“| 08 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONTORE | 
Potts 30, 185g, 
“ coulueuce.” ough ın many cases Borden's names jsent here by the Horticultural Society of London your pages, alth 
in parentheses ins be ultimate ely f in fruit. Are any of the a plants a g at the | tree than the Pha a e Scotch wy 
attaching those na we believe that he was ait same time bearing fruit? 7 errow, doe n the fom si the ie n new ee 
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conscious that the evidence of their correctness Notes res = aed Trees bad" "Shrubs Siod to the | tre 
very incomplete, and in es instances b no sae Sea.— -In e with your suggestion (see your | doesnot do on ving fe pes 
fully satisfactory to himse . In “The Pinetum,” “ Pinu t 25) g range of hills close to th e 
a pnma is described by Roezl and shrubs jemi adapted for situations expose sed to the | and the Menai Strait e shore 
us leaves, which are | sea, I am led to contribute the following notes upon a | and in a limestone ue z h 
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Pha 
as a tre s fo 
7 in ia ngt a etetera to Bina attain ana with wA collection pn contiguous to the sea, near Lyme | plant flour eddie 
ia the latter species is desar ibed by Gordon as | Regis, in Dorset. The soils in this locality are by. no | keep paceswith Poplars; C 
having deep green leaves 9 inche: Bes ng. $ Pinus means good, being extremely shallow and highly im- | caria, We Ingtonias P. sna hom 
robusta,” which according to Roezl ha stiff” | pregnated with chalk, &. Nevertheless pony aat Paulovnia imperialis all th 
leaves 6 inches long, is also doubtf ally ofend by | flourish well, and in course of time form han dsome | thred? inds eha p 
Gordon to the 9-inch leaved Pinus Lindleyana, whi ch | specimens, some of which I will e nies avour to enume- Verbena, Pomegranates, { 
he describes as having the “older leaves spreading | rate. Amongst Coniferous plants Cryptomeria japonica | three sorts, all stand ¢ 
or pendent.” Without for a moment wishing to | succeeds remarkably well, and the same may be said of | tection n } 
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c u a bies nigra Abr together beach. 4 
mirable volume, yet we do feel that it hens with A. Douglasii, Menziesii, a nd Smithiana, the latter | but they make b 
not be wise to follow “A Nurseryman’s” advic forr rming a remar rkably handsome tree. The “Indian | due regard and liking fi 
till time has permitted some of e uncerta Spruce,” A. Brunoniana, keeps To but does | the. Pinus a g. for th 
ties respecting many of the Mexican Pines to iceas e 
cleared up. Much as we value “ The Pi netum, = ‘an 
not well. Th e m0 
graceful ‘res, especially P. pectinata, which here is |of its greate: r beauty, its growth is 
much as we t as | one most beautiful of trees, withstanding the | hardier, and I w + 
arule, yet there are points which t fally | viel Re inds with impunity. Picea Frazeri, Pin- | It grows here niet ae 
accept, and ner N we feel ts ene sapo, and nic Ayo do very well, whereas P. Web- | as also pe ie Be sand on on te pe of ‘the 
excused from ae ng th Ape ma xcept in sheltered bane wher ol be ack a large old Ameri et 
to take “Tie Pinetum” aa a gaido « without? looking the soil “Se sempervirens suffers heghotien (ni its tub), and aid ta under smth 
to different siaihcettaed: i While on this subject we grody fón is £09 effects of ai sea breezes, and should be | never covere: any win 
am air H sn to the i. commonly sold | pla ae in the most sheltered spots. The beautiful | wards it blossomed 
geet Mo = “e On visit to | Chilian Arborvite, Libocedrus chilensis, is quite hardy, | columns at the time: 
rsery . Glen REN e ex aroma sed his de- |and grows very well in an exposed situation. Biota | old plant, and are livin 
cided anin ‘that wes plants, whic ah have very glau- | tatarica, orientalis, and its varieties do very well. | may be inclined to thin 
y proximity w 
~ segundo aves 7 ae pime; He aetan” È ly name ed “ Pinu: 1s Taxodium dist; ichu um ee a a ce tered situation, os ma for most planik if sheltered ‘fron & 
sem; AE urifera, Goveniana, macro- Sas 
eseri E as having “leav nchcs long, dark arpa, torulosa, and Uhdeana, prove ariy eg 0 be Pegen id 
gr the upper surfice, and slightly laucous on very rapidly. specially macrocarpa. pe e fune- Å- sage | 
the underside, the leaves on the young plants being 4 | bris forms a handso spe cimen, bu t 8 rs during Ap 
to 5 inches long.’ ere is evidently a aise crepancy | severe gales; C. Knigh g amy: Saxo- = octeties, ine, 
here, and we shall be obliged b th conspicua, and Tite Roya tagonica, are no’ A ie 6 Ee ai 
to whether the leaves of the species in eee do vary | to be recommended for sea-side planting, unless they} BRITISH ASSOCIATION: MEETIN 
greatly both in colour and size. Is not the “P.| succeed in other localities better than mie The | the Liability Pe pe ae! to Inju feom t 
Endlicheriana longifolia” of Be zl more likely to|China Junipers (Juniperus chinensis) for very f a Fungus, s, l H 7 
prove P. Montezumæ than P. Lindleyana? Picea pretty trees; Juniperus flaccida, virgini pve E Ded i ° hell ko A ‘for a consilen 
lasiocarpa is given in “The Pinetum” as a synonym | recurva, communis, and its varieties, succeed “very | in cabinets are par to lose much of their 
of P. amabilis. Our plants of P. lasiocarpa (so| well. Araucaria imbricata grows very slowly, and it arance; ‘ 
regarded by Mr. Glendinning, and, we believe, by | leaves during winter season become very much my own cabinet. suffered such 
all othe ers who have e seen them m) have, when strong, browned and ere icing probably the soil may not | last » winter that 
ere being too large a a proportion of calca- | ordinary lens show 
ys having bareh d ssi fee Tong” T! Il în this locality. I kth p aga grs here ri Tri Pa = wtted n to 
Surely th ese two cannot aA identical We si zj ry kee erp raat | yin fo afer of ab at east two 
them in “isle wae delta A tobut ina ts eal ground) skag 4 to 6 feet wide ; Pinus austriaca ade became pier one resembling an 
i ly name i fw the oth 
Soat in objecting to follow “A Nurseryman’s” | ce: ~ Laricio), P. Pinaster, and P. insi bot 
A gnis; the | common form, exhibited both 
a ne James Backhouse g ‘San York Inter grons remar Ais free, Akat has aeir filaments, with an abundance of: 
Camoood. —F beg to i cans ss ewe 1 ‘is pak p pi act from a z~ = e rll eg ee a ae 
> infornn that e sur’ u 
an arti importance ‘in the trade of| excelsa forms a 2 agli ree, but suffers di ing y | engrav 
this country with | the west ‘and south — of Africa. mee its leaves afterwards presenting a SA, 
of the li tinge. ‘he h 
ts o Angola as far to the eae of the equa er . Liberia | a zingly fast, au and Pies, oan of the best of =) “errs the f 
mmerce, so do the Portu- | the" rotection of the h i | 
guese possessions, and it is seon in small quautities at all | Ce dr sa Deodant an Fxg hme a gerd bic | X 
beaya of Western A soil is deep and good, but i shallow alalis | 
outh of the pig toh aie it is not |soils their existence is but of short duration, | 
grown in, sufficient t quantity to be e an arti cle of The following ever iduous trees | 
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a a er o traffic in hae on Mr, T. B. Hors- | sea a'r zt ae piap Amak 4 seee u plaisa Fi 
sy M.P.. fo ibn ed an a co Ap Portugal Laurel and Laurustinus, the Sweet Bays, 
ook, o averpool, are | Arbutus Unedo and it: ieti 
aged in trade; so are Messrs. King’s, of Bristol, Tuconibe Oaks ; Baktaaets ata © hots to vs ei 
ss Foster, of London; no doubt an ; oes, very well; -Berberis :D: i, aristata, vulgaris, | H e gave pgp ih 
those ‘ouses could supply your correspondent with purpurea, (Mahonia) Aquifolium, and asiatica, the last | have been oa in North 
pe am w. am not able to afford con-|named speciesis likely to form a useful hedge plant near | those mea since t 
PAR Tuai wood, the principal localities of its growth, | the sea-side; Mahonia fascicularis kee ho but d t Britain 
pat undance or vice versd, the size which the tree | no grow ; Buxus balearica, sempervirens, and its nume- | describe the eo 
ns, and any other particulars „not strictly | rous varieti fr f oom 
bot whieh ‘zyme magie mar Aae teak: y „varieties grow very freely, as do also Cotoneaster | the boun: 
4A ices q obtain. ae aris, coms fon! and buxifolia, Bupleurum | monn’ re sof the bi alied £ 
ruticosum, pophäe rhamnoides, Ilex aquifolium, | and Britis umbia. 
et te 7.—One of your Pare cc es ts states | and its numerous other species and Mee urus 
an pe ams E ogg dl “dl yee will persist in |regalis, Ceanothus verrucosus and t yrsiflorus, Vibur- | a succession u 
í upleo sath aag: g therefore to enclose | num macrocephalum, and Grevillea sulphurea; the last | the more fertile dist 
ago dee pink o ered a ae open ground a week rm d plant is quite hardy here. Escallonia:macrantha| between the C 
: imson. e flavour as he ol is s better near the sea const tha gery and|That portion of the 
'ascadi 
Eie : r the co 
k hs la a Skany the scent, but from all the Hower mgs io ripening abundance of sedis yg me the Cascade Mountains 
; become valuable | japonica. requires a somewhat sheltered ject to'a remarkably equal 
aga fenit recs mg oy hag cannot lo 
pna ts small size, but the | allip ° 
ai liptien and! pagent well. I think ra i bein abont 54 
wh a mmal ae war galerei mas Daam ant owy and tune plant, Gotan | ar moi of vinter 
of $ Š awas out |t ida not iy well. fort | pore cae 
5 fod from, the wall” Jpeg Tein i border 4 or | bunda, tea thie ba keine ta, Gaultheria Shallon, and climate of >- middle sect 
us see what Nov. 17 will of Se a 5S. ere Let | the majority „9f Rhododendrons and Heaths sueceed | was subject to tae 
must be used when fresh. After having — gath “mae fe well, ¥ ble. Ligustrum japonicum der in winter. ? 
wn colder ii 
Phlomis frutie, Deutzia scabra, common Horse and healthy. 
and Californian Chesnuts (wsculus) ; the Spanish | Rocky Mo 
crows 
it shrinks. Suppose that attempts to improye 
made by ne: the seeds !] ge 
_ tried the experiment ona Black | ma: and r 
fe raat rine a an 
after blossoming, and ripens. x 
although the gen eral crop was Illdpeo at wo | worthless Orn a oo Plan cin Peead- Acacia i 
able 
al 
e against walls. T tree, but | 
were finer baem A rest, and one ced much | Elm Ig apne ol ES T PEET 
than any + I) hireinum, oa ha w luxuriantly; and the 
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d ower remarkably fne, ee Muaro, | } 
‘inch wide, | Dorset kukii objects noe bloom. H. Mi 
narrower, Edw, e oe — ienee, | 
‘Oet. 23, “thon H emoick, ne enia I consider si Stan dging a sar Oe 
| The Female Garrya.—a plant of the female Garrya we age as in the m midland cohen if sheltered. from t 
