Ocrozen 9, 1858.] 
tmosphere, while blue, green, 
and red rays act a powe: 
Pr shed leaves than direct solar light. If. J. B. 
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el 
MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY 
co. 
ISH 
pus BRIT LLECTIONS. 
J mave read with great, interest the various able 
erfully | 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
roof and lined with glaz 
ries in h 
from m the root) an 
(lighted 
ed cases on either side; these jn 
back only, bal and th = Dien 
=| and | scarcely considered 
cure corner: I therefore at ned 
whilst I tool 
my lite, | a were laughed ‘at, 
fit for the t obse 
n 
Supposir 
he second (lighted by 
oor of the upper), might 
thus rd ‘devoted to Soest birds, reptiles, amphi- | 
| a peep into t aa pack resi room, w nae I 'diacovered e 
secret of my failure—my flowers had not been 
| they were au naturel, The room 
| ing armed wi 
which the ee peta 
a, removal, or ro me of the Nat 
at 
tish Museum, in ad 
cases, whilst ‘the baseme 
alone, 
nt story, lighted by side lights 
Last year I tried a 
= a fo fiar oe 
J 
ite 
rea these been te aes 
appeared I venture to 
can of the views of my pr 
ith regard to the 
ee locality, i the 
ecessors. 
retention of the collections in 
only y reasons in its favour that 
the galleries, together 
rals, and sm 
all of whi 
ese, th 
tpi ‘eau and i 
geological, &c., arenis 
aller pame agr E pe especially, fossils, 
artly e bu! 
kept in drawers, a diffi 
i glisedls drawers, and a duplicate 
huge and w wei ighty 
"Vor ‘tee ale, insects, mine- 
howev er, ‘were “ Art Bonera Te, = 
friend assuring me that if I ere ery r 
t for 
rent 1 arrangeme’ 
e insects must be Kept entirely 
success thi is course must be my ‘through, "An ang 
ing my 
tention 
of taking, as I do ‘now, porte geome the onesty 
of such a practice. Trem ember “sad flower y, 
es 
nstructi ve for ms to which the 
nune 
hI 
, be ex 
_ 
in ten 
ick N, I believe, and 
the minerals s and foss 
ote 
of , a | man? that’s one of = best fi 
conspicuous i fateriag series might be Kept. ‘in 
i : ollow as a tea-cup, which 
was going to throw away as vt “ale j ce 
friend i with “What are you to = 
by a qm body of working naturalists, and 
ea _ semen in the Times newspaper 
Mimawn. This, your vor gos mt, w who signs him- 
bee 
irely rng aip re the latter seems scarcel 
consistent with = fact of its eo 
d dee 
y 
ng been ed by so 
d | birds, &c., opening a ; the 
most ‘should be mini in 
trative re 
wour of the removal appea 
The condition of the London 
but far 
- galler Ty t-s shoul te 
communicating by a stone 
that departm ye ator a 
of every street whatever its 
ited 
f | in the imie aoe 
| fear E E which if true is of itsel 
for t 
verte of 
Russell ; for 
tish Mi 
back into side galleries; but 
drawers under the glazed wall 
e them, Nepean into the side galleries my 
indeed be desirable that in en all the | up 
vad t 
with t 
y : but wi 
cases | it not an imposition P I think it sore 
rast to che “deshabil pe 
sented; th flow 
prett 
; 
A oer 
doub btiess 
m at “ tee Poy 
ifi 
emery 
a small detached eo 
vee ema of ot any sort 
Att m, nr can 
jas . 
el 
rhe atthe ere the raph of 
a b Atara a so) assay, Kc. 
r | apply to the Asters 
but ee pr wer sá 
actually spoil led by bad 
Exhi bito 
that Sopurtiian ent from Great 
saw en of minerals so located 
um presents, It is true that com- 
pests, em and dust 
any visitor may analyze 
a mineral, can be of Title 3 more value tot the | scientific 
ce of the 
ra 
i= 
4 
+ 
ap og a struc 
ante views, oe 
a granili in excess of pA welt sequel to accom- 
A Pnt 
Pintéiel 
re th 
If, on the oom you think the trimmi ng, dressing, 
d 
where an area ufficient e 
accommodate a building or any dimensions, t have 
itsurrounded by a Grass-plot. The a avenge 
n providing th 
+ +} 
eye-extracting fair and legitimate, I shall fee | 
liged, 1 
nds, however, 
Mus e fu 
ment woa be much nerd z the teiars success 
pular 
ent and it cannot be 
n dai ay both to 
tad hnt +} 
+} 
mp meme ge a few yards’ breadth 
of dust can scarcely be 
im 
4 
rs 
~ 12441 
| to _render 
A 
meer | 
ne pen rero four different societies, by your recom- 
| mending me a dresser of first- = eames in order 
that I may be successful. I a 
themum T p. nor ho Iti 
£ At 
oe Tenai Parks it is high, well wood 
enient access, and near the Zoological G Gardens. You 
o the 
f Mines 
effects, however, could vary be obviated. A more 
against which “may be urged 
ccommodated ther 
>y], 
cal Gabon nd — Society’s Gardens 
‘terprises, are 
e; 
est ents rie 
P 
large vias 
an nd 
of 
ma 
ahat + 
eee the. 
blic; 
ens 
restored to 
would not 
the pu 
need “2 og ie 
not Me ae _ Hn — 3 it i might h be e Foal 
if Dela Bee 
in ores not inte; nn the fini 
The | 
d. 
eviews 
ensington Gore 
formation 
daily ass 
atha gE t 
er: a or erae ni d enhance the 
whole museum tenfold ini the eyes both 
Government and public. After 
point to the Museum of Econ 
in 
wel sarge oh and Museum 
ing Parliament is oster rea 
epee rae Kar iie raa however 
pe It should be re ga 
shie Ser D 
the 
hink, ot ee 3 useum 
that they w 
and min 
their one ok as the. botanists en 
SN; 
logy an 
the 
ag 
| as 
and 
horns, by 
mig 
I wani 
o 
who gain t the fr first pres em 
flowers. 
n part to 
blie thor 
should all 
almost 
ow dp enit they ar ge wl hs odes 
| who om 
largish Cryptomerias 
st of which had cones upon it. 
n- | seeds from them 
eight or nine nice pl 
sowed 
in the nora te of Fag pes Tout tree thle 
ween 4 1 and 6 feet h 
wilh 
science. 
d be glad of ro facilities in 
enjoy at min te yaer = 
ok t be 
a light green 
I have several 
and no brown oe 4 p= 
e | dener is inclin wood. 
h, all 
bright colour, as the eh te (et t which 
ed to believ ee: 
oar 
Commissioners have offered t 
of cost, to to Gov: ernment ; 
the 
if this be true, and 
desirability < of div viding t 
ng 
titi ar $i 
na 
og 44 
qe ais on Parliament for 
ne ee t Natural H 
the contents of the a ish 
dent 
istory 
r governors na 
hould be 
site offered we means on the high proosa near the Knights 
Road, and not at th 
_ The exp 
“+h the 
Kensington 
Gore aa we should not s so 
t one upon 
distint ps se 
os ae to it, th 
atu 
az 
some have 
ue 
f 
iit 
Hl 
p 
i 
+i Government. 
TE 
H 
3 
; 
g 
like. 
need hardly remark that we sa not he 
ustody of the Darte o of ~ chores pon 
tural Hi 
Paco 
De ah purpose, and ren thaid be 
rom the 
e tgs Co 
se 
us 
sentable. Er 
ioe extracting, tH 
ctised b; 
legitimate, b 
onest. 
fowers, whi ch T too took to 
oua n, if not a prize, 
great advantage of thi 
teal ‘aout in the public 
Beste) 
aing 3 = 
o exhibitors, a 
T p wich I entenis is anything 
r before 
at least co: 
ediency of eniin the botanical ee 
other branches of natural history, is 
which I may offer some 0 
A Metropolitan Naturalist. 
srt 
rrespondence. : 
dered 
ng but al or 
last ree 
wtih thinking hs ey might 
we endation ; ; bat, bles bless 
y be herme- 
the ae dust is set in 
-| or ori about 8 
` My pecimen 
eohain > ae solid, roundish mass, about 
inches diameter, standing on, or su supported by, the stem 
inches diam —_ 
inches 
gardener 
aS gardener oe on the 
dark, 
This 
out 
i 
Mie 
s 
eS 
; 
ois 
the ed some. ems 
some smaller 
3 very nice walking-sticks from 
now two or three living warnings 
ing ts of unsuitable habit a rma 
insignis grafted on stocks of weaker 
partioularty Ee ien. L. 7. 
and running Il. (We imagine 
