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i^tiMte medium of argument. As illustration analogy 



atooewind often profitable trains of thought, but if 

 p«bed beyond its proper province it becomes a dan- 



Tbe following summary of the argument will at once 



1. Man's original conceptions of Nature, as well as 



rwttfely by "plants" arTfar moreen toouHf\heir 



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aottm, dewed from the prejudices of education, now 



2. Plants on the whole resemble us less than beasts, 

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tart though there may be a great 



St^rT 110 ! 1 " ^"^dto vegetables than 

 P^jom * n °g e ther denied, since many relative pro- 

 ^^^trSfvT 611 ' 3 ^ Xhibit ^ SUCh * ^ * 

 ftijJiJ^^^^getable khigdom is subservient 



s^£^f " of at!;: rt"s 



»*itth.JL °fJ e . cts , are not irreconcilable, and 

 4et «««W)lfc klD g dom is subservient in its turn to 

 * If t te W C ° nsidered aS P^P^e beings, seem to 

 3 ?"^frZma B 8 ^ e K they are f ° rced to bearmuch 

 ^v*. tho n „h „ u mthout being able to defend 

 '^considerS fjon, , may ;ippear to . be the case 

 ^*^**ita b o^ We - regard ve S etabl e Hfe in aeeord- 

 ^ er «Uidonthk n tlu at ^d 1;lati0nS ' M ° re StreS3 



^*to^? perfectlv appreciate th e facts which 

 ft£*»»*2 - SU freedom u» plants, though 

 &£ ^^ffftorto^ "S3 in°X 



a rj ; £^aife^ 



SLI^Stfc^t and animal kin s doras 



^^ e f t ble a l P«- "e" Wr thatch 

 ^ frwnT,' • ' on tft e contrary, it begins to ri<w> 



?*? t, »ehiS able kiD 8dom halTa contemporary 



10. It is probable that the perceptions of plants ar< 

 membrance of the past, and foresight, whereas the per- 



Balduz/the God of ligh 



nted with tl 

 Nanna (th 

 is the wife < 



for paying this garden i 



worthy of inspection, is esi 

 of this interesting tribe s 



stem, and paler than those of the 0. floribunda alluded 

 to by our correspondents. Two species of Oxalis, very 

 different in aspect and habit, appear to be known by this 



stove, as has also Mr. Fortune's Gardenia, which proves 

 to be a distinct and fine thing. The pretty cream- 

 coloured bell flowered Hoya(H. campauulata), was also 

 in blossom here, together with the now pretty well 



Pseonies, which have again flowered, some more new 

 ones have been discovered. One of them has been 



a very dark red. In the flower garden we remarked a 



weeter. In this house was also the female Garrya 

 lliptiea ; but the greatest novelty it contained was a 

 ew Californian Mimulus named tricolor. The flowers 

 f this charming species are small, but exceedingly 

 retty— pink, with five round deep crimson spots placed 

 t equal distances round the month of the corolla, part 

 t the lower lobe of which is yellow, giving the flower 



Thumb. Among other things we remarked here the 



species, and Heliophila trifida, a pretty blue-flowered 

 half-hardy annual, whose only fault is that of shutting 

 up its flowers early in the afternoon, and in dull 



white blossomed Californian Limnanthes has flowered, 

 together with a pretty, bluish purple Pentstemon 

 named azureum, also one of Mr. Hartweg's introduc- 



Evergreen Plum, and other evergreens, together with 

 various Pinuses, have all been raised in the garden. 



a noble Pine, stated to attain in California a height of 

 200 feet, with a stem 28 feet in circumference. P. 

 radiata, a pretty species somewhat resembling P. in- 

 Hgnis. It is said to reach a height of 100 feet, with a 



tlnT has been named P. Edgariana by Mr'. Hartweg,' 

 but it has been found to agree with the P. muricata ot 

 Don, and therefore Mr. Hartweg's name must be relin- 

 quished. It is a distinct looking Pine, and xMr. Hart- 



Miscellaueous. 



tuuon the donations at the dinner reached upwards of 

 200/. The chair was taken by Captain Lamont, R.N, 

 Vice-President, m the absence of W. F. G. Farmer' 

 Esq. He was supported by Dr. Henderson, Henry 

 Pownall, Esq., and many other influential persons. A 

 list of the principal subscriptions, handed in on the 

 Say?"' W1 6 ° Und m ° Ur adVCTtlSIDg C0lumM of 

 lefects in the present management of Orchid-honsea 

 particularly as regards moisture, for the plants in such 

 structures derive the greater part of their subsistence 



nand ample means of producing an abundance of heat 

 either may be in excess. When an excess"^ 'moisture 

 akes place, admit external air freely, raising the 

 emperature at the same time ; when dryness prevail*, 



3amp air, or floating moisture of long continuance, 



.hould proceed freely under ail circums mces. In a 



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. both these substances being very soluble. 



ighi be applied to the air, by placing large 



c stone on the shelves, and 



. i. .. .iih (Uts ,.r l\r \ Kenning to vegetate, 



i. ere. From Mr. Cordon's Paper in the Journal 



Calendar of Operations. 



heir growth, should be gradually exposed to a cooler 

 jmperature, and when their bloom buds are set they 

 hould be set out in an open airy situation. As habit 

 ecomes a Becond nature, these farliest forced plants of 

 ist season will of course come in for the same purpose 

 his year. After they are fairly set, if those which have 

 lied their pots with roots are favonred with a Blight 

 liifr, accor 1 g to tl e r co l e iation given a month 



W, besides giving 





nter. Aphelandras, Vincae, Thunbergias, &c, 

 should be encouraged with a watering of liquid manure 

 once or twice a week, according to the progress which 

 their roots have made towards the sides of the pots. 



Iter a partial rest in December, 



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 iate and autumnal display. Shading and venti- 





:ertion. Independent of the general cleaning 

 wing, it will be an advantage to stir the soil 



ends are taste; .. , bJoal dibble. 



In performing this operation the heads of the plants 



