1 
52—1850. THE 
GARDENERS’ 
two Chinese Primroses : Henderson previous year. From this it will be 
K. Sivewright, riot! a for r plants mains “ot ll Fite | considerable increase on th 
white and a fine variety of red. Two sta 
Brussels Ist, M ompson, gr. to . S 
Wilson, Esq., the variety being Hunter’s Dwarf. F 
Leeks: Is r. Lees, T 
© 
ap 
= 
Onio 
Ist, M Ald m, for Blood Red, 
James’ Keeping,and Strasburg; 27, Mr de — 
James’ Keeping, and Strasburg. Two head ads of Endiv 
awarded t erson, 
journeyman, Edinburgh B Botanie Garden, his collection 
containing 640 species correctly named, an — 
i | syste 
ural system, prize, 
1 — of Merit, was voted to Mr. Smith, Journey- 
n, Experimental Garden, for a collection containin ng | a 
secon with | 
2 2222 
gioie ik, 
sou of reven i 
scriptions, and 817, 16s. 3d. on the sale of cut We |i 
&e. The dec on for hanics’ 
tickets, and for admission on ordinary days, may prin 
cipally be attributed to pang, ia entered into 
th the Magistrates: an Council,’ whereby the 
rking ¢ 
To 
lasses have now, in addition to five days in 
access to 
r 
tion than it has been in for several ye ot- 
houses and other buildings lso in good order, and 
since the beginning of spring one-half of the hot-houses 
b inted. te ndance and [variety of 
ornamental plants exist both out of and — t 
t-houses, than ha 
for a number of years 
the i 
During 2 3 years mperative — 
e from any source led to the ruthless — 
and rugged deelivity, beneath mi 
petuous nt; for my wood is naturally brittle, and 
liable to be shattered 
me the honour of being indi- 
genous to Britain ; pe did maintain that Cæsar trans- 
estnut trees from Sardis into Italy, z acçount 
of the excellence of 4 nuts, from whence they passed 
into France and B True it i 
cept in parks, and avenues leading 
sions ; but those who visit the banks of the Tamar, in 
erie ered find the ee. many a lone 
Ww 
urgh Bo 
ost * icer — 
1859 . ire Nieta rranged 
| ess a pianis i in the stoves, b 
c Garden, | 
according to ‘the 
of 
ut the injurious practice has A 
en stopped, and the houses are grad resuming 
th © appearance which, in a Botanic Garden, they ought 
> have, Considerable i being made 
natural of Lindley, as given in 
of the “ Vegetable Kingdom.“ As usual, there were 
likewise variou a productions: sent for exhibition only, | the ar 
18 an of Dessert Pears from the rden of 
Hall; and fruit of Saracha viscosa, wi 
ya made from it, from S. B. Hare, Esq., Lochrin House. 
here were likewise exhibited, from Messrs. J. Dickson 
— m Mr, 
; n well ert pants of 
the Earl of Rosslyn ;-a 2 55 — — Mr. 
a box of superior nae 
2. Stark „ Edgehill aig 3 
aan — rom 
us of 
nsto irr mamap and eo 
from Mr. Toni; Archerfield, a nd Mr, om Me. Wie 
ag cal — 
ford ; a = of Capressu 
aecompanied bys 
diness at Garvald, at a o — of 
of A 
th a — oF of Th 
us longifolia; from the = 
ifally Howere ed plant i a 5 
12 the ag and all the rest of the old aristocracy of the | eove 
sang ora by happily n the ees | 
called by he: name which Ino 
e woods and hedges of bog = Surrey. 
3 auo 3 of a: poe and 
Chestnuts ss he forest of 
enry Tt cas pio ie tithe af all t their fruits to 
noble 
e arrangement with 
the $ 
g a e five days upwards of 55,000 persons s visited * 
on i er iree 
; by the city y nearly 24, 
ir 
Revi 
rom the Woodlands. Roberts ; and 
Poi by Maxy 
Pe | Popular History of Manat by Adam White ; : 
two charming 
person r narrative, has e 
ancient ms ces. each to tell :his own Ps in T N 
Yi The Spanish. Chestnut, for example,speaks thus: 
Chestnut 
people, 
ecorated | and 
That | 
i Seinlormat 2 
fo 
gae op ar is distin- 
incisors; there are ten 
ngated ; the legs are unequal 
in length, the fore —— being’ shorter than the pos- 
terior. tail short, and 
be acquires its name — — tlie 4 * genus, 
Puree, which contains the ustralia 
4 y of small size, — — to repre- 
sr in that continent-island the hed + goer s 1 
vorous ma ia. Al 
ive toes to ‘thie! fore foot, the two outside bein aig radi pared 
to me, — little more = a a 
4 Some of you, young trees e been ‘plan ew — — 
a comparativ short arn ; ‘standing sing 
ps, sou — — which had no extents i 
my young days. “Far the —— eould reach, extended 
of the Glen Dwarf Drumhead Cabbage—stated to be a a wild ‘forest, or wide ‘com covered with Ferns or 
valuable variety agricult as well as garden Rush and came i troops, to feed upon my nuts 
„ Handasyde, Musselburgh ; in autt na have seen the wil to with his I 
large 8 Dr. Brown, Primrose-bauk; | tusks and shaggy mane, ranging wh —— pas- 
avoys from Mrs. 
— —— ‘Mushrooms, and wear wi , from 
un; improved German Mr. 
—— Red Cabbage from dir. 3 — Sprouts, 
Best root, ant Cauliflower, from Mr. Kerr; Lettuce 
and Endive from y; and a basket of Toma- 
Mr. ture ; — wild cattle, such as no one — 
harmed. 
un 
“I remember the time yonder Yew first arose from 
the earth, a 2 tufted grate with nothing that indi- 
omen px fut ure greatness. wande bird must 
— rought the berry, w a on account of its 
Glasdůow Roral Bor Tottori Akt the an- glutinous na nature, readily adheres ; -e oe 15 i fae 
nual general meeting held Dee. 9, = Vice-President in g in his m mighty zr 1 res i a thao | cae stot that 
— 9 e * 1 ae how gradually it 2 from 
Directors oe the past year, by which t appeared an y 25 ‘fl ae rl 1 
the 108%. 13 13s. d. of annual f arki Das be * ihe the | wa on high, and valorously the fieree 
of annual feu-du $ ‘ ; 
winds of winter. But now its strength begins to fail, and 
— which, with 76. 16s. 634., — — 2 e e sam 
ji le trees wi wrested 
total of 9381. 58. 53d.; the total annual eee, Time when such nob 
from thetr right uses; when the — grew beside 
— of interest, being 9081. 18s. 53d. 2 e eee ake 
1249, | 1850. ee | lb | ine su trees, um- 
: — | brageous majesty, coneealed within their deep sses | 
E. 3. d. K. . d. E. 8. d. E. 3. d. Abhorrent rites, concerni which no dared to 
ae 23 15 6/202 0| 3 13 6 for beauty and for use, the abode of 
Mechanies, Ge. de.) rious or fearful bein whom many ignorantly 
as 21 1 6) 10 12 0) 10 9 6 3 or vie E as useful merely for the 
— to public li ` 
adés . si 74 1 0 63 12 6 10 8 6 
De. on acsi days 91 11:0) 77 2 6 14 8 6 Since se: naturalists have arisen, who have made 
ä known t perties of vegetable matter; poets have 
flowers, & 4197 11 6/9 7 8 as 81 16 3 A Kees 
Rent of Tent 15 0 0, 11 13 0% 3 7 0 deri their choicest in: om trees; 
0 Fond 40 040 0 0 artists have dwelt beneath them, —.— to transfer ms 
Physicians “Sure 5 | nvas the effect prod ir foliage, or t 
A3 y: graceful and magnificent 
Tire Works er a 10 H Aas y 37 10 9 80 the Chestn ut, as wrote one who loved our tribe, 
+ is the most stately of E ing the 
8 692 7 3752 15 3 — 3 0 ** 11 0 Oak 1 height, und © equalling 1 1 bulk. Š foliage | 
* ee = exhibits a more decided character; it is glossy and 
143 11 9. 11 0 formed into clusters, which are ly elegant when | 
surrounded with florescen This is the 
prevedin 15 a comparative statement of the 
„EE 
were 
very savage, and — severe 
18 * 
sasiy wands, 3 not upwards; Sir 
ee | seen first o d, but 
which graces the landscapes of Salvator Rosa. He is tive, in wtih it was caught.” 
and nailless, and the middle th 
ls, so that at sight they seem viet 
— sea i in 2 — 1 there are five 
ost o is second 
* and provided with long nails: all these nails are 
well suited to the burrowing habits of the bandicoots. 
The ears are generally of moderat e; but in one 
species, Perameles lagotis, the ‘native rabbit’ of the 
côl estern Austrália, t 
long. This species, as ined by Mr. Goold, 
t T in of the Swan 
River co Tt general „ the soil 
app: 
When walking, the hind legs ouly were used t 
idely ae In eonfinement it was 
very pretty species from 
called in 
groun 
—— cularl! — 
ntire oe of ‘Cape bulbs being eaten 
— mself lost many valuable specimens in his 
ge 
ridiesots make 
be 
To this family belongs 
ir discovered by Sir Thomas Mitchell o 
stral 
opening 
as says it was 
but on — prada d took to 
e groun 
EEES? 
