JUNE. 
161 
CLIANTHUS D AMPLE RI. 
[Plate 140 .] 
This beautiful greenhouse plant was exhibited by the Messrs. 
Veitcli, at St. James’s Hall, on the 24th of April last, and was 
greatly admired by the Queen and the Prince Consort on that 
occasion. The flowers, from their singular shape and glowing 
colour, are highly attractive, and the beautiful boss which they 
contain gives them a degree of interest which they would not 
otherwise possess. This fine species was discovered as long 
ago as 1699, by Dampler, in the dry sandy islands of Dampier’s 
Archipelago, N.W. Australia. Allan Cunningham also gathered 
it in the same locality in 1818. Again Mr. Cunningham met 
with it in the western interior of N.S. Wales, on the eastern 
shore of Regent’s Lake, on the River Lachlan. The same 
jflant was observed not far from the head of Spencer’s Gulf, 
m 1839, by Mr. Eyre, and more recently by Captain Sturt, on 
his “ Barriere range, about 500 feet above the river.” It is a 
plant of very easy cultivation, and one which should be in 
every collection. 
THE EDUCATION OP GARDENERS. 
The lamented decease of Mr. M‘Ewen, superintendent of the Horti¬ 
cultural Society’s garden at Chiswick, renders that important situation 
again vacant; and as we presume that the election of his successor will 
be decided in favour of the candidate producing the highest qualifica¬ 
tions, we point to this fact (assuming we are correct) as affording 
evidence that young gardeners should lose no opportunity of obtaining 
a competent knowledge of every branch of study connected with their 
profession. 
The great mistake made by young gardeners when starting in life— 
at least, so it appears to us—consists in not marking out for themselves 
a sufficiently high standard of qualifications, and then steadily working 
their way up to it. There are very few branches of learning, or 
departments of science, which may not be overcome by application and 
perseverance. That these two words form the key-stone to success in 
every difficult undertaking, we have the evidence of no less a person 
than the late George Stephenson—himself a remarkable instance of 
what may be achieved by a firm determination to succeed ; and we 
may here observe that the life of that great and good man should be 
read, and his character well digested, by every young gardener. 
With the wants of a high standard before them, young men appear 
more anxious to secure the advantages presented by being early 
installed as masters on their own account, than of laying the foundation 
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