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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
-a ii 
1852-3, at the Golden Acres Nursery, Edi nb 
о vea бач, Am April 30, 1853, page ү А C. 
[Good | 
reader, Quid ri 
des 7] 
Birds and Fruit тк —In reply to the inquiry of 
Gilo, gor of messi That has perde pese an 
ogg OR fruit, of a beautifal and delicate red colour, 
? (p. 286) it is clear that the | 
irds еа& the Pear bude, 8, other: wise they would all be 
гот о d 
at opere ons INT 
bi in the ye аг; in К bloo: 
x gni which they are |1 
[Арат эб, 1862, 
dendro rs already showa. Ne 
Bull e; ted se саз рл. жез, нр 
танба e отон. i from Mexico, with 
green leaves and of habit; = and - 
egantissima, а greenhou: b with fine] 
Е Е ыл é, as show lilaeflowered Gentian, not very showy, rais à 
mp PETS — tried than most other M s first a am 2 d. dn seeds collected on the es of ito, чаш from 
slaked li ite upon one bush which was even | soon as this is perceived I smear all the fruit buds with | Mr. Anderson Henry; and amongst other plants pro. 
thus deme шея, and with the best results, but as |a mixture of , Soft soap and water f much rain duced was ne: ut white-flo J 
m mode паб of | falls it may necessary to retouch them. This | Dendrobium, Standish, Mee may be 
ow mech correspondent, and eins ng I — generally keeps the baga, safe till they burst, and RA useful as a free бона. ха Orc! 
more Bien i I give it in detail as follows : снн! — емнай, ds sho wi w themselves, by which Кеке броене, Apri np 
f fresh quic e chief danger 
и p^ bey Ка A" e bie tae ай HA ‚| An Idea ws a —16 strikes. me that a form like Lady Do verni мша MD p^. dd 
then cover % up immediately so as to pr event the|this would be useful vum chea: Pn х 4 pe^ gre mg, im du. ew frai, 
аа ш ог vapour. In 48 hou nl lime ке, aen comes from the mind of a man remarkable ioni hon ie ТЕЕ і manage 
EN d wder, with vid. dust the | for his appreciation of beauty. Two С ор шш piii rd qe 
trees infested early in the morning while the dew is on | one from Mr. Turner of Slough, the ot ба 
yd P ve dpi s instantly. St. Bertin, Ivery of Dorking. Th о Sorts consist id 
{. Omer, France, Apri Crab, Wellington, Norfo ng, and à 
Camellia reticulata.—This has fore i splendidly cdi 8 osi: Moi e p or fus 
and abundantly this year out of doo shrub dishes of dessert Apples, all more or 
among ceres with Heaths nd ма. d Specimens of Frogmore Protecting Boot i 
Gleichenias.—ln am to a correspondent who ДО at this season of the year, were RES 
Mb An iuh 
I beg to communicate үө result 
х м 
оЁ шу ехрегі ience. 
- necistophylla. Although 
klo last —— like 2 
e house at this tim 
e of year, still I m 
| to tak 
Jis im 
be. made ACT of 
plastic material nd sec 
Ant 
moniti that they all stood ros in a Xn 
а eee last November. This temperature killed 
cm deem s i : eem been anti- 
ome Java. 
the 
have house, ye 
not 
growing P ibes d in stoves, as their 
горіса from 
FU давен like Plenty s Tigi må DN as I| м 
ated 
nails or 
AL BoTANIO: April 23.— Verious collections of 
Stet Манан plants ke eue 
and there were also 
The "à 
a 
upper surface 
| filifera, a compact, growing plant with the шч 
| leaves thread- be caring ; als so an n Araucaria i n the pe 
Convolvulus Cantabrica.—As p те cane is called | 
piki king the aboye masculine, a re- 
From J. Walker, Esq., Hunsdon or 
J 
bets is it lon nger r than | e ada 
is ташкан , which hasp 
| Magazine. 
stand these ын the re 
is no common ground on 
T 2 ] 
very much in fact ne rien dd pot 
redet or yore They n almost entirely 
on the surface. as soon as the rhizomes begin 
aced in a po! 
retty 
n to | leaves and light pink LN half shrubby, ай of 
t less lower Austria and Italy, sou uth of France 
Convolvulus mauritanicus.—This is а low prostrate 
species wit 
реген ^ easily kept 
has a variety or allied сеи in Sicily. 
Cantabrica is an equally low plant, w 
I think it 
Co 
ith silky 
run freely the jid should be pl 
than 12 inches in ue 
рва ia rat her to be preferred. "е 
require is never to allow 
k | twiners, the last-named is rather shy of sen arbe РА 
е + 
them 
&otíeties. 
OYAL HORTICULTURAL: April 4.--Тће Earl 
үт, їп ү TE The following candidates were 
d 
propag: 
e tha t Gleichenia ecd. 
hough no and ү 
+ 
and that 
hardy. 
With us the rainfall A ATA this year has | р 
voon 61 б inches MR PATI 
and Fruit Tree 
e is reason to suppose that y may prove 
cR 
Wa. qua parts of tobacco, 
soft soap, say lr lb. of each, are 
iine бнс зава апі 
put into : a large" copper o of water, 82у 50 quarts, and 
Then I take some of the 
slaked lime and soot, a paste of them, and mix 
them in the sir mixture, so as to make a 
Бек wash, and apply it with an ordin ry painter" 
> I wash my h walls with it. In mixing the 
lime and soot a most pungent odour mmoma wiil |7, 
pe, giving a good idea of the effect which this mix- 
ture has on insect T St. S St. Omer, France. 
os E 
Cor 
т. Cornwell ; а c j; Miss © "E Ade the Lord De 
Tabley; G. D. Wingfeld D: НЕ 5.1 . Docker, Esq. ; J. 
Do! nald, Esq. ; ix Sallis, MO Mas Field; Robert Fortune, 
Mrs. Gallagher ; Miss Ġladstòne ; Е 
Р. Graham, Esq.; ; 3 1 2 
EIN ih аа з Harle; Rt. Hon. &іг 
; Rev. A. Hewitt ; W. H. Hindley, Es Rev. 
Seine: Fd йыш, Esq. ; ? Mrs. La кыы; А. Leveau, d H 
Mrs. E. Lutwy ; J. MacNaughtan, Е J. W. Malcolm 
е R е. о; Mrs. Mildmay ; "Hon. Mrs. W. 
Napier ; Mrs. 3.7 D. Н, Oehm sq. ; R. К. Pen- 
son, Esq. ; ; 
Pigeon, Es 
sq.; 
Жы. 
Esq. ; Mrs. ТА тая А. 
з Eleanor Stewart ; 
Н. С. 8t ; W. Stu utfield, 
ER S бн б Esq. ; 
F. S. H. Villiers; M jn 
A. Shaw Senn, Esq. ; $ 
; W. B. Thomas, Esq. ; 
ME Sir William Topham ; Hon. 
1 22 (Floral Committee).—A few very i 
ring ie were shown. Foremost among зод 
was a new stripe ex d Ml Тората Ç Con: vallaria ог 
t h, of 
hot. 
ре 
h dark blue lowers an опса or sbort-lived x 
е an nd Spain. | 
of Ducie, Cla 
‚ Еед.; 
Е in үш Chair. 
of t 
discolor, a rare Куыш shrub, T pretty mare 
| е lea na p ae spud 
| flow в. Carter agai ed аб * ud NR 
[a ей АДЫН for its rieh раат brown Тете. 
Mr. Verschaffelt, of Ghen ea hododendron 
flowered, came from 
also showed a small init ^ Sam plants. | 
rkson and Mr. Williams each showed a Bed 
of British Ferns. , 
F. Smith, T1 
ENvrowoLOGICAL: April 1.— that he. 
The Secretary Wee 
the third series о iM Society's “ 
ready € ^ X very t 
donations was w Dan 
Hier: by Professor Soros 
uch botanical interest 
80 
| the 
e well was sunk at 
Brighton? Lying POEM conformable V the 
southerly dip of ie boe. мй el аб no 
distance, i& may be co dc ES would add ось 
to the ue of beds to pue 
Т! Chari 
e thing was Се 
the | Everest, of Reading, a seedlin 
м8: 
great t beauty ; ; it bed Ba stems en эчне? tifully РЫГЫ 
eaves, 25 flowers being with green ti 
TA Everti from Mr. 
ant, wi 
resemblin; 
uth | 
Owers кад apparently 
e from М » cx Lee, of 
FE dera Henry, Esq, sental 
with foliage vari 
varietie 
would o 
ps. vations” m за fiii 1 butieriies Ало е 
frai 
ta ading t 
ne specie: 
on the ravages of the borer or 
hari in the sugar 
Xenocerus semiluctuosu: 
the Moluccas; these were 
eso and a тше Mi had short 
he female. 
mith. 
ier hybrid Солай, йезе azurea grandiflora 
в and lanuginosa, and some crosses of Indian Rhodo- 
generat appearai 
аа 1а that this > another i 
liarity which had long been noticed in 
