THE 
mend | т 
308 
oubtful, the С на and the 
speculative, the possible and the specious. It is 
true a a Жы. е 2 * his statements is neces 
ily t 
modern 4 зө ifa Dic physiology, it facts 
are seen from con- 
irs 
seat of science, ^ which his great r 
observer, and as 
be: 
bo His judgme 
fallible, like that of other men ; — it at always 
be received with res Ж 
any o 
gerated элте Ма, of writers to 
whom we would not more parti allude 
he peculiarity of t organization, and th 
power of growth of nts, ffer many 
ve given rise tomany in 
individual cell, eve 
you e 
ment, in which case the latter do not die from defi- 
ciency of vital energy, but are starved. It therefore 
depends wholl the mode of growth of 
plant oe this or not. When a plan 
possesses a thallus area horizontally by the 
growth of its circumfer t can annually extend 
itself into a larger circle, after the old s in the 
centre have ed is seen in old 
specimens of crus us Lichens, in the fairy rin 
staceo n the fai 
caused by fungi, &c. In like manner when a 5 
plant a creeping stem; and possesses 
of _Sending out p —- near the 
conveys nourishme 
ly to ава term al shoots, the latter "^ 
wholly 8 of the death of the om er parts 
of of the 4 8 roots, and there | m 
rnal cause for death in such a plant 
tes place 
ieri between = ves 
plant is like a w. 
Me 
съ @ {0 
localities * for thousands of years. 
with upright s 
and particularly of the Dicotyledonous 
(De CANDOLLE, * Pene e Vegetate, ii. 
254), that — have ere cause for dea th, 
t I believ: tly. Exa 
eee such as | Du CawpoLrE collected % 
3000, Adansonia 5000, Taxodium 6000. years old, | 
е), late prove, naturally, that death occurs at a 
aces. in many plants placed i in favour- 
e powe 
vegetating ng | 
jor. real scie 
e реа а rake Roids 
mples =: very old | 
axus 
GARDENERS’ 
respiration, since their breathing process removes 
carbonic acid from the atmosphere and replaces it 
>| by oxygen gas 
“Tn all these égale the plant is thoroughly 
er world ; its food i is brought 
с 
Ф 
“ч 
its 4 own 
oved. 
wi ovements in this organ 
thés ө, occurring isolated in the vegetable Kingdom, 
are also altogether of subordinate kin the 
mic 1 plant. They also аге gutted to 
cells.’ 
Tt will be evident that an 7 a author who 
holds opinions — these, will be advocate of 
the unluc Ky theo ул» so 
m 
riment 
been raise nd the sa 
decay about the same tim the t plant. 
A whole series of Шай рінен И "wil only 
mention th e, the Hop, the Italian Poplar, and 
St opinion, that X ad disease of recent 
riy egeneration of the 
Potato » plant, arising from the ti арн propagation 
by tubers.” 
his alone serves to show how inseparably prac- 
tical ques Kil are united with exact, and therefore 
minute physiological vem Prof. Mout’s whole 
. | yolume, indeed, is an illustration of the same trut 
imes 4 8 e th i 
ispu 
2 ages that } 
inseparably co 
vi nire others 
—FRANCISCEA CONFERTIFLORA, 
Tats д» - plant is of pra guid recent intro- 
d th re. yet. 
| 
| gener: 
from pera 
Dea 60° to 70? during active wee suitable вой, 
req 
to exist in all trees, 
pose Aegea ate 
гш h i п tme тате), the 
ing the necessary 
i to масы ра 
pen from RE aee, tay of 2 trunk from yea 
Ev en the force which carries 3 the 
ee up m * — it to 200 feet or more (many 
g 2 as Tee dee: andicola, Areca ole 
150—180 feet; some Conife 
че Abies Douglasii, of 
200 feet), yet a maximum is reached there, and the 
terminal shoot is less pe nourished every 
succeeding year, | nted more and more, 
and the tree at length di 
are surprised at the intensity of the | soon 
тсе of individual plan | plants, in consequence 
re-appears k 
eakened 
plants 
tain the air in a fit state for their 
not only nourish | them 
water, and gene: iness, are all that is 
Su! * 
CHRONICLE. 
f Mods 
one can scarcely fail to lead to wrong conclusions к, ч 
Fou the points of last year’s wood." BIOS 
on the emen of last year's wood ine. 34 22 
small state, however, considerably хы 
and I therefore prefer growing it a seco 
before к permitted to flower. 
stated, a 
а 
ed may be from 
should be wel m 
ce or more stopped К Ltd 
eatly чей out, = allow light von se 4 
nside nches. The form 
be comp ней а 
the 2 would be 
bloom 
may be retarded ic a коса — When the 
flowers ern to r and drier 
0 m 
continue to inerease in Ped. and 
3 of this plant root freely, if Nigro half- 
shoots are the p 
They should be inserted in silver Laer in % 
pot, covered with a Sse and 1 in heat. They 
will root in five or y if potted then into 
4-inch pots, they will — nice pe es for the ensuing 
rin 
Pe soil I find best amus for itis two-thirds 
peat, and — ое 
tion of silve the ye. former sho 
into er lamps 1 not sifted, except for young plants. 
arge specimens, it is advisable to add a liberal 
x — broken 
eeks 
meu ug d brown scale m 
aring them o 
attention, — habit of the plant affords small chance of 
e retreat for these unwelcome visitors. Al 
PALMS AND BAMBUS, WITH PINES, ‘any 
AT CONSIDERABLE ELEVATIONS ON THE 
HIMALAYAS. By Mason MADDEN. y 
Havine resided for several years in the British үэ: 
mountains, 2 — more „ in 
n the W i 
ew f. 
op Palms is aa 
x humilis occurs i 
in — forest belt all fed чё 
up the warm valle 
e vers, and 
to 5500 e — репе at that 
at a After 
moderate price. 
them for a few days in a close warm situation, in 
the: 
— bottom- «gris is maintained, and 
bou m, giving gen 
EH 
t 
young ‘shoots be sto ed join 
a ci hi 
tioned to the s 
a period of rest. A tempe 
to to 55*i а Tus suitable during se ita 
mountains 
bed are dores um and 
sh: mene ot plac 
After the buds — 55 again started song which wili hi 
if the have made 
— -— allied to 28 — 
inei кте Para y m 
1 
pape ett эв 
rbore 
height of 40 ie 150 feet a 
above the sea, surrounde 
nsive forests of P 
the — A: s the 
and observed D} 
river 
gen niei yin the ow, ari 
istan and gosse rrr rm n latitude 26°. 
of Chamserops Ritch па. MA M 
warf species sven pee 2--3 feet La Ay Еше 
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