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2 e process have y ar 
ie = been plished but oe pes a that may be of 
ea ee sag one of the assistants in the 
; R Gardens, Kew, | is studying the 
OCTOBER 17, 1874.) 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRON (CLE. 
495 
re.” 
part, in which is prod oduced the seed or ‘ 
a fruit is invaded the vegetative filaments send 
ir kachet among and around the fruit Silik. and 
rapidly envelope an of mycelium, 
bi 
with the rst 
e 
_Ap _ 
—— Mr. C. RNER -contributes t 
he of the Phitophica apane a note o 
Review of certa t bodies o eastor-oil 
He finds that certain pe pbs aay matters — fro 
h do 
woods, whic not exhibit fluorescence when dis 
solved in either water or alcohol, become highly 
fluorescent on treatment with castor-oil. example, 
camwood its in thi ya ple-gr 
although entirely destitute of flu 
queous lic ia. Other sub- 
uore: to som t in alcoho 
more intensely fluorescent in castor-oil. Thus, 
astor-oil gives a Id-green fluor- 
ET at Patt three times as vivid as th 
a ry in ngs flui 
Site cau omitted to state in our 
g of the Fruit Committee, 
CARTER & Co, exhibited their 
ich 
m size, roun perfec ly casas and of 
foci lic gaon tinged wi h rose. The flavour 
: distinct and v f the plant is amenable 
o pot culture it will have its decorative Kea in 
aidition to its desirableness for general cultiv: > 
—— If advertising is becoming a a it is 
calling i in the aid of art also. “thd etek 
to call at attention to 
Cocoa grrr by one of the largest firms, and now a 
PLANT is befor 
similarly 
us, rami by one of a a houses in the t satin: 
If the articles vended | as good as the representa- 
pas of the plants a entioned purchasers will 
have reason to be thankful. 
—— We saw the other day in the nursery of Messrs. 
ictoria, were also very 
peal ly. We are sorry 
Sari Teo mpe as 2 
interesting, a 
to Mr, pio 
—— If, as is not improbable, ad VANILLA plants 
may become too few to supply the p na od vouring 
element for which they are now cei may lo 
as we know, 
Ser 
> 
o the nni | 
A i Sel ae 5 rb 
of raar 
THE OLD WALLS AT KEW. 
(Continued from p. 418.) 
THE handsome cae pect topiti shrubs known 
in gardens under the e or Weigelia, 
belong really to the genus > Diervilla, of which I et 
rth American species. There 
ng entham, seve: 
ee one seven species have 
by different a i 
t 
psie aig a tolerably natural genus. 
the type of a 
ainly 
varieties, in 
The co 
Pik s in the spring 
some of the 
and D. gra ay 
hybrid Fuiinties put forth their tovel bigióitii during 
a | adapted for 
overi n be mor 
showy in the front er bbery, as they flower 
most profusely. D. r appears to be rather hardier 
n 
andiflora, but e — require a lisle 
ection a severe wi f London. 
Davie © 
was named French pine) 
cae belongs to the. ‘Capri rifoliaceze, or Hon nein 
= 
= 
ba 
moniously. 
into this country about 1844, th 
dark green leaved variety. ibly 
or other of fos varieties was introdu 
n as the date of its introduction in —— 
h 
men w "for plantin, 
west Goat; where it is simply invaluable. At 
Folkstone, and other southern pr 
is planted hrs thousands, rishes 
narrow fore-court 
I t grows on harmonies 
pace Shor hore Tree, probably in allusion to the 
ard baal St eee From 
Brighton, 
resorts, it 
in the 
w all ac “is of 
oment. It requires pr escai wer a 
in low hamid localities where the eavy, 
iv esdieail y known, 
T =e — of its scarlet t seed- vessels at 
acep the orange-coloured arillode of = pes t 
is deciduous, or in very. mild winters almost ever- 
E. a a lg the Burning 
ush, is a Nor erican deciduous age yf 
brilliant scarlet capsules, hence its name. It is 
of the wall shrubs, but t does not = ae any oe o- 
ieve. Euon ai us belongs to the Laa 
5 Sp 
mentioned, 
Rhamnaceæ (to to which o E eA 
Team it differs in having the with 
and the calyx i or sepals overlapping 
Da ei in bud, 
Ceanothus azureus is the r of a very handsom 
evergreen shrub with terminal, narr icles of 
small blue flowers, now in thd. apes rages uty. There 
are several other species of th us from North 
e in 
ens beyond pimen io else, | 
and bears the-name 
a shrub with flexible branches lik 
classic cal name o 
o 
power of gag the passions. It possesses 
t scar irt 
dy, as 
most likely it is in pon Sauk ‘and West. 
ntia mpr ornica o structure 
ing. I have aad a under Clematis 5a id 
t the rules by wh e tanists are 
s in families 
self presents us with innumera 
aa, from the one-c pares Ae to the most com 
| vegetable o gine ing by imperceptible o 
| enen aaen a koi one into the other ; hence 
e to contrive any gia EF classification 
ye seapada in every 
[7] 
down 
<ingdom s 
pane, botani ai 
lo 
y so 
sed ; in fact, we ind an o e ; 
to fa 
eneral as was suppos 
odil This has induced some 6 
heir views, and accept the unisexual as the 
and as more in harmo 
d 
f the beauties in the forms and colours of flowers, 
hich we have 7° y complacently assum have 
been designed for our special gratification, have much 
mage a ne nel fully bearing out the idea of 
German poet (whose name I forget) in the 
Fliegt wo Niem 
z Und die aehiönste Blume blüht, 
Pe eee ; 
these or an attempt to rats ay: py bet yey on 
that he recat man for his pp on, yar points 
Seng Ho e beauties 
ou of Nature are often untolded 
ae the eye or ear rarely ranoni “But to 
ni to our walls and Fremontia californ This 
is a deciduous shrub with cordate lobed leaves, and 
short 
large pure — See flowers, solitary on 
stalks opposite the The under surface of the 
an clad toment 
are glossy green a together, it is a highl; 
rnamental b, and wholly different ey. 4 
other hardy species in cultivation. It belongs to 
Sterculi a family of the Mallow erage dif- 
fering principally from the Malva having 
pe ently 2-celled anthe whilet i he Mallows 
y 
3 have them, fan tely at least, I-celled. 
peculiarity of the flow 
erstood 
novice, for ct faasin are furnished, p most T ie 
with a alyx s e of- 
may also 
at there is a large tribe of apetalous Ster- 
culiacee from Australia, and some others (including 
Sterculia) scattered over the tropics. 
