PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
slab of Hens being a longitudinal section ү а 
tree, the low rh lf of which is a cedar an 
odar had 
upper a es А deoda en in 
upon à when young, and after growing until 
the tree had 
Un 
the deodar seem a a little mor 
quent than 
slight. It 
аеону p^ testing by aetual experimen 
strength of the two different pv of timber, oat 
indirectly of throwin, 
е 
е trees, 
and of the Atlantic Cur p never огиду 
cu made, for unless of the same 
and which have gro wn under exactly Ms same 
не, ye vd. бышта to drawn from 
them are o value. We know адя the timber 
жо а great extent according to its 
n very rarely be se- 
“oes treatment, 
a piece of wood one foot in length 
and one inch jm are to ue = from each end of 
e from 
tion already i d 
on the other hand, did not begin to deflect until a 
Weight had been fe on it which broke the cedar 
ps at 364 Ibs, it defleeted a whole inch; at 42 
half; ; and at 448 lbs. an inch and 
“pete ани two inches. then broke 
in three, with den fracture and loud report, 
: nd half through it split 
1n half fj the centre to one end 8 
remained tough, and broke at about two inches 
Tom the centre, which remains permane de- 
flected. The inference to be m ex- 
periment, 80 far comparison with the cedar 1s 
concerned, is very favourable to the deodar. 
has considerably greater е = 
although when it does give way i 
good deal of the same brittle а 6-а 
Ф... 
. 
et = 
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нү. the tough commixture of fibres which 
trees are so intimately blended that they 
will poss break, but are drawn and to 
will 
drawn can give conditions 
of growth of th differe t trees, they are defective 
the chief he Жарке: of this. inte restin 
ida nt, ANDREW Murray. 
LAPAGERIA rosea at Eaton Hall, Ches 
This beautiful clim 
seen in greater perfection than in a large conserv. 
in the NGA 
ш 
t year 
n four and five 
hundred were all in perfection at the same time,” 
Сосол-М№от grown Ix ExGtAND.—At the Rose 
Show held at South Wer Ал on the 29th of J Шу, 
a perfectly ripe. Coc by 
rden 
ited 
aitbairn, к His € he of 
Northumberland. "This жаз considered by a sub- 
committee of the fruit commit be the 
oa-nut ever ripene nd qui 
horticultural triumph, and one which they beg to 
recommend to the notice of the neil as wo. 
to be ind "with their approbation by presenting · 
the grower with a meda ы. 
was considered that, gongs this ex- 
rdina: fa ancad was exhibited by Mr. 
Fairbairn, the real merit of bringing it to c- 
tion belo te John Smith, late P : 
His e of Northumber me 
Ter 
Graee the 
eurator of ЧЫ Royal Ко Gardens, К 
EORGE T 
Nore OF NUMBERS нае THE трое; IN JUNE 
Тегх, 1562, 1863 Амр 1864 :— 
оке. — Gardens at South Kensington, 
1862 1863 1864 
By order...,..... MI 904 40,890 26,351 
оол р x Monor 
1864 
Fellows 3 170 158 
By ofdet Ss — MU 224 356 
By payment .. 
TT proie — Gardens ч South MAP a 
Fellows 
By order ... 121,387 19,354 23,423 
By payment .... 
d d vk v.— Gardens a PE 
1864 
Fellows 135 225 
у отаег......... 224 198 514 
By payment...... 200 
* mm nd + + ы Mis at es * 
The nut was about on р 
