THE 
NOVEMBER 28, 1874.] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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wers ; Iris 
anara. with yellow 
orus. 
wande stad 
notes of trav G i i 
f 
his establishment at Ghent ; 
exhibitions, 
Regel ; notes various 
&e. 
arles Baltet, of Troyes, has issued a 
oh 
wisdom, we can only repe 
=e this little treatise on its first appearance. 
t is y Frenchman 
tte 
so that English cultivators perusing it would hav 
ke the necessary allowances for “differences of 
he last number of the Geographical Magazine, 
in addition to articles of purely geographical interest, 
= contains some papers of special interest to our readers, 
such as Dr. Brown’s intere sting a er on “ Human 
r. ” wherein the 
= of “oi pouty into another, Bro 
chiefly co’ ith at are general y called 
weeds, oa ie adduces several illustrations of the 
hich h tetes of 
tered by the intentional in 
tion of exotic te and shrubs. Our gardens and 
panations owe owe their ears aspect far more to intro- 
fi o ountries than they do to the 
i o one questions the 
Turner gives, amongst other things, a striking 
rece = — noble Silk-Cotton tree of es 
Eriodendron osum—a Figs only known as 
me serra Kinnt 
us buttresses pro- 
serve to aema A 
g the somewhat 
eritable giant, with enormo 
idential address 
ect of microscopic 
Cw contains Dr. PEN 
Mich i is devoted to the subj 
anatomy and vegetable wEpcoay: 
epee Bell & Sons have published a second 
Mr. Wooster. The 
attention ing plants. To 
mencing a mix er or a rockery 
mmend Mr. Wooster’s pretty volumes, as 
they will Sredi; create an appetite for ees 
“aes ~ The last number of the Flore des Serres co 
eana, a hant 
ĉoloured plates of Bertolonia Houtt 
‘foliage plant with large ova ovate- lanceolate leaves, 
deep colour above, by stripes of 
ong the palmately di n and of 
let colour beneath. It is described by the editor 
incomparable amellia Madam 
Ve el del Grande, and 
f : 
flower,-of grea! 
ot marked witha darker comes ee ee same 
i del 
dalmaticum is fi 
Lily, with very deep purple 
alpina is a gem which no gard 
ec than i 
has glaucous lanceolate leaves, and globose heads of 
ene of those carious and 3 aA nam ie as A 137) 
axima fe cot yi = friend 
glad to 
Houtte r, servi bringing before us 
— chase fine lt seh i in athe rage for novelty, 
p neglect ada 
ae t aa well known to our se hem Pa 
need introduc The portrait is fine 
Coelogyne pandurata isa large Sam hd Orchid 
at ou 
and, from its striking appearance, is re — welen! come. 
Oneidium ampliatum 
the white under-surface 
m majus, a 
arkable for 
bj 
FIG. 137,-—CORYLOPSIS SPICATA. 
from the Floral Magazine, of a double-flowered deep 
rose-coloured Chinese Primrose, sent out by Mr. Bull 
The letter-press is vari ried, and i ie as usual, seasoned by 
the wit and satire of the edito 
Natural History. 
THE NEW REPTILE HoUsE AT THE JARDIN | 
and well-arranged 
DES PLANTES.—A large, í a 2 
reptile house—Palais des our friends in 
aris call it—has been opened in the Jardin des 
now swimming 
around almost = ‘he temperature of Senegal. When 
tu basin the crocodiles seemed 
robabl terrified, hid themselves in the 
spi = 2 zd e from the crowd of visitors ; 
bat Eiker soon pkan the use of their limbs, and be- 
came accustomed to the light and to the small rye- 
supplied to them 
Sealy first 4 the larger specimens looked very 
and mouths towards. 
curls 
- that might be su 
h the 
in abundance by the | shore ae 
— flat-headed crocodil: 
is a sleepy-looking beast co 
suspicious, round-headed od Frontelea, 
certain! 
night p aster To 
a oeei ina tight m pene t leather jerkin. There have not 
because pugnacious specimens have priva 
ments, but Monsieur Frontalus 
creatures must be in the 
sultry swamps of Africa 
T oas and per serpents, the chameleons, the 
lizards, kid other reptiles, are, O lass 
are furnished wi 
oe presents a rare hothouse for these creatures, 
there is no doubt that the will soon be well 
filled. liza resent a striking ity 
do they turn and fight like the round-headed one, 
simply go as imi 5 Band of IE. 
no n may learn who visits the 
pth forest ro "Fontaincbiest, where F Renai, some 
of them a foot long and t a a grass-green 
colour, abound in the hot w 
The collection of boas a o! th 
fine, and in their new palace they are seen to infinitely 
more advantage than they were in the old house. 
The most curious, the most hideous, and the t 
disgusting creatures in the assembly here are two 
may be easily pictured to the 
no specimens that I re emember to have seen at the 
Zoological Gardens—by mu ati the little South 
l PE ) speci- 
separate rt but they seem t o recognise 
as relations, and are excellent friends—the darli aa t 
rettily decorated 
tank 
which 
give the winte an upien le po 
When the tem: 
ity. row 
is full of activity and ready for any mischief, and 
friend flat-head is also on the alert in his own eter] 
fashion 
At nig ht, say the keepers, the sounds are sometim: 
hideously fan tastic—the crocodiles rine like bulls, 
creatures 
iss with fury, and lags th 
banc “x 
witches. 
pirori AS To DEPOSIT ON ie ki = 
Westminster County Court, on Tuesday last, 
case of Sears v. White was heard before Mr. “judge 
Bailey, and in which the plaintiff, a salesman in Co 
Garden, was sued to recover sum _ of 45. "tr 
eposited on four 
mone 
suppl by the vow gers! to the Paint tif. “he 
defendant said he had rec back the bags, but 
refused to pay the p: a5 the ‘plaintiff did not produce 
the tickets, whic oe. . invariable custom to give 
when he lent ragged paue receiving 
ags. 
ny tickets, and he 
Seer t prior transactions with a detects who — 
had never charged ks before, although he — 
done so on bushels. pa the 
ef t said 
