SEPTEMBER 20, 1856.] 
THE Ebates CHRONICLE. 
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the part of others. out time this year it} a yellow g reen tint, as the ere agai n|carpels, or ewe (when the pisut is compound) to ihe 
in threw up its formidab le ‘and dense fields, am for X “Ok examinin; a ais win, ; 
defied exertions are A — : A fleet of eon se the first s : , blowing 8 upon it siat number of free styles. A flower with a mle pina ee 
carrying men using all kinds o Boal ements isei upon milk ; below it pais wi ate was clear and bright, | free oly-gynous, But a fi with 
loops under, and i it was a almost sic Asa to find in ot ii ture ranged hig! ‘pra ot air vani a ed | pound pi a cet a oaaae of many pit cy bo 
’ ere 
pare = neers ihe hi ae for +b was scarcely a breath o air s be. t re naaa poao or eT oui "1 acco: ing Ber R 
On the 7th of July] I was directed tae ea geese to however slight an an 
matter in hand; and my attempt nag pow S ie the morning a ae wind ay x. t the styl f the diff 
successful. It had become liko dow, and a boat | the glass | had fallen to 55°, and not a eee nferva at lo r por rtion: 7 4 
could not without great difficulty be pulled through it. The water cule by i lep B. Ta ‘Gu followme summary (from the 24 examples hitherto 
It oc to me that whatever go s to be done water-works company near here i is consi idere! oticed) I believe I have nane all the kareh fa which toe 
mist effected ina great measure from the land cant aLaaa for the numerical relations he different 
ins of trusting to boats, as more power could be |in 24 hours if exposed ò the sun at a high rate of tem PE A E k 
I set rk with a num men at once, perature. The year wies the lake was pae from foral whorl. In the whorls not noticed abe 5 d be no 
and got toge a quantity of planks, boards, and the impurities of the Potteri ries, when aition About the, torm te: be emplosed, 
railings from old fences, and fastened them end d kli ‘the | 
with stout rope, allowing a space of about six inches | spring valley rivulet, the Conferva iy sor over its paced 
between eac: lank to give them room to play.| bosom, choking up its p es, converting (elena iiim 
This wooden chain—about dh long and assisted | its surface i to a ene field eceitful verdure, PERE m 
by small I drew a portion £ as lake, | and yet there is ount of its having appeared F Sala E 3 4 
and with ropes attached t d l men drew | when the lake was 3 fed by the waters of the Trent. =i fae ae be G 
it before it o towards the ao, skimming ad “driving Another hee: ag circumstance connecte d with it is G SAPE 5 a 
shade ; it :| £ IBIlEls : 
; Bilals ) 
The work went on Soya till the mass ay too ries i unruffled porody ere its aiin by seeds germinate r E 
Pia aged Bina 1 boats, which tangible a form. Doe: i 3 
bottomed on able t to x flourish the more readily in waters of aoe = 
f Does all water contain particles of ay 
lifted it with P fined steel forks into Piik and then this vegetable formation, and require but a cer! eeuen 1A 
coe on the banks of the lake = e A pie be 
is way we mai Trenien 
on 
secti 
leaving it to be thrown out by one s 
another brought “ more grist to the mill.” This answered | } 
mue! ifting it i he boats, as it saved 
unt of atmospheric action to call it into existence 
PRACTICAL LESSONS ` IN „BOTANY FOR 
AA Bei ALL EREE o. IX. 
w, M.A., Rector of am Suffolk, 
cee ‘ican Lhasa ET- 
” at 
By the Rev 
Co LUNN “26. 
sider at an aa 
might be ma wis even ate 2 F 
Ta Cherry | 
a 
ae leaved 
Bell flower. © | 
non 
Oxeye-daisy. © 
whieh was by taking as much of one side of the lake 
a to express t the nu mae relations between 
slong the shore, and another at the other end in a punt, | 
a 
floral whorl and its subordinate parts, The a 
our floral schedule i the 
column oi le is appropriated to 
pt ara oe ing thems might pa possibla to cig, | gistration of such terms, Tho ‘the two first columns 
2 ., 
Ss inté'the e Trent 1 did “6b, ‘sind found:iit te “mndet for Ex, 3, “bulbous Crowfoot ay a ‘ollows :— | 
expeditious plan any. But eer I stood and saw it| çs. 5 ntasepalous || as appli 
floating rapidly away, the thought struck me that to bad estes ia È st tad do 
it on the water: was a ely wasting what might; C.P. 5 pentapetalous ” corolla 
be made not only useful, but ie to repay in a certain 
degree th e large sums of money expended upon it. The| St a polyandrous lath ak ) 
4 ewan eas flower 
The went on ; the Con: drawn to land o |) 
and at veg places throws ne ton pits dug for| © ag elt eal a A Apa j 
the purpose, with soil and 
quantities of leat Sci that oid easi “aly ie collected in The effects of cohesion modi fy this mode of express- 
the neighbourhood. By the ein kike org extent of ing the number of parts in a floral whorl. Our bota- 
the lake was free from its pin nical nomenclature was in pikt part established before 
While working with n ae boats the | the gene: T aieeplactoy were understood. When 
ammonia that esca] at times | all th which compose a floral whorl cohere, it 
almost overpowering ; i all ill mo: site sn less : Tiden consisting of only o one pa hereni . 
> ae red 
Pop 
eee 
Wallflower. 
-| 
r 
z| nw 
Sweet Violet. 
made us 
showed itsel 
asa monosepalous calyx, less or more d or cut. 
A corolla composed of five cohering ale eae be 
and a remarkable fact in 
Ween of dead fish that had got entangled? 
filaments and ae overcome by t the presence 
P + pow newt a an agent. Also, on fi 
a small portion of ‘the. Fla a I was astonished at the 
lost fabulous number of insects that had made it 
their home. Takin t hah facts into con- 
much I have See I will now speak of 
and I ho 
iird doing; 
ting of san 
monopeta! 
aN B. Cohesions between two or more parts of a fiora 
whorl are rare in comparison with cohesion aes 
nomenclatu: 
lous, 
them ali ; but when they exist, the would 
be modified to suit ber of the pond piris 
thus fo lyx would thus be disepalous 
cohere by two and three re- 
esim between Stamens.—The 
drous” is not orate oe “piso, gers 
relati i d 
two, 
eh of bundles beyond two 
a general way all such 
f, 4° 
ight 
mig b 
en 
and I feel confident that as a top-dressing for America’ 
salt of course—it will be found 
fila cohere, but the — 
do, t the term anya Paien” i is employed. The coher: 
igi 
really excellent and efficacious. 
vates her 3 and i me instances the «Sree 
tion ìs so simple that we repro de mer if more is 
zot intended alon the eye. 
£ aia Water Flannel “was n fist noticed 
h ome to 
us a subject fo for oreert b» came it there, ‘and what 
.B. This description of cohesion is almost exe jusively 
restricted t the se | egy and most natural order 
Composites (Composite). n this it is men universal, 
the few exceptional occurring ong certain 
tropical weeds, 
À } lati. +r th. he of the 
nea 
ommon Furze. 
Great 
__Willow-herb. © 
White 
Dead-nettle. 
0) PALAajad SHO AA Of} UY JUOSTA SJUA Jo JOquNN [eN}OV 
Common 
pree 
“Spotte 
on chi 
Common 
Bin erel, 
hese instance: 
wate | 
to induce caution not to 
Iar meir, Beuren 8 pari iad 
l| NB will 
iseia impiieitiy ‘to the prec “ot first columns (however 
zirogistered) ee be a snare, and 
p cl a 
elicit w 
‘hide e Exam] miri whieh ar are k monogynous, 
from having ewe styles, the following characters are 
illustrated, vi 
tagynous. 
N.B. The following ilinet tn patides a general view of al! 
the terms which will be needed in roa ee en eiad the 
in t 
numerical relations to be recorded 
As applied to 
LAS phyllous Perianth 
C. 8. ; sepalous Calyx 
e | coh tet sgt ee Corolla 
St. j drous Flower 
{ "7 {) guar BE |} sumes 
Saad syn- ious 
Z mon- to poly- gynous Flower 
( To be continued.) 
M 
ue pe PATHOLOGY.—No. CXXXVIII. 
are its properties? I 
th ti 
aayan” (power or authority). 
Fen other two, are termed “ Di-dynamous,” “(two in 
exandrous flowers with four stamens out- 
topping the other two, are “ Tetra-dynamous” (four in 
with in a few | are 
ohite a! is 
Such as 
Diayoamoos flowers 
tural orders. "Ex i7 
68. Paras’ æ (Helminthosporium, ee ere 
cue: two g are so ini ately that i 
is difficult to to aésign their limits. This ol 
appli les more nals pn td asr truly sitie species 
t noti They are very 
widely diffused, and occur in South Carolina, America, 
Cejlon, Hindostan and in her countries, "e kei 
not found everywhere like e Cladosporium herba: 
k is vegetable 
ductions. The b better opinion is, we as that whicli 
rather than Helminthos 
n the 
es at ae asia a ee Kanzen r ` (Oruci- 
Jere), o “which Ex flo 
10, common Wallflower, is an 
In expressing the nume- 
Cohesion 
| porium, and this view is therefore adop paR "= 
ae? The cane which we have more immediatel. 
is that whi attacks various as Pomacer, vad not only 
ve or six, but has 
pot by the 
id to 
a 
eee cna soon amar and and z 
| Se anrpela, respect ia only paid to 
