ERS' CHRONICLE. 



►ugh to escape much d 



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Th 



ting substance between it and 



ms (water and air) acting exceedingly well 



her. Having succeeded remsj 



ng a small greenhouse on the Polmaise plan, I beg 



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s heated on the tank mode, which requires a much 

 ger fire and does not heat the house as well. The 

 3 heated on the Polmaise plan is 22 feet by 9, 

 et high/span roofed, one Bide sloping to the north! 



... 

 •arias, ke , were much injured from the frost. 

 ; size of iron plate on top, 18 inches by 24 inches, 

 having set in, 



- not an equally good 



are quite untouched by d 

 <ole, Dec. 27. 



. Alban's Grape will do ii 



ng stated enough to make 

 nay be greatly simplified, w 



lish the fact. I trn 



Wmches^rma^be 

 not be dispensed wi 



the good people of 



se plan, minus the drains, and should it pro 



they can then introduce the .Irons. Ii 



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rily believe, they will be mortified by reflectini 



needless expenditure tli.-y have ine.irr.d. A 



3 patent havi 



St. Paul's Church, Perth, i 



got the fire lighted, and in a short t 

 rose to 60°, about 4 feet from the 



fire was slacked down at ten o'clocl 

 ing it indicated 1 >°, after a hard in 

 having fallen to 2 'J ' in ;the nigh) 



]•„;, ••...■ ' to :•'! ? ■• :■ ■ ■ 



the day ; in the evening, 55'. « v. 



aid frost,4 5°. I am now pert. 

 • rmance of the plan, and ■ 



show it to anybody in the neighbourhood who may wish ha 

 to see the plan in operation. Since writing the above I ha 



,0^ l ie r? e way h few years • s °' - an< 



I do hope I have said enough to indue 



pipes to help coL 



You are right when you say, all that is nee 



and don't drain people's purses by asking more, 

 will have many warm adherents, among wh 

 may safely number— D. Esdaile, Manse of J 



rariably 5 Q Reaumur 1 



The true Turkish garde 





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have seen many with the walks and beds scarcely 18 

 jhes broad), they are many of them so neatly kept, 

 d the plants so vigorous and full of flower, owing to 

 e fine climate and good care in watering, as to have 



1 with flag-E 



!, :'•. , r ?;! 



vineyard in the neighbourhood c 



the owner paved with llng-stonc : 



J! ours laughed hir 



pointed in the hopes that were given me of goinj 

 it ; but from what I hear, and from what one ca 

 looking in at the gates from the Bosphorus, it aj 

 to be a combination of the Turkish and m____ 

 European garden. The front of the palace, though 

 only of wood (as almost all ti 



and most elegant thing of the kind I have seen, and in 

 the flat behind appears to be a forma! 

 - 



and basins, and greenhouses, 



symmetry with other parts of the building. The high 

 hill behind is partly laid out in shrubbery, partly 

 covered with Stone Pines, Cypresses, and 

 with winding walks, and attempts at lawns u 

 called on the Continent a VAnglaise. These gardens 

 altogether are said to contain a great variety of orna- 



to have everything a VEuropienne. Tl 

 Botanical Garden is within the college of 

 in Pera, and is under the direction of Mr. Noc. It ir 



l"i 



plants. The private gardens, 

 and Cypresses, are one of the gi 

 on the bold and varied shores 



are not often of great e 



where there is not so much I 



extensive grounds or woods. It is on that sid 



cially towards the western end), chiefly on ac 



"''."'• ' 



but little oppc 



of Pera, Moss and Cabbage Roses (R. cent 

 **' iks, are now selling very cheap, I 



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Societies. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



Dec. 1 0.— Professor Balfour in the chair. Seve: 

 gentlemen were admitted fellows. A letter was re 

 from M. Lange, and other Danish botanists, offering 

 supply Scandinavian specimens in exchange for Britu 



the regulations of the Scandinavian Association for t 

 exchange of Botanical specimens. In the list tht 

 are 1285 Phanerogamous species enumerated, 263 



System, on pasteboard, so a 



