erect 
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Bm 12, 
ferous trees, indeed, to a 
7а would be withi 
e Deodar is 
n every on 
one of the бг; db 
mediat 
and the common Cedar, and one or two, which 
in mode of growth and in rigidity and size of leaves, 
with the Cedar of Lebanon. 
ency is the rds test that can be applied to 
estimate the value s xa Bax characters, the 
occurrence c these mediates forms the strongest. 
s expe- Wa 
A This may be well seen in апу | gen 
i an one ma 
w is plentiful in all parts of the 
mon Juniper, though more 
a ran; ge. 
The Ye 
d the gg 
~ 
B 
$ 
t least 
E 
increased, while 
h are — to Europe and the mountains of 
India is very great. T. 
[This very able statement of the botanical argu- 
mployed to show the identity 
argument oe the . two species; | of on as sp 
and if future observations should show a still | been communicated to us by an experienced Indian 
farther approximation of characters, what is now | friend, well acquainted with the "xw on its 
onl Loge will — — of certainty. It native mountains The subject is, however, by n 
is, however, a very curi t the Cedar is in — exhausted, nei in its рес ега 
s fact 
thiscountry path less liable to "a 1 — 0 Deodar; | a: 
and it has been suggested to a practical 
3 of great experience, that the aero of 
this may be found in the fact that all our Cedars 
descend from one in on stock, or, at least, ar 
ved from the same district in Lebanon, while 
the seeds of the Deodar are collected from widely 
distant parts of the great Himalayan chain. 
Indian travellers unanimously —— that the 
r is one of the most variable trees in its nativ 
"Though probably confined motus to the 
western and drier Himalaya, ler. k to 
t 
of 12,000 feet, M notwithstanding the elevation, 
the warm dry sum r enables it to ripen its wood |t 
sufficiently to resist the intense cold of winter, In 
3 native forests, w t the Deodar is 
1 conical ne rising to a height t 100 or 150 
out horizontal меме! in all me 
tions ; orat nd dividing close to 
or three tr unks, which 
to a great height. It i ih, however, also common in a 
state of cultivation, 
les in the y peo File of K 
is nowhere er 
ed m ode of grow 
ry t 
it has a quite different sha 
it rises to no great height, but sends out long straight | 
which bend downw. 
e Et eap 
AS prety е essc of the outer ета е, 
into 
ascend батаа. to рай mari MU 
е eq 
by the younger Acard 
t, to which we shall take an early opportunity 
of ову дбн тенчи Ер 
PuvsrorocisTs аге at the E day almost 
$e ere of the al structure 
of the CELLS oF P 
4 g 9" first ^ m A ea and distinguished 
by no pa ne or 
th, 
conveying a tolerably clear notion of the organisms 
of which vegetable in great 
e anists have, however, doubted the sim- 
gia 
nstances more or less adverse to the view occur 
сем оп мана; physiology, my in айк 
о the study of vegetables ; е none perhaps of 
er weight than the instance so beautifully 
represented by Kü rzixo, in e у . 
and which has been verified by many observers 
the more minute fresh-water Alge. In all such 
mbrane is not ruptured, M whether its руне 
constituent threads do not re ong to a second 
m 
not at pre een sufficiently applied to 
 elngtdation et the e poin 
uestion has again very recently been mooted 
aes has p a small 
itled 
tract in quarto, prin t Lund, 
Cellulà Vegetabili F ibrillis" Tenuissimis is "Co nte 
is observations do 
of eer heirs of the external m , and 
known to us from. nts of travellers, who | are at 0 confined and imperfect to eridenen 
4 it in ia pras м се a Hi нанне of any 1 ey are however 
‹ : e often a so curious and ropose such an vi ache field for 
very different tree from that familiar to us in this i 
i being T did s ША, Sore Pee eT inqu pets the that we think it almost imperative 
eristic of th 
The peculiar glaucous Am 2 
earliest im 
attention to the subject. The 
plants which came under his observation were 
will convince any one that it is almo 
cas 
| the xir crossing 0 
e cir 
ues webb sac | at an 
“lit will be diffi 
ze 
belo 
ne is zw wifürhssately chemical tests have can be 
t b 
not at all sa ed us as ЕЁ hpt rene 
mbra 
— 
sible. 
cumstance uie he finds these fibres 
passing from one cell to those in immediate contact 
with it. M. J. B. 
«. PHILIBERTIA GRACILIS. 
cupy a position 
é the эшл der of d. 
таанып ngs, th 
blossoms hn their F 
mens will be me be. but 
P 
the Ж S t 
аца ог pleasin 
— at bere 8 fork the axils of aa, leat! on n 
bou 
: 5 
= 
ex 
bearing wood & r owers, which 
эч 8 «ЖР by “feeble peduncles, and invari 
ssume M g position, In the culture; of pot 
specim „this natural defect is 0 vi by 
antep 10 a flat trellis placed in the pot, to 
ngle of some 30° from the point bi observation, 
Like — plants "n are profuse mers, this js 
гаће grower, and every encouragement s should 
be afforded young plant) early in the 
fficult to induce vigorous grow 
t if deferred until 
or this 
purpose will hardly be obtained, and bey. should E te put 
in as early in the season as possi to get the 
plants some size and well ptas previous to winter, 
Short jointed shoots when a ute Weg if p 
in sandy peaty soil, severed V ll glass, and 
afforded — bottom heat of from Тоо, to 55 will be found 
2 
ssary to prevent injury, fr 2 damp, to whi 
— are liable, particu if rather ‘soft. 
» well h 
careful attention during the summer, in addition to 
em eui 
to afford plenty of pot room, t take 
ts are tolerably full of са by the end . the 
pe ing season; and as the plan th 
gro ep: MN should be avoided. The leading 
occasional secure 
e" — vei not only vy paa constant E 
species, being in many of the vari 
which have already arisen in this country, an 
state, but it occurs in some s d 
cannot, therefore, though it pe s the most striking | 
ы б. ceci together cu уваж 
1 not md vA gi tress in a wild an — 
British spe species s for the size of its articulations, though 
rpassed in this respect by such exotic species as 
d Polysiphonia comp In 
especially he found — of fibres ез, m 
kelted with each other, passing from cell to ce 
and by means of the 3 from. the ini 
Sethe glass in 
warm, dry atmosphere, and a bi but sparingly wpa 
with water at the root; this will chec 
es are subject, unless we assume 
no one, we hing y uld . inclined to do, и {һе | fibres, 
true Cedar, as well 
the Deodar, is a native of the 
— of абз India. 
e have еа, prs ha from taking into 
consideration the g ical distribution of the 
it Would 
warrant r asserting 
r does not grow there, while i in Taurus 
we know that the Cedar of Lebanon is indigenous, 
in mind 
2 also to be borne i 
accom n ira 
| pany in 
i, m is a considerable number of European | i 
y d rudiments of the cell 
him for iin ni out so curious a 
or continuance with. it, and leaving 
contac spaces 
what матат the fascicles threaded and traversed RE finer tbe 
et- 55 
res, with 
ing gelatinous or sub-membranous substance. 
e commencement of new cells, and 
k 
of this plant in so low a d at least until they 
x A merna 
n February, or 
3 
bres will nidis remove the — to a brisk, m 
ci ta "s | 
moist, 802 1 
ture, and a gentle bottom heat ot ib p^. * 
is defective, or the soil sour 
| genial, , remedy | the evil by 1 . the ball s $0 аз as to elea 
he Conse d Griffithsia are | 
by no means rare, it cannot be difficult to procure | int 
fresh im: enable us to Meanwh 
ile 
the ( of М.Аслврн, 
ady to acknowledge our obligations to 
. Me 
| of wh 
ich are abundant and healthy, re-potting me” 2 
were deferred rà a Tr or until 2 P 
d siet w 
— to € tro or or iru 
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