THE ILLUSTRATION IIORTICOLE. 



petual flowering v ; ,ri 



ty of the common Thorn Acacia or 



False. \.- ;l ,-i; ■A>i;,.f,;„;„ l 



s.-tuin-nrwin). This remarkable variety 



was obtained by Mi 



Dnron8set, gardener at Genouilly, 



Saone-and-Loire; th( 



successive i»roduction of flowers is 



constant This is a 



peat acquisition for our parks and 



gardens, especially a 



it is equally as hardy as the type, 



from u hich, moreover 



, it differs very little in other char- 



— The Li li is. — 



We would recommend reading the 



excellent illustrated at 



I descriptive article on Lilies in " The 



Garden „ for April 1 



i, 1 ■>:."). it comprises all the species 



known, and is an ep 



tome of Mr. Baker's latest labours in 



they have just 1 

 for transplantifl 



so much superior to all 

 solouring, that we cannot 

 [he month of May, when 

 growth, is the best time 



eeicea at Kew. — This 

 lias recently flowered in 

 of more interest to the 

 account of its peculiar 



— Atlantic Island Plants. - The valuable and inte- 

 resting collection of dried plants gathered by the late Rev. 

 Ii. T. I.ouv in the Canary Islands, Cape Verd Islands, etc., 

 are to be divided between the British Museum and Kew 

 Herbariums, the Litter taking all single specimens. 



— CoBDYLINE INDIVISA FLOWERING IN THE OPEN AlR. — 



According to Mr. J. D. Mitchell, in " The Garden „ this 

 plant was finely in bloom about the middle of June in the 

 nursery of Mr. Simmons, at Falmouth in Cornwall. It has 

 been planted about ten years, and it is about as many feet 

 high. The flower-spike is described as being about 3 feet in 

 length and 2 \ feet in diameter. Last year we saw specimens 

 of a australis from a plant 14 feet high in Ireland ; and 

 there is no doubt of the perfect hardiness of both of these 

 ornamental plants in the south-western parts of the King- 

 dom. Should an unusually severe winter kill them to the 

 ground they will throw up again from the root. 

 — The Sumbul Plant. — A fine specimen of Euryan- 



gium Sumbul about 7 feet high is coming into flower at 

 Kew. It is a biennial with elegantly cut leaves which however 

 it loses when it throws up its flower-stem. It is probably a 

 species of Ferula. It yields the Sumbul or Musk Root of 

 central Asia. 



— Obituary. — It is with deep regret that we chronicle 

 the death of Mr. Thuret, of Antibes, one of the most dis- 

 tinguished botanists of Europe. This sad news will be 

 received with universal sympathy for his faithful friend and 

 coadjutor, Mr. Bornet. His death happened at his charming 

 residence near Antibes , where we visited him last April , 

 when he was full of health , and it was so unexpected that 

 the whole household was thunder struck. As a cryptogamist 

 Mr. Thuret had reached the first rank among living botanists, 

 and his discoveries in the reproduction of sea-weeds will 

 retain this honourable position for his name so long as 

 science is cultivated. 



Another name, that of Mr. Daniel Hanbury, familiar to 

 almost all botanists in England , and widely known all over 

 the world, has to be recorded in our death roll. It was with 

 painful surprise that we heard of his rather sudden death 

 on April 20, though he had been suffering from fever for 

 some days. He was an enthusiatic horticulturist, and science 

 is greatly indebted to him for his successful efforts in dis- 

 covering the sources of many valuable drugs and other 

 vegetable products. He did not long survive the completion 

 of the important work on pharmacography conjointly edited 

 by him and Prof. Fliickiger, of Strasburg. His genial, amia- 

 ble disposition will never be forgotten by those who had 

 the pleasure of his acquaintance. 



— Destruction of the Phylloxera. — The commis- 

 sion charged with the award of the prize of 300,000 francs, 

 offered by the French Government for the discovery of an 

 effectual and practical remedy against this scourge, has 

 recently decided that it should not be given this year. How- 

 ever, we are told that a remedy has been found, and it. is 

 reported to consist of a mixture of sulpho-carbonates, alkalies 

 and manure. Mr. Dumas recently made it public, and it has 

 given rise to much talk. Before long we shall be in a position 

 to judge of its merits. 



E. A. and W. B. H. 



