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six very feeble legs, of which the wane Vu only are] ‘ When the holes are completed, the bir d next] laid out by the garden architect so pleasing, and upon 
employed er locomotion, and these Ka drag it} procures its thread, which is a long fibre at Ba plant, | the ie so beautiful, as to be almost a perfect 
slowly backwards. Indeed, the general nm of the| generally much longer than is needed for the task | Ede: 
body and head b to that of a| which it performs. Having found its thread, the Ser aforth Hall, the sia of — 
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fat-bodied gard a spid So feeble are. Sts limbs, t that feather ed ta tailor begins d: pass it through the holes, | NM ar jae which possess more or bed what has 
they e Yel g :d 80 as en indica Mr. Perio is evidently x^ M those 
even when the ey are eut off, the creature can m to form a kind of “hollow cone, the point downwards, entlomen vla A do things of sort 
sandy | as well 2 when they were in their pe Eu Gen a a single leaf is used for this plc bat by i in ents. ho jle place has a ip v t 
the front of the head project a pair of long, slender, whenever the bird onset find one that is sufficiently | years. qoem een piece of sand driven at pleasure 
curved lng re which give ¢ i fetcl y the furious waves of the Mersey, at the mouth 
the grub has anything formidable in its nature. These and fastens it with the fibre. Within the balla thus|of which it stands, is now transformed into quite a 
mandibles are curiously made, being deeply grooved | formed the bird next deposits a SM of soft white | fairy-land scene. ‘At first. a strong retaining wall, 
thro roughout their length, and permit tting the maxillæ, | down, like short cotton wool, and thus constructs a| which was supposed to have been proof against wind 
or warm, light, and elegant nest, ian io s scarcely v visible | and tide, was DAS but the waves moc both 
"Tert and he as it may seem, this napa is a | among the leafage of the tree, and which is safe from | builder and l| sapped} its foundation, and 
ruthless destroyer of the more active insects, and, more- | almost every foe except man, utterly detya r3 now and § om the gm 
over, — catehes any but the most active. cent ng|  ''There are several nests of the ead Bird in the | of masonry that has recently rai and y 
i dy spot, w where the soil is as j far as poss ossible free British Museum, one com mposed o of se 3 leaves, and willat once see the determination abd spirit of The 
Tei a pity that in | man who owns it. It xactly 665 feet long by 
hich a ; enabled to entrap an other insec 70 Bee wide, and 14 ect py piece of solid 
Depressing rid end of its abdomen, r^ swing D ink which it grew ; er] it is to be ished other nry! The stones that make it up are ashlar, 
wards in a circular direction, it traces a shallow » | specimens are brought to England the mit M be eut truly cemented together, all quarried and brought 
d that if tl from Yorkshire. Ye who Zr the price of mason 
It then makes another rou spot whereon it grew. Beau tiful as is ie work per cubic yard, estimate this! Deduct, however, 
fir rst circle, and so it "roeeede mtis $ scooping up detached Det it does not give nearly so vivid an the superficies. of am artificial piece of fresh water, 
object as if it were still suspended to its l 
of its trench. By eon tinuing this p rocess, and always m Án and adds to jd M of the spacious promenade. 
tracing smaller and smaller Fr, the grub at last) Here, however, we must close our notice, once nue Thi is, of course, would make admirable ground- 
completes a conical pit, and Aa buries itself in the| thanking Mr. Wood for the entertainment which h work in Ciena weather for skating and curling, 
sand, holding the mandibles ard extended. has afforded us, and expressing our admiration of his Curling, however, is a Scotch game, as peculiar to that 
“Should an inse , for example, happen to | charming book and its be autiful illustrations, If EM as CIA is to a IOS and E not be 
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the cavity, partly out of the, insatiable eu euriosity which | number) go for anything, his “Homes without be igh balustrade surrounds this piece of water, and 
distinguishes ants, cats, monkeys, and ptum, and| Hands” will assuredly meet with au extensive the me boundary 
partly out of a et to aes Ne er has | circulation. lin ne soaaids, , "Spei 5 
the ant C he — of the. pit all, à than the e piece o d d is something less than 700 feet 
treacherous soi e poor insect goes tum ATALOGUVES REOEIVED.— William Bulls Retail List long, and judging by t the eye cannot te e s much 
bling : ed rling pt the yielding sides of the pit, and ; Sate E of b, sgn vet fall list of new Stove, | wider e mansion is situated in the centre of th 
falla into the extended j reenliouse and Hardy Plants, among which pe à block, "i is a square pile o of beideome outline, built 
fount bite ote the ant, im juices at [tne "mort n are some double-flow € zonal Pelar- well fioi 
extracted, and ty carcase is j vwd 2 of the à lee y SA of view. The back of it faces the sea; the 
pit, and the ithe empty ome itself ess for | M. réchal de Chanflourd, | described as ranunculus- my p and principal suites of rooms are well raised 
another victim." f g rmi h whi 4 ve t mon and i 
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t adorned; the; ey are from cial bito made d semi-double.— Peter son § Son's List of Forest | better to ward off the cutting winds from the seaward. 
by the well known artists rs. Keyl and E. Tr rees and Shrubs, October 1864, ah evt à speed Attached to the mansion is a glass corridor, 800 feet 
au Soi Mr. Wood’s own dis erintendence, ^ compiled Arar list of subjects 1 18f 
expressly for this work, Su s E Gpe to | Season of the n most cases the size of the | to the block of stove houses, greenhouses, and forcing 
take in knowledge by the ost | plants as well as their DE is given.— William Chater $ | houses that are erected in an open square at the 
vork. Catalogue of Hollyhocks ae the a annual extremity. This corridor is an n exceedingly neat span- 
These illustrations are not confined to the homes| dition, contains deseriptin f the sterling | ion, with perpendiculars about 9 feet high, 
ofthe insect tribe. There are some of pensile birds. novelties which hav appeared during a geaton, 10 of | the one of wood and glass, giving the promenader a 
nests and nests of various kinds. One of the most supplemente d by | glimpse of the river scenery, and the d g 
beautiful is that of the. Harvest mouse (Micromys | ?!*. alphabetical de sips € of the general ves one of the same height being a dead w 
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st example of the mammalia in lection, amounting to 250 varieties. with cement and finished off to imitate men pee 
England, and nearly in the world. “This elegant Wallan’ atalaga of Noo Pelargoninne contains ir. The legs of the m up at about an angle of 
Bogini, nee em ay | ^s novelties of the season. — Narcisse Fick MM "placed about 2 fet ahd 
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scarcely more than the sixth of an ounce, whereas the A g successeur de |Ad. Papelew à e" Pisis gt eee raised hood-like trian , 80 
ordinary mouse weighs almost an entire ounce, Its| Brat ef Supplément dw. Catalogue Général is an | fitted up with ops that a lever at one end re n 
colour is of a very warm brown above, almost amounting | glass yide so that air can be 
to chestnnt, and below it is pure white, the line of of hardy ben ‘trees and shrubs, accompanied by pleasure. The simplicity of both rd lever and pinta 
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he abdomen. Moreo are shorter Garden Memoranda. m ethods soon re hawitg die additional Primi ont- 
in proportion than those of the (eee mouse, the} SEAFogTH Hatt, SEAFIELD, cem rae a rri = Meca m Eo of erecting houses now-a-days 
head is larger and more slender, and - eyes are not |a retrospec ective glance amongst ga not be complete where the architect 
so projecting. ‘The harvest mouse all its | require to be very old to see that g mam panos have ee eM Mil for the principal mer he i 
congeners in the beauty and elegance. of its home, | taken place in every department, — It is not necessary | fixtu ures. Houses that | have sloping 
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ness, but i bove the in such picks their library, and perplex! ee brain in finding stormy wet weather. As a matter of economy, then, 
manner as Ad e. name of a tr pensile out the length and breadth of th horti peak of th hand finish which ! 
nest. ung to several stout Grass-stems ; | past, ry, i ith hood-like tops present, ventilation ought to be 
sometimes it is to Wheat-straws; and in one order to make ided fi 
fe penas by c Gier White, it ve suspended | and art rs at Pes epa pace nge m vu times. ome - "This cious promenade, “18 feet wide, i is equally 
head of a Thistl ears ago gardening did progress steadily d divided. h to three parts—6 feet for the borders on 
bey sio ien bant structure, being made of very | slowly ; but compare its E acean since, year by | each side ofa 6 feet path. The path is of polished 
narro refully as to form a d vpn what do we find? Instead of a limited | stone, with a hapedsome rounded curb-stone on either 
hollow globe Aat leas? thag a cricket ball, and of garden for the cultivation of hardy 2 and|side. An ornamental cast-iron grating, 1 foot wide, is 
zx nearly as — How this little ereatare con- ied MA with a small modicum of flow leti it? i fı 
es to form mplieated an object as a hollow | posse essed then by peream sid of respec tability, we | pipes underneath. The system of heating is very good ; 
dux with thin wall is still a pro t roportio ipes at front and back, besides 
another problem how the young are tat in it,| furnish, both in and pe of season, all the | these double rows ‘under the passage. The goddess of 
and another how they are fed. The walls (are so ‘thin luxuries in fruit, sil nlilss and flowers that could be| Fashion emphatically demands a spacious walk; and 
on an object inside ne nest can be easil Luxuries of this kind a few years ago were | standing at one end and looking up this vista, one is 
y part of the exterior; there i is no opening whatever, chiefly « confined to noblemen and other lords of the compelled t to admit that aste is mov ing in the right 
young ar packed so | soil. e fini pas em 
Jc yee but the mania has ‘hold of them, and that | contour of a house may be, it lop alt ii 
a F Mo 2 and en! which is eyer hif onse i gnata anh breadth of setting unite MA 
LACE ON VIMCIO = is probate at fhe der rrr bred sm in. Ornamental wronght-iron arches arma: 
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feed her yo emp» ^ their titled brethren. Sock indeed jeleodable ambi ppo tarota Laoreet ag 
A single | extract from the bire and we have done :- TEE IE MEE that ch pce get vm broad oe agreed which ran up and throw 
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the name of the Tailor Bird, its scientific rs i ng | CHUA, a apenda greka ane huge specimens of trees | rafters are nn up vith light Pw ye m 
Orthotomus longicaudus. | manner in which it| dotted over the landscape. Such things cannot be fashion—and th: se: sah are white, 
constructs its pensile nest is very si Choosing a| created in a day, and a Mg se in qe market. pue with the ped of Haider's a d. 
convenient leaf, generally one whieh hangs from the| Those te who hold s treasures may |bas a ve oque ACE 
end of a slender twig, it pierces a row of holes along | revert with . pride to Aer eid n , mock at the puny AL this is Make grand of TNR as very spac 
each edge, using its beak in the same manner that a wever, and plants too of consider: 
shoemaker uses his awl, the two instruments being to complete. tenia palatini like "s with all | kis e, ve "tive in kind, it "m not look o 
very similar to each other in shape tho not in|the modern vements known rehitecture, | bay sl or: E. a m kear s: d ge stuecoed room 
material. These holes are not at all regular, and in | however, can [^r "^ ID of do can be lai nges of Viueries are got up in a 
Some eases _— are so many of them, that the bird | down in a block of ground to furnish all that is rare siting: ne furnis ami at M ly little 
pecial gratification in | iful i bit 
seem hav found | | t : 
making them, j just as a boy who h knife makes|the esthetic eye, and forma grand feature in com- | to ey what m ight be e winter garden like 
havoc on every piece of wood which he can obtain. „fpanionship with such a mansion. Grounds can be this, d, and be prepared 
