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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
others, and oa a good background. The short, 
thick stem of M. Fraseri, and its rather twisted 
leaves, make the plant a conspicuous object ; while 
lata has serrated margins, Stan- 
geria paradoxa annually produces its stalked cone, 
which on accou f its appearance has ee called 
Hottentot's-bead; the leaves are very large, and 
bave a less stiff habit than the re a of the 
ves 
spinulosum is among the mo 
has erect leaves, which give the species a most dis- 
tinct character, The genus Zamia is a compara- 
tively large one, several species of which are said to 
the native in the preparation of a kind 
s 
interesting plants can be seen, R. L. Harrow, Edin, 
THE LUCOMBE OAK. 
ak, now very plentiful in “the west of 
stood at the entrance to his ee died in the 
Compan to-da af, 
pyas in his Derby Arboretum 5 desribes 
the variety as Quercus Cerris Lucom 
uestion, the following, which i 
= probability, the first published description s it, 
Ep interesting 
va a new and singular species of Oa 
(Ina ee Jeon John 1 Bowel Esq , F. RS) 
Exeter, Feb, 24 [1773]. 
“Sir,—In my rambles Erg this city, I have 
covered and propagated by that i ingenious . 
d as this plant appears to me capable of N 
an inestimable acquisition to this kingdom, I cannot 
resist the desire I feel of communicating to you some 
particulars relative to its history and character, 
2 seven years past, Mr. Lucombe sowed a 
parcel of ac saved from a tree of his own growth, 
of the iron or wainscot species, When 
Oak. He makes 
the year, viz., in May; and continues 
growing without interruption n; whereas other Oa 
shoot 2 namely, in May and in August. 
the peculiar and inestimable 
least), to its making but one shoot in the e year; 
for I believe all trees that shoot A ig are for some 
time at a atand before they make the second. 
I had the curiosity to take the dimensions of the 
parent tree (seven years old), and some of the grafts 
the first measured 21 feet high, and full 20 inches in 
the girt; a graft of four pane ha 16 feet high, and 
full 14 inches in the the first he grafted is 
six years old and has e bis parent 2 feet in 
height. The parent tree seems to promise h 
acorns soon, as he blossoms, and forms his foot-atalks 
strong, and the cup upon the foot-stalk with the 
appearance of the acorn, which, with a little more 
age, will swell to perfection, This Oak is distin- 
guished in this country by the title = the Lacombe 
ak. His shoots in general are fro o 5 feet 
every seek so that he will, in pa space of ee or 
forty years, outgrow in * nd girt the common 
Oak of a 9 Ib walking-pole full 5 feet 
long, a side-shoot Sniny one ag the grafts, only a year 
and a half old, From the similarity of the leaves of 
— be to those of the iron or wainacot Oak, it 
to be a descendant from that species, though 
it differs “on it in every other particular. Several 
men round this Srey a and in the 
ac conti es of merset, have 
planted t a a they are 2 * 2 flourish i in all 
soils, P 4. 7 
AMATEURS’ 8’ COLUMN, 
be DY FLOWERS ae „ AND VILLA 
ENS (continued from In my last paper 
T aiad to the Anbrietias as forming = = E 
pes -ornamental spring - flowering plants, 
I wish to say a little vae the old- fashioned pees 
or Rock-creas, e have several 8 and 
distinct varieties st useful are Arabis 
albida, a native of the mountains of Greece, Southern 
Rassia, and many other adjacent Le awd fe albida 
variegata, and A, lucida variega e wish 
moat useful plant be: 3 
80 arranged as to fal 
stones, it is quite pi ho 
po * bright foliage, and is the best o 
ock- cresses. It is at home in gine any 
ee, as a rock plant, an edging to beds of 
8 shrubs, or 8 ar other plants fa the 
arden. Being n 
n in dry sit ee . where the seat is 
wet it will soon dwi 
Arabises begin to blo 
or at least early in 
first week in April before we were delighted with 
their snow-white blooms in quantity. For man 
years I have grown A, lucida variegata by the bundred, 
la 
can in 
frequently u 
Wallflowers, and whether 
not, combined with the latter | it has ake! formed a 
pleasing feature amongst r flower-beds, 
be propagated by 
ish ne m 
of bloom, I would rather not divide them in the 
utum 
Alys. saxatile compactum. —T his amon 
fl 
renders it one of the most 
It is not onl 
a mo at ho nore — the — — 
e grog 5 ts; mized border, or amocated 
and makes pital centre for a round bed w — 
bordered with a plant with dark fi 
and warm situation, it will begi iby 
in pelt and continue more or 
M 
ower more ely than 
However, in the course of time, ti 
in order to keep up a he 
found in Eastern E 
— bean we have ( 
eee ot this charming spring flower, yet it 
amongst the most valuable, and should be inclad 
in every collection. All the species | 
spring, indeed they 
not 
clumps may be 
well as cottage garden 
so extensively as 
found brag = in gent! 
For the e 
asity, 
much exposed to y> full force of the aun, 
soon assumes a appearance. Taer 
creased by division ye operation i 
formed early in the autumn when the toiag it 
ripe. 
herbaceous plants, t 
though like some othe er subjects in the 
arden, in a few years the crowns rise too high 
the ground, therefore should be care arofally KEE jal 
tiful, produc 
bright pees Bic though it me 
the B variety, H. 
lobed Hepatic which is found in many 
gardens, and i is, a — of 3 Europe. 2 
be o 
conditions: Recla 
vegetable matter, is likely to be aleo ri Lan 
“as deficient in — acid. Well ee p 
g land, particularly on — 
ener acid. 
growth of leaf or stalk, under 
