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GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
177 
. M Krelage & Son hav 
E gare that Messrs. Krelage on hav 
n oo varieties of Hyacinths in 
f m all o ich are 
growers, that Hyacinths have 
in a remarkable manner from bad influ- 
er a ; B, e wers of this spring 
t In general, the 
sare not arabe, “aboh the frost of 
and t be On ee of May, will not 
used for 
egree, w. mat 
the | enhanced i ‘of land, all serve to augm 
; production.. The pretty carly 
inth 
the last few _— an 
l bea saad 
irked individuality of EN belong- 
s have a peculiar dagh outline, 
so beii: and 
iei is seat eee with 
wilo it great Sa ERES its free- 
PONESE VEGETABLE WAX. 
2 gree es an account of the man- 
it 
z r r rhi aiaa 
tree, the Tons urushi, the ` 
s used è 
r not cut foe several veins the ey may be seen in 
x-producing sch | Browne to a height of 
ir 40 feet. In distric re the trees are sore 
lacquer or varni ish, a are cut every se 
The mode of obtaining the wax ie 
acquer tree, is as fo 
n the branches, hosty with fr — 
e 
t in no very impotta 
The folowing brief description is: ‘takeh 
out in Sendai and Aidzu : 
aches weir vt n cauldron, over 
iatce-work of sticks is placed, and on these 
The sifted rinds of the fruit are then 
on “the matting and st , after which 
empen and again steamed. 
ts, is then put in a wooden 
on blocks are inserted in the trou 
with heavy blows from 
re e bottom of the igh 
the egress of the wax. T ough and 
of Kiaki wood, and sae mallets and 
Mulberry; a ey hard 
mall quantity of oil, in 
of about ire E“ is added t o the 
of its being expressed more pe It 
aoe rt steaming process, and is 
the latter 
to Sa akurajima, an island near Satsuma. _ Its. produc- 
tion has so increased that there are now no less than 
seven different (ae The prc a i id ~ 
raised from seed or lips. 
Kog 
from the fruit of the EE a which differs. Hiei: the 
rushi and Hage-urushi tre een, 
and is largely grown in Ossugor, ʻ Ma? = northern part 
of Nagato. It flowers in the m of summer, the 
frait ripening in autumn, whats wh plucked and 
soaked in water for four or fiv 
ve days, aket which it is 
kalded out with the feet, eae separating the outer 
rin e Koga Mb aoe ee a large proportion of 
natural oil, which i restricts its use to 
cold and temperate districts Candles made sa it show 
a very bright light, and if some contrivance could be 
hit upon for extracting the oil, the ciiittigtion a this 
wax would be increased, as it is very cheap compa: 
with the other preie Refuse wax is used for manur- 
ing purposes. 
THE HURRICANE LAMP. 
Messrs. DIETZ, of Carter Lane, have brought 
under our notice a form of lamp oysatially tet 
for outdoor use in gardens, stables, barn 
Fic. 38.—HURRICANE LAMP. 
poe Ne situations. The advantages claimed for it 
e safety economy, — ty of construction, ease of 
chet a and in rye of light. 
i peoia a the lamp 
warmed 
m and in 
distent perea pom 
presents a large area of wh 
consumption of oil. Co apes ative experimen 
been made which bear out the Soe above, 
es y as to the length of time t remains 
stint? fo ioe Sh Sh os 
: the 
durability a r is co y. 
the sate the lamp oy wind or 
ice 6 aa sg ane account indeed, it has been 
called the hurri 
Tbe illustrarion (äg. 38) has has been drawn by our 
own and serves to show what a handy, ser- 
ine ee this is. 
LIQUIDAMBAR TREES. 
sire 
ex! ts have- 
by more than one Phe ond namel the di stinguishi n 
characters of the t a A i es i g 
Plantarum, E E a are freque 
ish gardehs ; and even so good an authority ~ 
does pe 
] 
( ical Journa y` De Candolle ; 
(Prodromus, 1864), an: Ome (ig "cokers — 
ee ntly confused i 
I 
Toc! 
easily killed by frost ae 
c aracters ó. aair n the di e mea ee and 
untrustw and it is perhaps k 
-upon L. uke Mill (kabere; ‘Ait, not Willdenow, 
the can L, 
give weight to this view, he quotes a 
L. orientale is really indigenous in the East 
states that it has never been fou 
Phar. 
Yournal are watt 2 upon insufficient t grounds, 
are more incline d to — ieve that Professo 
r papers on the subject, 
as to the 
. M 
s from the two 
t Skies, or presen Mr, 
ard to the pt = „the 
characters upon which i ma a styraciflua. 
both have usually five-lo ent 
y three or 
st mstantly in the 
young state. may be rs i 
flor and flowers of the two species, but 
ve no nity of exa g them. 
they rarely flower in this country, such charac 
would be of little service. In all the numerous « 
and living | have seen, we have expe- 
ramsayi 4 el; in L 3- 
is a oe aa L. orientale, Millen, the latter na name 
ority. = a in n nurseries as 
severest winters with impunity except when quite 
young. Both will flourish Sout 
at all events. With regard to thei 
- mental trees, ere would dispute them 
1 a a opposite, a5 
Their habit, or vagina ee that rot L. styra- 
ciflua, when estat: and healthy, is more uy ed 
pyramidal than we remember any species of A 
L. orientale is a este a slow grower, but tL. ii 
years. G koj 
Rely in the autumn, like many other re trees 
(e.g., Quercus coccinea and Virginian C tee the 4 
leaves of k styraciflua change oe a beutiful eri i 
