Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and Improvements in Rural Affairs, Volumen14Charles Mason Hovey Hovey and Company, 1848 |
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Página 302 - England about or before the year 1739. The Abbe Berbese states, however, that Father Camelli, after whom the genus is named, first imported it into Europe in 1739. Lord Petre's plants were at first kept in a stove, and, in consequence of this, they were all killed. It was afterwards reimported and treated differently, but it was not until about the beginning of the present century that the camellia begun to be much esteemed in England. The old single red, the type of the family, was the only kind...
Página 180 - Decoration.—The production of flowers for the drawing-room during the dark, dull, cheerless, and dreary months of autumn and winter, forms, nowadays, no inconsiderable share of the labors of the gardener. Among the plants which are adapted for this purpose, the beautiful genus Azalea stands preeminent. The splendor and beauty of the flowers, the variety and richness of the colors, the vast profusion of the blossoms, the length of time the bloom remains in perfection on the plants, and the little...
Página 374 - STATED MEETING. The PRESIDENT in the chair. The following gentlemen were elected members of the Academy : — Cecil Hobart Peabody, of Boston, to be a Resident Fellow in Class I., Section 4.
Página 79 - The third general head we divide again as follows : — " 1. GARDEN ROSES. This includes all the present French, Provence, Hybrid Provence, Hybrid China, Hybrid Bourbon, White, and Damask roses, many of which, under the old arrangement, differ more from others, in their own class than from many in another class. " 2. Moss ROSES, all of which are easily distinguished. "3. BRIAR ROSES, which will include the Sweet Briar, Hybrid Sweet Briar, and Autumn Briar. " 4. The SCOTCH ROSE. " 5. CLIMBING HUSKS,...
Página 99 - In our science,' wrote Dr. JE Smith, in 1807 (Introduction to Botany), ' the names established throughout the works of Linnaeus are become current coin, nor can they be altered without great inconvenience. Perhaps, if he had foreseen the future authority and popularity of his writings, he might himself have improved upon many which he adopted out of deference to his predecessors, and it is in some cases to be regretted that he has not sufficiently done so.
Página 99 - I beg leave to offer a few reflections on changes of established names. It is generally agreed among mankind, that names of countries, places, or things, sanctioned by general use, should be sacred; and the study of natural history is, from the multitude of objects with which it is conversant, necessarily so encumbered with names, that students require every possible assistance to facilitate the attainment of those names, and have a just right to complain of every needless impediment. The grateful...
Página 261 - Autumnal ploughing, as it exposes the soil more fully to the action of the frost, and disarranges all abodes for the winter made by insects, may have a tendency to diminish their number. 6. The time and manner of harvesting. When the tops begin to wither and fall, then it is usual to start the onions from their bed and throw them together in rows, say eight or ten growing rows into one. After they have lain thus about one week, they are stirred and turned with a rake, and in about one week more,...
Página 415 - Hollyhock, with the view of converting the fibres of this plant into thread similar to that of hemp or flax. In the process of manufacture, it was discovered that the plant yields a fine blue dye, equal in beauty and permanence to the best indigo.
Página 274 - The substance gutta percha, is more properly gutta suban, the percha being an inferior article; the tree is found in all the forests of the peninsula of Malacca, of Borneo, Singapore, and the adjacent islands. Jintawan is a substance similar in all respects to caoutchouc, and is the produce of a climbing plant of the genus Urceola; the thick, soft bark of which, on being cut, emits the sap in the greatest abundance, and without destroying the tree; there are three kinds in Borneo ; the fruit is one...
Página 79 - These are, moreover, perfectly hardy. "2. The China, which includes the present China, Tea, and Noisette Roses, which are now much confused, as there are many among the Teas which are not tea-scented, and among the Noisettes which do not bloom in clusters. They are, moreover, so much alike in their growth and habit, that it is better each should stand upon its own merits, and not on the characteristics of an imaginary class.