OcTOBER 30, 1875.] 
LEE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
551 
di ET at dg which is about 5 feet high and 
but I have seen 
(new рна), р. Ls and Ross of 
S ind China which deserv 
ey 
E. е" slightly pea poe 
very much like this „the n 
m 
3 acorns | are a 
dried specimens 
It flowers 
the Gardeners 
very handsome deciduous species 
rves mention 
here, 
an 
minute ash-grey pube under surface. 
They are probably varieties of the same species, I 
know them only as young plants, but should imagine 
they would make handso br erin trees ; 
they are very distinct from any others commonly met 
with. 
I will M Е" € sketch ic 4. of the РЕ 
n spec 
North Am 
nes; and many 
belived to = of hybrid origin, as a 
forms, In 
eighteen heres mber 
forms. With the exception o of Q. virens 
t forms o 
certain wild 
е Nim Sho there are sixteen or 
of intermediate 
cinerea 
them 
E. n 
inautum 
toria, coccinea, rubra. palustris. 
utumn. Th ehandsomest of f this group are Q. tinc- 
'They are all 
quick growing trees, with straighter branches and on 
very broad ope 
c and glossy pne abov 
end of S 
eptember in Барав, 
апа 
they cha ange 
i: a beautiful e scarlet w 
of yellow о е a 
this charact "O tinctoria, sometim 
a variety of the тв has simila 
is more or less rusty- 
ont 
~ 
ary wall abutting on the main 
to Richmond, T i nearly iode the 
; but Th seen only small o: 
e coccinea аца о 
mes regarded a 
ar foliage, whieh 
am temperate 
of Q. t 
S nba. dies considerably from either of the 
rees 
umbrageous specimen o 
се — of the a 
| about forty or fifty yar 
Unfortunately it is not likely to survive man 
been ying. 
question was probably on 
In this со 
with'more d 
of this species 
a Vista, facing 
is speci 
introduced in 1739, and diera the 
ч least, larger, 
es on 
istant from 
es is r 
two mentioned 
the cup is PP corre a third, or sometimes nearly 
half of the acorn, are all perfectly hardy, but 
I have no p a them i in the neighbourho ood 
of the sea. W. B. H. 
HORTICULTURE IN THE 
SOUTH TYROL, 
(Conciuded from Ф. 519.) 
SOUTHERN fruits, also, were well represented, 
жой the Tus onis. Pied em and Pome- 
gr notice of its superior 
beauty and excellence, the йена айдында by the 
Archduke Heinrich; there were, moreover, several 
other good ес from Botzen. Details of these 
collections would carry me to too great a length, but 
I may mention the shell-fruit and Nuts. The Chest- 
nut forms beautiful forests in some districts, and pro- 
duces first-class fruit, which is also an article of 
commerce northward, e same remark applies to 
boo must act prejudicially to the prosperity of the 
ntry. M 2i E the fruit leaves eg ode to 
be des ired. Ther wo varieties of the Haz 
nut cultivated bes. ebd the long true Hazel nd 
Lambert's variety, both of which I am told grow wild 
in the country. 
I must not conclude my notice of the fruits without 
mentioning the collection of preserved, candied, and 
dried fruits exhibited Messrs, Tschurschen 
Schalco, of Botzen. 
P, 
L 
It comprised a great variety, 
ing all the sorts prepared in this manner by 
the firm, This firm deserves recommendation not 
qualily of its preserved fruits, 
ss, Then there were 
served up in the 
i 
Luterotti, which greatly attracted the visitors. The 
show of Grapes was extraordinarily large. The finest 
collection, undoubtedly, was that sent by M. Pizzini, 
of Ala, a most skilful and intelligent pomologist and 
cenologist. arge E UM. garden for 
testing the qualities of diferent t en x valley of 
the Adige, from the э diclo Ala, has its 
— varieties of Gra 5 as n cÉ pples ; but 
of these, as I have already observed, are not 
of com- 
petent — there are only seven sores that merit 
cultivation, t wie see such are en ted in the 
remi Ver — C v suitable 
** Nob rnatsch ” 
dien White 
е the 
short-stalked and the sd pani Lagrain, the 
Schwarzwiilscher, the Blue Moster, and the Red 
Trollinger. 
There was a pretty collection, in ле" of most of 
the principal varieties cultivat the Trentino, 
Also a number of plants тонне the different 
methods of culture practised, though only exception- 
te ge 
C. 
i 
ey would sustain this unusual 
e treatment t 
— I doubt, epa — this method x 
culture would succeed wi orth Germany, о 
even vr e Rhine, To. eor ый а degree of to 
ductiveness, the climate of Mantua, or at least of the 
Trentino, would be necessary. 
There. was also a large number of wine presses of 
different construction exhibited ; а proof of the desire 
i i is direction.” It is to be hoped 
d gradually causo the bad wine commonly 
peior or quality 
Next to the fruit and fruit nugas. vegetables and 
ost fully Labonte 
ments o 
‚ the collection staged by M. Pizzini, o 
comprising, as it did, nearly 
wn in the Tr entino, in a high itate 
culture, This collatio n possessed an an additional 
interest from the fact that the exhibitor had made a 
series of comparative trials of the qualities of various 
vegetables grown in the valley and on the hill-sides ; 
the latter carrying the palm, A second collection, 
deserving aped азад JEA for соста шо 
Putzer. It was as go 
freshly-cut Asparagus, certainly 
» season, The entire collection was tastefu 
with wreaths of Hops, The relatively v 
slightly bitter Catkins are not used here for brewing, 
but aT are tn by the apothecaries. 
ction of vegetables and grain-bearing 
plants exhibited by the Agricultural College of Trient 
kab not alone for E 
le es 
ем eh y of the аа objects, but also for 
the tasteful manner in which they were arranged. 
richness and variety it surpassed both of those already 
na The large assortment of Potatos was espe- 
cially noteworthy ; an less degree, the varieties 
f Maize, which, on account of its general use in the 
preparation of folent ay be la 
binges rather than with the cere 
were two sorts of vegetable in this lot, 
va 
[17 
P 
v 
o 
omato, Lycopersicon esculen tum, 
with them. The latter, it is true, is pretty pense 
also h 
акы 
however, that as 
naked walls of the rooms. Ne s жоу 
desirable that a full report of this Puis of 
ture, from the pen of a person thoroughly pele cary 
with the subject, should speedily make its ap ce 
one of the agricultural journa Resp g the 
sa n E further here, because, being a str 
ts qualities, I am unable 
ei gens varie eties 
изар ы to Fagopyrum 
The section for trees and mae s was extremely 
n Pizz 
interesting. M. Pizzini exhibited a collection of ir 
distinct species of shrubs and trees, most ot which 
w wild in the vicinity of Ala. is collection was 
intended after for ins purposes in the 
communal sc Similar collections would be o 
great service in our national schools. There are two 
species of timber of special importance in the Tren 
наву namely, the Walnut-tree and the southern Nettle- 
e 
longer able to meet it. 
Paige to turn p attention to other, extra- Euro- 
pean countries, Persia has called upon to 
Mee to "E supply, ЖЫ z^ forests of that cou: 
g worked 
ately the mer of the 
replaced to ; 
limited extent by other 
that may the 
dles, But even the whip-handles 
of this wood are so tough that t they ГӨШ not break. 
direction 
whip-han 
There are 
devoted to the үкүсү. Жел ae чу dles 
anufact n the Trentino work 
f billiard 
entirely 
са 
of articles ‘and materials; Am 
emen were handsome specimens of Apricot, Tak 
Pear, indigenous Oaks, Elms, and Maples, the first 
ase 
uropeans. 
Rhine and Italy is dy 
countries. 
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