lo THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION.— October 7, 185G. 
PINES GRENVILLES. 
(Lady Grenyii.de’s Pine.) 
Found by Mr. Hartweg on tbe Cerro 
de San Juan, or Saddle Mountain, near 
Topic, in Mexico, attaining a height of 
sixty or eighty feet. 
Leaves in fives, fourteen inches in length 
on the wild specimens, very robust, tri¬ 
quetrous, thickly set on the branches, 
dark green, and very much resembling 
those of Films macropliylla, but rather 
longer; sheaths persistent, nearly one 
inch and a half in length, rather rough 
and scaly ; seed-leaves on the young plants 
mostly ten in number, and rather long; 
branches mostly solitary, rarely in pairs, 
irregular, and very robust; buds very large, 
imbricated, non-resinous, and thickly set 
with long narrow brown scales; cones 
pendulous, solitary, sessile, quite straight, 
tapering regularly from the base to the 
point, sixteen inches in length, and three 
and a half broad at the base, with from 
twenty-eight to thirty rows of scales; 
scales nearly all of a size, six-eighths of an 
inch broad, lightly elevated and blunt, 
particularly towards tbe base, from which 
a small portion of clear resin sometimes 
exudes; seeds about tbe ordinary size, 
with bifid wings, which are rather broad, 
and more than on inch in length. 
This noble Pine is very easily dis¬ 
tinguished from all others by its very 
long straight cones and stout foliage. It 
is called “ Ocote macho," or male Pine, 
by tbe natives, on account of its robust 
habit., and is found plentifully on the 
highest parts of the Cerro de Son Juan. 
It has had its present name given in com¬ 
pliment to the Right lion. Lady Grenville, 
who possesses one of the finest Pinetums 
in Europe at Dropmore .—(Horticultural 
Society's Journal.) 
PETUNIA IMPERIAL. 
Addow me to corroborate, as far as my 
experience goes, the statement of your cor¬ 
respondent “ \Y.,” to the effect that Petunia 
Imperial is not. at all suitable as a bedding- 
plant. At least, in a flower-garden seen 
from where I now write, and consisting of 
upwards of 150 beds, two of them planted 
with this new Petunia are the nearest ap¬ 
proach to a complete failure of any; and 
as to its much-vaunted scent, I have not 
yet been able to discover its superiority 
to the common single white varieties. 
As a pot plant it is certainly useful; 
but as a breeder, I believe, it will be found 
to be exceedingly so; and I am very much 
pleased to hear that it has seeded, al¬ 
though I must admit that the inducing it to do so is a feat 
that I have not been able to accomplish. Still I have ob¬ 
tained seeds from several semi-double varieties fertilised by 
pollen obtained from the New Double White; so 1 think 
that we may confidently expect that in the course of a year 
or two double Petunias of all colours will be as common as 
double Dahlias; and this result will amply pay for a little 
disappointment respecting the first of the race.— Zephyrus. 
SALE OF PLANTS AT THE HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY’S GARDEN. 
This was on the 24th of September, and conducted by 
Mr. J. C. Stevens, auctioneer, of King Street, Covent Garden. 
Pinus Greuvillece. 
There were 290 lots, and they were sold for T172 7s. The 
Hydrangeas, large, sold for ten shillings a dozen; the 
Heaths for a shilling each ; Chrysanthemums fourteen 
shillings a dozen; Mesembryantliemums eiglitpence each; 
tbe Palm, Maximiliana regia, T1 3s.; Theophrasta Jnssieui, 
TO Os.; and Theophrasta loiiyifolia, T2 Os. The 1’mania 
Moutans fetched good prices, being mostly more than thirty 
shillings each. The Highest prices for them were for P.M. 
salmonea, TO 5s.; P. M., double purple, TO ; /'. M. atro-san- 
guinea, T5; P. M. versicolor , var., TO 10s.; and P. M. atro- 
purpurca, var., TO 10s. 
