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THE * GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE 
[AUGUST 14, 1875, 
RARE he RSS 
PICEA CONCOLOR, &c.—1In my last OR 
1 explained the nature of the histological charac 
which M, Bertrand proposed to apply to еф dte 
mination of species. upon 
Picea grandis, and its allies, P. concolor, т. 1азїо- 
and of which for clearness sake I reproduce | 
сагра ; 
the figures мы the leaf sections, 
concolor,—Fig 38 represents a section 
P. | 
leaf of Picea concolor, taken from Engelosann’s | 
40 that of P. 
Kew M 
scale, by camera lucida. In sending m se, the 
Professor remarks (1) as S y concolor—‘* BU erve 
m. the resin canals (R C) are close to the low 
is well developed at 
few ооа ered h deua: solis below the upper and 
ii (recent) БАТ jpn this 
eet in dms XU ыар s perfectly in 
. As concolor has been dried, of cont the 
form may not be quite restored.” 
i tt Observe ypo- 
eaf, except just at the resin 
recs 
fener? McNab, w , seems 
dis] to 
I confess I have not the confidence, 
although they will no doubt i y cases be foun 
an 
t er importance than 
the scattered зеб: qua of ian and although 
in both concolor and gran eir position is nearly 
the same, there is a remarkable difference in their 
comparative di aeree 
Sr the external characters of concolor, I 
with the specimen cone put in а hands than І for- 
merly ventured to do, pu out scales and bracts 
from the middle, and the онен арын slightly 
magnified debe of the bracts of the co 
concolor (figs. 41, 42), wies of 
the cone, and in f from неч у individuals, will 
show that there is really so e AREE between 
m—slight certa. inky, but prong a more apparent in the 
specimen than in the dra ; for in the speci- 
men the slight бае mucro * : in the middle 
is in general not visible; i has 
tinctly seen, In all other 
identical. As 
the stomata in time past, 
argument каа) me, although iouis tot 
as regards the point at MET if I attached "the feist 
de Maru it, as I 
irtue, I decline to 
ago. 
can we 
n the leaves of the up 
face of the leaves of conoolor do certainly Tu fo an an 
extreme away from the o: type of and 
coupli ight in the I 
which 
r epi- 
Syme likes authority, I will refer him to Professor 
his urn monograph іп De Candolle's Prodromus 
rofessor Parlatore is at least as high an 
DN ‘and well-trained a botanist as M. Roezl— 
he will fin 
views, a synonym of amabi 
where that A етик is, wp to 
his v ilis, 
Fic. 38,—PICEA CONCOLOR. 
synonym of grandis. I think he is wrong, and that 
whether 
lasi a and Lowiana in reality 
grandis or not, neither of them is amabilis 
серме І should here миа а haze always sur- 
unds the names ama d grandis, that, in 
eas д with age I real to be "the more 
Fic. 39.—PICEA LASIOCARPA. 
common practice, when I have pes of grandis I 
w of leaves on 
ean the species with the single r 
each side: of the twig—by ар, the species 
having in addition a thick. thatch of уе on its 
upper side. * is amabilis has been a great puzzle 
in more ways than one, It the all the appearance 
Fic, 40,—PICEA GRANDIS. 
of being a good species. 
It was noticed as distinct by 
Douglas in its native country, him 
and described by 
and from that day 
seeds of Wire era Mr. 
omenclature 
batty ‹ which there was 
CAKE the bi 
and Lowiana a 
— 
received, for he had never yuan i uh 
although, like others, he had grafts. lt МС ay, 
; but dine "es and it 
have floweréd this year r. On's ursery 
Elvaston, and " had the kindness to - ы 
specimen em r. There is little differ 
ce in the structure of the male flowers of ur : 
of Picea, but here the flower of grandis as yellow 
fawn-coloured, that of amabilis deep purple. Andrey 
Murray. 
THE VINE aa one MINERAL 
LIM | De 
I AM sorry to be = to jud how or why 
except D the agency ‹ of the — particles б 
are many facts which 
arned than myself, would like 
cannot RS W,^ 4 course, 
aware that other conditions, besides those connected 
with soil and manure, must combine in order to bring 
the deme of the Vine to a successful result. Soil 
alone, manure, unaided by other favourable 
аваа, will neither increase the size of the 
bunches or the berries, improve their colour, flavour, 
great importance of mineral elements in the n 
of Бори: іп ане This BUR в illustrated yi few 
plan more remarkable manner y the 
Vine; although the geological distribution “of ps 
mi 
suppos 
more dependent th than the Vine on the mineral food 
ES it can o 
e soil in which Vines may be grown dependson | 
A apnd for which the fruit is intended, If for ` 
the table, and especially for exhibition, it was some. 
times, perhaps still is, стат with appe meat, blood, 
and other stimulants, according to the gardeners juig 
eh wan fau Among such manures 
~E s" cow man s proba ade one of the 
best. But if the Grapes are gin for wine-making 
quite different. 
entirely abstained jc or applied with the gr 
discretion and c The Vine d left to an 
r аву on the native ingredients 
"cem in the soil, of pom with the rie it receives 
from sun, air, rain an 
gundy yo you see Vines growing on 
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P ЫГЫ other in soil which looks like per oe ee | 
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? which 
choice valuable is 
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manure. 
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