Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . a profusion of its immense whiteand yellow sweet-scented flowers, and which was a conspicu-ous object when the photograph was taken, is, of course,now out of flower, but it may be observed figimng promi-nently in our engraving. The plant was then 10 feet highand 7 feet through, and had as many as ninety flowers on itat one time. Along the side-shelves were ranged a large collection ofAgaves, Yuccas, Dasylirions, &o. Among them were thenew Agave schidigera, the white cuticle of which .appears asif torn from the thick substance of
Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . a profusion of its immense whiteand yellow sweet-scented flowers, and which was a conspicu-ous object when the photograph was taken, is, of course,now out of flower, but it may be observed figimng promi-nently in our engraving. The plant was then 10 feet highand 7 feet through, and had as many as ninety flowers on itat one time. Along the side-shelves were ranged a large collection ofAgaves, Yuccas, Dasylirions, &o. Among them were thenew Agave schidigera, the white cuticle of which .appears asif torn from the thick substance of the leaf; Yucca Stokesiiwith large and showy foliage, the singular Grasstree, which Mr. Williams has several times exhibited duringthis summer at the great metropolitan shows; and in thebody of the house was Dasylmon aerotrichum with a flower-spike standing 8 feet high. The other parts of the nurseiy are not yet completelyorganised, for walks of increased width are to be made. AugastSO. 1864. ] JOURNAL OF HOKTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDEWEE. 175. and several glass houses to be erected. Two, each 4S feetlong and 33 wide. Lave just been commenced, and besidesthe conservatory four span-roofed and two octagon houses already exist. These are variously filled with NewHollandplants and Ericas, softwooded plants, and a large stock ofEoyaJ Vineyard Vines and Charlotte Kothschild Pines. 176 JOTTENAIi OP HOETICULTtTRE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. r Augmst 30, 1864. THEIPS. One pecnliority of the present remarkably dry season isthe swarms of small black thrips which fly about in immensenumbers, frequently settling upon our hands and face as wego about the garden. They infest many of the floweringplants, and, in some cases, do a great amount of , Phloxes, Verbenas, and Geraniums, all suffer moreor less from their ravages; but they seem to have a peculiarliking for flowers of a rose or pink colour, such as Saponariacalabrica, and, especially, Geraniums Kose Queen and Chri
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