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dable paces on the several 
e names or de escript ions | 
— ol ll th e tra 
0 “om e sam 
ee De been ee so successful in his 
has been „ by happy and 
to — everal corrections, 
however, may 
instance, 
also produces a 
of burden under convulsion 
mouth, A thorny plant, whose 
fruit, re 
mbling | G 
Cucumbers, Want the ground, was filled with j juice, | į 
of which a a drop falling ind the eye of an animal cause 
tes and Arrian speak of both these plants, 
9 common 
giv ich y 
show the nature of the work; take the following — spare roo 
suree. Theophrastus says no more of the Laurel- leaved 
Strabo, > 8 eons * 5 
other the 
Eu, 
plants hich are every flat 
are again mentioned by Strab o when . go 
the Red Sea. Am sarek more 
e 
only appear from inquiry on the 
regards the thorny plant, Arrian speaks es 
È of the sime, <a the th 
the garments of a 
fom his h e plant is easily 
€ abundant and 
4 than the E ee. ophrastus — that 
ithas no leaves, and that the ares e flows so abun- 
Mantly from it when wou 2 produces blin. 
i 
=e 
TEF 
dness in 
mestic =, oe when sprinkled with it. Sprenge 
Shere more fortunate in ea conjecture that the ons 
. age vate whose branches $ closely resemble 
s rs. Since it grows in Arabia t 
=" ae is not wanting in the Bengel 
way in which 
4 rn informati 
om me ediately accessible in the literature of his 
— or requiring i search in that of other 
what the of 
the river Tiber to Rome could 
e is, however, little ier ~ the 
instead of fea’ as the 
tate obscure tribes 
of Cryptogame, as in the “Fol. 
iring instance, where there is an evident 3 
ervee, or 
| Which often form a m 
doe halbe tr 6 
gS 
eb aS 
— 
oss- like carpet under water. 
n of the coast and bays roy from 
e 
Fi 
2 Mo 
Mio, works every ~~ - 
has 8 preserved makes us 
has been su 
nch has the —— 
part of his labours 8 
A Seneral impression of the whole work is is greatly 
ers of Egiceras fragrans, Konig, are said, by Bre. 
a, 
worn as g. N 
fra 
, P. 87. thet Asxersinvy, Hom, 
ee ge 
es of | w 
sum 
| reco 
as they appe 
„afford a little a Se 8 3 the * 
e that will be wante 
a 
especi- 
thorsifwhich when they catch at w 
will pull him 
op 
| in 8 of the stability of pts e 6s confirms the 
fo 
nion which has rmed mainly a rom 
the vegetable kingdom, 
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FLORICULTURE. 
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d frame, 
e plunged in coal- 
ot. ose se 
m under glass, the 
inters they will not be The 
H: 
qui 950 o have weak shoo 
pr openly ‘thin the heads, and the — — slightly 
short gro comme wae in CETE give a 
moderato shift to all — that requi 
when all danger o 
p — e a yar ashes in a s 
keeping e 
be ore ve few ill be r requis ite also to 
we alae t all 
E few — to 
spread —2 age and ‘i nis only ee the tie may 
be ill-sha When it is desired to have 
in be: ts in boom at Chri ristmas, he should be shifted 
e size of t 
an 
are hem as much light as 
possible, and give air freely on mild 8. tem- 
erature of from 45° to 50° will be sufficiently 
—— — whole stock of — should be shifted 
ir bl 
khan M 
acd 
= 
an 
for if aL have been reer En to during the 
summer they wil very vigorous, and — eye left 
will eo a idhe en The Bourbons and 
— will rag | require trea 
ason h 
night 8 should n 
If convenient to piango the pois in a 
ming, 
which open l their flowers im 
tobacco- 
remo 
ace where they can 
frost aa winds ; and 
flowering late in 
other su 
d be | 
We in a ae —＋ and ttre in — $ severe | 85 Sut 
injure 5 
— one's feet san 
mora Bourbons are |i 
p a| Fern 
and from 8 inches diameter to 
moke. 
after the beauty of the flowers is tested but should be | 
the spring will a iyi 
te sun — open air. Be a libe ral use of manure- 
be used. In p 
to secure perfect drainage, and if worms get 
into * apply bee which will bring them 
surface, when they can be prevented from doing 
further mischi It will be observed that I have 
wit 
be 
anagen 
oisettes rari Chinas, which, . ~ 
are, are nearly scentless, and scarcely — a — 
er glass. Rosa. 
r 
arriving at a“ 
could go no aed we left them 
proceeded on foot. We soon — into a cattle path, 
— — a — though very narrow track underfoot, 
assage above. e sh 
revo — but instantly elosed again. Long pen 
streamers of tan ngle ed grey lichen hung like enormous 
„and on! 
perfect ror te of 8 some * t in depth. Funguses of all 
i d from 
1 alen trees 5 lay i in 
ft beds erent de aay hi serves and bar 
and spongy, and cui, 
day. The "Nettles of this colon 
in size a , and i pr 
rished in undisturbed luxuriance, often rising far 
above our heads, and forming quite a ke th, 
armed with a fierce array of poisoned spears, with which 
they ruthlessly attacked my arms an les ; a thin 
ss being a poor defence against harp and 
most painful stings, from which I suffered severely for 
5 — s afte A friend 
which spread over a large space of ground. His horse 
became so infuriated by — pain of the Nettle-stings, 
them to roll, which 
and his 
| imagini 
— — y 
trees, some miko and of 3 size, others quite 
raf wins land erect as the columns of a = 
arms about in a gale that blowing whilst 
aroi a breath lifted the Tightest 5 ve o Ferns 
below ; ae = — silent besi ve the 
pleasant m vulet, and the tiny y chirping of 
some bight t little birda f flitting about amongst the 
wood. I had brought my ske teh book, and 
ceess, sat —— r 
eredith 
he former giving me the 
t, lest I should 
Fern tured to make short excursions 
from it on all sides, aking care not to go out of sight of 
es I could go as much 
eet; t 
rnal substance being a Fe pe thick, 
fibrous, mat-like bark, frequent, over W 
most delicate little F 
f the 
stems, so tough an 
| them, and waving polished leaves, not unlike hart’s- 
