which could formerly be got see 2d. p 
now bought up at double that a by clot th 1 rite 
the p 
‘turers for purpose eof being converted into “ shoddy,” 
a —— CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
common Yew 
rees were par articularly aff affected, and Lop 
| June 28, 1860. 
usual exhibitors. Among large collections that to 
Jpm unger wi aeris of many were killed, yet Cephalotaxu 
ier [but thes and _pedunen. cula ta did r not suffer nm eg last 
i th 
fine Saxony 
nad fonrished with us for s0 paR 
e frosts of Ee wina 
al dur the las 
J ok ana, eo 
fruit th du uring ie 
mon curly Mallow. 
~ It ought % be sown at 
times betw: ween April an d July ; a few 
SE 
of leaves, 
o 
ght of any 
pagans 
w square "yards will 
= 
pu 
` Dartfo 
us | charming Pate si the bright rosy-flowered Dipladenia 
d b both h 
Mr. Whit- 
| bread, gr. to H. Collyer, Esq., of rd. It contained 
crassinoda an 
| bloom and Mahy. e 
whic 
e Le schenaultia, loaded wit 
(0) 
former occasions, 
Mr. Reel gr. to 7 
ri 
J Bes AN 
dof Rug 
3 
ality, a 
prema cause. I hav e jus ust | 
8 and I find the roots vigorous ee fatty b but the 
above ground and all the branches completely 
Could 
een. colour, and nearl 
5 Ca. t 
ARN ce -striped flower, and makes a han 
as large as those of a Vine. 
w use is one of Speen 
this mischief have been caused by the 
e frosts in Oc‘ober and November last ? [Most un- 
doubtedly. AA A Einonen Trent. 
Ne ti se ah — Thanks for the 
s bee 
past its best, but cect ven although si ay now 
been many weeks in bloom; fg rge 
H and Everlastings. Fro 
FT T ahh: 
ood, cam 
yilliant orange salmon-colou red s species, which gav ve life 
and beauty to a well- x bi and tastefully varied collec- 
Mr. Bax aL me contributed a well-flowered 
sertion 
of i 
some border plant. Surely it is high time Pint hei | tl that there is a CAR amount t of aspe erity about my Stophanotis florib 
gardeners were taking to some other leaf t I beg most distinctly to disclaim bi In groups of 10. ie and Greenhouse plants, Mr. 
ir Strawberries with than those picked off oie slightest intention on my part to rob the several com- | Green stood first. In addit tion to blue Leschenaultias, 
plants, thus depriving the Strawberry: of ben ve petitors of one jo ae wm their honour or aie aerials Polygalas, Cape Lib gi mak aea a HE pods Epac: cris ises, 
means on which the fruit greatly de epends for flay Mi r produc y anxie ty to gu uard | and plants o of that des h admiral le 
James cones Camberwell. } oya palas a ibe oms have not 
Thinni: eaches.—\ agree t esign. yA to see that the Pomological | inaptly been described as raog rubies set in 
Mr. Cox ‘that much depen ends upon “thinning. have | Society om (conationatly) sa kaii Be the best = frosted silver, and a well- lant of the ol 
‘ge of Peach trees here for 20 years, and Rini ofo me kind, viz., Robert: ard of the RR th. hernia incisa thickly studded with charming little 
experience tells me that this should h rh in nte ation to submit ibs ripe shy me o of the go ells. Mr. Kaile, gr. to 3 
tion. 6 inches in my Wizard, | lace, sent à very fine Pleroma elegans, one of the ver 
‘opinion sufficient for a crop. In coltivate E I p d from “ ftl t bl andsomest of Melastomads, its blooms being 
on ope 1858,”* and since pro oved | most beautiful Tyrian purple, and each of them larger 
be paid to what is planted on the border. Ôrd ppe identical with Mr. Robertson’s Wizard by | than a five shilling piece; also a ecimen 
PES 
gh, but I have seen Holiyhocks la 
R 
n with plants purchased i Hg g from him 
af ee 
sp 
talag of Rhynchospermum jasminoides, whose numberless 
Grows deep towering as high as the wall, and also though ny Watkinson, one redited as fragrant white blossoms were well backed up 
Dahlias adorning the _ Peach border. I think „the n Man chester. So far as I c aSpa Jodg ge it has with eam healthy, bright oe linge Mr. n 
t hardy constitution, and a astr rong t a Ixoras, Erica de othe 
finst and ‘ ‘ grubbed w agian rees. There would | flow I repeat I have no desire to in the pein and other hard-wooded greenhouse pla tbs 
hee Bare been i  dppoiniment D. G. R. Dectrote, slightest aie the advantages aust aserved d Dya = Smaller Lr a were nite by Messrs. Carson, 
en Ham rape. — Like many of your | raisers of new fruits or flowers, but i if Te n be Teg: gS and Chilman. Am these were Mussænda 
uep- cg a see. sted in everything a singular- ooking ‘plant with large white 
at Grapes and „Grape c culture, and some weeks ago wa 
s Ss | ag against the mistakes that haye been late ay made suc mi 
s out 
of this ree 
d of eit 
nication you had received from Mr. Busby respecting 
Aa inc It was to the effect that 
jpregnatin: Black Hamburgh with 
llen oe a ener a aig he found that “only | 
ss,” a nd 
ending ong ‘fossa sessed, 
e.g. Omer P: 
Admiral Dundas) &c., or 
| and adan what has merely recei 
mendation of ignorant or venal local sacle. I sal not 
d 8. a y 8 
eet wal small yellow flow 
In fz Le ge we and Green, 
house plan’ ‘ood grou 
DE tw 
este orange salmon Azalea 
Epacrises and Cape Heaths. 
called ardens, 
Ponai of last May was 
received the cro that from the seeds ara hg led you in vain. Richar ale, ; 
fa this be ny. five in number, sprung the Golden Ham- . [We ta well acquainted with the vellous | Ori ds wore = oe p raien ee ~ 
what I am at a loss to understand is how quities ‘of yatt a Pine, the finest Strawberry i in phe 8 oe ri 
k those repor fect ane 25 nee hor lar, aone aes 
Busby pide that this one berry had its pepan kg But iaka o hers have n ney Agen able iaaa iffieats sorte 
and not other pe in eo same bunch it, anid if if Mr. Yates would par dne: al tributed by r Ballon, 5. Butler, Esq., Y EN 
SET eee Mr a Ham miureh bunch imel prodlicos say bow he ses if, no gren “serve ld be | wich. ik tained a i domin of: Cate 
r any other ur iora Tis com y : i 1 z C. Aclan- 
e on th and oR ga re Monstrous | Apple ree.—The following _particnlars die, Lælia purpurata, ee 
ch Vines « ae e Muscat | may b fly ‘plant, and a ws syn te- cig variety of 
amburgh, or Blac Benton pholo ogy E have in my gard rden a young Apple tree, | Bearded Lad y’s Slipp rom R. Warner, Esq., of 
are they mere varieties g5 pnp grafted in 1855 on the Ribston Pippin, j rRich at the Br oomfield; came a dik pat ion wir [rge ne 
ith blos ond s 
ieties sown without having by OF 
Ue, a 
y z ornamented v 
and b tee 
these v 
been crossed always produces 
doe: 
rof | 
pos sibility soms of unus sually lar: arge 
te. =] 
ast 
not go far 
is tinet “varieties ; ; and 
they are ht least strikingly d 
ossed seed of a evident 
o 
sowing 
that. 
if in so 
me, on 
1a base was pote d fo: 
of Bios ms, Ate: i Se fi footstalks arose; die: ofi a 
hiser ran aii ashoot, three formed tufts of leaves at 
the hac Ba on other produced a ya formed double 
osy crimson-streaked lipig ; Onc 
Papilio, with eight lar 
0. 
rge ; 
divaricatum, in Pansio condition ; he singular 
ye ellow 
looking Cypripedium hirsutissimum, Lelia purpurata, 
mag irate: species, extremely l flowered; some 
Se — gr. to the 
good j miria: ANE fee oann 
. Mr. tributed t 
kad ta Goian i Fia ware one mi T no et flower; hich wh ssh T expanded ir ri jah yi um, ae five large yellowish 
from the parents, as is the esemble d a double whit parina; m iy ed. blossoms; the large, rich, ie kg 
bi: very 0 ry other Fa a d? P _ The insertion of this com- but i in its earlier An of Mae eae it had Lall the fl Onaidiudsceéssit nd tortile, with 
y tints of t a ple As i ip; 
wi mack oH ohig Fi Titio Dalkeith. not before seen. or a similar case happe: ming Cattleya Eee TS sigo dovera poet eal 
ur correspondent with the An A ees verhs you will be kind enoug sedeab) bly fine Dendro Devo; um in ka 
@ Grove End Scarlet (which I | to inform us if this is the first instance of the kin da on pode = t bott T to top, rich 
0 preservi ng purpos poses), sort “a enclose a ki Bok o the flower taken by J. | and ential varie eatin do — and extremely " d 
im 1 ners in th h, Esq., F.R.L.S. James Pond, Vine Cottage, Pol- | som ; D. Far rend an attractive kind; and various 
will send me his a ss I gre , Cornwall. [As far as we can judge from the Vane ‘ei contribut ed by Mr. 
e fruit in about a week’s | escription ang its acrompar etch this is an Riiédexo® Stamford T aie 
H.S. E [Al ough | 
1 
in diame’ 
greenish yellow; the inn 
Bs otals a a 
‘7 inches long; the neck is 
dies pA of the y se fos 
h A 
imbrici 
our | the lower branches ọf Pl wi are 
in | and have 
nevi 
bloom. are 144 inches 
nae Bi Oar petals a ire one A ig slender, of a 
ough to 
„Tn the class of 16 Orchids, Mr. Woolley sent some 
raucaria ù ata. —I have a plant 15 feet bigh, 
a gh flowered Lady’s. Slipper; Sobralia macrantha and 
been 
petting, aroni n | 
if gs ey 
aes rept 
aee 
tit ould Be po to a gallon of w: 
Instead of trying this dangerous 
aie! ine ss than the pad of ike Lip 
out sce 
nt, and ope’ ned in 
av i- 
that I have des cit n 
E 
e at lenzth got rid oF 
ith u 
er Raaletitors tS boran 
» and has comple’ 
pi t, open 
bea utifal wh ite, a trench round the en nds of the roots eatefilly, remove 
it by 
Meg | burnt clay with bits of StA wood, Ps ini it T 
janta Mr. 5 ton J. Day; 
Ay st sft 
x 
nt P 
much th: ee 
fal plants = E oti foe. eters 
SRN „Collection good ex mples of 
H andi. 
Fat 
a. Ra Saigos arg Mr. Eli 
ioned above, iy EE ae pis 
e also in 
ttleya 
Ser ciettes, 
ea 
Trichopilia crispa, with deep rosy yea pte ; and 
Paganini guttatum. From Mr. C ‘arson came a well 
flo lani 
REGENTS Par 
cellent E oanig id he ami 
i heavy Movir which pe at ey qng the day it | 
wae ag rig d gree 
e 
so Heaths, ‘aa a der 
was Azale: “se beau 
my ii in ni Chronicle in Ft 
e 
r in flower ; also , Cattleya amethystiz 
nly weak point | Brassia verrucosa, ani HL ding e 
uty of which in the majority of Slip Fro: . Peed and Mr. Bunney 
A erns were some came collections of small but well flowered plants. 
| E ape hs, sevi ions of which 
ny | were ed, were some. beautiful nee. of be 
| br illiant owe flowered ingia Masso: 
eautiful; a bright coloured- bed called 
axtoni ; clean Wilsoni, one of the best of 
gee p. It 
o good “Matas a wat Pots goats a 
colour in it ae plendens, and a 
the white flowered ar ractes' 
side In collections.of 12 
Prey 
