584 THE: 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER б, 1875. 
inhabitants collect the Juniper berries, let them ferment, 
addin; and water, obtain a beverage whi ch, 
ing ; it i diureti the 
States of America m rre Mes the fruits a 
kind i e tons er, rries ин 
t 
imported My Anko London n [Mu 1 
Holland, Italy, &c., being used in the distillation. of 
rom the unripe Juniper berries n ve distilled 
which i is officinal in the British Phar 
ceia, an 
is used to eee Men inr gin mex H ollands. 
TI tine i very commonly employed for 
the Wicca dl of its cheapness, Haarlem oil, so 
long esteemed land as affections 
_ of the bladder, and the preparation of which has been 
kept a is f to i mposition, 
containing admixtures of turpentine, sulphur, &c., with 
Juniper oil. Dr. Arnal’s “‘genuine Haarlem oil” 
contains equal niper oil Juni 
parts of Juniper wood and per 
berry oil. The mode of. distillation is not stated. 
The berries are collected in Octo ber an id Nove mber. 
pleas: "n Ig, EA fat QN D» 8 1 in 
E. unripe pe tbe 5 "he fruit i =; а five- заль 
berry, a green, fleshy, ob. ickness 
the finger, i zt grateful acid pens the sub- 
pat alike those of the Cucumber. 
The fcit of loca disticha is sio wed nen M tact 
nuca it D ICA 
eaten in Nepal, and in Persia RUE fruit of E. RM 
is used as a dessert eder the Bast of Zi 
The Malays are very fond of acid as 
things ; hence, е 
месни is used 
alak, the бм е ~ hacac Zalacca, is 
abont the size of a 
ose 
well as sweet 
he Lime, which is sour and 
e two d three d 
low kernels. A preserve is made of the fruit The 
w fruit Жш Papaya) is used a veget- 
The tg juice of t the rind of 
it will I dissolve a batilo берс 
The Tam; is a external pce 
hg tesi. em like. it also соп 
Pr but without kernels. The е delicate 
pulp, of a colour, is of an agreeably sub- 
taste, T is highly prized both by natives and 
pleasant in taste 
fruit of de Mountain Ash, Pyrus Aucu- , 
г, ipe h ri ripens in September, is dry, 
in m acid. In Sweden and the 
North of Europe a spirit is made from the berries, 
SLE IU Ur e also been dried and 
stima substitute for flour. [In Scotland the 
i inide into a jelly, which is eaten with venison, 
E fruit of several species of. Amelanchier 
soft and е: The berries of A. canadensis, Torr. 
and Gr., finest wild fruit of Canada, and 
state. in orth 
in Nova Scotia, N wioundland, and Labrador. 7 
— fruit, odes ripens in July, i is about the siz 
a pea, is well tasted, 
dues well, and in а state is 
e idt of the Choke € aij 
e nr be said to m ode: 
tells us that it is often pounded, ston 
the Service berry, &c., which era and make 
into 
some few cultivated species Exod are several 
Besides 
wild fruits of the Ébenac um 
iniana, i eaten by the negros. In 
Virginia, е за uae the Weber: States the fruit i is 
ered, kneaded w d 
Another I tency dese і 
oda is 
Ше сар: of te Silk Cotton Trec Rombat pete 
or Eriodendron anfractuosum—which are 
gravii, Brazil ; F. cordifolia, Venezuela, a 
stated to have a mild flavour, and the seeds are also 
edible. 
These are but a few instances of many that might be 
selected in ranging over this wild field of inquiry. 
Pub. S 
INTERNATIONAL HORTI- 
CULTURAL EXHIBITION IN 1877 
T AMSTERDAM. 
ing is e eR portion (from 
5 e project of programme for the Inter- 
national orici й нр in 1877 :— 
EGETABLE PRODUCTIONS. 
7.—Fats (INCLUD Farry Ors). 
Manet in Е Fats of the family of de: Musacez (Ravenala 
amazonica, Guian: 
kd the family of Palms (Euterpe oleracea, Para ; CEno- 
carpus ^Bacaba, P ; O. Patawa, Pa tawa; Oreodoxa oleracea 
THE win 
T 
caria ший; na sinensis, 
Northern gees ERI Acrocomia V oem Guiana ; 
stro nm. A goo Brazil; A. acaule, Guiana; 
Scheelia Matton, Gui: Attalea Cohune, Guiana ; Mauritia 
flexuosa, Guiana ; M. n Brazil ; Sagus t tedigera, Brazil ; 
Elzis созе West Africa ; Cocos nucifera, India ). 
3. Fats e family of the Corylacez (Corylus Avellana, 
Fagus sylvatica, both of Euro 
T dice Fats of the family of the Cannabinex (Cannabis sativa, 
5. aa on the family of the Antidesmeze (Putranjiva Rox- 
Wu West India). 
ats of the fami 
ily of the Lauracez (Tetranthera laurifolia, 
ата: АЕ 
nobilis, South of Europe; Litsza sebifera, 
F tis of the family of the ET OH (Helianthus annuus, 
Europe, and H. perennis, India; Guizotia oleifera, India ; 
Madia sativa, Chili; Carduus pyc cnocephalus, Réunion; Car- 
thamus tinctorius, Asia ; Arctium lappa, bse Asi 
8. Fats of the family of the торга, p of 
e» 
Europe 
"IX 
East 
and Wes India, а bd Аена dette Бай 
пат; 
то. Fats of the family of the Gentianeze (Chironia cabrida, 
East LA 
ir. Fats of the family of the Labiatze (Ocimum basilicum, 
Mns ge nigra, Europe). 
Fat the family of d Solanez (Nicotiana Tabacum, 
Pee [s eant. Warten 
13. Fats of the тА x == Bighontaces (Sesamum indicum 
an = S. orient tale, Asia. ; Pa ulo ownia imperialis Japan). 
Е; f ideroxylon 
yt ; Pucuma mammosum, Tropie ; Bassia Pria; 
c Ameri 
th -Africa ; B. ордера, India; B. latifolia, Beng: 
I Gabon ; B. jjoungou, ; 
Mimusops Elen mg Jan , Jera: ps 
ee s. Fore об of _ the Ampeliacez (Vitis vinifera, 
uth 
16. Fats of. the KS of the Cornaceæ (Cornus mascula, 
ats of the family of the Myristicaceæ (Virola sebifera, 
Guiana ; | "ue species, Gabon, Brazil, West Africa, the 
Moluccas 
18. Fats of the m of the Anonacez (Monodora grandi- 
flora, G abon). | 
Indi э Egypt p 
Fats of Bond family of the часа (Papay 
бебе, Eur Argemone mexican 
America ; Glaucium in, 
y of the Ranunculacez (Nigella sativa, 
r som- 
, Bengal, ax India, 
21. Fats of the family of the Cruciferae Brassica 
Europe ; P. "ipee, Rum ; B. sinensis, China ; sorts ет. жын 
Europe, India ; sorts of ilaspi, Europe ; Myagrum sativum, 
i д! LN of the family of the Capparidaceze (Cleome viscosa, 
23. Fats of the family of the Bixaceze (Gynocardia odorata, 
24. Fats of the family of the Cucurbitaceze (Cucumis Citrullus 
and other sorts, Africa, East India, Brazil; Telfairea pedata, 
pow east and South-west Africa; sorts of Mormodica, 
America ; sorts of Luffa, ; &c.). 
25. "Fits of the family OF the N handirobeze (Fevillea Marc- 
nd other sorts), 
; Thespesia populnea, East India, 
sof бур Ере, Р, United 
mcm ca). 
Ж Fai of the Sem of the Buttneriaceae Titra Cacao, 
South America. m 
29. Fats of the famil 
Gossypium, India ; Coeli ben Chine 
30. Fats of the family A. the Dipterocarpez (sorts of Dry 
balan Gabon 
PA o Res of the family z £ the Chir | мааа 
sua ferrea, India, Jav: 
е, tt. 
e Olacineze (Ximena poras 
ges n; ers ; Bolanities zegyptiaca, Senegal, India). 
Fats of the family of the Aurantiacez {Feronia elephan- 
tim, India, Java 
Fats of he family ofthe Guttiferz (Pentadesma butyracea, 
pin Leone). 
i sva Аа 
а rd 
. India ; &c.) 
37. Fats of the family of the бие алса 
liensis, Bi ; Caryocar tomentosum (= Ре! дее 
Guiana ; pal: ternatea, Апі 
38. Fats of the очер; eb of £s Ad scabies (kinds of Кэсш. 
Cee аш һа € i: Indi 
Curcas. Tropical Asia, Africa, America ; Anda Gom: mere 
Brazil ; ce, Brazil ; S nione Japan; 
Aleurites woo ng moluccensis, gabonensis, Oceania, 
East India, Africa, &c.; Aleurites China ; Croton. 
Tiglium, and others, India ; Croton per (= Stillingia 
mee - али Rottleria tinctoria , Ea st I 
of 
39. the family o 
A e ie = Cassuvium by East and wee rie 
Pistacia Lentiscus, Italy). 
40. Fats of the family of the Burseracez (Irvingia Barteri, 
Gabon). 
ат. Fats of the family of the Linee (Linum usitatissimum, 
E urope). 
42. Fats of the family of the Combretacee (Terminalia 
E a, East and West India). 
з. Fats of the family of the ggg me геа dones 
se 
berg ; ; Chry: 50- 
Mb en Icaco, "Tropic America, Senegal) 
44. Fats of ‘the family of Lecythidex (Bertholletia excelsa, 
Brazil; Lecythis ollaria, Brazil, Guiana). 
45.. Fats of the family of the Leguminosce (Arachis hypogza, 
Tr ropica al Asia, Afric a mnn Am eric ca; 2 frondosa, East Indi 
Dolichos Soya, China ; Pongamia glabra (— Dalbergia arborea), 
ei India ; Padi; biglandulosa, ыч India ; Dipterix odorata, 
ra d Bat ihi nia aes dia ; Pentaclethra m macrophylla, 
M erma, Syria, est ia ; Moringa 
apium. Egypt; and oth: 
M анн ог fatty oils) - plants or families, not mentioned 
i Hs P Material of vegetable origin from which fats can be 
obtaine 
48. Paks; dried or otherwise preserved, yielding fat-pro- 
es materials. 
o. оа upon the manufacturing processes by which 
fate are prepared, 
UTHERIAL OILS, 
Required :— Se Каче < ætherial oils, indifferently, 
whether used for ial purpose or not. 
2. A collection ‘of А дес мз used for perfumes. 
з. A collection of zther ual. ә serving for other purposes 
than the preparing o 
BLE SuBSTANCES FOR PAPE 
The т ог vegetable matters from which specimens of 
paper are desired, а 
raw ; i ч spar atto r Sparte fibre (Lygeum Spartum) ; 
Alfa-fibre (Stipa за нА 3 Reed ( los arenaria), grown 
on Dutch or foreign dow к, A — ; Bamboo ; r-Mul- 
berry-tree jade aD era); Kapok tee wn of 
Eriodendron десе Ср Rev Ze Nem Flax honi 
tenax); stems and refuse of Pisangs or Bananas Flos sues Pine- 
apple kres Agave Eee: refuse ot Cotton and F 
papyri vegetable ma 
tioned ie provide! they = inis capable of bei ing culti- 
vated ai ee " a large sca 
To m sen нала . Dried s; ced of the plants from which 
the paper is 
2. Samples iof the raw paper material, and of the paper manu- 
factured therefrom 
Sabai statement of the six of rearing and managing the 
lants, of the cost of operation, and the prospects ofthe paper 
manufacture from the different beatin 
4. Models and drawings illustrating the process of manu- 
бе: 
Further is desired :—5. A collection of samples of vegetable 
substances, employed from the remotest period to the present 
tihe for writing purposes, forming collectively a complete кепе 
from which an historical and ethnographical view of pape 
industry can be obtained. 
ection of writings on paper and paper manufacture. _ 
7. A complete catalogue of such ; also of such as comas in 
pe — 
. A statistical review of the paer. manufacture, with obser- 
че and deductions of its prospect 
9. Col кааар of the oleae "yielding substances for 
paper т 
кее. i 
red :—A b of ears of a reals Papen ed 2 
d. A stat nh bya beri: 4 v УЗ elas of grain, in 
white glass, of each of the bundles exhibited. Further, a Ава 
ment of the place а and the description of soil on which, 
the cereals were rea: 
cident ВУ ). 
Required :—r, йы from Acacia Catechu, as occurring in 
commerce. 
2 fes f^ Areca Catechu, as gest. in commerce. 
mmerce. 
Oh C. 4 wh 
FF oo Lf 
LET ee dz Stalin 4 Wigs 
the E сЕ piri penis: are еу e на hie. 
yielding those substances. 
: 12.—V LA. 
uired :—z, Mexican Vanilla.. a, of ee growth 
d 2 mc 
rom 
anilla from. the Dori West Todi oem vier state- 
ment on each — of the — of Vanilla from which it was 
obtained, and a à ng sprig of the plants, either dried or 
preston à in spiri 
American Vanilla erived from other 
Vanilla ‘lanifatia, ee statement on 
species of Vanilla which produced it, and fey sprig, eed be fer 
served in spirits, of the i Harpe ts from which it was produced. 
5. Vanilla grown in 
se прн йл, к 
The derivation of fedus b has 
sively referred to various ж aus Rheum. The 
latest researches Sint the Rheum г она е аѕ ше = It 
is therefore desirable that a. thoron hly well- root be 
xhibi Chinese 
рее ри must be attached. x suficient portion of the 
parent ape to determine it satisfact 
vmm 
Required :—Well- is аг (eith ied or otherwise pre- 
pared) specimens 0 of plants yielding. баарай for commerce, 
e sound roots, 
been succes- 
adapted for a comparative research. 
The uen are required to be in a blossoming or fruit-bear- 
ing conditio 
„Ает “эш be paid equally to — of spontaneous 
d those obtained from culture 
hus drawa A by the organising со, Amsterdam, 
T H. posee Chairman. | С. J. VAN DER OUDERMEULEN- 
W. VAN EEDEN, W. x R. Зола АЕ. 
С. Е. WESTERMAN, 
H. Сарык ace, Secretary. 
tefully receive any proposals or 
i e committ 
vations concerning their нас as marks of interest іп = 
Gr 5, Oti rives» 
scheme, XR. Groenewegen, Secretary, tewale 
A msterdam. 
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