Jor 6, 1861.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 625 
5 “It is not often that were edged with Malpighia coccifera | piaig — or a penknife, cuts off the top of 
the tropics. А fine villa, shaded by grov =, e. ° fatida boh a pretty effect. The of aspirants ; v Other continues its 
of Palms and gigantic Fig trees, may look ves Madagascar Lace-leaf эчү — € dpi ger. of f tho z ied i т вы ы ӨР dh Sa A and ще 
ppp. in AL veg but to the aatan A аи —À was ] а part of the | tree E uu «ай КАГЫ ihe e ve leis е 
rather Ens nis eve ped e of vegetation near their | foot. of da resa. еже nd € a number тїгї to grow up side by е1 e, and th 
res and let ihein Pak im the va the whole day w ned fi g of one good stem, two sma П imperfect ones 
g, than run the risk of getting үе ог being con jmd other islands of this e xd Me "Dan are the result of n vods Py 
аъ Да annoyed by mosqui vut ven to those who | regretted that since Bojer's death there was nobody i in | effectual remedy. But the o тоа etter late 
have travelled much a tropical aes is therefore a the island who could name them correctly. ee: than never," is in similar cases o: nde Ni od tiat en 
sight not often n lighted upon. But that at Mauritius | since applied for a Vig ein person to "x ipd in сЕ mad acted poo and w а ecided that one 
gh claims upon our notice. There із во | for this especial duty, but as he is to be «рио [о e two be аз bog 
much a bo: F and wonderd at that m hardly gardener at the same time, and as the salary employed for t the removal or PE ot th А mde d ^x 
know о begin. In one part there is the|(2007. рег ш, ү н than р Dd i coms mon pa will not now ай: ris instea ese а pen ed 
Travellers po dn Urania speciosa, not w isolated | copying clerk in Port Louis, elieve the office is r 
па. but in V oer pt largo «ош to е: | still ms A person with sound botanical know- | must y РА неп to cut off the iin — ^ The 
self in. The which such m: ofthis plant|ledge would find pe a fine field; new plants | wo wound will heal over in time, but it has been foun 
сас is sik Sn can imagine eos а sud cons — turning and old ones presenting | that any branch exceeding 4 inches in diam pe — ni 
appearance thoy. must im to the landscapes оѓ | 5001 ma for iode iod: One of the гоа нне from the trunk of a tree ок M, al E idein 
LA Mr. Duncan, with the few hands that he | checks s upon the e ip ы of the Linien i pel from the Merz downwa 
has to keep so extensive an rum ч Mi hurri d flo ods, b hich 2 labour of ye ars | th in conve 
im Th es, islan i 
УТИ — ма ' effects i nh last grent hurricane, and | eased wen "ey AE no branch to supply, evi 
taste and dies ns fi ack- | ws appeared truly awful. A great dea 1 gh wound 
ground t h is p er Ф, the pc e Peter dum to counteract the ravages of the cm but "6% is | over Ph "at wood E . Frequently, as 
Mus MCN [ше In order оргон the етае with esperan and I learn with deep regards external appearance, all seems perfectly 
visitor fr rom the rays о the sun, rows o Pa alm ees have regret that since my visit one of Mr. Duncan’s little | sound, when internally a portion is actually rotten, 
both si inci vas к Bh in one of е Md floods|and communicating the elements of decay to the 
not only effects that object, but enables you to see the | which he has made so many efforts to s yet healthy adjoining tissues, so that the main 
flower beds. About a hundred different kinds of (To be continued.) trunk, which ought to be the most valuable part, 
Palms are cultivated, some of which from the small is rendered unfit for any purpose for which good 
islands about Mauritius appear to be new. There were timber is requisite. In short, the whole tree is of very 
= specimens of the Arenga АЗ ifera, and several TIMBER FORMING. , | little value compared with the one that had no wound 
the Hyophorbe indica with forked trunks. Gnowrxo trees wholly for the sake of timber nflicted pt that required to check a young aspiring 
double Cocoa-nut vi ыы sechellarum) was TS at the present time of the same кет аз ias] shoot. That was necessary, otherwise there would 
i being extensively substituted in many cases, and Л Lee "e slender stems instead of one solid 
any stem. tanding on a little hillock, and Mr. | wood being imported at a cheap rate. Nevertheless | trunk t be etter pun than spoil the whole by 
Dancan r Bahui its being planted in well-draine good sound timber of home growth wili always be i t had acquired too large dim 
places, and attributes the reason why those sent to| demand for naval purposes, agricultural implements, | sions for the opera don to be safely performed. That 
England have died to their being kep trather too we ot. I|and machines; and on estates where there is plenty of | this has been too much practi any carpenter that 
1, labourers’ cottages may be well and substantially | has worked pruned timber Cdi ify. at con- 
е the bark of which can hardly be dis-|builtfor much less outlay than if the timber инде | sequences of the timely cut, those 
ed] from our common Horse Radish ex-|of the materials were not on the spot. Trees therefore pene i Piet хи Ea подо а % ul 4 too late, 
оё that it is perhaps rather Шо pungent. I had|still constitute an important item in the _ value of|are no rated e above шы апа 
never ped t n such teo vem of the|estates, as purchasers are well aware. Pl that trees should 
Kigelia The peduncle o of this tre s perhaps|in land that is — adapted for the grow wth of en be ред when young or not at all. i 
o Ps Te most 20 UN ox e hole. vegetable corn and green crops is sr өз ы not now to on few saws, hatchets, or к? pruning instruments, а 
m, aos or led i y where gra few 
length, the Du йй à o grow ul p has to be i ted t p 1 y in | branches, and thus sind unsound the timber of a 
flowers for years. These ' lo ong tough “ ropes," hanging | the sup ly п for tl t of the inhabitant th ousand trees. This may be no fault on the part of 
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wor! ; but med responsibility rests with 
Gourd-like fruits, produos а m a о» reminding | picem padi сүн prove X арин for ач сж some one ho ought to hav 
one of the Mucuna altiss: and congeners of t 141 m otherwise. Dou btless amongst forest 
арасы bat whilst the sein зея of the Mucunas are | by shelter in our zariste climate, It is well known that | trees sa пбн of growth are to be seen 
know: 
annual, th ышы, EDEN uctions.| sudden checks by hly mj eria which migh been easi 
I also saw here for arii т px oh pou erem ms A bis “ hardening off" | and 1 ее i easily prevented by 
exist еч of which І had previously heard in Mexico, | plants before th Ут and whi › mere stopping of certain young shoots 
its native country, namely a variety о of the Poinsettia | than that in which à ey had NM. previously growing, | was all that was required to prevent the necessity of 
or Euphorbia pulcherrima, with white bracts. Mr.|or one which would stop their growth if zn once|future interference with the natural growth of the 
Dun my request, forwarded Peres plants to Kew, | exposed to Pw Trees do this; и prevent the effects trees. 
so that tho variety will no doubt soon find its way In pruning үзүнүн attention , Should be prin- 
into other gardens. Poinsettia pulcherrima is certainly | prove Ly to vegetation. ipally 
a plant of the real beauty of which few have а true іп a vi us growing кыны hots sunny y weather with | A tree must жеч bran bear foliage, for without 
conception. Оп the table land of Mexico it is seen in | sout , | this wood cannot be cd but a regularity should 
nearly every garden, flowering about Christmas time; | these conditions should b. T the weather | prevail rom "the branches. These being derived from 
hence its name of Noche bueno. A wellgrown bush, | suddenly becoming d and cold, with a wind from | shoots, it follows that irregularities among shoots give 
loaded with large gay colo bracts, is a truly | north or north-east swooping: over the island at the | rise to others among branches. Of the latter as many 
magnificent sight, probably never beheld in Europe, | rate of 30 or 40 miles hour, then, in one ould be provided as do not ov vercrow wd each other 
к the shrub is generally treated a a h T ae дау, ihe previously Jed. air would be off to togetl 
р wi its proper to be Ње | һе continent, ог over а portion of  the|o of P stri whilst Y 
greenhouse. In Mexico I found it it wild several thousand | Atlantic, if по trees existed to obstruct the Ше Meal карр If EN i am ves "EET b der 
, and about Durango cultivated | sweep of the wind. Where such is the сазе | ће пе 9 taper regularly, Y its timber will 
in great perfection, though there are often night frosts | the warin air is moved along in an uninterrupted "apes, and liable to Ped easily at the 
during its flowering season. Perhaps more curious than | current, its place being occupied by an immediate place whenos the many branches derive their origin. 
ihe white нот was а semi-double Dil there | influx of cold air; and thus vegetation is subjected t esae t the eigo are ef as 
being во few ins of Rubiaceous plan ts becoming а sudden е i „Оп the contrary, where there are trees | regards distin t be n that no one 
double, and I cr not ot remember any other save | ti t least in their she. de persiks EE y the rest, nor for the upright 
nia florida. Mr. Duncan raised it from | mixing by degrees with the eddying sweeps of pm eader. 
Le PH s ea Mit ссе AR E has AE older ira and thus mitigating its intensity and in These directions are few and simple; but on their 
і ch attains уззоа ө ect; being acted upon 
12—18 feet in "el and anmualiy b bons pink blossoms| I evident that if this view is just, trees in „ajor y alue Sri г е contrary deponia tho greater 
and whitish fruits, as large аз*а le finger, made into ка АН, climate like that of Britain are b rivate. T. е 
јеШев, hough they are б СЕЕ Garcinia | crops, and therefore "E. be planted piera with К 
Cochinchinensis has borne fruit, said to be more acid adva antage i in ага rable lan p where 
than that of the Garcinia Mangostana,—also g n, but in which trees Home Correspondence. 
inmate of the garden. Rubus rosæfolius fl. ИШ. ot some kind or other will с аг Thereis of course | Rust on Grapes.—Many Pur Pes been adduced 
is stil wanting in Europe, I mistake not, | по reason why these localities should not be planted | аз to the cause of this жам, t few w people appear 
igh the double variety has long. been шин with the most suitable species of tati, aie will | to me to arrive at the 1 
уай 1 хасу as happened wi eroden- gli Rire. aim put expenses of|Some say sweaty han 
8 and Kerria јаропіса. It grows wild in | planting and comam, g — а эн ttri 
umid places of the island, and its fruit being slightly oa the latter mis-management is bstituted, and | I believe none of these to be 
acid is used in the same way as Raspberries. I asked | practically carried out a than would | of the evil, in my o 
Mr. Duncan whether the Rhipsalis,found in Mauritius be necessary to rear good, зн consequently | on the berries in 
were wild or merely na ed ; e expressed his| valuable timber. О: riant point we thi тун early; then, Shen iif is 
belief that they were truly wild, adding that he knew | some observations may be Уер a uy notwithstanding | tion is so rapid that the surface of 
а species with white, another with red berries. In this all that has been written on the subject, it seems | similar to the wet bulb of a 
he is indirectly supported ur discovery of Rhipsalis, | necessary + ^ 
made by Welwitsch on the mountains of Western | If t i t oug pora NR MAT Ted M DE 
i e adopted generalisation that all Cactace: | е; сЕ equally e - cases where plan is , ; 
аге indigenous to the New World рн mg w uk) WU simple eam one of proper|given very gradually, and then the pce settling 
Some modification. - There seems to be no dou ent, the other. 4 ы, contrary. Two young pem causes bright spots to EN 
that th f th рада з пе ОН planis, of io mm f tree, are as similar as | caused by the sprinklin 
World, whatever ics may be about that of the ble. Mher a sie DIM dur precisely the same | more regularly dispersi venil ^ the nches 
Common Opuntia. І in |5 ces an e equal growths. After'some | азс cause, but not so ген, із DEM "paie of 
Каван, the place where the Orchids are kept, Жа к both are inclined to fork, two E on each | flues or pipes when very hot, producing steam in the 
ower pots grown, the ing pieces of|becoming comp:titors for the leadership. Опе 
ree each joint "yi a vessel, which certainly | perhaps the Popes йм. in giing бее the|power get affected. 1 have occasionally пбн 
has the advantage of never breaking. Мові of the consequence, and with any light instrument, such as a | with a bunch or two, passing them through my hands, 
