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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[APRIL 24, 
one—how a Chinaman soon found two instead of 
ite g oo plant, although 
ers a the 
a lapar It appears to be a very distinct 
species in foliage, and may probably turn out more | least, to the 
hardy than any of its 
To all lovers of — the work from which 
this is an extract, is pecan agi 8 pa e e in 
interesting details respecting, ely 
novelties met wi the enterprising “traveler, 
but many of the now common fav our 
po oma he passages 
them pier be brought too soon under the notice 
of our rea 
Of —— — Cypress he gives the following 
accoun 
ce JC 
in. | of 
nd a 
n bloom when I bought | i 
which re elate ae sonal of 
tied a in a neat and regular manner wi ith strings 
By having the 8 a with 
y, and by keeping the leaves 
eve ve 
_ broom-heade 
a abea in w 
3 and Napp the Chrysanthemum 
is still better es prer is near Canton ; but ~ 
es nds 5 be attributed, partly a 
ser 8 nature of the elimate, a 
entral or rather — Roma 
me 
28 
— 
ucing it to 
oe . of eee g 
season. The Chinese are fond of ving very large 
een and, in order rx obtain these, they generally 
pick off all the rail flower-buds. 
Here is a graphic description of a Cryptomeria 
from which: we may judge what it ought to become 
The 
pag of Pag TE which I had never met 
with in any other part of China, am which was 
to me. of m 
About half | 5s 
my daily Fran 
among ourselves :— 
Never in my life had I seen such a view as 4. — s0 
High ranges of m 
looking Fir tree, about 60 feet in heig Eiet f 
e stra ight as goe me Island. Pine, anc and 2 hile. ery fo ith wonder and admiration on the 
eeping branches like th illow of St a. | scene, my attention was arrested by a solitary Pine-tree 
Its branches grew at first at right angles to the main of sack 8 „standing about a h ater yards from the 
stem, then described a graceful 5 Sg ee , and gateway. No other trees of any were near it. 
be ent s: i at Deir d ae 9 ju T main | solitary position near S and its —— height and 
ranches others long and slender hung down per- beautiful symmetry, made i r ing 
pendicularly, and pu the whole tree a 3 object. What could it be? was it new, we 
and eful fo remin me of s of | already possess it in England?’ I must confess that — 
thois large and gorgeous chandeliers, sometimes = —— conds I eyes for nothing else. Chai 
well to imitate. In the midst of wi 
bife climate as that of Ladies, the Merete dere 
were gaily filled: 
“I was not 2 aware that the practice of 
forcing peed n in China. any plants ie 
Magnolia purpurea * full er as were also 
5 season of the year, when everythi 
out of door isd reary, = fo = — 
lively effect. blooms were tied u 
from expanding too rap idly. All these — had been 
brought from the celebrated city of eee the 
great emporium of Chinese fashion and luxury. 
that the Ohinese have glass houses, 
= en things which assist 
ners and urope. Nothing of z 
3 0 all K ‘nen thing pir in their houses and shed. 
mmon charcoul fires, a = orm of straw to 
the your the 3 D al z (Citrus | : 
y grown in pots, is lite- 
set a range-coloured fruit. 
as various other species of — Orange is 
forced flowers, and toge 
excellent effect. I think if be. ‘K 
known at home it would be highl. 
sal eet 
y 
and frui 
uring the winter mon | 
than gi other of its tribe ; a tie rig een 
as. ere. 
specimen, ee, 
* 
to keep — an 
had revent me 
from ons in 8 2 to F Kien en, only 
8⁰ and inspect oble 
„ The Chine machined; e ve _ = Hom es 
terfering with my m 
which T hed alrea * N into E n 
: had been greatly a 
ever before see 
althou mak h I would rather 
ew, I yet felt proud of heii been the 
median of introducing into Europe a tree of such size, 
r beauty. 
ali ‘the plants of 
should be kept in view, namely, that 
the Orange tribe w: which bear fruit in a small state 
+ 
Nei „s, z 
] 
ormer emperor when he crossed the mountains,” 
Cunninghamia lanceolata would seem to be a 
3 finer thing than in this country it is believed 
a The s s of the mountains here were clothed 
with d sages of the lance-leaved Pine (Cun- 
ringhamis: lanceolata). This was the first — 1 
had seen this Fir tree of sufficient size keki 
— for its timber. Many o ker 5 — 
80 feet in height, and 3 straight. 
om Mr. For- 
pon the main object of it, namely, 
Tea countries of Chi d the 
excellent — details :— 
85 The method of cultivating 
China is as follows :—Cuttin: 
y 
7 of lakes or ponds, where 
y grows. It is then laid 
N 8 m wlien it is 
taken from the cr 
first instance, from 
the Nelumbium s Bee ater- 
up to dry and pul 
ixed ook fie night-soil ta 
n garden heap of this kind 
ius! laid up for some time and frequently turne do over, 
M 
ure. 
Water, taken acd —.— the 7 is liberally supplied 
— 
its effects are visible in 
* which cover bee plants. 
ts into nice com bushes, 
8 à 
he n 
em; this is l to . 
„after the 
in which the author executed a delicate and some- 
what dangerous task, we shall have something to 
n 
BEDDING PLANTS IN TURF. 
establishments of eee 1 thousands 
lants are generally required for embellishing 
d if 
r requi 
as regards cultivation, so 4 
I find i that plants in turf — a involve 80 rch 
y do in pots. the 
in very dry avy weather they require ‘watering 
ares sometimes pete 
8 „ 
ch they small 
were as 
tepid water 
0 — 1 Should have 
asked at ae hands 8 have been to be allowed to — e eam 
the character of the na, 
Tea tanita of India, and upon the able manner | as 
eal 
d pad pi r patie and 
—— placed near ia glass, 
ss Aig 
ri 
er thy tay, d be atte 
eee 
only need it once a week, the roots ha > ee 
at comman ore food at 
1 wateri Bed Pn but in hes 
it sain i emery * and some may no nie water el 
at the me. sha 
Th ted o ee, 3 that I 
pagate the — ee n of my bedding stuff on 
vinery border, covering the 3 we the 
tops of hand-glasses ; hemi are 
br 2 5 in, and the are never mov 
— oe uous moisture), until the 
. rectly the plants begin to 
to gr are pinche ver off t o ensure a sturd 
ina eable condition, I pre frames | 
their niamm pin In these Tapaa with artificial cial heat, by 
— 9 the oe on and ee tee the surface’ 
to the warming influence of the su Shallow turf. 
| 
| 
d growi ng, the re co i 
stopped, — plenty mie = is given to 1 them — 
To 
rapid grow 
ete l ariy in the afternoon, ra a slight srl 
over "i ee 
t sppeutitls s pro section is dispensed wit 
When that period arri — — sods are cut 
and lent entire, giving a 
if possible, dull cloudy | 
is gen 
prevent — George 
Manor House, Lee. 
RONDELETIA — MAJOR. 
this 
Tue brillian er pag a 
are inf 
te at hand ready to be 
— wing tem 
it [can be api done, 
bottom hea t of from 80° . 
„ but it wil 
healthy root action, a 
When the plan 
— — 
aer over head freq 
r to —.— aie ry carefully, 
— — in bottom h 
whether the er is dry. below 
water. or dang pit, v 
bogey 
and temperature of maen 70° c 
i ‘he most suitable ah sha 2 1 
ason's —— a slight shade 
for a few in the middle 
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