AUGUST 7, 1875.] 
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GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
165 
A NEW BRITISH SPHINCTRINA. 
I sEEK to make known, through your columns, 
what I take to be a new species of Sphinctrina, It 
ri is, О 
hope Field 
desire needlessly to multiply species, and if you give 
insertion to this communication I shall be in the best 
possible position for correction, if I am describing a 
species already kno 
careful 
Sphinctrina напа B. апа Вг, — 
e by him e purpose; it differ: 
however, so much from that peg [. well as fro 
all the other members of the which I 
I hav 
hitherto yon able з find described, "that I propose to 
name and describe it thus 
Splinctrina joue sp.—A pothecia БО. 
т deformed, stipitate, densely czespito: 
subglobose, 
stipes (from 10 1j line lon g) horny, often Я, 
sporidia oblon ng the ends, unisep tate, 
» 0005 X 
00015 in 
On decayed fangus robably Pol orus, Hereford, 
Mr, Grifith Mori. : 
t 
e 
te downpour and parching drought, while the high 
ioco plateau almost continuously enveloped in an 
atmosphere approachin ng saturation, the malaria laden- 
ands of the New World are 
al 
the country y boss are not yet o 
On ent t inter garden (an stration + 
which арр Б Gardeners Chron Ki 
1873) the visitor кк fail to be ауз 
tropical effect ed by the quantities of fine e pins 
by a her critical inspection 
ants individually, Near the principal entrance, 
stan ldly above many things, are quan- 
ities of Cy T m T a 
specimen o with 
Fic, 32.—SPHINCTRINA C/ESPITOSA., 
It forms a dense layer covering several inches ; 
the stem is shini of a tex- 
ture, frequently peaches the head head in - 
mens becomes dusty from the up the 
hymenium. I have not bern able to see the ph but 
he arrangement of ЕХ а as seen in a thin 
section, under the m no doubt can em 
in the mind that they 
Explanation of ph . 32.—4A, natural size of plant. 
B, a group of specimens magnified. C - section of an 
entire plant, seen by transmitted light, more highly mag- 
va et D, section of the apothecium, m, still bee e. highly 
ed. E, sporidia very highly 
William Phillips. 
"uma BULL’S NURSERY: 
oof were wanting of the widely extended in- 
ipti 
conntry i is being eagerly explored, in both the eastern 
of use or ornament, or both combined, but more espe- 
or for singularity in 
ard, 
nor does he follow the beaten track of тац 
but he penetrates far into the interior, tra the 
сенаты as the eastern hemisphere, subject to alter- 
in cool 
claim attention at the t 
when a considerable number of these majestic plants 
are seen {оре which, when they become 
better known, cannot fail to › form ite a new feature 
me of my visit, tandin ing о 
the side of the central frig was a grand specimen of 
the extremely rare Encephalartos is 
7 feet in height, and 10 кч perona эч spread of its 
1 (this plant is sold t s the Atlantic). On 
the opposite side sa poem ms plant of E. vil- 
osus, a beautiful form of this species, in which there 
is great difference in the individual . Nea 
it is pem ne specimen of E. pliatus ; 
it has a strong cylindrical stem, from 
rical st which pr 
a fine head of arched leaves 8 to 9 feet in length ; the 
leaflets are lanceolate and serrated on the edge. Th 
En artos are all natives of 1 although 
the leaves of aay of them ме S feet in length, yet 
the plants do not occupy m a I2-inch pot. 
T Ghellinckii is a most distinct. and desirable plant. 
ed the strength of its 
E. horridus, is not misnam t 
spines, Hore hhmwise was: Ki beachyplesty sey 
distinct and beautiful, 
steinii, quite different i = — from the others. E 
manni, plant, more upright in 
and E. cadifolius, of quite lillipu- 
tian habit, compared with others of this 
genus ; it is suitable for a small oak or standing in 
a situation where the жеч — would be out of 
lace. In the midst these kabl 
м эчи it AA feet from Коом» 
еа as straight as а gun- 
Penh ory cannot exist ‘these s 
Cycads, forming suitable companions for Tree Ferns, 
with the cbe of not over-crowding the situation- 
E which they are placed, as 
these natives of New 
able ped E ew. that do not uiid near so 
cephalartos. A few o 
most distinct. that I noticed were M. 
Ж а: аттап 
There were also vi this end of di house quantities 
of Phormium Colens enax varie- 
5 
veloped. sociated with e a number of 
Cordylines, ished down to the pots, near 
which were a splendid matched pair of Fourcroya 
Bedinghausii, 3 aga in height 
ere we "Son me upo 
pe, eal which are the Dem 
знай Dregei and C. Burkei, both nations of S South 
Africa, very distinct and graceful in habit, an 
in the most select A же жез, 
small plants of these varieties of Palms usually met 
with, altho pd handsome, but feebly represent their 
appearance when seen in the size the specimens in 
this house have acquired. eae amongst them 
re a grand lot of Tree Ferns, many o which have 
very distinct, with the 
undersurface vii p "leaves ; edullaris 
growing of all 
sonia ica ; D. 
and ch s 
consequently suitable for a small h 
were of Cycas media, with st 3 to 
12 feet in height, girthing from 2 to 3 fi 
breaking into growth. At this the bottom of 
the house is a fine example of Araucaria Bidwillii 
the most 
of all large conservatory plants, y. A фы to out- 
grow its limits, but managed is here 
may ept a long time within bounds ; 
before it got too high the top had been re- 
peatedly taken out. So treated, i not allowed to 
get too lar, и. before the operatio LA 
quickly m a fresh leader, geriet where 
it has apu k: this also has the effect of causing 
it to retain its 
east side 
the house, ERO Y — ies of а erra and quite a 
Mieten Leich- 
of Dasylirion 
im, and not far from it an Pd fine plant 
o rratifolium glaucum, some very large speci- 
of 6 ria гь ood Camellias, large and 
d sized ; long frame filled with Todea 
Muta -— T. ф лет Trichomanes radicans, and 
Adian e: amongst these were a number 
that ma enjoy UO cool tem- 
ey receive here. Near these 
ЗЕ 
of sev 
Brearleyana, in my es 
all the "secte but also 
seedli othouse plant Е апу асарда that 
