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Another prominent food plant is the Cacao 
South America, a Mallow resembling a 
tr 
requires a poon still, tropical atmosphere, an 
has failed i nde districts s on the removal of 
the sheltering for 
'The las 
t food Sant we have to mention is the 
ec- 
the civilised world, and the botanists of Captai 
Cook’s expedi o the iety Islands after- 
wards de it as “the most wonderful 
penny loa 
! bebo on this 
e eb agr and the 
e bread- bearing 
N 
St. Hel he rest were la it Jamaica 
nd St. ent, and the vessel freighted from 
the botanical garden there with plants for Kew. 
Unfortunately the Breadfruit proved inferior 
in the West Indies to either the Banana or the 
tai Wes 
A great traveller which must bs loan is 
ће A ачаа which thrives in all w climates, 
and even ee to be зед ini in a tub in 
metropolitan gardens. e may observe of this 
and a host of prs important plants, that war has 
ceased to be useful in opening up the cies 
tot à at, іп instead of disseminat | 
‘modern times, s, useful plants have been carried 
on free-trade principles to all new countries and 
colonies where the soil and Шон suit Аер. 
am rly о 
mention. Peac 
Nectarines, арЫ рй, Реагѕ, Apples, ; 
ons, Citrons, Straw Tries, 
Bananas, and Mangos, wi 
including the Grap 
оа а does the corn of I Euro 
an especially. Plan 
improved. Т, change of air iu $ 
their new homes better than in their original 
йе. That useful salad, the Watercress, 
becomes a gigan ater- nds when trans- 
.to New Zealand, and in дома some of 
n perfection in 
m our varieties of Apples and Pears a proach the 
ee ы 
Nature bare in any places, or 
world 
at least of the best агаа of the 
vegetable kingdom, and it seems to have been 
ointed work to Ef up Y up vacancies with 
remind the reader of ayed by d 
in distributing useful er бене the last two 
undred years. a suggestive prover 
in certain Г desolated piam * Wherethe Tu 
e 
Englishman's foot,"a t 
stowed, since it арав 
suitable districts. 77. Evershed. 
New Garden | Plants. 
| AGAVE Victoria REGINA, 32. 7.” 
ste a pe i thei Thtesmintiond iti at 
in last, and was alluded to Da 
i September 
(p. 294) in our report of that meeting as 
Agave Victoria Regina, sp. n.—Stemless ; lea thick, 
wey ss, deep green, about 50 in a rosulate "Ti, йү, 
“а most 
charming new Agave," shown by M. L. de Smet, of 
Ghent, and having more the aspect of a Leuchten- 
bergia than ofan Agave. The entire ае ofthe ет 
which was very limited, has bee ured for his 
unique RUN by J. T. Peacock, "fig , of Sud- 
bury , Hammersmith, by whom the largest 
plant, Wes m t fig. 101, and which measures about 
across, was exhibited at the October meeting 
of the Floral Committee. On this occasion it received 
the unanimous award of a First-class Certificate, and 
was recommended to be especialy marked by the 
decoration of a gold medal. Probably ecimen 
exhibited was not fully grown, but still the plant does 
not appear to be one of large size. 
sombre leaves are somewhat 
wards the acutely carinate point, 
wide, of w. consisting of a pulverulent matter, 
e marks бы surface of the adjoining leaves when 
they lie in contact in the undeveloped state. It is 
certainly one of the most distinct Agaves in cultiva- 
tion, and as regards the peculiar type of beauty 
exhibited by this tribe of plants, it must be regarded 
as a gem e first water. The plant belongs to 
the group with spicate inflorescence, its affinity being 
with A. filifera 
We have andy. mentioned that the name adopted 
by Mr. Peacock has been given by the express per- 
mission of Her Majesty the Queen; 7. Moore. 
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Caudex Gs scales none, orverysmalland obscure; | 
] black, | ` 
‘stipes de y. сап 
clothed like the whole of the ma 
y А 
апа тоге deflexed, the upper the base dis- 
tinctly. auricled, the Tower rounded or slightly cut 
ei eins distinct, t 
pepara: sori eating alo: 
the midrib, more e, таге] 
diplazioid ; bci moderately broad, persistent, not 
iat TS of the frond moderately 
Synopsis TOI, 20 209*. d 
STANDARD PEACH TREES. 
THE line which marks the limit between districts 
and where standard Peach trees will and will 
not ripen fruit, is so uncertain 
worth 
success, hot many places 
of hed 
hedgerow timber, like England—makes all the differ- 
ares (6 inches s long), triquetrous, gibbose at the base, tapered to 
acutely ca ас poin ш, which, аз well as the spineless margin, 
ECTS 
condition the edges leave te i 
on the surface of the adjoining leaves а surface c ali pees 
ce 
from "i x а the нет is uced a curved, t Ж 
аре um єткїн, dick 
ат 
Mexico. 7. Moore 
зт чур apices: 9 que ста pilosis, techy 
dense pilosi UE A ae sessilib E 
¢renatis acutis basi superne. here 
leviter cuneato- , Venis 
soris e costa medium pinnarum saree tary 
zioideis, involucro glabro me —Hong Kong. 
firm, both | whose likings 
osition in ы 
ence. Here, Peaches from standard trees are gathered _ 
p a frequency; there, within a shot - 
dri T HE zi are Чез, few an d arbe — 
ма then, even on wrong j 
side " M frontier, жайа Peach trees in sig nooks 
and gen mers will surprise their ers with _ 
a fairly: good “crop. Jor нер cli ites is not RI : 
m 
r fruit, a tree must first haye _ 
set it, and а А the ‘ordeal of the spring, 
d, the map s 
e farther E up Qe Pons 
here Ried to, at ame time enjoy gre 
advantages of анар aspects and milder vin 
Dr. 
Bennet, in his exhaustive comparison of 
Mediterranean loca llities у => shown that latitude is 
er A forbia: but that t, within a a certain range, situation 
sall-im portant. If standard Peach treesnot unfrequen nly 
the coast of the French ee Pas-de- Calais, 
ree compensate 
ers, if warm enou 
a 
are ‘in. In 
к specially, all the late Peaches come fro 
standa rd t ich are allowe row here a 
flavoured, 
= to its ——À the 
emember i urgundy w 
е-и пси онна знай slice 
fable glass aet with Peaches, peeled, ers a 
with w 
oN FINE bona say, of th 
standard Peach trees have ever been budded or ges 
edli 
nd, the 
will satisfy those who get tired of t 
ikings are more сумаш. fixed, “can 
y sowing stones of approved Pe: 
, too, is of erate | t, adapt 
them to ta gadens or orchards of moderate extent, 
But a m all expectation of fruit 
Peach il is so lovely an object in spring (someti 
as to ех adoption for 
а, succession 
Quite recently, the stan 
pretensions to be a foliage ph 
variety in its 
Im 
with grati the sense of si 
"Bat even M blossoms may serve for the indulge 
of taste. e late Léo 3, the Timothy T 
of the Petit Ж during the height of his 
