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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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luxuriant flower as it was when I passed in July last gonidia wae Jac the 
the Bignoniad of whic argon u have specimens at Chiswick ; these apert 
quantities - Rondeletia anomala also in 
Oaks and Laurels in very stunted forms, with here per a0 like 
and eos a siray Pinus, also very stunted. A few 
miles of this and or 
is sometimes dry), and get 
splendid trees. Here all other 
minaceze ceases ; but ju 
my attention was arrested by a Lim e, 
ust Before ji entered this forest commun 
r Lemon tree, suggest ma of their affinity with the above- name i pie: 
every branch of which was liter rally srai pos the | ce 
pretty aie Oncidium gloss ful J bloom. 
my return I will | 
this forest and on its western edge stands t 
Quirogua. up for the 
pe Ly my hammock in a rancho, or 
rnish, companions, & miner from 
ealled j it, a birdcage. 
By de. break of day of the 22d I was again on my 
mule. The first half hour of our re was in ob- 
harming it is to 
ssomystax in 
after once passing the edge a the hori izon ! ! ,_ Shortly R 
en! tri 
P 
and their 
some 
Ta 
by Dr. Hooker. 
Prin 
ower ; mrema that ‘they perform the 
sses of 
On up the question he has so suecessful 
years 
g 
ruro, | direct the wineaton of oher o 
ect. “P 
apt to get green and discoloured, which the tiles 
same time with the formation of 
gsheim i. PE with great | do not, 
functio | proper kitchen garden has as yet ars formed ; 
but for forcing purposes there are plen of glass 
houses, }. 
rocesses in 
g s | walled off or oth 
as mounted | ground. 
Cherries, 
rwise separated from the Befeciea:, 
Here Pine Apples, a che Figs, 
Strawberries, Melons, d Cue bers, &c., 
h o span- 
fed pits and small houses are devoted Me pans 
ng. The pits are all or very near! 
Lanter heated with A wig Ar ter Pipes, and fitted up 
un, = moveable tages | ich be 
lower 
. Berkeley, w 
Vaucheria. 
oe Bho 2 of 
The li ights, which are 
sone top, lif ft up and bones on both sides, and ern 
he a plentiful ventilation is secured. Some of these 
retic pris were filled with be rns f cont gh Maes xes, which > 
en taste of this papar was to plac m than could 
of the collection made ert se 
England 
n some collec of 
wa 
yim hae are ire 
re less atten- 
tion, and they tap at vith equally good reek It 
may be mentioned tl ding pla ants are 
r. Anderson 
r R. MiCiare es ; and by Mr. 
a from s es 
an exploring expedition sein Great Bear Laks pits for Potatoes, that for t af first crop is s heated b 
after leaving Quirogua we 
Palms. 
> 
Tint she?’ at + 
leaves or great fronds form gi 
34 
The soil is very 
tia 
velty, b 
damp here, and though peste th “special notice, as the goo ishing pei 
has uite 
0 of Victoria Land. These 
River, and to th T, e for later supplies by means i phe 
collections contained | on oe ich was rted in 
were considered of sufficient value for | December, the first w on a tho 
observed a pitful loaded 
~ 
dis! stri ibuti tion of | with fruit, 
natural this wonderfully beautiful grove 
this Palri is called Čorrono, 
with the muleteers, whom 
them bia with hammers i "hele biv onnes or restin 
places aces wh en they c can find them. 
grove ulte 
brillia nt, and also Shuvigtsia pari saga pb as it | 
m orms masses. We cros: ssed the r riy r Motag at the 
ak ear 
feriene; era, very | Mr. 
within the Pol cle. 
aa _is a favourite pn Raoal or rata Tiled, one ne the Kermadee group in 
riant materials 0 
The kind which. has been found to do best 
À “ roa: 
its fruit ; but Lees’ Pe erpetual and the Brunswick are the 
eer but not reaching beyond dy mule’: s belly, a ust 
beyond the Barb isa 
South Pacifi Ocean, > by Dr. Hooker. The | sorts most approved for general purposes, In the earliest 
ri m which this sketeh was drawn m up consist Vinery there is at present a good crop just beginnin 
of a small collection of plants made upon the i All the Vineries here are span-roofed, 
M‘Gillivray, late sapea to = M.S. He rald. The | in m the Vines are planted one on each side 
Kerm: ae slands form a small group situated about | of the house alternately but in the earliest house, 
450 m lE. of ah ew Zealand, pa i en that group rier oh is smaller than the others and sunk, the: all 
ul Island i is ‘the largest of this group. one side, the rods bei ing led under the roof down to 
The most interesting e, and then turned 
PES aa 3 
asco 
trees, which trees however are only “Crescen ntias; it is 
a pretty crimson speci es and alive sp gas Near the 
very fine 
Iguana I remarke asse: 
Schomburgkia tibicinis with lots Pr f Eoin radi- | 
among th hi ; 
h 
ora ie ae and 
by Lycoseris SAREN Ba fi 
rig e 
ranean one of the pre rettiest ‘effects imaginable. It 
struck me tha t no plant could k introduced with a 
the 
a shining green canopy. 
female mR rather larger flower uch 
foliage. was particularly created get 5% pratt 
ness oe a little ae Oi za (2) wpm in a 
This ais pro 
and of all b 
mb n it, as those of New eden. 
vine near a small | consists of 42 
nd | p d 
e 
as 
or C. 
b 
back 
y , | again. The later ta darr have a path up the An of 
f tl i her h Beans 
e 
and 22 species of Ferns rety Lyeopods. “| earliest of them i paid done stoning. In one or two fa 
s 
Gar 
HILLINGDON Court, NEAR Uxsi 
Mitts, Esa,.—A 
here, and gardens fo: 
worthy of its “ and oe At a end of it is 
ga r, Ne 
d bed: eit side, 7 which Fre: 
and o roduce of that kind are gro 
Freneh Beans, however, pits are prefer 
The r mae ion her pro 
sat sane d 17 species of on 
h four wi and 
_In th 
| the houses we ja i 
| Nectarine, whose 
amples in pots of the Stanwicl 
‘when r ripe is delicious ; but it i 
den Memoranda, 
fore to render it eatable it has to be removed 
warmer situation after the fruit of art aad ig fit w 
7 gro’ y itseli 
a erves. Ina late Pench house, H feet it 
a rasa the Recs are now in full bloom, as is also a G: 
e Plu he 
RIDG:! 
new mansion has late tely eae 
rmed in ype ieh with it 
n arpo 
These consist of w ite, re 
ints w 
In this house a free 
n 
lar 
D 
bad 
v. 
com 
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like manner rae! tem banks. 
rnam 
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2 
the 
on Monday, Zh December, s acapa. 
Gua 
_ On leaving 
window man: 
of the green ae: seas sree: surround this 
garden—for it is formed is 
ned, quit all Su frip and | su Tra 
eae 9 J 
P 
certain distances apart by vases, s 
er 30 feet in 
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ws of the sion or viewed from the top 
house full of finely grown plants now vipeoitie a: 
called magnificent crop. tae sorts consist of Keens’ Seed- 
_interesting ling, Patrick’s Seedlin a show wy kin nd e pine — 
of Wales. Melons pre Pi neninn are 
palpat jiha aieo peng “in cut ” all the year round, 
The pore m iaeo rable, eo: to bea 
Beag prc Ys ound to resist the disease, 
this 
he park, and at the end peage from 
amented by a fountain and basin, the 
ı diameter. On the south ‘front o the 
while a pit full of a e SY anlaon although i in all respects ® 
treated. 
n, through which, paralle el w th the 
ou; 
Ros 
ps a = clumps of choice 
Deodars, an 
and right and left of this is und, Espaliers formed of i iron uprights, th rough which are- 
crag Specimen | strained galvanised wire ay line "the el the- 
other Conifers, — „Remarkable among the} walks in a small fruit en here. the 
te 
gard 
, beautifully bye galvanised wire, Mr. Sonano Hjo sqnlener reported 
rface of the c that it did no harm out of doo ut that i 
iso of pa i = ‘the 
ms to grow 2 viete yet I 
so graceful and be 
h 
th 
shaven se wn, os povinges 
e | height. Associated with t 
h itself, Was a noble tuft of om en ge grows; It may a worth 
e very su 
Pages 
oe out by 
points of 
soil. 
at certain seasons completely under water. 
Jacapa about 1 o’clock, and passed the night. G. U.S. 
Societies. 
Linnean, April 1 <The Pre President in the 
Brewer, Esq, and D 
chair. J. A. 
o Jam maah 
piii of dried uronic of British Hiera 
cr 
s| its leayes get bleached and white, but beyond that 
it sustains no jury 
inverted 
top, has however 
ery year. 
further in m the winter. re worked. The place we 
funnel-shaped wicker protection, open at | order, and in justice to 
been put over it when the weather stated that it has been wholly formed un 
to his 
prett; 
p pang 
this magnificent residence is a foun n and basin | his su rin a 
y. con: 
Ge: 
than 100 feet ii in length. This has an upright pe ae reporin A Be Flocieultneal pass of ees nei 
er and in their immediate the 
are vases, simon of the best kinds of | erii 
He aths, dromedas, and other 
i a 9 Seah exhibitions 
e FLORICULTURE. 
ection w ih a t has bee parer a 
or glass-covered prom ae 
re in conn 
servatory ERANIUM CRIMSON sieyra Bas. sha party 
siete, én from. that not bei 
=. de sana ming work on 
ng papers were re 
eries in pelntiaa 4 the microgonia of fresh-water | 
Ey by the Rev. M. J. Fireman Prof. Bra Pig has, 
appears, of th vag 
water Alge, ce organs h 
an inch i in length, fe often not halt that ening sis etic 
1 
this 
out, t 
Toone the glass 
literally covered with flowering 
with fogs. 
pins and other conse 
pty ss am, whieh is advertised 1n ano 
ately inside y letters saying that the writers observ 
certificate, imagining that if it had it mond cs been so ane 
the Ch 
front is a slate she elf | om 
plan 
ronicle. Now as this Geranium a ehtala A det that the omi 
s mee 
seal 
t a 
ts, then a walk paved 
‘on’s tiles of various colours, and beyond 
bed in which specimens of Indian 
ted 
soon 
3 } * . 5 
Doan unicellular or divided by € one or two prp and 
on wires f= there for that purpose. 
reasonable that the awards m: 
there this for us 
will oblige Wood & Ingram, aiai [We think it is only 
on meetings should be 
_ Occupying the advertised by the society preg ook 
to give them an official 
bourhood of spores. Pringsheim 
thrown so sume lighto on the physiology of the ata 
observed in n Œd dogonium 
and basi 
and Bulboe cheete, that whe en ie 
have been concentrated, a round sie aperture in the 
former and one or more a are iins the latter 
kidi 
are formed, by means of which arapi 
Podania pe Brey odd ee red 
edr me prin 
ie paths, 
ot liked 
ry. 
d a fe peas alms ase to avoid errors in a matters ; 
panic away aiiculs to coras it] : 
in its centre. oo af re pean either pena e. AL 
or from the steep ee ee 
and if an error 
mer, 
The Lawton Blackberry.— t meeting of t 
Jost alluded New York gon ’ Club, Me Field s said he jend 
as Minton’s tiles, inasmuch as P ffected i y by Secore, 
so well 
