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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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gibl 
if his d «IE statements are confirmed thereby, 
it wil then orth while to c diae the subject 
seriously ; Bit o eos expect the 
pu ud to consider him a uring "ә n hallucina- 
tio ‚ Wm. Ва ate r Smi ith, 28, King Street, erag cnt 
the 
Our object 
Г j 
Foreign oii ARP А 
ING AT PAL 
from whence I eee de — 
d it 
ыо on my way. 
and rust ; indeed the garden struck 
me аз Mice rather left to, common gardeners than | so 
directed b of Er 
conclusion, it would appear to id багов, from 
In 
vegetation, that in comi ng 
ther hin 
rature 
which blows 
oppr ressive. Henry Benn 
Societies, 
во far sou 
| alkaloid, Mis he ca 
[ Max 2, 1863. 
lled Guaranine, was discovered 
o in dies by Dr. Theodore von Martius 
y wi 
гае 
ure "evel the 
таф is probably attained thron gh the sirocco or 
бз КУАУ, RM 
very 
Fern; 
penata of Ganin identical with Theine, but that, as 
far as is known, no other substance yields it s o abün- 
dántly, the amount being 5.07 per cent, as against good 
Бак E Tom which yields 2.13, and Coffee from 08% 
к: mode of usin the Guarana is enrious and 
in Miti is carried in the pocket of almost every 
aet, M.D., 
әз 
©] 
ocke 
Aver, ба with it the palate ponen a a scale of the 
hoe fish (Sudis gigas) nf led ar 
he rough surfaces of which 
» 3uarana is grated Bla a fe w 
owder so formed are added i water, 7 drunk ag 
of| Ro 
| prineipal беш pe attraction on ris "Occasion 57 
Аха pots ; Auri iculas 
dnce oses, both cut and in 
iem 
nts 
емйр ri 
2k di 
hand the Riviera lies E i in in ful to the prend 
base Md 
-— on the con „is turne 
ЖОС enough this , protec- 
direc 
tion afforded by high m. 
Sheltered OR ues of the 1 Eirias, such as Villa Franca, 
in the sul urbs of Ni ce, Menton nigrae Кее is 
e fiet line to the south 
appear make up for the great difference i in Чањ. 
: tudo, ав far - vegetation is concerned. 
Thus, í on Bat turday, t the 18th inst., I made а list of 
- — dee the | rarias, an 
Em 
|Am 
гачы 
leaves, 
h | Williams, : Bull, and Lee. 
Е 
c "Tur 
time Alps, which protect| were Souvenir 
ul 
пег, те" Раш P Son. 
de Malmaison 
Ricaut, Paul Perras, Chénéd 
"c mide Anna px Souven 
"Char 
Vio ceri: Verdier, 
Cro! to Sir 
also 
were fraisiíod 
The] a nbsti E for tea. 
ere i 
The effect is very M bi 
„portion uf tannic acid also pre 
for w 
as there is a lar rge 
iti k digesti ons. Its зай. 
.W t 
аннат among thema | 
‚ Madame тім 
Cambacérés, 
, Madam e Boll, 
r d'un of fi 
Beauty of Waltham, Senateur 
and other favourite 
F. Goldsmid, Bart. 
TH 
Pom 
ul 
| Lane showed good ве в s f Roses. 
Collections of — stove 
lants and others 
ouse 
enho 
arkable for the b MUT of their | py 
c. Messrs. А. irem ds 
From n ME Smith, gr. to Ше 
Sy 
The leaves rof the s spec 
I fond in fall 
blossom at the Palermo Botanical р 
ау Ina 
Garden y 
as show: southe 
ромео їп ийде s. 
ver а t 
an do in а northern | 
go of these plan гче різак 
и е viera, ап 
Prae ie t ^vi exam d 
cum, 
no | Cin nerarias, 
к желюш 
chiefly consi sting of 
м іа 
magnifi- | | 
vari ieties previo us ly 
lithographie dE, E 
better 
| pencil. 
ou 
сгеіасеопв or calcareous, ав pr eie the Riviera. 
Salvias, Iris, а white, red, and | С 
ài», Ketin nas, ' Mig- 
ie; Nasturtium, 
Du. ' Marigo ld, «нш, Candytu uft, Hollyhocks | 
кан) Stocks, Ca vemm 
en. 
r. James, gr. 
Potts, Glengall С Groe, Kent Road, dr the 
he varieties, all of 
— 4 ec кон, were sonne Motsopoltn 
Dombrain. 
ubt likes. "Som e goi 
n add "that the намод aid ы кено et the soil | and others. 
vidas M, satius аз did also Mr. Turn | 
F. Goldsmid. m were exhibited. 
Mr. Wiggins, gr. to W 
А үке Ann, Cheet 
, Eschsceh 
шс 
‚Жа. ИЩ, 
las, Cyclam 
udas s tree, аа tree, о Elder rd 
Hawthorn just ready to blossom, Al Shrubby 
Flag, Dicks son's Doko p 
e La 
Eu ынай, -— маб, Nettles iid " Asphodei 
s Potius MA small 
Walnuts. 
at the 
Straw «Ае profusion 
I think they "ihid from the south 
Lemon groves of large 
idant ; ; but o only | с 
had 
but 
of the Palermitan* pit mpi 
flower тый 
Mr. Pragg, of Slou 
r. Turner came a magnificent gro oup of Azaleas 
iod specimens xd ui same description of plant also 
e fro om 
essrs. Lane & Son 
ves are abun 
of the 
e town. The edes —: | 
Te as а security, but | 
c 
Leigh, Pics finn Mr. Treen cam 
hunte r Verbena, another brilliant variety, Gloxinias and | 
eid of their 
uder, and other 
adn reium profusely flowered in тон, ux shown | 
We Mr. James; cut blooms of the sami 
hotel, | зем 
„Зову Убита Lord | 
e amongst others. 
. Beck, Esq., con- 
rner, and Mr. 
on, Esq. ; 
e v. Н.Н. | 
were 
e Hero, 
“сарда, Camp- 
qually fine 
as; and | 
Messrs. Perkins 
, Fox- | 
also 
et Spring 
лава ташый А March 18; 
dalis 
тту, 
nearly ex- 
had left qually | 
а large, won faciet bright rosy purple dnos called 
Lord Palm 
aple, Canadian Mespilu us, 
anded ; Elm. y M: 
y ud in full flower ; Thorn full leaf, covered Shi 
ourishing 4 fre zm ооу" As the 
alerm: ted in 
Wi ES the centre 
of а bay formed by an Pic reris ot mountains, 
with their sie sd directed northward, s 
o that the 
northern winds ККА Strike the bay and ква in full, 
were contri ibu riam b 
y Mr. Jam 
raria, a highly promising white воњ with. а m 
came from Mes "i^: 
ewm ae 
£o 
TU 
and Snowflake -— 
Finally, 
Bull, dme уя 
летел from the huge Snow- covered apa chain, 
Pr раев over nearly 200 miles of sun-warmed sea. 
this passage they me moi бт, which the high 
g. pln 
n | with eri ad черге with. the 5 сеет bright green, 
grass-like Isolepis gracilis. 
d mute y ases filled 
intermixe 
e fruit о: 
1862 still green. 
daotíteg of Books. 
The Geological Evidences of the Eu of Man. 
By Sir Charles Ж 1, F.R.S. . 520. John 
Mura y, London. 1863, 
$ man's ишү el pi а very [a e 
moun PM ^ "und Pa! lis ATE i 
Thus Palermo, without being cold, is damp. and has 1 BOTANICAL or EDINBURGH: April ата, тына е I ot 3 
days on which rain falls, instead o Dee RE or ко Maclagan, President, in the chair. Н. „Н. the Prince the ау Na s e e "S "Y йаг VM 3 
like Nice. I quote from ihe learned Paler of Wales was elected an п honorary fellow of thè Society, in Norfolk, had discovered rude implements of flint, 
Professor Seina, who has written * Dye ган on and a "emgratulatory addre ess o H.R.H. was adopted. | which seemed to claim for their fabricators a vastly 
the meteorology of his native to likewise, only | ——Mr. Л inte cimen of Equisetum earlier date than people then were wil neede, _ 
21 inches of rain fall in the year (at Nice it is 25, at | limosum, оті > ipee spiral arrangement of He stated that “the flints were evidently weapons of. 
Algiers 45) we may conclude that the rain is often | the sheaths on the ; the specimen was cleste i in | war, fabricated and used by a people who had not the 
rather of а northern character, small and drizzling. In | Possil Marsh, аг ‘ala - Mr. James Lambie, | use of metals" Specimens of these flint spear-heads 
confirmation, I may mention that I not see the | Kilwinning. Professor Liston sent specimens of Peta- | were deposited in the British um, but the world 
numerous ovde wide, Stony watercourses which are sites alba, which he had collected in a wild state in | was not ripe for the iue of his discovery. 
са with on Aeris апа in the regions Tideo Ан | several дын E The following communi- | truth, some experience is necessary, both to decide 
eations :—1l. * Note on E Ме divin, lint t 
24 hours. "The sides of the western hills, too, | Agardh” Ву George Lawson, LL.D. 2. д ы ы аъ пр и ра 
cl ith verdure from their [eicere arid Kein Paullinia poca products” Ву pro 4, positively that it wa 
w ery different from the naked sun-burnt|T. C. A er, Esq. A remarked: There is no | fo in situ, or in a stra had not previously 
summits of the mountain tops at b RM E at| more remarkable plan Pig the order Sapindaces, if|been dist urbed. 
- They clearly indicated a moister clim ded from oint of view, Di Paullinia | Those. fint Teine did not produce human 
regar 
y sorbilis, a 
ES far Aes indeed as in the Riviera Pes d 
h. 
+ 
het: 
ciduous trees Ач ча 
totally devoid of leaves. This 
d early flower vege- 
te of deciduous 
vegetation, speak "i v nibns nights that characterise 
the =) of Euro 
tree 
m 
not appear to penetrate deep en 
roots of trees until the spring be 
de я paste, which, hardened 
ӨФӨ. 
disease: 
onderful then 
that this B not e a mere vague 
as | att; 
aches 
uld теа] 
st 
n eco: si ie poi 
though, аз : Lo ih is not well 
seeds is 
is 
Brazil, Опа Рур Costa-Riea, and other 
H "Sou America, аз а nervou 
wn to the | The e very few specimens o remains 
lin ot ina a of the world, always had some 
which от |serious drawbac the shape of doubts as to their 
parts | true origin. uc e 
imulant and т estora- C. Lyell himself. ай once ien ost. to th 
in 
It is wel both as a 
t ad 
oratıye 
0 thousa other 
ma 
it adds anot 
zzlin ng in i pariin history of 
of such qiio i in plants et Nes ely to 1 
s of | 
rally у the presence of a 
principle, the pice all, and oo орай 
be satisfactorily ex explained. 
vx sun, constituet 
emedy dim 
kin Host 
ir of those 
the discovery 
p f 
ин зауза, апа |1 
n, such as 
ес [e that it 
chemical 
ciated wii 
ne hoi udine TE Lag 
remains are no nor 
UEM burial place has been 
ting 
£1862; Thorn їп fall leaf, with the leaves of — | 
