644 TH 
E GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 27, 1856. 
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is Pe lis the more 
The fo Mowing 
Bie Tare was 95 feet k Magiat in ight i 
a from the groun Means of a 
enormous auger a multitude of holes were form 
Tom, stands 15 feet off the last, and is not quite 
to 
: 300 feet high. 
The Brive or Catirornia is 280 feet high, and 
700 Ee 
The THE Forest is a very upri ight | 
tree, almost, ‘without branches to the top, where it 
is capped with verdure. This is 300 feet high and 
nce. 
. Rémy’s gon observation of 
obey G 
d| Nevada, especially in Carso 
in size, owing to the Pabcuctivecean of men; 
clr and bring it over. ` Its fall was p aig 
and also as high as 50° N. latitude, whence an 
occasii sary 
As a whole the grease was deserving of much 
of the 
with those from California. 
of 
so fami liar to 
sumed in this work of Vandalism and in strippi The a rticle which furnishes us with the preceding reat floral displays we 
the of its bark to the length of 52 feet n the early part of the season, 
Its diameter, measured by Mr. Brencutry at =e - Decipvuous Cypresses ( chiang distichum) of lit contained pr immense variety of novelties of 
from the soil, was 23 feet seven snerti i Iexico, supplied by M. Re kind, such as Ferns, Lycopods, and Sela- 
reckoning the bark, which was at least iiie foot | established in that country “He apo orts them, after r | ginellas, he; which attracted a large share of public 
ore. lace for bowls and a iis have been | personal ep ae o he true Deciduous Cypresses altogether formed quite a new feature 
constructed upon its fallen trunk, and the stump, | About 200 are found within the Pree of Chapul-| in the hibition, All the specimens were ad- 
hich has been planed, is surrounded by a summer | tepec Of the e the rya is 4 yA -e num et Deer. grow. , and in the most perfect health. 
house furnished with seats where the curious may Veg ground, it je 6 feet from the ground it is We remarke a ‘with no a oe and rA 
meditate upon the surrounding objects. Some | 3 4 feet. Iti is about 120 feet high 15 fi that whil d ing the elegant 
eat have endeavoured to th i ground it divides into three b arle l| and varied forms of these golat “Tittle plants’ 
ig Tree, w which however notwithstanding its size. Most of the side branches baa towards “the their more showy nei eure such as Balsams an 
the group, as seen mes and one, which springs from about 7 ‘ch by the by ay were some 
resen but was y = most perfect and | from the ground, nearly | grazes S it. The r root yh excellent specie: were maes fm most un- 
dsomest ire it was 1 Havin counted | o: nuts oses, noticed. ere, again, is further prose how the 
the number of ri 18 iat we inches (high?) The soil in which the and China 
the semi- | 
reful examination does not 
age E our piACiE Methusalem to have 
pet exceeds And when reduced to 
this enough 
| Aoi iiie of a pan (cow 
| soil is oceaninnatly = a 
-| The fam 
taste of mo publie i is ee Dahlias 
“Aste TS | prea 
t variety, yo in such 
+ ete 
1) 
scarcely more than 3 fe A Aei eep ; _ the 
ouche pierr 
| prevents the nt of water,.so that it it is a. 
o | found at 2 spad Ld eae rainy season the | 2 
ous a a of tho, cemet = of Popolta, 
near Tacuba, has been calle d the i afi Monte- 
zuma ; this is th It is 
now rig Hsia by Tight g Sis h it has 
t is — above 90 or high; 
gure its on 
goir os = of the eens 
upon th 
world ray the arenes of our afd 
The Mryer’s Canin is 80 feet in aaeh] 
and 300 Ra high. 
The E SISTERS are pe so as to look as if 
Spe 
for Being ea i at come parad from the ground 
an s ound level the circum- 
eet, feet. 
Ru 
=e Cypress 
Tur 
=i sprang Shadi the same 
and form the coach beautiful gion of the 
“Grove, ? the y the 
nam 
Amenia he basin in which the ‘Wellingtonias 
stand. and 9 
mens 
joel 
THE Potato mould is extremely prevalent this year, 
found in the swamps of the United 
miration of every one 
| who ae what the form of those flowers was 
rh 
e chief pve of the Exhibition was, as 
and is remarkable |i 
rge as has | that 
orted ; gt larger we suspect than speci- | 
Ete 
thing however mu ust hay e bee ne eb > every one 
ho tek Ne exhibition, 
ae of 
cases there 
centre covered with 
Each i is 300 feet high an 
That in the middle 
ey a 
200 fect without 3 
Canin is 
the trank Broken off at 150 fee t “ivan the jain 
The Orb -mg 
in circumfere 
1 
t| tinued dry weathe the tubers 
ve been Fhe affected, while i B thers se # any | 
d 
is 300 feet high and 60 Toat 
t 
In some distric 
n sustaine ase of ia 
The Her bwin: t ye called b 
is 300 feet high and 75 feet in ech lomis ce. 
b 
Ith 
een burnt on on side e of its trunk. Itis areik 
imber. 
ie S mi 
us occasions on Tomato “ic Anthocercis and one 
but we had never heard of 
USBAND AND 0 feet 
e, and their trunks, it are 250 feet | 
trees standing 
close foijuthiar: and includes “ other," “ Mother 
and 24 children. The Father was blown down 
have been 425 feet igh In falling smashe 
ah has g h S ann E 
p pin ra m Du “tl 
have an undoubted specimen 
d from 
1 the present TA 
before us, commu 
= 
eir y will try bus effect of 
sph upon it, if the disease i aa not to 00 fi ar adva need. | 
an 
r was so elevate Fu t ‘be complitely 
ly 
upper t 
hid from its sight of all ordinary spectators ; and 
a exhibitors must hav e 
ects of their care ra anxi iety in dias (puine they 
The wa 
REY 
£ 
TR Dat oh 
under surface of the Jeaves of the Petunia, get is 
to. 
trate is 
ollow froth ery to end, 
mity the waters of a 
a ae tow: pete one 
theref ore Pota 
| however useless making any experiment if "the sta 
dy 
as to affect the stems. 
an 
spring which he Meni in a ia a 
91 a in at alg and 327 feet high. The 
children are rather 
The ESAN MESE Ters The 
he Keeper, bed 
nds by their side, is 325 feet high yr 80 in 
is naked 
round. 
i 
I 
bodies 
star 
The Ord “Mato Stands „alone ; her head i 
and bent ; fe g 
Apir anp Mary are thus called after two young 
American girls who eatin rig through the Mam- 
The Mother is age JIB 
R Kre P 
of the Tw. rins separate pa 40 feet Toi the 
TT 
of the a S eapi of which is 
loam! eee species, aE al ef 
stat was one of those displays of sil shot Se is rare 
and flowers which ar 
distinction 
ne who can Jeay vet 
ve already 
healthy y is 
| fesa >on is till they have been attacked by 
o 
3. Facts, however, have lately come to light whieh 
by periment 
are few who wntaxisined a drait as to ce success ; 
” ‘BT 
tend to prove that such moulds though not | not truly They 
moth Grove. hoy wo very beautiful trees, 
300 feet high and 60 Sick a 
eet Roe is an old hollow eal 
can ride on ho. 
kis is 250 feet long. 
is so called 
rseback for 
because its base 
one 
ws CABIN, 
trunk, A which y 
pone sged 
inthis tke 
90 feet roun 
after the owner of Uncle | 
ak a 
ıd been in offering so large a sum of mon nee 
eo 
are developed on decaying matter, “fom which the 
shape of prizes; and the collection brought forw 
for competition was the pane vidence that could “be 
adduced to show the directors how highly their ex- 
ertions for the encouragement of horticulture were 
j pee by the il ata community. 
e J ening Reco 
aem of vi visitors attended. It was good 
our opinion, Exhibition 
the 
three lays: as it enabled every one who had a taste 
J 
over 
| — leaves, the fine ip sheen of shih, ow 5 as it should 
seem, stomates, without 
and a very | bition 
ment o phe gc 
a whole; i pario eal 
came in all cases Tat ard 
his Crystal Palace 
more aan ono instance and axtis a 
quent division of the upper part of the 
