LAS 
JuLy 255 1874.] 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
107 
| 1868 bore a remarkable resemblance tö the year 1826, 
which was before the epoch of thorough draining. In 
) sent season, there 
days of that month. e iare in 
markably ound, ‘usually above 30 
ind. ards the jatten enä of June 
mometer standing 
and other 
was little or no w Tow 
as 
de. London 
e-third of a 
drought a 
did not break till the firs 
TO 
rain or dew till ugust 5. ugust sare were 
ber 
emot 
ence seems obvious, that whatever eii have 
flowed from thorough draining, the character of the 
_ sasons has not been materially chang seems 
4 Gait be a rule er a dry summer there gene- 
tally piem: a mild winter ; = if the autumn bs dry 
_ amild winter is still more o far as it has 
: presen t season is Fa but not so laan 
erruptedly so as 1868, 1826, and 1818. 
T Tan 
Notices of Rooks, 
The Natural rian of ary Gar- 
oem the Adornment of La Perpetual 
y Joseph K Forsyth johnson, Curator of 
e Royal Botanic ic Garden, Belfast, and dscape 
en Belfast : Printed for the pe sold 
ty Bosom 12, Castle Place, Belfas 
a well-meant attempt to eae the 
ee = Secorelire gouen observes -our CREER in 
urse roductory chapter, ‘‘ should. lever 
be govern i hat one t is better than 
ahother, fo is quite a mistaken t 
‘Will invariably look better in a suitable position, and to 
‘Sufficient; but to judge by the efforts of some it valent 
Eora = aracter of scenery an 
mee 
Of love, 
Daya which „She manifests to those, and those only, 
land deco This is fw up by chapters on the materials for 
“ee v re beauty and fit tness, and 
ring, it is remarked, ‘f doe oes mòt 
fi oe ool of dae We the subject so 
tints, dark s 
of a ggg Tighter ones convey an 
ook designated Laws of Oe, are 
questions as lines of vighte Tacs o 
R 
distances; when character of plants, time, &c. he 
third s devoted to the effects and age of 
Fin, 
which latter we conclude our notice. 
woodland TRA, through which, in maS instances, 
that: 
miles of walks are led, we are told 
“ An effort ae always be made to realise pleasing 
combinations. e Salix with its coloured stems, and 
As a basis for wood ie decoration the Rhododendron 
is admirably well suited. We must, however, bear in 
mind a the middle line of sight will furnish us with 
very valuable material for decorative purposes. = 
ew, as a sin eady mentioned, adapts itself mos 
A to hollows, as does the Bixust 
sce 
We should a 
satiate cal trea’ on ae praci of the 
ect, yet not a ve sound and useful hints and ra 
‘adh suggestions may be gleaned from what has 
advanced under the several heads to which we hav 
briefly alluded. 
Flora of Dorsétshire, &c. By J. Cə Mansell- 
Pleydell, B.A., &c. Whittaker. .8vo, pp. 320 
in number of our local Floras i do, fort 
ncre the 
t K ime has passed when 
simply the collection of as many ge as could be 
found, and w 
according >? circumstances constituted all that was 
thought necessary. Now-a-days, the geographical 
distribution eof plants; ae specially to the writings 
semination according to 
a into account. 
imme ap hens Wier iven to 
through ng the e publicat Maa 
new sources of interest, pisin sa for investigation 
n the meanest weed. Soon we shall hopè to hear 
thé last of the barren MaM Shdir this species 
ae a tuberc _ and that a wart, an 
ed b 
nôt Deea: the sa 
Tneptia exigua,- o 
ep i referred to Ineptia 
of laborious 
ing 
ions into a causes, of 
on met with in plants, their life- 
Ss a t itions. 
Dorsetshire is one of the ery best. gpg EE 
Flora ttern—its and variety 
of Bich the iee ofits geological pias oo iad 
, all render it a i a interest- 
ing district to the botanist: In no coun we are 
aes 
ABE 
o county is. the 
nd the kinds of ane nt grow 
istrict from the 
Ballard ‘Do: own, a 
Alban’s meee 
Th ger ffords exam ples of almost 
n the Avei formations, “a the alluvial and ter- 
ry s, the as 
the vegetation is varied a 
cor a hog, a ve e fo 
of its fossil flora, 
setae existing vegetation with the = 
surface soil, On the other hand a good 
deal of matter inserted which has va a sit indirect 
relation to the Dorset flora. 
volume is the introduction.of 
Cas 
A peculiarity of thi is 
the synonyms, if they are parai spionage of ae 
Bauhin, Ray, and other ante-Linnean authors, at 
a sotansa as 
as dian of each species, not onl 
also in i 
— The last issued part of the Zyansactions of 
the Linnean pci contains the following papers :— 
On the Tree Ferns m (received as far back as 
forms o oun in the Java 
Sea, by en gg ao ; on the Three- 
banded rmadi Dr. Murie ; an an ree 
incidentally states that the huge buttresses ge 
found in tropical trees, esc Tes oots en 
not penetrate the soil deeply, re i off ort of 
Nature to complement the stability Tet the distribu- 
tion of roots near the s .” ‘Trees with deeply 
penetrating roots are comparative ” fro these 
buttresses. Professor Reichenbach’s paper is prefaced 
a few general remarks, in the of which he 
states that the Lindleyan genus, Monomeria, so-cal 
rom its being suppo: e no petals, is really 
provided with those organs. Habenaria pelorioides 
has a regular five-part hout spur, 
like Dendrobium normale. Mention is eo 
the singular and beautiful appendages to the sepals of 
Bolbophyllum rng ste n which we are promised 
fi ee n her par eies Several new species 
are rata 
last issued Part of the new edition o 
—— The first two Parts of Dr. Cates s British 
Hepatice (Hardwicke) have been i The size 
ae <typogrs phy of the work are unifor yri Syme’s 
nof English Botany. Ea en species is carefully 
end | scientifically described, and a large number of 
t red, is 
er. This 
coupled with the reputation of Dr. Carrington in this 
ranch of science, ed botanists i 
ae atience the issue of the prese 
that their legitimate anticipations will be fulfilled, buat 
reserve i r comments till the work is farth 
advanc 
Belgii var. minor, 
meri, Philodendron Metinon 5 Tulipa Hageri, a new 
Grecian species, with red rs, banded with Pl 
with a blue eye; Oddati um T. 
majus ; Dicksonia squarrosa ; Caloc hortus Gannisonl 
var. Krelagei, a beautiful soba 3 Abutilon 
var. 
these in due course, and t article on 
en Se of the Sweet Fhag ( U Acorus as Calamus), from tho 
pen veteran Dr. Goe 
‘omplete Say ee by Richard Toran, 
luable collectio 
e 
we much to the point. The boo 
ractical guide to the classes above-mentioned. 
oo thet last number of the Journal of the Scottish 
sdarslegnal apa foo contains an elaborate and ex- 
haustive account of our present knowledge of ozone, 
and which, while it indicates. that the absence of 
may be ta taken as a sign that the giui ar is 
exaggerated . 
“ee Fa So 
usions 
of the weather from the v 
well as observations on the crops, &c. 
—— Berton’ Gardening Book, Sc, korr A bara 
trated Behe Lock & Tyla) 7 This cons 
f paragra: ee 
oases 
