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done by a separate assessment, Tt is clear, that | of St. Dunstan’s Lodge, Regent’s Fab had a very fair [Кыя object. You have eir to examine а salmon's 
the go hbouring parish in which the lands аге | sample of Odontoglossum edo ail, to bandje it, to judge of its immense museularity, 
situated would get all the adyaptage, if the ва. Passing on to the New e Har ardy Ornamental | lii is the only fresh-water fish o. to call it) of whieh 
Plants, we find the шша: хаана he most import- | you can take a firm grasp by the tail and lift it siti 
in its results where fee аа T la nds у d ap і i у 
[o now about а foot i in зыны: hese were from | апу other ill do, In fact a cool angler baris 
followed ый К. T tonblo lu is 2 ind ШЕ VzirOH. 16 is singular that in this promising | “ first hooked his salmon!" can * land ? it, S thoat na 1 
owe АУ ө үзөр р n" Po А ну А M s the leaves, which are en and bifid, and | or “ gaff," by firmly grasping it above the tail, 
ak, merged i d distributed over the are distichously disposed, are set on on each side of Well, without reference to the height to which a 
Боа assessment of. the Е attached to it, the branch in three rows, in which they alternate | salmon can leap, the object of a salmon ladder is to 
with each ойе ег, е leaves &$hemse! wot h eng also | enable the € k ascend to spawning ground without 
£ tl Mr, Vxircn further showed | the exertion of leaping, especially considering that he 
——- Tum noyelties roduced at the Great Show held а на from California, а dwarf bushy shrub with|or she may be че with paa mili ЕС апа 
kia Wednesday a cd wak ec Fu TE a АР? | w avy sessile ovate irregularly serrated leaves, and | these salmon.ladders may be contrived. so as to assist a 
We туйны: order еп еМ бәп у compact small corymbs of bright rosy|fish without unnatural exertion over an obstruction, 
"The first da авв flowers, with long projecting white anthers. А hand- |not only of 6 feet, but of 60 or 100 feet in height, 
n flower, was поб ve NUS. eventa, i finest | some Euonymus called ovatus aureo-variegatus, from | instinct teling them to force their way through 
e: nd Clematis Fortunei, and the next best, | Mr. BULL ; had the shining bluntly oblong le eaves of a | opposing w where there is depth and width enough 
Clematis florida Standishii, and a Dra epe from | deep g а bright golden polen. in the centre, | for their bodies to wriggle. 
ng Georgek P each of which ju Been already | and was a very effective i ub. Two or three Ferns| The difüculty I now labour under is to make you 
mentioned at А white-flowered Jap vA Wei- | here shown also deserve mention, nam a ha ped одвод, c construction of a раки ladder. 
gela from Mr. bm vari БЫ. s те montana, mida came fro! The principle is to erect an inclined plane from the 
likely to be a very useful shrub in its dass. but. it cut Tady Fern, ниш Vilix- | lower to thg ur тй 2 mue with such breaks or 
would T M уз better чав. hardy than , from "Mr LL; and r. IVERY | rests inte of water— — Ard 
te nder plan ts. m leuconeurum, а тийет LT a ipis 50 ET „Lad "c А s|d vill f 
not at | plant in which E: umet eristics j^ Frizelliæ and | step, up war A Tun p term “адде: 
all improved i in appearance by the addition of its green Fieldiæ appear in about equal proportions, a dichoto-| 1 go so far as to allego that if you m 2 natural 
spathe and spadix, as shown by Mr. BULL. Two or|mously forked apex being superadded. obs ау across pow river of 100 feet high, say а 
three garden seedlings were wrongly wi up in this mong Seedlings the Pelargoniums formed the most | natural rock, and wish to open the water above it as 
е few 0 t i i 
e ное трг ge not in flower were | the mark in technical properties. Тһе best and most you may eia do it, if you have money, &c., by 
ore ты Тһе f them was, however, a effective were Diadem and The Artist, two of Mr. | cutting а narrow artificial inclined plane, with rests, 
Mant already familiar бон do. appearance at the minor | Bore flowers. "The first of these, Diadem, w was re- | through a win of the width of the rock, with 
meetings, namely, Alocasia Lowii. Pandanus ele; egan- arkably telling, being е and distinct in colour, | resting holes here and there fr om the lowest to 
tissimus, : a very elegant plant mme 0 with. its spiny which, added to a good form а d habit, and a consider- | the highest levelof the haue г, g 
roducing its ‘lowers left little to be | the level of the water in the as it is 
ces, which, with o desi ; the colour was a dee ер а mine KAE rid termed the milling power o of tke roi id] jou ay be 
ареону exaetly, мет p pv ко їп ou white, | perfectly sure that salmon will work their way up to 
idee T юш Mr. Укттон'з к а? argy: and tho upper petals very mg ag р with the highest point, and d posit their spawn in the 
"ura, sam > "as stha t e 04 ed a a possible | rosy pur агре. Тре Artist had a good deal of келег indio €: provided the Is gradienta from step to 
Melas tom а р. dl f ep are properly adopted, about 18 inches one above 
the occasion when we previously Кот г it; but we urple, 
E some faith in it as a useful stove e plant, requir- flower called The Pa. ge upper acid of P ich This “ladder” once completed might be called a 
ing less врасё than Cyanophyllum, and therefore| were light maroon, and the mds shaded with | natural ladder. An artificial ladder, such as the Pimes 
useful in many places where that could not well be pepe Another, " called Penelope, В the top petals | and other papers now refer to, is comparatively a very 
accommodated. А beautiful = ай ез Perv, | dark maroon edged yt h Pio an a ^ae lower ones | minor easy affair. 
supposed to м ап "ims аста also e from Mr. eed otted and mottled w aroon. Of Mr. BECK'8 веб] Та substance the salmon-ladder Dres by the 
VEITCH; this was dwarf habite d Hie. Капит Prince of Wa iles and Prinos of Wales were the n nost n Inspectors is only a very great improve- 
Jenconeurumm, ба. had the obtuse. oval leaves epe noteworthy, n the principle I have mentioned. Whether 
a over w ith rosy-pink reticu latio ons, whe enc wi ith maroon in the lower, and bright maroon w i a | you бако it of stone, or wood, or slate, or brick, or a 
1 crimson in кз upper £o als; the latter | mixture of these, does not affect the principle, but it 
rbled p^ bright maroon on a erimson ground | must be голодна Dronen shape. 1f you A om 
rr Ah pint The alot. ud Ya cca line а belo " oe €: maroon Moor; both being remarkable | salmon full of s n to surmount without Serum а 
lutea, d Dieffenbachia Verschaffeltii | for their ess. Lej p am ue > а | sloping or Agde sinn Wei the higher water level 
sientioned at the page already referred to, were again ашы ер vari ШЕ, есе high award | being 6 feet above the lower—in principle inen have 
shown. Areca galba ta, a small-growing Palm, from | last year, ear, but is, we nim mod let weis Of the hosts. to m make a perm -slopin, g trou h, say 30 feet long 
Mr, Buzz, is to — t|of mediocrities and. in { TE side n re) | sink tà interior 
pinnate frond ere white ан and had|flowers we no room ti Qe. ТВ - пррег end o the top 
spiny stipes. нр was ben shown by Mr. STANDISH, a | examples of the hybrid spo tted зев to which n - or elo the water above, 
veh vete — Acer, the leaves of which might | we — already уй ae both from Mr. BUIL and Ре ерісі а тун artitions, say 18 inches 
be said to be mostly yellow speckled over with green, | Messrs. Е. G. HENDERSON & Sox high, you divide the bes say intosix compartments, 
ш abun ndant Tu the yellowish variegation. Here also only that instead o f ma aki ing each a distinct compart- 
т. 
ULL showed the rn кош ср, nas Е FISH AND FISHING.—No. IX. pen sp 
cut off, and stuck into a pot of soil; seme Ansectoc SALMON LADDERS, at one A c one and at the ped d n other, 
argyreus, which is Ph каго ке with нечы “ A NICE piece of Salmon, very pink апа eurdy and | alternately. TW water flowing down, ї — 
leaves silvered down the and D which » nicely ае dd of flowing ov vean. perg Mm from o compart- 
like a dark Lowii; two or г тев Caladiums—mirabi ile, “But Papa, what is all this talk in the 7% and through each Sinch open 
iin; е & Salmon Ladders? . What does it mean? р 
th yellow-g il С tii whicl Sal climb? Is there x i^ Map pes discovered.| Е Фу compartment is rer 5 feet square, an 
tinii, | furnished with claws lik: n Land Crabs?” |will perceive, will contain 18 inches depth t is. 
whioh Hie was said to Ж за Тоати, р * No, darling, only the ordinary "Salmon. Salmon | The uppermost opening for he y ater, instead of 
is not half so d tes; several Ferns, | Ladders are contrivances—er—I think they are also | 9 inches wide must be 12 inches width to allow for 
и which Adiantum Tei. eg tobrochia nobilis M called * Fis ?——er—well, x are quite ri ight іп | waste, &c., and а surplus to ini 9-inch width of flow 
ready obtained the highest testimonials; Litobrochia gning, but in truth I must refer to C., for I eni. | between the other com 
imc one of EMI which is -— but | nothing about mec. matters" (And so so Е.С. ‚ replies.) There can be no difficulty in 
hich is its h development ; m udi rois ppm mo а contrivanet, rong enc gus 
which is ent; and Gy RE io Amd, qu a and s of 9 inches, e be of such an enormous 
*'Stelznerii," w! pce e TET neut but for Salmon Ladders ies d n such mens weight ur width — » na - pen ана 
to be ame; and well may you Бе at а loss, agas um 9 inches, not very common! ach c 
Е iue cim Й called argenteo-ma rginata,-from the and, — loving, obedient, and goo there is — bir тма аа "iiy, [^k the y 
exhibitor, was а good thing in its way, but does | sands who look over the Times are ^ ful and ascend from one com- 
ot йы, x our memory serves us, from one which | of fi sin ng matters in general, апа оѓ Salmon ] Тада рагі t to tl other Tato the fre ee v water above with 
LINDEN over some two or three years ago uuder | in particular, as you are; and d |p t d y, though 
the name o: s of uei. ыс Еа prize 
was then awarded. Here also Messrs. E. G. НЕ ENDERSON 
< 
Imon 
Piah 1 fnll af 
will е acceptable. А Salmon Lado 
Pass, for the ey are the same in a аи al sense, i f pleasurable sensations, fancy 
enable a salmon to ascend, or climb, MEO heir ЕН К ae at the top of the ladder, 
Á— ovate leaves of a dark brownish- purple, the pass ушн fult over an Prae difficult амга they once more plun the depths of the open 
tan of the БИШ, serratures only being green, Wemay | to its progress up а river or down. Salmon valgo) [е xpanse of wa restraint. Would that 
Palm suitable for small collect. i 
mention b = їз а ші species of fish called Salmo 
uoi) J ^ It lives and fattens in the sea, and breeds and the 
elegans, whic re: 1 having light гэ young d their youth in fresh water. The ovum 
shaped leaves, borne slender polish or е deposited and vitalized by the parents 
Of New Orchids in flower very few were to be seen. |in the shallows of а fresh-water river; when 
Dendrobium Parishii from the Clapton m was | hatched, and after (say) one year or two y onveeyed n 
the best ndi gon novel in character ; this pa thickish abiding in the river, the young опе leaves the | tbe jury, 0 
deflexed ste which, after ripening, ; bear two-flowered | river, forcing its way to the sea. After а while 
аа 
iini rosy mauve-eol eT o AY s e | the fres h water or riyer spa 
ot e undanf, the lip fring ук Me т and of the same | and reproduce. Tts фа ө ош fry was easy, bt 
rosy hue as че Жс an wn its centre, but | on its return upwards as a fish of size, it finds an ob- | 
marked with о large pen WM crim пвоп- purple | struction i in е shap e of a vu d 0 e more паў 
orm Ротор Lob nisi ded d itt to be correct. i 21) 
was shown by Mr. VEITCH, and ne nextto rosea is perhaps | Тһе wer of : salmon is n з keley (in the Times, Apri , 
the least attractive species in 'gardens of а HS Macte it S ie strongest fish for A dc we E. i d cuit a plan sug, the 
ЗА generally takes the ен таз amongst Orchi a ipe To say, as as some old authore do 1 i Fisheries or “ Home Office" for salmon 
"White flowers were he of а of can leap up p a fall of 16 feet may be somewhat онур, ver — “Т am convinced," he 
Schülesiane, and bad а rose-colourellip. Mr. Ринит, |t though 1 do not say it is so, it being foreign to my TT 
