60 NEW ESCULENTS RECEIVED IN THE GARDEN. 



" The ladies of La Paz are all very foud of the Ysano, and in 

 the season of the taiachas large quantities are sopped in molasses, 

 and taken as refreshments during the heat of the daj'. 



" It ■will be perceived by the preceding, and by the preparation 

 which the Ysano must undergo, that the cultivation of the 

 Ti-opgeolum tuberosum, and likewise that of the IIlluco, has but 

 little chance of being successful among us, our climate being 

 entirely different from that of La Paz, the mean annual tem- 

 perature of wliich (50°), is, however, little different from that of 

 Paris (5 1*44°). Many plants can resist intense cold in the very 

 dry climate of La Paz, where the dryness of the air allows 

 several Cacti to grow as on the elevated table-lands of Mexico, 

 although tlie thermometer falls nearly every night below the 

 freezing point. But such is not the case in our moist climate ; 

 for we know that a slight fall in the temperature is sufficient, 

 either in spring or autumn, to destroy the stems of all herbaceous 

 vegetables." — Revue Horticole, Oct. 16, 1853. 



4. PoiREAU D'iTE PETIT DE BrABANT. 



Received from M. Vilmorin, 1853. 



This is an early leek, with very long narrow leaves, of a dark 

 green colour. It is not so well adapted for a main crojj as the 

 Large Rouen Leek and some others, because, if sown at the same 

 time, it is more apt to run to seed than they are. But a little 

 of it may be sown for early use with advantage. — R. T. 



5. PoiKEAU JAUNE BE PoiTOU. 



Received from M. Vilmorin, 1853. 



A very large sort of leek, some of the leaves being more than 

 six inches broad and five feet long, measuring from the lower 

 part of the stem ; they are of a yellowish green colour. The 

 stem blanches yellowish white, and its substance is more tender 

 than that of other varieties. It requires to be planted farther 

 apart than usual, owing to the size of its leaves. As it grows 

 large and is of tender quality, it deserves cultivation. — R. T. 



