206 BOTANY. 



February. 



2d. Helleborus foetidus- stinking hellebore. 

 12th. Senecio vulgaris groundsel. 

 14th. Galanthus nivalis the snow-drops. 

 Crocus vernis the spring crocus. 

 Vinca minor the lesser perri winkle. 

 26th. Daphne mezereon mezereon. 



September. 



8th. Colchicum autumnale the meadow saffron. 

 Arbutus unedo the strawberry-tree, and 

 water Starwood. 



October. 



13. Hedera helix the common ivy. 



Rapid Maturity. 



In the neighbourhood of Rio Janeiro, the common 

 garden pea has been sown, flowered, gathered, and 

 the haulms removed, within the short space of 21 

 days. 



Dy 'cotyledons. 



As there are among the dycotyledons, that is to 

 say, among the more perfect plants, no species, 

 which are at the same time indigenous in the hot 

 climates of the old and new worlds, so both halves 

 of the globe, in the same zone, possess mammiferous 

 animals, birds, reptiles, and insects, peculiar to each. 



Palms. 



Palms are rather perennial herbaceous plants than 

 trees. They are formed of successive circular crowns 

 of leaves, which spring directly from the root. When 

 one circle of these has performed its office, another 

 is formed within it, which being confined below, ge- 

 nerally rises a little above the former. Successive 

 circles thus grow one above the other, and the verti- 



