718 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [N° 44. 
of the bro rown, dry, withered condition of his leaves, that 
one cannot doubt that — were in that condition 
sup- 
which we call dead, and fro’ — = is aoe 
ed le staf nono In an on—for 
not mean to rene ussion— 
- to o 
thanks to rey Radfo ord ay bis bling ee to viel 
his Bay-tree, but it is obvi nal in on mn 
BY sot need to be ~. 
now woul I be use tates Ir. R ost 
ae ary speak it repens and I ho 
pe a * withon 
anger of na cion of discourtesy—how fallacies presi 
into investigations of every sort, a hat very accurate 
observers are “am ed, by haste, accident, or ill-recol- 
lected ry re to- ‘slice 4 in facts w hich os ard. 
turn ou é false. Mr. R. believes himself to be in 
thi 
sabi fe a true fact, and you think he sas 
ju 
nds for so believing. Repeated observations and 
more similar facts are required to invalidate your conclu- | 
sions.—P. P. 
Paullovnia Imperialis—It would "a appear, | from your | 
pirarehnen Phi ilip ay ., White ae — sr nis 
1 
a 
5 
ie 
Bloomsbury, eye Tas Parker stalk eneeen s Capes 
Lass arg _ 
last Number, that some persons offering Catalp 
Paullovnia imperialis ; they are, however, very different 
ee 
foliaged plants ach 
e 
other after bei ing. once seen 5 but I very much Seam 
to ‘scatter woud» ashes ; } athe correspondent was strenu- 
en 
a we gas-works is str ron ely recommende 
% fe us 
fara 
valuable with Catalpa as a hardy ornamental tr 
and 
am at present very dubious about . Soe park 
T I 
hardy. Those I saw in Paris were sheltered the last 
winter ; but should it co ae Peco es aig of plants 
which are not growing very scarcely larger than 
those of Catalpa therefore ist foliage ~~ wat mec 
a distinct feats re in scenery. Some of the 
plants I saw had made soft pithy growths of ten feet, per 
these strong shoots had very large leaves, bu it saw none 
Sas 
r when i was born i in Parisi in the | 
beg inning 
pees Si from the point s of the shoots ; thes 
ould not 
arrive at perfection before winter. If this, therefore, is is 
pla on 
Ss ‘Lim will k 
worms, ial will not make grass grow. Ammoniacal lignoe 
gr 
baby reese the latter, which is of no ” permanent con- 
sequence. | 
Polat 
THE Soci mth held a Eee mee! ies = Fedex evening, 
rampor ‘ockerm , LL.B., Bos. 
.U. S.5 “Brof. BP, Vache, Geneva. Phe tcliowing gentlemen 
—D 
the fay ured climate of Fra tt 
in aut atieuls 
here Sacre) we have frequently trot | in Anat and te 
e Paullovnia. are actual merits of the 
® 
pagation —_ i Dahlia by cuttings or_sucker: 
On anes Eaigé Evergreens.— Autumn being the 
season t that gardeners generally prefer for angie: F bite 
eps to offer the results of my own 
nce. 
Having several . us ki with On frost last “eclites 
a a most conspicuous parts of. the garden, we waited 
would recover,— 
f they w | 
bat, ae they « did hot, my, employer | wished to have 
t 
; ts high 
price: cannot long ce: ag be being equally ae of pro- 
ers from the 
between a reproductive cell anit 
distinct (as in rd in 
bla 
in the ene of the orginal 
believe, with Dr. B: 
cells 
cyto 
and after attempting, but in vain, to defer it till the 
poured water into it till it was a complete puddle, so that 
when ea ball of the pnw was put into it, it oy on 
and fi of the ground 
led the sides all round The surface 
very ee at the sees a ft the summer, we gave them 
mediately, on Bisa have made three times the progres 
oved, 
and Hollies at same time w ith € equal success, while 
a Ch ws 
They began to grow im- 
exhales, one) by the upper ; and this first-formed  Fraanins: expan- 
i i ast rm of the 
into a membranous expansi: ion oy 
Lie of this is femporay 
nm Lane 
hee 
ue ov 
already prepared but the nisus of development remains the : 
The fir also, on of 
October have never properly whoered: From this I am 
ibe ies 
Ev vergreens. s they begin to grow immediately, and get 
that support “which the leaves 5 require ; whereas when 
the gro all.— Robert Towers, 
Gr. 0 P. Wee erhou. $e, Esq., 4 igburgh, near Liverpool. 
ency of Plants to seek ‘Light. —The experiment 
of a correspondent, recommended at page 686, it is quite 
it be inco er 35 
obvious, must ive = followed out by “a 
ae mie ind plants, @ one, as sug- 
Pssconle ire oto to ‘be iri constantly ~_ 
Sea bys inverted oe funnels, ha apertur 
he top; theo nels of Pexacyo corres seiaii 
interi or ferret le of goo The 
ih id i cases ; those of glass 
peing closed at the ‘angles with zine, as offerin g in the 
embrane. 
ae as to Caister the alb orks 6 
mon opinion is, that the layers extend 
from 
lead. _Another condition i is requisite in the fen. of the 
. me ge 
bee: as the Rarer at ¢ compariso: cnetuee en 
a umetes of development holds good toa remarkable extent. 
i anins 
aediobed, fad as the se ae 
The aE 
as anal pollen. 
from the male bpm upon at female a the only difference 
ined germs get access to 
- along with the uncovered plants, as mere matter of -curi- 
ae It is quite evident that no aplerervbrsneg can be in- 
ee the ncov 
hire fliateds ould: sein to x uncsual height 
pipiciacarps Age 
Aer — wig ropes eaen for — Goose- 
ving arrived, “A Townsm ends that 
no tins aioe be lost, as plata now wither will make 
w roots before the frost sets in. 
a is that described im p. 53; ota eae aI 
quantity of fine ~— should be placed on the roots, and 
Gearwarile & Is ayer of cow-dung. Tn | g list 
twelve Siniotics ar : Seem which tae ob- 
each class 
tained the greatest saber of prizes sagpeiecmen: ‘ 
—Wairz—Eagle, Tally-ho, Ostrich, Freedom, Cossack, | | 
. In the Radiata, the inal membi 
stitutes the | Somme canis and ‘internal Sigec antes of the 
the one, for instance, 
rly the sa: the case in the Mollusca. inane 
form lof the pie layer of the Cepuice membrane ; aia 
er ae by its in eg — the intestinal canal, 
prolong: 
ip 
forms the | integument of the abdomen, and probably the = cies 
apparatus; but the higher class of organsare a fem roo sy te 
this at a very pea period. a ‘is grade is, in some respects, 
Pp at 
riod; and o s 
germinal membrane is employed i cee permanent praner Ai 
This corresponds with the = history’ & the development of the 
a: 
Il. Notice of some remains from a supposed Submarine 
on the boca near : Hartlepool, Durham. By Mr. W.C. Trevelyan 
f 
a) 
seems identical with 3. Zebrina. a Bian venusta: a aa 
i ic Gai 
Rus: ¢ the 
the specimen from the n DETeery of Messrs. James Dickson and 
Sons. 14. Pentstemon gentianoides, coccinea. said to be a mule 
produced in _ British Gardens, but not re from P. 
nae which is said to have been raised from imported 
eed. They are pro ie mere seedling a rag oF P. gentia- 
eebioe Bae [ni more surendid than the old form, which was also 
exhibited as a contrast. 15. Cattleya crispa, in splendid ‘flows. 
16. Nepenthes distilatoeia mas: a seedlin _ three years old, and 
with, scare! 
ver. There 
are several other equally precocious ‘specimens in the stove of 
Messrs. Janfes Dickson and Sons, from whence the specimen ex- 
ni! 
IV. Account of results obtained from the forcible bending down 
of the branches of certain Greenhouse and Stove Plants, By 
James M‘Nab. He commenced by noticing the practice resorted 
to with the Pear and other fruit trees, by sr set bag branches 
in a dependent position in order to obtaim fruit a a 
comparatively few flowers. The example quoted to israte this 
class was the Diplacus puniceus, ~ a ruticose p! native 
en lowering. By an 
middle of May hada very beautifu and con tie 
produ cing its flowers aeely hs the end of July. By this time ad 
points of those ren. the t down had risen one foot above 
glo gems formed to ay wnibe a second time tied down, 
y them cd 
i to. 
succession long tinuance of any sap te 
be pe sy without ose: a 2, Sabouee hea’ 
) nL Jing- 
bai oon ra be abr gree Dicey - 
house in 
