678 THE 
GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 27, 1875, 
called & Mother's heart ;" and in Lancashire it 
Borders will show. Не s * Children have 
a sort of game with the unte: they hol 
it out to their companions, inviting them to 
{аке a head о? that? I ediately ee 
and then follows a triumphant shout, ‘ You'v 
“You have stolen your 
ась pure of gold ;” and in each of these 
trick, if such it can be called, was 
dixibdless suggested by the shape of the pod. 
But one distant echo of this childish game comes 
across to us from the New World, associated 
indeed with a different plant, one of the com- 
monest of tropical weeds, but affording a striking 
and unmistakable coincidence. The Venezuelan 
vernacular name of Ageratum conyzoides is 
“ Rompes барой? which, Mr. Ernst says, “15 
our grandfather’), with reference to 
One child takes hold of the 
part of a leaf, another of the upper. If 
pulls so hard as to tear the leaf; the sae 
exclaims, "E oipes á tu abuelo. It is only 
fair to say that Mr. Ernst does not copie this 
g the children of Venezuela is certainly a 
arkable coincidence. In England this idea 
of some misfortune to a parent resulting from 
the plucking of a particular plant is found in 
some parts of Yorkshire, for 
instance, the children say that if you exc the 
Germander Speedwell (Veronica Сһатге drys) 
гн mother die within the year; while in 
Cumberland the Red Campion (Lychnis ign 
i is called * Mother-dee," from а: i ef that, 
| pluc , some serious misfortune to dea 
— gatherer will result as a consequence 
» 2 
CORNUS STOLONIFERA, 
SEEDS о of the plant garcon by the annexed 
engraving (fig. 138) were sent by a correspondent, 
from the Rocky Higa, v under the above name to 
Messrs. Veitch & Sons, of Chelsea, by whom they 
ed to the 
plants, and they have distributed specimens under this 
name w ve some of our con- 
temporaries. lant can, however, have nothing 
to do with С. бай, which is an involucrate species 
from the mountains of India. 
plant comes near C as C. stolonifera 
is quoted as a synonym of that vetns it is probably 
The Sat described under that by Mi 
freely, in autumn w berri 
Tries, or in 
be ra when, strip its A hod 
ed bark becomes rid a SETERS 
SALAD HERBS IN 1669. 
A VARIETY of good kinds of salad herbs is so very 
desirable that the rece at p. 550 of the 
nt remark 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, as to the diet of our forefathers, 
wi rese d might not be found to 
restore to the number of those now used, i in the cata- 
юре e by Evelyn before the Royal : шы. 
= lished i 16) deh eol dodi a Dir 
bage ani E шаір, зн Pern = соба within 
= limits of the au ) "sc ünitior a of a. 32 d, as ** 
only a few Ze is preferable to the selection 
end et arious virtues that t n 
ed 
m imagi 
such powerful qualities, are better a the 
y of the Use wonld be distasteful to 
shen keys,” 
Broom buds, &c., are to be sprinkled over the salad 
and Chervil tops ‘аге nev à ^ be wanting in our 
salads (as long as they may 
C Cleavers (Galium Арай, апа Стеззез 
(N асч are followed by Cucum mber, with the 
observation that not 3 since "this was thought 
“ little better than poyso 
e Daisy is ч ан for its roots, and Earth- 
u 
Dai 
as being eaten ''crude rustics," and Elder 
leaves, though **somewhat rank of smell, and so not 
commenda 2 yet as being of most 
** sovereign vertue." 
Findive pers x tops and stems of Fennel are 
mentioned, with a general recommendation of the 
‘*aromatick esculents.” slic is most proper for 
Ga 
©“ our northern rustics,” and the root of Goat's Beard 
are. followed by 
as ‘of 
melancholy "— 
after the previously mentioned чек, especially 
the Elder, of MIRA oor an sme 
ack by the He “dge d Leeks тесе а long and 
interesting note n, Lettuce, with the mention of 
eighteen kinds dum. kno 
M oticed as formerly (восрсету) being 
the representative of all salad, doubt pya 
** Holi-hocks " that bear the an d dower are not 
m me nioning how to prepar 
farther Voi i А M reader to ae Lister’ 5 
d in y 
account o. 
ah te kin d. = 
uds and leaves ie ROS i of Nettles nd Orache, 
r ла hot-bed, young 
of the 
ar Pea, Finley cenis те growths of 
Раана roots of Катріоп, — of Sa , Samphire, 
elery, apparently the 
D collection, The ** Sel- 
ls us, **for its high and gratefal taste, k 
ever placed i in the middle of the grand sallet at o 
great men’s сене and proctor's feasts, as the grace of 
the whole board." 
Sorrel, Sowthistle, and za all appear with 
the doubtful recommendati 
e palate. ate, 7 
remark which e y might apply to Tansy 
Tarragon is mentioned as never to be lef ou ta and 
hes © young stalks а ‘the Blessed Thistle are ** whole- 
e,” and the aa А gee with Vine tendrils, 
Viper s-grass, and 
wee other plant ue mentioned, some of which 
ч ow used, a. ish ; others, as Cab- 
beeaten raw or em je; ЫШАНА. ОР cand everal 
kinds, 
plants are [ as ** dt," th Tus 
re o as the Tul 
b though ** the young are and high И 
элн 3” and the use of the great number of plants in 
whee appears to have only arisen about the tim 
; , as Evelyn remarks in his note 
‘the ous this plan of Lettuce, that * besides three 
thers appear [ 
Ves arii t is 
abstract et ree in extenso e: more than eighty. 
eight of his 4to pages тейл haps be of interest to 
compare with our own list of the present day, short 
in comparison, ye st corresponding nearly with that of 
Evelyn's early recollections, 
THE ROFIA PALM. 
Tur Rofia Palm,. Sa agus Ruffia, is a singularly rich 
and stately tree, and is an inhabitant of the low undu. 
t 
Rofia 
Tharoka River, and ceases soon after Ranomafana, 
145 feet elevation. It is fond of malarious and 
marshy localities. 
and conspicuous as to impart something of the cha. 
racter of its own graceful fo form to the surrounding 
scenery. The Rofia Palm is replaced by the Ravenala 
(Urania speciosa), but they are Wir Mey together 
about Ranomafana, west of Am 
eping 1 
Hovas "—the Rofia disappears ; bat it is odii inthe — 
valley of the Mahela. 
ofia is a most useful economical plant, as 
tough midrib is a strong wood, and is useful for many ~ 
mamme for building, &c. Whilst the fibre obtained 
by splitting the leaves is employed as twine, and is | 
from its vicinity to the | 
The threads are iiid. dy slitting the long inner Y 
leaves of the and somewhat resemble those of | 
Flax or Hem , but are Gar flat and untwisted ; as — 
they seldom exceed 3 or 4 feet in length, the natives 
are accustomed to tie them together, till they are 
sufficiently long to admit of being woven into cloth. 
'The cloth is always woven in th hich the 
a reside, and the loom is generally fixed 
r. 
looms are exceedingly simple. When 
t is г ovas W by driving four 
until required. If the warping be for common ar 
it is easily done ; but At is be for aa or со 
work, great а ttention ecessary in | 
changing the different каде Тһе ооой pattem’ 
colours, almost always r and 
varied than might be expected, 
ignorance of sme pip in their formation. ^ 
pues in pieces generally about D d 
1 arly а yard wide. The texture ot | 
cloth is father eode and stiff to the touch, 7 
exceedingly tough and durbis ; the coins a pr T 
of nankeen-yellow. d stripes 
blue, recen Dr а 
em 
warp pass | 
are call 2 Б тта ог еп 
ey are made of the 
each end. 
tighten or slacken the warp, drawing up 
"à one, and bri the 
е progress of the work may rite 
The shuttle used by the Malagasy w 
‘passed m easil e between а 
оге y 
. knocker of un weft, called **tan 
wood, and resembles оаа а. 
woman 
employed in 
