correcting. Mr. Glendinning is there stated | tiful. Among the other uses of the sat 
tensions buf whieh at ordinary tms eur dme | to have exhibited the “Camelia lowered Peach” and | the folo ving Doe for palanguin or eure ee 
3 > 9 oba. Now he exhibited, he says, neither; and fo -— boats, ig is rafts, d kus e 
à nd 
with n 
— " . ane xi 8 rag émis — communications the Hudson? s Bay territory, 
he — as to tho Orehasdiiuee tetas ae bes r rne read :— re marks on Abies bracteata.” By A. meeting of the Dens Society ; also pr iesti from 
. M. V." that these structures of recent intro- ge 
for. I have 500 of wall, so says your coi à D 
4 «c WS rrespon- | the e error is commi in t iet y', ial | 
` measur, d 15 ani thing Flow 150 that itis the me advertisement, —— — e di beori an k fi ‘ied to feasts, Tight vile 5 pend idle : pe chairs, * 
pb u ee thief ~~ ot the e walls, and in this velo ee x letters, especially forei ign, on | stands, distilling. eI s bows and E 
3 sas in the subject of ne triloba, which up to this time has joints are employed for — and bottles, 835. 
glass — Bec ee dm sid too younz to yet exhibited at all. We laste to set this | holding letters, for musical instruments, and blow. Pipes X 
Dear; and if “A. M. V^ has ever . —VI. “On the Economical Uses of the Roots of Co Mir 
p rir en all pr prodocing even a BOTANICAL or EDINE Jan . By Mr. M‘Nab. The donations of Mrs. 
e season, o barren excep- Balfour in the chair. The f eee o t t 
Wood, obtained sates ea a all injured by insects, nc 
Y species of Spruce was first discovered — Jei ared from the Abies something 
3 2 vr quithlp poH Pu by Dr. Coulter, who spent 10 years o life in ex- ie Ore, on territo su —€— acr 
results in the south, here we ire Men err dog — it D I a 3 bed bis oat oe iae 
o d a 1 the 17th 
J w.. Pd Wis the eae 
— ? i — 
and nes it Patiently for very proiuising remite; 2 do a ne ~ long ^ — . i E t little | Britain of the Abies — dien $ A 
correspondent, when T tell himn that the hose (( tme, 18H, sane this Fir gol brown pat” The spc ers 5 eg 
Y e house cost less h 
than pe sige pe think, see little to damp enthu- i » e ek ta 9 ete trod “i Conifers i "i Ping the m er e P in 
siasm. J. D., introducing | whi e 
the — ity in Burope M. Beards in i = : mua, if The poll nigra, i - Lr 
E : ic s ioi im 1. T have 
Societies. eM © procure perfect seeds; the cones S eid been ads. rac UR 
S njured r^ frost. He noticed that the tree grew in a these t hen gro 
Rox, 1 C, Rrozwrs PARK: Apri mE ad en pe nba us soil. In 1857 Lobb em v4 locality, but no hesitation ih saying that from the 
three spring meetings was scarcely more successful. The were "found | roots now exhibited (grown in 
John’s W. aes for germi browni 
run freely amongst open 
