Apart 2, 1864.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 319 
soris though well covered with blossoms, were less! introduction of the minute. house - c Pi AR: to to the conclusion, strange at first sight, that the MATTER 
markable. might ar at least be attribute tituti the living world is identical with that 
D alise vari these a collection of 6 plan cargoes of Apples, now me brought = this baa foruis the i inorganic € The processes of 
pots was show Mera Young, gr. to R. Ba à re hg , | country, v Matin noticed a stall in rd Street, nd finally * Geogra- 
of Highgate ; mi of cut blooms we noticed one or two | which the its were placed, oras with ika Lte Distribution f 3” and i is shown how little 
aed the best of which came from Mr. Todman of troublesome little insects. Mr. Baly read the co functional difference there is b en animals an 
Cla mence a r on the species of tortoise | plants. * For we anl find that, distinct as thos 
Co. “oot of Forced Ftowers.—These consisted | beetles (Cassidide) d m Mr. ase ra brc | Hei are, whether à porpoise, or Sing or lobster 
of a 
of Hyacinth, Tulips, Lily of "4 Valley, Pimel 
ilaes, Acacias, broad-leaved Kalmias, R 
eas, 
hododendrons, | 
ndian and hardy, Po olygonatum v vulgare, 
in the Eastern Archipe - he firs 
e on gon Lon Bor 
any of thos se her] kinds I have ntione d, 
memoir by Mr. Pascoe orn 
the regions, was also read ; aid Mr. needa 
eas bot y^ 
Deutzia La asa 
same 
q 
Cinerarias, Roses, Dielyt 
| Pyles 
1, Mr. oh H 
yr of the Potty ~ charmingly loomed potfuls 
of this universal f: Mr. Howard ; 
from ar Bartlett also came diaska 
d 
geh: of it. Of these E px, 
as aw: 
alas sel and 
play. The kinds 
E 
y dis 
| not differ in those "illas on the last occasion. 
d. ‘exibition well 
arded 
in 
did 
| Foremost a tood Vermilion Brilliant 
Keizer K ob, “the last bright red, boldly edged with 
yellow, a most useful kind for ou 
Awa 12 pots: 1, Mr. + wr aul; 2, oung. 
pe acis wo z = were exhibited. In 
one were su pla wk of the little 
Slat: cain, v Orchid, "Sophrontis grandiflora, and 
associated with them were -— su Coleus, | m 
Dielytra spectabilis, Ca apsicas 
"Wat 
on the structure of the cells 
bees, nts he considered were norwally € 
drical i in form. 
with Kew an 
tive form, that o = consi 
; the ear ae 
s of eac akii are oe the same, e; aud it sin 
i 
Jrotices of Wooks. 
A History Eyii World. à Philip Smith, B.A. 
ar 
This Part Sarena with the history of the 
Chaldzean, Assyrian, and Bab bylonian monarchy, and 
carries on "ps Medo: ‘Persian tompie to the conquest of 
t. ugh Au f ts of Berosus embrace an | pi 
t ero 
ye vu) whieh it sr been left 
to the present time 
uu demonstrated by the careful study of develop- 
But is it possible to go another step further 
still, a to show that in the same way the whole of 
)€ organic world is reducible to one primitive con- 
2 ve forrat Is ra among the plants the same 
m of o ve ion, and is n identical 
a is- 
coveries o up 
many dilhealdes? and thro 
na- | question, too, is not unoertain « or dov 1btfu 
nt be 
new interest firs 
m? The he - n 
11.535 
plan 
proved cm every 
same — 
b: ter, or oyster, 
e fro 
cae 
4 
came from Mr.. , Bull, 
serus group of these 
It contained 
e eye. 
$.— Of these a collection’ of well- 
fing an, of Cla apham. 
coser 
examples 
he 
—Mr. 
—Among subjects submitted to 
Floral Committee were 
Z 
racantha, ža Palm remarkable 
Sea 
Young É faeiiished well bloomed 
of Columbus, luci idum,; Barclayanum, and | whi 
the 
ettil 
for 
that 
nd cud rea varia, both good inscriptions are partly on bricks and vel 
additions to their respective genera, To a Ja e | th me: ro inscriptions Mun "d 
ia from Mr. Standish, stated to be nt on la ps -boo d the whole body of 
a -class Certificate was assigned; and | them fo: a library, the ch: ing as fine | 
to Mr. Earley was awar Commendation for a|and the lines as close as those of an o — octavo 
deep bright rosy-flowered Begonia called Digit page. The s taken to secure the writing from wo 
Last, but b ectual. After: the 
ich a full account hi 
and received, as it well dese 
te. 
bs 
ae aeta Yuceas, the Titans 
Asp! uum ferulace 
been given in a sca Psi 1 1108, 1862). This 
came r. Bull, 
s.—Of these interesting collec- 
Mr. Bull and Mr. 
rdylines, a vigorous grow- 
rinided, Gleichenias, Todea ane 
y e — 8 a was the charming injury are 
and the Jewish nation, 
The Biblical student i is much fi 
any r other animal “you choose to name, you shall 
d all g the p 
indebted to Mr. P. Smith. 
Hie 
an 8 quadruple ait with t 
i three A 
acquires fresh interest, if, as rein seem 
uppose, ‘th ions 
more, that the first processes of growth, and arice “of 
the a modifications, are iE the same 
race was re 
this agrees with 
ch is given in de ‘guneiform inscriptions to the 
subjects x ee dyn 
Mr. Sm 
A 
nations or tongues) | t 
e lecture 
ie ey pro 
and e of 
mission and vari 
ed on 
cing the coins of X eea Mr. H 
uss the origination 
living ve ru "with here 
tion, the 
to des 
mperaments, 
o Bed sex or r the ot 
h 
that it raris 
ings fou 
the two, or it wou ld be of n 
Sex at all; ito "cannot, be an exact intermediate form 
one side or rw: y 
M: To notices are given of 
n which have been Te corde d; an nd 
era ids, the one objection - to the 
arwinian hypot. un which I value 
However, though he admits that * " ‘at present, so far 
are equally curious and e 
d been 
more 
possible 
to produce ; ;this complete Physiological Jivorgonce by 
selective. breeding j^ yet that “ w) ow 
Hs eons and u cort this seni ity is, = tom 
ule hich3td 
ht 
s I 
ose conditi TRA will 
be better und T F np E a we have no 
t be 
rved, 
pag : marmoratum, Chameranthem mum Bey- 
um, the showy 
ets: snd. 
Of Die æa speciosa, som. 
Of the way in 
Will be found at p. 388 pr ded last year's volume. 
ExroworoarcAL: March aga: Smith, Esq 
S 
© 
chair, F, 
dup 
West 
ik 
E brought fro 
y also ZR. Lop 
PY 
tera from 
horhina e cas rini ing to the family of | o. 
m the Zambesi by t i 2 
idop 
w Charaxes, denir he 
f| Mr. Dar 
e well-flowered plants 
in small Pos We were exhibited by Mr. Turner, of Slough. | in 
which these are some account 
ee noe most s of sto! 
d for supposing that we may no 
to ligh t long Pon th 
TS Mam of the inscriptions 
is from right to le 
our Knowledge of the Causes of the Phenomena 
0; Organic Nature. By Professor Huxley, FRS 
m tio ust n So that, 
hypo does not "completly extricate us from this 
difficul e have not the least o. say 
nt, w 
it will not do so.” 
Dis havo ioniy ‘to add that these lectures 
tten in t concise and yet lucid style, and aura 
admir sly adap sted _to their Gomes of rendering 
wicke, 1863, 
In this sed volume we pare as it vere a diges st of 
** Ori of Species" rendered into 
simple, Ku ep language for the "oomprelisusam 
of wee orking men. Mr. Huxl ll k 
ws hastil examination and con 
icit and we iio that. the tora is rapidly 
isc 
Pyrethrum Powder.—. 
wn | group, as E se nates Chega emums, 
n the se of 
ese pe even kills emall ones in a 
a pe of ose 
S 
E 
$T 
d Pigs a singular 
cotic ete <a cu [eae u ts, 
i 
roseum and! carneum Gust. hie the duh), this 
matter i is found i in the largest quantit: In order to 
increasing of those a can heartily echo 
cone * Mr. eie work is the 
a 
= 
vder to advantage, eu the ger of 
of Von eliev: a 
jon strip it of its ooral vex it still remains 
of the greatent „engyolo opædias of biological | t! 
b any o 
e|I ee that, if yon 
of an _ hypothesis, it is destined to be the guide of 
Hp 
a 
i 
BS 
j 
A educati 
oth (Tinea sarcitella, the 
had eaten a number of holes in a 
and psychological speculation for the next | 
, | three or four generations.” 
ch the y has done good 
rought forth ; and | M. 
the embodiment 
popular form the 
;|against all insect 
the flowers must be used, and these must be cut before 
It is also very pose to 
de them in the shade. The Spaniards, to keep off the 
gnats, burn the centres of the flowers of the Chrysan 
themum Leucanthemum. It is stated that 6 aos of 
anaezelus vaen tions and A. clavatus produco poy 
the e effect as th wder of Pyrethru 
used the > powder ae the wild 
Chamomile (Anthemis na des rig & insects. The 
asten 
bees have settled (after having 
m), in order to prevent the bees from 
the hive. The Mahometans and the T. 
cca atl d 
and 
dix! slowly heat in order to produce more smo! oke. 
jin this nd b ege has also taken 
Tr 
recent] 
FE 
p 
T5 
n 
ft 
ree 
ch had caused consider- 
ming pr binding of books. Mr. 8. 
Coleoptera received 
Ti by 
E t him. 
With this aim, he pees. b by dir an animal | som 
with which all are namely, the horse; giving 
| a rapid sketch of its organisation, and pr dependence in 
on the vegetable, and Saen. that on apaa 
world, and its final return to the tie * coming 
y diffi e 
some 
ns .E. J, Bedinghaus, 
m—It was on the morning 
of the 20th [of Te J Bap SY Ses a dn de m m Hull 
