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this subject, we are glad t to be able to refer to the pre- both would — do better in a malir, house, эме) | houses, we come to the old tropical aquarium, in whiel 
se adit; which is truthful honest, and judicious; ; we the temperature ould be more equable ; Sor here & thriving speeimen of the Royal Water nents Е 
only wish it en more-temperate in its expressions | impossible to itin: eurrents 5 мее тӯ — " | good example of Nympheea Devonian A — fine scarlet 
here and tl There is no special advice given in it | which have a tendency to scorch the, foliage wherever | hybrid raised at Chatsworth, by Sir Jos axton. 
to gardeners, dh the following must be of use to all they occur, and in one or two instances coreiderable The. Orehids.in the different stoves — extremely 
mischief has been done by them. As summer comes well, and among them are many fine specimens of 
oA quarter of a century ago, — annual — on, however, this will be repaired. The two 1 tribe, more especially one of Maxillaria Harri- 
from this country-was about 15,0 souls. Ine asing loftiest Palms in this house are kinds of Cocoa- ise, whichis, at least t,a yard ponen producing multi- 
year by year as its- benefits vei — more felt, it | nut, of which one (Cocos plumosa) is an old inhabitant | tades of shell-like flowers, Exio iloba, a hand- 
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the poor, and the — are eee — rom from Leigh Park, in a case 42 feet in length. These, away, as much as possible, with canvas ne айыр for 
our‘ serried ranks; eek. the space as does the common Cocoa-nut, afford good examples of | these ene and to substitute a shade made by painting 
plenty of newer--and 1 — :latds. — one numerous group of Palms which have their leaves bw outside of the glass-roof with white- » * pouncing” 
perhaps the thought may . cross. some mind, that pinnated, or divided like the. plume of a feather. The afterwards with the brush to destroy all lines. This 
emigration, though- inherently a good thing, may, like} two stoutest Palms in the collection, ee recognised Nie ad to vius perfectly, and it has not been found 
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try. For instance, if some ‘dazzling e dig: eulifera), a good example of a second extensive group, | Angiopteris longifolia, th e Mexican Cibotium Schiedei, 
gii were — т: the Land's End, and three haying palmate or fan-shaped leaves. The Caryota and one or two other € wilde spreading fronds are one or 
fourths of Hastings emigrated there, the chief. items. in | urens may be mentioned as deviating considerably in its | two yards lo ese and ma ny o — have all been 
the next census might be the mayor and — чы foliage from other Palms: each leaf is very much гам) Љу Mr Smith, from. seeds out of his herbarium, 
few seore elderly ladies. and gentlemen, and ‘some: hun- | divided, and the ultimate b eu or leaflets ыы in loam, in shallow — troughs placed over 
= looming young women. Ins —— case, Hastings in shape the fin of a fish, We may further mention in е Ө, in one of the smaller stoves. 
as a city of the pas _ Rents, n High} this collection the Date-Palm "(Phoonix doctylifera) ; A lean-to stove at the бич or south side, of the 
Street y^ fall to е and — le graze the. Dwarf Palm (Chamserops humilis), which is the Museum, is filled with a choice miscellaneous collection 
he market-place.. If the French landed, | most northern of all гать ež tanding even into the south of tropical plants. Here are the Nutmeg, the Clove, the 
the — female’ — fall the easy prize of of Europe; the Palmyra Palm (Borassus, flabelli- | original Caoutchouc tree (Siphonia elastica), from Park; 
war; and, without strong-minded women essayed the formis), the. most diffieult of Palme to rear; the Guin i iari 
plough and ‘spade, the fair fields and. gardens of the | Oil-Palm. (Elis  Guineensis), which produces 
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duce similar sad effeets. In emigration, as in every- substance from the crown of its stem; and Plecto- and used as а coolin refreshing drink; the 
— voe there i is a mira — ous turning-point—a ‘ whole- comia elongata from Dr, Mga which, with its ]uxu- | Xa anthochymus pictorius of Roxburgh, the fruits of 
som country wanting people is in a worse | riant foliage, and its singularly spiny stem, cannot fail which ripen with us, and yield, on puncturing, a juice 
plight ar a 3 anting i space. р Vere er to attract attention, the spines being, digitate, or polled which concretes into one kind of Gamboge ; the singular 
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hundreds a day may leave us, but a tho ane a day are sembling the foot of the mole, and d formed. for. layers of inner bark (there are as many as the portion 
to us, e, emigrant-crowded ships may dot the strength. Its, leaves, when full grown, are of great | of the tree masa it is a. — n — 
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by hundreds of thousands, our criminals by tens—| port; and pra ture has provided them with i: e means, | ing, and the E. useful and much r: 
whilst our capital displays the astounding spectacle of a | for the, main stalk of the не» at the end, extends into Teak, or African Oak (Oldfieldia pea sae ч poe most. ; 
ү i i ising eve a len ipe one d dated “з, med. all along with strong | splendid of all flowering trees, Amherstia nobilis ; the . 
without the means of get ing the morning’s meal— | deflexed hooks, by ^e; меа while. running ир. | celebrated Gutta Percha plant (Isonandra gutta) 5 
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accomplished Seton (where, as as the family is serious, boldt, of which the full grown stem is covered with | diffieulty from the Seychelle b It has at present. . 
no, salary will be given) is answered by 20 charming | a waxy. substance having the same properties as bees’ only one leaf, a one having perished during the... 
young ladies, Medio for the wretched post—whilst such wax; and, lastly, we may observe that many kinds dt i butit may now be said to be fair irly established. 
telling facts as these are patent to the world, we have | may be seen to have a coarse fibre separating from. d Vinery, now improv ed von at present used for... 
good assurance that, emigration is not overpassing those | the base of the leaves — во. strong, indeed, that іп | nur or rearing plants for other situations, contains 
wliolesome limits, within which it is the certain source the Attalea funifera it forms an extensive article of a full ‹ collection of. Dr. Hooker’: s Sikkim у MAR, 
of national prosperity and individual well-doing, just as commerce from Pará, Brazil, for the purpose of Among them are strong plants 
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m of pau tion | ог. taii ueum, iatum are. in. full 
would convert this costly curse into-a w — 2 A onem | more or less adv eof g Bova or fruit, deu flower, кад are extremely ems: — coe termi. 
But, having to go round the world and call at the | the whole, year, their Алчу and delicately, green, foliage nating in from 3 to 4 blossoms, measuring upwards of 
* Diggings ;? we can't stop at фео orkhouse, and must many of the other. planis he Zamias, an inch across the mouth, while the. plants 4 themselves. 
dismiss this part of our subject with the reflection, that | Суса, 3 and Enpaphalantns, at the south end of ^d are not more ут 8 ез abi also pro- 
n few more years, Anglo-Saxon emigration will root wor of attention ; ; and. here are also, mises to bloo sy € 95 7 e of — e, We 
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earth ; that the emigrant’s plough, rather than the dinarja Elephantipes). trelitzias „аге ind now in been planted out in 5 « nooks" of 
warrior's sword, has made us first of 5 ; and that, | flower ; S. Regine is from A 1055 feet high, the other is. |, clumps along the side of the principal promenade, and 
if ours be the empire om which the sun r sets, it is the, stately S. augusta, which, “together wiht the, Tra- that there they have all proved hardy, and ciliatum. is 
mainly to emigration we owe the bo ast” veller's Tree, or, Urania „speciosa of Madagascar, haye,| covered with flower-buds. S ted among .. 
—kk̃—— the most ample leaf-blades of any plants in the house., Ferns in a cool damp. house behind the Cactus house, 
Good examples of the Papaw, and others of the Choco. | where they seem to succeed well, but they have failed 
Garden — — i late Tree, are placed in this tropical house. The, juiee | planted out in * pit, which Mr. Smith attributes to the 
RovaL Boranic GARDEN; KEw.—Since mon visit of the former is employed in the East and West Indies | air bein ng too dry and warm for them. Some of the 
* new Victoria house has — metr o It is a | for rendering tough meat tender. The, Bread, Fruit of | large Diae kinds, as argenteum, become browned - 
square iron an ee ss structure about 45 feet in n the side, the Pacific Isles (Artocarpus . incisa). is also here, all along margins of the leaves, from too dry an 
span-roofed, and, like. the great Palm house, set ona | together with the Mango [s — which gracing. api and it is a curious fact that this Ъерреней4 
handsome basement wall of stone. The tank is 8 annually. yields its delicious fruit, but last summer at the same time both in the «beusey im, 
about 34 feet in width, lined . with. concrete, at, the | whose i —ů 84 ere, 
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atmosphere | plants that yield, this .condiment,, all. differing, from | of the houses, the Para Grass, a kind of Panicun» vid 
house is li by cens, of ‘hot-water one another both in appearance and produce. Among. is N to be very suitable for dry sandy soils in tem- 
: ipes, and у vhtilatin is effeeted by. the sliding of one or | the. numerous. kinds of Pigs there will be. x A here, | perate countries ; and while speaking of rcd e plants, 
WO. mashes Mine, 3 by the moving outwards of | at. the north entrance, a young. plant of the Banyan we may add, that in a cool house we ked the 
3 under these conditions the (Ficus indica), one of the most celebrated, trees. in Xanthorheea hastilis of New. South Wales in blossom, 
Plant, whieh —.— ot been long in its new situation, is | tropical India, for . The flower-stems resemble the bolt of an Italian iron 
thriving sati satisfactorily, The house, whieh is glazed with the singular mode provided by Nature for their support, pright, the i s 
Sram glass, is entered at the east end, throu gha small | which совае its sending down from its branches | arranged, as it 
Hem porch, about 12 feet, square. Itis: piai | numero ich a Ёё fi 
e distance from the west-end of the. selves in ip ground, but after that, they swell. | flo 
terrace, and some new rapidity, ed І £c celà ‚| over 
and lead from it. = down many stant. rot Yon i props, but of course it| As enun the effects of the winter out of doors, it is 
ab uded to 'anthes can give but a idea of the appearance of this worthy of notice. that. Pinus sple vi hich b onn 
dy in. blossom, but its beauty | famous tree. The Pepul tree (Ficus, religiosa), from | its. leaves. browned at. Chi iek, has = xf зд, 
i т flower stalk was at least; 15 feet the sam ee: is remarkable ep the li" punt illed 
ted Y | Ypresa, ауе also been somewhat, injured, although 
flowers. The noble tree Ferns which is the true Sycamine-tree — — of | they bare not been hurt at, Chiswi Same of the, 
generally look well, as also do most of | Palestine (Ficus — —.— | South Carolina. Andromedas Se fd ла killed out- 
it Possible ta ta accommodate, them, Pursuing our e eee | Fight, and the leayes on the young tops of Laurels are. 
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