Strobili pedunculo tereti crasso dichotomo sæpiùs gemini, ovales, obtusissimi, erecti, quadri v. bipollicares, crassitie unciales aut biunciales et ultrà: squamis latissimis, transversè oblongis, lamelli-formibus, ferrugineo-fuscis, adpressè imbricatis demùm reflexo-patulis, margine integerrimis atque planis, ferè membranaceis. Semina parva cuneata; ala obovata, membranacea, fusca. THE Pinus Deodara is a tree of great size, and is rendered interesting by its near affinity to the Cedar of Lebanon. In the Hindustanee language it is called Devadara, or "God Tree," and is held in great veneration by the Hindoos. The cones grow generally in pairs on a shortish, thick, woody, forked footstalk. Those of the Pinus Cedrus are almost sessile and solitary. The leaves are also different from those of P. Cedrus, being longer, and more distinctly 3-sided. 66 I have received from Dr. Wallich a section of the trunk of the P. Deodara, measuring nearly four feet in diameter. The wood is very resinous, and possesses a strong turpentine smell, very different from that of the Cedar of Lebanon: and indeed seems to be the most valuable of the genus, and of a fine close grain, capable of receiving a very high polish, and from its being so strongly impregnated with turpentine, rendered almost imperishable, and justly entitling the tree to the appellation of the Indian Cedar," which has been bestowed on it. These remarks are given, from having had a portion of the section I received from my valued friend, Dr. Wallich, planed and polished, and they are corroborated by the following interesting extracts from Mr. Moorcroft's Journal, lately deposited in the Library of the India House, for which I am indebted to the kindness of my friend, Mr. Wilkins. Mr. Moorcroft, not aware of the specific difference existing between the Deodar and the Cedar of Lebanon, refers to the latter, as the same species, in the beginning of the following extracts. NOTE BY MR. MOORCROFT. "On the wood of the variety of Cedar called Deodara.” "The great durability of the wood of the Cedar, and the belief of its exemption from the tooth of the worm, which preys upon other kinds of timber, have given rise to a notion of this wood being nearly incorruptible, if shielded from mechanical violence; but although exaggeration may have crept into the relations of the facts, from which this conclusion has been adopted, it is extraordinary that the prevailing opinion of the merits of this wood should not have introduced the Cedar, as a timber tree, in the forests of Europe, instead of being held as a mere exotic curiosity, confined to gardens or pleasuregrounds. In some portions of the Indo-Tartaric mountains, certain varieties of Cedar have been dignified by the appellation of Deodara, or Wood of the Gods. In others it has been wholly respected, or sparingly used for incense on occasions of ceremony, whilst in others, again, its wood is employed in buildings, or in various other purposes, and not unfrequently in the form of lathes, as candles. I had no opportunity of estimating the value of its claim to the qualities assigned to it, till my arrival in Kashmeer, where its application to buildings, both public and private, to bridges and to boats, furnished me with certain data, which I shall submit in detail. "A few years ago a building erected by the order of the Emperor Akbar was taken down, and its timbers of Deodar were found in a state so little impaired, as to render them fit to be employed in a house built for my friend, Rhaja Shab. Granting that the former edifice was constructed at the same time with the fort of Nagurnuger, A. H. 1006, or A. D. 1597, its age is 225 years. “Zenool Abudeen began to reign over Kashmeer A. H. 820, or A. D. 1417, and died A.H. 878, or A.D. 1473. His mother was interred in a domed building of excellent brick and mortar work, reported to have been erected in the time of the Hindoo sovereigns. Its solid walls, from seven to eight feet thick, differ much in character from the facing and rubble work common in the reigns of the Mogul emperors of Hindostan. In this building pieces of Deodar were inserted in the walls, by way, apparently, of strengthening the bond; and their ends or sides were left on the same plan with the brick work. The window frames were of the same material, with the difference, however, of the former being squared and deprived of their sap wood, whilst the latter, somewhat carelessly, had part of the sap wood left, and the surface was only slightly smoothed, and partly retained its original form. In the latter instance, the crust of the wood was generally somewhat crumbly, and had been pierced by the worm about a quarter of an inch in depth, whilst that of the squared wood, exposed much more to the influence of the weather, was neither crumbly nor worm eaten, but was jagged, from the softer part of the wood, between the plates or ribs, having often been washed by the rain, though its structure had not been attacked by the worm.". The octavo edition which has just appeared has reduced the price so very considerably as to place it within the reach of almost every individual whose taste or interest leads them to the study or practice of Botany, and the thirty additional plates add greatly to the value of the work. It is obvious that this gigantic undertaking, which must have cost many thousands of pounds, for a great part of which there could be no hope of a return, must have originated in the honourable ambition of the author to be useful to his country, by imparting the knowledge he had gained, in a work which will immortalize him. FANNY KEMBLE. WE give this month our promised representation of the celebrated Tulip called Fanny Kemble, which was sold at Croydon, to the late Mr. Davey, for one hundred pounds. It has, as will be seen by the drawing, several distinguishing properties, and if it be somewhat flattered as to the delicacy and regularity of the feathering round the edge, as compared WHAT'S IN HOGG is not a genteel name, but "what's in a name?" The gentleman who is blessed with this odd specimen of English nomenclature may be very genteel notwithstanding his name, and he has written a book which he intended should immortalize him, but which our reviewer has extinguished by his nasty disagreeable habit of calling things by their right names; and Mr. Hogg, the author, with a bookselling firm at his tail, has been scouring the metropolis to find out who is our reviewer. Mr. Hogg is wasting his time; but perhaps that is of no value: he has been writing several very silly letters, and therefore has wasted his paper: but what is worse, he is wasting his patience, which is very scarce; and worse than all, he is wasting his abuse, for as the writer is a very quiet reverend, enjoying simply his garden and his books, he will only hear of just so many of Mr. Hogg's pranks, and just so much of his abuse as we may please to communicate. Mr. Hogg has, nevertheless, been very abusive, and though there is an old and vulgar question, "What with its bloom of last year, the flower has been seen in all respects as fine as the plate represents; and, when the perfect white ground, the darkness of the edge, and the fine globular shape be considered, it will be allowed to be the finest of its class. It is however by no means large, and probably never will be. A NAME?] can we expect from a hog but a grunt?" we were a little surprised at the vociferous grunt of a floricultural Hogg. We This Hogg has quite mistaken the conduct he ought to have pursued, for he is only meddling with edged tools, and every time he touches he will be worsted. shall not condescend to abuse him, but if all Hoggs are like him we have no reason to wonder why people ring their noses instead of their praises. One word more this time and we have done. If he dare write or say another word, unless it be a civil one, about us, we will quote twenty or thirty sentences of rank nonsense from his book and call them the beauties of Hogg; and if that be not enough to satisfy his cormorant appetite for exposure, we will quote twenty or thirty paragraphs which contradict twenty or thirty others, and place them in juxtaposition under the head of Hogg versus Hogg. By the time he has read these he will be quite satisfied that if he cannot grow flowers better than he can write books, he will make a bungling job of floriculture. FLORISTS' PRIZES. SIR, I have been frequently astonished, when attending florists' shows, to observe that the principal prizes have been taken away by those grasping gentlemen who actually get their living by selling to the private growers, and who, instead of encouraging them to increase their stocks, to emulate each other, and to persevere, actually dishearten them by showing from their own extensive stocks against their customers, who select from a small number. I understand there is a society at Hammersmith where the growers for a living and the growers for fame are obliged to show separately; and I would suggest to that society the plan of making the prizes for the sellers a good deal less than the prizes for the buyers, for our country societies will follow the example. There is another class who ought to be considered, but who ought not to be per mitted to show except under peculiar regulations: I mean the gentlemen's gardeners. Their masters find them money and ground, and they compete with double advantage. I think they ought to show with the growers for sale, and the prizes ought to be small. Preston. London. Your obedient servant, THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. THE meeting at Regent Street, on the 2d of July, was well attended, and many very beautiful flowers and flowering shrubs were produced. A collection of roses from Mr. Hooker, of Kent, was by far the best that have been seen this year; and comprised many beautiful varieties. One which took our attention, as unique, was a rose which had the moss in profusion all over the leaves as well as the stalk and calix, and had a very rich appearance. A hundred and twenty varieties of heart'sease, from Mr. Charles Brown, who, as Mr. Lindley observed, in speaking of them had the best collection in the kingdom, were highly attractive, as was also a large bunch of roses, called Brown's Superb. A beautiful variety of the passion-flower was likewise much noticed. A collection of greenhouse plants, twenty varieties of the calceolaria, thirty varieties of the pink, and several curious flowering bulbs from Sierra Leone, were also mentioned; but perhaps the most curious objects were a tribe of Hebrid plants, between the rhododendron and the azalia, partaking largely of the better properties of both they were from the garden of the Earl of Carnarvon, and very beautiful. The meeting on the 16th produced a number of fine blooms of the dahlia, one collection from the gardens of the society, a fine stand from Messrs. Chandler of Vauxhall, and the winning flowers at the Metropolitan Show on the previous day; the T. GRANT. latter were extremely fine specimens, but not much the better in appearance for having been two days cut, a great variety of beautiful flowers from the garden and conservatory of Mrs. Maryatt, including several pretty specimens of the rose, called by the Chinese the "seven sisters," and from the gardens of the society, some fine blooms of bulbs, which appear entirely new in genus and general character, and a very dark and curious variety of the digitalis. The last show at the gardens of the society took place on Saturday, the 20th of July, and every thing combined to render it effective. The flowers and plants were beautiful, and many extremely rare. Fruit also was in abundance, and of the finest growth. The collection of flowers and stove and greenhouse plants from Mrs. Maryatt surpassed every thing that had been previously shown at the gardens, and obtained, as they well might, the large silver medal. Grapes were so fine that a single bunch weighed from four to five pounds; they were shown by several, but the great silver medal was awarded to Lady Clarke, who exhibited several noble bunches weighing nearly five pounds. A third large medal was given to Mr. Hogg, whose work our reviewer handled so roughly, but who gave ample evidence that he could grow flowers much better than he could write books, for he showed a collection of English and |