. 
raised t h 
1805 it could boast of ved 4000 plants. 
Јум 27, 1863.] 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
607 
consis ting of certain leaves, or a — called 
* Taro,” not unlike Tomato. Many of the heathens, 
he te ils us, have long made a bold stand ^ ps 
practice of eating human flesh, EE it “ tabu,” 
forbidden by the gods. те mmon people, as well 
y custom еген. B eat 
it, and the ehe күз p gentr 
a rock garden. for Alpine plants, and there are 
about 750 species, of | 
hi 
collec stion which is un audi A 
which 3, 330 а are 
fr 
i Е 
form Dia orc a теча 
any other ical 
some better authority when asked to pen woe AM 
which lie beyond every-day i cien and a 
p ess verifed. Юг. Phi 
ces of what 
as а duty which they owe to society, а duty apper 
taining 5 their би station, to id йа fesh, 
me. Ud instance, the national родо, has to b 
xo 
vind 
eatin БЕ yo perpetrators of the wrong. The 
also a religious as well as а ролш LM 
ted with the 
e garden possesses about 800 species of trees 
irs d in тану parts, and icem nd cloth 
e, th hich is sur- 
placed bird from which the Уеб view on al 
sides сап be seen and enjoyed. 
and 
which are 
obs жиде аге со n the authority of Mrs. 
Loudon, the following: лау of one of the daughters 
- | of Linens is 4e 
* Seated one sultry summer evening in a garden, 
the daughter p the illustrious naturalis& observed 
1 with. surprise ere luminous radiations emitted z 
oup 
made 
j 
with the pr уени of the water. towers to 
nduit: с 
of Nasturtiums, This curious 
more tha: 
кенне uit ide n once d twilight 
+h. th гт 
uly, 1762. Тһе girl ү} 
act which puts it "ED б а Шер with a sacrifice supply the garden with wal er bya con 
to a superior being. All other niai is eaten with the | cating i it 11 
fingers, but for bokola vpisa ва forks are used, | the hothouse, the other near e Alpine garden. But 
ade of hard wood, and handed зба heirlooms. | the putain rea of the ponds proved to be fa re 
The very sight of these forks makes a € look | besides which the tower, А 
M and n handling them would give | frequently for a conei time, provided no wate 
а Fijian about as much pain asa Christian. would Че el|by which the 
g risit Recently, n the|(which the Je 
ater. 
Опе little fact must be mentioned connected with 
this subject, ыза ke m": the importance of 
being acqua the native customs. Ап 
En vx Р тей рми е, once fell into the hands | 
of a hostile tribe, ved on the look out for his body. | 
er wonderful tale; The same ph 
has been 
, | exclusively on yellow 
Feci , it 
ту 
з nd | the Es let 
fully Ман with an asphalte bottom, for the recep- seen 
tion of rare plants, and thus this eyesore at least has теп енене: of Nasturtium, the Yellow Lily, and 
b r died prie 
and greenhouses have steadiiy con- 
ianthus annuus 
erab e Sun 
gar rden эйи uc in дв | Marigolds Calendal in the two species of T^ жг 
neh botanists call the -— vue and 
Inde) Р 
„тэй 
r plants. 
8 
N "he latest, and at the same time most mrs 
he lar hi 
ons fora cannibal feast, of wh ich he wast 
ron dish; though these pr eparátione would 9 
have 05 noticed by Jd one less versed in their pecu- 
liar customs. Не that before 
xi om а 
kava would have to be 
tov 
made, that а prayer sedi have to be said over the g 
in 
beverage when ready, and that th 
they proceeded | à 
Ба 
де, and 
more RANA plan nts; ‚Бо oth Swedish botani: 
d. 
e following : :—On the 18th of June, 1857, 
10 o'clock in the evening, Ж: Th. Fries, the well -known 
st, w ki t 
al, 
divisions гейм heated by warm wate 
d tig 
tale) i 
gardeners’ dwellin ngs, se 
ou pen, Et wo sm 
"e houses for | 
кызын etre) little 
was bya wledge 
he шен 5 
flashes of light. Forewarned ash 
prayer could not be eaten. Pretend din g utter uncon- 
sciousness of what was going on, he eagerly кы 
Ше moment when the preparation A а у; 
adv: anced to the stage at whi ch t the pra 
gai Tn 
mies, 
he pronounced the well- known formula. No one 
| ter 
a Кюі house was ss ed. The e gar arden ui 
four house for the 
s 
econd 
à 1850 illusion. , 
ossessed | themselves hor — to time during three quarters of 
cultiva- | ап hour. Fries 
tion of plants from different M, yet one was s sti 11 
а optical 
continued dh owing 
not help believing he was езу ng from a 
wever, the flashes 
M. as thus ссе to believe pm 
what he saw was Mors The eed mah ne 
re uired, i in 
would now and he 
keen satisfaction of partaking of the refreshments | 
which had been art sa en hi funeral. 
History of the Borne, о at Zürich. By Prof.| 
. Heer. 
(Concluded from p. 583.) 
Tt remained in this state "for 12 years but in 
public. "This 
want has now been supplied by the A of a new 
| house, on the south- кын ж ы the ET terrace, 44 | m 
f 
feet long, and 20 feet h n the It is true 
| that this is not lofty een for tall donet i but | 
| we must not PE m that the garden has but moderate 
[MM a М 
m that the new garden has steadily 
adv: 
attain ей the firs 
such ав в tree Ferns, small Palms, Bamboos, water plants, | 
had the | &с. 
кн e ever a - commencement, until it has 
А 
+ out the same fons; 
v сопйшива to the place а vetu entirely ignorant 
uch a manifestation of light had ever been 
че 
о: irati 
шу ote pensons w Wwe then led to т r ape; 
57 remarked that the flowers ' 
| were o th n: 
While acknowledging that ч оё " v boe a 
о 
m" С was obliged to give up the ground 
until 1766 that Н. rzel 
to purchase an es stato 
was converted into a 
garden ый 
а "he. p? 
at Wiedikou, 
hospital а 
тя 
gistrate ев 
and de ground into a botanic 
er deis of the M such as EN 
ing appro to the kee of the dette 
aed "the pend of fonder ceux тозды the winter. 
Under the charge of Drs and Locher, the 
garden made rapid progr ess, pei 11782 it was further 
improved by the erection of a hothouse, after which an 
n of inactivity followed, лай in 1794, under the 
direction of Dr. Usteri, it again made a start, and in 
the following ег was Јаја the foundation ate a ее: 
De nd, 
ther of Gesn egarden. That 
which he three centuries ago ЧА earnestly strove for, 
LÉ ае еа fu poe to an extent his ааай 
т have dreamt of, чене һе 
H 
ve consider „Юж Phin 
of its collections. In TA Ж аа adem Her err bor ced chapter headed * *Theory;" but itis not 
Regel, enumerated 7500 species as cultivated in the pem for us to transfer this to our columns, nor do 
garden and greenhouses, besides 2600 varieties, | we think it would repay perusal; in fact, we find it 
amongst which are man and interesting plants. alt to our author's ati 
with two аге во vague pt we 
e of the great ist of ize his m E 
nem: , the founi luded verdi - 
we 
that it has In short. the only 
i енче оң left upon is that Dr. Phipson 
| knows. less, if E "han [^ ы, upon the 
garden бв "йїп it vocatio! "Not у Wes 
ken a taste for the hig hest ai noblest x dean gi ot 
Natur s offering the riches of the vegetable king- 
J 
tion of Alpine n lants. Political troubles 
уепей; and in 1799, the C 
ja | beyond its own domain, Whoever has noticed tke pro- 
, The Botanical Magazine for June gives figures of the 
Zosterostylis arachnites,a curious but 
not — terrestrial pe from Java and Ceylon. 
the energy er, 
to its former flourishing condition, во 
In 
1819 Rómer was succeeded by L. Schulthess, — 
0 years са t fail to have. percei 
singular flat branched РО 
“trom the geom Isles; d aer 
ived the 
sb mic ami ш it. Not Suv rie a gumbas of new 
rdens arisen, and new greenhouses b nde bnt 
h 
prs marked by rings a at the and a metim 
Xd jm 
ga 
the taste for plants has so 
whose jns TEM — foftber improvements w 
an 1008 роза added 
poor sandy soil. nd want of wate| 
prov 
drawbacks, and in 1834 the ошо] of the 
was decided on. It was then fo 
ks inc seq tel the flowers are ү үш sedi 
large nurse rdens exist in Züricb, while 1 - d berri 
mr dép could deserve the. пате. ti е t tl ed in tmd 
s ^is and | by m E esponde and 
| exchanges, both at M а а der [иу обага 
obtain 
many әл исз plants which are now 
d. 
реге through the lani 
bya 
irl Phosphorescence. By Dr. ri em Lovell Reeve & Co. 
^ 
nomena of raibas scence are amo 
city 
t was not ready for 
botanic 
The phe ng the 
most singular, and at the same time mysterious of the 
А portion of hitherto  unexplained appearances in Nature ; and in lanceolate leaves, 
onem 
speaks pret asa most татат acquisition 
for our garden; but жт is certainly се of the curious 
than he attractive class. Higginsia Ghiesbreghtii, 
vei is the Campylobotrys Ghiesbreghtii of gardens, 
мае із и for its — y d et 
ged angles. Tre uckeri sang 
noticed і fa our vol. for 1854, т Pleur rothallis 
mondi, an —— Lema Orchid from 
Caraccas. Aspidistra punctata albo-maculata, a Chinese 
perennial rhizomatous herb, with large ribbed oblong 
copio зіу marked between the ribs 
and the alarm of the i ignorant. 
| Aristotle to the present time, the Ec emitted 
some decaying substances has bee bserved, 
wil 
whi 
very one; yet the 
consequently et 
rn sides of the lower terrace 
are now given up to Беата purposes, the flower- 
true origin of this чаттан light те mains 
Now, when so many of the pec 
successfully rifled, we may hope 
long remain unsolv: ved ; Ee we are poen d to 
tion bet the two о portion drawn by a 
Passing nos the hothouse nto this joie 
cua on шг, left, first MM os 
cultiv ated, and n 
bedge. 
we 
m perennial вто bs 
pa 
n which anruals 
h 
too 
Feo 
rige 4: towards its 
In fact, it pru n question in rather 
more darkness than veiled it neg All that 
solution, 
instance he 
production 
P iid The entire front o 
ces have been laid down with Grass 
vip trees and shrubs are planted; and this part | 
„has now become extreme ly. а utiful, forming 
„attractive place of resort for visi 
On the north the two terraces have 1 
о 
T* garden nd. the 
ass, on which | 
цид ж 
often too vague to be trustworthy. 
told; "a EN has been asserted,” “some — 
From the days of 
t | freckled w. 
re каза Lia aepetially inten 
vhite 5 ts. E 
The Florist eni Pomologist gives figures of three 
varieties of the new spotted hybrid Mimulus s 
and a „portrait of the British | i 
pases E pL EE а. 
bed аз a very excellent dessert Pear, ripe in October. 
eril à 
ger Ше p smooth, К of 
8 " уз. 
э in Б witha flush 
| of prac 
page - «s ber of. this serial. 
|in t n. n o 
West of Horticultural. M. 
st (Gago Love; London: Harrison) is а new ie 
candidate for publie favour. Тһе firs 
re us s puis. ises well, and the work E wil — sis 
useful to үс! cultivators, for whose use of сой 
There are good practical 
