SEPTEMBER 17, 1864, | 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
manifest that whilst the two pod-cells were in the same 
t 
gata erate. J Model, Madame | A. Verschaffelt, and 
n ty, 
Kings, it seems clear Algum.trees came from 1 Ophir 
lai tag rea that Lebanon ‘should also 
line as the four long ei bl Deittakden 
in the direction of the two -y c If. we | the other. | been a locality for them, the passage which appears 
then assume the giai. ‘cells. cnc" in| Inthe sl friendly gable of one of the Azalea | ascribe the growth of the Almug-tree to the mountains 
Cheir. rantht us dthe |l Lebanon either an i ERLOA 
l «d we PL or ragusina, C. argentea, of some transcriber, or else it 1 must t bear a different 
suppr ina, €: su pai the missing Hs nts a and C. Marksii, (Bibl one or 
Cheiranthus from Iberis we get a four-celled p= 
aoubt the normal condition of the fru 
b of diss 
ren’ s Atia that the wood had 
4 
vh 
f | C. gy 
far "he best of the lot. The gig hi C. candi- | 
as bee Aion on with v 
4 
Somewhat in proof of this, ie t 
also argues from the structure Ki the same two genera, 
that th rm mb ens in 16, d in 
isposed 
nd | furnished by a "nlfapen ta A 
ith PN 
to Jerusalem "(eid Ippa edita the 
foa & 
re, with the no rad t had bee in Mount 
pod on.” The attempts sf identification made 
—]1. That the Thyine wood 
Mr. 
Barnes bed a moderet ur generally 
x one e some us of Epiphyllum tran- 
He the usual stock, the old hsc 
Pe ei "hey were little stan dards with e 
^d lexan Mu 
vision of the gen 
D kia eight species and nd 
ant acters for the 
definition of species patting in the sheathing ik of the 
leaves, The teeth of the blade of the leaves, in Moa 
d in this form are invaluable for vina Alle 
tic very few specimens | 
as the Rosarians say but 
dar, and 
m Himalaya." 3, ‘The late Dr. Royle, wi 
is inclined to decide on the white Sandal-w: ood d (Santalum 
b Cy Bi art. Algum). he Rabbins 
in| bs. Ho ects ofad 
colour, used i in dyeing. 5. T. Hooker says, 
The 
„Li 
Cyperus alternifoli tus pridem 
beautiful condition, yt: it may be — 
of Lymington” (p. 
haat ‘te 
st has a figure of Olema: 
oo the fetid Tardy Ly teit tb Clematis raised | 
ackman & S f Wo of which 
Z 
Among t 
the „chanco of bene he first to 
| vari 
rOcarpus efi a ns 
rane in large pieces, 
is it, I belie eve, n r musical purposes,” 
This tree, which belongs Me ie na ie order Legu- 
and sub-order ab ge is a native of 
e 8 ver y hea avy, herd, oy 
never to any purpose. * Ptero 
; bu i Ri is M 
namental plants, 
packed aho d pmo n mon z theta? is a good plant | 
Aes Veitch's zey Dracæna C DA the handsome 
ai ping habit which, combined with the bright 
colour of the fo 
any 
papers are good articles on i D sddiént in the ines Ned renders it a valuable addition to | one may see who has o a if medicinal p para- 
garden, and on gathering and keeping fruit, neehaged n, D. stricta has upright growing the compound ti $39 of lavender which is 
od oral Magazine gives figu ing ake es, colour of which is also very bright and | coloured by the wood of the sandal-tr hs 
plants :— Pelargonium Italia Unita, the best of the mao "p. latif lia pendula has drooping foliage, tionary of the Bible : the latter pa 
Piteolór leaved ege varieties with silver margins. | its name implies, but its colour is somewhat dull. kay Wine.— lines of Tokay eap gives its 
2m e popularity of the Pelargonium, it is remarked has | § pharogyne Ng yee ~ Ji B ol handsome ornamental| name to the wine is situ in Hungary on the top of 
ced t the pr riti of our vd flower shows to foliaged p praem 3 in its cultiva- | à "A por the Dee ping of "the Rodrog Ein the Theiss. 
ti tion, t p p rh he leaves intact, neyards ar daos - goe whe and HT 
varie; ga ated kind is uli very few" exceptions the Mou E^ lfourdi is very 5 in the way o nA a spac r10 he earth i 
plants exhibited. unworthy of the cl That | C. Thomsonz, but has larger flowers. Caladium yellow chalk quise with “lage 1 hice The wine is 
terrible love of formality whieh has so hindered the | Lowii d C. Veitchii are, as is well known, both | white, and t enced as late in the 
pied and eonsequently enni fem of many of | very fine plants of which Mr. Barnes is getting| year as ues ory Eres. a: the end of October. 
our exhibition plants om pletel TM the effect, They |u fine stock. The last does not increase so| There are four diffe rent kinds of Tokay. The first is 
were trained and to ured in ; most nner, | freely as C, Lowii, and therefore will remain scarce | made by placing the Grapes when cleared of all rotten 
bett tl or they | for some time to come. The ol vag discolor | fruit a wooden vat, witha bahla bilioi, of which 
hibition, and grand specimens | is now blooming here freely, A. its heads of I l pierced wit! soal 
f those yi yis aed zonate leaves such as | scarlet bracts with violet a are ed showy. holes. The vat is — vi wwe oe covered w 
Mes Pollock, Lucy Grieve, Sunset, Italia Unita, a onerila margaritacea looked a s healthy : as could be boards. — a = the Grapes become peated 
some others of similar character, would equal anything | wished. Here it is wintered on a high dry shelf, and | to 80° Fahre seo pes ntation - in, The 
which our shows have produced.— Tea Rose osea, | watered very sparingly indeed. It is a Very pretty | fermentation tl the tartaric aci d the weigh 
a sort rg a^ -— - bear a great similarity to the when in go dition, but one some it i the Grapes forces the juice through the holes i in the 
fine old ravy.— Fancy Pansies: John | difficult to mana Aristolochia leuconeura is a MM. foot, and 
handsome MTM ted frd ens peii and by 
M‘Nab, Mrs. -Doniraim Mrs. £ Dean, and Mrs. Scott, 
out b; “Messrs. Downie, its si 
some of the nov: 
ird & 
to be sen! 
"um voci 
Pan msies are 
whi 
te goniune. are being grown 
tke wine is poured. into small casks, where ; it remains 
oll (Y, $a col 
the new Zonate and other bedding Pelar- 
ed t trial. Carter" 
minore 
a flower whose 
blotch: 
rapidly improvi ng.—Py 3 Ani aig mage 
lilac centre ; fulgens peo s 
eere um es The Wie, varieties of this 
tion, require to be 
not white but ie f feh-elour, "Be 
8 
flow ropa 
esaet p? A “they assume their p od hare cter, 
and hen oeng do not, at first, i in all cases — the 
effect to be ined from a vigorous batch of so 
wever s d improving in quality. 
he Journ 
the 5 SEA Pug issued, ring up the account 
of the edin e close of the last sessic 
paper w ead, are give ^ ll detail, with ia 
showing de. nerd of the different experimen’ 
CATADOGUES RECEIVE D. — HG 
et 
y “good 
Cybister, of the Modes dun isa very fine variety 
with fiery scarlet flowers. Helen Lindsay is of a very 
pleasing shade of rosy pink, of oy habit, and very fine 
gu "nA The bat known 
ut by Mess ide G. Henderso: ^ud & Son, is, like pau 
k pale flesh-coloured Ate rand not white, Merrimac, 
i» ochre and scarlet-coloured flower, is es d very 
He not 
us eart nes similar to 
those found i ag "the Vineyards near Tokay, but they 
have not as yet succeeded mee | anything as 
"Mo Vinicole. 
oniteur 
— Double Flowers.—In endeavouring to ob 
flowers, the Nice d 
loo! ked uj end as guid 
sced 
tain double 
eneral ab arene may be 
ios ' obtain double flowers from 
the “pr eceding. Anotl 
P nue: named Excellent, h 
rea! 
si be talon 
* verity} 6 
in the seeds. 
ister, but not so good. St. Fiacre is a very fine| the flower buds appear, an en ay removing 
zonale variety, its colour being salmon tinged with | flowering a great portion of the seeds. If the may 
pink, Lord of the “Toles, sent out by Mr. G. Smith of | be applied too early it will be wasted in increasing the 
Is - x in colour a bright cerise, is a very fine flower, | luxuriance of the plant, but if applied as the direi 
one EAT atA, b jke “of thi bi te ake their appearance, a greater degree of strength is 
8 is grafting some of the | conveyed to the By thinning th wers seed 
Asa exper 
eita st of ‘the MEAM Bolargomume such as Mrs. Pol- | 
pe Italia Unita, pese T Mrs. Benyon and RA i 
n stocks of the old le ented Geranium 
d. Hend a § Son's | Or i cae ee Tecan, The grafts are loo uitful We ect much seed 
List of Bulbs for 1864 is ore va Hise x very healthy, an prope take. "eon of the m ouble Daweh: Such planete Holiyhocks for 
lists, ith a ood deal of 2 t Med inter- | Variegated $ elargoni PN 4, M Pollock, Mrs ses ugh often said to be double, are are really not 
other thi bserve some =| PAS and Sunset, b st, edging í ; kadate x _them more doubl 2 
he guinea down to the three- |t ; they with Italia b | by h t and | 
- There is also a long list of the | t cream ot handsome and | process. - dia Juéduetiom ae ouble 
of Ixia, Sparaxis, &c.; and of Oxalis | ini intestine ton of esta e one 
vcn pe tee Bie 7 or of nourish - Here the pruner may 
gs jose thes information about keeping his trees thin for the pro- 
Paris, is od p ‘all ay of duction of fruit. I have proved that a due supply of 
ris hs, of ht ti S Da rather extensive series| Algum Almug Trees ome eb. algummim ter the 0 supply of decomposing 
of miscellaneous bulbs. ole uggem). Mention pa these is made in 1 Kings x. iL, | oF he roots and exposure ent of petal 
2, 2 Chir, ix, J 
i^ enty fro a phi * feni pie with gold and precious which compose d double flowers. Middlemiss, in Victorian 
Garden om by. the fleet of Hiram for Solomon’s’ tms ai and | Horticultural Gazette. [This is Pech pm ful 
Mr. Banwzs's Nursery, C m ín-] hi Hyssop (&0b; — o haps no plant men- 
cipal subjects grown here indoors are Azaleas, among | “ e king made of the ihe — ils ior t the | tioned in the Scriptures im given ri r 
which many fine specimens fi exhibition, as fa of the Lord, and for the kin ouse, h also | di f opi han this. q he 
well as multitudes of mer e Of the latter one batch | and psalteries for singers; there lh no sue .|identification of the ézób cf the Hebrews with any 
in February, 1 hi having been | trees, nor were seen unto this day.” In . di. plant known dern botanists was thought by 
Saved in se in Ni tlie previous yei The plants | Solomon is represented as desiring Hiram to send him Casaubon ** adeo ut, ES The chief difficulty 
from this some 6 or 8 in in height, ey | “ Cedar-trees, Fir-trees, and s, (marg. | arises from the fact that in the LXX the Greek word 
were ied. feni seed of Etoile du Gand, Gem, Varie- | Almuggim), out of Lebanon,” From the passage in| given above is the uniform anne of the Hebrew 
