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THE ~GARDENERS:: CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 28, 1874, 
—— Lonponers who have been familiar with 
leafless e past month are struck with the 
lea and beauty of the Oak as still presented in 
districts remote from the is, and which i 
ttri le to the destruction of th t growth 
by the late May frosts. Specially beautiful is the 
OAK LEAFAGE just no' northern parts of 
counties of Berks and Hants, wh 
are generally aama fall of vigour, and retain one 
almost until the end of the year. The vari 
colourings found in the pers Oak foliage a are o 
utiful, -ranging from bright yellow russet 
Fir yield a wearisome hue of unvarying green, but 
charming, and the beautiful 
UAV US Y 
trees the variety | is indeed 
network of the leafless branches in winter, or the 
varied tints of the foliage in <a a Lan | brought 
re ly into contr ‘ound 
of gree produced by sie Fir i is found, In 
valled, it 
es its foliage te to the latest, and it its timber is still 
the most valuable and useful. 
Many will be glad to hear that BOLDOA 
FRAGRA ANS, the plant viding the new drug T 
to which attention has been drawn by the medical 
3 P. Boldu, Molin ; and Ruizia fragrans 
The properties of the alkaloid 
piven in the Botanical Register and in 
Vegetable Kingdom, belo gs to 
and forms a small 
h branched tree, aromatic in 
all i The opposite, rtly 
petioled, rough, and contain much essential oil. The 
ers are borne in the sexes on 
cre plants. Boldu is the Chilian name of the 
ee, whence its In ppear- 
tet it much resembles Rondeletia speciosa ; 
es, however, are much more rigid, and the 
internodes short 
— It is proposed to establish a PUBLIC GARDEN 
AND “AQUARIUM AT T LIVER 
or floral palace is to’ 
“ 
red sandstone of the district, with mean 
rustic bridges, &c, The gardens will co t of a 
series of geometric terraces encircled thee picturesqe 
ks of roe eh &c. Mr, PHILIP MASEY is the 
architect and scape gardener, 
this special 
_ by one boiler, a new one, designed for 
Aaaa BULLEN, 
— At the distribution of er few 
R — LYTTELTON, to 3 SE 
dents in 1 the QUEBEC 
, Lower Seymour tisk, Ponta E 
g to notice that the prize takers for pro- 
, t Magnetism and 
high-class standard 
desire to become proficients in these and allied 
jects of scientific study. 
eral complaints have reached us as to the 
Dovsie CINERAR the seeds of which, it is alleged, 
ve ca some disappomtm 
owing to the double character not bei 
One of our correspond 
ing fixed. 
takes us to task in the 
ents 
e But it is obvious we could et p of what 
| which fully jus 
: Epa an seem it e 
their growers 
e have seen. Both at Florence and at South Ken- 
haps Wi saw, publicly eg a batch nt plants 
stified all we said upon the subject. 
1 be sisi to lean the experience of other 
tter, 
We shall 
| correspondents on the mat 
t ped our esteemed Syn ee Mr. 
ALEXANDER Scott, Auchendenan Gardens, Alex- 
andria, Dumbartonshire, sent us specimens of blac k 
ò E ` 
Taa hara o h 
extent as to prove e one 
intolerable nuisance ; the spawn was so abundan 
grew in such cord- like masses that it had to be kiled 
out of the beds in large Gentes, =e nothing could 
grow in a proper manner for On ee these 
black hard cords under the microscope the ey presented 
t structure Si of consolidated | i 
M 
MITH, ki 
fungi could sed from these cords, an 
SCOTT was to look out for perfect plants in 
the summer, with the following results. Mr. SMITH 
had the cords carefully planted and cared for ina 
garden bed, and also in eta with pe result whatever, 
all the cords quickly peri ROOME, 
of Batheaston, IR a" whom some specimens 
were sent b planted his N ke spawn 
in damp sand nate a a bell. ‘age: and at the present ao 
th tis ag ber of long, erect, 
nearly linear bodies, resembling the early state: f 
Xylaria, wit appearance of frui 
oth our oot eek hao e like = ae ens, 
if ren. ent to Mr. SCOTT, though M ROOME 
ot yet despair =< geting the ee ee from 
SCOTT writes 
s it is 
eased ` rl 
n heavy “i manured, the partially 
S wi 
of spawn as to require a ‘good pull to separate it, 
curious Xylaria from Mushroom beds is figur 
£ 
is by no means a frequent occurrence for 
ior ADUNCUM, the Can a a ower, to be 
found in bloom up to the middle of November in 
exposed positions, as has been seen this eee while 
the ordinary dwarf and climbing Nasturtiums were 
exceedingly gay in the open ground for wine time 
during the present month, 
have received from Messrs. DRUMMOND 
tia a Edinbur; 
econd flower com 
aving as 
to all its he ovary) projecting 
Ge; eeatte- of, the. fins dower. -In fact, the : 
occupies exactly the ition of the 
oe = the normal flower. We p rest 
ase-li ion ` en oes axis (áli x-tube 
having gives off cal etals, 
, has oe ae SERE into a new flower by 
Kore too} 
lended in one? Again, it 
may be as m5, to which Hoer Sees. the single style 
rightly belong 
-— a a Fase asa of ARALIA SIEBOLDI, 
re-potted last wering a a cold 
C iden of. Mr. 
mmittee of thé GARDENERS’ Rovar. 
BENEY VOLENT E INSTUTTON have determined to pre- 
sent their So nenie with a ee and 
solicit subscriptions for the purpose. Mr. 
CUTLER’s tenure of office the number rs pensitiners 
has been increased from two to sixty-eight, 
OLLETIA CRUCIATA is Sete Pru 
at Kew. It 
is now flowering i in the temperate-hous 
is covered with small white 
fr spines, 
These afford the a remarkable appearance : they 
T t may be seen in every degree 
of cok oF pei out, “which appears to the usual 
branching, though branches sometimes 
h the spines. - The leaves are 
Sat to- have e bon A 
cH su d 
of C. spinosa, and was: gh comidered an 
ve been 
spinosa ; apeciniens of on 
ili are in the Hookerian Herbarium 
nt 
BARNES, Bicton, i in con- 
n with whom (p. 655) it has alee been men- 
ned. So curious and withal posses 
of a flowering Pan, k is worth repa 8 A meis 
conservatories. icton and many oth 
is qui a eee = ‘oe well in the cath rs rae 
Lon 
—— The very beautiful NUYTSIA FLORIBUNp 
West Australian Loranthaceous shrub, of which rs 
is a fine speci i i 
: Its 
germinate, but as the t is parasitic the fn 
plants do not grow in the ab: th 
ydney pap 
young plant i been succ stalig reared on the 
of a Palm Aaa e indica, in the d 
series, Camde b Mr, FERGUSON, 
in PAXTON’S Deters the plants are thidedy said 
o be obtain ed readily from cuttin ngs, but we have no 
persona experience in the matter, and should be glad 
to hear that of other 
Toots 
Nur. 
ee that 
I. DURIEU DE MAISONNEUVE, of pot 
has lat Tny sent to M. VAN HULLE, of Ghen 
but w sigs sgt conditions tig: 
were sents very pro of s 
M. peas fy sane dried apeina of this prodigy? 
our contemporary, we await the issue with impatience, 
"a 
—— ASPARAGUS nb ae forein See 
sciculenttieane ew, is 
worthy of cultivation ‘among " decorate plants for 
their graceful and delicate haaie pars stems of te 
cies are unarmed, ~slen The — 
prtocher performing the fahetion, ini havi - 
appearance of leaves, are needle-like, in fascicl 
nate ació together, on zai go als, fee 
are represented b mb 
throughout the: tribe Asparageze ponte 
at the we Society eee 
aaan are aaa ‘ous—as e spang 
e plant, and very s etl a, the cinnamon 
coloured anthers contras ting prettily with the 
perianth, Itisa native of ‘Sout h Africa, 
— The following is the complet e SCHEDULE ( 
Prizes offered by the i Renee, Soc 
mpeted for at South 
This competition will take ‘place oy a ssion 
Royal cee a on. = subject to tense 
lations sali e Soc s 
Cla welve at stinct varieties of Zonal Pe 
ud florists! ae = in pots of 8 inches in diameter. 
Pts 2. —Twelve distinct varieties of Zonal Pela 
** decorative class,” in pots of 8 inches in diameter. 
merima Sete tenho aa Zonal Pela 
irrespective of class,” in pots not exceeding 
; 46, Sie 
— g > ornamental Cape Pelasgosiill dissimilar. 
pen. 43> 2. 2 
Class 5.—Best hybrid Pelargonium, of distinct | 
Open, £2, £1, 
Class 6.—Twenty an Fojargoniumk cut blooms, 
trusses, dissimilar. = 
—— T gheet  Feargonians, “cut blooms, single 
soa —The judges may in their ciscresem and: 
She approva al of a prize 
exhibit worthy of particular noise weiet -may 
provided for in e schedule. -They may also’ 
i = the above prizes if the exhibit = wet of 
manner measure 6 frichees in depth 
inside, at an inch below the 
— Pass — C@:RULEO « -RAcExOSS 
small eggs, o ga 
large those. ao 1 strum, 
í as olanum ca um, 
black colour, and so numerous the ath, 
ing maade that they would form a pretty 7 
oe Le FRUIT xh F. GHENT on 
appears, from the Aria 
Belgium took part în i in the Teee 
