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Among the latter I may name | bounded inland by the cordillera of the Andes, and | Respecting the lite I. Tod, "MUR RES 
otrychium. Lunaria, Ophioglossum vulgatum, буор?! varies from 9 to 60 miles in breadth. The coast valleys | of accumulated facts have induced the IE that 
teris fragilis, C. dentata, Polypodi vulgare, P.|thus Medii by sandy deserts, which extend from| winds move in parallel currents, or circulate round 
кр», F. dryopt eris, P. calcareum, &c.; Asple- | ће foot of the Andes to the shores of ihe. Pacific, are | centrieal areas; and that ment; she eben" е such 
m Ruta-muraria, А, Яна omanes, &c. These and | the native habitat of the Peruvian Cotton. The climate | movement or circulati on be tween the 
o gr ofusion that there is no fear of | of this region is very peculiar, rain is unknown, and the | tropics and the polar dag euge vheth it qoe 
their habitat being destroyed Parties willing £o con: | northern part, especially, is exposed to a long season of|even as dust-whirl the laws of circulation, or 
tribute anythin our алгалы, ог - ie wan excessive dryness Flora of Ј gyration, are pou except in such very rare and 
any specimens we can furnish, will pleas Е. Naylor, Esq. Mr. Naylor stated that during two | limited cases unimportant.” It is further 
visits to Jersey in the 
su pena е and they will p^ cheerfully tended 
y will be 
to; ога 
tleman coming our wa 
panied v4 2a -— 
part of our й. 
Т, 
latter part of the 
1861- 1862, Бош of several weeks" du iration, he m 
о be It is 
worthy of tas that ж еге are various currents, 
de | sweeps, or circuits i ri: area of our temperate 
mm Carr Hill, Mossley, near Ashton-under-Lyne, 
Lancas. Aire. 
Qonifers.—lf а well-known botanist cannot escape 
the lash of your very f scientifi Corri espondent, * Crabro 
Sean! е 
pedes. ntly moving, the result of 
unexplored, теср сы oertililon has made it 
as he > kne of the atmosphere 
pee movement 
the ge пума bont ar miles an hour 
The list of flowering plants and Ferns, so | numerous 
w, now amounted to 850 species, Since xs а n 
ph 
1839, 52 норе" have been added to the flora of that toward 
dicus, how writer expect to Island, several of which were first observed by the author. | This induction from хар cts, having since ful ally 
b ir ign ы Orchids and Pinuses аге | Тһе рар рег ер illustrated шү dried то f all the | proved, and amply corroborated, red: induced the Board 
generally said, among the learned in those matters, to | rarer pecie t Ain „= Flor f Маји, with | of T. to provide m: рси for daily [Mee of чекме, 
be in а sad s confusion. Perhaps your critical e ү? Oryptogainic | and occa asional warnings of expected gales of wind o 
Correspondent will explain, for the benefit of your Frans. By Mr. Још 8 author remarked | storms." 
readers, the difference крз шкы rigida о vari ужун сла notices of the| Previous, however, to entering upon this subject 
side of North America and po а of the west; for йога of Мойше for its mineral waters and | the reader i is presented with a mass of highly interest- 
taking soil and situation c su s s principall 
spot (who?) have not been able to over Balfour’ 
o able disc any. 
Until this is satisfactorily explamed, possibly some of 
aders КАҢ, anc, des 
at uy 5 so 
r, and ic r offsets around the world, together with 
уап, by hundreds, no gerne: had kan ara to pii a ex xtensive but gen pepe TN) of j шә tes, with 
i |t xample of 
heir prevalent w winds | an 
r. Sadler enumerated 540 species of. flowering plants. | t 
Шш Black's Guide to Moffat, , Silene acaulis and баць і with refer d ag rica. 
As. 
REEN їп 
әр rd. ie b the two Pines, as far as 
> P. ponder 
ek 
is has much 1 iin 
d | 
гам 
t, but | must ^e А proceed farther окон. а notice of the 
the author believed the statement to be incorrect, | tropical currents across those northern bre adths of 
knowing nothing 
m Нш 1 is not шоо Mr. С мр 
, no ot little 
| distri ct is peculiar arly rich i 
of | Lichenes, аш 
The|vegetation and the most extensive forests, and are 
зе риш» and|watered by the longest rivers in the world. Allthe 
mply ard а more perennial wind iere а: ng moistu re from the Atlantic, 
the дашт of pm bem known ed th tai 
usci, any of great rarity ; Hepatien, | 
50.— 
dis strict, and, with their allies, number 37 species. 
in 
st are: e Andes to Peru nob 
ro's vietim.] 50; and Foliaceous Lichen ns, T. ober a shower nr d the T ni sie there is absolutely 
cuses.—I send two flowers of a a purp with white| Glasgow, sent specimens of i beautifully variegated AEN ile in t t territories extending from 
ira EL Fa таче: үтү ете б ра and -— d бе m urbanum, w e had met with in а | those mountains to the estuaries of the Amazon and 
orange anthers. І shall be obliged by your inel шон me if it unkeld. Тһе РТА s were е at x Orinoco, rain is — all the year, forests spread 
isnew, and if you think it will probably continue to be distinct, е ага from their light coloured foliage. every where, sre mal life aboun In Per ru „е 
in which caso I зе be glad to disposa fa atow roots. b Ma: houses have ; a 
О! 
thousai 
: fore us. on pucr od to deserve the variety likely to 
e permanent some епо preserving? 
To neither can we give a satisfactory wl 
Societies. 
L OF EDINBURGH: Janua 
a, "President. , in the diit: 
Esq., Old Calabar, presen nted a f bean 
m the Calabar оге Bean. The follow- 
ing communications were €— ren Um alice. By 
Benj. Carrington, M.D., merere dr 
aje 
ry 8. — Professor 
— часо $ 
fibre of a кбй "is 
be sitate that the cras аф rotting process was 
uited to the heat of the Indian climate. 
s on for weeks шешш їпа enlà 
р 
climate, is eu ne completed in from 12 to 18 hou: 
in n Indi ia, and is immediately sücceeded by тобо к E S 
the earliest у = our history to e maed time. 
Е t n 
iring 
Es expressive s ngnage i in which they are deserib 
. Al exander | mor 
pH Ped very where, 
—Ó of 250065, from à mountain. torren t, 
The Weat. ook: A ы eraat Т 
By ons Admiral Fitzroy. n & Co. 
Under this plain and чарне 994 we lue one| 
* ке 
| b 
maintaining no coni as 
(vieufias or тау асран and seals; though by 
artific cial реше апа immense labour formerly, now 
si mi ї h l d rility extends both w 
as far as Payta, e t 
Had] ihe уже along part of Chil n 
in particular, where, in former прев, p multitudes of 
sea- -birds swarm qu as in their seemingly use a pU 
ed the air, guano abounded ; 
rain washed away y ite accumulations, age after age; ; and 
ways from centra 
In the sacred mu numerous occurrences of f th 
In this duce the | meteorological character w. found recorded with under Ynca rule, were those deep deposits at all disturbed 
ваха] С C. меси тау and no one who reads the unt | by man 
them refrain from adm h 
With regard to ihe climate of Australia, i 
For | observed—" In extra Apes separe ica inland as wal ie 
ac pp — — at certain intervals, on the „coasts, „occasio hot winds, {тош the interior 
be the 
бее f flax, 
plant a на after it is cut as possibl ing car 
to double u up the stalks, otherwise the "bres get entan- 
, as it is ed: is ns uh. or ар te the d сш problemn, but thei: 
aning bo ve in the sk ur globe p y like a 
n plants, Dr. Hunter | the seasons, кис. кае а Rap of weather peculiar|sirocco, or bein, ыз ost аз а вішоош, They are 
to each, Тһе regularity with which these а immediately md and "spaced by polar ar winds, raising 
Plants were observed to succeed one another natar led to | dust in clouds (‘brickfielders "m and changing the 
ive|the belief that t d but | temperature › evi to 50 , °, almost sui eur 
must be the orte of certain uli with the| «Ағ through all the extra tropical range of Australia, 
hope of acquirin mut werten of the Һа син and | extensive as it s. tropical upper currents are rainless, 
operation € sk that “meteorologists having pénal o er heated arid land only, and as the 
ve for a very long period tural pol 
itherto, it ios be эга, wis have failed to solve | though in passing over au ocea n they are slightly 
— — toa оочер Ъу up бозар 
extent paved the led to 
consequence 
"i se 
anticipate results of the highest importance Fio. ^ 
of t 
taking 
at dry s oer is general. 
difer; fertile | valleys—near heights attrac tir rain and 
e greatest benefit to the unity, by occasional 3 $ fi 
e in water for a night; to remove t jp e ы of a Government de fres d fi 1 lak Untowardly 
ueeze anik hang up the bundles in the сы = d ; | logical purposes at the Board of Trade, mi the super- | there are Mew А 
when thoroughly dry, the bundles may be rolled intendence of Admi izroy— sr alike distin-| “Таз ази re Ж winds, and weather 
ту of cloth, and well beaten on а sd guished for айел attainments, practical i "re Australia, ex xcepting that it is less hot, arid, 
with a wooden e tes the woody fibre | rience, and rvation [eria yr 
and boon, leaving the flax soft, white, and iant. parts of the y wooded, shelter in extremes of temperature 
The more the is beaten and knocked t, the| That the cer is “the right man in the pem Д and agriculture flourishes." 
finer and flax and the interposition | right place,” we think all who read his Weather Book In this way the climate, winds and weather of the 
of th prevents the fibre from being cut by the | will readily acknowledge. It is abl tten, b ү 
beating ; it өңе: ———— € kled. evidence in almost every page of being th e production | noticed; after rief ine is given of the 
Remarks on the Cotton Plant of the ian Coast. | of one who h ade the science of 34 оү Ма his practical system vf ehe Gti ph established 
By C. R. Markha ‚ Esq. The author, ен trelliog particular stu After some introductory remarks, | at the Board of Trade, and the hods by which the 
in the Coimbatore and ura collectorates, in and a minute description of the various instruments | various observations at different 
н of 1860, was struck with the resemblance of de that are necessary for meteorologi , we аге | ће kingdom are utilised, difficult parta 
climate in many respects to that of the coast-valleys of | furnished with a brief sketch of the progress that the | that relate to the conditions and ci 
Peru. This part of India appeared to be admirably | science has made t time. А rapid Mr the ever changing ldem oe om 
[o for the ——— of the value Aden па |glance is then taken of the differences of climate and | fi стрина, as well as the reasons for decisions. 
hich is indi tothe Peru nj е са appertaining to the tropical, by МЕ к їп forecasting e 
-€— M ton pant ia indigenous an л. and polar zones. 'Тһе motions me fea the latter, it js observed, tho term forecast s 
was cultivated by the subjects of е the аба апа about. p Aeae riea to | applicable to such an opinion as is the rm 
im valleys long before the discovery of dede the | solar influence ет consecutively, and continually, so so | scientific combination and calculation, 1 
Spaniards. Тһе ancient Peruvians used a hie Е ЕЕ 
ll be. “This great aemper * downrush " of southerly or 
churka.. этден: гд io abe dn, is, however affected and exceedingly — 
used by tho. Brazilians in YN "The long strip of ars | locally, by continents, oceans, mountain 
line between the and the n өтчү Кент Bere Mor niit 
srtenling iom the river Lon in 21° 45 S, to tho rii and occasio: ieties winds, storms, climates 
in 3? 35’ S., a distance of 1620 mil pm erperineed in each hemisphere ; „all alike in origin, all | 
dein y desert, intersected by chains of rocky, barren ce as to general les, and all now 
€ n traversed by 60 rivers and streams, with аз expliesble by the same nabutél ws." These are fully like 
many fertile valleys on their banks, This region із | explained, as wi well as the movement of air currents, ! 
jay Ree 
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