Maron 10, 1860.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, w 
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=o more simple. The species are T very | published | at Louvain i in 1823, p- 26, No. 206, supple- | to be grown on the Pear stock during a period of 15 or 
dition, are Atia ah from thi ineersibadio ancy ut is not to b Diel, | 20 years, ave not to be judged in the first few years of 
difficult to hich systematists depend, and Yoel the | in the “oie t Catalogue ka the Horticultural Society of | their bearing. 
ters on W  attende to, which is quite as im- | London, s work of 1857. Dettrichs| In the opinion of several who possess stron: ees of 
amongst the Agaries, ogee Handbuch HS  Obstkunde, Jena 1837, Vol. I., p. 544, | the aeri payen Madame Verte, or Verté, al kio the 
portan nt e be made. Far the greater part a ins th e, but the brief description, Era | same age ine, there are few sorts to be Bri 
will constan Sag of food, and even some of ihe eave it doubtfal us ther it has reference to it for py o the 
excellent artic snp for instance C. vermicularis, which is | variety of which we are writing or not. be l 
sep agg awns ranner groups of Tittle white|| Some amateurs who were contemporaries of Van the “fruit, "This opinion rt think too abeslee range 
comm Aces sufficiently abundant by 1 pe means | Mons assure me that the variety was raised by one | must wait much longer for perfect fruits, of this is variety 
os bode A few species are tou da r bitter, and | Gevers, formerly a nurseryman at St. Josse-ten-Nooden, | at least, from trees on the Pear stock; and at pre- 
dey g ollow kinds must be regarded fiy sus- | near Brussels , and was called after his sister, Madame | sent the general wish is to obtain fruit as quickly as 
most 0 The y more delicate species should be cooked Verté. ossible, which is only reasonable. -I would therefore 
pici It is now 18 Bone since I he saw a variety of Pear, | recommend all who eco growing this variety to give 
: called Madame Verte, growing in the garden of an| the preference to tre n the Quince stocks. J. De 
amateur rikidinig at Beco, and he informed me that | Jonghe, Brussels Feb. 
ter received it from Van Mons, who considered it a ch see | [Frui uit of this were tasted this day, February 27, and 
ound i n excellent co tyme sweet and rich; bu $ not 
The fine growth of the tree, which was from 15 to | so buttery as Glou Morceau.. It is evidently an excel- 
20 years old, together with the form and oue of the n is te Magtr e though, y no mea pa, to 
3 
a 
a 
e P; =a 
for the first time in 1850. In the first, second, and NEW G aie lager 
i ear i ot appea: 
enough for the variety merit propagation, but i 39. PTERIS TR AEN 
~ak 4 became finer, and went on improving from ‘oe | Fronds pedately pinnate- Sahati i. e. pinnate with the 
to and as thë fruit became larger as well lower pinne posteriorly branched, and the pinne pi iid 
s z g weil 28 (asin P. aspericaulis) ; base of the segments greyish-white, 
more s hnetbonte, so also did the’ period of ripening | forming a broad silvery stripe on each side of the purplish- 
become later. In 1852, according to my notes, the ne rachis, the rest green. 
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fruit was fit for use in the end of October and in ot too much to say t that this i is one of the most 
November; bat in 1855 it kept a month later; the | int go ze, of 
crop of 1858 _ripened in’ the end of De ecember and i l ful habit 
January; d to ripen in the rotten: ot being be: autifally variegated with 
Ai of January. The ‘strong tree belonging to the | three colours. The upper and larger portion of its 
mateur from whom te obtained my graft is planted in | blunt linear purple-ribbed segments is of a dark 
Stal while their basal ion i 
i ery 
d in the fey pni this un is a conspicuous 
ed line. The young partially wots a) fall 
are entirely of a P lish red. There pa toned 
a el 
red 
ae a aspericaulis, for which the name of tricolor, given 
it by Mr. Linden, may be well ropes irs coe in gardens. 
s P. asperi 
_CEAVARIA RUGOSA. 
Natural size. “(Copied by permission froma Greville’s 
Scottish Cryptogamic Flora.) 
hile the larger may be tre lis “Species Filicum,” is a question that may ee 
on. Dr. Bad oe till th ‘aes 
for the limitation of 
i l ections for ab 
3 t æ, whi si a e applicable 4 s aia ator hay are abundantly dif 
‘to many other bis The larger species require as a three-coloured variety of P. aspericaulis. Young 
; stewing for at least an lour, and are the lants of the tricolor -Pteris were exhibited by M. Lin- 
; -for an admixture of “ine herbs and ham, to which the anis meeting of the Floral ee of 
sabia” Won oe portion. p. gt Gario i bs inte Hos ticaltatal Society, and were ‘ k First 
e t dish ; bat - “gs “little Fungi ed a fg 
up in bundles like As Sparagus, care mus y 
. dz 
ex Hortico! 
lieve that our neig! in France realise 
less success in the culture of terrestrial Orchids than has 
3 hie m, w : was S out for unqualifi of 
£ new esculent. attended similar attem on this sid Channel. 
ecg de ga a common inhabitant of our ct = pb, 
à Satria in quantities suficient to make ave endeavoured to imitate th tions 
; i if worth gathering.. Ini nA : ost normal form itis of a deli- which Ore Orchids are found naturally, Eolas Fo 
i cate ivory wl y À from the bage, doing so the reverse of what might 
S soas to pag r pae oe e A „of which is e would be the result; the Grass and other 
i often more or less lo l. Its s inally eS ere by the assistance they 
wrinkled, from whence it Ta if laid on ould receive in the way of cultivation than us inte 
ni a sheet of black paper, the white spores which it AVERAGE “vere or Aree mms 1859. and the latter would — in consequence 
deposits soon becom: visible. It aga richer soil than m and bears e ery seal ti dbm: | liziri ie: A This is not what 6 urs 
+ from retaining always its eee te It | ance of fru aboard an inch Yager. These fruits are | their ir wild state, for t though our nati hri 
é # ly is branched to a ter or less extent, in generally ot the same iene and colour as that ae e- | usually found in | close association with “herbage of some 
- se the branches are often ia sented i accompanying figure. The fruit at the | kind ig other, ill b ith th 
rm retain their wrinkled appearance. A ti th as ‘when ion of a few kinds their period of flowering ‘does N not 
E | will n le any one “ae to distinguish this m | ripe, on ly the hue is darker and the skin onghe fost till the hot dr os eather of summer has in a 
a4 je arpar aa to mic, rie A ta With regard to the tree, iti is s generally ‘of modéretite | eyo to modifie e rankness of the plants 
s, pA l aere 18 A | vigorous growth; stri d h aroun pheth especiall 
tendency ‘to division, decided b ranches; ar de- | pe eran ret as sarhadi a ieai rea amber o fo ve ly in aaa aoe vith Ona 
l th aai do 
this oy DELA loses’ entirely its pure Sntal directioll. The bark of the young wood nek ee atare Sa 
: pee speckled with olive 
white, a dingy me, and in on wd viiei, 
ees ee ee m the Eworyea ‘ 
Parasites which add ly ea 
aspect. We have chosen this illus- 
; the one most as v ‘fall every | ¢ 
. Year under okies of bas readers, but there are others ore 
this as the best British exa mple, though bei 
coralloides is far moro abundant in the southern 
the 
ORIGIN UN as 
is Pear, of which h the accompanying is 
appears ati mes me beng on 
of ! 
