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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[ЕкввпАвү 26, 1887, 
ing with bulbs of the nature of the Gladi- 
ways advised early planting, and 
iting ‘the PM, poss the end of October in fine 
weather. 
Tue PENTSTEMON. 
The present season has been a very trying one for 
seedlings planted out in the open ground, unless they 
happened to be covered with snow, when they would 
be вай ave often advised treating them in the 
same way as Calceolarias of the shrubby type. They 
should be planted as cuttings in hand-lights or cold 
rames. These cuttings, which w 
evelopm е 
ous supplies of water in hot, dry weather are 
needful, J, Douglas. 
NARCISSUS PSEUDO - NARCIS- 
US, van. JOHNSTONI (Tarr), 
Tx distinct variety of the common Daffodil was 
wn 
rtugal, published, at Oporto for 
private еН іп May, 1886, wherein it is Xm 
mentioned :- 
** Ajax sto ie Johnstoni, grows near Oport rto, 
flowering 1st to 21st March, in 
banks of 
O, 80, dei we ma {әйем а 
new P Eta " : de а 
Mr. Tait's original peaasi is as follows :— 
ets od = gemere Bulb ovate, dark brown, and: 
rally t 
e а 
holow and sharply two-edged, stri Flower 
horizontal, perianth segments equal ngth t 
corona, 1 inch long, 3-10ths of an i wide, lan- 
lated, acute Кол» rather conical, slightly 
lar, irregularly and sli htly ted an 
lobed, the lobes not expa in.N. Pseu 
issus. Len of ona 1 inch, length of 
1 апа 2-10ths of an inch, length of style 
gma f corona and 
peri pale sulphur, slight ly tinged with green on 
мыз Ае: perianth (very similar in mpm to Corbularia 
I first became сенын with the e from spe- 
‚ cimens Mr. Wolley were good 
of this plant which 
somewhat resembled those of the common Бай 
but of the size of Walnuts. 
potted in d piece! on.a 
sunny here 
February 4, 1887. The leaves were longer than 
t to 
each bearing a nodding flower. Th 
distinctive peculiarity of the flower consists in its 
sd and slen der tube, which is about three-quarters. 
nde 
in N, incomparabilis, + instead- of being a 
m obconical, as is that of the common | Daffodil, The 
larinnotch Жу 
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whole оне, including the ovary, is aie 2 inches 
in lengt e stamens are series, with 
straight Sabin ents, which spring ош about the 
middle of the slender flower-tube, Another pecu- 
Fra. 60.— 
NARCISSUS JOHNSTONI: FLOWERS YELLOW. 
asd pa^ this variety is the manner in which the 
spathe or flower-sheath enshrouds the ovary and. 
кетей ps as mores d inthe accompanying sketch 
VIE RU: 
Nar us growers are much indebted to Mr. Tait 
for his. generous Lei in the matter of dry bulbs 
and s speci e has certainly the merit of dis- 
covering this pue edi as well аз of having 
introduced the quaint species, N. cyclamineus, to our 
gardens. 
Gardens, Dublin. 
FERN WALL TILE. 
Ovr illustration (fig. 61) is a representation of the 
Fern wall tile recently invented by Messrs, A, Booty 
FIG. 61.—FERN-TILE, 
& Co. High Harrogate, Yorks. The inventors 
claim for it that the tile may be used either for 
inside or ls. It will oorininly be use- 
fl for the interiors of many where there is - 
abaro: Walle 00: ща Нин. Мей ari adv- ia. 
в. Р, W. Burbidge, Trinity Gil Д Botanical. . 
A N age шы 
short lengths, i be placed side by side and 
finished of w & terminal, piece w 
s done by nails or screws, which the maker 
prt with эы tiles, 
i; CORDYCEPS TAYLORI. : 
A Founeus PARASITIC UPON AN AUSTRALIAN 
TA CATERPILLAR, 
EW weeks ago a valued correspondent of the 
балл, ‘Chronicle, Tanin von Mueller, sent to Dr; 
rs fi om 
toria : песна 
тї апу angle in the ground. 
эе be cine us, th fu gus usually grows from 
the back. of the second joint from the head end of 
When the parasite reaches the sur- 
ound, marked “ вр. r.” (ground line) 
in illustration, it branches in an elaborate and orna- 
r after the fashion of stags’ antlers, 
Taylori in the ит wr & 
843, He called the Geel by the name then. 
чр vogue, viz; г, Sphæria. Mr. Berkeley's 8 example came 
ing from the head of an “ extremely large caterpillar." 
* About six stems grow from the same. point," says 
= агана the erg now engraved there 
three—' forming a compact cylindrical mass - 
"m чй long and 3 of an inch thick. ” "The fungus 
now illustrated in.the Gardeners’ Chronicle.appears tO: 
be twice the. size of the example described by Mr: 
Berkeley. In the original-description Mr. Berkeley“ 
olour of the fungus, and* 
then says, “ The only specimen I have seen was n 
mature," and that “incipient perithecia” (i.e., з 
pouches) only were evident ards the tops of the 
branches, “ Тһе foll 
t 
ing notes,” do Mr. Berkeley, 
“are from a: letter of Dr. (now Sir) Joseph D. 
Hooker; the information, he fni was received from- 
the Rev. Mr. Taylor, of Waimate:—‘ This caterpillar. 
fungus was picked up on the banks of the Murrum- - 
bidgee River, 10 miles from the township of € - 
New. Holland) in a rich, thick alluvial soil, with m 
When fres 
others of the same kin ds, n h it was |. 
pithy; the outer skin attached to the substance wi 
the centre which has no roots in it; and moreov 
the pith is of the same substance as the stem, 
is as thick, if not thicker, than the body of the ease" 
pillar, Both the pith and the stem when burnt ha 
ng ani 1. Mr. Allan saw nearly sir 
Baron von Mueller’s example of Cordyceps a 
was unfortunately -not perfectly mature; Md 
was sufficiently mature to enable me to give an \ 
tration (possibly for the first time) of the vega 
fruit, which is perhaps the most wonderful part 
the fun 
The селле shown at the base of fig. Мы is 
really a mere skin full of hard fungus spawn by by iis: 
time the fungus is fully grown, The fungus, 
