422 
Mr. Jones, gr. Ext 
—— Я porn A nii en dà | Ms March PZN phe дура ed to y — Esq., b бша ап entomologie Аі < exeursi 
finely a d Queen Ріше-арріев, weighing, one, 4 lbs. | Mr. Bates «Qn the Habits, &e., of Termites 19-820 On land, wd reques ted повете t 
14 oz. di the dad eh a ch 4]ha. 12 oz. The same | the construction of the nes stof а — of mason was Mr. ' Douglas exhibited specimens of Tx 
i een-fleshed Melons, whieh | observed in t e neighbourhood of Bombay, ? jn а letter sella, and Mr. Boyd specimens of Elachista T» 
му кеу 4 lbs. T rus кш 2 V oz. A Banksian Medal addressed to iie seeretary, by Dr. G. uist.— 3. * On | епа, а, the iip of which mine in the leay ed 
was awarded for ihe  Pine-apples. Seven Am tiful e Exostoses developed on the roo y of | jasagan кү ж vum done , 
Bellsgarde Peaches and a dozen Violette Hative Nec- | various species of Conifers," by J. D. пу f 
tari fro ү. to J: B. Glegg, | Е.К.5. Dr. 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. vu 1, 
Zu 
Hooker had first observed these cu tioús | 
rded. a Certifica 
erit was assigned to Sir James South's gardener 
UA for нед brace of very 1 and fine Cueumbers, | Cor п i3 | ; 
perfec on, the decaying blossoms still adhering to | being of very general gonereniot in the ord They giy ik quantities rom Indi і 
we et with i of sev vota species, i T of Europe, ven silk of which. was very 
ith 
ough е 
tremely good, A Certificate of Мане! Lan inch; they are either attached Бу short | had been able to procure cocoons ; his 
ver ^ А а | рдей, or sessile, or sunk into the bark.of the root, therefore be of great benefit when NS ve 
dicm of 1-1п@й meshed white woollen netting, for | d from Malta 
hieh | fa 
1 1 а с-з ннн шшш шш 
rotecting wall-fruit trees from spring frosts and w | 3 g consistene == 
ы агы! to answer the ” — > perfectly. "Ге piece | smooth on the surface, and. of a pale pann АКИ, pones of зоока. 
а deli 
exhibited was nearly tw dien A vy deep, | А vertieal seetion shows them to be composed o eli- nl ER 
i i et a top and | саќе cuticle, and а mass of spongy cellular tissue aggre- —— Zarvey's Seaside Book (Van Ma d yia 
bottorh—the top being fur ici ihe ам ih longe for attach- | gated. aroun whieh re formerly expressed a very favoura | d 
ing it toa Tr tod or hooks immediately under the coping, | | fro m the wood of th root | : sic 
and the bottom being provided with strings for tying The čells of this soft tissue are uniformly crossed on which contains а chapter on fis 
it fo & horizontal ей about 2 feet from the ground and | every facette by delicate transvers even which appear Yarrell The present issue is iris i 
the^result of matter брода on the 
— is indefatigable, h 
Van Voorst), & беш эз. 
volume, pe illustrated мн pes. 
tecting Contrivance, mentioned at p. 389, wes ish 
ted. А Banksia 
lo o te diu: 
Veiteh, fora plant of them Eugenia Ugni аа po jene may be s supposed subservient to pae office outst at his feet t ag 
i nagli of- seleċtion “of па The Podocarpus d he чачам animals that 
pink flowers к is a Chilian plant, and, in aüdition [фе grows in ий, in New Zealand, e the can be kept alive 
fact | exos 
mary А = - De Ca le, ow roug 
thë size of large black Currants, to whieh it bears = seemed to have escaped the notice of succeeding writers that гап out from the foot of Byng Clif, E 
siderable resem mblanee, exe that ftis not in elustérs, om general physiology. The Rev. Mr. Berkeley had | Septemb: 1 йе 
and its v ^ der а {о be different from dici. pi described; in the Gardeners Chronicle, the exostoses on | Fiddling Crab. (Portunus piber) AM @ 
y frait w t posse Being described as being а ет oots of the Реа, and Dr. vx сл long been | this family А whieh eontains а great number 
Lue i of рн apple, $t rawberry,and'Guava. Tt familiar with others, а especially а ч remarkable | and not a fe istingui 
st therefore be regarded as a great acquisition, ^ d of them on the t йынан; frst cm nted out | peculiar modification of th 
pim s possession of а, we believe belongs to Messrs.|to him by Prof. Henslow, who had also shown him | the performance: of an itnpo : 
Veitch. Mr. Keele, gr. to J. B т, Esq, óf Wo Рандаў i abundance of them on the gården Bean; айй on both all Swimmibg Crabs, and the facility with 
contributed а new Brassavola, n "whieh a Certificate of | wild and cultivated species of "Lathyrus-and. ether, can roam through ihe ele t 
Merit was awarded, was a Chive-leaved kind, with | Leguininosæ. ^ Except, however, on the Taxodium par v the m tah of the m 
singularly ribbed white flowers, The Hon, wW. Fo |dis &tiehum, where they exist in a very peculiar condition, lI Ovr “Crab, the T 
Strangways furnished cut flowers of. ше Cus Rose- | Ше fact of their prevalence in Conifers appeared not to thick үйнө vie 8 paundi; that lies with. all his и; 
пе a |hàve been noticed. Dr. Hooker pointed out, in con- | рате © of feet so. meekly: folded neross his bt А 
ragrance as а Cabbage dose and ee tainly а “half so | elusion, a femarkablè morphological analogy between | swim—abo f the ваше! 
much grown as it deserves to be ; dió another kind of exostoses and the tubers of the root-parasite Balano- | examine his КСЕ t feef, their single tne: 
Chinese Раёспу, paler HE with no scent; and pieces of | phora. ^ The structures alluded to were represented in sharp point in no wise differing those 
the go Mesembryanthemum edule, w Бе e xp EON ас аг Dr. Hooker's paper.— | pairs that pre еде them. But” the; Po 
pe rock эни garden The e mm ad a memoir “оп the|BSwimming Crabs, have this- last pair of 
һе 
xinia ХЕК, REAR general Pica aff and | е Я d id 
niti о ography -of | flattened out si wà 
wita good Jookingylargepal ile Foxglore i Aowera the е бнс p "with Mere "d the | into an oval thin-edged plate, 
я throat b de and out; Glo structure of the embryo," by John Miers, Esq. проп the water псів as am бат, Wi 
clemati d : beh i NE 
) | ob- | ERS. 
tained from v eran 5 4 pan Im uty to recom- | chiefiy to call attention to the structure of the embryo in | the Shore-erab (Carcinus: 
pn КЎ те T 2 n the 0 UA drooping the Clusiacese (Guttiferze J'uss.), the nature of which, the mié 'olive-green kind which om every 
Er handsome aüthorremarked, bad been hitherto quite misunderstood, | little boys and girls catch, by letting 007 
рер bine or rather icum — ng p partly, no — Lec x Зрзе зм inet with | crevices а piece of string with а fragmen a 
we o : p 
lieri e two m оке зби ek i Ped uthor commences 
I de While m piphyllums, the by. stating at нб бт ныс he preis views there isa decided еее 
| : e with Cereus | which have been expressed by various botanists as to те tip is yet taper & cute, And the 
wir Dites en. qu теі Epi- | the structure of the seed in this iine ; and pend n gives mal agree with this rab 
Morini. way? Sod к pts: t florus, mpylo- | à minute analysis of the fruit of a spe cies eese i t ing slantwise through the water 
Е Pass АШ, Eat | no Peg and other to the Clusia eruiva, Cainbessédes—the s of С ame sort of relation to the free an 
е v nad ee - wing kinds of Vege-  bessédes, which had been almost нени кч: "but t i the 
Da fp pits чен г ы L. Chou from which Mr. Miers’ eonelusions were widely different, as the long leaps of the Fly 
T Menit d s hite Cos Lettuce ; having been prineipally derived from an examination of bear to the sustained flight of а 
Peas, among whie "x Sri Ч Че» JA ben MM d ' aper was ctm cem by somé| “Ап E male of he Val 
«Ней Pois nain Hátif à Chassis Superfine, which Dual is arie amiri пу em, h 
ose Sr ai than ы a foot high, and is a great bearer; "e June 5.—W. W. SíuNpERS, E в short velvety pile s a s 
ie e Bey ww suited r ims es and other | F vem Ae mS vice esl А fine collection of Pn ка deep Wlaek shell Мен ту 
, early Peas are grown. from Bur resented Ф; - : 4 
While speaking of early Peas, it was mentioned that it taining а кает of Mt eit aTi er Адн ting insects o ai ot all ин The feet, ms ger 
'as not necessary to wait till they were iu fruit to have orders —À a new Goliath E alf : ^ е эрчите gm 
Tere the flavour of green Pens ; for spechl vote of thanks was passed i наета | arre, as Aro aian jh fort jew n 
OAM any time, merely by cutting | for this ^ СЕ a à ы ЭР " 
CONCERN eripiet ecc ilr diei 
ge hen. When ongin p ili e I i д ns CEP 
these oung stems and leaves were stated to | Grass, а envclópul: by fungus which lad grown “T said that he is à ‘striking 
flavour of green e varieties | from its body, also a diptero Pme quite innocent of & p 
uent АЫ the Shore 
hensive of assauit, use vi. ; 
last. Tt 
-coloured skin, having patches | young тел о ars «| and Más Notion th 
ob d t се and eff. 
fe he 
served they had fiih ибе "инану п тойн: 
di балий КЕ He also exhibited а s nof N mé i ber 
eliair. The: Presiden Prof, de Е in the|reared from the ба еб pee кйш. a и жЕ 
miêgalopoid form A he exhibited p оа male of the | Mr. F. Smith exhibited several rare в "of Modi him mms 
Өтүлө on оа genus Plan i e some bove heri aon by Mr. Foxeroft ; тў Mr. Fia mained gloomy in his new ci 
ain о i 
ез. abc a ө sathe locality. Mr. | tured vt audor the cover of. hight 
