Marcu 21, 1857.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 191 
~ the other ing the extreme end of the | which effectually prevents all action of light and blocks , the rain pa fetl in the afternoon, the night was fine; 
aoe ont bert og oF Rhododendrons, Azaleas s the ginanito. y the sky was studded with myriads of stars; and Chim- 
anv ta and other flowering plants, reaching quite to 649. In all these cases prevention is easier than cure, | ae sles ae in grand relief from the azure vault of 
age and producing a most gorgeous effect, | though ky age is far from being easy. Many new | heave On he morning of the 3d November, at 
especiall en viewed from the — end of the | species are from time to time introduced into our hot- ap Palack, and before it was well light, we started from 
building, the Pal d tree Ferns with. their airy | houses with Pia ual which prove intolerable pests. | our camp with a coffee: pot, two t go wae eed. a com- 
foliage adding intensity and brilliancy to the colours of | The utmost vigilance t nige is needful to prevent | pass, Jucifers, and some tobacco >’ The top of Chim- 
e a th io zo bore N.E., 
intr 
+¥ _ iio precisely the doors were thrown open’ their prevalence if unfo ortunately kapnek (o fumi- | was belind us. “A steep any hill with projecting 
to the jury and members of the society, who strolled | gation, sprinkling with sulphur and ime, o r syringing ro ocks separated us from the snow, and was s 
in anxious expectation for the arrival of the King | with hot water or chemical skað tion is effectual, one ciently tiring he! induce two natives who accom: 
and Royal b During the intervening period, | in most cases, or. eat more Aco of in ag <h tothe plants panied us to urn at once a rw oa After 
howeve various collections were examined with | themselves, The way is to hav urse to the | pa mn 2 this hil we got upon soft sand at 
evident satiofaction and delight, for every one here is | mere manual ‘deal p creping, brushing ee sponging, the bottom of a valley, whic h we “followed, and from 
either an amateur gardener or a professional one, The | and when the pest arrives at at height, either in | the basanar of wh ich T summit of'the mountain was 
knowledge of rare and curious plants which some of | the conservatory or in the open D "the safeet plan is | distinetly visible. At clock ya were on the snow, 
: A af 5 ë 
ere r umming-birds 
ore need the King’s approach, jase Rees pa yor! . ove mentioned, other allied chasing each other, and were not a little astonished to 
when a hearty foreign welcome took place outside the Plagne tack bages ing pres plants, as | find some plants in flower over a considerable extent of 
Casino ; within all was calm, so much so that not a | Alez webs oy iprotetella, Chelidonsi ie while they are no | perpetual snow, They were a Caryophylaceous plant, 
sound was heard, and this decorum was maintained as | less destructive to Exotics, as A rodes Cocois to the | some Composites, amongst others a Culeitium and 
long as the Royal family: remained, The King ox. Cocoa Palm, than true. Cocci. Hy species of the same | Chuquiragua, a dwarf Umbelliferous plant (Oreo- 
amined the whole collection very minutely for more than | genus has made its appearance Jately at Kew and | myrrhis), two sorts of Violets, with leaves colleeted into 
an hour; he t tired. to prepare for a grand banquet | Chiswick, supposed to have been der rived from Mexico, | & oo, a aoa with Said no and a small Gentian with 
i i He possesses d | whi attac i flo Je 
j ob 
cultivation, which has of late years made great | the mg in this eh are vee ke her the ordinary | as a it is said to grow at a higher elevation than any 
progress in Belgium. In a conversation which I had | proc f fumigation when perfect, the young are so | other flowering plant, After ‘aca n hour's w 
vith his ee he discussed with much ability the protected by the hairy shield that wie eid iy ates bw karje. Ppa suddenly ce and we saw no 
, merits demerits of ye a culture, and adverte myriads appear again in rbd ery | living thing except a couple of. paride and a few 
the late Lawrence's plants as being the perfection par n insect allied to the mealy bug fai ea Intel at Tah belong g to the families Idiothalami 
of English gardening ; {a he had. attentively ex-| Kew on the Palm of the © Seychelles islands, but happily | Hymenothalami. A't this: part of our journey we each 
a lon peat ‘exbibisions: has not spread. It is a species of Dor thesia, “the males made up a bundle of dry branches of Chuquiragua, and 
Many of the plants, some of which are brought from | of which are elegant little two-winged pears Metin with a | put it on our backs. We then again proceeded om the 
jipan sinan i in the Casino for nearly a week, | thick bundle of very long delicate white straight fila- | snow, which became every moment deeper and deeper, 
which would necessarily subject them, especially stove | ments at the extremity of the body, sre. a “deri tail. | but which nevertheless was firm enough to bear our 
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plants, to a severe trial ; but thisis obviated in a great | The substance of these filaments appea y | weight without our sinking further than a couple of 
measure by the introduction of stoves in various parts | secretion, like that of the AS os ese sori ‘de ct.* The a and this, A preventing us from: slipping, was 
of the building, so asito maintain a temperature of from | females, on the contrary, are flat, nig in thiek flakes | very:advantageous in ascending the = jia ee of the 
55° to 60°, and it»was astonishing to.observe the fresh- | of this hate ires from "the sides e body, which | mountain side. We fe ee the ———— hands and 
ness even of Orchids. at. the termination of the ex-| give the what the appearance o ee iis | mates, aopodialige ha::ouni feet. mountain was sọ 
hibition; ai a rs M J.B steep that we were surprised at the vertical distance 
In conclusion, permit me to say that the kindness | ee | gained át every step: ing ilately'teiatep 
received from the officials will long be remembered by RUSTIC. FURNITURE. FOR. COTTAGE us, and by walking zigzag we hoped to get to the: top 
me, and that their exhibition must tin Do tobe | GARDENS (see page 117). ere: oo mam I Ag ah e A A mo 
trium evincing it did, that goen 
anges ph, ne im nee | frequently oo tently et we suffered so: much from 
DR Glendinning: Wt By ie thirst that we kept — snow almost constantly in ovr 
t we felt. no | or any other of 
cine lat alse those disagreeable symptoms described by the 
VEGETABLE rita denny te —No. CEVT. of persons who have ascended to great heights, and we 
645 ‘Parasia (Scale, Mealy Bug, &c.)—Amongst have come to nclusion from what 3 
. aay’ r wnal 
oo: aix phony clivator is oper’ few Cupe ot miga this: oe ne = t on others. also, —s 
annoy iie irpation rar 1e awr 1s no cau t 
5 insects known under the of , mealy wh iais are so often complained of on ascending high 
_ bug, &e., which are characterised by their females being mo mwe first arrived ered 
ely sedentary. and livi like other people from shortness of breath, but:aftér 
_ beneath a.scale which fits tight to the plant, while the we riren been to the erat er of Pichincha we were 
O R of the animal is: inserted fi into th bled ve are much 
_ fissues, and the body in consequence so gorged by t! m ore inelined to: attributo the disagreeable í 
Tich and constant n ent as frequently to lose almost complained of to en change of climate, aeara to the 
évery trace of external organs. ‘lhe be fatigue which. is > necessary result of uch: 
trary are winged and more or less active, and after they peditions. 
have arrived at thei wth see ire no 
oe we got higher'and higher we rose above the peaks 
aR re ying arses a boun ie view of immense 
tovering the fumigation which is fatal to Aphides saps 
hot affect them, or in those cases where the males ar 
destroyed a 
Vga es me of fiese these animals produce matters w. 
No. 12. l 
true (To be continued.) easily, A — storm, omega now came oni ;. 
in a ; 
from thee smi and afraid lest our should 
ASCENT OF CHIMBORAZO. be lost hoe aa fall of snow. or hail, we De aan 
Ix 1802 Humboldt and ino Se spy en to | compelled to halt. We: immediately. ` lighted 
ascend Chimborazo, but were prevented by a aan our fire of Chuquiragua wood, boiled some water in our 
passable barrier “whi reach ing: the rmometer i water, 
elevation of 5900 yards. ee yea wrt in n.183 I, found the me: ‘rise to 77.5°, it having stood!at’ 1:7 
e i emp ' minutës 
ont rage = mihi an sdnilén 0008 yards, he | past 10 we descended. as fast. as-we could, 
ped by rocks which he could not pass. In| our camp at 1 o'clock: im the afte The- storm 
o July T80. Ps that is M. Remy and Mr. Brenchley) de- | raged the whole time with terrific violence, andat 3 
ur to get to the top; wel o’clock a frightful tempest of rain, hail , snow, and wind 
ir body, te eee spent two whole days in walking round the | assailed us under our rock. and | till night. The 
nary, but Mani on bolh. shes, they are | Mountain and examining it through telescopes, in the | next day we could see nothing except’ one 
ho nigh s 5 rotai a practicable route, but in- this | of hail, Baesa ri of paeng rae 
| Hesperidum is the pest of Orange gardens | We a _— me and. aceo: nanena we deferred 
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es where and other allied plants | the: of our plan. After having visited 
and in ih. pve kies e Pichincha, ‘Cotopaxi, aa re: e git of the Andes, 
aa m to be-nearly so | We again. r e foo imborazo on the 
not 
ve Bes Possibly two ecies) of e- of November, eer Wee “came at-a height) From re 
hy, speci Biter Ben, Dec. 4700 yards, a hiia below the snow line, in a ae 
eee eats t ki Vii i 
hief to. th ation betw Arénal and the place where the 
e cases; as in some | P0ad:to Ri ches off from the-road. to Quito, | 
eet and greedily We took shelter under a: large inclined rock, which 
vedo | steele us from the north-west wind. Notwithstanding | ott (00m) x % ca 
> A par down woolly Aphis appears to be of the | which in neve yea era yards’ as: the: altitude 
natare. actually by us. The hasnt of a 
 Milustrations ot Cocet: and: allied nm be-found n this : wissen: | 
ara the following: p = t; is 6544 yards, and 
ec ay. accessible, DE du 
