1130 THE tate CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. ([Decemzer 22, 1860. 
casei, ThAl come Amin Wise ce 
ind; and ither general appearance | rightly managed. I had some Arum tubers cooked one day for 
a oan this “Species be ay “distinguished in the teat from re dinner (Portiand Bago) Arum maculatum, and I told my 
in its new position, and with that trial I was so well satisfied n Holly. The Government of Paraguay made | sister that must not eat any part of them raw, but this 
that I wait withou dvent of frost to teat dt nadar la ae Diy iip: he Holly tea trade, and excelled in its warning was ~ heeded, and{she very prudently thought that 
fair ehai aiina ry ords as to the peculiari manufacture, but it was only carrying out ideas which the | before I should poison all the family, she would just bite a 
invention may pt those 0 of f your T readers who are tated Pa Indians inherited from ther bs dee eg and still retain | small crumb off one raw tuber, and as it proved like fire 
in the matter to form some estimate AT 8 ble fitness for | zi the black drink eae referred to; therefore it|in her mouth, she quietly said to the child in a 
horticultural eth ony The stove tien of five cylindrical | not by any means the Ilex Paraguayensis | friendly way, ‘‘Don’ y i 
or tubular compartments, which for The arobi nt may ue eg Laias tha Pea yargimens are d as to the importance of | raw, for I have’ never seen their equal, and I had not 
sented by the letter N. Suppose the left leg of the N to be | this Tea, Re Paraguayensis, I. Dahoon, and I. dipyrena are | more than the size of a oy ha to taste.” Now this is 
X ori ri 
pipe c Having had it all las r for 
the p purpose share med, Tt thought a trial of a week Tsathicient 
leg | distinguished from our native I Holly, i is threfors the link in the | in other ust be applied in their cookery. e have 
r 1 chain to which we must attach our English Holly tea, aud as | the Holly E "iet us s iiy to roast them, and try with a good 
are two spaces into which atmospheric air is admitted from the | this paper may be the last that I may write on this subject, I | will, in order that the y now used to buy Chinese tea bs 
perforated exterior of the stove, and this being heated passes | may as well recapitulate here what I have elsewhere said, in | the labouring man may "be saved, and that he may dri 
out, and a Circulation of air through the body of the | order to render this better intelligible to those who may not | torrents of good tea without costing him a farthing as long as 
Stove is thus kept up. The left leg or fire-box is tormed of fire | have heard of the thing before. Dried leaves of Holly, like | there are aed leaves in hedges, woods, and waste ground to 
clay, and above it is a boiler, the vapour from which prevents | dried berries of coffee, are not fit for food : they have to be roasted ns of vai oa mclusion, I may state that I have grown all the 
the heated air from becoming at any tinie too dry. The bottom |in a particular way so as to = neither raw nor burnt. rolly that could be purchased, fm and have now given 
re isa a fire c ay, r in 
admitted through a small grating in front, can be regulated by that I can give of this mona process, and i mar state that had better opportunities than I have had of seeing and becom- 
means of a suspende: aie to any degree epee y- Onegreat | the smell is agreeable when the tea is roasted ei net, and very | ing acquain Aeg with trees and ababe. for I Bee the late 
merit of the ae ea: is, thatif properly made | disagreeable indeed when it En iinderdone: ‘Any À one who has | Mr. Loudon his great works on thes ubjects, and 
up with small ci the fire will last 12 or 15 hours mith 1t | passed a Coffee roasting establishment will remember the very have had the run of all “the best Gardens in the 
needing to to be touched, and the stove may be kept alight for unpleasant odour of that process. When a deciduous tree | country, with full freedom to take notes at leisure, andt have 
an indefinite period by regular feeding at top twice a dey,’ and | ones its leah? we see oloariyi b by the clean wound that its mission consulted page fp and o ther beth Parties oh the 
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and 
of soli years t 
and the descending chamber., | are apt to think aon the b are essential to | new. I therefore commen is paper to influential parties 
There i is tne be pope e or iron, and such an oponon, in ANR kea pie gia aa plant. This idea the history of | interestedin the welfare of their fellow men. Alex. Forsyth. 
- consumption of fuel that the fiue is scarcely beens henthe the Tea plants and their culture has set at rest; and 
stoveis in full operation, the whole of the heat gen ted being | as this will Pa be the 2 t obstacle thrown 
-transferred to atmospheric air which cidin through | in the way of zos k gran er cr ., that the gathering of i 
the body of the stove. I am told by the makers that ey, | the leaves of the p g would damage the ysi eign Correspondence. 
have sold a considerable number for heating greenhouses; if | tree, I must state Bats ones eaves, or spring young ae perform ‘ 
any possessors of them will communicate their experiences, | a Ghalthy of work that old leaves and old ri not, and | -, Nic mber 13, 1860.—During the last fort- 
their information cannot but be of value h the increasing | w when Ivy, for en growing denise hon wor garden wall oe the weather hana, has been very vari able; in fact, 
eens. nit gyn og bor gee Satina: wit may Pe. rightrto were s is frequen tiy andaa as a backgr: arr = been d pped | all along the coast of ie Mediterranean an unusual 
ix guineas. 1s more a close. n 10 spring, and not fe) un S i 
than need be for snch a purpose, and it might be to the | terran Re tm eed but Sork be aleat p beauditully dr i ilo of rain ad fallev. The arrival of the mails 
int of the pon provide — a ee with | they had been mixed with the old ones ; neither is their si both o n the Genoa and Marseilles sides has been sh 
à “ona oy ona ha ari r aren ap belie ae be | fr eir praving a all altered by this annual fleecing. Te the ine weather has 
7 an 5i pes at tha ice ‘orm a dacs of furni- | leaves o: e Holly were to fall off in autumn, like the Willow 
ure that Loni be carried anywher E and ate d either to heat | aud the Oak, aor alin to ak Be Fok ORTI DA ieh i ever again warra “and. bon county srr ie 
à wall, a study, or a greenhouse, as ssessor might | f r unless we could concentrate all our labour in that ordinary brightness. The e ione a’ Anemone 
require. Shirley Hibberd, Stoke New va | harvest time, the crop would be lost to us; I pre two on 
e can scarcely admire enongh the marvellous Sigua wl the 11th inst. -Numer rous martins and “swifts are to be 
Wheelbarrows.—A few o favourable mention | We 
ve yan n ‘ 
‘was made of sı ee Mist Ae that Mr. M ‘Ewen | out bas toe seen flying about in the ajr, but no wich ten e 
had made for in the Society’s garden. I show d| ample of similar des in the Wii Butterflies are plentiful and handsome. Though we 
i ety A sign may 
} poet Aen mach o oblige y a Rule would he payaa par- | Scotch Fir tree in the lone waste, and tho, adult Fir tree Bi] have Srii arrived at an cre day, a pa i at 
nee 5 A wot asking to <n peu | ducing pets paq skotini it to feed the planter ape the poor | 7, 30, and sets at 4. 30, s that we can see ead from 
cns crow woul ave but ppor t rations, were it not for the corn in 
: Daehn fthe : sites it unie ptobabky" te ihe the Fir-cone on the tre i The at bio or dasi and signs 7 till 5, mien us near’ oy 10 hor ours of atte “daylight, 
~ to other Sapne who like see good and useful | of pri Gn manifested in gh history of the ae es sal In | proof of the power of the su ni may mi mention thai hat 
tools for the men to iat Dy . J. [These barrows | ° e which I send you isa beauti mpe M; 
did not justify ‘the expectation formed: of them. pran entire hearts shaped leaf, and itis perfectly level on now it — e hour afterwards it rose (in woe sun) to 80°, a eo 
Like ath showy things they broke down in actual this had been the.usual e hour more, at 9.30, to 100°. Not only Aola les 
= aes os saying: that sae species EA pag poen extinot ste their ls, but entlemen also their “ sun- 
= servi nekas paraso. S 
on 0) = int of Letters to bi 3 
i ie ty er roe uae fn asant to the taste of ‘ria s nd domestic a manufacture of bouquets here is quite a science, 
ag oe 
_~ from China, by e Wingrove Cooke, i n anima als, unl it had come under the especial 
ee a of fruits, it is stated i in a Bee not ‘nae at aave ud assuredly Poll BR caer seats E d hand | and LE gti itis, Pi ean m soit the end 
is) the finest frait in the worl A r a c ; 
thy this the author says the Mi 108 eat EAT adult sate, | a a {of small dried Rush; and brought together so 
ien ater i nifor iny of them mentite 
enang is inferior. The c t gi be geen forall ther TRI ; to RE ie vip a orm pom m: o A aint s mg s 
i fruit ti e same), y so see in “ph Roso plant, for all the natural | regular floral patterns, sometimes supporte! : 
Re ena hed of a efit the co r Of} * Rosace are eatable, : siuene ao gpeinonong; pod I “lately saw a beautiful large uquet formed in 
where? w Vol: econd ` Series; is a very ar oa Bee iad the herbage o been armed with spines, | Circles; outside was Mignonette, then Neapolitan (or as 
i f The prickles in the nos Tria like the sting of the bee | they are called here, Palermo) Violets, next a row of 
and the spines of the Ros vidently set for the preserva- | Camellias, then a band of Candytuft (Iberis semper- 
Trades! Tay, — poies ; and «hoover will take the trouble to com- Rekenh), interspersed with Pansies, and in the centre 
et-Me e form of ‘a heart 
‘Majesty’s Consul ‘at that ig in 1844. Under the ton of tho s 
count of an entire Holly leaf with one waved and oi 
“ Fruit and Flowers in Season” for October is | pointed with spines strong and sharp, will oubt agree with | blue Forg in th a They are 
* the following :—“ Th nitistods re ripe but small very care | usually sold at from one to three francs, but [have one 
hi į | and design Tantin by the Creator in its preservation ; and before me which was only half a franc, measuring 
and who peat but that in a sa al 
i ' Amoy ” is a fruit of such | vy cal importance to | thamnus alega ans; Ageratum mexicanu T ie moet cu 
i j con- 
“aye a a by the Times correspondent, pan on agag fs? ee en our manufactures, may benas, Salvias, Pentstemons, &e. Two oft the mos 
i ring about. Some of your ¢ serve to show us tow a thing’ may fe us us for centuries and st 
s acquainted with the products of China 1 m e neglected at least turned to small — t, for T have elegans, ‘often 6 or 7 feet high, bearing large bunches 
: a 
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‘unenticing, and not well flavoured. They are called | enough is already own and Lpr e tA aa S ae. 
w” he h the stunted sor into f bist 
and poe en- | of dark crimson Sevier and the Salvia splendens, 1 with 
not | some others of that family. 
my walks I have met with Asplenium Potrarchse 
harfosting on the rocks, a pretty little Ton, between Tri 
nd Cet cinarum ; lieve it is mot’ 
RB.) 
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Si tod, 
e ADTI ìi , it is s i ivoir, 21, 
KA 3 © | gota Taea tents T 
AMi davka ‘Chicory, roasted corn. Feee ef et sat | Promenade des ingle, Nice.” 
cheap, are essentially deticie sig teenie chief ti ved gathering, and tha will Ceterach officinarum and aineen "Trichomanes, 4 
= ie finer aean tian, althong ae ane Adiantum 
A desired. 
oof _ Annexed is a , farther ‘statement of the external tem 
Ina paianet; without fire, during 
sci has ranged from 59° to 64°, averages 
rer ~ vt 7 
hy Horticultural Society's Journal, i g Holly leaves -for tea over fires in 
Chronic ere, in order to induce people | the das air, much after the fashion of ‘our chi 
to'take to this poi my Scotian beverage—one, be it remem- | burn the ee sad branches, be i well as the leaves, were pentes IN THE SHADE AT SIN 
bered, that tae hh already ** addi fa oe a the = | rung: up over the he ‘leaves ‘were picked OR | AmE 
onee 6 erthanent, and wl dri enie er | fo fon 7 a.m. | Midday. | 11 PA. 
bills In pat ceful serenity ti “the en mice f his days. | nex h, rha — —— 7 
Many Bopeling: stall at Holly tea- iking will no dodat | indeed it could not be others, as the poor wroiches “woud mrenea 26 4. ia & 50° 50° 5r 
have to be made before tho thing gets perfe cted as in Chinese | be in a - 2 enn 53 55 56 
ek. ts of er tiptoe to know that | exhalation from the roas ay 26. ops os ae 53 55 
i ite a 4 ain species of | roasting, or even Ding toany degree, X 2 y z 48 64 61 
ror pig A eo workman, who can roast the ore and roll metal 8028. fy wd 6l 64 49 
Lm vA value in a business-like way, and when the meee December in 43 ‘hp 45 59 52 
Oi of tthe i olly are once in the basket their future fate is sealed, for DH ae . 62 ed 
in the | I cam hardly imagine that all of us will fling overboard a narticle Ms Ali a Ce anh 63 58 30 
po so highly esteemed by the most learned as well as by th J; ak A Fa 52 5 46 
native i i ¥ a buns él in 56 “53 
is RE iS OO | cing 
ira; Siege ie ge eves” 55 oi ee 71 
e` same terms avd for the kke en E 3i fg a ee 52 ; 
evergreen the leaves of the Holly are'to be had | f EE EEE ET 55 T 
Tor roasting ali tħe year round, bat Mho times of | pga mit Ghd Wine atest aaa eee 58 i 43 
pe BL Sa d upon their manipulation | the fhe tat wince hay Begins ectly tes penile ‘the poison in its pe vanes s yeaa A 49 53 oA 
ec tne aul f Holly as a tea plant T have | husk. Some fine day this glorious bread and butter plant will a RE E a lee ain 
“the le ? Mean aaki: on ee 
iese | wad ioien ahoan boats n Al its } is not favourable for 
ler, Who-would t jis place s e 
bona fide eatable | not fit for food when the tuber is boiled, but the tuber itself | a ee se diat, rete must be evident from the 
atone” time f' nevertheless is as good as the best Cauliflower, and aswhite when | pulmonary bey 
