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blo cks, and overhanging each corner of the pillar 
about 18 inches, and meeting in the mi he 
are fitted up with small pieces, and 
whorls is filled in with sanant ornamental stones, 
and plenty of soil behind in the crevices which will 
be stuffed with Ferns ed mosses. These w А hey: 
become dripstones from toy ot 
falling into the pond below. 
rising fr om small rockeries : 
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rockery 
the eight points of tl are eight Victorian 
Tree Ferns, from 18 to 20 feet high, E in the fou 
indentations are four tall Ferns, 35 feet high ; these 
Ferns have all come from the Colac forest, and have 
been deua i Me gardens. They are all, with 
the excepti species, Alsophila сокта 
the other is pete iá Maori Fern, but is babl 
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et high; these are 
all fast unfolding their fronds. 
six fountains through the middle 
of the centre of the fernery supplied from 
24-inch main. Both the lines along the two walks 
from end to end, have rows of rocks, between which 
small Ferns and Sedum 
divisions of the centre are s anted. 
have the whole of the walls planted with a splendid 
collection of Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums in four blocks 
n the fernery are mire Palms of various kinds, 
besides a large num ` tree Ferns 
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q 10 feet high. We yea 2 jo 600 dwarf Perus of 
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sorts; about sixty Rhododendrons, all the good kinds ; 
an equal number of Azaleas ; besides a т сей. 
collection of almost every suitable kind for a building 
of the kind, There are Bei it 90 tons of stone in 
the pillar, which, alt cannot have cost 
for labour less than 650. gir perma Curator. 
Сарв TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS. 
The Disa grandiflora, in common with several 
other Cape terrestrial Orchids, is somewhat ы 
in its mode of reproduction. Although, like all 
_ Orchids, fully equipped for a D o ak. Wide: 
insect visitants, one never finds the pollinia with- 
vary fertilised е pos "The 
hly conclusion to be drawn from this fact is, that 
the insect adapted to visit and fertilise the Disa is 
extinct, dus this aum. occurred long ago 
—long even eologic time is reckoned—for the 
plant | has in bel dolce develo 
BE non This is by ru 
They break out on all sides at the neck of 
the larger tubers, penetrate the soil for an inch or 
two, and then enlarge their growing point into a small 
ioi accounted for. 
n the same principle it follows that the removal 
of distinct clumps of Disa cut carefully out of the 
. bank without Miche of the neigl ghbouring 3 youn 
Plants is no factor whatever in the diminution or 
extinction of the species, ch holes are filled up 
wo years 
Tt also follows that the reprehensible 
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of the Government ‘a been directed to the m 
in time, but this 6 tringent refusal of permi А 
collect the ^w will have ia effect of авы; 
fev] e to importers. There are but 
T mures е the well-known stations on the 
vé n plateau, and most of these = in 
aT essible e spots far away from Cape wn. 
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GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
483 
POLEMONIUM. 
upon a time two 
0 kings out for a walk found 
a plant with beautiful flowers. 
They quarrelled 
t. hilst Ми, they c upon 
beautiful f fee er, which Ue them that thev 
stopped the battle a o peace, so the plant 
are the мей Сү, боро 
ленд for plant n 
соак said Plin ny that the owed ха вайа: iid 
Euphorbia were so called after Greek physicians who 
discovered their medicinal properties. Now as Greece 
supplied physicians to all the ancient ii dicun and as 
те оч € Polemon were reek 
am nclude that the nese names were 
кк E P aed forsimilar reasons. Still there is 
no evidence that the plant called by the ancients 
Polemonium was the same as that now known as 
Jacob's Ladder or Greek Valerian 
The genus ештин contains about eight 
species, and as all of them are native to North 
America we cannot do dh than follow Asa Gray, 
the best authority on North American plants, in 
Two of the species are found also 
Polemoniums in English ga have seen о 
four species in cultivation, though at saat enin thet 
number of names are prevalen 
Polemonium car шеит лаа), the Менон 
in cultivation, is a t. Its flow 
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cceruleum 
variety is sexos as P.sibiricum, the n aving 
been given by Don, who élite to have distributed 
all the plants of it in cultivation; but it is likely to 
n where the soil is rich, "es 
where P. ecru ariet 
called var. piliferum, is figured in Edv м Binal 
Register, t. 1303. e only variety named by Asa 
Gray is var. acutiflorum (Ledebour), ай in high 
northern latitudes. I have not seen this variety in 
cultivation. 
P. dco ior us).— This is figured in Bot 
s common in gardens, where it 
spreading slowly, and I h never seen it cree p n 
gardens, and A. Gray зе ‘it never creeps as 
plant. It may be known by the few and ie 
Hui of the leaves, which distinguish it at once 
P. ecruleum. It seldom reaches a foot in 
height, а the flowers are few and large, pale blue 
in co 
P. uen (Willdenow) is a more creeping plant 
the last, having a prostrate and tufty habit. 
—often twelve on each side o 
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t. н st P. humile, of eg., 1304, is 
referred to var. pulchellum of joan A. Gray also 
refers P. vtm agg of „ t. 2979, to the 
n variety 
P. conferti M o Gray) is the dwarfest form in 
cultivation, (id з the smallest and narrowest 
leaflets, which are sub-divided and crowded together, 
The flower is large 
so as to to be in whorls. 
for the size of the vies Ihave found this species 
difficult to keep; it requires a dry sandy soil, and an 
exposed situation, iid is not common in gardens, 
Besides e four species, to one or LE of no 
orm E seen in n dee 
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mile, with densely crowded 
P. foliosissimum. —A tall and very leafy variety, 
with small sha ik a ni inferior ав an ornamental 
plant to сеги 
P. carneum. id Californian plant, with very с 
leaflets апа ваіт сотона flowers; perhaps 
hardy in ein cram 
. MACN meum gnificant annual species, 
м worth valid c alio) Dod, тим Най, 
ТНЕ KiTOHEN GARDEN. 
ERR ETE 
THE HERB GARDEN. 
Tuts useful ишу кдсиет of a well appointed garden 
should now be 
as Sage, Rue, ud Lavender, are best increased 
b 
layers or by cutt ings under a hand-glass placed in à 
shady itid outside. 'The annual section may also 
be sown at any ti n convenient bed tside, 
i ү d light rich soil. These 
тга, 
Spearmint are n: ыа by being t op-dress 
with a mixture o n dung and leaf-soil in eq t 
proportions ; ibo hn ie should be made by plait 
ing into pots or boxes young plants of the two last- 
n 8 ient to et demands, these to be 
rii — "ng eis — пени ө with water, 
hat the г bec 
viteblisitd it pais foe: lin ег ’s forcing. 
Tur MAIN Crop or Carrots. 
‚ Any time from the present onward to the “яд 
week i а нуе month i isa good time to sow the main cro 
in dril whl 
us been manured for a иш ic If preh surface 
een toy drekst with soo wood-ashes and 
forked in so much the better. Dair the мени wing 
season an occasional light top-dressing - salt and 
soot,in equal proportions, may be given with ad- 
n 0 òps 
ies i found the most suitable. 
he vem pin sm are best made 
bor re Р, ung roots can E seine сы 
мы ший root 
pea 
For теа: 11 11*. T^ 1. 3.2 
Beet sh ould b эле at once in drills, and under 
similar condit tio ma 
efe 
the young plants a r above ground ап ос 
dusting of fine quicklime should i be given to prevent 
their Беш taken by slugs, 
SirvEn-skINNED ONIONS 
e best broadcast on ний but rather 
B pen айй the decis lightly covered 
GronE ARTICHOKES. 
The protecting materia! afforded 
m sy now be entirely removed, any su ufficie 
these in autumn 
ntly de- 
ongest growths only. 
so den de ved nd el availabe 
wn a5 in mine 
rs should 
for planting in, and t ranged from 
3to4 feet apart each way. py pho “Witley Court. 
