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DECEMBER 25, 1875.] 
IHE: GARDENERS) CHRONICLE. 
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phyllum, Mr. BAKER has kindly pointed out that 
nus, The 
former was published by Dr. LINDLEY, and the latter 
these generic names belong to the same ge 
species are usually known 
as Clivia and Imantophyllum pognis. and often 
sirable to show 
may be pre- 
ferred to keep up Imantophyllum, it being the most 
and as under that title three of the 
x I, miniatum), figured in the Flore des Serres, The 
very close relationship that must obtain between 
t 
rom a communication in the 
American Gardeners’ Monthly that the splendid new 
FRANCIS PARKMAN, of Boston, flowered it for two or 
three years, but the bulb increased slowly, and, show- 
peaty soil at Knap Hill, The result of the change of 
soil we all know. 
—— It is proposed to present a testimonial to Mr, 
others have been|}figured in the Botanical Magazin. I. 
Aitoni and I, Gardeni have pendulous flowers. Those 
of the former are straight with a peer mouth, and 
it has rigid, obtuse, or even retuse lea The flowers 
of dm tter are curved, and twice а е? with the 
of the irem Кыйла; while the leaves are 
a blu I. miniatum is 
call it endroit and allow the others to be 
Clivia, but from the present views of classification the 
distinction m cannot be 
s they rep 
ер 
Proposed тан genera, this plant is аан of the | 
At this time of the year it is necessary to ыер id Le 
possible, a A" 
c ha bed i Ж 
nstant А. 
enough to span the bed. 
path on ee p and icd centre of the a 
о 20 inches above the centre d the bed, 
ight iro й rods & өн, л ү EY ү» * bg arid 
builder's laths, can be pas 
гн, and fastened to Атр P fs indu line Should 
FIG. 163.—AGAVES IN THE SCILLY ISLES. 
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McKENZIE, the landscape architect, to whose skill 
the design and planting of 
ry Parks, the Victoria 
Embankment, and other public works. Mr. 
McKENZIE's labours at the Alexandra Park are — 
known to and appreciated by our readers, as 
the disappointment that must have befallen him after 
the calamitous fire at that нна. There must be 
many who would willingly show their acknowledg- 
ments for жи. n ENZIE has done to advance 
horticulture : such persons should communicate with 
Mr. Eur gg a B Park. 
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At this time of the year the Mouse OF 
DS OF E TuLIPS become an important duty 
with cultivators of this fine flower. e object is not 
so much to protect from frost as inn v et; for ex-. 
T. frost fo cnp 
of a 
h wet, the р surr soil 
dendo are likely to suffer amend in pace ad | cluding light and air, ` 
| be placed along, about half way down on either side. 
This forms a solid framework of a durable — 
should feet 
e 
sideration. t 
ew — off the wet irme abso i ng too much of 
e same time furnishing 
Two A wet: 
along the framewor 
ach deal poles, to keept pu covering in its place an 
ood a covering as can be provided, 
appear above the es whic 
early as ке, that keen va ne eed to be 
r c a gen "e n the  — 
provided agains only covers à por of t 
framework, Башк p crown, | rin ‘alls s over rsuicienty 
ut ex- 
- When cutting winds prevail, and 
