812 TAE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[DECEMBER 26, 1874. 
M. DUCHARTRE, as we have alr aiy had 
ion to aio, has lately published in the 
la Société Centrale P Horticulture de 
France, an account vario 
SPECIES of LILIUM, 
bul 
e bul 
ee ired for germination even in se eeds, from the same 
which is soslight. ‘‘ S , geitmppipag, a and aie 
to no cult ol as fas the blades led u 
they grow his b os ne by twis isting the grass 
round a tit age stick, pte wrenching it up; r " then 
ties nd in bundles with a few extra bl aa is the 
conveyance to the coast at seasons when sats are 
scarce which raises ‘ts price Tf he continuance of 
the demand now made could be lied upon 
means fot: bringing it would seven suggest Sa 
to the. more eais ysagy European.” Five thousand 
wn in winter at the pode pagal the majority came | tons were exported to Great Brita in in 1872, which 
D a in the following spring, in summer, and | increased to 6000 pati during sg past year. The short 
others not till autumn. In otha cases as long an | and thin grass is chiefly sent to France, and the long 
kienet es eighteen moni nths ve nag d ad white § in some | and thick to Italy. As it mee ara of considerable 
species has not observed till | bulk greater facilities are needed by the collectors on 
the third year after i egularities | the coast for packing and storing it 
been on this side of the Channel. In improvement which has 
rst 
ing observed 
embryo, 7 o 
In this stage the embryo, — naa 
t er, 
cylindrical gel, bearing at its summit avg now 
th 
extremely minute gemmule, and the long linear co- 
tyledon, whichis provi vided with a long sheath-like stalk. 
The base of this sheath h gradually assumes a succulent 
or ogre sian beni cea 
opes sen sm ves, efe, 
then, at the end of the first . stage o i- 
nation a have the bulb, thoug inute, m 
perfectly ed, and consisting of the porti: 
formed, upper 
of the tigellum, the thickened base of the cotyledon, 
and the two leaf-scales of the gemmule. The original 
radicle pply_ its poe 
second tl n 
the base of the tigellum, the other at the top of the 
e the incipient bulb is placed. 
t series are transitory, but the second divide 
od subdivide, — at constitute the etd roots the 
lant possesses in the second stage o penen 
Tn the second year the seedling is found to have lost 
its original radicle, i 
cotyledon, and the first series sa adventitious r 
while, on the other is more distinctly 
t perfect “hearts 
other leaves are form 
ear 
m the central stem ; as a consequ of which, 
after flowering, the original plant dies, not, however, 
before provision made for uction in 
the shape of a number of axillary bulbils. M, 
DUCHARTRE mode of germination with | 
tm b ifolium, formerly considered as 
specifically identical with L. giganteum, by Mr. 
Baker, M. DUCHARTRE, however, points out 
e of germination, and 
for European elie ae the lowing notes Pioa 
Mr. Vice-Consul Dup report o trade and 
commerce of ae e 
See as common to the range of the 
= Ais as i tothe mountains of Spa in, where, as is _ 
anner in og the ba! 
concession has not yet 
made,” 
— No little scepti- 
M 
MEEHAN’S alleged case 
of TRANSMUTATION of 
WHEAT To ‘‘CHESS” 
until all the chaff of " — was removed 
could sige intruder be made visib: 
THE COMMON HOLLY AND 
¿ITS VARIETIES.—V. 
(Continued from p. 752.) 
A. LEAVES GREEN (concluded), 
§§ Spines Spey few gh ah or inconstant, 
+ Leaves plane, or nearly so 
48. I. A: MAGNIFICA, Fisher ; hick major, 
Lawson.—A truly magnificent Holly, the leaves being 
sometimes as much as 5 inches long. It is one of the 
; Pelta ked foras, and of oe free grow Th 
gah oes 
i hi ayt Tas 
4 Miches to 5 e one and from 2 inches to 2} 
inches broad, the margin being either entire or with 
a few Sa stoutish wavy spines. It comes aei 
near to camelliæfolia, but a to develope few 
noi Both these are amidan; ieas dk 
forms of the olly, and w i 
spineless n Ho 
different in character from the Soraiiel vari 
allied to FORE 
49. 7 Fisher, Smith ( fig. 164.B) 
—As = mentioned this variety comes R near 
to magnifica, but it appears to differ ore 
elliptic outline, and in the greater rerien” of 
marginal spines, which are not, however, constant, 
some leaves being entirely spineless ess. The bark of 
the young wood is leaves are oblong 
he margin 
or with an erratic spine or two, or 
with the lowe: “part entire and the upper with some 
side, the spiny leaves sufficiently few to permit 
of the variety failing into the present category. The 
il iine Ar E E urp. n 
— 
blunt, but occ = gle 
ue, an ssy; 
about 2 inches to 3 inches in length, 
ovate to oblong-la Loree *- elliptic, 
usually quite entire, rarely w 
ginal spines, an 
very rai 
a 
ke + pa oe FRUCTU-LUT 
berried iauritolia, Watere 
ainly in 
e sla. mi of red, and ‘i "thea 
bark ofi its young shoots. 
+ I. A, SENESCENS, Smith, W. Paul; nana, 
Lawson.—Very much like lanrifolia, but with 
bark, and fe tog wn ran bs elliptic leaves, 
about 2 inches lon ae 
entire or with a few erratic Se rel with many, 
which are if present somewhat div 
53) L A, INTEGRIFOLIA, 
AT age T 
In this variety the bark is purple, and the leaves ‘ovate, 
st ntire, thi orig E a somew. d 
argin, j ong and I-inch broad, — 
having a slight ulin: the. Ta being sometimes acute, 
i annexed , sometimes | ae TO’ 
It has ino the character of sco scotica, but the 
not so decidedly 1 rounded or twisted, and 
he ey a what — =m ai wson Cor 
pA s rotundi folia “doé appear to presen i. 
— difference from ten minr =a as ne 
4. L A. ae Waterer, Paul ; 
Smith, "Wishes (fig. 164 A). LAN very a di stinct ps 
mar ked Holly, and veer effective i in plantations, ber 
green glossy leaves, toes! bark of the young growth 
of a dark purple colour. The leaves are oblong- 
rba bluntish, keen ed at the in 
2 inches long, and $ inc 
the margins entire thickened wavy, the apex usually 
eS a ooge 
p- and the margin moreo any 
EEI but very "rare omit spine 
55- TR og aS ei Smith (fig. 164 T 
vanes" of this with montrosa 
ved ap a (56), co wane neater to the 7 but hava 
malier leaves with fewer and less grotesquely ey 
spi nes. The bark of the young wood is rolei ; 
leaves have a quadrate or squarish limb, 
ney developed. ERA cme forming an i 
t, which is or | 
sally inclined to one side, the obliquity thus pı 
having apparently suggested the pak : 
aran t 2 inches in length, by 
deep green colour, and have a wavy margin 
casiónally one or two erratic divaricate spines. 
ike received the same gee se Occ 
A. LATISPINA, Wat 
and elongated, only deflexed 
erect, maarag hooked bet with 
ee n form an 
shapen as to have quite a ee e appearance 
colour i is a very dee reen, and the te: 
ery, with a a Re 6 cero ie while the 
blade of the leaf is in some instances slightly 
h is merely ois witness 
save = long terminal one, the 
outline of the leaf is then more drona mar 
++ Leaves much twisted spirally. 
Sy. E = Fina aS Waterer ; crispa, 
recurva, W. Paul (fig. 164 C).—This is known 
vation at iced Screw fol 
and char 
Fi 
Holly, sim the bark of the 
