Í 
£ Moaes for the ensuing year, and in 
Jan. 5, 1856.] TH 
E GARDENERS’ CHRONIC 
of nce mature growth, and 
se 
ge. They pass p towar ds the bypertrophy:< of some particular part, = th 
LE. 5 
old_age. 
stages to the other, . not as ti 
from one of the n the Vico 
trees, w ich increase | in height a and _diameter, but t by a the Mower; stem ey be Ansa up the st year, s9 
plant has ka E t 
elopm of the variety, that the po 
= of of perfection 23 and ey t7 the last, pine nah uch 
is not Teni till E following season, and in 
b; asa 
In 
Peh ch spring ated pies the roo ots ` very 
considerable strength, out of all Seedbertion to the res 
of the pla 
409. In 
The progressive amount of str ength acquired by the | natural 
, till the pasting 
ulbs from year 
is complete in all its parts and prod 
uces flower 
= greater P of the Brazilian species lorata in the 
y season rapes 
r fro om November till prin 
bet Orchids | of one while the 
on maere 
the cultivator as 
that we ought entirely to discard such sorts as 
Joannet, the Bl anquets, and Mu 
Beu 
cul ans ion. They ni 
; the first commencing to ripen in rig uly, and the. 
aant the aA 
y 
de alae of the stem is 
justly as re gards his own especial object counted as a 
disease. 
» howe 
for. a 
some ver, a defect of stem is 
ie 
subspecies, however, as the Oxl tip and Pty hav ves 
well develo one Se, and individuals 
ome much ue season, $ 
uth, i) 
p ee varieties were al mt sa rk last 
undan ntly. | The 
is sma all, 
red and yellow. I haye eaten it fully ripe hey the van 
and very juicy and seereebia but as a rule it ox 
be giene, botona ripe and seph. a few days 
1 f, 
8 
pr 
74 rs 
kink 4 na 
ich at one period appear si temless, while at 
in eik the -eleg suffer, and the size of thei 
bulbs is much less than that of their sad anenaiios. 
It i is scarcely necessary to ad 
Wi 
that these bulbs do not 
developed stem. The 
pr pach these appearances are apparently altogetl 
l d P "intervals ot tia or four a 
constitutional. + 
4 l 0. In 
z 
all Orchids are apt to parlai I hav 
other cases, however, Acaulosia is not s0 
a gre 
nearly as prim y grafte] 0 on “the Pear stock ¿s on- 
the Quince, in dee soils. I have seen it on the 
f great d 
STATION OF Orcurns, i in the Province of “kia Janeiro, 
tha 
"| Gases seals, for instance, in open barren downs pro- 
duces no ste 
stock grow igre and bear 
most soils it for 
r 
or Nitherohy.—It has been stated 
h 
have been found the sea-coast, 
a ae alters the habit at once, 
f 
a the pi stock it will grow into a 
fi that 
on in 
t the species Putliztaia rigida, 
Oncidium flexuosum, Cattleya 
eya Harrisoni Schom aes " Someti imes, however, a defect of stem is depen’ 
burghkia marginata, or crispa, belong to the hottest | o on other circumstances. For instance, it not u 
ions of Rio ners 0, the swamps near Macacu, the frequently happens that in the garden Hyacinth though 
k jopafo ct! 
e 
t possession, “aioe 2 E fro 
ap 
species. 
permanen 
bay of Rio Janeiro, a and almost a 
s 
or 
tenth ki its cal lena 
Tnt e chlorosis of iy pay id 
ha i it 
mperatu re is 
ing from the estate of Mr. Alexander ‘Tranin 
pany an phat sk deve! opment of coe in = pb Bit 
of which, though there was enoug h nutriment a already 
moderate-sized s ndard, and also forms on stock 
rolific pele or ome f such a form is 
preferred. 
Th) Cry a 
ery old variety, and in 
asons is exceed Si jue iy an Po ieee last 
thet were Nar A ie in on hen grafted o 
the Quince it ae 
apt to s 
vigorous irregular shoots. A 
some pyramid 
ori z in the Ayi 
oes 
vated as ush or 
rmer case its vigorous shob otii 
the bush as 
n June, e, 80 as, to make 
oS 
yr ae da M J „about 10,000 f t 
4 ly 
They same effect will ae be p? 
indicates wae, Fak Or ae talon the penne chad 
and in Seet hottest” season of the year, Janua SPA be 
10 es 
poe reiri it is eas asy to see why excessive heat, as 
asserte p by Ré, honl ben no less hurtful than aires 
tional ro: why ae 
sroches, and at the base of t 
De 
Serra a Sides of th late Colonel Ferreira - Mendos 
where the he igre is as an gs at R 
Se a some nae, should prove productive of this 
mows soils when cultivated on the Pear stock it cankers 
tribly ; but I saw last autumn fine standards growing - 
blue 
anker ; I have indeed rarely seen s 
«TR. 
o 
following species, grow ndise! 
nately at all initetmadinte altitudes. eikont appear- 
ing to suffer from the vicissitude: es of temperature, 
1 hrellt 
J 
of their Piecha :— 
Ionopsis paniculata. Burlingtonia key abe 
Comparettia pone venusta. 
ape a epidendroides. 3 candida. 
spectabilis, da. 
Tigi 
Cattleya marginata. 
Leptotes bicolor. 
Plon othaliis © a AN Sophronitis grandiflora. 
SRS um divaricatum cernua, 
crispum. Isochilus sraminifotinz. 
” marginatum Rodriguezia laxiflora 
” pumilum Octomeria lancifol 
” monoceras Cymbidium echinocarpon 
. » trulliferum Schomburghkia cri 
7] unifloru Huntleya imbricata. 
Maxillaria fucata. jt cochleata. 
m pe Cyrtochilum gladiatum 
KA Ai era stellatu 
Bifrenaria atro-pur purea. 
Catasetum semi-apertum 
crinitum. 
Grobya Amherstiz. Also many other species of 
Epidendrum ade T botanical interest, 
” = I need not mention 
” aieiaa het 
biforatum, 
from be S again, 
Prg 
o Janeiro, disease. _Itis is scarcely probable that the flo wers of his AAA E OF PERSIA. 
tmosp f rire is peculiarly dry, and the- 
an ny s stem, from the tion of an increased | rays e sun have such power that all herbaceous 
| temperature, if a proper reapply me ee one nutri. | plants enjoy red of a very short duration.. 
low. In 
he 
light likely to produce or aggravate a chlorotic con- 
wher: the base ‘of the ayaa i “dedi and i in conse- | annuals only t themse 2 w 
quence ingle apes the flowers are | Amongst them are t of with Bo es anne 
still a doveloped a att ihe SAGA of the nutriment |, Burope, a and the Salvia vai t 
nady existi ing in the hues, Soon afte: 
412, y Ré, after Moehring | end of Ma ay the coun try ‘assumes a scorched serie 
who published an Kocan o iti in n1735, of Poppien aa ance, and to the vernal productions succeed a varie y 
other plants remaining without a stem, arising as he | of s the W Camel orar 
shrubs, such a ormwood, the 
the Gurwan, a ress oval bush, and 4 variety o 
others, 
vi ` 
e he was unable to appreciate. Such plants will, in 
alee every case, be found to be the_ Oder ge ms of the 
growth of some one of the Mig spec sche : POM 
kn 
under otry tis 
spora, for shila some a thee” ae Sias the 
Sea ee? rendering it of yir vid gre en than 
u contrary 
The gardens of Persia do 
rare plants, and it requires gm on to raise ‘any 
from seed, because _ their germination is seldom aided 
bs rain which is not si 
enial r thus let over ries 
DONNE aborted by the — heat of the sun, and 
the soil in noe them 
form or exhausting it when KE made. Ad 
| may paral be found i in this condition, and as 
Jes 
and ie Tulip trees, pe aac: H 
lis rf and the atmosphere „moist, their ie may 
y culti 
me iwi or 
of gc 
HH 
plants, as 
pedis A cr Cabbage, where the nutriment is directed 
azavhos, deprived of a stem, 
In most ‘enn, for |. 
n making 
8, p. y be co 
Cowelty is Pa E terminal, and the 1 flowers which fo in 
= truss answer to the individual Sivan os of the Primrose which 
collected round the apex of the axis, which does not become 
elongated. 
“ag 
Pr without taking = to veri ers correctnes 3. The dwarf condition of m any trees in conse- | vigour "of cn It is not in wie yp EN t in fruits, 
of their observations. In p of this, I ee only state | gente, of the reduc tion Da bc stems may be ER E that the gardens i in Persia ex whole range- 
that I have discovered so f the finest species of | tor , but may of European fruits may be fi ‘ae in vw both ip 
, Orchids in the very places where these saien hav e| red uced stems may y exist i in a cases where the trunk is | abundance and in high pe ection. The ake Comes ; 
passed them over. My experience ti that within | generally you developed. Where s are ine Melons are in great variety cellent in quality.. 
_ the tropics Orchids are found everyw wher ° The genera poge ate er the lateral branches soon decay from want of The rie 
or Species are not confined to any parti cular altitude ; ligh d he large species called the Nustarund,- 
for duri H ji | arawa cone the stem becomes elon ngated. In ex-| which grows to a considera derable hei pos? ag out 
and daily continue to find, the same species at widely | Ei coag ane beg B produced. Sele of hi nable: - 
diffe injury to | acquisition to our pleasure-grounds a a is. 
feet above the level of the sea. As for giving ae ree ‘hoot. ere pruning pe dies En pee a on Lipa delicate cream-coloured Rose, and 
i cameo of Europe the oye 5 remedy. neem pruning, even where that d, highly scented, the best rose water- 
degree of teraperature in their houses i it is usele: | lopping » viie pr es pollards is not Intentional, z is distilled. E 
as they find that a high temperatur g ca pis ta castle ntal injury. M. J. B. From this s enumeration it may be supposed 
the i Perae of the aain, or pseudo-b en ee ee the Persians have no taste for horticulture, yet: ae 
This luxuriant vegetation, forced yond Natur NOTES ON PEARS. = pz > ce eae seeder 
as as it is in the hand teurs, owers, and such as the 
the Wie aea Je pi z moa eels Fe sth 3 Taere Í is no fruit so full ¢ of Napar hO oa gapcicioue fie Sith aden balks by te the ae Biel the Peasant, th 
outlive a Rose-bloom, the: shoal obtain their Orchids of deni Penis iTho ` jole inate perai a E an the 
ae o ripeni ng as past has vi pre: 
d i? peen the coun they grow ; and they pea a — ee I purpose, therefore, to give a ie ocean and admiros ith the ‘moet. 
ou ke Care not to ovi I h devotion an: 
Nouveau Fribourg, , Rio, geomet [We gi plants Ci inl 5 wr air ts a E Es on rara y pitti have littl 3 but I should say 
toyed b, KA ersia {does not afford a Sophie 4 ‘or botanical” 
Po apap Sa Poan se ‘nt E some oi as to culture When PE search. e plants il assafcetida, and the 
correct them]. ‘i ne ae Pca re zum ammoniacumshave been fully described, and these, 
d tasted nearly all the old | 
ee- with the eibsance gathered or shaken from the 
— varieties of early ats i an come to the conclusion piers ig diel peculiar vegetable prodadtions z 
—VEGETABLE PATHOLOGY.—_N. i -f The elongation of the stem is sometimes due to weakness his dean ted om en keet lade found on this 
408. ait ee (Defect of Stem), Soy elopment arising from over-stimulation in a particular direction, as in| + OF Saah y 
rm health: thy ste: m undoubtedly req revo Mer krible seedlings drawn up in & forcing frame. Sach individuals shrub or 
din may con! she ye mos b an ever — good plants in perennial species, apa i, ae Ja 1e Caspian an! the anda of mountains 
$ The abstract of Irmisch’s treatise on Bulbs an ag = provigess or Gla 
regions forest trees 
‘he most Ea height, wilt ie Vine end alpen, 
