Айип 26,1863) —— THE GARDENERS CHRONIOLE AND AGRIOULTURAL бА7ЛЕТТЁ, 891 
filling up the Society's vA pt without by эртери 
Cou 
the native and cultivated vegetable products of these | TENDERE has a flower garden in the Ө rea m— 
of being made available use, the ], 
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ying A E indeed, but neatly arranged. This ad 
k a ds 
ears ago, after much pcr laid it таб аза 1 of the J Flora ! y the com fort and happiness of 
fols for their guidance, “ that the income of the Society Meo appende d Hodgs s Japan, a жж ж any o ы рет e bw 
should be applied chiefly to the incres and mainte- | the notions of ornamental E useful piak, Ра adi larger than a good pee dining-room ; ро, the 
nance of the Library, in such a s to afford to | by TS ү rendered varied an vigo d by means of 
the Fellows the greatest facilities for consulting it; to | cou put good a e in their way, they little mounds of ti ari › on which а inea p 
the enlarge diss i e dla sex of themselves Arg бау паат of the vegeta о fancy detur j^ i by miniature 
publications ; v to the arrangement and maintenance|tion of the Islands nor enable the ensis to make Pei in which ei us silver fish and foa 
ofthe Linnean and в ome other detached collections | much of the vague and often inc orsi {узус to the 
which have edt 1 p in themselves, | allusions with which many otherwise gae narra- | t } тў le 
independent] f а general Museum." Notwith- | tives abound, With Mr. Fortune's g y met 
standing this resolve, it would seem that a gradual bei different; in all these, from the which uae нач А2 А ii X y little dwarf 
details his two visits to the RE pad ot "bina i in|variegated Bamboo porre Se me into England 
1843- 52, to this, his last, he as bee en ever care eful to from. China, Pines, Jun Ж eee 
NO 
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154 s A 
e Fellows :—“1. That, in шн to te ее 
е gardens 
whether natural or iri neonrately сели the mày be called the sei of the roipecaaLis working 
рше" with whic h the, co ountri 
a 
ihe г collections тй retained, а! nd m naintained 
in the manner 
to be of p 
the Fellows of the Society and Science in general :— 
Amongst the upper classes, of course more extensive 
g without * к word pain ting," ' and without wies antry. This perum still small, "n often ф= uer garden and 
The Linnean Herbarium and Collections of every|is his great merit; and to this is due the enduring | р ure grou! unds are found ; these are about a quarter 
description ; the Herbarium and collections „of the late | popularity of his works, which in spite of some lite о d acre in extent ; J к the valer: they are turfed ' 
Sir James Edward Smith ; the East Indian defects, will hold a deservedly high ra rank as standa rd ип сө covere red w ith m — and „Јаке, and contain 
presented by the East India Company, тш tho | authorities long after | two-thi rds of t Y auty, zaleas 40 feet in 
33iH disp LM Dr. Horsfield's Java Collec i vion сола clipped aie foma an = over the top, 
tion and others ; the Britis ^ b HfbaPltia 5 the НЕП Tbi s, Mr. Fortune's fourth visit to cum seas с China | like a table; -Furfagium g rande; also stages s ipe 
Australian Herbarium ; the Collection of uu and and Japan, was | ыча э неч with the view of intro-| plants, arranged our conservatories, 
other objects in the башы presente ng tal plants into England, in | which are ак ЖЫЕН, plants of Sciadopitys verti 
n of British Birds' Eggs of ће late Mr. | whic h object h e ES em eminently successful; his Mii several Retinosporas, b 
Salmon; the collection of Algæ „of the late Mrs. (шыш e, ав we дыры рны his| o f Laurus — 00, Aroideæ, Hoya, &е. ; ; all or get 
Griffiths, and work, to Mr. Standish, of Bagshot, lread 
may be considered as расии "of the Library. The exhibited some шо ost b e new гоно түтө. Leaving t ra towns, the Budhist temples present 
Сиш il would have bee rriv n Nagasaki, res ийет, the most attractive features to the horticulturist. In 
a gen пега] European Herbarium, had they not found most part of — in n Dotebef, 1860, arou ва them he finds noble Wi 
ded almost immediately to Yoku dcn and , Pinus chin and майна? and Crypto- 
he g Kanagawa, ports near Yedo, which capital he visited, | rout TER latter often planted as a fence and kept 
was e fun m wich а il be ges for io making large collections, chiefly in the suburban nur- | clipped vaa e our Yews, forming an z ervious screen, 
special purpose. 2. That the Collection of Insects | series. In November bek ft Vedo, and traversed the | But the great ornament of the temple where it occurs 
and Shells of the late Sir Jose nks be pre-|remarkable inland sea (or Kino Ch nel), which sepa- | is d айе Pine, Sciadopitys verticillata, which 
sen to British Museum. 8 at the|rates island of Niphon from thos of Sikok апа |а& Yedo attains a hei 100 feet, is of іса] 
duplicate of Dr. Wallich's Vae Indian | Kiu-siu; and he reached Shanghae in January. Eaily | form, : and the lea ves and Adag. es so densel wded 
Herbarium be presented to the rden, | in 1861 he returned to Japan, and passed the follow is completely hidden Lost view, 
ta. 4. That the General Herbarium ot the late | ing seven months in tho same T Au and ys а - in|U iouis а Tortone! s sketch of this wonderful 
Mr. Wi be presented to Natural History the neighbourhood of Yedo. In ust he t to Pin ne fai ils vey the impression of a noble or 
Society of Northumberland, Pom, and Newcastle-| North China, visited Pekin, made an NE pA an more positively ugly it is 
upon.Tyne. 5. That the remaining Miscellaneous Col- | to the Western Mountains, and finally left the Rider ssible to conceive, nor one that would more 
lections be sol iz.:—Caley's Collection of Austra- |“ Flowery land" for England, in September 1861. su Wi d be всо outed by every. lands нце ordenet of 
lian Birds and Mammals ; Dr, Pulteney's Collection of | The greater part of the volume is taken up with ta ор t he o blame, ав 
ells; two Cabinets containing a Miscellaneous Col- | sketches of дарай a and the Japanese, and very full of | tl ainly i d 
lection of Insects, &c. ; a Cabinet containing animals in | interest they ar Mr. Fortune's estimate of the a | andi in үлү it. а ' new ru seei ing t that it as he 
bottles and кот articles ; Acharius's collection оѓ | апа of i the eir relativo position to us, strikes u , named and figured by Siebold many 
Lin; Salmon's European Flora; a iod UNS unar- fair sensible ; de ago, Our space however compels us to b — 
range d Collections of Plants. 6. That the proceeds of |i 
for +}. 
J 
innocents which в „Bome romancers have depicted of h ere, prons to return immediately to 
these sales be applied to ш p e books 
lib: After discussion, the 
meeting resolved, on of foreigners, mun others describe, but a я 
nor the раро шеште | excellent narrativ 
уегаре 
the motion. of Dr. Seemann, hat the further con nsidera- PIE а as people go; енене industri ions, fa м Black, the Edinb urgh publishers dicii Subs. 
| any port es E the Society's colection rather more drunken than most Orientals, naturally menced ced, a monthly E itto's E d 
оша! bo postponed until the SHS of June. and perhaps advisedly) mistrustful of foreigners | being intended to bring the work within the reach of 
EA qae e whose sole objèct is obviously self-aggrandisement ; il Те {ша Г MIZW. omiin ЛӘН 
ÉxToMOIOGICAD: April 5,—F. Smitb, Esq; Presi but actuated as much by а sincere desire of wardin 7 dif: Dalani (Loi nmn) delivered at 
- in а= - air. ий SE и Dr Hagen off insult and averting danger as by jenlousy or sus бопе хоче НЫБ ust Diet in bera comprises the 
ni; in tho Сай, New York; were elected honorary |Picion, in insisting that travellers should be accom- | eign of Edw аа. from A. 12/2 to Ар. 1807. It 
из Ө of. the Society. Ge neral Sir J. — =) panied by native officials in their wanderings. From consis sts of a very interestin record of the eadin 
А nee 6f beautiful Indian thE Y | this work and other narratives we judge, that far too урен Б Ing 
$ much of the acts of the officials is attributed to a 
Waterhou: some notes а small кА °ё|® 
Барута, "обі ага inconspicoa. The President 
dota poliey on the part of the supreme power; we 
that 
вар pow illostrations. A. € отрат rative ra of British Plants 
the wie А8 of E контр ч 5| RLS. f 
is central 
ome observations on the “habits of the curious 
Claviger testaceus, which he had found in ants’ nests 
itu : poa all, that it knows its own ind, ird 
ша t we have by forcing О еен Л Mtr is friends Р 
Р; 
and tridens, which, although — dist; istinguisbable | а 
de nike its good offic edt n ылы pla rra pi bytologist, ава do v аг sépitite/ ранила 
a * perplexing position, ойе for Porquet's Fables Parlantes (Simpkin & Marshall), ог 
and Ше consequences ы МЕ; ЖЕКЕ еф 
еу its to cale 
whereby learners may not LM me readers, but i 
te 
of different species wi ВЫ ri Pons lia, it hich he E) : .; 9 Under y^ circumstances эл also speaking scholars of the E 
2 & considerable number of species ptite by 
kably mple.— 
^ es An y iing is remar Thompson's 
letter v теай fro Nr. C. A. Wilson, of | from the voe окай - how EN his Ee be 6 ч т ys 1 
A 
Adelaide, giving an unt of an exploration across bó 
the mop E the indiens; vith неи of some 
the insect туей. Mr. Hew 
Papilio бе и Mr. Row 
POR 
tion. BO. of t he С 
Кошун "lat he Cape e of Good in specimens of жыЛ 
м ees nde to the Society in a post letter. A 
not as also read fro AR . Vollenhov an? i an 
нна of а grea ich he is en n the 
(ЧЧ ИРТА, : 79 — 
in the possessions in the Eastern he Dueh Go 
eral 
| ial ге n 
она 0 380 and it is no small matter this, such testime 
Jiotices t cols all the more valuable as coming from an unbiassed and | cool 
ing: a Narrative of a Journey ї 0 | unprejudiced кш dio has himself 
its effects, and whose judgment is not likely to Беу 
m 
Yedo and Peki 
the capitals of Japan and China, with Notices оў i 
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and Trade of those countries, and other things met 
"e Lai however, Mr. Fortune i 
cise, whether for his поучи in his calling, or ihe good | of whose blossoms, iu 
feeling he everywhero di: isplays, when E: of - pseudo-bulbs, recommend i to eve Н 
- | curious clustered bottle-shaped ci 
a bulbs are : 
We shall 
with by the way. Ву Robert Fortune, Hon. Member Mo tun of Japan v and horticulture, refer- |8 
of the Abdel vem of India; with Map and | ring ers bell 
n ; i 
ту бана de оп of! Almost - 
nal book, an eu i 
with азау for the Oxford local examinations. "The 
is accompanied by critical explanatory and 
ti and by an analysis of sentences. 
e indness. For "the 
overnment in forcing a trade and gr д an un-|? 
MEE 
лүш e advantage of bi omen Te The mis e s the Botanical Magazine for 
i. ym hat he has av се himse lf of; and n opara are: e lagenaria, one of the ша 
one better deserves the suce dwarf India Mi cnt of the Pleione set, the г 
the singular form form adf 
now turn to = of bis interesting de- 
