THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 271 
= the ge dwarf purple D Snape Zelinda is 
z3 
nstead o 
ot are en filed; in i lai entirely with ~ at pete 
zi 
etting the walls 
t, with: a ‘wine eye ; Boarea palustris, 
f the bes 
ventive capability ee ol make a border so planted an 
bject of r E 
_—— The Ser Official scp sage to the | 3 
ignorant. conde Ose y som on 
ae mas caterpillars at last hit upon the expedient 
PeT: t the a pe 
mae young Partridges peasants and ee deciduous tree, a native of northern Persi 
trans-Caucasian vi i 
forests, Thep ant is indefatigable i r ere its snips 
V 
= Suis Ga fori pat fruit te such as 
ditions ps ond mare it is to be competed for. 
t £12,000, erg nin with other Ey 
of the communal d 
will no doubt w; the 
means 0 eens o out oaks “vhs suggestions 
THE OLD WALLS AT KEW. 
WHEN I first k always fond of 
Pond a the shrolibental and nein and the old 
je had an tepec attraction “9 me, as they ye 
es ad met with i 
t 
aaao of seven rors: I have vis sited. all my whilom 
t 
n, and promises well 
that had 
I propose giving you a hast 
pr rinipal subjects, some of which have 
these old for m 
ing very remarkable about 
he r 
of his old eee seem 
eon use 
“ni will soon discover wai 
e of little use to stran 
ender, and needs the 
wall tò protect it nn nst mee e amme 
perea p though its lange, d dee sol, coloured flowers 
howy. Passi 
e 
member 
ed the ‘Hemamelides. Hamamelis and Co: 
ea apan. 
oxylo on agras our next subj gr is an extremely 
enogenesis, meaning 
fect =. tea 6 ‘he ono 
ake I Be oe the ist to to 
and still 
Siok tei Me 
t ‘was 
ae 
Australia at the time when this occurred [?]. bee 
dicecious plants, as the Willows, for instance, occa 
sionally produce both sexes on the same ste 
was 
of experiments were contradictory, and 
present time it cannot be said to be satisfac- 
rg settled. Mr. anbury, a gentleman noted 
r the care he peep “ his investi tions, 
a ne resum arthenogenesis in our plant 
er ten years ago. Te was first observed in a green- 
how A t 
Naturally m 
an opportunity foe “strengthening or upsetting the 
theory of parthenogenesis, but no male flowers or 
allies. The pienti in question Mi pinnate leaves and 
arge flat spines, and its flowers are inconspicuous, 
It is mena of more interest to the botanist than to 
the gardener, who evoted to useful and orna- 
mental then: to curious plants, Northern India is its 
home, and it may possibly be identical with T plani- 
apai 
and they are of a more ornamental character. ur 
next plant, Vitis antarctica, carries our thoughts to 
quite a different part Svd the world. But this name 
was given under a isapprehension as to its native 
ares rs is Manogan pe at as the plant 
qu sores comes from New S uth Wales and 
Own ensl It is therefore too tender, even for a 
wall, wine extra protection in winter. 
(To be continued.) 
THE GRAPE PHYLLOXERA. 
(Continued from p. 226.) 
PRACTICAL CONSID DERATIONS. — The more mani-= 
cording to the particular 
These AE n which are here there i e commenced at 
Aip eian ahia is excess Of pl 
othe living tissue being necessary to the existence of 
this as of all plant-lice. The decay pay "n parts 
adjacent to the swellings, and on the more fibrous 
t e t 
beco! R. ina sickly, yellowish appearance on 
the leaf dna a reduced growth of cane. As the roots 
continue to decay these ‘ete ried become more acute, 
til by about the third a Vins the zine dies. Such 
