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TIE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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the beds of brilliant Cannas; of graceful and bright 
Montbretias; fragrant and richly-coloured Roses, 
Gladioli, Crinum Powelli (which is here one of the 
auch beautiful form before. Two перан іп- 
atances of the latter are ho a etty rz es Ko 
blue Tweedia ccerulea, h by cu кесе ш 
here caused to make 2 pue Mesa Plenty; and 
the purple Rhodochiton volubile, which runs over 
a rustic arch 
CHBYS AM Leas MAXIMUM 
а ND ITS AL 
Tue receipt a a letter and крет from — 
C. Wolley Dod induced us to examine the 
barium impr and those in cultivation at Kew 
and Cui 
асве HRS PALLENS, J, Gay (1833), ex Indice 
Kewensi, i, 527.— Braces of the involucre with 
brown margin; corolla of disc- 
florets gibbous, or spurred at the base. 
C. maximom, Ramond (1800), ex 1 1 i. 
527.—Bracts of the involucre with a margin 
corolla of push not gibbous or pane аб the 
base, The association of fleshy leaves and a more 
or leas 55 "hairs epiderm is . 
Ns is usually the smaller plant, 2 to 3 feet, 
the leaves Bener, co gene. leas hairy, and less flesby 
t C. maximum is а rather 
more robust 2 o darker - coloured, larger 
leaves, and involucral bracts, and without any spur or 
protrusion at the base of the corolla of the disc- 
2 such as characterises the disc florets of C. 
pallen 
1а 4 1 there аге C. LACUSTRE, а соагве- 
her deep, laciniate, membranous cup, surmount- 
pappus p exists 
ing the ovary, No such pappus or cup exists in 
the florets of the disc. The involucral scales are 
ovate-oblong acate, with a deep membr 
bout the middle of the 
opinion the larger of the two I lanta poca maxi- 
mum by Mr. Wolley Dod in unica- 
tion, " p. nae he has kindly Nue Аы, qe 
mens, Thi till in le ы whilst С, maximu 
aad c. Wiari are both 
C. уала їз alao а КҮТ perennial, 
4 5 feet, not yet in bloo Its upper leaves 
are Sh lane bes 3 serrate from above 
the middle to the tip, dull green, slightly pilose, 
or teeth the very base 
The involucral etse in the young state are covered 
with white hai 
C. ATRATUM de leaves auricled at the base, and 
the involucral leaves almost black at 9% EN This 
ps only a form of C. leucanthem 
s,—Lhaet spring I e Жоп Mr. 
chairman of the floral committee 
“O. PALLEN: 
Marshall, 
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knew it as a distinct species from C. maximum, 
When the open flowered I [ found it to be wbat 
І have for type of 
many years 
—— рд m on careful examina- 
e oth 
thicker leaves and larger flowers, reaching, on rich 
soils, a height of 4 feet, Both of these are di 
f still taller and larger C. latifolium syn. C. 
lacustre, — a these two plants wi 
be 
found on “С, pallens (Gay), 
and the larger C. maximum Mager ond). ты 
botanical ааа between the two аге no 
ats except he difference in size; but the name 
“ pallens " is Aba "uh - colour of the bracts of 
the эпи Кейн, ris turned upside down, 
the general colour of the edgea of the bracts is 
— Mir aen ке i pallens, whilst in ч 
ximum it is dark bro The lower part of t 
stalk d in C. Akeni is мече whilst that of C. maxi- 
mum is smooth. There are also differences in the 
pappus and the achene only to be iter by minute 
examination, native range of С, pallens 
is more women: tha that of С, Р and it is 
less of a mo n plant, reaching from 
through атт Wield and northern Italy, nearly 
to the Black Sea, It is known that С, maximum is 
variable from seed, and where these two closely 
Fiu. 61,—4 SPECIES OF FiCUS—PROD 
STRANG Lue елы TREE, 
ABLY F. islnLa— 
allied species are grown near one another, it will 
recognized them as distinct, it is better that they 
should have their right names given to them in 
gardens, С, Wolley Dod.” 
A FICUS STRANGLING A MANGO 
Ove illustration, age 575 a photograph kindly 
furnished by Mr. G. M. Woodson, College " Science, 
P 
Poonah, ite a Mango tree growing in a grove 
near Lanowlee, on the Жека Ghauts, ue being 
killed in the embraces 
destruction is well 
following. words by | 
of a Ficus. The process 
correctly ibed in the 
r.James уз pa RR in the Guiana 
“ Woe i di the forest giant when he falls into 
dis be of the. Сид be Fig. Пета 
provided with а pulp, which is very pleasant to the 
birds, are carried from 
and deposited on the branches, Here 
it 2 э... the m rising upward, and the 
roots flowing, as it were, De the trank until they 
reach the soil. At first these аё d 
апа delicate, with 6 во more 
evil than so man 1 streams . pitch, whieh 
they resemble An: т ан slowly-flowi otion down- 
there they — especially — ir an 
the 
to right eren lett. 
e leafy Ыг anches bare been developed, 
Which push themselves through the canopy above, 
an п t, д, their growth js 
‘enormously acceleráted, Ав this takes place the 
roots have mares ЙА ar reached * ground, and begun 
below: to ‘strengthen tife 
to d 
« whole plan comes a wonderful — 
The — soft = roots in to barden and 
spread wider and wider, throwing out side-branenes 
which flow into and: amalgamate with each other 
until the le tree-trunk is bound in a series ot 
irregular living h he strangler w ready 
for its deadly work. The forest giant, like all 
exogens, muat h m to incre irth, and 
here he is bound by cords which are stronger than 
iron bands. Li hle e s to ex| 
oe burst his fetters, and if they were rigid he might 
ucceed. , . The bark b between eyery 
debt EE Uu. out, and even tries to overlap; 
at the monster has taken every precaution against 
this by rs fen its bands very numerous and wide, 
fall, an mig 
to all, an 
I 
sc wea Soon 
the teni tir itself — а great im h almost 
ma ыйын pg > pene 979 nir 
k fall —À us we 
see ро of E. obliteration—a Clusia, or Fig, 
"mete d on m reticulated hollow ag with or а 
heap of brown humus base to аһ nu d has 
become of the Fata which once hy up in all its 
majesty on tha 
LATE STRAWBERRIES. 
As we 8 such varying seasons, this one 
wet 
very hot, the pe cold, the i of 
on different aspects is obvious, Tais аа 
plants on borders were an у welcome 
addition to the supply, as the outside crop waa over 
earlier than usu n, owing to spring 
frost during May, much of the bl of the mid- 
season Y. ies inju d 
orders was less advanced, and 
remained unipjared. 
August is а di пем. to ug: for late а supplies, 
and I ventur at the fruits will be 
much appreci М е Колын ar to e too 
long а season or too abundant а crop of Scrawberries, 
Last year I find that our supply lasted віх weeks, 
hanks to our late kinds; tbis year we gathered much 
earlier апа the iod was a little over five weeks. 
[ late varieties there i 8 hoice, and 
firat place I would give to Britis h Queen n, & variety 
hat does not do well everywhere, bus is well worth 
ue зе eros 0 
* arie 
and — een 
r — is su —— * a little — a fine 
type, of brisk flavour, and "ch late whe in 
h me seasons Jubilee 
own here in the oie 22 for на — 
lateness, but it has no 
section of Strawberries consists mostly 
such as Eton Pine and ые 
if my choice was limited to t 
ting 
next season, In two varieties will 
mirably, giving fine large fruits after the 
plants in open beds have ceased to bear, G, Wythes, 
