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7 GARDENERS’ 
CHRONIGEE. 
[SEPTEMBER 11, 1875, 
of the eighth edition of Linezeus’ Genera Plantarum, 
published at Vienna in 1791. Itis in a folded piece 
of paper, Baiting the inscription— 
pM mn 
Pot, "font m 1793. 
Much remains to be done yet po: I can write the 
ay 
of the Rocky Mountain specimens of grandis (now in 
b British Museum), however hoary or light coloured 
may be, has stomata on the upper surface of its 
leaves. Wit he difficulty was in another 
direc It е of os dis- 
was 
similarity in the 
felt 
Q 
genus is gentleman published a pamphlet entitled 
Histoire et c ulture du Fi 
uchsia, g $ 
and last year the fourth edition of this useful work 
appeared, of which I will shor nd you a brief 
notice, І obtained it from the author thro my 
friend, André: and subsequently President 
Porcher kindly communicated the following letter, 
which will be of interest to all ia growers. 
pave not yet had time to verify the authorities he 
he name 
he names 
ef the persons who sent out certain varieties g 
been confused with the raisers, One of my p r in 
eners Chronicle is to get the 
р. 
бот tw hat he E not acqua 
with the true plant. Не regre is age (seventy- 
,eight) him from going to 
al C this subject. - ing varieties ante- 
rior to 1844 ** the following,” he says, **is all the in- 
can give. I collected the descriptions 
of a certain number of species, which I included in the 
second edition of my work f these being 
superseded by superior varieties were simply men- 
tioned with the raisers’ names in t 
may prove useful 
e you, and be the means of dE further informa 
tion for me. 
Varieties of. Fuchsia sent out from 1837 20 1844. 
ised. by John Salter, ben ring at Versailles— 
Albino, Audoti, Baudouin, Brennus, Edwardsi Serge 
Gloriot, La Chinoise, Mira Ec Oreste, Pri rincesse de 
Bees MENS Бале eri, sanguinea superba, — 
eugh- onspicua arborea 
Chander српарісца 
wie whieh Victrix, a beautiful and elegant 
ety,’ don issue 1 more vigorous 
, such as ie (P. & Co.), Lady IO 
Sanke 1853), E: halia (Turner, 1855), Venus de Medici 
nks, 1856), which it was attempted to send out es 
new pin 1 -1873. 
Dicksoni, floribunda. 
„pps Bridegroom, Eppsii,,, Hero of Kent, 
da, Admirable, Clio, Desdemona, 
and 
4 
` TI? 
I 
I 
and 
Ma: oribu mene Жарын, pendula, terminalis, pul- 
chella, s удова 
Mille Constellation between fulgens and corymbi- 
: eo as remarkable for its beautiful colour- 
mith Одеса Victoria A 
) ebe, Stan 
ALCUN © 
Todd rod 
dishii (r 
Ter a President (obtained in ри 
. 'Thomso osa, elegans 1841 
оше - Youelli ( (1843 ?). cep eres 
may, doubtless, а 
of x gps te amm 
be veri soie ties the list in full, and I do 
not ask x Br published i information as I have access to 
most boo. B. Hemsley. 
NOTES RARE CONIFERS. 
MR. MURRAY finds it ‘*very difficult to attach 
im o « m алыган 
in the uem of Picea concolo et goes on, some- 
paradoxically, to sy th н “the stomata on the 
upper surface of the leaves 1 
me oo M*Nab has to say of these 
He ves :—* P, Lowii (recent) differs from this 
Сі) ас м outline, but agrees perfectly in all 
At the ime the 
other ch same sections 
hich he gives a the кү of Piceas concolor and 
grandis testify to a great internal, as well xternal, 
difference, But bei ceri I ought not to have quoted 
e Professor in support of my vie Murray is 
surprised at me for having quoted Dr. Engelmann and 
Roe my own behalf, because he cannot see what 
bearing their Hop uh ha aie matter. In — to 
Mr. Mar ray, and to as been pleas call 
my ‘‘ capacity," I e^ v ibat the расе di which 
the names of those prime occur bears my meanin 
on its face. at m 
fet and mi had Mr. 
куйе been equally privileged wi ose gentlemen 
ing Picea concolor in its natural 
sapin rise to this 
om hi 
discussion sca would have a 
clusions on. ing the case, and 
outcome of this rome D in view, I АШ satisfied tha - 
Mis have to thank such scraps or botanical fragmen 
r the present deplotable, I had хао said dis Mea 
ii, state of botanical nomenclature, and now it is for 
ay. 
e remembered that in а former paper І 
advanced the opinion that P. concolor had a closer 
= my to P. lasiocarpa of Н oket “than to any other 
wn species of Picea. But I m d so only because I 
believed lasiocarpa шос ) to be the same as lasio- 
mmerce ; "end it may be seen 
that the subject аньг оЁ ту ра 
that comparisons were made be h 
leaves of these two species t since the appearance 
of — McNab’s section s the leaf of lasiocarpa 
ook nclined it a good speci 
halve сат examined the intem al MÀ es et - 
le of rather more than two-thirds o 
Piceas, and the only on e that 1 find at all approaching 
it is Mr. Murray’s bi 
(Hook.), the r 
this difference, that in n canals are 
bluntly wedge-shaped, with the thin edge pointing to 
the midrib, 
Mr. Murray are E. Й сч cage Assi is more 
than one species a under the of E 
carpa, one ihe peri separate fr riz om grand vec 
In that ret is ite: right. There is first—leaving ou 
lasiocarpa of Hooker, which certainly is not in a culti 
біо адсыра of horticulturists, better 
Lowiana ; and, second, lasiocarpa of Balfour, OT 
known as Vancouveri. e не, І 
is the one which Mr. Murray not separate 
= That — isa slight difference mari its 
ves and those о 
doubt; they are short a smaller i eir parts, 
course, e differences cannot be considered 
certain] 
him right, I will give — ^ Mr. Barron, who will, I 
have no doubt, kindly do 
As it was I who sent Mr. Murray the Picea flowers 
which "e^ refers to, I beg to remind m tha t they 
Lowi 
were labelled ‘‘amabilis” and “ ' and not 
“© grandis,” as he informs us, But whether grandis 
or not, this I know, or се опе led Lo 
middle of the upper nio of water: leave 
2 Their 
to oe ie in their 
number, Варе size, and position in the Teal, but 
oo ink in their size and $ Their 
ber and position seem to be of sub-generic im- 
I was — surprised yesterday on 
cture of leaves of all the 
1 species of Ley Spruces, to that 
from | [d to serve the Kitchen 
stablishmen 
Douglasii var. Drummond 
vac oa distinct from it, it te banat in the pos: 
ion of certain sub-generic chara 
It is a pi , too for Mr. B стал уро pei 
the single ms ран, when “к esent in the leaves of 
he order Taxid cupies the same теу А e 
leaf that it dm in the species of Tsuga. I fear tha 
is hypothesis will never attain to the dignity ott à 
pret zm Syme, Elvaston irene "e 
BRITISH GARDENERS. -XXV 
JoHN. Cox. 
AMONGST the practical p of the South d | 
England, Mr. John Cox, w 
amongst his brethren in the profession as a skilful and 
successful practical cultivator, — of vegetali 
and fruits, as a censor whose services are Mar. 
sought at the metropolitan exhibitions, and as a writer. 
whose teachings are always sound and trustworthy, 
ho is 
bed to be 2i We give his autobiography 
his o rd : 
ет бе no record to make of servitude in the рте 
places of the day, my early experiences ре confi 
principally to one pa where I made acquaintan 
days of hard work in plenty. I was bom. 
in the op of Buckla nd, in Berkshire, in Novemb 
1814, father d principal foreman in the th 
celebrated gardens of Sir John Throckmorton, one 
the great patrons of ret of that ay. Fro 
hence father went t & Kenn 
er 
of which о A 
in em = acti r ^ 
I tion this, merely to s t al 
life v wa spent amongst these most active gardening 
culpe кө oe Selen. Liela chool I was in 
trinated by a clever, but stern father, in most of 
practical det of the бош in 
including the measure of | : 
lan d so that he time I left school 
was large an 
previo ground: 
rtant part of a gardeners ed education, they ` 
E it much more difficult to attain practical 
it in after years. 
