530 IHE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER гї, 1875, 
to that of the Hazel. Indeed, F анны че ME 
1embers f оак 
together. Inthe is named 
towards the base, where le are cere irem verd 
tute 
n 
delight in cultivating curious things will fin 
in this family. The Liquidambars are associated 
with them, and I may mention the handsome green- 
house shrub, Rhodoleia Championi, — чан р. 597, 
volume > = 
presents us with many outlie 
families. Clerodendron tricho иша is a sm 
inly not so 
insit — but j aie mene given 
of them by Oldham and other travellers in Japan, the 
tree must present a very stri when in 
та z = iia еа ornamental 
lish red flowers i 
Kew, but I donot know whether it has yet flowered 
this country. p en in question is about 6 feet 
igh. Near this are plants of two Japanese species of 
the allied genus C pa, C. japonica ; 
that bearing the latter name is probably not the true 
plant. ofthem are of more botanical inter 
than ornamental value on amurense, a 
en 
small tree belonging to ma. apn бау, introduced 
a few years ago, appears be д. hardy. m is 
closely allied to "Ptelea ая North Ameri 
tree of dim not so o pi dern sh Ui diis 
aracter would warrant. But the Phelloden- 
a nati 
same group are two or three species of боту 
lon 
and Skimmia laureola, ; called Ea 
laureola. The n ev 
iL S. laureola is a native of the moun f 
„ India, having a wide range in the Himalayas at an 
шода of o 19 ooo fe Zantaoxylon on schini- 
pi their habitats in Japan, 
are probably quite eels, as, perhaps, isalso the broad. 
spe «p ey very aro- 
matic more Pe less pri = shrubs, having glandular 
dotted lea’ the Orange tribe; but they 
are pin 7 the two eu the 1 smali, 
the length. 7. 
p ame t Japanese Pepper, on 
iperitum bears the 
account of the panel taste of its seeds, Represen: 
eral ot 
vation are here. 
cos japonica, belonging to the sam 
po familiar Halesia, Cordia thyrsiflora, a Japanese 
species of 
the Boragineze 
of North ае mg thri 
charis halim 
Composite pes suitable for p 
is just — into 
or hates! be 
ng og to Чы ees Пу 
d having = ender, pendulous 
l а. imbricata. i 3 
: e 
Crowberry, : 
of Portugal. 
here, but I have геу рег ра ту 
лига.) 
ТНЕ Ыт ы AUSTRIA- 
UNGAR 
THE forests of ава are chiefly peopled 
by trees of the conifer and those that 
clothe the sides of the mountains of the higher 
altitudes are almost exclusively Pinus P Of 
uc О in the 
marshy soil of the Sudetes, of the Reisen and 
Lichten Mountains, the Alpine, Bohemian, and Car- 
hose on the north-east of 
Gallicia, the Bukowina, and Hungary. In the so- 
called Alpine districts, such as Upper Austria, Salz- 
bourg, the Tyrol, Styria, Carinthia, and Upper Car- 
niola, the (Lar æa) largely dis 
seminated among may again be found 
in large quantities in portions of the Sudetes, in the 
vicinity of Freudenthal, Facquendorff, and Valbers- 
dorff, where the specimens of this tree are remarkably 
= má plentiful. Next to these in — ude and 
mination must be classed the mon Pine 
(Pinus sylvestris), with which the Mem moun- 
tains of Northern Bohemia abound, It is also to be 
found in plentiful quantities in the sandy or silicious 
wi e Lower Bohemian mountains, in 
ustria, 
pect spots in the ge It grows generally in 
— degrees and propor- 
metim be with trees of other families, 
collective quaties on a separate area. It is ge = 
rally intermingled with other trees of different families, 
ne as 
is to be only found in Lower 
pe in the Steinfeld, near Weiner-Neustadt, 
Moedling, and Pottenstei 
of the Pine family exist in 
of importance for industrial or useful objects. Among 
EU yenit rre 
agus sylvatica), with w a great por- 
1| dm of e erate Mountai of the central 
ae Silesia, and Boh 
ы more especially the basaltic heights s Northern 
Bohemia, of the Wiener-Wald, South Styria, 
E 
d platanoides); also the Lime 
tree (Tilia ыа particulari in the south-eastern 
part of Low ustria, in 
tree (Castan са is interm 
soil of a ty, and on more level ground, 
The Field Maple ( (Aer campestris) is common enough 
in the valleys o above-mentioned p: 
rivers. It isto Poplars, 
Willow trees, and ч rent other ———á of soft 
timber and 1e banks ofthe E Danube, 
Thaja, and of iclan The Mountain 
and the ме 
t irch tree (Betula alba and Betula 
pubescens) are always to be found li 
the wo forest t a — 
The Ak especially flourishes in the valleys an 
along dei river courses, also in the slo of th the 
advanced ridges of mountains, conjointly vith the 
h. quantities of Oak are to be found in 
the lower regions of wa: ave become 
fertilised and enriched by alluvial deposits, as in 
hemia, Moravia, S and ustria, It 
wer 
grows in considerable luxuriance on the plateaux and 
slopes of the undulating hills in these provin 
to be found of this precious tree, but 
In parts of Bohemia and Hungary Mr, Е 
states that entire forests have been so 
estroyed and uprooted that it is very doubt wht 
the land is susceptible of again resuming its tree.bear. _ 
ing qualities. Among several of the өү. tha | 
is a feeling of regret at the barbarous hav 
made of these forests, the m 
the poverty of the soi 
n 
ive , if clothed with the products which 
Nature had implanted there it would still yield 
iderable n o encourage the 
planting of the forest pipes which had been n da 
or agriculture, prizes or rewards have been given by 
pointed by the 
Posi restal laws. 
unes and proprietors d | 
айу ice, and to form 
containing the results of all iante s useful i inves. 
Societies have been form 
awaken in them a sympathetic interest for the conser. | 
vation and preservation of forests in general, and trees | 
in particular. 
The expropriation or kapran of на forests in 
pecially in ungary, $ 
and baneful 
sape disease, especially in the to ‘ 
now totally unprotected ; ; in this — may be | 
mentioned Pesth Presburg, and Vien 
perfectly intolerable in spring, summer, y autumn, 
Fournal of the Society of Arts, 
THE FARM. | 
Eccs,—In the routine of the poultry yard all the | 
iun сла with the production of eggs are an 
important consideration, whether regarding quan quantity | 
or quality, the time of laying, or the subsequent | 
management, | 
The summer supply takes little реше for the і 
ordinary fowl will lay when the rings both | 
keeper's difficulty. 
and feathers are e forthcoming at once, and cold! в 
unfavourable to the production of eggs, so that e | 
constitution, weather and diet together, unless met 
pere лн and artificial arrangement, 
The 
tion, of course, where fow ui | 
Керї chiefly fc for the supply of eggs, is to select from the | 
known laying breeds what may be es suited 0 
rege иа taste of the owner, and also the capabilities - 
of th F 
The po from its quiet habits, is be suited 0 F 
a co space, lays 
and ornamental from its colour, and Aes having 4 
marked flavour, agreeable to most t 
invariably to invalids; it lays during the 
complete i53 f 
ме more as relics than in s sufficient quantity for 
x : 
same ma be id of the 
culture of this tree in Lower Carinthia, Gallicia, and 
th some of the mountains is 
wi 
Е 
The Spanish to ray a handsome good- кч he 
egg in great quantities, rarely wants to s! 
warm x can cbe given will lay well ho i 
e amburghs are per layers hec al de | 
all their varieties, and the Pencilled Hamburg = 
“everlasting layers" as they are Lalled) i 
very large = He of small eggs, and are i 
en cae but р ey also are said to require gel | 
The Dorkings, though not to be classed amongst 
non-sitters, produce a great quantity of large wel 
