THE 
4 DECEMBER 4. 1875.] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
711 
. Pinus poe Hookeria 
rray, Edinbur j New Philo- 
.2 
ospite Carr, ? mot | of Ber 
ifa : ye ar rin entire, 
P. “эг т, dark green, with fou ey aie fu of: жү 
оп each side of the middle line. 
. Pinus (Tsuga) Pattoniana. 
- Abies Pattonia, Дей. eh Za Exped. 3. 
- Shoots hairy; leav nes long, s ume 
fd Beat the obtuse apex 
“The forms cultivated in кы Edinburgh Botanic 
Garden, un bies оч ап 
bies Hanburyana, bep be ч ы ыан by апу cha- 
ers from P. Pattoniana. This is not Pin i Pa t- 
ana of Pariatore, as F lie жод both this 4 рене» 
Р; Hoe ker 
of the prominent resin canal. 
* , Pinus RR Meriensiana, к, пате 
3| to 7 lin n tw 
cm cultivated in the Edinburgh Botanic 
r the name of Ab s Albertinos Abies 
нае 5 j 
as a synonym of 
D Pinus гона тунт Wall. 
umosa, Don, Р. 
wu ; leaves 12 e xa MM long, in two rows, 
reflexed, serrulate, apex 
85 margins Vm 
with a central furrow, 
— 6. Pinus (Tsuga) Sieboldii, Carr. 
3 Т Ant., Parlatore. 
5 leaves 8 to 1o lines long in two rows; 
E read before the Royal Irish Academy by 
r W. R. M‘Nab, M.D., are 1875.] 
EVERSHED d given an interesting account 
visit to Wistman's Wood in th rdeners 
25 (p. 387), as well as some remarks 
ver dis ground previous 
shows т general features of Dartm t 
n's Wood, few additional 
h 
with a 
ere T тузе protest against 
circles where sacrifices were not 
neral i 
trious mining population’; E p in edd iot their 
Бе warm over the whole " anse of 
— p е esi which 
e or "other, ап к 
by the 
MA was then looked nas а 
= the Cassiterides, an vlc dim 
was probably obtained 
ornwall, 
; EA i mut be premised that it is not to be 
iei this extensive pop was either 
ог permanent, on the there is 
reason to suppose that. the aborigine s were yet 
› а race of hunters in the extensive 
Which clothed the valleys and 1 rt of 
Using bone and stone weapons for 
Williamsoni, cannot be separa ted | 
ert T 
pull, or pole, a hole, 
also smelting operations were ен, the metal 
» eing run into moulds so that e e blocks of tin fitted 
Phoe vits at 
Dartmouth, Plymouth, iid Falmouth, &c. 
t is not improbable that some of the more import- 
ant ums and depóts were left with a garrison during 
the season, but these were probably on the 
yd e rivers, and the fortifications and 
ntrenchments on the naked wilds Dartmoor left 
e ramparts of ston sequently the 
miners, on their return, | would by degrees = ee tatges 
have left behind ЕШ. ны Cyclopean we bui 
which resisted all the 
rtified enclos f 
ones с ешн ШАЛУ fille d the interstices, 
milarly zy cromlech and dolmen are but th 
e burial cavin or mound which лей 
covered in the sepulchre 
The Rev. r. Bra (see Mrs. Bray's Borders of 
the Tamar and deu has ie to his own satisfac- 
B aa tm MAE, s no other than the ** wood 
wise dini? he D and Bards were, 
according e him, unquestionably the philosopher or 
wise men the Britons. If an en IR d ruid (w hich I 
much doubt) ever die "Wistman's Wood in search 
of Mistleto, he was dese ic of being commemo- 
rated as a ge аа dg but at all events, he knew better 
Бай Mr. Bra od прасуе 
уме к the derivation of the 
Celti 
in sho Wood i tio 
mancoed, (See а of иан i И 
1872.) 
The origin of Wysgmancoed is probably due to an 
early "Mecinatisation society, started, not by Druids, 
by some ^ the early Scandinavian miner and 
MAE worker ater х aber pis to plant the Oak on 
Dartmoor are found elsewhere ; for instance, high up 
small wood of 
me of Piles- 
e Erme is another 
er the na 
the ай of t 
saubbz Oak osa m. und 
wode it is г pent on an ani map. Ж 
та d eigen nded by stakes or 
iles, a circ tessa uggestive oe the idea that i 
trees. ido planted ле and Pog Von zd 
tection, whence some antiqua 
but which I would ped from "Ail p Fd Plu 
—in 
гї, oi (pronounced pe pem ey d a tole, 
inlet of a riv P. Oliver, dione 
GREENHOUSE PLANTS—XXVIL 
THEIR CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT. 
his, the rid Pea of 
De PUNICEUS.— 
New го isa 
ste done 
red, ашау: ae flowers freely in bunches 
pm as large as an epaulette during the s 
ummer 
months, at which time it is a very suitable subject for 
pottery or greenhouse decoration, where it will 
bloom, and is not so liable 
to be injured by being placed for a time somewhat 
confined as some are. It possesses also the 
great ео of having a good constitution, 
it is a free gro and does not often get out of 
ealth. Good siue fibrous loam will it well, 
r peat may be used if the c: is not at hand of a 
suitable description, but w above 
described can be it will indiaee a ect ition 
to flower. ‘The us аат be 
P 
obtained any time бексе the close of the: year, and: 
kept i in an ordinary 
generally seen are somewhat leggy and soon get bare 
at the bottom, a condition that t cannot afterwards be 
corrected, th 
they may 
1 the early part of the day, E 
ti and 
"his must 
1 то 
e experienced ; e ед round once а w 
sides. 
is not much lia 
y the cont 
ne 
se water overhead. Winter 
them as advise d for th i 
e preceding season, and again 
a 
ote o Jub Ae consequently these 
, or the ume am wil be 
the 
pants, will m them noticeable, 
done peau shorten - strong shoo А 
treat as during the previous autumn and winter, 
Again move ebd in the spring giving pots as rene 
larger as last season; this summ mer the plants will 
m 
deemed advisable 
he be again 
ov stb Tuc nd plants 
are хс usare: give sca ea once or twice a 
in the spring remove 2 or 3 inches of the surface- 
replace with new to mbit has been added 
one Па of з шше: by this pA у 
This us makes a good р or covering a 
чат жез ог релеси рШат, е ы сы out or 
a large pot, the plndipii thing being 
rowing me with many 
growers, it has nto bad repu er | dae the: fact 
of its Буу э см to еу; whic Т " "werdet to 
accu habby a 
prevents free growth, v а Dirt X required 
o dislo odge ^s than the free use of the syringe, as 
А 
C magnificus differs little in its irn 2А Бо. the 
preceding, but is of a ra more large 
рея of лее. it requires the Pinay oe in 
very way, and is in some res a better plant for 
training to a pillar c or similar situation : like C. puni- 
"These 
ceus, 
Clianthus are not much troubled with insects, except 
e spi as already mene) if they get 
uld be occasionally 
well sponged en 
syringed with insecticide, If the white 
mant state, and washing dere with a str 
solution of insecticide. T. Bai 
"HYBRIDISATION. 
extract from the: 
of their 
rooted give a 2-inch shift, this will be enough, for, 
although, as has been above A the plant is a 
r, yet it does n roots in such 
tan Ка а m subjects of even smaller growth ; 
let the soil be well broken by hand, and as m 
will тад it in the requisite porous condition, 
drain the pots sufficiently and oil 
moderately firm, then at once tie well 
T Itcm somewhat stift erect habit of growth, 
and, unless nn ad uy t dmi A 
ню аттор Аге sk. From ths e dd 
greenhouse in a moderately li F ofa £f 
situation until ей the Бари cl ырай; ilii en roots sation, by 
хим t nire a they mas De ume ка rus 
y 
glass, by taking 
Im w^ кен” ‚ but without obtaining am 
asks) be a sterile hybrid ?" 
pret, s meet М. Sisley's eye he will no doubt be 
pleased to know that the plant in question is not 
Chelsea Botanic 
y seed 
Should this 
