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CHRONICLE. 
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[JULY 17, 1875. 
Primroses this spring, but both were quite unlike your 
engraving of the Oxlip, though one must have been a 
seedling from а Cowslip. Y. M., July 6. 
New Lilies.—Having received a case of the new 
Lilies in November last, ** overland,” I selected all the 
es outdoors in e 
ut 2 feet in 
as ut the bibe: week in Ma when 
they were thickly mulched with leaf-mould. At the 
present time I have carniolicum, pardalinum, Hum- 
boldtii, Was! 
in full vigo rous ice with ve ri e bene 
showing their buds, and testac X 
flore-pleno 5 about to expand. A ds bear 
"we bs ill make a fine * addition to our 
Po v 18 vigorous and wi eaves 
icky, Vien d do owny stems, thus rendering it 
highly алена" among other plants even when not 
in bloom deos and better looking bulbs were 
all potted and plunged but are less 
vigorous than i 
are yet in Pra indoors, with in 
Humboldtii ; сы, ae serves to pro im- 
oig Lilies m ot be coddled, but should. have a 
peius system of culture, Ransley 
Old Neid. Epsom 
St. John’s Wort 
there is a ng article oh — 
whic s pre-eminent S DA Ser ЫА 
ricum of bo ome years ago I pointed 
aniel Rock, D.D., that in Loudon's 
.—In your issue of the 26th ult, 
owers, among 
а Нуре- 
е Hypericums—hence ап 
elegant translation of the wont would be ** The Glory 
СЕТИ Yth. 
w Bertolonias.— The great beauty of 
er maker. 
e three, В. Van Houttei is the most superb. The 
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ground of the leaves is a rich dark brown, жери 
the light at certain — the veins being traced by 
roken-edged stripes of а satin. The brown 
ce is also dotted with crimson spots (to be re- 
caen E Алач ), значаја inherited from its parent 
a (pink spotted), or from В. margaritacea 
(white spotted), if the latter had anything to do with 
origin. B.M i also sparkles ао! 
on а ground of which sends off 
e light on it at a tangent. 
displays unspotted 1 of cri vi 
uy “Сей. dí cold. which proved 201 injurious to the 
vineyards of France, the Бораш Ven Houttei, 
from the fruits, they gi way. 
gro 
as a diamond, displayed its red ribbon 
кз over a bla = ground, itself Бейшен with 
equally brilliant poin This horticultural conque 
remained at Lille p according to the is ic ons, нет 
whole days, whi ch m an еа wenty da ауз, 
including the још the same plant wen 
and gained t е Gold Medal : at € e Royal Society ot 
Pres gg de 5 едва; and then the Royal Society of 
Ghent ies it in return, amidst the ac 
io Belgian an 
Who quali fie ed it as the marvel 
The coloured spots scattered over the leaves 
Houttei and Mirandzi a i raised glands, 
i a bristle, the whole resembling a Nettle 
sting seen under a ow nani ібег = ies chandi hàs 
e lea 
are covered with a coarse do 1 sh Sike bristles 
What may be their function is still open to discover 
by those who kilful to make experiment 
upon their action—which would be the more easily 
effected, as Van Houtte пода ertolonias 
to be grown in rooms under bell-glasses. Perhaps, as 
suggested in this journal, these glandular hairs, which 
have hitherto been tho T secreting organs 
s experiments that 
n some cases the power of ET ы 
ammonia, both in solution and in vapour, 
Sweet Briar Hedge.— Three years -— I E 
a s aon Briar hedge but until now I hav t suc- 
di ing it grow well—it dies dowi i in wn ces 
whilst the adjoining үстү are in per «e health. The 
oil is good, havin n a field before, and in some 
бе ew places, being салу not ina Getter situation, 
the hedge is moe Can any of your readers tell 
me why this 
Failure in Melon Culture.—I am desired by 
my employer ү ўе if you will analy afford us 
i i o what is the probable cause 
our Homme failing, › DE or wholly, year after 
year will a manner as possible 
лев the s чә че in which are grown, 
and our mode of growing them. O stru 
ture: E is-a. pit kara 8% fee $ 
23 inches higher than gen with a 3i 
- ipe: (оге) going right round the pit, wa 
a t bottom, the pit itself being 
ving previously — = point - 
ing more to as far 
reach the ire => Ше pit, 
ts out of them again ; in а short 
of them wW 
when we n 
ually. Up to this time the: 
look as well as could be desired, but when 
the size of one's fist, or perhaps as 
gin to damp oft about the joints, the damp spreading 
along the shoots, although we never юре overhead 
at this stage circulation resh air on 
night and day. Such is the case year iue dh 
worse or not so rding to the dulness or 
brightness of the is t we are 
very pg annoyed with in the pi its, a at is — 
lice; we have them by the онака, and we ha 
tied ipte them and scalding with "hot iot maten but 
seems е 4 no mune in their 
They seem ee. abou the 
hot-water pipes, vic; "i at ^x bottom of the pit. 
I find they gnaw the bark o e shoots, and 
destroy the foliage, besides ies the fruit. 
ived the same 
treatment as we give o and 
the sam i 
that possibly ре soil is too rich, ог of too loose 
nature, so that when vd strain comes upon the phos 
y of our Melon 
a a 2 
Pinguiculas. — Tt ak Mae stated that when 
morsels of flesh have upon the leaves of 
these plants they took to чычар a Жын, and curled up 
„the edges of their leaves, t them into their 
"bosoms, as it “е, affectionat onately ; , d when the ex- 
periment was and inst giving them 
flesh to ‘cat, $i pat a pebble ora t of glass—in 
short, **when for bread you gave it a stone”. 
plant had no Affection. This w 
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business was not ы criticise, ^ sure ely no man knew 
is plants in hot weather 
P Fors 
Campanulas.—If “А. D." wishes a pur White 
Campanula шыш, he ought to procure thi: variety 
named Dicksoni is very pure incolour. These 
wanted water. 
appear. Æ. Р. Brotherston, 
Tyninghame. 
Reports of Societies. 
spen. vue эчне Midland Counties Exhibi- 
tion: Yuly 8 —This fine exhibition, which was 
under the meee management о 
am bert. Sq. 
w g zed t 
devoted, one to fruits and vegetables, and не other 
table decorations, ,bouquets, and such. like elegance, 
of exhibits was entrusted to a committee of lad 
n the centre of the large tent, of which = entire 
circumference was occupie з, were five 
circular groups of choice plants surrounding the five 
principal supports of the ca ne of t 
furnished by B. S. Williams, and 
contained a — of the a — of the 
last few seasons, amongst which we p. articularly noted 
as sine ak us в: their merit manni, 
Adiantum gracillimum, Dr a is, Anthurium 
“эленет as Encephalartos Ghellinckii, and A 
thericu eg Ano group was fu 
by Mr, E. Dixon, Beverley, w d some finely 
чи» specimens ; while Messrs. Co ons fill 
er with some of the i 
gro m 
e plants, but the size of the tent was over- 
Lm and consequently the € — was less | 
gran nd than the character of the s would ye 
ne to perti ither vs 
ot elevating the plants (such as iine stands, me h 
are si have 1 ve), or the introduction of taller — 
wou een nec essay to show the fine tent to 
adva a Messrs. n & Sons, Efvaston, had 
pare group of Calif, which showed to much 
inane: ; ant a group of large evergreens of various 
character came from Mess ettingham, Notting- 
e ThÉr was occupi 
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by irregular y curves facing the 
circles € mentioned, е outer side following the 
ine > э se stages 
dices large ы was, as 
entirely surrounded te benches filled > беш 
with the = ch were exceedingly well 
shown, the ска qu weather having bees = 
ducive to the vi gorous development ent-of 
In the nur the chief honours fell to 
Here ere 
Cranston & мк gos who w 
placed 1 Ist both in the ite -two SOME еа the 
forty-eight а ар E Cant b 2d, Messrs. Paul 
A Son 3d, and . Keynes эй in, both. "m s. 
е оғ the Apu ms were exceedingly beautiful, 
especially Sir. lace, Duke of Edinburgh, 
cess ‚ an exceedingly charmin lour ; 
Charles Lefebvre, noticeable for its brilliancy ; Etienne 
vet, Hora ernet, Duke ellin Madame 
Lacharme, and Lord Clyde. In the c hirty- 
six Mr. Merryweather, Southwell, showed a beautiful 
stand, containin 
a Brillan 
for the ка variegation of its liage, and was one 
of the cur e show is pia form Mr, Lowe 
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poe of budding, but by striking 
f on its own roots, he indu сёй it to grow 
REENHOUSE 
Croton angus 
Croton variegatum, a densely-leaved Y: 
variegata, Clerodendron Balfourianum smothered w тш 
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