АСКАР ННЦ 
to Qu. lusita ; : 
) ашса ; Q. pseudosuber, 
ims of Q. Merbeckii and Zan nothing is said ; 
: treo of га 
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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 191 
a resemblance the 
== iv 
Де рейс name is ren were paved with the dette 
blossoms, E а buff or rather 
pale 1 me n ground colour, most beautifully barred 
€ blotehed with rich cinnamon brown. Whe: 
tate that on each Spi ike 
we 
there are ab least 40 flowers 
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а 
pendo- ДЬ would be reduced to a nearly uni 
ini" J е. сорон strong growing 
doe climber cal Seg аре Nis 
rng from tw 
ГЫ =>] аду vog of a E sep salmon 0 апа | 
p fnr hes across Anomochloa end 
Lt : m. with the aspect 
a nativo of Brazil. Qrplelapiythn 
pr eis way, but set at ose distance apart, vary- Gol 
ат d of the Eu 
the size just | Ger: 
uA = 3 эЛ inches, 
ente 
donort а: шау Pb conceive 
. | соппесіей with the in nflorescence is, thnt at the base 
of every spike are two, and in som o instances ihr ree, 
blossoms of a rich orange yellow, soviel а 
black „Spots, and quite different in colour and form E 
a 
miniature hedge; а third, French and Afri 
golds surrounded by Gazania Splendens, må Wa 
Lobelia; a fourth, Geranium Brillia T edg x мен 
mange s Geranium ; a fifth wit eratu 
ned with 2 des Batailles Vete; a sixth vid 
ged 
E oin variegated d fr om Jav with 
t 
r suffused with purplist гое "T 
m Ber T nenns compare in beauty with the 
s fine species of Vanda will be E. fully de- 
847. 
seribed at p. 239 of our 
en « 
чү, 
volume и 
of it w 
small circles like those just named аз 
The cep or the presont month figures two very 
lasdsome Double Chinese Primroses ealled — 
, and 
lica 
ht into notice by Messrs. Ss 
Dulwich „ and to which we „have already 
tally tendered, - Deo as one of the 
Apples. m. Grape 
me ntion that a specim shown in bloom is Жане Heliotrope Miss Nightingale, ыы dark- 
t f 1 kind , One bed contained Centa гатай а, 
exhibitions ; but go ON was E» real b 
plant represented, that it was passed by тне ide y The ir гейм garden in front of Ar eat Palm- 
unheeded. To Mr. Pilcher, Mr. Rucker’s gardener, has ет is also at dern in i best oot; Tt 
bati reserved the credit of first гов what this| contains good m X: - a, Cerise Unique, and 
Vanda is capable of becoming under good cultivation, Flower of the Day € Ae t being emplo yed 
and well has the task been performed. n edging; Lo rd арналы ed Pure King E Vethend 
mong other rarities now in bloom here, must be 0 
Am 
res two plan nts of Disa 
than 
grandiflora—one not mor ге 
is further Lie on by Mr. Thompson. 
discourses upon Roses ; and am C other 
tell us that the following varieties 
an "the Hn perfection of ашу Roses that have been | 
the oe а ts taller. These consisted of the high- 
coloured variety of this beautiful terrestrial Orchid. 
eterna amplexicaulis And aurea floribunda ; Blue 
Ageratum and ү л ted Alyssum. 
ases round the lake WHO filled with Geraniu 
Punch, which i is кее better e s for that 
, Колт, BoTANIO GARDENS, Kzw.—The регар уш 5 
Mies mtesse Cécile de Chabrillant, Sénateur 
of shape, an and are good in every respec 
three are also КЫК and grand Roses of cut 
i i 
fe th" “А next th T e bed 
os lat е го mer enda some 30 feet in pem ter, in the middle e of ch 
Royal H tural Society,” in which he urges a square e for s ido on an ornamental 
тщ at Kensington of more trees, e ; on each si erue e of 
5 and auly mer flowers, suggesting Perilla nankinensis run 1 yellow 
en hedges, 
that “Mr, Ey 
юш obviate the ну if left to himself. n жи again аге 
da — more robust in habit. 
"а o e parto of the grounds we observed a little 
Чо of bed 
are now in full bloom, di ing рән" sadi in fr ont of S 
rth inspec Some ace ei of them may y nj y 
for e be interesting especially, as in one or tw: tances daily press a * игд, ribbon ”—a long bed со fene 
сонына ions 4. entirely Aih character lam been ing lines of equa ual br -— (about 15 "inches 5-4 the 
effected. "These occu ur at 
e lak 
the end „of TA 
n the centre Perilla each 
Fergie some *6 Е іп width; Я surrounding that 
blue ‚ Age atum, Gerani m Fother, gilli, the 
viz., 
side of that inerat "вани, surrounded "Wi an 
ngi 
a wy 
it is even better this year than las Tt 
hack, 
geu GA 2s рб ndon public expect to see 
“Ан ction in June, some dun 
іо ч itin be used than Vérbenas and 
Searlot Geraniums," [Hear, Hear.] Ed. 
Willkomm $ Lange Prodromus Flore Hispanicc, 
o first volume is now га with an index of 
s with Ferns 
m im 
written account of ish Oaks in which the authors 
the West of France and N. of Spain 
ther part is to be published 
Meri ыл манои the whole is, we understand, to 
be put mental stone kerb now in course of 
er 
eva 
Bi e: сату m four 
mpan t of thi 
by dur i etel mixture is to be а. These | 
are ug about .45 feet 
than 8 feet in width a 
long the centre рр а с а "x3 ^s series ОЁ! 
made of variega Aly 
S. | planted Кезш) the w 
and for 
MUN, 
could роз Быу be "handsom 
ming an agreeable and prett 
s arrangement nothing in its w 
mer. 
beds forming ^ neces- 
is central mass, which 
;, up by a scroll of Ivy, niodo with 
==, are other beds filled with Fuchsias, Dahlias, 
and smaller kinds of bedding plants. The 
Dahli g i 
halaris arundinacea, a plant which did not Aly eere to 
ә во suitable for that purpose as variegated Б 
ompact and beautiful | edging of Which surrounded a a 
in oril ed я d: mor 
nd а follows. 
E e may take this op portunity of sa primair я 
before € we seen Kev in ted order than itis re 
present. The Gras .is beautif ully ' green, and the 
edging 
yssum, and Lobelia | speciosa 
Jite and the blue -associating 
In-doors too things are jaria y айры. Тһе 
Royal Water Lily (Vietoria Regia) is d panna 
зА bothi in the tank i in hou se No. 6, and in the Victor: 
19 eaves, ыі iieri 
quite т feet i in diameter, cover the water. The latter 
Pari P. ha баб 
7 hit the change fi m the usua 
g ; this is 
ted t g tl eriy the Lily 
is growi ng, with sand, and Y T us h in 
l|the tank to deditos into the ot the 
mud. Of the variegated Alo diis кеге this 
ому might t also be seen in it one of the best plants 
in the eountry of я Verschaffelti, which is Mot in 
we Palm sto 
сек the herbaceous а rotis (ut various plants of Kniphofia 
that there is in preparatio: 
capital Handbook of the Bri itish Flowering | 
ria are now in bloom ; they are D ur e 
pen abl n we зю те exper їепсед. mass,|any means во fine аз w e have seen 
з Ferns, in which every species be | consi ^ f Purple King Verbena in ће Sent sur- | years. They have Hit even yet osant- pe 
ad original wood engraving by Fitch, | rounded by Tropæolum Lobbianum ele stal | recovered from the ill effects of tho hard winter of 
attention ven to e fi ce turtium, and segs e the ione йш | 1860-61. 
parts of the plant. More than 150 of | Cerastium tomentosum, ас ing e n the 
e centre of a second bed iré То 17 Purp! 
d edged with Purple 
e King \ Verbena, Afifi th, Cal- 
Miscellaneous. 
Structure of the Bark of Araucaria im 
m. 
| i nta ia mar- | imbricata.—The 
gined with variegated Alyssum. A fourth consisted of | "- of December 1860 caused serious damage to trees 
1250 hr Geranium, ed i rilliant, shrubs 
and Garden of Edinburgh. On 
the mo; of December 24, Fahrenheit's thermometer 
— Louis van tonite, Ghent, 
Du A. € am ted 
h in all 
i Orchi 
IAA аА с Among 
with Согаз 
nonebte, and Asters; t 
flowered ud this “ 
лды found a gem among stove plants. 
"ort are of thé softest, bat таа пісте р 
Punch, edged with the 
by Gerani Ee 
Ver тепа. 23 third wi 
A sixth, Lord Raglan Ты margined 
tium DR A seventh, Roses, Mi 
1g- 
e latter bave, however, not 
ы: fe Pur ed FO. 
Verbena d Tom Thumb Tropeolum, edg 
Of other es beds one was filled with Geranium 
grey ee. B Stach s lanata, 
nother with Flower of Ше. Da; xi оса ege сү Lo 
Ls жа Purple 
m 
King 
argined | o 
h, 
Panch, - a useful 
plant p». that purpose, 
the centre of the 1 
P one which strikes freely | T 
and is. menit hardy to withstand the "e a i 
without requiring any great amount of care. 
in the ay pee s a es i ga Oak, about |si 
and elsewhere, w 
An account of the injury inflicted has been' already 
published in the Transactions of the Botanical Socie y 
1 Edinburgh. z has been stated that the great coli 
in the garden, compared with other es near 
h | Edinburgh, may be accounted for S its low sheltered : 
situat: ion, 
d at 6° below zero, according to the Kew standard. 
t 
Among the 
plants nm suffered were two very fine specimens of. 
Araucaria imbricata, which had stood for upwards 
thirty ves and one of which had attained the height 
of 244 feet, with a ci f of 4 feet at the Базе 
beds, of 
m, $ 
м gr sides of "the walk j 
in following 
edged with orange oes ae is ed 
a pda 
whi ch there а 
sometimt 
they continue to io the stem, алд ар 
