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BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF. EDIN 
De. ec. 10. —The following communications 
be Gira gamle plants 
By Mr. Mabe Gardiner, jan, Dand 
Stat ertiel Juncus  ifowtes, 
the Mont y Mr. William 
Gardiner, sen., Dundee. ~These papers werehighly peeve piri 
for the pleasing mannerin which the information containe 
them was conveyed. 
3. Mr. Brand exhibited a specimen of Pyrola unifora, dis 
vered by hind ev. T Mg ipbe binge + anew Toss (thirty totes 
wh 
called Jalap are not a little remarkable. 
ots the 
By one writer the rag 
states of the American U: 
ae ra 
bat pvr that Barak happens oe have no greater purga- 
tive qualiti han 
peered | “sw ‘the saahextie vad Dr. "Seblede and others, that a plant 
Peo d 
ato. ‘Then it was 
Ipomea, or Exogonium, Purga, was the real origin of the 
ug, oad co: Later saw the people of bag of Scavenals : 
auch also taeclene: t other plants of the volvalac 
a Convo —_ snebhenanh: with hai air’ 
of them 
from the 5 ere it i the Knock of Alves), in the | stems an lyx, W: to be on It now app 
parish of Morne, Ban that th xica: ans scall yr ast one eee ips *Purga,”’ adding 
4. Dr a four present; m Mr. Thomas Edmondston, jun., | toit the term macho or inte; for Mr. Hartweg has sent home 
a speci the subject of the p notice, which is es, irae 
of Cynosures ‘china from the Shetland erry the | 
th: 
M Edm 
whereit grew n middle of the Island of about extraordinary beanty, which I ‘think Wate: that of any of the 
a mile from the sea shore, and that he could not ius thee it rg yet in gardens. The only plants of it in the country are 
had been introduce Ma: in Shetland ballast ot de- n aicataih state in the garden of the Horticultural 
posited in heaps, but is usually discharged into the s Society. They have large oblong fleshy tubers, and produce 
5. Notice of the Cypresses the gardens oF Generalife flowers of the richest and most brilliant crimson, OF rather pur- 
the Alhambra, wen. remarks on garden ing of the Spanish ood whieh it is _ sible to conceive. Unfortuna’ ante it has not 
Arabs. Ja! Macaula an article “ On the yet been possible to propagate theta otanical R 
. orn. Juneaceze. 
down, his mind remained active and unconfined, ran, nging. 
over every field of inquiry connected with his pursuits, 
Wit 
his piaescore ues unrivalled pros, Be raised a 
creation of his ow f facts— 
caused no sigh, and jug. 
He exhibited the iife. M2 a scientific artist 
and philosopher in its most exalted for Th 
had no charms for him: 
or fame, with him were Scuplt's sounds ; and vet mai ny 
have called obscurity, makes him in af aie ruly 
d Mr. Bauer’s 
Bauer, his illustrations of the ° eae 
deserves eee ial mention 
because they show that his mind was fully ete with 
the laws of vegetable id pate sae Ry efo ore they were 
recognised to to 
LECTASIA CYANEA. (Greenhouse shrub) Nar. 
stated that “in 1766 there existed in the garden of the palace of | —This, one of the most beautiful plants of the A Australasian the — rid. He _ the first to elacidy ate 
Sranada, two cypresses that were celebra’ m in tim flora, has recently figured in tani. azi although 
of the Moorish kings.” He thought that it might be interesting | t. 3834. We however regret to say that the species still remai a) a his ta abours was made psn till ie pr 28 
to the Society to know that these trees are still in existence, and | to be introduced. ‘sur object in calling attention to the figure is, | 4+}, had recip the “cree E the discover The 
their immense size venerable appearance at once denote a | that persons im communication with Western Australia may bl i Mr ig: 
great antiquity. They are called the ‘‘cypresses of the sultana,”’ | trans’ hat figure to their correspondents, with a request that | PU lis ned records e are few. It is 
from an ancient tale relating to the queen of Boabdil, the last | its ripe seeds may be sent home. It is a very common shrub among the por orfalio ee the British Museum, that thos 
‘oorish prince of Granada. The incident is connected with the | sandy soil, at Swan River, King George’s Sound, and probably | must gs who wish become acquainte aa with he 
history of the Abencerrages, and with other romantic events of | on all parts of the south-west coast. It is doubtfal whether our lab 
the last days of mosiem empire in Europe ; and the reference — yet possess any species so perfectly tifal as this | *400Urs. 
to it in many an old Spanish bellnd and traditionary tale, gives a | is; i wers retain their brilliant colours when dried, Garden of Ibrahim Pacha. Pacha’s garien 
dash of historic interest to the tr hich, in such a classic | itis probable that it will prove, — we obtain it, a new kind | near Cairo, has agar an escaped th e fate of his son 
scene, will be more regarde rae traveller than the mere phy- | of “ Everlasting.” forms a 1 heath-like bush, about a Ibrahim’s extensive plantations at 7 ag island of Rhoda. 
siological fact of their great sage nity. vb on meeting of | foot high, Me? its branches are oeened with flowers resembling pra 4a 
ultana with Hamet a eat c the garden | six-poi bases 9 of the most intense and brilliant blue.—Bor Soins so interesting ‘the labours of Mr. Trail to 
be a fiction or not, the jactesos to ft supsees in Chronicles so | cal Regis ativelize one ag ) where the late pogeseiten has 
near the tim not to affect the fact of the of the trees To AS tile SE RE TRIES 
thus alluded to in records so ancient. At the least the trees are MISCELLANEOUS destroy Gree Al the Bag 99 Aras, apple Erges,.9nd.A a Tong 
five centuries old ; and as the hill was clothed with wood at the 
time that the ground was laid out, it is probable that their age is late Francis Bauer, Es dge the pict Wand, bat eed in through the _ porous sybooi 
far greater than this. Besides the cypresses, there are other tree: um the following ile da concerning this dis- 2 
SP as = pel ane Bis « was hose tinguished artist, who at the advanced age of 62 years has okaie. eas lermined eve r. init on 
something in these ; 8 of by oo im. | departed thi Id in the same tr: and unobserved Bay ing up machinery to th big water out as fast as it 
pressive, to the botanist at least, than m and | manner as he passed through it :— uer was born at —pumps, shadoofs, a BEEe es or sorting 
ble.” Already they have outlived many ge they ey n Austria, on the 4th of October 1758, and chit would ha the mischief under; but he 
Salle Se Saneiris haan tonsil Dae tise peo ple tat died at Kew on the 11th of December 1840. He came to | nobody to bestir themselves.‘ Please the "Prophet, the 
the very trees which were planted and tended by the fair Zaydas Englan in ear , with the intention t ed to ile will rise no hteker 5 PSs ke your ig in God,”’ 
= re sof the cnciy dope a bra $oct and, yo ris, but Sir Joseph Banks soon appreciated Mr. Bauer’s | was all the ei ae he co obtain m the jet 
ty. Under these very arbours there once assem arbane: i in i 
Moccs ahd Arabs; Whee ther makes sad bedaaeae ted | rare ae int oot ] aes em . ion per in England. stewards wet a a ° an of their mate - ah 
away, the same places rang wit! y revelry of the splendid hy | hie settled on him 3000. areage ‘apres gar » Noth 
urts of Charles the Fifth and other Spanish sovereigns; and as botani- | now remained to the skilful ane persevering cultivator of 
rwards oes a os vs lace had hes etaparted ty 22 gees pay cal wei to the Royal Gardens, which were = thes en rapidly this i A beautiful island b ee Soe stray eels, and 
a orisons of monks arose from at 
trees where now the peasants of Granada are wont to as- ek aa 5 amir The m rheum Tae It Vora ahim ret re. 2 ¢ fro bf Sy ia, those 
semble in the evenings for their music and festivity. The villa of Sir who Enos him say, “ Inshallah, ha avy score 
Generalife, which signifies L mn Arabic ‘‘ the house of pleasure,” | genius parakeet of the p f and pay_ off with bon bastinado !” e Ali a'so. is 
was the 2 eet Granada. ene nu eae beautiful Thner ions of ei rare een introe ing hi ughts to ager , and it is feckieg 
of the kings of. 
on. the side of a steep hi 
A aky 
= to on on which I isballt the celebrated palace 0} at Kew by 
bra. Immediate a it rises the ridge of the of Gare the Third were the result—works now saosin manag 
Sierra New pa sac etwcio . i ine ——- Sorare yet porretea with Sir Joseph Banks’s library at the British Museum, | Delta, 
ind salubrious breezes through the country below. The |. Bares pee, Mee ew lade 5 Mya aie? be coma ha i a cat ed s in of be ze, 
garden, wi ch lies round the villa on the slope of the fOr } ana g g rry, the abu 4 ‘O manage these things 
is irrigate by numerous streams, which, after bein cution pe r physiological and anatomical truth, | favoured men” in Egypt by nature, or he pidding oF the 
bo S Peohie: a si velete in tbecon courts ana pals and at econ at Re. period. . Bauer was also appointed | Pacha !— Times. 
wee Sige Saw scey a perennial verd are. Even in the present | 2fawing-master to the Princess Elizabeth: but he w ryan of Orchidaceous Plants are often much mo- 
day, although the rich ornam the villa are defeced nd | better philosopher than courtier, and his services, which | leste is ha’ Poet mall snail, Which hides by day bast the 
= beep ante ~s od ig antains a saa ogee ae ee ere given gratuitously, were soon dispensed with. At / root 
ancholy pervades e garden Sa ai + ‘ ; 
be cfg on the tenretiee that inthe tine of the Wes: that time he was occupied =~ the Heath tribe, then in | plan ats, here 
caliphs it must pegih scene of surpassing beauty. — chiefly from the Cape, by Masson. | are two tinge the ay ait (probly orig, » ‘eek trong 
ziving a short account from this and other gardens, of the peca- | Eng made from these dr: en and Queen | smell of garlic whea ushed, a metimes 
pe nase a the eee oles ish snrdenin:8 Sie: — of the | Charlotte. mrt the Pra used to colo our them under his | a third if an inch or more across. The ea er is much 
see sy ower-beds; the fountains and artificial rivaiets, | SUperintendence. 4 Th d were after- ller, varying from the size of a small pin’s-head to 
Seattering verdure on all sides; the pillared corridors, and - | wards sold by public auction, with other of Her Ma esty s| that of a laburnum seed, quite flat and round. his 
Sant towers and terraces; the floors of their houses covered with ts | Tower ds the end of the last century, Mr. Bauer | breeds very fast, and i inconceivable numbers may be found 
paertiae pel ee ae Bonus roots as and aap 9 2 sg nmeneed his illustrations of Orchidaceous plants, since | on a single plant, though not one can be seen by day. 
e, and e' hellish of scenery, prove that the Arabs | Published by Dr. Lindley. He subsequently turned his | The best way of getting rid of th 
ng — ies in a ; al rank in every | atten tion to | the diseases in anise ,in an ch, from his ne tender pith of a cabbage stalk, and lay Pes about sai 
om — e yc selon io vakizted. wi he f great | plants, examining them soon after dar , and again -early 
poe: ening esa cng ma ie the orchards an Kite ee ae = and we may oa _ ‘et in the morning. The al eS cated a er the cab 
of the monasteries. Whil gardening, considered | the onl meng» whic . he received cfoem 4 his life, be- | to the tougher ie rchi da ace w 
pre sac useful -— the easiest peree ager Ses mad yond t ve-mentioned income, was pol guineas, | killed as many as 30 a ches 
7 TS alway o - 
iatek Hesnssnasta Soir labtaveee sri ae te Among the | 5 which the ‘aloes of one of the cheap publications of the | long. Their favourite food is the flower buds of St ms 
of their history that any reference to ornamental gardeniag was | F opeas, and whenever gl r erish when the flowers 
be met with. [ti d elegance are far |in wheat. In 1816, the late Sir Everard Home, a > half grown, snails may t be s pec ted. They will, hide byt co 
the 
Ii f the ial assoc of H 
Etate of the art of gardening ilstrates well visa nt aay ture of the foot of the comm nm house-fi fly, com: cated 
ers of the times ander con the difficulties he experien meal Sir Joseph Banks, pe 
sides erseeerea ee . nd Aspidium rigidum. | i iately introduced him to we one This led 't 
tT u . eouine was info 
strated by the Herbaria of Dr. Grev a —_ oo pctnoveehgee cay, andy ost useful kind. Me. 
saaihine from several English localities, with various C. tal 
aren s of the same plant. 
. Notice regarding the oe yo en Ruta- 
aeieris od toes on 
umber of pry “anatomical in- 
quiries, rs result a which were published in mon 
‘Transactions of the Royal Society. At the s' 
go: 
Curi , Pee eae, violent sorte gale = 
the 2st Duceiabec. produced very curious effects on the 
Not merely d did che wt drift, but, 
snow in some p 
being somewhat soft pe drifted to the: 
be des) snow, ai nee the strardiary 
ephuders ssivactia of a mel in Stace and six to; 
inches in diameter, looking exactly like the holios 
drical pats of butter Belek to the breakfast table. 
cent work on the Sane wake eee anited poe 
plants under the name of A. Rutamuraria, Mr. Bell indicated the 
that the two 
und in the neighbourhood 
of Dumfries. | By Mr. James Cruickshank, Associate. 
Com: 
Rich 
u mentioned that this 
tifully in the vale 
eded to elect | 
ure nog { 
jor Gra 
oo 
“NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS WHICH 
EITHER USEFUL OR ORNAMENTAL 
ie BATATOIDES. (Greenhouse herbacesus ie 
trors that have been committed about the source of the d 
were to be removed there 
| pecthae Geae 
lish ‘a Botanical Mu seum at Kew, ee ARTE 
ed to Mr. “> 3 The house now belonging to oaies 
of Hanover Was. perchased for this his purpose the ahdlves 
th ks in the King’s li- 
oo some had, in fact, 
unfortuna ortunately, a dispute arose re- 
the §land, to. ratkok the Woods and Forests laid 
claim ; goo some ery waggons oni off with the 
b eases gave Mr. Bauer the first intimation that 
plan had been abandone: 
For ~ pepper: additional observati! 
t:—Few men, recaps 
to 
voted ‘hei ert. so enti: 1p 
| obse of natural ects, and science 
coro? s set veries; and still fewer have been 
so indifferent to all ordinary Lacan for Bauer 
egal hi nts merely a! stepping-stone to | 
that tranquillity and happiness pre oe be the ul- | 
a er re of co science a aes ents. For 
formation of each m cm be traced, by a long “oot 
base occupied by the 
farther p ogress. “So. perdi: and so tach er 
r their numbers and: pest 
pe mark in the snow, 
have tee imagined that the 
‘orm were the sole authors 
for their origin, =e ge 
with the above-menti 
all untrodden, it might 
— who danced in the stor. 
Suga in New South Wales.—A 
tahhehed a New 
y- We kno: parties w 
poi lenge eae : 
gre from their being much &=” 
