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JANTARY 3, 1863.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 9 
a new genus of| 
2, “On Welwitschia mirabilis, 
ooker. In this , paper 
author has set himself appears to be exWellently well 
done, but to us the result is a very disappointing work, 
, to те 
dT or the answer to the ques stion, E^ ну e 
omplete ОРКЕ nd 
markable vegetable production, 
: ag 
wanting 
in aught to interest an ny but a mere local Essex 
3s. 4d. is somewhat Por er or we may, instead, 
whole sub by n but that is more inconvenient than 
he most interesting күз which has e be en brought | plant hunter, and adds little or поро to our know- 1 which only are required by using pro- 
to notice sinc discove affles The er be fugio of dod, рен. ерні, ves This з the тоге to portion ZH PAIR ji 
series s of башга figures b; as ibson is s. s. А х9 
Fitch, and is to 1 рта eni ү ritish Botanist, who has spent шапу у Thus, if 12:2 : : 144 — = £24. In this wáy 
an Society. The first notice of the plant was contained | in s fold. and , Whose critical notices of the several the answer is obtained іо having о ооа} PASE 
п а letter from Dr. Welwitsch to Sir W. J. Hooker, | hundred would b otherwise 
dated St. Paul de Loanda, August 16, 1860, whic s | of infinitely greater real use to the Essex botanist than ө fraotions, . We conclude rures Mem it is 
communicated to the Society, Pas was published in | his list of the disti:ets they inhabit, and have given bi M н E the method, which the author 
its Journal. he plant was found on an elevated | work a scienti ew value which in its present form it | explains, and to apply it 2 most: convenient to 
sandy plateau near Cape m at. 15:40 S.) y AU 
South West coast of Africa. In the autumn of 186 
sent to Sir W. Hooker, both drawings and specim 
singularly lac Surely too somethin 
the soil; of thei 
aracters ; and о 
wering periods; of their local 
the reasons why they abound in 
ely might ivé 80. 
d said of the relations of the plants to the nature |; 
of the plant, ү, асв collected in lat. 24° ог 25° Ги d n 
about 500 miles south of Cape Negro. Subsequently some districts and аге absent in „others. To these another edition give simplified та rules ra Proportion, 
Dr, Welwitsch и two fine young specimens of ich cai 16 may then be > advan- 
he trunk, flowe and cones with unripe seeds, of many of ће ра" нА to Ње specific nam у 
together with his original drawings, In һе | по noticeasto which of the Lemnas flower, and that јасооовіу ворї 
early л, of the present year, Mr. J. J. Monteiro | the title “ hrt adopted by the serit is — 
sent to ooker specimens of the trunk, with cones | inasmuch as Cardin Mem iino 
пмен ў їп spirits. These were collected at Mossa- ofa s t "mee 
medes, the Little Fish Bay of the жш charts. Mr.| Amongst the more interesting pieces of information FORK HOUSE, re THE SUBURBAN БЕ" 
Monteiro, on a journey to visit a сорре r mine 30 miles| we have gleaned from the work are the following. AIR NCE ОЕ К. C. Navrog, EsQ.—At few places are 
om the coast, p plai at in the time of Edward I ole county con- Мон oong. сцей е а Success ha n they 
on which he saw about 30 specimens of Welwitschia in | sisted of one forest, of which Hainault and Epping аге | аге here by Jamieson, Mr. Naylor's gardener. 
his line of march. The plain, which was of hard | the only considerable remains. ra is smaller The Mushroom Кё, properly so called, is Күр, апа 
quartzose schist, was? perfectly dry, and bare of other|than those of Suffolk or Kent, but contains 1070 although good crops are raised in it, Yet. E А uite 
vegetation | than the Welwitschia and a little short spec cies of the 1725 i in Bobington’s Manual. Ошу four | unable to satisfy the demand which at cert asons 
Grass, hyrus hirsutusaud | is daily др on it ma a su apply of this useful esculent, 
id the ook 
worn in the plain by running water during the rainy 
season, The largest specimens are re 
been seen on the banks of the river — a little to 
the north of Ja donee. Mr. Monteiro adds, *I 
h info: witachia is found 
a 
the e nativos, so that you may consider ы. S. lat. as its 
northern limit." rther в have been 
atter gentleman describes i 
аз “growing on sandy soil, and axuriating where 
it can find a few pane to fix extrao ай 
spreading and 
eurling along the ground, pa ааш sometimes a 
length y et feet; they will tearinto innumerable 
shreds, hich is зеке ngly strong, tenacious, 
orted to have | С 
a 
Anacharis, Veronica Buxbaumii, ide pince arvensis. 
t 
tuberosus, Bupleurum falcatum and Galium Уйа, 
is alpina, though reckon ey 
mE р. hase become extin ct 
Diotis 
Vitis idem Ophrys aranifera, Herminium m is, | 
Sehoe nigricans Ск 
сне z 
Me of Questions in Arithmetic А First Princi- 
les. M m MeLeod, F.R.G.S. 
tivo. Pp.1 
This work bis full solutions of questions in 
Simple and S EUN und Proportion, Per- €—( 
Commission, Interest, &c., by First Principles, in 
sid, for elementary instruction, F 
eth 
rm adapted, it 15: 
uthor' тв announceme ent, the od 
for 
Accordi ing to the 
arex extensa, Da ro T'ttoralis, | 
Botrye chium Lun in 
ongman & Co. | ben 
* Gardener," sai o Mr. Jam 
reply, 
ja ситема Мету tus for in pe Иш Бана 
th T M are 
| just after the 
| pegon to subside, ш w 
DAE mly 
app Mlle ? Mdb. . Jamieson had doubts as to its 
M effects, ha деа the half of опе ог, two beds 
0 be so protected, and lọ e ui other half bare. The 
rops as the Ueber, and that th ey wer 
pi tata free from woodlice, with which the ае 
the ааай. Rai тае or never falls where 
sed | 
> Ыш «тин. e luy ios eo : р the most di йо ult questions in arithmetic аге 
but only found the са growing on t rately | 91 ved. without statement, an d by 
tion and divisi ly. Many difficult ones, we adm 
arid flat stretching far and wide xe ae Bay icu ed by -these rules; 3 
nd а 
o apet 2 22d and 23d degrees of S. lat. Itis Бү 
the 
lower course of the гіует |; 
Swa The technical characters and a a de- 
tailed. description 2 e рае were then given. In 
respect to its Dr. Hooker Weed. at the 
conclusion that. жонар diny certain anomalous 
feature res, it belonged to the Gnetaceæ, in which he 
placed it near Ephedra. 
dBotictg of жем. 
— 
owering Plants | со 
"T Essex, qs the 
e to former Atko 
peculiar "ea the 
Stacey Gibson, EL 
This i is one of those rid m vermis work 
e pains-taking mdi, 
abits s Oris an iem 
fi 
is the following 
ranged accord =. 
with the SEE distri each, indi cated under 
eight districts, the айо чт its eps in rar 
district, and occasionally n 
pages of a tabulat 
Seem of the aida distribu- 
e CH еса ollowed by six 
i Mni parts were greatly infested. Under these 
ircumstances, there ore, 
employ them i dispensing with rules 
altogether, we cannot ton with him in thinking this | 
advi: sable, If o nce properl y u understo pd; die ey can 
di scontinued ; and when woodlice do appear, they are 
of the plan first, w 
ou 
he enemy invariably betakes itself the moment it is 
disturbed. In a brick-arched subterranean passage is 
| another long bed, which, in odd furnished Mushrooms 
d t 
. from August till Мау, ап elici it promises to 
| whereas in their absence the solution 2 some ao Difficult 
portion. of а question would frequently have to be 
bear equally well. loy in open n sheds sometimes 
opo ее» ; ju these require a thick protection 
fte to keep th m; and in order to prevent 
efere 
ated у ас coloured айе e the Plants | + 
сааса y Q ро 
А somp analogo us опе. Ex xamples are 
& has been said; M we че 
that Е Лаа or rules, with e куба 
peces still. Rules however souli bef clear and 
edem poy оар as is too frequently the case, 
of the of the work 
1n: 
v 
by the terms direct, inverse, is to, as, 
French term, we think pde properly, ОГ, quem 
Ве educ tion to Unity. Iti iss use fro he 
by 
division ; and then Acor the ats ue of that 
of any number can be found by multipliontion thus, 
И 4 prod cost 85., what will 6 yards сов This ques- 
гп 
es the re and 
Gerard's ti 
peu It "à yards cost 8s., how much от lI yard cost ? 
th 
ce, | Answer 28. 
2. If 1 QI cost 2s., how much will 6 yards cost ? 
ts | Answer 1 
In die case the method by reduction to un 
quite as expeditious 
25f/4-:0:::8 - 19. 
which R the former method x involves y ehe where hy 
e of о troublesome pijeti 
condition, It was s here 
із | M 
T 
hod by First Principles is that which the ЧАШ 
КА 
as that - а т з «d 
i ED rat "te КОСА, wooden trellis- 
| work i is laid under to keep it off ЫМ bed. Finally, опе 
| be з been spawned by 
are in mds 
lant р ^s 
bee 
асери the most ing , in 209 
years ago; but th 
may be mentioned, that the 
r, who afterwards gave i 
to Mr. "Bow. "Те is stat to iem been the result of а 
ack 
forms a gno sued ssion to ose j ln 
nto u period intermediate between them and 
crops Кап the nus groun 
In addition to the Kitchen garden, which is m is 
an is at laid down in grass; and between 
sion and the Thames is ample e is EE 
ment їп ivi way of ornamental gardening, 
mipana it is Mr. Naylor’s intention some day da 
carry ou! 
е; 
Miscellaneous. 
Tallow Tree in Algeria.—This remarkable tree, 
The 
me |а native of China, and ealled by by botanists Croton sebi- 
now been successfully 
tains 00 
cludes with two э and a if pagos 
corrections, 
h the opc of = 
