170 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [FEBRUARY 25, 1860, 
lish taste what it may become in the hands of our | duction. It is probably distinct from he Hong Kong eae te emporatae at sum kitsee E aki we 
cultivators remains to be seen. priè abeste of this species, which has been popao ag im “this name. — | rise of less than 50°. The oth, Showets. peta snl 
notice require the same treatmen ta ara varieties o . CHESNUTS.—Two species of Chesnut were m- the only really warm day, ther- summer po _ Day t na 
the genus. e bloomer, and | cluded in the sale at Stevens’s, s both fo rming trees of miim pE LE ie ndance rature, 66° t 
on this account will be e particularly aae siderable size. One produces small fruit about the Oris A TANU vi iabley July.—A “warm ana 
Do BLE-FLOWE ns, the “ Camellia- | size and form of the Hazel Nut; the fruit of the other | with great alternations oiha month; day temperature, pa 
flowered ” and “ 1.°—'These are very | is larger, and by Europeans in the Jast considered of a Ss eae caret the to 93°. 
iiia trees, van as the y have proved perfec ctly finer slate than the Spanish ro igre ; Both eared b> was wa ESERE 
ra e 3 
iti 
BE 
day F ; i ina, and are quite| 4 a the 14th warm and = August.—The firs 
effect in our ar: s and pl y nds. They are central and e ern provinces of China, are q August e r: ý 
common in the gardens "vee en wher y he e ali mate of this Seo try. ipag" bs way Fema on the orth the conmientiys sper t 
attain to the size of our ere Almond. Nothing can| _ 9. RHODODENDRON FORTUN: —Very little is nown | thermometer fell t the oad. Day temperature? 
be more beauti ese when in full bloom, In| about this plant, further than it the doth heavy rain, the frst! the month, este 0 899, 
the spring faa are "iteraly. loaded with flowers as | mountains of the hekiang province. It is pro Stable tp Bouchie eek aho gonna 
large as our oses. ‘The ? | however, that it isa fine species and quite distinct from poets wet pa ul sitter er 9 
i arnati I its | an; September continued wet. On _ September.—Fine, w: 
peter Ae blooms ES Ue dapat agen 10. Taxus PIDATA.— This species was brought | the Tth the temperature fellto dry throughout, 'Day teinpe 
name, and like the Camellias already noticed, sports oH oe ee eee alah Parade e pe 
in a remarkable way, producing -striped and self- | from Japan to *Shanghae and presented tome by. she ig ion Boat which injed à 11 wye 
coloured flowers upon the same tree. ener a tree as | late Mr. Beale. I believe it is distinct from anytl : ning | | tender vegetatio: 
large as the Almond covered with flowers like the | formerly introduced, and is, no doubt, perfectly hardy i g“ Octob ora After 30 puch wet October c ormmened with i 
im: a warm and pleasant weather. e 4th th 5’ 
Carnat ion on some branches, while on other Ts = ou 4 gonad SER Ee Sia iia PAS month vag an stasipated. T Tya mameto wag a 808, n Thota 
4 | was, > e 
of its striking beauty. These dou amongst the m moa tine of Cheng i proved b mea day. On the llth thes 20th. On the 22d fr ost une 
be i are sienak A well adapted for pad as opke» form ja Epgind, and isa very important introduet ion, | was a hem tnt Eas w a gal ; on the 24 aith the Sas: 
atlas in cr a = e ready to | escription Fees faa 
oip i h the first ws ys of spring, dear? Cioni, Its lon ong, green, cy Shere shen 
i nin raih towers. sanik ne gs Devel b y p the waaa th Oa ot i> papier mn, ce oa ge oar i 
a 
T ti A AA s “Che ate mya “towne oai ne Speakon for | On i > 7 hence the a ar mild and pleasant dry and agreeable. 
i are then just erage. to exp: : his name of “Golden Pine” which it is known by amongst a) ere eather set. December. —The beginning 
Hase din sven st > gi _water, and t then | the Chinese. It will be very rare in Europe for many | lin oa HEA 4th with a snow wa On the 14th frost com: 
aces it in his sas or sitting roi In a da y or | years to come, owing to the difficulty of Shara seeds mone Lan at nenu aoi the e aan a anie on the Zig ee, 
© the bnds burst and the little tree i is one mass of| to germinate after the long voyage- Kno wing the) Sth at 8°, Diba Maa 16th a at 8 pH met naa tothe ond 
They are propagated b by I importance of a tree of this kind, and, that it was | that winter apati semb Wem, 
and will grow well i in any common garden soil. T ought almost impossible to propagate it in this country, I the ground being well pretected 
ell q means in my power to introduce its seeds in ne 
as large hk trees. large quantities and in good condition. a ot er 
UNUS D, sent by the overland mail—some in letters through 
k et Re eed fie, Pah or | the Post Office, and others in small package 
th east of Chi 3 f of | for several years in succession, and were often sown in ¢ 
DERE -ka A ii eit p roduces ssh a fain of England in less than two months from the _ they afana A R d Kom, in re 
st Oh i abt RA perfectly hardy | Were gathered from the trees in China. of all e ir: amnin's yh o f TI ‘of Dublin, bis 
in onr c falate; Tt will grow in any common garden | 52t home-only one de pete vegetated freely, 8 all the sh a thi kab kti A ee fa abia as Wouter a 
»soil,.and is readily increased by budding or grafting. others were complete failur All the plants of any | 2° Resort fe ek l Jep dificati y Ë the foral. kpi: 
Like the double Peaches it can be easily forced into | Size now ee England vee e up in the woods of soe the sin SNe ETTA on pyre 9 He ME 
bloom for decorative ear ae in spring ina and sent home in Ward’s cases. In cultivation | 88 presenting a og k f this B pr t f 
, 4, FARFUGIUM G: ih SR ER Ras, ae EET this species ithe many of its race, prefers a loamy soil, a oe the importance f MG case ev te Aa A 
with vari * FS; p and a hilly or undulating situation. I would advise Mr. Darwin’s theory, and by what appears me to b Ky 
K „variegated foliage ma so much in request, this is | aa conclusion that 
M 
mie ii ata 
osty an 
November 
of =e panei of more than aver- cold, with frequent tae 
unseaso: 
was aa a tckdl November ieee on thew] 
light snow on sharp Price pase? mostly i 
Araf + 
Correspo ondence 
CER Ny = 
s 
h casi 
ing po. the 1 ll ed under the shad ee hypothesis altogether ! ” 
-i ibi young plants are ali reared under e ahde a É so 
ie a ea Cka ein se, Seam re alt fs, Sa Ae ale Da iar 
3 DAN ind, i bak a Wie. SPOT yee Menke 
country. I Parara? ee ies aan e mud dl ae s ih wo pee nienenip bakon and that supposing (as he conceives possi 
; atment T jas we; ot f t t y X 
RE they have its leaves and v moby in . Tor OVATOS was | Ma ilar flow a ers, the ease 
ter perfection. They do not gorge He sec al Torna Side be ta Sgi n on àn expedition for seeds we h 
sa AD algae, g fas the fo tst talks | 204 plants of Abies poorne Full-grown specimens | against Mr. Darwin’s theory, but t inc 
aE ihe leaves are etter tie leaves smaller, but more i t with s were ae me heen ie Ta _ —. it us attentively s ons ae 
' firm and glossy, and the yellow ade a seein hardy in En aioe and will grow in any its flowers are like thos ick mg 
cong Tei Mant Jk Shean tee be tee common garden sil, Tn yore stat a it is not unlike | Semah and. produced. in “gront a pip ga ae 
pe “4 pss a. Sa e e fr | SOO —— of ee forinerly introduced | and females in the same fascicles all over the p 
p in a and spring. Duri “4 my travels aS fro È ntry and now th be — in | Tho fiale flowers are perfectly conan. ad 
i es and pring. z wy t rioty English fdin Tet it is much more han than be rere oro erty ah ji ae Mt n pe 
AaB aail A 7 they are and attains a greater ea tts por hg ig | RS Beas vO: pat hi aes! j 
iaa pepr k paet a a Chinese practic valuable, po oe oO = the construction of gun- nt without precedent i in the genus). The tha 
í practice | carriages 5 i sed in medicine, It strikes | usually 6—15 stamens in the very contre of the fio 
the hot months of the y year In China tnoderately ri readily ko edins “bat seedlings ma ake the finest | with = trace poor ea ie a th a nt not 10 peto ; 
loamy soil is considered the most suitable for its trees That jo ae ‘ate E hae 
eviate, most have 3—5 deform 
a “sey x ` T the most important of these introductions. R. Fortune. or radia y ovation to Che aS oF tha flower, 
s plant is common in 7 proportionally fewer perfect stamens; an 
tral and is of the Chi THE eo OF 1859 IN THE UNITED 
“here it is os iii a ms porine» of = neg quantity AND IN EN Peto ay gai ak fee cae ee 
fibre formed its ost Tu follow wing icn from “ Hovey’s Magazine of | united in the axis) and py Pai 
A the base of the a aiala Its trogen! “me Horticulture, y” publis ished at Boston, US. and from my opposite*the sepals, we 
3 rious effect in a landscape, not journal, kept in ertfordshire, may be of interest to | cej if ene 
our far as thev. etation is concerned. | Your Tigi Ae Wei a as American r er Hovey calls | 5. 
3 f sines 1849, and is perfectly the season of 1859 “rather un able.” If sucha | Siraya be very fe ots m as 
a bateen but Eos meri about. London | miserable season had been w staged in apon a him | the normal FN Now it is vere i a 
ly. owing to the he would I think have called it very unfrvou p it not a saltus ed a Bent at one 
iat a nt of erie) its UNITED ee ENG! „ 1859. an inferior ovary a ee ot 
0- hs aon ther: 3; snow January ae throughout. | rior ovary and pe ee 
Fe whos o atly 10 10 inches in apth, Sites and brooks ail diy; |a another r of AAA the a 
On NOE. S. i t itm i 
e 
at ker , and there Ap A gr fr perps the 1 ith ASS i tah aH othe S 
Eey in Europe, in the Roy 1 Garden at Osborn ‘milder than the ine etn tat emer, en bh rudime: nly ect free or & 
which was sent from aihne by me in 1849 to his Royal | Te snow. On the ilth the On Me 22d Crocuses in full | pistils 2” <p mh f for | the. lont My friend p 
Highness the Prince Con Mr. Toward informs me | mercury fell to 7°, then mild bloom say that * DAA ees et 
aunt “it is about 10 feet high, the stem 2 j$ 11 inches | again: bie. re remainder of the | raisa dren 
circumference, perfect and uniform in its general| March opened wet, warm March.—Mild and sunny; oni, ae RER 
outline, and allowed by all who have seen it to be the | rain on the 4th; _continied the 4th the thermometer a 
t specimen in Europe.” mild w Gen to the end wi ss . This mild and sunny 
|m warm ral 
7, | ov: 
a ¥RINGA OBLATA.—This is the Lilac of aod tel See nan na p= rS 
China. It grows to about the same height a BEE e ü “aoras end. z 
on English s i i > f pril,—This month was we ipril ist severe frost, ther- 
cag RN HENT ua Chins re tre abd elke init ita 34 first week the mercury mometer at 20° on the 6th the | 3 hi 
form g: a, 1 e | was below freezing every m enna bec ecame warm ; on the | duce 
of t hie ipeni S% Both are handsome ornamental | ing. Cold rains and iow oak Tth the thermometer at 76°, 
s our English Lilac and owl | pari 15th,. and frost to the continued warm 
Remainder of month the léth. On the 18th 
erable, with frost onthe 29th. frost, onda 22°, 
rid ren | and Foai to big end, All the 
sas found Ww: a th 
As sized .t be monn- May EET A favourably. 
meee are | On the 2d the temperature 
ornamental. | 
bea 
fruit royed 
as, oll the “24th, eold with 
north-east winds ; then io Hitabe 
-| was 75°, and on the Sth 90°; end warm and agreea! 
uti [en Bi: “10th met with chilly 
y and on j 6th a 
cowry thick as to appear like 
g a plant now Dening 
‘June was scarcely more fa- June.—The whole of this bisexual flowers: t is” 
