May 25, 1895.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 647 
depth of 2 to 3 feet, When successions of plants Golden Elder, and it may be seen at a long distance, hile all of th 
had to taken in to be forced, they had to be "f : — 4 a — * 5 
thawed in sheds or other places. When prepared 
for forcing, it was found that the roots were white 
ike pee 1 have ever 
Though 8 2 ? very 
eons to John Ruskin, which is a nsipid 
trawberry when forced ; it ie handsome 1 L 
— wanting in flavour. 
There can 
p 
lant, and bei 
a cold position in Forfarshire a number of trees of 
about 9 feet in height, The tree does well at Carron 
“ Stirlingshire, toes trees have been planted some 
plants were presented to us by the late 
Mr. Downie, who bad a —— stock of this tree in 
his nursery. M. Temple, Carro 
Cycaps ın Tar Epixsures Boranic Garpen, 
the alterations in the Palm-house were 
completed in 1893, it wae decided to group the 
rare species, and a native of the Philippine Islands. 
The leaves & are about 5 ~ bance long, the ee having 
wavy margins, and t bling 
of C. — this plant 
The male and female forme of 
those 
flowers frequently. 
Reverting to — storing oe Strawberries in pots 
I have al 
for forcing, ways t t that when the 
roots were kept any, or the — — such was 
contrary to their well-being. Some Stra 
may not stand so long and severe an ordeal as — 
of this year, ata the 
zero; but I h never known 
by frost if the roota were protected in s0 
Thorough ripening of the growth prior to forcing is 
a matter of primary importance. 
Stirlingshire, 
CorsTORPHINE PLANE, 
Among shrubs ae. 3 — si I have seen 
none that e Cors e Plane, 
— it sesh ofa amais — tint — 
COUNTESS OF ONSLOW. 
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Fie, 92.—CLEMATISE 
(See Report of Temple Show, p 
Cycads in one of the beds under the annexe where 
where 
an abundance of light would be E and 
ey would be seen to advantage. space how 
occupied by them is aboat 60 feet in Tength, and 
12 feet in breadth. The bed has about 2 feet depth 
of eee composed of broken stone, and above 
this placed a layer of fibry tarf, the ter- 
i to 
ke ball 
as Gaa the —4 being 
By some 
formed, 
undisturbed as much 
removed after placing them in position. 
specimens three heads of leaves have been 
C. revoluta are represented by fine plants. C. sia- 
mensis is wo goss af ee eee de seen, and is 
a very . der plant is 
C. media, an Australian sasa re ahort spines 
upon the petiole, between the lower pinne and the 
stem. Encephalartos pungens is a noble plant, with 
a crown of foliage 10 or more feet across. The 
margins of the pinnæ are armed with short, sharp 
spines. E. Lehmanni an d E. horridus are very 
similar in habit and weber both possessing 
leaves ste a waxy covering of a rather blue-slate 
colour, the latter armed aa umerous formidable 
points at the ends of the pinnæ. E. Hildebrandtii is a 
green foliage, and a 
much different plant, with dark 
more erect habit, The — all do well, the 
ves of M. Perowskiana rising above the 
