Duceunzn 25, 1858.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 942 
all very ery well, but in the case of trees which will take jalso in “ibe orn us to attain to a more hap na | ties eye our most tender rapt, during the a » of one 
20 years to show ‘what they will do, ye + The ex 
it isa ae on th aaa not bear to be trifled w i lled to some points of fieran in als as pie and put” m operation by Mr. "Schooles, 
is better ed rt a a new poet the | “species a Acanthophyllum, Pewee: se eee | is fully indo orsed b by ciety, 
anoe. "Pray foe pady 5 the vascular and d by their last Annual Report; and 
lk about f you know that there | or “ Pome: » of their stems, the histological - t Hon. Marshall P, Wild 
ino stopping ae. on of some of these tissues, e t chameau How fred ae in his annual address before the 
society, sa; 
i There | difi- | in he species of frequently large concretions of 
late of lime in the parenchyma of the stem. Both es Havin ing b eard of the great success of Mr, Schooley, 
i meron aan the soil of which is sap luana or lin species of romeo np Sere os in Dianthus | of Cincinnati, Onis, in hi ted di y 
he ball of earth i hard. _ This may and Ar Arenaria a manifes t though o | very excentric | preservation of meats, I opened a correspondence with 
he rori in future by introducin of these | him with res to th lication of t} 
when the plants are first placed in ‘their see ge often deranged, as were ‘oe oat bundles to a great | to the preservation of ‘fruit. He subsequently ‘visite 
perforated tubular stb made of baked clay from half | extent by radial Hepe agde -m tissue; these pro- | me at free can and advised as to the construction of 
an inch to an inch in di paons ae of t tho nochainey cesses were regar e cases at least, as projec- | fru fruit- upon his pri Ang to : have found 
length, communicating with the drainage, and open at | tions Toi the kent DoLE in — with ding the last, winter onthe 
bothends. The upper end stout be above the soil for | lateral o organs. In A. spinosum the en re stem 
the a, e air or water, and when the latter is fo and to be par rtitioned into numerous vascular masses by Prof. L Locke, im his “M 
f sponge t à larity | g i c Substanc ‘Ae: "fy his piana, the tomps 
to the se structure ary some meer of Com the fruit, may be rst eee ee 
ing acer, eProps, hemes) or  Bauhiniæ. In the stems ve One maed informs me tat ba Strawberries 
must lacerate and tear th . An ole parer dg aritima, p thi nag bee une lst 
Spangles (see vol. ‘for bea , Pert a jelievad also in Statice arborea, the author found the | to the 20th, in perfect condition i the table ; and he 
recent visit to the ssigtbode rh er Forest I | wood to be destitute i of medullary rays. Parenchy bt of its complete success in ‘the pre- 
foe- that the ph ee thongh high a on Bere, matous processes, sometimes accompanied by a few servation of Apples and Pears se „My own 
and in the best and fattest condition o r that I ev were found very irregularly traversing the | experience corresponds with this statem 
saw, pote of these Tittle substan: ms a hat the birds vascular bundles radially. “Perhaps,” he went on to ve we ice enough in England to. Si such a 
are often shot with their crops quite full of them, even to | say, “ the most interesting point in the histology of the | plan as is here described, which, consists, in addition to 
of the oe; enh after 
can be withdrawn. This aoe od te preferable to 5 
distension. Thus these little unheeded bodies seem to| wood of these plants is the occurrence of minute various ventilating and draining contrivances, of an 
form an important item in the nutrition of such comes ore cavities in eet a undod above and all around 
valuable articles of food as pheasants. R. B. C. the vessels in Statice d | by a spacious kardha idatebilng iik: 
ie Saat See p. 926.) I do not think that Pon mee In coal iter headin tho 
there is anything new in the Brussels Sprouts your cells of the » wood, which t = Tobacco and its Adulterations, with illustrations drawa 
Ons, v 
vs dent i aaa about. a torare re longa and ctohed i Heese Prescott. 8vo. oP 130, with 
lates. Van Voorst. 
doubt a sample of the old original stock. senting a reticulated or spiral nitaigomanl of ot a 
T have sent on thier plánik o? ‘any hie” ate T have secondary d its Between these oolly or between Scopa 
— yself for the Mast 18 years, and my father | them the very mirmute slit-like spaces are | Mr. Prescott, the ae of the work before us, ~ ‘en 
meting mm a much longer period. They are some- | visible “ue thin omits’ of the wood, when | oficer of the Inland Revenue i a m n = 
where about 18 inches — plier they | examin raga magnifying ing power of 300or 400 dia. | capacity his attention was necessarily drawn to 
were rather long in the leg when eso gg consequently | m meters. f these karme ne I scarcely fraudulent methods by means of which dishonest 
they were put in deeper than usual. y t ~ believ- | endeavour to cheat the revenue and therefore 
your opinion of the sample sent, I think your corre- | ing it possible t met he eyes of a more experienced $: public. Among the exciseab 
spondent will feel quite satisfied that those he inquires | totomist might differen tly Înterpret i v I age 
about are nothing new; it will, therefore, be useless as either very minute intercellular correspond- | nex >e - ok men 
applyin a new name such as “Roseberry” to a good | ing in some measure to those of the ‘Conifers, or as the | able consequences of conviction have indeed put an end 
jA im vegetable. Althorp Gardens, much widened — extremities of the pore-canals ome toe kind of r ys! A snui 
B 1 hick enclosin regain their 
6: r = m ts be ric a S| dealers if the Js neg s officers ‘tia not keep a 
mber Growing.—The fo mons ne ow ihe par- | ing mag bow, mt iy parega Sek ivers observa» | watchful eye he The materials commonly 
+ tes owas nal bea tee abont the an es of beauti- pore woe in ac siaitersiing enuff are starch, rice, sage 
that of you iden SO? FT ral giving Vig magnified figures of | meal, sawdust, old cofin boards, and the pungent 
ated “five plains the sth of, iost inst, and cut on | the structures re ferred to. These drawings were made | earth dug a of ancient eg with these the 
the 9th of October. Up to the 20th of Dec ember I had by his friend Mr. Thomas At tthey, ‘of Cramlin ngton, aren aker regales himself. 
cnt of 300 good fruit. My plants are now in Norttionsberiand. | S, capeciaity those of Rhubarb, Docks, Boeck 
excel the amont ane to all appearance will yet yield rene po a ocks, &c., finely cut, are bere em 
ant I have named. C. B., Dorkin. á -these articles » howeve 
douiigtinjemount T have named. C: B, ng: =p o Notices of Books, with ty by those whom eyes han 
exami 
Forietteg: | Hooper’s Western Fruit Book. By E. J. Hooper. Mr. niara ei ir is intended to show in 
Cincinnati. 8vo, pp. his but public thanks; and we 
LINNEAN : Dec. 16. rolio Bell, President, in t This is an account of t thos Erat beast of A Soom mo E pb a: thar e Aar a cae 
chair. Prof. Huxley was elected a Fellow. Among the in the United States, n gee a ona ag P E MER See himsel; be has represented 
ions announced was the extensive Herbarium of the | G. Lindley’s Guide to the Orchard and Ki seadraem as > $ 
late Dr. Bell Salter, consisting chiefly of British plants; | It- contains coloured figures: of MiAroye superior | e hich tobac 
presented by S. J. A. Salter, Esq. ripening pee Straw am Sirya Red Sai e Peach, the) °Y Wa" 
—1. “Noti tt 0 i . 
Persia ;” by Daniel Hanbury, Esq. 2. A Monograph Yellow Belleflower Apple. There i isio on tho fron frontis- that practical i inv 
of East Indian species of Ln ase by Mr. piece a collection o' American | ' 2 ha 
Oliver. Mr. Oliver’s observations w. horticulturists of have | ceevations of this nature, the trade in adultersting 
collections of Drs, Hooker and Thomson and Gritth, | been pacar ans written § sad must ri ane ioy to the to mae~ canff is eit ther at an end, or must find some 
| new direction in which to be exercised. 
wen y © 
tec or . Hooker, Mr. Secten, and What would most in ne wr ww Be _ this mao im 
ht, er Sith the Wallichian a Sinihian | the following aceount of a m eeping y 
Wah opt the Linnean Society cosatiniog wan joo-house end. frult-room,, for which a| Of eae Ce 7 ction sf jose 
itih Museum. His materials Gug pete | patent has been taken out A Mr. John S Schooley o me lich nys 306), and a 
such as to represent with tolerable completeness the | Cincinnati, Ohio. Concerning this contrivance Mr. j€ who th ta Mise ten to which chalga ps 
fodiens Empire; but the ery of | Hooper writes as as follows: — > a ins states the ex oa eee only prae ae 
i | 
uded any satisfactory working out of the Jans of Mr. John C. Paver of ymer: v aidions wh pe — terminology, and to make those 
À i i years ago, a ih veer OE | ‘aon baturadi n the inst oe so a 
and 
nkester, 
been 
aps r 
leafy axis, whether submerged or terrestrial, on the | dea ryptoga! and the 
na ne | ; it to make room for new matter, 
scimont of. the scales, and bata on, the | ng |p i npe A tt j; ank account of the function oT a in these net, 
of the corol a oe h me fthe |p led as = te the systema parts, 
pay tpsa site Th ti x 7 he had found | our 
almost useless in Gelling wit the dian species, 
of which strese admitted, meow ta of the names in books = Sle cab Sele eal x nine: 
to the species of which they were con- | last or te oe y ri a E E i during the season, contains * 
be modifications. One or two doubtful en | Bre d p to year. Ice a see > rg to a. Vaak salen Dr. Hagen on British gongs. a 
c! “in every ease, sueveed atmo- | ist of all hving British Entomologiste, except those 
species, of which some fiur or five woro new, wero given. | | =the to a proper temperature; bat Chegrest dfn ey par e eae at catalogue of the new 
3. “Observations on the: structure of the stem in cer n, to get clear of the moisture, sa shen ar feeds pe: poy ory sna: Legh 
(Will. o 
Diss nel în a rom containing it, still | missing tl 
= ON familiar words ; 
i rah i Da mein a er cer al "The Li ttle Philosopher ; or, The Science o seer 
hitherto. unnoticed. His observations remained | become mould, atmosphere, decom: reion will inevitably | Things (Longmans) à goo 
eni sherefore oftred' w. tri recat take in and it is odes that t this air cae account of the al of Pais he ag in 
> penaa ae: inated with sach sa aq) Ait Sop questions, many of which 
ma | l nd hen there is no current | publishers), consists age 
ae = elements of Draped pem the | enin al all sation s ‘submerged in such an rene tren © 2g ys i quite sri mid to webos Hhagalla?™ 
facts being furnished by species often widel Sh become enve sed "in Gelf own exhalations. |“ What is the mavi T cua an ge 
in the order of their natural affinities” The time may | Hence a current cold, dry air is. essential for |“ What is <p ight. of (nae t 
mke all these fa “when a careful correla- | t nid te g ate parts substances, eder yes Eal pee 7") gro ` eae Surely 
à ese facts seas | 
good service, ES iy be rere and key to | riy jia Mr. a hes Sh AEREE w preserve quanti- | these questions “hear more relation to cramming thar 
