38 
THE GARDENERS 
The plant is compact in habit, with herbaceous 
stems some 12 or 18 iaches in heigh t, with ovate 
deeply toothed leaves; the inflorescence forms 
crowded racemes, at the apex of the branches. 
Plants struck in iik form дыгы flowering stuff for 
stove decoration from May ards, through the 
summer. (See Gardeners’ 8 1869, p. 941) 
A plant of Alberta magna is now flow 
for the first time. 
opposite, жете coriaceous leaves. The inflorescence, 
n the form of terminal panicles, consists 
it should prove a welcome addition to the greenhouse, 
After. the corolla has dropped, two of the mim lobes 
Although 
it has for several years been in cultivation, the мй 
record of its flowering in this country was at Kew in 
3. 
Tussacia pulchella is а Gesneraceous plant, 6 
ago introduced from the West Indies, and is 
member of a small genus of four or five species, и 
have been introdnced. 
irregularly serrated, and of a light green colour. 
The showy flowers are produced upon axillary inflo- 
The 
but not entirely withheld, or the rhizomes ша 
Penh They should also be wintered in а warm- 
A figure may be seen in the Botanical 
абы, t. 1146. 
Cacti in flower.— Several of these interesting 
re yo айн О ум безг эге, ка, аге, 
flowering at the present time in the succulent-house. 
Two very ten NE — are Echino- 
are particularly peny the style i stigma is of a 
dark purple colour. The last continues in flower for 
pinky-white flowers, which do not possess а very 
Large numbers of the Mammil- 
larias are in bloom, and these are also attractive 
when in fruit. There are now in flower, M. Dillenii, 
M. exsudans, M. Stuberi, and М, glauca, all bearing 
numerous dark red flowers; M. Wildiana, with its 
above, while M. glomerata has quite yellow flowers, 
of these called showy 
plants when seen in quantity, they are always in- 
been done in their hybri- 
can fail to admire mire their large 
and brilliant flowers. E. L. Harrow, 
NOTES ON THE HARDINESS OF 
SOME OUT-OF-DOORS PLANTS AT 
BELVOIR GE 
Ix the following lists of plants the names of those 
under the headings “ killed " and *' seriously injured ” 
ist of survi 
readers of Chro at reason. 
Many plants doubtless escaped injury owing to the 
аады l and the perfect d 
on that e PLA 
ens being 
Kere these are situated in the wood itself no ip 
was done—whereas in exposed places this diii ace 
lost most of its leaves, and some few the tips of the 
Ке Those plants marked * еи Wenn in the 
Dache Jarden, ofa hill 
100 ni in height ; this hill has а curved outline, and 
is open only to the south-east, much of the sun-heat 
being therefore retained, and the garden rendered 
warm during the night. 
greatest amount of = ү, at the 
еа — at Belvoir, w. a Glaisher 
reen, — he grass, on ыу 8; im mean 
temperature Г uary was 27°.26, the mean of 
daily maxima 
the 4 inches of snow which covered them during the 
time the frost was most severe—and the advantage 
derived from this covering was shown by the Let- 
tuces planted along at the foot of south walls, where 
the anow had melted, being killed, whilet those on a 
west aspect, where they were all the time covered 
with snow, survived, The frost penetrated the earth 
to a depth of 8 inches, and a heap of soil which laid 
loose above the surface, 18 inches. The ice on the 
lake was 82 inches thick. This frost was much more 
severe than that of the winter 1860-61, when Ex 
lowest temperature recorded here was 21 a 
Glaisher screen, and —5° on the grass, this was on 
860 
Dec. 25 
KILLED. 
*Arundo conspicua (some  Mühlenbeckia] Me ae 
plants 5 (killed to the ground) 
ы oni а (killed to 
re mpan end pyramidalis 
(some plants) рое apneic (killed to 
Calycanthus floridus the ground 
*Dasylirion Rune. ormium tenax (killed to 
*Eleagnus macrophyll the ground) 
Pig = койш wall а to  Pisiacia Lentiscus 
Rose Noisette W. A. Richard- 
PAR aek siss pe PETENS (some son on south wall (large 
plants) plants killed to the ground) 
*Hypericum repens Tecoma radicans 
Muc TED 
* Azara microphylla fragrans, flo 
*Arundo Donax "killed yes: 
* Arundinaria falcata flexuosa 
Arbutus Unedo Ma gnolia 1 
Apricot on south wall *Olearia Huastii 
Ан» м" Mode sen " anthus — * 
cacia de a otinia se ta on h 
ре, Jerberis Wallicbii wall ET 
Darwinii ite a mucronata 
“Sarge Metake are utro 
rat 
ру racanthaon north Rhododendron fragrans 
us Cotin 
охе Deodara, where ex- 
гэрч yellow on 
80 
Chimonanthus fragrans, the 
flowers killed P arieti: sie " 
Ceanothus Gloire de Ver- *Ruscus лиси 
sailles Rubus phon: diede 
e eutzia scaber Spiræa pruvifol 
*Diplopappus chrysophyllus Ulex europzus (killed to the 
| Tenth groun 
Jasminum cffi le Vitis vınifera on west wall 
SLIGHTLY INJURED, 
vandross Andrachne *Eremurus robustus 
An de lanuginosa Euer. " ti 
wand тше moda ovata Gen ata hi d ifida 
» flon *Hydran i 
* Acer polymorphum atropur- * ,, “paniculata haie 
os e d Nun а 
sempteri 
- zd Negundo variegata with litte К wr 
naan tube e, Lavandula pe sai (killed 
at kitchen ns) 
* T, eter Lilium poo og 
'alus communis agnolia conspi Sou- 
“Berber Magn phy lia x lan а rem 
» dulcis Punica granatu 
„ japonica wall) е тома 
*Clerodendron trichotomum  *Rhododendron Е eri 
Clematis montan: * , ferrugineum 
„ graveolens „ hirsutu 
*Cameilias in variety (lost a praecox 
few iim and some of {ла ш. 
*Scyrax ја 
майе *staphyiea — 
"бав этеке: ИГ „Spire na laserom 
Cedrus atlantica атар 
Сһо!зуа а (bu „ агі 
bank s — to pss 2 *Skimmia fragran 
2 imas y) » japonica 
Cham puce diaca Ta xodium distich 
cera чыт 3 (pro- „ sempervirens (injured 
*Colutea arborescens ewan Pi» — 4 
Cypripedium L. сатсан » Tinus 
*Veronica pingurefolia 
versii 
oor aate d sinensis p 
*Daphniphyllum — РЕ T 
—W. H. Divers, Belvoir Castle — Graxtham, 
CHRONICLE. 
(Jory 13, 1895, 
O o 
ROTATION OF CROPS. 
(Continued from vol. xvii., р. 192.) 
FOOD TAKEN UP. "m the Commencement 
the Clover of Grass se per 
sion of the period allotted to this element of the rota. 
tion to two or more years. 
It is true, also, that under any specific rotation, 
there may be deviations from the plan of retaining 
the whole of the root-crop, the straw of th 
grain crops, and the leguminous fodder crop 
on the farm, for the production of meat or milk, 
and, coincidently, for that of manure to be returned 
he land, But it is also true that, when under the 
condition of such practice 
free - very frequently involves full com 
by pur d manures of some kind. In our % 
X Pan such deviations from ihe practice d merel 
selling grain and meat have been much developed n 
recent years; and they will doubtless continue t0 
aig der the altered conditions of our agr 
farms, but on those that are m 1 
and there will Tos ev be some, but — bym 
means во grea i ове, in tht 
production of ptt smaller articles required v | 
populations, 
It is further true, though the remark applies int 
very limited degree to our own country, that t 
are other deviations which have more the € 
N regular rotatit 
„ ав such неллай 
called the self- асны system, a and to Ri 
has been selected for inve 
y can be given 
t mineral constituents. rine 
phosphoric acid, the cere 
much snp or more than, any of the other 
xcepting Clover; and the / 
of via they ta take up is lost to the farm in the 
able prod The remainder, * 
farm, excepting the small amount 
and milk, 
Of potash, each of the sopi 
more than of phosphoric aci ; bat m: 
