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THE 
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= ition of Plants, and the cause of -appen 
the Noirition N By G. Rainey, MRCS. 12m 
ee Landen. Pp. 47, with two Pla ne 
e have twice read throu ugh this little ‘ook sow 
Kaane the author’s . a > z - that is 
without iving what novelty it contain e 
ue lereſore only able to point out t seems to us 
Mr. Rainey is most desirous of makin ng kn 
as as the eells los 
ago and w 
ne ant 
a doctrine w 
fad no en required new proof. If, 
a notorious 
who doubt such 
n Rainey’s experimental proof ir resistibl 
er pointis thatthe “ vessels” of —.— € 
iral ves sels and 
g seara 
to o evidence npn eed uth 
pele ary It is very mu 
that a care * 
ingenious 
— is, should n 
as minute ana 
arly difficult 
omy. 
— the two best passages in the book are the 
Sa 
rapidl 
or to mae 
Tom de ye i which it is 
in 
an 1 4 — tissue,” which he also calls a 
d which he believes to be the tissue 
ot re — ot 
at liy in a department of ‘science so pe- 
“intercellular TRE 3 poraus, and gene 
D ust of n 
se ges crude 
t 
ve y being 1 * of Fits e cru ude. 
‘sap, in consequence ad he passage ti ag 
tissue in the root, becoming i ira i 
Apar ot i watar, will refill itself by attr 
the 
t 
in the e experiment first related, the inter- 
at its eut extremity de ar the solu- 
by endosmose, must, 
Nor is the —— . 
byi some 9 by whom ik 0 N Shat fhe 
e.anato. yt AÀA 
any the work thro 
it is the mucilage 
h e 
however, — 
fact, they will find 
e. 
disprov y Mr. 
rex sm be e 
—— hers 
2 —— of its 
nsequence of i 
a the — of the 
— the 
of 
term ro 
pp lied to spir: bothre . — are 
; . union of the external thickened. wall of} ascent must imm 
the surroundin, soon as its vitality is destr 
h ed 
F 
t t th ore e 
t = 
than those of rhs cell Tea less at variance w 
As i 
e eed necessary to eae 
r thre 8. 
print e. inspisaton of the —— 
the cells, b. ng to their relative distane 
r . 
a period of $ a . 
tely cease in any part of a stem, as 
roye 
ere w 
finding him nn seep vitality in 
plants. Foro we fer de prefe nec deus 
sopne 
THE WHITE-LIPPED VACCINIUM: 
(Vaccinium leucostomum, Lin 
Cuar.—Evergref, hairless. Branches erect, „ an 3 
Sp. 
Leaves oblong, nearly sessile, thick, slightly — with 
Flowers in s ort 3 
i aris “Of 
indistinct veins, 
cb 
co 
i 
th 
ith the | 
cell, er. aneis nt parts O 
w. 
nued ‘passa l 
d of one cell into poms a phr endosmoso du geuing | 
night o 
ey — — — in i 
the 
absit to the . — nee deus — of many philo- >: 
hers 
Pin 
ate. which cultiv. iti in zeneral ha eae Bik hitherto pia suf. 
. bloo ing, 1 
LE. 7 
ther fi , and almost sessile erenate 
ch leaves of a rea 
the flowers te ap ie Mr. Lobb describes them, 
is pis mst » a N n rub ; every 
Gar mes pa prep 
Horticultural Society’s Gar den, rn thin oo — 
The e ee ie looks well, abt at this s 
ased size an 
SE 
aying 2 1 i 
e known to all of this 
insigne, barbatu t may, perhaps, be worth 
mentioning d to the latter that in the same 
sheath ch one of the flowers proceeded, 
nother flower-bud had formed, which looked as if it 
uld expand and succeed its predecessor. The immense 
ass of Leelia superbiens in the large stove will again 
A : 
it. a discolor, 
riesia popne and other plants nial related t tot a 
e-apple were in flowe of p 
ficient attention, — 
n 
of its co lour, was in flower; . and in the ‘same 
new Per- 
s better known by the nursery name of Aphelandra 
P e rirni It looks as if it would bea usehal winter- n 
basa cae 3 little spikes of bright 
bloss axils of the meet) which, bei 
of a Net .es set the ood advantage. 
Various other e ae kae jacquiniflora, 
Gesnera zebrina, &c., were also in 
The new eder dehy ‘to the 
Messrs. H ll 
Societ et} by’ 
remarkable, with J a tetragona, 
J. occiden tia, which smells like Savin, and the true J. 
M 
r glass, 
Antes hardy. In the 
wt stove near the conservatory 
Just alluded to, was a box 
1 00 small —.— of 
të 
ldif- mherstia nobilis of which menti made at page 
10 thus remove a difficulty . 3 15 ger beg lately Stivell, eben ares des i 
1] the author of the article Botany in the to make new growths. The huge soy mean an: 
Tur seful Knowledge,’ who eee How we guinea in th K Conservatory was nely in flower, ö 
ine to account, for the la teral — — = the sap ng the third time of blooming in 12 months. 
thr igh the med medullary rays is The his has been effected by pruning it in after each —— i 
in nan raus are composed of cells Seon iat egen of blooming, = withholding water, so as to give ita : 
in their h ul diameter, and like the . 25 wood| Tuis new shrub has been raised from Peruvian seeds, | short s reatment which a od > suit 
wR by intercellu har tien ee. received by Messrs. Veitch, r Exeter, from Mr, W. | it; for it bears it ee, er n we as. 2 255 
: ce of the cells is 8 by the Lobb, who found it owing at the Di of 8000 | bushes of Veronica speciosa ha E in 2 
Constant evaporation which takes place from the leaves, feet above the sea, at a pi ed Veto. 8 will some time past in his house, pit the fine e r 
ee larger quantity of fluid is by his means caused to probably requi gree in the mid and | Luculia g is now in peers Pe grea 
er a plant to to furnish it ith a sufficient -northern counties of fee Britain, but may e ex- of bloom being about as ae a 2 pips 
ig EE ee substances Which it requires to obtain pected se i y in the south-w and perfuming the house w N 4 cae or more 
~ This his process, being thus accessory to the It has n * flowered, but Mr. Lobb states its this it would be difficul 23 7 E E 
ion, is aided by the stomata, an flowers to be & arlet tipped with white.” It is per- valuable co aaral wees in aue ? coming e n 
besce resent on most leaves, and fectly distinct — any species in our sa but | Season for several 1 1 * e: olygala grandi- 
duct eee AN Although vapora- is d to the closer headed Vaccinium G „il also. son be This à al chee in and 
inspiration, must aid indine ey | ĉonfertum; H. B. K of Mexico, differing in having | flora was in tower ead i cw" e a arice i 
E a l 3 for the meaning val ewe ee e e cll peat Wa sony dd, that ~ ures on the nature of plants, „ 
$ Ty. J Peis 
NEW: GARDEN PLANTS, PUBLISHED IN BOOKS. | a 
oe N Colout” Time When first Where. 
Where Published. of — Quality. Natural Order. of Flowers. of Flowering Flowered. 
B. M. 4338 Peru d. h Nightshades | Dark violet Summer 1847 B. G., Kew. 
B. M., 4339 Peru G. R Figworts Bright lilac} September ., Kew, 
ae M., 4340 Bombay G. 1 Gentianworts Pale lilac June 1847 B. G., Kew. 
—.— es B. M., 4342 N. Grenada S. 2. Gesnerads Orange Summer 1847 [B. G., Kew. 
ee. N i i 164) | Lucombe and Gay 
a B. M., 4343 Sierra Leone S. hk Cinchonads ` White Oct. and Nov. ucombe 
. B. M., 4344 Colombia G. . Heathworts Rose W 1847 Syon. 
ee Hort. Journ., 3, 16 2 S. ep. Orchids Yell. brown August 1844 Street Aston. 
. Hort. Journ., 3, 69 Mexico H. % Nightshades Violet Jane and Sept 1847 Hort. Soe. 
— Hort. Journ., 3, 71 Mexico H. 1 Nightshades | White ai e and Sept.) 1847 e 5 
