520 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[ÛCTObER 24, 1874, 
the fruiting state it is very distinct in character and 
aspect, 
a , and irregularly 
is a strong-growing file effective Holly. 
HYBRIDA, Paull. —A variety in one the 
- I. A, Beerit, Fisher, Paul (fig. 107), —A 
peculiar-looking varie ariety, raised in the Handsworth 
nurseries, keke’, with vi 
circular i 
green, 7 leaves, nearly 
14 inch long by 1 in inch wide, strongly spinose at the 
edge, the spines eid much divaricate. The les leaves are 
‘stout i in eh with ge ap This z 
pion a Paul (fig. 
nated i p. ipe 
in Ma 
late, acuminate, of a glossy 
and about ł inch in bread 
“21. L A. RLLIPTICA 5. aa angustifolia, Paul. 
y with elliptic leaves, 
and 7 inch in 
FRUITS OF THE AZORES, 
afford endl 
eep His E Azores have long been known to hasra the 
saian ngly diyaricataenpined 1 leaves ; | very finest description of Orange that can be met 
bai ME Waterer’s, ro gi as a seed- | with in any part of the kiTa More eoutily the 
ling plant, en elliptic-ovate learen Pine-apple and Banana have been cultivated with 
which are moderately undulated An iny, almost equal success, These islands are situated 
age 23 inches in length, As in the — the chief ‘lise within a few days’ steam from o S, and ugh 
tinction is in the berries, which. het are orange:tint belonging to Portugal, they may be considered as one 
as if resulting from a cross between the scarl and a the outlyi ing fgit dens of Great Britain. With 
which no doubt as tik bie atur ed advantages upon 
14. I.A, COSTATA ; Grecian Holly, Fisher, Smith.— this western archipelago, the climate is all that 
This variety was sent out, and, we presume, raised by | C22 be te red, havi pares an 
essrs. Fisher, Holmes & Co., of the Handsworth | 2 pure air. The vicinity of the sea, combine 
Nasseri Sh Authentic examples received with the mountainous ar nay 3 be the "general sur- 
directly them, show it to o the series with face of the land ssant egg 
purple or reddish-purple cok, while the deep gre of humidity which the ai pA of the 
leaves, which are 2} inch nd:14.ineh-broad,.| uuces tends ia. temper the siine ardour “ot 
are oblong acute, furnished with slightly divaricate | the sun in these isolated spot of t 
spines at somewhat distant intervals. It is a free- | extremes of ture are never felt ; in the winiet 
growing sort, i Hy Sai by e cold is never considerable, nor is the heat of the 
a purple line on the back of the leaf. “4 aie intense. .ccor ing to careful observations 
5 made at St. Michael’s, the principal of the group, the 
~ A Ki ag $ prape Siea ah Po tig 105, 3)- ee mean eed of the winter months is 20° colder 
out from the Handsworth nurse entic thant Ni Nios, 12 wile mer th ae s and a warmer 
samples have green bark ; and the Heta which are | than Na ple Thi gee? rae 
le in ch about 24 inches long and s is ge Bere; DimeRess 18 £0 
ib inch Wide; of es dasi <gtée ealade and peculiar, that no provision is requisite pm the 
ig ? : poo again the winter ; 
ae: sand realy iwa per dye eran 1 margin, facilities ‘Si obtaining the m of sustenance 
a ’ p | are so g t a constitutional aversion is almos 
perime spiny Soong ent Fakes Sones range engendered to those exertions necessary f im- 
oes al ong the ma a a Bess ae a sate | Provement of colton. The people are a healthy, 
spines ie g margins, sow sp ESY a e hacuminaie e | robu hand e, whom cholera or yellow 
= Mr. P; auls nig hich a hac ths a have a visited, and hom epidemics. 
sort. tH aem s appear Io of any are almost u 
re Pa, in alt has the peep Nothing ore enchanting or lovely than the 
ing; be with a rapidity and 
16, I. A. HETEROPHYLLA, Lawson, Smith, Fisher; | SPT™S3 vege oni 
gour that is quite asus Haig whilst dere is a fresh 
gee aie rains Panl al (Âg. 105, 2). “gy sham s verdure a the her da Bas cy, beauty, and 
eran the Jea to laurifolia ; see eek S | fragrance in the flowers, eminently ornamental to the 
tively a shorter a Or but Mi different gardens and parts of se country where they 
Smilts pant in wi in a iti i is purp = he lav : bou The possession « of mineral springs is another 
Shik P hich ge ST ok: fi Aa nat advant to Michael’s, and 
c OF HHS ge a ienes although the remaining islands of the group contain 
eS | no natural curiosities s nderful h rings, 
woul iti the a t 
even to the inhabitants of the mainland of Portugal 
they remain al most 
Ce Bree ag | 
a terra incognita, whilst to, the 
as were the H lesperides to the Se 1 world i in the 
in our columns by M. Goeze in 1867. ] 
discovered these islands were ted 
d all of w 
When first 
covered with forest and underwood 
was burn 
i e account of 
fie e eins these ‘diate wit publish 
ed 
ed 
he P 
he h was imported fr 
Candia and Cyprus, and at that period warml 
encouraged by the Government of the mother 
ountry. ever, the s trade subse 
quently became established in the newly-discovered 
ian posse s and Brazil emand 
islands d and, in c 
from the 
consequence, jed cultiva- 
tion of grain of zo (ars or a and was 
eat 
wW.: ead 
islands and Fayal 
ingly made. thej attacks of the oidium Vi 
culture has almost ceased, and t lure, combin 
with the Potato disease, brought great distress upon 
poorer inhabitants, with whom this esculent was 
the principal of enance, T upon 
property was long held placed insuperable 
in th civilisati prosperity. 
e en , 
pment of the fruit traffic 
the South of Euro e and Great B: 
the Prii ritain, 
: progress made in the catalan oP the Orange, espe- 
consequent 
and 
cially in Spain. 
the exports hav 
have been com 
From the port of V 
e been enormous, and 
ever, sh the i mprove 
befallen the t ob of the 
and prese 
nown small size, its thin and smooth 
sugary delicious Parom, make it 
excellence of gk hole globe. 
ss a by the Portuguese, has h 
most congenial for the d 
collate” ait ities. jas or 
are in general the property of the morgados 
the lower end grow 
until the roots begin to strike, when they 
from the parent ste nd tra’ planted into a 
of lava, and surrounded at th 1 
Laurel, young Faya, Broom), until the tender 
Orange plants are sufficiently strong, at which period 
the plantations immediately around removed, 
a ch plant be and ish, 
ch no further car it, 
ally tarring the stem to prevent injury by 
5 i 
a Chestnut tree. ar it only 
seven years to deig ke n y to go 
and e AN g at full g ; 
few years after, ceil ein ana upon an 
produce from 12 16,000 ( ate 
as many as 26,000 have been gathered at once, 
The crops are purchased previous to their 
at a state of maturity by the mer erchants, who 
the value of the probable year’s ie Bodh 
astonishing accuracy, on W 
merchant may calculate. 
a matter of speculation to the purchaser, 
crops are a very uncertai n property, and 
ay conenes between the time fag a 
aioe and the gathering. For instance, a 
es cold north and AE caT wind. will ca 
thunders 
trees. The brigh 
hile diffuses a sweetness throug 
neighbourho 
he islands of Graciosa, St. Michael, am 
et be considered, o: account of the ee 
oil, most flourishing, 
exhibiting i its physi 
evident pees of the pert volcanic 
the Azores than do any of the islands 
e 
lago. Th ths ar 
pumice, or cal of some 
walls of the quintas are ed of 
o 
impo 
viously re the year "1842 
es of were apie 
but owing to the attacks of the liy expor g er 
