50 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [JANUARY 16, tig, 
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threads have rested, or have branched and bur- | destruction for a considerable time, and like the Mputa, and. sp t the y 
rowed into the substa —- P the walls, avi es or | brow e of ue = p of the same Fungus | nort netropolis, up 
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he f. fa twork others crystal- | they have bored, and the more persistent spores : y ty, 
shaped ipm essions Tre left, While occasionally the | when brow n, give aria of their former exist- | of A per eripe ie taral Instat E T 
pios xb are sp he most easy pas me ence. M. i 'B. a. a S F sA PS. PRASA 
from cell to wwe is afforded by en prox pump un Res 
through the lining me ne w pply 2| We regret to have to recor e loss Ta ee 
m Ls 5 p at neighbouring cells, | vetera “te the ranks of Horticulturists in the WE return to- day to the pues of the euliis, 
n this case should the thread chance to} person Lot Mr. Cmaxnes MclxrosH, who died in| tion of "exotio fruits in our English gardens, | 
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dilatations M pen have hitherto been considered as | Murrayfield, near Edinburgh, on the morning of | tribution of the fruits of the cae E Cocca-ny 
peculiarly abnormal forms, without any suspicion | the 9th inst. Pic some months he had been|as we have a dec t served, prefers a situs 
of their nae origin. under medical treatment, and it would appear that | near the Seashore, addition to the heat of t 
yan in — manipulation our author has |he never completely zalli od e" m the effects of a | tropics. ostoen goys a uxuriurj 
been enabled to examine Du seopically eri aa operation, was EN he | on the pr ye of the astern Are " ago, such 
= nditions of pem ng wood, o which h hitherto it} should undergo 5 uis “time sh ce. bisce Brn, Java, Singapore e.—pl i: alwi 
S been impossible to make du sections from src not only as gardener w. uring | un nder the line, where the seasons vary but li 
their friable nature. "euses of that |‘ long life had occupied i prominent nition in | throughout the year. It is always summer the, 
re a or dry- a dy wee: consists in a slow com - [th ER n and who had in the — | ki eani is evergreen, and 
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fungous growths have been at work. e finds| but also as one who had contributed largely to|this nature, and is consequently very difficult à. 
even traces of the oer Une d in fossil woods, a | the literature, and through his writings to the manage in other tropieal countries, like Souther 
fact of which Mr. ROBERT fe ad was to a certain | scientific advancement of the deer ae pur India for example, which are subject to cool mi 
ex xtent, cognisant, as s he i ormed us many years | further, as the genial, kindly, unselfish, an dj hot, and wet and dry seasons. The Mangi 
ago. t due to | warm-heated friend of a wide circle of ptptensioaal | much less exacting in its requirements than t 
the penetration of the then which are ri associates and acquaintances. Mangosteen. It is cultivated over a much grei 
very superficial, bu mething depends on Mr. McInrosi was born at Abercairney in| space of latitude, and in places MENS. tempe 
specific action, and more probaly on the pier Perthshire, in August, 1794. He was educated at | ture and seasons are very v variable. - It is halt 
faeulty which Moralin s lacrymans has of attracting | Maderty, under Dr. Marcorx; and after acting pera on in the Philippine Islands, B 
moi Ms ure. Ae: eed, in X. case a certain for ao ome time under bis father it of qeus rt ney, he| Bombay, as well as over a grea 
quantity of moisture is Rinses ely da. anit? for | sueceeded him in the charge of the | gardens there, Souther rn India, à 
the deviopment of the i Hed bees and their Bad aft jerwards removed to un its with requirements like the 
penetration into the contiguous tissues. f Ta noid Caste, the seat of the | of yos Orange prefer a more temperate limit 
It appeared from Herr Benacur 8 observations— Marquis of BREADALBANE. Whi still young he | than the Mangosteen or even the Mango. Pls 
eft for the south, and was me as gardener to| with a temperature and seasons like Boule 
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joins to many of our readers to have the and energy recommended him to the notice of the tope of the highest h hills. The cultivation 
or’s conclusions from the whole of his obser- ewe e LEoroLD, and at Claremont he resided | thesefruits does ihr gii further to thenorthmt 
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lon , hey appear ıs one w not ie consider able Pee eerie in the gar- | Tangierine, "án the “Kumquat ore Japon 
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ng the extreme value of many of its papers. | Prince Liepord: to the Belgian throne, Mr.| Be ond the re egion we have named, à nd far? 
1, Besides true parasitic Fungi, others which | McIwrosm was employed by the Krne, whose err opu elass of fr uits is met with, one wie 
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uniyersal o ETE of decay, and Pei for|time had charge. While ailing duas position at var.), and the Vine, together with the specs 
bcd a aad above ull things moisture and | Claremont, Mr. McIxrosm had many opportunities | Citrus above named, oce i 
of m meeting with the Princess bye IA, now our |latitude, say from 25° to 35°; some of them, S 
E These Fungi exercise a peculiar chemical | gracious QUEEN ; and on more than one occasion |as the Vine and the Peach, going even ™ " 
influence on the cells of plants and their contents, | Her pns ps 3 be C n jeste which | north, while others do not go quite so far. 9 
acting either ctly or indiree Starch, | are, n be, rarely ex any subject. | we may remark here, that fenem these degree 
cellulose, and UE lining are dissolved b their In 1838, Mr. Molti Sed" t Scotland to |latitude in that part of Asia our common È 
chemical action, cellulose and lignine | take the management of the Duke of Bucctevcn’s | fruits, such as Apples and =, 9 not flout 
vanish together e the indurated cells, whil lens at Dalkeith ; and it <3 he who planned |and where they exist at all, they are 977. 
the eontrary the intercellular ti gnificent grounds and i i th n 
if ^w vpad. form such an attraction to to the Palit. After a} These then are the natural conditions U^. 
. Cavities or canals arise by e. cin contact | period of nearly 20 years spent as head gardener | which the various kinds of exotic fruits we 9" 
of the fangous threads i Bar the starch grains and | to the Radek mo — resigned his appoint- | named are placed in the countries to which Wf 
thickened iar > of the cells, as mgs e t to be pen gardener and garden | are indigenous, or in which they are success 
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in the eelt lining of has been ‘beautif i iioi with © 
"of ha peel ds woody tisuo, i Hers i "siae in beautifying the S ad resi- ie supply them, ie, m. ihe 2 cg 
e | will have a fair way of bein, | 
a but i England Price to his d i 
k nd but in and. Prior to eparture | 
4. The Paik ig Fungus acts CE ag? ectly on the|from Dalkeith th, Mr, Meberosi en Q5 
y subseri a handsome testimonial, | round, when it naturally requires a se: ec] 
in ulose, | consisting of a bus a service and purse, the value of | and re} ose d 4 th th eds 
though their walls ean no corrosion which was 325l., in token of i e E stunt 
Tes litero ag malig a fas Sees ase Pe ae mem e i aet services a on and ee IE sickly and st “I 
"m as a voluminous writer, and |m remark, is a very common one; supl ah 
— naf sage M des Malt od imc rennin e es es Des requires a higher summer temper " i| 
: | and e, i f ^ owever we are favoured with in this co 
loose and induce the rapid vw he will be best and most favourably known, | to ripen its wood aid lay up a cote of 10 jf 
e pr ardener, publi nt, an simply 
d we ly give it as much 
a Mi duce yaa ago, and of which several editions ‘have to our indigen as frait. trees, can 
istinguis " since appeared ; reenhouse, an e Orchar if it remains unfruitf 
"ES an and Fruit Garden, of more recent date ; and t| we believe, the 
angus are | Book of the Garden, published abou i io 
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subject to considerable viiski 3 in the length | sin. 
and breadth artic a m 
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two umes, record i be p l 
the results of modern practice, and formin the lied. Leaving fruit EL. aed "m 
ope He was also | tropical on one side for the present, we sl m 
agazine, | our observations tq the — class we 
m and the Gardenere! | tioned, which presented by the Oran 
connected with the periodical à Me 
Lee-ólo, the Longen, and the Wampe® 
