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À AUGUST 1, 1874.) 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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but others spread more or less. Peduncles | White’s memory could oe appro i - 
ae "the “gol i T Aog slender, cernuous, 3—4 | niently placed ; and we 4 1a z U dps. i ail farther ra soil orka ieia of as r ae 
inches long, bea eci — seen only two | suitably sionin a s ey hat reat ý ark of | filled with Ferns, the whole of t of the ghee 5 ed ini 
each, clothe Tike oe pe a oe outside a ome or z show the inhabitants respect the liyespodiens TARET 
rianth with adpressed white hairs like those e pas Ai Haas brie ny light that h 
priam E i arch Tonk, with a small adpressed $ anoh? g g at has ever burned Aa then co -i Draczenas, Croton filled pa e =~ 
linear bract at the ase of each. e: et hits gs E The real” ‘lion of Selborne is the house, which Pandanus, and Palms ; of "the lster are ‘adit rs “of 
} inch long. Perianth-segments oblanceo ate, —gs | regarded from an artist’s view, is exquisitely pic- young thriving sae ot all the best kinds, of mod 0 
‘ch long, spreading w n ex , under {inch | turesque, and almost ren in its . The pre- wth, now deservedly so much ‘in ASA A 3 
ve the erie ek pA yellow on the face, | sent owner and occ upant is Professor Bell, the | in “this fae are P eipuaevatien in our likin S ior 
and Baicy = D Ta halt as long eminent zoologist, who enaeitly values his privileges plants as in oth ings, ur neighbours a the 
ie perianth-limb Pe 4 Hach = equ ualling as an inmate of this famous and in de, for | Continent have been a lo ng w way ahead of us in their 
the linear-oblong anther. pie Re he indrical, as long as | the place is superbly kept, and the pio pilgrim is | appreciation of elegance of form in vegetable life ; of 
the triquetrous stigma. 7. G eae dy admission. Perhaps it may be proper | this n nothing is more confirmatory than their almost 
E ui BairenraNun, Zater.* to say that z lborne is not a show place. No on os culture of Palms, which, until recent years, 
LL appears to have discovered the art of fleecing the ittle known in this country as to in our 
This is an Allium me iy poe to a small section | tourist ; and Professor Bell should be put to the least cade only associated with gigantic species fit only 
elled Melanocromyum by Webb, aad distinguished 
asa g enus by Salisbury wila the name of Canidia 
which is sage ising of the rae of culti- 
because i er and habit the plants which 
aot striking of all the 
vators, 
it includes are idiot ps 
tute of -any aug 
ntirely 
se 
E 
n 
een No thoscordum and 
t plant has heen "i 
red by asg under the n 
“Sibthor 
sya 
i 
herbaceous ground 
sde by side with the pls inomi Linnean plant 
e same of which a bulbilliferous 
gicum, two 
specime 
3 with a Dalier. ovary, always glabrous and 
= soon becoming nearly 
ate foil in colour to na 
auerianum the flow 
b sm large, 1 globose, = AET and 
sually three 
bri right ven fleshy, glabrous, 
x ong. Flow —— 40 in an 
» Not simy with bulblets. Tek I—I¿ inch 
several brac = art the ee dilated to 
‘thick. 
te w e aide. so 
an inch a 5 pale red 
acute, with a distinct two-nerved keel of 
a dense coating of minute g 
oma inch long Tet completely gyno- 
ens sed, 6—8 in a cell, F. G. Bak 
= SELBORNE, . es 
merespect Selborne i is like Ni pa a. The firs 
tment, but you get»over that ots 
acquaintance, and 
you ae noticed ie wild Ivy that 
e only spot 
on which the cecal sabes, to 
recto tunicis pallidis membranaceis 
Peso A gy canaliculatis I— Ee 
us 
tin spe latis er es 
perianthii seg- 
libus aind rubris extus 
;_ filamentis lanceolatis 
eris oblongis rubellis 
viridi danisdi pa oso 
itis.—A, nigrum, Sibth: Smith, 
at lees daa by oe for ae on to 
ee the hou The sentation of card is 
seg ste the act of yas nt politeness ives. and 
you are admitted to the rooms that Gilbert occupied 
i ong years of his happy and quiet life in 
elb 
Th ost aasorenting: ha within are the por- 
traits of | neg Whites, zee of Gilbert represents a 
mish rather 
n. Hanger, and the 
Seepage of this woodland height justifies all White’s 
e of it, as it explains also the interest he took in 
tures The Jovel 
a 
clothed with the glo ssy and repe apt its 
rich fees and rma eg picturesque a, a of 
the fleecy clouds abov ow roll. iato 
wreaths a grey, and now wi 5 = ermit egress to a 
flood of sunshin The Hanger is agnificent 
feature of the scenery, which is avetipintiade beautiful 
8 surprisingly various. ‘‘ The soils of pm district,” 
says White, ‘‘ are almost as various and diversifi 
the views and aspects.” Shirley Hibberd, in «Pictorial 
World,” 
MESSRS. ROLLISSON’S 
NURSERY. 
(Concluded from p. 100 
me toa span-roofed Rne 65 feet by 143 
fled with ‘all the most aoe stove aa of the 
day; including Palms, Draczenas, Pandanus, Crotons, 
Vp sent Bipladenies, Marantas, Allama as, An- 
vo Ixoras, Gardenias, &c. n the 
sar is-a very large plant of iea A a horbanda, 
sovenia; not so thickly as to exclude the cgimeag 
ight, nouse. Here 
Near pair 
n (Platycerium esm a 
osa, 
en in 
o 
well-managed) is always a 
quite nagar and — any other in 
ecimen of Ficus dealbata, a 
tin distinct plant, with elliptic leaves a foo 
= green, onset a 
best of = 
in the of. Martinezia 
en feathery appearance O 
pláced in juxta-position with the bro 
pa. d£ others, has a most. striking. effect ao 
was a 
intermedia, 
4 feet Tt i is s here showing its natural 
tree-like habit, having got a stem.. Here are 
most of the stove Ferns in cultivation, E large 4 oo 
‘oof-cove f Ficus barbata, falcata, and 
repens ; these plants are grown to + rma the Ferns, 
d are trained up the rafters, fro ich t 
an m sÅ 
extend in all directions, so as to dilectus bak the 
g in gra For such 
n’s rays, and han grace 00 
situations ‘the plants are well adapted, being free 
er will bear cutting in to any extent neces- 
neath, a 
lanted té are. Pey from insects, es 
thi ing in the shape of this intolerable 
is after mated o establish itself this 
drapery 
for a few 
grow everything 
or nobly massive eo and the 
would appe s 
n d 
a a (Cordyline) 
par w linear leaves of a brownis 
of distinct and elegant 
sp a Pree se gfe pea of 
Veitchii, 3 feet high, a 
foliage down to the pots 
as it gets larger than in the 
r 
p 
E 
S 
gnifica, which Eens 
niie some 2 feet aie by inches ya rich bronzy 
red suffused with pink, is another fine variety, and 
D. imper aali is one of the most distinct of the 
family. 
he next house cuore a — lot of Adian- 
tum farleyense, in all sizes, fro n 
up to good specimens, the fne me 
young oa evincing their strong cae B ee 
er l 
There was here a fine plan nthuri stal- 
linum ; “this appe far the best of the large- 
growing Anthuriums, not getting so long in the foot- 
as A. magnificum, its beautiful silvery veins on 
the ample olive-green leaves ane. Sa it o t 
vantage. ere om , 
Ba plant, throwing u 
from its centre erect spikes of crimson yellow-tinged 
flowers, also small plants of the newest Dracæ 
an alms, with a good stock of "Nepe 
ted Tree Fern: 
of new commenci 
penthe 
Adjoining is a long lean-to house filled with gassate : 
mper ng to grow 
The O A oeni ong span-roofed range, 
divided so as to secure the requisite degrees of heat 
and mo oisture, 
The first st ‘division contains large phoma of 
Cattl Miltonias, and Dendrobiums fro 
the hill regions anil ae cage ee Giants 
oe pe zed iced 
in wae : notice din 
ensoni ds, 
TARN cordata, Lælia 
Penia imeni ratum puptinstet, Trichopilia 
tortilis, a —- old but very aso ap beta! s bicolor. 
In the next division on aes ies of Mil- 
eli, M., candi dida ;Dendrobiums 8 of all the 
-feluli ing. *D. *albo-sanguineum, D. 
D. Falco ae ei formosum, ~“ D. 
V. suavis, An haiiti ürne Aerides virens, 
A. Lobbii, A. virens superbum, affine, A. affine 
superbum, th rce A, Ellisii, and A, ue- 
vulnerum ; Saccolabiums in large of S. 
guttatum, S. Blumei S. Blumei mayjus, Har- 
risonianum, S. violaceum, S. Holfordii, and S. 
curvifolium ; T = a ænopsis, fine estab- 
ae of P. amabilis, 
tinct Calanthe 
P 
iiS the old aa dis 
Mass uta; numbers ‘of Raha sero including o 
lævigatum and C. caudatum su perb um. 
In a third division were again 
Cattleyas, and 
I noticed here the 
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