D 
1 and d с ё. анаан considera 
pe сон his twelve-year-old specimen period of 
years gained is an immense advantage in ex- 
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eproduced, anda eres узар и a blending of the two. 
Unfortunately the Aroids ты so easily dried as 
us Adami, of en I have ome very instructive 
ipecimens rom Dona 
I will now Proceed t to ha ee of the several 
hybrids 
i Рій, Sims x pinnatifidum. Pics first 
leaves of ая еѕ e ved a а in shape. In the 
female par msii, th al part of нет 
еч: is gradually broader, becoming lanceolate, with 
arrow ped auricles at the bas а In the male 
ntra ary, the succ bee 
withal much 
margin s Am indentations, 
a Gic , successive e until the 
So far as 
e paren are in 
о or "this slight DE which’ sué- 
ceeding EM are more numerous and 
it begins to б unately I have 
no information р Ње Ес of the flowers, 
but M. Kellermann omes at the fruit resembles 
that iw the female are 
e cross are exact 
of a cross usually se a a variety = forms and colours: 
witness many of o ists’ 
2. Philodendron pinnatifidum. х Sum, Here the 
escri 2: 
P. ‘Selloum, which I saw prd in the | gardens 
Souci, near Potsdam, under the care of M. 
3. Philoden 
is oro 
CM ze 
dron О? x x бат. —This hybri id 
ing. Selloum belongs, as 
the мрести with e ЙЫН 5 
andi, - the other hand, has undivided 
broad, _fistulose , petiole, about 
blade 'i broad in 
un 
ea 
7 inches longi he 
the d — TE tow: 
petiole it in the е - а thick midrib. 
The entire ier of the blade is about 18 inch 
The first leaf of P. Wendla ndi i is ano TIE 
lanc ding to Linnzus), and it is 
ards the base, where the 
this influence becomes more apparent 
he larger гага furnished with eight or ten primary 
"^ diverging om the midrib. - After the twelfth 
leaf tw ivi slight lo Henin appear, increasing to 
i elopes. Concurrently the base of 
broader, and en cordate ; 
Fag 
БЕБЕ 
ве disposition: and 
o they were folded 
ch half of the leaf 
f, and then onl 
olour of the slender, more Pet 
he as des nature d 
r will be inte 
mediate between those of the two ези, ог арргоа ei 
those of one or zi more closely, is a question 
of the чиж host it importance 
sm Jour „РТ, 
—An- 
Коло Pr dates seri belongs to a group of "m 
with entire cordate leaves, the texture of whic 
Eventually the 
mit of a rather 
long peti 
e ibt the р рез is of a light shining = colour, ' 
r the information of those ve^ 
first leaves of the hybrid are like those of ead 
female parent. "With the third or wan rth leaf the ner 
begins to change 
cations of the lighter shin f the male parent, 
which begins to туй in the fifth or sixth leaf. 
Of course, as this goes o ark green ground and 
nearly white nerves of the female A graduall 
appear. In ы ipi er z ninth leaf the light green 
of the E par aln же reproduced, ad 
n connection with this the — rmation of the —- 
of the leaf goes — y becom 
heart-shaped, and is proc the twelfth leaf. 
e arrangement of the leaf-buds anges likewise, 
— le e fo А {тота 
left to right, while i um t of the 
atoradiat 
арр Me are separately folded together, € all of 
ed inwar e lower ones 
ооу folded over d p r, Or directed 
upwards, The leaves of p hybrid were rolled up 
es left to right, and the 
5 CrO eac ober 
in point. best 1 the es half is rolled 
es left to right, эе; the poste lf from right to 
left, over each o As so bd as the leaf unrolls 
itself a slight fidiata of lobing is apparent at the 
ere the two margins cross. In succeeding 
leaves the Myr ol E amber ofi in As and then 
in three, mber о appearing, 
о divisions. 
Fi nally th the | Le of the leaf is есы in such a manner 
All the plants req in perfect 
D mem. and they then flowered. Unfortunately 
M. Kelle ermann was unable t to give me тй 
Воже: ond 
the fact that only in a few Моше: instances dea the 
te and wally cc Е зуунд seeds 
re imperfectly 
med. Perfectly developed im ом єс pens 
failed to effect impregnation. Karl Koch, Berlin 
CAMPSEA ASHE, 
THE RESIDENCE OF J. G. SHEPPARD, EsQ. 
TuęIs place is situate about a mile from Wickham 
Market Station, and adjoins the princely demesne of 
Lord Rendlesham. The house is built with plain r 
brick in the Elizabethan style of vei and is 
approached from the high road through a well woode 
park, stocked with a mixed herd of he spotted and 
dark fallow deer. The principal features of the place 
are the gigantic Cedars of Lebanon that stand on the 
lawn near the house, and the grand avenue of Limes, 
extending far away into the park on the right. This, 
probably, at some former time was the carriage 
Bi eer but, if so, the road has been done away 
taken its ае By а judicious 
Adis of the level of the wn leading to ped ЕЗ 
avenue it i "a con of th 
The two are ed Ъу а deep ha-ha, with a folii 
ing wall, which is kept just below the мон of the 
› giving i when 
tance, that rtunately, the 
public el with the ee "oL te the ouse, 
little scope for p 
The most t that éd póribly be done 
that direction. 
as, however, been made of the ground, as here 
a charmin ng fernery, with intricate pathways 
bs, and 1 on into 
учен away m. the shru 
t and thriving rosery, planted principally with 
ual ia ies. on from he 
ter the bowling ground, the turf of which is of 
the неч velvety texture, and almost as level as a 
billiard table. Surrounding this, and Ragen ` the 
boun thereto, is a Yew fence, 
ore coming to the measures 
over 20 feet in circumference, and some of the others - 
ding out huge branches tha 
and bolts, 
е Copper Beech of large 
size ; ; bat these | ponderous Cedars appear to Joata all 
and even make the — look 
small by com aparison. “In cont « of the house is a neat 
— e with well filled beds, centre rica of 
which was most striking and attractive, мел contained 
plants of t t; Acer 
ily bei 
tion, "This should be — a pem, - by those seeking 
us and effective combinations of colour, 
Mr. ‘Keen’ s fame as a grower and exhibitor of 
Roses is well known, an 
Poi e kitchen, vin 
tected, we found huge 
afford those marvell 
ing winds of early 
lass, Puch is old lights or other pum 
ut to prote from the 
at 
ere, = of Peal in stiff un nctuous loam, 
ound growing іп real Rose 
was the f fortunate raiser of Miss Jolliffe, 
other first- class winter-bloom- 
extent, the bulk of the veg: 
field, where they do much 
in close ee 
some useful lean-to vineries, good crops of 
REC чс же, mel "bunches of Grapes. A 
new Peach-house has been recently erected, in which 
the trees are making fine оош d that is fast 
filling the els dne the fruit they are bearing is of 
the finest desc a fixed one, and 
ba 
lever an its entire e house is 
a lean-to, and trees are planted both back and 
ose planted to fill the front trellis are worked very 
low, and have trimmed up to form clean stems of 
2 feet 6 inches or so. This is asthe 
Peach stem s much faster than the ш 
ariety. 
Seed of 
hens for blooming next season. $. S. 
