86 Queries and Answeri, 



lymewmating Exotics. — Sir, I observe in Vol. III. p. 460. a reprobation, 

 by E., of the practice of disseminating exotics amongst our indigenous 

 plants ; to which you have, in my opinion, appended a very sensible query, 

 whether the beauiti^iAg of ottr wild scdneryie not a /thousand times more 

 valuable than exckisdve/cfevotloh to'thesingle science of botany"? 1 cer- 

 tainly should thJnk so." What mischief can arise from the practice ? Some 

 few botainistsmay be Ifedto jrank4print as indigenous oa such a plain or 

 mtwntainjivhicfe, in factiisnot so; ' What then ? Why, he labours under a 

 mistaken nTbeutJOs th6<>limit of tkci^vih -And; let. me. ask how he can be 

 ce:^tain':of the indi^nosity (to. -coin arword) of ailmost any plant. The wind, 

 biFds>' and other aiiimalsv are cdnstantilycdnvfeying seeds,, unintentionally, 

 li^om- their §oimev i habitatis td Inew ones, whier© ithey . are ^subsequently ac- 

 counted indigenous.-' ;Ar« not these 'asi imuch' transported as if by the hand 

 of I iharf h I '■ tWhy^l theOy^ fas- th we is Jno Security agaihst : foreign a»d ■ perhaps 

 ilnseemiy>-8peci*ieiis)-bei«^ introduced- d» snohiwii^s, ^ould 4hera? bie an 

 dtiicryfa^nst) the mad i^Ikwiis; atritheiili-oublls ©(ff addiiig aifiaw-jbeautifiil 

 pldtotl" td 'Che! wild! fiaiesi aktody growiHg/inibny 'coi[<ntrytBi> ill beciiMciWilif on 

 a^ibiJarnQHtsi dh€t jTrtictkojibu^t S"'thei perfect .aBdi'aiifttfeentioje«felogu^9^iiiar 

 digenmu^ ipiahts/hB imoptiohbi'bi) i a « d«sideriaiu«*y I tfean )iti must I li^nx^ fli©. 

 IiidbpwidetAljiiO^^he'iimQdeyffcJflldissEratnatiodt afA«e««< spe^iwiens .which.I 

 h«ve'mfcntio)ied!,tfcltt€ {lang;^a(eitiised /pkiniiQf'jtheowjngMth«iireft«;e e^.ftowj^p- 

 gfeipdcniiB'-oTOndsang^tBeai^s M^/aireadyxiahsW mea&ly e^otiosbtonbeyija^i^d 

 aandnaet OttiT)native!^3la(irt3i -iSeaDelflrle'^kriofwfa'tef hriTehthusibecowrte wiljA 

 plant J ^^^ maqy> others Jianrai dfuniMessI ^kmi^e^j^titmtUkni'rW^'iiWkifi^ip^in^ 

 Muiiif^^civ^tj'l^^iy. i)in/oi ^j/isd 1 thuVn hnn ,?j-^n9Jti'A/ fAWm k 'U> TJJfj '* 



''!ZTfe -jBd^Affi^-^nf/ow^ifyriiehtionedJrln/IViMcinii pu^eS.^naiikitif* ysoitee-jpiBipr 



Nirrtibersl ' was t ©cdrisioned ! by seme t irbfllBctod » linage' «6 - the/ ^wny » claused ;by 



some'ldoking-glass dr 'wdij3d((iK^<in fehd neighfeotu;ing holise&5^!butiit-w«i^ vainr 



tc^iattdinpt 'Speaking' defcidedlyf limlesi' perfectly acquainted with. the flocalif- 



ti^ 0Fithesrtu«tioo[Tdsei^*hepkeniOBa«BQn QQff^i\Qdiur<H^T,1^owpsorki> NMh 



O(rt3fl2iJliS30feJ Of!// fiJoi'rjq Jedj Itnuol ion a/cri I .'^nwo^ f-ji Ji5 rfu b^buoi 



•?9i')Z') ^ijio'diojj djt AT bol dooij ")ij> 'i9tevy p.iril to fjau sril oj /lonLtna i^y/br 



'\A% moil '{^Idfjdo'Uj lini^hii) «2.nnqi- yolqmo orl// Sf^oriJ dii' isrhi'jn f>i3'>n'i 



dj>uoTdJ ^nifoJlii yd byftiinq aniooyd «f5rl dorri\?/ ,i^ilijy/ //on« lo luiofil;^ ^mji- 



^•iobKlu.* 'yvM\H\^^A^^^f^^^> ^^m*^* )t<^^!H/^5%^^nn" ^^^ "' ^'^^'^ "^^'^ 



*:>'iJio;2 ,3noriJI odj "^riFwol'^lor^F i-j/zor om i!ftfrbM(nqqR AvA : j?izs )0i'' 



b(0odJSt>t7.r.>-^IfaiVh8lt Msayottaw theiafeudrpofaoodogybe most saccessffUly 



'^^iOif^^^nVd'^imi^i' branehes :^ tw-nTif )5^ jltr VF^ckhsm^ Oeti 6. IBSO; i ' 



'2r^ftwk*dJntydduoiM7tto\KAtnr*c3Ilkt(nn/. is not a bad bo0ki;i>bQt fchereis 



ai^ilBna/tio]y(sdi& of- Introdueti(^s to< - Kaiuml Histort/ in; i preparation for 



Mcaiite* (Lohgni&n, Whicto we ocwifideatly. expect will Supersede lerel'yitshiag, 



Ndib<&bk?a^raorewaDtedi.«^ Co«B£f;'i': -.Mh : ;.. ,^ irxiii'Mii -'yy'M' _;/>•■ 



,f^ii>^9^%7i^Ofi0 'Fmgusi***- Wed6- 'not< recollect that any 'of > mir txiytanickl 

 visitops^ have 'remarked 'the 'beautiful? phosphoric fimgus whichJs' at this 

 sedfeottitO'bcJfbtind-in 'fullhixupiance on ourihills. It- is branchedybrratfeer 

 umfcyetli^roiiS', from eight )to tea or abnoreistalks proceeding from- one trunk, 

 forming *an littibetjiof about 6 oriSiimiJin dianiBtear. At night, or in a dark 

 robm', when fref^h gatheredyajv^ryfstrong .phosphoric' light is emitted >from 

 tht*^lls'ond^rrieath^j so 'strtwAgindeediasntO' occasion/a ^ade,-a»d'suffi- 

 cifehtly^powerftri to illiirtiinatfr a -bed^+roomi i -(^o/irtrf jTfeg^'n Courier.) / - 



' Oah any' of your readers informiape lif^thc'si^tanee alluded to be a 

 fur^UsyandV if sointa namej' alliances, and whether It is peculiar! tO! Van 

 J}ie\rimi*s lismd?.-^' John Smpso». LlmiberriSy Oxri. h 1829. ■ >.•) -nrt; < ^ 

 Tk'e Cause d/Gdiir'd.-i^ Sir, Being accustomed on the disappearance of 

 the snow t<> lay aside my printed books, in order to study the great 

 volume of nature, until the approach of winter sends me home to the in- 

 vestigation and arrangement of the fruits of my summer rambles, it is by 

 mere chance that 1 have noticed the queries relative to goitre in Vol. II. 



