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branching it, approaches ee “Beek though in 
ct it has a character peculiarly its own, 
| have iei this ornamental tree here, be- 
cause it is deserving of general cultivation, ” = 
many others that our nurserymen s o have dis- 
continued to raise, Tn many jini Sends things are 
recommended. P. aquatica is a distinct eer om 
North ee, se yee veo o hardy, 
Once m e I wil aoe e my radi rs to ye eee 
untry, sk ealand, or rather uce 
ater i its ain po to them. as is ta 
Mublenbeck ia complexa, a near relation. of = weed 
Persicaria, and formerly called Polygon com- 
' -oia form in cultivation in this country 
a barren one. And here I may remark 
“a aie flora Pt no country exhibits so large 
f polymorphous species, and species 
represented by barren “forms, as New Zealand. Any 
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and its elegant Lade would suit admirably for the 
ote ttem of a flower stand, and other decorative 
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eely standing out by itself — 
flowers and fruits most pr ly at Kew on the 
The late Sir Willi ker 
when giving a figure of it, plate 4808. It is a native 
a down to the thicty- fifth paral'el o 
Ine one more plant to notice before concludi 
not met with at all in D. 
belie a a all in Dghakel, and only as a dwarf pn om he! yro-geography, are scarcely suitable, 
After the Date, the Olive plays the most important 
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part in the gardens of Farafreh, where, co ada mention, Someren, arat enap ad pout’? ae 
e careless treatment it suffers, it affords an excellent | arvensis, Erodium malacoides, and Anagallis arvensis, 
! W n these i observa 
tribe are largely cultivated especially in Khar; y 
r s geh. Be- | travels across a great extent of country in a short 
sides O excellent quality, there is the more | period. On the P gh Soy a Sinik from - 
juicy, piegi Sweat Citr ton(Sweet Lime?), eg oer north to south exceeding 25 d was accom mplished 
een. a = with extremely acid juice. The cot | in four weeks, thus offering an excellent opportunity 
: ee is abundant in all the oases, and the lowing for recording the retardation of the fall of the gonad 
ruit trees occur, in smaller numbers :—Peach, Apple, | the sem species as he pcitupenevec southwards. 
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Plum nai tree 
Carob or St. Johws Bread, Indian Fig, Nabak retained their foli ex tin mor 
? > e or l in the Iain of 
(Zizyphus Peas risti), and Mucheet (Cordia Myxa). Lombardy (45° N. iat), whilst vs same species 4 in 
The Grape Vine is also cultivated, but not for wine | Germany had long previously shed their leaves. In 
making ; an aetna is of rare appearance. The | Lower Egy t Gite Į lat), in the beginning of 
nt tree is extensively planted, especially in the | December, h ig tr re ly, and in 
Dghakel o on of its excellent timber; | Upper lat.) fully, in foliage, whilst i 
and very large trees of itare always found in the | the Apulian plain (41° N. lat com 
vicinity of the old, often ruined, wel The dimen- ioot (27° N. 
sions they attain here are probably rarely seen now in | th ate was still in full, though yellow, 
a N extraordinary large specimen at | foliage, and the Apricot was in full at Fara- 
Balat, measured 18 feet 6 inches in girth. Dr. | freh (27° N. lat.) on New Years so tmi 
Ascherson thinks this is probably the same tree | readily be supposed that as we advance south 
entioned by the English Bintni igrana the equator the period of the fall of the leaf would hed 
who (1819) was the first European visit | gradually retarded until the renewal of the leaf over- 
the oases, and describes a specimen i “feet 3 | took it, and thus rendered trees deciduous with us 
inches in circumference. Ricinus is common in a | evergreen under different climatal conditions. Never- 
wild state, and oil obtained from it is used paige: this phenomenon was only in the 
both for burning and medicinally. Sesbania ase of the Peach tree, which may pec be constant 
ae so frequent in the in valley, is also digk the same te S arked in this 
ultiva An rescent species of | tree in sheltered localities during mild proier farther 
Willow ‘Gall Safest) cits hens ro there in gardens | north. In the oases the old leaves of the Peach were 
and fi till fresh and capable of exercising their functions 
“among usefal pears Peed it ih in pe bt Ay- the flowers and new foliage were put forth 
Aue dora), Bemis aTe eren Dghakel (25° 45, N. = ), such as the Grape rr 
sey. Meluchia "(Corchorus trilocularis), Lupin, pee hn Wi ae were) Pigs Mul 
Taceflie (the latter much rarer than the Clover men- and W ost theie leaves ef 
tioned above), Broad Bean “(only io in an unripe, ei ‘a the: course of Janaary, » so “that th 
a italy in a seeds are always exceptions they were completely bare in the first 
procured from the ‘ile ryalley, herice ny parasite, | week of February. However, the fall of the leaf does 
Orobanche speci mon there on this plant, | not proceed with the same regularity here as at home, 
is of frequent smar o here, and is ass found on | for quite naked trees were frequently observed side by 
Une and }. Peas, ntil, Cucumber, | side with ot f the s ies in almost full 
Water Melon, Bottle Gourds, Carrot (rare), | foliage. The influence of water was pot to be mis- 
taken, in t of an 
$ Er make my bow, ‘with the hope that I have 
terested some lovers of ra soi in my notes on the 
s of the old walls at Kew, 
L THE LIBYAN DESERT. 
‘same time the only one of consequence exported. 
paced T am in Sinah, which lies onsa 
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the Date Hoon. is considerable. © In flavour, 
te of the oases far surpasses that grown in the 
alley. 
is_worthy 3 pire that the variety observ 
at dar’ leaf-ribs, In the pie 
= eas = the majestic Si 
i m groves around 
Cummin, Coriand fe tas a vegetable h, Sa owes, ga 
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By Fe sbraary 20 t the "ipite n full bloom, 
and by March 10 clothed with fly iy developed fo = 
giving an interval of four to five weeks betwee gg te 
of the leaves i 
I under the of “B ocasia 
Fae wae ns ‘ied of inferior quay, 1 Onion, 
Lee ulgaris Mw ts ed against burns), and 
Dob (Penicillaria spicata). 
As vegetables porte form no important part -i t sion, 
the cookery of the inhabitants, it si te eserving of me whereas the Pomegranate was oasia later, the 
tion that the young tender leaves of a species o of Fig still oe SABEN ulberry last of all, whilst 
Cichorium, a common weed in Rice fields, are col- t sen ee = 
lected ‘as such, as are also those rosperm From the f facts nes a mem 
picroides, both under the name of Silus. Ornamen to consider the fall of the leaf as a vital necessity 
plants are unknown in the oases, with the exception altogether dependent upon ree cree nr na 
o a few n the gardens of the ri As season may be retarded. f yanen er her 2 
ial mark of attention Rohlfs was pu with | out by mme t aie en of deciduous ee: 
a eo by the Scheik el Beled on his d ae atten, . cannot tell wl long years: of 
The number ies growing wild i climatal mon bes 
c r. yanas Sept } He gor ino -= ag the pripe am Asch eau 
ogg fete in Paraben,” and 159 in AIDAS =o lanted in ig which lose their leaves in summer, 
Dr. Schweinfurth 225 k Khargeh. Continued investi- 
ea through the summer months would pee 
have added conser to these pe es. Very few 
discovered, and none PA such as 
previously dé 
t likely oop to the dry season 
of their pri habitats, They are Poinsettia pul- 
cherrima and 
| hs the Daa 
the 
origis d m easily distingushed. relatively small 
y regarded as as indigenous, as laerei nat taii 
‘ie oP oe and are capable of continuing their exist- | 1, o Egypt i is, that ane s of Albizzia Lebbek 
ence, without the MENRE of man, piir a man’s body ill strike root; and trees : 
sudden catastrophe should put a stop to cultivation. | otter prae been cut down for some timé retain 
Dr. Ascherson had the at omnis, abon intag © | sufficient vigour to cover themselves wit peered foliage. : 
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journey westward from Farafreh, „ai 
i: of such plants as are usually found on the |  BELSFIELD, WINDERMERË, 
ate n E ET fae Viy E Tue SEAT or H. W. SCHNEIDER, ESQ. PB apo? 
Present conveyan n- 
fruit. It may here observed that the 
nd in a tomb near the yee Ar menti 
with the ts of the 
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tiaca—a tree that was | 
nds, and those affecting a saline so : 
forms ace as inhabit our marshes are met with, and | mere, the anol of That are poe hi et 
still fewer pasture plants, The majority of the true | consent is a ts an Se q a 
desert plants have a pretty wide ran: of Ca alsmds to time a ae ee is dis sow i pore g haem mg ot 
from the tic islands to ements i 
Phe falis he Colocyath, C prenl "Fae fe is | water in jstapontion, $0 p b hara” from gey 
t views 
a very characteristic -ty llo fruit, | poin L is eo 
ut the size o in | short ee in any dir Sp ey ugt 
something n 
pree 
with a stem girth of 
gives a long list : 
rem we 4a: an dis ee arse 
esd! Palani introduced cep A clue 
