868 
who would ende ife in pass a 525 
upon th And what is the more remarkable 
it was a species evidently having a tendency to 
change, as its two or three unimportant n | 
r| Lord Ducre, Mr. J. J. Brawpy, Mr. WENTWORTH | 
| DILKE, Colonel Cen gen 9 
e | WILSON SAUNDERS, pson, Mr. J. R. Sco 
LINDLEY, ed | P 
Mr. EDMON 
nearly three hou 
moran 
be worth name, 
ong j 4 ie ys in the m E 
po), I accidentally met w 
Pere. 
c lf e "qne other, all three of which are — tins, about 
v.) of dis as all New Plants. ea. The discovery wag 
ned BIENES: Ld aig , 228. CORDYLINE INDIVISA, Kunth. Hooker, fil. | although the lower parts of these 
9 Flora of New Zealand, I, 258. beon ds í s genns Azalea, 
thus called in exist in this 
of the ica t to ripen its fruit her that — oppo or- This is very different from the plant c 
tunity es raisin eni ngs has been ne eglected. | ardens, or otherwise known by Forster's AEN of |® br edlings “de ne he Mini of a 
yet itd es sometimes ce good seeds, | Dracæna indivisa, which is merely C. aust tralis s as Dr. f. t in height. E + fol 5 
ected tl Hooker fc » 
fruit Chae gta ta el . e It has now been introduced to Eur rope for the L^. fine oven a e time be 2 = 
S been turn ore in the | by Messrs. Lee, of the Hammersmith 2 — à not in a for 4 
rection of t ee fis tlic 
thought hopeles ; toward i dose D e mei mne i es the tree asd as bei wr. rn 
hieh appear to posses all the terbury | settlement, and he describes it as r most 
mutability. When we thi ^ of the qe fad — plants of the forest, having 
with its red blossoms, not broader than a florin, |  jarge umbrageous head with many branches and fit 
Zed, ined transferre m 10 i Austrian corn- | long leaves (over 3 feet long). Their roe is a golden 
field, from generatio peri pege in "ibas onzy hae and the mid-rib, which is prominent and 
fnercasing aay till it stood ds, what itn — the base, is of a tolerable | crimson hüe a 
Le loveliest of flowers, every ry conspicu ous, The country was searched fo or above 
omen 
diseip. 
^n to subject the Pyrus japonica to the same 
E. been led to these remarks by the |i 
examination of a case of be visa arke d — 
d in t 
, however, 
the fruit. 
— Island), nearly a foot in diameter, "undivi ed. Leaf ver 
e 4 to 5f 
EN at it is very rare in the country that pr roduces it 
shov x Dr. Hooker never having seen it alive, 
bat Acbel it from trans 3 
dri We 
um uso accoun work 
pretty plant discovered i the ‘mented - [oy 7nd 
nd * 
sta 
sides by the natives that the p 
objects when i in full bloom. E^ 
n the Hongkon 
— 
HISTORY OF AN ORCHARD 
Tue following are the 
particu! 
and results of a cheap or orchard 
very moderate cost and ultimate — are 
Dus eis Bay. ke sxe Bog. ti — to instr ruc ct eople either how to | Lo 
mountains, according Ce rn Eds D this inf ace be bet 
epis. to Lyall. Native ee „Tikapu. Trunk m object i imply to i 
eet high, according to Colen yere 
eet long, 5 inches Med. 
THUNBERG as having ng the size of a nut i in 
Japan, where it grows wild he . e 
ith us it someti ecomes twice as big 
rugged angular unattractive thing, which non 
ause to look upon ived the oth 
er 
f 2 ing. 
ng, 
often glaucous below. Panicle 4 feet long, stout, 
1 
Bu 
ay from Messr & 8 0 3 to 10 inches long, very stout, | tho 8 
an improved variety raised by one of their corre- densely covered crowded pedicellate ‘flowers. | been ful The id 
pee in th th of France, which presents 3 white, bell. Ae; : 8 hom AA [o sprin 50 of 1855, having on pre revo felt 
ccc the Coni of this. plant je extondirely used n. o6 more, cordis f | 
hola oi t great encouragement to skilful breeders. e * » yr permission of my employer to expe als 
the —— acture of mats and ke —— called * Toii," of - hs 
Iani of ie shaele, engl rugged fro tit las commensal que gow eel in he | s a elei aee 
, ew Mu: on of Economie Botan iy” i h 
very exactly oblong, as large at one end as the The leaves sent to Messrs. Lee E in form erection woul Lx ^ vo ut maai 7 
other, t any angles p gre clean- | Yucca aloifolia, but arethinner. The inflorescence which | Grapery without fire-heat. Four Vines 
skinned a Nectarine. The l; t specimen » | accompanied them, from which however. all the flowers | in E zi 5 three y 
| ing — *. eer 
of which the aunexed cut re comix 4 section, 
the of C. aus 
lon urving Sedo upwards, like 
candelabra, and not being set on more than half an 
inch apar 
229. SYRINGA O 
We refrain from giving a igni: pom to this 
very u à 
the aye a nen wate paren 
thou v pne ese might be removed ne Ca 
p as very anxious to give fair trial to 
iple of — 3 two 
33 — and th uch 70 
fictorl, both as to quantity pes roe ho 
plant on account of the uncertainty under which E 
les fi S. vulgari 
Mr. Fortune informs us that it was first red p a The result of a consul 
with a me 
was that 12 lights, 6 ie I 
M 
of M 
Both these varieties will be found perfectly hardy in 
Pekin. Full grown specimens are about * size ze of bet 71 ra afters a nd 16 rs for the pe and ends, 3 
English Lilac, b ius 
he | lso striking, being large, rather | a straight edge, to the outside ert are 
fleshy, and 8 N ootis ome pre, nch dí te wi form the he ber 
and its fine bunches of purple flowers are very orna 9 inches udi m grou und t wall plate; l 
mental. There is a white variety equally interesting measures inside 22 feet 10 indes 1 
found in the same bag paar A which I oe succeeded inches wide, the back wall is 
getting home alive, and which is now under * giving ample he d room for path; à 
eroe ii & Son, St. John's Wood. 
essrs. E. 
arks 
weighed 15 oZ., and was 8 inches round when A 
ms conte — eather du e e very firm, 
weak fra- 
reery 
(Ligustrum 
men we] shen ay them by grafting on the Priv 
uci 
It d differs from 
sub-acid, b 
grance. Asit did j 
"that of of 
at to wmm a. i wo not 
u 
t, there i v ira no extrava- | 
of the pr variety of this e ative in jim 
8 e: N FORTUNI. 
the ea sa Lilac in its leaves bein 
= broader 
gt Jie 
E ' four-toothed. 1 van from Mr, Fortune’s | 
and gardens, I may mention that the Mosen the d 
ng 
ng |p 
tow ard the front, in = ha 
: laid. Two- 
to the depth of 2} feet, 
there e 6 inches in 
laced Ue drainage, wi 
pipe was 
out were mixed ap w 
loads of rotten dung, 
with 
and two of brick? 
bats broken up so as n not to excede of 
size 
used. On 
"E gardens in the north of China, and that a cea 
one ef in caltivation at Shan ghae. 
m the 
tha W. 
ack Hamb 
Calabre; they h 
to 5 inches long, and bled 
— ead — ere plan 
A om 5 - n for 12 or 
| of Mr. Glen knie. è of Turn bum Groen, a very striking | 
| Rhododendron, which is ges fro m any viking jn 
| the h 
distin 
in cultivation. es has not yet 8 but its lenves 
sho ow that it i unknown in n gardens, and, as far as we 
enthusiasm in pes ieipa e 
flow 
east is cer- 
tain—that there are now aded pn to j Ju- |" 
tify serious attempts at operating upon 
t Hrs Roya HIGHNESS THE 
sea at a meeting of the 
rticultural Society, held at 
Last Tuesday ‘ 
PRINCE CONSORT 
Council of the 
Windsor Castle, at 
3 o'clock, There were present! campanulatu 
eaves are 
1 2 n flat, about 6 inches ‘ong 
er h — og and cuspid 
very exactly oblon 
by — 2 broa 
t at all shining on the 
strong, purplish, an 
Mri it f A -—— — ut name it in 
it may not be . with others in 
as it must vi 
"mw 
say 
. Mes 
cultivation ; 
trade. te as 
sen, min n 
per er sido, white on M e der TM foot stalk is very | 
t ł inch long. We cannot I 
n 
