ZIfTLA 
DECEMBER 11, 1875.] 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
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i carried the left oppor eye-tooth to Dantapura, i in Kalinga 
: һе те it is said to have remained 
Ceylon 
saint intervene 
force him tore it, an fu 
Ceylon in the y .D. 312, where the reigning monarch 
solemnly enshrined the tooth in a temple at Anuràdha- 
pura Since then, the relic has d vici 
situdes of fortune. It has n successively transferred 
to fourteen or fifteen different places of residence in 
Ceylon; in 1 t was seized and yed by the 
Portuguese, but the native authorities maintain that the 
genuine relic was concealed, and only a spurious one 
en up to t aders ; the tooth of B uddha 
5 urved ; but boni Buddhists 
meet every objection with that in Buddha's 
were much ныт бап they are now!” 
The пасее of the tropical vegetation strikes all 
traveller We h 
hood 
ibit a most varied 
vg fa owering сгеере 
Ipomceas and Bignonias) the Guilandina Sonde uc, 
with its silicious seeds, powerful jungle rope 
Bauhinia scandens), and other lianas, — the 
Bauhinia racem of all 
limbers, resembling in form and dimensions | the chain 
le of a man-of. 
АРТЕ” 
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E үз To ee palace. The conspicuous 
yond the Pedes over the 
a moat i is the lovely he a Tani 
 EPIPHYLLUMS ON THE 
PERESKIA STOCK. 
I ро not think that I have anything new to sa 
respecting the treatment of these plants. Nevertheless, 
your r ki nd permission, I shall have much pleasure 
ted in sandy soil round the edge of a 
to grow with all 
Strength, keeping mh Mod tied up to a stout stake 
‘Until the desired abs is attained, 
The stocks are then allowed to ripen for a time, 
» ри étui GNU civ, mcn ly c 
ito branch nicely. In grafting tall stocks 
say 6 fet in height, T insert the ns 
ing a foot of the 
| commencing a the top 
gor en on all йзге stock; these, with 
the attention above named, soon лют and usual} 
w 
strong prongs or 
e iro 
for the з have three 
to the Mis ot the lar, rge pots, 
feet to Don Pit » 
and w 
ts beco very large 
girdle i is nixed tod the outsides of the pots Ec the 
a 
into flower by the mi iddle of November. Before the 
flowers Vind fully expanded they are taken to the 
bea 
to a suitable joint, finally leaving the pl 
symmetri sha hey are then 
taken back to their quarters in the ‘plant house, where 
ssing of fresh soil. wth 
they receive a top-dre 
e 
e also sd grt ed freely 
morning an oon. No ading is given, but 
bae of air is "admitted on all favourable occasi ions, 
yt 
of ан well matured substance. As the days shorten 
oe ure is reduced at root and top, lants 
radually cease to grow, and commence to expand 
E ; 
everting for a momen t to the Pereskia stock, I 
must say that I think it the best of all Kooks for the 
Epiphyllum; I know they will grow we 
on med Cereus s — - they do sit 
er nearly so profusely я. that stoc 
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lea have good p of, too, that 
the port of ET TET "wil enden for very many 
ears on the Pereskia stock, as there are two large 
seb here on that stock fea? twenty to twenty-five 
years ol еу show no sign o or un- 
healthiness, and are at the present time flowering as 
profusely as their ТӨ, ompanions, The soil or 
compost that se the growth " thes 
plants consists of a light fibrous loam, with a . 
ing of sharp sand, cow-dung, an 
roken up into small pi 
beauty of these flowers, their g owing colours and 
eous of our 
summer-flowering exo 
er of blossoms over a lengt thened Apad th 
when floral bea ost d 
easily bat arr means E 2 to cultivate, 
one wonders how it any varieties o 
Epi Ya y are not Tues peii poer John 
Wallis, Orwell Park, 
Home Correspondence. 
Planting on Chalk Soils, —In his most interesting 
e of trees and shrubs which Cem on a chalk soil, 
not mention Phlomis fruticosus. I, 
unfortunately, rpm on E soil hashes chalky aridity ís 
a cause o grief and disappointment. 
It is all solid rag 3 feet ia bed the nay р ре is 
fruticosus flourishes with extrao 
pressible vigour, and, when be bun pem spelen 
Sage-like ara are fully ou is a beautiful sight, I 
ing with We ira Philadelphus grandi- 
mpan ddlea globosa is 
par ret The Rectory, 
Beauchamp, Ti 
Fairy Rings.—In your last issue *' M. J. B.,” in 
writing about Fairy Rings, says that an *' old friend is 
no ards across," [t occurred t: 
ring will doubtless be a 
a grass | feld on the estate o 
Charles жгт vale’ P» , Colworth, Beds. A. Af. 
remarks on this 
unge discolor. —In some 
t ОЗ, = 
my i 
dudida are so carefully and бу ная ка а 
tics, and giving ас e 4 
writer that 
t had n 
was not indigenous to uta cou -— ob 
for me to surmise wh 
doubtless m will feel it - ibus to explain. 
William Bul 
inset rn Boe inen —These are ood 
with us this n that a note as to m TRU may 
not мафиа to the readers of the Gardeners’ 
Chronicle. Having a number ый ap planis that had 
been neglected, and never likely 
stuff, may om were taken fro 
in 
et on June : 21, and 
nserted singly in thumb тал in sandy loam and 
t.. They e plun a bottom-heat of 74°, 
where the uck, t shifted into 
iz 
ve 
ine stove. he iim erage about 
- үөү in uin and arcem their mm to the rim of 
the pot ; many of the heads measure 1 
and are of the co brilliant crim: 
the foliage is sure to drop ; and, next, weak guano- 
water should be given at each watering after their 
introduction into heat. Herewith I send for your 
inspection a mapis, of bracts and foliage [which are 
very fine.. Eps.], W. Wildsmith, Hec. 
Seakale — ит * Amateur " (p. 723) should 
of his Seakale betore growth 
mm 29d sifted coal ashes are better 
sand, and should be placed in нраву vtt s 15to 18 
inches in —— For a late supply this is the best 
wing it, but earlier ba are best 
чү} — viz., pot coverings ^ad the cro 
and bcm er and leaves for warmth, WW, Wild. 
smith, үзүп 
a 
the no 
үөн Gardens,—To prevent disappointment 
taan one, kindly let me state in the next number of 
he Builder that the old tree 
to Nathaniel 
Жасап has had to be removed to make room for 
new ings t be erected in ens. 
It was a fine specimen of A: ver m 8 апа 
yringiflora, 
by Sir “рл ыр» Hale. 
rts of it as were anid to nd have been 
taken care of, and will be made up into several useful 
It belonged to the Middle Temple Garden, 
The Clerk of Works 
е ok rosea —Will Mr. Sheppard kindly 
say how long he has kept the flowers of this plant ina 
presentable at after э ve grown 
the plant 2 or less a number of years, but I 
never found that the beets lasted long under any 
circumstances, M L Mas: houses here are 
pied as 
similar bedding pos yee second with the earliest 
atch of Poinsettias, "Жасын is, and Scutellarias ; and 
мы сөн eia a later batch of Poinsettias, Scutellarias, 
and Bou s. Against the "E walls of these houses 
are two osha pipes, and abo m is a narrow stage, 
I have grown the "PMunbegok The three 
voa: are kept at diffe de enda E fact the 
two end ones ha cold or so for a 
Ре de е use’ of 
are making their bracts we have mpera- 
and this additional heat zh proves 
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racemes о о то 
the plants, and put them in a vase se place i ina favour- 
