204 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 4, 1875. 
а “peasant was interrogated as to its pe destruc- 
he could not tell when the dam was 
e that some fifty years 
o further destroy the 
S орре 
eh informant said, 
ndered оттай, the 
earth shook and trembled beneath, and all ie. 
these great and mysterious stones remained i 
able. ad chief ursus E this, the thirtieth mauler of 
rian Archze 
served in the grounds o eroe, Esq., 0 
Dolwilym, and could easily be reproduced in аист 
crete. It stands in = open place ina grove of tr 
rees 
rrounded by two ee i 
of great stones, the ToS being in centre 
it On the morning o last day 
ancient village of K Kidwelly was visited, with its or 
ed houses of the date of Edward III. 
terw. 
at hen, where Linaria Cymbalaria was abund- 
ant on the old walls, 
e programme concluded with a visit to the 
€— and or at с arne. Atthe church a sin- 
gu onging to the tenth century was being 
sketched w whilst the bulk of the eid went off to a bone- 
С The en 
village 
caveat an. ery na 
wet, са gen upright. At first there is insufficient space 
inside stand erect, but fu 
rther in is more 
room, «m of wet air and darkness, This, 
owever, did not prevent the ladies pushing in till at 
t the cave got so and hot that work was 
difficult, especially as lights were Rot forthcoming. 
Some of the ladies secured bones which had been 
nawed by the iti 
b 
member of the party was thoroughly tired, both in 
i d body ; even Mr. Bloxam’s shoes, made “ 
garoo leather, P ie t avail him, for he w 
equally tired with "the 
The Welsh language di no 
Vi 
been seve es t di ir 
aid. An for the subtleties of music avails 
little in ; 
Wales ; one requires to 
appreciation Ed all shades of guttura 
can beun and a perfect hus dis producing 
T п in the throat to 
any of the inscribed Pus тын апа — 
ды. from the sixth ury, when 
remembered how little Бае 
than the twelfth 
these a. = 
are to be seen ; the whole county i is rocky and 
and swept by the A romlechs 
lated on а! 
hills, and бош the wa у та which they lie жый 
about remind ba spectator of the battle places of the 
giants and Titans of classic mythology. 
The сандады were all 
eatly се. by the = 
масч Мт. E, А, Free 
Con 
eman, шен historian of the Norm: 
well, "Ms, John Rhys, 
and 
; the Rev. E. L. Barn 
r gentlemen n 
COLOGNE INTERNATIONAL 
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION, 
Tuis Exhibition was opened by H.I.H. the Crown 
Prince of Germany on the 25th ult., and is to be con- 
tinued until September 26. It is held in the gardens 
of the Flora Society, a short distance only from the 
of a general view of the Exhibition as a who 
latter is, indeed, scattered through several houses, 
little and big, hence there is not much opportunity for 
The gardens of the] Society are pictur- 
supplemental iere of land is occupi 
1 : 
y e 
implements, tools, vegetable products of all kinds—in 
е, st miscellaneous assortment of articles, 
some of which have but a very remote — with 
horticulture—as much, howe — as have 
articles and similar impertinences that one тшге with 
at the shows of the Royal Agricultural Society sas 
similar at ho show is very 
and extensive, т "ms nearly 3000 exhibits 
arranged under eight principal divisions :—1, plants 
2, vegetable products ; ; $ garden architecture ; 4 
ls ; is mis- 
ere 
this character, 
ree 
on. 
of which me 
three) are Е shed 
e can only affor Pas to allude to some of the 
mu remarkable ойын exhib 
mong exhibitors of NEW See we may кет 
Маш Jakob-Makoy & Co., of Liàge 
collection containing man 
eyes for the last 
most recently. 
and ber quitan varieties 
lisii, Dieffenbachia аы; ; Draczena раа шона, 
а long narrow-leaved эст of very dark hue ; Pavonia 
Wiotii, a new Malvaceous plant, figured in t 
чаан лене but which has not, we believe: 
shown this country yet; its beauty lies 
мни ‘bright pink bracts, 
the the plant appears to be of **sticky " habit, but if this | 
lant as effecti 
overcome we. ala have 4 a new p 
interesting. The same firm show Liparis 
elegantissima, an “Orchid lis leaves dotted with 
pinkish spots, various new Marantas, 
as t 5 
eep green velvetty 
disc ja тер white, the 
ar эа arly picked out 
and a часы, little Бара не named 
S. textura, "having much the appearance of a finely- 
plaited chain 
M. L. de Smet, of Ghent, sends, in addition to 
various new variegated plants, — a variegated 
Imatophyllum Aitoni, a plan Ficus ee 
and harming ne e, quite one of the 
most remarkable pA in the exhibition The present 
specimen is small, we were assured that M. de 
Smet has a full-sized сана in his nurseries, which 
shows that di 
- gained ата M ne 
Lg с, to them, little really gi 
LI done in the four days of the 
ood work could | named 
meeting. 
Williams, w whose plants are small bu 
E 
I. Linden's new os included a new m 
some new Crotons, ond Cyanophyllum mar 
r era, with flowers ts ofa 
beautiful blue colour, and o P 
Messrs. & "e exhi bit a very i 
collection of new and rare plants (not for compe) 
ане ad Ne a davalioides furca 
Meis us-like le 
gata ; 
in any c 
ornamental. Pectore lamel Orchid 
lately — at South Kensington, is also exhibited 
here ; as well as Lapageria alba, and the divided. 
leaved Costo Disraeli, лаз пб ve atten- - 
m from the peculiarity of its form. | 
itch & Sons show Asplenium геа. б 
а үе ч of Adiantum princeps, lately figured i in our 
col A. Luddemannianum, and A. gracillimum, 
ame exhibitors also show 
m Chantin 
Mr. В. S. 
Williams shows а ery fine collection, ы Ber 
tolomia Van Houttei, Wood a radicans cristata 
a, Till liia. 
ampylobo 
n, Ж 
Haene ко shows a fine miscellan 
collection of а plants, including Araucarias, Ато, | 
Crotons, Draczenas, Marantas, &c. 
en Foo and varied these misce 
seen previously. 
fine re et a new hybrid Suntan x 5, 7 
"A illia : 
чо —Among Palms ex ie several "e 
essrs, Abel of Vie 
оноо о nna, Linden of | 
hent, Lemonnier of Brusse For the | 
prize for twenty-five the competition is very keen 
etween MM, Linden and Я Linden 
has secured the best place for his lot, but we are not 
sure that M. Lemonnier's plants are not, on the 
whole, superior. M. Adolf d'Haene shows a fine - 
plant of Corypha australis. М. Linden of 
three new Palms include ppt macrostachya, 
Geonoma princeps, and Phoenix rupicola. 
rep ) 
Cycads there с fewer fine plants than 
usual, M. Van Geert has his fine plant of C. circis - 
nalis, M. amia Vroomii, Lehmanni, 
брав бенен. 4 апа sereal 
5 b 
Jean w species co 
M. shows also a nice collection 7а 
ET lants, but interesting : 
them small plant of the handso —Ó Pandants 
майек fariniferus, 
ORCHIDS, —These y no means —— 
are Cyprip 
Одоно а. 
Mesospinid 
cum, 
are grandly shown 
M 
but леу coloured 
y C. undulatus, C. 
Herr Gruson, of Maier. 
collection of these handsom 
Villiams, but not о о finely c 
at form he compact tab abe 
a dwarf 
leaves of 
of Mr. 
b 
golden colour, It is stated pier 
