Mancn 12, 1887.] 
in which Hyacinths are potted), dre epee be 
- firmly pressed together, and s t of fibry 
1 loam nd with a fair quantity of leaf-soil 1 and sand, 
pots ca 
e soil must be unwatered 
until free oe takes place. 
Bride and Rose Gem deserve to be extensively 
| grown for саш purposes ; - find them very ser- 
. viceable endi n during the season, 
_ To keep up a succession of ча flower-spikes, they 
3 should =й brought 
E demand in h 
become weak, and 
E bear short-li ved flimsy end s. ; 
TEMPERATURES AND SHADING. 
_ With an increase in the 1 length of days, the tem- 
-peratures of stoves should be gradually raised to 
promote active growth, that for the night 
. range from 65° to 68°, or a little less in cold 
| weather, and during sunny days 15° or 20° higher, 
and stie be cautiously admitted, so that as little 
1 atmospheric moisture 
by runn down the blinds, 
prn sity 
Eus Gon: “Hoare atten? Monmouth, 
39 
1 NEW чысын ej THE KEW 
| USEUM 
WE lea gies Mr. Jackson, Curator of the 
1 Еи, Kew, that the timber mach um. at Kew, or 
E Museum No. 3 as it i aps more generally 
А et Just been re-opened after a short but 
ecessary period of closing to allow of the introduc- 
ngement of the n specimens o 
Colonial and Indian timbers Obtained from the late 
outh Kensington very large 
specimens has been added. to the 
i previously arranged in the 
d many of the fresh samples are of 
a pores ‘interest either for their beauty or remark- 
F abl 92e. “Amongst the countries from which new 
may be mentioned 
S considered one of the most 
use 
handles and sheaths of knives, &c. The hands 
d, ie its toon one wer and bold black streaks, 
peur is sent into this country 
18 stated in the an Cata De e of 
the late Colonial Сиа viu ibi yalue of the 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
851 
" 
catechu exported from India during -85 
amounted to 28,20,785 rupees. The dpa of these 
exports consisted in cutch, but 
Bombay and the North-West P aid is export 
a considerable amount, the cutch or káth of t 
latter being more particularly interesting, since it is 
of a different nature. Itis paler coloured than Burma 
Cutch, and is baked into large cubes somewhat 
resembling gambier. Instead of being boiled down 
to a thick €— and then cast into large masses, 
twigs are placed in the concentrated decoction and 
the káth allowed Б erystallise. The в абв thus 
obtained is afterwards thrown into cubes about 
The result of this treatment is the 
production of a much finer article, and this or 
gambier is the form of eatechuic acid eaten in páu 
by the natives of India 
From British North Bo rueo an interesting collec- 
tion of timbers have been жеее, the most interest- 
ing.of which is perhaps the Borneo or Sumatra 
Camphor (Dryobalanops отац Gaert.), the slab 
measuring some 12 feet high by 
E 
Б 
ur 
trunks, occurring sometimes in lumps several pounds 
in weight. This camphor is known in Europe only 
asa ae not being an article of commerce with 
; quantities, however, are sent to China, as the 
Chines на it to the ordinary camphor of < com- 
merce, which is a product of their own country. 
ee one Bornean wood is known as 
Mirab strong and durable wood, of a 
li ghtish | irm nio vel bigs эу for cabinet-work, 
Of this wood Mr. Ran e, who re 
can be sold in this country 
with a good profit for 2s. 9d. per cubic foot, it is 
likely to become largely used as a substitute for at 
ы prized — for railway-carriage work, while 
ould be advantageously employed instead of 
Ma ooi for superior descriptions of joiners' vna & 
During the process of morticing this wood by Mes 
Ransome's machinery a quantity of a blood-red аша 
flowed through the pores from the pressure of the 
chisel. Upon tasting this I found it to be astringent, 
and it soon hardened in kino-like masses on the 
su oe чор indicated that the wood might possibly 
belon a leguminous tree allied to iden 
from cei true kino is obtained, and u upon lookin 
further into this matter I found that Mirabon had 
been described as Afzelia palembanica, which was 
reported upon by Griffith as “the best Malacca 
timber tree." eror attis and valuable tim- 
bers are shown, which i expec vias ae ere long 
become of ченен" vai in this co 
From British Honduras a fine тени trunk of 
ra (Dimor- 
байга а Мога [Мога аын er Greenheart (Nec- 
tandra Rodiæi), which flanked the entrance to the 
British Guiana Court of the Colonial Exhibition, are 
exhibited. Both of these are durable and well- 
known woods, and the ee though not sate 
able for girth, are g d pieces of timber. 
A fine set of wane "well ыш, and well- 
seasoned woods has been obtained from the Ca 
Commission. е comprise ny interesting 
dere such as the fine plank of the Outenique 
Е ellow 
75 feet high, plentiful in the forests of George, 
e 
Krupna, and Amatola, Th of a very close 
even grain, and works well. This plank has bee 
referred to before in the Gardeners’ Chronicle for 
vely.  Amongst other useful 
Black Iron-wood (Olea Зан), Assegai-wood 
mien faginea), Kamassi (Gonioma rti 
Cape Ash  (Ekebergia E Saffron-wood 
(Elwodendron croceum), & rom Fiji an iind 
new and interesting ө pt » woods is shown. 
Of all the individual specimens, however, the 
fine Jarrah log, which attracted so much atten- 
tion in the Western ERR Court d 
the Exhibition, is pag nl em striking, 
account of its lar, , measuring 10 feet long and 
урен " 16 is stated that 
although this паран is scarcely known in the English 
fi purposes, 
Vessels which have been constructed solely of 
h have, after twenty- ears con 
taken up, in order that a report on 
their ger might be dorsi to Paris, and the 
certifica en resident e neer pronounces the 
timber че м рга 
wood 
ioned hry 
which shows the manufacture of MR etin all 
centres of пзе in the Indian 
Economic Сой or the late Exhibition. 
up. of plants from (res West in th 
Karroo region, South Africa, is another траат d 
addition, The plants here grouped together 
e krm bushy, and their general а 
would о indicate а close botanical rel 
distinct natural orders are represented, such, for 
instance, as Hermannia desertorum, Eckl. and Zey. 
L. 
(Sterculiacez) ; ; Mesem рро че зили spinosum, 
(Ficoidex); a species of Selago (Umbellifere), 
Eriocephalus Peas Helichrysum Zeyheri, a 
species of Nestlera, and Pentzia virgata, all belong- 
to Composite ; Hæmax Massoni, E. M. (Ascle- 
piadex) ; Lyperia crocea, Eckl. (Serophularines), 
Salsola tuberculata, Fenzl; and 
gone). Many of these аг fr. Harry 
Bohn’ в excellent Sketch of the Flora of her Africa, 
published in the official handbook of the Cape, and 
before referred to in the Gardeners’ Chronicle for 
July 17, 1886, p. 73. 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
FRUIT TREE BORDERS. 
Tue mulching of these should be taken in hand as 
e hard from co 
treading, while the work was mri i 
undisturbed the hard soil would illo the rains to run 
off Hated of benefiting the roots and зч to cracking 
of the soil during the heats of summer. No fruit 
cie borders should be cropped with Ере мА, they 
ould not be cropped anything nearer than 3 feet 
бо, the wall; this space will form the alley, which 
should now be turned over in a very shallow manner 
with a digging fork, at the same time carefully eradi- 
cating the suckers Ее зт from the roots of the 
wildling that form ock. This is best done 
w 
if this cannot be spared, 
long stable litter will answer the purpose 
Рі 1 
generally to carry light crops s at the margins, which 
The border 
Trees that 
than the rest of the бой of the border. 
ere T ru 
li batty мыз to prevent the ‘soil o 
from becoming dry, and by so doing needless water- 
ing of the trees at a later period may be avoided on 
all but light soils, Edward Ward, Hewell Gardens, 
Bromsgrove, 
