Just 9, 1860.4 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 531 
unusually well, and the only difficulty we have had | curiosity of purchasers. Will the proprietor exhibit it trum, | | trum, Polygala, Hibiscus, Heliophila, Phylica, and Her- 
with them is the ‘trouble of thinning the fruit and |as I have asked for the others? We- shall ene n have] mannia all very carefully worked up, We estimate 
Checkin ng luxuriance by means of summer pruning. | some data to form our judgment whether it is worth the whole number of species admitted into its pages at 
Some one will ns a well, what of that? Why, it proves | purchasing or not. Richard S. Yates, Sale, Cheshire. | about 1000, after deducting all the spurious species 
what my fa ~ ther much i insists ie in his little book, | (The Eclipse in question was exhibited (see p. 434)| which the authors have struck out. This clearing away 
y ui i arried out, witi " ‘an 
f wo 
he | on all re for 
culture of fruits need not be attempted. We have trees ria sort; its flavour t t arrago unfortunatëly adopted by the elder De 
which had iaiey given up ig eer KA y A f the ey. TEM Candolle in the great genus Pelargonium, that is at 
as useless more than 30 yours ago; but t are now rrie. wing i —Your | last reduced to its true value. “Little known,” says 
in the same soil tend never correspondents ined not de ei of Tati: ‘the ‘old and | Dr. arvey, “and doubtful ‘species, and all the ephe- 
had any 0 other pro obection this an old net) in the| yet invaluable Keens’ Seedlin the midst of smoke, | meral garden Pelargonia are here omitted. Nearly 
greatest Sh ot veo | aage g ‘produced. la st j ies the petite they are properly cultivated and not over- | 200 of them are characterised in De Candolle’s Pro- 
nest fruit it has been my lot to-see, and they are om shaded with els or trees. I had awarded to me|dromus, Vol. I. Many more may be found in Sweet’s. 
same in ood health and studded with 20 tim 25 years ago amongst large competitors the first pas pa paap (5 vols., 500 coloured plates), and in o 
much fruit. These trees have not fóin crop soit an extra prize for Keens’ Seedling grown in open| works on gardens and gardening. We see no necessit 
the last 21 years, and there have been only two occa- | ground within one mile of the Manchester Exchange. for burdening our pases with these truly trivial names 
sions on which the crop was thin. All this has been |-R. S. Y., Manchester. ames. ignoble, porn to be Pi orgot;?” to w, which, w 
, covdiaily exclaim, Hear, hear ! 
ni 
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Cox says is very true; but does not seem to us to touch | Pwo Ures Dictionary of Arts, Se» ine VILI. (Longmans), 
the question referred to in a leading article of last Aliam a long article on Guano, and others on Hemp, 
week. He assumes that the w of our correspon-| Lyn May A (A An thei P Incnbation, Taio Ink, and Iron. pun 
dent’s ay ying BNA ing mt noms but’there is no |in the “ee The s na ecial — of cr ‘Sea ety w were | How to Nurse Sick Children (Longmans) Dr. West 
reason nat was the case. || given to H. Christy, Es ih donation Pra a bust of | points p the importance of paying the utmost Boag 
Our Peach tines Took very badly. They have, plenty of of Sir W. J. Hooker, by Wool It reported that | pon to infantile diseases, gives valuable information on 
fruit on ne » but few leaves. The 1 Foreign Member, | the paren I 
protected w h Sh iad “Pitan ny. They blossomed a nå and 1 ‘Associate had hag: ue 3 relos oe with. for 8 ou Children, one of which under his own naran 
set their tat wa but the leaves have all withered and | drawn; an h = 36 new Fellows, and 2 For n Mem 
died oat the exception of a few on the points of Erie ad bi elected. It was then m oil "ty 4 
the shoo ree is completely killed ; the wood is | President, and l 'unanimonily resolved, “That ea Mre Bo oak vi ouls Hag is a jg pen of phages essays, . ed 
io fres bat it is “covered all over with gum. Our desire to.reco A p and affectionate regret at | narratives illustrate: a z clever per Among the 
fr the étiecmnent, tof illn rg ‘Mr. Bennett, | essays is onecalled Teaching by Flowers.— Introduction 
nie border ing o m the office ot Secretary, the duties of which he has | fo the History of gts Literature vate & C. Blaek) 
week with ‘the teen Engins Ride are chit eri free falatied with it mpled zeal, judgment, and courtesy |is a sketch by Mr. us for schools. It 
from greenfly. What had I better do? An Old} for 20 years; send eko this expression of regret at his | contains sou nd inform nation briefly but “tally mea ; 
Subscriber, Charlton Cottage. [Let them alone, and | retirement they would add their cordial thanks for | veyed, and has an excellent Index; a most importan 
wait the event. |——-Having occasion to write to these unrequited services, eri Beg earnest hope that | point.——Of Mr: Coleman’s Bri — utterflies noticod 
A ae be week, amongst eid things I mentioned p health n may epeditily be be restored, so that’ the. Society latel Wy (p. 489), we have received the coloured edition 
of our Peach trees on ‘the wal y the pleasure of iis presence | and the advan- | which is really,a beautiful little volume. 
=i eran. ‘alluded to ithe stormy and severe tage © orn his couns sels for many years. “The “financial 
October 
£4) 
ienced here in April last year, and t the 
p 2997 13s ag the ballot which ensued Garden Memoranda. 
to-day I am Ioe ee to send the's o you rica publ W. 4i Car indir M.D Grant, M.D. ; at Messrs. E.G, HENDERSON se X, WELLINGTON 
cation. The Peach trees in eain cane ie upon the} Lindley, Ph. p: aa Charles Lyd, D: CE g Roan, Sr. Joun’s Woop.—there has sea a beautiful 
-open wall look wretehedly bad. ese eg red k pushed | Salter, M. pe and an exlnbition of early Tulips here this season, set ‘out in 
young ough not quite "so vigorously as | following Petts, were elected in their rooms —John iy: 32 hag number, each nen — vag of 
usual ; but about the 18th of iet month something T. S. Cobbold, M.D.; J.B. Hicks, M.D. ; | 42 feet in le engi a and containing 1 So 
wrong, and at the present i oker, MD. ; T. H. Huxley, Esq. The bring pedescdle of ‘Tulips therefore mall i im oa mM bioom at-one 
time, taking the Sre ce nerally, ti three-fourths of the | officers were then Bing on a y mas Bell, Esq., time produced an unusually. brilliant effect, a ereas 
lower branches are leafless, the young wood going off President; and Francis Boott, E D., ‘Tr er ; | they deserved to tea ARESE E For an am 
atthe base first as if chilled, and the bare branches ‘Busk, ee was elected ‘Secretary in the room | pip Cerri shina ‘ean be ei valuable than 
gery: owing out gum e Saip onid pig ekilip flowers. Th and-easy 
“fruit left. “We ‘are eos much troubled with “mm: rater in yn tie pine of Me B "i “‘Resoluti at s | to cultivate, ash in ime Aee ped 
n the flo their 
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ina than we like. rring to our Soe S tiotices by the Secretary might be printed were | places.can_ be poe ty i ai kinds of bedding 
the eather i for last byear I ned that in April fromt “| tiaia a adopted. plants. What for instance can be compared with a 
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thunder on the 11th, blustering and stormy on the 12t th ag te > a A regularity of surface ‘and splendour -of colours. 
eet-on the 15th. April 14th, Notices oot oaks. vo Jets. Van Thol is ati 
150, } est tempera ind N.W.; ‘18th, do. Next come Vermillion Brilliant and Rembrandt, 
wa. ia N: 20th, ro ee oH irg 30°, ao. N. Fruit Flora Capensis : bein: a eatin description of the | to which may be added Feu d’Anvers and tamale 
trees came early pipis of the ae: Colony, Carana and Port | Alliance, all,fine kinds of different shades of scarlet. 
of a good crop, but the above-mentioned weather | “Nat By W. H. Sah ge a aA and Otto | Crimsons of various kinds—Cram oisie Fidéle, Couronne 
destroyed it and blighted the trees. In’ October our pk ata Ph.D. Vol. I. Hodges | Pourpre, ig Ainei oR ERAS AR , and 
registering thermometer had gone wrong; but the mit rank amo f pure whites we observed 
lowest I observed it at was on Oct. 22, 27°; Oct. 23, What a treasure this important work -would have | none better gees Wine te Van Thol, Reine Blanche, 
27°; Oct. 24, 27°: wind North. Ice 4 ofan ‘inch |b «Cape Plants ” were the glory of- opaa Queen Victorja, alba regalis, Luna, White Potte- 
‘thick. December 18th, thermometer lowest, ‘12°; gardens; when sweet-leaved “Pelargoniums, Oxalids, | bakker; the latter is the „and. sho: -ased 
Jan. 28th, 1860, do., 24°; Feb. 10th, don 21°; Miiri Hermannias, Proteas, Gnidias, ‘Struthiolas, for nw of beds. Queen Victoria is the next 
arch 10th, do., 20°. T. C Elliott, - Melbury Hi d Diosmas, t clearer. white. Bronze red and crim- 
chester. pinen cherished ‘as now are South American or | son,.a Paa effective EA ‘contained estueuse, 
Koping ‘Birds o J: rit. —The follo silage pave Astran Verbenas, Calceolarias, _ Petunias, Pimeleas, Holofernes, and Artemis, three handsome varieties. 
ell for some time, but the birds | and Lobelias, children |-Bright rose or cherry. 4 white ground:— In this 
oe dost got familiar vith it; still I think it ‘might | of no country, Lge the illegitimate progeny of Flora | class Cerise non Rectifié, Drapeau ouge, 
answer for two mon! t so. An old, an being | imprisoned in arden, Are those days never to Ponceau, ve Suitsine were traly beautiful. Of deep 
greatly troubled pair “birds applied to his master for | return? Are mir greemtiouses to be filled for ever with | aie or i oo. t ja r representative 
nets to cover his fruit with ; but no, Ta aeiiao $ “same ‘ahi and»shrubs as 10W? "Is ro “countr: rth n con or pure yellows were 
pensive. He therefore got a hawk stuffed in what he | worth a revisit by horticultural collectors en Se Yello Potter, mei =~ Yellow Van Thol, 
€ i iti it on end of a long opie s and temperate regions of Asia and Americ Canary a m and showy beds, 
prsia thu us s to be hoped that something better i is in store for flex, | ground with ace § orcher: rry -tentlen, a gay and 
mpr e Leander, e d 
ilv t last 
titen] | ETRE 
lly 
had the cage put into | haw Aarah pore s pane of yanat “how far eze very showy. 
e a 
$ gentle- | native bre eee Ape? e known regions will repa; 74b were ¢ of Van Brabant, and in 
ute, and I may add | the assi es of ers. Z 3 i o tae Ors 1 
ds in that quakiont To sat a etpedition je work before us—the, Drusilla and Commandant, both effective kinds. 
joint. bi ; 
aoe orio nit abe oo be an invalu- | Among dwarf yellow streaked with -bronz aor aaie 
oe — ‘The } ion w having “com- able guide Dr. Harvey | resided f or several years in Biza rd, Verd pony tor mar FARENE AD paaa Ai chiduc 
€ ofS the op Ea E i a, ar nee 
ertisement ‘stating gk aa three or | sonal knowledge; Dr. Sonder pr eon al his life occu: of Orange: OF i heer with eerise a pois sean z 
é ‘trust | pied in the study of ‘a Mace ion, The re 6 Peres di Cour de ‘France, and nd Koning pase 
he them jatin ors will no t be fra’ of submit- [first volume fe a ag ese p rfec! i ah ie ted pat peara re orang à aS 
a | ant | ; 
se leyi ie judgment 0 of the ‘Fruit. Committee < the aoe m her pene EF] have a Y a very Matal |C | Cardinale wa was og most eflectiv m A or 
ei hoe Gh Pa Yt is c or white margin, is 
of which now hold their meetings at'short intervals i botany, while to men 0 yrr Tac Van R 
of 
Caiman, pe c Van Ryn. Of white with cherry or 
And I would suggest that they be exhibited not in the | jan erate of the greatest aoe igi a god | Ere flakes Gredtmestter and Standard Royal, alias 
wI 
purpose, but a Jar e basket ‘full, ‘accompanied ; ter, attended by such remarks as may | } 
g byvaifew | d ccna ee statine its Peise onary 4 agree Bi oe good. on od consent’ ends ae 
show und arefull uc de Luxemburg : 
larg: wormage ge nae ev sorts ean en io ea D is pk epa the dating “of of aig purples with white marginal lines, Vio sp a -i 
PRC exhibited under glass in `a `frame'in rtt adedion to Systematic Botany, taken with slight alte- | Belle Hepat - see Dear san varieties 
not ink foa od establishment sorely t we ir: peed’: ations and additions, my paa Saton apat Preke the aAa of E alf oh as many first-class H Fs 
f as 
scart et pen nae pt his Ms Jasco seus Fo = from eee ae a sad aa ae “| and while the latter have : te aes 
å s. They shou e plan 
also a m: Aei withdrawal (after b | i are comprehended the gre eat | will last for years ey autumn 
‘be sold) “of Eclipse—an wal (at A mT ee oe eran" mot ist hig polar gouiam, Oxulis, Diosma, Malvas- |in beds or borders where they will bloom nex next spring, 
