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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 25, 187$, 
and green. But there is very little young wood 
in Wistman's Wood. Тһе specimen of one of 
the little trunks, which has been placed in the 
museum at Exeter by command of the Prince 
of Wales, to whom Dartmoor belongs as part 
of the Duchy of Cornwall, is as tough as it is 
old, and the annual rings of grown are so small 
that no reliable estimate can be formed of the 
probable age of the tree. I send you a young 
branch, 9 inches in length, with a notch cut near 
the lesser and older end, which is six-eighths of 
an inch in circumference, while the younger 
end is an eighth more. The anomaly in the 
size of the older compared with the younger ends 
of this diminutive branch may be due to the 
compression of the mass of moss in which it 
was imbedded. There are, I believe, eleven or 
twelve years' growth in this branch of 9 inches, 
and they are of unequal lengths, according to 
the character of the season. I am unable to 
count, with the aid of a pocket жеке» the 
чар and annual layers of wood at thetwo 
and 
enact at each Pg 
S, S das tO 
‘as number of years of intermediate growth ; 
oded 
the same species, as may be observed by the 
foliage and Acorns which I have attached to 
I do обы think it would be easy to find, 
ung » 
branch. ‘than — — I have sent 
ere are many s 
ones iti sopped "ind matte 
m 
roots freely under such circumstances. A 
arge b of a Mulberry lying on the 
ground wil take root. lm of 
6 feet girth, covered up by yard o 
earth, take root at the surface. But the 
Oaks of Wistman's Wood appear to d grown 
ex seed ie nd I did not observe any suc- 
cession of y One m might perhaps 
ung trees. 
discover seedlings among the 
but I omitted to make 
blocks of stone, 
a careful search, and my 
ood consists 
w y of 
trees are — with 
The so 
LY cue moor and эз bare sid f 
many a hill aro The site is damp. p, pro- 
cer. fusis a; and. Bracken i fi patches, growing 
| e stones. Below the water 
еа! stones а Several spots, 
th into a tiny rill, 
which feeds the river a few yards distant. 
H, Evershed. 
New Garden Plants. 
MILLA (EUMILLA) жуй ЫЧ, с Baker, Linn. 
—e Xou xi xi, 381. * 
A native of Buenos = lately imported by Mr. 
шәп, and flowered b y him this present summer 
at Tregony, in 
Сааб. In general habit and 
T. ) macrostemon, J 
381.—Bulbo tuni ;. foliis i f 
1 - spathæ val 
lin. , tubo 
sesquipedali; spa lanceolatis; umbelli 
floris em c oap en perianthii Black Gi 
à : 
urpureo carinatis tis ex fauce a 
5 г: * ` › : | 
uniseriatis, perianthio duplo brevioribus e exi 
irt 1 +7. Mu 3 
and fragrans, but differs by x d aa oe ts d 
segm 
LE ents joined a a distinct 
It is D bot к AU б. dn „эй ng the 
ac d scope Milla and Nothoscordum, but is not worth 
gro for 
decorative purposes. 
br "ede membranous tunics. 
зБ 
face. Sca efre, naked, uj BES чо 
Spathe valves two g e ate, 1— $ in ong. 
Flowers six to twenty to an umbel. Pedicels erect, 
lin ng. Perianth 4—3 inch deep, pale lilac 
6—30 lines 1 
or whitish, the base a green cup } inch 
oblanceolate blunt segments permane айу. „к 
4 inch broa x. a pope ж pie нер the back. 
ilaments six, t mo bath of the 
tube, white, "baccis, petal, авав long; yos 
pig i yellow ; ovary clavate, green nch deep; 
style filiform, 4 lines lon ngs е apitate, Сарке 
obovoid-trigonous, with the ovules densely ag ncm in 
wo rows in the upper half of the cells. 7. С. Baker 
deep, t 
MASDEVALLIA IONOCHARIS, 7. d 2 
This isa ‘pretty little thing, in the w. 
M. flori 
bunda, Lindl., surpassing the flower of Masdevallis | 
—— 
to make the seat and its surroundings one о 
f ў 
delightful spots in the midland counties, des | 
contiguity to the castle—for such is the ap llation by | 
the mansion is known, although it possesses fer, "n 
of the characteristics of the fortress generically kno ME 
y th are clustered th cottages and es | 
uses of the -to-do that make y | 
the village of Castle Ashby. "Ther bi ue is said to р | 
have been wr altered те imperi 
neg in 1624, and it is thought th 1 
BU be presu vk yt have been completed when King 
James I. and his тке honoured its noble owner - 
wie a visit in * 
he castle is most pud reached from i 
Castle Ashby Maio afew miles beyond 
ately ы 
by the dense growth of t \ 
is from the Yardley Hastings side, and here the man- 
iin is approached on the south side by a i 
(di has an oblong cus: with a very ve 
The flower-stalk is nearly 
equal t to em earns 
lar; 
flower, wi a 
and Sears ce whitish dure 
ge purplish violet. pos and a 
eret. all with smaller darker dots of the 
same lovely colour on the under lip of sepals, which 
are at ow Ee connate, ‘have nearly no free triangles, and 
orter than their y. Itis one of the 
pt Perv he Roy йн dig 
just flowered in the Ro otic Nur of 
Messrs, Veitch. 77. С. Rech yä US 
CASTLE ASHBY; 
THE SEAT OF THE MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON. 
THIs fine old № er te fae Senin is worthy 
e a prominent plate among the ‘stately homes of 
ngland.” It is situated on E ‘right bank of the 
river Neve, overlooking th which the 
river takes its course. Кыйра and art have combined 
MES . Rchb, Ё, п. sp.—(Clausz 
ina zquilonga E 
culo ик с=т mrada 
pedicellum non | quante; floris puce la, таш: 
Masdevallia tonocharis. 
porte) folio longissime atten 
entata 
tabulos p 
cauda constante ; sepalis inferioribus minutis ex triangulis latis 
M ME filiformes floris m к. ILE eem n айыы чы 
се obliquis emar supra um angu- 
its: bel ig enin, basi cordato a apice sibridentato; carinis 
s, paral arinula tertia apice tantum 
чеч Mme im minute pauciserrato. 
gm 
arboreal giants in сме and in glorious 
tcs huge 
luxuriance, with charming glim f the exceedingly - 
1 ing g pas е о тазі 
picturesque ornamental water. 
of attractiveness is зафт to о the view of tt 
itor. 
The architec ectural characteristics of the entrance ii 
and of the residence are of considerable 
cal interest, but this is not the place to refer a 
ae кеса ч k 
rounding this noble care ave not eer E 
SUM with its dignity, aud and althoug at all times ye 
must have been very impressivi ss 
ee present Marquis, who i я and care уй 
orough artisi, bes witb A oving hongt an tubo 
after year added new beauties to one of the fiti 
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