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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[Mat 56, уа 
abandoned, and that not only the priniary groups, 
but each succeeding division 
eed, 
so gradual, and the relat =н 
енку tha t those who, ibo thé ы te Exe live 
i is easy jm "ide d to 
enus so long as the materials ate sca t 
re 
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i wW x more 8 urious species; but those | immen: noe, d i | 
rise to two d à IIS айа before principles pe би for whose conseientious|labours, the enormous extent of which mg 
who n lar vs an 
must be defined | | them from the same point 
тас 
of great, modification | for convenience ва. ake, and to help t 
‹ 
t mentioned, MH their origin е 
sol $ 5945 so intimately | such a view аз may 
it enables us to distinguish accurately fo or the|lished, we can scarcely е 
oups ör | members of th ges 
0 the 
them, are à pelle ru da 
wider € mples mig ven of star 
oni ies in the Flora of| ind stlications provided at the вате time they |. d 
s of впрроей Ете ood teta M E ШАН, ion as will enable them fully |10 i preparation of suoceedin 
eae 
ling u 
Tasmania, paea бүчү 
in that «Жеп | B CUM E eir views. 
à atw ork on the| Now, itis quite needless to speakof their quali- | 
Jaietan Sin. "found а ааыа тер in his | feations, of which no botanist of any pretensions tio 
thé i 
bours to reduce estimate 
mush with species 
ught in thé r e 
stability, if реу fail to such an extent amiongst|tioned. Not only have they at their command} We have little doubt that the Royal Hortioul- 
ecies. Bute n heré som 
th ain 
te still further. ean possibly be ignorant, as their publications are | а pub 
i here as classi e 
materi&ls, or regard о approximately the limit of t 
of vi i ier 95 of forms from vari м 
te he present state of "oalge if only | litnit that оап only bë obtained by t 
ee "certa wot gud дшн ii. he mem mory, it | View of the whole vegetable kim - "d neni 
dicious limite sho ould ied moreover, of such a work can Реги fuis 
fus wi А 
= 
в 
iety up to tap 
* z + v О 
n be what it шаў, ОЧ? "ui паб isto +аке | arise simply from imperfect knowledge; 
e consistent with truth, while | the limits and relation of po n ж 
зев of life, and for the due estima- general notions of RE distribution ФР [5 m 
n i orld; 
i gr eee 
een species ey scies. | individuals to the various questions which ma ne o ost distinctive and inj 
PEE hes features of the оаа апа бб і 
ay to take а still|love of tr uth ап powers ‹ of accurate discrimination erre from the partial exatüuple affi 
e in 
Mrs 
mportanoe, as it i 
of s 
most desirable that. it 8 ey at least рау its way, 
sl | and not prove a loss to its authors. М, Ј, В, 
y 
CI will be found | the richest and most varied collection whioli was | tural Society will in the end 
ery form i р ever made, together with a very perfect botanical ere itself that its *GnzaAT Овснто блот’ 
ği f f 
ali ke, t tho ugh none че үк the other," and that|library; but as the herbaria are cotihéóted with i of Satntday last was an undeniable failure, Hal 
ups, the greater the difi- singularly pen Mey m peii bu: cannot гип jit been otherwise the Society might have been 
m ile d 
р i 
the x natural the gro 
kno ages e ion 
ыланы from time to rini respecting the sup- Баце except when dry. OKER, more-|of all there was а numerou 
sed tránsmutation of Oats into Wheát or Barley; | over, has studied nature іп а great portion of thé | exhibitors bound together under a solemn | 
i i fresh аен на id, & nd has made JM collections in their|that they would not again show their plants ot | 
0 
u; 
a mortar amongs 
"E sit not ie Ет 
such pm era as rene nth 
fertile and herm 
opt т s е cl 2 ie 
ав old | native pos nts than almost any other botanist ; Saturdays; let the inducemen 
0 en t 
ü shodldést b bray 2|while few persons have a more extensive know- | во great. Then there were in the suburbs a 
ae with а pestle, | ledge of аша all their minutest details than | known phalanx of eminent growers, who though! 
depart from yf Mr. BEN professed exhibitors, have latter 
rda 
onl sie Bague honor its merits may have been,—&iid thes ge are un-|assistance, as the last day of 
IN, | doubtedly great,—rmrust be regarded rather as а |set apart for the reception of their own friends, 
таей ар laborious and lover Wo oi Mäi а book of | whom; rather than to the promiscuou 
8 
ds qu od E % Qe supposed origin of|original Dog апа the same in pe of | they naturally wish E their plante, The 
us from JZEgilops, but of things which lie | that of MEISNER a т ET won Vis лойт 4 siding 
elas 
much nearer the fot асё. ты for канш such| It is cle PR ot great Hin that ex: di хем from the йе орон, could 1 
m, 
a plants for exhibition 
without webs 
and receive йш 
"e the 
different eonditions of that organ, while Des в | this Work, like that arro sho vii be Яры ly апа | very, proper pec perd. Вена Here йа 
n of 
cotifluent wit ri Sarba and our bs уна e p | thronghonť elaborated b 
Filix- tio >к - when destitu 
an a Poly podiu am, 
а! 
te of an involuere; | e ы in the few ed where the ariela each iñ itself enough to have E ret 
aterials үл = она img ut such a book, | the success of апу show—all 
ben more illustr ati m үч Ae 
y 
sible authors on geol and | Hortieultnral Society on ne 
а р I group of the горка Püüstributlon should be Fe es which the дорбо ӨЕ 
know of none more tely. Besides which, n hád thé merit&| would at апу time = 
d 
e purpose, à group Tdi of at of einst works on genera ben. thau they | profess to be in the secret oft 
ge 
y of 40 years has not | аге, it is desirable to bring the state of botany up | but we do confess we were 
enabled FRrEs—who is more intimately acquainted | to the ent tim d ШАШ а World ol wa v 
with them than any other botanist, dud whose h satt B ham T bed Me d do 1а ior atia 
" 
matter, which сап 
arrayed agal 
"ran үн fna 
i: ud 
lex attem 
powers of judicious combination and „distribu tion | and disgust students, and to r^ them disbelieve an of the ps important s м 
o be wu 
РЕТ WAV no 11. the large мыл т. 40 
botsnists altogether. Та j exam а ciently 
g defined | work like that of Ktorzscm on T ej ims bin the K Baturday sho 
pum, 
speci 
ething 1 like eufioent im the most [s lee from me pen an press, Where abl s "rtg will continue 
xe abren habit ; pen ko 
exhibit distinetly in different parts, the kári ёта $ m i polis. In 
of the three genera, while individuals жн be ми ieal eont aede W need sie, ve аө only ^ сае the 
б 
1се, pus rate specie such b di 8 as Abe c ot for t the тк fie the 
same а sie ditm hs hie & Regie: species forms materials | this gay metro T 
nw d out of the group, and referred to | refer to the fact demonstrated а т two sinoe | and who did not pore a ü 
known arhple; 
groups. are truly natural. 
one disputes their limits; while others, as all the | аа di oles, near 
Grasses, Umbelliferze, ; 9r Composi subi | жез ед more ‹ or less, to confirm or | Mr. SAUNDERS’S 57. prize 
а 
and no two botanists agree 
another pri mary d division of Fungi, of which that | before the Linnean Soc ciety by oF a of our authors, | certed on finding that 
osed they h а por 
thata single species of Oak s ne ribed | was su 
under ten or т. itin names, and i тыу ен i to th 
such is the case everywhere, where the | cases entirely wi i ня speak of Sa 
While, ho 
Besides, it must bej But not only init дату i о destroy a number | of Orchids as having on the whol 
E t the value of generic distinctions | of bad genera, but т. i 
must v i Sm ; but multitudes of good new genera | expectations, we cannot but 
ior ies " e s kn cedet iln because it is | exist in herbaria which it is desirable to record, mauy interesting P 
1 ‚ | because every new aped e eg defined, vi 
Shin s and no|íresh datum for the formation of córrect enit] ut Es, The P les 
are subjective, | EC previous vie s d d the hi 
their limite,| Besides all this, i is most needful to fix, if pos- турне 
