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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 759 
in 
of a felled Poplar in the neighbourhood of Liverpool. 
Some vad the poss. A a. attac. x d toa te ie of e 
wood wi and placed under a glass shad 
execu ted steel engravings, we shall have described a 
work the sterling value of which cannot be over-esti- 
mate ad... The J yl (only 10s.) is another feature of no 
d otherwise put ina 
| most favourable for growth. One a äraminek to 
the pry culture of plants of this kind he 
mice gel ust bi ens to ciseononben 
om 
is no remedy except shutting up 
oldest mo nths. In summer the 
Rie? 1 
h the 
evil i is but little felt. 
valuable collections of Ferns which 
and 
his establishment _ contains, and which | Mr, _ Smith 
florists’ raahata 
b u } of sel , and 
wae orin Benj vegetables, all of which as far as they go, will doubt- 
be found useful. 
b. 
Ni ii collected by Dr. 
nni 
es Garden Memoranda. 
RoyaL Boranic GARDEN, KEW.— Since we last visi 
this establishment some important im 
een made in it. The old museum ha aving be 
much too small to ho Id the many Aai. Pp tee 
hich bei dditional 
bit 
menze 
named G. copallifera, produces room h 
esi, of which it was stated ata ang id Sable akro 
re exported fro Sierra Leon n some | Upper end of the lake 
pa the ot M.J.B erkeley,| Palm stove. This 
F ko seem to pran about 112 feet in length, 
climates, eight of the | 
ha me o 
r thei 
whi ch lies i in in front of tl he grant 
is a pan sanaa brick hitting, 
t in width, 
indows 
M.A. The > entomiogenous 
i A warm ©) r equable « 
ag oceasiona lly to warm h 
being peculiar a or rai = Bag 
paper 
increase 
spec 
by figures. In the course of a discussion | tion will be secured, and, as there will be a window 
ise, 
at the *P 
= when we re inspected th 
r New Zealan » Madeira, > Mexia —_— 
HE 
umbiums, and even Baalo, ferox succeed as 
ay eg be desired. The Ouvirandra — 
r Wat t Ye fi ascar has also made large 
ro 
lus 
hich followed the reading af the paper, Mr. Ww 
ot The pails. is to be w 
that in these e larvee are attacked by “the raed 
ied peg, si vi h there are Fa all thirteen 
hi he 
cases th 
while they are in a living si tate, and sugge pred hist that 
inquiries should be instituted in order 
whether or not this is really the case, 
PP ig 
Poticeg of Books, | been completed, which it very soon will be, 
ede e 
Dr, Asa Gray’s Botany of the Northern United States, | auaa SORAS Yererowded, 1t wil form one of tho m 
(Putman & Co. New as 2 $ a Popes Another object of much interes 
great garden is its new succulent reg 
“Arica plants, ins ee roofed 200 feet in length 
|in height the roof is tie 
me wna representing the iron die rs, a and 
with this 
firct +3: W 4 far 
paraa means of open | 
w building, chisdiake, shall have 
and stored 
tures of this bie aig establishment, 
I in this „vast house are in progress oi 
has necessary 
eds or boxes.in which they grow ‘ 
mach rene the oi f the aoe eer We 
that thi tree at west 
eiling eee was 5 oD to 
be too cold and dry for i its underground roots 
rite 3 nearly all 
tree had to be 
ing to p 
Aiie 
| wh 
as what includes: pa erelo a a light and elegant appearance, 
is glazed with g ot a groen tint, which show 
ever, not very vaen; some 
Virginis and Kentucky, ‘and westward to the Missisippi 
“This southern boun: use the words o 
genera or orders, In the case of A Palms and 
Cycads this has been already accomplished, and nothing 
Ț„ | more faintly c coloured —_ other ers. Along the sides are 
ted 
“steed ka 
smaller kin ds of apres 
of tender Casters in tubs 
r the n the Old 
olk Island Pines more es; ly 
re now ‘become Reo By noble 
trees, which in a year or 
th In deed, 
dod 4h 
smal pas 
includes 
the m 
lao while it ae 
ibe vegetation, € sant ats all the e plants Snot Aaga von r plants, in, pints en Euphorbias, Opuntias, Cer 
in nd Misso ri. ane nort! | Aloes, » Yuceas, Dracæ: 
ms, 
É 
i 
Z 
run 
ch are arranged 
vas, Cri. 
one of hil G (eit a) haslately $ y acd 
ured in ; Four- 
a East on 
of the St. Lawrence, as well as of the “deep peninsula 
Canada West, will be found described in this volume.’ 
tains are 
Within this area occur 794 genera and 2351 species A by themselves, s on that shreitiSexenoe they prosi “wr 
aoe ah 
reuses, 
1- | excellent 
| hand. 
tion must soon be found for its contents, 
The houses geneal, it may be mentioned, are in 
order Ja of the coolest of them the 
been beautifull, 
CI 
flowering plants alone, a number which we have no 
doubt that some of our writers on diferences without tonality perceived. Some of the Foureroyas, 
would easily treble. pe 
The technical nature of the work precludes exiractë,; 5 
we aall Stench satiat sid nos By Bs i covered their former health. 
state of can Ti but that it places arein and 
itg ak Sohne higher than ever in the estimation of d 
men of science, while the paper, typography, drawin; 
healthy 
Elements of Modern History (Black & Co. ; whieh time it 
are boo! pnt equally larg 
l So 275) has been issued as ew pee k, the Sar tin arog tee 
piel ar: the plant was t then lad on its side for a sho rt 
his | ma: 
lia however PEA by cutting the decayed part com- 
pg 
are ee it is planted ou e border 
large hole was Ëy “tog it, and filled 
turfy loam and pest, leaf moul 
his P 
i d fiowering abundantly as it as it 6 should do. I 
that the blooms will keep 
root into. it, and 
urse shorter 
been. 
wih some Jeaf-m 
is potted and dang well hough of of e course 
bya a fot oe eee sep. i se have 
aE SRST Pee | met 
Bostock & Riley’s Translation of Pliny’s Natural B! 
ja fifth volume has appeared (Bohn). We een. 
employed : 
cutting for the bou 
internal 
‘on of Mr. Kemp’s oe R of Bid- 
xt week. 
Gard, Chron. for for the prevent est, p. p. 87), that a hi 
has | able size. At one end of this 
erent vari 
Such mispri as andrachle 
i arachne (o; ver and over ame thryselinum for | such pier © r 
aa &c., are discreditable, | Orchi 
pn pee terete leaves ea consider- 
house were arranged 
rl pres 
ever, some! near] 
guainted p a it clearing it off the 
poss which had no business there. y 
SON 
Misce Haneous. 
case} Zhe Yew.—Zuccarini a distinct 
FE ind Taltichiana) ‘or ja ‘Himalayan 
more curved, an 
The 
dulph Grange is sated deferred to 
Two mo: tices will complete it. 
species 
Yew; but 
and the berries 
As rega the general collection of plants 
to the glass it appears to be in a better state than ever we 
vo volumes scarcely contain more ; 
t 
North American, and several connecting links, all 
remember to have seen it at this season of the year. | 
Orchids have improved considerably, nearly 
add that the volume is]illus-} The 
q 
belong to Taxus baccata ; he tells us (i. 186) that the 
