The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . reolum grandiflorum, pretty ; aspecies of Tropceoluni from Peru, evidently a badvariety of T. brachyceras ; with Gompholobium poly-morphum, and Azalea indica alba.—Mr. Jack, gr. toG. H. Loraine, Esq., produced a fine Gesnera zebrinain good bloom ; Azalea Gladstanesii; and very prettyplants of Bossicea linifolia, and Aphelexis humilis.—Mr. Glendinning. of Chiswick Nursery, sent a niceplant of Pimelea , with immense heads ofbloom ; Boronia pinnata, pretty ; and a large plant ofErica rubro-calyx.—Mr. Taylor, gr. to J. Coster, Esq.,of
The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . reolum grandiflorum, pretty ; aspecies of Tropceoluni from Peru, evidently a badvariety of T. brachyceras ; with Gompholobium poly-morphum, and Azalea indica alba.—Mr. Jack, gr. toG. H. Loraine, Esq., produced a fine Gesnera zebrinain good bloom ; Azalea Gladstanesii; and very prettyplants of Bossicea linifolia, and Aphelexis humilis.—Mr. Glendinning. of Chiswick Nursery, sent a niceplant of Pimelea , with immense heads ofbloom ; Boronia pinnata, pretty ; and a large plant ofErica rubro-calyx.—Mr. Taylor, gr. to J. Coster, Esq.,of Streatham, was also a contributor in this class. The collections of ^, thougli numerous,were scarcely so rich in fine specimens as in May 1844,a difference, no doubt, attributable to the impossibilityof getting them forward during the late cold and sun-less weather ; we must except, however, a single speci-men of Saccolabium guttatum, represented in the wood-cut, and perhaps the finest specimen of the kind ever ,^ts>A^ £iT7-\. seen. It wassent by Mr. Roe, gr. to Blandy, Esq.,of High Grove, near Reading, and was growing in acircular wire basket, 3 feet in diameter, and about1 foot deep. This basket was filled with Sphagnum, inthe centre of which the plant was placed, spreadinggracefully to the sides, its elegant flowers recliningupon the Moss. This was possibly the most remark-able feature of the Exhibition.—Mr. Basset, gr. to R. , Esq., contributed a beautiful plant of thelovely Aerides odoratum; Mr. Green, a Dendrobiumpulchellum, quite a mass of flowers, and Messrs. Booth,of the Flotbeck Nurseries, Hambui-gh, a small plant,not remarkable for its beauty, of the rare Odonto-glossum cordatum.—From Mr. Cameron, of the Bir-mingham Botanical Garden, was a rare plant, bloomingfor the first time in Europe, ctf Chlorsea chrysantha, aplant inhabiting the hills of Chili. It has bright richyellow flowers, and the habit of a European Orchis.—Inthe
Size: 1824px × 1369px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, bookidg, booksubjecthorticulture
