Avevsr 4, 1860. ] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE AND anit no GAZETTE. 
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m o be covered with extensive cascades; afterwards reduced to practice—be not dissatisfied w 
+ agen apt the pom parts of ane Ochils, the | your present condition, peo Sond i our met be upwards Societies. 
Vale of Devon, and the Saline hills, an nd to| and onwa ohn F. Gr. W. J. Lan —+— 
the observer who gai tan ding high an ty it zo Esq., Stamford min. HORTICULTURAL: Fruit Committee, July 31—A 
had a beautiful = ne About 3 3 o’clock in the Begonia grandis.— Of the many fine varieties of this eee) ate called Frogmore Late Pine was 
afternoon, in the Aber nor of he sky, soon genus wide f late years ontributed on occasion by Mr. In gram ; it was 
change took pl + gee ere thunder, rain, and eia I consider this the most aptly n med. "True, | stated to be of a dirr robust habit, to ripen at the 
hail, the ha ilstohes being of large size, some of|s excel it in Relient of racing, such as B.| same time as the Elton, to Barer the good pr: 
them transparent, resembling ice; it is reported that Thwaitesii, 3 Marsha llii, and others, some in tlieir noble per ty o of r remaining lo ong i cow ng state; it w 
jn’some places considerable damage is done to d C m Mr. Cuthill ir 
leaves of Tur and plants having d | many favourites might be mentioned, rst wit th a oe — Mary, Richard the ot wean of Wales, Black 
foliage. A fr nt of a rainbow is frequently seen, | tinctive peculiarity E Arei art but A and Princess Royal, all varieties of Strawbe erry 
and is looked upo persons as a kind of'| is certainly the finest I have ever grown, and w 
weather-gauge; those who have studied the rainbow, much ind bted to Messrs. Rollisson for gandiig out ee | | éehsid ns; these were not sent for competiti ion; but 
the halos, parhelia, mirage, the colours of the at g addition to ornamental-fo! mH = plants, To'do | mer ely as an si of sauce may be obtained off the 
sphere, and coloured shadows, may be able to a it hic in its cultivation I fi hat it ig be same soil yes ter year by means of skil lful cul- 
whether the arare appearance in the east on | plenty of heat, MEO, k IRNS po ly ‘oom, | tivation Mr. aa of Thorp Perrow, near 
“the morning of the 28th of July had any connection | careful shading, e not a drop of water s ‘ld be — sent a Seedling Strawberry named Sanspareil, 
ge a sorta rei varied changes which oa ) allowed t he foliage. It delights in a rich | to which a First-class Certificate was es it is of 
es Nora desing the day. P. Mae rous Far? enri ni occasionally with weak manure | medium size, fine shape, and flavour. 
tiling: This fine variety is of quick growth ;. the = aema, of Bagshot, again sent opa: ‘of 
rer have d occasion to repair and | Barrue vet large an and showy, and'if when in paree Da ar Prolific sina a new black kind, 
eos my psa ey have substituted for the tion the plan is so placed that the afternoon sun 1 can a a a pleas nt Muscat flavour, cgi —_— bly men- 
y throug t half. tio ers "Tst report; it w First- 
glass, measuring 2 fee t by 3 fee the effect is at once as “novel as it is striking, seen t aia ” Cert cate. om Messrs "vers y. rking, 
nation of 21°. Several of my “tends tell me that 3 ib the rich ti It weno eame a peat uch of Buckland Sweetwater 
rus e pi of bre pereh by h hail and atmospheric form = ” conspicuous feature in every good collection. | Gra he eir y which, when oh 8 cannot 
causes. Can anes. of y W. L. wourite ; had bune! of good ‘size, 
avour good ; 
this, 
—With reference to the discussion as to 
er oi ee houses ogee an cane 
‘Instead of a flat keme ie the Papiere: ? F., Thetford. 
See ocio think 32- oz. glass wil ll bre ak : 
suc 
bu t unless 
‘oe 
amrock, I would call the notice i yon 
will be found productive of injury in another wa 
Educatio 
discussion Dean that it kane n of 
a mercenary tone. That in my o sho ad ave 
been avoided and the subject of. education strictly 
‘adhered to. I have always been a stau 
for young gard eners 
of examination in 
cònnected 
well these 
ould e certifica! 
as a: fire t-elas ition but 
i a othe hls fal if his mind S ‘carefully 
furnished with the kind of hina his daily av 
Some affec 
and yet they would eagerly read r f fi 
r descri 5 of new in 
By what means, let $ 
uire a ie itunledan of the past bu 
acqui 
ra = ay look upon oa profess 
also as 
y-] 
—I did not anticipate ee 
be FF par 
advocate 
ur 
with Ce N ; their nequiting penser 
itle them a cate of 
p 
S farms teta i 
Ea f 
We | p. T8), bat in 
of | the result of my pean such as it is. 
. the early part o of last year sown several A aap 
N 
Catalo gus systematicus plantarum miaran ini 
ublinensi inventarum,” Dublin, 1794, 
xalis acetosella: Anglis, “si ood 
ie on Bice Hibernis Seamsog, Samha veni 
In 
in ne et ad arbo: orum m radices, Lattreitows, se j ie 
Phe mbro: assim 
uld t 
fail 
well shorted 
this v is, however, as Bs ay scarce Kint more than 
two Mert of it i fruit-bearin: e at 
present in the country, one at the Deepdene, near 
orking; the oth Mess ’s ni k 
in pont hg handsome 
Turner of 
be In 
rally heard called by that 
S, 
r of that 
with of is that Wood Sorr: 
e an 
P Sperga pilifera. —I cannot boast of any very exten- 
ten ce w ba this plant, “ on little horticul- 
v is mitatio of sw adoua in bright | 
reply to inquiries; of will ing him 
pas os 
ge, 
ver prm "Shamrock, though ‘that is | Si 
argia 
omen 
s of ized 
ich w 
S3 1 
and whales by a ancients, and 
modern times. 
ted. generally 
position, pen: as bat 
the Pogo and Foraminifera i in mo 
blanc: 
| 'Thes in form were illustra 
| by A bra Vert and more 
Hci garry Mammalia—the Inverte aatfoi 
howev . Since no princi 
= to he pe b asking ane ly al tl pee a to discover somè 
the causes which produce effects, and th l tl i 
ssign a reason for performing even the simplest opera- | eer pe on a ag GE a gree si seam errin ae “fact p ‘tetedions enn paar form 
adh ise regards plan nts, a twofold delight v would | garden n soil il; n = ken gen er of constant attention in | panied Pm modifications of Ds habits, E the the 
b i desire 
cultivation bat of their structure and the por ge sc 
position of the 
me countries from which they. came, the 
he; 
shading, these made rey ppo 
progress, a "fact i i attributed in a gre: 
to the hot Sie ettir which then aei 
seeds which 
I placed simply under the protection 
Examples 
red clue. this were given, and the 
principle seduced, that adas nt of habit 
t and economy 
of form. This positi ion was argued throu igh simple 
by w ey 
ing Twitvitlous or medicinal qualities, or 
ornamental pu irposes 
the more complex, and the ones arrived 
pe a 
ornamen! . Toan intelligent mink og _in-|so as to ree erfect web; of these I entertained | at that, where habits were known, nation 
f delightful age hopes; this little pet was really about | sufficed; and it was i f of low 
It is for this enterprising botanists che eerfully | $o oppose our veneto inglish G lawns ! | organ ret 2 and obscure or unknown habits, gre sy 
aga re privations in in travelling aer wild pe plains, aye, and absolute ely to e them |, 80 some A aal serious difficulty | arose in its Application ; 80 that 
i u hy | said. M 
eae en thus aid civilisation ote contributing to ʻ first dreht k my ai PRE to it, t f thei bits 
the mental and physical comforts of mankin: I cut it tenderly rae in Sang ) ints) modes = life. In cls by a comparison of ihe 
advise young gardeners if they wk to nd their | small tufts, and planted them on a terrace in the shape eta with the Polyp: t 
aye par not m t their scanty | of a verge, where they had a considerable depth of good | o of both was nearly identical, AES ey Pos ossessed. 
a obtaining books, {soil heir progress there, although slow, appeared | scarce ly anything in excep! erficial 
but t i aie AAA ess ati yes as satisfactory, as they | well established themselves i in the | characters and this identity ‘of habit was regarded as- 
ug 
men would 
e 
t | wear a sear and yellow aspect; as spring advanced : again 
and genial w eather arrived I obtainly expected them to 
heir £ form. 
“On etna a pg Europe, consi setae 
ws of Mr. Darwi in mi a 
erm 
with Reference to se 
tk 
the Progress 
A 
dja hl 
property, e affording a fund of leige.. Tt has Nee if tl ant ‘is, as I Erhi infer, | ftl 
J one of your oponie ts that Sir | annual peta a of these Sowers, 5 say, "that a jin civilisation “dee 
owes his eat position to perseverance | Grass lawn ‘smothered with Daisies is for the 
= perebns if, he rg never added to his | being equally reo ae and e No doubt | The author ona rari nth 
an : a knowledge of drawing, it is there are shelter á the dominion of 
Si waa never h have Tear d of the Crystal | vigorous habit ippen manifestati of life. 
d wh tinge might | dev every 
2e a profession To acquire obtained throughout winter ; “but if its general | rudime ient to maturit 
nan on and aa an with a requires con- nae in open, ped ge situations are the organic forms li 3 
of when young, it not Sethia thie EMAA is capable | as here, with a fy selection n of fin e G É and constituting apr ae series 
duties and the r then ao wita doineetie certainly bear n ison. ` Should i f orderly appeura : wag 
would but te seo f after life. If we|be proved that °l have done t . aT injustice, | t low lapseo ‘geal “ig aN 
young we would be he opportunity afforded us ‘cas I ahn ll feel most happy to retract what I have said; pec i of a a owing 
-In the absence of tae of our labours in after years. | meanwhile, however (unlike a Hibberd), I would sa say | evi poner i 1 te iva 
Institution, there wars of an Educational let not ingenious inventors 0! sbi oe os nea oe eee 
impart knowledee Ways by which we might | aged, for I an ipa the is far distant beyond | established that the ges a gto “ing yearend 
a ad tbo: ig circulating | the horizon, when their valuable wid kmg. be dispen: nsed | insti inct gg ing aang 3 apse fee re ed 
ps oy ag a i Evi oth Meg i at oe rye ein ni i aa T pi not doubt the distinc maracas a pe mechanisms ah ot 
= Bos modes of li erceptible, e 
mah then roa Id don baa. oo. cof the at ement; ee “i mr a Fig be ra tine aig the nam var Frhey occur 
urce 
a ao theoretical ; emer ta Gar all ye 
be classed as eory in 
produ a 
rigid as attended ot 
in the first instance, and | Couldrey, Primley Hill, Paignton. 
her attempts’ to establish the ard 
eis more Patek ale. Such "id ding good for 
