Josz 28, 1862.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 597 
faked stems. The groups of E. ‚ Makepeace, of which | Віаіг. About s M Rer six years sufficed to put the garden and pleas [кеа to pieces, and I was saved by clinging to the 
one 5 bleached, and t the other has A Se ellow ish. stain, in Scotland was that of gardener at Eglin m—— — а ж 
ino mishap: these did not extinguish the 
the others, the minority of the late Earl. He had no ach X 
though smaller than s and M. Stevens are yerum the mature age of 50, when most men "d em us ofA Мт. Tw Lon e, who, after he had passed the 
Those show “ect but that just alluded settled down enjoy the quiet of declining life.| three score and ten years, undertook a M journey 
in every other respect ou J But Tweedie had Rm of the botanical riches of South | р Boonos Artos to Palaroan Amd was йа netz 
ҮТ W. Stevens, 14, Great Russell Street, Blooms- | America, and felt tracted towards them by some influence | TOM Bue y itagonia, jM gi Чу 
Two cases of. wild flowers dried in their natural | that was irresistible, n consequence he abandoned his snug | Starved to death. In his account of this journey he 
bary. lours. These are small specimens, of |retreatat Eglinton Castle, and in 1825 arrived at Buenos Ayres. | mentions being accompanied by a fellow traveller, 
квр ҮТ intereste mm А Анге wea Il е Mert Меннен when they were Enki oa from качы their 
"i "i Н. Clemence, 55, U This | enthusiastic zeal and perseverance. Of his taste as a landscape S 4 in consequence the sually swollen 
displays two por traits, wh won a very |gardener, Santa Catalina, in the vicinity of this capital, is | state = the rivers they 1 to (ili гет that period of 
exhibitor disp'ay d of flat ed Tene and Lyco. | Still à noble monument after all the vicissitudes of a long | the year. The stock of provision: —— ех! тт D s 
t border formed o v а y revolutionary period. Its gorgeous plantations, that in t ion ed i itable, when ata great dist: 
ei fastened to the paper. Ја опе the border | Great Britain would have required centuries of careful | Starvation seemed 1nevt > dar jM à 
consists of two or three small species of Г Selaginella, i in | cultivation, show e ^ pides of our soil алй climate. | across the level plain some dark о ес me 
i ade up o iantum cun m. Latterly his atto y directed to как кене which they thought might be some 
the other it is made up o£ A« productions of the Republics ot [5 7 Plate and of К Empire of | travelling party. On their closer approach they were 
— Barsha o. Kingston. A glazed plant- | Brazil. In quest of these, his i pérep tuationt, at his own risk sod to р & A the obi eis w о йа, tind 4 species of 
flled with plants growing in the refuse from {һе |and cost, extended from Bahia Blanca in the South, to =” ipis nd ihe objecta were : "^ 
am hich has aian been attracting some Tucuman in the North, ep зай the pos of the Plate; the| Pinus, on the seeds of which they existed until the 
беен ы terial for d and a substitute for | Paraná, the Uruguay, the Rio Negro, &c., and that of the | cM £a and they den enabled to puraue their 
Mun i ni ^ =з Тһе ked | SUP эйе гизм во онай ji t success he | journey. Two of the cones of one of these trees were 
peat, especially suitable for Е сазе is plan t fulfilled this arduous mission, may be seen in the botanical 4 en ised fi thai 
ith Ferns, variegated Be as and other plants, | records of the United Kingdom, and inferred from the active | Sent to Glasnevin, and the plants raised from the 
with x m T tained fi ith Bonpland, | dto bea slight variety of the Stone Pine, Pinus 
i far kept in robust health, though -by-no | correspondence maintained for many years with Bonpland, | prove e а slight variety , 
у ача" Along with this are shown n n as rom i es cl Pace rire ee uri on Б pinea. Mr. мч мн ечен that the trees were but 
ne Co cet УТЛА aider et whi а ре s на о er A сов o young Sti crei retain the same 
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husks of T Cocoa-n ut, i in tbe в separation of which the Pigs, ira - aret еза Ат — i» — | | habit, ich seems Ше oniy difference between them 
this plntense i т. — ogued. varieties of Verbena, which а dd so much to the beauty | xs 
1079. J. L cock, va ern Street, Vulcanised ч ———— 
India-rubber | m and а den indeed e This Аз» duce of aman y other та] сті plants to British collec -| Indoor Gardening. 
when any consider- | tiong, qose more than а passing ier o in а! i lants 
able length a hose i n in Pda ues к e such pour. mode | Journal ted to horticultural and agricultural | E \а С нл - ied do — Tbe жута 
of mo g it. rom place to p A is necessary. con tt 
"s x iron frame which travels on а pair of low Lace weh у hing like sun and air for ripening new wood, and 
wheels at the back, and has a cross hamæ эж н ara was raised at de Botanie Ga e n, 1 З 
ш A te dida are бу largo Ада, тара | Ginas by N. Niron Кош moeda есте ш Мт. e М Dg очам Шев Шан Маа Новое 
which ооа revolving ax s the hose is wound u up ME Tweedie, and named in nove " "the latter Verbens | y» 
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1190.7. шее, Eynsham. Samplesof the Esparto red sg oi 1 i „Ла nino Se seo ta -— long groon s делк аі ое 
or Alfa (Lygeum Spa artum), partially and wholly. mixing these species ү. chamzdrifolia and V. and these good o r bad just according to how they 
converted into ас paper, which appears to be of pu ym ы present ir originated. The scr wifi T e X3 the ‚кешер 
кү huge оиб РА e pro ful Franeiscea latifolia was flowered from пшн, ; but after dat itis thats vé con t to gri t Those 
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RM Mo M ai ta and Boyer капшады 1ш 11810 Soon after Mandevilla suaveotens: appeared, and — of the cei агаа ће ers should 
this Class, namely was named after the British Consul at Buenos Ayres, | bo then exposed to plenty of air and sunshine. 
R. mson, gr, Balca Neat Willow | the Hon. Mr. Mandeville. In 1841 the seeds from| Geraniums, for instance, blossom on young shoots of 
baskets tended for anrs Ж. йм and fruits. | which the Pampas Grass w. ас wát mant to ilio semé your $ оош eM ani агр 
They are flattish with rounded ends and кое and Glasnevin Бу Mr. Tweedie, named Aira gigantea. 4 Teete 
wm andis ose чыр п з lso introduced throug! grew to—all the. een and flowers have newly grown 
хог; ЧО ship Br а ме dupson ырда Mr. T Tweedie; one of the finest is named Bignonia from this. The ruin of half the window plants when 
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Rond Fancy baskets and flower stands. The stands of Rio Grande, namely, Geata Tweedii, Bentham, | to withstand the frost. T m p d of the суо ung 
consist of basket work enclosing a metal pan to hold | was raised at Glasnevin in 1843, and is now in flower | дү nipped and blackened. If they had been allowed 
stem being ornamented with slight| there with many hundreds of its bright scarlet showy in summer to get hard and barky and then had been 
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these stands, about 3 feet high, forming a ble-like | to Bri itain, ы. of which have from time to time | winters diffi 
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s for опе ог more ро! 5. | our — un ms bed. ү n * should be cut 
They are pain шей white and gold, the rustic poetis being| Journals o of the e principal excursions made by Ө ne аус сана goi bud appears—at least 
gilt, an operat of | Mr. Теве i in i South Brazil have been published by |0 ihe o one or t talk bei f with 
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Р Giehr, 4, Georges Row, City istory." Besides, the Contribu- | [S ines of easily ау should | be hen own rie y, or if 
ч DR the back and frame formed of m s the a E Hooker and Arnott, published in those | pn dd d Lu: e ERFA poe ер ре d 
bound together » willow strips, and the seat circular, works, will show how largely those gentlemen were | being puti Жеб ой 
« зарды slips of willow. It forms a light and | indebted to Mr. Tweedie for data to work оп presse 
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ville. lent proo f course will fill uh s pis rama in this 
К Fern pots, tha t is to say, little baskets in the encounter on his botanising excursions. In one, bear- of souno s D 26 3 bg сева out Goraniums й 
1 of flower pots, for кшй Ferns in. ing date July 22, 1840, he writes :—* I have met with June to a place upon the roof, whero between two 
R. Lenton, Exe icker flower stands | m aore uphill work here than you who live in the midst | opa it was very hot, t, and. where the uld only 
or stained а deep brown. They are of different forms, ph monotonous — where I m o 500 oi aed 
and each of the сече for the "flower p PER with either бенц of - il or of 
: pan, so sud € r may not be spilled. | elevation, throu h nothing but a у plain о! f Grass moro tbo 
be intended for in and Tbisile f o the Cordilleras Fo tho Ent. солонаи dudes 
t ^w SA EE ums торі гон Zoudh. Flower | of Tuc though only “1200 mi i r 
six sterii pesem: trav ellin to accom T it. ара бо e 
ыле odermentinod articles of Class IX. е been | times we made little more hh B iom a day. ч ы ve оша urine os р d d 
aated ain 2 e searched for them on a former occa- you reds say affords time for collecting. But com: and ef is tha! 
ап ae ied кудам rable: what is to be collected in those grassy plains ? few things are better for keeping blight away. [A very 
Engine, of о» E Cos Le Leeds. A wooden Garden | «тп Es voyage л - К the Uru ү Ё t practical observation. Ed. of @. Chron.] — 
$ k. littl it too i in | also, are an avai my own plan 
but without any peut ilis г йер гете, little riche iiy un 300 mi — it c т weeks, ! y р 
inder e p cg Double- | up on Mie Parana, D. was shipwrecked in a тартын of d ie нав the sort of “lace washes" that 
two parts, be Roll er. The ‚сун inder made а gale, when. mic day re d as black an nd за аз i it рооре ашына have at home. Arums especially benefit, 
in the yond which, the chie peculiarity consis LIP g up the river." *In xt left | because the soil is thus freed from insects; but for 
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Special ole hich latter — we fail to reb апу | five days isi | board. During the iid night | of the way, nothing does better than a spoonful of soot 
tage. we grounded on a sand ban x near e St. Antonio, | in a small can of water. It is a happy certainty Њаё 
I — when, with абое E реп , I left the ship to try | even the wire-worms hate this, and anything they йо 
EATH OF MR. TWEEDIE. and make our каву ewm p^ айе travelling Ped | hate is а real treat to know of. 
JAE leam from the Weekly Standard of Buenos Ayres that | da. ays we could not find our way out of coa The wire-worms are those wretched thread-like 
sa 2 Aeeedie died inier city on the let of f last April inh his | plains and s salt t marshes, and had жй n to ret etum to "the creatures which cluster about the collar (i stem 
ы лы Bolsa of tbe the пш клу си i Зарар рна ik ll t} e 1 it joins the root) эе неше Ёегп чу теам 
p and bis i учран зао "|food or fresh wa! er throwin the lant, and into it till it seems ^ 
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Tweedie was selected for the | brackish water, the petaking of чш oed the founda- | been A geom use; but this year I have not found 
A h an ungenial | tion of a distem in me I s er get rid of. | many pots affected by them, as I have used unusual 
personet the munificence of the proprietor, | Т shall only mention another AT э ыас voyage to Rio | quantities of sharp sand and Cocoa fibre. 
tle Hill next recommen ed him i4 the pro- | Grande, phere z was anxious to be in order to com-| To return, however, to soap suds. We once had а 
тшн {е of ће was | mence botanising at the season І had left three years | Fig tree, which never would have on it ey leaves 
- years in remodelling and e: tending before, that being one of the finest, countries px: variety | worth speaking of, This was in the — and the 
ission m ен fulfilled, he —— -— in its vegetation that I have yet seen. vits секир gardener at last "ni every week to t à whole 
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