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LAKGONIl M>. 



recomme 



it will be sufficient 



j this process it becomes cove 4 1 with a white me;ily I greatest ease from the little soiled spots on wh h it 

 nds the efflorescence of sugar, as the Fig does under similar was first developed. 



**"*lLi The ba* the e»'ire stock of those beautiful 



•***• • Jf br E Fostee, Eg , and O. W. Hotle, E«q.. 



J3- r" S ?,* *tr ft prir-s. and 20 Certified., during ih« 



.ffo^'^UnrVlanM will be resdy the first week in 

 •»**• Stronr P • ^ „ the Se? „ 





liberal 



v <tfr) - R>*y purple bottom petals, rich d.rk 



. \':_' marpin of rose, clear white centre, free 



^ >r.i*« and fine substance; good early exhibi- 



tor*** tru B -, »*"* «"~ > 



fUlTi 5 , tfoYLE)— Neat smooth constant flower, bottom 

 fE* rBl1 JimS r<**» top petfclf rich black, even marshi of 



t*!* Tmhie free bloomer ; 15*. 



•^ c *u,Vii» -Beautiful orange lower petals tmsred 

 « UA ithY centre wi'h violet top petals bright oranjre, 



*2 Ipot shaded with scarlet, free and early bloomer, 



J» r ^vX«E)"-Koie crimson, with d«rk shaded 

 # f J! upper petals, fiery, narrow margin, large, very 



E? Jotf h5bit,?a.her inconstant ; 21#. 



ifc^^TLFl -Lively bright ro<e, white 

 •jSfgirfcs pot shaded with scarlet, good grower and free 



WKt ; 0°/" T fl E BUFFS (HoTLE).-Kovel bright orange, 

 <^2; and rery attractive, constant, and free bl 



circnirrstances. For convenience of transport, it is 

 pressed into masses of about 75 lbs. each, and is 

 wrapped in Plantain leaves. It is evident that the 

 frail in this state bears precisely the same relation 

 to the fresh Plantain that the Raisin and dried Fig 

 do to the fruits from which they are prepared, and 

 may be expected to keep good as long as either of 



I them." 



The sample in -question was described by the 



Secretary of the Society of Arts as being, when 



~~w~» — ~ — m r — — m — o» — — ■/ 



it came into the possession of the Society, about ticulate, two or more being freqv» illy 

 two years old, sufficiently moist, of a consistence incorporated as to make t! ir separate 



ium- 



oomer 



|U W 



•Delicate warm rose, with deep spot on 



^^^Lt* Shaded with orange, large and very free, "a fine 



SOD?' J'tn»» i 



J^HS^beep warm orange pink, shaded with deli. 



1 X Hiit centre, medium-sized spot, surrounded with 



jSft. margin of orange pink, smooth, constant, and free 



vVrES* (Foster).— Rosy crimson bottom petals, rich 

 ^S !L hlo'ch on top petals, with margin of bright crimson, 



.ut#i»ntre; tbesh:ipoof Gipsy Bride, but twice the bize, 



ll b'Jom^r and good habit : 81«. 6d. 

 vTAimCti (F< ster).- Deep crimen bottom petals, top 

 "igjiili dark maroon, narrow margin of bright crimson, free 



riXTMEl>E '(HoTLE).— Very round, smooth, and cupped, 

 warn Hac colour, white centre, dark top petals, very evenly 

 Jlari'd with purplish carmine margined with the ground 



H?RAL6 (Hotl'e).— Mottled light pink bottom petals, top 

 4.r K blotch, with narrow margin, white centre, good shape, 

 t*| crnistint, very dwarf, good habit ; 7<h prize ; 21* 



ILLfMlNATOR (Turner). —Bright mottled crimson bottom 

 Mtils rich dark crimson top, narrow blight margin, very 

 Sow/and attractive, being nearly as free as the Fancies ; 



MBUCHE (Foster).— Orange rose, with dark blotch on the 

 top petals, large white centre, good substance, very attrac- 

 tive variety ; 2 U. 



titl^IA (Foster).— Purple, similar in colour to Alonzo, hut 

 6f naer form, rich dark top petals, with bright margin, good 



bCbfe, and fine bloomer ; 21*. 



LITTLE NELL (Turner).— Rosy lilac bottom petals, maroon 

 top petals, narrow margin Of rose, white centre, very free, 

 Ht!f Mootner. good plant for exhibition ; 105. 6<f. • 



LOUD MAYOR (Black). — Bright crimson scarlet bottom 

 petals, mottled, black blotch on the top petals, shaded off to 

 the" margin with scarlet crimson, very showy, and free 



MAAfneT ; 155. t 



IA0NBT (HotLE).— A high-coloured scarlet crimson, large 

 Mack blotch tarying towards the margin on a scarlet 

 crim-on ground, without being lighter on the edge, very pro- 

 fane bloomer, and constant, very striking flower ; 42s. 



lOCrfANNA (Hotle).— Lower petals warm rose, white centre, 

 top petals large dark blotch, shaded and mottled with 

 starlet, margin of ground colour, large tine shape, free, 

 smooth, bold, attractive flower ; 21*. 



•ONTElTtf (Foster).— Bottom petals Crimson purple, dark 

 btoteh on top petals, shaded off to the margin with 



A <*i»son; 21s. 



tLANTAGENET (Turner).— Crimson bottom petals, dark 

 maroon top petals, narrow margin of bright crimson, free 

 Wormier; 1 s. 



POLCHRA (Foster).— Lower pe f als salmon rose, large rich 

 dark blotch on top petals, with margin of bright rose, white 

 ^entre; free bloomer, good habit ; 2ls. 



rtKHfS STANDARD (Fobi-hr).— Bottom petals rich purple, 

 Mack top petals, with narrow, even, fiery margin. This 

 Bower possesses fine substance, shape, and Very smooth ; 

 much the best purple : 31*. 6d. 



KEMUS (Hot le).— Deep rose lower petals, with dark blotch on 

 crpper petals, shaded with scarlet; smooth, and fine 



fbape ; 21*. 



KUBLXS (Foster). -^-Crimson, with dark maroon blotch on 



top petals, narrow margin of bright crimson ; good sub- 



#^mce ; 2t*. 

 ■HYL rCK (Foster).— Bottom petals deep rich mottled purple, 



Wack top petals, a wire margin of scarlet ; medium size, free 

 *^ on 2 er ; the darkest variety raised ; 31*. 6d. 

 VANDYKE (TrRNER)._Bottom petals bright scarlet crimson, 



dark blotch on top petals, scarlet margin ; very striking, but 



VOXDBL (Hotle).— Lilac rose, with dark blotch on top 



petals ; 15*. 



A selection of older varieties at moderate prices 



tive List may be had on application. 

 »oyal Nurserv. sion»h. 



and flavour between the Date and the Fig, and very 

 sweet, without any acidity : there were no seeds, the 

 whole of the fruit being eatable. 



A portion of the very same sample, which had 

 been transferred to a baggage warehouse at Wool- 

 wich, and left there since 1835, and which is conse- 

 quently now nineteen years old, has been placed by 

 Col. Colqihoun in one of the galleries of the Indus- 

 trial Exhibition in Hyde Park"; and, with the single 

 exception of having become rather dry, is in as good 

 a state as in 1834. It is not acid, its taste has 

 undergone no change, it does not indicate a trace of 

 mites, and it is \ti every respect fit for consumption, 

 not only as a wholesome, but as an agreeable article 

 of food, far better than the Dates or four-fifths of 

 the Figs that are sold in the London market. The 

 only alteration that deserves notice is the spon- 

 taneous separation of many of the cells containing 

 what seems to be uncrystallisable sugar, in the 

 form of brown granulations ; but these are just as 

 good in flavour as the more solid parts. 



What have we in the market, let us ask, that can 

 be compared with these Mexican Plantains ? After 

 lying in a baggage warehouse for nineteen years 

 Raisins would be bitter and woody, Dates would be 

 little better, and as for Figs, the mites would have 

 destroyed what was originally eatable, leaving their 

 leathery jackets to nourish dry rot, or to resolve 

 themselves into a kind of sawdust. We all know 

 indeed that none of the dried fruits consumed in 

 this country are eatable at the end of a year, with 

 the single exception of Dates. 



This striking fact raises the very important ques- 

 tion, whether dried Plantains cannot be made a 

 profitable commercial article. From British Guiana, 

 as well as Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, and other 

 West India islands, an unlimited supply might be 

 furnished. We have learned from the example set by 

 Lord Harris what may be expected from the West 

 India islands, when under the administration of 

 enlightened governors. If Trinidad can enter 

 advantageously into competition with the world with 

 her Tobacco, her Cacao, and her Spices, why should 

 she not add as yet another article of produce with 

 her dried Plantains ? 



It is quite I nd belief that 

 Le 



as would render their rejection certain on being 

 unpacked ; the greater part of the growth, there- 

 fore, must have taken place in the course of the 

 short parage to England. 



The substratum of the curious mould consists of 

 a single layer of angular cells closely applied to the 

 surface of' the fruit, and following all its inequali- 

 ties. From this arise a quantity of creepi ; threads, 

 which are at first very slender and sometimes inar- 



"so closely 



corporatea as to maice meir separation very diffi- 

 cult. Some of the articulations Hftrtft* rapidly in 

 thickness, and are often more or less swollen ; they 

 are quite smooth externally, and contain occasionally 

 one or two minute nuclei. From the creeping 



threads others are given off which are erect, some- 

 times .simple, but frequently more or less branched, 

 and occasionally distinctly and repeatedly forked. 



The fruit is generally 



formed 



y a metamor- 



terminal 





The quantity of similar fruit imported last year 



follows :— Figs, 33,964 ewt. ; and Raisins, 





A Descrip- 



Cfte ©artrenersf ©ftroutcie 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1851 • 



Tn „ MEETINGS FOR THE KNSTjrNG WEEK. 



CotV.!! D c T ' Sept * 9 -London Floricultural 6 P.M. 



hrVn ?. HO , W8 -- Tuesday, Sept. 9: Staacklewell Dahlia, Falmouth and 

 orW, !,! 'V <n l!- urRl — WedDe " d *y. Sept. 10: Maidstone and Walliuuford 



nri#r,ra "« d ne«day. Sept. 10, and Thursday. Sept. 11: Hexham 

 iH^.ViT lc ? tur&1 — ThQreda y. Sept. 11: Ipswich, Bath, and Chelteii- 

 « cultoral.-Fridar, Sept. 12: Beccles Horticultural. 



iNMhe year 1834 Capt. Colquhoun, of the Royal 

 - iillery, communicated to the Society of Arts some 

 2!wu enB of the dried Plantain fruit of Mexico, 



« i followin g account of it 

 A he sample was brought from Mexico, being 

 Feared m the ho( . coun £ ry ( T icrra caliente) of 



th P i an<i Mechoac M> whence the fruit is sent to 

 whi } • 6r parts of M «ico, the temperature of 

 ihc di ls ^ 00 low for the successful cultivation of 



wi e i lan tain. 



m»H e m ^ ie of its preparatu 



When 



was as 



276,312 cwt. 



According to Col. Colquhoun, in 1834, the dried 

 Plantain may be expected to be imported from the 

 West Indies, all charges paid, but exclusive of duty, 

 for about 28s. per cwt., or 3d. per lb., including 10 

 per cent, of profit to the grower. This price, it is 

 true, was calculated on the production of Demerara, 

 where the soil is richer than in the islands ; but, on 

 the other hand, the charges are also higher than in 



the latter. 



I If this was so, and it is not improbable that the 

 price remains without much alteration, it is clear 

 that dried Plantains might enter into direct compe- 

 tition with Figs, and similar produce; and if 

 admitted dutv free, as our colonies would be entitled 



their low price, better quality, and 







ion is as simple 

 when fully 



as 



ripe 



to expect, their low price, 

 admirable keeping property, would cause them to be 

 much more generally consumed. It would, however, 

 be necessary for the colonists to be careful how they 

 prepared them, because samples have come under 

 our observation formerly which were very inferior 

 to those produc ed by Col. Colqphoun . 



Some slices of the skins of Lemons were forwarded 

 to us in the summer of last year, by Mr. Stephens, 

 of Bristol, which on the unpacking of a chest were 

 found to be nearly covered with a thick black felt, 

 and consequently quite unsaleable. It is well known 

 that of late years the crops of Oranges and Lemons 

 in the Azores and other fruit islands, like the Coffee 

 plantations of Ceylon, have been dreadfully affected 

 with a smutty fungus, which either greatly impair 

 the vegetative powers of the trees, or totally destroys 

 them. It appears that in every such case the 

 disease is preceded by an insect, the excrements 

 or secretions of which form a nidus on which the 



The first thing, then, is to 





'f 1 on light cane°frames "exposed to the sun'. I f ™S us » developed. - --- - 



begins to shrivel, the outer" skin is stripped ^^^^l^i'i^^ - <& 



impracticable. Its growth is evidently extremely 



rap'id, and the creeping mycelium extends with the 



pilosis of the 



joint of the simple flocci, 

 but sometimes is formed 

 laterally on one of the 

 joints. Though varying 

 in form from globose to 

 pyriform, the structure is 

 the same in either case. 



The wall consists of a 

 single stratum of angular 



cells, and the cavify 



is filled with & mass of minute, oblong, or ol vate 

 oblong spores, which frequently contain a single 

 nucleus, and which escape from the apex, whicl 

 is either perfectly obtuseorpapillaeform. The species, 

 like most of the genus, isr but ill denned, but may 

 be distinguished by its smooth threads, which vary 

 from cylindrical to moniliform, and the mostly 

 terminal sporangia. In some specimens the Antcn- 

 naria* is mixed with Capnodium Citri, Berk, and 



Desm. . 



This, indeed, like that of Erysiphc and Oldtum, 

 is one of the curious instances in which one genus of 

 fungi is so constantly attendant on another, both 

 perfecting their fruit. It was not intended in our 

 observations on the genera just named, tr» intimate 

 that one species of plant is ever converted into 

 another ; but it is very possible that one species 

 should present two forms of fruit, both of which are 

 capable of propagation. So many instances of such 

 intimate connexion between fungi of very different 

 characters occur, as to make some such diversity in 

 the vegetation of the same species highly probable, 

 and the more so as the matter is placed beyond all 

 doubt in the animal kingdom. 



Some surprise has been excited by our assertion, 



in a recent number, that the greater part of the 



Epiphyllous species of Oidinm are merely a form 



of so many species of Erysiphc. The subject is 



certainly one of some difficulty ; for even though it 



be proved on repeated observation that the 



Erysiphe does spring from the thread of the Oidium, 



a question may arise whether it be a peculiar form 



of the species, or merely a parasite, ^w, if Dr. 



Plomlky's observations are correct, we conceive the 



case is decided, for the conversion of a single ceil 



of one species into a sporangium of another pecies, 



without the slightest appearance of mycelium, seems 



altogether untenable, especially when the analogy 



of Antcnnaria is taken into the question. vve 



wish, however, at present, to point out two very 



curious cases of very different fruit upon the same 



plant, where there can be no question of parasitism. 



Having examined both, we speak, not merely 



from report, but from personal observation, lhe 



first, and perhaps least striking <*«e of the two, m 



•acteriiwd— 4 ntevt ^tepkensh ; 





^gdjhen jhe drying is comple ted. 



tract* 1 / *!!"!♦ L^Z/^" the 8kiri is a v * T enient'iafpart of tbe 



During 



lx *<*iuires an unpleasant flavour by doing. 





