THE GARDENERS' 
Ap Ee they T нан good 
ба. When T P » room 
„| when 
of the fruit. But it is m енд гуч — 
hard, un and stringy, а flavourless. І еч 
velling, or when bod h as bet ind ку, ok en i 
and ipid my hunger, "but it bears less ады» 
to a Padt 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
being the beautiful purplish crimson colour of the pulp | the sea. 
811 
Ihavetwo young trees at Lükoja, more than 
150 miles from the nearest salt water. Uses: Fr uit 
eaten. ОП said to be made in small quantity in 
| Kwíta, E. from Akkr 
E This T SE thus i includes 10 spec v of Palms at present 
et Melon 
8 
It is rarely eaten in Sudán 
These trifling imperfections are of covrse of gron 
n, а number no; likely to be much 
аир Wm. Ва Е Daikie, Віда, Feb. 18, 1862. 
have 
ted, one which I never travel without, and 
w which. I: w vond raai urge all а interested in | 
bee oya o be without, and I h een, therefore, 
us to correct such реш errors, Wm. 
[se РА abrir y 17. 
AFRICAN PALMS 
Faxriy САтАМАСЕЖ: —1. Calamus к ров — 
oor Gaidenin ng. 
man thought of such a pleasant 
learing on our cede dening A B C as that of g 
yacinths! "The tim 
way o 
rowin 
e of year and the easy w s an 
g the 
i of th 
of blight and e g 
| their delicious scent, all combine to ma 
so attraetiv re that 'gurely nine- -tenths iio practise 16 
may lled 
88 branche 
room 
qu anted in 
a brilliant dur is 
Johnsoni spi 
the Kwóra 2. Оа a appar: ; 
e | different, near the biis of the Niger abora the Delta. 
Ra Win Bamboo Palm 
i> Constar nt along mou hs and in 
of lam en 
Ма vinifera, 
ч чоў of еу also 
Dahó 
Benín, Yóruba абі, &c. 
There really are very few thi iings essential to вау about 
it, even ШЕ bar benefit кы those who are quite beginners. 
Still ther UA course many little things which do 
ill 
ark crimson 
ango; Per may 
a and in 
inch es in 
the year 
has not been without one 
edlings are now showing 
SE 
n | and still further from the sea in Korórofa, Adamáwa, 
ri ri 
p e 
тї), Bórgú, Gürma, and along the roa 
greatest known distance from the —— е а: the 
beni d Kiino, IM: Bo Дук inh a pu from the e. 
: Dried p of making rop 
tend to e p 
half a dote ie, она in Туе” 
it observed, are safe nof to upse*, ке 
A i 
any "prat елей фара those for 
hes only thing aei c aid is Ae in p, “especiali iy the 
beautiful even spikes 4 the clear brilliant colou 
lea 
ba * аба, Fts, p oe tying pe жш mi rib o 
leaves, often u apra оо 30 T be Apr sa eli in con- 
struction of r of hou , for 
societ P 
Amarylids may E brought more prominently 
that 
before the public. William Payne, Fir Vale, Sheffield. 
AFRICAN VEGETATION. 
[We * indebted to Sir Wm. гат for the following articles | 
Dr. Baikie, still commanding the dangerous Niger 
А XISAPPLICATION of the name © Africa" is occasion- 
де in botanical E as vies a plant is |; 1 
as an “African” plant, or a name as an 
P rip name, Еш that Africa is а grea 
he үөү; inside pari о this 
еп | used for ККЕ à a unge kind pa mat used in travelling, 
1 ns and Nüpe *M 8: 
си n by gom émme." Sap us 
йк, A much relished by the 
article I 
that were named lost "week in the leadin 
оор а reo ar, 
s do 
have had Madame Van der Hoop and d 
Norma and Elfrida, Baron von Tuy 
beautifully in glasses "e руат y together. ^ 
people ЖА, howev ensure this xd 
together, especially ratier А the best plan would be 
small res 
кен. savages ri the coast. Fruit 
(the mesocarp), but bitter, and in a few places, as in 
Kúpa, oil is made from it. The fibre of the midrib is 
also woven with cotton into a kind of cloth in Benín 
and Yóruba. 
FAMILY DBORASSACE 
1 rican Fan Palm. 
«id some other 
prey scattered Г throughout Bonú, Nüpe, sa 
Bórnu n Márgi, abundant along banks of end 
Hümarrüwa in Adamáwa, гч 
in the in Borgá and bi. herever it i 
йен р abound, as they are very fond of 
Ба fru 
ng. Fruit edible 
rebinthine flav 
Root-buds of piedi 
November, and 
and à 
Мк 
Wood used in buildin 
Hind, ue 3 with a р. %е 
Pulp beaten with milk in Нап 
en as а: annual crop in n Octob e and 
the spindle-shaped "body roasted and Mec 
palatable. Sap qe xad i a kin s ч M 
continent, including vari Wei ons and climates, and 
peopled by most num. bes, all differing from 
each other in lan m Koelle's **Polyglotta 
Africana,” an imperfect and very in в, i 
pagor of about languages and 
and these are h hardly ha lf of the oe namber 
of African tongues, A 
Doc in any direction without ез tin 
with a 
ub ion has ЕТ ЕК its 
[or such a cr i rsen and laor 
“Тһе Dp Kx MN ," as in 361, 
the powder aobab ЫР S 
[= ат" den т id to constitute 
the Afr 
wn 
enployment HN aita by the distribution 
And lastly, although I bno 
w the name 
i pe, at Hórin, and g 
| southern ЖЕЙДЕ is at Lukója, visits I m 
Uses: Fruit edi 
of 
Niger. 
t 
and hats made of 
met wit 
runk, generally 
2. Hyphene Thebaica, Dum Palm 
in Góbir, Maári, Kábbi, Ázben, northe 
Remarkable for the great „Swelling | of 
often 
i 
fes 
Hánsa n Borgú; 
| them. Lais and very р1еаѕап 
made into little таа. хез at Küno s амаа u 
for iue ats and the best Kind Tot hats at Sókoto and 
Gwándu. 
3. Geenoma sp. Found by Barter growing near the | 
FAMILY Phenis dactylifera 
CORYP: —1. 
Date Рай. In Tm nor mri — i Le Кары, 
but a few are found in South Н n Nüpe, 
отаю 
powers are ascribed to it; 
lent. 
here "mds ей =, and at Ногш. “The are now 
aom Uses: Fruit an фоны article 
tfl. 
a, Spiny Date. In d 
Of ve UN ‘and the : 
tallest of the Miles "Palm, мы о T0 or 80 feet being | 
th. 
Most abundant | | 
arts of| 
Hánsa, Bórnu, ve rgi; —— in poner parts of 
th 
lanted 
elta of Nun a à d Brass, 
e list. They have also iut the 
1 
à Matki growing when pe 
seems to me „бе а 
over, and 
which 
i roys the 
h - 
s glass 
PA ар in the -— 
I always expeci оној M рн А eA r^ 
flowers, because the chances | are the „bulbs have "been 
tal 
Wing them. 
lanting пук, therefore, for flowering in 
e t ғ point to do it T such a 
ourite 
and the living roots p 
gu fresh condition. те not во, it is easy 
gently of ff (ho holding the bulb steadily in its place 
hile), and to by carefally 
poera it down the evt he glass. 
Tor puautiog the bulbs in the first instance it is 
necessary to P cae ane aw e 
few dro which are » splas ashed upon + 
eter her to Чеш, аге probably t ү cause x half 
our mouldy Hya epe. mot sigrify 
perhaps if md тив and light, but as 
this is quite з the А5 soon becomes blue 
mould, а ай, ы aede diia at least looks un- 
how deep 
sy ма pan i ts empty. y gs ae НА oe th 
sof Yóruba, їп Маре, Kámbari, Záriya, 
«таей in Bala: mim кеш dra, is 
der the e negro Loses 
Here also, al MAI 1 шон its BMC ай той Жы 
Жыл of - e I ам 
Is Bóre er to m not a ne; 
u or Kanari it is A ей ** Déto 
NUILLA in RS EM. нь 
апі 
ер 
the “ Агас 
t » 
ы 
ihe 
of the. Meth 
his hy 
for it, viz eA эха 
Tn Бат iti is called g 
KOJ” 
to| Uses: Sap forms 
Fruit and — eaten, Money 
| ой, LI ker 
rgely loaf: kraje 
Р. spinosi 
in rs part 
Báutsi s, Kororófa, 
alms. Uses : Leav 
Хауа аг, making fi fne m 
оа слав е1у` used in Nüpe 
Guineensis, Oil 
M lais Palm. 
LÍ in Most s abend: in 13 Беш, Yóruba, and Bonú; also 
, behind 
and iu countries 
Záriya 
and Adamáwa, generally "with Oil 
and|g 
each bulb wit go in 
the postage stamp sheets) undern 
the со mad fl wp the pime 
haárcoal. 
closet, which generally is foun 
sontary 
yæcions. 
orms the sweetest ki Palm 
of ruit p yields “Palm «Раш 
yields * Palm-nut oil 
нах occasionally; 
ot procurable used for thatching. 
building. 
ves when 
f Elais. 
din ein This plant has a very 
the рут p beyond Sudán 
known at Sier one as the 
erae visiting botanist, 
y resemblance to 
s Fe 
h | eoast, and in 
'The nuts were ums 
ripe 
All along sea 
to 
the Niger to 
ү “Nut oil" bos. 
Wood used i b 
At West Bay, ir іа Princes Island, we saw either & 
the foliage brighter green, and | best 
.| the trunk more robust, but we saw neither flowers nor = 
Ares Coco-nut 
deltas of rivers near towns. Extends up 
Idda, where it frvi;s ab 120 miles from | 
are brought out, ә —— place is the 
n enstern window 
night, 
ot venissi гатта "tha ^t the cold is 
sea | how 
but they do x 
ri the flowers also, and 1 have had 
severe it forme on 
