104 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
(JULY 25, 1874. 
S. breviramum, Jord. et Four., Brev. ii., p. 36. 
51. S monticolum, Jord. et Four., Brev. 
s2. S. ambiguum, Lamotte, Etudes, p- 17. 
3. S. Lamottei, gp a d weg "n Maine et Loire, 
Lamo otte, Etudes 
m, Lamotte, sek aly > 19. 
Sub-group cipal plants t than the last sub-grou 
about Ir inch 
long, 4 lines broad, Bale green or glauc 
without a coloured ti 
p S bien Lamotte, Etudes, Coos: 
Four., ee 216. 
58. S 
Jord. et 
2. beige 2 S. Debiusi —Leaves fringed with longer 
d closer c prea than in the tectorum group, 
ant those of the variously directed, the 
hairs sometimes extending a little to the back 
and face of the lea’ 
62. ye fimbriatum, Pilate et Schnitt., Flora, 1855, 
p. 16; the Himalayan plant figured under the same 
name _ a (Reise Wald., t. 43), is a totally 
63. S S. Punckii, F; aa eng eed “Vi, 
Sturm, Deutsch. Flora, 67 Reich. Ic. Crit, 
t. 967 ; Jord. et Four., hanes, fe 
64. S. Pomelii, Lamotte. ce yr 
udes, 9 (regar 
and arachnoideum) ; Jord. et g: 217. 
65. S. angusti foliuin, Kerner, CEster. Wochen., 1870, 
y 288. 
ae piliferum, Jordan, Obs., vii., p. 27; Lamotte, 
aa; P- 44. i 
67. S. barbatulum, Schott, CEster. Wochen., 1853, 
r S. atlanticum, Ball Ba Rhee be Bot. Mag., 
aa as a sub-species of 
"Oio of S. montan ae eE on = 
= pf without anv vii wie of hairs on t 
edges, as in the two foregoing groups. Habit 
mostly dwarf. 
DS montanum, Linn. ; Lehm. et Schnitt., oan 
$855, p. EA Jacq, Austr. Suppl., t. 41; D.C. P 
590. S. inai aapa T. Etudes, te 52% Ss. 
montanum, . et Auct., ex part 
71. S..alpestre, Lamotte, Etud 
frigi = tte, ake: p 
73. S.m Griseb. Spicel. Fee Gk 329 ; 
S. egy yp m Sibth. 'et Smith, zoz Linn 
4. S. flagelliforme, Fisch. ; Lehm. et Schnitt., Flora, 
1955 B 18. 
5. pumilum, M. Bieb»; Boiss., Fl. Orient., ii., 
S. stenopetalum, Lehm. et Schnitt., Flora, 1855, 
che rupicolum, Kerner, Œster. Wochen., 1870, p. 
78. S. caucasicum, Ruprecht ; Boiss., Fl. Orient., ii., 
È 
79. S. assimile, Schott, Œster. Wochen., 1853, p. 19. 
T of ar arachnoideum.—Dwarf ‘plants, with the 
-u central leaves of the rosette united 
eb of fine white tients, 
, Linn. ; D.C. Plant. Grasses; t. 
ees Ferke For,’ Austr. a8 Bot. aiene 68 ; Boreau, 
Bee du Centre, res 3 edit., 261; Lehm. et Schnitt., 
3 du 
Peia 
55; P. 
i Se Dostana, Lehm., Flora, xxxiii., p. : 
et Schnitt., Flora, 1855) P- 19. x toe 
$: , Timbal-Lagrave, Bull. Bot. France, 
Etudes, p; 46 (as a a hybrid between 
Flore Jurass. Supply a p- 88. 
z e S. 6 Jones, p 309 — oe Wochen., 1853, 
P 
Division 2.—True Fo aa, hon (sepals, petals, and 
z ow flowers. 
rag ng 
| Bot. Mag 
hci pri 1855, p. 6. 
92. S. ruthenicum, Koch, Synops., edit. edb a oe 
‘Laas, et Schnitt., Flora, 1855, p. 5; S. ar 
— in a b. Kew, non 
93. S. Zellebori, Schott, poe Wochen., inchs P. 
245- 
i S. Pittoni, Schott ; Nyman et Kotschy, Analecta, 
p.t 
Subgenus 2. CTR p niee Koch Epa ae Pa 
Sepals, petals, and carpels o 
re the flower yellow ; the carpels Gok t 
mits me ns, : 
a: h e 
Bot. Zeit., xvii, fos abtis ag b, = 
in the spring aad te as OP The spring sowing 
one another from ape narrowed 
a into the ie" stai styles 
95. S. hirtum, Linn., Sp. Plant., edit. 
Lehm. et Schnitt., ii: Lesa pe sr DC. 
rasses, t. 107; pogon Allioni, Jord. et Four., 
192. 
. stramineum, Baker ; Diopogon stramineus, Jord. 
et Foar. , Icones, fig. 1 
97. S. are enarium, Koch, eee edit. 833; 
Sturm, Deutsch. Flora, xix., t. 83; Lehm. et Schnitt., 
Flora, 1855," p. 23; Schott, dikes ptos. Kochii, 
Face = 
S. hirtellum, Schott, Verh. Sieb., Verein, 1857, p 
IJI. 
9 S. Neilrichii, Schott, Nym, et Kotschy, Anal., p. 
Heuffellii, Schott, Œster. Wochen., 1852, p 
18 - X DRUNA Heuffellii, Jord. et Four., Brev. ii., p. A : 
B š 
S. patens, aiian p Re Hine pe arg 
iss., FI. Orien 5. Brassaii, Hort. Mo cre 
ior. S. debiles s Sehat, sit Wochen., ii., p: 
-x ; illebrandtii, Schott, Œster. Sad ng f 
P- 
con Ss. algae Sy m, Baker 
FI. Transyl., 
Mag $ Sy orn 
yn., m. et Schnitt., Flora, 
p. 22; S Rob, ‘Linn, ex parte ; Reich., ms 
Cae, tab. 839 ; . hirtum, Jacq., Fl. Austr., tab. 
F: G. Baker. 
LETTUCES. 
THE collection of Lettuces staged at South aad 
sington on the 15th by Messrs. Carter & Co. wa 
es in so far that it presented forms of both 
new and old kinds in comparison, but it was deficien 
of phar te so far that but few of pes aims had 
ned to thei 
attai ir true = and therefore the com- 
arison was inconclusive. If, oeei it should lead 
to a thorough trial of all known kinds 
hiswick next year, some practic ceca m 
out of it. Ien red 
White Cabbage Lettuces were rep 
White Stonehead, Early Paris M 
nd est Small E 
Earli -shape h 
ut age tea-c p-in_ various st: 
of compa the best being the Tom Thumb. I 
am not sure, however, es as a rule, these come = 
maturity quicker than some of th er kinds; 
are specially useful for scalture ae handlights ane 
frames, where they m wn very closely to- 
pies The larger forms N the- White ‚Cabbage 
tuce were represen 
by White Dutch pubes, 
same as the I 
mo Hea 
in colour ; and Ne Plus Ultra. I mi 
ably fine ‘Cabbage. Lettuce, the so 
tri 
emblance to it being fou ths Ne Plus 
Ultra. I think en nee these hi, oe Cabbage 
ccount heir 
peculiarity in this res ain as. the colour renders them 
a cbectonble eo table ae e Cos j attuogs 
grow in that stage i 
aie be not a aitheult matter ce ak ct poe a a 
Ses. The largest was Carter’s Giant 
White it seemed to differ only in an infini- 
tesimal ¢ White, London y 
White, < 
from . . 
will afford an admirable „test for the sum 
zers = ote 
hilst few vegetables will 
admit of a more interesting, if not saaara 5 
Alex, Dean, Bedfont. 
Natural History. 
HE Cuckoo.—What lover of the c 
i notes of cou i 
the welcome bird, co n 
t, sad to relate, it was scarcely complete when 
on fo grati in arrived, and 
e 
time on the wet of ie eggs, and in 
| had the satisfaction 
very extensive orch 
large = ee in wath the 
early morning. One tree in Coa ar, a Pear 
had ‘noni mutilated ie at some of the lowe 
branches cut to make i for sion trees. 
a pair of flycatchers 
n 
est and ir youn t was t 
sinful and wicked by young people in those days 
t or young of the: bis, w 
called white Feree ebe ing t 
robinredbreasto hiteb: eats sacred. 
Satins at SN for’ “ne bi hindi bedi: unmoles 
to r ety their brood. ~ ng I 
carelessly pine, ing near the nest, ing my í 
o0 
ht git e es I saw a pair of tly 
birds—wondering what their object Id be 
seated myself the trunk of an 
tree, not far distant, and watc 
of the bi 
gst the grass at the root of the tied for 
haps five at minutes, then springing up to the nest, with 
what I believed to be egg in 
mar. very similarly 
the nest, and si slightly larger, perhaps, than the 
the ol com n th rush. 
s, and that many of them should be sown both i 
