66 THE ' 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[JULY 18, 1874. E 
' trail on the beach, Fe Polygonum Convolvulus 
they porat when expanded, the blade furnished wit th 
distinct ribs, the claw sania a distinct greenish- 
(Black Bindweed). Up from the shore a iew am et viscid gland at the which is toothed on 
yards grew Campanula rotundifolia. One is apt | the upper side. Filaments gente than iii perianth, 
to overlook the distinctive ground leaves when | bearing small rou yellow one-celled anthers. Fruit 
ng nar- | ac i long as the 
plucking the slender blue bells, with lo 
row stalk adh two months hence. Shining 
m (Ladies Bed-straw) had not 
a e of ie akey Y flowers, but there was a 
suspicion of white visible on the close porin gG. 
` come to its height, but was not in bloo 
Symphytum officinale (Comfrey) was exhibiting 
some of its yellowish flowers. These two large- 
grew the little Cerastium aquaticum 
= Mouse-ear Chickweed). Handsome fresh tufts 
of Senecio Jacobœa reminded me of the pretty 
Burnet Moth (Anthrocera Filipenduz) one was 
Silene inflata (Bladder Campioni. not in 
ower of 
bloom, stunted specimens 
Valerianella olitoria (Corn Sallet), anda g a the north 
styles. Seeds nangani 
panka e packed stn: SE in the cells. 7. G. B 
THE FRUITS OF PERSIA. 
(Continued from p. 38.) 
PERSIA, = ancient times, was the greatest power 
in the East, and attempted, upon more than one 
occasion, t kb gate what then existed of the West, 
until it fell geren the genius of Alexande a During 
this peri supremacy it was visited, 
and became well known to many tava at. geo- 
trabo and 
climate an od 
| pr iD, being hot, d 
d the northern, moist, warm, a 
grg 
tolerable heat. 
vince of Kodea are exceedingl the 
scorching wind that frequently blov ows from 
and only in inte 4 
dried in the sun, pres and pounded inti B nal 
water for two or three 
then mixed wi 
equal quantity of eal and baked in thin 
ere is an abunda of the Mastich tree, a sp 
of wild Almond (from which the peasants cut kno 
, and a very large kind of 
nd Pomegranates. In the beauty of 
upland plains surpasses description : the first sho 
young a f 
T 
the exactions of the officials and the troops ; butt 
aretsecluded hes 
with Vines, and along t f 
fall in cascades fields are Bod with dense bu 
Frenchmen of the 
admiration depicted upon the face of the see 
exclaim with satisfaction, ‘‘ This is Persia! t: 
Persia ! Bee 
inity of 
bate 
The climate of Shiraz, which i is distant abo 
p 
dubium or two, with red hairs at the base of the | grown, and then scarcely sufficient for the | ™ Bushir principal port in the P 
scarcely formed flower-buds, gave promise of | supply of the gp hea corm The Rice harvest takes | Gulf, is much ‘too cold for the date. ‘fa D 
the fine blaze there will be in the neighbouring place in Apa mk eptember, nie ‘tater the other | there is frost at ae ot giw ice upon the ped 
grain in is an ay. ice ltivated in | t orni id-day t is warm, ani 
cornfields i op pate from whence these, Mee well watered, by artificial canals drawn | temperature resembles a s ring day ngland. 
last | ts had st rayed. A few Cowslips, diferent rivers ; ter is chiefly | air is remarka ry and pure, like that of U 
another peas Terin Geum rivale (Red pas ee the Pcie rains for nourishment, t. Wine is the staple commodity, and 
Water Avens) were also observed. We foun pha em 2s pt Papa at re goo , and wi 
also fine leaves of Angelica sylvestris, the only oubtless be much better if the manufacture w 
Amongst the most ~~ spots. _ the Rice, the | ducted more s . The Vine is planted at tm 
Umbellifer in this walk not alluded to in my | Date tree has fo pe urishes gr reatly. seaso the year—in Aries (end of M 
April paper. “ Well content with our stroll along | This fruit is reckoned « one ee the pees delicious in the | Scorpio (end of October). The ground intended 
6 miles of coast, we took coach,” as Pepys words 
it, “ and so home to my musique and then supper 
. + + + which did please me mightily.”— (Diar. Y, 
kA ila ikar saa Pett Edin- 
 ZNGADENUS E Fonit Torrey in Wats. Bot. 40th 
343.* 
mels’ milk ates, se a board sued with spikes, 
the preservation of the animal an art ar . It is then divided 
four or more “fi ats, by constractiig 
this tree, which yields sc ae 
uxuries. 
thia Tolda duwies higher than the level of the so ot 
Shi: BE aes right angles. The cuttings eV 
abounds. An —— the every ten days. There are ly 
is held is ed serted in each hole, about 10 i 
groun e trained upon a trellis b 
one 
John Mi Malcolm upan his mission nd. e 
‘An Arab in three years Ew planting, anadet is 
Parall., woman who had gone to pr 
This is a hardy bulbous plant ofthe natural order or | E ie land was questioned, upon her return, as to what | at the close of w The n practice 
sub-order Colchicaces: In the structure of the flower | kind of country she seen, and upon hearing her | country i ain the Vines on wa r high 
it is allied to Veratrum, but the narrow -like per- | answers the audience were filled with envy of th frames ; but in some places they are cut do 
istent leaves give it more the habit of an Anthericum, | English, and a nÎ spread over them, which | stunted bushes, as is the common fashion at the 
Feire phie Cait and the ountains, | showed discontent at their o n hey i ope. During September and 
= h EPA forty years ago las, it | were departing with this sentiment, the woman The Grapes are trodden 
oe was not pissing Stee till p = orrey took itin | happened to say, ‘England cer tainly w wants one thing.’ large earthenware pan, and the whole crushed 
hand, and described an d named it per o oe ‘What is that?’ said the Arabs, eager erly, ‘There is | juice T into a jar holding tw 
botany of Whip] not a single Date tree in the whole country!’ A small quantity of water is added; 
y Mr. kee a did the old’ was the AGEA exclamation. nitive,’ few cays fermentati , and the mi 
ev d ev : 
fis bi + . 
free ovary. In that 
only the plant now under notice and Z. 
poma its the n astern States, and has 
Our plant closely 
loura, the six free divsions half aa 
ed 
t case the genus 
lanceolate, 3 wia a aktie claw, from the top of whch b 
a! x looks for pa $ slag all all 
I looked in 
enaA Ay feel- 
not envy, that now 
oh 
filled their breasts, and they went away wond oft and bottled in glass flasks. It is ae 
c live in ere there were | drink abou t forty days after bottling ; but 
= Date trees!” The Dates, when gathered, Tade laid ete! Se ec ae by keeping a pey or age 
Th 
preserve themselves without sugar ; "ld the Gè such thing as a cask or pth 
Peis 5 all, and does | wine thus prepared in jars is not f 
i fectly as it would otherwise be. 
i ivato) : i l and w 
e plantations 
ch tree: 
ea 
leis mores but no remis- 
3 2 is this epar aitia sikta oer ae . 
making | and all drink it without much scruple, 1 
di ‘fro peel, 
racempsis vel pani 
gi racteis | aavlkte Taree wi šeg- 
mentis “aibid lanceolatis acutis distincte paean mg good 
Sart unguibus di ri perenne stamin ribus - inclusis ; 
p. 3 ; Branden eterna, Hak. 
p x60, non Mich. 
Vhiphle, 
, Bo $ Be ech, 
or rey, Bot. 
y Arn. 
foliis basalibus 3—4 inana. 
ersistentibus, 
the higher 
fi ; ie: 
disa and its place is supplied by the the 
Finke and the Plane. The people =a 
which they use in making bread.’ The acorns are 
