HORTICULTURAL CHRONICLE. 



_ Exploration- op New Caledonia. — During the pa 

 year Mr. J. Linden sent out two travellers to New Caledoni 

 under the moral protection of the French Government f 

 the purpose of collecting plants inieivsting either from 

 horticultural or botanical point of view. They have safe 

 reached their destination and commenced active operation 

 Indeed, the first consignments are expected to reach Euro] 

 before long. The expedition, consisting of a French botanic 

 collector well known from his numerous discoveries j 

 New Caledonia, and a young Belgian gardener, who has for 

 long time been employed in Mr. Linden's establishment, hi 

 been organised under the most favourable circumstances 

 and the most sanguine hopes of success are entertained. IT 

 flora of New Caledonia is extremely rich in endemic specie? 

 and particularly so in Palms, Ferns, Conifers and numerou 

 other families ; and it has often been a matter of regret tha 

 so few of the plants of this country were known in a livin 

 state in Europe. Fortunately the blank will soon be fill* 

 up, and this expedition may be expected to render valuabl. 

 services both to botany and horticulture. 



The i 



of the ' 



donia will be followed up by the 

 Islands (Viti) the New Hebrides a 

 ( hi i nea and the Indian Archipelago, a 

 ations of the results of this voyage, 

 taken at Mr. Linden's sole cost, am 

 speak of it more : 



products of New Cale- 

 xploration of the Fidji 

 (1 Solomon Isles, X ew 

 id we have great expeet- 

 wliieli has been under- 



we shall very shortly 



detail. 



— The genus Cuemeria. — When we founded this new 

 genus (Illust. Hort. 1873, p. 45), we only knew with certainty 

 one species, the type, C. picturata, though we remarked 

 that the plant known in commerce as Homalonema Wend- 

 landi should probably form a second species under the name 

 of C. Wendlandi. A third species has recently come to light. 

 It was described and figured by Dr. Masters in the Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, December, 1874, p. 804-805, under the name of 



"" " ; plant was discovered in Colombia by Mr. 

 an uniform olive-green tint, with longer 

 petioles than in our plant, besides other characters by 

 which it is readily distinguished. 



- Eeythrophyll developed ix the dare. — On looking I 

 over our dried specimens of Curmeria picturata in connec- 



llni-zl. 



tion with the species just mentioned, ■ 

 with the appearance of a leaf which 

 placed betwe 



building 1 

 include p] 



nice struck I 





} the most < 



veral physiologists 



be deve- 



The experiments of 



Proved that erythropl 



autumn foliage, which renders someof our J 



a short time before the frost disrobes them. 



J>ped in the dark. But we are not acquainted with any other 



example of so striking a nature as the instance we relate, which 



v>e submit it to the consideration of those specially It is a 

 tested in the question. very s 



The Gardener's Yearbook. — For some years past | countr 



pointed to oi 



to publish a juu: 

 they have solicit* 

 tained at the Com: 

 Maubourg, Paris. 

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