962 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
Hersham, whose flowering of the plant is recorded | eouliar rescenoe 
t p. 534 of last year's volume. The fruit 1n ro e -. Viewed as 
thas instances appeared to be identical with each a sob aec» À ve" ced men est A d M 
othe with that which we have figur his E "d em in : "Au d some 
renewed testi its quality enables report prc mnt rx da A E large 
without hesitation, that the fruit of the Monstera esis és W ast E ig - o 
ie ; 
delicious, so much so, indeed, at maturity, and although consequently the frui 
, : b e 
desserts as one of the choicest of luxuries. E d 
In all the cases alluded to, the species appears to | lying a niget satie of dessert of the richest 
deliciosa, a plan which Mr. 
from a piant 
be that called M. Prep 
Ewrne well deseribes as having eal the 5 edad. 
habit of a Pothos or Philodendron, that is to say, ents where hae 2s ipa É prized, and 
has a scrambling mode of growth, especially where space is not too much restricted, 
sample forwarded by Mr. WHEELER was 
hi 1 "n eS.) A a for e first time 
| also fro: Y i 
last year. This bore two spadices, which had 
à eue 
tin 
rockwork or rustic w 
tropical house. The t stem, as thick as a 
man's wrist, produees numerous pendent aérial n a twelv ripening. The fi 
roots, often as thick as one's finger, and from in this ease were of the following dimen. 
i sions :—Length, 74 inches ; circumference | 
at an inch and a half from the base, 
73 inches, and at an inch from the apex - 
63 inches. All who had tasted them pro- 
We venture to hope, therefore, that by 
thus inviting special attention to the sub- 
he 
plant is grown in a pot, is about 1 igh, and t i 
is ni for the first time, The leaf itself ject, this Monstera may become more 
is highly interesting, the lamina, which is decury generally grown for the sake of its fruits, 
t the of the leaf-stal td u "-" m—— E ia 
2 feet across, of a blunt ovate heart-shaped figure, Wa have i í ; 
: l sha just received some of this 
and furnished bemper he principal year's shoots of the diseased Brack Cur- 
9 RANT trees, which we noticed in this 
with several series 
: id 
oblong perforations, while 
the margin is deeply slashed half wa 
Journal, April 16, 1864, The disease 
to the mid-rib pinnat ner. '' The ie 
young leaf is at first beautifully r p li : 
roll of paper, and as it keeps unfolding the pcints yi stated beg di MT not Mae 
are held up by threads until they are T len La E ja "hs RARE d 
their own weight. Without these filaments MS h OFIDBE: MARAR 
the tender pation of the leaf would not be able pki. bad g^ Hs ji 5 A MR i 
u à; } 
ha nag further learn from Mr. twig instead o ursi contented to remai 
hope t produces from six to eight flower-spikes | "i v eie d rx are at Aar 
i : equal number of succulent fruits, of was "ii eepenially E ae A me 
them small as to give the plant a 
h 
very peculiar appearance. The cause re- 
T 
Pine Apple- 
ced from | 
üns as e 
vain attempted to get the cutti 
d 5 inches in| m f 
Ag iu the hepe of being able to study the 
se 
close cylindrical scareely tapered spike or spadi | 
are arranged in a spiral manner, an P eg of | malady more offeayealy M feb "1 
Bison poate poses fleshy bodies marked on | oE E 
e face with an oblong umbilicate sea - 
ing the stigma, and With the sho t venis —— Ou& readers doubtless will ree ei 
ng from between them e di a tosh in Sie RE W effort of 
ares hi heatshepot fal is the success which had Aene the pedes 
1 eshy- f ay- 
gay aes pale-coloured spathe very little longer ater with M ey borried Aucuba 
than itself, and having its margin slightly revolute | as seen by travellers in the far Hast. "s 
apex acute. have now to chronicle his exhibition c viens: 
The spadix, when in the fruiting state, beeo most beautiful Japanese evergreen, 1 
sensibly thicker than when in flowes, but without M ELS A pr 
otherwise materially altering in its appearance. perd eren oreet the 
* fruit," that is to say, each suce t tenis id egg ic ipei a Fatal 
d spike, attains about a pound in weight; it is rte 7 pw" ihe of. Skimmia,* 
of an oblong cylindrical form, about 9 in elf iscoveries, an = a ee Saul disti | 
jnehes in cireumfe e. is € naani preko Skimmia zu t Abar in 
to be composed like the Pine Apple of numerous the remarkably oblate figure of its bright rel 
pips,” which are arranged in spiral manner , berries, so iously different from the dull 
around a central column, from which however and | AN £ Cents dimor due HM. 7 
from each other, unlike the Pine Apple, they h heretofore possessed. It is also remarkably distinct 
separate readily when ripe. When whole the sur- in i liage, which is of a different texture, 38 
face d n fruit is marked out into as many : well as in its habit, from the other aen 
separa meshes as th i , / Á t wing shrub, with dense Cie 
being from a q "- lere ha op pS, € 7 2 ay green leaves, the panicles of bright-coloured s 
uarter er s cmi xiii ; nestling t the foliage at the ends of 
te aaner ange green, somewhat depressed around | ; branches ; and assured by Mr. STANDISH ke 
oblong soar.. This green portion sepersiee from 57. | Seinen the Gil Pho ene Blunt ar shown di 
the —€— portion, when ripe, in the form of a rind | 27th ult. at the meeting of the Floral Committee, and 
or scale, nearly the eighth of an a in thickness, received the unanimous and unhesitating award 4 d 
onal as just men- | s tificat f 
— The prize offered by us for a SEEDLING . 
ExgLrsH Rose (see p.699 of our volume for 1863) has — — 
he Floral 
mar. on the centri umn, we 
aon S pipe are of a fine fibry texture, and full of | 
Tl ini e [n 
inferior quality. In this 
ragrant juice, the flavour and aroma of 
which is something like that of a Pin hat none 
Melon combined, very 1 cea > ae Er oramne hekea es dina oe ea 
read y. lifting easily out foo se pips separate be wn in a minio will pere it in 
EN E m among te wien ! | pronouncing them first-rate, It is on this ground that 
M talk, vested at the i the prize bas been held back. We trust the growers 
n ered d P ^ dI | may be more fortunate in their subsequent efforts ; and 
ge & esM Me rd «di we beg tbem distinctly to understand that the prize i5 
 atmosp MEL cnet danian, ated. Inteet suming «#2 mci ier dias d 
ous and interesting plant, whether| bright glossy deep vermilion ed! Mi o ormies o 
