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to abandoning the ; ment of Mammali l 
apparent exce exceptions, in preference nmg ian animals by Professor Owen; the; well-wooded. A flight of steps from the te 
general law and adopting k a parti cular one for those | other on the Campanulaceous and allied plants of India to the pleasure grounds, ams cer Ot Ay mus 
exceptions, Under this point of view I should prefer by Drs. Hooker and Thomson. In the latter acon- undergoi great dO pat The i t 
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carpellary leaves, to concluding that natur e resorts to papers are of the highest scientific interest. | of hot-houses, which must have cost a es sum when 
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we understood, that the instances of axial lished till June 15, co sa a ginal figures of onde meter "ie = ctaral bing v whieh is oe a 
placentation might probably be explained by regarding sate Peat a climbing annual, wit h insignificant flowers, only a small 4 rtion of the roof is glass, but fo under. 
the ovules as being inserted on the petioles instead of | and green berries striped with white, the size of marbles; | stand that itis in contemplation to ta new span ‘roof 
the lamina of te carpellary leaves. 4. “On a monstrous a double Purple e Seabious, ver: handsome and “grown like | of a onit. At the east end of th p Sp 
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On a monstrous development of the spike | cut hard in, when it flowers profusely at the end of the | servatory and at ener peter ac Po er ae 
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Bentham, Esq. 6. “On the shi geographical black velvet with a fiery tinge.” There are also figures well reine teciambeanes off tie fo flower eee and. when 
c mS , ; D 1 æolum, hi e the ri in front and all the flower beds are im full 
pas repar elabora; Belgians cultivate 20 or 30; | could be desired. 
structive ae speculates on h distinct centres of creation, Dadli (hardy) called corniculc ta. al Aa eg and of| wale m aep aipe nm ca a aaah r a hich 
and proposes geogray of bel : Astilbe rubra, a rose-coloured Himalayan plant, known Eeun was rte assortment of athens st Dulergeaions par s. Cal. 
t th. | in the gardens of this aeia | ceolarias, and Cinerarias, with some nice young Heaths, 
all in. good conditio 
LOGICAL: June 1—W. W. Saunders, Esq., | 7 Recent Exhibitions have shown that Mr. Parker, Sel ham Bo Wc. a Vines up the aie p arare 
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KA RS, President, pe po ee Mr. F. Bond exhibit ted | Hornsey, has some capital plants for sale. In his Cata- z z n ; 
a beaut e destructive, but fortenat ately logue now before us are some of the best Orchids, Ferns, | pest rane prec s ms the plants ae = pee ara on 
rare = Retinia aesa reared from the larvæ | and Lycopods, in addition to the usual nurse ry stock ; | ¢ these houses, M: Wat. aa i ee pca 
found in the shoots of Scotch Fir, in Black Par k, [and as far as we have had an opportunity of judging aa a mone ee 
Bucks; also the living caterpillars of two case-bearing | they are very correctly named- the Ferns and Lycopods | afford: space for growing a great nber of things. At 
f si its, belonging to the genus|We believe upon the eed of Mr. Moore. The | the ends and for growin aiae areae sami maier 
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Janson exhibited a number of new or rare Coleoptera vee e Chiswick show, occurs in this list, but without i as Sood: Ooi peepee dominia re 
recently oa ‘evi of the 7 ne, see PIP rom the roof. a 5 is a Fig-house, in which there was 
ete ering A gc the Sry A thi sf bet Messrs. Henderson, of the Wellington Road N a splendid crop of fruit, both on trees in pots and tu! 
ok Me Samuel Soren exhibit a Ste na $ e on y | have brought out the first sepa = a aariaa called | and on those planted out. Let us now enter the conser- 
` aiima nae = The Ber | : The Illustrated Bouquet. Tt i arge erred ai roc ele building, which divides the range ; this 
remely well got up, = contains ove colou ; elias collection of plants, amo 
H.C. Stowell exhibited a Tne. “ar vanity li e representing A I adea magnificent rers amen |: whieh w were ja Oih trees, Camellias, and Rh hododen Aae 
aene Pgh rA irsana iia Sala rana fr Rose Isabella Grey ; 2. 2. Bight new varieties ot Verbena; |im flower. There were some good specimens of Indian 
Switzerland. Mr. Taan sent from Seotland Dictyo. | 2 4, mon SAAN ia ] pen ae Azaleas, he spa aaae n. aa 
pterus andsome leav and 5. Ten a many inerari 
| ae inthe res the deo, acto the Ta Gloxinias, the latter forming as well arranged a group | nd Epacrises, and among other things was a 
; ig, t F. Smith exhibited some | WE Suppose as Mr. Andrews the artist could contrive to | good specimen in full flowers of 
i Oah ko hat mail os thea of make out of such f bennt hinga: The whole are well | Among Ferns was a good of- Hymeno- 
hornet, but which on examination A to be the the rt Fenn h mapa ieoa n md pors h ven Sodas t tina i ee ars = 
: "ove of which is r o exaggeration of the t é arte, 
| the tissue AADA tc “as co cp stated that | when in perfect vi ie point to i aaa the pen side of this Mr. Watson made a 
Bikoa to be z perenn S aes — 2o will — and flower thus under common | piece of rock-work, which he has planted with the 
gp acc at eS ae i : re and not an | ciren judge from what is here said that | hardier sorts of British Ferns. Passing from the con- 
Chelosto ny Mr. Curly were read on it is is a Tene as teiiier as other Tea Roses. servatory we enter a late Peach-house (No. 6) with 
e Eya mo tee re i Vines up the rs. The Peach trees being trained 
LORE 6 of Haw- at Kissingen (Lon ie 18mo) is a gossip- | to upright trellis —- do not take up much space, con- 
the coped p at right angles from the branch, pisk reae a aer to Aang h fam ae a ant sequently there w. ing here s anei a her 
` i Os iff and straight. Mr. F. Smith springs, to which is added some pete enon about | ee a res pase ent Tomatoes, for which there is a 
a Brazilian wasp of the genus uei the nee Prefixed are some columns of | great os. 7 ine stoves, 
had been taken possession of | formidable looking figures which however mean little | with Vines up the “rafters ajawa nook and corner of 
eg which had stored them “with — than that the rere Bapat owes its properties | these houses w e turned to some useful purpose—no 
Mr. Newman F the presence of com uriate of magnesia, | space left un soni ied. No.9 és an ane Peach-house, 
pr sulphate dinodai While es dant which are weaker | in which was an excellent crop of Peache ecta- 
nj and not so warm, have less gerem ia and more lime. | rines, and the trees were in the highest state of health. 
concluding srai account vote what she sa wei’ did and | Mr. Watson has not found the Stanwick Nectarine to 
y | how the waters agreed with her the atthe oress adds, | come up to the character given it when grown a 
The a sest plan J; when the object of drinking the | artificial heat. There are young Vines growing up th 
n | water is gained, g tient” | rafters of this house, all doing remarkably well. The 
an opinion st of those who have been tl whole of the V; = in all the houses hero are 
E ph rentie „ one or two. houses being -done 
= ee 
Common Objects of the Sea Shore (Routledge, 1s.) beds of stiff clay of great depth, with or 
an account of such marine p ction ybody |:drainage ; on the new ones great to 
with when residing on : , | have the effective. Atthe outside of the border 
the Rev. J. G ood, writes correctly, | there is a main drain, into which runs a of smaller 
the illustrations, of which there is a | drainsatrightangles with the building, placed 
ps skilfully p: by Mr. G. B. Sowerby. } about afoot of rough:stones, these the borders about 
ot s worth ae have not r a long | 24 feet in depth. Mr. Watson is noad for mixing 
time, and e AARETE RE to all unlearned visitors to | much manure with the soil. He prefers making them 
the coast. There is neuen dearer and hand- | of turfy loam, with some bones, and a little charcoal ; 
‘somer edition. and when the Vines require anything more, to give it 
th 
The Tourist’s Vade Mecum agian isa little | manure. Nothing could possibly be doing 
id- phrase book, in French and English, which may be re the young Vines he has planted, No. 10 is an early 
oon a to thon ose who are not well up in the former, Vinery, in which the Grapes were beginni : 
and even to some others. It teaches how band ask and | the erop was a good one. Mr. W. had. recently made a 
answer common questions in correct rsational | new border in gee nica areal Da 
ere | French. | planted with Black Hamburghs: they were doing ex- 
: : eeedingly well. These he intends for early forcing. 
Garden Memoranda. The roots of the old Vines being in an outside border 
TLE, YORKSHIRE, THE | of a cold, heavy, retentive nature, considerable difficulty 
: n ex 
r the river Nidd, and cl r of i 
town of Ripley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is | Hamburgh Vine, on which the io were 
eight miles south of Ripon, four miles west of Knares- | while on another part of the same Vine trained under a 
borough, and four miles north-west of . The | low roof of a passag were 
beantiful gardens and pleasure-grounds being open to| French Beans are grown extensively extensively through the 
the public on Fridays are much freq ing | winter and spring are 
season by visitors to Harrogate. The late Sir W. | extensively. ingens Pine’ of Wales of which we 
Amceotts Ingilby, who died in 1854, spent t t - Chilies and 
portion of hi at Ri Castle, and y - 
in in i h 1 bushel is grown annually, both in- 
The little town of Ripley havi i | of this range of- ory 
from age was rebuilt by him in 1828,.and now presents | a border long by 8 yards wide; outside this 
praana hae laid only a few da $ ie 18 feet ri pin 
anew only a before | comes the fl 
The to the Castle is by “> r in front of the houses Mr. a 
the of Ripley; there ‘is a terrace ive ribbon as cam 
to the west front, which commands a good Day Geranium, with flowers pinched off” 
lakes, country ; also an upper and lower lake Searlet Gerani hird, Caleeo- 
i 30 acres in Salvia P samp On either 
a small island in the lower lake are dead trunks of —- panera flower garden, there 
| fine old Oaks, saepe tare E The “bedding out” is well done 
on either side of t ST ctychanhiient 15,000 plants annually. The 
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