622 
genuinen 
ess of the 
Warwie f 
OW v Kind were re distributed 5 is 
tru 
d “The 
Society,” and 
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y. 
ash Gourd, s or = th 
the genuineness aft 
called “ Aih 
verter iona The 
s is other 
“Gourd from Plat” and | so 
S. of thi line. Except dose to the base of 
vos ee Race are no woods, save on the N. and 
na in me a sea die their 
= turtle aon) up. 
to the euisin Such, 
Proceedings of = 
qt 
rude A 
og purposes, 
J ddition to o our store, our. 
a pretty p ph 
expecting a steamer to ‘cy a a off 
tors esre; an all t: 
y. observ ations day “md HER 
apt F m aking 
th a 
as yet has been as unusual 
no he Pr was oa abont its being stard 
severe. 
Squ: ash.” We irae this letter m 
the loose in atements with w 
winter Wwe he 
1 foot in : this i quattor; and in 
n the do e Oira 
17°. The general 
ha rdly e 
+ T nas been 1 
very fine 
th 
ter is 15° during th , and 5° atni 
ayi : 
Apricot tree which has decayec just a 
me nearly hollow ; at Blossoms “very “fre 
r antity of fine-flavoured fruit, 
ff, leaving only a fe 
ely Sah | 
aw | rest tof my news, = which 
te he day. 
never feel it soc cold as I did at homes oe sleeping 
bee 
on th snow m 
I neh a larges stock,un sart 
gree 
standing of the holiy te? 
ight. T 
Pe, Lape 
y = 
Notices. of > of Socks, 
we ppy new sen 
m f your readers suggest any mode | turn o Carlton, t | Theodori Caruelii NORS | 
ot week a a which y ill induce a healthy state ye root, | I Sie ever yours very ‘sincerely, James — nde ate Hortus hin op abana in I 
by which the tree may be more freely no ished re Letter AR Dr. W. soen Baikie to Dr. is ipa yin Baie ppan Cesalpino 
saved? d? ener thinks that he can induce ne es ed encampment near Jeb a, on the Tver Torn a om - 3 Pp. 
by mound of earth round the stem asd | neg Here w é 
pa fi amet the old ones and replant the tree. ms our me (the are by sbrilringy onas k Janay Andrea Cesalpino, usually 
J. M. 8. e Tth Oct tober bes nd ever since wé have | P 
—_—_—X—_ huts, I loo! ie upon poron: the pre a b ĝ 
feti H ng, wit: ithon we licit a man, as vkind | Of the sciences of observation have 
— j Sai call the A Atria an | bered, Linn: 
+ 
of tri masts in rit way over 
ta all unpr 
| climate so deadly, as we cold nat have landed under | 
T red its 
ing- The "Present in the 
qe The eae were 
having to leave the ay mi a few minutes? tice, 
14} the water 
From Mr. Cunningham, D 
Street, psam rest of Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi ; 
from Mr. Izaac A 
rson, ngage n of a Polistes, a kind 
blo 
the excite ment; 
Lag fasting, depressed at night after t 
ur temporary ten 
p ground, aire 
of wasp, from See wit 
Dr. Balfour exhibited a pine of a branchin ng “Cocoa- 
Nut Palm ane at 
roperty o Dakin. 
Dunnoch, St, Ann’s, Jamaica, the 
He also ealled attention to the 
irst nig violent tornado and an 
selves drenched ; living for va days in the middle p 
sh; working hard 10-0. days hà ot = su 
classification 
unded Ly UAR ba no H i thei vi 
Ber state philoso: ‘a nine as 
tained facts teie to. iiz 3 
propagatio e first book ini aati, sa 
treatise 
lished at Midte aa i in 1583, is a -d 
7 | 
gen neral nature > of plants, im which, alo a 
n, 
u mae up toa small height ; acting 
hnt 
e plant: when dipped in water, 
vs in 
ort B 
how ina remarkable manner 
carrying our he’ 
oving things from the wrec ck, &e. 5 
le ents a ch m 
vant eve heavy t 
spent y 
rand i w o, just as the marshes were begin 
to co ae and the 
period of the yea 
es should ‘eos f us had oars 
me, as myself, severely, with repeated ague ani 
t here we are alive and well, and har d at w 
of us at 
ning | | dis 
fall, the most oom z 
f of h 
the fo 
ant. develop pha 
hile the latter 
| parts m 
out the xiste ence of t 
hough with out European n food, win 
y on native food. Our ak 
The flowing papers — “Sh 
ce of eo Bikes ry.” By Dr. Bal- 
ma n the action of the Soil on Ve patent 
Professor a: with a lette 
—Letite str! n Hector, 
o have given: 
parai aar since I last west iy hos ie 
Th 
it un ntil © gentle 
spring, as 
in charge here is obliged suddenly to sen 
Wide express this ee gar of the ead as ow 
intended to do. I } me: as 
e just arrived yi alo: 
g 
in charge, with the work of 
s, North | 
» | lam’ 
nb pees table, indeed 
m, | Maize or Zero. 
Palm 
i eat (monocot 
| cane indicates the fame between oly 
ained in the 
until we got a ae oe T coffee from La agon a few 
= re ago, n infusion ndian 
particle which is 
Fi A our 
e future anim tne tr te ig G 
or sug ‘ar an 
a rude native 
n 
with fine Palm ~ wl e 
11 
and | slightly laxative. A n 
roughly ground rice pnt and sweeten- 
a little honey. Log ‘vegetables are ay 
d fi e who bse them 
or fow i cook 
easily digestible, 
a made 
so gs the seed of a plant, that part contains the 
ning: potent atwm), whence: oo vod a 
forth. 
In the preface to his gr 
eminent man mentions ha 
Cosmo I., Grand Duke of Tuscany, 
an Herbarium, or Bortas siccus, as coll 
lled. of which one 
the Grand Duke, and = othe 
‘inf oa either 
We drink, when me native Deer and 
m wine; and our fruit - “are 
P 
and Ground-nut ake ieee yee this spot | 
| injured by ne negl ect and eatin je 
men, and | we have collected nearly 700 s ecies of lants, and p 
making orate ai pene, are our coat next ais ‘Yo | living ashore = watching t them ji ron ip. | for the most Ripert macana 
‘re s Lhave had tom inate fa th dogs | ferent stages. e have aay ieee several new Palms | Signor om uel h 
see they ] Afric n Ba mboo. I have several new grains modern names. of “newly iy all th 
the Sa pods and seeds By cee in’ e 
iion mountains before [ Toi.. Te An the vinter | living here so long I haro. learned much of native | Which i is giren the ma tad 
t t Aae am working hard at by € sen ts s, in Greek 
has oe 
hard i work. eS op in excellent health, and can stand bas 
ectii 
the Fúlo or Fuláta language, e Mr. Crowther 
ing behind the a i famously. M. Bourgeau taken up the Nw po: of i u The 
made a very collection of plants and meds. ‘A have oe my oe a ut A : entry we aro in, | ma the student 
= of the gentlemen in che e varions | from this to Lagos bree and , and the river | debted: to Signor 
ing for the: New Y settling of|as far visa, Our encampment is about 12 miles which 
accounts gave me an opportunity of making further ond Rabba. ie t y l gave yna as Palm kernel oil is-|, With feai us. to 
os Mr. Jeff p that you wished | not so, but the oil of and refined by in Italian K 
about, and who has gone J ae as: br boiled with. pote Rey skimmed off. The | buoni, which is exceedingly in cas bel sgt 
Sete Rect oi aasa Hives, on = pen om at = of a dark coffee colour, occasionally of a views of this em miners il thank 0% 
mountain, and there he left him. Mr. Frazer, t il bei TR Phe Shea butter | them with the following ig peed 
r’s House at the time, ap he came | tree is EA “It is t present in flower, and | “ T Reverend Patron i i 
in charge: 
up in jair y 1851, gy ay the winter 
pent" ex ot shows panicles with Beantifal white blossoms. We hav: 
February, or in a 2 ae eee till | found two varieties, one being pos umbellate in its in- | “Although 
mes. a rect Boy age ee wd floresce ence. We e hav e se several g ms, an nd have already y | eae increases 
as 
ia aoa Rog pey P descend the Co- | a coi sections of many mr the Palm meie. espe- | by collecting 
lumhia slong wikit Aia. ladikot. AA hear cially th ae i Paty tho e Raphia' or Wine Palm likenesses, and 
a r gentleman what became of him; but he Each of these as well as the | ber, it is easy to O 
present on the west side of the mountains. All îm ial Date, yen culiar fign is e sive 
iry Vanita afea Bethe ctice ily distinguished. the an 
Songs is_ wooded with Poplar and a few Pines (Abies Thave vi tho traced: all tie at mats of oa Tat ives to th wi grein tini 
ut 
asl sources ttt them. W den ts 
“sande to be the case everywhere — the woods also an excellent fibre, maki ing a rope, fiom Di scorides 
which | wero ee plains s on © — cultivated, "and ee would 
with a thic! narren 
ata “ vided into two P aistricts so 
ed that a gives the character aoe paeh 
the animals but ev. he Tı sA 
wth of Pop slap (i “ema zo e 
commercial articl an 
the 
m so much in t both chiefs 
k British influence, and lay t 
en to the Indians. The| foundation of a e order to to save themselves 
: z ee rad Shea butter, as who in 
iair ot wo in -aragon p psi and: they | ivory, Palm oil, Cotton, Tadley mo wax, Åc. &e. gpu git - ns 
, bufial S M sir collection suffered much by the 
5 5 g several xes o ki d skeletons were 
! hich inhal ie wots ng the lager by the | ruined; but I am doin hat Sroine: reptavó them; 
pre habits. "The al PORER ie are | im especially in birds, and insects, I am rapidly 
in long. 106° some age with at st in this longitades but | shes, ne Saniat 4 to some poo parer er 
renalne KAR eep the S.E., and] of reptiles. We have learned d -e hi | plants: tne 18. rn 
hie, and even 48° in Lake potamus flesh, and’some large manne ms es yiel hippo: | figient for on ake 
and people along cee river, that I ae with but little 
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