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n the edge, and are slightly aroma 
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into small fans, 
Fy wo an understanding of | of the climate of the Cape of| others common to the summit and base of the moun-|the Pala-meirah (Palmirah), which flourishes in the 
ul. pe, and of the s which affect its peculiar | tain ; some curious Ferns ; a variety of Composite, — north of Ceylon and south of India, yielding a crop of 
What a nii to the publie it would be if | Penæa mucronata s» one of the most 23 plants fruit, annually, when th ha is not wound the 
vegetation. pe the requisite amoun zill and | on the top of the ntain. A large and handsome | sake of its delicious and richly saccharine juice. The 
to. ext from ndless works of| Fern (Todea africana) pore plentifaly in the wet leaf of is infinitely smaller than that the 
— on | written by ytcavellers, that oe i most essential, | hollows and poong n the Poo. ipat, while its fruit is much larger. Mr, Lee in his 
— ank it up into a consistent w hose wish to a o w Cape Ding at 10uld carefully | recent wor len into the strange mistake of 
"Mr. Bunbury gives us the fo W account of a j| study this 8 We had 1 some other . Aaa of the Talipat as bearing n no fruit, white the 
winter y wd surprise those who panes ipsa n limits are already exceeded, Rev. 
Cape that, at ‘the Lp gene ons are reverse nd w endeavour to return to the 3 on as 24 pound shot. He doubtless saw Palmeirah 
forget the e ion * t uth-easter, | ee rn fruits, the 1 juice of which forms a staple and 
ha: fx ,as is usual at such times; = vourite article of 0 ple of 
ermometer stood at 94° in the shade, THE ROUND-LEAVED Ate anaemia southern India. The Talipat is, we believe, a native of the 
This is the most unfavourable | (Prostanthera rotundifolia ower mountain regions of Ceylonand the coun’ 
bo g, on account of the. AMONG the pretty Prostanthers which are now known aiaa the — — flourishes on the arid and silicious 
t and drought : all the bulbous, and in gardens, this is one of the gayest, and deserves to be in situa’ where even the Cocoa-nut will not 
the herbaceous, Dg are withered and dried universally ound in greenhouses. It forms a close — me From ie Talipat l e fans 
e many interesting things to rf shrub, whose foliage is almost concealed by the | which are held o — native chiefs by their attend- 
of the 32 yg "4 oe e quanti rs 
man 
In this clump of Palms may also be i 
of the Anowe Palm alays, hich there are 
ery few in the island, the others, we believe, growing 
in the vicinity e one in i 
Garden is i large crop of fruit this year, for the 
first time, and we trust the superin t 
in raising a number of young plants, as we know 
m Mada- 
a miniature Talipat, and 
To. the right — iel 
slicate white flowers, deliciously fragrant. the true Ra of this 
i with its fine scarlet | group two others, filled witb plants belonging to 
wort; seve È tings | those tribes which yield the Arrow-root and a 
j; i eisteria, a prickly, moms, with a reed-like aspect, bearing 
ight pu ae paak dsome clusters of flowers of all colours. In the 
‘from among its Riri Alen centre of each of beds stands g above 
. 19.—Althoug is the saat’ fa ees their more lowly companions, a single plant of MET 
n of the for Co, a the aonla of p tesque yet elegant Traveller's Palm, the stem of whie 
very. The Heaths are par- looks like that of the while the Plantain-like 
tiful: some are tall, stately shrubs, as leaves are widely spread two sides an ex- 
others rise only a few inches panded fan, Till weve Yee u pression 
some have scarlet flowers, some chat spw i to generate v at the top 
‘purple, pale pink, some white ; in of its stem, by puncturing see the weary and thirsty 
some the corolla is long and trumpet-shaped, in others — might refresh himself, when he was fortunate 
t mouth, in others sho: enough to encounter it t this, like man 
in in, almost globular. Inter- those travellers’ tales of which we fortunately have 
mixed with these grow numerous Brunias, Struthiolas, 2 fewer now in the times of old, becomes 
and Gnidias ; beautiful rose-coloured Chironias, Lo- mmon-place when properly explained. Instead, as 
belias with brilliant = or. yellow flowers; a 2 = bares been led to suppose, e tree growing — 
Papilion aa Proteas, i rally in dry arid regions, we now learn that it isa 
native of py in of s 
ú fth ti sa tank The species is a meyi 8 1 Van Diemen's bi aa the ce Foca 1 found at the: of the 
rel; .| Mr. Ronald Gunn ound it abundantly. ere it leaves is merely that w is sheath - 
k e e is to be found i Eng d we know not, the specimen | durin ring rain, and that in dry weather none is to be 
now e ing been sent us y an ano- | found, 
eb. ji —— of Table Mountain, 3582 feet janas corres —— It is a hardy — Lea this imposing portion of the grounds, we 
‘above | em uiring the —.— "What th 1 : oh 1 ges, nthe ans mi 3 of ms 2322 
2 ræas and similar at treatment shou w magnifi 
w qui sus wa but it Pers" pee e k : will so paa, E tree loaded with the Pear be fruit, IJ. a aa a TFE: of 15 55 
berbage was as have fancied | be A by us the subject ofa special 1 mens pp saogh to aasan) the bright searle 
mysel: tit 1 t t is surrounded. 
We proceeded ee ce lye nore ited Garden Memoranda. perfection, the Clove and F Allspice, and in 1 e 
flora, rated beauty of Table Mountain, which Peradenia —— Garden, Ceylon,—-We cannot beneath them a planta the humble Carda- 
had, in fact, inducement to ascend at conceive a day m ly spent than in eying moms, In this vicinity may ` e Cacao or 
tus se The top of the * though varied the beauty of . examining the botanical | Chocolate-nut tree, but which we were told does, not 
hras j some p! y depres- | treasures, which now disting e Perad Garden ; | suc so Perade in the hot 
‘sions in others, is in toe e. level, =E forms which is superintended by gentle of the climate of South America. The little squirrels seem 
„A narto pe about two miles long, extending from | highest — ns, imbued with an enthusiastic love to have u a strong relish for this fa 2 
S. to N. „with a precipitous d on each side: for his profession, and the most intense and ng | article ; not, however, in its d state, but for 
“E large part of i a kind of pavement of flat 3 KL in following out the researches and pursuits | green very pod nearly as they ripen being at * 
dor rounded rocks, with herbs in the interstices; other | connected with it ‘he results are visible all around, | by them. Near these grow alen a few plants. 
Fans ate swamp y, ered with Moss, or with tall in the sl Passing Tea recently introduced , the garden. On the 
KAushes and Fern. The Disa grandiflora grows in a | through an re eal handsome an and ders Embed India- hand side, or that opposite the spice grounds, — 
marshy hollow near the eastern e ity, where it is rubber trees, entwined oceasionably with se like | a space ©. Supe ere 
abundant , ushes on the margins of small | creepers, the visite on entering the gateway finds im- sery, principally of fruit trees, supp . 
pools and alets, in a black bo sew ; this is the | mediately in front of a magnificent p of Palms. | well as of all other plants, are always om sale, an 
‘nly known locality, It is e of the most | Conspicuous amongst these stands that glory of Ceylon | for which we were informed there is a considerabl 
*Plendid flowers I ever be ld, E tity ri rank, I think, | the Tal e leaf of which will shelter 20 men, demand. A little beyond the entrance = 
2 ‘the very first, even * *the lovely Orchis et which after flourishing greenand beauteous fora q ursery, the visitor should have pointed out to 
resides this, we o gathered two other rare neem sof of a century, finally obeys its mysterious instinct by | another A Malay tree, —4 from Which Paid 
2 ; L sting forth into flowers and fruit as the last expiring is ob This, th * 88 
Coloured Glad i effort of nature. This tree is often confounded with à is not unlike the wee mat tet lagers of pari 
= ul pretty Hleaths, some e peculiar to this stevation, |i similar Palm that may be found close at hand. This is ance, and the way in which the ‘outer 
ae "NEW GARDEN PLANTS, PUBLISHED IN BOOKS. 
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8 first 
K Name “nial Katärnl Orde: Colour 2 Tim When 1 Where. 
8 Where Published. | of Country. 1 ty. of Flowers. of Flowering. eae 
ee bieölor Ann, Gand. t. 184 Peru Gn | Polemoniads | Red and | Nov. to Feb. 1847 | Ghent. 
* Red < ¥i Gow Contua. i oR ; yellow. 7 dki 
Ann. Gand., t. 185 Brazil S. 1 Orchids Purple eee 1 ent. 
epiphyte 
Bot. Mag., t. 4303 N. India ( 0. ‘4 ) Cranberries Red varie- April 1847 Lucombe and Co, i 
Bot. Mag., t. 4307 Sierra Leone 5. R Cinchonads Cream colou ots 1847 Kew. i 
Bot. Mag., t. 4306 | Swan River | G. h Leguminous plants Yellow March 1847 Kew, 
Bot. Mag., t4308 | Terradel | H.R Berberids Orange March 1847 A i 
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