516 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Jury 25 
ry LO, 
centre of the wa sir sah garden, and in one place was | specimens recei eived from Mr. shail iah is the dis- | of the Lena Sea 64°), and below 61° Cereatia 
crossed by means of a rustic wooden bridge covered | coverer of = species. Large genus Senecio is we | monly cultiv 
at ilo her d th its bank. re | can find n ely whic h this | be! ae Its nearest On the ea: price coast of Kamschatk 
wi vy, wiue an ere 1 S we s7: d : Oy a, even as 
ed ‘with such plants ae PA Sista teniz Shiah "tba be to S. volubilis and Bogotensis. | lat. 53° 1’, the climate allows of no cereals 
a f Os AE, E ac ae the The Garden plant i is “ad tp in nearly all its parts, and | and a eter’s and St. Paul’s, in 
d large masses smun gee 18, i te) the | 8° 27 two of our wild specimens; but it also has aj from the sea winds, the cultivation is confini 
most autiful € f o ritis ver the coarsely nee ye toes and some Le S is is howeyer od 
lawn -e Sape ed ous Coniferous acefal to the wet coast winds, for in the interior o 
TEE - ON THE NORTHERN LIMITS OF BARLEY |$ Steller mentions that Bariy is cultivated 
miration. Altogether i ye oth quite a 
novelty in way, was extremely well exe- 
cuted, a picture produ by means of 
the judicious grouping of the nts in 
flower had a pleasing effect and seemed to give 
great satisfaction. But to the 
exhibition itself, we must ss we ve much | 
disappointed. Under an impression 
s and cleve sis ae 
t thi 
or a of their taste and skill as cultiva 
ich mae were only a very few thin ngs |. 
that waid. have b of 
ay 
n considered worthy of being 
exhibition in 
rom A. de Candolle’s Géographie Botanique.) 
The two alimentary pla ultivation 
rarely at the form 
ar limits. 
Be land, the sed i is planted as s 
e ground is ready for it 
Barley cultivation has 
in Iceland, in sheltered southern spots ; ian ial = Ad oe 
| appear that its oe wasnotalwaysso 
now is. _ Thus ther 
Seeds: Sal 
is 
e 
vari s are both better’ riar and 
paga constant. Dailey. meres be sown torir in au array and 
, but t least 
us at thé renee "Yalan in 
as 
spring. 
en tiamachesntully attempted 
sa P called Akra: -fiel ‘Bet of 
= 
Whe 
10th cen ntury accor rding to the ancient Sagas in 
if pursued with intelligence during a series of years 
T OS UEV NT Oe ON aida 
a re from the Champs Elysées. 
= Melons ; = whole put Legeay were far 
inferior to the beautiful collections of fruit sn 
siy bh mt in the he windows of — UR, 0 
urateu 
; "The vegetables comprised “Caali- 
mo rs, Cabbages, Lettuces, Leeks, Carrots, Pota- 
Parsnip. 
prepared 
white in appearance as ad been obtained | only ripens jae os sn dae ars o Schouw 
from some of our best kinds of Tan ae the | and M. Marmier says that years aoco he was a Muciiicmisks 
climate and soil of many parts o; m to | (68° N) the Barley ripened for the first time in seven 
be well adapted for the growth of ‘this. valuable years 
root, we think it highly probable that at no distant | ` On Besser’s authority the cultivation of Barley in 
period it will be of great i ce for | Finland exten ds to to 67° 30’, or one degree to the north 
eral cultivati ir rp ei article of food, and be as | ° be E zeda cle. 
a esteemed for its nutritious qualities as ia the limits of appare are still pa 
the Potato. the vegetables numerous south, = = pe ae od ger tentang 
fruit t in pots re placed for the pur- so far n rilis t is vce mon hn in 1830 
pose of showing different modes of trai ing previ that towards pies gel agricultur scarcely 
por A few were rather fanci ut there were however iè San degree, poan Which = 
orig se re ae might be adva well trained trees | Trautvetter (a good a authority), Ba Barley ey eatation was | fa 
by those MEAS TA m y carried on in 1851 at Mesen, lat. 65° 3 Arch- 
y in pot ¢ angel proceeding eastward at becca it passes 
643°, and towards the Ural 644°. At Mesen it is sown 
New Piants. the beginning of May and harvested in 
202. SENECIO Tagerzs, In north of Siberia the limits are 1 
8. (Mexicanus) volubilis suffruticosus, glaber aut pubescens, chiefly owing to the moaie reen and sone bel 
og er to, tapeti o ovstis basi rotundatis enticulatis x - A to Pallas 
poly phali s, involucro pube and Oats alone are cultivated at Samarof (lat. 70° 364, 
zeniis pet enn 
tain, tenia t not having flowered, and 
$ J oe for exit 
getables, , and trained fruit trees 
| dire a attempts have been m 
si e O ee A A 
Ceara to Refreshment Room. 
n pots 
with well selected varieties of e 
arley to 
It is well oono that the Saker koe eum 
and near rte t. 6 
bliged Gat. 6 
n) is in the Feroe 
res a 
rarely advances 
Koo Denmark. 
70th parall artins says, that 
ceases at He ahi ig AC 40’ N. S) eee en glee 
being the extrem A n ( 
(- Hordeum v 
n that p 
arallel; but must 
Before the the eultivation 3 s becomes general along duce 
In Swedish Lapland ras 
t. 69° 40’. 
eran a to I 
reaches la 
ontekis (lat. 68° 30) it 
1° 25) the . had been 
discontinued owing to the badness of the 
certain 
specified localities It is not however surprising that the 
hys sical a country 
indee 
somants that success may have attended the clivation 
> the Gar 
hrrg 1815 go apts 
uring i 
eater me 
ley | o h M. 
places i rile stile” This s ta by no — 
be 
and add that the Potato grows no larger 
br 
n the North erie of the | the genu 
> | European TE Barley Cabiran srba nces to the | g 
Char all cultivation 
rage, published in 1855 b 
Ste 
monks of a 
n Unalaschka very ryt Potatoes al ei 
gom, 
and on the N. t of America gre ý 
Ee Wet land 
are opposed to any Erat En north of Oregon, bat 
data are wanting r e 
garding the bat 
scattered establishments aliens pre. re the 
Malte Brun (who gives no authority), Rye and hd a 
ae grown at Sitka, lat. 57°; and in Bongard’s l 
n the vegetation of oe bide is stat 
ak thrive, and that the s Wh 
In Labrador, at REP 49° 57’, 
not ripen, but Potatos, Cabbagen Lettuces, 
early Turnips flouri sh. _ The Pot tatoe cule 
f 
(To be continued.) 
MEXICO AND ITS Pee PLANTS, 
[We have received the 
y, of Napo 
and then at t the e plant 
According tonais aim no fewer tan ode new 
Faroo have = “so sl in 
As ens whatever, 
can a aay nothing gims the exacts alt this Eden) 
My object in writing the following article is not by 
any means to describe the "Conifers of Sos 6 but to 
nie. 
ain extent on experi- 
of all the species yet intredaced ta i 
iosa and Pinus 
m omar ae ez an altitude ee not 700 
althoug’ artweg pe it in some 
concern 
y M. Elie Abe 
not find any notice whatever 
character of the Taeda tribe, 
k violet an and which are to 
at the spell imi 
is ‘opocate 
r 14, 000 feet 
M ia however yore se of coma 
oA aed Istacihuatl, at an e 
eat deal one of t “the ages base. 
Tepti, h, and 16} in cireumferenee 3 at its 
an arrow, and with a magnificent green, 
d the resin of a single tree 
aras the value ! 
which 
tal. 
only speckas of re aei of Strobus te, which, 
known in Europe is the Pi us Ayaca al 
found in the por of pas and 
a te M. me 
s per qui 
The 
Chia h 
to be hardy so 
At Bogosvols establishment in the Ural | winters of some of the central de ony | 
(lat. 59° reba at a condone elevation, it was supposed bat i pedes pat it, as it ernie ins a ey i 
be hen oa cereals, or even Cabbages there are plants of this kind which are or l n 
and Radishes be desired, whether for a 
coemenn and harir seient attempts have not yet | Take for — the ho magica aate ; 
been made. mane mt rica . 63° 55’, Bar- wor Ta oe 
ley succeeds well. In ral Siberia near Yakoutsk, | petl at a height of 11 $300 or 12000 
Davey grown on the banks of the Wilvim, an affluent Don Pedrii 
