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full complement of seeds. In the first place there er K : 
naibiag i attract insects to it—no periods no honey, ^ onem and the pretty sey -growing sort called p os a the Double p ant, i the 
i rolla. On the other hand there nsii , 
prp orders " hiivably adapting this Camellias. "A collection of plants in pots was sho oye Civ il Commission ner; coumuniented by SW. Hest 
plant for fertilization by the help of the wind, that we — You rs g: Br. to R. Bar ci iust ds of by Me Wi, 
a ü hat that is the agency by which it is | anad boxes of cut blooms were c s 
prc seis cadi wists fro pai rn is, project | Paul, Mr. Treen, and Mr striped | Carino iig in juxtaposition between 4—5 rd» 
considerably beyond the reflexed petals; they are| variety named Comte de dnd to high a Finst class : : 8: : 
y i ^ ertificate was wider: was also show vie ie Bull | of time to arrive at maturity. he shortest period 
^ oses.—A grou of dwarf plants in se s was before i puts forth its flower buds is 30 years, and 
Pg ~ Heer. was & Son, who alo sent a box -100 years must elapse before it has [e w fall 
f blo tke latter were Fra angois | grow vie "N o one can tell how long it n dee oF how 
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forth This «dB cia is d MMpuHy" an scii Decazes, Devoniensis, Ann xieff, planted since the paitis ish. "uu e into Possession have 
l t ve parces - = send "considering the season. arrived at their fu growth; one in the garden at 
aul furnished a collection, in | Government House, plante years ago, is quite 
slick ds rna were ME fine, viz: of striped |in its infancy, about 16 feet high, with no stem 
sorts, Albion, Ida Pfeiffer, and Sir Walter Scott; of yet visible, the long leaves shooting from the earth 
h | Yellows, Large Golden; ae whites, Queen Victoria and | like the Traveller's Palm (Urania speciosa), and 
nd other for ecies of Plar oth ; and of viole ots, , David Rizzio and Prince | pee don in hapa, ani only pa Iam. Lim 
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find the anthers porfis before the stigmas are i A » Pss. Pla TBE AVE ake wa 7. leaves at this period are much linger ree "o 
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Š Thick were ds dcm ight | are subs seguen my. | The stem m deo 8 quite uprigi w 
mda TS de: ae er apie mings, mis aa antaga; rp senan “An oed caule, Palms, Ferns, Cordy- | straight pillar, in the male trees 
with the biology a me is considered of | ines, variegated-leaved Begonias, Maranta AU and, frequently Dos 100 feet i in height the females being 
a variegated-leaved variety of Screw Pine. Am mewhat shorter. uta fort 
teret I iss agin beep dim — d cw plants c3 flower were Rhododendro are b Ae its blossoms, the males forming enormous cating 
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corsets pungens, the last a bromeliaceous plant with | the stalk, but four or five is a more usual number, 
| Jong narrow leaves and bearing a fine spike of orange- | From fructification to full maturity a period of nearly 
: s E : i arlet blossoms. This came from NE Smith of|10 years elapses, the full size of the fruit being 
there was a decided tendency towards a Jepara of the Dulwich Mr. Howard, gr. to J. Brand, Esq., showed | attained in about four years, when it is soft and full o 
g them. Some o, dozen i» flowered plants of Liy y^ ihe Valley. |a semi-transparent jelly-like substance, e 
were decid edly fe males; the stigmas were develop Ex r. Bull; 2, ment provided by nature for the roots of the trees 
doub ^ ‘the size of thos se in the nor rmal form, ‘while t A en — Foremost among Ca were p blush was described to be of a most peculiar kind, quite dis 
ORs md T Tats d ight tinct tris sas mes with in any other known tree, 
spike nc ag s evelope ntermediate forms are d 2i om Ms The. bas the stem is rounded, and fits into a 
qui te c ret I have not succeeded in find- ve i z fie e ca DE Decii. — ms ae PM nge- natural = or 8 pe about 2% feet in diameter and 
ich the stamens are perfect and Ex m ori to which a similar awa ease Th» | 18 inches in depth; this bowl is pierced with hundreds 
as c ative, though it seems probable from last came from Asser "Veitch who also received a|0f small oval holes about the size of a thimble, 
This tendency | geg us Certificate for their white-blossomed | With hollow tubes corresponding on utside, 
of the sexes has been observed | Rhododendron from Mo in. Similar awards were tbrough which the roots penetrate the ground 
merican species of Plantago by Dr. likewise made to Messrs. Smith, of Dulwich, for Cine- | 02 des, never h bee 
y, and m: We peek upon which the species | barja Eliza, a showy sort with a dark centre, surrounded he their rtial elasticity affording 
qn ed; b by a broad ring of pure white, and edged with deep 8n almost imperceptible, but ve ur 
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f which “ Flowers | crimson; and for Cineraria Flower of the Day, a kind|to the parent stem when struggling against ite 
with a pale centre surrounded by a ring of crimson, force i violent hte his hori much thik 
exterior to which is a broad margin of deep mulberry, | Substance as t the shell of the nut, only m 
Mr. Wiggins also received a Second-class Certifieate for | As far v can be ascertaine 
| variety with a Stale bss and | It has been found quite per rfect and entire in every 
30 oe ge; and to Mr. Bull w Dot d respect 60 years after s tree has been cut down 
‘award e pre T virtute Mal | Mr. Ward remarked that the high price of = mats 
rity to som y extent, Dat T ba P EN SU io ; 
detect iti in any "other of the 18 or 20 species I have bright eri 
examined, C, W. C. 
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CM EHE e he P pig variegatu ei 
m————À Mr. Hill, R. Sneyd, Esq., Keele Hall, Stafford. | trees. Their growth pain x slow no cucine 
E 0 cietie g aiD showed capitaly retarded last year’ 8 bunches of | to thee aber he has 8 the beg 
+ h us go that 
Roya.: Ponta: March 1 fuis sake of their nuts; 
This Usa held in a small te 19 Un pie g, Shoga): E H Black, Ha satia À d Wats En Peer. both the cen y years can pres before. the Coco e 
sini the dy beg renal fe tate var ner a hs count prod GET e 
air attendance o t 4 
d Res LEM floating on the sea, ——3. ^ On Freret 
NO UP wear un play, con-| Linnean: March 3.—G. Bentham, Esq., President, s of Asclepiadem," by N. A. Dalzell, Bats 
them were one v. TEC po de inthe Chair. (C. W. Villiers Bradford; Esq;, XA e rnard Superintendent of tho Botanic Garden, Bombay ; com- 
—Lord P. set (S (or x ‘the latter a hri ht rags < » Waronqolodh Fell On | municated by Dr. Thomson. This genus 
deep glossy orange scarlet, the former in some r eae | the proposition of Dr. Hooker it was nano y | come nearest to. Boucerosia in the stru 
resembling Argus, but possessing a new and " Poe 18 | resolved, that the following memorial be addressed to flowers, but in habit to approach the Euphorbia 
shade of colour. Among older kinds Queen” of the his Excellency the Governor of the Mauritius :—“* The | having a miniature resemblance to E. at 
Netherlands and Snowball rank among the best white : | pne sock ociety of London begs to call the attention of the thorns.—4. ‘Description of Brandis De 
E duet hu good. A is Wem 33| His Excellency the Governor of the Mauritius and genus of Scrophularinee risas — taban,” a G^ 
none Deat diu be PST is APA PAR ce Seychelles Islands, to a statement of Mr. Ward, Civil Hooker pad Thomson. B.d 
ellow. A d 4 ly bl y Commissioner of these Tende, Felsting to the wanton | scandent shrub, very little E the, y, Saepe af 
y mong dar Taas Hd k sorts, Prince Albert d t cti f th Oa i o aspect 
stands in the front rank; and of dark reds few are | (OT UCHOR OF the sea cde zh b 
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tood fident nope bo the Verbenacez ; and ly EIN z n the which 
id also Duc de Malakoff a: x buffs : His Exoelle ency vil see the. expediency of taking order among the Cislones, the only vM otes on 
when in perfection, however, the last is t ‘3 all | steps towards the preservation of a oes P pod; "high lage Perg Pei, plants occur.—— ——5. ology.” 
u : ith bright red. "The ust X bi |! scientific interest, “fadepenideatly of its practical | the Fecundation of Grcnicie d their Mo won 
per an Spey ka a pn Ans] importance." The following papers were read;—1.|Dr. H. Cräzon, Director o m The 
ü DS bey ig, “On the Identity of Pinus Peuce of Macedonia, | Trinidad ; municated b Bei : 
:1. Mr. Wm. s A ‘Messrs. Cut- | With the P. excelsa of the Himalayan Mountains.” | author ; ud "that i in Trinidad, Catasetum tr iden 
Barr & Sugden. sa a Mr. Foong; By Dr. Hooker. Ubdhisss aea diana in 1839 by which he does pem 
these — fair was at rious 0 
T attractive eizer Kroon, bright t P. Cem! & sub- vi 
strikingly edged with Seas yellow ; "Ror Pepin, | sequently Dr. Grisebach, in his * Spicilegium Flore | of the female flower must take place by ™ 
striped crimson and pepe yh New Yellow — urnesol,| Roumeliz,” describes it as a new species under - pollen of the male flower, as in other 
ts large size ; the nary | name of P, Peuce. Nothing further seems to have|distinct sexes; and as fruit was extremely rent; 
reti and Vermilion en n known about it till recently Mr. Orphanides, late was impossible to attributo this to any veu serv 
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Ew ty wards — CM . Cutbush; 2, Mr. Wm. Paul. Amateurs. | Curator of the om an Gardens at Athens, gathe ext it in | than that of insects—in respec! on 0 
ho- námb. forest ‘that Dr. Grisehach. disepxexed;) and that he had had occasion to verify the Suppa temeni 
—From Mr. Elstkee came a small collec histo: i is source, sent o Darwin to its fullest extent, Aftcra detail 
Ackermanni M mea and Schmidt, of Erfurt, proved to be | of his observations on this of , 
identical with the Indian P. ex The plant Crüger concluded me remarks on the mo 
here between M g.21'E,|of the Orchid flower.——6, ‘Observation’. 
E Ahania ng. 70° E., an extent of upwards of li e of fructification in Chlor? 5 oy 
It' was observed that the bearing of this | Berk.,” by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley.—— 7: end 
ution upon our modern ew species of Dipterous Insects, 4 Dip 
d migration of existing | and 8, nage: A of new species [s ui 
p ma mas ind x a mo ost suggestive. “That a plant | Insects from pene of Salwatly, near n^ 
'nderso . ed, shoul ve exist S aar an | both by F. Walke 
Cyclamens.— Collections of these charming plots, area of 2000 miles, and yet have retained its characters Ma 17.— Oeorge Pein. Esq, in F. guber 
in aen do game. edem Mr. Hinas: gr; to: phe ar pe have sped i in the | The Rev. G. Henslow, M.A. ma Serin 
: Wiggins, gr. to interval represen! extinction, and regardless | Esq., were elated ows. e follo i Pea 
1 wholly atrio] of pe pe ast geographical and climatal changes that | read «On the Phenomena of Varii pilio 
charming specimen w have determined its present limitat are | phical Distribution, as illustrated PY irae 
G. Henderson far- ken RR e JA blems Cg Ed of the Malayan region," by R MEC 
