ON CONIFEROUS STOCKS. 49 



45. Thdhdbee — Large and long, yellow, has small date stones ; 

 ripens early. 



46. Laghoiil — Small and filbert-shaped, red, reteb, sweet ; soon 

 ripe. 



The Arabic of the Names of the Dates. 



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Observation. — In Soudan the Date-Palms have flowers, ripe 

 and unripe dates, reteb and belah, all at the same time, appa- 

 rently a vitiated state of growth. Many of the fruit trees of 

 North Africa, as Oranges, have also a diseased growth in Soudan, 

 and bear no fruit. 



VI. — On Coniferous Stocks. By John Saul, Durdham Down 

 Nurserj', Bristol. 

 (Communicated Nov. 29, 1850.) 

 Conifers are very largely cultivated in the present day — a cir- 

 cumstance not to be wondered at, if we consider their value as 

 timber trees, or their extreme beauty as ornamental objects either 



* By the kindness of an Arabic scholar the following list of the preceding 

 names is given in European characters : — 



l.Tasifet; 2. Lughir; 3. Lumreer; 4. Atalees; 5. Lukaib; 6. Al koka 

 7. Subeer; 8. Sulooloo ; 9. Ataiyat; 10. Al Furtakiio ; 11. Assaloora 

 12. Teebat-beluh; 13. Al kiaf; 14. Unfoosh; 1.5. Tinfakh; 16. Loureek 

 17. Lufool ; 18. Luhjab ; 19. Al khadhar ; 20. Lumzoogh ; 21. Al Hafiz 

 22. Lufneer; 23 Itukdaf; 24. Infuzawee ; 25. Mukarus ; 26. Al fae 

 27. Baiooz ; 28. Lukdeer; 29. Al khumaj ; 30. Asba-aroos ; 31. Loukulee 

 32. Taloot; 33. Tiyab ; 34. Al-sunbilbil ; 35. Tamuskul; 36. Kurbawee 

 37. Mukmuk; 38. Sanaal; 39. Kurafus; 40. Kurtawee; 41. Burnee 

 42. Zuhubee. 



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