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Lawson then observ rved :—“The next remark which I wish alone, by which it is — within the dimensions of a} the son, striking him on the side of the h head with 
to make in regard to vegetable glands has reference to | pocket volume, and a the saxe time appears at once | its long beak, and drawing blood. However, it was in 
the logical character of these bodies. The state- | ima complete sta e two will doubtless be found | time "are and brought away alive. t appears 
ment that glands are modified epidermal cells has long | necessary by all Baias of viie rder. It is founded | that the heron had struck the fish after it had 
ined unquestioned. Some years ago Dr. Weddell | upon the catalogue ster a noticed by us (p. 727. 1856), | taken the bait, and in eating it had extricated the 
discovered peculiar glands in Cinchonacew, and the | which it entirely supersedes bait to which the hook was fixed, and cme both 
po of his observations, as pir de of my own, on the together. ‘Rising on the wing to escape, i 
similar glands of Galiacew, were detailed to the Society. | In the form of a shilling number we have an | reach no further than the length of the line, sates 
(Ann. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, ‘elk xiv., Trans. Bot. Soc., | authentic, well written, and pretty complete pone of | consequently forced bac 
vol. v.) The homological chgracter of these glands were the Duke of Sutherland’s famous seat Trentham,| “The following singular case voracity occurred 
not then referred to; for, when viewed in connection | and of the gardens there (Piper & Co.). many years since on the river ena the pay yard; 
with the glands of Sundew and some other plants, their | It forms an gi volume of 80 pages, of which about |a swan was observed in the same position for several 
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vations on vegetable glands, and especially on'the stipules | the ground near the lake gives a fair example of the | of the water, had been struck by the pike, and as its 
prr belonging to the A , has shown that manner in sg see author describes such scenery. head, in consequence of the peculiar formation of the 
ds anit al ail other forms are’ "e ost t ri pike’s teeth, could not be Recs, the one had 
cilable with the ago of epidermal ao The Cin- | land between the river and lake was the point where, | suffocated the other. 
u consists of two kinds of cells—one | previous‘to 1853, those waters joined. In that year| The gardens the aur yt are a Vi remarkable 
w ts ordinary leaf tissue, and the other | Mr. Fleming in a very short time, and at a trifling cost, | example of the power of ma to triu amph 
which may be as the cells transformed | effectually changed its course, and by a care careful selection | Placed in a low wet situation x w indifferent climate 
for secretion. The gland is, in fact, the homologue | of the most favourable points about its margin has made | they have become unsurpassed for vy hi agree 
of the leaf—a leaf-very much reduced in size, as stipu- | the locality both interesting and ornamen ntal. Beside a| tion, and productiveness ogre every kin the ge 
lar leaves usually are, and with its epidermal cells | one oe on the opposite side are specimens of the | flowers, misik vaega er the most fragrant Pines abe 
into secreting ones; and it closely resembles | co Buha mye and other aquatic plants; and need = pce nag Mr: Fleming 
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one can regard as being other than reduced leaves. | long bridge nee a fasai line of Water-lilies; the quality of its soba, and if the terrace walks are not 
When we see a gland thus formed by a cone of mid-channel only being clear. A rustic bridge connects bordered with Orange trees, as arg be the case a 
i ve the general surface of the organ -to | this narrow neon of land with the American and ee lssi much of their effect is imitated 
which it is attached, with its whole epidermal surface other characteristic gardens, the site of which, a few tandard. Po ortugal Tà Làurels in tubs; s ame idea which 
consisting of secreting tissue, we can readily understand | years ago, was little better than a quagmire of 10 or 12 e believe originated with the Duch 
how an epidermal gland can also be formed in oa a | acres in extent; but by effective draining and persever- eo now one an area of 65 a 
of the plant, by simply ee the epide In ance is now made one of the most ornamental spots in in the time of Plot, the historian of 
thi the kable ovarian glands of Endogenous | the gardens. The turf is in beautiful order, and the Statins, vn iti is difficult, says our range “to | say ; 
plants are explained, and idly also the imbedded | whole mie presents a most. healthy and interesting but a large and conspicuous fountain attracted his 
glands of the Orange, the latter bearing the same rela- | appearan The beds in ior it is laid out are gene- | attention, and to which he refers in his History of 
tion to the Cinchonaceous gland as the conical receptacle pos large, k! iragar shape, and planted with | Staffordshire,’ as follows :—‘In the curious garden south 
of ite, | of Trentham Hall there is another fountain) 
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glands always occupy a position corresponding with the of Holiyhocks, a small but choice Rosery, of the best | golden ball (as easily it might), and the denen ed vista 
points of union of ‘the . Irrespective of histolo- | specimens, in circular beds with Ivy borders; and the | were cut through the ing wood, which, lying upon 
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the con suckle, stretches across the velvety turf. hing | n ily give ita advantage? We e this 
of of epidermis where. thet wo surfaces of rant re the larger trees, numerous varieties of Thorn ica Sages “donee eaten son oF erag Hall,’ 
brought into contact. (To be be completed's in our next.) line of Arbutus and Yew, relieved by masses of Furze | laid out in the Dutch aye then becoming fashionable, 
and Heath ; and standing here and there, diversifying | and of which traces were visible about 100 years ago 
ENTOMOLOGICAL, A 3.—H. T. Stainton, Esq. | and enriching the scene, are Thorns and Hollies cover in the part of the ground alluded to. ese consisted 
Va ee in the Chair. . Foxcroft thi per exhibition with Honeysuckle and wild Roses. Throughout these | of numerous Yew trees, clipped with the potina care 
rare insects recently captured in Scotland, with | gardens the chief aim has been to arrive at the highest | and method into representations of various birds, such 
hereon on ‘ake their. babe of some of the species, ae illus- | point. of natural perfection by the application of natural | as peacocks, turkeys, &e. The fountain, vith its 
trations of their Amongst t the latter were the means. Looking towards the w: e eye crosses an | column of water, and the antici ‘ golden s 
gus, | astonishing variety of plants, shrubs, and trees—the would agree with that nyie, and certainly impart a 
and also those of e Rhagium ‘Indagator. Mr. Waring | effect is singularly beautiful and harmonious—but it is little animation to the quaint and imperturbable dark 
exhibited various rare moths, including Trochilium produced by materials whose character is not strained | masses of a wn Yew 
Pione or aras by e ory 2 tiny = their eiaa] Plants | “This uld appear to have occupied 
and flowers familiar to our childhood, and associated | the whole of re site of ‘the resent Parterre and Terrace 
pane re to ie of o outh, pein seem as en; it is ly pro Be to to nr h extended further 
mu t home as in the eiii glades of the bird- |in a ehthiedty direction, 
pembeni wood, the cottage garden, or the ripening corn- | dens now stand was, up to wit 
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