560 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[OCTOBER зо, 1875, 
Statements concerning the cultivation and preparing of 
Modder ith th 
Samples of dyes obtained from Madder, either alone or 
mixed with other colouri ring m 
: T. dyed with such d 
ме of €— dyed arly vv жоме dyes, partly 
Wak к ificially ned alizarine, a vith other chemical 
ышы, ie per менегез іп aida to an sonde 
as to the prospects of Madder industry by the continual im 
provements of these productions. 
N.B. The Madders to which the above nine questions 
are those of the Levant, of A 
s refer 
> 
Samples for elucidation, and 
ay in “which these sdult mons may be 
det З 
ir. Plants furnishing colouring matters similar to Madder, 
with statement of whatever may relate io $n culture and pre- 
paring of such dye-stuffs, elucidated by dried specimens and 
samp. 
12. A statistical review of the culture of Madder, and the 
trade in it during the last years. 
13. A collection of writings about Madder, its culture and 
uy appliances. 
s of the Madder plant and roots, 
in the апа stages of their derma 
è —INp1 
Required :—r. Dried specimens о - Indigo ма (ѕресіеѕ апа 
varieties), ot uctions obtained 
2. obra of the manner in th 
the d red. 
3. Samples of the soils in use for Indigo growing. 
odels and figures for illustrating the process of Indigo 
- tM are reared and 
M bea 
x: Lac cene of dye-stuffs obtained from Indigo alone, or from 
mixtures of Indigo with other dye-stuffs. 
© Stuffs dyed with such dyes. 
. A series T stuffs, — partly ot Indigo dye, partly with 
oductions from coal-tar or other mineral substances, adapted 
ison. In additión an opinion as to the prospects 
of the ndigo business under the increasing competition of 
chemical dyes. 
. The psp: dem of Indigo adverted to in the above 
seven queries are those from Dutch India, British India, 
У America, South Аас: Egypt, Africa, Western Asia, 
сэру Europe, арӣ any other region of the world. 
MEME of Indigo, у. samples of the articles bad 
в: hat purpose, and a statem ё the way in which s 
Minn oo: may bs Зее 
9. Other plants к ee а approved blue dye сап be 
n Ser tn anufactur квл nee А: on а large 
An account of ex. alae “of ‘such plants and the prepa- 
ed by mada, 
soon of the dye-stuff, elucidat figures and 
samples, 
to. A statistical review of the Indigo culture and Indigo 
trade of late years. 
az Fo collection of writings on the culture and preparation 
n 
12. oc, А complete catalogue of such writings ; also of such as 
13. om io representations of ihe Indigo plant and its 
ND GUTTA-PERCHA. 
Required :— As complete e a collection as possible of species 
of Asiatic Caogtelume! with statement T. AX names of the 
Рең from which, and the psg whence 
ollect ossible of ces of African 
ledio iem i statement of the names of the plants from 
which, and the place: 
» Idem, rr eie ll Caoutchouc. 
Caoutchouc from a defi- 
mi (Ixpra-RUBBER) AND 
With omes oft me 
“he district of Asia. 
s. Idem, of Africa. j of the = ant from ia it is 
6. Idem, of LL = 
Objects made of pure Caoutchouc. 
H eme as it exudes from the tree, in white 
g re 
ments used for ka gps s preparin of Caoutchouc. 
statement M name of 
тт. Dried flower-bearin, га dried fruit е branches of 
Caoutchous yielding plants if possible, with the anical and 
native appellatio eagh case with a sample of Caout- 
- ouc К еге Lm mi m. 
ri 
-bearing and dried fruit-bearing branches of 
plants yielding y Gutta- Pape ig if possible, Pe the botanical and 
vulgar name, and in а 
obtained therefro 
ach case with a 
(Го be continued.) 
ple of Gutta-percha 
may aed er Persons si offer this opinion 
and n able e the 
corres seni nt ме obs dei ed i 
for ve elf, but I must premise in the 
it is considered even a delicacy in countries that 
сам its — , Sweden 
and Finland 
spec 
owever, state w 
ence "my y very agreeable ечен 
ved. Som 
m e 
se corre sig rh wil orn endorse. I 
must admit that when the of the 
— and the hi iy appreciative vane: that ought 
o be placed on the gift, ittle ious ; my 
feeling was that in hake е ient. regions any 
ering of Nature in the wa e 
mecum, in the eyes of the residents a value far beyon 
what it was intrinsically entitled to ly admit 
my first surmise wrong, and, ai fore, 
realised everything the Doctor said and at fe 
more. Possibly your туртот may hav e 
friend at Helsingfors or in a 
indeed, Sweden or he plant is 
i of the 
if your correspondent 
will giv and address, I shall ha s т 
communicate ns the 1 Doctor on another matter i 
r two sibly my e endorsement ve gi 
Tl 
preserve, an ws abundantly the 
regions, the pcp чн naturally suggests itself, anes 
should it be so sca rce? Possibly not one i 
iH 
aspberry every drupel is 
thus with sick fruit е thirty o 0 
pn Е but in my ех e of the arctic plant it 
is о find more than three dra pels to a fruit, and 
em en only one ed lien is toat 
more so orse 
e y eve 
I say its mi country І am not 
forget m 2: fiii to be indigenous daa квы northern 
tion of o and; I have myself e of 
its lo localities zx without success 
ent wis t a 
id fot find it, it does not grow in those localities ; 
what was my misfortune may be s pet Se m else’s good 
fortune. It may, however, surprise some of 
correspondents, and at the an са кө that it is 
rfectly amenable to culture, w say that I not 
only grow it but flower it уен, aia A it occasion- 
ally here at an alti tude tha ескоп 
hundreds of feet above ae i 
be h wa! 
mortar, and the usually highly 
pres atmosphere attendant thereon. 
ought to be bi be that plants | will grow under such con- 
are very riga ed = grow, as they produce heads of 
t the same extent of gro ound will 
es 
ed and eaten as a 
E u © 
е ореп 
Brassica Mes it r 
cultivation to induce large исси 
lent heads, and, ed the nd а for its 
ажна ven be in good h ere is no fear 
of o ere Eta for 5 а à gross -feeding plant as this 
is, p "m 
"a fresh, gr bè Taid i is sic "that 
о 
х € dom 
either se ы or dug very dee 
oots a chance of gettin: 
t 
e to penetrate lower down 
р 
ey c easily suc- 
ceeded by full- rows Brussels Sprouts, ¥. Sheppard, 
овон. 
Permanent Labels,— There is not a gentleman 
amateur or - good piepe but who would willingly 
any hardy plants or trees that 
they buy if 0 Cs nursecymen could but be induced to 
э 
е price? 9. 
good and is lds Pr 
s Potato 
ier ы tion, — 
veri of 
Kensington by November 3, proximo. Hooper & C^ — 
- Correspondence. 
Sambucus Sethe =n reading your interesting 
Ebulus, it кент. Аад to me that it 
— interest those of your readers who i 
he pollination of flowers to mention the way in which 
каана plant, as it is by a method I do not 
remember to have seen 
the subject. The flow 
common Elder, 
er, 
also wheel-like, with epipetal : anthers 
bursting patie ; the filamen чүк re re- 
ably thi inkled "u poe together 50 as 
to complete ly c наж the the 
anthers are 
all about it. Itisb 
all question the most delightfally aromatic preserve 
that is made, or, in my opinion, can be made, It 
but confina the constitutional elastici that Nature 
has given to the majority of "ier chi children, James C. 
Niven, Hull Botanic Garden 
Meu Bedding, —I have just been told pu e 
original beds formed with hardy 
and tha in 
pt aie where it is to be seen in its ott] fo Абу id 
any of your readers can tell M ~ Ac information i is lio 
rect, I shall be obliged, as ot remember ever seein t 
so formed or reading any account of them, 7, © 
Couve Tronchuda, or Portugal Cabbage. 
This is the most tender and delicious of all the 
iq ca tribe, excepti 
gar rdens, Any on ving once e its acquaintance 
is sure not to be without it T ies I look on i 
position among Cabbages as the 
ice garden eas occupy as com 
field varieties, and the above Ars d as truly 
ibed auc pr v fur „they are of 
S 
2, 
И 
B 
gi 
jn 
pS 
in. itumn are mere usurpers of the gro 
n no way to be compared with the mild rich-flavoured 
Couve ' - Besides delicacy of flavour they 
The Potato Crops ы Yorkshire, — Now the 
otato ifted, I find ien are lighter. 
and more d led M 
where ; 
whilst | 
those that have s a thi 
of a cro 
having 
of early Potatos were very good. 
RE sot iudi € thought eee 
ys аниф eferred, consequently very 
