sa * im E th;, ‘two of Chantin’s Cal ladin 
attacked by this insect; if so, what will kill them? various Palm all in most luxuriant t heal one or : ums, 
.G. CZ Surely not Scolytus, but some Curculio. | the e pru lew ed Chi 5 e Hibiscus, erat was the v dd p leer * 
i zhi i | i i a magnifica, i 
If fpo atter — be caught " night while feeding.] | carias of variou iie ripis em En initin) dd | with reddish’ bu folate; GAB 
iod THE GARDENERS' OHRONIOLE AND RUAA GAZETTE. 
Suc h pose pa Wer D S A on cea, a se a i 
my practice is, as soon as they are fairly | Chinese AzaJeas, astings, an ith 1 : 
d they wer e with the covered with long white wool; 
set, to pierce one of the fruit with the poin nt of i a pen- which, tastefully MAT 2 hey were f variegated: Geraniuidn, s 
to mark the per Wollastoni, a promising ereenl 
Am of the operation, to remove a small alice. admirable effect. On a corresponding yos on the \ „ a p g g. house shrub: 
- wounded fru: it Mes and is soon obliterated ll hiefly Palms | bium Leakianum, and the old canary. colo 
ile its twin brother swells unhurt. G. S., Bromley | from Messrs. Jac be son, of Kingston; amo g them were | pervivum eui Some very fine Amarylii 
aria ets.— e tried many nostrums and failed, [ Livisto onia eh onica and Jenkins si, Phoenix stris | fro 
and Bac E dien parviflora, Corypha ital 
ye 
Pine-apple Place M 
to as k b SUD essrs. 
Pray let me appeal to your Sugar aeui] x m denna pi e ee wih lone Se e ellow-tlowered Datura e chlorantha, 
from a Pinery. A. Gi in distres: and the sin 9 looking Monstera delicios r. mellina, the charming little Fern Todea 
Garden 25 enses. — Your corresponde ent *J. D." Young, o ulwich, sent a collection in ehm MIS various Caladiums, Dracwnas, 
(see p. 362) [s admitted the necessi ity of some ex- | Farfi ugium grande, very fine specimen with more unfelsi evillea robusta, an 
planation to his Dr. and Cr. account given at p. 218 yellow in the leaves than usual; Brom aelia sceptron, other plants remarkable for the beauty of their 
aladium picturatum and b bicolor, he collection of magnificent Rose trees in 
half from his kitchen garden, no ‘explanatory statement | tense, with white b sape foliage ; the white spotted | Messrs. Lane, notice above, formed one o 
features of the exhibition. Each specimen 
importance has been eA. 
th 
is no proof of that, and his rsen. (562. 36. ertensi of a 9 8 paler shade; the handsome Tea Ris 
really do not warrant such a conclusion, seeing Harem “the val dis Asplenium et Sag wit Souve enir d'un Ami, white, or rather blush with! 
that there is no stry iy manure, seeds, &e., | finely cut leaves, Doodia Bleshpgiies,. p centre » Ju es Margottin, 80 
in the Dr. account. Let assure “J. D." that Davallioides and acuta, Cibotium Barometz, Davallia Paul Perras, rose; Triom phe 
an experience of 15 PE did given me ample | bullata, Pteris tremula, and Dictyoglossum crinitu um. hese were, as they des eser rech be, greatly 
proof what kind of demands are made upon a gentle- Rhododendrons consisted of two pei POEM one from | Francis, of Hertford, contributed an e Khmer 
man’s gardener, and I had no intention to institute a | Mr. Standish, of Bagshot; the o r from Messrs, | men ry nice Roses in pots, which occupi 
eomparison between a public and private garden; but| Lane, of Berkhampstead. In Idle of the centre table, and formed a good tac. 
I may tell “J. D.” that the outlay per acre in market | ae Gem, a remarkably ha he me kind; Robert ground for the fruit, — was 3 in front of 
ardens, even where common vegetables are grown, Gair, purplish crimson; Mrs. Mangles, French ae them. hag ooms cam Es 
exceeds considerably the total returns of “J. D.s” with spot ed sappen petals; Hildebrand, crimson ; Que ruit was as good and as 5 plentiful a as could have been 
H cre. I wou aim him that I|of May, v V Rosabel, seman v idering the seas Webber, 
have seen “walls” covered fruit, many crimson. "The next e e from Messrs. Lane con Cov ent Garden Market, came a po E 
further north than Fife, her although sisted chiefly of yell l 
3 it | sisted chi consisted of Coco oa- nuts, 
may be true that “all trees" did not bear “even a among which tue best were perhaps primulinum | from v Deer and the Ground-nuts 
» rate crop,” yet failure was the exception and not | elegans, 8 flavum, delicate pink and buff; Litchis from China, Shaddocks - tlie oo Tale, 
„the rule, and last year there was more than an average | aa atum, lilac and buff; aureum, Jenkinsoni, add Bloód Oranges from Malta, Man 
erop of wall fruit. In the gardens of R. Crawshay, |f osum. and a large rough-skinned kind d called the Navel 
Esq., of Ottershaw Park, there is a wall only 158 feet Ota zaleas ON Lane furnished some very nice | Orange from the Be of . 
long covered with and Nectarine trees, from standards, some of them “unions,” z. e, two varieties prai; Pommeloes, from the W. Indies, 
ome Pears and Apples, both in good peki, 
eac 
which have been picked for several years on an average | worked toge nie. on the same stem, or rather pom k 
00 dozen of most excellent fruit. Your correspondent | Such specimens when the colours are à wells contrasted 
_ statęs that “orchard houses are of recent introduction." prod uce, 
80 AMT oi been sufficiently long established, how- | Messrs, Fraser sent both in the ee 
E g 
Ha i 
dip 1 and May Duke Cherries, the latter 
These were staged wi z^ eee 
t. 
| dwarfs TOS p 22 gans, Loui 53 a F pod considera interes 
white; Diana, crimson; dog purple; a double] Of Pin B khen e were some good exami 
white ey nn i sinensis alba, Minerva, brilliant | Davis, or 2H n, Esq. seat a ool eo 
e scarlet; violacea superba, Duke of meee. Prince Zh Prick i penu weighing 9 7 
miration, while inci n with crimson ; and optima. | Mr. Clarke, Cobham all, Keni 
Page, gr. to . Le 7 Sat 
en Ad 
Of new kinds, Messrs. Ie of Dorking, had er furn ste by 
b th 1 and plants. Among the ham fs a of Stoneleigh A 
e, Distin eva salmon edged | said AN ag ind for frui 
E e ori ject info: i tt 
, with de t eralities, his Era im h white; ^» deg orange scarlet; Baron de Vriere, | stated to have been a cross between 
would 15 more enm Such s ims ents p that at kre pink, spot tted; Due and Dachesse de Nassau, a Queen. ther Pines consisted of 
cula i M 
yen 
page 21 i2 re at ed to mislead rather than to in- | the former a ouble purple, the latter crimson; | Hickson, gr. to E. Challoner, Esq, Hermiston Gi 
struct, The house” is t n as a department and Barclayana superba, white striped with purple. Yorkshire ; some 
under “J. Ds" charge, and he keeps it (I wonder in or B red Messrs. Veitch had a charming collection. to R. Crawshay, Esq.; a very ni 
what ) for 397. 10s. 5d. Then the,“ fences on the | It e ted of Aerides Fieldingi, virens, and I Mr. G illham, 1 Isleworth ; imi 
farm,” and “additional farm work," seem the only num, “the latter a | handsome deep purple-lipped * rnbul UM 
t He agri iu. department under his care. In lium 0 5 
8 is balance-sheet is still very obscure, and can as villosum, a noble plant with some 15 bloo on it; s, however, ast its best. 
di prob 17 — oe is cle dlands, Blackheath. Lowei, C. barbatum, the e exqui- Ot Grapes, Saag remarkably fi 
4 a 75 di poe t may perhaps interest some | site VR cede um Dor vonianum, and the araro, and beauti- | Hamburgh came from Mr. rost, 
X your readers to know that I have a plant of this at Sl Odontoglossum Peseatorei. A spog collection |. Esq., and fruit. of the same variety 
present in e bloom. It is upon its own roots and in came from Mr. Wo oolley, of Cheshunt, p Fasern | was contributed by Mr. 
e to 
sa] The blossoms are bright yellow and very d Dendrobium nobile, Cattl i 
| eya intermedia, a Skinneri,] Keele Hall, Staffordshire. 
S John Haste, Crag: 9 Bottom, Rawden, near Lee Phillipsi Ever ersley, also sent g Jack Ham 
Mths e ee, ki 
anum, Vanda tricolor, Aerides virens, X oem truncata, A of this 
| Societies, the Ea d blossomed E pidendrum eatin cad and a | Sw water came from 
: . ie Mame d gr. w Lord Sow! 
E L3 MESI contrib 
Ex t: May 12 and 13.—Some of the |o ad aes S ean viia roduced vi te ith Das ofS S t Cliv 
; A exhibited on this Occasion are mentioned in — bea > E. TA singulas OF Pe Sutherland at [M ui 
Mur com. The . of the plants was Of 08 Mr. | of gond Beurré Rance E 
» and the display as a whole | Standish s ent t the outil eee pire) grandi- ay Duke Cherries. were un 
desired. On the ora and the so-called Myoso bilis or y Mr. Shuter, Heaton P 
in front và a ere 8 rode iu | Zealand eee OE boch of 8 have been ches 5 
ms from the Society’s Garden. | formerl. noticed by us. F. Mes jn also 
liL cem ande ce, Le dps by Sines , From Messrs, Veitch came Sodbrooko. Holm, near Lincoln, 
` Messrs. Fraser, Supported on one sido by | furnished with jes 
2 do dei y 4 furt wi a round black boss ; Pauls rere $ Lin wherries were bend b of appearane 
x Mr. Gaines, of Battersea, and on the | e ersed with llowish. 
> pC tes hite 
ther by an equally fine buff-flowered Rhododendron from gn grando the ‘stil vadis n dee a Tele e Victoria a 
8 8 grower. On the platform below stood me olia, Olea ilicifolia, the new hardy Japa Mr. Clarke Keens’ Seedling 
from Messrs. Veitch, and noticed shove; Coladina’ Chatter Beute fen Duke of Northumber 
example of their new hard: rmin: Jn eim 5 
. Mine Aa y aroaren Ty iie pastes eee as wel Y ing vs egonias, one Koens UNA Mr i 3o 
: en! e 0 een Victoria. The and 
] n 1 e 1 e a Weite n rees from Messrs. | leaves of the latter are of medium size and very distinct. Alice M. art ponp. wi à 
ah balan ea of which was grand in | Their ground colour, a greenish brown, is beautifully | came from Mr. Iviso 
rs pampa g si poit ae phe E 150 sog and spangled with silver "large bands of ons, consisting z of Golden Par 
à line running its whole latter running between the : : 
dh ap - bond of ac ae es The two side ite pin: a dinner zid beanti fal End bis eee 5 Collum m eee e 
ain remarkable ie fine foliage, and is at the upper surface 8 8 dag uem uiia their F YA 
r 3 tran vi Meer endrons. Such materials | whilst the ien Ee which E ‘from y putris The 
duis ly disposed, as they were, could not fail to centre, are pale straw coloured. Both are Belgian | have been grown in w poxes 
OE fac x d and other planis 196. far OGNI kinde the to this country by Mr. "Linden A | having been for rad first aa 
tion, Messrs. Veitch snt a pja eo en which | was also sh ger peng ee MA 
led — ee A ye of the Hall. Such liberal and dis- TO mé dde Mme xo d G. Henderso 41 e 
inten suppor viia deserves the highest praise. | 8. an interestin s eason, Wer" 
. ng were Theophrasta macrophylla and | tained Tydea ora à NUS othr ke din — con- Mise v Bag 15 sort —4 19. 
both with leaves remarkable alike for their | Brabant, both LANE ul crimson spotted, Gesnera. * te onec lly prolifie, the frui 
boldi, a magnificent nes like plants ; ral fine brag. of Marantas, | almost ever sit. 
ivided foliage set on the end s | Campylobotrys ax ebe with 8 winter forcin — 
of remarkable strength; | deeply-furrowed leaves, having a brown metallic lustre lustre; | Among — 
