274 THE 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE, 
[AUGUST 20, 1874, 
man extracts a pon Age ae Ren and he has to 
pay an arbitrary pe: is profits and Hate 
out of every eae rasilahs o be oe. hipped as a 
ex 3 3 to 54 dolls. fe 
trasilah of £ copal, varying according $o T kapr of 
at Zanzibar the mer at from 
Yet, in po of all difficulties, The trade 
rs; and Captain Elton is of opinion that 
feethaustibie supply of get under a settled ru 
with s , would furnish the cio: 
er aunty than that which 
alo: e poat 
wor tree copal 
. It is little valued i 7 European 
ts, but is exported to Bomb d China, 
= ecm a account of copal and the ae trade 
ven by agde SR Seiden in his Lake tries 
> 
GREENHO USE PLANTS. —XIV. 
THEIR CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT. 
Adenandra fe Baar —This plant is a native of the 
Cape, and is t of the Adenandras. It produces 
its bright, Sake jaiok flowers in compact bunches, 
on ints of the shoo season’s 
growths. ‘This is a p! ti has some- 
what seen, for reason’s difficult to 
explain, as, when in eed condition it is very attractive, 
the grateful fragrance o bs ficwenk good foliage, and 
distinct appearance, ma 
cake it a general favourite. The 
fact of its a -R easier to grow than many 
ed me- 
ibitio yet its comp: e tie cul 
should rath ooked upon as a m i ras 
an otherwise, so far as being ely useful as a 
decorative subject. It is also, we reason of its bein 
less susceptible to inj oma ciency in cultural 
skill, or a little inattention, a commendable 
t w beginners, or tho: had an 
opportunity of mastering the~cultivation of the most 
plants ; n if looked 
view by exhi- 
may be considered of a 
y preferable when well 
others tha 
r are 
Ade rooted hits eh more 
than the tre hong bess pantone hard-wooded 
sbi that also are natives of the Ca 
Holl 
it, and the opera- 
Haaie beot of ay Beet to the plant, but 
reverse. Winter them in a tem 
stocks ol- 
little closer, standing them on 
of damp, iisti kokiling fine ashes, 
' Riyal Geographical Society's Journal, xxix., P. 435- 
Pa net Of Oe a = a 
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v 
which will prolong the time of their not requiring the 
pans after the shift, aay the roots to seg to the 
m to bec y 
more 
get on m strong — 
condition in hard-wooded plant growing that 
should never be lost sight of. dras are very 
en growers, do not usually require any stop- 
es but if an 
ay ough the mona to outgrow the othe 
tying down, they zes a shortened back a little 
e as to equalise their Ss 
sie ve more air, pip te the 
plants freely every afternoon, close the house early, 
x 
h 
weather “Shade slightly ER the middle of the day. 
By the of June jae roots Mi have taken 
p“ pei of the new soil, a 
m on int nts pots 3 greie ai Aen; 
espect similar to that they w 
e extra shade 
drier, to ripen up the growth. ve plenty o 
during the day. some on at the top lights 
gane the AOR are the Fes hg so long as the: 
- fro Wint 
od r them similarly to the 
previous aah ee give jus me as much water as will 
eep the soil { in y healthy condition. The roots of 
these plants are rarely, when in health, quite at vo 
Pot again in sf 
preceding year, giving a 3 or 4-inch shift, a Scndi 
= ie strength of the plants.. Use the soil in a little 
oarser state, adding sand in similar proportions " 
kertoko advised. Pot hard, and train the shoo 
we fore. Itis not likely-the plants will 
seca with the coming season’s growth, when, if 
all Se well, they will make progress such as to 
the! OÌ atire . Ta 
ime hey will 
house w sun is yet upon ee glass ; thade 
slightly in oats bright weather in May, eis and 
| July, d whic h arter. — soni 
grad throu, ihe nights 
open r soa te a 
so e any ae that may have accumulated 
upon the I — their 
em back to ooded house, and assist yada 
to Drak by slight syringing in the -afternoo 
ing them little closer. 
out of the old 
to n thy nl 
eely by keeping the atmosphere ery ‘he a ine 
shade during the middle of the day. Inure them to 
more air, and decrease the shade through J ly, 
which turn them of-doors, and treat similar] > 
advised the preceding seas It must S 
mind that nandras require this open 
to insure their flowering. the bale f the San 
hey will have arrived at a nice specimen size, and 
will, if required, do well for exhibiting. ‘Tres 
hem 
h 
years, fr red-spi 
which must be oeiy sought for during the at 
ng season, as, if it gets to a head, the leaves will x 
ro a, ‘spoiling both the health and fairer of 
the plan speciosa is worth rowing, a 
requires sim ilar treatment to A. fiagren, to which 
plant it forms a nice companion. 7; 
Cas riends, 
from tba South of India, seemed pen ly pl 
reenhouse what t 
— not at all certain abou 
t they were 
in pots) of Cu 
ae ge on light epa 
Home Gorcspm 
nas.—Som pee returned 
y called fie t 
inspection, Tardis they - 
; the fac act being 
fe 
nas,” ‘On closer 
young eo po ‘to 5 feet hi 
pressus = nbertiana, which have a 
hardy plants. The conversation naturally Jed to the E 
inquiry, wh at are C inas y 4 
mr en they are trees of exceedingly quick growth, much a 
\ for fire va 
that they form Plantations of them, as screens from 7 
the wind, on ex ce estates ; that, from their 
off: 
yery ornamental elas. they are 
Veitch’s Ashleaf Syd Potato. _We epi 
lifted to-day a piece the above Potato, 9 yards 
quare. The podie: weigh b., or close on 
cwt. th 
ae 
5 Se le 
varieties of the French 
— 
be had in season at almost any sat of the 2 i 
while their season in t 
co 
on half a pound e 
g. IQ. 
ach. H. ¥. 
or dwarf ir Bean. vis 
sorts are all easily forced; ami y this means 
air extends over a 
; let the : 
