262 
Sell-registeriug thermometers. will easily perceive th: 
Negretti and Zambias sel-reiatering Minimum Ther. 
mometer is constructed on the _ Pg which is 
one shato pm tet ought to d. V 
f ie w 
ermometer, bul rmost, will | 
F. 
THE GARDENERS 
Ra 
r 142 ot f frost 5 
tector: Un the morn: 
meter re tered 18 
rn thermo- 
rosty nee it may = 
e trees night and day without 
CHRONICLE. 
Psat 19, 1856, 
an ee 
wi font an extent a situation 
l 
D55 Lf 
‘ound it, however, very scare 
where e Lin remain, unless violently shaken, On 
decrease of ig “> ct l recedes, taking with | k 
it the glass index ; of tem temperature » the | 
ed, I have te ught, t that in a case fit nis sort some 
wine aegis might cw employed. to 
eater were to be sold 
would karin bay it it. 
‘index x furthest : from the be bulb i ting the] 
hi 
I thro EAA tes sugges estion 
readers. +e R. Pearson. 
e question raised ri 
| 
w Larch yg ama (see p. 2 
i th 
observer.” S her 
considered a oo whi ich. we have fi ) 
recommended as the most ni registering ther- 
oses: It ma 
he trees 
measured give 
, many e 
with 
with va 
and I have never seen it out of “the « 
a Fr 
the rancho. » how wever, I felt the 
uch, being now nearly on on a "a level with nost 
rning, I 
T 
cuit 
. mee Guatemala to: a 10, o “lock breakfast, a ai found. 
all. wi 
are to be 
most precisi ired. ; it they are 
‘nevertheless exact ta + all ordi 
and induces 
e tor ecommend any rae aoe Larch to cut 
a the weaker trees and let the lords of er forest 
have dominion, without any reference to red o; white 
es. 
fi eg mae: pamiarsa Odontoglossum maculatum, 
Oneldiune lasoeilam, Brassavola glauca, er n 
radiatum, cp sellig tin Skinneri 
Brassias cosa, Pa ac 
— Natya Bicolor, , Comparettia faleata—all ion 
m the O prds ar omi 
which s pte e five s apes a isga mt 
Nate E 
cones, p 
+ ji 
within three 
inary p 
Horticulture, They are easily seen, and not liable. to 
be effaced. The instrument we have received agrees 
7 E; 5 
worked out, t gro ‘ow superior timber of the 
Fir “kind in oe an © = grow too fast; 
dient = . } 1 
DA J 
jo hi mney, and 
fi th > of much: venta, s oer at the 
perfectly well with one of N 
meters, tee “geen oa 6d. “oon the 
durable of the ~~ 
nature 
must therefore be consi 
timber— not equal the foreign 
Spruce, our "worst —princ inal beca ause the first will 
same time, sufficient shade, is antly the 
habitat of Orchidacess, at ‘all e uantity, 
sce 
grey 
wii 
gh quality, I must pna aaah ewe to warmer 
the sien of mm a- a on oo number of i 
„Five thousand to eight, thousan d feet above te 
for horti seca 
point out that the recess for the bulb 1d not be't 
small in order that its sides Sapa e in too near 
` Lace-bark Tree. —Your correspondent “ s” (p. 245), 
‘stand outin the’ open border in Dorsetshire 
oy ra ” The Lace-bark tree, 
aa, and the on as 
tha: 
er 
fi a imate in the open 
yA 
Musa Gavancliahs ie We generally grow at ae apin 
ell 
gh it has ly: th 
Inches circumference. 
writ or groon; cones, 56 years ure 2 
1 
X È ye MEN Borus 
Foreign Correspondence 
Guat erated aren ay nes 1856.—I1 finished my former | n 
pege Ge (apip, 46) b; ang.” wha tI fo und at Jacapa. 
Ce mas 
y fine species 
the of man; and 
Nothing particular es = he: rt 3 ae 
re 
till the Sth of January, when we were 
il 
nging the pee! about halt 
10 o'clock, and which increased and increased 
oan 
g vie sae = where ti 
phenomenon arose ; —_ al 
orth-western side, proving that from D 
Fuego, near the Antigua, the cloud took its-origin. Wi 
= 4 
ee 5 
ReveesaP?Ran 
io © say romning, ite a of it, for the day’ 
the dus t, which lay on the e mornin; 
hth 
ver arid plains, through a 
rganos 
seer a both as n tintin fr soil, and water, &e, 
some fruited ‘ast: 
f| flower I found was a l 
ae to- -day to 
Do 26th. W, 
“of = “te 10 to the Antigu: 
this, 
ve miles distant, and 
to be sent of what fell 7 ee least 
200 1 aioe atte as the crow flies, if 
who witnessed the first eee from the 
1e | moonlight, I “aia this to accompany a ai h } 
n e ia 
y 
g the ar s of a. canopy, and \ entendis till it 
through: 
ill make a <a specimen. All t 
. is 
are obliged to hae an escort of troops on account of 
Pi, 
that it is growing most lux uriantly, an 
associates surprisingly, as: well as others [s 
that I have seen ve The. follo a are the 
this plant, viz. circumference of 
Che baib fe bin 3 circu aid | 
emi 5 ft. ; length of | €o: 
d 
ga: ted ina fairand 
er, but I am sorry-to. say that 
stem, 
0., 2 » 2 ft. £in. ; height of plant | 
large t A 
who occasionally: sally out on stray travellers. I reac 
this about 7 o’clock — found = si Sua i 
preceded me, so alone I entered, and ab o’e! 
~~ a col ith about 47 
all was 
and 
This is 
mtly oce in great h i 
ex xquisite fragrance og gee exostema, 
and m Pril resembles a 
call ed Gallo, oF Cock h 
la 
in 
amples as- will enable exJomi ia get it analysed, 
arr | vera 
Ld 
on eee ae ; 
lag 
5 
BREE EE 
in 
result, as we 
ppoe Immense 
Oa happily _ om f smoke, came from the pinnacle,- 
and every moment we may have: a repetition. Again, 
ate h 
t Cochi: 
hav: 
ns, all z phn with the young insect, 
vat a commenced atp about the 
15th, and even yet - tgp covered with the dust. 
atleast has been om NTARE aran a that of v 
3 pe was D th 
s to have only snaked 
A no 
xhi 
why exclude vegetables? What 
acquisition than menre ar fr 
? The 
sides iuan om white antes of 
the very beautiful — darn ag cy of h I hope 
to send seeds next month oo 
it near here; but Mr. Vei 
im in August last. The Tara 3 
here m, 
, is l ll distinet from 
the side which wan. fats tected. tice of the 
tT analyst of this volcanic matter in the Gace 
ni 
we shall not have any y rain 
in. the 
voleanoes, Here, fortunately, we 
ath of January, and w 
22d or 23d of sone ise in 
ee 
tina; a curious Broom-like plant 
aa aa very abundant ; also a curious tree with 
bunches oe hanging in kiten like 
ee other ti oa Thi dk 
Ash; ver dire at an unimportant 
» with a ls, very large, oo flower ilaria 
brethren. F3 a. 
r many wine 
| Call llejon is more temperate an am ie peepee at 
| about 68° or 78°, while ry aa from Ysabal 80° or 
90° F: 
ahr. was more near 5 
in Guastayton, and afterwards 
rida. I was much struck 
this journey now in a colder climate to see 
wash ‘ime Jaen but the ash 
i a a a a gn where th 
conductas jhe with me Is 
© 
HO TF 4A 6 G 
fruit trees now coming 
sy a Tree—If any of your readers have tnicomiscears 
praca tp dry hay the best of all pro- from me in August, | 
a EO 
Fy pioetan ars rm 
