THE 
King of Prussia procured the destruction of sparrows 
a a his — but soon retraced his steps. | 
of sparrows in the spring and early 2 
ык caterpillars a week. Iu Pe nch 
game laws of r ther it 
enaeted that it shall be lawful for бж prefect of coe 
ments to forbid the mall birds. It 
is fit to add that bird catohing i is Sue ei on the conti- 
nent to a most extraordinary extent, and t ре ovision 
is intended to cheek it, the act reciting — that | conse- 
such ‘destruction it had been found that 
Almost = the mior 
ds 
càterpillars, insects, ws larvee. In fact 
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they will shear 
alle the vag latter-name 
am aware, compensate for the misc 
preservation of game, causing 
‘all the birds and animals of aia. have immense 
creased the P^ ien of the feathered tribes, aud a 
the same time in a great m measure stepped the predatory |t 
fields and woods. 
“йа be 
Hulings’ Sate i. Pun. — pin week's атто (вве 
р. 198), Mr, Rivers, in correcting а mis 
* is dii cult produce 
| reum album prie with 
ery is lar, 
MAS cheek, which them was а в 
ela e 
meia of жүр which are often said 
GARDENERS’ 
Garden, inching RI Rhododendron ciliat ower, & 
splendid specimen of PUE ra apedtabilis, and a fin 
play o iig melins 1 a 
Seedlin ists’ Flows 
arge fine, whit 
to be quite har dy, px. ving ghi ou "n 155 at lea 
but the flowers, popari ig from the . p theen 
Letter 
e above, but inferior to 
ua ашо was also суі by Mr. Lain 
BOTANICAL OF EDINBURGH, ‘March 10; —The PRESI 
Toia in the —Dr, Balfow eye Ae some ibis. 
hich had r ecently been m e Museum of 
"Econ onomie Botany at the Royal Botanie Garden. 
Among 
tehoue from an Afri bin 
(adden. Mi 
in the Himala 
[d 
ical forms with other 
which ‚аге said to be |p 
CHRONICLE. 
-|the views now entertained P 
(se 
It 170 stated instru 
Peo 
vs | carpa, and li lia, a variety of Laxus elegantissima, examine the'subjeet treated of e wor 
Berbe na Datei ege "d eren ч рте and to report what тә “ошенте to rà the —— 
oblon pga pe ndul Ke. 2 to Messrs Downie Laird, d efeets of our educ tiona Sys 3 in 50 far ‘ag the 
Тор Hehe spectabilis o Mr, Reid, for Camellià с classes jn eon eoe He has êi 
blooms ; BON. s PM: 3 E eise Herbaeeous c о exact es of info: mation, whatever hs 
pianis; у g Camelli ia; and to saw was She ved with the eye of high intelligence and 
Mr. ыг! for ps Th exhibitio the conclusions at which he arrives are on ће whole 
A ed mber ants inn the Society" s| worthy of an enlightened politician 3 
The opinions held by M. de Cocquiel on the 
tenden ney of клат studies, harmonise en 
“The general education given 
the majority of the other countries ot Eur 
ts a useful part in s 
i oun 
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2 appoin 
Nobody 
prie "- as they are, gen ; inspires 
a with a kind a in ber е пама m 
an evil, a ee le Sia es сы 
ond the 
d the 
try is held in hi pos m; iti is T level 
in the 
more one pn cs 
he ерй nd to the highest public functions. 
ustrial p 
© chee ieee of temperate or 1 8010 re ic indeed 
and I therefore hasten sabe correction, which Phoenix humilis, Chameerops Khasyana, Harina oblongi- Isis de tho саш ин, light as 05 ‘in e 
sh have been Hulinge' Superb, it having’ been raised 16 355 species of Arundinari per usa, ганан po pga юз y 
by Dr. Wm. Hulings (not Huling), of Penisyivanin I | Quereus, Acer, Rhododendron, Pin ing a нё b ча that the usual routine 
have cultivated this variety ever since 1846, and can | elevationsvaryin ig from 5000 to 10, ШЗ “Heconcluted "ixi ean be no. tio ey est pd 
Boeri Hey. high character Mr. Rive — Na of it. by 2 as 5 e attention of 18 to mp el 4 — it n e Du til more 
Robert g on their views in regard to the nent in abund- 
Forcing Asparagus.— I like the method adopted at climate "of i [ide epochs of the earth’ йогу, ad by elige мыта ачы чал ри 3 
“Raby for forcing this vegetable, but the costly зву brick ing, that in drawing inferences as to climate, er 1 m : he ее that of "ih 
» &е., аге not to be had in one place Сап 10 do so safely by үлү? of the 15550 ie — ym mh th and 
out of ten. The plan practised here is very simple of each species, and ‘that of the whole ne 18 ster enge malo eX A 
= " We merely throw out the s 20 inches conie of a genus. When we ST ecles of Palms, —— 3 — — Асі — 
fa? огей f at „ the mi amboo anana gro ga ongst and abov Paeroa 1 3 he can teach no 
8 acting for both, and fill them up the same | Pines, Cedars, Oaks, Cypresses, Yews, Maples, Hazels, | реча fi 5 ish maste sr s differs chiefly 
po as below, with well-prepared dung and leaves, 20 , sto be ve d o draw conclusions а deg i eo b ht: ажа, classical and: тийи. 
- mtem to give the boxes pe each way, in regard to climate fro e generic The beng ibis gren ia 1 j ^M C bridge, and 
ow off the wa r. The s used are all e | paper was illustrated by large d Pii dim of the. Eripsipal | z 1 ch or A to his 
"ow may mention that we give air on all favour- Palms, «е, noticed, and ate Rova — — the — commodity: which he offers 
able occasions, which — only colours the Asparagus, Botanie Garden o "Phoenix icd es (presented by Mr. — - wid ON the various 
buf: gives ір а delicious flavour. I. Gilbert — Moore, of the Glasnevin arden); the Hemp Palm of its application to poe papes 2 
Seiberby ouse; Yorkshire. nne. 2 a М Standish & Noble) ; ME — tan К Amd «hus b dub 
A ё nari ata, e paper will 542 : whi 
Annals of Natura al History,” — the S 0 "s Tene — — "iti inverted е AM 
a Eu 2. елм arks on British 2а, i By d — — v en - and: whieh 
s ington, Lag ong the » ч ii rac 
Lohn " by NEA ‘Babington ME pss — r 
inguished from A. Корман, by the tube It may be said, perhaps, that this has little. 
T pe of the emm ; to which knowledge is now im- 
3 ne aS E "dini b del jx and the ex- | x 3 ; But we know of to 
or ‚Spines : ining.. r|! à ае беч gut à 1 тр 
was illustrated, hy. specimens | age the ‘Univer class which is not in this great country industria: he 
Herbarium, d the Ann a nobleman, or of the rich * 
3 feet above the ч d it has 
| the 
| "M where it established a firm he cir- 
cumference then died away until the root now tak 
the funetions of em and becom 
mechanical support. Xv erence 
stem is 18 inches:at to and 12 12 8 the ВЕ about 
latterly taken on more 
ming: чу ‘aga most in 
f the Jiving top. |adhered 
the periphery oly acts as a | founded SII zA the Vs cum d 
he e root- | Some misun 
ARM A a aei by puttin several branches, The 
, s growing near where I observed com 
~ | its progress for some jr. CN 
| ecb pratis 
Reb . | 
well grow N Double * 
Purple. ` Tsi Mr. K 
Жз; 20. Ne Ре Pende Еа 
in competition,. ere a few e: 
for exhibition only, e whioh а 
follows: To Messrs. P. La 
Verschaffeltii 
1 1850 s р 
wee sh von Leb mate an éxce 
Xil) ДД; дү Р » 
14 0 all mechanics en М: * 
һауе Ex pa my sojourn in mere 
уйт. and m. 4 
ts old traditions, is that Тш Na 
with the man 
ed 
e Institution,’ deerme upon 
resources establishment intend 
independent of the Lat к the wealthier classes. II 
Be ЧЫ нА s of le res on d 
ya vations Fev 
are given, not А, 
of the mem 
o to the ahis db jan 
amusement but for he 108 
are aw 
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