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fo much sought after, and they re e suitable orn f t also benefits the mind by invest- 
the onla —À they make is ‘one of Ast most a Tie | ments for small beds and o aces where Ki ing den objects UM us with a new interest, and 1t 
description, equalling even that of the Scarlet Zonal | compact growing Nn would ig “objectionable, supplies healthy and cheerful occupation at all times. 
Pelargonium, while for one plant of the latter as many |  (Enotheras seem to be fa vo ur’ rites, if eh judge The value of natura history as an educational science 
as 50 of the former may be bought. To persons, there- che the lar rge md consists mainly in its teaching the student to observe 
fore, who having no means of. wintering urn they vary in size from the little d ies of | truly an " note accurately. The N iaig of it 
ite, these | Œ "Dremmondi, to the pr M greg poo ought n fined t fession, such as 
Nasturtiums are a real boon. They may via Aa had of all growing Œ. Lamarckiana, which is an extremely showy | that of phe uds It should, b a quo extent, co 
shades of colour, from bright golden yellow pure or pany i ge border Plant. au hei fica p" argest flowered sipe a tian x a liberal education. The seotions P 
spotted in every petal with red, to glowing scarlet, and | and bes y to 
ly bla it. f bighreo coloured kinds one yat el “Ger n Scabiouses are some pretty things [ami D knowledge of God’: ] 
of the most attractive i is King of Tom [Thumbs, a new | which might be LN eae ced into borders or | around h Why should not a portion of the summer 
kind with very dar xs pa and ceno bri QUE hatse ined beds with good effect. e devo kad to this su abject by those who haye been 
scarlet plod This t yet, we believe, been| Rhodanthe Manglesii and maculata form charming qo their ort ore during e hei 
offered tothe public, or Coit ones! both abng on | plantations, the size and tety of growth of which | months, and whose long vacation might thus be in part 
sticks and trailing on the ground, there are large | render them m effective. Of all half- usi pln or profitably employed in preparing the way for t sid 
plantations, these are two of the prettiest, and w t their future professional career? It is surely of importan 
Petunias raised from seed and treated as annuals, | blossoms, like those of other Everlastin Ag arts should know something of the 
rank perhaps next to the Dwarf Nasturtiums just | perfection. "There is also a n re white viciety ped objects in the Siberia] world with which he is 
alluded to, in point of attractiveness. A mixed mass of | when better known, will form a fine contrast with the | surrounded; that he should enlarge his views of 
different coloured kinds of these is a sight nob easily | bright rosy pink kinds. nature, and have a sympathy with that science which 
to tten, and among so man; usands as are| — Larkspurs at St. Osyth, both dwarf Stock-flowered oria the vera functions, and uses of the 
orgo! n 
grown here, novelties of sterling merit are sure occa- | and dwarf Rocket, are extremely showy and beautiful, | organised beings which people the globe, and of the 
sionally to make their appearance. From these seed is | and the taller kinds are also equally interesting. All unorganised matter oa rei ms the crust? In relation 
carefully saved year after year, always selecting tk botany 
best, and j in this way an excellent race of these show y other fine things cafe _—_ they ing the medical man quid valuable info rmation in 
ol ay a most y; etm part. They are, however, now | regard to the affinities and properties of medicinal 
Of G ae aperber Faye! of soppar tively ae getting geh their best, plants, and enabling. him to substitute one species for 
blossomed plants, ther pei alio gi eat numbers, so ow over, have been md beautiful nother with safety in cireumstances where the usual 
purple and white LI hiss cota inpetiadl the double variety ofintegripetala, | remedies are not at hand; but it must be regerded as 
charmingly spotted with ee others tall and robust. | blooms of which were lately shown in der | condition | an important branch of preliminary study, y which trains 
Among the latter the i pa de roseo-alba, a profuse | at South Kensington, and received a First-class Certifi- | the dag. o d student to thos 
owering and extremely sh plant; of dw ate sorts, | cate. Rose-coloured and pure white single-flowered | a oe pen are so vip] to the successful 
G. insignis would perhaps bet tho! greatest favourite with rit pe likewise been most satisfaetory. prose nis profession, The study of the 
most people. We must not, however, forget the Bride, esia compacta is one of the prettiest of all Higslogy of planis too, guae him to observe in a 
a beautiful medium-sized Godetia, of walk we noticed annu sale for small beds, and for pot culture it is| simpler fi any of those phenomena which are 
Shs large plantation at St. Osyth. This is a light-coloured extremely s suitable, forming as it does compact tufts of Lud e Mese and Bond in the higher orders of 
It has also the good | living beings. This is s s S true of the functions of 
Other new kinds not yet “let pi we hope to report quality Ki remaining in beauty for many weeks in fertilisation. and babrag d$ the exa airo of 
on ip. ter. which by eminent botanista, both in this country and 
» Among Everlastings (Helichrysums) there is now "Or the "Gabun Datura sorsioonla po * a large | on the Continent, has tended in no small d to 
e —Ó some being d, which, when seen after su adva 
egree 
nho wc ies of Apbeles Ponit. For Py ht Porat as it is with T A. white [tr training of the mind in » i 
cutting and drying for winter bouq ts alone these me each 6 takin in E of » so sweet- 3 me: stout a ed rains 
annual kinds are very veleabl p cet ented as to fill the air in thei eir n gighbourbüod with a their val Piu of paration for pro- 
ar as doubler i is well worth cultivating; but the eculiar time at | one entering upon V Mind + rofession, s 
ed, bot on owing TUM d ETOF: RGE xpe um " t medicine, um hav ve in the m firs st placo * bd 
rien naa they are not so robust as we have seen them| inum grandiflorum is at all times one of tl education. The study of languages, 
sanding to W EATA n on ing the fierce | most attractive of annuals, its ‘wlan i b d f th 
MET w maA MN ^ m 4 pom eod colour blossoms being papigo even at a conside Pié RA of m dd Phidoexpy, should drea: in all cases 
Ge went worth c i, s of them | distance. No diffic ulty is here experienced, € with al Ress pali currie E Rs is also of importance 
ah i e g germinate, and the young | that a clas men so widely diffused, and mingli 
aget oig mth ys jig : — i plants raised on slight Notam. heat and transplanted much with society, as th S daba of t. ical 
Mae g o i ract | grow as fear and inde even more profusely tha ni ofession, should A so instructed as to be able to give 
«y. mo. ee ¢ Drum Of the last ramum also good | to e au und d and to 
F: ra a hl 
mondii, 
been : 
of them, not more than '6 inches in xi are iterally  Xeran pes Y ery peer ot Maa Jer 
T t t of n Bares ice 
scat areca eire TU ot | eat S 
onder- | ment o. ct e 
fully pretty. For larger masses the lemon and bright | like those of Heliehrysnms; render render ung Pt Lv tad dy, studied at sae fee are e Bees R 
orange African, and large Frouch Marigolds are more | able for cutting for winter bouquets. subjects, and that thas minds ts w 
nnuals of other kinds are os esto lenti | overwhelmed with the ‘edt t pete bre 
The acing ha sorts of Calliopsis are now Bacca | so 10 | grown in large tM es. Nearly 10 rad 2 are d voled to | under their notice, and wi iier o ihn pa 
nume p na, ti selection from them ». zt EM Ld | Mignonette alone, and the itis ath arising | for an examinati ion on one e " subjects | uie ing 
a Mis ^ Y s a race ol d a 4 delightful. ‘Nor’ is there any lack of novelties $k is i rd iiie | 
prett: $ Of t Pr wets. Pe been considered a hardshi sa atadan 
jas os = aller rivet E l e mer d them Td $e, or enel that ng pni pee was 
ps i NS is riu a pd aye E Vegetables, as might be seen fae our notice of rd ES a good one for o minds to work upon, but 
ec ah T pr. rosus om i grou IP last year, also receive as much if not m o | because the study of hem came Py n most improper 
iem x if e í edo: s » attention than cse um TS, ans ly g them because far n much of it was attem 
E gie W id s v ite, with a br ri purplis are many well selected vai 1 to zd taught in the time, and beeanse little 
pe oon ye v» eye, measure nearly "o. inches | breadths of ground, Beso Saat Giant White that they could learn well was what they 
ross, a hen ly open are re "i ul, Cos, Dunnett's Giant Hom Cos, Victoria d|they ought to have learnt in their da 
minor silendeya is aeo, a A kind, [mong climbing Whee zat fy om Thumb and Im mperial, all A medical d is not only a qualification to practive, 
Siada an oana mibi ab ped. and o and others rich violet Bai v Lm “Among Cabbage the large per din rf | but DN i oko a uni iversity honour, and the publie 
eld Market are grown extensively, as are | Wi 2n urally expect that our medicine 
SO fhe p-- mh zo eee) | also Snow's Early, Imperial White, Early Molta. we should be iios of higher education PM ibai who 
bus and in le rs now in piping adi of Pe Grange’s Early Broceoli, to which may be added merely hold diplomas from colleges. The only direction, 
tog T ps Y t — for late use Mammoth and , Carter^s Champion. | it appears to me, in which this superiority ean show 
amis ERA RIT g rne ago dh Among Pens, Veitch's Perfection, Princess Royal, |! n t of li A It 
nt of iy or ian sing. Quo |a large, fine, green variety; and Wonder of the sai to our medi cal tee cal rye = look for the 
alpana o of — Moy os alte iod, Tt and one var ich World are good summer sorts. Carter’s Earliest Many of them are now oeeupy- 
"— cannot be y requires, how- ip stated 1 e the best for AER. crop. Among ing important scientific positions all over the world, 
ers, Champion is reported to t l 
e irt frost is over. The blue and the white mix well and excellent for winter Aa ; Herbs of al uud ment of our knowledge. In the 
ther, and thus treated the effect whieh they |t; ikewi g Eo. aum mil itary: ani naval 
ete ey yos i: ire largely cultivated, as are Dunnett's | services, and in our colonies, eminence in science e has 
SERE: and embraco o. great variety of [St Osyth and. Piao Apple Beets ^ Spei crier imn rre pice e ROUTE 
One of tbe best is Hy mei in sinit MEINE Kidney and King ef Potatos, t "A wo clean-skinned, fine- | sent many i to o 
volor ia- | looking sorts. F Joa thet : 
kie ws the "apis cum imn feri are double vA 
2am tnd white sorts, also both useful, ‘There is eet | | Edinburgh doctors 
— Ex ty of tado. ‘the blossoms of x . Balfour E : 
waca measure quite two inches across. ‘This too will Scientific — Connection with The vou Lone Afr 
m t be a favourite with everybody. It is, we | following are selected from Dr. Belfour | ex exped: to the Rocky » 
i m to be called C. t. Dunnettii. For border decora- | opening lecture of t ies course of Botany, in May, 1864, aiu and who is now engaged in valuable geological 
er hemums are well worth attention. |as reprinted in the Bdinburgh Medical Journal ;—| researches in New prit LP Tun v vio aset 
: piglossis though grown here in separate colours | Natural Science, in all its and naturalist — 
ppear ti ‘a of improvement. | now qs an i t education, m: y Pen cape 
; are some instances | merely on account — its connection with pro-| highest credit the office of eerte d) the Botanic 
: mud. handsome, but in habit they are somewhat | fessional studies, but - pes its ee in| Garden of Calcutta ; de. oe filling a osea 
E e^ n4 e and perseverance this may, however, | mental training. It ex most bene in-| office at Bombay; Dr. Cleghorn, conducting the forest 
y rect; : fluence on the ‘obeorvant. p ; i6 ia n. per- | department in the North-Western Zoe of India ; 
oe em and white, is grown | ceptive powers into action a eens " dent to} Dr. Alexander Hunter, ably conducti ling the School ot 
: cre, ti from a distance looking | note the resem jects ; Dong at Madras, and the Ho rticultural G arden there; 
he former viewed 
ite a E sf blooming Heat Yon the ornamen- | promotes the formation of e aod 8 systematic 
E k these charming tle plants are | habits; and “it enforees accuracy, both of observation | by his arse og Dr. W allich, publishing valuable 
