AUGUST 28, 1875.] 
THE 
GARDENERS’ 
GHRONIGLE. 
259 
p notwithstanding the novelties that face us, seems 
fit to match oe famous Ah en ni for outdoor 
is fi i Mais icd superb in 
аза ro s 
t 
gigantic companion in blue to t t Tropzolum 
speciosum. But a parley to this sort “of descriptive 
Or. 
or us glance into the houses: they seem useful— 
ectarines 
old 
were good, an the eaches, асаан ап 
ѕе тее, 
rate—for it is а shy fellow an ‘noble fruit it bore. 
Vines were planted some time ago and grown on the 
extension В inei ‘the chief being Hamburghs, 
Muscats, Black Prince, Golden Cha ampion, ind 4“ 
Duke ; ^ M fart table fruit, the Champion af 
ing well, but pointing out that it was ready for cu 
e 
scat wW 
bore so fine fruit as the Muscat grafted on the Black 
Prince. is is curious enou h, and shows that it is 
ed with a variety of 
ive work, comprising 
| also tho ose for table deco- 
ration. y of the > 
Dicksonia antarctica, the 
princeps, the elegant Seaforthia REEL. the perfo- 
Th 
rated leathery-leaved Philodendro ese, com- 
-— ки fine Marant pede "Veitch ana, for 
nstance bares Housing Castor-oil plant 
(Ricinus Gibsoni), t the great-leaved Brugmansia, with 
ozens of its trumpet-s (asiy pale-coloured flowers, 
m enough to hold a ‘‘hieland gill;” the hand- 
some-growing Araucaria excelsa, an formal- 
habited. plants as the Mexican Agave, and other Has 
draped above with | Lygodiv umscandens— -made up qui 
a picture o 
larly being more “ече dc This and e Lyco оро- 
си ape r абет m, climbing in pleas ен 
and overhead Passifloras and 
ARE “fall of beauteous efflor 
oe pe ased to posa over the den which from it 
T phe growing in good nes 
es 
its fhe, crimson plumed inflorescence developed in 
grand style—a У suitable thing for late summer 
decoration indoor. 
The whole eios seemed to us to be v 
i vided for the comforts of hi 
gardener, ina way that y would do well to copy, 
in building a substantial room poer sottage adjoining the 
McDonald, the gardener, 
seems to be well worthy of it, ¥. А. M. 
FRUIT PRODUCTS OF EGYPT, 
In the last part of M Belgique йур le М. 
Delchevalerie gives some in resting s 
tics of fruit 
wing as an indus " на are largely 
grown, ual produ ed at 2500 
variety. anana is mp: cultivated, up- 
wards of epg plants are raised in ens of 
Cairo and its vicinity. In acis places it pro- 
duces excellent fruit, which always fetches a good 
price. The Chinese Banana, Musa sinensis, intro- 
by the writer, in 1868, g d 
favour. The stem of this species does not 
rui 
highly esteemed, but it does not come to 
perfection at Cairo, and is brought from the Upper 
Nile. The Baobab is Pere er, sold in the markets 
of Cairo. еа Ы old, in the 
qui 
but are i adios for 
u y 
oast mong 
Dates sold in the та d 
are Ibrahim PT hyn ge À jnre ted (Balah 
ne bid of Life (Balah m Jul 
till November fres 5s Dates are arith hea пела of 
i ent seasons, Jujubes abound 
in a semi-wild state, but the fruit of the "enemies kind 
Cos spina-Christi) is soniy esteem pe agir e Arabs. 
e fruit of Z. sativa is re d the rumes 
€ of commerce i vidi 
rees are grown exclusively for the [t pe і. 
culture might be profitably condu e Pa 
is a very prolific and well flavoured ae: Eg 
but it is not yet generally cultivated. Several varieties 
f Peach are grown on a larg ; the frui 
excellent. ngstone variety of good flavour, resem- 
bling the Péche-a-V f i 
rincipal one i ith 
yellow flesh anil the violet Nectarine аге а bta 
The to! is at I med 
15. oat Apples, pn^ Sy planted 
to test their qualities, ar e a fail nn oy es e ta = 
less, an e former very к. теа 
and mature fruit in the neighbourhood my Ca airo, but 
itis not equal in уу to that brought down the 
oudan, &c. 
river from The culture of the Grape 
Vine at the presen! - y is limited to the production of 
essert fruit, and of that not sufficient is gr r 
h onsumptio u f Alexandria is the 
y 
n ind Oranges 
pepe vid T "һе islands of the Кад. The fruit 
of the Bitter me is used in the 
nd the 
largest tree 
ees 
the reservoirs. Se 
are likewise cultivated. for their fruit, 
in a fresh state in the country. 
00,000, and the 
ci consum 
num 224 gestion at about 500 
— crop at 20,000 = 
ces about a million fruit 
e 
annually. It is eaten uh. and a purified syrup 
uf. it is refres! and astringent. 
The Pine may be grown in the open air with slight 
Ir from in wi from the 
sun in summer, but the is е) vourl: 
The Sweet Sop (Anona squam the Mango 
( 
(Меи net the Rose Appie ambos m pei $ 
(Psidium spp.), а us other tro- 
on 
Я 
he Olive is an object of special саге, 
and there is an ind епі market к ая. Or wá fruit * 
ша 
emplo for hed the crop 
sonus ly is returned ав oo tons 
extracts from an article of có consider- 
aie h od give vay d of the products and 
ie eng of a. country that ded as 
ve. Much of what has already been 
achieved is due to the of 
being ass Ede 
the Khedive, who employs skilfal European gardeners. 
——— 
GREENHOUSE PLANTS.—XXIII. 
THEIR CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT. 
Statices. —Amongst the whole family of greenhouse 
plants there are probably none more useful o t 
rately easy to grow, and of free blooming habit—if the ` 
flowers last long all the better ; it should neither be very 
large—in е 
length, or 5 in brea is somewhat 
soft for a considerable period after it is formed, an 
until the time when it becomes 
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influ- 
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оме а pref to ais 
they must by no means be ke 
an most 
kept in a night Supana of about 45. It 
is scarcely’ necessary to say t 
placed out in the open air, as it is needfu 1 to 
oe thi in the summer in order to ins 
ably, which it takes years for 
difficulty in bending them. esee do d that have been 
oo long co small pots, for the plant is a 
remarkably free rooter, and unless it is mda on as 
the preste теди ire space, it gets into a 
in which case a newly struck cutti be better, 
and with liberal treatment progress gi gu га that would 
th 
ане ; ifthey mmodated with a shelf 
near the roof all the better, as the more light they 
receive in such a situation the stouter and ger 
will t w: so treated the roots will be fally 
мот OM i nex 
also Po al the va ition essential to the well- 
being of the es in every stage 
existence, o the largest size they are 
capable of bis "d 
If Statices are treated in the winter so as to induce 
к реб EE уч ye е 
t ; rature, 
up zy a useful size, diu much 
ing flo 
the time it should be. This will be Sokol ur 
nd practice by those 
1 : 
cause of many growers not succeeding Wl quantities о 
su epoca they attempt to cultivate. There are quantities 
of plan these Statices are amongst the number, 
that nis pon need rest in the ordinary acceptance of 
