Till'. [LUSTRATION IIOETICOLE. 



mountains of Maghian, east of Samarkand, and some of 

 them flowered as Long ago as 18G9, in the Botanic Garden 



at MOSCOW. 



— Prohibition of the importation of plants into 

 Algeria. — The President of the French Republic has 

 followed the Italian government in promulgating a decree 

 prohibiting the introduction in Algeria, not only of vines, 

 but also of fruit trees and other plants, from any source 

 whatsoever. We pointed out in the case of Italy the absurdity 

 of such a measure, and we trust that the executive will 

 soon perceive the policy of removing such restrictions on 

 trade, especially as good rather than harm is likely to result 

 therefrom. 



— A horticultural ROMxWCE. — Quite recently Mr. 

 Harry Turner, son of the skilful florist of Slough, was 

 married to Miss Elisabeth Poole, of Camden Town. But an 

 interesting fact in connection with the event deserves re- 

 cording. A few years ago, when the young couple met, 

 Mr. Harry offered an orange to the young lady, who ate the 

 fruit and sowed one of the pips. From that seed a plant 

 grew up; and it was tin; same shrub that furnished the 

 coronet of orauge-lloweis that adorned (he |,row of the bride 



r colleagues we protest against the 



hie. It is a pity that some more 

 for groups of plants with noble 



use. especially when perfectly hardy 



species are in question, because the objectionable term is 

 misleading. But like the yet more absurd " Foliage Plants „, 

 it finds a place not only in catalogues, but in nearly all 

 horticultural papers, and therefore there in little chance of 

 ridding ourselves of it. The Eryngiums in question have 

 given rise to the foregoing protest, for, like many other 

 plants of noble habit and ornamental foliage, such as 

 various species of Yucca, Bambusa, Polygonum, Rheum, 

 Gunnera, Aralia, Ferula, Heracleum, Acanthus, etc., etc., 

 they are nearly or quite hardy in well-drained soil , in the 

 south and west of England, at least. The genus Eryngium 

 is very numerous in species, some of which, E. Bourgaei, 

 alpinum and amethystinum, for example, are familiar ; but 

 there is a group of species from the temperate parts of 

 south America of much grander aspect. Several of these 

 may be seen at Kew, and in France we learn that they are 

 being extensively propagated by some of the parisian nur- 

 serymen for ornamental purposes. They have long, prickly, 

 involute leaves, with parallel nerves, resembling those of 

 some of the larger growing Bromeliaceae. E. pandani 'folium, 

 for instance, has leaves, when luxuriant, 6 or 7 feet long, 

 and a candelabrum-like inflorescence, 10 or 12 feet high. 

 These plants retain their beauty throughout the autumn, 

 and will, we think, prove of great value in gardens where 

 there is little convenience for housing truly tropical and 

 subtropical plants. The best species in cultivation are E. 

 ft i ■>//>!, li/'n/ium, Lnastni.i'ii, paniculatum and eburneum. 



E. A. and W. B. H. 



