804 
THE GARDENERS’ ETONE LE. 
See 6, 1856. 
further outlay if the views now explained v 
ado pted as a fixed principle of the establishment. 
ncaa dapis rden ; COLLECTION NOT Saanio over 
the doors of the Herbarium and Mus 
_ RECENT letters from ASCENSION report 
ormer occasion 
s were ioking extremely well. 
of the bags of Cape Oat 
ak h 
egetable 
ant crop. Eight 
wenty-seven sia 
&e., 
riser s Springs, B bananas 
a be requent than 
ey se a last fimi as pr as August, 
a Mr. Warrace, in ae arge of the farm and garden 
und, is of opinion that if = island is equally 
svat’ this year, the gardens and fields on the 
mountain will be as luxuriant “aid well cultivated 
s any in the w ata 
Plants. : 
oak 
n the two grand divisions 
Coniomy pri Ay gm yeetes, In cic Ua - 
of the plant consists of interwov thre 
eir tips large globose militia which 
into four lobes, eac 
reoi a 
f 
New 
9. CASTANEA CHRYSOPHYLLA, 
woe americana, IT, 159. Bot. Mag. 
4953. 
g from this germination bear the tru whic! 
are broadly cymbiform and capable of germination, 
find in the new No. of tho Botanical M nean 
cellent Heye of this rare plant, with ni 2 olore 
aime lla and the hoon The diff 
ists first n the arrest of develo sea Cehiei ‘alee 
| deseri ipti: 
“One (o 
of the greatest rarities perhaps in 
Arpe of the oyal 
Ro Pa ns of Tat; e` the 
t under 
ves of a pale 
f the latter, a cireumstance 
is "E strong er in Se = other allied 
secondly in vor fact t sporiform 
e like ar spores, while 
whi ch i 
genera ; and 
bodies n Podisoma germina 
eo 
Specimens pr the plant p 
the herbaria of many botanists ; for ti 
No thing could ate sg the health ‘ena good con- 
ago as 1830, by Mr. Pan Poit 
nan extension of the — of the 
is nothing more 
In Po disoma the inner 
than 
cell into filiform _ processes. 
about the grand rapids « of the okna ae Cape 
Orford h- We! merica, 
since been 
peti 
dition of any on the isla me consisting 
dake 
e present year shows c con- 
cro eee what ae productive powers of the island 
likely to 
Sweet Sarara bss 
Pumpkins wer 
CKS 
Seri &e. 
abiting the hills ; 
ound af fav in Califor iy Sonal ag Burke | ©, 
wer! l 
e able to send 
artweg, and these collectors 
eed eike pear 
and 
icedi to Europe, of whic h very fe 
h 
as the po! ollen tubes are protruded in Ph ænog ams. 
better plan, perhaps, is to reg gard the growt h of Podisome 
allies as f ation of genera ations, the 
this p all | pro- 
ave g 
a seed gathered “by Bur! alt hough now on 
about five feet high, it has for several years pr OROA 
on 
we 
Dad) ility | 
parent plant. 
of the pa arasite and the 
coe may estore between the failure 
appearance of a new crop 5 
a L8 =f Sa = 
spikes of flowers, and thes e instance, were 
eceeded e following var 4 256) by Eral. an 
aeh off be 
fresh attacks, for which had the 
5 
of the size is Ye represe: Pa _ ssh i Il 
The rest winters | 
This i said oy Deus las to cn 
rying in heigh 
Je make our description from our 
own small plant above mentioned, which is branch ed 
pared for the reception of the new sds a J.B. 
DECREPITUDE OF THE PEAR TREE. 
As already av every individual pr whether of 
an anin ar or veg getable nature, has its ge poring of 
Vegetable Marrows 
pinac 
Cucumbers 
French Beans .. 
eaches 
berries... 
pad Sy ee 
English Potatoes 
Chillies 
hes e consist g chiefly ‘of Oats, 
dian d Gras 
Fre non re per fectly at hom ie asia pe pro 
fiivihastle. Two oo o nÀ ie fanana Kidney 
with e spot produ cedi in 
Leaves, the smalles of the Chesnut ki nd, tw 
o 
-$ 
he le 
praa the upper hal rous, 
pree one 2s cen or five, ‘distant, pte ee at 
r 
has been apani and 
sequ managed, 
exis e, during tages, 
alls into decay, and arrived at me heaped isapenr frou 
g Pear 
a years: 
ge aeae on the 
particular race, its degree of acclimatation, the; con- 
ditions, more or less favourable, under which the tree 
the care with which eae 
subse en 
Pear, when sprung fro 
This age varies 
a good: 
Teod 1 
+, 
Marr Fro —Perianth cu 
ony soill; a A aletes eve lobes external ; 
three inner less vil r ones, Stamens 
to 12 or 
or more. me is easy to asce 
examining, when the tree has been saw 
ove by the ground, het nnual = ie which show the 
progress of its pogin, ita s stoppage and deppe, These 
ry larg re, becom 
nee, 
race, att 
< a Ag ae o 2003 years 
rtain 
et 
| res ve maller and 
ler tow maf the 
almost imperceptible. Iti i is in sedeli 
na = Lind the soil 
ight an 
had been soii from 20 perches of land. 
The Coffee shrub was making some progress in 
S je erer Ka = Eg a couple 
Be very fine Coffe ns last January. 
place made as Vi 
hop e that this fruit, „ Which eF not y 
Pine Apples, broat ty 
Sir eae Warak were Dia capit ital | progress. A | 
and during the following 
it of the size represented a 5, and Yr 
and 
~ From these gape 
must be rich, deep, d free from stagnan 
the ruth of which ay 
it will be under- 
fru we hit 
immature before the pti Te i is three- eT and 
very prickly, as in Castanea vesca.’ 
stood how necessary i in our cold and variable 
climates, when it is intended t hat es trees should 
only to ed from seed 
EGETABLE PATHOLOGY.—No, CXLVI. 
egies <a sbocagy ttre tae Podisoma*). The 
s pro mprised under the genera 
whieh f tien the su ne t be 
of 0 our 
sey ra ise 
of hardy a a vigorous — Jn ra 
there are oon a ee ‘whisk have no 
similarity to their s reason it is neces- 
miin to make a trefol "selection in “the apeme year of 
All tl ooth bark, 
ee, sma aterially affecting t the cultivator. They 
stem 
piece o 
ican Aloes, and supplied with | 
P 
however, 
involve so important, that a treatise on the maladies of | 
Va nck hie aain ERE EE : 
con- 
Bebe and a 
that mural grows ARA eg ane may tA 
wth and long duration. 
amecdli ngs ‘on thd wild Pear of the woods have 
some authors have recommended the 
ear, which etsh h etter in a Strong 
of the Poire d’'Amande and Napoleon. 
made within the last 10 years 
metie: 
In several experi menis 
e most substantial have been 
rich vegetable mold roait down from the Peak. P y 2 
is, mixed well by the sp: with the chalky of the the noes are confined exclusively | to species of | ness oe graw 
i i e genus Juniperus, 
tieri eg Aea tit p droppings, clavate or lobed zelatinons masses which resemble bere patronised 520 
were 500 pla’ wing as ANE un efs dod 
a, ; : yin g sticks in winter, The brane ches, however, | soil than those 
sa ght to the island b The Naik ie on Which these onera grom aee tle ei gens erry: ed, 
i ani same prod 
pany Has upon a kind ¢ of Opuntia called the pee successive years, each Individual leaving behind but have font: that 
White Prickly Pear, l 
over island. About two. hundred 1 fresh plant 
general the branches of the matri at 
n P. macropus an arhiealir'es ineei 
ucrée ‘Ve rte, paring ny we have 
that ‘vigorous varieties from genera- 
dded in the summer of 
, and there was reason to believe that its pag sofort but i ected and pawl were bud è thon 
might be tu o profit. In short s formed, akné very much like the strolilus of a‘pthe fourth year of the ir growth, not 48 tee PE 
every that been tried had succeeded, more Cypress, above the ground, pas at three feet or more, Sa 
Oe teas with th ption of Turnips. a a his latter is very common in Pennsylvania | following reason : worked too near ee ase 
A pi f à attached to th ital upon th so plant = a Virginian ree an which have | liable to sun e Acia „as formerly stated, W Those 
be ece or ground attache h T ee been closely clippe is known under the name of | budded at the height of three feet ee unde E 
en successfully ted with ornamental shrubs, Cedar Apples, and vasa into the market as a popular | young trees raised f orchard cul rg 
and now forms an extremely gay and agreeable | vermifuge. The trees, though covered wi with the parasite, | any cut hich cannot i Erge 
P: tel apa aA any a coms ony he India had | do not seem to suffer, for as fast as the parasite grows | season. Their shoots are shortened back os i rog 
completely e itself, or S iod in order to fo ? 
successively kept the garden in anty with its rich | > like manner those species which affect the branches | half stem or tall stem ; and when or oe ba sched 
ers. With it are ated species other Junipers without AE ar aeons, if | subjected a moderate thinning bof raj Po 
Ficus, Sarip, Ilex with ve ge leaves, Sietle at all, are s ooy ae Thus treated, they afford the prospec mat tee Lael 
Vi , with Oranges, Melia Azedarach, | Which is the mo Horiten surpris a sarge gelatinous for ears. It will be of a vationsl iat 
en Buddlea ce Pa gf ee sink a strong emand on the mother of eaten, he we put off the oà of 
ens grows 805 id that th lly lik d decay, and the more we deviate fr 
le c] sooner does t period arrivè- 
_Tavine planted with ž = e is, indeed, not merely ex yE- tem ber the richness of the soil, too severe 
p oA impa ia gage pa prdne sing ety x Sa ol shen 
Oranges, and Figs, prunin and TJeoasiderate lopping or thinming 0 
d the Guavas were iter scr ey seen a a e aa Saind inattention to the des Spee a 
a . - 
In another allusion sre Peta from rx a int ad eas a ores.’ | are so oan hich hasten the period of 
; 
reg 7 
result. whe stocks which were 
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