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THE CUNIT CHRONICLE. 
that any that any labour should be included i in ы "account, 
except ae ire labour and horse 
Let that e diücoter ries will be 
appreciated, a id 
the inestimable value of noble authorship. 
revealed as a still more rom mcr shed man. 
Ѕоме months since attention was drawn in our 
columns to an observation by Mr. Lawes of Rotham- 
that th 
RAIN OBTAINED dm "RoTHAMSTED from а large gauge having an 
area of 434 feet—1-1000 of an acre, and from one of the 
siz 
ame Eres, 
ress. it 
appear а А term Zresis used іп a general sense, 
like Cedru Berosh may not. b ге spe 
In the first post the word Æres or M соса to 
be the same as the — 
5 
et 
E 
Ф 
WwW. 
- | excellent quality, a 
nd 
been used in the woodwork of the roof of the 
any natural 
roduct oned ay be quite sure that in th 
E T inches | | No. of сабе s named timetis t to be found having the 
дашы [s calculated | Inches | par — Days Days properties and applicable to the uses required for | 
of Eain | ош | from | ап е | Rain] Rain | (ре elucidation of the several passages, and often, 
from large| méme | Small | Snail. | large | smati | indeed, with great similarity of name among the 
| gaug auge. | 83968. gauge.|gauge: | Arabs of the present day. d take th 
lbs. ozs. — plant, the Asup of the Arabs, to be the езоў | « 
February | 867 1.6261. | 0894 | ©7841. | 18 | 12 [ог hyssop of sc ripture, we find it in Lower 
FTU W^ ers 10 |. 29699. | 2465 | 0.5242 2 M gypt and in the учы of Arabia, ms near 
&$ iac 379 11| 16764 | 1.300 | 03164 | 17 9 |Jerusalem, and also growing on a wall. о, when 
June ...... TOR @1: 320 Котто с 12 | the Israelites, whi andering: in the Posh are 
po | 8 29:9 юу оао | 14 | 10 |directed to burn eres (translàted Cedar wood) with 
Septem... 20114 '| 1655 |0. 23 | 12 |hyssop and wood dye scarlet, it is evident that 
Let eve TAS Lene 2 E as f must там been уу o obtain some kind of 
December; 92 4| 04089 | 0180 | 02289 | 10 | 4 |Седаг wo wel he hysso s they 
January | VA BEC. ae EAGLE ore ee TUR might easily lai done it they applied the term to 
Total....|6708 6! 29,6744 | 5. the Juniper, growing on the rocky mountains of 
Hence it appears that the а by ios small | Sinai, wherethey could t have obtained t ein ood 
gauge are not only more than 51 inches ine low in м the Cedar of Lebanon. Ata later period, as in 
— but that even the number of rainy days is | Several passages of Kings and of Chronicles, eres 
not correctly given, for- ше ie Bus Кыз ( айай тсе ле en imn Were 
249, and the small gauge o of the Cedar trees out o and the uses o 
We refrain for osi p om making any which the timber was appli ied, jet ейи so dis- 
‘ks upon this subject: ра. i» shall not fail to petii: as xen e us to ris that s metn ar of 
anon, or the Cypress, or к» arp-leaved Juniper 
entr ^em alerte were intended, to The exclusion of the others, for all 
Ix a former article on а CEDAR оғ тнк ÁNGIENTS, | are found on Mount Leban non; ^al were formerly much 
it was ра own that the term was employed in а |е cce and all were probably more abundant 
general sense, and not restricted to a. e species, | ancient times. Perhaps, also, some of th od of 
much, idà ed, as erm is e present | the Alerce might have been obtained by th 
day, since it includes the Cedar of daa and the | Phenicians dr -- гіса y sent with the Cedar 
ncil Cedar of the new world, as well as other trees | from Leban e wood of the Cedar o 
me odi nothing to do with the Сопіѓегге ; usually | Lebanon. is suficient tly i for many рогров id 
from eral resem their 
in wood to 
e gen 
what Me mta meis Heer to ba the зада 
of Cedar wood. -Indeed, we might say that it was 
а very practice the ancients to apply 
the names of plants and drugs in а ther 
| than in a specific in me — Дина 
included the root of the piant now ele prd 
their w ellebor 
the mais. by both 
Veratrum: album; 
T эы ы properties, Their lesser 
ne of the Gextiónec, 
ME incer wget one of the Compositze. 
Чом the term Cedrus 
. were included, and probably so: y 
also. Indeed the earlier bend ts tiated dt Pines 
with 
© several: ieit ihe Pines ling usd for 
кл and the trees cese resin. 
its long life wd. 
ng fe айа, for its 
statue of Jupiter i in the Capitol, and the doors of the 
"Temple of Diana, а re 
The 
м 
the is planted in 
cemeteries, and Bora for theabove 
Teason. is called * ‘the tree of life." The Juni 
ascertain which ї із Ше Cedar wood, е ij 
vg А th 
difficulty. pre if is refer to those who have |to 
written Miss on 
respecting words | 
both een and -lunipen i 
for |: 
з Ийи Ыы wood. The фав 
the subject, we find great un- | considerable s 
the meaning - of the 
there is no reason why it should not have : 
cluded withy he ete hash m not to their exclu- 
ob 
sion, and may tained a chataétef for 
its wood whi to the others. But it 
ce to be alone alluded 9 fr apa 
rtainly seems 
ch. xxxi, “Behold the Assyrian w. e 
with fair branches, and wii 3 ау 
shroud, а аы of а high. stature, and his top was 
ong the thick boughs.’ 
_ VEGETABLE PATHOLOGY.—No. XIV. 
56. of the roots or . of 
im 
may either be in perfect contac 
intercellular may be left, but if so, aus acad 
in most cases, except in particular organs where the 
cells are іп contact by a very 
ving agent being the | t 
et different densities on 
opposite sides of an intervening аня ап ет 
first discovered by Dutroche — my 
ndosmose and exos Nor is cordia a 
o inelastic m but i is s extended to 
matters, wich are im 
would rather ai 
т 
the 
which are translated іп consequence зар йу) fata]. 
o some vital action, combined 
| that owing to 
mo 
iiit for the de 
are по rare or i 
e | thes e Tan 
is aues d obnoxious to vegetable life, does not prevent 
the growth of 
e 
th 
carefully [e 
chemical works w 
Duri 
while 
rarely: x res 
58. Besides. the office of. 
he soil, 
ing several mo 
aerial | veles of plants is comparatively insignificant, 
absorbing powers of the spongeletsare very | 
U- 
n the walls 
imbibing nutritive matter 
injurious item in the 
ACAC 
more interestin ng than 
ue tribe of plan 
been ; and with that view, Y: 
therefore 
ter imbibe, but, in nit) injurious substances s in solu- 
tion will enter as freely as those whieh are noti giis. 
bri 
f the саве, iti is clear that 
р! 
except th 
the man, as in the ease of many poisons, which a are 
The dripping of fluid ey - divided end 
| Sap, &8 from the shoots of th ef: ©. te vei 
to those of eapillary a 
size, con Te apr or sap, is ent ques- 
total 
tion. If the latter, it would be har, a 
| gravitation, See Gau udichaud,. Aun, ауну rapidiy by mero 
ey must be soake 
+ These instances 
Horticulture,” of 
+ merum of instan 
Pereira's * Materi: 
ond 
even stfuctural, pr mets 
elements of the question, 
IAS. 
F the whole class of New Holland plants, iew 49. 
wee СЕ strange variety in | 
whieh 4 э new ndm tion ia promi 
superfluous substances pes the plant, fr 
a lateral and 
to the plant in proper proportion, within 
able limits, if health is to be maintained, it greens 
the superfluous matter may be тейлей 3 in и 
tien аз hs be, in addition to any perennial pe 
pave ve sketched 
pe al d 
d i \ | 
Seen seeds which Еи fallen m з 1 
