244 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
of this 1 8 in a kar of wonder in 
written in the 
v. 
he excavations a Pompeii 
show that the ancients made 
yet soe pmt yet bee 
0 act: in ancient 3 
The ä of heat by > caldaria 
ent 
meaning ve! the er . Ado 
, of plan 
where Aphrodite 
symbol of the quickly fading flower of 3 all 
an rishes rapidly; 
bore his name, the celebra- 
that flourishes luxuriantly 
. 
Domini 
use of panes of glass, 
3 to indicate the use 
n baths 
t of artificially 
ssary. 
Crocus, 
s | air for more than the 
myrrh ; and he affirms that he has himself seen the 
gardens of the metropolis of the 9 8805 adorned on 
th Crocus in flower, and that 
ee Cassia or Cin- 
has ta 
tion of 8 all the w 
M. De LA MALLE seems istà be the 
an imal tree, contrary to the enerally received 
opinion that w was the plant 112 now bears that 
oncludes his argument thus: “ Is it 
, after mentioning | 3 
amon tree, the 
and i 
whieh is i 
uring eliter inte 
the mean temperature is jarra 4 
zero; rwise en have 
i to the e inhabite 
e of the abundance an 
—“ Thus I blige bans I have seed a that t 
a R artificial — 
which they were placed. The garden of 
conv mas, where the garden was kept 
free from snow during the winter eing constantly 
by natural hot springs, as is told by the 
account 0 
f their travels 
can convent at Cologne recals the Greenland O m 
t of St. Tho 
ancients must reing houses adjoining 
by introducing steam from their stoves.’ 
Seve her passages in eon of this opinion 
that for ourselves 
she s 
pe Pineapples wire st ‘ob 
the 17th sy (Bec! 
dungen, Bd. iv. S. 287) ; Nad Linnzus even asserts, 
in the PEN dime, florens Hartecampi,’ fe k 
first Ban which flowered in Europe was at 
Naa i in the pati oe of Prine N in 1731. * 
DE LA MALLE 
n pots were 
5E ei 
name in use among the Romans, 
is descri y HUMBOLDT, ‘Again, Tn Treo EOPHRASTUS, an 
age rather s 
. de la . i 
seem to have been 
in our nl gorge a gardens, | ho 
nd of 
ini e is der Erfin- 
plan of 
probable that this was the station |° 
without detrime In the secondt the nature of 
the sashes seems sufficiently explained, by comparing 
their effect to that of gauze drawn over the female 
figure, or of pellucid water through which pebbles 
may be e 
ould t e explanations be y raem by critics | W 
as 5 e shall then be driven to suppose 
that Italy sated a tropical gest in the first 
century of our era; in support o opinion we 
an | believe that no evidence aer can 1 produced. 
hests 
f | Cattleyas; Arpo 
. a eee 
Odontoglossum pulchellum, and all the élite 
a epiphytes come to the hammer at Sie 8. 
y next. The lots consist of huge masses 
of rarities, or of what is better, first-class ornamental 
| species, any gaat of which would stock a house for 
ever. 3 om the ts and jungles of 
ee che wd “able land of Rachi- 
were actually gathered in a snow 
. dred square miles of country are 
eae oe bell ransacked by Indians in search of 
— Yor this Orchid sale. 
In all respects the lots 
description; and even if not er, still 
we would have him visit a collection, so That ai 
may see how Orchids grow at ho aie what mass 
leaves affor 
via where te west 
N s very 3 
ae Fila 
appears them 
Lit appear use in which the emperor sustenance ; what swarms of ferns and other plants 
ti — to be cultivated. Another, and a rawl among them, what layers upon layers of the 
still more bintik passage to be found most humid but not wet, most rich but not stimu- 
Coruxkxl. s She A ‘that Judea, and lating, most cool but not cold, most rottable but not 
for the’ excel- vena matters a 2 in; and 8 
‘Crocus ” as | Boo 
- such tender plants | we 
for 
their baths, and that such pits or bratty were heated 
2 
ng 
we | them is divided into a multitude of beds raised 8 inches 
hrs = 
in the same — 
[APRIL 17, 
substance. All these things the Orchido n = 
see and largely profit by, has he at se wee may 
the universal la in which 
those who can decypher the li wing chases Speaks x 
which her operations are emblazoned in w 
fields and on rocks and mountain tops, cd a 
5 8 0 „ GLEANIN ds. 
e superb establishm 
sy A 2 next 2 s 
That D 
describe under four ‘ae Tree 
arden N upon it; 
400, 000 fruit trees, , besides forest and o; cornea 
of all kinds, are an The 
of the 
pips and Po with s 
rubs vith edible Der 
ergreen 
plants ; and lastly, 3 pinta e 15 Lag 
belim Ke. 7 2 
The two great modes of propagation are 
lage 
special purpose ; the other 
arge squares, of ran one, divided 
seeds is conducted in a 
is carried on in two 
into long and broad beds, receives all th trees 
and shrubs silat by layers, hilst the other is 
kept for cuttings, I was much struck with the eller 
tion of trees, which contains lled specimen of 
every genus of fruit tree and ; this collection, 
e | judging from the size of the s, must be at least 2) 
y old ; and the gentleman who established it took 
the precaution of leaving room e in tion of 
new species as they might appear. Such is a very shor 
t of kabl m have 
n sent to every quarter of the globe numerous 
pupils, who 1 their pc render the interesting 
science of hort more and more popular. 
nial Plants.— 
ing more enera. 
sa a 
mon, Potentilla, Saxifraga, 
Spiræa escantia, Veronica 
— of plants for borders, 
3 e | ouped on an imm 
eac i placed: ia in a suitable = 
peus: Ha is — to een and their vegetation is fer 
3 luxurian 
. Plants in Pots are v ery numerous, 
We for them; the latter, if placed 
t 
me of the flowery y woods o nii 
a splendid — arrissonn, . 
seum, a Co; f der strong 
beautiful Aerides Procli, all bi 
the same house I saw 2 
ht pi dee 
eig 
by an Englishman, 2 
He showed me 30 specimens, 
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