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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



m ** **~S ' Mid all feed upon organised substances : 



^^f^^tion to some insect supposed to feed 

 ^Iw generally admitted by all naturalist 



** '* < ?S. ainay be considered as merely passive, 

 e external agent ; nor have they 

 ' -• ■ 

 ^fldation may, strictly speaking, be considered 



"*?ft, thing closely, can we really draw - — 

 2T»mntelj exact, between the organic fu 

 52 two claw* of beings, animal and vej 

 *.«« oblige^ at the same time, to confe 

 ^aaa of thoee of plants, notwithstanding th 

 Jsw,Terie» of Mirbel ? We may admire, 



MBNitiri of immortality to plants, and especially 

 to tkae tlaxa which, being the most perfect, were " 

 .elMfcf ft, prore the analogy of the two kingd( 

 %bat lave we eTer heard that one animal has supplied 



I supply prod 



productions peculia 



True, indeed, it k 

 ition by cuttiugs ma; 

 1 polypi; nor do' 



astatdn point of analogy. There 

 """^"Uatthe history of this extraordinary being 

 ISJJ r{f v f st, g a . ted » and its place assigned de- 

 in^then be convinced that this is indeed that being 



■ e connecting link in the gr. at 



. '■: ;: .." ; .'-"-. ' '.. 

 2 ^5 U ?° gy t 8h0uld be clearJ y made out between 

 .IZST"? ° f P^yP* and that of vegetables, by 

 STi • ? e ' achment of a portion of themselves 

 . 

 the resemblance, all the other 

 I*hnit W a ted l mu <*t be removed. 



■■ the fecundation and propagation 

 nomena which recall to tne° least 

 01 animal reproduction. But if 

 «ied out in detail, what analogy 

 •«* a Tirin.^, Ween - , fecundation, gestation, and 

 f««ap2te?N o a ^ al8 ' and anvthiD g that takes 



"'■ ' " ,: -- •■■■ :'■:.; .■ ._ . , . .. 

 WWml? n0t Verified bv facts - A greater 

 may be traced between seeds 

 B fallen into an extreme, in my 



?■*»« Prei u dii after ha ™g examined the oues- 



izsfis^s^Si alw T the authority 



JMBfeTr^fteaecii^. * remained far from being 





^^^^nneSuKelves T g3 P° SSeSS1 ^ 



■ 



animals, we may then be better qualified to decide up 

 the relations they bear to each other. 



A strong suspicion has suggested itself that one 

 the reasons why vegetable pathology is as yet in i 

 infancy, and makes such slow progress, is the idea, 



sort to the principles adopted by 



1 pathology, but which have found 



I Esculapius. But 





ipius. But not to speak 

 I saw that even if I suc- 



ceeded, it would be of little practical use, especially I 

 those who may perhaps read this essay. I gave ui 



chemist, who may possess a complete series of exac 

 vegetable analyses, and may be well versed in all phy 

 sical and therapeutical observations relating to plants. 



NOTES OF A TRAVELLER. -No. V. 

 mboo."— Shanghai;, Jan. lb. 

 New Year's- day is 



The « Sj 

 -The Chii 

 falls this season on 



re as much sought after here at this festive season, 

 >r the purposes of decoration, as they are at home at 

 hristmas time. There is also a plant, with red berries 

 which takes the place of oar En,!,,L Holly. It is the' 

 Nandina domestica, and is called by the Chinese the 

 ' " Sacred" " 



about the streets. Each of these branc 

 tith a large bunch of red berries, not \ 



■k, shining leaves of the species, are sin 



i only in the temple, but also in pri« 

 1 in boats ; for here every house and I 

 and hence the name of " Sacred Bambc 



English gardens, 



)f its beauty. lr do - not app 

 5 fruit so freely in England as it doe 

 >ly owing to the temperature of 

 j lower than those of 



ngly cold. The thermometer has been down to 



•do not feel the actual cold so 



gh one's clothes, and every pore of the body. It 

 wonder that the plants of Northern China, such as 



'a, Crypt, i i, *c, nre perf cfh h ir h in 



from August to the end of December. R. F. 

 PRACTICAL HINTS FOR AMATEURS 

 Few Floral Arrangements.— The beauty of i 





ito mwphii^ilf size £ h nowTond h ° U * d ^^ 

 its branches among the Laurels, and up the Apple trees 

 in its vicmity, and being on the verge of a lawn is a 

 beautiful object. Sed hactenus haec. Such observa- 

 aHeati 1DDUmerable ' and we can onlv su ggest, leaving 

 Dahlias are often planted in rows, and in this case 

 they should ha n - clear between 



intervals may be well occupied* 

 such as Stocks, Asters, Marigolds, &c. Or i 

 ■'"•--- it sorts will make an agreeable foil to tl 



_ Dahlias. When Verbenas and other creepers 



begin to grow they should be at once trained, and made 



to assume their destined course. Pegging down is the 



inarymode, but a better one is to cover the bed 



h sprigs of some brushy wood, among which the 



lmg shoots will entwine themselves, and be naturally 



ported. Some persons may object to the appearance 



he bare sticks at first, but they will soon be covered. 



Whoever has seen the extensive flower garden of 



- ■ 



crowded. Keep a reserve of annuals, &e7i 

 .res and fill up vacant spaces. We ' 

 3 daily inspection, and remember that when summer 

 th every day, what is done should be done quicklv. 



planting Tea Roses with more hardy ones, 



me of that variety mri 



[anted in a bed by themselves. « H.*B. " 

 his own case, withy 



Home Correspondence. 



>wing method, and found it to answer 

 red some copper wire rather tl ■ .• r 

 id, putting it through a small iron stap 





nums and other fancy trees, so as to cover them wi 

 their foliage and flowers. To do this with succe 



often poor and dry a 



some rich mould in its place. J 

 i fine objects when grown like pillar 

 be pruned so as to assume a correct py 

 , like a Fir tree ; and by li:. 



■ shrubs. Climbing 



soil, which 



i Nature in so. 



id Adelaide d'Orleans twi 



a Fir pole" * 



large gardens. I 

 ;wo years ago, and trained 

 feet high, and then 





i of tb.fp] 



e was inserted. By fixing in this manner copper 

 proper intervals along" the wall, I was enable 

 en the trees to my satisfaclion, with very 

 mge to the wall, and at no great expense. I 

 iced by leaving the intervals between the wires a 



ung them together 

 I consider the i 



painted or galvanised ; 



eighf S the 



fSetX 



[. 7\, Whitehaven.— The 

 have seen were fastened 

 r to those Hggwb 



are generally so injurious t 



