OO T V aaa T T 
OCTOBER 27, 1860.] 
] that the seed hav’ ges been obtained from 
heating apparatus to expe xpel fros! T sot the t 
piran at the commencement of t ing season. 
ple of 4-inch pipes running ait round the Hons | 
sant be sufficie at for that ther Soule we | 
pa at the re for little more ‘than 300, boiler included, 
arts of China, the intr 
THE GARD ES CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
‘true of the H of the Fungi which are allied to them ; ; and what 
differe 
stature. ANA A from a bushy 
grees with Tremella in structure, but is 
together independent of the substances on which it 
ramous tree, 25 teet high. 
5. There isa t diffe 
rows without the slightest organic 
ser iminat 
or 
Indeed ar ind Ved hor l p f th ith out deriving from them a particle of 
the precei gc A) hs = 5 ourishmen 
plan tect 6. At it present the a here are taken asena from gem is now known that in the parasitic Fungi such as 
ornament added. for ewe than 2007. I en preparing | Wheat mildew, the jeer EA by the gets as it a Ts 
an extravagant sum on su ch. a purpose, and if the time | Tea for commercial purposes; and the means of manu- | when the W bia wa is ripe, is that ultimate stage in 
should ever com a | facture are of the rudest description. which the fruit A wn e “jointed 
separate e establishment, then the Orange-house will be 7. The Tea shrub of commerce, | bodies su ie T Sir aa Banks an s to be 
ts greatest luxuries, had intended long confined to Eastern | either capsules or seeds, send forth plaan tpt 
considered one 
though long 
sia, is now cultivated far is jere 
in 
en I mmen ced, t ob- | Java (under Equa- Asi period S bear upon them cells whicl 
servations en the cultivation of the Oi , pace | tor), Siam a the limits of China, and Ja yoa eproductiv: ee as. The parasites on Temos FEN 
admonishes me, and the st be deferred z a futur a Fah to 31” Java (un tor) i p me structure, but the gelatinous element 
opportunity, 1 on Gier Bio de Senne. 3 the North | West provinces o 
ap} management of Mr. Riverss | orchar S. L. Tang-chow- du vie on aes banks of ‘he ao 
0 W. P. A. este NL Janeiro, and recently in North B 
rnd pincer dis wen From the en s pes i i 
À x between 27^- and reports une aw, 
T, A 31° N. or- Jameson (Selections from the records 
We find the following interesting statement in the | tune, X of the Government of India, No. 
Proceedings of the Revenu a > Department we a Madras XXIII, 1857), it appears to prefer a 
Government; from the OF ss Clee climate probably of 67° to 73° mean 
Localit ane temperature. Such is nearly the mean temperature 
I. Suevaroy Hiris.— There are | of the hill slopes new Kúnúr, giri, and of man 
ral well grown ae at Yereaud, | of the valleys in the Eastern and Nor hern slopes 
4000 feet. introduced by G. Fischer, Esq. ; hese | of the Puli and Nigiri a and also of the nes 
ve not been picked or pruned, and, | booden range in Mysore, and of Kudra Muka 
indeed, have been left ature, but | South Canara. 
Ki E owing my ar ge gts mg 8. It oug ht also to be observed, as illustrative of the | 
: — of p was | } t 
ught from China by Colonel (Lieut.- | over a great breadth of tavitude from the banks of the ri 
Beet T in. Gen} Dyce in 1843; these (no w trees) Rio Janeiro 224° South Lati ire tothe province - areri srsnerend, Bae ies Broce an original 
M. Temp, 68." appear to me over luxuriant, produci one Sban-ting in China ai No: a titude), and enia | 
de fromthe the lower latitude is so developed in them that they are much more 
seed with regularit E pensates for the diffe on sod altitu The Chin ese | exposed to the naked eye, p 
Ill. beim — A number of cultivate on the lower eed of the Hills, whilst i in the or more from their matrix, and exhibiting a bright 
plants have lately been sett 40 thi 
Hill arene seipi were beginning | 2000 a Now ane which agree with these Juniper 
droo the Lal Bagh Garden, on This valuable plant has been found wild in pper | para n outward aspect, possess a structure 
4800 feet. Bangalore, ‘bat chavs is hope of thei while its congeners abound on the mt perce betwen that n the lower tab eo 
th in their n a ee h Nilgiri eer other mountain ranges of this Presidency. | ™. 2 ycetes and the ori a oN ign tes. ae 
mean temperature of Bangalore is 75°, | Its cultivation jtt might be attempted with ymen van in Treme ? 
and the average rain-fi ie 35 inches.” | good pros ot OF i = be =~ o oaie men- | Hym e of a closely soci birtan of parallel 
Ke amek rete too hot, | tioned in para; om cw the case of Captain Mann’s | fruit hearin cells, all as nearly as pate of an equal 
me dwarfed. | plantation near Kúnúr, we have the opinion of four | m 9 but ‘the fertile th reads ra every direction 
S BAA BOO Hiris. — competent judges — Mr. H. Ricke .C.S.; Mr. „at unequal heights, reli at the tips $ 
plants from General 1 Dyce’s stock were | Stanisforth, B.C.S.; Major R. Strach g. Eng.; their hse 
ived from Mercara in pose these | Captain Impey, Beng. Eng.—tbat the experiment had | Wheat mildew usually supposed tò “be t 
wei a well without care. A packet of | anil dient as regards = grow of plant. thes swellings are moreover Romig ‘bed a od 
Mean Temp. fresh China seeds y seni tet year;| It now only remains merchantable | divided into fours, like the quarters of an Orange 
not kn Colonel Porter, Superinten dent Of | charac ie of the leaf, and this Tio be tested, | From these lobes proceed long waved delicate thread 
Nu raised 2: ia saan above Ghat tS ETO which produce the true spores at their tips. These 
i res again produce in some s at their s J 
ber of seedlings hav R iétle celis which are supposed to be the male organs, 
about a thousand feet lower by Mr. OYAL FORESTS, and as if analogy were to hold good throughout, it 
Denton, Coffee Planter. For THE Year ENDING MARCH 31, 1860. appears from the observations | of Tulasne, Ag a a 
k . Nimeret HILLS.—a. Coonoor.— From the 38th Report of the Commissioners of Woods, dc. 
fall report of C: pt s M. 2 pl +, s? ) Aa A p hol, 
maap feet tion is recorded in Proceedings of | Windsor Forest aoa E pr i ai A oct 
ane h pierin No, 1272, dated 2lst| and Parks ..| 6626 4 7j 18,313 10 0 25h mellæ sometimes eco | n great abundance 
mber, 1859. New Forest ../22,503 10 0| 12,915 1 7 |Proft, 9641 8 5|on dead tp Whole t of Sallow are zeas 
ae this, Gee are a few plants at the under- | Dean Forest(excl. = times SE n dead w ith ridia recisa, and w 
oa e E IA 9 6 |Proft, 565916 9| have seen Ash T Oak trees EON prolific. *dirneola 
Ootacamund. — Introduced Wi 3578 8 6| 2486 8 4 |Proft, 1092 0 2 ae rig Jude i is common on word and Elm trunks, 
raised by Mr. MclIvor, Governm me Fe foo Holt u i E use : g Res 250.2 nian a the only species consid f any h but its 
7300 feet. Gardens, from Saharunpore Seed and | Woolm i uti ity as an ingredient in Te i sore throats is 
Pipa > by General F. s Saree seat Nov deoi ma z 4 i ~ grt is A aeg EN - quite problematic, and in gwg s probably „on some 
M. Temp. 58°. c. Kaity.—Introduced or ae es Hazloborough ` f th 
ie SL ington amà Lord Elphin saleey 1387 18 6 os 9 o laront, 412 39 
lamere oie s| 1085 410 [Zoey 65814 2n i pa be proper to state that in ~ 
EA "“Kulhutty.—Introduced or raised Ghopwell Wood | 101 8 2| 47018 2|Zoss, 36910 0| Lremell also in the gen ot ed myces which is 
by Mr. Rae. pret ated ad Tremella, one of which must 
VI. Porxı HıLrs.—Major Hamilton | rike every -o0 FoM oneei 5 on gts Fir pales 
reported that E aaiae number of Se Pee ee a ere it. is neal ive! 
7100 feet. _ Tea ee nts at Kudaikarnal, were anj TREMELLA se = —Few objects in| which no true fruit is Seles an ‘but in on “stead re- 
ch d | naturea tifal than th ¢ bright orange lobed | productive ce cells known under the oe me ia, and 
fresh ¢ and healthy. and folded gelatinous masses which are ith buds m other ai productive 
a ae _— have received autumn on di es, consisting principally of Sloe | orga ns in Phæ enam Should. any “of 
flowering specimens from the old spice or Wii tethorn, and on fallen branches of Oak in our therefore try ag rify our Fe Far Phen pig j 
1200 feet. garden; which caire prit with the they oe e prepared to meet bis 
standard figures of Thea Chi nensis. so so different from that of Fungi in general, that they | indiv iduals whi ae will not answer the normal co: 
The shrut 20 ld, 12 t ociated with Algæ, to some of which | ditions, bat those only which we bave just menilai : 
they have a “certain resemblance. Since however the Ire may be well also to state that there is a fine species 
high, and where the seed came re r is | 
not known. 
nT. 
I.TR AVANCORE 
Altitude 
ates We 150 to 200 
near 1800 80 
Tea. row 
luxuriant lyi in uiae. 
Bin ”s planta- 
lon on i =: 
i plan maie a 
> SM at Velly mallay, 
1800 feet, rand -w Athaboo wea T ay innevelly aS 
sae feet both places t e growing lux u 
These facts are taken from General Cull 
the Madras Government, and I may sta ts rane ane s: 
seeds received from him were plan a 
the erin ge at an elevation raes 5500 fe 
n as in ent ivated: plan 
oe the ocean mation o ao e = vam oat 
wi 
and throve on 
veral British species 
erie of which a an remarkable: objects 
which varies- white to various 
several shades of brown to 
bint 
s yellow, aro a areca and bright orange, and 
mulberry-red 
cast and pass thro 
finally 
while some are of a more | you 
quietly dropped into their. true sera rach are “by all | in enormous masses at the base of living Oaks, M.J. Y 
-a 
ar 
aeni ae A In 
e 
is the 
krater of "the hig’ ungi, as the species 
XIX, p. 481) with the parasitic 
d destructiv ur corn, but 
are 
i These parasites 
longer isolated beings ; and ei pema is now 
will 
spa Gough those 
any much smaller), 
Pa" 
< 
years since mn a 
A 
—- for considering them as 
f the cells „o£ the mother 
diti 
pe oe a: Galy: A 
o sie; a ~ have pers materials for horien ti 
se definition of these differences. This, koni a| 
| atmosphere. At least if this = of tgse hold | 
m 
which 
are ogo two or t pe Perry 
which are of ei e for anys other gay Tne tree is 
ealth, and as 
| good with respect to these 
