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FEBRUARY 7, 1863.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
127 
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are extracts from his report dated November 6, 1862, 
and addressed to the Hon. the Secretary for Lands and 
rks ;— 
Fitzroy Island is upwards of five 
high, rocky, and EA. timbered. 
i чеш with Ipo 
t 
quede in circumference: 
upper margin of the 
за ру. Canavalia 
vola Keenigii, 
Tournefortia абе ті кг, ith occasio: nal 
trees of Mimusops Kauki, Calophyiiam o Ks пора 
spiralis, and Үн ме alud pals 
ass through na valleys d wit os pi ied 
y E australis avyon) атор. етв, бше 
speciosa, Wor alata, ea, Sciodaphyllu acro. 
мены i with үш Pep st. the po vei — own 
Cinchonaceæ, Fabaces, Rutaceæ, Moracezm, and Malvaceæ 
Among the parasitical plants in the scrub were three species 
of Dendrobium, two of Platy m, ree of Loranthus 
The trees in the forest ground consist principally of Eucalyptus, 
Acacia, Erythrina, with Livistonia in is gracing now ап 
then the ridges. rass ist of Panicum, Poa, Spo 
lus, Ectrosia, Anthistiria, and others of equal value for 
sture. Th porti f the soil consists of a light 
pet sandy loa ell- адар f arasin pen s, but 
]; d with 
scrub and forest стовпа, well 
теге matter, bot 
cei Water is plentiful, both on the 
gardening PN ез. 
апа western sides. 
im Islan 
Mid c отр ЛИН "Ficus syringifol 
Puntata Island, à " Endeavour Straits, is about on 
length, half à in bre. Decir ig and about 300 feet high vM 
wit patches crub scattered abou cb 
with 
barren nature, and onl y 2 ог 3 inches in d. 
native wells were found, flied with excellent fresh w: 
Evans’ Bay, south of Cape York Island, is aui a 
а flat ary beach, д ге back of which із а genin scrub, 
deep at low water, but after having crossed the bar we found 
nine feet of excellent fresh wil About à T of а mile 
from its mouth we landed on the south side, and-extended our 
journey along its bank for about half a mile. i 
ure, ai ver Ef v it smal 
pos Starting. from this. point I divide all Grasses 
1. Flowers complete, all hermaphrodite (Hermaphro- 
dy "a ә Ma uh hinl, a ed 4 П cias, Casua- ditées værée. а: 
іпав, ап ist ter returning to the cutter we tary. 
traced - river up for about o м x mile our further pure IL Flowers her maphrodite and rudimen › the 
being stoppel for et i t depth of water. atter apparently asexual and always sterile. 
ier м to the Ма ре - Hive rime pem eA 180 yards wide, (Hermaphroditées incomplétées 
sb low water across, on асе - TUM was 3 feet 6 grind Ts Ш. Male and femgle flowers maphrodite 
M ар Sad irte Pid АА RU end Ebor ^ flowers mixed in the same жойы Район) 
ie depth. The "арби. Pg бууп de for abouta quarter of| ТҮ. Male and female flowers on the same plant 
а mile up are mae and sandy, a after that, are, tor miles, Monoicées 
t і y thick М ve swamps, | "UAE е Mia ды 1 wera òn dif tpl 
the land étsdoaly rises into hills of moderate height, m M 1 
them densely c -— NM. e MM и vit MENT All of the Classes contain 4 Bee viz. d flowered, 
f ten miles, and landed on a small flat o rth side, Soon 2.flowered, 3-flower red, and m y - flowered, except 
which were Жез » тө y whieh h (th 24 2 
mile fro inlet. 
в of trees, shrubs, and c nine in Бой fos gm ety 
collected du my short stay of only fi 
indi tion th o уй: the most striking. rema E bie 
m 
Cycadezm, which in its habit and foliage resembles po. other eould har ту 
ПЕ опа, а 
ral order, having branched fro Зв 
than | tunities or experience may be, to 
Тай previously seen. Aade the my, AME pen of Grasses 
nute: 
at M. Remy's аи or qualifications, oppor- 
become an exponent 
we know all we сап say is, that 
characters more pret capricious, variable o г obseure, 
be found upon which to base a classifi- 
of that natu 
ре 
utiful Ringer pla nt, 
bit of D Tesemble an Alpinia ; the emer. of this 
plant consists s latge, га shining braets, S, which 
re about h: 
, аге produced on the top of a flower-ste 
12 inches high. The other plant referred to is the Musa 
Jackeyi, W. anana which I have named 
f th ta 
Two ап. "plants апа а fine bunch ofthe 
fruit were procured. The pláni gue, cua in ed case ; 
ара ше fruit, Жанан АУ жер е ry n the quarter deck of the 
as fast getting Er bie Pts was ЖАК, throwa 
[r5 eel by i ident. The soil in "E rcs consists of а 
rich mellow dies mixed w. ith ve table 
At Mary 
ЫЧ ЛЕ} АШ! ed the establish- 
Cotton ттен 
"| ment, which is rev oh — ы miles below rs township, 
on the banks of 
ок о! 
and | аў тн гей and Spa 
Uniflore of Class І. ; that Arundo, Poa, арны. е, 
ays to have many flow rs and all 
n throughout every cias T tribe 
in the book that i is pu monotypie or nearly šo., 
NS жж regard to the pu mod o of the genera, 
i be worse; for Triti €: ту 
videt different classes, an 
ing between Gymnopogon and Bria nthus ! dnd 80 
on it gla the work, of "y: we fervently hope 
the second part will never ap 
British Seaweeds ; Drawn from Prof. Harvey's * Phy- 
cologia Britannica?” Ву Mrs. Alfred Gatty. aw 
(Beil & Dala 
Че о 
cus, and the Broom-like Cas ludosa, faeing the bay. The f th M nly exten һа (вө me 'quarto volume, containing 80 
m ird ч dm 5 with во dom кориди, f Caryota 20 acre е ре рова о EET tion, brown он кү lites with figures paid 2 384 species 
бин ara mbosa "g^ - н sid des, 'orminalia Caunes | p oam, "well а dapted for the of Cotto! The|o к Seaweeds. These are d n 166 pages 
d pe ретй W rmia alata, and the наа его А ыз Ly демі t anda appear red to bo v Deis and further illustr Ur Dy уйе 
Siodaphyilua », about 50 feet high, | : es, which comprise, rep а charmingly 
ches with а tate dark glossy Жен niebla itten “Introduction,” * ei апа 
= od out or five of e per rlet flowers. drea i соту Жм » 
of this ЧЫРАШ black sand, Iouis, acd is süitabl in Seaweeds,’ e Amati nopsis 
Касе e Mimi yt produc А One ^. ч 3Botíces of 3Sooks m e of Pa amilies, Genera and Species,” systematically 
e 4 ` 
АГА, pe бы t k Palio not hitherto za mentioned as Australian, ai d'une nouvelle Classification de la Famille des im 7 MERE yn ge renes sir copies s of thos 
Sagus. farin fora one of the East India sago-producing "Dres Par E. A. Remy.  Premiére Partie. Sp pepi к » "s 
ER MEI Pli sen ШЕ] Los Gomes, lilii. 180 ГО hyeloga runi re appeared before, but 
e o he erpress, un ео е as 0 
small scrubs close to, tho Ee e a. ive wells, with fresh ad аа of Grasses, based on sound principles, | British танна ?' (Ree eve. The whole of the text 
; “тыйыб actically useful, w, = will b be found admirably ada v 
eret rom "tho main оте pA А dee narrow та 1, tuni 7 a Sy stematic Botany А lany ave е рмауе ҮА Чё в ее mateur collector. In an ^ nd 
rm of 3 miles in length à bout l in its cs work, the of Trinius and ieget of | 10 new species Абон since the completion of uM 
breadth, апа — of thfoe-fourtbs. open forest, the rest | Russia, Kunth of Berlin, and Palisot de Beauvois of | « hycologia," are fully described ; and in the “ List of 
PU Th ol xd t hu шат efe соор оа ее Етапсе, all „hold , high tani nk n e аң ү nuce Families, &c.," Md: in чула ере ч introduced 
о thed vith e ient б itable for gi ami plan o of late years, are in е зун тг thù ect is 
" prising the eei ш Grasses muita Y мае dM e add those of Robert Brown as the most sagacious brought down n to the prese prj 
Но, тш, Я заа zd he belts of stib b ru the expounder of the floral structure of Grasses, von ose эч „ч E with 2 їз. Gatty's 
eadlan. and е,” 
ih. d i rables pec ев with her 
Bombax, Erythrina, comprising the following gen Ficus, | Steudel as the author of the most eris (in appear- | delightful Asc А about ^ Rod Nr péed tot be told 
T E es това &c. i gen ter ance, tor iti is, with the exception of the subject of this that the literar ary part has been ably ехесїїей by а 
n san oam mix with | review. 
thi , T Maa of у? "1 dris w ih yt Н orden w shall have pretty - well сене ed Ње | she equino Ed ve ЮМ а penes М ri 
only six days before, leads me to believe that there would be | Dames of those who have hitherto e ac md distin-| to translate the terms and phrases of ка, — the 
sufficient pasturage all the year for 100 head of mixed cattle gia th emselves às writers on the Gramin nguage of amateurs, and esp 
Los E jw oh and кшк 8 ther wi EM red f t roi t T mee vut of If a Lati Gree k term iiit i lained 
ng сара name 
memes us miro il ыра tr epe ELS pr OP RT 
t uctions. 2 4h A Um ° Ч have 1 vy 14 fu su tut. rsuc as 0 , 
that de in sinkin, through sandstone Б 5 , 
near the Бома for fresh A t м rather вау audacity), эзет эч his other qualifications | flabelliform t ** ramulus? have branchlet, and 
ша Ира ERI E К finding o dies be. for “та chlet &e. Mrs. Gatty's 
un: о! s J б 
excellent quality can be p ‚А interesting| M, Re е | familiarity ith the e plants them selves has enabled her 
lant colféeted on the island, I t $ ` y commences by informing us that Grasses аг } b 
& apacios Ранен, aede s c у - t ředly the most widely diffused of E , Plants & | to do this charitable office CS = the 
ребе suut. tho im in the colour and form of its position we at once dispute; and goes o y that | errors to which a mere listo КОСАЙ ае ве за 
Ое рч A E M, coping, AT br Vno ONIS: fu be во “їп order that it should. bo possible beaten track, liable V WA MM MEN 
inch in length, and half Md: iu аы md they de а “ reading made easy bot ote 
lour w pe, the pericarp of which S Creator of all "д, A assigned to them ”—a reflec- | i6 15 the yn of the subject and not of the authoress, 
n. ns NUM io at, an ы n holesome if | tion which seems to us to be neither more nor less than The indi ers have well done Ln ү Ж n 
goren bulbifera (а kind of defe pere метре eom! ади lofty, Ere “үм EET m" ornamen em eH table, and a 
great quan ty, and prov good eating. Both of these | WO me of mankind in pe without Wheat; ee b e usus 4 
Pint o a rogis ves. LU Am in Asia without Rice; in Africa without Millet ; and W.H.H F 
e fresh AE in America witho 1" and satisfies himself with | F- Æ. Е. 
9 bt feet id flowin phe 
i covered. fi А marron - baik o of danso rer о LE t disas NRI Ad b таа e 
Ju ota urens, Seaforthia trous y way of “1 h Mem ornan 
elegans, and species of ; 
rising to a height EUA i eia ийа z ext белро pd hg the pian di à of antiquit y Roran HOoRTICULTUBAL. Soc NEW GARDEN, 
ong to the orders of A , Scitaminez, Leguminose, nily in search of foreshadowings o ownsage|Souvyg  KENsINGTON. —- That diflorences of opinion 
Me Sapindaces, Муг &c. the valley are Iucubrations, and tells us that Pythagoras “580 ansav. | should exist respectin ng. Бе merits of the style аќ 
epus S GN Bata, NUR M s ridges, whieh are oc- | J * dans le méme but," that bles | pudeat A here wondered at; 
бер th, and consists of. black tg EN Met were endowed with intelligence ; nn d that Empedo- 
e silver sand, and is suitable for the growth of oras, and Dem laid t ^ foundation 8 
miti Meran, © зри ee v €: e. adila ү serious investigations, by ti g e seed was | 
d orest ground is 
doce ue E ERE AE 
landi The variety of timber trees on the forest ve м »v manner ihe his ^ beauties come 
ще of a bei ription for building | ОЁ scientifie graminology is evolved, and the names 
on Al sland. ылык] bel MuR T d a, Thessalonisn Leid 
ex Qva Duo. Ma ND European authors of the dark ages, lead 
ui ger), а species of Dolichos with large ie аш | us down to that of Linnceus, 
exten. Doris A ы із of sieh. ме pou and ecu а word about Grasses—but “а cud T Бә s his- 
always cool and : owing to id аф Жу д чөе ЧУ | to of the origin and progress of Botan 
pus - bove y praeti 
excursi fi 
behind the ECCE ET VERE da оган а ат 
ват sho 
conservatory 
ith Crocuses edged with | pergens. 
