5 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE _ 
To Sir Willi 
am Ho ooker | 
nient size; after which they be sheltered lor | тооз should not be kept he too long, or they will uus 
twe or three weeks iu a close. gr КИЕ eor pit, where | away È is £ n thes 
koe fa will be kept rather close, occasional spei ren of | about this plant is the grea t ie eng gth of ti 
and m oder rate ventilation, together v en regni: will lay i in the perte withou — gi E 
li fi very minute, an re аге iew 8 | 
site wi ehe а Pu d. di Ie" n they will often remain dormant for а ditte А | Hakgalle rden, and are 
will be seen by the plump and fre ssh appearane e of the | few seeds will start within a week o ones jd | Wüncebdod in obtaining from 
stems, leaves, and b that root growth has pei те- | аге sown, and occasional straggler ient Of which have Produced roots, sH 
i й time t ti zd but if 1 h IS ваше: nticipate ith the remainder. 
main crop will come up | Durin the ied 
n 
Aag Sie 
and branch] іп the maturation anc br angi M ү а 6 ЗЫ 
flow rb ds. The forwardest of the lants may from | so p ifferent to what takes place Б species thoy wero odllestad has snot Eo 
flower buds. р Дт ad sod 9 of Begonias that I should not have Кызыт [Denn sown АБ ера Hakguie On rdom, Pec n 
temperature of from 50? dun [A where ам, will | it ог da had - seen : notar X ШЫ Mw TA Am Eus been in tig! 
radually perfect their blos en under my own hands, an т naa) С 
5 It is 1 ан borne in min ind t that these plants for ted the date of so owing upon the labels. The | á From the Mee ata 
ooking foliage, OD. | ain C. 
made until t side, m the четат ен, properties “теб 
ы. d a Lui s to swell, pies should pA the саве | of В. е are qualities which І sh ld „hope p above 5000 
by the time we have indicated or shortly therea after. If wou uld ie this pina fran Wer ане, В. anamanna із | at Ha 
1 "e i i ica rer la bu n 
S n ion of 
growth has not been sufficiently том for p lost, for it is a d and useful spe ecies, he delicious | above 1 
opment, nothi 1 th ББ sew а ае eov БАКЫТЫ» 
iti :1 " h 
plants under conditions favourable to үе health. until | make rth preserving ; and so should b pretty | ained ty uw m aget Keds 
the following spring, when the same cultural process | habit of the small a Dregii, other species will produce the largest relative 
must be renewed. In favourable sis and situations— | B. DIE and в. тор hylla. Quin р 
that ів in in airy situations, wher lere the soil is porous an nd Al 1 these, e, and — that ` conid name, are well de- m € n to believe that many gentlemen 
ede y be] left in the could, if space permitted, easily Co зр ар E would e glad to co-operate int 
e they have grown thro ой ugh he summer, but if en de the list ШУ kein to B. sanguinea; remark- | E m d cl of e ci y pouin Ue di 
mt is risk of injury from excessive or Ышы mois- | able for the crimson colour of the under surface of its 
ture, it is better to pot them and store them in dry |Jarge and fleshy leaves, to B. БОПУШ, p manicata, 
ventilated pits till the return of spring. which produce such a profusion of flowers in e: 
The varieti is tree form i i 
a o 
include - W various hues, s able; b en 
crimson, scarlet, wbite, and . allow, ШИ, aeg with | my fellow gardeners will not allow them to sacrifice vibe ra A i bo fiy 
ked wi r pu 3 useful plants to make sh E 
e 
some lhaving markings Р more than со, like | hybrids. If we must have plants remarkable for the |" у, ус attention is Беш о 
the *“Ызхаггев” of the florists ; whilst of the Picot louri f nas foliage, there are still a ы of the | of this , valuable plant, and | dierent moies oig 3 
race, those in which the colour is арене around the | older kinds ich have never if, indeed, | being tried here. t 
edge of the petals, there are primrose, yellow, orange- | they have й equalled. There is, for example, tle rich ур. Кекс to hi. TC firmly atta pers el 
i fawn- Parea, and Mus slate- eim grou unds, crimson Мана leaves of B. splen di da ; this i isa some- i ius best: ves lant is mu6 
ined w ith 1 lilac ове 0 arlet , Ther I treatment, i 
i ui a 
Al 1 Pata t lit. | when it is growing upon the trunks of living tre 
Е оп ess i deal of care has been bestowed upon the curing 
as to prepare t 
ti t it which the zones of кк аге 
. Carnàtion; but we mag. in бту Jupe, since all such | sh m r3 into each other on the Дет es of B. Grifüthii | European markets, and 
flowers as these аг regarded a ecorative ud эше B. picta) is quite As regards their à 
„objects, that such ‘double faced Бачо, Papiere hybrids parta di of dc characters of the priu торай 
о туре , will ye eter куз эр, AUS the | anthina group of th в genus; indeed, I th ink waj у aiey pare ed in безе gardens, is being sent to 
erii вао З 
= 
to tne International mes 
every ins! one of the parents has Boni а varie ot : pl —In this immediate locality, the 
S Тиш: ki nds Si which B. splendida, or Ан агч uncertainty, is quie mita r 
n has been f th монон of Cotton, | that e L 
_ B. Thwaitesii, keep up as good a a supply as possi iole, rr esl 
"c h плу bs m we е E one Ee Pe Re T out to moet any e r 
s ared that i t i lant ttl is t } t iybrids, so y those ng to make experimen! 
d к to be: fa $ т: 5 fe Y ч: — n = s plant, in the more favourable datio plus. Т 
ista gent of Ratna; 
out of caltivation—some of those plants ii we fin | distinguish from each other on account of their IM —- 
formerly valued hi ighly, cultivated with care, » and which | 
have w ellr repaid us for the trouble disgusted with t} Qu h 
t D 5 
1 thi 1 
them. pres boi t, 
of the Begonias; even the ЖУ Ше po species mper first plongera in the m e во otherwise 
иле а the pages of the newly p Е wit s Pie Pai AES kinds of the longipes | to be feared that Ceylon, unles: 
ed 
nursery cat ре s plants themsely every r, 8 RS would these breed | звело, p арине ШЫ 
‚ Where doo ecessary neglect, ait мА daily with the small а kinds, of which B. natalensis may на аиа 
ecoming we £u more s scarce. Be fore the ey are be taken as the type? Before laying ена ту реп Tr "a os f 
ly gone let may just ovi Fiat the wy peculiarity in the TAM us plas how vin this garden, aco 
the services they have rendered us; and it some horti | flowers of B. frigida, noticed in these pages чаа а — Sf tis plant E = b ЕЕ b 
year ago, is inher ited by the егч seedlings raised Мат туена 
to Pe. to ‚ fashion, which вош says “rules plan e same M төрөт of дез in th 
all,” m growth of a few fees is still hermaphrodite, and the female org 
of the m. t kinds, he will be a be абое to future | superior. I have repeatedly tried to raises Еа 
generations, D A shall not have written in vain. these anomalous flowers fertilised by their own pollen, | ө ellent quality and grea 
Let u w matters stand with ol go see if the plant could be induced to make some | past year, ripe seeds foul our e to 
here i в. pisse. the largest flowered species in | further pro, in this direction, but always without lia. 
all the family; 16 has] y lost, I fear. success. The seed, from which as Мара мані were| Ја m oes urged the 
Sho ener in the ntry still n it|raised was pcm by the n 1 flowers of this | mental. лоне ra 
e would grow and exhibit a good p и Begonia. C. 
it at one of the meetings at South Kensington ; 
ould р te чу sensation. B. nitida was one o of 
mi lever er enitivated f or the sake of 
` ent s ex i gei ant of it I recollect ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CEYLON. 
et of bloom for more tees d (Extracts from the report of the Director, Sept. 28, 1861.) 
: пр p gk CINCHON A, — me pleasure to be to 
s grown in a nurse anà w n fall flower satisfactory" ee 
i е end of Blk Вав В. fic e ment now being vade in cbr Padi о thg vit or 
with one of the most graceful y habite ive pisnts е аге TM An | valuable addi 
ienced 
we have, Г yet one sel Sees it w ell з own. It iny supe, DORE vett ont o E т ooker, from the 
han many establishment at Kew, and I have much reason to Бе satisfi 
Те" 
е pur) 
to мд; 
with the zeal and inteligens shown. by Mr. MacNicoll in his hay ve 
reference to t| Жы to 
alue а med inal p 
specimens at a da rias It s 5 evince the Ds of iei nde - -= VÀ ue now under his care at the Hakgalle Garden 
the cultivator too, much better than a Уіпса or an| The aG of Cinchona which, in my lasi ort, I mentioned эр share either бг food trag chr 
Allamanda. B. Evansiana (or as it is often called аз Бшк expected from Bombay, arrived t E the I latter place i m. respectively known. 
or) is used on the contin an edging fi Ls unpromising a condition that it was thought best 
‹ d with fine effect; why should it in endis | E a cA. p^ e. i wu ЭР eri ou 
tbis coun be ished from the ee of the|hils. Nearly all of these plants su sequently died. Another | sho 
wealthy, and find a home only in cottager's | consignment of Cinchona plants, collecte by Mr. Spruce in | prepara: 
inks It is а herbaceous kind, and Фет roots should 50 s America, arrived some months afterwards аё Bombay, recomm 
very good condition: but these were also all conveyed to tried out by Mr. Ben 
stored in some lace duri ter ; sd sut ан demens 
it is 5 là б th t i ut july dud ing неу. Ootacamund, not an 5 fetus M як Ceylon, as І was given 
y ач 10 certainly dese а trial | to understand wou the case. As far, therefore, as regards 
sre Orte has provod а i Merton mion К,а Knee re eed y 
re no growin, ; a parc tai во 
epe and vl the Perilla is mbre to | едк ot Спорна micragtha and Olnohons nitide, collected Бу y 
d extensively. For the язны decirlo. eB th ле | Mr. Pritchett, was sent to me in Februwry last, from Mr. 
сн й ес there чо; few Mte which ca ith halin n а Chief ML to етт ане Fort St. to 
: .| George; and a parcel was receiv y me shortly afterwards | that all the species which ; 
arce (cal led B. rtiana б кше " gardens); from the Secretary of State's Office, which contained 05004 of | described in it, but tho. districts iu 
Qe re very fine when | Cinchona succiru ra, collected by Mr. Spr:ce. From these are most abundant, du 
жон should be treated аз а | seeds more than 800 plants have beeu raised. (О. succirubra, | names, when known, given 
hotbed; but the tubers—for | 530; C. E 180; C. peruviana, 25; C. nitida, 45; 
uncertain, 60 though at dene ni 
y be kept longer t than | s; тышо t necessari 
ъ in the winter, The ‘1 al ocality wi pers i booa ed DS for cdi yer satisfactorily iom 
