426 AiUumyial Flo'xering of the Narcissus. 



If A H K, H K L are right angles, then A H and L K being 

 parallel (28. I. Eucl.) do not meet though produced; much 

 less can the production of L K meet the extension of C A 

 above A ; wherefore the point K lies above L M. Also the 

 angle CAH being equal BHK, is less than a right angle; 

 and therefore if AC and HK meet at all, it must be down- 

 ward ; hence the point H lies above K M. 



It is no doubt a pretty liberal supposition which makes x a 

 right angle ; but by supposing it smaller, the number of the 

 lines H K, K L, &c. is just so much the greater, and the de- 

 fect of each of the angles A H K, H K L, &c. from two right 

 angles, is so much the oftener repeated. So, if in this case 

 it be difficult to prove that any of the lines H K, K L, &c. do 

 not meet C A above the point A, it is certainly as hard a task 

 to show that they do meet that line, for this is just equivalent to 

 proving Euclid's twelfth axiom. I am, gentlemen, yours, &c. 



Sept. i.V), IS-'?. Henry Meikle. 



LXXXVI. On the Autumnal Floxccring of the Narcissus. 

 To the Editors of the Philosophical Magazine and Journal. 



Gentlemen, — 1 fear that if florists should adopt the hint 

 given by Dr. Forster in page 343 of the last Number of your 

 Journal, for producing " an autumnal crop of spring flowers," 

 they will in general be disappointed ; at least I have reason 

 to believe that the flowering of Narcissus Tazetta in his garden 

 in the last month, was not owing to the cause which he assigns. 

 In the garden of a friend of Dr. Forster's near Godstone, he 

 may now see a profusion of fine flowers of both the white and 

 the yellow varieties of Narcissus Tazetta, although the same 

 bulbs had flowered well in the spring. The truth is, that the 

 autumnal flowering of this species of Narcissus, when left in 

 the ground, is not so rare a circumstance as Dr. Forster seems 

 to think; and I would submit to his superior judgement, 

 whether, its flowering in such abundance this autumn may not 

 be satisfactorily accounted for, when we consider the extraor- 

 dinary mildness of the last winter, the early spring, the con- 

 sequent early period at which the bulbs went into a state of 

 rest, the dry summer, and finally, the mildness and moisture 

 of the autumn*. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, 



Dec. 2, 182:e. J^E Cayma. 



* We add the following instances.-^-EiiiT. 



At the " Glasgow Florist's Club," the following flowers were brought for- 

 ward in flill bloom, viz. Wallflower, Ten-week Stocks, Anemones, Yarjow, 

 Polyanthuses, Gentianella, Carnations, Pinks, crimson Primroses, Auriculas, 

 China Roses, and the Christmas Rose. — rGlasgow Chronicle, Dec. 1 4. 



Several bird's nests have been found in the parishes of Chilham and God- 

 mcrsham, with eggs, and the old birds sitting. There is also in the parish 

 of Worebornc, a pcartree in blossom. — Maidstone Journal, Dec, 14.. 



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