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additions being made to it ; whereas above the ring the 
would be even more ample than before 
r fro low 
incision, ede probable that the —— between the 
new matter formed two edges would be v 
and might even, — pat a be greate: 
ce between 
2 of the 
That superabundant 3 je * 
ich 1 
a 
the wound, and forming a swollen border, — y probably | 
i iti ulus 
ch the tissue is 3 rather 
it bears to the 
runing. rse in these 
cases there is something beyond the mere wound whi ch 
the un ex 
of such 
grow 
ose that any unusual gro wth. about 
ee of an 8 wound is 
i in 
ore largely developed than 
unison with ov asm 
direction than in an upward, and 
by the | co 
nd and w 
taken place, seeds also to be re-distributed. 
nels a w. st help of a certain number 
swollen, Why the upper 1 — above a spiral — i 
generally m 
stated by MM. Grenier Grenier and Godron, is but a variety of for sg sent b 
„S. apetala; L. He liad found the mucro on the sepals | repor 
y post, as will be seen by the fllowing 
. G.’s 
inconstant on the same plant, occ — 
re “A, 
ecimens kalen. all to pieces, but e enough remained — that 
e they were not backer disti 
ith much high breeding, and many points 
ta CY 
t parts of the country table by Mr. E. G. 2 
rm an association for culti- 2 on n thoy were ; some for 
ing with a metro. Mr. 
dr Wi 
ivate here also, and 3 of. three of them, viz., Beauty of St. John’s 
imens of plants Wood, Exquisite, and Princess Royal. 
me 
raised, with their remarks, ut they were p 
tate 
By the | all judg 
co-ope „one 
nd, another in osha e east, another in} Mr. 
iven in Mr. Watson’s st the 
tar forms ‘might be y o g ind: 2 
condition, while the * of the origina type 2 blooms ; it is a very distiaet ety, but 
would render all the observations at once | irregular in its . Pindar, a aul Ip purple, not bent. 
et scientific evi If — oe — smooth f Harriett, 
irrespective of the course of the 
y Hitcham. 
ase in Treland.— am sorry to learn that 
rahe sas! the nee 
send 1 fit for an 3 The only ones 
d _show itself in Ireland, in 
the Per: and stalk, as well as in the shape of blotches on 
esent this day, from Deal, were sadly * from 
Oarse. 
receive an 
cots. This may pod — be the most favo 
able Opportunity that has yet occu = for cthetVing 
where true seat of the disease ig, Favourable 
— ivigesing the vital force, te bro — up 
the plant in the finest apparent condition, above — 
But is the tap root clean and white as it used to be 
L eee above pow ten the 
root oce ; but penr ey the 
t was b ven ulcerated, wh 
above ground remained green and vi Seen 
it was favoured by fine weather. J. eg 
Thunder-s 
by the lightning. I found —— of the bark 
withi of my cottage, which is 50 yards 
from long strips of wood in the shape of laths, 
and “ Mistletoe boughs” (with whi e tree au- 
y oun were st | around in all directions, 
jured, but I have not heard 
lost. z Rust, Eridge Castle, 
Har d Wordt— I wants to now, Mr. 
u meddels -e hour nams fur. 
om names ©’ plants all mi lif, an a u says 
. . 
n e aster says no more 
can’t hee. To be suur ag — enuff to grow; 
Praps that's it. Merredith, 
Societies, 
— NICAL, OF 33 June 14.—A. HxNvRRT, Esq., 
in the chair. Various donations havi ing been 2 
the Chairman — per “On — a petala, 
and S. on arid Fries; wi hs some remarks pa. goe mode 
s A yy aa species,” aes 15 to a — 
F. 
* „and authentic 
conclusion he had arrived at was that the S. ciliata, 
the plant a 
Ww 
é 
hich bad beon | ore Nab 
— eeds — packing. The 3 were large, 
als so to cultivate n climate in the ————— 
Garden of the Royal Botanie Socie - Reviews. 
BoraxIcaL, or EDINBURGA, June 13.— The President Co Not British G s best suited to A 
in the Chair ; Dr. Balfour 8 — that the Com- nee Prod Me intelli of ea ch kind. o 
missioners of Woods and For 3 2d Edition. Dublin: M‘Glashan. Folio. 
tanical Museum in ti pb — 
: vated Grasses and other Herbage and 
Aes r Law wson and Son. Edin- 
phere toa pie inthe “of the e HESE tw 
n the stock, which had occurred in a tree dener 
Morningside House, the residence of. Mr. J. Bense, 
— is Pyrus up 
stock, Its entire height is 18 feet, tical, and most useful iufo 
ts fe 
ere the union of the graft and stock is conspicuously | found by experience to be # applica $e. 
i he trunk there r. Moore’s work contains tar ried a page of 
al the common agricultural Grasses,—and no 
below ar are equal to these natural reprecenta‘ione—with a 4 
sac 
Lightning on Trees. He negra ae ew psa ago Great Britai S 
1 accidentally heard of a tree ruck by | tapes $ id seeds fro a pet acre in the former 
he We presume that the — 
3 A rent condition of cul 
About this time last year a very large Oak on the Wasps. 
grounds of John Wauchope, Esq., of Edmonston, was d 
rama 
of Burlington aes com- 
ission a penn 
Sigs pieces; and a few years previously a each — 
wa 
The Earl 
pan Ena y 
wasp b b rought to co rant E may have 
® 
23 71 
i ikewi his lordship’s waged from 
8 ng cl to the Oak s likewise been caught in or abdut 
us | de i i th 23d of A to the present time, ived 
destroyed. - — — m — son n 3 caine ois 84. A 3 * killed i : at Fie flies of 
oiporu of observing giganto te es torn to pieces | the troyed, the number thus pro- 
es 
stance T cg ap 4 nes abolished i is incalculable, Old Bells 
ene June 2 
Calendar of Gyor ations. 
(For the — week. ) 
by elee en — In 8 
ere Oaks. During a thunderstorm I — 
men Lee in Canada) resorting to 
for p n, from an idea that they vari not liable to to 
b egga tning ; certain it is that I saw none, 
notwithstanding the prevalence of large sized es 
PLANT DEPARTMEN 
in many districts. The Elm above alluded to at “good —.— — or ll 
Pitferrane had an iron nese standing close to it, which Tas z pod timo [or gra Rh rha — Saon Fas 
was supp inhabitants to have had some paitinpk pa ei tile vena’ 
influence in id. The above ime idee generally selected ; but of small we * — 
are thrown out, in the hope of ascertaining if there be it ig preferable to take a portion of two-year-old wot 
anything in co of one species of tree along with the shoot. Until a ju is eff Sates 
dering it less liable than another to electric plants should be plunged in a close moist heat, ratl 
uence.” Mr. p 3 chat he knew a marked 5 that required for growing A : 
in A > ne- 
h 4 i — © x b 
ming. The Horse Chestnut and Ash carefully nove an 
2 lip AE other members as having pi ees by 
with which S. patula, Jord., appears to be identical, as 
Meetine at Worton Corradk, Tui 25.—The ex- roze 
N has proved most She ex Taten, . &e, Se 
