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half an ‘an inch of finely sifted soil, I water ver pa the | Stevens tarer a most beautiful new butterfly belong- and the officers = — to profit by the informa- 
time the bed.is in bearing with water warme the | ing to the genus Callithea, taken by M. De Gand in| tion elicited from At length one of them pro- 
temperature of the bottom heat, which is a ae ” 90°. Pea, for whi ich h he propos osed the name of C. De Gandi ; | duced two) pieces pe rrin money, which were the 
At from four to six days from the time of putting in, I likew ise a. remarkable Curculio from Burmah with | first we hadiseen ; they were both paralle ograms ; one 
can cut Asparagus which can compete with any of singularly elongated and incrassated hind legs. Mr. | of silver, of about the weight and thickness of a half. 
ummer growth, of a fine green colour, crisp, and well} Wollaston exhibited a large box filled with minute | crown, the other of gold, rather heavier than a half- 
which een much esteeme i i ign, and both sai 
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ed ght, ai of these minute | about glish‘ ¢ the 
above all, a rapid growth, are rier e essential poi to a etles. Mr. Lubbock called attention to a remarkable | latter only one-half. Each coin had a raised border of 
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communication has: drawn fort muc r lakang was read relative the reputed nai of six speci- | hole in the middle, strung on a cord ; and the value of 
and only regret that Mr. Paul should suppose from my | mens of Pieris Daplidice, near Glasgow. Mr. Pascoe | the whole number is about 4d. The separa’ i 
language that I wished to impute any dishonesty to the ae read a ded containing descriptions ‘of new exotic | known by the name of cash ; and their pe prer value 
dealers; though I am still of opinion (and not alone) Longicorn beetles may be expressed thus, ,“;; 5 this: co oin an ace 
that the catalogues culated to ave the = currency in China, At sient 11" 30" 
depend for selection on: them only. No doubt ; i we weighed and made sail ; my surveying companion 
— po i i i x i Notices of Foks. es i te 3 aaa nl dns we 
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no one can deny the uncertainty of catalogue descriptions | Mesers. Lo ongmans have » putiished, under the name of | He was much pleased at my giving him sever 
from the extracts I gave in. the case-of Williams’s| Wae Yang Jin, a journal of an Eight months’ cruise in a| with my name on them,—a piece of paper wi Euro 
Climbing Rose, and others: besides, Mr. Paul says the rt of war to Loo Son Japan, and Pootoo, kepi by | pean writing upon it being Scnblaeda by these people 
iptions are comparative ; but: ha is the use of Halloran, a master in the Royal Navy, The) as great curiosity, 
that, if you cannot compare the e descrip- ppt of Nira little ce seen of China will be rea = another Sg in Simodi Bay :—“In the 
tions of the Roses I named will aan nc a with | with interest by those who are not familiar with: the | evening, when ship was anchored and the sails 
any in the catalogues, The fact is, as the “ White relations of previous lea rs, fa Ts prefer a plain furled, I landed oMi a am A of hands for the purpose 
Rose of: Yorkshire ” says, there are too many varieties, | unvarnished tale to liter decoration, The bpp. of hauling rt sein mandarins who had boarded 
and I doubt whether 40 could be selected from | author Kinowe nothing of metre history gives us no|us immediately o rrival expostulated loudly 
the Hybrid Perpetuals having all the necessary information on respecting the plants he ; but his sur- | against this accel ‘promising to bring us as much 
qualities he names, not to speak of distinctness, veying operations on the coast of oat may show our | fish as we could make use of, i would only refrain 
Í do not wish to enter into any more particulars of the) c penny how hopeless for the present will be their | from landing ; and they very inonday represented the 
was done with good intent, and here let | attempts to penetra # that land of promise. So jealous | danger that their heads would be in if we persisted in 
it rest; unless any other lovers of Roses, either ot farsi pioka to this day is the apear gale that it was | doing so; but when they found that we vrai in 
amateur or Sc will = us further ae no means easy for even a boat’s crew to land ;/ our a Mea contented themselves with placing 
riences, I must; er, add’ a word in my of stout the authorities were civil ak hospitable ntries.all along the beach, to oe pty Be our intruding 
Madame Laffay "(so pres abated); from n s an | their own manner. One evening ry ree ddo bay the little further into ae mam and were soon apparently much 
authority than Mr. Rivers, who says, in “the October | sloop was completely loop) bee d bya guard of boats ; | amused by our method of using z the net, and many of 
Number of “The Florist,” it is “still of | bu t Mr. bayer must tell his ow te Se them ‘seinen tir us a hand to haul i wo — mace ssi 
the best of the Hybrid Perpetual Roses,” hile. I oi “On our side we loaded our guns with grape and| The a themselves appear to l con- 
him writing this remarkable sentence :—“ The new canister ant, placed ere provided ‘with ball cart. | ducted civil race, among whom a stranger night I ie in 
Roses sent out in 1855 have not cut a brilliant figure.” | ridge at di RAN parts o he vessel, and kept one watch safety aad comfort: At roan tm is Mr. Halloran 
I have also tosay a word in reply to “ G. H.,” that as to | at ped Soe ssa all n ie “Bach p ; with which we conclu . 
Madame Masson (Hyb. Perp.) I have not grown it und us veral immense lante erns; andthe; ‘In personal mi stm the i Setesinen fair, and 
being told by the first Rose dealer in this: kingdom that | peen “of Tights = displayed being ranged in a ‘circle, of | havea pleasing expression of countenance ; and their 
itwas a bad grower, so there is i i which o vt Ne e centre, they produced a curious | urbanity and kindness to akamani as well as to each 
And as to General Jacqueminot, I have seen many | and pldhdilig © effect, ete reflection on the still surface other, is very remarkable. During the time we were i 
blooms of it, and never doubted more than any. one else the water appearing like so many streams of fire | their ports, although our decks were daily crowded 
about its being a-‘fine flower,” but I say still itis only | diverging from the sides of our Lilliputian Peba se with them, I never saw the smallest expression of 
ene. I perc Aiea be glad to know whether | tive of the majesty fl old England, The next day, | annoyance a bad rt pe Penge pe seri that 
We ee OF sol, one has grown Gloire de Dijon “ out Wednesday, May 29, M. o be curiou teresting to the 
ene Kae Tet ” and. if so, to give us the rm kg each one containing a a ton or more of water, | pointed o hy their notin ‘mee ad of al ushing and 
| Although ath d enough on board for 40 days, the | crowding to get a sightiof it, as the English wold - 
nad Emagen ted on our Angie: ” it; R 80, ero filling | under similar cirenmastaheen, each man seem 
up all our tanks, casks, obliged to pump | anxious to occupy as small as of room, and toi eas 
| the remainder o n deck aiid leti itr run n ont tiroe the | pede his neighbour’s view of the object; ir it 
| seuppers. Our retails be sent his card (written in | might be, as little as possible. In short, they appear to 
t| Japanese characters on red paper) to ome Highness the | be naturally a kind-hearted and polite ae 
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had found in the centre of one of the e On | o foreign are 
searching the next corresponding log was dis- ‘th t they would send ne Amani wood, vegetables, and | under none of the restrictions imposed by the Chinese 
covered, and a further portion of the. stake was ap fowls, if we required ihem, and then, as we me have|on the ladies of the ‘Flowery Land ;’ but though 
occupying almost exactly the centre. The log was received all that we siat desire, we must go away. In|severalof the fair sex are said to have ‘gone on board 
18 inches in diameter. I enclose the portion which the afternoon the comm ander, wishing me to pee the | the ‘Morrison not one favoured us with a visit, 
immediately co £ e; about 6 inches of solid bay, ainiti the subject to the he d mandarin, who | although hundreds of men were continually on our 
wood has been split off ail round. oe un- dFeria., cans u ni and he, being lata dik of my decks $ 
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o 4 sorry to have iib. ag T Hed to l within the Be bape opportunity to any one of them, so disposed, to steal 
as iin Si a knife previous to theirenclosure. I | sorry w ral forts, some of which Aarh very eps ch sill sailor iw he might ‘take a faney to; but, 
ped to you in case you n“ thinke it worth notice. e on the boat had not one of their own officers been | much to their credit, not a single instance of even an 
T. Owory, Vicar of Wing. [Such cases have been attempt at theft oceurred while they were with us.” 
à They seem to differ pien themselves as | pe a I started at 1 p.m. in the second gig 
to the eause; In the ait instance that with my two-sworded companion and a well-armed crew,| A second edition has appeared (Longmans) of Mr. 
| some late hard frost destroyed the young alburnum or | and attended by the interpreter Otto. I first landed on | Shortland’s interesting account of the rea zen 
s. and 3 prevented the usual adhesion -i rocks ca Hed cap rig or Seal Island, about a Superstitions of the New Zealanders, of which som 
between the co layers of wood.] a base li . 839). 
prbelsi— Take a sheet of zine; mark out with a sharp + measuring the angle subsended by the brig’s main-| additions do not occupy upon the whole more than 
ou Be up agate tl stamp ba a and eed wa mast. Here I took a round ngles and several sets | about 16 pages beyona the original edition, but the 
: s i y has been j in some instan 
; hand, mamii amd ce break off darin friend looking on with undisguised wonder, and, I | corrections have been introduced as a more complete 
ired: These will last for years, and are not | fancy, firmly believing that I was performing some! | knowledge of the Maori language has suggested to 
find by weather. Sigma: — “An Amateur” will diabolical act of con pppn nine which was to bring destruc- | residents in the colony. 
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: umns: last: Spring of the. pire. 
). & great improvement on his pieces of; «Trembling with fear and alarm, he entreated me to} 
more, b z y they | return on: board, assuring me, as by signs as Garde n Memoranda. 
| began but where appearance is an object: they are | through the interpreter, that should the Emperor hear | Messrs. E. G. Henperson’s: Nursery, WELLINGTON 
as yo and durable. I will not go so far that he had’ sanctioned my proceedings he would in- | Roan, Sr, Joun’s Woops—The show houses here are 
et ee correspondent of last week to say they will fallibly tons his head. I continued, pein sounding | now gay with Indian Daphnes, whose fragrance renders 
ig the i Sök and bearings until near sunset; an d by the time | them especial athe geri aoe Pri , forced 
ion arcissi, an 
as i Aamo the money is a mystery, | I returned on board, at my poor com | Hyacinths, N early Tulips. To these must 
ma all , and have a polish like was nearly frightened to death, lying along the stern | also be adde arias, Cyclamens, astru 
Davis, LJ. Davis, Bromyard, | ’ [Nothing of this | sheets of the boat sobbing and moaning most piteously, | cum, which is one of the sars of Amaryilids for early 
advertisement, which gives no information what- | On reaching the tak he turned'to me, and as well as| work, the cheerful Jasminum - 
he could speak for on cis mg the Emperor | florom, and diodeabicalns white and searlet Peaches, 
Societies. would politely jejeron thes to rip up his own bowels, or| which by means of alittle gentle forcing become loaded 
‘ ee invitation for his head without his body,as soon | with blossoms, and have a charming appearance at this 
Rename Jan. cy Wilson £ So ; um, well 
Esq., as sene ren ner drinking a g ecoronBiayeat wares lice 
1 pata appeared to forge t his and, i i zh nge 
I doubt not, ai live many years to boast of having been variegated leaved Geraniums, and tree Carnations, were 
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Thursday, May 31 at6 A. i several mandarins came| Within the last few years these perpetual bloom 
sae aame yin ri s. n tree Carnations deservedly 
trary 
nearly noon. In the interval the commander held a| whieh en wh Henderson nabitia to ed hers 
