SEPTEMBER 28, 1861.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 869 
when the dew is оп. If put оп | n Erysimum or Barbarea va ariegata, 
2 m the f uk s Am ere =ч opened it troai them | and. зд the finest of all the „tall kinds, brilliant | with сада sid foliage, ient Ner — a — 1 
idribs ofthe tobacco | g 
ses $ T теа Ec per e das and The dwarf s y beautiful. Than т x : ds gei p ied В Sweet William, 
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ft rds brui sed into fine idu, | | Mesembryant "най айоо M ve nothing could Tadien. inks, and the variety o iant us called Dun- 
which will D а pungent t and ‘strong than be handsomer ; of these we noticed large beds, — netti, the darkest — Sweet William known; also 
most kinds of foreign snuff. After a of this in: were most effective. ОҒ | Alyssum saxatile — — n fine early blooming 
given the thrips may be seen jumping а кА» трегіп; ng | Linum grandiflorum (rubrum) there wasa uerum - hardy perennial, whict 1 form a good companion to 
off the flowers in multit tudes, and the flowers remain |least half an aere in extent, and thus en masse | the early white "Arabis trt and ы; pink Saponaria 
deserted whilst the dust remains on. W. Tillery. nothing could be more dazzling, its ид of rich осушо oides. в. Amo ong Pymes or нанай hens Mist, as they 
Aphides.—Last year in September legions of aphides | crimson blossoms being most abundant. No difficult i imes ca ure white an and another 
attacked the half ripened d shoots and leaves of|is experienced here in getting it to grow; the fn inds. 
Peaches and Nectarines on the walls here, and de-|receive no artificial preparation cete 2 sowing, w St. Ae px is tp ^ ‚ were 
i ich tak lace in the open und, and every one arge пе ower arkspur, in 
yed the last chance of the wood ripening well. Was | which cmi B v се Td ех Ty | үчун Same iride m m gei 
bes are unusually abundant on fruit|g bed, rich in colour, dwarf and compact. Among | them "e ver ry double, resembling їп that respect, as 
мі in the e open air one year it stops their productive- dwarf Enotheras vene du still stood in the first | well as in the size and beauty of their айкы Brompton 
the t Ils h ong tall kinds Œ. Lamarckii occupies a Stocks. Dwarf Rocket Larkspurs were also very pretty, 
have this year been quite free from them. W. T. similar pum it blooms the first year most profusely | аз were M the branching and ot er sorts. 
from June to October; individually the blossoms are E ntirrhinums are growa рех 2 en jr «rs d 
нан "маа Вані averaging 4 inches in x one plant | them were a т еав& 20 ог istinct varieties 
inert : осей ике size, атагы My we counted no fewer than 23 | charm ingly spotted, and others beautifally striped. To 
flowers, all open at one ; dn. Saponaria calabrica, a | the — of Pansies attention is also directed, a: 
M go eem mus Mr. T. PUR. Кшм к plantation 2 acres in extent, was in full bloom, and the were likewi wise immense breadths ot Virginian 
plant of the very eurious Anigozanthus Manglesi PLC literally Я f ll v vs as rie ET vimm ed dwarf isnt уыл jer 
is remarkable for the bright green and red of its | ТОЗУ flowers. The finest дам, зоуееуег, of a ndsome вог re were at least 2 acres, also 
curious velvety flowers. It was nicely bloomed, De the magnificent masses of Tropæolum cmd. the fine blue variety 50 
was awarded a Special Certificate for its rarit М. Mr. | “ scarlet,” of which alone there was about a s [universally employed for bedding purposes. In addi tion 
Salter, of Hammersmith, sent several interestin red as a а soli ier's coat, - equally br rilliant ier бык to the above was a bed of Rhodanthe Manglesi, beauti- 
viis ide plants, the beit of Wwhich^ wig e bre. 1 of “dark eri mson,” a fine kind of fully i in bloom, and abont an acre of t he dart spotted 
marked form of Vaccinium Vitis-Idæa, having the Tro я ‚ rich and beautiful i н colour; we ^ нн i n 
leaves edged and mottled with white. This received | ® yellow variety streaked and blotch ed w carlet, | вро! Dianthus Heddewigii, a a là 
commendation. With it wasa prett; M: Jm Then came y f extra x dnte заз Рн, a collection of eig d 
Alyssum, called procurrens; also Pelargoniu Tropæolum, blotched with maroon ; the an of these | varieties of Mar з Peru, and a fine piece of 
Wei igela rosea nana, Mantia, "hemp, a is айла ыгу" the leaves much smaller than those of | mixed Phlox м авг, in every Дайе of 
Fochsis буага, all in egated s £ and | common Nasturtium, over which they have the advan- colour, were very âtiractivë, We likewise noticed here 
some seedling Antirrhinums. "Mr. GM ete coke i a bed of Leptosiphon hybridus, a charming dwarf 
mersmith, sent a деер! ly-coloured seedlin Lophosper- Less striking perhaps, but not less in ym annual inen : habit like that of L. aureus, but with 
I Convolvulus tricolor splendens, a great im colours aried and beautiful; also a small 
were spotted. and streaked with white. A bedding Dahlia — in point of A = the purplish b Кт үе | double. Zinnia producing a fine di lisplay of flowers, 
lvulus miror Of T m Lobbian 
e" Chater & Co., Braintree. А First-class Certifi- Schmidt,” а trailing variety у=к т the Crystal | as those of а min ЕЕ Dahlia, a description of pl 
as £ Бёетона ftoni Mr. | Palace Scarlet, there was a fine mass profusely in p coming into fashio 
Widx gr. to W. bcm Esq., hich the | bloom. For conservatory er greenhouse decoration, or s has been "already. "stated large. breadths of the 
broad fleshy glaucous leaves were obovate а pins, | for ле еч over the sides se Үс di: hanging | finer varieties of 
and of a purpurascent hne; E s was not in flower, A | baskets g c а of flowers from one another, апа among tbese a few 
similar award was made to a fine pinnated Fern called First may ud t e 
Cyrtomium d PI sent from the Society's also a per erfec! t gem; ts large white Qm — xe Ivery’ s Nonsdeh, and Turner'sI elery ; 
J. Day, Esq., of To va Lo sent а es ch méntec with Jes rr rings of various colours, а: e last occupied ab out 4 acres, and i € койа solid 
lia with blosh moy бы petals and ^ purple lip A extremely handsome, and should secure it a p +4 in I variety, now generally g for 
very handsome double Fuchsia called Univ versal, from every garden ; the blooms also keep long in perfection | early crops. ce t less than an acre was filled w 
deep cri: ; grandiflora, gold with crimso 
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Mr. G. Smith, of Hornsey Road, remarkable for its placed in water in a eut state. Eschscholtzia tenuifolia, | Australian Cress, a good salad plant, and Veitch’s Рег. 
globosa-like aspect, Wis Commended. - Es nally xr iem > charming miniature variety, with erect rush-like | fection Pea was ано largely cultivated. 118, as was 
4 = шене. seemed огын MM ed for odg gings; i зан ed last week, endures drought better ihan 
CO 5 E. eig] ' | most К " ” ; 8. " 
Mr. Turner, 0 ugh, was а bea light ro: 
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rs g piatt; аа Ф m ратуу noticed a large quarter of Carter's E abbag 
cession with small stellate к a small, сото and useful kind, -whioh does not ead 
ааа к with these a large bed 3 Жез port uet X rio an | run to Of Mammoth Late White Broccoli we ob- 
upright vit pues wit nme ue blos- | served 
i Pen of Books. pomi лены resi ов f ова but | lat 
TERADE Сат ТЕЗ RECEIVED.—Vilmorin & Co., Met re un agen o this уч а неа lum | kn 
Paris, Сеше d of отет кь that pm iui iù а оа а fine trailing variety "with pex ter m) 
pow —М. Catalogue of Bulbs and Strawberry | scar s and dark green leives, very distinct] kind. ^ Other vegetables eiii 
Louis Van Но. Ghent, Catalogue of e d = түк р other kinds. Passing large breadths|sively for seed, but these ac n: Tm xod im- 
Hothouse and Hardy Plants; E to No.87,|of the showy Delphinium formosum and other|portant. We y M that the eM care appeared 
i у varieties Gilia achi 
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thought to merit а first-class award. 
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rodigious Lilac .|is pines Будаа insign to „our hardy annuals. | where Aiei- 
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рыр: x d | whi bla Miscellaneous. 
Summer of —— Ir re 12, ing [en and yellow, about the.same vp viz. 2feet,| The Army Worms.—Considerable  uneasiness is felt 
Street, ne Garden a logue of Choice Um ave e aT m 20 of bloo A th 
Dutch ап d Cape Bulbs. эмт сев plants of E Сы ж ERA ig К "kind, of the: princ of an insect known as the army "em. 
puit ctis easured from 1 to 2 feet n rins 
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made its appearance in some districts of the Union. 
Garden Memoranda. blossoms 3 inches in diameter, was very conspicuous, as A Тыв year it has spread to Canada, and ed serious 
MESSRS. CARTER & Сов ANNUAL art DeD- was also the double variety of Clarkia pulchella, a new | injury to the growing crop. r Ta Mmi who gave 
HAM AND ST. OsvrH, ol met - ^ name, but if it does id заняу n the real 
we saw on a recent visit to these interesting frac -pro- | the flowers being very double E A the xL ur a rich | which is eating into the. vitale of te country i it 
D t may etat n not be unaeceptable| Magenta; this received a Firs s Certificate at a| will j — a curse, Morning Post. [According to 
readers. Mr. Dunnett, one of the firm, who for | committee meeting of th e Royal оа Society. | | the late T. W. Harris, of Cambridge, M 
many years has de oted the whole of his attention {о | Among Malvaceous plants one of the most showy was | (whose miris басе work on the сат. injurious to 
the idein and selection of flower and vegetable the Red Lavatera, a well. -known and showy annual. | vegetation in the Uni тіз ates дезе: оте 
seeds on these Lr а чиї us many of our most known than % is in Ex s country), the real 
and fa s, both old. and new, not|one or two fac-similes of Mrs. Ferguson, the bem | army worms are green, doubly black on 
;and seen in | tifal кк = white sort lately figured in the|the back, and sprinkled hey ari 
belts of | violet striped and хе dii thé tif in Uie EDAM 
e. came beds of|classes, and there was also a useful assortment of 
separate colours; then а | тіхей varieties. Lobelia gracilis erecta, an extremely | England. 
эт етае & and pretty kind on Nemosia volo com: 
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ven 1E double, compact. itte aids э ан Wah, рт рго- Ta озо vs Say, under promet — 
m: 11 "n F 1 8 е $ fr 1 
d nearly as sie very large iei. {= Peony P. in twelve | description given of the сел under notice,, 
ion | distinct colours were very showy; үе rr] a nm Perte identical w. de army worm,. 
beds of lour, ng |an 
dan T ча. Ат n vat us dy M dish bie Convolvulus c | polyphagous — of ie o осшде J, го; 
also 
| 08! as was 
‹ | lastings, consisti üchrysum compositum, maxi- | which is йон to me, — be во much 
white, e profusion of flowers which Ae arr m mem знат of Hals ач, Acro- | cultivated ав >ч deserves, alt ough it may be мему 
ve, especia йш | with these was | recommended for growing in frames. The e following is 
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of the various kinds Coreopsis, оре | айпа dition А енн Venus's Navel- | of aene т out in the end of the same month 
“ы, among which were С, nigra n al rich | ee MERE Pee us to make!in a cold frame, and give air; and in November and 
