582 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
| SEPT. Pr, : 
orenoon of Thursday, August = 
38 sof 0 ce I post a large quantity of “stran 
ag slowly backwards and a 
of the lawn in our pire -grounds ; 
bu en 1 and 
olony ; 
— Boating about i in the air, but not 
column, and 
d by 
ere posses few 
havin: one 
pair on the 
to — a fact, which I do 
to seen ace ecounted fo or, ee hat aor ants are 
often seen without ya and vic . N. Dick, 
Lirermere bene Suffolk 
Not being vn that the Deodar has 
isdate, I have thought 
sq e this 
i 
0 renee n 
N., Bury Hill, new 
An aged Pear Trees tk In a garden in the 
——— Pear tree, of noble size, admired by all who 
see me, affording a grateful shade from the noon-day 
~~ an object of rites, to the eye, and a 
an interesting e alas ~ 
r interest for me. I hear discussed 
my past glories, my presen eneration, and my 
‘probable fate. T have tn indeed "een tg * s 
because no longer a ding, my fair 
Gaidon, "Tu I have at lat eas a end, 
happy | 
my a 
treated for a respite. — ed that appliontion 
should be made to you, be Fost met you might 
dictate a course which would restore me to my pristine 
state. Pardon - : 7 myself address you and implore 
le Pity. ee to 
us; preseriptions i 
given . any sort ‘of d 3 of ailments, 
or no description at all.] 
who has had much expe- 
informed me that it is an excellent 
e a red-hot 
d 
SEE 
in the form of a | on 
tched hundreds of them alight on the i 
pe 
the ancient city of Norwich I stand, a 
topic of many | ni 
conve 
remarks :— The resemblance i ot leaflets borne on 
n the same branch 
le nets Lan gn 40 oped, presents some which a 
not yet so, and which appear to belong to another shoot. | 
It would be interesting to ascertain gg becomes of 
them, a thin not been able to 40,5 
i an 
nn’s oe. establishing itself 
8 Soe elevated buttress oots, w with its 
leaves ing down to the Aa form natura 
or * able, in which the cattle repose 
. The ‘negroes e 
et. 
o 
Sas 0 a — 
d. — exhibited, e speci- 
mens of reo and om pe Bees Among these was 
A es specimen of a ecies (Cyeadites S ha 
Br) found in the Tsle of Wight by Mr. Saxby, o 
ch. esident remarked that all the ity 
mens of Cycadites hitherto found in the Isle of Wight 
1 
are acquainted, w 
scattered buds. pian of e History. 
Review. 
The Natural Hi * of — By T. —— Jones, 
F. mere? Vol. Il. Van Voorst. Small 8 
n years since we wl iced 
is Gok. The see 
achni 
inclu 
Ts. ev xg 
ence ; there is no ente) ar 
i ide perceive the 
philosopher everywhere, earcely suspects 
that the interest which he fel z $ closely connected with 
the strictly classical ma eum the work is 
Ex esili t Nee "ilustra er 
the following ex 
Few use ourselves with 
e the sitive bel of ow Bags beings, th 
renal to per such e see f 
amon a stren th has been 
co av 
om ven 
labours of 
mes completel 
the stem, beco 
an eee and “acquires a rind banca from i 
f m ar power, perhaps our 
admirers of athletic pinia mein be rather startled at 
cha ye: 
"A for 0 miles within the 485 
ead be admitted to be a i ies bly 
> 
to piiki in the centre GA on, in short, th 
a branch, from which it is onl 
inflorescen 
the axill 
ihe ek 
e leaf see 
5 8 
saengang on 
ES 
are 
b 
* 
ned by other per 
edestrianism ; but what are we to to the little Pe 
observed by Mr. Delisle, so minut most 
invisible,’ which r arly 6 a second, 
n a s was calculated to have made 1080 steps ? 
d Spene 
€, 
as i 
run at 85 incredible rate of 20 miles i in a minute 
“ Equ: nstan 
; of in 
strength given by Mr. Newport. The great stag-beetle 
(Lu cervus), whieh tears off bs K n 
roo e hes of tree 
an iron cani 
a, weights, an 
iS p 
al Mr. Naa, ort 0 ce 
ond volume, | s 
ratio of i 
the rapidity of lightnin, 
s| The disti 
eated. Mr. 
Jas ones’ details, = * ay of which will be agitis by 
e prodigious s sengih — grey is thus deseribed :— | 
asured only 2 feet, should | and ferocio 
De 
as be tre 
gnaw a hole, an inch in 8 Ms the, p of 
ster in which it was confined, and on which | forf 
ne e. 
without 
weigh as m 
a 3 ndard of 
rag up a hill of s 
waggon wee two tons and a half, having first tak 
5 Such 15 the stre en of insects, as tested 
ping, 
powers of lea runni n 
miii wing, tei oe in the 1 8 plac e, by . 
ur glance at this 
to tess capabilities in the wa, 
tion in which they likewise are 
| whole nge of animated nature. 
this, we need not 
= domestica) will answer our purpose as wels 
This familiar on iit 
e striking examples 
* Kir 
fe ag which is * the 
8 8 
netions between 
a whi 
— — latter ry 
t their lives 
e 
num mber 
ticulars which papy 
“Tt is 
apparatus that tthe most ne,, 
the tru see 
about to e a pas wil 85 e evident 
Prhe bab PeP of spiders o furnish us with 
— 
the marks of its gema were distinctly visible, ás ed | the slightest objection ry 
‘by Mx, Stephens, who exhibited the ce a long of | devouring her better hali; et 
the meetings of the Vntomslogical can be pointed out more 
„The common ene Se eaa 
bar Geer er 
} Sect itself 
any grains; in fact, a more ta 
grains exclusive be 
friction a a M ercome in moving its load—as 
ilar i 
85 
e, by way of 
of their economy, we ad 
of flying, a mode of lo 
valled 
in her ste Pass P * in the 
insects and = 5 
win 
ver, in “nabs construction au 
buries 
does rot 
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