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bending beneath. a load of sn ^" ow. Too o had breadth, and sunt — » EM me — . [emen e. ta bares ei ae Md ion: e 
been accustomed only to Palm cde in the com-|less; and walks of eonvenient size separate the beds, 
hothouses of a cold ilmto, ib sight was very he a silvery $ à eppeare noe, on accoun i ini pect feni re mut ed Mee Pn RN" D D 
remarkable. h nea their ornamentation. sides and ends run n. partot ny some s 
In 1848 or r 1849 two cases were filled with young This plant, it is said, far su spas ino us Ferdi e 1e ciently 
plants of this Palm and sent home to o the Royal nanda, whose leaves are like elephants’ m wanting | heated to keep 0 out frost, a 
arde Sir Wx. Ho i " c 
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Prince Consort, who was well known to|winter, unless, indeed, it 1s preferred 
take a great interest in things of this kind. | and leaves for destroying insects. In an ioe anger 
The plants reached England in safety, an -T where frost did not penetr ate, MM. Baxter, of Troyes pate ia 
E ecimens | we have allu led to formed part of t the |} floral bo ouquet developed "st winter. | be: zas ar Miet 
P TI ir, where it | Weeks's admirable plan, and that most satisfactorily, 
i hom the care of the 
pr ao a Bey and ver ry fine effi ect. In ine samplo if the verdict of those on who 
open air ever since. ing the last 15 years 
many thousands of iingorted pla T and p ngs yellow. When it is remembered that this plant isa| The beautiful and pe endulous fruit of at Biawtény 
rai ed i t is count "T have Lene istrib P Mid Tobaceo, it will be era ie that the production of] must produce a rich and tempting mar all round 
here this Palm is | seed is most abundant. The Nicotiana wigandioides,|the interior of this noble house in -— as beneath 
even more Dey P than i it is s with us. It wea sin isolated in the middie of a flower bed or pasket, the furrow plates on each sido, across the ends, &c., 
y as the ‘*Chusan Palm rouped on alawn ted in in -|there are shelves placed for accommodation, 
but latterly, having i " the mean time flowered at| rm parts of the D moa is considered by our|amounting in the aggregato i to about 1000 linea! feet. 
‘ew, it has been figured and described in ds e sh neighbour as a splendid decoration for the € inches wide and o nd a-half — deep are 
** Botanic - ri under the sane of mæ- | garden hese prp eng slips "dividin ng them into compart- 
rops Fortu : menia 12 feet lo ong; pena. . ore neatly finished and 
We s hall return to this subject to make some| —— Every flower, says the proverb, has its p fi ina e well lined with pitch, to afford 
Meine as to the treatment whi ch e Pa. vi but this is not quite true. The truth is more nearly an opportunity o pey ‘easi ily feed Hing $ 
liguid manure. A border at the warmest end 
should receive in our gardens in be i qui S pe fO ; 
most attractive object on the lur, sre ís dt sed yege bh ion. Thus Rus ssia, which is poor in the more | was planted with a choice selection f ipse rees, 
tà at Osborne ouie, and di Kow igh y-developed ton cies of plants, possesses very | Limes, Shaddocks, Citrons, Lemons, &c., while the 
d varied c Sf oe me us vegetation, M. P. roppa TEIN, | opposite end and side borders, about four feet wide, 
secreta * Socié té Horti cole -de Russie,” has were planted with the newer kinds oi each, 
THE following parepapo scene’ uc me ely lecterine e, induding some promisi 4 
Royan HORTICULTURAL t| rally pee m in whi ich he mentions Agaricus and with here oud there a nice bush of Eugenia Ugni 
South Kensington has s made integer, R NN 1nelleus, deliciosus, and ES and|and Eugenia apiculata, and the Loquat and Guava of 
b pulis July6. | Boletus ana nna and aurantiacus. The Russians net size, 
“ Dear SIR,—I have TS ks si mae of the | have two different ways of eating Mushrooms, namely; ln the centre beds, potes out at 12 feet apart, 
QUERN to beg you w will inform the Council of the | raw an T Abn i Ra A ioo and A. | were perhaps some of ie P a se ig Peach and 
gratification which HER Maszsry received from her | deliciosus are broiled sub b putter or oil. On the: other | Nectarine trees to be an the mos 
visit to the secon ore) Gardens. Hrg Masesry was | hand, Agaricus integer and A. Georgii are put into a | vigorous and fertile Bo rh pig 10 feet i25 
truly glad to see the coda ORERE, ies are now in| kind of brine, and are md after they have remained | and as much allowed to assume their natural 
progress, w which wheu completed will go far tow M there for four or five " ke va shape, for whieh liberty they were certainly, none the 
. realising the wishes of the PRINCE baie and must | little vinegar. The three species of Boletus undergo | worse, as it was stated in their favour that more than 
conduce so much to the success whit he anticipated for | an analogous pre paration, but instead of being | pickled 200 fully developed and finely flavoured foi had been in 
the Society yim he procured their establishment at | in a simple brine, th p egar which has| many cases gathered from a single tree. Figs were 
South Kensingto s+. | been previously boiled, an and is strongly: faram ured with | successfully grown in the corners, while on the roof at 
ricus deliciosas yvonne mes under; och ties | judicious intervals Vines in a bearing state were 
W omia ph how mu A the Society owes to his same ame kind t? praedi. and Boletus E d B r pt -— 
active Ab vert un mss —ÁÓ it would be ol An luri idus a e dri ed in an Pw e a " 
gratifying to ht d» ster i 
that aracter, favour being msi joe sho own to good perma- 
his birthday, which falls on the A anu ere m ey ap "net aro «id p be very p in| id things, to the disadvantage of “ soft “nap aad 
a idi gardens Alis] . ABU, SAYS we izol the great relief of those whose brains are likely to be 
be allowed " high Mac The dins dl d Et ; ea "a ing unable to escape from the violent 
$ i: | hues of some of the “ blazing Burgees” comprehended 
is 
the Council will readily adopt this, 4 
e she pasos me 
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“ Royal Horticultural Society’s Gardens, 
long shape ; 
duly 9 1904, kernel well-formed dough this Walnet showed 
“ DEAR Sir, —Ili have submitted to the Council your | some differe rom other the Committee of 
lett, FÉ th E 
rtiai aate from giving it a mame. The| 
her Mejesty the QUEEN at the improvem w in|t about 20 years old. The quality of | 
rogress in the gardens of ge Royal Hortus dan 3 ina 
y. and sugg eig, Pons. adm to the for it ep tio somethi 
gardens should ie lows to the pablie on n tho 26th ot S jb eame lio ques ing dike the 
54 t oy roe od the etka bdi “Of his Nod rchard h eF ntered, and 
yim me jy anniversary of the birthday o is | — — We find in a northern contem È ernery is e 
Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the founder of lowing remark mia ire the Muscat - "—— vo apr tat iti ue a few feet higher than that ie 
the aeneon, tp to wl indebted | Grapg:—“ We are clearly of opinion that the Musca at very much resembles it externally, also built 
for its present sta le of p. rosperity. vmburgh, ben properly managed, will do best ipee pans, but having a double roof glazed with 
5 The Council dà eds to > request y ess to | on roots. Two cases are quoted in| Hartley’s rough plate glass, with 4 inches of ce 
the Queren the eta viis al timos rey i gre the opinion thus advanced — Mr dividing the two roofs. It is 60 feet long, the same 
effect to and at the cate ig d were. «dl. teat .:00uld. desired, | Dumber of feet broad, and 22 feet high. Internally— 
same time their deep D Mis of the | and Mr. Hzxpzasox of Wemyss Bay had fruit no less bere 1 am at once brought to a standstill for want of 
eran of the So Society A the Pisos CONSORT. The | remarkable for finish; and these were both “on their | descriptive power, similes, metaphors, &c., being all 
aeu steps for | own roots.” The question is of some importance, and | hopelessly intangible, and were it not for a co 
wardly — 
Asus that the 26th ust h year shall | ; be desirable to ascertain t horror of consi pi g the unique scene to the limbo of 
be ke Tencetorsard by the a E Adis 1. Ht meni pep wets earn — | things more easily imagined than described," I might 
to the mind of producible. tasc P it in bond n i Pos ne acle. Better, 
ma abe and future generations the virtues of the —— , the rudest attempt hat. 
à hi Ni lly to th kin. |^ a 5 
and his great services, especially e working | e th È vu ia its 1 
NG NS. o n e reader some i its general aspect, 
classes; and I beg you to assure HER MayesTY that the est | I will ask him to suppose the rude aborigines of some 
t NOTES o o. XII. 
Coun 2ouneil will. endeavour to io give a hearty welcome e to all| ROCKVILLE, DUBLIN.— Continued, hd page id ‘favoured antipodean valley to have, centuries ag 
Fruit | like the Goths, “with h gth and h 
smote out of the 
E that s Tux transition from Tricho 
- “ I have, &c. “A, MuRRAY." péruning rem. dhe Site 
E pee Glam &c." Is ego lle 
in a re nu of P i 
teur Francais, gives au ental|trees of most obtainable om A A perfect s 
plant for garden ecran, whieh he calls Nıcorrawa | health and utility ; here the finest (Orchard house 
WIGANDIOIES. It is now the fashion, he says, to | ever seen; a result w er ie, Tr 
caicicótu oisi plants, and he thinks that | only one Testing from 2 Mr. Erw AC a ide an 
is isa fashion of which we need not in, for in| r u warf and motley crew 
former the goddess | the | style of garden — would at once stamp the 3 E Notoelonas and their ma 
iw merci - the turn d d.a flowers may in | place as one of mark, and repay a visit fi y of | pretty r ound in all their Beauty, 
due time When t | the profession. “from gray but leafy ails, where ruin greenly dw dweils,’ 
plants which ch male» grent display, ay, and have persistent} The roof is formed of three qu of which the|and in their wild variety and extraordinary verdure 
foliage, and elegant fragrant de some will not. be | central one is the highest by about two feet; and said i over rocks and walls, line ce and arches, 
neglected; and such as this, accordin, NARD, | roof air is given by votilators 5 n long and 1 "deep, spring fn betw ween stones and o of chinks, crop 
is the Nicotiaua to which becshba. REDUCED the r obod and vid T line and | bea s some Tree 
EM aa a tself | pulley. The sides are g id 1 s ground, and ue UA ed ics aan cr 
vigorously, and atta’ F i t M b the | life upon life, wi the s ruggle Presa eing 
in the ie of earch ger 0 foot ia baigt | eral vo ara pan » ni me ve prov agents + fully evident as it is when w we look upon a plant 
d ropie 
measuring some ts 1 red an ‘the centre, on the eve of perishing from the fangs of at cal 
