228 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[APRIL 9, 
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pe sé AN ch cannot, as yet, be estimated. 
r,has been seen to assure us iae 
we have nici in some abu 
ndan 
tree of singular beauty, perfectly 
latitudes, and so unlike any other coniferous plant 
in its manner of e shet, вг a new feature to 
the r rich Soin ota of 8 
We now learn with gre 
reat Satisfaction that the 
East India санау has ordered а weight of 
the seed of this tree to be placed at ihe anon of 
Government for the service of Woops a 
ORESTS, d that the first parcel has alr 2p 
arrived. Should all this quantity vegetate no 
fewer than 16,000,000 
acquired, and thus we ma 
8 Britain to be M pente clothed УНА the sacred 
Cedar of the r making e =k gem 
for deteriorated scods, P Whiten to 1 raised mu 
E 
E 
me poss 
very large Lm of a „ "сара “the value 
of which с t be over-rated, whether it is re- 
y use 
or, 
who are familiar with it in 
India, strong and durable as timber 
e apprehend that no чө tree yet known has 
same high v. im as the a pene 
The Scotch Pine so heavy and c 
foliage that ^ keeps light off the 88 Sie 
which grow among it, and offers pe ocn 
to the free fees у of air, doing a 
nee an 
h етар іп N wi 
grow wth ; and root cuttings, also, g 
gr 
but the best materials would be employed. The 
mode of using it is to construct a solid frame-work 
p must be paid to getting the wood ripened 
befor w No 
Goo 
sandy turfy loam, with —* e of 
m opes 
P. | leaf. soil or r sandy ani vs gg the loa 
ll 
with stones, so that the main strength of the building addin porous, 
g a quantity o sand sid te 
is made Ке upon the Deodar, rather v i: h of charcoal, will be found: to form a erts — 
maso used, it is ex which | this plant. Alpha. 
Thu 
nothing ~ timber of the best quality could support. 
This omplete accordance with all that we 
hives ever a teers > the 8 of Deodar wood; and 
must be regarded as conclusive. 
he only ; dt of doubt in our minds as to the 
issue of the great un t now ribed is 
Land the 4 — om oung Deodars 
be м. аы, ater they — have been 
delivered up to Governmen t by the pe туар: 
are to rear them, will know either wher 
when, or how they ought to be planted. 
4 
> 
TECOMA GRANDIFLORA 
ALT H but little used for ae culture, this is a 
first-rate ‘plant fo к that purpose y be easily 
duced t arge, handsom хўй " én e 
Valuable fie sei decoration. When properly treated 
| its large, wirt aped blossoms are produ pe » < 
clusters on shoot ; 
the and if k 
* | rather cool, paas station, wt will аа their beauütul 
rable ti 
а ы 
Ж, 
T . Eo 
ich Vines are usually man ened. Cuttings of 
Kj * are, however, cus when e plants are 
wanted to bloom in a small state ; and if ‘hore jointed 
bits in a rather firm state are selected, and plante 
light sandy soil, covered. with a bell. gl ass, and afford 
,and may 
had in blossom the same season. The readiest way, how- 
ever, of obtaining a stock of this plant is by means of the 
prunings of the ripe beg eut with about gu an ineh 
of shoot on each side of the eyes ; those laid on the 
surface of a well- -drained pot, filled with a light sandy 
soil, covered about half an inch deep with the sam е, 
and placed in a мла bottom heat, W ite push in 
Ten. 
, has "the fault of being destitute of leaves in 
the * spring, and is, moreover, subject to the 
terious and incurable “ rot.” On the other jan 
ines the эу orm and rapid 
growth of the Larch, with the evergreen character 
of the Scotch Pine, w vithout y": faults of em species, 
and we have the evidence of every observer who has 
seen it in India, that its timberi is of excellent quality. 
As that is a very mate an 
occasionally hear 
; the Tecum ons of 
who are personall acquainted wi Tha 
no inference can be 1 
relati 
moist pit, ved afforded plenty of pot eee ыч induce | it 
“pr and if propagated early 
Е. 
E 
= 
= 
e cred to m 
iddle of At gust, and th 
fall ed of the sun 
of air to ripen the ent am f ripe 
wood will probably be 9 to vea нба гед 
specimens the following mm. 
are es а, ne it vis 
econd 
BESE 
Zeg 
to the 
soil when th is to ripen the wood ; and Mig the fall 
of the leaf, the ph may be set in any eool dry place, 
where they will be least in the way from 
t 0 ili 
prude 1 
п eye to form n required. I prefe 
the 
unii tns рг shoot to фендин vot 4 to ы feet d 
ge 
s 
re = allied than the 
and Ced wi 
леба of * e WippniNorow that the 
largely used in the Spanish navy for deck-planking, 
ich Pi naster timber could never be 
tive testimony of Indian travellers seems 
c ide as to the Sen 
Deodar timber, HAR 
Austrian Minister at Nene) 2 a 
м 8 „saw e in abundan 
im Rep e Himalayan Codes, the invaluable 
_Deodar.” hom n 
ths very en 2 
— 
Е. 
rcd % 
ber it eius repels t the 
to be a Himalayan notion 
PNE Med oe a more trust- 
— in e first vol е 
Pes ume o hi 
decayed, although ex 
to the action ears. 
We 
a 
Котт, i ner lon 
rabi add. a {дш ы 1 
EL, 80 
god judge of such 
e, and he cal 
18 | roots, ап 
“Th 
of 
And he adds, that pieces ток. 
ехрозей | 
water for y du 
ve, moreover, the high wong of Dr. ir 
th 
PS bound, 
‚ obtaini по a large 
ө 
їп i this way, the only support 
a 
elose very di eci 
inte re beanies ‘to i pruned about as d in a 
ib 
т ter pruning, turn the plants out 
reduce the ball or in order to get rid of sour soil, 
but i е the roots as 
just starting, or 
greenhouse, applying water to the 
it intoa moist healthy state, and moistenin, ing 
ro ng and e 
ab 
рү should be remov 
here they 
cool moist te 
large specimens are 
tions of TIME 
the a 
enhouse 
will be ed ted to light, — where a 
mpera e maintain 
give water 
as 
conven QU "this wiil check the tendeney to growth 
induce the i wit i 
in which none 
Cana 
Ns prone кт by means of cuttings of 
the roots, or from eyes, in the same | A ver 
ed | in — cad of h енен —. 5 at 
coincidence. 7'hos, River. 
1 
of the pots, and д 
| like odis rd 
8 
use, or to a pit | pro 
n 
obtained, if they do not give indica- | i 
ringly at the | 
^ d 2 
AMERICAN PLUMS. 
American fruit ge have bee successful in 
some good varieties of pa mos useful 1 
which i is, I think, fated T play a mpor 
r domestic economy than it d hitherto dene ae 
ening as some varieties no Кена 
continuing to ripe 
and bear well as з; in ч 
latter form, oy bie Mew removal, they are — 
for the smallest garden he following are a few 
3 of American brit which have borne fruit 
me :— 
" (The following are extracts from my note-book in 
851, the ——— gathered from young pyramidal trees in 
Е 
de open 
Cors Wola Bene, raised by Mr. Corse, of Mon 
= reddish purple, rather above medium 
eis 5 pem rich and good ; ripe August 20th, 
bearer, 
age; rich, juicy, 
but water flat, ‘like an over-ripe Green Gage, useful, as 
> it ripens 10 days before that standard varie ty, and bears 
most abundant 
Lawrence's Psst —Round, green, rich and ке; $ 
n America said to be © two or three times as lar 
reen Gage.” Н 
4 
urp . oval, large and very 
handsome, ад) juicy, and у гіре Sept. 12. A most 
ee 
Aut — sl val, medium size, pale yellow ; not 
rich, 
very juicy; but and excellent ; TES Sept. 30th, 
Tree very hardy, and an abundant b 
Ps po nd's = ке. —Oval ; large as the White erm 
Bonum ; a good culinary Plum, st Pd the best 
pt. 5t . This variety has b ultivated in [^ 
8 od of Warminster th for many, 
perhaps 0, ron = under the name of - * Fonthill 
Plum ;” it is said by Downing to have 
seed by Mr. Sand: a nurseryman, Во United 
States. For “raised” I think we must read “ received.” 
Rs onge: and, large, but has not yet proved here 
hington ; a useful kitchen Plum, 
an eye able for its eres d ; а pyramid stu 
its bright golden fruit is a most ornamental object; 
ripe Y 2 10th. Tree very hardy, and most abundant 
beare 
z is said by Downing to have 
Hul 
raised бойы у Мг. 5 9 of | Pennat ШШ" 
Dr. Hul 
ve receiv oa 
any rate it it is a curious 
ING. 
erences of opinion sil 
ical metho! 
AM aware that 
by a judicio 
that ie 
ace, Bt 
vi uch burnt a This cen. 
vin — me that К ШЫБЫ Кам in was чат 5 ГУ "oy dit 
means, might be turned to vantageous 
to hav boiler mide similar 
away. 
which, 
resi 
to show un 
there was a 
mple room for - when it was h 
line with the furnace bars i 
orm place, 
core fire bricks, 
upon pillars placed at in 
