626 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Juxx 7, 1860. 
You doubtless know the seed very well by the name) leaves ; Bezonias of different kinds, and Ficus Leopoldi, 
of Cynoglossum lo agg A. D raa ete X., | the last a hands ome plant with large bright green 
u e your per p. 158, or Lindl. Bot. Rog. 1840, t. 50. hoard | 0 vate ie s quite 15 inches in length and a foot 
Number of this year, page 25, you will observe that | Oféo, Botanie Ga a Bamburgh, July 4. rahe name | across. ; 
you give an account of this Fern, but I cannot find | appears to have been missed by every systematical | Cape Heaths were shown > 
it in either Smith’s or Sim’s Catalogue; will you there- | writer or compiler. in tolerable abundance. mong ra a wae 
Pi t would I think} Old Double Yellow Rose.—Herewith I have sent a|nothingnew, We observed, owever ines ful plants 
be much better if authors and nurserymen were to | yellow Rose gath Sen from a tree pore as been grow-| of obbata, the better varieties of v osa, mutabilis, 
p a a i in its p ituation against a south wall| Parmentieri rosea, a high-coloure 4 Eh = ont e Heath; 
as you may go to one nurseryman aud buy a Fern and bth of 100 vere I should be glad to know the | Cavendishi, and dep be T cg 
from the catalogue of another order the s same sort |n e of it, and af iti i = pede aiaee if sohow| Ore chids were peat x well flowered, fresh, and beau. 
under another name. g ion Y. | it it will bloo Badding tiful. Mr. Bullen, gr. to Dr. Bu tler m of Woolwi oolwich, 
‘As in other hoe arise ena of botany, so among Ferns, has been tried os ow aa n ian ame into | had the best collection of 20 plants, on which were 
the names adopted depend agon the peculiar aad sd flower that I know of, although the buds grew very | the manve-coloured bo meat lasuca, Cattleya 
indiv iduals. Eve en supp osing them to be aot tly | well. J. @. B. [This is the true old double yellow Rose, | Aclandise a handsome dwarf-grown kind; various 
+ on, | represented in the flower pictures of Van Huysum. | Saceolabinms, o are aim o e r te 
which is not always the here is still much roon No why it so apf refuses either to open | white fring pj asi a e 
ee of Seats As Pi con ouflic ing opinions as | its beautiful flow oi in this try or to form them. Phalænopšis rosea, the handsome Lælia purpurata, and 
_ constitutes a specific diffe rence ct for | The late hot summers have P pro ie g prere mo a It is| the robust-growing 
‘olan Sir W. + a ker sacha with very L. | usually propagated If b must x 
chilensis some half-score of pla Ber By pei nave | take the Austrian Sere as sabe stock. š noi identical with purp ossu 
ded a distinct eo for wh jah one name (properly | Rain.—The following is the fall at Epping to the | Warezewiczi, a Meier f resembling but by not means so 
is used. ly cultivator s would not | end of June, Epping is s 365 feet above the level of the | ornamental as grande Eoen Aerides and the 
ce 4 jon yellow Poltp-li l i) “Clo Gedn 
to say a word to him, as his time was nearly out and 
the half of his premium was still to pay. An Angus Lad. 
ia chilensis.— 
> all € present y slight 3 1860. Inches. gr. to the r. Ellis, wae canon handsome 
inction in a scientific point of view. It rt would of January ew ove et Fe, ote = | Cattleya superba, Barkeria spectabilis, a large Sobrali 
course be very desirable if all gr would adopt the oer fern EGEE macrantha, Odontoglossum citrosmum, and different 
same nomenclature, but with existing and avowed GME ies ON IRE Si en ee | kinds of Cypripediums, Saccolabiums _ ae Mr, 
oe opinion on This aibfa ect, we fear such ME a ag aai ae eR nen ST Woolley sent a nice collection of 16 pla 
miy not tò look or. J regards Paa iaa e Ee pieis collections of — ss = e Produced, the 
Ld ce is, if you had carefully examined Sim’s S303. Ave Day, Esq., 
logue ould have found it described at p. 18, | Henry Doubleday, July 8. of "Tottenham, This co! matt e AEA p: 
im- its proper place ainia hardy species. You will Bee Hives.—I have an old straw = which I am | White te Butterfly Plant which was ran Ma in June 
thus tha eg * proper name” is a matter of opinion : | afraid will come to pieces during next winter. I have last, still in g condition ; also t wo of the best varies 
we tae Kilena plenty of boxes, — — know a (this month or | ties of Bearded Lady’s Slipper, Aerides maculosum, 
ae mel’s interesting paper on |any other, and m oon, or evening) ve | Saccolabium praemorsum, an keria spectabilis. 
perfumes wants a little tou ching up in the botanical | them, and reer Hi E "give them back their honey or | From Mr. Carson came a small example of the pale 
; Ba as ies z plant have not been half tested | take it. Ilost most of my bees last ages I a green-tailed Dendrochilum filiforme, a luxuriant | 
regard of odou astes. Why i is s it that some new from giving t too much ventilation n; they ured | labium guttatum, the white Calanthe veratrifolia, and 
, lea ving plenty fs oe a ill | Aerides odoratum. T, Page sent Miltonia spec- 
vegetables sm the ae of Mask? t informa- | tabilis, Oneidiam ampliatum majus, Brassia. verru- 
might be multiplied pia eme a to on ts str tion on the subject ? = Bach, 13, Broad Street, | sa, the rare Lacena bicolor, with a fine spike 
be more to the p Islingto of watery cream-coloured flowe 
a S -ri Y in nd-—I understand deep chocolate; and other pi Cattleya Leopolds 
t in erat rts of England basket A apis are Phaius grandifolius and other plants came from Mr, 
extensively own in marshy ground that is not well Societies, Peed. In smaller collections s bng ney furnished a 
adapted for any other crop; and that these eye Ae y| fine Cattleya Mossiæ, Tan ee and a White 
pro table return. Although good Willo suffi-} Roran Bor. RE GENT’S Par July 4.—The Butterfly Plant. From Messrs, J kom, of Kingston, 
ciently appreciated in Scotland and fetch a E fighi price, Society's s concluding exhibition for e “year took place | was a magnificent i of purpurata, with 
they are very little cultivated here. I therefore feel | on this o The display both of fruits and Ser — of ~ purest whit with the exception of 
assured that as well as being of importance to myself, overs was good for the season and. the attendance of cp Pur son, fresh and 
a communication from some of your intelligent corres- | visitors large.  - E wn Cattleya 
ider of basket Willows will i a a - 
pondents on the s Mr. Whitbread, gr to H. Collyer, 3 
received and read on this side the Tweed with the | usual a beantiful ¢ A ses no 6 Stove and Greenhouse kenaa C eee Mr, as per- 
greatest possible interest. I ee cae be rather an | Plants, all large, and for the most part well flowered. hap ae most conspicuous plant in his a, and 
extensive plantation, but I a fit by the | Among them were Rondeletia speciosa, D. g Mr. Chilman’s Orchids was a a good Cattleya — 
advice of those i f the gracile, Phsenocoma prani, s immense pee of | crisp 
soils, the preparation of the cond, Ais “nature of the | [xora javanica, i in admirable condition both as regards OF "New Plants, Messrs, Veitch Caladium 
pont „whe other with or without roo! ots, the distance | growth and bloom; Dipladenia inoda, a huge Veitchii and pignis, eg handsome addition to that 
and the time | Azalea keringa Everlastings of different kinds, the | ornam ental class of plan Siem gosum, de- 
that night be necessary to await any remuneration. | beautiful Ericas Massoni and obbata, and the blue | scribed by us in a ren "iam ber, “and two beautiful 
These and other necessary hints which ain occur to Leschenaultia, “the last finely in flower. Mr. May, gr. Gloxinias, named Apollo and Jupiter. From Mr, 
fied Who have a more thorough knowledge of the! to J. Spode, Esq., again showed a charming group | Ingram, gr. to J. J. Blandy, Esq., came 'Hæmanthus 
subject would be very gratefully AEN y Age of 16 plants, some of — oe = however, this | puniceus, not new, = rarely seen in such beautiful 
Gordon Cumming, Altyre, Forres, N.B. time sarod a little from elling ; thel it was on this occasion, its large scarlet 
Silver Fir .—I have seen a good deal of the} others, as Ixora salicifolia, blue "Leschenaultia, Dipla- balls of flowers a ttraeting numerous admirers. Mr, 
white bug which attacks the Silver Fir, as described | Woolley had a yellow-flowered D bi rently 
your correspondent. I believe that in soil which e Ever astings and Cape Heaths, — - that could new, a and Messr s. Par ke er & Williams Anthurium rubro- 
the treg, and where 7 es Me secre it is ney be Wo dated The same en eon also g 
k y the bug; ee is much injured and | examples of Erica Parmen it A fles 
checked i Wi s pionen, Sa i r thre the last “well race tt ~~ ong Ers riid iai labelled const from New Zealand, came from 
bar’ hicker m ter tnd live specimens ¢ = Among plants fror rom Mr. Pe ed, mn also showed in this | Mr. Standish, of Bagshot ; and Messrs. Low hada 
m ag igs to be found only in the cracks of t Ixora Lobbii, not large | variously- ooloured Petunia and other plants de 
bark, and after that the | tree gradually recovers and ri buti in beautiful condition, Dracophyllum gracile, Fran- | seribed by former reports. rom Messrs 
last grows as vigorously as ever. Mr. Selby says in his | ciscea confertiflora, Polygalas, oae soan and Cape|E. G. Henderson also came some handsome Petunia 
book on forest trees that he has known large trees | Heaths. Among the last was an im e singularity of their _— 
killed by it; San E atte seen trees of all sizes attacked | elegans still in great beauty, though vt has ‘been’ in Statice pronase, was shown by Messrs. Parker an 
nR it, and Id t remember ever seeing one quite | flower ever since the es a = ay. In a group of | Willia: a variegated Calla and Agatha by pia 
by it. Bat 2 an insect exactly ed to this = 16 from Mr. Rhodes, chiefly sm: era were pretty Reltiowks asi the handsome Pteris tricolor at 
ee teas few hog completely killed many of the | specimens of Ixora onthe sag semen and Aphe- | plants by ~- - den of Parii prene 
Beech trees in Yorkshire—some in this neigh- lexis grandiflora macrant! Henderson Messrs. Milne and Co. had zt 
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prs E AAt that they we Hives? Hgbvous ealthiy a which a handsomer a oming Meroma elezans, dition, the showy Gazania Sees an 
at the time. C. W. Strickland, Hildealey. exist; the Targe-fowerel Ex Erica obba Mussænda | Heddewigii, and one or two dwarf Tropaalaey | ant 
Linde lofia- T Jo frondosa a med ittm-size: kable Phloxes. 2 
a. P ag af s, I presume, t tabilis, | for its large showy white bracts, the aa yelloy| The display of Cut R = 
spe iy blue yir perie ial peanas or rt, flowers which they surround being comparatively un-| excelle mong them re expe a — ecb ot the 
of ane Y inclose a specimen. [ have cultivated it | attractive; Francisceas, the glowing Azalea Apollo, tending? Kinds, of which b by fa he soro m came 
about s six y ears, and it y will be fo found in my own and | still finely in flower; Stephanotis floribunda, Ever- from Mr. Mitchell, of Pilsdown, pe i me These 
most of tl t previous seasons, | lastings, a chospermum panra and Statice| were wonderfully fine, and showed h Ewoarable the 
so that it can hardly be e called a new giat, HN pe Ho ol fo rdi. f six plant be to the ont of the Rose. 
ay I, in turn, venture ask v f12 St Plants § Next in point of excellence pr he collection from 
eclair ora, D. i. as an y Me essrs. Fraser, of Lea Bridge, was the bright berika Mente Paul, and cm ‘Turner and Mr. Francis al 
namental plan’ > Thompson, “Ipsw vich. [There towered Relhania squarrosa, a plant seldom seen except | had a good pores In the 
o such name as Lindelofia to be found hibiti Mr. Terry and oth rs likewise showed fine Poe 
botanical indexes. Macromeria viridiflora is said to| Of plants Se a net the ae a of their foliage Among Mr. Mitchelt’s ; flowers were good specimens of 
have tubular flowers 2 inches long; we never saw | collections cam Parker & Williams, | the’ following new varieties, viz. Senateur Vaisse, * 
No doubt it is a fe oo Cara in an her-| Ja ving ot Kingson; Yo, Banney, Blunt, Nicholson, | very fine Rose of the most brilliant crimson searlet, 
Macrame mong them were fd Maranta capitata, something in the style of General Jacqueminot ; Madame 
“not a ae ee bat pT and other k ae ae tons, Rhopalas, | Boll, another tne variety in the way of that fine hybrid 
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marry Dieifenbachias, — = Chant and others, | Eugene Verdier, also both pror ds, which we hope 
Aspidistra Turida. a glorious example of the to see again. The first is a e at Me 
ted Coltsfoot ( n grande), y Cfi nopiyiNin ge petals; the — is in the way of of - ; 
cum, Aralia Sieboldi, with deeply cut palmate | In other collections ere good blooms age 
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