Arnir 30, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
Gradually, by fixing one's gaze on the forest more 
immediately beneath the foot of the mountains, so 
as to particularise individual trees, one observed that 
they were far from being all of a size or formin 
even surface. It is really one? каре їп 
the varying ` heights and character of the trees 
These are not of any one or ‘few species, mike 
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tract, as it often does. Their varied remi foliage, 
possibly often. modified by bloom 
n rise pin bare and whitened 
co of the bark, above the 
itis ular ies character 
and individuality to these the oldest forest members 
many ои and many foes, and ever reaching 
upward to the Mine eei light, are countless 
other ани comin 
ar off near the bas zon in two or three places 
there rose above the forest faint blue columns of 
burning nearer might 
eat distance caused the illusion, for 
wly Biss Cassava fields of 
re 
t 
the rock, and raised himselfto see n 
It moved beneath him, there was a start on his 
and then a general shout of laughter followed, 
as the object—a turtle—was captured. 
t was now a gloriously fine еб the fe 
clouds had all disappeared, and the shimmering 
torical sunlight bathed ме whole scene in its warm 
glow and glory. High over the forest-clad slopes 
and ne which ES away from the base of the 
mountain, but far below us, sailed vultures in easy 
ioe flight ; p= now and then a pair of 
company of parrots would meet one’s 
eyes, stil pees as tiny cide de ал with an 
ing on their noisy way. The surveyed it 
the more wonderful ad the e a diversity 
of its features. The enchantment was supreme, but 
i ie by that subdued sense of mingled pleasure 
ic 
the Hek Û such a 
lingered, evening rept A o5; "ind at last we 
turned our faces ewa 
‚В 
a 
me, somewhat to the da he n fron 
The descent, howev as over, with labour 
not much felt in comparison with the difficulties of 
he ascent. No incident to note occu il 
was climbing the steep hill g to р 
When I was robes by along black snake, which, 
e guide, in reply tomy apad 
the following tradit about 
said :—The name of the кайы xin YA AA 
Long long ago there lived on it а savage bird, like а 
а but it was at length killed, and ever since 
tain had e this name. e story 
varies i m the mouth of different narrators, but in 
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575 
very case is the same in substance. Lay-wa others 
pronounced the name. Another version they tin was 
& large animal, named oorooparie, lived there. 
Pid went out together and destroyed it, because it 
destroyed their people. two of these 
re 
were destro een apply the legend to a 
savage man, woi, who lived there, and whom 
the Carabisci killed. 
our eminen W нат 
Russell. No name among colonists of the day is so 
worthy to be applied to it. the same tim 
think it a pity not to preserve, wherever adie 
the original Indian names in the country. The day 
ioe pe probably when the names, with what of 
legend or history may still cling to them, will be the 
ery mementoes existing here 
India Islands, of the original inhabitants of the 
land. 
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et 
During the night we were startled from sleep by 
the fall of a large tree in the valley just below us. 
This is a frequent experience, but the sound is hor- 
ribly uncanny in the da 
a: at — 
und of stra 
till it culminates in the final crash and roar which 
resounds far and wide; then for a few moments 
ОЕ is pem ceres the usual sounds of night in 
se tropical f gin again ; the occasional cry 
ny a са hawk, the varied croa roaking of innumerable 
frogs g lling in fitfal gusts, — 
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band of Ба: and now and then the scream o 
jaguar or pc ^ the thud of some ae Los 
ar on uty in camping for the night is 
to со aloft, ‘and see that there are no dead мас 
o dead Mora or other tree s 
T Е grec Governme nt Botanist, British 
cx pa 
Guia 
(To be continued.) 
PLANTS NEW OR NOTEWORTHY. 
TWO NEW PRIMULAS. 
[Тнк Primrose Prepress fons of last year excited 
much interest, at home but abroad, and 
resulted, as ni of our а know, in the receipt 
of seeds of new or rare i i 
d under which its speci ie 
et, who is engaged in еа the 
Fish ores accumulated in the central and south- 
western provinces of China by the zeal of the French 
missionaries, kindly sends us descriptions of two n 
cies of ve ЖҮ, сһага 
a be ioi dii ll soon introduced through the 
J 
medium of the Jardin des نای‎ Ep 
PRIMULA VINCIFLORA, 7. 8p., P'ranchet.* 
A new | solitary-flowered Primu This beautiful 
species 
(fig. 108 тз 
slightly inclining towards blue, аа resembling 
those of Vinca major. It belongs to the same 
oup as P. Elwesiana (King), and P. Delavayi 
but is quite distinct from both in 
its la. e 
A: its cultivation may be СЕ 
uch shortened, and the plant — to be held 
in the ground only by its large t-fibres. М. 
Delavay says that seeds will be эор shortly. 4. 
Franchet. 
PRIMULA BLATTARIFORMIS, Franchet.* 
Тыз i ‘als so a native of Yun-nan, in calcareou 
derent on ug Che-tcho-tze. It approaches P. kat 
aceam, Fra Аан differs from it in the form of its 
Moi Алачык vate or obovate, deeply сг ae 
and crested, esd e in its long raceme, which i 
over 20—30 cent. long 
a tuft of spreading leaves. The umes d are 
"inp on the upper part 
borne on pedicels 2—4 mill. wins hio two-thirds n its 
ii: and are of a lilac colour, the corolla lobes 
ndm broadly obcordate. A. Franchet, Paris, 
ANTHURIUM PURPUREUM, N. E. Br., n. sp. 
This is rather a fine species, belonging to the same 
пр аз А. ‚ А. coriaceum, &c., but is dis- 
tinct from all, and on account of its fine 
spathe rich viole is more orna- 
mental than ost of that group. It sent to me, 
d 
MI 
i 
The 
a 
long, the back with a broad, shallow 
channel, having blunt edges down t 
@ 
‚ green 
Lamina coriaceous, bright green above, slightly р 
beneath, about 15—16 meet long by 3} in 
broad, oblong-l MUR decane a eis 
base. Midrib flattish at "te base 
: and subacutely 
prominent in the тент half iren beneath it is ea 
ly tri mary late 
в 20— y 
sig prominent. on svat side, the lower ones 
margin, those from 
d 
thi rd of an inch ma has the margin. Peduncl 
a foot long, compressed terete, green. Spathe ireak. 
ore or oon curled, 44 inches long, 
more long, one-third oe an нн Pus ‘lightly taper- 
intus (nisi ad faucem) glaber, e basi icem vix sensim 
ampliatus, limbus а cupulatus, quasi рет profunde 
(fere ad basin) in lobos 5—6 partitus, lobis e basi cuneata api 
dilatatis, plus inatis; stamina supra médium e 
bo libera, filamentis glabris; stylus brevissime intra tubum 
Jate apertum e us; capsula. . . .—Yun-nan, in pratis Lopin- 
chan, prope — alt. 3200 m. ; fl. 25 maj., 1886 (Delavay, 
n. 2070). С d 
* Prim тен Е n. sp., Franch.—Tota E brevibus 
ERRANT vestita ; folia plus sdb petiolata; limbus e 
viter attenuata = vel ‘obovatus ; 
us erectus ; $ flores 
pa 
basi pistes vel bre 
grosse crenatus, crenis denticulatis ; рейппс 
lon 
b oblonga, superiores lineares; ay subanthesi bre- 
MP 
* Primula vinciffora, n. sp.—Rhizoma brevissimum, fibris 
radicalibus validis; squamee vaginantes m M ranacer, fulvre 
marginate, extime rotundate, late obova te, 
an in folia abeuntes, omnes, simul ac e folia, glandulis testa- 
ibus Folia tenuiter papyracea, plus 
atten 
tiolata, lim bo e , basi 
mine obor ato, voe em de Las cine ун сеш 
sane iz i 
lato. Pide Pedunculus e rhizomate 
rarius элден bi foliis usque duplo longior, pili 8 glandu- 
losis patentibus apicem arcuatum versus dens 
Flos pro genere > amplus sub anthesi созы — erectus; 
ad ue par- 
i 
corolla 
calyce 4—5-plo ne. extus pilis nigris glandulosis obsitus, 
sie valide reticulato nervos; calyx x post anthes valde 
emispherico lobis farm acute dentatis 
alycem 
accretus, tu 
paulo longiore; gw lilacina, tubo extus puberulo c 
ulo superante vel nunc illo duplo longiore, lobis la! А 
datis, squamule ad faucem transv obl stamina 
brevia, supra — = inserta; capsula subglob parva, 
calycis in tu semina lat; pillis 
obtusis instructa. Folia pra petiolo 1—4 cent.) 7—15 cent. 
longa, 3—5 cen rss medium ra culus sesqui- 
pedalis et domat о 20—30 cen egg ears ade 2—4 
ill.; ux sub anthes 5—6 mi mill. longus, 
10 mil ge to 12— "erae aes reme tubus 1012 
. dial n pascui 
1885 (Delavay, n. 2092). pe P. m 
сапда ; sed jam foliorum forma et presertim inforescentia 
longe racemosa, optime distinguenda. 
