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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 639 
ground adds to the labour, with frequent logs to 
step over, some of which are 2 or 3 feet thick, and 
formidable impediments when their frequency is re- 
ga 
rded. he untravelled white man steps on every 
log he , Indian, better exper 
ed, steps over them, thus saving the labour o 
lifting his body the че а" si each log. 
the most trying ground of a e met in travelling 
was that made of rather гэй “half-decayed leaves, 
which, being many layers deep, springs to the trend, 
on the journey. . I never saw so many the 
journey of the h. Most of them are spanned by 
logs that have fallen across them, ف‎ i 
est one can, often f one 
very sure-footed, coming down with и a 
or splash when water is runnin 
n Reais start next morning, and left 
accompanied us to the ис, I have spoken of 
the exertion, heat, and dirt experienced in getting 
through new Cassava fields. I am not sure that such 
one or two 
of сч we to-day passed through ; for the tangled 
gr creep under 
thr ni is made the more unpleasant, and not 
f 
wn, one dis- 
0 r ot 
little success, Two edible Solanums with yellow 
fruit—one globular and the other finger-shaped—I 
procured in the Cassava fields. We reached the 
E where we had left € boat, тирэ mid-day. 
‚ the upper unnavigable part of the we ha 
passed at different points id or ie Pih on the 
Journey. At the small Indian settlement last passed 
I se an to d ri 
o the heavy rain that had fallen 
in the interval the Tesoro was much fuller of water 
when we went up, and preme the current 
Tan down strongly, and where there were no impedi- 
i 
and some hours later Macc urn's 
е thereon, which he had "kindly id at 
my disposal. Here I spent a few days to finish dry- 
ing my "collections, vices ege: and packing, 
Preparatory to returning to tow 
Looked at from the уны point of view the 
Journey was rather disappointing—no doubt largely 
due to the fact that it 
f i 8 uck- di and other 
Information regarding n tug was fully obtained. 
The on 
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doubt form a fairly accurate representation of the 
egion; but among their ir planta s was à 
her material of it, but without 
‚ S. Jenman, Government Bota nist, British 
ROSE AMERICAN B 
EAUTY.—Mr. F. Harn 
аана), Hamburgh, те recognises in Madame Pe 
oo БУ, à іп, a Rose brought out by M. Ledechaux 
Bem е so-called American novelty, “ American 
PLANTS NEW OR NOTEWORTHY, 
FRITILLARIA ARMENA VAR. FUSCO- 
LUTEA, Baker 
This plant was sent to me for determination from 
one of the recent meetings of the Scientific Commit- 
tee of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
Dot. Mag., t. 6365, as a vari riety o 
briefly noticed in As letterpress. 
Mr. Geo. Maw the. mountains round Smyrna, 
Smyrna i 
F. Meleagris and its allies, Stem not 
more m 5—6 inches long. Leaves 4—6, green 
ascending, all alternate, the lower ones lanceolate, 
about 2 inches long, the upper linear. Flower soli- 
tary, drooping, bright h 
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long as the erect anther. Style т, 4 inch | У tie 
obscurely 3-lobed at the tip. J. G. Bak 
RELIQUI® MOOREANÆ. 
Amongst the Ferns of the late much lamented 
Thomas Moore, which have been purchased for Kew, 
there is a small packet marked “new garden Ferns.” 
осу по inu were roo to be published in 
ardener. о before laying them oed 
ved their ndis Is will go ооф them and report 
you upon them. 
1, Alsophila atrovirens, Presl, var. Keriana, Baker. 
This was received from Messrs. R. P. Ker & Sons, 
of Liverpool, in February, 1884. There is no notice 
as to its native country, and Moore has merely 
marked upon че specimen its genus, І think it is 
uth eum А. atro ciu Presl, 
ull o ctification, only 
bipi 
following i is a brief description Tem 6—8 emm 
long, scaleless, dull brown, cated. 
oblong-lanceolate, bipinnate, 15—18 eran long, half 
a foo and rather rigid i in texture, green 
on both jr prem on the main veins beneath. 
Pinnæ lanceolate, the lower 3—4 inches long, 
9—1 inch broad, cut down to the rachis into 
oblong, crenate, obtuse pinnules: lowest pinnz not 
dwarfed. Veins pinnate in the pinnules; veinlets 
i placed 
at the forking of th 
midrib and edge of the pinnules. Receptacle densely 
pilose. 
2. Davallia (Stenoloma) ferruginea, Desv.—Re- 
ceived from Messrs. Veitch in 1882. ' Gathered by 
Marked by Moore “ Davallia 
р. It is a lar 
species, with crowded indi iili cuneate, final 
segments. Itis one of the endemic forms of Central 
adagasc nal specimens came from 
Dr. Un. and D Dr. Meller, and it has been sent home 
since by ү. R. Baron, Messrs. Pool, Kitching, 
the 
zi outers, um eani scandens, J. Sm. — Received 
from Messrs. Veitch in 1885. Gathered in ee 
ced 
m m 
i nspeci А. scand J. Sim., 
d еб ib Filicum ‚р. 224. is a beautiful 
small. d nd ies, with a ' scandent 
rhizome and sessile objong-lanceclate decompou 
fronds а foot long, narrowe 1а] from the middle 
to both base and apex. Of familiar s it is most 
like the well-known A. vivi ., but this 
a long stipe and longer final segments, and he 
is no disposition to produ parous 
Leo dis Vieh. the Mauritian plant 
(To be continued.). 
AA BULB MITE. 
THE a good deal of similarity between 
EE ibd plants; they each have their diseases 
and their parasites. Amon 
this neun the whole of the plants gradually 
began signs of deterioration. It is now 
almost pfe that the decay in these plants was 
caused by the bulb mite, though the owner was not 
aware of its гт at be time, in fact he 
bestowed much a attention in trying 
the usual ужга а бар the ERT con- 
aes of his plants. About a year ago his stoc 
bout 4000 i 
амы: Then began the worst possible state of 
affairs; the disease spread rapidly; about half the 
plants ‘became denuded of leaves, and many even of 
bulbs and roots. In fact, this закот lot of 
charming flowering plants was evidently being 
rapidly destroyed. It was at this juniore that he 
further samples should be т me. In m the 
pe were уян found, both on the leaves 
the flow They were pretty plentiful in the 
СЕ Мот ure, and in were 
detected in the centre of the bulb. H "e^ ied 
v^ ссии сч һе эрине € te "aba to 
of t 
s form uch as appear 
Ф ичен likely to mer jio th ете pr germs, 
and requested d Vire ora should pt 
be 
of each of these doctored roots, so that they might 
be planted, and that the тие results might be 
verified. He duly forwarded specimens which 
seme d 6 ilh. es loving different pro- 
o.lb sed in lime-water for 
RM din Wii was put end a hand- 
glass filled а аб. ana of burning sulphnr; 
No.3 was i sed i lution of carbolic e 
and water hr узброе дуо hours; No. 4 was plac 
under a hand-glass, and exposed to fumes of as 
rd the latter was Liege on lime during the 
ss of slacking; as well soaked with 
Бил 'Тоһассо Vin ы ik the дау; 6 
was steeped for twenty-four hours in an insecticide 
called “Fir-tree oil;" No. 7 was well n 
clear water, then worked in the above “ Fir-tree 
ofl” A a few minutes, then washed over 
agai he nn No. treated 
assium, as 
recommended by your correspondent t Mr. F. Tonks. 
and I received valuable assistance from the ebir 
of our Microscopical Society. It needs great 
and «di а little skill to ич these ا‎ а in- 
vestigations satisfacto rily. Every part of the bulb 
t be exhaustively examined. In almost all the 
must 
doctored bul "unie mites were found that had 
doubtless sor Aa to the eim It is not 
sufficient to examine the roots cursorily. Conclu- 
sions drawn from a perfunctory pein would be 
alike misleading and d A small party 
of us spent hours and hours with 
first-class 
microscopes and applianees, ari hem the tissues 
all through. Sometimes, after long and persis- 
tent hunting, a aii nind mite or organism 
etec We deemed this as i 
was conclusive. In 
fact, exhaustive some Ton of these specimens 
thus treated had to be spread e 
r three weeks, for my professional 
would not allow of my working 
consecutively. But notwithstanding, as we gained 
experi to proceed in the 
minute investigation, it proved full i interest and 
instruction. Briefly put, the sum of our inquiries 
sir the microscope was as follows Xo. 1 bulb. 
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