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AUGUST 2I, 1875:] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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actual existence of timber has had a great influence in 
ove = inactive. 
ughtful pursuer o of his cation in the t 
bue of ер ent day be соет ofthe rane 
of the vast diffusion o 
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wi оре, ас cknowledge that even the word- 
lor C the oods is poetical, informing, pleasant, 
and érofitable, Timber Trades Journal. 
THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION 
AT PHILADELPHIA. 
have received of pins m" on 
rom w hich 
portions relating "i Agriculture and 
Horticulture :— 
DEPARTMENT VI.—AGRICULTURE, 
rboriculture and ictus Products. 
Class 60o.— Timber and trunks 
transverse or truncated Sections with specimens of berks, 
e owers, seed vessels, and seed; masts, spars, 
ngitudinal sections of trees, — ies, ship 
timber, lumber roughly s as planks, shingles, laths 
rand eater cs prepared i in various ways 
and combustion, as by injection of salts 
dde. 
Ornamental woods used in decorating ay. 
for furniture, as iege of Mahogany, Rosewood, Ebo 
Ws Aes ре i rona 
5, barks, and galls for colouring 
e: 
Class 603.—Gums, resins, caoutchouc, gutta-percha, 
M. Ane ee wax. 
D — Lichens, mosses, fungi, Ferns. 
Class 6 05.—Seeds, nuts, &c., for food and ornamental 
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606.— Forestry : 
Class illustrations of the art эк — 
ing, managing, and nin forests. 
Statisti 
ology. 
Class 610. “temperate and semi-tropical 
regions ; as Apos, gon , Quinc hs ches, Nectar- 
ines, Apricots, Plums, Gr: rapes, Сш, Strawberri rries, 
and. ^ 
Class ropical fruits and Oranges, 
Bananas, pm Lemons, Put apis Pomegranates 
Figs, Cocoa-nuts. 
we cate Products. 
‘lass 620.--Cereals, gr: and гас plants, 
Class 621. Lepus - н d esculent veget- 
ables. 
Class 622.— Roots and tubers 
Class 623.— Tobacco, Чер Tea, mcs and Spices, 
Class бар. — Seeds апа seed 
Land eme 
Class 630. — Horses, asses 
Class 631. —Horned cattle. 
Class | 
33. — Goats, alpaca, llama, camel. 
Class 634.—Swine. 
Class 635. Pout: and рибе. 
Class 636.—Dogs ап 
Class 637.— Wild anim 
Class em ie: us ew and injurious : honey bees, 
cochineal, silk: 
Marine яра: Fish аага and — 
c 
.— Marine ma вуз. 
i n aquaria, Ot tated, ici; preserved 
Cla Ses meu living or preserved. 
Class —Pickled fish, and parts of fish used for 
Class 643.— Crustaceans, echinoderms, beche de mer. 
Class 644.— Mollusks, rau clams, &c., used for 
od. 
C papas a enn corals, and pearls. 
Class 646.— 
sounds, fish-oil. 
nets, baskets, hooks, d 
o | 648.—Fish culture : —— hatching pes, 
"vessels for im n roe and spawn, and other 
apparatus used in fish breeding, culture, or preservation. 
Animal and Vegetable ее used as Food or as 
Materials. 
Class 650.—Sponges, туча and other ттн 
used for fod or m oie arts. 
Class : milk, cream, butter, 
Class bed Нина, ors, and death. (allow; E and 
e, horn, glue. 
= Class 653.— Еш, feathers, down. 
І шш Зи а сс 
e, shagreen, fish-glue, isinglass, “Structures f for 
—Instruments and — of fishing : | 
Class 654. — Honey and w 
Class 655.—Animal пеат as musk, 
bergris. 
Class 656.—Preserved meats, vegetables, and fruits. 
Бера, Ay in cans or jars. Meat and vegetable extracts. 
57.—Flour, crushed and ground cereals, de- 
ана grains. 
Clas: s Gee —Starch and similar products. 
Class 6 59.—Sugar and syrups. 
Class 660.—Wines, alcohol, and malt liquors. 
Class 661..—Bread, te s, crackers, and cakes. 
Class 662. =Ve g etable 
Textile Substances of onini or Animal Origin. 
civet, am- 
Class 665.—Cotton on the stem, in- the boll, ginned, 
and baled 
‘lass mp, flax, jute, ramie, &c., in Тея чин 
forms and in all stages of preparation for кем 
Class 667.— Wool in the fleece, carded an iis ym 
Class 668. ч in the се си reeled. 
Class 6 ir, bristles, 
Machines, иргин, ond ifte c Mur iris еы 
las о illage : ual implements, spades 
hoes, rakes ; ania poer uie e: Ay ughs, culti- 
vators, M horse-hoes, clod-crushers, ies harrows ; 
steam-power machinery: ploughs, breakers, harrows, 
ое, 
las — Planting: manual implements, corn 
planters, Bh hand drills; animal-power machinery, 
manure drills, corn and cotton mee 
g 
tates! sic kles, reaping-hooks, al-p 
and headers. Mowers, сага, rakes, we! 
loaders. 
Potato diggers. 
Cl 
ass 673.—Preparatory to. реше, thrashe 
clover-hullers, hay, celu) 
wine, oil and sugar making appa 
Class 674.— mum to fac e economy : portable 
and stationary engines, chaffers, hay and feed-cutters, 
slicers, pulpers, corn ‘mills, farm boilers and steamers, 
incubators 
Class 675.—-Dairy fittings and appliances: churns for 
hand and power, butter-workers, cans and pails, cheese- 
presses, vats, and apparatus 
неин Engineering and LU RAT d 
Class 680, — Layin, and improving f. : clear- 
in is extractors), ө аайын of rads ritalin, 
irrigating, models of fences, gates, drains, o outfalls, 
wore embankments, irrigating machinery, stack build- 
ing un thatching. 
681.— Commercial fertilisers : phosphatic, am- 
попіса, caleareous, &c. 
M ation: waggons, carts, sleds, 
, traction engines, and apparatus for road- 
making e ‚аы ауаїїп 
eme 5 683.— inm m buildings : models and drawings of 
barns, stables, hop-houses, 
windmills, granaries, т 
аріагіеѕ, cocooneries, aviaries, abattoirs, and dai 
Tillage and General Management. 
Class 690.—Systems of planting and cultivatio 
Class 691.—Systems of draining and ил мыс of 
manures 
Class 692. — Systems of breeding and stock feeding. 
DEPARTMENT VII.—HORTICULTURE. 
ager TE Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers. 
—Ornamental trees and shrubs. 
Class 7o1.—Herbaceous perennial plants 
: 702.—Bulbous and tuberous-rooted plants. 
Class 703.—Decorative and ornamental foliage plants. 
ss 704.—Annuals and other soft wooded plants, 
be кыне in successive periods during the season. 
Class Roses. 
Class 707.—Ferns, their management in the open air, 
and in ferneries, Wardian cases, &c. 
Ж 08.—New plants, with statement of their origin. 
ut flowers, bouquets, 
Illustrations of 
floral designs. 
ouquet materials, bouque t: holders, Viri as papers, 
models of fruits, vegetables, and flow 
Hot-houses, Conservatories, отнета, and their 
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Class 71 movable Said bus 
колы a Жош е С] heat. Frames, beds. 
E rden Tools, Accessories of Gardening. 
—To = an oe ves Machines for the 
«c. Portable — 
uses, and 
wo crim argi Hotini buildings, Esper eee 
houses, pepe E gating and modes of манора 
21. — Receptacles for plants : flower-pots, 
lant boxes, tubs, Fern n смер, jardinières, &с. Window 
garde : plant and оме stands, ornate designs, in 
xp жоо, and wire 
2.—Ornamental wire-work, viz., fences, gates, 
trellis s bordering o = flower Deis, porches. Park s 
uary, vases, fi ountains, &c. Desig. 
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Garden Dearing, Construction, and Management, 
a : ens: designs for = 
laying out of gardens, and the improvement t of 
residences s for commercial ga 
aperies. Desigus for the parterre. 
Class 731.—Treatment of water for ornamental pur- 
poses, сааны: mosse reservoirs, lakes. 
Cla on and'after treatment of ars 
п оик ин buildings, &c. 
"E CHEN ior 
Class 
Ко, | grottos, ‘rustic co vem p 
Glass 734. 1.— Planting, гнет i а cultivating 
HALF HOURS AT KEW.—V. 
ACACIAS 
(Concluded from $. 131.) 
THE species of the next group of the Uninerves, 
the triangu 
a sharp thorn; and the flowers are borne 
decipiens is an attractive and comm only 
cultivated реа of this group. унай 
in the shape and size of the phyllodes, which а 
m 
This 
has triangular phyllodes, oe ase of the “triangle 
being farthest from the This speċies is 
native of West Au eg ' growin 
situations, and differing Find in hab 
the nature of the soil, from a | 
a heig wi die IO or 12 feet. 
the cu s А. ,vome cnn w gets its n 
from ња ће ѕһаре of its phyllodes t to 
a coulter. The d ме wait and $c е а 
quarter ога a ie nch ong, cm rve is 
Imost cl wer margin. p the 
to 
hardiest s sth Жее а side distribátiod, ge the 
southernmost part of Tasmania, throughout the tem- 
perate parts of Eastern Australia. On the mainland 
of Australia it inhabits mountainous m d » growing 
n barren places on the Blue Mountai mpi 
Lofty Range, I up to 4000 feet. bong intro- 
ced so lon о as Veen it is not much gro 
being inferior ie many others as an ornamental plant. 
t is of Bah or almost trailing h A. hastula 
inte from Western Australia in 1824, is a 
ies o QM w. turally i 
у and rocky It i g ja 
is rf shrub 2 or 3 
feet high, with tender branches and small phyllodes. 
he succeedin group, etn olia, is characterised 
y ‘having кеу 8 sh , ovate or falenté, or 
do do and si single headed uncles. 
obli 
others of this group are oa cultivation, as A, 
(A. runciformis), hispid 
are not among the most ornam 
gs Pind situa aia it i a sh 
a dw rub or 
ae nata, Botanical "ctm t. 1332 
A. fili nes other 
М ood Botanical эж 5 Sig t. 3394» = 
forms, are re сне here is a very commo 
in the untains, egies Plains and ne 
parts of New Sou We now come to a 
group—the angu ssi, i in v which the phyllodes are 
oblong-lanceolate or lin ually more or p 
resinous on the su inus 
introduced in 1818, and is remarkable for v 
very resinous, mier phyllodes and rete flowers. 
It is a tall shrub, inhabiting m in and forest 
regions from New w South Wales to ‘the extreme south 
in all the species годен da say iad о 4, oreven | 
occasionally 5 or 6 inc ES Inf and they are most] 
shrubs Siete of да hab A. stricta was introduced 
90. andy thes same range - distribution 
riety o of sit ons, from 
and e 
these 
pratt that ds Hops er іса refreshing. 
group racemosz, the next in order, and the last of 
and undulifolia, b but T : 
