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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
[OCTOBER 96, 1861, 
but - has —— some good 
qualities of. Pwy own, а e hope to show. 
This B. glabra is the po x min which Mr. Dunc: 
erta 
at uor vU 
nita n “ vm England, at : least, ought to speak of 
The extreme moisture of the atmo nosphere ! 
pe агу suited to their growth, a 
Ferns, Lycopodiums an 
d Mosses, Si which a 
With diin Pi in our columns last year (Gardeners Cironil malim im found, more particularly on r 
1860, p. 833). He states that it had been receive! у | m elevation. 
—— Ir has been stated that of the common well- | 1860, Р. and thre Manila, the са tal of the Pus 
known BEDDING SCARLET PELARGONIUMS, the Mene him from South America between „у file Edel р 1 i 745 Fake E 
called Tom Thumb, Trentham Scarlet, an а Ри 
it as a H lant of slender habit, with small glabrous 
leaves, and appearing to flower throughout the 
year. In illustration, of i its free e flo owering d Mr. 
DUNCAN which 
Tom Thumb in the month. of J uly entirely beats the 
] Palace, and pon He eterni 
whole 
flat 
g th 
asiy ая from Mm 
which are hardly distinguishable ; ; while mber 
h, 
Ре da 5 стая plant had bloomed without any раде саге, Не 
they 
етй in constitution, would beat both, and in any 
case is the best of all for р e beds. 
Our Corresponden 
little progress in tbe first year after it had b 
ceived, ow аса {о its being in а sickly state, E nw 
| quen ty e red a conside rable Space of trellis, and 
mode of proc: 
s of кат) is ping canoes, ШО are 
a direct and са 
The u sual m 
o that time in flower. 
n а: EX ,|his writing, continuing up ў 
» “ 
out. since M. Regni er appeared; | he d'Amiens| “ It has been," he writes the Aa every 
y large allow 
very ne tably. ER om 
But little v variety presents its 
Several species of беа: ivi 
erson who has seen it, and has аар еп EIS lake. tho bankd 
Bonnaire i iapa s am yid Madame Low favourite species here; and I thin nk t er n be e no | of the river, and | the surfac ce of ке Natri is perti 
nother пени анат of the same work, who | d"estion it would be the best for quatic a Stratio 
а с 480 : С. C," strongly раная e in Englan Another Сониев. ad from| The Laguna is nearl у, 20 miles in e bte Ben an 
BAS: "s fa У, He says, “I k of Mere n (see | р. n. aou g bloomed the | EMEN width of 10 to es, and is almost entirely 
: М С Aro supply the AER dur. pe |n bum "of miss i and now | with 283 of considerable elevation, 
is-one of the bearing v es I know, оаа wing | Мт.1 ANIEIS, de eus спорно with the glories The. еони! of these are Jajahala, San Cris 
two or three ben at ee i joint, and 5- —€— leave | ОЁ В. speciosa San Pabl and "Mahaihay, The 
Oh allie fro that s Idò wait Teui thé the other day i in our report of the » proceedings of „the | 
ablo, Maquilin 
last named peak attains a height of 7500 feet, clothed 
1 
— yid 
meeting some very fine specimens were shown, and | - Thes the districts -where the beautiful 
Euro PAORA anaia MUS рш Tu ене US, properly rewarded, . Phalinopsis. “habii and rosea were first found, 
18 inches or 2 feet, especiall we always cut EPE 
from the sho; owe к апа о о nly now and rre en, being of late. years S етв sought after, these 
E daos condit Eo 'Phis-variety cuts up quite back to P ae subject of these remarks will be an PUN or nt species are becoming exceedingly rare. Lerides, 
stem, sa d ien d beautiful Bloom uui НИЕ blooming plant, and therefore available a season | Dend robiums, Phalenopsis, Saccolabiums, and E 
МӘ — á Weite & les of the S Thi one of its merits, - The experience. localities, E 
i D e Tn y " url se ND утра of Mr Dana can indeed poa to the cera eid of its Fern plentifal in most ravines, but more 
ACH from Mr. Тномрзон, of Stanstead Park, recently — —— once fairly | pa rtionlarly on аселди Mount Mahaibay. | On thi 
exhibited at South Kensington, show tbis to bea very tinuous, which | mount а at ; Ü 
f cultivation, and а distinct. тан of bloo in its 
eat „habit of g wth, 
Eer НУ for es — ha for its.appear- | stil] more $a its iue. E we learn from 
allow bl n" od wii dud ha а rich all тыл Daniels another point which tells EK i sis Sever: 
co omna Th Хунал d ven "iier d for favour. He says, “ 16 2 ү less difficult 
Tite f кыны is d ved = hich y f eH | ке cultivate than B. s a." бо that vit "nei 
has always promised to be most us 
PN our, with a smalle r an nd mo 
` — А statement having Mex: «s MM т. *D" | this B à 
з 
r the village of 
an elevation of 1000 feet, nea 
the s bs. i 
а: es of n 
Angiopteris evecta 18 "Cur — and the 
miserum and Pteris are 
E. growing inds. 
villa m „іѕ а beautiful ea sonde; the 
e 
that the AURICULA GEORGE Ілснтво weal kly in | least of that which pu th our present бд we 
бези» ion, deficient i und colour, эша v utn | must admit te be the more brilliant species. 
to Lancashire Hero, we find th r Mr. ia "e i Mr. Daniele describes the Mime in Phis possession as | 
ў i E 
arg iun sejeiuder, that ios cor pni being less than а DNE old, diede been grown 
pice o А Ww: 
chan ide the La This loca : 
rich i x Pd kinds S vegetation but.more particularly in. 
Fern and Moss cely a da ay Pe Wi 
S мау. 
in his collection of more robust habit, two plants 
at e na 
edi а 
; ome qp eer 15 the | hei 
күөлү r ьа M essi: and де атк 
that these blooms were 
Y 
€ causes everything to grow with Sai. luxuriance, — 
and the whole country to assum e a freshness seldom 
Pm 
аз possible, bid T of which a [oo of lowers has been 
1 
bein; 
sar роон, ” he eie * that 
gud бону "Si ada. Doing. je Хе, йо f d is Ap die 
; the edge eing perfection itself, an P. di an B. 
the paste more dense than in any other var iety Mr. | [partar iv wi speciosa, 
HzADLY diltivates nown.’ 
—— The Moniteur Vinicole states that the vintage | The 
е France has been favo magnificent 
and exceeds the expectations which had been 
р ; the accounts rec 
ill be much sought after when 16 becomes 
plant itself is very distin 
B. speciosa, being much more ander. in its кедш nd 
having smaller and narrower. leaves, s, and bei 
of th 
Q, 
B 
Ri 
н Aer ч 
he Га 1 n 
Wet 
"mf 
l its 
of the wine as very superior, and th t down. The foren is less dense, in this 
han was expected. Thus, at кш ЧЕ the | ri — more like the Paris pla 
e ipie Eo. which w 
X the best | nicle р 
| in the last quir ter of a|specimens now 
accounts from , Lyons state that the | smaller and more poi 
than in speciosa; but as Mr. Duncan describes | 
e hopes of them as * nearly 
he чуч. as surpassing t the 
Е 
vatory. , bei 
um ing 80 pte Жын the natives in the 
in appearance from protection 
The. 
e sh: 
only clothing being a fine | houses, 
is | а ver 
r 
inted, as well as paler in 
The rhizomes of several species of Ferns are eaten by 
interior. The fro e! are carefully 
p red for the manufacture of hats. . cud 
plaited the latter are very pretty, and а 
5р m the sun. | 
Palms met with are Areca, Calamus, 
me foliage of all, but р — | 
used by the natives fi fing their | 
f DR ойе form . 
pting to give any 
aried scenery of these — 
experiene es ds to know in 
4 
w hat direction to pr 
Dróme speak of th 
the growers, the crop being abun 
dant, it is that the want of size 
of v very superior quality. аи inform 
The 
robable 
may "be attributa m to o Vibeuligv, and the more pallid | 
To the northward of Manila are the districé Uf 
San Mateo, Bosoboso, sud Antipolo. These localities 
ravages of the colour may be the c consequence of their bei eing pe ced | iege vel vorthy of a visit, scarcely con! 
um seem therefore to > checked f во ety as is found = the vicinity of m E 
lan, and, let us hope, pe efects which are remediable. The colour of hie "The. conníry i is flatter an cultivated. The 
“жр Writing GrADIOLL а correspondent of tle beita was a soft delicate rosy ине | mauve, some IE osphere i is also much drier, ue the vegetation con- 
Gossip Aa ed arden states that some ri- | shades an in speciosa; an flowers c е 
ence has taught him, that they like manure roe - | selv ves, which are nearly as long as the brata 0 es a| The natives pay ittle or no н ion toa g 
bstantial nid state. Тһе m loe ке ЭКЕУ generality оё native houses ате built on piles from 
nden g found, ће 
t, havin 
how well they do with it, эре. 
‚ Says, from experience r which is i 
. €ially those grown in pots. It is however recommen. А Маш сы TO THE PHILIPP. " "Bamboo and leaves of the Areca Palm are the 
to in moderation. Аттнос опаа E onl; materials. . small plot of j 
—— пй somewhat that much has TEN enel round use, which is generally b 
' VARIEGATA has d A: gy crai the i immense riches of this Archip M e kind of variegated plant, su 
"ейгіпаз in flower beds, I T E ribbon ro menon of islands, p - ari racæna terminalis, Graptophy 
is very hardy, and t forms a mass about 9 inches | ане: e зрана Y with rich plains an Ili Hp piet um, &c. Within the enclosure a few specimens 
bo are d ificant. jd В ЁР nng. | watered by numerous rivers and mountain streams, of the Bete j| Nut Palm (Areca catechu); the Choco- 
better o by cu Ls e Ма са "etel ері а | teeming with the richest vegetation n the summits of | late (Theobroma Cacao), а кай 1 Plantain form the only | 
Worth а Н ® the highest peaks, and possessing immense spi plantati ions. Ei 
ad Бада for the objects above alluded to, e it | weit h; Dod um EE mor kd el 
16 equals the Golden Chain rog 
Eee ош ез 
Шашы but it may be v. offer 
very useful without doing that. P 
ihe disagreeabl үш es to men of commercial en Macon 
s UAE SP RW ben "Botanical but Tittle is known of what these islands | 
————— produce. Cuming, Fortun © and N have all visited | w: 
them. Һе for spen pics ears here, 
ANOTHER en gathering together one of the finest ки of 
rope, 
made but passing visits, and had not there- 
fore the opportunity of adding much information to 
hich at 
шь known as the wide of Manila. Мг. 
Panay and s 
way. ng t 
other fine plants were 
The|for the purpo 
all the principal ports, 
increasing every day. 
The 
mountainous. Uni 
ves to be in reality "the | that previously ode 
It has not, indeed, the баре The Philippine: have long been known to contain a 
—that & magnificent s es, the | great mer: з Orehidacen The few species hitherto | continue to emit 
3 to 4 feet from the ink: "This is a m 
precaution 
Cum 
ceeded, I eje in getting to Ашар =й 
of the intermediate islands the _ 
Duri "this trip ean Бабек nni pus pr 
disco 
The larger islands are all radually becoming opened 
a rposes of trade. Sapanla niards тст seti 
and other 
whole of the inadi with scarcely an um 
are several volcanoes, which still 
„branches e арш 
Comis eng yn | introduced thence, consisting principally of th 
gardeners to materials which | dec in the v vicinity of Manila, ha: 
At hand, but had turned to | аз the rarest and most beautiful of their class. 
ы 
Кө looked upon | so low that the sea washes 
Mindoro is considered he pit island. as — 
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