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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
607 
JONE 25, 1864.] 
whor ing at right angles from the stem or re- 
m ses developed leaves of the pews stem 
abont a line broad, the broadest PS being about two- 
thirds - the distance from the base to the apex, 
in colour grass-green, the edges rough with forward 
pointing ecm the midrib opaque, or in the younger 
leaves translucent. Branches of the stem varying from 
otices of Books. 
i A ae of English ditératire. 
William Smith. London: John Murray, 
dei. me 492, 8vo. 
able merit, entitled ** Outline 
A work o sider 
English ibo was written in 
SI 
g 
ones producing flowers, the naw. This gentieman had 
separate panicles wly Predial and Aid nutne- Mes —— awe cat se i "s "^ oes op 
of. the t and arpinet a obn’s Jollege, Cam- 
-— flowered, and th the whole of the brae ie ag 4 [^ s tim hee mi 
subiend, — spreading or des in afterwards proceeded a ‘St. P. coe where he wa 
with pink, broa aly 
appoi inted a Professor of English Tis and Lee tor 
of 
es by Mr. Thos. 
been educated at} nu 
Letellier, Briganti, and others, which is a great boon 
to pra - cal "y cologists. 
1t should be observed that our Author has confined 
Edited >. descripti ns to the Agarieini. Of the other 
div tag gives a eek d t, with the exception of 
ch aracter ofa eie n ews 
ie 
essor Frie f Agaricini, of 
vid Bom 2000 to 3000 are dvor at 10 times that 
PN , but we fancy that he has greatly overrated 
s 100 copies only of this work were printed, the 
siio ale stock will soon bai M sted. Indeed, it is 
almost pte now to 
seeond volume. "Those Wo 
pure tinged w 
lanceolate, with an "tics i in well-developed 
nch broad by 1-8th deep. Styles varying 
we or uni ited up to the 
a 
possess, it already, should procure the re maining part 
either diae. Bonnier of Stockholm, or 
ie and Grand Dukes were his p! apils, and | 
me ia » "V honoured by. all till 1862, Po» his bril- 
liant unfortunately cut short by death at 
exceeding " P 
Fr 
by = oe of ss d by the ee 
posit its thinner 
paves es s with nates end midi, i in e ^ recedes in 
the direction of G. Mollu There ar 
s des eribed inter mediate between etéstum and 
E taraxacifolia.— oe by M 
y at Hutton Bushel, eh eer 
Yorkshire, It is not given by Mr. Watson as occurring | 
to the north of — and ae Wales, 
[4 
H. C. 
Watson sends a series oat jonian of these : T with | 
which he writes:—These examples of C. cni and 
botryoides “are sent in order to assist in 
ed confusion of 
currency e iM lobola his momar andi in prin 
A small v y foun 
th 
short dense spike of C. C. nb» This iim is conse- 
rubrum v; 
m. 
| skill “of Dr Smith, this work w 
stu 
gjan 
éit names which has intely gained | 
ted — EIC 
he Lo “hich we speak was originally under 
at the request of the authorities of the 
ooth | taken 
neipally | Imperial Alexander Lyeeum, and intended for the | 
pep ent and | use T 
of the pupils of that establishment. 
present edition was intended to 
Boer s excellent Student's Manuals, 
te qe it had been well nigh — 
fruit al pe slater years and mature judg: 
form one of Mr 
for which 
It is m 
as "E is with ed vell known editorial : 
con 
aie of Leipsig. 
Gard M 
Messrs. Ivery’s NUR Dor —Among 
oe beautiful specimens of Wellingtonia i in ‘this his Nursery, 
-- with 12 per set Panes: These 
first ticed about Midsummer last year, ot did 
not ai ain perfection in the pte “they have 
feliialtind uninjured all the winter, and are now firmly 
The 
able addition the d abet library. To dio 
who are aein for the examination of ihe Tadia 
Civil Service, the University of -— and t the like, 
this Manual 
| judge, it. deserves the highest praise. A com "M 
volume is to be published, divided in the — way, 
m the 
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"2 
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manifest advantage to the > student, 
rS - ‘ot this ‘kind x be — useful € - brief, 
ê compreh 
and at t ensive. y few 
t of its nearly | pages alan ere ye view of Anglo Sexo, A Mp 
ves, although its inflorescence is the | Norman, and early rush poe second 
chapter is devoted to of Chau Aged women 
l written, and we "thin k it parti- 
n named C. 
M pass retire into the ipod Ren 
] ly valuable, poem few Ax m have the skiil 
themselves and for; r own "m - of 
of C, rubru | 
2 oe cm specimens of this latter 
red by Mr. oe and 
scar Paar ll Bay, in East 
frost i uary, it continued to gro e whole time, 
the frost oiy taking off an inch or E bo [ 
shoots. 
ellaneo 
m Rose Show.—The el annual exhibi- 
= ‘of ee at Birmingham 1 is fixed. for Thursd Fo and 
Ered, the 7th and 8th of July; and from all we can 
learn, the pects of a a display 
e pros | of the dud of 
Dewees are all - ene 
desire. Ling iber ath ity the committee hive 
added fou: Sp Ege in n all the rA The great merit 
of nearly pea stand exhibited at this great Midland 
this charming but difficult sition.” gs 
space to spec cify. There is enough t Duk the 
rav: 
x " fh ehe "localities 
ose of G 
d, and at the 
same time. to uide his path ov over 1s 
at its past meetings renders this step a 
very fair and faliciota one. The prize list has also been 
on revised a ended, t 
na 
There are | b 
the 
field of "els literature. 
ant w p found by € ie lags | 
nown one of Yar 
Norfolk’ “To el counties that of s ada Te i t 
be Reap although some doubt A es to tlie 
hat Oniy y. Ta 0st OF 
we epe is the LT of c. rubrum which 
Torri A last autumn by Mr. 
E oggitt, a Lt ‘oun of an ham, near Seaton 
. H. Brown and myself on the | 
et dis won ote deem Senton ‘Sluice = ae. 
Iti ds considered i in Cybele to require confirm 
24. j Arii and an index 
hia H 
RE 
e circumstances for 
of aropean the of ortant 
before us, of I we have just "focetod the final 
instalment, nor has any one studied this very difficult 
wee of botany with such assiduity and success, 
With the exception of a few southern forms, Sweden 
asesses the e greater part of the Euro opean Hyme "esl 
and second sient lays have "been y be surpassed 
ym 
by the forthcoming one. We would oy further add 
d at no entry of intention to exhibit; ca n be made after 
ndi —Phajus Wallichii, with 10 
ey a poy: time; 2 Den 
| loo wan 
PSpir anthes cestivalis,—Sent by Mr. Hanbury, fr 
the recently discovered station in Guernsey, a swamp 
called the Grand Mare, 
Carex Poll — Mr. Hanbury sends 
from the Cambridgeshire station, which he 
any other part of the Continent, For bd less 
55 years the learned Professor has made them 
especial study, though with ee Cg of the dis. 
arene veer of Wordewortis ae whom there 
* were "a few to love." These hig her ets indeed, 
ue 
rated a ‘ind 
with 16 fine oe 
the! ea D. Devonian ianum.. Ja our opinion this i ty D 
of the of the whole order, ea for 
famed been i 
o 
aringly ov space of 
5 
t 
that P £ te ies himself 
ta +} Tu 
luta, Bab —Mr. G. TE. Hunt sends from 
, He epe for t Ligue various ways. Parity | 
I have dawit up the following description. Roo 
rampant; stems 1 foot " € € uu slender, with 
es; leaves chan uu a 
line or rather ion wide, flat € Anai -T the ole 
bracts e; male spikes usually tw 
, erect, sese o or slightly E | 
or a 
spikes one or or two 
t | cimens, a difficulty whi ich, however, 
the dimouty of preparing end dried spe- 
thi ink, need- 
lessly 
ferior to the poa 
4 D. MINIMI 3 
colour a aud larger | meat 
crepidatum, and 2 D. 
Indi ian house trea 
an the other ; 4I 
hellum; the la: i 
t 
the species repeatedly, and in different localities; part tly, 
Phal 
eatment; several varieties « 
m the supposition that the species are ex- 
ay difficult of a on lia though when re 
main divisio: «7 are 4; pe mastered, ther re are not m 
ni specie: Anoth 
pave aps, 
have leaves of a 2 hue on the under side, dar 
green above, others light green; some are lanceolate 
obov ate outline, others obovate, a nd on 
"d T 
n na’ 
that the cites, "seldom affords any definite cha- 
d, lastlv, b 
cel outline are 
e best varieti 
between in 
the Ite i x salons nd 
| roar of myco 
Be 
ho = of novelties that there is in other | 
_ Mr. 
” that far the 
pan onte Christo, ‘okt Det. 
like, import i from Linneus, to the effect that 
hat the lower rà 
; the | object ; 
the gles fo are scabrous and | more perfect fo with those which are | are 
lat and from two to three lines | more remote, « "naturalis i instinctus docet primum nosse | P. 
ina spi and senā- proxima, dei 
rkele y rey however, pointed out in his * Out- < low 
aksini ues É the better course | lent 
se 
hue; it gro 
both in si siz 
mex yarieties 
of flimsy lane, 
l o it; 
€ and subs: 
of P. grandiflora; the Borneo 
bad form, and a good deal 
esca Cd M ae agile 
"ni petals pe dris white, lip of s dela pinkish 
n in th r two, for| Our auth bore Mijn n this work is ear cuadros p ARE Mc 
tiani ighth of an inch eee etter perfect doseriptions os de Swedish s than have others [fe tan varieties of P. Schilleri ne ce 
long, the beak bei being from du i to one- cron appeared, and such descri iptions pe may be in vesafootlon pem — ikeof23 doves eich flower 
qua g rest of the fruit, asoardaned vith the figures deposited in t 5 some have beau tiful — 
d un only noteworthy aliens sent in nen of serge which now amount to the 
in year aro © Galinsoga par viflora zm than 1200, copies o! = ch we have received - va. remar! ka ble precision, while in others the 
u Composite plant which is wr plentif as a | through the silvery ba - are nearly aoe. and the eaves 
some parts of the This is not, however, all that the volume contains..| comparatively dull appearance. There - 
ground at K (Rev. W. W., Newbould): . and | Besides descriptions of several new species, it refers to | variations also in the pret some "a of a deepr 
a heap A dana rious works, which may be regarded | colour, some light, and some are larger and of rene fem 
t (J. T, B, Syme),” edel. ti gabe st Krombholz, Harzer, and substance than oin. 9 Cattleya Skinneri, just 
