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is impossible ; in —À places it takes — йе v 
is known to every 
most idl А : 
d mid uidi theleaves of a ек; if {һе | wr 
ied a По wer 
beco wn; and if the drying 
much ci P" will even change to black. 
are, we жа тетти, either self-evident propositions, | 
or notorious f. 
It appears. go from the evidence before us 
that in ү” Forest of Dean no ideas of the kind had 
taken root ; ; in that forest it is ME sitomar: to 
is n answer to all 
is a person фае" се "Mr. 
nation before Mr. DauwMoNp's 
E] 
man in 
spoke to him чаҳ "his thing, he said 
was ttem miim in the forest ; it was the old 
ce, and therefore it was adher ed to^ I never 
гоша get а — "either уем or in writing, 
rom Mr. Law grin s Mr. KENNEDY, 
I went into Dr Forest i Ja une, 1852, it w 
raining day after day, ias it certainly SERE to 
me an tem ; the way of drying the bark w 
to put it m n end on the 58 Grass. W when in 
this instan d which to —— {һе |с 
forest officers" intelligence; 
un they are of o opinion e ein best s 
bark is i-e n the The 
1 xA Commissioner. ns "had 5-4 онй, to 
deal with rational beings, thought he rape put an 
^ d have the bark 
was 8 
if = сап only оъ уз its den еда суге m else. 
an 
process is|right а 
These | 
i the For of 
a memorial to me. I may mention that out of 
hole ve woodeutters not o f them could 
e his n this was айнй to such an 
rapidly, in aasgier of continual iini, I thougtit that I would make inquiry whether 
i esi 
ring to introduce a system which in itself 
o unreasonably absurd, that it was not 
knew I was quite 
as of what I think the most 
i Ahel P sri of the NC — I wrote 
to the Duke of Beprorp’s stew I wrote to 
Lord Натневтох'з steward, the г, of н | 
nd Lord Слвкілѕтк'в stewar d, and I 
surveyor of those forests, to 
Was се AT — felling a p before or after 
it w i 
Саадаев to call for their dms , they would 
find that their answers were u eurer against "the |! 
s| practice in Dean Forest." We must not omit to 
observe that this siiis was not su 
s| Mr 
ontrary, being a d good 
sense, he did his best to Metern "the éntioductión of 
a better e for which we expect to hear that he 
is superse 
It is alleged bý the forest officers that their 
system of stripping first e felling ve diea is 
em the 
he also а "Бе unpopular opinion that the 
of "t ought to be the interests of 
instruct the G of the Royal|the win 
Forest of Dean, and the a ej was ssarily 
abortive. The w n had no mind to it, the measure 
Scotchmen could exercise trol; the surveyor’s |t the place ї 
deputy “ would give no assistance ver; he|i 
passive and inefficient," and the s 
was taken from ow pur that they should 
remove the bark at the proper time; they delayed 
removing it “in the most wilfal and pervers e way, 
d as till it got a month’s rain,” and the 
worse; wher ereupon 
claims as impudently 
price. Mr. Кыян NNEDY 
of 
of the woodmen up ànd examine them ne 
one 
the facts which came а а was, that the ee of 
of the claimants fot à diminished price had been 
sunk in a barge in the Wye, and then it was carri 
Monmouth, and he im forit on the 
ground of its being badl " Such аге the 
doin in Her Млзевтү’ѕ Forest of Dean ; and su 
the facts which some Honourable gentlemen 
have come to the i e best —M 
drying bark i Upon 
or 
*893. You mentioned that you ei War pA of 
IT панаа of stacking the bark on the ground ?— 
Г im ou aware Hat n that is the system 
puri whole of the adjacent co anie 
1—1 believe it is; but I do 
that there ought not to be expense 
for gode mere SO of the people, 
эй profitable to the for 
We gather incidentally m other parts of the 
evidence befor that another reason for leaving 
barked trees standing, is s that the ү of = 
timber is improved thereby. This is an old a 
е | common notion ; ec upon the belief that ар. 
wood is thus converted into heartwood. То w 
extent this engen Weser prevails among the 
e know not; but those who 
hold such vie 
#wh 
the skin and flesh are 
ooking at the r aa 
often tent 
air; and we 
m think wi 
tionable чй апу ed 
really occurs. In his report, аара d Oct. 1, i; 1852 olet 
pid P эр), ec observes:- — “Iti is nowa ; well-ascer- 
,an used 
as лче ps any particular purpose, the quicker the 
* [natural "on be eae from it, px org likely 
u 
s that it is also азе 
or NUT Merian foe t; ^ ts fi 
horses right on eub ts vies ү їп га E 
would me 
Gaii with e question of drying bark was 
Some foresters think it right 
Oaks called flitterns, first, and to 
the Now the system of 
stripping the bark from trees in their growing state, 
and allowing them to stand uncut for at least six 
t | which are often again deve 
the ‚риш the |4 
а means of|its 
own roots, disease is more speedil —€— 1 
their wood, than if that were cut ai m клы, 
b subjected to the usual changes 
ather. 
жүнү any of our practical correspondents 
from experience SEE the real consequ "M 
the practice in ques quences are of 
There is still another 
question, e y 
aag : but we find so EE icy: in understand 
g the otis bearing of the / n im ; 
this — that we must defer йакты upon it ^w 
y | the pres 
А urious monstrosity of th 
ан Foxglove has just been Pues T 
Mr. J — from Wentworth. It is of the 
еа ен as eat-ear Carnations, consist. 
ing of long spike ve "e axillary vani 
ope 
e 
es of bra 
rom 
of an order, м d approximati ng it 
sts le in the д 
emite in 
two bracts жең, ion: новими laterally, as 
clear by the o styles, the drca 
being. produced pe y е two united ciui tà 
outer margins remaining in dition. 
his may possibly tend to the explanation of some 
cases of anomalous placentation, e only 
indication of the true nature of t tation 
is afford y the two rudimen styles, in 
the absence of which the spongy receptacle of the 
t|seeds must e been suppo o spii 
Ие тераа ие The compound carpel, ro 
instance sim ome monstrous О 
by the within v 
the case rust очтан the gae ellary leaves. 
J p s Tt should 
wh pari 
eu Беле here effected by the prolongation 0t 
e axis, and the i rmation on it of a second 
of eios lie lea 
Our figure represents sections of a carpe el formed of 
three and a of five um гз divided. XT " 
the latter нез d of the bilocu 
inclosed, while on the left is a сс 
bearing a placenta on its disc. dd 
magnified. M. J. B. 
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VEGETABLE PATHOLOGY. —No. XIL > 
buts ometimes, 
pectine, merely té when meth 
that of common su 
mere. 
arrangem hat 
ily convertible -e readily be 
— of the | p 
pim sugut that gemmis to ce on 
expense. The. 
dee frs six months, for the seien eje 
"They | 
The isa consequence of 
rees being kept you cd in a 
{е by the ascent of the sap from their 
рот 
r are sold LEA ы 
мао сес рагач іп water, Р Arb 
small pe melts, and thig it e cerusine, m 
мү dar нш б se XH | 
y Kützing (Grandzü i, p- m 
the cells of ue Аі consist of of bassorine, and E 
Yau 
some , а8 cheria, 
formerly 4 
rine, "This is, however, 
all woody m ultimately is 
proa Its different chemi 
ue probably to the absorption 
r "ihe орі m, and partly to 
condition, Ресіпе occurs in many 
substance which causes 
boiled. The hypognous bodie 
curious à шу 5 
eir. by the name of Tuckaho, consist, amo 7 0 
