May 28, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
emone pu is tape چن‎ The close com- 
panionship ог associ n of the two bodies makes 
the case still more curious. 
n: if Anemone rootstocks are 
fungus from that of the Ane so both 
would be harvested together, ZI aw re wW «^. be 
sold and planted in mistake for an Anemone, just as 
small Ergots are sold for grass iori iu and Ergots of 
Wheat sold for Wheat itself. The fungus growt 
appears to be эш {тот yon in «denn 
by its resemblan ne rootstock. 
Worthington ©. Smith, Р; 
TREE FERNS OF NEW 
ZEALAND.* 
our years ago, while botanising in the high sux 
wood ar Matamau, I fine T 
ed уан stout spreading specimen of Panax 
, from which, or out of which the Fern 
rie eternity grew, as if it were springing from 
т 
and clean bark showed in 
of the darker Fern tree in 
the one side w 
completely covered; there was no 
T wa cicatrices or joinings in its bark, which was 
The tree or pair so strangely conjoined stood in 
small glade or open space among the tall trees of the 
umy vite silvery fronds of the Fern 
distant bln 
there, caused them to be seen to a great advantage ; ; 
the fout ensemble was unusual and charming, and 
served to bring to mind portions of о» metamor- 
phoses of tree 
Another pleasing thought arose from the con- 
sideration of this tree, Panax, in its so clasping and 
sending out and down its root-like branches (which 
so largely and constantly grows and adheres by their 
climbing rootlets, and yet the Ivy (Hedera helix) 
sometimes grows as a standard. 
b visited that spot on several occasions during t 
and always with feelings of admiration, and 
was во much surprised and pleased with my “find,” 
that I made a sketch of it (fig. 138). Such as it is I 
pring it before You, as s by it you may be the better able 
of two curiously entwined and iier y pla 
l took accurate measurements of this dsl 
Phenomenon, and the — is the result :— 
Eua. of caudex of a from the ground 
: zm springing of the living fonts 7 feet 6 inches. 
eight of Panax, about 18 
^ Girth of both taken э чыз р} t base, 6 feet. . 
‚ At 5 feet 3 the Panax 
vie imi ranches 1 
e the 
eg : rii Ns P м, under the peire of 
vem few икин on the Tree Ferns 
iphy LoT rtic ier Sete to their 
qi Phy tes, en pu their manner E. eral Тазы „oing a a 
sat wai 
6. Girth of main piisk ui Panax, 2 feet 10 inches; 
of the other, 2 feet 3 in 
7. Girth p оч жем Д under its crown 
of fronds, 5 
8. Breadt : pe the narrow interstices of the stem of 
the Fern tree not yet covered by the Panax: at the 
base, 2 inches ; above, in the widest part, З inches 
9. The fronds of the ач ган about 9 feet 
each -— forming a flattis 
10. The lower нане узе ыы of the Panax 
sce — equal with the fronds эб па 2 
11. The trunk of the Panax below w te bare 
of pr Jes vegetation—only a small young pr a 
plant of Metrosideros жа just clim 
one dint agri above large fronds of rae don 
Billardieri and other Ferns hung pendulous from 
between the two upright limbs of the Panax and the 
Cyathea 
12. The longitudinal edges of the  root-like 
ЖОО, lower limbs of the Panax ty gi exactly 
he appearance of the bark of a healthy tr 
w Eh: a limb has been clean cut off mint Om in, А, with 
Fig. 138.—CYATHEA DEALBATA EMBRACED BY PANAX 
ARBOREUM.' 
thick round advancing margins over the wound. 
V. Colenso. 
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HOME CORRESPONDENCE, 
—As a regular reader 
having seen articles 
fruit and flowers by 
T GARDEN 
FI cs grad 
> of English 
and t 
only M cheap аа S PE mes 
goods a t 10 o'clock. 
MT inexperienced woul ish as 
send 1 their ) inexpere be sacrificed by ап eee Жы? 18 
inexperienced go that I am us to W. 
ith the markets. price that forei 
rum is sold at bya auction (often not covering railwa 
expenses) ought to open the eyes of people 
danger of this 
mode ur sale. The foreigners suffer 
through this, but that is no reason why English 
OWers should likewise suffer, A, Cattaneo, Sales- 
man, Covent Garden 
THANATOPHORE.—In answer to “J. ” en- 
quiry about the above I will — my own ex 
ence, It is now about twelve 
e chids for A 
being. po y and sa 
f Orchids, and found 
strumen 
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have tested it on many species o 
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agent in this country for eii instrument. 
Fraser, The Woodlands, Streatha; 
—As the young fruits are now NAME ^ 
2 (ме present is a mes time to prune Fig tre 
as the necess of young branches of M 
wi 
the trees may be s i 
ged in their proper places on the wall, givi 
the young shoots a space of 6 inches 
between each other. А 1 e ll is 
covered wit ig trees stg фе ме always defer 
poe! untilthe trees begin to push into leaf. H. 
W. Ward. sf get б Castle. 
FRUIT CROPS. — — There is a site gg 
here. 0 
success. Wm. Smythe, The Gardens, Basing Park, 
Alton, May 18. 
—— Certainly the wee on hardy fruit trees 
r harmful frosts, but 
ich 
finc aces almost urric: ompanied b: 
cold rains with cles cupi falling bail: wiih this | зы 
if 
arena petal on Pear, Plum, and C 
— > canine A but whe -— for а 
yet ibletosay. lt may prese ips rthat — 
violent denudation of the floral ce iai of the bloo: 
has seriously : affect ed the organs of fertility and that 
us. The г. bloom, much less advanced, very plen 
iful an rigid, se not to have suffered in 
cti 
finding out, with cold so late in the year 
that complaints arise asto gradual change of ‘imate, 
