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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marci 5, 1887 3 
aforesaid and all those parts adjoining do so 
much abound therewith that one of the best is 
bought for 34. For the truth hereof, if any 
doubt, may it please them to repaire unto me 
d I shall satisfio them by the testimonie of 
good witnesses," 
Bauhin puts rather a different complexion on 
the habits of the 
inasmuch as he says that if the leaves fall on 
theland they become birds, and if in the water 
they become fishes. Without attempting to re- 
EI 
they vary in their statements as to the manner of 
the production of these geese, for bees one says 
that if tree stems that have been in the sea some 
time and cast on shore be split open der will be 
urpen n t 
a for the sake of science, as well 
of commerce, the scientific name of the Goose- 
tree remains unknown. 
THE Cow-TREE: 
Not many years since a writer in one of the 
daily papers еу suggested the extended culti- 
e 
vation in yards of ndon and other 
arge e Cow-tree of Venez ela (Brosimum 
н) the milk of which is obtained by 
in the trunk d closely resembles 
- cow's milk, Mad wholesome, nourishing, and agree- 
able to the taste. 'The writer, however, forgot, or 
ropical trees were 
in the backyards of crowded 
hat the acclimatisation of the Cow-tree 
Goose-tree is probably as far off as ever. 
Tur SroNE-TREE. 
Another remarkable n about which little or 
noth ing more is known a t the present time t than was 
and which was considered one of the wonders. of 
тер ары the tree having been seen by him in Wa 
ire. He cons ps е Asie of the ond 
ae action о says he brought a 
bough of the tree to London. Rr when he “ had 
n in pieces, therein might be seene that the 
pith and all the rest was turned into "rae still 
were 
of before they were in ii Vio water." 
DRIPPING TREES. 
trees and other sei "ep vem 
Her 
rmaunus Nicolau ple 
Bishoy Fleetwood, of what he calls the Distillatory 
Plant. Не says:—' What most surprises me is the 
delicious nectar with which it has ату supplied me 
во great abundance to refresh was 
thirsty to death, and unsufferably uneasy ; but the 
with pl e plant yields enough to refresh 
quench the of a who is dry. 
The plant attracts by its roots the moisture of the 
earth, which the sun by his heat rarifies 
up through the and 
th 
leaves, when it filtates itself to drop into eg little 
recipients that are at the end. of them, s deli 
М туей that they con- 
i tinue close shut till the liquor be well concocted an 
% and open of themselves when the juice is 
od to drink," 
"тз of mot thie te e ешеш vith that 
which is now known as "s A pst мое» attracted 
since, in consequence of 
if dien fion its initis to such an 
extent as to e wet the ground beneath, is a 
question that cannot be decided. Our modern Rain 
tree has the advantage, however, of being scientifi- 
rting 
The tree has 
introduced me late years into India and other 
N countrie 
Тнк LAMB-TREE. 
Another well-known plant is the Barometz or 
They 
say that the inner pulp resembles lobster flesh, and 
that blood flows from it when it is wounded.” The 
stem rose direct from the root, and was surmounted 
by the lamb, which turned round and bent to the 
herbage for its food ; and when the grass failed the 
lamb shrivelled up and pined away. This wonderful 
plant has in more recent times been proved to be 
a Fern—the Cibotium Barometz, a native of China 
and Tartary umbent caudex of which is 
densely covered with long light brown ed hairs, 
ich ce of a wool-clad 
more bainise 
the natives, turn the woolly stipes upside down and 
cut away all the fronds but four, which are left to 
form the le; 
; Tus Oxvsrrn-TREE. 
The question whether oysters grew on trees seems 
to have exercised the f our forefathe 
Fleetwood states on the meni of Dutertre, that pe 
са oysters grow on the branches of trees. 
re described as being about the size of “ the 
d English oysters," iiic about the size of a 
crown piece, “They stick to the branches that hang 
in the water of a tree called 
la seed ed the oysters, which 
wn, cleaves to 
5 oysters бй themselves there and gr i 
process of time, and by their weight bed: down the 
branches into the sea, and these are refreshed twice 
а day by the flux and reflux of it." It has been s 
gested, with very good reason, that these oyster- 
bearing trees may have been Mangroves ( Rhizophora 
—— a tree of some 15 feet or more high, 
wing in swampy трт а ог on muddy shores іп 
al countries, and throwing 
the lower part of ins stem, which, though 
covered at high tides, are left exposed whe 
is low. ese roots oysters and other shell 
fish attach themselves, which might have given rise 
to the assertion of oysters growing on trees, 
gro 
tropica 
from 
FIREPROOF TREES. 
In the Gardeners’ Chronicle for September 18 last, 
p. 360, a paragraph appeared describing a species of 
Rhopala, said to be absolutely indestructible by "pa in 
large districts where the dry pastures and bush 
burnt twice а The advantages of such а сы 
districts. It is descri а species of Rhopala. 
The indestructible character of some Pe under 
m influence of fire has recorded by early 
ters, id: Folkard, in his Plant Lok Legends 
and Lyrics, says, “ There are some trees that must 
have fire to nourish them. Methodius says that he 
saw on the top of the mountains Gheschidago (the 
ympus of the ancients), near the city of Bursa, in 
Natolia, a lofty tree whose roots were сом сасе 
earth, but 
foire: their shade 
be either ignited or consumed by fire, for although 
‚ оп account of the heat becomes 
glowing red in the fire, yet so soon as the heat is 
removed, it grows cold and regains its former 
PP 
to these fire-loving plants must be the Japanese 
Palm described by A 
. Montanus. 
s 
r, if this 
arid tree be taken up by the roots, thoroughly dried 
in п вип pP doc вре with sa nd and iron 
are cut off with an iron instrumen 
the trunk.” 
filings 
t and fastened to 
e notes remind us of some remarks in a 
recent Government report from China, where the 
writer describes a remarkable vegetable fibre which 
sordidus fibre 
however, turned out to be asbes a 
In the light of modern science, notwithstanding 
the occasional appearance in the popular Press of 
accounts of trees with extraordinary, even 
ridiculous habits, there is but little chance of the 1 
оет of such wonders as our forefathers rejoiced _ 
t апу they do not remain long e their 
Магу їз [ин known. There is no t, for 
instance, t if the New Zealand bens p^ 
(Raouli cd а mammillaris) had been 
s plan 
nts of our d a 
attention po herbalists or natural ists of two or three 
early chroniclers 
Gardens, 
more capital would und oubtedly 
The fac 
on these subjects is о 
terest and value. зт hn R. Jackson, Curator, Museum, — 
Royal 
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LAELIA ANCEPS EPS STELLA. Rchb. f. 
Tuts very fine 
mporte 
Sander with Lelia anceps Sarak feel 
quite surprised to finally, that only the 5 3 
described in Ga 
ber: itus narrow bulbs, per m |‏ اتی 
aves. 
bw "pel stellate, um white. 
the lip are remarkab ly curved, porrec 
side-lobes. 
original description with 
variety was i 
was 
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