o toc sulle nmn d ad 
JawvaRY 28, 1865.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONTCLE AND AGPICULTUR 
AL GAZETTE. 19 
1r cultivated plants. of кие, " d a Aclandim, C. pong and Phalænopsis | Jan. 11.——*I shall be hap ppy to ран out to 
8 ps restored to the va d to ser d ue Ч Messrs. Low possess an "pd fin ne Mr. Beisly, EQ, growing on an Oak on Pete 
горна t toa new Yesetation. If the A ot с о. True, the i sg: are small, but in É t Eastnor, about D miles from this 
1 el by means of manure, | and vigour they fully equal larger — Of place." J. A. m Lynches, Malvern, Jan.10.—— 
A. if the quan away be restored, | toglossums recently imported n New Grenada they "In my practice as a ti ber surveyor, I have twice 
the original шу Гат if the supply be|have also several hundred g which something | met with the Mistleto growing on the Oak. In one 
greater, the pro oduc a defective supply | new may acit be expecte case I marke ee fi , and it is now ; it 
gives a smaller pro Хы) Of other novelties in the way of Orchids, the р stood on the Msg estate in this parish. In the 
Consequently, the еец was advised to “ con- tion contains Перан nodatum, а gay speci other i instance the tree 5 d for le, bat 16 was 
fine himself to supplying these substances to his land, | imported from Moulmein, with slender stems, gouty а " r the Rev. George p o . ы 
and giving it the iie physieal condition, so o E joints; D. primulinum, a fine kind, producing of Вер, near Chichester, aud the 
reuder possible, and to increase, ssimilation of|large primrose-coloured flowers, with a few T ngfold estate, бча куз Surrey, 
carbonic acid and ammonia from osphere.”? orange s stains TERE, PE base of the lip; D. eburneum, the pro f Mr. Leyland, Woods, the ie 
This theory а ара ге, ог anure and D. Farmeri aureo-flavum, both ти species High Sheriff: of г ыи Alfred Mellersh, Godal; 
mineral the was received with enthus from Moulmein. яе т ium "Harrison num, а beau- " 
Engla nd Amer rie а, апа highly M рат sd AGENS white- -flowered species, an duy many others, Antiqu y of Garden Plants.—We have historica 
When brought to the test of experience. how: 
it is well known that Liebig's manures нсы failed, 
and some very sensible remarks sum up this valuable | 8 
article on manure. 
“ Instead s morte agriculture by his manures, 
iebig caused them t o demonstrate the incorrectness | 
of his mineral theory of agric ; and the failure of 
ally m of opinion, which was 
sometimes express 
from Ly arie paier ta. his vie 
“ The practical farmer accepts in its fa 1l 
the abstract terr of LR so far as it con- 
o looks for 
dishi 
, | Associated with these was 
ner d E free 
oth 
aaa Among other к, Eranthemums in a collection of 
йаша remarkab blé r the beauty leaves, such 
06023812. an о ers, was metallicum. ] 
| several thousa nd imr 
1 
evi "t "hat giri и have not varied for 
and 
tina ко we noticed full of small n of Pampas 
Gru raise ed fr om imported seeds ; other er 
г, А 
1 123 
thi rd was an interesting collection, sai o finer 
inds of Japan which we remarked 
as also Lomaria fluviatilis, with 
toe, t te а on which 
constant; and a minute and 
may 
; | careful ЕЕ ЕП of a plant will suffice, nct only for 
| the present, but pd m 
B 
ceeding generations of 
naturalists. rom nature to 
dinis that such ей. ог even generic, dii ter- 
ics 
rw 
skets, lr mixed with the loavos. of 
long narrow fro 
cerns him; he 
in which h 
either have, or uL continue to be, permanent for 
an unlimited period of t ime; that th 
eee tri 
be effected in lef spac 
of eid by cultivations and Ату should not an сата 
РА, foliage, the upper surface of whi ich 
^n beautiful metallic .gloss on it, which gi ves the 
In hanging baskets, i 
whi - it энтда іп habit, p cannot | 
e "reti mature of agric ain 
mist, and 
of agricult re; 
at his dispoaal 
; th at е fact 
on Man 
looked at from the chemist's point o 
UES КЕСЕ rr $ Sugden's Compen- 
ГА atalage for 18 1865, a list of 96 pages, 
y fall. tion of Gourds, AORERE I T€ 
we no tico de С Mr mme 
a ingto| 
S several of r. wow n 
e are abstract 1 
^ hat 
меа the Imperial Court of Par is. 
Company. 
"8 
This world, what is it but a great rr ancient ASAN 
where the scenery of lifi is ever chan ing" Look at that 
gon ic and they tree ; its present form appears 
to „be fixed » yet tbat very form i is in "ау аз fleeting 
fail to pep a pretty effect, 
In oth uses were кере mbers of raucaria 
ИБНЕ. mar rom seeds ; and, in warmer compart- 
ments, Meri 5 гу е" fine. M rit stove plants in 
= ien abunda; 
scellane 
сагори Ра ту pea agn the бау | 
papers a singular caus y be een tri 
tree has passed from its first life movement im the 
i and what is true of that tree, which is а od of 
ature, is true of w^ whole of nature; the present 
олдов of nature now is no more unalterable than 
” м other СЯ ннн itis the last of the Apr 
ases of c and equally fleeting with all t 
bred 
агае Welis. —It has been observed that Artesian 
ecided was whether Cauliflowers are 2 Оет, and lis 
ү ve rise to a long and animated discussion. Тһе |і 
question arose in consequence of the ге RES price of | c 
the carriag e of Омр ев byi кө Orleans Railway Com- 
pa ower hat of more delicate 
Cau 
that they should be charged as ; the railway 
company, on the contrary, rhone ihe deg rate. | borin; 
The Court decided that Caulifiowers are not Cabbages, 
t in favour of the Orleans Railway 
t 
Mistleto on the Oak. —The following letters on this 
are ntercelsbed between impermeable o ones, Where the 
an alation is n ea 
; s whi well at Du'men, in Wet. t- 
про, із s supped y no o^ than 13 mi ina деш, 
sisted | of 380 feet. 
b а Ње w: 
of an LEA p well ma be derived va "p queres 
Mic urs, from which 
withdrawn, quantities of sand and r^ snail-shells 
were ejected, which must, without doubt, have found 
* The interesting letters which have lately appeared i in 
the Times ' respecting this singular de hr ti plant. will 
ings w 
ficial aceumulations of water was gi vài by w vd s of "this 
description edd my in in Westphalia, and mte 
Parker's ‘Catalogue of Seeds is a iet 
offered.— Robert 
кы; of Ba ehoicer itas arm f flowers and pod 
Ситт List of Se as its dis- 
tiio peret A mer е iti the. seeds of 
hardy trees and ilia bs. 
" n Memo таз, 
Messrs. Low's NURSERY, UPPER CrAPTON.—One of 
the most trei tin ng houses in this extensive establish- 
Е" pany EE, the nt comparatively 
flower се : in pet ye kr omes Sich eed of 
ich 
TE is Specimens $ E Dieksonius, Also 
eas with tal 
en in bl а 
той е stated to be no fewer than 20,000 
bg 8 in this езер, a fact which speaks уо! I» umes 
m usefulness of this particular kin 
мен new span-roofed house, about 125 wp in length, is 
Не, Put up for the accommodation Specimen 
tio S, and another not quite so long HN Lar been 
mp for Orchids ся е is also Met W 
d growing on the Oak ; almost ev 
О to gro 
The plant is very partial to Apple ih, and its e eade 
growth on one of these trees Verifies the рте of 
Shakespere's observation of the 1seltoe," 
which, N its growth on fruit trees, injur Our 
us Qa 
early botanist, Dr. William Turner, ipie of this Lco 
and says of the berries—' The fowler maketh birdlim 
wherewith аена Һе taketh the thrush. I iter 
Mi t 
saw more plenty of right Oak Missel than Hugh 
Morgan showed me in London. It was h t 
of Essex, where there is more plenty than in any other 
place in England that I have been. ,in| 
his “ Book of es," speaks of Mistl d asks— 
* What benefit hath that tree upon whom the Mistleto 
ame dx ? No more than any member of the body 
w er of 
whom a cancer is placed, and will at length 
destroy rei И Fg it be pole ed from the 
|y, Sydenham t 
may ьа а some s $e readers to к m^ in 
0 localities in Eng 
E upon 
cali ities to which I refer 
bury, 1 
ngstoke; from each of 
these places I beri "сеге sprigs "ef the very Oak 
trees on which the Mistleto was seen ios wing | the 
gentlemen who were kind enough to reply to my 
тай of inquiry. А few years ago I MK A pai 
18 Linh pt 
to inv 
t g 
es Professor Lindle & botauists, 
| we 
| СЕ. Y Lo: and animals, 
n H rapa a: | 
e, in ii ihe r from bot! m of is ch eels and small 
Ev have at e del foun 7 deg view. 
aed inier —The ad » am ю бор А to give 
though not period 
| Han 
of our planet on which, if -— t immediately ченей 
at d events ч very near та ce on earth, 
It has been named the T hiv p period; and s diit: 
канї by i supplying us with the enormous masses 
combustible materials preserved in argillaceous and 
ey hayi 
of a grea 
It a highly pfi ccm 
nce at this subterranean herbarium, and 
20 y Jade. кө Т Ө eagerly — ген ҮЗ! rage 
y favourable circu 
but those of the lignite still remain ed book. 
As might have M үрү төн the study of 
vegetable зене is made а deep im E upon me, 
p 
and cai е The plan 
of кы ios exhibit but ee ERAS with those 
of the К ere all wi ersed. In these in- 
pre 
vestigations Clion си ‹ ope е frequently cime e across 
ins | know! , and 
would see: 
маф сњ А RE vith avel for o plants r4 e to the conclusion that the e ofi the rp prising was, that a considerable number ы 
except Calanth г )rchids th re is little now in bloom бро the Oak had always been the exception and not these plants so closely resemt bled the 
displa nthes, which ha oduced a magnificent|the rule, and that,even in the time a the Druid ds, 
(rm Pa er 6 the beginning of last October.| Mistleto from tbe invested with peculiar San inguis| ishabla n them.  Justly Рыс р. 
БЕЗ эы has х been finely in flower, аз | sanctity and highly esteemed for its rarity. Though |importance to this fact, І mb be permitted to m 
Lowii, Ston h gra voee. Room |generaly supposed to be confined to the Oak, Apple, | in support Г АХ; n. in. few fossils. One of кед 
inf vij Stone зй Hookero, and the таге Dendrobium | апа a few others, the Mistleto is occasionally found | rather lar bed leaf, acd toothed mar 
which, fai DN # g white d. i iie 3 on NS following trees :—, 1 ple, Peir, Haw- "as petiole. "Tela of only a {тее n 
pretty. ma A with rose, are elicate and | thorn Mountain A hr S Ant to North America resembles 16 entirely, rona pos 
linum, Odon herr Epidendrum vitel- | Lime, Acacia, Wi oplar, Elm said | and that is the ‚Уза tree (Liquidambar поена 
x toglossum grande, Lycaste Skinneri,|the Sco " Beaven. „| well known by the resin it exudes. That no 
