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SEPTEMBER 10, 1864.] 
THE — CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL imei 
871 
e 
stem has lost much of its 
w is this? | if the dre es not quite 
and e eri t with a 
wer- 
" 
opening by. pores at the apex; the albuminous seeds 
id gardens; the anthers of Solanum 
with, usual A1 pl 
(Datura), apace owing to the infolded dorsal 
absence), gamosepalous, polysepalous ; : (adhesion | or its] “46. Natural Order—Solanacew. The Solanum | Fairba are given at Ami e Ying 
absence), inferior, superior, Of the corolla (cohesion | family. res mim) ie ‘Shara i ry arated rege am in 
or its absence) gamopetalous, polypeta alous (regular,| ‘‘ Herbs or shrubs. Stamens same number as corolla- | tion is stored up for the u use of the erc g iom n 
irregular). Of the stamens (cohesion or its absence), if | lobes. "imt celled, sete ouo bination of cast- 
cohering by their filaments, mon- X or pol lphous;| ^ Typo -Hitterewook Solanum (So Duleamara). ght: d 
if by their anthers, syngenesious ; if free, mon- di, | ‘A straggling deciduous ts id — nd t 
&c., up to 10, dec-an or if more than 10, poly- | petiolate often tvm " and loose extra-axillary fa mistake, e, ed in some cases ya ar bres on 
androus. Of the pistil {cohesion or its absence), | cymes of purple flow one metal possesses great powers of resisting com- 
syncarpous, apocarpous ; (adhesion or its absence), - pression, the other great powers of resisting extension ; 
inferior, superior. To denot te the number of carpels Organs | Wo. | | Adhesion. nd the consequence of their combi is that the 
constituting the pistil, whether they be free or coherent | Calyx .. | Gamosepalous. Taisit. extensile property of the wrought iron does not come 
if the la aft the number being inferred the | sepals .. at hg A into p 2 1 LE a "s b E is on the point of 
RIMIS o p 5 a pt stigm the Greek numerals Sinis [eee | brea ang. which is obviously too te, 
Ne 7. igma) ERA df alae äi- A Ji |  Gamopctalous. | Hypogynous, application | of wroug n beams for sup- 
ly-g Tue d ntage of encouraging clos UL up | £e tin f buildings id "Rroproot warehouses 
and correct observation of structure in pa pie is Stamens } 5 | Pentandrous. | Epipetalous. | is very Firing t it involves agoa deal of mathe- 
obvious ; and student is recommended Pistil 3 5 a knowledge ust, therefore, 
PUPPI, D of the schedules in blank, and ind ^. Pe WD | 2 | yncarp E | BRR Tr ass o the description r4 id palatial enin of 
nse them after collecting a pla nb not previously =! | hich 2 s Fairbairu s jus It ‘ected 
m Seeds ral, albuminous, in red berries. for Titus Salt, and is v tal et the re Xil" 
. As an example of the ieee style of the elementa “Observe the fre uentl te leav Mes sitnated On the ri Ar Aire, ne 
us "porti n of po 7 ids a passage whieh [a Oe AER a An} Togo. — area is eatabfishent itt ie about 12 acres. 
familiarly indi cates | the nate of transpiration cerescent c f Winter C herry (Physalis Ale keng). | probably the most magnificent and the most ‘completa 
sutures of the carpels, which 
pot, o 
» rv and m» ce the whole in a cool, aded place 
a few hours, We shall anticipate matters, and 
t thi dtp done, and that non 
s way upon three distinct 
reup. No. 1 n vas A Mv the 
d with i ; No8 
tried the ex periment in 
specimens of Butter 
table; No. 2 wa s place 
} ^ 4 
o pes tiM in ‘water, 
T: Phe general result d LIU Ae 
e a owe — After say 
be, as we oe a 
the roots in the a 
ment will 
ding, foretally if it “be ind 
other hand, if water be withheld, 
they fade, 
r If we take now the faded havi fo first described, 
* Although some species under cultivation are amo ngst 
ur most valuable food-producing plants, the order 
aan ngerous, including the De ay Nightshade (Atropa 
enu apr the berry of which, a bont the pizo P nd 
oe lack Cherry, bas often prov, l to 
ne (Hyoscyamus niger), a ae ed 
of ia o places pd t villages, with dingy, purple- 
veined, yellow flowers; and Tobacco (Nicotiana), the oil 
distilled from which i 
co. ies n 
co Were entered 
Amer Islands, 
The Potato plant (olan Ae i is by far the 
most; important mem of the or der, affordin 
I ri 
to 
LOGUES REC idend Sutton’s rar E 
bie efr 1864; James C 
Fi 
armer 
d lists of Bulbs, accompanied by cultural 
| hint mon gst t e are glad to see such things 
bs Ixia Sparaxis re-appearing.——— Robert Parker's 
and 
Catalo. v e of Plants, &c., for 1864-5, is a full list of 
Orchids, Moe vid Greenhouse plants, Ferns, &c,, with 
| a bulb supple 
egri on 
r| Afric Dye. of ihe: ee here 
| en umecatd are adis inown to be u iae spiel the 
a fading B cup 
Reflec Sing upon fon experi- 
0 the foilowing conclusio; 
, That water evaporates from the exposed surfaco 
of p 
Sox "het fresh supplies are taken into the plant by 
E 
from the sonth- sai coast ui erica, | Batives, but their econo value ent. 
Potatos are the tubers of swollen portions of under- | They produce some of their brightest ir gib. arai 
gal branches, and oots, as m ‘thee ed met ir g their mats, &c., from woods, barks, seeds, 
abou’ ‘OOS. Ce. 
8 A hey contai 
nt. of starch, which may be roughly. icai fom 
the tissue of the Potato by grat ing and washin 
m this aR. 
pit is root to the leaves. l hel 
another simple experime 
low, whieh shows mae 
we recat r small 
pue ta its enough to allow the P 
through. Let the petioles hang sea rend 
vds blers containing it, Having arranged se 
Hus tar bpa empty tumblers upside py ute 
rid the of ae yl 
blers in the Sonshine, Nr other 
i e Dh EM or 10 min 
inverted P - — to the 
ry ined w ind on i 
that kept ou Fe sun is bi nearly oF 
It is tiat, . Mberalore, that 
not on] 
leave 
bent wh en 
‘excited b dry f ir? 
seventh ter deseri su Ro the a P5 th 
ub 
Ca 
ent, 
etiole of a leaf place 
d Educa 
9 | The Application of Cast and 7 Wrought Iron to Build- i 
| EAT with ma 
| for all du Acad f A 
Y 
er. it 
enne Pepper 
eia va 
of this notice. 
arnard, of C 
pe des E p e eaa a ie aud pre pach | 
by Mi Per for the Committee of Coun 
ing tg gee By Wm. Fairbairn, eye F.R.S., 
F.G.S Third Edition. Pp. 303. Longman & &| 
Co. 1861. 
This is a first-rate work, by a civil engine dy In the fore- 
most rank of his profession. Being n for the} v 
gpidance of f ofessional men, of pr 
t ean only be duly appreciated b 
matical science. 
ot only cast 
and arms of the 
yo te 4 
‘ound on speci 
Pontio | elosely allied to the the Fustic of 
common climbing shrub. 
Tt 
y obtained, p the "MN wal a very bright yellow, 
n beams span- | 
X 2 dis d ie ^W directions, Et tubular flos 
‘ op gigantic proportions crossing ri 
aid of mordan ts, the knowledge of the use of 
g. | qni ite unknown to them. One of the best pes sand 
the Zambesi vum 
Maius ipd 
Macl 
and of a derable ene Kiera io in deep ri 
use 
- 
ingular this 
eui. pes ey e the! "ik of — Ye - 
from of urces, e pre La! mats, and 
| orname reri arti eles, i hich they 
so clever, r, and i are sted — Psi eaves of 
timet M rx, 
gee 
e 
ed of three cita s dial adt, v 
ery harmoniously interwoven. 
s aic rel ied enge of — distinct reer ien 
ery appar ven in the gated boe the 
colons of th p de are almost. as dist 
tr 
ese woods with the tak — then, 
pes with articles ale ed with them, are the 
ble collecti ection at bro! 
irk, th 
to the 
encoun! 
few. 
closing rie, dint 
and vital p 
The nd 
their 
and the eighth, 
dt oat Se ri ihn structure |j 
da of the ‘book is Mw | p Bis 
ngemen 
systematic arra 
“A portion much use is made o dde ee 
vb aap | ite n a selected t type of each natural 
content = we xa atin of e : nat = = 
we lant ex 
deg n this "d sys E ic 
natural 
in a short time t ders to which mos 
E 
st | such m has 
e| diei ix rogus Paus on the strength 
[ef Abt material to the bailding o of all kinds of ware- | 
mills, which will possess the a a aie 
-proo 
ES 
as 
F 
E 
dq 
e 
ME 
S, 
c 
&. 
3 
R 
ch 
zi 
oO 
Ra 
their’ riget KE ea (ha ToU d f Cochlosperm 
anch are much used as a grs a rj cedi a 
first part NEN irbai t 
m whe 
the mats and bas 
é Sécló of ig Such 
sed HON —— so far 
m 
de ete 
in "1801. Mr 
— 
when i 
ve been fi 
mill by Boulton and me | 
nd appear 
| crimson ‘colon, from th e she 
rd 
AVES 5 
athing base of the lea 
ems equally well-known 
EG plants belong will be e asily recognised. 
Orders are treated upon the following plan :— 
these experiments seem to have been de on Mr. 
see 
to the natives of both sides t Africa. On the Niger it 
