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almost 
t a Several of the leaves measure | about two days. 
5 bet ai Rage K ite . noon of the first day, a 
ose 
ry open at 5 o’clock in the after- striking is pam After the flower has died 2 
remain open all 4 ssel, having almost the exact —.— 
night. They 
n 10 and 11 Oclock, and lar mee o pipe. Some of the 1 
inches 
them have a up rim of fr to 2 . — reopen ’elock ; a which before were | Sion House m 
in diameter. The outside of the rim is a beautiful | white, being time changed to pi ese gra- It is much to one regretted 1 thie Gao Water Lily 
rosy purple on the side next the sun. I recol- | dually fall down on the water, and an i of la is its lar und — rapa if it did not pro- 
that m never or very seldom showed itself | petals, striped and mottled with purplish red, is unfolded duce flowers, w a p nme an 
on the leaves of the at Chatsworth, and Mr. Ivison | about 3 o’clock ; the latter reflex, and fall back on the ornamen ers, and if i — panini to render its 
tes its production to the abundance of air which | others ab lock, en thé wh ower as- constit fg 2 r by erossing it with some less 
1 house at Sion al im to giv F sumes a flattened appearance, and discloses to view a | kind, ubject is one worth the attention of the 
flower opened on the 10th of April, = since that date — of smaller petals, ern each other and | hy — 
doz *cloe 
8 a afternoo 
in the centre. About 6 o 
f the second day, it puts on its last Mr. Groom's Tolurs.— We paid a visit — 
w stamens, on Thursday 208 for the purpose of i * an 
i w exceptions they had n t opened their 
will be in perfeetion Pa week, when 
ain. 
to the present time more than a wers have 
opened and cl d there are now fou flow er-bud 
sight. A flower-bud always follows the development 
= a leaf, on which, wavy i h 
ight and th 
there it expands. 
Miscellaneous. 
ses of the Borassus gomutus.—The Kabong or 
Borassus gomutus 18 a Palm-tree of some importance. 
It grows to the height of the Cocoa-nut and sago trees, 
and is cultivated rags geo for t gro which it yields | 
for the manufacture of jaggery. ocoa-nut 
and many bs — trees, it — into bearing 
after the seventh 
year. ae 
duces two kinds 
of mayams, or 
flower buds — 
no juice, and the 
= 
yie eld sa 2280 ee 
in I though 
sufficient juice 
for the manufac- 
bun- 
of produetiveness for a number of years, the first 3 down, but they become zam with age ; and as 
ening at the top of the stem, the next t lower | he deseribes ee whi ch he 7 ee ree Pe „ 
uced to little. 
Pro obably e hardy, but — is or: 5 ascertained. 
ei s tc Ga se E r May 
Ilex corn ardy, evergreen Holly, from 
the North of China, — — rs. gam and 
Co. ; 
W 
ence, The fruit-bearing ma; ns has a beautiful . 
ance, the nuts hanging in clusters of many thousands, 
and when green the —— kernel is oa into 
(in the service of 
theHorticultural 
ociety) he found 
this in flo 
somewhere in the 
neighbourhood 
of Shanghae, in 
April. During 
his pom visit 
to that 
h 
ways i 
with three strong 
spines at theend, 
is the 
Gomutus, 
ume the ap- 
f jaggery, pearance of 
valtied at 2 cents. strong h — 
The num- Paæton's Flower 
r of mayams M M Garden for May. 
shooting out at < | — Ilex micro- 
any one e, . carpa. Another 
be ave 7% 0 were u hardy evergreen 
at two, although 2 / e only saw the — in —— in Holly from the 
is not 1 . Gen ile plant now introduced north of C 
mon 
When sickness eS i, by Seen andish — ee acter — Hs ö Messrs, Standish 
r other occu: % a oung in two . — 14 inch long, aes a Ate 10 and Co. (Fig. 28.) 
tion prevents the line and a half wide, thin and soft when rt aE g. | \ I rning this 
owner from ma- stiff when old, 2 terminated gradually pA a new shrub, we 
nufacturing jag- very distinct spine, which is Se end of 2 e no 
gery, the juice is ry young a mation beyond 
put into 3 statement 
wW in es are narrow that it was found 
days it is con- rather more than 6 — long, Sith PANI at ein - tung. 
verted into ex- ii convex loose rounded seales, which do i The aspect of the 
cellent vinegar, thei plant is not un- 
equalin strength is like that of 
to that produceđ e evergreen 
the vinous Al h t the leaves 
fermentation of un n, we ar 
ly doubt that this is the plant intended on each side. The berries when ripeare very small, — 
mayam will yield iebold ; a thing at vari-| appear to be unusually pulpy, for, on . th ee t shrivel 
ance, nen his figure and — he N ve the ribs of the four stones 
= for at least three months, though often for five, 
and fresh mayams make their appe before the old 
Ones are exhausted ; in this way a — is kept in a state 
— 
dab galite apparent, aa seems allied to Th 
e y 
‘Ulex rotunda. Partons Flower Garden for 
being 
smooth ; th the plant Dere u us Aog are toret with 
Calendar of Operations. 
and keeping them 
potted in open soil, water may be liberally admi sary, unless for the purpose of moderating the tempera- 
F. ing week.) to those which are and rooting freely. But if ture in very hot weather. Shading should only be 2 
g stagnation be >t may | in strong sunshine, and should ban so 5 that i 
As all the principal potting is or ought now to be | generally be attributed to some defect in the drainage, | may ily removed, or reapplied ia —— 
k in this department d be immediately examined put — weather. Moisture, in conjunction with a high tem- 
and shading ; training the Sufficient air should at all times find admission into the | perature, is indispensable for plants in a growing state. 
. the houses perfectly clean. | houses, to produce a free E e but mags nay 8 bottom heat is produced by tan or other fer- 
ned, and the plants re than this is ma careful that it does not 
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pots have been perfectly drai 
