438 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
greater ‘te endene y to do so than others; now that these of smoke, such as of tobacco, &e., and he the ates a k ı parched lata no i no - 
it remains for nope we shall 
sports seem t able 
Si alin wear her blooming summe er face, the = the tormented mortal to peia Whether he prefers | tion safely home. we hid to get 
is a favourable time to commence collecting such, ' r whether if ie that | 1000 vedio seeds, frni 
ba ‘arelish to the ‘stroll or abbreviate the distance of a | the only preventative a would only com " 
tédibies journey. I have lately found the following in| powder may not des vy bugs, moths, &¢., t pro ably the Dalian ani kapt many nop fruits 
his neig though haps a f|m mon 
00 may K y 
skill in management I failed to save in some instances, | of placing ‘amat muslin bags o; amo. = ai inen and |so that 
several are different to er kapr I was sep ac- | clothes in gene ral, since the se et vould mpt the} and tides eal the year ln. nd, thro 
quainted with:— Eupatorium cannabini Corylus | wearer from having to carry a about fleas with “him. I chan nges, We E see: 
avellana, Arum maculatum (w vith ‘Gidea spotted | am writing rather fealingly on this subjec peli pi her wit 
spadix in addition to the one a and s pathe), Alisma | to be living in a place e fleas abound petite ea e magnificent, es r than any we 
se my (aan et tricolor), R Rumex species, Leon- | the year, and in such a case: numbers that tl ey may | of 21 Ibs. 025 Tbs. weight are of 
todon taraxacum mula vulgaris, Betonica officinalis | well be named one of the modern plagues of Egypt. have ha rt bs. è 
(two d Sarion varieties), Pi: antago laa tide tee ve aitare. the other plagues, I may enumerate the flies, | one with spurred frui 
ties), Sambucus niger (beau eevee A reticulated). J. the mosquitoes, the dust, the hot te the glare, the one a fine yello m 
Hawkchur reh, cise shal — er, Devi donkey-boys, and the filthy habits of the you; even to water i 
Green hash aten give me , any information | H. H. Yo. Alexandria, Egypt, May 11th. 7 also collecting for the Ke 
respecting ihe E. rete vn in an old frame in which and horticultural tools of th 
I had some bulbs that had been forced. was sitting, For eign Correspondence. 
on the leaves _ of the ' ulips, and as I never saw one Tirati reat Tabs dae se to Sir Wm. Hooker fi 
l. placed it in the habias —— [Extracts from Lei by Capt addres! oO sir in store; and in zoology I haye 
a glass tumbler for two or three days, and then I se apt. aikie. | | River Kwéra Altog: ept vs 
at liberty in the house and saw no more of it for a jena eara F hoes 8, 18 B euina, pa especial 
or ten days. e day, license to m rise, I saw somewhat trying 
my -frog sitting on the Vine o over arco ree since| We have saved a considerable paraa a nae pee a8 have also been successful: t 
folie’ ight) iti hess been: on 5 | oleetion, puea many are damaged; in this neigh e| Btisa to the sea; an im 
the Vines; it ho ops about like a bird and is as green a Mei ck Barter has worke dy se and in vite | political, economi 
p garg rain themselves as just returned from a oe weeks’ trip re aaron 
fot ese we eats bs [This oi = with Lieut. Sioen and has brought p ali nearly 200 
parerii te hen > bit he is not wild inthis country. er s, and he has — atrue African Bamboo. Our} chiefs ai people. 
His. food con 
lita of insects, Hewillliveʻin: a damp colloe jon of vegetable asa Re mercial pr roducts 
Vinery, but not in whot, dry place. < You may sometimes | asat parae and I oe, very soo o beable to Sand we | Societies, l 
at the bottom, and a little ladder upon which he can 27e busy aan agrees The Shea Butter Tree Ef 
re or e mb Flies ave:hia:fav ourite food: His name now ia in flower ; e got two very stinet CRYSTAL PALACE me ontrou 
la arborea. He will not hurt yan sin the any- | Varieti with 15) May 22. Bee fine day and a assemblage o 
pr recon else, for he isone of the most harmless vE | most st tendy, well pie ar and: hard Uwe Last! for the mo part in ec cea 
pee -aeg pete as I mg Sram busy; I desired him write together a numeron us company on 
„ Paulovnia i i dis, — Observing that: this had ae you 7 k 
1: e from. this: to La agos; this time the way se see it waa . 
tt might be interesting to know: that there is a tree | Which is of nae irea Poth politically po coms: skas by i to be-a marked improvi , 
standing: in the flower garden: here „ladem with i many eel and if I am duly supported from home I am| former year nie a rineipal 
ra A 
were 
hu = flowers, which are j i abi the gee 
footing, but I am now wy anxiously looking out for our l ea, a 
fr a foa SERET to Gok teno vad. | ie eas, and in the nave, oe and left, was accommo. 
ing; May 20 , and many more are showing thei ted. the. rest of ie display, consisti of Pelang. 
colour. The height of the tree-is 30 feeb; the girth of Encampment near ree Nape; Central Africa, | niums, Roses, Fue! 
its stem at 4 feet from the ground is 4efeet; circum- ~ 12, 18 = plants remarkabl i i 
feren ce of branches 90 feet. In November last a frame-| Having another opportunity of ‘sandliig Lagos, | Orchids, and other: flowerin; 
wo and it | T must let you know what we have been ding during | ‘arta rar of mee inthe nave that the alteration 
was ae covered with about 600: yards ‘of: the past month. It has been te chiefly i in fruits took: pl ace. Ito sp 
which has gradual; "been lifted pat arpana s and seeds, but a few small plants hav 
y 5 
taken entirely away to-day. William Leach; Gardener up where the old Grass has been in awa ye Our | two halves, turning ‘on round so 
to. the wsh Hon. Lord: Portman, Bryanston, Bland- principal additions have been a gum-resin traced to a | and setting them ; 
ford, Dorset——A fine specimen of: the Panlovniais| | ge Afzelia; a gum-copal partly traced, and several | from view saga a b toane d 
now pbt covered with flowers in the eros iy other ascertained gums; fruit and section of Borassus | o ordinary a attractions, and leaving a promenade l 
Palace Garden at Wells. A smaller specimen at; Bubs obtained with much labour; a new Bombax; long pods | for visitors between the plants, which were tastefully 
pie Crane par Glastı enon is also a ng of a Cassia new to ns; fine fruit of a Stereuli eep along both sides, The space 
—A ulovnia. i now: bursti a daren 1 | miscellaneous Leguminous seeds; a beaut: tiful Loranthus, | between the benches being overarched acne the 
out of oid rakes bl th fl q and a Cotton with red pre i peet had a somewhat tent-like which 
a been killed. during 4 the winter, still a sufficient be og you may ‘have got from Yéruba; pod of a e differen’ rent objecta of exhibition the principal features 
mber remains to r &e. We are tog we a here by trees ataie the pr attraction, and thus partly obviated the objections 
x Donald, Hampton om Cour rt Gardens. Moan Orange of Dr. Daniell, but which turns out to | which have always m bgd cage against the palaoeaes 
Flea Powder. Pat ‘your paper of the 17th Ai you be no Orange, _ He could never have seen it growing, |s mana place for flower shows. 
ote ee “Co; T der, i and yellow when| Asr tis exhibition itself, it gh 
at -powder is 3M to be nearer ‘home than ripe. “A small nected of a Cyperus ‘hay ied to | e: Rt composed of 
Constantinople. I ca ty ia yp esculentus, L.) which T 2 ghee know, | at. Regent?s irk g op stirrer ve | 
that: it is procura cabi of druggis t: Ragusa, in| known at Sierra Leone “Koromanti Groun d Nut > repo rted on We have, therefore; n 
Dalmatia, and I have very little iann it may likewise | and at Cape Coast as “Ti iger Nut,” much h new e a0 and. such other pl sn 
~ had at Trieste and Venice, and: possibly also at the oot i ise bought at Alexandria, and afterwards ed not oa on. that occasion. In Mi 
pothecaries in n some o! of the principal Italian: towns. „It Rhod er the name of“ Sori Epon nú,” it Se. and Greenhouse plants, Mr. White E 
g es nal” ae Esa. beat Mr. Dods, gr. to 
miralt 7 
French, Itatian, and German, as. to the rey arn Erei alee but ae This, carech Xe on Alam | Bart., who carried off the fost mas ae 
and uses of the i 
$ seg Spine A English | butter,” is Shea batter, bein so calle d.b eN Olof, os 
Mabe amusing and absurd that I cannot- refrain: from | because it comes to t} Sit Ngélam dition, but the. introduction of a fresh Ixora and ome 
sending you a faithful transcript of it. Here-itis:— which lies on both sides of the Senegal river. two goodi enhouse: plants into Mr. 
“Discovery of Importance.— Powder: to | kinds of Cotton are found here, two of whic EE Tion hn turn es decidedly in its favour: Messrs: Gre 
destroy Insects.—Proprieties (sie)——This: infallible. inspection to be species, one of the Baxter, Page, Cutbush, and andl greenbio® 
remedy destroys fleas, bugs, c and every sort-of'| keen coloured cotton. The most abundant i is s the Ameri- | this class. In. short, , exhibitions of stove ee 
insects sit ‘preserves cloths from worm-eateness and | can, which has been introduced $i 
| dantly up here. T have already iot one saat eh < Of Orchids. there. vammaa A 4 
| ne aame seeds, &e., for you, merely as speci- | exhibitors . of rag being Messrs. p 
| h „and if 1| Woolley, Jackson, Carson, Clarke, Morris, Green 
| akanayay in a box of books, | Dods. hole to thoe 
če, ih I bee to send home, and in which I think HE Azaleas were decidedly inferior as 7 rial 
| d room: for} shown: at. i last Park exhibition. peer 
proc sie i pole action SENi about| Mi, C i Farmer, Esq, 728 
here, including Bassia, Elais, &c. We got one epiphytic at tnt ool possibly be be desired ; the pl p 
ae 
7 MAE tie Aa s dry region. Tn the litle Peis warn d made a og 
j box is an ear of a new grain, resemblin, “ Gero,” 
called M in Eey It however remains in 
j while the “ Géro” is 3¥ stow re wer, a collectio: 
African Locust is now a wie It grows | Fortun 
positive | 40 or 50 wit! spread of at least 50 to 70| crispiflora, the little sii 
feet, and is now covered with Owers, round, 
arly 
en away by the smoke of the | are all of one species, but very minute, ered, 
3 e by other | fresh-water Alga are veryrare, as-hereitis either a flood 
