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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
m 18, il. 
s whic ch a are commo to 
h Trisetum substriatum, «re Spitzbergen plants, viz., 
bios лут аА Ка tlie whole. 
On Monte Rosa, at an elevation of 3158 m 
Messrs. Sehlagintweit. collec te d 47 flower ring plants, 
whicli 1 
etres, e | 
à good 
Brook, Mr. 
of the whole: 
have not been ан 
various localitie ев, but wl i M ə 
th he Pyrenees М y^ 
Es 
this an Arctic origin 
сао 
ns, when tle 
"v mount 
southern Europe in one xm d back to the TC 
regions in the бег theo vie w ich or rigin nated w 
believe w Darwin, was 
p 
of | are natives of Spitzbe 
ntaims of 
The top of the Pass of St. Theodule, above Zermatt, » 
the Monte Rosa Alps, is Prof. Marting next point o 
comparison; here he finds 13 plants, of which three 
of England 
Midi A 
succession 
Her эш э, which i is one of the E Chr 
in eultivation, surpa ssing in t 
bere нА curved; and 
m floribund 
Sa ler h 
et notice ma ver m 
ysanthemnm, 
lat res espect even Quem 
er; it is in the Way у 
will make a use seful shoy 
dum, a canary-coloured variety, 
or Alfred Salter 
rgen 
Lastly, he takes the summit of the Pic du 
n 
а suecessfa il show lower; but fog 
oreore in the ayeme, 2877 metres 
eon Ramond, a 35 ascents, &ollected 7 1 Fiower. 
ч; planta. uu 
Venus, pr inel delieate lilen 
ove inyalnal 
in thë des of A 
k 
paler i 
or no less ман озелеп of the whole. Itis a very 
fact that of these, three are not natives of 
ith o 
more fally атое by the "ate loari лен in 
on the Di stribution of British 
ciliata; the last a most distinct plant j the two others 
Plants, publ 
the de oic uni of Great Britain. 
Spitzbergen 
orms of widel 
To appreciate fully the force of Professor Martins' 
1 that +h 
extended Species, 
Lapland, viz., Por cenisia, Draba nivalis, and Arenaria | 
“т а ey ож fov 
Chrysanthemum 
Foremost among of mdp. 
named Gloria n a seedlin ng from the 
Jardin des Plan 
raised from that fine variety. 
Vence is already ac| novielre d 
ng in кө Stand 
s this year. E — 
new flow 
ntes, and pua 
It pos 
artins, no less than 98 flower 
upon 
IU as 1675, by Fr slerick Maris of 'Hamburgh, vió 
figu 
the Fralhorn, and 18 of t 
" com 
Е of. plants in the several localities are very diffe rent. 
72 Py 
only are natives о 
the e Jardin ; whilst but. 13 are 
all these localities, the "Pic du 
Haha. j^ "reto species than any o 
Prof; Martins Meo whether this difference 1з to be 
being well filied 
, to which 16 Аан! ^i 
* 
the : 
escribed and 1 species of land plants;|attributed to the greater elevation of the Peak,or to Me Lora г. Titan a, yellow, laced with : 
succeeding hi n "1775, Captain „Phipps brought other evan а que n he con sider s unangwer rth attention on ac us е its singularity of colour: 
12 Nes es, that i t 16 із scarcely suitable for purposes of hibition. 
Scoresby obtained 15, described by Brown in 1890. in hi t geographical origin of the | Undine, pearly e, tinted with rose, is in the way! 
ovde Sabine, the present President o ie which 16 is а sport. Fulgidum, brigh 
Society, in 1523 collected 24, which were ы Ьу - Useful aud маанн» аз en Martins’ writings are, "t. intide, with a yellow back, is a good in 
Sir ooker, who о determi spec they betray a want of s mue accuracy in ed variety, as is also Her d, which is in the style of 
gathered by Parry's officers in 1827. In the same yes | points that — ие, о heir value; of t Prince Alfred, but lighter in colour. Empress Ёшрбй# 
Sommerfeldt enumerated ^ collected V БЫ au in|the present essay offers several ч а is a fine large peach- eqs ind. These joe 
the southern par roup. Ја artins | Thus in the fourth line of the first page we are told | the best sorts to which names have been given; then 
2 o À 
form the iion of an Аса memoir by 
нче we f Е Crypt tog: am he other han 
sont 
nth 
| first pigé, that the! last traces of anim 
" ba, pitzbergen, and again further on, "that the Euro- 
are, 
promise 
display. | 
however, many Se edlin ings 
e to form т additions to the 
classes to yip мг" belon 
f well-kno 
"Among 
yet perii En 
e respective 
older kinds a magnificent 
Me баг voire ein "nw 
152 ascertained, bat with these 
uio. Martins лар not concern him 
QF these plants but one is used E food, the 
Cochlearia fenestrata, a species of Scurvy Grass, closely 
aei to and probably a variety of C. officinalis; its 
southern yi is ел and bitter, and Professor 
Mar ine ns attributes the abs sence of these properties іп 
the Arctie ight or heat; an 
analogous instance is mention i 
region affords 
excellent pra зой nd pot-berb. 
In the f the 93 flowering plants Prof. 
Martins e vom "Вар are considered by him to be 
strictly Meis eruat 
The strict] 
Taraxacum phymatocarpum 
Polemonium pulchellum. 
Hierochloe pauciflora. 
Dupontía Fees 
ibbrevi 
Glyceria pues 
ria Rossii, 
Potentilla, 2 species, 
flag Catabrosa vlitoidea. 
Saxifraga flagellaris. » 
Unfortunately he does mot distinguish between the 
well-marked and ену ‘marked or even bad species, 
ar even en 
an nd others are conaidere d mere Arctic forms, whose 
are likewise natives of France. | 
of "Bie fact that M Polar ocean teems with and | 
pe of thre 
Mollas 
marine pleri in abundance. So too in the 
page, Lag ү, is said to be the most northern rock 
that rises fi the bosom o the ee sea, whereas а 
reference Ф. е іа тар w have showed him Ross's 
A: а spot ы the more rétaar able "i ой being the 
ortherly land known, and having ре actually 
сей d by the late great navigator and good 
| naturalist, Sir James Ross, whose name it | 
generi 
бө 
апа 
following | 
Foe e, 
among yellow 
Blush-c 
M uis 
Marie, and 
Julie Lagravé 
or ims 
purple clas 
а be, were Prof. Martins not too a 
| sketch 
Е 
Florists’ ote 
excellence the flower 
ОЁ this season, that is s to вау, A spl Mami al season ; aa 
Mr. Salter's veg is that which any one 
desir red to gain „the information which. eod be 
apt t етїйсе | Pro, 
wd to fiae writing in his graphice rude erii 
ogne. 
class of b 
Yellow Perfection, i eres etm and Se 
oloured Prin of Wi 
Cleopatra, Be Мајр Негтіопе, Beanty, 
= Hess een 
ost lamong 
Maréchal Duroc, 
ее 
менн Perfection, L 
Grange A Rival, ET о 
rowns may 
Bainbrigge. These ar 
ena а, pe ын н Wes 
кафт Jardin des PR Mrs. Miles, 
mprised 
d. Fore 
- Queen of Ж 
р бе e Bella 
сас пе. 
Sir 
Prio Albert, and Riflem: 
pg Prince Alfred, EL E. 
Mi IM Mar 
boe 
iiti "Sla e; Ww 
ced Antonelli and Generi 
Lu An en 
class ss varieties, without w! 
fear г 7 iippoimen Notwithstanding thai this 
yr 
eat bat 4 nd 19 гб, this useful autumnal pe 
le familiar with it may safely assert, that we have 
never seen it in wie condition than 16 is this year. 
The туб much the same as that ЕЕ in 
Шы seasons, but tle blooms, which are most 
e е > individually larger Ed finer than. we 
ember 
morphological ehange. This is especially the саве 
wii most of the Drabas, with one or cesa of the 
Stellarias and Potentillas, Ranunculas, Tara m, and 
Fes tuca, whilst the Polemonium, Poa, and I Glyceria, are 
> seen t 
te rieties i tent p 
the fallaat well deserve PAR. Y 
good sliow flower, deep orange im co 
m: 
г. Brunlees, а 
ber er elt "m: : 
centre, and beautifully incurve 
latitudes, The Sa xifraga ів found in the Himalaya, 
of which Eie A Martins was сҮ not aware. 
Hence there are perhaps not iind віх ог eight | р 
of the abore list of » species hic h could universally 
be allowed to 
er plants which are common to 
Idinavia. р in the same ry, 
mind, as none of them 
2 he Mena 
Of these t| is tj М 
las with goes ver Martins uii 
he coue et 1 the Faulhorn, Lot 
d. Albu 
orum, a finely incurved eed ge tinted viti 
blush, bnt not quite compact enough in the centre 
make it a de esirable flow wer hr 
invaluable, Tot 
altitude 2683 m metres, whieh is covered with snow for 
nd :Вғағаїз collected in four years 132 species Or |" 
ce diis л also misit of Up ess viz. :-— 
tala. 
Cardamme ramier e шара iret 
Silene acaulis, Saxifraga oppositifolia. 
maria bi Polygonum viviparum. 
i of t И 
афо, archa large dark ier violet. Pink 1 Pear 
а оо! decorative plant, but for purposes | 
e жее Ден how fover, к iced гн 
larg +в 
Жай, E neariy зт, vhs nidi 
| pro о bea 
: exhibition e 
EM n Queen 
the above Ran irn 
Grands Mulets, altitude 10,000 feet, on fa 
d mde. boasts of 24 24 flowering ts, of kw the | blush, їз 
Mont|fail to become 
varieties - Moe; added a ro Pre ге in the 
ur ie € сое 
teness, 
which otd in М. unet violet puce, though à pe^ | йо, can 
than а ood kind for 
tulit loy: icut which rod 
eir ейуне other sorts, to which it forms | 
e fir J time in May last | i 
hal 
е purpodes rof exhibition | 
dej it will be found | 
ed Ranunca а bm 
T A ite 1а 
A since 
; ш th 
„г the 
cing 
Piar of doors, as vits as und Mr. 
o this season an excellent exhibition. 
for all pbi рагрове 
bee-keepers 
realise far more a! th 
The philoso 
u wonderful 
three 
„із very pro 
у | calculations give for the n 
es, | quee 
standable, lef 
er glass, 
w kind w 
MR 
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LE 
зе? ътЕаң 
e best в 
T Mic of ү, 
Now they 
This 
