1152 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE,  [Dxcrnsyx 29, 1860, 
day on boa rd rd this mighty yersel, The invitation | felt of short crowded rufous hairs; indusia broad, pallid, | this country, where labour is ‘so scarce and expensa p 
was accepted with fear. With came on board, and unequal, somewhat hitto. siesta ed. “i ete with Tia? in the amai HE Cot pi ex) kari to com 
in trouble hav a we Sibi the mane oe of the plege: waters, This di ENR kind of a very i superior quality, which At Sa Wwe can get 
aa through your skill have we passed ‘through this tribulation, is very distinct ome species is a native hira Aalt SA the COMMO st OF diiad] e grown with as 
We have seen what our ancestors heard not of. Now have ze of Mexico, and i is cultivated w M Linden on EEG As attention ìs pah being particularly ieta in India paps 
eg oer dpe r rnt wisdom Ex The R DERT s bee ovate, with pin ules | su woaren Cotton cultivation. it may be hoped that, by ne 
uny iius Oo us, ani now we behold our madness in of careful selectionand crossing, a descripti t ` 
ona k roe to resist the authority of our naii ang of variable „Size, very ing also in shape, an and in the ond see pe duced, which will. possess the ‘qualities eae 
Up to this time have we erican sorts, united with the facility of culti: ae 
be amazed a he wo wonderful ie we Bay x witne ong “and are mucronulate. The flexuous tomentose rachis, we tion bel belonging to thecommon Indian Cotton. It has, hitherto, 
which are beyoni rehension. But one thing we | ty ve y difficult to up a supply of ix = 
of the Ques n be anit oe ject that ee t son the divaricate branches 8, give ita eel distinct sepee ble aad Tover Seeds, eoioani eee gerd sy pes 
omes subject to a bles t t he may learn 5 for th ; with the object therefore, of i 
e sons of Englan s and nobles leave ee S eee sae Moore, Proc. Hort. of t i iot d of the best Finds foe ai oundange 
the Bones sad wealth of thei” fathers, ‘id with their young Soe. 245. pee eaten thle extent of jungle has been cleared : cpr 
Prince endure hardships and sufferings in order that they may | Fronds oblong-ov glabrous, proms aa tifid, the low: now being prepared for raising all kinds of suitable 
be rath sad. become a defence to their country, when we | pinnæ bipartite, “tt sessile; se nts oblong tape ngs Fogetables for ‘the hin ge of seed. The conductor of the 
behold these things we see why the English are a great and faleate, distinct, w: h rounded sinuses, the basal anterior | Garden is also givi nage ch a oe to the collection of flow, i 
mighty nation. What we have now learnt shall be transmitted { segment pA m veia ns gg tap series of long arcs next sonda, for distribut: pare ssorting them i pac! bird 
to our wondering vountrymen, and handed down to our{ the rachides of the pinnæ, and a series of several broad | suitable, respectively, “for gardens in H country, or fi 
children, who will pa srei iosa their fathers, and br rouridish areole oe act tha ieee of the segments, the rest gene- ee and hothouse : cultivation Europe. mi 
peace Queen shall be their Sovereign and ours in all ti ay, free ; sori linear marginal ; stipites, Ninety and lower abl ornans i Fee: 
hal ine a pie bright chesnut brown, the rachis proliferous been 1 Botanic Gard at Kew 
Tn per you must permit me to draw from| 7°F fica gis very 
the past and peel an augury, for the are that of L. tripar. Since? ana io he ee 
A ll a, bi h - gs: , in addition to the 
y 1 Jaid it ut the “hay are not t im e-parted as they are in | above, A Site to e Kinig a box of roots of 
e; hill o f life; ae sa of the same small size in that Indian specios. several fi 7 Achimenes, Gloxinia, &c. From the 
plans in reference to it w one very imperfect! y The venation is also some what different, the den e received me ot excellent | 
understood— are opinion in regard to it fo. With this derived no espana =e 4 
usa superba, t 
somewhat against me—the nea project whs beset t bro and rachides and mo t 
with donbts which were 
e dista ogether Sith. « athe: Planis 
ts and difficulties. Yet many friends per Am give Te a praia aspect from that of the other doing 
d nearly all of which are 
extremely well. 
firmly and affectionately by me, we knew we edately pinnate-pinnatifid species already in cultiva- 
working for the four that we were doing that w which | tion. It appears to be of moderate size, bad ¢ Step ap: Baang ts erected, Ae lot By wer ott E 
as faithful and good and true, and this inspired us |in Fern collections. The plants have been raised from | so mu n fori a collection of the various 
ith confidence that our work would be crowned with | Sa received from India, by Mr. R. Sim, of Foots- rowel products of “the island, available for the ins ing 
sS Yr t who | cray. T. M. 
d je 
motives as pure as our own, an hat they a „ | now add, th l 
would ultimately rejoice at what we had done, and lend | REPORT we ae ROYAL Bo" TANIC GARDEN purpose, are sign ig 3 
a willing hand in completing the good work which we PERADENIA, CEYLON. es naan Sty LA are 
had commenced. But never in our brightest imaginings From BB te 1859 to Aveust 1860, ve aa Burope, rend 
did we think that I was to be succeeded in that w ee S BY G. H. K. Tawarrss, F.L.S „ DIRECT production of 
: bh : the hig 
Thad begun in doubt and trembling by one so [Extracts] thay 
a ae much n pug than mge self; Aeg i shouid —General state of the Garden and Premises.—During the past ci pi 
grate oe the m ay fo r the } aiden of the Conductor, who ar ive a Bes 
greatest pen e his duties here. driv 
t were to enter mo our etch Yet so it is, | finished, are in ae order. The fade borders 
‘al sithough in our blindnes could not foresee it. oe kept ae stocked, yor = great a ae o ie weri “gm 
as possible, and an evident improvement in this respect must 
ba is what I accept as "an n augury that that which we | 1106 been observed since the arrival of the rS from | have been made to the ie of dried poo 
abou t to inaugurate this day shall be yee the Kew. A considerable number of Australian and a rag valuable contributions of ae species, correct 
, and that | have been planted out, and they will, in a short t add | having been ‘ived from Dr. Hooker and Dr. 
we are now preparing the means and si sehen ng the i the beau C 
—Horticultural. Desdbtment. —The unfavourabieness of 
penther 
yee ae i aifheult ies, an tae a FI I i FAs aera of an experie i Kia 2 much more convenient cone referred to thani 
3 erson, sent rem of the Goverm Sir muus can beat present. bate por ake 
for it ‘ts the fs ae wide extent cm at bergen Gp by “i ‘or | from the des y sof in oval 
Family who bore the ‘Alfred drove back | purposes; and a A has Cont male with fief! making 
wandering hordes, aided in in ‘their pe Adlon, an nd gave oe cultivation of, Vanilla, To this it is my intention en nous plants, either here or in the jun 
onside: atten set be given; since it is found fro Director, 
p at: m France through Mr. E. Raw on 
also 
ie ike (ne so, the ee of the ‘hovel Famil =f = oo i urii thi 1g Fa W. oH. Wee of Home Correspondence 
has that partes name m ays by what he has Vighibition held at the na. Searels a on 4 eae ached Lilacs.—I confirm the stakement of M. 
deni 
South Africa, most materially ies Jeattngiy aida ed that the Vanilla produced in this neighbourhood is of Y reese a Dock ik re, partes to in your Number of Dee. 1,.as to 
in the spread- ee “Giviaton, Christin nity, and learning Tous gee y requiring eg Dahon ae cal 
op aca " an | cultivation an tion, a up to the h: 
Si dog ntinent. <n glo eeren qpalities on e European markets. Reh id iewat 
of Septe lish’ here, and 1 am very a ye 
respecting ity Hag aag that the climate is 3 60 peculiarly pre THR 
to the of the pint ett att ae Vani i Crdpèra ha 
Se attach themselves to 
NEW ae FERNS. d heights, at the foot of which ra age re pl tis havin, ng pus shed in eaf by for _ It was shi 
43. WooDWARDIA ORIENTALIS, Swartz, Syn. Fil. 117, Zea ho ane he ote agree gtr a regulate tho hoiz she ld 
315; Hooker, “Sp: Fil. iii. 68. ety S now been re get coho E thi t, that stro! oved without “totebing = 
lants oe 
roots. On- being — 
wales a cool greenhouse it soon shot out healthy. 
e 
$ mate ; pinnz Avge ro 
3 pence ing scarce sc sie gy 6 to 12 inches vo = enor ly 
wore ato ep “agg nf pinnatifid, t ied 
phason age acumina! eito 
Testo an roducing ni Arar OnE jc hall oa y 
_ Eevee buds on sro Ae upper surface, the buds ee 
corresponding with the sorus beni in- | th 
ited, coriaceous. 
IORN saa to our list of garden Ferns has 
Ee Inel int introd uced by of the crores ; which 
y Mr. F 
$ tion of the more valuable = te of Cinchona (Quinine-pro- 
pone | neaei oo be at — the nean jir I have, in 
a e E RAA ins the, oh ihe sae = 
a 
small | which to. 
the experiment A first 
um bulbiferum. With th something of the ponmi poe fom, South A t 
of W. radicans, this cies pijas oto - acquiring 
much acuminathd s eeN, which arè riire- Bombay, by tho first steamer to Galle; so that pepe vey e green colour, wl whilst the flowers ee 
eat on. the anterior side of the pinne, ome i ee arrive here in the course of next month. Mr, cnn They are then ready a, the marke 
a 
pE 
È of | tht. $3 
y sell readily for 5 or 6 franes a 
S i ve uae” is ais unequal, the segments va tae’ Sed towers alear 
ressed altoge Dee” The veins are everywhere e blossoms are off, and planted out of ‘tor, 
forming small areoles. It is found in they are allowed to recruit for two years., Aher 
eS sine tn culty in flowering them each year under glass 
There are two forms met Tid in the ik state; one i i - ma eel gm 
the other th in t a re tonnini: in the eea pe eyo in paah ank oai t= 
palog mgr liferous, as above descri uni e panga sAn 
pape does pA however, rg sgh proliferous on taken Pr aarne the > as iene coe keane a shoots iy after 
directly tie the thie of the segments. . the MANA sthall’ ee in perfe rates Sn n. | the É Usworth. ' á 
Of the three ari: kinds of To! — we are 80 
ropical Orehard-houses.—In the) interesting 
peticlulate, the s clothed with a t woul =r SA p to endeavour in | dani 
44, AprantuM” Fier, Moore, in litt.; Id. in Fée, Š biog of Lutfallah it is mentioned" that in the 
“ee Teonogr. Nouv. 29, t, 24, fig. 1. neighbourhood of , the cold îs so grent tha 
_ Fronds tripinnate ; nd secon infi bruary water froze Para 
tose with + soar oat ering hairs, ye ne th ater | Tob 1 I ae that vessels were ddas cover, in ® 
} ph pre seroma cronately inci igh has i to the care bestowed | t€ i at ai rhe mera Zere were abun- 
upon its e r ER 
a 
i 
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