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have found most effective in killing the large wasps; in a a leading article in another column of this day’s jt themselves composed of the nitrogenous protoplasmic 
which appear poh in the season. Being anne tthe paper. A series of 36 clever ce erg 
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wire of }-inch mes ar bom > resi _The Presi dent rui chair scopic figures was siven:iar ingira 
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given the ssttene, to Mn ‘Whitehead j wipes necatra Dried $ specimens of “about 130 Spec of East 
implement maker at Preston, who will be pacsen a collection ot A f Arctic plants collected b File. eg: a2 car been of 
ib]. wer the ton of Arctic plants collected by Dr. Rae, pre- RYSTAL AAG YDENHA M.—. an, Vi en o; 
petet Poor nosed cul Ea by Sir John Rie hardson, were laid be fo a he aires that p ce z the interior of 
meeting The following papers were rea - Note | this s building ; $ experie nce has however shown this to be 
poma tanye voi: ided by Children,” by Mr J i New-| a mistake—a fact which we think will be Saving so 
> . hment. ican otice “ pia, iterialis anybody Bio may pay the Palace a vis t 
dore with wire substituted for EES EN A in Cornwall,” by J. Couch, Esq.—3. A memoi st 3 for Ae Bie the plants generally have not 
Lane ate Wet ae Developement of the Ovule of Santalum albu um, with yet ae to grow me condition after, hiya puma 
Sorieties. some remarks on the phenomena of i aapea io on in throu naa the ordeal ea 
sy ” by Prof. He nfrey, as ssibly So oeaiei. 
Horticurrurat, March 1 wens F. Brapon in Palms in the warm ‘end of then fen have appa- 
chair. Many interestin ng 2 ae were furnished on this i confirming Mr. Henfrey’s views on this Bi satis ‘lered ‘ittle or nothing, Musas have alread 
tter than it 
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from I. Anderson, Esq., rgh, It was sta sactions, which views coincide generally with kai of | observable in other examples of tropical trees, Five 
to have been raised mete R. davuricum and R. for- Re Von Mohl, Muller, Hofmeister, and Tulasne, and | or six of the large Date Palms imported from Egypt 
mosum, the former being the female parent. Its blooms | are in opposition to those of Sc ag una and Schacht. | hay ‘own up leaves from their tops, and some oi 
were considera mo Se a than ape dey “R. davuricum | Even among me oss: P of Am ci, however, a certain | them have even made new roots. That some of them 
and of a pale each colour, and i | gree of di ancy e: set atter 
th hardy, some axel "the brood, the | the germinal cin ig as ox w. akna it exists before or | certainty. e scarlet flowered Inga pulcherrima 
specimen exhibited i neluded, having stood two winters | is ig after fecundation. yy says before ; | appears to thrive admirably here, and so do Ficuses 
in the open air near Edinburgh. It has, in short, | Tulas says. he never could find it anterior to the|of different kinds. Asiatic Crinums haye been 
united the colour of the male parent with the hardy | fertilisation’, ; though, he adds, « this delicate question | planted in corners of s, and their peculiar 
constitution of the female, and thus a valuable addition | no longer (1849) possesses all the interest which | forms and long deep green leaves render them well 
has been made to early flowering shrubs. A Certificate | was accorded to it be MM. Mirbel and Brongniart, | adapted for such places. Among Ferns Cibotiums, 
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of Merit was a Lee showed | the more recently y Mr. He en frey. It is true the and oth hers of the a s tender sorts do well ; but very 
Clivia-like plant call bearing | exist f tl p i delicate kinds Joo! if they were not quite at home, 
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cluster of oran nge ree a s on the top of a stiff | to the arrival a the pollen- ta me y 
piece pork rae Oncidium maculatum, and ret doub ys nvincibly t ularis), so that in course 
ing varieties f Came llia, The latter consisted of a of its origin to the latter form Ry 3 even now ew ph error of time thie tanine ma pe ia peated to resent a 
Jubilee, the pollenists is no longer uncertain, the d the e pe of ihe beds 
Normani, and Archduchess Aug usta, a ety new in | seems worthy of atten ntion, ve oor on account of the en p! lanted a broad waite vof the Common Toothed 
colour, | being violet ante with a ‘ite. iese dori | the oretical c consequences involved.” _ Confiden ntly as jamkami the lively green of which to the eye tired by 
the centre of each petal. From Messrs. Veitch came l | looking at more gaudy objects has a pleasing and 
a fine pale- flowered | Rhododendseis named picturatum | vesicle seep ai deay of the apex Pi the pollen-tube, refreshin ng effect. The aquari promt ows this end of the 
superbum, a double red Chinese Almond loaded with | this MaA nt is most Tau ntested by Schacht. | building is oi wenn ap De e bottom freshly 
blossoms and extremely ornamen his was repor Notw ing a "tolerably positive spalu EE gsm een drawa off and the soil 
have been flowered in their Orchard-house, and for otal a aaan er kamiy | in which the Lilies ae tome plants grew last year is 
the of a conversatory at this season nothing | tube and = ee vesicle were nw togë ther, but | being re Hitherto the bed of mould has been 
could possibly be handsomer. Th fi 1 | distinct, in o set ers be the objects are so delicate, > | made to cover ‘the: whole bottom of the tank, but this 
tributed 2 cimen Epacrises, and the following ne the enuses to one obseurity so difficult to o guard confine i 
Orchids, viz., Cypripedium villosa, Dendrobi ium Far- inst, that fr pape „ and suffi- 
meri, and rich ae suavis, all i b 
both as regards health and bloom, Messrs. Henderson, | embryo-sac must be considered the most important fact wer ie it is considered will ve an ‘niplovinant 
of Pine-a; apple a roduced an extremely well | that can igh pp views | on the former practice, and less soil will be thus re- 
flowered Phaius grandifolius, also Dendrobium Pie- | of Schleiden. As aetna by Tulasne, it has | quired than when spread all over the bed. 
and pring plants remarkable for sahin ee great irre poy re in pee to the| Iti is not, however, alone in the warm end of the"build- 
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one of the handsomest tender Ferns we possess. good condition in the temperate portion of the house. 
From Mr. Charles Adams fano vanes called th f ite processes of  caberyageay’ in the Many of the Camellias here are at present loaded 
i > an imple with handle and | various classes of plants, and of the rag ith flowers Be old Double White is the only variety 
of wood, the al abont 3 5 5 feet sens pi Aapa poa to Veinen ’attendi ing the reproduction of that h has to any e tert dropped its buds, but even of it 
18 inches ; and tee th o d for mals, The details of Mr. He nfr rey’s pe vers were | some plants pean a fair display of bloom. Some of 
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ke, Of fruit there were bunches excellent prha The memoir was chiefly oceupied | the Egyptian Court live and even make new leaves 5 
ere but as may be expected they do not succeed equally 
d fresh, from Mr. Butcher, of Stratford-on-A | one plant, ies of observations | with the same kinds in warmer situat tions. „When i it is 
They’ received Honourable Mention, as well they might, tare, been seapeatet 3 many times. Other fra “a reer 
for no new being pa Fins the facts | has been down on several occasions nea arly to ae S 
did; not even a fru was in the ost | rine though not now brought forward for the fret it. is Ee matter of surprise that they grow at 
deca; On the contig: fi were fresh a reen, | tim , were offered as supplemen nti pr partly confirma- | Cycases more impatient of the cold ; one or two 
and the bunches looked as if th rtly emendatory, of the memoirs on the same ‘insted. oak here tok Moe mete: sickly. Although 
for weeks to come. Among plants from the Eear: | subject by the late “ The „investigation | w ell drained and otherwise „placed in conditions most 
en the more remarkable were Echeveria retusa | itself, es ’ Mr. Henfrey | remarked, “had d of 
and piel two useful succulents ; been fi argh Foot which ` been pm in front 
aurea, and Azalea obtusa. The latter by the lat lamented De, Stocks afer roam many of Sheftield ‘Court Tas died. It is however 
complete mass of small red flo wers, which render | of his s microscopic examinations, ae Henfrey continues, the tet er of the two. That which remains looks. 
heat yest g shih h t this | I have directed m my v > and ha 
season of the year. The Vice-Secretary offered som hoots. The different kinds of tender Arancarias with 
remarks on this occasion, “On the subject of British | tubes adherent. They are toneaury easily « pier which the building is well furnished are in excellent 
Oaks.” It was » he stated, to go into any | with oo under a low doublet. TI ha order, noble A. excelsa presented by the 
poetical description of Oak. ` It is universally acknow- | least and-twenty, and have oo every means to | Horticultural Society from the conservatory a 
abe one of the staple > of Eng- maki othe structures clear. # The end of the pollen- | Chiswick is however dead. Thi ‘after bein 
kinds of Oak. This has been disputed, and he 
doubted much whether any two persons would 
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it cannot be torn away in ay RAN rtilised ovule. | My moss, which was kept damp to prevent exhaustion, i 
decided opinion is that Griffith was in error ord stating | never recovered the | effects of removal, and, the loss 0 
them, ver, direct a a eta it only applies itself firmly against it, ee the | from Chis sir "Syed ham. 
srctth of the appearance they present in ta Woe nad dis being where the line of division exists between th trees which grace the nave Waro Perea of ee the 
similar grows, he ne et a zey yt Forest [e coagula lying in the apex of the embryo-sac. But T it I Palace may be said to be as green and healthy as they 
state. 
what is called the Durmast Q own to li that a enon analogous to possibly could be. True, some of them appear to have 
tanists as Quercus sessiliflora. Another is the Common | jugation takes place. Moreover, very soon after tie put on the “sear and yellow leaf;’? but these 
sk a or sae bob Ah M rs called from the acorns being | p ollen- bubba becomes adherent, the nucleus acquires a | are such as were ‘out of health came. They 
In the ini f fi cell-m embrane, mes a real cell, th had tly been brought from France, 
of these two sorts of Oaks. 
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re are rts varieties Fae Fa uspensor is to subjected 6 a a raii In consequence of their 
t is generally supposed that the Durmast ane: Common thin ki the contents of the pollen -tube, after it beco es | bi mil appaaran ee Me, x Eyles he fo been ‘that th to retub some 
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on of the difference between them, Te willbe sen seen, he | | latter, reach the nucleus, and determi Sosy A se ersi 
aid, that the Durmast has broader and rounder leaves into a cell. * * * The facts mn germ 
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not so deeply as in the Co Common Oak. Thuret and Cohn, together with y the a ir 
reover, if a young sprig ee the Durmast is com- | in this she tend to prove e that the process sof i impreg- trees. Since the drainage has been re pies 
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pared with the other it w ill be found ‘ound that there goii Sales ee aian has pia ot: 
a substance of two cells (“male” and | Azaleas planted out in the borders on sight si 
er and, C female” Dal which the female (or germinal) substance | vated _ platforms, ara rted by tree roots other 
also a difference in at structure of the wood. Te wall | or ag 0 ways p rm of a nucleus, or that would secure perfect ae as 
be seen, he remarked, that what are called the! « protoplast,” while the male (or spermatic) substance | full of flower buds as pou bs: Poe and a Tea 
medullary rays are large and broad in the one wean ~— the form of a granulose fluid. In the flowering fovea a: leaf on of them. All New 
small and thin in the other. A specimen of th ts the spermatic fluid is gree directly into the | Holland plants ha paie "remarkably well. Blue 
of — was here exhibited, which plainly showed t that at sac by the channel of the pollen-tub imil opd AO, more es ; 
the rays in the Du of thel Eucalyptus peah which it will he Egra 
Common Oak Oak were > large and much more easily distin- Flew in other cases the spermatic sy ag is kill 
Suba e paent esll | inter befre ast, The squasi ia ea yo 
oap an eas heda to do. Of the relative v iele Ł ilding has just been put in order for the summer. The 
of the wood of the two i pe well ia oaser porate structare (eparntonet) teh rr ma ya ppunta, sides of. be wae ae 
to which attention lls, bathed i full of spring fi s gay as it is well. pos- 
