Marcu 13.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
167 
AL Notice of the discovery of the cones of Pinus Mughus, Jacg., 
the healthy cress appeared blighted, while a few more 
coasts, are found in the a of the Alps. The 
t-bogs in Ireland. By Mr. C. C. Babington cyees. | lants began to show themselves froma the | in- 
epecimen was transmitted to the Society which had been fot | unhealthy Nn 8 L6 regions between 5000 and 9000 feet of the northern Hi- 
under six feet set of solid peat-bog at Burrishoole, near N “rai 3 a have an entirely Euro jognomy, Pru- 
Mayo. Mr. tated that it had been submitted to Professor Don, the red. It is evident from vulgaris, Thymus serpyllum iganum vulgare, 
who was opinion that it certainly was the ¢ of Pinus | rays not ‘merely retard igeination, | ‘at petal ahstroy Ranunculus arvensis, and other plants characterising the 
Mughus, cg., Which, however, he considered a ety of | the ged ex F both. x 4 i 
sylvestris, but quite different from any of the varie w native | aw B ith eithe; fone poe girly Be 4 an t mes - _ in, 
in Mr. B. fe er arked—‘* It is interesting to find | Covered, genial wai air, that einai 
hich must have formed at least a portion of the native | can induc: wth, fails to revive the eae verettow sive —_ Saber ue A 
forest of that wild part of Ireland, in which a tr i now Pyne I have repeated the experiments many times, ying 
to be found, should be thus proved to belong to a for mn . lee 
one ne 9 iin os ean Suey active: 10 the Austrian fluids, bi e results ha same. t this time It noe? ‘he owever, always the same species that is ex- 
‘Alps. The native wei of that part of Ireland have now been | I have the above facts strikingly exemplified ere the | te aded, but the same type is found imprinted with a dif- 
totally destroyed for "about two hundred years, sae = space covered by the bichromate of potassa is without a a pers Orchidacee, Leguminose, and yperacese 
ee olan oyment in the settlers having: may rote ~ | pl: _ These results merit the attention of — tig are | are found all ov er the earth, but ‘hele Primitive fo form 
states that these con “4 
the bogs of rset ba 
and Agricultural Society of Scotland.—The 
adopted in awarding  Cotiagers*p 
For rth second best 
by the pro} + F ietor, 
for the garden pre: 
have in view, iee the eucione a and pad rhenee roe ine 
neatm of the 
9, between 
pens 3 ced ime < t quantity of honey, 
his at ¥ OWn property, as: being less oan ea ex- 
Seve of “tog weight of the material of the hive 
he eottager 
is cottagers, the Society trusts much to 
n of the clergy in the counties in which 
red. 
Pai ELLAN EOU 
collect the ‘following scraps 
; = > 
Chinese campaign _ ge wn of Tinghai, or Tinghai- 
= covers a large wes of ground at the mouth of a 
espera hills Lae ; Goveed 
with wild shrubs, of which | t pre 
dominant.” In another ae cap weet of the hills being 
eovered with the e tea-plant, cotton, dwarf oak, and a spe 
of arbutus whilst their lofty sum 
mits towered on high, clad in the bright green pas asture 
a eh at 
the hills, wiilet t others, again, ae aan to the nse 
sone with their in mt crops of rice, bending pane 
breeze. uring the men’s brea iefas 3 
walked 1 on to some of the neighbouring houses. They 
of vegetable economy. 
Bgeey 6s by which the np 
+hi 
a 
Bs light than ours ma: 
island to their a perfection nih Pe itey Hunt, in 
Jow al of Frank lin Institute. 
Piet ctoria Rhubard.—This variety is well adapted for 
forcing, for it sends up very large leaf-stalks which can 
be gathered i ina young. and tender state, in much —— 
eThe e cause of these changes of form exists principally in 
climate, the hes variety of which ogo not igs: on 
geographical } atitude, bu = on 4 gre) imity extent 
of continents, height o yt 
favourable hs the development of one form of 
some e to a other ya the coas' 
= = ” ORAN 
Shrubland, Ao Claydon, S —When clearing the flower- 
beds the other day I found a its of the Verbena pulchella 
— ee fresh, Lore not the least injured by the late frosts ; 
© protection; not a leaf of the ala hn 
GARDEN DA. 
Cam 
same place the 
the roots are eafe: 
dendrons—crosses 
om aiiieeons = 
on rt er) Prone D within | the garden-boun 
hardy plants in the country that are worth phon ~ poles bene 
TS 
~ ea reson 
Paxton saw 
t 
north 
the Pin ve he oa eh Senex rer ad able to bear 
r winters than the 
latter. The 
oe 
sh ra 
a sr im 
plants nda. 
Lapland i is from 32° t to 38°, that o of Germany 45° to 50°, 
72°. 
Garden 0 Sir W. Middleton 
_ te species found in 22 ‘orders, and oe proportion per 
in which the species of each ccurred. From 
these tables it was found that the following increase and 
quence 
Ate: ag a chest ; it is about to be sus- 
There were many plants of 
t a hands of 
aay Priel ta result ont this bacerrtn be of Mr. 
as been found quite sat tory. The 
raclieernd penne ora 
pecially di 
sit 
horticultural structure near London, even though 
centre and other wing which are contemplated should not be 
erected. We understand that a report upon the ch are the 
ding will be laid im the course of the pre- 
and vi - seeds is 
now in course of delivery to the ie Fellows of the Society. 
Rebies. 
On the ea in the March of Brandenburg 
tribution to the Geography of Plants. By Dr. B Daven: 
bstrac 
Relation Tnevesine: " Relative Decrease. No Uniformity of In- 
erease or Decrease, 
Graminacez 
Boraginaceze 
Umbelliferze 
rede wa OS 
From these tables it appears om the Grasses are almost 
equally distributed in the cold, temperate, and warm 
ee aan herbaceous ate s of mii 
in the temperate pact as also Crucife: 
bellifers, and Boragi new. The Orc hidacere are entirely 
great extremes of so Pomc pares nights and hot days. 
3.—Statisties of the Flora of the Mar —With the ex: 
of 
1ES 
rsed th lakes us sizes, 
f a great porti oe ef Gai csuant Under 
stances, countless — and water ra 
alders, service trees, and sedges, gave a character to 
vegetation which it does not now posses. Many prt 4 
vr cawes: 
nobly ape 
introduced 
by Cac eyiner as the ag an (Raphanus rapha- 
Ee 
e het, man of the district : it was buried in a grove. = 
alm and citron trees, and other cae nknown 
moisture ; so th 
element penn eS fo on prosperity. The relation 
ssl doe mts 2 mospherte circumstan: te ot a eir 
» that the latter may be 1 Freque 
nd surrounded 
other 
f Berlin, was intro- 
p amey in recent times from Peru 
e number of plants pare t the present day as 
belenaing 0 to = ee ~~ oom con ae been i eo 
od 
fs 
1 , 1 ¢, 
Piameieot for greed "te tee 
intoduced 
=. various ye of t the eet rat es cither entirely 
th pTEennet 
be ng to anoteete ie last home of man, the most 
It otherwise a 
that the climate is excessively = in 
summer, and 
the isle. 
t the island deserves the name it bears of 
ot Of Coloured Light on Plants.—I planted in a 
curled cress-seed, and - eee | bottles of 
rid. . Suc’ : Lemna minor, Lemna trisule arsilea 
utr, 2 Pendle _ sepium, Poctaes” fasta, 
Arundo Phragmites, Panicum Crus-galli, Seir; 
custris, Cladium a cama Juncus effusus J ima 
grum. Nasturtium officinale is found in all parts except 
w Holland. 
g Pa of the lower forms of plants have also a wide ex- 
— a for and Parm Tics ager piltec glemows 
tt 
tension. 
ch'iislan 
1. From Europe.— Beta vulgaris, Lycium barbarum, 
Feniculum sey Seandis core: 
pai 
(Dalmatia), Abies ——— 
in in Africa gonis the same cir ircumstances urs’ in 
Europe. If this eg extension of asi eta does 
any “eS € influence of climate _om vege- 
fluids, whereas it capialy 
fer: 
were “originally aitched from some one ‘spot of ‘the 
¢ 
aie 75 Populus ee 
.Sisarm (Chins). say Tartary— Polygonum 
oreesowcl it. Recent investigations on the generatia 
ell 
ticle blue and green light neces 
iu the other as After te 
Avid +h , Of a 
4 
a 
eared, yet they were less pale tha 
nm green light. Beneath the rg Prowse 
few days’ exposure 
oa vat both im the production of plants and 
we proceed 
secon stg the | 
"thes Sasifrege 
; Erigeron 
J whieh i in Hla grow on the lowest islands and 
fie th nih ont to rte “euatoe, and hat 
circumstances will 
of 
» Atriples tk From 
ai alae: pidium sativum. 
tak a Cannabis sativa. 60% various regions of 
the Ws eg 4 np a 0 — Acerus po 
‘Cer mae crispa (Syria), 
Platanus phere Raphanus Rapha- 
ea, any babi the 
Pasar 5 ~mail Week 
Vicia 
ute 
nothera biennis, Cornus alba Aver dasyearpum, Pra- 
nus serotina (Virginia), Robinia, Pseud-qcacia, aS 
anthus annuus (Mexico), ae axa canadensé, 
