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M. L'lSH AKD NOBLE, Nurseryi 



Or mrttnzvg <&f)vonitU. 



SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1847. 



those who have friends in distant 

 how few have not ?) are preparing 

 mpplies of Seeds.U may be as well to 

 to the circumstances which mainly 

 preservation of seminal vitality ; for 

 be avoided the serious losses and the 

 xatious disappointments which attend 

 ful conveyance of seeds in long 

 2 whole philosophy of this matter, 



•ation of vitality in seeds depend; 

 sr the stability of the chemical com- 

 :h they consist. This we I tdieve tc 

 pon which everything turns. Before 

 ripe its elements are highly unstable 



hich they may be exposed will cause 



- 



•a. This* ex- 

 . Acorns, and 



packing seeds is generally such as 

 * greater than it „ ee d be. Half 

 Placed , n half dry P , P ers, a nd the 

 sect in a tin case placed in the hold 



cal compounds of the 

 possibly go on death 



mdV eedS ' * nd - th . e P a P ers the ^' 



1Dquirin » whether all seeds m 



perfectly if kept in at 



d, which would seen 



those changes 



ttmosphere of carboi _ .... 

 ikely to oppose an effectual barri< 

 v seminal life. Nc 



ia°ve k bottles n wartve^****' * ""^ **" 



- 

 arbomc acid, which mi. lit be retained !■> 

 . ■ i.j 

 K\ eriment may have a trial, am 



■ reported for the ; ubiie u 



roportion to the value of the see 

 It is not, however, enough to pa< 

 is equally necessary that th >se 





,nd that »» our colun 





a very long period is unquestionable. This 

 atleman says that, having received some seeds 

 ich were found at the bottom of a sand-pit up- 

 rds of 25 feet in depth, he most carefully 



rery. They were first seen by a respectable 



:tom of the pit, in a part which was rather under- 

 led ; and fortunately Mr. Bell, of Melrose, the 

 sprietor of the place, was looking on at the 

 tant that they were disinterred. He kindly sent 

 ne of the seeds to Mr. Kemp, who immediately, 

 company with Mr. Bell, careful 

 er in which they had been imbedded. The 

 tds were apparently of only two kinds ; specimens 



lers sowed bv himself. The plants reared by 

 r. Kemp were' ascertained by Professor Henslow 

 consist of Polygonum convolvulus, and a vaiiety 

 Atriplex patula ; the seeds planted at the Hor- 

 ultural Society produced Rumex acetosella and 

 Atriplex. The latter was, according to Mr. 



tactlyh! 

 ! regarded it as 



and distinctly scored 

 )nger axes. The layer 



m Mr. Kemp, and 

 rers of sand, it is 

 3 seeds were depo 



pable clay, I l 



tragmeats of 

 wood. The I 



r layers exte 



from the genefi 



lible to doubt i 

 sited by a river or tone 



opinion Ae adds, « that the valley of the Tweed in 

 this part must formerly have been occupied by a 

 lake! a! a period when a great trap dyke,_100 yard. 



ISr^Mhou.f ":•;:;:•; ,;,; 



. - ■:. ■■•■ 



can also be distinct . where ergon b u 



ladlepoS on be borders of the lake the layers[not what 



Look at the tor 



miliar — so spontaneously la! a: z U 

 i this ? There is not a rcasotubl 



But Sir U 



vedalePrice dearly h 



tie n the good knight 



enough he has given 

 these words: " I am, 



cal man, when called upo 

 on the skull. 



,,,C T.D.Laude 



o, mas a**, — — Eve;; Sn Uv 



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