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atmosphere of the Indian Archipelago, and they 
= e been confirmed in that Mae ion by finding that 
n the “branching Pine Apple” pl 
Ping Malacea, have fruited in Eng 
more that the ‘branchin ng 
habit i s pecniied should at Pe nly disappear in 
Europe when it was considered that it Sakiai at 
the end of the 17th century, te RuMpuius was 
the Dutch Governor of Am The six last 
books of this writer’s great work left Amboyna in 
w and in one of them the Branching Pine ap 
s described as follows: 
paas in rich soil all round: i at the base of the fruit 
of like nat mte, ten in 
rowns bear beneath them certain 
s small fruits, of + which however none come to p 
ish hot-house. 
THE GARDENERS’ 
gh a one age Lo 
ee young ones, “and these » having now 
habit much as it is described I “bs Rumpuius. Thes speci- 
fore us is 10 inches long, 124 inches round |i 
is Usb ident part, and has a weak cockscomb crown. 
At its ge 
all who 
we g 
amounting to 207. and upwards will show that in 
e opinion of persons well. able to judge, the 
charity before us is one upon whi few spare 
guineas may be as well bestowed as upon any one 
in the kingdom. We take the names as they come 
in the mente ‘ga The Queen and Prince ALBert, 
chi President, 1377 ; 
. 
we 
Lord CARLISLE, Ql; 
r. James Cook, aii. 
Lord Rozerr Gnosvxon, 217.; Mr. Tuomas Ganis- 
SELL, 21l. ; OBERT brag 471. 58. ; 
R. STE EINER Hous FOR 
Hop 
317. 10s.; Messrs. HENDERSO oN, of Pine Apple Piso, 
ali. 10s. ; Professor Linptey, 35/. 15s. 
Larne, 21l; 
BERLAND, 2537. 6s. ; 
Sir S. M 
includes names of Personages, 
Du ae yi Earls or other noble persons, 151 Gentle- 
men orticultural Tradesmen, and 
95 oeideiers a small number for so great an 
ge 
po is 61 and hol 
the day when the pendidik shall 
be lea y 
hundred, And we earnestly y appeal i in this behalf to 
SUM 
fortunately prevents our mentioning the names of 
: ait till the accession 
s climates require a temperature of 60° to 70°; in 
t 
ae is totally blind, the 
wi 
What gives this is production pre eres) is the |£ 
pips” or flow 
Prost which yes ers of all th 
of the Pine A 
aboron. i 
swell, the centre is fixed, 
result. But E owing to high temperature, excessive 
moisture, unusual stimulants, or any other A arite 
pip sprouts into a branch, ass uming the Pin o Appie 
conformation, and a brood of little fruits is the result. 
PNA are paa to keai from the report of the 
are in a very tify state. ae PN se bal 
he same ssh ark mal pave F, for 
Poyoni and a 4002. have been invested 
da balance esie swith the bankers 
€ sire. The s stock now standin 
_ Trustees amounts to 4100/. consol o 
in the expenditure which we are inclined to criticize 
a tobe of 281. for or what is called “ Balance dinner 
> y which ; 
by that 
Phat it is the custom amo 
these extra c wW "8. 
amount than 
vernkeepers to 
he Com who are men of 
whether they cannot from so gre 
tion. It amounts to exactly the ions 
y the pensions 
a one female, who are thus te ge 
— ‘ol assistance e which the charity would be t 
i subject ‘ag brou 
as once more under 
publ ic notice, we 
dd me in 
it is to that | 
what have been hitherto éollested vil 
| The subscription lis 
we know; but we woul 
t | Pink ; 
yet Fito are both said to be out of the same séed po od, | 
that of a It would therefore ‘seem = 
feet 
should be borne in mind, for they iaa at the f 
f an accurate acquai tanc the tion of te 
benefit by the labours of gardeners, and who ure. There is only one point in it ‘tha 
port the men charities of this most charitable | require a little comment, which 
nation. Communications should be addressed by | observation that Arctic and Alpine plants ea 
ost io MV gs Curter, 14, Tavistock Row, | vegetative functions at a tempat À erie 
Covent Garden, London, W.C., who will peraiat alt | ts temperature. de. 0° (32% Pahi) -iet art 
pe. wN full particulars relating t lan ele: Pétat liquide. Now, there appear 
Institu firstly, that the temperature of the ea beneath Ù 
AN =~ and zealous correspondent, ‘ ‘R. T.C.,” has | snow is in most cases arip basci abo pa 
e [left a ost interesting seedlings, the point before the sno elted off it, an 
produce of o of = pa (a ora s ee), and it is be- | "ecommenced 
by either a dark £ 
eed pod, fer 
Sweet William, the ord shade 
Vitmorin’s Garden 
indi an Pink, or one of 
Dianths of the Ih Indian Pink race. 
ope 
Imagine Sweet Williams with nla rged flowers and 
the delicate cath igs of the florist’s Carnation, th 
in t E Sema indian Pink, and our own 
native nonm n , from which some beautifu 
fairy C ations sight possibly spring. In these 
case . C.” suggests that the Carnation Pane 
be the r Jelle inn and thou 
all, of the first ee 
of the dark or 
Of the two young pio p P our lacie, 
one has dog? the appearan omm 
the other is va ee a a Rest" Willian 
and. Picotee. 
certain that the last at least is a true mule. 
ON LOW TEMPERATURES 
WHICH DO NOT AFFECT THE VITALITY OF PLANTS, AND 
ON THE METHOD OF ELIMINATING THEM FROM 
TURES, 
(From Adolphe De Candolle’s Géographie Botanique. ) 
functions of a phenogamic 
water for germination, for | indig 
ee ‘st 
the Srelom sees 
na 
a dietai height the young plant m 
pring, and for 
t isn Y. of of this we 
find the plants of hot countries living for 
our climate, but never floweri The h 
Jates daily > Sres of these accessions 
perature beco: very gr What 
pa Sma is not hoat i ~ me abstract, but such an 
as shall e degree (below which “= 
tions of te ana are pa = ed) i 
rles Martins has = ‘the en inf 
this view wit great force and clearn 
plants do 
w degrees above the freezing 
re an increase of 20° to 30°; plans 
ery plant is its own thermometer, wi 
ota to that esr below whi 
i functi are ended. Con 
endeavouring to as 
e. Stee 
bay uk 
us alone we obtain a truem 
indiaani to the developme 
pe 
zing point, anini to the 
ff, and 
tities i i. whieh ie it is given the ge T 
The experiment which led to so peka a resu surfaco over bon flows, soil when covered 
will have indeed to be repeated next season in| snow in winter prove that its 
order to ascertain whether. one seed pod produced | inches beneath the is consi 
both forms, and what was the male le parent. But we| many d above the ing | 
have here thei important d d Car- | process of thawing the snow melts, not 80 
n | nations, for “ R. T. f- + =: seedlings from both, will | its upper surface evaporation and 
K- | breed freely with c a ee ee What a| under ; there is always a considerable pe 
wide field for Piima thus oan? the lower surface elting snow-bed 
above the freezing pants yr the 
the raven snow is his 
