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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
585 
` by any other form of Auricula, so as to start well. 
` I have saved seed from the pretty golden self 
` Auricula, Hetty Dean, and though have raised 
plants I have not yet succee getting a golden 
hou 
з : 
I Seed from the old double yellow Pier dit no 
` different results, but I am getting some А 
seedlings from semi-double Auriculas. R, 
` the progress the Or 
1 zT doubt will continue to make. 
| bers of he Press, 
3 h hey do, out 
` of our small beginnings I should suggest rendering 
` them what w In ng thi eme I could 
not possibly have thought of myself, or that it ever 
ould be useful to те; I am sure none who have 
ady given me the eir support will draw back о 
peu F fo e i учы س‎ in placing s before the 
public i & groove. My call was for 
я бена | charity; А all gw overlook any mis- 
1 have made when as first propose e 
0 две d 
| those who have s dira ted me may live to see 
— 
[ it grow into а et наон Chas, Pen 
RHODODENDRON САМРВЕШ Ж, —1п reply to the 
has 
inquiry of “ W. S.," I may state that the above 
for several yea gr g ide uninjured, in 
West Cumberland, at an elevation of about 100 feet ; 
| and also Ж ears, amongst granite 
rocks, Furz elevation of — 
and F at an el 
400 feet, but I бањ ct | yet seen nit flower. Cumbria 
MORE GARDENERS THAN GARDENS.—“ F. W.” 
there being more 
knowled 
ve been suddenly eat of e oym 
ЕЕ the whole, y, gardeners are bettas 
3 than they were twenty years ago. There are of 
life, and 
Course vi 
r fai id in 
3 which t {к ри, n a great nessure depen nds 
upon 
ing at some cular E of 
rdener not ‘afraid of work if 
E 
d to is ple 
gardens the system of taking 
ung men is dying out, as many 
refer the odo: to gut rid of an 
ca ийели, pre 
suitable han 
з eyes open, and he generally 
for Ж к. the same time 
pr Mae 1 gradually die out, 
man will not sell Mis зү nea ce for - 
а year, "During t twenty years I 
only -— to o enjoy th world. 
we met with dozens of good gardeners who have 
led to make the п ark they in the un 
imt ired to (perhaps thr 
selves), but the m 
з 
п Етрегог wirt e resigned his 
а hid ileh pA! spent his tim 
lir cultivating his eg rg assuring his visitors ће 
nly the For the ambi- 
2 s among ù there is scope irê? in the Colonies, 
e you ng and strong who can work and wait 
will mip win their way. H. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
'TvzspAY, April 26.—A теу. Царей, AT 
as on this occasion made in by 
were fiai 
rde ker Orchids, Anas is, and eel Wil- 
moreana. special feature, however, w h 
show of the Southern Section of the Auricula s 4 
whose exhibits occupied the central space. 
Fig. 113.—LOBELIA CAVANILLESI: FLOWERS SCARLET. 
(SEE P. 584.) 
mper iret 
Present: Dr. Max rs, F.R.S., 
chair ; Mr. Melita, P "Sicha, iG Ridley, Ме 
'Вгїеп, Mr. Murray, Mr. 8m ilson, Mr. 
we, Mr. Smee, r r Church, and 
nslow 
C ndron АШ —Мг. McLachlan drew 
attention to the curious fact that feel ir ^ this Clero- 
sometimes inhabite species of 
is Syd which is so 
8 
again in 
nes iT with варе " the ty type or "he ulity in pots, 
diro. to the Mri eT of root they require to 
mak difficu еер thr a the summer, 
Neither has 
e seeds of var. 
Pseudo-Narcissus X triandrus i$ (?).—Mr. 
Dod also sent a two-flowered scape е the PIRE 
observations :— The bulb of this flower was sent to 
th 
орта 
stoni, or in any true N. 
N. Johnstoni belongs to N. Pseudo-Narcissus I think 
is not yet decide d 
Deutzia gracilis, Arm ed Growth of Petals.—Dr. 
spec 
root action was ine efficient, in one ac an 
another of t plant. 
Primrose with Foliaceous Sepa ‚ Lowe exhi- 
bited specimens showing all degrees between the 
presence and total absence of AE orolla, accom 
panied by enlarged leaf-like 
Begonia sp.—Mr. Smee е ibited a large leaf all a 
Begonia, about 14 inches across ite floy 
gos of ور‎ as d. 
yn 
Piatt, да at the last meeting, which had come 
with foreign Orchids from Panama. It belongs to 
icacem. 
Stachys —Mr. Maw exhibited a rhizome of 
this plant, which is now being extensively grow 
France for pickling; also a scape of Narcissus 
eus from Tangier, no less n 3 feet 
inches in length ; anda specimen ofa small species of 
tillaria common at $m was sent to Kew 
ngi ap pees haying been diiit confused 
vit na. 
722 A Q: 
a white ei of Chio wie lonis from эч 
Dagh, , were also shown by Mr. Мө as well 
as а copy of: ai illustrated Chinese work o ny. 
bilis.—Dr. t dre vei attention to 
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Clivia 
the fact that this genus must nsidered iden- 
tical with Imantop Dan, seeds of. ve rise 
to the fo the flowers characteristic of the other, 
Thus Cli has drooping flowe a narrow 
m was true to ite own 
form 
nterinedia var. monstrosa,—Dr. Masters 
exhibited асн states of this species, in which, 
instead of the column, there appeared two branches 
with distorted flowers. received from M 
Linden, who had tarum ame how certain 
monstrosities had be as e present 
por ot which had ow y bobotie монетни for v Roér 
mittee ed 
seemed to be gene y regarded ed as varieties of 
ilis 
"€ nosa, Regel 0; —Mr. Elwes sent а scarlet 
Tulip from "Turkes It was sent to Mr. Baker 
for identification. 
Sa 
rracenia, hyb.—A. fine series of flowers was 
received fro m Mr. Moore, from the Botanic Gardens, 
Glasnevin, pier ten of the following sorts :— 
S. flava, S. flav: S. Moorei, or S. p ^a 
x Dru S. Stevensi, S. Williamsi or S. pur- 
urea X flava, S. rsoni, S. Atkinsoni, S. Mit- 
om = S. эк] кч опа! а purpurea, S. Chelsoni 
A vote of thanks was given to Мг, 
Mos "€ the собо, 
Floral Committee. 
Present: G. F. Wilson, F.R.S, in the chair; 
and M. T. Masters, R. Dean, H. Bennett, W. 
Wilks, H. Herbst, G. Dufüeld, W. H. Lowe, А. 
Bradshaw, W. Holmes, B. Wynne, J. Dominy, H. 
