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THE GARD ENERS' CHRONICLE. 



'""Th^S February the Horse Chestnut ,(2E.. 

 J * f -Hl™castenum)of the Tu.lenes (known by the 

 ^"K Horse Chestnut of the 20th March, because 

 * ■ ._ n P riod at which it opens its buds, long before 

 *M hTr trees in the JW), borea great num- 



J'of the other ^^f^- 



t£ branched appeared to 

 gScalwhoolmthegard, 

 j|i [he borders, and found th 

 Dictyledofis.-Rwwculx 

 m Hakehi, Pohl. 

 HeUeborusfetidus, 7 

 ^ aquifolium, Ni 

 ..;. :i.ijulf 



oeuvre, the road from Melun, and the t 

 Seme near to Valvins. The following m 

 in Hower in these [different local 



- 



>l <■/ March.— Alx.Ti- i( .;.e u> : 



-i '- !-, L ; Ficaria ranunculoid'ea,' Moanch 

 fcQtidus, L. ; Draba verna, L. : Caj.^-li: 



, L.; Poljgala vulgaris. L. :\,r 





I 

 . Cvcio , a jnnonica, Pers. ; Prunus spinosa, 



S^eacrassifolia, L. ; Tussilago petasites, Hop.; T. 



:'- . L. ; Belli* K reur.is, L. : Vmcn minor. L. ; 

 firia minor, DC; P. angustifolia, L. ; Cyno- 

 jteBm omphalodes, L. ; Primula veris, L ; P. villosa, 



. ; , ' .: ;'■ ■ . .:::.. . . : 

 pborbii Characias, L. ; Andromeda crista, H. P.; A. 



A 

 Kbododendrum dauricum, L. ; Populus ontariensis, 

 H. K.; Salix precox, Willd ; 

 | Lambertiana, L. ; S. Caprea, L. ; Alnus incana, 



:- - i. . :. . 



.t, L. ; Crocus luteus, Red. ; C. pusillus, Ten. ; 



1 biflorus, Red. ; C. versicolor, Red. ; C. vernus, 



Ji^lTrGIIriawabi 



!.. aniple\icauY, L : i ;..,-'•, !n -i I ederacea, L. ; Euphor- 

 bia sylvatica, L. ; Mercurialis perenuis, L. ; Rumex 

 " cetosella, L. ; Betula alba, L. ; Salix Caprrea, L. ; 



auca, Scop. ; Chamagrostis minima, Borkh. ' 

 These species, all of which are spring plants, are 22 in 



mebleau. The mer 





cement of spring 





ith early flowers, 





overed with dried 



d to his c 



st in his voyage 



us to ru 



over, at the end 



of Paris 



and to make a 









. 



1 returned to 





ture, the highest 









SS£ ES 





niSif ma " :: £«? »°°.'6 R»3 



nt *r J rf?.iL. nt i rely of frc estone, sand, and the fre 

 *«*«» elt ZTf™' Whi< * bcreMe8 Shdter ' 

 me ^,too hV°/ t8 m ° re Wtherlj latitu e. 

 ^of the forelt greatCT eleVation ° f the h 

 ^lll!! lat i tud 'nal distance which separates F 

 T^iWhRf™'*' Ib otw»iseda 

 .**unineil« ' a , ud 22d of March. The places t 



^issjj^pv. 





oil out a foot deep. I 

 -ave a cold and damp 



_ ..,..! Mr. Lowe, j, 



E?_2SS^5*J_i 



Ladv's-slirpera 

 acquisition. _______ 



BISCAY 



WAV OF CTl.TlVATIN'i 

 ASPARAGUS, 

 culture of Asparagus is en K*^f * ™ e eth( 



i, with the scientific classifi- 



