1038 
river and the lagoon I the Water Lilies. It c 
sts | was well known to the natives of India, ia, that Bamboo res 
of a ny assortment at ia es eae cut at the full moon was much more subject to the| Then as to beer, porter, A these fermented drink 
ar hon ^ the Tak gx bark of whic i a bald ie n great | attacks of insects, rotted and decayed sooner than | were peri harmless, thougt mpure 
esteem for tanning purposes. The Venta will prove a| when cut during the dark nights.—Specimens the|should have been emplo i pub boiling of the wa 
bec wed ornament, and, in other ways, an acquisition to the | rum jn a liqui te, also in a large block, and rolled, | would ng e sufficient io destroy any number 
s e plantation has been formed near well as in a manufactured state, as vulcanised, hard | parasites. Unfortunately, we could not be perf of 
elu Nes Ip e Cette This plantation is compos d soft, and in a ri bd ebonite, were exhibited. | certain about unfer ti inks, such as ginger-beer, 
of several new varieties lately introduced into the colony, Since the Exhibition, a patent has been taken out for | lemonade, and the lik All must depend upon the 
aco og a Selle, ia Mania a Le working it, particularly ot the insulation i rede source and the supply of water. It migh » however, by 
« "Tiboo, " a Chicaga,” i Pinang,” “ Diard,” and “Guinghan,” | Wires, com mbined with caoutchouc and vari other | ¢ denar at the manufacturer aiie get his a 
The object aimed at in the formation of this plantation is to | substan n the purest source open to him, and that, theref 
test thi lative value ofthe varieties of the cane which are Th 1 t On Dat no apprehension, a ig 
on poe A se ma ea orden ponire — E d Datur: vn the object of which was to show wins the "ge remarks we re appli a 
danka t hehe e aby decisive opinion can be prencugeed as to the | tha E BA ants sf identical in points of oh rti pen pe to water, 
relati of the varieties of ca 
i p 
‘vartotles ‘of p be a j c9 ro aa M rit in 
the time of my last repo ave k n | 
included the rib 3 green (or yellow), and the Tahitian fo e l papers oe. 5K —'Notic otic Blige ae aks 
cane. last-named variety, so far as my experience is con- | some Rare Scotch Plants and the alities, by Pro eptem 
— ts wy Aian — l hate Lcx ipte bed bata Balfour; *On the ig Welsh pones Cure for St. m 
cane, a a hardier an IS T oes n! * 
sacchat Steer, he ferreria that the Sugar cane will | Vitus's "Dance," by M r. M. Moggridge; and “On proce à of t 
be extensively cultivated in Que d are, my opinion, Euphorbiacez, Dr. Mal u 
sure to be ealized Hn andi gives ie great erano K ftare vias In Sub-section D (Physiology), Dr. Cobbold branan 
I h n enable istribute a number o 
rd t a, and that and for them E on, in th parate p were so ent 
amongst intending 
exceeds the m À onis can be sent from this establishm 
thout detriment to its interest. 
ya (the tree whieh yield: veg is 
aaa I have written to Sir Wi 
yal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and to Sir William Denison li ced to h nue pend t some kind. or other. 
overnor of Madras, in ord x procure the other species ot here was no doubt that entozoa w: 
iere eee eus sede: daring. the lat AY with vegetable food, Small molluscs harboured 
O exertions m: 
years tusddaes dud propagate it i o East T ies, as well | larval parasites in prodigious quantities; poe they 
as in Ceylon, and in the West Indies. There is abundance of | were the source of one or more of the parasites 
E m scires gs suited At cn € situation for the growth | that o asionally invaded the human form. These 
ofthe Cinchon 
to the 
which the Peruvian bark fetches at tim 
would certainly becume a very general article of cultivation if| Water-cress r other vegetables of the kini It 
ps - = garden i tho on ke as dis Od d a necessary, with all vegetables, that the greatest clean- 
n the A plantation, the varieties that hav 
es cceeded 
best are, me Mandarin, St. Michael's, Bahia, Seta, “Blood, 
be: rop than the 
ar a more a abu mag nt c 
Se. 
be carried 
Water Lil, x; speci 
d it is found ‘that n M 
kinds in the confined eos in which they are be, The 
formation of another lagoon for the reception of the Nymphas, 
ina 
liam Hooker, 
bl 
grower, — y F ahn Wa peng ry the high price 
this country. It| but 
| 
wo | 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Ocronza 29, 1894, 
boo | stances ug they be thrown aside as harmless == 
t thes 
and therefore mu d nly be considered as v& 
P spec 
gs; but it was questionable shige. her the. '-— 
our home-made wines was sufficient ftp 
i appearance of si 
w: Clematis. 
TA 
xr du e more pem 
This accidental form, so far assi 
self with Clematis, Anemone, and others, 
the fol lowing „consider ation: —Is not the I^ 
orm au] 
rs, d 
liness should be obs Ded a Baca] them for the 
f 
table; and care should b en to avoid swallowin 
these mal molluses, whi kde ery likely to escape 
observation. A small species of 1 fluke-worm, discovered 
n Egypt, would, e e s AS be bron ght to th 
a d living specimens had be. P CA: in 
this country, both in men and m 
onkeys only to a 
very small extent. As to the Tittle Tread orm, he 
| had never been able to rear it in hod ao and Pears ; 
=. would add pde vtm ornament to the "ee and is 
ry for the preservation of the plants ai 
T "ne 
petites. 
Robe the plants of utility which have been x" 
into this establishment — -— last two years, a 
varieties of Banana, received fi the ma 
-— 
new 
jr through |o 
Darlin 
m or dinarily oc cupied the hum 
the ind instrum equ of TH d ng Downs T Tn any evils in children were charged in 
e : 3 Y ib: 
eke flourished, and the fruit is of a flavour superior cating i E but, as ^ mto were con: 
rie Medi a "ane a E a a eo ‘latroduced, he. dhenees 
o! va) e followin ng i e ou e in e e Wo 
al eve bee en introduced, viz. mekvsucaris Hela Rulei, Dammara | were “that be larve woul e taken from 
Moorii, Stillingia sebifera, Jaca: mim li: , Berberis of f 
ehenaultii, Ravenala madagascariensis, Poinciana regia, surfa ruit. Wit regard to Celer ry. 
genie Nidaros; lon, Santalum Album; Bowenia spectabilis, &c. tium an hs a the ordinary market-garden vege- | 
e Botanical Library an useum are n to the 
public. The former contains a number of books valuable t hens js itus an d th tiga) aud veaotable matter 
the botanist aud to the horticulturist. The s ustained entozoa; and the more filthy. the bee A 
s 
M. to 6 P.M. every day 
s employed i in the establishment 
e Ween gen Vue euo ofi £ and 9 a 
n t 
entozoa was derivable from 
uet bes E: ever an Eos " habitation for M 
f the 
body. 
Rd manure “employe 
garden, La n 
with the 
to secure bos gua 
to o be ad 
from water-drinking, | r 
o its utilit 
plut, toget 
Pé 
treuil 
eaves 
| 
Jan 
In other respects, they are oi 
public in this e p 
I regret that my in 
e footing as the general 
ing duties have precluded me from 
devotin, Qr Men asl wished to petes saine tions 
bes Tarni ng then e water as a source of ac va, 
the first species to which „attention was drawn was 
g so 
to the work on t 
he Australian Flora by Mr, George Bookbag 
President of the Linnean n n visit, however, to the 
northern shores last year, in foe ship ‘ Pioneer,” enabled 
ed to Tt will not be out of p 
e mention, | that during this visit 1 met with Santalum album, 
the tree whieh furnishes ae Sandal wood of commerce, in the 
first place on the aed f the Endeavour River, and subse 
quently at Port Deniso: 
a 
c 
BRITISH ÁSSOCI 
(Zoology and B 
* Balatta and other Gums regarded as a Substitute for 
Gutta Percha.” The writer os pio the gum as a very 
excellent MM for, and quite equal to, the adul- 
terated or € percha from Singapore. They 
were olst, of Amsterdam, 
860. 
e 
i first into notice in 1 
iana, and was 
Dr. 
Berbice, ringing - 
It abounded in the sts of Bri tish Guiana 
especially prolific - the time of M full moon. On the 
mA of ae Ls ll m e yiel 
egg 
— In Section D j 
Toray} Dr n p a paper on|i 
| i serpent. of Moses, Parasitic larvae. might be found 
water that was, to all , appearance, tered the pure; 
LE was perfec tly i innoc 
P 
gular,.—AÀ paper 
revoluta, Cycas circinalis, and Ceratozomia NA 
as | by Prof. Balfour, was also read. 
g Potices of Books. 
Flora of the British West Indian Islands. By Dr 
Grisebach. 8vo, In 7 Parts. London: Reeve & Co, 
it hi 
a 
, Grosse 
with 
, and bears 
ate "Peaches, We 
sent 500 miles by railway, tnd yet to h 
in excellent 
useful to observe that th e Peaches whi a s E 
veyed so far and so safely were not loosely Le 
ihe pa strewed tie 
spurre ed form a result > WM ?—Pro 
or ne thnk te the 
iva 
gee 
y, amon 
niii most especially that called “ is “nl ma 
consists. of a complete lis 
of A 
her with the Lat nn 
Mobs es of Cyes 
omit 
Le Jardin Fruitier du Muséum. By Prof. Decaisne. 
(Continued from p. 967. on 
cher Galande.—Syn. Bellegarde, Noire de 
Vine" 
Noire de Mon 
globo: 
treuil, Belle de 
owers, 
other melti 
carr 
ave known 
cking lightly s 
condition. 
could not be said of water eared T ind tanks i in ME 
which to line the hed at t the bot: 
b eR ates, The people e these islands suffe red fi 
> which must hav 
e form or other. 
class the pede 
j eri 
r, the habit of 
ce itself in the ode Lowe 
neral ariab 
|I 
down isease. 
reached the brain was from the yes s 
h 4l 
After 
e tree | 
inhabiting dogs which was often communioated t 
10 tim eater a at M times. 
Mo: ben appel, it could be tapped a 
gain every tw " 
uman being. One sixth of all p who id i in 
and: de was ced the tree was not 
inju ind. by being ta apped. A tree yieldin 
1 
ts adult, Sp it pon psn be see 
a 
in a respect was discovered by 
es go et nd of | t 
ben | Cotton, in n 1853, growing T m vins fe 
India, from lat, 8° a0 to 30’ at an ERINE ‘of 
The elim - 
— 
from 2500 to i. = e sea. 
ie Bele — is found in Berbi 
FG 
the country w 
pony but. phy 
ight be induced to 
A. M. Non 
were Rer 
mention by D 
` freely at, the timo of the full m 
car un but there 
moon had an important | A 
eodd br. Riddell said; It 
sedis to the | 
r. Riddell, of the Sap mane more | e 
said, some people | tho: 
No. on need drink water impregnate 
wine thoes entozoa. Water to which dogs had no 
access could not contain them; er were they 
x. ies de found = pri ng or P 
which the 
p 
pr 
might b e. carr’ 
n one- | 
rS wi 
loy 
pem | 
Re 
preserved for E ex 
om 4% 
The wa ee in which n 
was one kind | 
Bellozarde 
Tri 
Eben 
Oc tober. 
should be eae by five, and under no circum- 
ie Angora has 
E oe 
insertion; skin Se yellow ; 
roy lar, ixi n not highly dia vo 
nthor 
re 
teen on of the Pons zoolog tb g that 
better ge athe 
P rt to pla 
-- dioe 
very old vi 
r M. Galand, 
dire 
quei Fire pour les rire S leri 
fruit ca 
ada 
dimi. n. Mascedélle Ss 
mallest and 
ated for its sis A i 
arks goer 
AP hs ag (^ several 
and Belle Angevine or 
meltin 
Era e 
me nét um o a8 
Ia E ales St- Gef 
