166 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Avcusr 8, 1874, 
examined at the anpra se of the month of March, 
and in co ence at a time when only the first i 
tions s of the vegetation of the year were obse 
h had flower 
year, and of which there remained 
ase o 
+i 
hich erate 0 
g year, i mmediately below the old bulb, and 
very likely from the axil of a scale that has fallen, that 
bears the new bulb from which the conical sum 
the shoot which will soon develope into the oraeson 
of the year is already seen to arise, his rhi 
ch a length of more than an inch or an inch a 
a half. From its points of origin it descends a little into 
the soil, then raises itse come hori al, 
finally rises at its extremity to t is of mye — 
bulb and to be mete pir ast flo 
[n its und oP bears small spiral sonia 
hick and fleshy, of oy the first are e slightly spaced, 
but those at the end of this subterranean growing 
| h 
part that bears the lower part of the young b ulb, arise 
numerous thickish rootlets, on the healthy action of 
ui f the How 
Later on in the year the old “bulb disappears, the hori: 
zontal rhizome thus becomin 
,ora 
successive generations, eac each of which has an 
annual bulb for its fusdamental base 
In es ate popie 
ture,* E wish to point - ou 
ent kinds of ‘ ‘ rhizoi 
for pase ofthe horizontal branch guy kdm 
ae ee leaf-scale, which branch 
ais exromiy bears a new bulb, as in Lilium cana- 
dense ; 34 the lowest part of the flower-bearing stem 
above the bulb when it creeps below the surface of the 
» Leichtlinii. 
; this 
of view, presents great variety and muc h interest 
structure, 
out 
To sum up the bulb-structure of the tribé, the 
main points of interest are :— 
a u 
poi 
=~ in its bulb-strue and runs over the line of 
 * See also Royer i in Bulletin Soc. Bot, pi we, tome xix., 
x Th hb. 
pP- 157, and €, p. 159. 
transition which rA the squamose from the 
tunicated type. In Gen. Fl. Germ. 
for F. pyre E r ot essory bu 
tee elongated stolon, as is frequent in the 
Tulip 
3. PThe third type of structure, an annual laminated 
tunicated bulb, runs, with 
e 
Calochortus, and Llo 
radicular fibres are developed fotk he stem on the 
underside of the end of the 
wn 
a 
synopsis when the bulbs 
are said to be stoloniferous ; and it is upon the differ- 
ence whether these accesso are sessile or 
stalked th at the distinction between 
Parlatore’s ** 
depends. 
that of Tulipa ; but the inner tunics are fewer, and 
In the Mexican Pees a Calo- 
chortus the outer dry coat form a ass of 
reticulated fibres mixed with little cotinine te Sai; ® like 
those of Crocus vernus and In 
serotina the utes contin coats are thin, 
ous, and the inner coats so little 
the base of the stem is very | 
slight ; and we thus get an p izome-like bulb 
similar to those of Allium and Rhiziridium, But the 
rene tenia which tas | i 
ness an panda of the tale att ai Ae Aiara 
stations in which the plant grows, by careful - 
tion its history may be traced t for eight or ten 
years. Here it has been clearl that the 
accesso! l bulbs are sometimes sessile and some- 
times stalked, in one and the same species, according 
to circumstances, 
“4 In the section Gageopsis of Lloydia we have a 
a sreneek corm. 
; -modification of 
Here, as in. aai ecg and 
nourished base of a single lea, which 
leaf is fresh and at the time that th 
stem is de course fom the E of 
i the coy whit these aint close to a little 
on one corm. sities of 
pong i 
way 
Ib the f 
of makin egies 
egensburg Flora, 1859, pp. 
33-36. 
ý kaa and Schlecht., Bot. » 1863, pp. 161—164 and 
173, , With tw 
"F Balen So ‘Soc: Bet. a sine amg gure 
rance, viis, p. 676. 
merican Naturalist, July, 1871. 
mais a | 
ee 
eir duration, baie uniformity or difference in 
some only grow out 
und, and whether some 
vg tee or all are dilated below the irae into reservoirs 
ofn t. 
————— 
Natural History. 
` ae Geoffroy § 
matation et Domestication des 
x Utiles, dicouts the a nde of travellers to 
Osphromenus olfax of Commerson gene- 
y the name of Gou 
attains more y: 
according to Labipate. two ; and as 
its depth is very considerable i In proportion to its other 
uvier calls it a 
y savoury than the turbot.” 
ot from hearsay but from his ern pe 
unguam 
ie i a recent 
author— M isser ; Pide, “iti is a wholesome as 
well as an abu t food.” 
fter being successfally introduced to Mauritius or 
Be. Ile de Seen i ts further rton oie r 
was natura 
: y su on ae 
1802 ot remarked how desirable it would be to 
stock French fish ponds with it. The attempt made 
esueur unluckily 
erable number and in 
ahogar throu 
More recently, ee 
viduals within 
car 
But many shots have often to be fired before 
art is eventually Which will be the first 
rve to su 
ir perseverance and patience are often 
The XZXe naa of setja pons us that 
Mensuel of the Société d’ 
Saai ~ fase 
1874, p. 332, Selon a Ta: the c 
pisci; ur, M. Car 
leave a supply of the apparatus necessary for trans- 
i te Gh to Pee T must add that I have 
found M. ier and ready 
a render us disin terested service. But here begin 
the tribulations ss which turned out fa out za and destroyed 
the results of ing. 
“As the pacing ‘a tly exceeded the weight of 
5 kilogrammes eres Ib. » avoirdupois), it was im- 
possible for Sie Chevalier ty rogiem he resistance 
of the to admit 
