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CHRONICLE. 
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flowers will always appreci uty i 
every flower, whether it conforms t geo- 
metric be e wiseacres of a happily long- 
past generation, or whether it entirely upsets the 
1 The old tempos: like the old poets, have 
ay, and no unt of resurrecting will 
infuse life into them, 
BUSBECQ’8 TRAVEL - Mr. Burbidge’s capital 
article in the ker, Chronicle of the 15th int. 
In 1660 another edition was published, this time at 
Amaterdam ; also ex offici zeviriana. T 
English edition appeared in London, in Latin, 
1660, The first ge ge = — in 1694, 
and another in 1744, W. Rober 
8.—I gathered six very fine 
88 a — variety — 55 Eee on 2 
April which w Geo. Monr 
19, 
sind Garden, oki 2 “tae Chili is 38. — 
The trees no time h ced, the foreing 
g begun on January 1. Beyond of Roch 
long, 24 feet wide, and 12 feet high, and span- 2 — 
temperature very rarely reached 60° a 
until within the last few weeks, Wm. Ar ere 
Toddington Orchard Co, Winchcombe, 
MAIN CROP AND LATE PEAS.—To grow Peas well 
on some kinds of soil requires special attention; 
moreover, the seasons vary to 
great influence on their 
ex eee but if sown thinly, so 
a the rows, ra results are Aper ghid rs 
Hower getting dry soon after , an 
rapidly. Ia cultivating iio Faa, not ously the 
height and strength of the haulm and size of the 
liage should be taken into account, but the conati- 
e some 
. 
Lr erops of 
towards the end of July; but should 
ece to 
been into „ to say 
tee ated b * eat, which 
plan 
crowded together in the rows. Peas rege 8 
ence the nr ity for deep cultivation. 
Where the good land is not — ntly deep to admit 
of trenching, the soil whan ws 
taken out, and well-decaye * put into the 
trenc hes, In n gardens where sowing in . thus 
out one spade wid custom — hem — 
wide, as is it a 
emk 8 ary, it shou twice 
in watering is taken into 
paid ake it is time and labonr, well expended, 
Where the Pea ground is fallow during the winter, 
there should be no difieulty i in getting th e trenches 
th eeled 
ere 
taken the soil should 
be made firm, aad "ik seeds abe in a double 
line, allowing 3 ts between them each way 
atering must be resorted to in hot weather, both 
at the root and 3 y e haulm—and mulching is 
indispensable; indeed, G r is a scarce 
commodity, mulching both sides of a row, if don 
before dry weather se is a great to the 
plants. If blood-manure or farmyard-drainings can 
be afforded before mulch the eff 
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grow than the tall var 
leaves unfolding slower, but a fair 
very 
's Main 
tin hate 
numerous 
Winds 
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pim sticking "of all tall varieties of Peas needs 
eful attention, placing small in of deciduous 
pac (Birch by pre ekg ede as soon as they are up, 
ad Im has topped es putting the 
tall sticks Ph them in height, 1 * with 
eee he wa Su 
and if the situatio e 
ing in and out, so as to afford sup- 
irh to each side, and make all neat an im, 
Reduce icks to a uniform height with a pair of 
the f sti 
n no case 
be farther than 8 inches distant from the plants, 
H. C. Prinsep. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL 3 OLTURAL. 
Apert 23.— In n with the ordinary 
masta of the 9 pe Tuesday last in the 
Drill Hall, James Str estminster, was held = 
portant feat 
sbape of large and excellent exhibits of Daffodils, 
the Hall was een iently full i 
rial hong 2 including 
as cut 
an woe el 
isito 
ge, and a good 
audience was present at the Sie a pe ee 
and Auriculas which took place in 
E m being excep 
ealthy, flowers abundant, — 
very pretty 
group of flowers of P lyanthus Primroses 
— ire on moss-covered b ‘action cae 
peror, and Horsefieldii 
Lady Bowscax 3 Dorking (gr., Mr. 5 
Cornish), showed a pote of Epiges repens. bearing th 
r They were Culturally Commend 
r N Retford, Notts, exhibited a 
including several 
interesting species. Also a bloom 
of Thanks), a of Tulipa Florentina (Vote 
Geo. Stanton, gr. to Mrs. Nop 
gran 
flower in the spring, an 
out, as is b Skia ne case of B. g 
A * , = 
elatior coerulea was exhibited b y J. T. — of, Een — 
Holme wood, vai e 5 (gr., Mr. Downe The plant is seldom 
60 successfull 
i — Ah er 4 Son, Waltham Cross, exhibited a ner 
riated Camellia Bathazar, a white double marked 
. — scar pren a 
L & Sons, Swanley, Kent, a. o a fas 
lot a verb — —— Polyanthus, some e 
anna Queen Charlotte, and a nu 
ion Mrs. H. Cannell, a 
Androsaces in nine distinct forms were shown, including the 
minute habited A. pyrenaica. Gentiana verna, and G. acaulis, 
Ranunculi in several of the more popular species, a grand lot 
of Sax ifra, ragas, Anemones, a few Trilliums, Haberlea rhode 
n flower, &c., constituted a very attractive exhibit 
edal 
pensis, i 
(Silver Flora M 
es in pots from Messrs, PAUL & Sox, The Old Nurseries, 
Cheshunt, an yning’s 
r, RUMSEY had upwar 
and richly kee, amongst which w 
of Magna Charta, General Tasqueminot, 1 Waltham, 
adame de onsa Duke of Wel lington, "a 
eg this nursery w 
&c. 
ge boxes of out Tea Roses, three of which were fled wth 
blooms of The Queen (white), and Souvenir d'un Ami (pink) 
a sport f latter, and many cther Roses of interest were 
incinded (Silver-gilt Flora Medal) 
essrs, PAUL & Son's exhibit was very — the plants 
being covered with fresh right flow vigorous 
n in 
t 1 
Londonderry, an excellent broad-petalled white po : 
pale flesh centre, exhibited 122 the first time last season 
ed bloom, and four strong * 
latter were Antoine Barton, ye 
scarlet; Progressive, a very simi 
own; Cheshunt Yellow, a very 
sepals and petals rich yellow, centre of flower blood-red ; ; Tom 
Thumb, d margin 
jesi viv sb scarlet, with 3 i a 
Janr — yellow and s ariet flowers 1 
Erosia a, opisi yellow, with faint — ee 
H 
— Pog — Flora 
G. C. TASKER, Esq., Middleton Hall, Brentwood (gr. Mr 
P. Perry), exhibited a group of Roses of much > 
rounded by some capital and well-flowered plants of 
mollis bgs er Banksian Medal). 
ALKER, Thame Nursery, Oxon, exhibited 
of five doim n good blooms of Maré — Niel Roses, a quantity 
of Niphetos, and a number of d Noisette varieties 
Silver Benksisn Meda 
e dee 8 3 — : 
vata, 
came a flower-spray a the speautiful c 
Amherstia 
A plant of Cineraria cruenta, 4 feet high, and 
2 feet through, thickly covered wi 
uarters of a 
for conservatory ‘ 
of thanks was ar for the entire ezhi exhibit. 
From Mrs. 
