TH 
E GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
37 
JANUARY 16, 1858.) 1 
~ Some i 
nae asa. ; of. There is however good reason to |se es and success and practice : taabi. ni the Sug tivat as far as this place. 
o this co n Grass, treated as ol e, | time ago I was engag E for three or four mo along- | I thin e hav ne 
may really prove a durable as well as good-looking | nn a market garden of 12 or 15 acres mi the neigh- tree ms pron alan pectic coe Percha) 
nd cheap edging for garden walks, suitable oie oe bourho od of a and vier oe I saw there it was yielding, ike 2 a milky juice, Sate and flexible 
: inc the juice e of s ga 
rdinary purposes, thus supply a w. y 7 Te ripe : ra: eee 
which has lo coc "| done. or oo Tietia tk o Saget art of which me eh f tit or the lar er fr it: il a to 
There is a ety o of the Fescue Grass, with | -cung apes a pe E D S EEE E y 2 
glaucous leaves, porin might be used in some | ing C A his ae off 
situations with good effect, but probably no “sei and t g sak ooked green bey ‘beach ‘the separate, ge specimens of the fruit of what mg 
kind of Grass will be so suitable for general u reater part of the garden o ne an 
as the common Fescue, on account of its atzictly workable at all times, had n turned up ga the eher ground near the river Rice might Soe 
tufte nner of growth, and its s slender | weather by hard-working Ir a; teady p y, and to any extent, but as yet it is netid er: 
istle-like Jeaf-blades and com abit. | good hands. About the Ist of March they put about vated ; i d being small the su 
brist as TP 
Certai one of the kinds which h any ten- half of the garden in long beds 6 feet wide and about pli es are ant short, and pcr fhe country is 
den wards a creeping habit of biomi Should | 18 inches apart. These were sown with Turnip Radish | suffered so from war that n e feels safe, or cares 
be chosen. E A i ant rte an S and finis me well. Two ee s tem g bapoa in any spot. ‘lis es = orten 
of thi f pistols and rattles, and voices strong enough, ant everywhere, an e other a 
ae tees ae a q ert Baron empl oya ed run: up and down the garden to keep prs Oran Citrons, but we have never met wi le 
birds o ange, 
to sow me Grass seeds in a bed, tr nite the| Them is very changeable, at present heavy 
a age L the edgi n 
B1 
sunk new 
a 
en ner nicely Aei d the other half of t 
ith 
m | mg e 
hordi in Fibi sun it stood a 
“Our weather 
| tornadoes Kimodt Korri while oon it is extremely 
hot, the therm: n board in the shade standing 
yai rent 95° to. OT"; rarely ever fall- 
n the morning lower than 73°: yesterday on 
t 149°. We H+ had op 
att tacks of r bué from our constant exposure it 
herwise, and a few days put us all to 
ar 
l fi L and we 
9 h 
mioteidd] survey of the comer pedi beginnin: g “with 
the obo land at Iddé. I intend in a few days to push 
ard Busa, | toe examine the rocks there, and after 
“ Oct ur mail will start in two days. 
tober 3: P.S. O 
these came a oA of Cab- sae tend iste was commenced about 20 or 25 species 
The 
en adde d to our list. I enclose two specimens of 
of warm dun 
penal pl nts, that m: Baren paita aene planta: Brine ng thrive me nd b 
e intermixture of the se money-making crop. The Radishes were ready s aot 
the first week in May, if I remember aright, sold 
for 407. an acre; 12 or 13 en were e or rh i 
Ix the remarks we made the other day on M bunching them. The Lettuces were soon ready n a| 
’s seedling Orchids (see p. 4) we uninten- bit of bast about them a few hours before they were 
tionally omitted to refer to an interesting account | pulled, and sent to Covent rden ; aa 107. 
r. MOORE, - s Curator of the Glasnevin | an acre more than the Radishes 
Garden, of his success in raising seedling Orchids. | succeeded the Radishes, ‘inll French Beans the Lettuces, 
Full partenlars a are to be found in our volume for peny speaking. After 
1849, and it is not a little curious tar bage, or e ct called Coleworts, for winter. re 
thr rée iari: eik reat which it took Mr. DOMIN fol vere feng en f ee re emer re ; eT 
bring his Calant he into flower, was the ve saa Rhubarb, there ceca ook auli! aoe and jus s 
Rind i by Mr. MooRE in , ne Bosso he gate a rood of Ten-week Stock, t 
Epide ndrum crassifolium and Phasis alba raat flowers and the re ak ones for seed. It 
w Plants 
218. YNE CINNAMOMEA. 
C. cinnamomea Sn eng lan wr mes gay in geal i oe 
tatis subtrinerviis, bre 8 flori 
bracteis angustis acutis isconvoluti cito decks, sepalis Misco! 
suoneis, petalis line: labello ovato obtuso subpan. 
urato axi elevatâ fime tribus as lu A sta 
obtusa apice triloba, eris Enr E E A 
There is no published Cœ logyne to which it is possible 
to refer that ted x cerned, for which w 
indebted to t 
Winchester. ith 
n 
r. Lawrence rightly o es 
et to C. trinervis, a plant found in 
ut that species, with a Aprin similar 
hat it seems neare 
Tavoy by Wallich. B 
habit, 
garden with a servant and a retinue o 
cats behind her—the young gentlemen dressed for a 
aeae EE eran the daughters played the piano. 
ould havi 
ahin T f the 
Tió ndon—a p AA d hic am sure wou ad be 
ie ng to your country ae t which descrip- | 
tion T cannot give. A. Pettigrer 
Levi: sf pe market gard 
THE NIGER EXPEDITION. 
hoe on Basan! 1854 Dr. William Balfour Baikie, RN. |} 
ergetic and pei ee mer sere officer, cng 
fally aea, the Afri rican and Bi inue, 
ating Sal 
easing to see all. I liked to see the “ Missus ” rope little 
| a walk in the dant in 
e been charmed ite mga alluded to 
of 
are «einen “with oe) 
f| abun me places, 
‘Signed, William Balfour Baikie.” 
The flowing i is the statement by Mr. Barter, above 
“Since a er ap the river by the Brass July 3d, till 
our arrival a to on the Kwéra gel zs, oa 
following iit of plants have been dried 
Herbarium, labelled and arranged bog rennin 
spiri 
1 ee! Ant 
+1: 1 
that voyage a narrative was lis ed b rade in 
has the lip very y disrinetl middle 
nearly circular, while in the presen nt t plant | 
revalent in the 
, tapering to a v 
which are ares two lea aves.” 
ARKET 
For 20 years I have 
the market gardens of London, and have 
GARDENING. i 
heard a great deal of talk about 
wished to 
T 
1856. The skill ue this ga a had shown ij 
combating the dan of a try that has so long 
be e the ori riag of EON allg aaa the Admiralty, in 
of last year, to EETA atch ane ae expedi- 
Baikie 
3: 
botanical collector ; ry it gives us much pleas 
ehi 
wrote to Sir Wm. 
and extraordinary cr 
ps grown in them. uni 
ers from the Lands End to John o’Groat’s ack 
We have now oe apenas 7D 
all colle — me ri the mue 
within five or six rrii of it, as we 
garden 
reports of three, four, and even five crops o 
one REN of groun nd eve 
reports Ta never forget them. 
pleas 
a 
hon 
Com tee, 22 ae 
Rubiacore, 14, Lobeli pe 1 rarei 
| re [Boraginaces 
roved in all respects vans ordi 
see, 68) pa aaa ae 
Poly, conve 4. 
3|Orchidacese, 10 
Palms, 6 
ceæ | Juncacere, 10 
By mine, 6 
n'| Grow =e olygonacer, 
prt trl 
eae , 12 8 rop 
2| Araceze, 
Gappa iaeea, 4 Dioscoreaceæ, 5| Mi 
a mbretaceæ,4 Gramineæ, 55 Paoi Pinhon 
Malpighiaceæ,3 rips pr 3 {Cc Cyperacer, 19 Taass 
| sen so to e Protea p. mellifera); 
some terrestrial Grade, shag specimens of the 
Vi 
The Borassus seems to be 
never seen the Doum Palm, 
Berem toe 
hiopicus, we 
ray 1 a = 43 
Ta 
1000 feet above = river; mp each ae 
This : 
market 
We 
er of tp loads that come 
London Ne ews could better 
make thi ps of rp ae 
e the m their ground 
oar well. I am of sf on that it wou ar 
species 
nebo of fruits, 
e 
Gi day I ‘had an 
yio of procuring s sections 
ean 
male Boyers of the same mentioned to m 
by Dr. Hoo ft on Mount Kopati (Batien of the 
harts), an purchased i market 
dried gees owais of op same. We 
flowers of the Adansonia in good condition ; pe the 
Oil Palm cut down for the sir 
of the stem, er I also intend to 
The Elais (Oil 
eep their | 
m naai is vex 
aiot up to this pea and possibly fart Boras: 
| cane 
‘sé 
tation. Thus we have fo ea Proteace, one Lobeliad, 
wi ee Polygala, Aloe, and Day small Scrophulariacez. 
as have —* moist a curious parasi the 
ginny plants; we 5 also the leaves, but not ~ 
of an lepiadaceous shrub, of which I 
| br ought, the fruit rt in 1855, and we have got the. 
fruit of another pporint member of the same 
undant; Podostemads have 
of the expedition on 
14th of November Mr. C. 
nce from 
e prosperous state 
On th 
I 
e table opposite 
ein having him sitting at t 
am penni ing this; hei is writin ng his 
pride 
desk where Tam 
ow the Confluence ; while Raphia 
up the 
journey. The ‘alk was at least from hea to four 
have many 
and no doubt new; and T hare bean rahet kiat 
He was attended the wile Oe 3 
only nates and was received everywhere not 
