FNE 
SEPTEMBER 26, 1874.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
39! 
power, is still uncertain. There is, however, nme 
doubt that some | of the s 
Th 
amens, adhe tyl 
d by the Projecting obes of A mapa, 
and the peculiar struct ood, in radiating 
plates, are points wort 
T list is a Rose, but 
may done in w 
ral organs, both enveloping and genera- 
ore or less completely transformed into, 
or better, peie , green, veined, glandular 
e lesson this conveys on the 
possess a distinct function. ence the terms 
foliage 1 leaves and floral leaves. It is well kno 
under different conditions plants will either 
grow peed and schemas = m or they will 
age grow sae rofusely. 
sites 
is termed 
pn al io sali | is often a conse- 
quence. It would lead me ny far here to enter 
ly into this oo but I may mention that 
“there are two kin 
of ab etal development or 
metamorphosis, a Ba rd and a ar e 
n Rose h a backward or retrogressive 
development, reversion ó e petals and 
ens and carpels to foliage leaves. It is one 
e most opine cas own, and is quite 
E e cases the bracts, in others the 
arpels, assume th m 
N $ ificance : the meta. 
3 in t ye more ful y oa saat 
aa illustrated by A hae” Gris in the savone des 
kee Na atureiles for 1858. 
Rose so 
hat obscure, aan in Fre ie = 
a pers it is to ‘h come from 
small English nurse t all events, there 
no doubt it went from here to the Cont Bai. 
In. the Gardeners’ Chronicle, p. 1856, 
find a note by the ditors, who had received a 
specimen of it from a poe and the qeti is put, 
“Did it ori e with you?” I have not succeeded 
in finding a reply to that question. Notices of yer 
4 ous English and C 
de 
d upon speci 
mens of the ve = i pet Kew herbarium, 
Sir Richard 
a specimen taken from a 
labeled 2E ear non ) PBa 
there are two va 
es—of green ye lanceolate 
d the other with broadly ovat The ‘lent 
? e leafi 
in the gardens is — oe origi oe that form at 
At he present time 
dN the 
(Edwardsia) tetraptera, the subject 
ery er of 
al aa e 
leaves, with numerous very small leaflets, and dense 
clusters of large, rich yellow a forming a very 
ornamental A A for a wall. iety in question 
termed grandiflora, and a is larger i in all its iee 
than microphylla which we sh with farther 
introduced ha err. Sory figured in the 
Botanical Magazine plate 167. It requires protection 
in —— weather, and a warm, well-drained soil 
sary. 
as vourite genus Clematis again claims our 
athemnicts. and this time it is the old C. florida var. 
Sieboldit that does the honours. 
the Eastern species introduced, 
63 
a 
3 
It was the first of 
gardens ever since 1776 ; 
are sa lacing the jar forms. T 
Bewley bv =r ae let cen 
B erika n grea fined ofus o hardy 
It 
s some tae and will sicbably soon ririh from 
cultivat ation. 
A magnificent plant is Wistaria sinensis, and one 
that is familiar ~~ almost ie rte ys tte ae oon 
ise e 
ight be 
ta to be 
of more erect habit, and 
us ce its C 
72 
entury before W. s A m 
these plants Wisièrias geiz of Wista arias 
hey say Camèlia for Camellia. genus was 
peet to Professor Wistar of Philadeiplia 
arge family of U mbelliferæ, so ne from za 
inflorescence being given off from 
ires of an umbrella, is mok r 
of herbaceous plants. One of the 
s 
terminal compound 
inland, but for the sea coast in 
would make a capital bddition to the e 
a is scarcely hardy 
th it 
a trifida is a very Cae i though not very 
showy, dwarf shrub from Nort The 
Japanese and Chinese shrubs kno za in gardens under 
the name of Weigela belong to the same genus. Some 
of a will come under notice. 
he familiar Peek cantha, Crataegus Pyracantha, is 
beyond Teru en 
shrubs fo 
ais orn is the meaning 
well it expresses the 
Ta the ordinary South 
by the variety crenu- 
This has 
Euro 
g! owing colour a its ome 
pean form 
lata, from the mountains Pat India. 
(To be continued.) 
THE BAMBOO. 
A PAMPHLET has been published at Cairo by the 
Bamboo, whic, it isid, 3 le aa ated Cae there 
w is | is 
Ehe following notes are takes 
gigantic c Bamboo, which i = of colossal dimen- 
ions, growing to sey height, of _20 eneg? with a 
circumference of 40t tth asb ay 
65 feet high, and 15 a 18 feet in x eo ra from 
the joints middle 
ume es with long 
most koas species of this scoring t 
t was introduce e years ago the 
gardens of the Khédive of Egypt at Ghésireh, “hice 
whence it has > multiplied in two ort bs ree other 
gardens of Egy It was so much by the 
‘il, on his visit to the N of the 
Khédive last autumn, that he expressed his determi- 
other vehicles. In fine e wood is papo int oe 
ar ti 
s perag sma aller 
mboo o ia it 
mètres (39 feet) i in height 5 3 it bitia larger tufts or 
eines than the ip gen at Bamboo, and throws out a 
oper apy of ge which are furnished with 
uous 
ing 
ordinarily tolerably pandi foti a i perdi at the 
articulations, and the leaves are smaller than 
i i at the 
maller stems, whic 
are oray used for amiki y in Egypt. Society of 
Arts Fou 
GREENHOUSE PLANTS.—XVE 
THEIR CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT, 
LESCHENAULTIAS.—These fine plants are natives of 
New Holland ; they comprise some some half-dozen species- 
| varieties. L. ba is justly e 
i ‘ feat ig: 
m 
ne of the finest very cream 
of t the hardwooded section. Its er light blue 
owers have no equal amongst plants of this class ; 
they are produced freely from the ie of ii shoots 
five 
in spring summer, lastin or six weeks in 
uty. “A an ie: plant of this Leschen- 
awitia is not only a fine and attractive subject in itself, 
but from jie -distinct Sabit of growth and odir k 
harmonises with any other p iem e especially with — 
ose ing yellow flowers, such as the Allamandas, _ 
from which cause it has al a favourite with- 
hibit There is no —— sà more telling 
effect, or is a greater source of on the 
exhibition stage, yet here, of late years, it has not 
en so seen as There are 
in time past. 
that icant fox tite? it does not attain so 
a size as most of jects now —" for 
are required to do, consequently w 
u a rA in size is looked for, s g 
also a 
ant, will = 
rinci gs to observe —In potting n 
a single root must be injured “that can a avoided, 
not e by ae moval of the crocks ; winter 
E sent D not bea Dowel to remain long ina a tempers 
lower than 45°; and it should never > Be pse in 
the open air. first and last of thes cause 
the stunted agramen be often st into, yes from 
which it rarely rec and temperature 
than that named will ‘speedily lead to ag attack of =- 
mildew, to which it is subject. as 
In selecting penu si the nursery b 
r than with most things, to get such 
cula 
and fme this is e 
consequence than 
