flower, with a beautiful shade of violet through it, 

 dark blotch, with narrow edge; Joan of Arc, a 

 fine dark flower, reminding one, by its name, of the 

 first grand march in Pelargoniums, ah ! how manj' 

 years ago, whe?3 the old Joan of Arc and Foster's 

 Sylph astonished the world ; but what an advance 

 since then ; Hermit, carmine lower petals, painted 

 with dark cerise, upper petals black, shaded with 

 dark crimson ; Prince Consort, rosy carmine lower 

 petals, medium blotch, the plant of excellent 

 habit, and very free blooming ; imd Troubadour, a 

 beautiful salmon-colored flower, very like Mary 

 Ho3^]e, but a little more carmine in it, perhaps. 

 Mr. Hoyle h;id only some yearling plants — Needle 

 Gun, very dark; Patrimony, a large flower of bold 

 appearance ; and Miss Hervey, a pretty painted 

 flower. Marksman (Eraser) is sure to make a 

 good market plant, from its habit and profusion of 

 bloom. From what I have seen and heard, the 

 present is likely to be what I do not think last year 

 was — productive of some fins flowers ; certainly, in 

 last year's group there is nothing so strikingly in 

 advance as Charles Turner and John Hojde were 

 when they were shown. — English Journal of 

 Horticulture. 



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About the Papaw Tree. — The following 

 paper was read before the Linnean Society, Febru- 

 ary 7: — 1. Notes on Papayacese, by Joaquim Cor- 

 readeMello and Richard Spruce; communicated 

 by D. Hanbury, Esq. The authors describe three 

 forms under which the common Papaw (Carica 

 Papaya, L. Papaya vulgaris, De C. ) occur at Cam- 

 pinas, in the province of Sao Pa;ilo, Brazil. All 

 these are alike in external appearance, and in the 

 size and form of the leaves, but one is altogether 

 female, another hermaphrodite, and the third 

 male. The Papaw is thus trioicous or trimorphous. 

 The Brazilians call the plant Mamoeiro, and the 

 fruit Mamao (plural Momoes). The second genus 

 of the order Yasconcella, the authors regard as un- 

 tenable ; but the third, Jaracatia, they believe will 

 i-etain its rank, the aculeate stem, digitate leaves, 

 with distinct stipellate leaflets, and the union of 

 the filaments into a short tube free from the corolla 

 being regarded as sufficient to substantiate it. 

 "The ease with which the Papaw is cultivated, 

 and the beauty and singularity of its aspect, have 

 conduced, more, perhaps, than its large, luscious, 

 but unsubstantial fruit, to render it a denizen of 

 every warm country in the world. The fruit, 

 although lightly esteemed by those who are new to 

 it, is one of the most wholesome of tropical fruits. 

 In South America it is eaten less as a dessert fruit 



than as a ' fresco ' or grateful ' cooler ' in the heat 

 of the day, like Water Melons and Cherimoyas. 

 It varies in flavor in different localities, being very 

 insipid in some, but in others very sweet. At 

 Guayaquil the perfectly ripe fruit is still so milky, '[ 

 that, after being sliced, and the seeds cleared out. 1 

 it is usually put in water a short while, to allow the j 

 milk to drain away, which would, otherwise, scorch ^ 

 the lips like wild Pine-apples. Not that this acrid f 

 and slightly bitter milk is unwholesome ; on the | 

 contrary, its well-known anthelmintic properties | 

 furnish the reason why eating the Papaw fruit is | 

 not known to produce ascarides, as indulgence in | 

 many other tropical fruits, such as Mangos, is apt 

 to do." The fully grown, but not ripe fruit, is an 

 excellent vegetable cooked in the same way as 

 Vegetable Marrow, which it much resembles in 

 flavor. 



The Forests of Russia — Amongst the sources 

 of wealth, unproductive as yet, are the forests of 

 Russia, and which, for the most part, have the 

 appearance of virgin forests. The forests of Prus- 

 sia, which are not to be compared with those of 

 Russia, are, thanks to a model management, the 

 source of a considerable revenue to the State, 

 whilst those of the latter are, at present, only an 

 expense. Forest economy in Russia is in its in- 

 fancy ; its importance is reserved for the future ; 

 and the numerous railwa3^s now in the course of 

 construction will contribute largely to its exten- 

 sion. The Western part of Northern Europe is 

 poor in forests, whilst, on the contrary, the East is 

 rich. Finland, the Governments of Olonetz, V/o- 

 logda, Kastroma and Archangel all possess im- 

 mense forests. On the 80,269,375 deciatines (1 de- 

 ciatina equals 2 acres, 2 roods, 32 perches) that 

 form the Government of Archangel, 30,312,209 

 deciatinas are covered with forests, of which 

 1,151,088 are the property of the Admiralty, as 

 they furnish excellent timber for ship-building 

 purposes. One district alone (Mesen) contains 

 14.865,872 deciatinas of forest land; and the dis- 

 tricts of Pinega, Kemi. Cholmogory, Onega and 

 Archangel are equally rich in timber. The Scotch 

 Fir (Pinus sylvestris) is found in great abundance, 

 and the forests of the Governments are princi- 

 pa ly composed of this tree ; however, there is no 

 scarcity of the Spruce Fir, the Siberian Cedar, the 

 Birch gnd the Poplar. The first exportation of 

 timber from Archangel appears to have been in 

 1761. During the last ten years the value of the 

 timber exported from the ports of Archangel and 

 Onega amounted to 346,978 roubles (£54,215), a 

 small sum as compared with the riches of the 

 forests of the country; and the Grand Duchy of 

 Finland, though much smaller in extent, exports 

 annually timber to the value of upwards of 

 2,000,000 roubles (£312,.500). Better results may 

 be predicted for the future, now that the Petchora, 

 and especially its mouths, are navigable. — Corres- 

 pondance Russe. 



