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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[ Nov. 26, 
if collected whet dry in . the summét season and finely 
sifted, may be used to the extent of one-fourth without 
f detéction.—Jude 
any ai of detectio n.— In bg s 
i 
id vulg: a den T ce 
‘Alchemists transferted it to the materials of the Philoso- 
pher’s jen which meh called Ace Me i as yd mh from 
the The 1. Chym. »p- 5 , then, 
if a ope s will tell us iy the Philosopher’ s Stine was 
d Martagon, the mystery that surrounds this word 
ots of CEnanthe crocita.—It has 
{Enanthe cro- 
n raw. 
has lately 
n- 
found in gardens around don than, but for this cir- 
cumstance, co ave been expected. is probably 
only at a season of the year bid the present that such 
mist 
made wi te the roots of rane aaa 
Gres and in most sities with fatal effects.— 
E.L. [We do not know who cat be so rash as to assert 
that this bape dangerous plant is ant a fearful poison in 
states. 
New Mode of Catching. Rats.—A novel plan of d 
stroying rats has lately been practised in this part, which 
is likely to supersede all other methods. FS itor 
the neighbourhod of Satterthwai mith 
these rae vermin, which visited his} mai, and 
‘sobbe of their food, determined to 
the pigsty, and threw in ‘the fine: In about ten minutes, 
iy succeeded in catching no ee ais tats.—Facile, 
a 
g 
ecrows.—I do ot Bikio hat antipathy a ‘* domes- 
ticated rook ’’ may ha 8 to a‘ white kitten ” in itera 
state ; but it is a fact tha rooks a rit 
in a few pees of a dead whit save * 
g 80 
wi fedtttie 
it is the co —_ of Miss va fuze 
ok is 
é days thereafter, these in- 
were fhateestiig fous the Palm-trees of 
bird !’’ said I, ‘* that can ‘ flee away, 
at rest.’ "—J. Murray. 
FOREI “oe Ses Gy Arua Osh Fh 
t of M 
about a inileg, With the rag At 
road ru almost € <3 
ae ( 
pity peat), but after that oes jaded it dege 
into a Malay footpath. — — great features s of the fi first 
seven ‘infled are the rice-flats Past Gluon Melaleuca 
Leucadendron), which occur in profu sic is whe rever the 
groan nd has been undisturbed ‘or some time— being always 
This s plant is one of our most decided Australasian forms. 
The forest = aot be said to — Fag characteristic 
fe aM all s plants sw 
comm a trees 
? 
a I take gi 
rp if Fe ha ation of the swampy strips 
and their beriietl | is diferent from that of ae forest ges 
and is in one way characterised by the absence of lar 
are over ed tye 
trees. It would be too tedious to dhuitietate the Virion 
Pe a that a # = during édch march. Aft 
Starting from on begins to ascend the 
80 
Shotin tat, sich ponighite ne this side at least) of three 
pepe ounts Miening, Toondook, an d Le <ydang. oo 
t takes a long time to surmount; on reaching fib m- 
a sharp descent takes om to the base of Toondook. 
mmen and coritinues through tro- 
led Puddam Bhat- 
¢ 
by the yo pe 0 
eached, change is as complete as 
ee 
BESS 
aan 
y Cypericem, ‘Hedyotis, ‘Nepen? 
hina ng W Saene rmannia — 
Seas ii et a curious tomen 
m this place to san summi it 
markable 
; ilong a 
e latter. curs in pro oe te) 
erate with Polypédium Behaiiats 8 or oné very m 
The summit of Goonoon Toondook; on which 
filtcd we yo a night, in a hut fide of sae (alt 
Pandanus) leaves, sent from Malacca on purpose, is so 
little inferior in height * a oad that the vagetabidti is 
imtich the same. It is exposed place, and distant 
it is A eae able tC Bs usual 
— 
= 
3 
fi water ; naverthelend, {t 
halting-place. The descent fro to the f Ley- 
a is very steep, but short; the ae ion of osses 
nen fa which is a very fine Bryu (B. araucdria, tempo 
of Jun 
= srg is, if 
te 
is a small spring. 
Se tae ae : curious Sates sa ous Plant with egitant 
iene like those of Dianella, Juneu » Cielog Ogyne, &c. 
From this ro ack ¢ cheval sim mit m may be 150 ail over an 
equally ee on une uch aie? The 
mit of nt Ophir is exbsedingly ebnfined $ “the sides 
being partier ye and precipitow: ere I gathere a the same 
Leptospermum, an undescribed species of Annesléa, two 
shrubby déendron cies of Vaccinium, 
Tristdnia, a Symplocos ; an Elseocarpus oe tess sos 
an Andrémeda, with dicecious or polygam wers, a 
definite stamens; a large yello 
ow-flowered 1 Spathoglottis, 
of Don? Ccelopyrum, and sever 
other interesting plan After remaining on the summit 
for half an hour, during whic it a ae sufficiently to 
é for the ex a junely or 
w i a were 
able on the 
m 
similarly ee I make the aatiene seg feet ; 
others made and make it 5,6 6,000. The 
question 1 shall ang consider settled aintil " ‘have taken 
barometers to the summ et could adduce 
y n own results. 
most a 
vi from Puddam Bha 
sence of Suhuikints, Nepent S, Neur dni Syin 
Impatiens, ib 
the 
Moss. like plants. Its marked partial oon are Dat: 
as Bee cis, Leptospermum, Nepenthes, Lewcopogen, 
; the last should be first so far as we yet kn 
ecinium, which is not Jackson's Goonory Bunko cies ; 
the Imp&tiens, which is li _M ‘siana ; and cus 
I was certainly disappointed in the Ferns, exc 
opposite the sori, I believe, may belon 
Of Lyeopsii, 43 rocur 
various I aly eo idacee ; my 
ealy aontiing one se ager one Tiichotin one 
remarkable Dendrobium, one Herminium, o pripé- 
dium, we ne E'ria. I o * still sever “il Ophir ‘plants, 
Of thes a es remarka ble 
*2 
ich ha e puzzled me. ~ 
is @ shea — oe habit 0 Olax ; 
finite highly ‘monadelplions 
several 0 arium, ind 
(Meliceos) ramen, and ave petals, toad 
me degree with the tubus 18)” Stidently 
epprdadtilig ‘Blame’ 8 Calpéndi 
becomes limited. We had the vile weeiner imagina 
for six out of eight days it rained heavily. The day of the 
ascent was really dreadful, and ee itn cd Scarce 
cae ds; rain, mem drippings, mud a ush, all c 
ned: Lieutenant Spottiswoode ad th elf, who Were 
the % 7 pedestrians; w were scarcely ever dr ri exept in the 
throat ; and, what eé were scant of bra and 
waese: The whole: pater returned site| and sound. i 
imm y, the n 8 say, s owing to Sir W. Norris 
leaving a horn at the foot of the mountain, the dei 
s Sree ith the compliment. 
whic One 
ay fourteen days after, who, of course pete ut ft 
¥ horn: Saget — Gr iffith, July 2; 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIEFIES. 
ANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 
Nov, 1 o- Peee Graham in the chair. J.E. W interbottom, and 
n-resident Fellows 
ert and species existing 
n other ei of Scotland. ‘ 
prea a Mr, E., ‘ Fags not very ext ensive, is interesting. 
Man any ee the less commo F 
in all situations, while istributed, and 
indeed often marked as ‘universal, throughout Great Britain, are 
e or al tog the last m: may 
be phe — Alc 
Primula veris, Anagallis arvensis, C 
m Scorodénia, Geranium Robertianum, Lapsana commanis, 
and other common weeds. Again, Thalictrum alpinum, Blysmus 
rufus, and other local plants, are abundant, gr owing down to the 
sea level; and sylvan plants, associated with woods or luxuriant 
pasturage, are Aittost entirely wanting. The geology of Shet- 
a is Fich i in interesting phetiomena. The Spry is almost 
foe be i 
elim 
of islands. Aga 
Shetland and Fac ins toe th in the la! he oon the rocks are 
basaltic. Many of the eae rocks bear great similarity to 
those of the south of En i—chrome ore, peo magnesia, 
pec. sre wssiuided face; ‘an several others, being commion to 
both extremities of Great Britain, thoughrarely OR inthe inter- 
mediate space; and itisa See tet tint Aa some ofthe Fated nee 
aritimus, 
marae teristic feature in the general 
bt the abundance of 
tree4, in former ages. Judgin 
chiefly to here belonged to the 
f the Haz Pore — of ‘Abies Picea, have repeatedly 
merly in —e 
may still be n. 
sg = = ered iyut tid y reasons seem to 
trees co whee be peeatauiy reared. The frosted 4 penn cold weather 
in autumn do _— leave the plants time to form 
53 biads 2 rhybernation pene e old leav es are nipped ; and 
Ww. 
the heat of summ ee 
its sh i poe gl I ae 4% atta ich so much; importance to the influ- 
ence of the sea spray, a which, durihg heavy gales, Shetland is 
liable to be igi ou? —fo or these generally occur after the sap p he 
scended, an ene i may ex 
periments ea & on by my Ser for five or six years, in "rae, 
if possible, to ettle the que He obtained from Messrs, 
aneagg Fissy sane generally paki ated trees and shrubs,—N. 
tish, x mer Asiatic, —and the result has been as 
fol ws Among f Scotland, the Ash ap- 
pears to stand a ell as any other, since it puts fo fo rth its leaves 
late ind loses prot early. Of the 
ralised speciés, the Plane-tree appears to be the har 
the Birch and Scotch Fir will scarcely live a year, 
a ibs ZE’sculus Hippocdstanum, comparativ aly "tender 
ar to mys ebnterre Pyrus aiicupdria, indigenous 
Almost all the beret do well; 
the oak, re ris too & in putting forth ie leaves; b 
some Poplars appear to ne éspecially the 
Blac jan, an mibardy ; 
Viburnum Tin 
CKELVEEE Eh evergreens may be men 
toneaster Uva- — misapi vio! Helis, 3 
native and in s honk pyt 
7 
does 
mer. 
that ¥ ‘Aphegarth in Dumfr 
is is owing to the influence o 
meth eX- 
tent of theislands, and the variety of soil, exposure, an idsi 
The py ey a asee (including the Grasses) hitherto eerved i 
e tland e. thos eaters 
1594 species. The proporti Pp Ss 
in Shetland and Aiiedaatenite, | being only 2 to 
Edinbur urgh district it is 24 to 1; andin mete s sencrally it is 3 tol 
ait a A a the above Ba 
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a 
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Sg 
=| 
Z 
+S 2 
Base 
FRTOGaGRS-~ 
hith 
struction or absence of wood in many 
once it evidently abounded, and where the cherie canno’ 
apparently have "aiwees throvgh human instrumentality; be 
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