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THE 
GARDENERS * CHRONICLE. 
[DECEMBER 4, 1878, 
horticultural science ; roject so warmly supported 
the late Prince fon so hopefully accepted by 
ing hom r numbers 
cultural Gardens should be арр ied. 
that such a result appears to us by 
' as the Council poder. 
vs calamit tou It would not 
be very difficult to find and profitable use for 
the funds o 
f the Commissioners, and it would cer- 
tainly be quite wm ide find one more absurd, 
and unprofitable ve keeping up the 
Horticultural Gardens. The pretence zs ps oting 
i e art or science of iem is of course 
e 
Len of a military b n fine es ternoons. 
ugh in their 
Science. e flower-shows at 
much inferior to the pores hows at the C 
other hi 
трет true, EDS. s for the gardens S 
with эш T little КТ grubby parterres, 
oul y shrubs, called in 
IROCKE 
rer , not can faa more contemptible 
t of view e eitis of art or 
crificed to the 
e a mere 
me there were, we believe, 
w there 
А еге is no reason wh 
voluntary public и should i be so uS for such 
creation 
money shou e бв тан do ass 
The Ho ion Чы а Hb eee so glaringly false and empty. 
h iety has сы к 
i the a Бакы by ы 
simple plan of Pad "i E e Res allowan 
Saturday Review. 
FHE APPLE OF THE 
Ir is a singular fact that, although we in England 
grow as fine, perhaps finer, varieties of vegetables 
than any other nation, not even excepting the French, 
we bring less knowledge to bear upon the cooking and 
EARTH. 
The study of paucas economy seldom enters into 
um of learning deed, 
e curricu 
ner, the uni- 
n pa 
Perfectly Mini with the happy result 
they have obtained in one direction, they seek no new 
d send up. boil 
paths, an ed Pot 
tatos da after da 
ek, pH nauseam, Z + 
vta visi ng new 
and tasty methods of cooking this ve 
ag Seer do Eo" good 
„ни nor such fine eties T v such good 
will prepare antl ge for table i ina чечак dierent AY, 
a which | eaten ray Pcia or serve 
as an adjunct to . This diversity in 
eo. of one vegetable sepa, 
in France, however poor, there are but few 
households w knowledge, or at 
the practice, of cooking Potatos goes beyond bolling, 
them heavy. 
- vegetables Should be lukewarm, the salad oil pour 
on great occasions mashing and browning them—this 
latter way — if siga done, being a — in the 
right direction. Ther 5, however, no why 
we shou Ida t hav many a and zi aioe ‘dishes of 
Potatos as ie aa ‘give variety to he pomme de terre 
au — by — it frite à io maitre @ hôtel, in 
Potato salad, 
> Ра гапсе, new Potatos when about the size ^ 
very large Калга ы are prepared as pommes 
tr frio but EPER atos are generally used, b 
s good i pé rs or tin s Any who ca 
fry fish well can cook Potatos, the irent p consistítg 
in having the fat r lard, ever it 
bet iy 
colour, dd rely free from grea ld 
there be the slightest suspicion of the latter, let = 
b er on a hot dish on t 
of letter-paper, чене with a little 
kofe Y ring: Itis much more difficult to cook Potatos 
A A irri ng- pan than i as M wpan ; 
this latter is "generally of copper i 
and is always half fall of fat ; 
ine E 'enaimelled n such as are in egentes 
d, is qui 
use ngland, as good, and by using i 
i tead of the nio g-pan, the whole dish of 
Pota a de bec 
Potatos à /a Ny En», are Potatos ped 
boiled, and, vs with melted butter into pe x 
chopped Barley has been thrown, only it y“ 
melted oe not the concoction "of flour ey "mil 
with an inch or two of butter to give it a nam 
n egg or two 
d butter, giving it a 
our er е irable. 
muy Or Mor d t be of freshly 
boiled. pien if the Potatos are lett tnt sig 
cold before being cut up they ar and 
close in mere hom those left und йн, ifa 
into a salad at on tne g 
left in them to ‘preven nt the o 
a 
о prepare a good 
ver first, a sprinkling of Tarragon finely ins 
essem with v vinegar, salt, and pepper to taste. Havin 
while warm, the salad will not be oe і 
by es left for some hours. TARA 
LEAF STRUCTURE OF 
CO ERS 
IN a thesis which was presented to the an a of 
Sciences, Paris, and published last year 
Bertrand describes the comparative мала of ihe 
stems and leaves of the Gnetacez and Coniferx. In 
his descriptions Bertrand gives anatomical characters 
by which sub-genera may be readily separated, and 
also gives tables by which to identify the species. 
Believing that, in one or two respects, Bertrand has 
come to erroneous conclusions, I determined to re- 
investigate certain points which I considered of im- 
t 
forming the midrib ; зы the flattened leaves bi 
placed ; and lastly, b the рге ence of well m 
cushions supporting t the leav 
ive species, as debcnibéd, by hie b 
the restricted secti tion Tsuga, y Delon 
106. P. Tsuga, йы 
fariously 
marked 
РІЛ 
VR Mertensiana, ‚ Bongard. 
. P. dum 
КР; Rattodiana, Рап, 
To this I have one (о add, viz., P. Tookeriana, the 
Abies Hookeriana of A. M 
Bertrand only dist or Hive four s 
tomical characters, -— give 
table of these charact 
Stomata on the 
species by 
the following Yale 
upper puts of af 
no hypoderma P. Hookeriana, 
th 
~ 
e 
leaf; margin of leaf serrulate; hypo- | P. canadensis, 
f No hypoderma i m. Brunoniana, 
l Hypoder Р, Sieboldii, 
Bertrand further gives the tioning table of the 
synonomy and distribution of the s 
Margin entire 
Picea (Tsuga) Hookeriana, чи ; ЫЫЫ, € 
Syn. Abies Pattoni, Ao. Hookeri, Hort.; A. Wil- 
bury. 
Picea (Tsuga) canadensis T. Mertensiana does 
not a uw > anatomically KOM T. canadensis); Rocky 
Mountains. 
Syn. Abies canadensis, Mich.; Pinus americana, Du 
Roi canadensis, Linn. 
Picea (Tsuga) Brunoniana, Wall. ; Southern Chin 
Syn. ^ Ó Loudon; A. cedroides, Grift: 
niana, Spach; P. decidua, Wall. Н 
тон (Tsuga) Sieboldi, Carr. ; Japan. 
my examination ror the species y" Be. section 
th 
are quite distin In this 
has described Маан for canadensis. 
his description = paren iana and Sieboldii we are 
slightly at vari 
The forms dicit which the gohen Wn has | 
at 
existed are Hookeriana and Pat 
first sight, very similar in habit 4 p^ ap се, 
while their cones are exceedingly cl They 
ins of the leaf are entire, while in Pattoniana they — 
y a ar the Bo | 
is, giving suca 
appear t almost be produced if the 
epidermis consisted of a double instead of a single 
pd of cells. DOW 
Taking all the characters I would give the following # 
table by which to ings the different species: f 
I. Young shoots 
A. Resin canal peior from 
the sheath o 
ur pees 
ge, vo chlorophyll-bearing 
alin onous, 
ti Pe Hookeriant- i 
- vascular 
т. ыгы зун on both sides of а. 
E E. poe ma well de- 2, T. Pattoni 2 j 
Pene » 1 under "surface 
ж leaf о 
з. T. canadensis 
teat | iate; aper &- 
€. Hypoderma at mar- 
ins of 
leaf, and at 
each ua d the — 
4. T. Meriensiath 
leaf slightly y тейехеб, 
i Sra te; apexob 
II. Young s lakrous ; 2 
derma i used 7 of leaf hypo 
margin of leaf entire; apex emar- : 
mes obtuse ; sto- 
der surface of leaf 
use =. T. Brunoniată 
