i Beech tree being so struck. 
ll be conferring a great benefit eech ay ee being so str 
ep although I repudiate the idea hy Sane Gre B and), gave an i a Beech tree in 
are produe ed s E e they ¢ os Ac | Aberdeenshire; and I am n Thinnigrove 
n 
sent 
plants, wi t ve se Fe ntleman prese 
manTas thi EY 
ak ear Ne deers "Oxfords, ono Booch tree 
that a pit was 
f 
rowing 
year ea 
ever’ ge heed kil 
certain Bosch y Sgning at Booker ‘about Re Bes 
kes but hov 
aickly 
scale. Te "estion t kk: ‘ove is, where d 
This I leave rias others to answer, ¢ 
rees are eee in this pT and ei High pIe ) 
ng ir ste stop |$ rie in the 
BET when Wyo ombe ‘and Henley-on- TI Thames ica 
might pro rob cl och dis- 
THE os CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
go 
not Native P 
native ‘last to a hare of 400 miles; viz, 
[Ocrozrr 6, t860 
broary this 
an eon 
tha: 
to come. It flowered in the month of Feb 
year, after which I put it in the East In 
house, more Mei the view to en 
ow 
T obse 
early in the seas in; and setit o 
of J uly, tiie five hn afterw 
bloom: . Anderson, Meadow 
Glasgow. 
Zants..—I am asked to send the follo 
angu ustifolia, | ge 
s umbellatus, Nuphar lutea, 
tes aloides, ricularia v 
to i 
ould peak other Pras Diss. 
d Be ech abe at t 
fort Ra various eho T have same thing s stated, 
U. 
or, | nymphoides 
ficu! 
minor, Hiro iia morsus-rane, and Vy 
The last six of these I shall have no 
l : 4 
p Ba o D 
SP A E 209 
world, ap Pe columns, with “ Extra 
wh iat 
nund 
ake 
great success. It} but during a heavy 
Me 
ich 
d Ih ith 
h h found it to answer, | one of the large Beccles | i the ‘ee avenue leading 
spent = ot bi his. rao s as dy d wish sach a | from Martbare g' to Tottenham ig thie dent of, the 
oan 
con 
it a, oeei. George be Megi uis of Ailes 
2 e the} 
S titah now remains. 
entrance on the a hand side. I 
—Some tine aster one of your | 
sexier 
ay perhaps furnish the 
ANTS warom yorm Navidwat Badcrs, 
bor of Plants. 
5 
ountries, 
Boginde - . e Rose, 
“4 The Thistle Oat ai 
. The Shai mrock, hen ee 
to Mr. Bichen 
to be the White’ ZY Trifolium re; 
-» The Fleur-de-lis, I; 
ak or PLANTS w. 
observe that in Ai o of | E 
the last Beag of the Floral Commnittes of the Hor- | Scotland.. 
ticultural Society (see p . 874), you state mg the | Ireland .. 
less rae ay Messrs. Vilmorin’s.” 
mor in ’s and o 
eolatus 
Restosells, according 
were 
s Messrs. Vil- —— 
ed x first class 
n 
THE 
3 but eommonly considered f 
has their habitats conveyance (including packin 
eT ey ray tb of any of these plants. 
be obliged if an will favour me with thei 
rience. Diss. 
Tahal 
eir expe 
b 
Notices of Books, 
| The Fruit Fg hile the Descriptions lek 
y the Fruits and Fruit Aue 
‘aot with in the Krh ens and Orch 
with select 
wy of Cultivation. 
FAS. can es 280. 
Sy: when work of Forsyth, a poor affair, 
was rt eal gasse in ne et for cule 
| tivated fruits. By degrees his rrected, 
fang omissions supplied. _ The en of Napoleon n the Firs 
ka 
These plants, many of w hich a rees and shrubs, ar 
frequently planted over graves = ae: families 
| settled a abroad ; they a re also gec casionall y p ted i in 
Tath 
TE of 
n En ngla nd 
xist 
stati that our blooms havi ing 
e have 
mood during th t season, which | has ag so 
g f the soil a sudden respite from 
e f the first of all Ta that of self defence, Swords 
were converted into prunin ne eks s and bayonets into- 
the isarmed 
trowels, as ph now liti ai esi 
itish 
ul deseriptions of half hardy annuals. 
hive A doubt thal ay ur ae pa raised in as 
favourable a c! clini s those of Messrs. Vilmorin, they 
We | are se 
ee aas ` ee Maga 
Names of the Plants 
ts used as Badges. 
.. Betula alba, the Meare Birch 
F “spn uncu 
ija ee we fee 
the S 
have every confidence im “this Sy mesa of seed | Buchanan 
we | Cameron 
ulptured on tombs. ze a for the meets i 
India, 
yera to band together for acer the 
rts of pessi Then b that ini —— with the 
has never since been 
blooms Robur, 1), | ledg 
producing first elass peti -fas pari rais oe a poaa | covered that more men than Knoop and Duhamel had 
E2 237 ț¢ 238 38 High Holb i aries 6 Galo, Ka Bi hies E their distinctions and qualities; and the 
er 0. a, 5 
onstrous Pea—We earet y st yon wha we oar! Chisholm  .. - Ainus gh glutinosa, the Alder f Van Mons, Diel, Parmentier and others took 
to betain t is taken from — Service Svetlana, the Comnion Hazel their page in the literat 0: » At last 
t of any other native specs. ” | den of /Hortinturad airen 
which was ana Dru ae th i the. et 4 t 
jase with r ‘ le, pant i Parara Dia > ie Bapt Fa FAET E Linas 
n Ferguson she alba, the grea ite oy or | to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden, the elaborate wor 
the top they are as dense we crop ‘of esq meek of an accurate and v whid 
very beautiful. -The Takie is curiosity has been | Forbes 4 parius, the Common Broom Wik naras loia: ia “wales: Phen’. camo Thom 
SR F Taxus b heY bp estat 
atching eta gta hi eek i el te gona one ae ee Gorden sea wade Goninon a Ivy fam descriptive Catalo ogue, of the Horticultural 
3 > i eae i Sair = 
Drummond Hey enti pahi Pact * Vhat shoul Grant e Fooie gpro the Marsh Whortlo pone tood npon a firmer basis than that of any other 
curious eviation from ordinary Wha tes Gunn pinia Rhodivia piaite the Rose root gosier. thi is, however, at 00, Fama e the Fr 
Ə ese works appeare uri at time 
packed one over the other, till they rese emble the head MacAlister erea, the Fine-leaved Heath knowledge of Ernits has ra e once great progress 
of a oraator, And what is not a little remarkable sabe of Macnonald Erica Tetralix, the Cross-leaved Heath that nen ke. shi ut bazaio 
these scales have lg accumulations of scales in their | MacDonell Calluna valgaris, the Common Ling SHEARS arkadi re ‘ly ste ae 
AA e first all th arfa t the MacFarlane — s Chameemorus, the Cloud berry standard authority, was urgent! red, 
axils, So that in pl ace e pi a Al egor Pinus inus sylvestris, the Seotch Pine = want. has been well mN br. the Saapa volume: 
part pushes ath from its axil a second in MacKensio xg Tuten [chon rangiferinas, th the aie HAA fas before us. Its able author has long b 
like the firs P I] Hypericum pulchram, St. John’s s Wort familiar Pinhas all kse — our hardy fruits, ond D 
like Mashach ò Telini e Quicken tre tain exclusi rtant, ki hè 
Sagaci st y Bees.—I beg to add as a “pendant” to ‘Ash, or Howan-tree 
ae subject the fact that many years ago, when à boy ‘Lean . Empetru: = nigrum, the Black Cranberry, or 
I observed 
Y» s 
Crakeb pages, his work pee a compani ich gar= 
a similar instance to that described in your f 63 fam Vitis) Thet; the Red Whortle- | deners may carry in their pockets as constantly asa 
of the eo! Snapdragon. The Beos being ait ote to Mac eNe” 5 Rubustasatii, ents ick-berry i aoao ife. I chp yt na “ r to 
s > 
iem UR, He wap oe a fhe aliqui jalia ot |M ; acPhe ESTA ervirens Ya Talega, the Variegated | enumerate all the describe of fruits known to exist in 
ju the try, but to describe those only which either are’ 
o-o idea i on spears oh 2 sid whi ch inte one oe er ite BeoQuuctie ~.» Eem prinose the Bekthon. in e tivation, or are ing cultivated for 
Fi nerin the 
. Fraxinus excelsa, 
their superior merits. ie some instances there are 
sorts mentioned, not because of their peg bat 
—l complain t that nurserymen Ton 
Plants 1 
the As 
not distinctly state whether | Munro Zoe HE s Feathers, or, according to the Vesti- 
come from Peru arium Scoticum, 
the Juniper 
unis, one Common Juniper 
the Hawthorn 
I planted a dozen 
L; 
Cnicus lanceolatus, Spear pag ny 
P. M. 
Strelitzia Regina. —I - told that this — is a very | 
shy bloomer ; with m noble a 
Lid 
= 
w growing in the common 
a $ ve cig fo jane its ag and which seems 
tee thine to d o's ner it exactly. Perhaps this is the ecre et of its 
ing to do wi ririt growth, J; E H Catho 
on wi Lightning—In_ answer to “C. T.” 
B74 Mr MeNab informed the Botanical Society of | i 
inburgh (June 13, Es A that some years baht, 
while on a tour in America, Nester enea larly in | 
Canada), that- Mmg thunderstorms the workm 
for protection, fön an idea | 
Odai toglossum erm Ea uble White Azalea. —There 
f Odontoglo nde here 
plena, 
mon Club Moss 
àh aei ty rae the Cat’s-tail Grass or 
ed. their “trte: character in 
y o 
fi lave given a MaaR aT 
= by which to alinia their aeration 
rust that the pains which have been bestowed upon the 
A generally, enje fon ih favourable reception, 
sas an indulgent consideration for any errors that in- 
stag a have E me z 
Wet ; for t e commends itse 
everybody interes interested abou aft s sa pies (3s. 60) 
places The sel aie 
4t MITOHELSON’s.— 
struck by lightni 
knew D eee oe 
| plant Pa has been in Swe since the middle of 
August, and which will continue so for a few weeks | 
Fruit abovı 
with a suture on the side, oe back when 
with a few very minute fawa-coloured dots, 
oo ae 
