NovEMBER 6, 1875.] 
THA 
GARDENERS- CHRONICLE. 
585 
WOODS SUITABLE FOR WOOD 
ENGRAVING, 
By the kindness of Mr. John К. Jackson, of Kew, 
we have from time to time been supplied with various 
woods from the Kew Museum for experimenting upon 
in the way of wood engraving. of these woods 
have, however, turned out to be far inferior to Turkey 
Box for engraving purposes, as the woods tried have 
been, as a rule, too hard and brittle, and not sufficiently 
for straight lines, as pa resists the turn of the 
aver, s hardne takes twice as long to 
clear down as Box, but still it is a good wood, 
Ternstré mia japonica.—This is a Аса vat and not 
Say tou gh for good engrav ough the 
dark colour is io ewhat against it, iti is far p than 
the н by takes the drawing be bet 
be made to the Sewing, as the touch of a moist bru 
brings the wh 
This is, потен, of secondary wien Fe 
who ws how to draw ever 
Gree ER is hag brittle, ud conse 
to split and crack. bri 
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give, 
Black Ebony (Diospyros Ebenus)—This is а 
extremely hard а ue» very p. rior wood, and one suit- 
able d good ou 
for fine es. Itis inr harder 
dai Box, but um t harder, ar n Ebony 
(Brya Ebenus). ч, a little inclined Бъ brittle, 
which is a serious defect, as this brittleness is likely to 
not only injure the lines "but to snap off the points of 
the gravers. Its most serious defect, however, is its 
black colour, as it is difficul get the prepared 
sh 
ite tint and drawing all off s ina 
one 
akes “alterations 
will be found ани of many other 
tried for wood engraving, as Hawthorn, Tue = 
W, б, Smith 
Florists’ Flowers. 
E HERBACEOUS LOBELIA,.—The fine varieties 
of ee herbaceous Lobelia that one occasionally meets 
with no doubt were bred up from the Mexican L. 
Ун but as they are sometimes termed varieties of 
L. cardinalis, that probably has been used as a seed 
paa t also. 
orty years ago Lobelia fulgens, and indeed the 
leading Rec wage of the genus, such as L. cardi- 
tica, L. salicifoli 
Fic, 124.— VIEW OF THE OCAÑA HILLS, THE HOME OF THE COOL ODONTOGLOSSUMS, 
Cleyera ja a is a good wood, but it will | surface is cut away, and the black wood becomes 
not sri 2 of thin lines being ett ved upon it; the | exposed under the graver, this is very confusing, as st 
lour is вава а мее and is | m he drawing appear to be co all o 
suitable for common wor with black blots and scratches. 
Daguetia quitarensis,—At me of writing my Lignum-vite (Guaiacum officinale), — The dark 
Previous report on ig suitable for wood engra rown colour of the heart of this wood makes it dif- 
I had no lance-wo hum harum emm to experi- | ficult to get a white or light poe for drawing upon. 
ment upon. Мо генен tly, ever, I dtwo | Lignum-vite is al ood as bad Box, and better 
blocks of this wood prepared, but - report | than green Ebony; it is not so "brittle as the latter, 
well of the w It i rittle rd as | and not so tough e er, It, however, Pug ae 
1; it has none of the admirable tough of Box, | under the class of brittle weod takes х е 
and it takes the edge off t even the айраг points off the gravers, though ch ent as 
tools in аала Ў down s har in some other woods tried and previously чаг! їо. 
crumbly nature expenditure ve double ‘the The wood next the exterior is pale in colour, Me 
time ordinarily ein over and the best rt of eart-wo 15 
a e ai °з er en ws T created e above woods have 
; rations engra 
dark colour M wane на ре зичи B yere ihe Gent pe ius giga from time 
ing, deep olive-brown colour makes it | to time, and the eig are print p. 194, 
= оце s" ы the | lines к the drawing, and even to | 195, 196, 197, of m" “umber for — I А 1874, 
when the lines are cut; the surface of the | are solely the above 
block is moreover always very greasy, and this makes | former а of the Gardeners Chronic te n fle 
“on cult for drawing, as the white | ирен of the meetings of the Scientific ‘Comamittes 
surface colour will not dry flat, and no alterations can | of the Royal Horticultural Society and elsewhere) | 
(SKETCHED BY THE LATE ALBERT BRUCHMÜLLER.) 
and good work was done in 
present, In the present rh, Mr. Bull, Mr. Ware, 
and ae have raised new varieties with great 
ga the leading flowers of late production may 
be laced Charles Landseer, brilliant crimson shaded 
cen кдй. rosy cerise, with 1 
еур ing flower ; Victor ne bright rosy 
son, fi oad large and of rm, excellent spike ; 
, 
Excellent bright m 
and most "attractive ; Grand Du 
large well 
pink, with large formed flowers ; Carminata, 
pleasing rosy carmine, very pretty; enn violet 
rose, margined with v ermilion, very 5 ; Peach- 
peach colour, Ja Te LE 
most attractt 
