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Marcu 8, 1856. | 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 155 
Rene a effective method of keeping out rabbits from 
g under wire netting in a light sandy soil ? 
d, | 
| amusing. must, however, always 
and another is 
between pny ‘events „Whi ch Mada me Pfeiffer actualy | 
one goes t to decay ai 
and when 
paie fest a. Pr without a roof until a new head has 
Son om been suggested, are p 
for so large an area as 400 yards. 0. M. R » Norfolk. 
Pitti Palace, Florence— 
part of this lady’ s accomplishments ; 
y 
Her powers of walking are not the leas 
o pla cein it, ‘Then the roof is put on, 
iB 
Ae ig 
oo foro in 
« i Returning ‘koa wih t Eai izes, they a 
4 
E 
them) to know 
kasae? in the pose of this > palace a 
Dy c6 
for our lives, 
go od fortune 
, from afar, by a loud piercing while, 
d childrex 
pace as s if we were running 
and a few from a- con Cyp 
ee mpo Santo, Pis To 
are more natural souvenirs than bad pists inlaid in 
slate, or worse alabaster figures, which are the 
whole way the arpa hot haste. i‘ ally b 
il top, 
had a 4 severe march 
le e 
substitu tutes. Somerset. 
Do cieties. 
The next day she and s a ee 
whole shee 20 miles 
the run on nevertheless 
b th 
The coun try throug h 
was no 
fav. rarable for pedestrianism. Madame Pfeifer g given the | the fle: 
fai 
Linnean, Feb. 
19. oo Brown, Esq., V.P., in wre 
A. Hambrough, Esq., and the 
chair, kev. C, Popham 
Miles were oe A a ows. a get d papera 
re read :—1. “ Not the Quantity of Tannin in 
the > Galls of Cynips Quereus- peti,” by Dr. Viner. 
After alluding to the schi id Ae ch has Paaa 
pone reg e great abu during the 
ndan of this 
and mentioning "that the wal ‘had been wik 
Devonshire for ink- ene Dr. Vine: Fe ego the! 
result of his A ala 
Na 
> 
k 
+ 
es 
SR 
-3 
alking journey at a produced with a ‘shell ; and the women and c a 
inued greet the: 
pi ing. ” Two Sosa — e she share my eads are t then given over to t he boys 
rough | and a who as passed their 10th year, and they 
y erly suck away every drop of blood Smi may yet 
walked I th a proceeding which, in the opinion 
which their parents, tends to inspire thee, wit valour. 
cula: an jer this the trophies are slightly roasted, cleaved cf 
h sh, and huog up inthe Baileo. The Alforas are 
not cannilals, and in these feasts, which last several 
Jays, they me several wild an ee 
sae Yesterday and to-day I had re 
toundergo. One-third of the wayw was through cae 
Grass ; the other fno KUTAR up and down high hills 
covered with for d 
ravelling 
sited by a 
gentlewoman ; our authoress ieee ver adds, ae they 
represented as & goo od and honest people, p of Das: 4 
â m 
s of the coun would infal alitly have 
stuck in the mud aad hen left behind ; 
d have becom o hea avy that I could not have 
exist amon; which must be ndded e prac- 
tice of a pene 2 ‘cick ven not likely mi paca 
Lu ekily Madame Pfeiffer did not succeed in making 
sure to „be, at least once a day, drenched through „with 
sufficient quantity of tannin to Senter Ah 
seiten for the e e E of commerce. By | 0 
macera tin ing 100 grains o of Devonshire. oy in ether 
ing 17 g 
= wal hajk 
submitte 
foo iins of the best er puls 
clothes be d 
e have no space at present for further extracts, 
Thos ose which we have given | will sho w the vivacity of 
e “by the heat of the burning sun. 
am pads was the senate eget of 
untainous region.” 
When a lady runs piad the world at this pace she | 
should not be _expecte ed to kae w time upon minutiæ. 
o fi 
o the same treatment yielded a residue o 
nd time for everythin 
“ik, containing 56 grains ay 
specim ens of | 
bee: 
earlier period. The 
Babes ed pena iea ra commercial teat 
ith admiration of the good government of 
Raja A Brooke in ay and gives much curious infor 
mation concern the. rene and their love for euch | 
* fancy articles” as human heads. With the country 
she was char med :— 
herself to risks from which the fair sex usually shrinks. 
PAE we may return to the amusing pa gee 0 of Be 
, which irp relates to Am 
enehi the “United Stai 
e Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Soci 
spie ha herald of a new 
and only costs tl 
ow hecame more ae with every atroke of a oar. 
‘the m rasses had disappeared, and w e succeede ed by 
t p 
shillings Four such parts sroto 
“We, 
aiok } 
appear annually, and 
volume 
ment upon the old and costly Ato. ‘Transactions, whieh 
25 
a varying percen: tage of from 26 to 
z At great etaa i quality. Dr. V 
am a these diserepancie are owing to necidental 
fa 
round, one the trees there cdg 
specimens. 
me glo 
iti is ia well ec greatly influence the quantity ae in- 
paced gi veg metal; secretions, As to the Devonshire 
own wet the water, so as 
cool ma bow Large hives of the 
anging a "lofty PAER stems 
psy pest Dr. Viner is of opinion that if 
examined earlier i in the season they would be found to 
branches ; but to 
of their hone ey, the natives ma of ladder of 
I ich 
to justi fy their collection 
If f they were gathered at the 
for 
l purposes, 
o the trunk of the tree * 
every two feet, stan ds about Bix ata from it, and i 
commercia. 
proper seaso tl 
the gall was ‘in its most vigorous aud valuable state, 
ould follow—the eae would be 
E reasing to what likely to be a | 
mischievous are. thresioning ie destruction r the 
Oak plantations.— wafi species of 
Paussus, from Tropical Africa,” 
m —3. The completion of a Mem 
1 
c 
] 
prevented from i 
oir by G. Bentham, | 
Esq., on“ ' Loganiaceæ,?” which was com 
ast meeting. This of the paper eee the 
descriptions and eit i of the species which Mr. 
Bentham refers to this 
Potices of Books, 
A Ladys Second Journey Round the World. By Id 
by J. O. Westwood, are v: 
ming masses 0 
need at the | 
more 
rs 
forward the parts 
with very | ann 
reach hives of this kind Jo rob Sva | 
ake a kind 
beautiful views are eon tjnonlly, 
e Soci iety. We learn from a circular letter from 
us| the gone: cre ea Council have determined to 
as published, gratuitously a 
post), to all Fellows of the aien To in 
ni ose adi 
g its sale, ubseriptions prepai 
roug jh a a Fell Si i h Si 7 P, Hi 
“ Mor 
presenting palad 
EA hig nes gap we 
The hills are multiplying 
-| Meisner, and Mr. Kippist. The 
hi tl h p 
All s 
year th fth 
J 
`I] 
to the full trade-reduction of 
. 
5 per cent. 
The part before us contains valuable communica‘ 
y Messrs Ralf, Bell, Walker, Newma 
es Bunbury, Dr. 
‘paper by the first of 
+ 
3 Wi 
ud 
will much interest even the paties “ general reader.” 
Things not generally known, is 
o from y 
Pfeiffer. 2 vols. ite Longmans. 
No PET that 
and pasji i i traveller. 
volumes 
Those w er former 
will remember with what vivacity, if not 
os P 
b nr anea anoth no 
kin: 
ape: be an amusing 
hacen to nove pe, Borneo. 
se Si Sumatra, Celebes, tere: ae p sei Cali- 
fornia, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and home by th 
United States, the whole performed in about Sour 
Chiswick exhibitions :— 
one day; and I 
t 
friends will smile at the account 
Mr. 
pipii 
d of productive labour ; and for white settlers the 
t obstacle.” 
climate 
In he, Madame Pfeiffer of course visi 
uti past i par warterres of flowers alternate with groves 
ia lawns, and thickets, and bright clear water glitters | . 
the fresh green leaves. oads 
I A that for a display of ‘his 
weather would be desirabl e—and. yet it was 
Tai th Nn 4} 
introduced fro 
to ‘these ay ek sd: but the urpose rit the meeting 
finery aren to see ed 
= mo c play in v par 
gardens 5 and the tronge of £ the he perpetually 7 moving 
titude makes a mert d f the supposed 
— ts of the exhib onvalmoat i oposite. 
«F had, however, or oy Ee bens Sage advantage of very 
ely well, apd its 
hanging down Toha ed with large ju ase This reads 
like a pote 2 hemes of aria 
When visiting Sumatra the famous Camphor 
were ii They mage sine Fee a! be yer pecu! 
pr roduetions—for we are red that 9: Paphos, 
which is found in a conerete he bar rk, is 
swept ¢ down with long brooms 
the 
capers ppop Garden of Pcl which she | ne o 
thus 
kı 
h 
F pog their di divisions os hey rin i but w 
reach the 
ap | 
and two delicate exotics, both of which had been lat tely 
With the Vanilla ac arm pa 
ts bran 
of which, fe he. g e, 
n is 
iy aie he rexanple that Mr, yerel has eee 
, because it has milt ten 
Pear! aa: us, are formed by 
certain pe fe hin their po By "of this also we were quite 
igno! rant. Ranunculus a and | hederaceus a are 
ng finel, cut and 
stems 
3 
the seeds w a soil Aa 
Ay lea This 
> 
Fig t B iying of i 3 
to phn by an Aloe ; the Nettle a Se n through a 
to out by appears the model of a e estate 
deco: with and sh : y the 
Potato disease was by Aphis (no doubt the — 
aphis vast tatur of the learned M pict . Certain 
no poe. fwd these ingenious stories are things generally 
, 
tion of the | noro specimens rhan in agit ome 
and under tents. 
“The splendour of the collection, nig of the 
exotics, is almost indescribable. 1 reall 
peapea re of these beautiful si hope wer 
and ffuller o of blossom than I ever saw in their native 
, for if the broom goes too deep (!) | 
most E, Mr. _Timbs should ni See tae 
the tree is des royed.” 
After ig tas this, one cannot refrain 
whether eos following a of La wild Alforas, a 
the nies of ‘the Pine-apples, which 
egy! Lana, size, Ta Lig ee or twelve poe 
repele. 
arem where “ “tthe ieee ao sets 
from asking |” 
— 
Sentemh: 
asa specimen of the kind of ace’ 
these volumes, They are, however, not the ess | 
race inhabiting Ceram, is to be entirely depended Garden Memoranda. 
saw many | upon :— Messrs. _ostonss Foes <= visit to this nursery 
trangers e finer| ‘“The™Alforas have,as I have poy like the Dyaks, a even at ‘his season is interest. On the —_ 
passion for collecting human and Sones these » whi 
bles above Bie other boo siete oe ean b now beautifully in bloom, the varieties are C i 
of ex- them, The t acceptable t that a to ean|and imbricata, both of which flower at one time, and 
ng to his fi kind ; and | their blossoms being of different colours ad- 
our own if he cannot get a whole one, she will modestly content | mirably er. Camellias managed in this 
d of Five or six young. men | way ma! ake c! charming | coverings ~~ Bose , and where a 
k ill 1 frequently form a company to go on a ; exist, boxes either 
y may p of slate or “wood answer the same oil ‘If made 
one huts in which they keep these trophi lied i e durable 
