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THE GARDENERS OCHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAT, GAZETTE. 
[Мау 28 1865. 
Society, accompanied by the expression of a wish | 
that Orchid growers would turn their attention to | 
the subject. 
"While on this matter it may not be uninterest- 
e 8 eaves communicated 
now the 
icates 
eyst in the parenohym of the leaf. M. J. B. 
Амох не the — useful and T кен forest | 
trees which hav ti in А йш ей то e fr om 
h 
| the oolite, 
paper тертий to [Mr. McNAP's 8]. But they zi 
i: thrive upon the sandy RI" whioh ) belon 
At present ladies and others who tako speal RS 
in the subjects brought forwa. rd, ean потр ш 
e be ds of ws cp grit.” ОЕ. 
трг: by giving us examples 
a number o 
plants of the Dougla s Fir , gro 
seed, which were йу as fast ав үз could do on 
When removed to soil which 
they soon reo covered i their peyek is nów o 
healthy green colour, and they а 
vigorously. 
Mr. LAND's observations are Da ed 
ingly pomis to planters, and we ean only hop 
t those who follow his example may meet with |A 
foreign countries, the: OU 
vd —— "s yu ortant. Ti is "perles hay in 
pe —— amount of success. 
M 
Still, however, we 
have of Mr. McNA»'s facts which eannot E 
ds, it atta ains a gigantie 
imber is of very superior quality. 
si RN and | 
it becomes а matter of the ead 
«ш on this theory. 
nature of the subsoil in ы 
y | made, that all 
mported seed 
| fro: 
in outings or layers, are in a 
hom 
МАВ, of th D 
БАБ, proda ed жс 
kind, and laid it before the Botani ieal 
rai 
à he ath y ebd 
ind under X 
ваше soil. 
m 
vigorous rone xe 
same conditions and in the 
sig mes in the Botanie Garden н 
by Doveras) as well as those recently raised from | 
seed direct from the American Co: X nent, it was 
observed, are of a rich g "havin 
straight elean stems, “ while the Buses of thos 
raised ow British- -ripened seeds have their leaves | 
hat 
ose | Pinetum eannot be у.) 
that are two 
might е the effects in question 
blossoms of the trees may have been fertilised j 
with ollen of other species Meet ng i | 
e e weak va vies 
| have communicated 
their offspring. 
Abies Menziesii growing in u 
ed ih blig unhealthy, 
for Mr. McNa» tells us, it is without ponen 
one of the healthiest and finest 
somewhat shortened, and are of a yellowish-green | 
tint, with bare undulated stems, and branches 
more or less covered with n: ar i 
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Ne TEN ins had an opportunity of examining | 
Mr. бок of Edi nburgh, who has made 
Conifers a poet P 
al 
their 
crowded during the whol 
аш шеп 
e growing | 
new 
The jai Sere 
goniums, йо р Annuals, 
vary from 1s. to 35, 
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| accom 
ort, for 
wn are chie ебу ly redis 
and 
—— We 7а ричи ud M AFRICAN AND 
made byti 
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[iurium ni КУН that travellers surviving sister, eris 
КЕ аге ke Me d to be large, and the specimens 
ed by a Geographical Catalogue, + fue tl 
vei Seien v 
TEUR LECOI 
Е яЕЕЯ ЯЕ Бг 
of the 
usually E a 
It is said dila 
of spring secures 
and gentle action rr the 
instrament, and has the 
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than others, from not 
so liable to break, while L. 
it md 
the t ether, a projecting 
tion na "the outside acting as y spring ИНИ МИ 
о handles are drawn tog 
of the seedling trees in the s nburgh tudy for many years, а 
тн, en, eese Mr, E is alludod inb ipee , | some practica joel А d ns upon mt езі at th. «| окей! emere is — rod to be opened, 
and unfortunatel e can мл no question as to | me eeting of the Towie ‚т; жы. cannot % 
the ere can be | fail to be aoceptab to Abies «очае 
n» doubt of this being a faot, v viz., that all the | Douglasii, he рэ $ that ү varied much i in оош | SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER FLOWERING 
T хортой —' seeds are in ап |0 uem ms d а 1 5 — " baí "T 
unhe 8 even when raise fon T is very e: o write a list, but 16 is и 
у d never Cali коне Wat. Т This, e ағу leid harm by so doing, for if & поїв 
as if they woul 
ея any va Куа, either for ornament or for | he said, was the ease with pla 
a many years ago by the Hortioul- 
Doveras S'8 seed, as 
from the 
| weaker or ERI subvarieties L4 pro- 
Ton Касей to adopt certain E ui AR т 
wor rthless as objects of ornament, even in 
e ill tbrow up 
ment in disg 
most inconspicuous Briti ish an 
d London through Mr. Dovera 
в the Society's collector in that 
ntry. 
"Nori is el ээг Xam " only which appears 
in this country, е ат 
А, pet ind others PR raise n home- 
saved seeds, des early эзы (чите на d 
рен from f the 
disease, seed of 
егу Бим. тоа 1 р 
eountry. 
e have шану т-у а ы а prem 
— dut pti pes in lp Royal se 
so 
had not туарда ЕЎ seed, buto Aum rm 
il it, "which he considered 
бае ofi the fi fight Sort, der seed 
weak progeny, he could not admit that. British- 
som, wonder з good rada poe "€ so 
yielding | ? 
large catalogue, such as that of Kew, 
introduced to t 
i 
such w tched advice is given about 
bya v т 
vam Muir За, yai hire, fh pm 
Pe 
À HOMSON, Esq., 
cii had been 
i us 79 заң до 
of Balgowo sad 1. 
resented by that gentleman to | 
exhibit the health | 
. nobili: vem 
well pr^ t ке: 
mds be fer e es 
largest 
the height of 3 ^ eet.” 
letter we Published - "— time 
thinks th may 
will ill live upon an colitio soil. 
assume a | 
| collections under their 
having 
correspondent, C. W. STRICKLAND, to be d 
ter we have been discussing is really of 
vade 
wm 
tation to name every really е 
иони 
rong, and w onld result in a list of 
B. ers rane. Can we depend on home 
каа seeds of these favourite Fir trees, or mu st 
ага ion pure ntt е йен must be 
y persons in this to gi 
the i best; at least three species are РЕЯ 
in ете! Н 
ло with the most useful 
Bion d Vp who Prises been 
seedlings f m the gum 
eir fri 
Позне 
ourselves, that it edd e чт ап improvement w. 
ed fi 
nd die, erai ai described in 
Aisne re time allowi 
numerous interesting novelties which 
[c 
d of 
plants of these, covered with а esee p^ 
with a i 
the end of 
soms. They requi 
rms of | vut edge clumps of shrubs, &c., 
verge, ane flower as freely at 
beginning of May 
sol or situation, dial À 
ock 
e 
an surpass, nothing equals, the 
ire no care 
g degree 
а 
one contemplating such 
planted паре оЁ mu i 
he will find 
See whioh оао | 
th 
hat while it 
ks an чойо, it it Medi 
garden in 
