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GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 4, 1874, | 
dilating on the accidental means by which so 
many discoveries have been made, M. de Valle- 
mont goes on to say that it was by pure accident 
that a peasant of St. Marcellin discovered that 
the dague¢te would turn when over the bodies of 
those who had been murdered. Being one day 
engaged in searching for water in his own 
prisapourhoog the rod inclined so suddenly that 
e was convinced. that water was at hand. In. 
3 however, he was deceived ; but instead of 
water he found ina cask the bi 
peas e 
aag resided, and presented his. rod to all its 
mates: it remained motionless until it was 
mS to the husband, when it turned violently, 
and the man at once took flight. The interest 
of such cases as this, however, is far inferior to 
that of Jacques Aymar, which is well worth 
perusal. De Vallemont’s work pret also a 
long list of mines discovered in various parts of 
France by the agency of the rod, and the 
testimony of various observers to its efficacy. 
e have already seen that Willow or Elm 
tie. may be BE oneal for Hazel, but it would 
appear that w are employed for 
ius some have said that 
was especially suited to the discovery 
of gold and silver, for- the former being tipped 
Tae points of iron and gathered at the full of 
(Hamamelis virginica) was used. Barton says : 
— “The divining rods formerly used by im- 
postors, who pretented to find precious ores, 
were mad i e; and in 
Virginia, I am credibly pe aa that the 
} persons who 
_. The fore a | g is only «seth of a subject of 
~ Considerable interest, which Fonna 
- “ spiritism ” and “ psychic force? is is at least a 
worthy of attention as- many of the topics with 
which society is occupied. Much interesting 
matter would certainly be brought to light by 
any one willing P AEN a complete inves- 
tigation of the m: 
_ For the “ci we those who may wish to 
d examine the literature of the iriting rod at 
12: Hine olu 
oe the following works, i in, addition to those already 
named, 
s gfe Practical Ex Experiments: Sy by 
(1853) ; Dela Baguette Di 
Phi ippen 
dere, par M. Chevreul (1854); and Notes ent 
7 where a _ copious 
list .of treatises on the divining rod is given, 
For, general readers, the interesting sketch by 
aring: to. which reference has 
A ungt eee) will be found, sufficient. 
~ **Vanillas 
Utricularia alpina, Veitch Cat., 
UTRICULARIA ENDRESII, 2. 5f.* 
well known that the sphere of Orchids 
as understood by amateurs is not quit e same 
as that of botanists. Some amateurs include among 
he bloodthirsty carnassiers t ionzea rose 
s, Sarraceniads, Darlingtonias, Nepe o Gee 
We expect that r little Cephalotus and Aldro- 
vandra soon be tried for thei 
ndra will b ed” ir 
we would suggest that the = t halen 
ata in the second some canary-bird steaks, 
Beware, then, ye sheep ! There ien also, ger contra, 
some gaa Genera Orchidea pei ren from the 
list. re eet f the most cele- 
brated epe snubbed ve for ‘aking for Vanillas. 
‘oie a cert are nothi rain n the 
in ae po 
r 
they are outside in Pip 
was rather ad kary 
Hiig ce 
and Pavon, that goe: mono- 
graphs like Banquo’s "Ghost he poor creature even 
now is in want ofits corolla. Yet our _ has more 
han one leaf and more than one flow If we 
i ia- alpina, sa montana, 
uch thine: and small 
eet altitude in Costa Rica, 
unks, and on the soil at Poa oe sta- 
tions, and rae all its kate Bret ae the eason 
done 
Nursery of Messrs, Veitch, H.G. R 
BRITISH GARDENERS. V. 
ARCHIBALD FOWLER, 
_ Mr. ag el FOWLER, of e Y, 
was a wards the close of 1816, at Gilmore 
, then a gentleman’s place—the 
property AF OE Ro ; Bogle, J., now site o 
agnificent new college. There his fath 
sas e small gan for nearly half entu 
ears, 
ae Mr. Fowler commenced 
in November mber, 1832, under the ate ols, =e accom: 
T, Stewart 
vie Soon after he 
curator pr K 
gulatis o a pedicellata w 
bracteolis eae acutis ; eet ae 
obtusis ; corollæ labio superiori abats retusiusculo trans- 
verso ciliato, labio- infériori plus dimidio majeri- transverse 
trilobo ; pona utrinque aee limbo 
arcuato — labio 
Arina carnea: ; 
etti pemer wi ist erias _ 
lla coloris | | 
the currency of his apprenticeshi Th 
presented a set of rather stri ngent tales pit 
many names Las he could remember 
he y en, and 
them to study well at a time pni if left wes 
selves, would in most cases have been m 
F 
At that time the Glasgow Bo 
celebrated for = rich and 
lan in 
explored—many o 
Not a eet 
AEON. 
Watching these “novelties during all. their: stages of 
o of inflorescence; gavea zest to, 
at Cadden House, 
ch t 
ee hou illiam i 
gardener, and he hal the TEPI of “age ot 
rape grow 
“ Early in the serge spring (1837) k ‘ial 
Fowler, VA made-an enga Mr. Duncan 
bg sah in 
wer gardening was done in first-class 
iod. I sure but that 
re 2 aa wer-garden 
; ess 
never-f: 2 
** At this period ge life T felt it 
siderable importance to be under the 
lengt 8 
with an earthen floor below an d only the sla 
~ inside e walls ls unplastered ; a spells hao 
nailed together 
Rigel to the back wall om one side, 
