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garden, to. strains of music floating in the air, ‘coming 
and going.’ ‘I thank you for aang sys ~ said Mr. 
Manners ; ‘ for, though extra ordin nary, iti retty com- 
rison, 
pari p- “Te however, 
can be only to the softer and ore pathetic airs of m 
goblet 
each other aside, or climbing over each other’s rater 
till the flowers bend beneath their w weight. After 
_ ae so stupid, that it is in vain to pull t ides 
that Nature has formed in such plants, Satins: 
time 
Mr. Adolphe Brongniart, in his work on Fossil Plants, 
and since followed rhe Presl, Smith, , and others ; namely, 
or t ronds, as th 
in he 
x 
vasting 
hi r, goodn 
n to 
atches of spore cases = (ice ds) ; 
h this has ‘rani red som anges in nomenclature 
en they must be o oe 
they ve 
seeder cups, @ no reset ey 
tJ 
and show 
contrary, t 
at a piles 
d 
or ug! e 
| unavoidable, itis an fiacnibvenilesibe much more than 
it. 
e 
OF she: valley for example tho: Anemones, Hea e, | on the they o their wine-cup, a terbalanced by the a advantages attendin 
7 remy and. y admit y buds. | crawl back to it as lias as they are ple hc oa J ‘0 o are interested in cultivating Ferns, we 
“the softer and more pathetic, indeed, they bag As lose their legs and tumble dow can recommend this book for fts utility; to those "who 
graceful minuets of andel the py quite shi | occupy themselves with mere Fe: ecting, for its 
Mey Gluck. Bat very full-blown Roses, Na arcisst s, Pinks, | to get upa sound views of the limits of species; and to those who 
and ga’ ip hing, Third Meeting of the Italian Scientific Association. | merely seek for a volume of light reading in Natural 
any more t ruses, overtures, or grand sinfonias.’ | Th been issued by the managers of History, for the agreeable manner in which it is written. 
alg - mistake not, I left here yesterday a book ( this associatio ss Ti the circular dated the 28th Dec i _ The follow- 
close to an alcove), where all I feel on this subject is d e- | last, it thor’ f hi g d 
veloped in far nga dese jpee e than mine. % Att this, rig that their tal bay meeting would take place at Flo- | in ‘the study of Fern 
und the bo 83 rence, in ond half, of the adie ae of ve "The seavecion “of Ferns is becoming a fashionable 
me spins all th It 
parents inas tate of 
ina garden oo “Epicuras mp i his 
otice would c 
Vth wy second n would contain the 
eigen details cen to be 
wncenen 
known by i ose hn purpose honouring the association } mad 
t 
eaetg presence. 
= accomplishment t of this ® promise we oll = gratifi- 
- and R. i. T gracious 
pursuit. It is no ngs confined to the botanist and 
horticulturist ; almost on 
ore or 
P P 
the creation, whether ornament our ruins with their 
light an nd gr raceful ie wave their ‘bright tresses from 
| ribe of plants. 
the da ily 
our forests and our hedgerows, that it seems next to 
otions of 
|r pleasure. _Years before Ferns had become to" me as fri ends 
do—then you will the help of it to contemplation ; t sections a sufficie unory of rooms in the Museum 
then the walks, the trees, the plants, the birds, the op: of Phyat ics meta Natur. 
air, all fellow-creatures of yours, made together with you, | dence of the nlasso Pit, gen has appropriated to the 
for his pleasure—who is the Author of all things—will | general meetings of the association the Hall of t 
lease you indeed ; when especially the innocence, calm- | Cingue-cento ve the pots ment palace, known under 
ess, serenity of ae thoughts, ou fit fors he name of the Palazzo Vecchio. In order to facilitate 
ivine and ravi apie: xercise.” ‘And yet,’ observed | the arrival and stay of the scientific visitors in Florence, 
Mr. Man ners, Tesu sit, fas dens, I have e os necessary orders that, in 
itch I I with. Mu done elsewhere, the m rs 
I a er ay Be cag ene hat — ba 
eleg Sy rather: han the ben 
he mT sa = thinks he # 
before hat de orn ; he ape fore he was 
I regard sceniless ee at leas 
t, with € 
all their painted charms, and even those that emit he till Il ¢ ° "elo ck; and d they 
ar 
ocked ch of w s been 
asi love, admire, a i ght in flowers, if I had but one, oF py sociation head iggt hs al 
ie to 
iapde is hasces of Selbenset 1 
ot then excite much wonder, although I 
\e to feast “2 Bra on what I th ought t their excessive » loveli- 
curred some blame, th. 
labo: 
reget Po ra vit has ine’ 
aside from a m 
doiohtfnl 
ve lity and t 0 the 
study: I * not tes 
Fiylas who has loitered i in 1 the path of duty, and 
Flore ein find, from the 10th 
forward, an ote established in the ground- 
by the way 
‘It was while _ wandering among: the Welsh > seen 
floor of the Pa 
lazzo formerly Riccardi in the Via L 
perman: 
wher 
to ) verify their right of ‘admission to the association, and | | 
T had oft 
rap names of Ferns 
half cov vered sone ‘of those ‘leak and ae regions, 
sweetest perfumes, ‘po fap ag Le a oe a, | 
as I have regarded m f their and p 
can be obtained af 5 aay but now, for the 
dreds 
gathered hun of fronds, and employed fg 
the species. 
three species were abundant t in the most t dre: 
sisters in the w ad in arranging 
How y of these feat a ney thane for a time} ey | cate ripremreee which may = them iaeegacay to 
are only attractive to the eye, and ie oe woness, and enjoy the adyaubages of the sry ng. 
are ‘igo ithout rd ae bet ind o of the a to render the communications k, or 
Su re by T ose beast Tatips between the members more continuous sind useful t to the | 
be 
hea cha 
of flesh and blood an Sah peed no o fragrance, 
our dra awing- rooms, ant t in p seer 7) Met a accom- 
pli is cal eae education), 
PS - + of the f eee ae ela 7 
to your experience, ‘observed I, ‘Thay ave upon this nothing 
to ‘say ; : ome atever pe vi be said of the flow 
drawin, “ never es psec ty that these pated of 
ites’ while ‘they smell so sweet, are bos at Indeed, 
has been sai me one can be unha Py in the 
atmosphere oF on eee a r. 
~ Manners, ‘ that i at I said to. their prereese ent I 
only spoke of scentless flowers ; and, even in regard to 
them, of their epkemeral shenncte: For, spite of these 
defects, all ae I gla 
praise and thank Him Sane oO much pe our Pontes 
Thess, were expressly Pia to “contribute to it. For 
their = ney ma ~ 
their eres an opr hee 
n have been made only for 
y seni cf PT draw out and oe 
jate this =e of oe vale, and feel i 
gntitude it inspires. It is therefore r 
cnn never wa 
“to genuine religio ee J 
more for sae Legge 
* You do not, 
less , a = those that perfume rg air, ee theok 
ephemeral 2” nce Far from it,’ he ae. ‘while they look 
80 ut how long do they do 
80? Sweet a the reverse poem on a 
left of their utility. Whereas, all those 
be gaudy and flaunting, 
“e £0: ce sage eae than the humble 
oltory Go = ! Evelyn’ 8 expression). ‘They se em to affect 
‘ocks, keeping the surface in a state 
progress of science, there will 
b 
evening tl and library of th 
growing : 
a ledge of 
of ot perpetual moisture, half a score others were sure tobe 
chasm at Ponterwydd I think I combted 
ne: 
f tin ot 
the gall 
lazzo Riccard 
Fi 
a of the acadge to be followed 
ery a 
bove-men i will be by a for their in meling a 
e tertainment. eee thes: © provisions, whic ch w cer tainly fer rnery, we fin d ‘many goo od practic tical —— me, 50 which 
receiving in Flor rence guests so worthy of ‘honour, will “ Whenever I met with a Fern which 1 ‘thought would 
show that nothing will be ee te Bese the respect 
due to Italian and _ reign meno , or to increase | situation in which it greene it” hs ra 
oe ap ane ive ur of an pce, “which will always | posed to sun, rain, and wind whether on abo 
us one i cap Florentine hi: story. ontal, or perpendicular ; and sii 
SRR eS 5 were horizon pendulous; poonalig igo roots 
GARD pet _MEMORANDA. | enjoyed depth of earth, or were sim y ; ' 
Blair cise mM. Sek iy a pre Sn tens ote rifted ’ 
eardin: 3 cann' less a 
ae arian teal a t thopspaent time.—4. ¥f., July 12. | And having thus minutely observed every natural 
Duke of be eg [ule oe -hill, Sade vagetrt worth. el arity, my next objet, goal: x, Ferns had reached 
unds tee are wi id o} feren: © surrounding 
scenery, of which most extensive views ma} tained. ‘The | W2S» 0 copy Nature se Lcomil i208, indeed, to 
itchen-garden and fori here are and we could 
t admire the fine crops of Cucumbers that were hanging bricks, or clinkers, but cil by supplying to pas 
“ ceo) panes bon to th rend to procate far as possible, the adjunc ich it maeeros, sie 2 
pre slag ae, | car theme, ial wien ve oe pa we aaa bog-lo very 2S as Osm ane placed 
oor excavations, aa I could readily with 
rac 
Shes 
rst as Cet rach officinarum, which, almost 
alls, I Trepniied with crumbled mortar, 
canker mse 
coment of pink flowers. In | root 
peat sce introduced pekpeee the stones, and ast the 
ie 
= poke! Bake core! etween the kitchen-garden and the 14 3 possibl 
mansion, there is a greenhouse in Rdg _ oe : ea ik ce 
planted out; they are growing with er vigour, an ve 
formed a vast number of tegen Loe this be acael g needful to the well- Sune of others. With Sed to 
extensive view over the and Surrey is ol . mois- 
ES ERabiery, hy “hich i ix sera nde . com pletely Osmunda, 2 and those plants w which require | . 
separates it, and the small flower-garden in front m. by, planting 
the tt of the grounds, and forms a kind of f ‘to the | them in a vessel (a grape -jar, “for. instance) filled 
pi The flower-garden con only a few each poop ; this could be immersed in the oe eile 
eo with something different: one that pleased us very much oat trouble, 
tained Calceolaria angustifolia, with a tall plant of Salvia . 
te in the centre, andhad an edgingof Oak. A walk by the side of pore rap 
2 cprenho use leads us through a shrubbery to the eri front F 
of th e walk through this ily iar elena zt ‘© A fernery, 
lac ae e the trees war Sin allow the ‘ow, edge: @ pute atmos: eas 
places stone, which gave at once a finished appearance. tention, shoul caps: { space, rs ser mospbere, as 
Three sides of the mansion in surrounded by a small . a variety o! pow natural shade, and 
den, the honnds: of whe Bek meee g of ¥ water; but all these advantages.can so closely imitated, 
yy an. edging 
deal the appearance of a Tibéon: 
af, gari 
besa og Hervey— A kitchen-garden Rag methinks like a fhe rea ee fie cae lg the pin Gaia e Pad oF comin alapea that I believe there scarcely. exists in the United Kingdom 
P a fragal fi spac Boars tever may ri mble the ern that encircles th mansion, and between every point t there thi wage “4 , 
wees of poe canae is banished from | is a small circle with a standard Rose planted in it. The beds are might not accomplish every ing he desired, an 
ow peo is e reason for separated by si eigen gues apteeag ap flo pekeot cineca 8 attention, cause Fie artifical to my in St | ‘he 
: re are o 
Mhat fy at first, did no t quite aye ke— ose mixture of Se te ae ee the garden from the speronck. |, SMP fernery;; for for the maeeynction aa gs and win 
ri ers eae herbs chit ee ait thie Tome, an ete ios Dive Fi Uke SEOun IS WING DOSe eR ee Ean ae bs 
eepin: ers, or the w: 
gid be more pact, and exper ies. os ieee Sages 
—De Clifford, or the Constant Man. : 
Ne i British Ferns. B ee Newman, | three sides, east, south, 
ceed eae Ee -sigihes Sena ens ty tpctdied F.LS.; 8vo Van Fors : wall; an n the north, there is an artificial mound, tolerably 
} Natural with shrubs ; © the east, beyond the wall, are 
near Seasebe » €0) turned into am- 
pai is a very dierent seg Bring from that oa the istry which Me Van *Voorat is ae Tt i — etal nella: 
amber of P; 7 o. of 104 pag ining zg oO e south wall casts its 
Bees.—We regret extremely to announce . ar beautiful wild Ferns is illustrated | on those eee a 
that some honest humble-bees of our acquain' uaintance have wood-cuts, showing its coadhiella and these can only be 
ken to drinking, and to such excess, ey daily | there is abundant information sacetatieg the situations | hour, when a summer 
found reeling and tumbling about the door of their houses | in which the _real > ipo geste and We are happy north- a Within 
call. Their public-h are find t L st y buildings, 
i ‘wer. Ww < t tet hand 8 A 
ssion-fower, which fic with the intoxicating be ec’ at == are 
» Verage; and < ee foe id ing like decent. get aha the limits of ty! genera, ie Newm turesque stone wi 
bees, they plunge the beautiful | has judiciously followed the course first pointed out by hedgeless coments 
