772 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, рв. 3 
— bl. form to roots, never- | species of Loranthus alluded to, which, : и them still 
cesses in «ampi 8 ly Sing je г ete tate ated. The result | the attention of the horticulturist, do in most cases row й 
1 . “she “the wood, and brows all Hes tem al үчен formed of high trees, where the are uty would be ime concealed from m the top 
in аа for the SA M of itself and the eye, an their charming effect in a great measure lg 
In the Ь п this country, however, we See Eit upon P shrubs, and often so ne r the 
little conception of the effect which such  parasit m viii eis ts have been induced 6 vio 
produc vegetation. А more instructive set era ое MAT MA A not 11 и fu 
for which we are indebte А WI j ul parasites, бце 
К y cela = Pan Y dint of the ends of dead 5, 2 has ever looked = 4 N es of our Boren ft z 
Ù / \ 2 ed in any part of 
ches so elegantly and curiously „ у еш the вй 
they would be ws as works of art regretted his inability — ara those rivals 
tal. Thea ecount given by him of the of Orchidez in the establishment Under 
“Parasite’s nests” is as follows :— 
The natural curiositi а which I sent you 
last month exhibiting an example of the 
strange effects of tropical fructification, I 
ide of the Volcano de F and they exist the artist; now the time seems to 
* — ee in le neigh hood of arrived when they are fairly io hare 
the vil of Alotenango, and in f the property of the garden and бе 
the hilly districts throughout the country the conservatory and 
about the E fG are d rawing 
wo species of parasitical 
plants, attaching themse E to the рне, 
of trees 
species tes have to perfection as easil етей 
m hy leaves af p green ; their р sns commonly cultivated ; and, knowi 
flow: are pipy yellow tubes, and scarlet, ht th ee 
like “the Honeysuckle. From what I coul 57 Td e e, we are induced i 
0 „they attach themselves to anch think there would not be much 
extremity, and there form their in raising any of the tropical and mb. 
nest, if it might be so called, for su tropieal species of that genus, Provided 
f d by their roots. lant upon which any given 
the juices from the branch the nest swells, species has been ascertained to grow, we 
1 to a consi eee ould import the seed, im 
size, the ite in such a case, becoming a bedding it in the et e: 693 
large bush; when the life in the ent; is with which the par is associated, 
хде, which in үч "es АП paul and afterwards bene i е the ‘plant 
? I 
eb nb dien т i à, f mecs for F e Eni tu p 17 
from the nest, leaves the branch exhibiting the extremely с уе: iui | 
fantastical sockets observed їп anne to be encountered an nd to overcome this, the rapid inter- 
“I ately omitted to ag сеапіс communication wil ш 
вресїшеп е dea ite after it had fallen from | і anches, and the Огођапећасев ів 
the socket, but it would have been next to impossible to get general, is easier than that of the Loranthacez, and has 
them in an entirely perfect condition. The Calabash tree is one that n lready been accomplished with success in the Botanic Garden at Göttingen, a 
from the ravages of this parasite ; but where the specimens I send 2 — md; ze үзү as far as the middle European n species are concerned. P ANG, 
the ace area pad a species es of Ash were the great sufferers, e lea director of that establishment, collected, some 
Oaks th appear to touch, nor any species of the Fir.” years ago, seeds of all the Orobanches he could, and 
The 8 — — represent a pair of parasite's nests, 2 them i upon the roots of those plants they are 
is to о say, of the f branches — which the dead to, he had the satisfaction of seei m spring up, and 
e 
produce their elegant flowers. The experiment is: 
imitated, but he who is about to attempt it shold mae 
т. SKINNER), on the end branch of a tr he furrows pota perfectly sequainted with the mode ii of growth of 
ges of medullary plates absorbed, and the ridges h individual species he has determined to raise Some 
between are the ervening wood whi as been unable to gr m. for p eei Ur pé Mam зіс to ‘the ex- 
form in consequence of the vertical resistance offered by the өөү fre of the roots, aii 
parasite, Lengthening in the presenceof such eing - 
clos the 
the plants. Without these she being attended он 
8 seeds ыу ann for years in 
out coming in with — parts of the p 
which. alone are 1 of calling their vegetating powers 
into activi ty. 
impossi 
in the form of the incurved lobes of the edge. 
same structure i is › observable, but i in 1 this case Mi icm | parasites 
y; to have 
nan a L 1 аа 
р 
sation, nig such productions might beturn- 
ed м ount by sculptors and other artists. 
e 
attention to an important ч interesting problem. Teal 
be glad t Beg that the We T hav indicated has ben 
followed b 
of 
come the subject of their serious 
How probable te т is that the ced dim 
Т what is h own is exces- 
sively diminished. We have no doubt t 1 
appearances might be even produ L 
here if means were taken tokill the Mistletoe, ing int 
and leave alive the branch it had seize upon. o ing ext 
Singularly enough, we had written thus far, by V. 
with the intention of deferring till a future Duos 
opportunity some remarks upon the practica- msr 
bility of cultivating m а 
ls of parasites, when we pini 
received the following in- рв ШШ 
communication Нооке? 
from Dr. Вевтногр Sg Bo 
MANN, distinguished Som 
travi ler and naturalist, m4 
A hortic ural pro- was dit 
blem still to be solved is the шш, which 
ful cultivation of solving some Acacia сасы fa 
true parasites. There can ; к — been for three q T noticed 
hardly be finer plants ear in my 1 
than many of th that it contained seeds of the beautiful ped usw on the 
d Species our Acacia. They seemed so fresh that I placed them | 
MES 5, of a tree i m m nei eighbourhood, where do quickly i 2 
1 have accordingly coated some seeds w gum, ant d. T» 
muri al ` the expectation — you wi il find diets mere m E apa 22 
. " is not among the most beaut 
yet we never SE i exhibit a highly гу — and is of irae easy es rot 
onem айу tiv. tion, It is a mistake to that the Loranthus taket 
garden 
à Scr the ar it grows. The mode of attachment is 
Imagine a «erse grove of Mistletoes bearin ng, instead of the insignificant | of a bud to the stock in which it Y is inserted. The unknown. existence 
green flowers of our common Viseum album, blossoms of the brightest scarlet | these parasites exert on on various trees, thence d their w perceit: 
or yellow, and often en averáging more than 8 inches in length. Such are the | is, no doubt, "ehh the hidden secrets of nature ; is easy 9E 
