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old orange Brabankin, who has it still? It would be | versing the practice, and finding a right place for the | against th ide of the >asure qui 
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even to pay an agent to do sp in order that he a. entomologist, | treatment, therefore, this plant ma be induced to 
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manra loge rary es too, may be easily fiama ge ia neue upon the insects cm are M rs pos wh They are traine me over twiggy 
man p » the frui t tre: es in that ; part of Nor cay Be nches of Birch ki I the tallest in = 
= soon ARTANA be g tto y such he | centre and smaller pieces towar ds os outsides ; 
that such has been toa Taima to the climate or | white woolly wits (or American phoma bligh t, as it is | ai in this manner they have a less stiff appeara nee ‘han 
inferior to some other. Many a plant which dwindles | termed in England), the cpr scale, and some of the n they are nes. over formal wire trellises. 
in England would be magnificent here or elsewhere. | Coccidæ, appear at mo identical both in our own | n an open wall was a plant of the yellow Jasminum 
I believe that this state of things might be somewhat | country and Am the fruit trees in the latter | nudiflorum literally loaded with KR which are 
altered by the plan which I venture to recommend. | country are mlject 3 “the attacks of a Lssamaried of dif-| said to have stood the recent se weather without 
Nor need the trade fear any injurious result from all om species Kar AA TA of disease to which | injury. It must be mentioned, Kowek, that it gets a 
their advertisements appearing on the same day of |o reha: rds are not subject. As mig ht be expected, good deal of warmth Be a ae which pagses 
the same type; having. one extent distributi raly p through the wall on whick 
they would be as valuable for a al of time in n | Europe, ae work} ih, aowa. t ditable p piri rt rass in oa oi Seis er here also 
England as abroad. -= ġradesman ma have formance and gratulate the A i li ‘ood the Jate frost uninjured, except tn) ends of the 
more extensive stock T another, may hav g llent tomological l somi vei got bleached a little. 
plants, may be cheaper, or he may possess Pair 
ea and prin’ EE 3; but how is the Sorn The medical profession will be glad to know that 
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know this except by the plan I propose? In-| Co pangs Dictionary of Practical Medicine, one of the e| ene 
pone we of bae F bagr kya- that as far as me greatest and most important medical works of the pre-| | Cassava (Manihot).—Two varieties or species of. this 
place is concern will send me thei sent enis pi approaching" its conclusion. n XVII., plant are cultivated in the West Indies, the so-called 
logues i ka as published, cp = take care that deri or Par Mae of Vol. III, now before s, terminates | oma and sweet (Mgnthot 0 apa d Janipha) ; E 
shall always lie on the tal e Bo tai anic Gar de en | wit say's calle a because neither 
useum for general inspection . ie Long | the words etd 5 PP PY egon. a 
en commenced h ere under iii auspice: as Dr. pirado labour has been, the “first numbe: er | who, with 
d ted to my care. Forty acres a having em believe, appeared in 1844, it has not been | Use of terms. The tuberous roots—the parts used— 
rich res opposite North and East Terrace in this city, long ger than a dictionary so elaborately executed ren- | do not differ i TES bet fi ve arke d manner. That | of the | 
hoe been set site for the purpose ; 16 acres will first dered inevitable, We understand that Mn final ¢ 
be culti wave Beanies! the rest for an arboretum and | ple of the work may be expected shortly. 
drive. It is expect siad t: o. cost 12,0002, a sum aie | aE Cees Th made, appe dirian rip renons proportion of 
may appear * small to = ogo oats but it i e | P [glutinous panan and of arag nic acid., When i 
different ame ours, | Garden Memoranda. ' secti e root is made, t 
ich doc not require yAn range of conservatories | Messrs. HENDERSON’S Nursery, PINg-appLeE Prace. able—a epidermis, very thin and tasteless. s, an “inner 
which are necessary in England. Scientific arrang —Even at this season the glass-houses here are ee laminated and fibrous la ys A which k easily- separated, 
ment Sii not be neglected ys pia chief hjm is the | 5 | worth inspection, for age ape the show-houses be- the principal seat of the bydroeyan acid and gluten ; 
introduction of ne lants, and to form a pla of | comin g gay with flowering plants ; and places in which and innermost, the body or main Kopion kpn e= in 
~ = va recreation | for m pe aan G. W. Francis, | kannas is at present little ee ‘have been decorated starch contained in a cellular structure. On the 
¢ Garden, Adelaide. h plants remarkable for fine foliage, so as to set division of the root the via matter exudes as a 
ie off to the best advantage, Among go in flower | mi Aky, Hpi, Jie that from the Sweet Potato, and with 
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were Chinese Prina; both single | and d ouble— the ic character, Its ules are about 
Potte of Books, | former handsom | shoo wee an AES oy diameter, and aay are pic se 
The Entomologist’s s LA or 1856. 12mo, pp. 174 ; ae are more easil ased, Cultivators, how , brown by iodine. The starch particles contained in the 
n Voorst. Price 2s. 6d. | who are fond of the "coon and have but ae acon “of substance of the root vary in sal oop zou to about 2 
Tus is the second vi <a ume of a anya work which them i in their Possession, may readi pode have more and of an inch in Sant In the of preparing the 
promises to be of considerable use bot th to | root as an article of diet—viz., by stepig 1o La a short | 
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durin; uring the year, accompanied by other pi tion thon detached has roots to is and is enabled to whether by heres ge igor Sit. 
such as notices of new works, lists of ‘uae begin growing without much c Among other | hydrocyanie acid, is pated, “To the page which 
acconnt of celleetng Teitu; &e. Mr. Sta the | plants i flo ower we ee Karly. Tulips, Cyclamens, remains probably” ae, bishiy nutritious qayit y of th 
editor, an introduc ctory Phere on the ee g. earn from Sonthey’e* 
— ring of ted 5s d d ybody, and varieties of Epiphyllum truncatum ; | o f the Brazils Mie D Dutch “ 
entomolog Se res hich wi e extract | the latter were in pans, suspended fro aap wh Mandioe to Wheat, thinking i ita tg. food,” and I ee 
the falloning passage, one of the best in the ae ig pe and arranged in this way they served to Sieg © travell led i in the 
which, whilst aiming at cg is too often fri appearance of the house, and had a good treet, wilds of South 
- lous:— | Mignonette, sown last July and jer on | that he faet for many days on no other food than 
“It must also be borne in mind that it is no ed in cold pits, was also coming into bloom, while some Cassava bread, Bi te a great fatigue, and 
sown in and thus by found it to agree with him well and support his strength. 
ae An entomologist cannot say— “4 sowing at intervals a supply i is nea ad all opel the | Dr. Davy in the Edin. New Phil cal Journal. Š 
by the apa s brim | spring. A plant of Fachsia Momin was in bloom,| New Way of Ripening Grapes by means of Straw and 
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A Primrose conveys to his mind a reminiscence of all fone wy Its pong as “handsome as ‘is aletler from Mr. .M. . H. Sm mpson, 0 of Saxonville, giving 
the insects that feed on it; he thinks of the fat larvze — of F. spectabilis, and the plant is d 
whi ch eat the le leaves in winter and early spring, and for eer able. [ana Jan uary. Mr. Sim pson follows the busi 
y night with mi stoves the red berries of Ardisia are just now manufacturing blankets. Reflecting nikis cep hen hen 
a lantern ; he thinks of the dipt erous miner that forms very attractive, and not Jess so are the _ large scarlet in the human body, he betho himsel? of 
its  MAZy ¥ whitish track o n the surface of the. . leaves; and something like blankets upon. V; r ten years mg 
n im-| it may be menti tioned produce these gay ‘floral leaves of has made six hundred pans in a saga peel on the 
portance which, without lessening its beauty as enn r, | paca. size than old ones. hyrsacanthus ee) yoe between three and four millions. To retain the 
invests it in additi f interest, but | burgkianus, alias T. rutilans of gardens, was also of the ground in borders which contained the 
every plant ; and shrub becomes to him replete blossom here, and for effect at this time of year tani poe of his Vines, he covered them, cs hata Ani 
plants = equal it. Its long drooping clusters | f with | dry hay, pers f two tons for the purpose. 
zonai tothe Tor r insects, becomes a totally. different of s t flowers are extremely orna EAAS 
thing ran what tha same walk 2$ uld be to another | inias ges early bloomi ee were arranged along and man The heat passed off very slowly foom tbe 
person. But w we further consider that a walk is | Shelves of this house n the glass. eee hare jt | borders pated protected ; as the cold weather 
_ generally undertaken by the entomologist with the |» t of the 2 pots ey 
_ express object of ing something, and it is rarely that | pci os in a growing condition. On the Ist of December it was sixty degrees. parapes 
he fails to succeed (if not in i i In the eath-house some of the early sorts as bie- became full, ba under this process in December and 
_ was seeking for, at least of finding something which he is | malis. gracilis, and Westcotti, were in bloom. January. Am n Paper. Neer fail to understand why 
glad to meet with), we can comprehend that an entomo- Variegated Aloe-leaved Yuccas, with Bi See like they did not ripen i in aiarar 
logist derives pamm pear oriy: walk he takes,” stems and fine heads of yg NE ag lea re also| Medieval Gar ee a A ancient iio 
Mr. Stainton giv account placed here and there i pol a bh phar ni. sty ok oped a “noble shoul 
and rare species “of Lepido opiera captured durin F effect, while on the roof was ae rosea in bloom. be arrayed with Roses, Lilies, Sunflowers, Violets, arid 
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Dawson & Jan have contributed articles on |mentioned, is eps to the hot-water pipes ; but ina among the plants bought for the royal garden est- 
the recent captures among the Coleoptera; and Mr, | house of this kind the latter are but little 7 | minster in toy : the annual rendering of a Rose is one 
F. Smii among Hymeno ar ; but the most valu-| One of the stoves rate has been m Phoa Fern- | a Me commonest species of quit-re in ancient 
able article in the volom is y Mr. omen entitled | house, in which are many fine speci of this conveyances. ‘The extent to which the cultivation of 
* On the Objects of ti I > which well hiig fashionable tribe y plants. The eta this s flower had been carried between the 14th and 16th 
deserves attenti tive perusal Jers of them t| may be estimate the varieties enume- © 
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of insects will n pond ag in lye fee volumes, as sin by Lawson; . k, 
they have been in aa and the pee jec: ockwork, ep at in way they | poet Trinki ‘Rose ; e sweet musk Rose, double 
Fir. men Took more attractive 73 thse | | and baie Soe the double and single white Rose. grt wh 
irst Report on rious, Beneficial, and other In- Lyeopods o agra we need scarcely y there | Provence Rose was probably first mgt in the x 
sects of ‘te Sua ee New York, pac to the State many |eentury, en the occupation of France oo iis 
4 ciety pursuant to an Appropria- | have ale been interspersed among the Ferns pores conjectured to to have caused the pr or 
tion jor ti ae r po:e rom the Legislature of tthe Varos of fruits and 
ite By Asa Fitch, M.D., Entomologist of the nae! of ma honse like Ivy, ant pe situation njou with V 
= Y. State ste he Society, Mem. Ent, Soc. | kind they are well adapted. n the Orehi Felin] | be i aa event likely to have brought the 
armers of Pennsylvania, &e. Albany, 1855. 8vo. | however whine this Fieus hee in greatest) Provence Rose to our northern climat 
; PP. 180 : _| per rfection. Here, a bes teen ened out in good | flowers, however, known to cur ancestors, is 
2 cousins over th not only the tact f 6 feet in length in fonr or flower or Clove Pink (clox-de-gircflée), was the com- 
7 Snding out the eae man for the right place, sage de five months; while its Bats which spread out flat’ "a a and to a certem degree the most esteemed. 
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