анан 
FEBRUARY 21, 1863.] 
learn that money із not to be made without 
. and as 25 per cent. M reckoned a very fair 
oss receipts may very probably dwindle 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
175 
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m nsive, than an 
u^ 
хак А the 
rum, Ë no тез ificent figure, net. But whatever and waterfa lis to 
he surplus might be, whether 50007. or 30,0001., why am Ito j extinct volcano large dimensions, almost as 
be dissppointod s 4 кшт po caf c ecu. ori A аа as those of Auvergne; and finally, the 
Los qe й а Е е ori eng cs hether | are caves which exceed in magni the Guacharo 
ays or not, or one protest адай y such Aw of ау уин or in stalacti tes the Antiparos of 
supposition,—if j E nished, then, sir, uA it tho Æge a am 
the duty of the Council to expend every penny they can 
um in m leting it before they dream of investing mo: To produ ce these. varied results, he considers that 
pi Шы пе business of е eg to lay by | thero has been “ an immense area of subsidene e during 
money —it: is е6 s «си грата та these pur- | the Pleiocene регі accompanied by a coral tit rma- 
prc ien. : Anniversary, Jan. 26.—F. Smith, 
i The usual annual 
4 1, +7 
ordered to be published, and 
n 
tal 
| of the lava € dene a deposit 
r от 
s gre voto 
was Wi 
and gave rise to submarine € 
sg * during which period, and u 
recently, extensive voleanie disturbance D» 598 
ll no 
given 2 very indiff 
sandy character, which causes large tracts of arid us 
this part of Australia ; and the 
g of a loose 
ith regar ka to the fauna and flora, Mr. Woods con- 
шапка 
Council and officers for their services езй the e 
past year. 
Feb. 2,—The President in the chair. Messrs. J. 
Leconte of à York, Lacordaire, and Hagen, were 
eign honorar ry members. pem — 
, Pasco е, 
proposed as 
nominated Мена Waterhouse, and Gent, t 
а 
е | оп the 
in this district, but in 
ms, only . the 
ae P ps Austr neq? is not a single por- 
ET d w 
tion of ARMS e lan is not й. ounded either 
orth, or east, or же Tra milar desert, it 
the tid can bé applied. to tracts of lani ро 
useless stunted sh Aou: 
when ch o 
up above b wood, making ournful 
Арти landmark. а dull day the view is most 
nd even sunlight EM no pleasure to the view, ү 
iv o 
seldo 
Ош. while light only extends the 
makes 16 more hopeless.” 
One shudders io think of 
prospect, Mad 
the feelings of a wanderer, 
Nature seems 
behind the 
a position of „опе, "asleep, ` with the head resting s 
reclining, the dried an 
but slightly poem 
een үг. {ог man: y years with- 
the fingers and feet be- 
annuall The 
ide, 
were exhibited on the wings of the left 
R. 
r. G. 
Waterhouse exhibited specimens of Homalota Soror, |'to 
Hence, with regard |! 
of Staphylinidee. Mr. a box of fine 
Coleopterous insects, Mille ct > Ы eif i in э. 
Mr. Stainton, on behalf of Mr. Healy, e 
lea — within the burrows of 
which were obse 
species of f Nopticnla, an 
an 
exhi- | 
ast skins of the larvie of a ch 
n 
rodent. 
two species раш таяли, 
rtained. Тһе 
u 
le general character of the | cra 
i оп] ustralia, ym 
act as Vice-Presidents during the слове year. The no реготу т A 
ы Thore are theZamizeand Arthrozamiz, foun aly atthe | history of his coming there is a sad one. e blacks 
ужален ТЕ гаен a бра bozas E : v Pese: 6 Саре of Good; Hope and Australia, rien. closely allied | sore pocas о the cci sii the ndis spoken о of 
ч to в ecies found: in весо onda deposits, . There nre | above, mitt ed r and so man 58 s of vio- 
- pem а у м = у ei m ires ce p : EE e Пу | len се, | that реек о to be av They 
Homopterous insects allied to our common cuckoo spit : а) the ng? n sd 
t. Mr. F. Bond exhibited a specimen of Colias A m e 2: тети tod эзсе lich d "Lor mot, your rig right din know hat your eft han: 
с in all the со: Ў еп ; some were 
Hye on ғ? но epitome e а мой t, Adonis, = ленет утен A — ns whic h are | | к b dn T е, the country. Ono, gnin 
he right hand wings of which were destitute, on the | been Pudet. from secondary rocks, the inese cayos, was н 4 Е 
— not ab 4 ud E in this NEL: " | Em айа һу adly wounded he managed to 
into 
hò rightly adged piam dod uld ve o follow. "There 
he lay y down and died. Ti ime 
En 
of moulting in this curious genus of small moths, 
showing -— aliko ngh fh н Ды ыу on of the larv: 
ies only a few days, in the 
occupies as long 
tidem of 230065. 
Geological Observations in South 
Rev. J. E. Woods, ds &c. 8vo. 
yd geologists, both 
e рете ин of observ: 
tions, carefully dies worked out, an 
is a valuable addition. to г. нор of the country 
which it em 
sed | tracts ot desert omai and the 
pps 
Australia. By е | 12d 
Longmans. 
| those epu, mn 
| raised - th 
things very similar to 
cate а territory less adapted 
Ki the habitation an than any tract of land of 
milar size on de M of ü the earth." 
supported by a passage ош pres 
" Wonders of Geology,” and further by ве facts 
to 
togeth: 
that may appear to 
Le 
Every one has heard M 
Mr. Woods’ descrip- | 
d|of water fell ро him from the rock above; and 
r- 
-| the limestone 
hi 
ng, A vd vilis 
hn. (ek Pa which at 
e beaut 
after, his ат жеге або, 
Md Ө neas in a stony в shroud, 
which to this day preserves. his Temains from decay." 
Pire book is illustrated with a few very pretty w Main 
when, a long tim 
Garden Memoranda. 
— Укттсн'в NunsERY, CHELSEA.—We under- 
stand one of the Japanese Bamboos imported by this 
great, ‘establishment is now ih Jlower , а very rare 
It mal ssrs, Veitch 
е, $15 distinct kinds of Bamboo from 
a great size. If har rdy, as 
tiful Bambusa sor ri is they will be most 
| Vitésbis additions to our ра! 
WoopsTOoCK.—This es pace, the seat of Colonel Tighe, 
the volume rather heavy and tedious. But few possess 
Ee ife Devinar a Lyell, and if Mr. Woods has 
make his book generally interesting, he must | е 
be За) in consideration of its usefulness and | 
he following is the description of the district in- | 
e name of South Australia :— 
| 
of grassy count; 
ranges, about 26 
this it is oenas impe! 
netrable. Occasionally, 
y туо |Ё 
miles within its eden. "but | is yon 
adn country. is situate: LA e 16m onth-enst of Kilkenny, and 
fined his research S.E. district of Australia, tion of the Mallee Бен conveys а good idea of Ше | within the mild поте: of the Gulf Stream. - The 
which includes, no X but a small ‘Portion of this e rid їз of large extent, contains a fine herd of 
vast continent; but when we bear in d that his|  *' This portion of the жоет district of South | deer, Бей. аж ral beauties. The mansion 
geol labours ex an aros of 22,000 | Australia; about 9000 sq in extent, is опе | and grounds have Mil beni been Д improved in 
square miles, and that moreover they were carri d on d waving p xy of p yptus dumosa|appearance. А new which has np yang has 
during the intervals of m work, one only|(by the natives termed Mallee), something like a bushy | literally еб stock by bringing iato vi w beau 
wonders that he should have accomplished so much. Willow in appearance. mmences about one hun- | tiful glimpses of the Nore, as well as 20 ag of the 
For Mr. уура is not a а С: ег, it | towards Wexford. 
y he as far as yet t without any „онт on | The terraco - question somewhat t resembles the flower 
d his conclusions t hastily arrived at, but all e on (a at "nd К W.boundary formed by the|garden in front of Trentham Hall, but in certain 
whether for or a preconceived theory, | River Murra; this district. 16 continues on the э ена із e инш from that princely spot. 16 
careful] мур but laid before the reader | other side о the Сн but with this ж ы have nothing|is supported on two sides by massive emie stone 
in any doubtful case, ее the author's results|to do just now. Опе road M ross it for about valls; ; that at the lower elevation is 13 feet high, and 
ditior from the opinions r geologists. Indeed,| 100 miles from tho "Табана со обй to Ў 
if we were to find fault, it сет be with the extremely Ferry, or the cross ng place of the езүнчө окы is 
* | parallel with the mansi: 
rnamental, su EE as 16 does, large tazza-shaped 
