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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[JaNvanv 10, 1863, 
—Having 
leaf, so that its nourishment is entirely 
_ Earųy | duis und that I 
supply of Grapes during rg — of "em season, | 
late 
emen from the parent. The vital activi ity of the 
he gene- 
and that the difficulty of keepin 
es b salt atmo- 
. | dependent 
rative leaf е Hin decay, and leaves it a dm and in. | 
rgar 
, Which, er 
e | reserve, abso 
which T Ae in the well-being of all classes of the 
commun 
TM "ni eod ction very briefly but clearly shows the 
ае of the. Prince's position, which im. 
upon him the necess ity o of an habítual caution and 
lut el 
pose "ra 
ely M in one who was the Шаън 
h generally s 
a a suceeptibility to mechanical 
it give the following experiments on 
for new dge 
aches of my late e rwr апа that 
at a very trifling additional cost. 
Bristol Nurseries, Tem Town, Br ere 
S&otíttits. 
n | short time; 
. McKenzie, | i 
litt 
in a tem ture of 6 
plant, I carried on a mo irritation " ipe hairs for а 
ng soon bec evident, and 
upon the 
ечи rotundifolia бене -leayod ран), performed | 
tempera ° Fahr. 
se of she 
lamina. "Thus it would appear t that t the Droseras do 
— Selecting a vigorous 
ty 
unsels ; next, ther was 
the difficult by which all уой = "person 18 must feel; in 
senson жшт) 
imes, when 
il 
"i 
n. 
enda er ed in 
16 may be чу said that the Prince's speeches were 
ked b 
p 1l у ihe always mar ад ute deep thought, and 
BOTANICAL оғ EDINBURGH : Dec. 11.— Prof. Balfour, Dionæa а, the lobes of which collapse on the touchi ing of | kindly feeling, Ноч а point thoroughly 
V.P, in ау chair. 8 following communications were | а single hair, or of the Mimosa, which exhibits the | understand the Whole t ve of a question; before he 
rend :— Observ mbryogeny оў rapid былыт о the other pinna of the | ventured to speak upon it, во that, perhaps, there is no 
Мей iis majus ex. Diekson.  Dr.|leaf when the b rye ium of one is disturbed. The|one thing to regret in all his numerous addresses; 
Dickson aet ihe resulís of his observations on the — безе detailed some experiments in support of|and to this must be ай that there is a tone of un- 
development of the embryo in this plant. He sho wed Dr. es т tement, “that their susceptibility (0 | affected piety running through bu Дн the 
is invariably proportionate to the activity | subject admitted of its expression. The P. ossessed 
rolonged a apex of the primitivo germinal body, and of кА secretions, а ependent on tl ocess ; of | a very peculiar origi: inality о of mind, Mh cd bled him 
that in this — ther cere no exception h None of € nuthor's experiments | to take ' a comprehensive view of things, and "Made trite 
the general rule mbry chemical stimuli elicited any susceptibility t matters new and interestiug—“ He 
pro-embryonic structure, "Schleiden was in „error ягын кен, though he seemed to think. that chloraform pana v on thin ing oro Mi own thoughts upon every 
osed the 
he su p 
lateral branch from the primitive e gorminal body. The 
two remarkable root-like pro s passing from the 
ма of his — ments 
he placed two P oan of the 1 Fach 
under а bell-glass exposed to the of СЫНОК. 
distinc lateral Scheme DA ,D'ickeon completely | 
med the observations of Mr. W. 
m eS 
plaee i in either, he took one of them out, and found that 
Int 
the е of the таст seminal and аана root- 
ed а As to the 
reating of 
the cause and functional import of these дйтошеш, 
he was inclined to suppose that in regard the 
ike m es to the se нар 
h 
Р Dicks 
probable that They served as roots to | 
he "C: —— и, than Res they were employed 
in the early stages of ination, as was supposed by 
Mr. Wilson. It ean hardiy 1 be doubted that the rule 1 in| 
- nA d — б 
jon considered | fo 
rmer no merely physical hypothesis was "е, to 
that it was n ч) 
to the vital force; and i in regard Me the 
 vapon 
no рае ЫЕ Е having taken | г 
ега binata | at t 
of t as delivered as early as 
e 1840, when he E dave] ue little ab home in 
t 
abolition of slave m "Tha | Salire had eomyplained 
of the lavish рат and the small results ps 
duced by Lour ] lf u pon t] ast of Africa 
account for the phenomenon, but 
tirely 
ht's view, gov 
he thought Mr. Kni 
à deg for fere rt the 
| animal matter or mipit 
he pla ant, very plausible, on 
nity and jus m. and expressis "his trust that Provi- 
hod would proper our exertions, 
By 1848 ilie P rince had. attained more fluen 
ants, and 
of КЕЗДЕ $ pis tha t esten! it сап Rn be pee 
that these root-like structures should be developed to 
n 
men. xe де might be erai: as examples of 
anticipation; but it must always be ге 
and Dues: жеге for mA purpo ве of catching. nm 
——J1V. Notice оў СЕ collected in the Neig. 
от "n "rao y Mr. J. W. ста ртр ә 
imbre aracter ob fhe Pru 
felt to be of deep i 
a 
applied his mind to ечиб. 
condition of the hits classes, a work which was 
that. eventful year. 
here is here! “ - 
ial р 8 
Served ёп t of О AE. E T pend upon it, the interests of ieri too o 
Hi phonse De Candolle. утен RA ty or|trasted, are identical, and it i only tnis" iem 
Balfour SR this x Akor араа to the yy мө: prevents their uniting for each се. advantage. То 
of Oaks, more especially their annual and biennial | dispel that ignorance. to show how man 1р man, 
{ео о of [n The author proceeded to notice a notwithstanding th lieated state of civilised 
бөй. - | dod à 
rs to have been overl 
appears 
pemi be position of the abortive. or atrophied ovules 
in thej А 
explosi 
aati I ie in their native habitats ану — 
while Yee their caused b 
pressed air, 
om- | Toza, M alba, Prin 
n 
ts tosa, direptis чер Мау 
Ф 
— 
mil 
e 
of explosi 
few introductory о ations 
Droseracem, redii that the ои of p 
mination of Drose! 
pendently of reproduction 
present a 
for the product of adventitious bu 
is well йм by the British which 
produ the e gua eni lun Toig e on the 
"beginring to decay, These falling on the moist i 
bed are iae with the formative force, ап 
aces small berances firs 
td 
"nd in n the latter 
earlier devel 
а 
Bin wp o IE Кы ау ишле; 
ad | of 
Pme plant. 
y-trap) were varied. Thus, — сафад 
eds, the 1 a|ensuing 
remarkable a notinde ordinary Fellow of the f the Society. 
uent is 
—— The Principal Speeches 
He finds that these abortive ovules can 
var ену traced in the fruit, and Ашы they ме 
either a superior or inferior in refere 
rious species of Oak, and proposed the following 
арене ж Abortive ovules nien (i.e. at the 
lower part of the perfect seed), maturation of fruit | 
annual, c. te" falling. ue СЕМ Quercus Robur, 
» тасгосагр ра, poly ymor pha, 
Abortive | 
T eaves 
vules inferior, matura 
ucous, Сеном 
ucous, Quire 
Xalapensis, Өйоръуїш; £e, b. Leaves persistent, 
mereus acutifolia, aquatica, anea, cinerea, &с. 
—— Mr. Naylor exhibited imens of the Peloria 
Linaria vulgaris, and a peculiar akora state of the | 
—— Specimens hd exhibited of Sarracenia | 
ed in 
еде е 
year were soo and W. Thompson, 
3Botítts of 250065, 
Addresses ss 
posi tole 
seed. He БИр: у the Mh MR in 
iE s natio: 
| ретин with private тамы, € at гуы risk. ” 
energy which had 
a. 
cee Өр iu transfor: 
int 
чой, а educatio 
а 
п d impairs that confidence under which 
alone engagements "or mutual benefit are possible." 
T i importance of British agrieultu те һаа long 
is iret Зн, upon the agricultural mind is vn 
well ku by our reader: 
апу comm 
the Society at Y 
ext year, at Great арган}, is noticed that i s 
nal епёегрг undertake: 
national 
orming unhealthy swamps in 
те vers fertila soil in the king- 
> and noticed, pO relation 
which existed ti there Ў арм and ten 
His spee oed Ave Society 2 
marked 
mony to the “ ni 
M а 
и 
meetings are we told hat the СЕ of the Society 1 is 
== of charity. It is по suc The Prince most 
It is not е xi ch but of 
nour firs 
see p ré 
h 
from the беры ky ihe. е а. from the 
rt E of the eyil day, distinguishes most carefully 
and 
DUM ror, with an Introduction. 
Murray, 
ore us is deeply inter 
ket Ties befe esting, 
we strongly т — it to the 
| desire correct f the late lamented. 
greatly mak e if the 
1 ruck by the gy а of ES 
Sovereign and his 
adopted нбни = A е 
Eae аа, as well as tho sheer intere 
Ps d 
te, porad, nC sil who: 
" so work out his own өрк 
d self. denial ; the master 
рабан le of that 
terest | Prince's speech Abe stylo of thought What e 
пр Rp AEE NS E У. 
SOM NN 
бр; DEI S 
