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of this likewise truly fine, large, of its utility extended by cultivation. The first year that [the N rT a 
a S rea a nio aly scente d. I obtain ed the Yam, A fips ma sets were small and weak, I | plan TT ap tg thy fer aie wo 
+ agnific Į } plant ted i in a Cucumber frame, | where they Eade” in England and France, and if these are, y og 
t yi ea ty lea tenis in the ST anak the l = pis any old species with new nam 
t ult in a num of well-develo) | them, these Pin pa 
aa Saaeively rge into inflorescence, made the tubers, 1 the adem "of which in the aggregate was esti- | name, are likely t eee d pick. = *y Rus ag 
arents of other races, which like the breeds fearly Potat | Your botanical knowledge will, T think, under these cir- 
Fn the arbore! 1, perhaps even | grown under similar circu: year | f great value to your readers, I 
sapersede their in: How many at work and | the sets were started in heat and planted in the open | trust you will for their sakes unintent: 
b w ma eady have been effected I d und in June, with the, ridge | mi if any exists, in the following para- 
at But it would be very in ting and in ge | graph r. n's Pinetum th N 
stroctive “were the mpre = the Moy ous ee e stumps, and garden rubbish ; the bottom heat given by | | Mexican Pines” are nearly all noticed and 
engaged daly ly recorded in e Chro r other this mass of fermenting matter wv suited d ms at pr end 4 the descriptions vd a of them is 
bi hed horticultural mirati ar pected of a I habits of the Yam, the pass grew luxuriantly and p: note of interro; i and the of some Pine 
may here here be permitted to obse e that among others | duced some re emarkably | fine tul bers ; ‘these bas hall given in a paren nthes from keg Te can learn = 
wa on eflected crosses ai A sah h, which theti for th 
|. Between R. ciliatum x R. Edgeworthi, the plants 2 feet 6 inches i in depth. species, I must now yah ask you our great 
being now 18 inches high with Nie downy bright} I have again this year associated the Yam ng the | feme >. § the following questions : — 
green foliage, a very distinct interm: ridge Cucumbers, and they present a healthy and grandis” and Pinus Ee pg of err ‘Pinos = 
. Between R. ciliatum x R. pea a very diffi- | vigorous appearance; but by far the most p: miran folia? Is rue "Carrier! i nus macrophylla 
alt cross to effect, the only plant now alive being 9 “Pinus robusta” Pinus Lindlevan a? par a 
inches high and having smooth, shining foliage, not so ps new species “ ays inten,” "P, 
deep in colour as those of the preceding cross. <q Y p, pam segr nd 
|, Between R. glaucum x ormosum; plants 1 foot * on. all Pinus Moni ar A the soven “new 
kigh; a distinct interm termediate. en B Pines¥ of Gon to which be bas pin sty” T 
i. Between R. formosum (syn. R. Gibsoni) x satan Dal- ZF names—“ Pinus gracilis,” “P, Comonfortil,” 
onto, u of 2 feet; a very easily m Gane Ti “P, verrucosa,” 
whose seeds vegetated most abundantly; an pes ecoii,” “ P, dependens,” “P.cedras”— 
Ly epend 
an Pinus lehophy lia? Are “Pinus Hoseriana,” “P, 
But some of the new species are very stubborn and scandoniana,” all Pinus patula P 
to cross Dass R. Maddeni a particular, which Are s ani,” “P. jana,” P. Rinzii, 
will not i with any of six or seven species all Pinus Russelliana? Is Pinus Azteciensis Pinus 
and hybrids 1 haves tried upon it. I fear the same apulcensis? Is Pinus exserta Pinus un ? A 
holds true e R. Thomsoni, which I crossed profusely, “Pinus magnifica,” P. Ocampii, p Zitacuari, all 
but by an pm iar the crossed umbel was broken off Pinus Devoniana? If these new è 
was full time to test its fertility, yet with been ed by tbe collector t 
its pollen I have crossed others. Though T tad t named, he must have been labouring under a sev 
plants of the R. Dalhousiw all in bloom at the of enthusiasm brought on perhaps $ the rarity of the 
I could not mess this n in making it cross atmosphere in these Pine mountains, lel 
upon or become th a “i a single would perhaps occur if an enthusiastic Mexican 
Bot as to the f former, it is is prope ark that there botanist were to make a tour ngland for the pur- 
no true ae ri men ethers è but the stigmas of collecting species and varieties of Elms, Only let 
perfect, I co or its not being im take a tract of country to the right and left of the 
crowed. Strange ‘though it io yt A have had ex- Counties I > e 
periences of this sort before in plants, h though Bishop's Stortford, and ld 
obstinate season, so as utterly e y skill, "i of Ulmus glabra to furnish a io 
yetin another season I have found soe fertile. specimens and to give names to, 80 as prompt eni i 
Sach I found e plant of R not only a y all the — but all the florists in Europe. 
The law tt I hope however the se is not so bad as ge gee 
oe ogra gp T have aea sea oe nthetical notes of y Alineo vs would lead us 
On this h ae gi s cuter Instance where | lieve, Of one Obg I can - with conienen nd 
my failure ee been rely onal but con- English or Scotch nurseryman ought to place these 
tinuous. The first of ‘the e Sikkim ieur I succeeded į “new Pines ” in his ciao ‘without the names given 
in blooming was the ike ti by Mr. Gordon, in the parentheses . the end of his 
allied to if not identical with R. lepidotum, descriptive paragraph Fhe nurserymen’s nomencla- 
seg mole peared ast being so far as Fean | ture of Coniferous, trees and — isa pe 
learn the first tim in Britain. Eager to graceful to the present age, w aa be 
make the most m sit p blamed, for do ni out the = sath a ?—and so we 
out a ete Foret its pollen freel prin ee et have one nurseryman the Spruce Fir Pinus 
its from the diminutive Rhodothamnus Picea, and Picea Pinsapo Pinsapo, or another 
which it much resembled, upwards. At tacking the specific names of the genus 
I succeeded in crossing the Rhodod ferru- Picea, and so on, must prines gres they 
gineum with its pollen, and from thi I bloomed no botanical and so one 
ts, distinctly intermediate, ha straw-coloured copies Endlicher, another Carriere, and our sale catalogues 
tinged with pink. But while so succeeded, consequently become very difficult to 
could never invert the cross, or make t! ios 3k. Shegpiclcles poche bag, Be I candidly confess that I, with a 
Iecome fertile from ay eros y arbadewie.., All wi have tolerable ledge of am often sorely 
similar results to d it is most instructive to given to the same tree or shrub in the catalogues I 
note Yet none should be disco iaia and can easily imagine how an amateur E 
the attempt. For there are seasons and : and I sincerely trust, how- 
iuences, whieh richtlv improved, may lead, as I r uli ge better times are comi —that we shall take 
have found, a SEG orali But here I] p $ } pi Be Cates T a oe 
Sask, bio a pret bol of the war bales these ‘grew oo axe. logues with a attach 
‘Since my check in this 1 letter i is to direct attention inthe oi ~ same names to theg wd —— > — odes SEE 
to the importance and vaiue of Dr. Hooker’s group of jea which they speedily clung to and covered. I am | looking to different “an eigens Abies a, ria a 
worgities, -a a ae to tk more Nre apana results to imagine that I shall have some very large Haro our a eo Spree awgoas a Little cola 
Miorticu tural ration, I would now respectfull: these plants. . talognes a, answer- 
solicit through your columns from others growing thaw be pao of the foliage of the Yam, and the sense-like. A Nurseryman. ‘i oh do nok exit in Europe; 
some particulars of what they have already effected by | rapidity of its growth, led me to employ it as an orna- ing all these mo cp ar pre tint altho Reel 
blooming and hybridisi and what they may | mental bing t, and Jour’ two sets wore | There om, h io early right as 
have in their power to do from individual unbloomed p and their slender shoots trained over a trellised | bas some new thi ne Mr sick 
Species which they may have set ing in the . The roots remained vegas apd Roars! the | Poss? i On recently visiting ths 
ie eet See ee ren mae ae winter, and this year the pi ts made a igorous se ab a rak with the 
five fine plants of R. niveum, set, some of them, growth, covering the yee —_— v 8 B feet high College Botanic A Pi nt which Mr: 
ee and six amis og elon of be fine yee pr size | and as poy i “with “the a Bain the pr ea keeps in a cool an 
promise of a surpassing elegance. foliage the last onth am d e id moist, ill venti: 
Tees l prain of the R. aon not less d Pundantly, and in di of cooking it, gs is sometimes Wa 
unmistakably set for flower. I have again the | i tiny unattractive -i . The tui rhea Thad on 
k my ogg set, as also ares: or four ne ey which £ have e not se seen mo oie, bat mi bat reer ér in a Kee i Sai, admiring 
the it worthy of vedi i number of = 
Among all these I may not ns e Hiir make r. Bain showed me a 
xpect ornamental objects of the : raised process new to me, 
elementa of form, fragrance, and beauty to be incorpo ote nearly omitted to nil eth hl a DY vitor, deserves to be 
whole fa the eat) Feprodnce a still more perfect tha old ridge Cucumber Pr amanea nn |f y made and adopted. grimar em 
. | him to whether 
And when the hybrids, now many of them far season, but under a erom e aoe mn 
ranen, successively bloom, let these be communi- ee t is best displayed when fba = riting tt ne seeds could be 
your Journal, with flowers or photographs | frellis. W. Z, Belvoir, Sept. 28. iet us bape tat piira a B Aeaee 
(pow so easily taken), and their merits made known. | M Cutbush’s Stored the exhibition at | Pro eeiy sc fn witemaptiog make them 
Erg hut ek i tc |r Ha Noemi imme tt” a ok 
were fai 
How profitable to know even the failures | Po two original plants tap snr 
much useless labour and anxiety might be ma Me ek ta 5 gree qeil These he 
saved. Isaac Anderson, Maryfield, a oo er S ma wards, 
near Edinburgh. exican Pines.—It is generall. divided into various caer nae in a coo 
~ d the n of Europe that | and placed gh ag had free and md abut eiren ciren: 
Ean p ne TAI, ery ere lin of Pine soe Tae mountaoe | rem aie, and a regulated supply of wa 
years, and i coincide a snosossfully for these last three | îr 857, a mi collection, was mained for about two months, when most of 
at Number, that the plant may be improved, cl | 
