_ For or what тазда аге жену > 
JawvaRY 8, 18638. ] 
THE GARDENERS' 
ШП 
AND S AR GAZETTE. 1 
ut opemat both ends. 
of the Soil, it was spread out to dry, aud 
27 gvery hour, in order to have it ready as 
Ого Onéhidist of 1832, in order to ek talistofal lred | b 
species d a high fi bliged t dene were ra «em y in re baskets with the | 
p into hi i hole 1 е опе way. In packing, the 1 
tributed by esc meria, | carefully enveloped in Loss, procured from the 
Isochilus, gehn DA CE. tho E names of|adjoining forest, and previously well dried in the 
which will sound strange to the of modern sun er of dam O88 likewise placed 
cultivators. And even of the four ur great g tl e roots; and they were afterwards bound 
fi d the staple 11 collections, i pidendrum шу Pretium to preserve them from inju ry daring 
Ма a, Oncidium, and Dendrobium, aa last only | the journey to Ventanas. The object in packing t 
has stood its ground. he fi viz, Epidendrum, | leaves in dr ry Moss, was to prevent them from à 
holds on almost entirely by means of E. vitellinum and | ti г heating," on their; way through the damp, 
E. verrucosum*; the second—Maxilla estt losing hot Энна About fifty plants were риф іп each basket, 
its ctt ri t has lost wap all that was wort rth he ends of which, ^" packed, were wattled by 
e third— Oncidium— ean now s ly | (Sogas) the trail stem el Passion-flowers and Big- 
er up € sperans popular зване rites, nonias, When рас acking га nished, it was seen that | 
waning before the rising star e Odon: np um. Ав |eight beasts would be required for ihe transportation 
to the other genera that eld à respectable | of the plants—the ен er of baskets being sixteen 
position, the ada ом 3 E o be going fast, | Dr. Taylor, having, with some difficulty, proc d 
the б e; while with t ihe sec ry number of animals, we t Limon 
d the Meine: of ci b ot December. 
d Bolbophyilums, 1 ојада еи av ger ud P 
ceupet word 
On the 
aine € їп repute th at 
arly 
The айнй ay led, in own steep | 
the raft for the reception 
t, | 
ured | them, 
m 
soon 
and a simil uantity of deca; ed lea 
taken from the ved ern nb ain "ore was is eated in the 
"^ үгү а sabi ect in drying the soil was to 
ender us ма friable, апа to Frei any 
терем Ше os mish be in it—such as roots, fibres, 
&c. the d t o the fier roe rays o 
thesun —— iba as dust ; but 
ing qx in order, when n e T чика: (s m put оп 
їз. 
On the following morning, at d aybreak, with the 
lm 
hermometer standing at 75^ Fahr., ixed about 
equal quantity of the dried soil, and een ed leaves 
geth moist e compost т 
water, an: nd а erwards carried it t e raft. 
pow; the stability of the cases by pouring water do 
and by this mode was enabled to make the 
bottoms wisely meiske a proceeding absolutely 
necessary, аз, during the voyage, the cases might be 
standing hor. several hours, or perhaps days, in 5 or 6 
lgzag 
forest- covered nem: 4 апа oe T DR 1 
апа s of fallen trees, which ca ansed 
le as Miltonia, Burlingtonia, Lælia, righopilie,| e 
Paphinia, |, Huntleya, t &e. Then again ther 
pedium, w 
it is over “з century y 
-— e prominently ped 
otice. Those two ve um and C. 
insigne were,up to the en 4 9 its v representa- 
tives in our stoves. Mr. Cuming then brought us 
purpuratum from the E. Indies, to - pere ds followed 
. barbatum from Nepal. The w 
€— ore 
migh m (Xen 
Orchidacea, t, t, 27) if some stáunéh елау eid "put | 
[33 — for us. Still the East 
m to be the 4 
zeaik 
those adm э ep ые T x [yw 
C. 266 С. "A eue си plant "x this | 
was knoeked down to Mr. эн the оће day |o 
me | dents ts alone; € plants were lost. 
aes сона n — tra- | On 
uio 2 
hence i 
eat deal of searching amida the 
e In one o 
mule ] happened E get 274. ed i 
tree, which was aci hung with. climbers, 
afte 
oi pra maddy aeg another ши roll 
veral ti ushing the ме ets with which 
it was iden hrpa ^ eans of these two acei- 
L 
and | sible, 
o the baskets, бат p меген almost 
ing $ 
When the cases were all tes ted, I took one, and 
e soil as id 
on in pas forest at the base of the slopes over hich 
we -panie ed with such difficulty, and te our 
t beside а little st. of |i 
d 'fringed. with 
those which bee zolle d 
afterwards srenethend all the others | 
Oth we resum med о 
do 
vens's Rooms for 5l: venen C. Stonei—tl 
^ v of all. "Ba besides the 
three other m 
le, 
кез iane k: to e spring, nor do I hesi- 
tate to тору rear bulis the end of 1864 we shall 
have at least two dozen distinct kinds upon our list. 
that time I hope that the Royal Horticultural 
Society will Маш "à sites a libe ral prize for * the best 
vna 
nts | whom informed us that Mr. 
wards, the cloths e gradually removed from o 
ihe савев—оп e hou n the morning, and two net 
in the evening— cloudy; b 
after a few m dag, eM жеге ар. Өй. rea 
ае вад 
Oceasions ви uently, 
hot suns, I rece the D x - or three 
hours in the middle the ; but the 
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ruta fra nsisting of bamboos and 
Salix Hunboldtiana, ро of, which grow abundantly on 
ert Cross, Southern Slopes 
water, 
rom an Antonio to Cayan nie A айегудойв 
taglas iabe river— was at as, awai g 
our аг It was nearly nine o'clock next morn 
ing n ЭЕ got оп our way, on account ofthe grea at 
difficulty „we had in ‚ finding the mules, which had 
of Chimborazo, March, T: di: 
HUE AND CRY, 
Ix the last issue of tho Transactions of the Edin- 
burgh Botanieal Society "ov is made hà the 
presentation of "irs of several Grecian 
of P. В 
owe s ur great & horticultural shows, 
mi 
а fi g jumbled together in a 
mixed i gru ultitude of às habits, these 
beautiful plants were collected into roupe i5 Eye 
being shown against n Catiley 
against Cattleyas and ias, an 
present opaga, the mixture destro lov tho asinos 
You walk for 50 or 60 yards along a vnnd — fr 
of Orchids, but before т, have reached 
of the d is 10 to 1 you hav TX ali 
a ptite of the same 
i i “Baccolabium, Ти 
Phalænopsis, followed by Aerides, Cattleya, Saccola- 
bium, Vel e MÀ  Pialsonopsis, over and over and over 
е these into grou e 
ibterest pel neg ined ^ constant succession of 
w gam ази new effects. The office of ud e,m 
over, wou sure, be great! 9 
change 1 I have rented to sue "iin Von 7 ‚ 
ви, 1888) 
at of iod а ant, which is h ings, and 
| inflicts а mee "бы times more painful than а g| 
om our glish wasp. 
and thickn: 
river 
saccharoides, the shoots of which 
А 3 loading our 
to reach Ven- 
forest of Gynerium 
— o 15 to 18 feet high. 
pue “е ur journey, hoping № 
mf before se of the day. Тһе pathway was 
in yospem M but the heat was oppressive; | 
and we were, besides yr gon gh dil. by a kind | 
It was s astonishing to see the immense length 
of the He us Climbers; "E how shey 
ks, and climbed е tops 
the highest trees, from whence penig, м Pd d 
, after a фу" tho pri- 
mantle of net 
us for more than | 
а fortnight. he baskets containing the plants were 
deposited in an adjoining shed for the night; and the 
mules were sent baek in two Indians who 
ed ug from the slopes of pr Early | 
rning the wm -— — own to and 
gem and put 
le sies есы а proparod Ttt them. 
me — 
g of 
e then spened |: 
— one and 
an 
gio. утте — ет moun- 
nis; P. Pana а new 
tains of Arcadia; P. Apollinis; Panachaica, 
ah puer e bontio species from Mount Boidas ; бай : 
unt Draeo, 6 
m Mo 
ы. еу temperature falls 4— 5° below freezing poi: 
Whatare these new pen Have ү been жел 
from the веей&? апа w are they tó be met with ? 
In the same publication “Captain Playfair is said to 
— sent seeds of an undescribed species of Poinci we] 
bend à at ш, апа аер had bee ed Р. Play 
fair b y Dr. Anderso: 
handsome, with pure white fl g to ur 
f | buff. This seems to be worth nom yere 
any one succeeded in rearing 
Ww RAN IH MNT 
old friend Mr. Rivers, in his 
ҹем Seedling Fruits.—My 
р on this sien of Tne эй: ult, Un —“ In South 
a I hav ath f 
eard that P. e second year 
fruit." e to say that in 
South America no Р M төй, ost likely 
Mr. Rivers meant to say ж the south of North 
America; and perm to add that this mistake is 
often made by others as well as Mr. River 
best Peaches in North America ed in Ken 
but my opinion is that although our American cousins 
| boast of "i h t P рб n the globe, they are 
e. ius ioa. Та: on hi to Lim 
which he su cceeded in um ы! d - 7 ar ted | had 
state, on the e Sth instant. Оп enced 
Р the Cinchona асас Sedet, not to 
le ique sch in == шаш, 
Еи Маар 
ка vel together in | dio Mos : 
pac ing opened out, 
ма med ав fresh as when packed 
but, s befor t they had been more than half. 
OSS, е 
was drooping and 
peared to be already past recovery, Every one who 
fame to seo em said they would di; and I am almost 
— think Mr. Spruce was o f this opinion also. 
» viz. P, 
n: ЧЛ Y m nre 
AK column) in comm 
g in таи emus vi 
SEIRE 
mci Teils 
Деу still liy 
чл = Tet ums 
ico, I hav а cent dra: 2 
men Ч ‚ Turn ecti 
= ег'в со оп, 
n the plants were all put in the moss I placed а 
with a handful of twigs anda piteher of water, 
In af e remedy restored their ap- 
pearance, en "ti in search Ж soil, апа selected 
some, co d wit 
the к wt - river. 
iae Limon, 
bility; ut: before we left e. e plants, the Hay 
d on | 
a M. Micha P ealled F 
Ossi- | stones. 
Jg gen E Warsce- | Reason bad set nsequence of which most of 
ppear t LOCA $ bis to | the CEP EE E A 
” п E. the шейр in mountains where they 
LI ETE d 
tres which, nishoni any un carry y nd the M 
with me. Many of our 
stones to those that are grafted, because they are n 
н drought of our climate bette maro 
e dryness оЁ our sandy soil, which, after 
he Pe ' tbe environs 
еа 'eaches 
stone, an 
ше South 
excess “5 com flavour. John 
St. Maurice, Monplaisir, 
ей Iron Quetta Aic g the namerous 
f Ral lave eppcaréd on ЧЫЙ subject, I am 
