DECEMBER 26, 1874-] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
805 
race. That of the Oak seems to have been 
ing u 
by former writers, bu 
; any of this, he that from the Lime, of 
=, ‘the trees in one of the parks at Hampto 
” supplied a great quantity. ‘‘I order’d it to 
be preacher? at the latter end of December; the 
berries, aye I got “dry’d 
mn a Bugg im 
gentle heat, and then had it made ry fine 
powder, to be put into a glass aa. pi leider 
or leather, and kept in a ve ery dry place. pepe) 
not kept close ve dry it will contract a -e ness, 
uldy, and be good for nothing ; if i t be 
seorch’d by the fire i i, arae it will also an spoil’, 
and of no effect. The larger stalks m o 
’d and ae cr for decoc and in- 
of the most successful instance 
was ng ae were 7 
lepsy catal ich i peat mig rom po 
accounts given w Sir John, th ` a beneficial pk 
; produced, The & Mistleto of the Oak” 
the most efficacious, no doubt because of 
the great difficulty of obtaining it ; ae Se soe says, 
Sag yg that the Mistleto of the Oak = 
that of all other ireen 30 rom ae 
ordinary Misleto to 
in qua agi 
children’s Sisesies, ic seems to have 
erful cures as any patent medi- 
unable to | 
| 
| still a common cus yp 
_ give a branch of Mistleto to the cow which calves | 
says :—“‘I have not yet 
John dared to rob the | 
Mistleto of but few of is berries ; 2 from some 
| observations I ha ed to 
| 
by ; 
ra more than give the weight ia his own support to 
ich had been already ex 2 which 
at received the support of John bar who ee 
itasa eate: in epilepsy, and as useful in apoplexy 
and baig ess. Dr, Bull, st igi by hose interesting 
ae Mistleto i = well known s that “‘the 
ern p 
Anir In connection 
with this part of e Sa it sar be noted t 
m in many parts of the country 
Fic. 160,—CURMERIA ROEZLII (MUCH REDUCED). 
first after New ren Day, it being supposed that this 
will ensure luck t he dairy th throughout the coming 
year. Sir T ons this as a common 
practice in his tim oy a Dee Bull me, that he | 
learnt from a woodman near ury, that ‘fa piece 
of Mistleto from the haw c gr in pieces and 
papii E the berr: a 
tered to Angen as a purgativ 
It is ention to pi grga the subject of 
t our 
Mistleto € on the Oak, about which so much has been 
written ; but the fo aioe note ner Sir ie Plat’s 
den ma 
Caridi of ainm 
perhaps suet end, 
though th author r adds . 
ing this v musta A although the —* By upon a hill 
| 
NEW PLANTS ee ean 
BY THE FLORAL COMMITTEE AT THE 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S MEETINGS, pr 
*," FC., First-class Certificate; BC; Botanical Commen- 
dation; C., Commendation. 
Adiantum gracillimum 
Williams, May 13—F.C. 
Agave filifera superba ., 
ama ee May 13—F.C. 
»» micracantha pi Croucher, May 13—F.C, 
— elegantissima Bull, Feb. 18—F.C, 
— akio nderi (awarded 
apeg Hender, Aug. r9—C. 
hans llis > (Hippeastrum) Ori- 
Williams, April 1—F.C. 
j (Hippeastrum) ‘vittata 
ee a - ne 
Bull, Feb. 18.—F.C, 
Anoræc 5 Veitch, Fe oe FC. 
Aneri ‘Williamsi Williams, Nov. 11—F.C. 
Aquilegia leptoceras lutea = 
chrysantha Douglas, May 13—F.C. 
e (mollis) Alphonse La- 
gigia Model . a 
Lane, May aan Te 
Veitch, Sept. 2 
Begonia Royalty i Chambers, Oct. 7—F,C. 
ba foliis purpureis Paul, July 15—F.C, 
cect pi ' Veitch, April TE 
Cai ula Smithii © .. .» W. Smith, July 15—F.C, © 
Cautleya one yy sš . eee Oct, 7— ta hey 
ai è eitch, a rf. 
haleb pendi ila TE See Aug, TEES: 
Cerasus Mal u T ; ug. 19— 
Ceterach aureum ‘ illiams, April u TA 
Saar Bergiana (see 
Cpe (Japanese; 
Duchess of Edi burgh Veitch, N 
a a Veitch, Nov. ie 
m R he Cossack .. . Veitch, Nov. 11—F.C. 
Chysis Cheon’ a Hek f bea 
a fe 
Cineraria, atileiliieelish 
Clematis Countess of 
