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SEPTEMBER 4, 1875.] 
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CHRONICLE. 
295 
ween C. cornutus and C. Hillianus. M. A. d'Haene, 
Ghent, has also a good d but his plants 
are smaller than those of Mr. Willia 
—Many good varieties are shown in 
the finest group is that 
'collection of twenty-five sorts. 
ever, 2 know how long the plants pate ou 
possess n of the present proprie E. 
Williams ralio shows a fine lot of thes: бав includ. 
i, angustifolia, 
M ermann, of ch, "s Eos 
a fair collection of thirty-six varieties, including most 
of the best kinds. Me ай collectio = are emir 
M. Stelzner, of Ghen s Römpler, of 
Nancy, who also s e a үз е ы sy Caladiu 
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CULENT PLANTS MM. Pfersdo: d аы 
Hildmann, of Berlin, show joe посо. and ther 
are others, but the incomplete state of the prepara: 
tions does not en m they a 
M. Van 
coloured оша. an ed plants, for which his 
uocem is so famous. 
M. inck, of Асемай, sends a fine group of 
E plants of various Selaginellas, in twelve distinct 
Tor c IAS, MM. Froebel, of Zurich, show (in 
the open air) their n E Begonia Fr oebelli, described 
э our columns by M. А. De Candolle at р. 552, vol. 
1874. Thisis a fine hard — with deep red 
Sowers, likely to be very usefu oor work, 
he same а also show а erm collection of 
various new tpud 
RNS are shown by — i a but 
emarkable ; there is ant of 
which, thou t a Tree Fern, mayfitly be mentioned 
ere. This is exhibited a ne^ Juhlke, Director of 
the Sans Souci G ardens he — This exhibitor 
Ma by. М. Adolf d’Haene, of 
Ghent, and M. Lem r, of Brussels, 
Phormiums are v illustrated t by oa Krelage, of 
Haarlem ; Rompler, of Nancy ; muth Müller, 
of Brem en ; and eren e = жые re? de 
of Ghent, shows a ve arly, under the nan 
rageously long, but still | expressive, п 
+ nipi marginatum — af: margins. bein ie 
ered by a deep pipe of деде colour than the 
rest of the leaf. 
XORISTS' ао, including Asters and Dahlias, 
are not shown to advantag 
and selected from amongst the ‘best. have 
, large, П opened flo "di se 
together, and blooming nearly all at the same time 
Amongst the best kind: in t 
ention Phcebus, Michel Ange, Grand Lilas, Jupiter, 
Vésuve, Eugene Scribe, ta, Peri 
F 
sort, 
shape ; aan white 
- ant scarlet, of 
id soft rose, of the freshest i possible co colour; Fiam 
metta, mottled white or e colour and bright ink: 
and Léandre, very ite and e 
allare good, these four are ой 
CONIFERS, &c.—In the outdoor Чектен the col- 
lection of Conifers form the most remarkable exhibi- 
ookeriana, Juniperus 
a fine Sciadopitys verti- 
саа (Ch, ee р Thuja Lobbii, Retinospora 
squarrosa (a fine plant), Thuja elega кыин, Chamæ- 
сурагіѕ ть Cupressus Lawsoniana pyramidalis 
o 
perus 
Sabina), C. sphalotns Р Fortunei, Lud man S he. 
M. Char , of Antwerp, 
equally fine and i ^s some respects finer collection of 
fifty sorts, includin rare species wi 
in other collections, such as P ocarpus, &c., twenty 
Ee ot T i LR о Е Retinospora, twenty- 
Varieties of as, in addition to to isolated speci- 
mens and 
Rad Conifers not yet ines f Hamb , also show 
A very large and interesting collections of Conifers, | one 
the European entries, ‘and no less than 
wot 1 most of the species hardy in Central Ger- 
p essrs, Jurissen & Sohn, of Amsterdam, exhibit a 
large and varied collection of ee gery a 
variegated Wellingtonia specimens are not 
uite so fine as those in the viher йеп but note- 
ers, show 
standard Hollies, Bays, and ки of that description, 
иса аге пано e Continent. 
Barr v сч show os л hes goed 
choice | though small collection of ойе 
issima, Ti icea 
aer Douglasii p 
bilis and many o 
the dioit letoni in the exhibition 
In the grounds may also be seen a grand bed of 
AGAVES—quite one of the finest exhibits in € whole 
show. This, with a companion group of Echeverias, is 
shown by Prince Henry of the N e icri from his 
garden at Soestdyn. 
o Messrs. Harms, of Hamburg, Haack 
üller, of Trier, and others, edd large and ugly 
tandard “yee s, the blooming of which has 
been ает aed € nd better sorts 
are exhibited, but the result is, as may be imagined, 
not cei — ctory. 
у о һа ing, Forest Hill, shows а пісе bed of 
onal а! d тан elargoniums, including most of 
si sorts s for which his firm has a just renown. 
ome m and car are w noti 
one in pene with a Dracæna in the centre, and 
various annas, Yuccas, &c. tted here 
and — iat small Aucubas and other variegated 
beds of s 
S 
Е 
S. 
Haack & Miiller, of Trier, show good 
dictos of deciduous trees and shrubs, dE of 
various n ated forms. 
In the side sheds is a "rid miscellaneous assemblage 
of бнт tools, and the like, together with 
bouquets for the most part very tasteless and bad ; 
vegetable products, wines, fibres gar, starches, 
dried fruit, cones, includin collection of 
zn л exhibited by the Viceroy of Egypt 
he Greek Government, and other objects 
o detail. Here Prince Trou- 
in fruit. 
busa mitis which has n 8 metres sini 
a " 
in a pepe Man: 
three HIOHVLIS. исз of fruit 
I 50 ‘different 
kinds of Potatos, but we did not observe anyt thing 
— for special notice. 
ong HORTICULTURAL BUILDINGS and such- 
like pe note that the English се builders 
e d ge e y Mr. Dennis, elms nd 
erected, rather for the Societ € of Flor: 
Victoria d hou ас 
u mall for 
thi 
use are so arranged as to form s supports and 
тайин a in the — are ingeniously 
anged so as to simultan € requir 
ха foreign builds are in еуі ong ume 
runs, я 
а ѕрап- -roof plant-house. T bust three houses are made 
to fom one bloc e inten as permanent 
structures for vea use of the Flora Society. The Palm- 
сенз Weeks & Co., Et London, by 
one of their latest Р Patent Duplex Diaphragm boilers. 
A. Debard, Sarcelles, — shows an un- 
finished lean-to house, the special meri merit being a — 
tter, and preventing drip upon € The shap 
Enter a smi on is sim dade: p upon plante. |The shape 
adopted by the sono in eb oe All the build- 
ings are mme of сеа -— angle 
n 
E 
e number of com were 
one boiler to each compartment, almost any principle 
will work, but if aseriesof, say, six ixhouseswereattached 
to one boiler, the probable effect would 
would neutralise e the 
The . H. Bruns, jun., 
entir ud constructed, рена 
paint 
Op m on August 2, 
be 
of the most substantial in le grounds, A grotto 
by. M. Blatou-Aubert, of hr rage is worthy of 
the yc 
ment Messrs, Walther & Co., of Kalk, have fixed 
two of Roots patent safety boilers, fitted with Peats' 
and Denni er-valves, which 
will drive the img ey es exhibited p motion. The 
largest exhibitor achi 
R. Garrett. & est ho show a portable steam- 
engine, fixed steam-engine a foam plough, a 
traw-elevator, rn-grinding m Messrs. 
Clayton & Shuttleworth cote a ер road-roll 
and a steam sapper. Aveling & Porter show three 
A rd axons power, by Lewin, of 
M. Herbertz exhibits a three-stall Tue. 
by Bar sins w^ iue rd 
Messrs 
ot ouse, 
Magdeburg, is А the hall, 
— in whi merican n айз а ате furn 
eroe in these 
; these e: exhibited by Rahles & Limbach, of 
serus tains are supplied by a tank, into 
which water is forced by hot-air engines, constructed 
under Lehmann's patent. 
n ornaments the chief vem are = 
tw 
opposite the pani A t the machi тт hall, are well 
deserving of notice. Not only can this company cast 
animals, a ‘even t€ small arti D: as breast-pins, 
ext to the Victoria 
E 
egia, the Ийст е г л ley Prot ' 
Schaefe Hauschner, of Berlin, is erected ; it sur- 
ounts a grotto, around an hich stand some 
beautifully executed bronze statuary. 
The pond from which the centrifugal pumps nthe 
gether 
with the large 5 fountain, by the firm of J. F 
—À Messrs, O 
en tower ra de Flora ground D O feet high, on 
Е top of which is pla a fach or the water 
rced up from the lak tank ‘will ару the 
fountain in the lake and the pain ll in the to, 
erected at xpense nd pre by this firm 
о the Flora Society, А lift, supplied by the Rhenish 
inery Com med o the 
ac 
tower as to enable visitors to as = a eii uit 
Swiss gallery, and enjoy or extensive iew. 
Her Majesty the Empress of Germany, who had 
eady e ven as a priz value thal 
and — as we learn fi 
ated her intention to visit 
in pain on each piece; 
Imperial and Royal Highnesses the Cro wa Priit 
and Princess have also offered as a prize a very choice 
hi 
ginton. 
ot reached us up to the time of 
bach was, we believe, the 
e first section of the jury pne 
upon New Plants, 
President o 
functions were ^! adjudicate 
rchids, &c. 
RARE CONIFERS. 
E DEFLEXA, TonREY.—We Panis that the - 
of this rare has been pub- 
lished is that given b by Dr. Torrey in his «аа. 
Bota: пу of am Boundary dition, and 
wilt the re, no doubt, be 
our 
pleased to have an opportunity of judging for them- 
ма of its appearance and affinities from the figure 
which we now give (fig. 65), which i is nota reproduc- 
of their new раз 
o Langen, of Vae: have erected 
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