aa 
Jury 5, 1856: 
not. Jn watering Ih areful ly a voided ex extremes, | 
Cem ia of Taila re lies pan a loss 
THE OSTEN ERS 
Siinain a 
LE. 455 
were littie heaps sof w matter, isting o 
to | bodies e ndo wed with ieovainn motion, and Jake: sad 
is by my inability t 
om gh a ‘the time they begin i: fail. My ‘pits 
are 5 5 feet 6 inches wide by 12 fe et long ; I fill t 
In the former case mould was present, but not in such 
— 
aman in the sig mould Be 
of be dete 
he o for a time, as it dec ays the heat declines, 
Ti find it impossible to apply se aoia to 
keep up the heat in the middle without 
wi rently the caus 
oration a opiu a erkeley oe gested as a 
remedy, ping supposing the fabove to be rue ex- 
on of the 
potas ot of Books, 
On the Variation of sgr ches, wli especial reference to the 
eee followed by hoge Sigh? A fie. the it A 
» M.A 
i 
ae adon : 3 Van Voorst, 
planati terioration, the opium ca es 
pan AA the roots near the tities A ig 
to the cause of failure? C. De Wood 
sulphur), as soon as any mould appeared on them, 
Mould, he observed, eye has the power of 
, and why not th 
eee rie Weston _ are 30. Ug 
been esah o aiy the ome a diversity 
of their subject, and have yery seldom made the same 
use whi ch botan ists ha ave done of Goig moniko 
Weston Flower 
in debt from last flow 
When I tell you that 
641. o aa were — to 
out ‘of a collected, ee 
rpee con- 
sarme a proposal from her Majesty’s Government 
f| to give apar 
ae —The President in the chair 
Ge sha a eting was held for the pu 
rtments to the Linnean Socie ety i n Bu urling- 
ton ati 
other 
al | work of Wo. garde 
cation. 
r high branches of natural ta nog We pray 
above ark. The 
to ibina history a ; Ñe has visited paiere 
in or rder ee and PO igh arefully t 
Ls w (two blue bottles), 4l. an and s o on. 
Bnoiaen 3 when the following resolution “proposed by 
y Wa uns 
“Mm | } 
w ood, affo rds cent aino 
eir n S g 
Insecta Maderens enti ‘ligt 
ruly magnifi 
ollaston in tl 
ought not to be allowed by the committee. t 
d.] 
s perecive by your s Jast i impression that 
ee mk in OORNAG with an Councils of 
the Roy al and Chemical ne with the view of 
Wi 
ectarines, and n o doubt as Elruges 
elected ellow. 
er 
I s On i a su 
overnment as t 
” At the 
occupat tion of Burlin ngton Hom use, 
spari which followed, J. Wai wrig 
aos ir owing pape 
> prt w organ in 
Hicks, M.D. «On a new aa 
a 1 + 
dy 
r Me lons, 
rrey, ‘Esq. The böni "Seler 
oc 
by F. Curr 
observes, is one ae has lon cea a a do oubtfal | 
e present 
volume TET the SPAN of his long- A ra 
i: ons, and brings into play his TEETAR. men 
of the The 
Mr. Wollaston argues in "great À etail fins we 
from findi 
position amon gfi ungi ; sey after 
another, fhe option has been | 
his dying off ones bringing ae p uit to mney, é 
your recipe of cow-dung water would, in my opiniom, 
only haste en their dissolution in such uncongenial s 
gaining ground that ye sappan are not autonomous | 
BIB Lae ppa but only the mycelia of other fungi, which | 
ng nin, 
gt oe in whilst 
I defy any one to produce a Melon fit to be seen on any 
such soil ; in fact, the er r or stiffer the kgk 
better for Melon h 
very s! strong est loam he 
1 “An Observer. [This 
about soil is certainly quite right ; and we da 
“A, W.” will take it hereafter. But it does not exactly | 
a p= mie which is how to keep the Melons on 
manage them hereafter. We still say 
sepa 
grr res 
LINNEAN EAEAN GERST. Bri foe 24. —The President i in | 
tl chair. The King of FE 
fi fi following aioe + itietaben of Council, | 
+k, Prof. Bertley, L. L. Dillwyn, , Es Prof. Owen, 
oods, d 
J.W Ea and J. Yates, E h bi kno the M.S 
room of R. C. Alexand der, Esg G nA Ai on, tea Code Pipl cher jen Ee. oe i Ae a ae a 
Tia: Erra 3 ig” J. Curtis, han rear tes by a drawing of the fungus. 3. “N n some rare 
was re-elected Presid 
Pp > . J. Bennett, Esq, Secretary ; 
and R. Taylor, Esq, Under Lianne i President 
nominated F. Bootn, Esq., R. Brown Prof. Owen, 
a 
8 
ere Ag only a 
ae! full eA nume: orien ten be 
e been ascertained re produce fungi ario 
3 
= 
a 
E 
o 
and to bea Fie families, 
there is still, a svat num ich no such 
quent 
d 
the a 
gradation of intermediate forms 3, that 
forms are cnly varieties. and not true pater ne HA ‘these 
h from each other, 
that had only a few specimens been pigeon they 
would undoubtedly _ have been considered speci com i 
distinct. 
by analogy to other Sloot allied forms, Some ni ila 
think that the whole fabric g natural history is in 
dan f bei ein rushed 1 by the oad of sp 
ge 
wil hail w 
aie o not wis He 
ince ation st 
to the r Fete ng of minute points, even 
an equal scale of importance | with physio- 
4 Y ‘ua an hoe lone 
E Apr ril last whilst sea syk a for A ool 
Ke 
“Altho sigh Me. hnr a great amount of 
variation, he strongly denounces those who doubt 
Paul's Cray Common, t, 
of a species of Rush, 
w 
r there is any essential distinction between 
species and permanent varie eties, such as Mr. Wollaston 
lf fre eely admits. He allows only a “ pi sey a iA 
n its set Seat a longi- 
nal Rush, a 
cular bo dy became visible, Shieh chad to be 
‘Seerotium roseum, to which the stalk 
| was attached, and t o which in fact it grew 
of the hgh a i 
The 
amoun 
ra distinction betwoati ates and “illegitimate 
variation : e to denounce teed one 
for br which is ot and cannot be enun- 
wh ich even the lawgiver himself does not 
kno 
seem alw ways to w (p. 33, 39,) whether or not he is 
number grow in h Sel f 
to 13. Mr. Baskèlè ey has given to this Peziza, which 
In regard to the causes of variation, Mr. Wollaston 
ip 1 TiVo Wa the At t : £ ais — 
}. ge. f +} pA AN N A £ +h and most 
of all to isolation. _ The effects | of isolation must be 
ome 
undescribed fungi lately pt > ae vicinity 
T 
na mere seclusion sl cause variability. To isola- 
Ma lvern, Wor ayer mt P by E. Lees, Esq. his 
paper, whi ch w y f drawing 
tion. 
t diminution of size which is , frequent], 
. Yarrell, Esq., Vice Presidents. for the year 
ng. The annual accounts 
or at least to 
P 
a very great ex tent, sh Seo perk oe Fee on 
ensui 
ee of the Society. The Secretary reported that 
ce the a anniversary ee en fellows and one 
mber had been lost by death, and eight 
e bart Sit of See: suppos w species of British 
figi of the gen re Agas, Cantharellus, Polyporus, 
Thelepor, and ‘Mitra 
The fo 4 Leen i 
1 tee } 
‘J 
wing crcl has just issued. — 
32, Soho Square, June 24th, 
of the Society, 
—The President i in the aaen Mr. W. P: 
wood made some 
th in 
“ That the Council be authorised to ee, itself ; in com- 
y character- 
istic of the Madeira insects. Much might be said in 
favour of this view ; at the same time it must be owned 
reeders, for instance of short-horns, will probably 
e surprised to hear of ill effects being attributed to the 
interbreedin ng of som e20, 000 or Resp indi 
living on ai rf 
nent to ditch little creatu 
One of the most reactant lea ben ims y Mr. 
de 
o! on pid g 
the anes in the Isl Mauritius, It wai 
stated that this insect A ge as many as half 
dozen broods are perfected in one year,) by WERE 
es has greatly diminished ms well as det 
roduc 
5 Societies, with t 
a|the Gov 
dadie 
sideration the best means of mee 
saccharine 
followed on the means of lesaning the insect, 
thereby preven ting its ra vages. ourse ot whieh 
Wollaston in Madeira is gf be ently wingless con. 
f the eetles ; out E 55 0 Coleo prere. The there 
I I o Tees 200 
‘the occupation ie B lt particularly sna 
House,” The Council Tis had roa its serious con- notice that several of those genera which have 
ing tl the Ea oF ontinent have wingless species in thi 
i little grou istatide: are © th reminded of the 
furniture for ete apart- Dodo and Solitaire of M n of 
ments in Burlington SEn, but also joik oes of 
è house previous to the 
a e i the whole of the Canes not fit se, as expiration of the first seven years of the léine" which and of Styria, the beetles and animals which 
well as the refuse, after selecting and jtenni in | together ple far as a be e Bho gk es pana te ay will inhabi t these eterna lly ar yeless, in 
k out 8007. As the xistin | 1 th ll 
of smn eyes for the purpose of f propagation. „ There | | from whieh this > axpendicure’ can be def nd as it islands of Madeira, Mr. Wollaston ny e hy re 
ght wor 
are wingless, because powers 
was further read a “ Note on the 
upon ey Opium,” by the Rev eleg. 
Some mens of the shell of opiu: tiog 
e bonded debt of the Society, t propose to 
ere e estimated sum by a goje eral geng oey and 
r | obtaining xf trust that there be no diffie culty in 
= of little use, or even injurious to them, as when 
n the wing the ey would be very liable to be blown out 
to sea and th s lost. Not t only are many of the truly 
aston Seely 
t 
M. J e 
speci m-cakes, co 
of =n petals of Papaver somnutichabs, Eana Arema ‘with 
etn opium paste, known under the 
had been sent to Mr, Berkeley by Dr. Thomson, 
tonion they had been communicated by Dr. Mac 
| it is considered that a large reduction will dias j 
effec ted in the annual Xp 
P: 
ipah that som 
accompanying 
first list 
have been subject for the last year or more. 
the 
of subscribers, and laine 4 recommend the subscrip- 
pad face 
On examination with the microscope the shell from the/ tion to the members. lt being very desirable to 
ible the amount subseribed, 
an early reply is respec etfully ested, hag” F. 
aripoti atag of spores of _various sizes, but withou 
any symptom of Th © thell from the 
cake was infested with ‘Acari, there w 
requ 
Ai eo ry Te subscription to Jun 
are winged in ari « are ger in ‘Madeira. "me 
tendency the author 
to interbreeding, is ee to C sometimes oveibtiine 
posed law of com tion or balancement 5 
Ai which increase of general wide has been gained by 
e loss of ‘the bal of ‘fight. But we re 
on this head ; 
author ie collect, nit etsa in 
410}. and udes the names of ene 
Bell, Noi John Jose Bennett, 207.5; George 
Bentham, 202; Robert Brown, 200. 5 Sr, William 
Hooker, y b; J Hooker, y Job 
The final idee contains & ‘ile ili 
