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THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Juwz 27, 1868. . 
Waterhouse, specimens of an apparently n new British: 
o the Weeping Willow, to this | quered and plundered the strongest party, they make 
AAT Weipig Willows ене to have been | species of Homalota; Mr. Bond, hermaphrodite speci. 66 ее from their "frieuds of the edid 
derived from one indivi € nee i to have been| mens of tbe orange tip and swallow- ta il butterflies Hb ‚ on lea of н" remuneration for their 
propagated by euttings; t siena ras a female, end and. Mr. Smith, drawings o € was to escape these and similar exto. 
yet many of the trees Pee ced h p t oney also of. Braula | tions from civilised зао, that the Fijians desired to 
n The enin ; Willow b by "T toni s сгеса, mall имон ма, parasti in bee s | plac e themselves under the protection of (бте 
уга 
hiv ves, which een wit | 
o dii country. Mr. n "acil um 
of 1 
ee 
| detis of ri ree new a oom 8 
LA да еп ү; the Grand- 
g Willow, which though pom the very 
ipie drig as л> {һе г а great Xo 
1 that it p^ ly shows the mo! 
f e into 
alace 
pA арфа: made 
e Мт. F. G. Waterhouse, the d eis \с hed tot 
. Mr. Stainton read notes 
Wales which is vivipai 
pen notes on the Proceedings of Bei Ento molo- 
A 
the| B 
ben а man of sense, 
ritaia. 
Dr. Berthold Seemann was not а ba d man to se ndu 
süch an expedition 
e is a 
gical Soci iety of Philadelphia, 
and note 
Ks 11 +} 
tes on Ње Ent вооон 
this paper, the for 
bodies 
was very di iverse : of a 
"prine i pally however th at 
South Į under энге, which 
natives is dde has con atm 
cotton cloth, ы мал, the waist; 
of this material bark-c oth 
had succeeded in cross aseo 
from Adelaide to the dide de coast asd phe again, 
астат to the pla centa within the ovarian cavity, 
e carpels; or 
y few 
* On the fertili- | 
enge ars i 
RANUNCULUS SHOW AT WALLINGFORD. —The ama- 
| 2d 
ling the es of the Mulberry tree, when 
thi т than th e little finger, , and 
such а 
teur rene i Berkshire aud 
other day a Town Hall, Mi ul for the | 
purpose of чый their pet Ranunculuses. About | su 
| 180 blooms were staged. Mr. Tyso, wie Meses 
ie 
sur 
visó 
umpire, Wade му follo owing patik 
186 
by 
[vt wn up fro: 
drawings sen to CI twin, Esq. Thea боге epi ined 
the peculiar contritio Бу! means of "WEDR the fert 
— е of the fl er can be readily effected by in 
as (ed, 
bu 
prize to Mr. W. Littleboy, Benso ‘stand 
n, Охо жые 
of 12 ions consisted of "Terpa ndr, ашин ne, Linden, | 
Kil- | a 
Naxara, Decorator, Sophia, ас 
, Eva, Sir W. 2d, 
Rose Rival, 
d Wilsonia, 
scio succeed in reach ing the stigma. His words 
e: “When I examined the plants most of thè 
бен were par tially emn hat in the greater | 
number, even in those qu nite. withered, both pol-| 
linia were still in their cases."—-—The further dis- | 
cussion of the propositions A the Council to dis- 
ose of certain d eren. to the Society | 
see p. 89 was taken The proposals | 
were se verally agr e ЧО, wit ы the — that | 
ned; 
ч а, е, а 
[to Mr. Hawes, Dorchester, p^ Bouquet, Natira, 
Ww Wilsonia, Linden, Herald, Berinus, D DN SERS, 
our's Princ f and а 
IS va. 
| Hos e Kigi s Queen, Napier, and M 
| to Mr Stevens, Oxford, for Kilgour's Queen, 
Эч ам Satrap, М А 
| See dlin 5th, t 
axara, Delectus, Sir 
ammals were f. 
The proposal to dispose of various unarr 
tions of dried plants, chiefly American, including t those 
of Cuming, Hartweg, Drammond, Schomburgk, Gardner, 
"ede anda fine collection of United States plants, Age 
ted by € e was strongly opposed, but 
JE ad TN куз апа others, 
stan Een v 
ће а omo, eri chief was absent on a 
fighting. medion , but his wife Eleanor was at ie 
nd paid the ngers a visit, accompa : by young 
"Um also ға of Golea , Ele who is the 
niece ot Thakom au, E 
tiness ress, this is saying very much pe 
Mis ly Queen of Somosomo, in a рта 
head-dres Fer дөн joined а Р X z 
On 
e maids of honour dispensed with eon "altogether, 
were many benutiful 
t£ фо" 
р 
Potro o Bookg, 
Соо Kreas. ОНА CET beauties, the really 
artisio pon of their реден > 1еауев ed dowe 
the asy grace of thei ir movements, made „them look 
n Ace of a ent Mission to the 
Tai 7 уот 1 лані; in e. Years 1860- 61. 
like so many 
but never seem to meet with now- -a-d 
Ву The men, bot arried and sin E gos in lofty 
Berthold Seem MacMillan & Co., Cam- | public buildi cy ent р 
T ag ipei pm ied dg — Тһе Presidentin thechair.| bridge. Pp. 44 ra а i аа pt f ne p 
S oti бомаў аа nter ма, м Dr. Seemann has given us а very curious account | enough for two men to sleep ; between each there is à 
ing a а scries from South. m ават e of a тезата, SE aeu 4 people, known to im fire-place, and stages to put the legs on. The centre 
fion M. pe by ME T де må " Бн ai (rer rates r, | of the building is covered with here аге 
ЖИЫ Series from Tho Pec: y Island яе а islands said to be capable of no windows, only low doors, whi ch may be, { 
of gigantic size from Bogot дн a remarkably а mall | j| Bé ecoming ену А Ee d зе DE peanae В 
Luca nideous insect from Xow Hollan Mr, em | а tant ina ty of іп order to keep mosquitoes out. When evening 
arv: pecies of 
caddice дү. formed of betwe 200 a nd 300. pocas 
anorbis), arranged with the grea atest 
po 
есоше а dependency of | 
is coming оп the bure beg ins to fib, most of the fires - 
rown, had not the recent New 
t 
Eee les deterred our rulers from again incurring 
the — their legs cocked up 
the Vin в, like “елкеа а tavern, all smoking 
their cigarettes, EN of self-grown "tobacco and 
папа leave: ow ex 
comely looking ўба carrying the large w 
bowl, а cocoa-nut shell for drinking the beverage, the 
bamboo water-vessel a handful of i 
the Y а the root о 
which i prepare 
т "ak" shell Mit, Poe Mte | Hd responsibilit 
in T itian or Fijian group consists of above 230 
Lnd siemens Pda ыган па ed varieties of islands, mostly of small size, of volcanic origin, sur- 
1 на "from .C888 | rounded by coral reefs, and all of them very fertile. The 
n gl га ark female which had paired with arger islands are Viti Leon, some les ; 
ical distribution et cos CAT ^x ua Leon, with about half that area; Taviuni and 
bus OOI tO Species. t Ox id Б, ter- | Kadavui, each near 20 miles ong but narrow ; the last 
Trec Mi: барро to z "тет t » this c а, and one of mentioned and smallest of these four is however ex 
Wir ex cem - Жие ban; P posed to ro es 000 inbabitan ts. Oval and Baua 
which had b comb and cast ont € и 
of the 
Е one of h his 9 - zm was not able to account for such 
а proce К which De 
ing, probably owing to some 
озо А im the Mr. T. W. Mes ade some 
Observations on "he "eoloration Un the wings of the 
com 
e pres servation of the i ins 
and a noble 
| бе а а plevntlooking woman, though Dr. Seemann 
plea 
t 
the lat ia Бин the pos poesie e Tha koner a, 
the acknowledged vU of the whole Бар, апа 
| here Chief of Bau. This gen 
Christ sti spec imen of hum mà wt his ie 
ce had t 
е | their enis und Sommenead бетйне taking care to 
the rope affixed to wl towards the 
pers i" a in 
beate en 
ү: 
mass їп 
n 
asure of seeing her 
h owing 5 its similarity to flowers, especially those 
of инее А оп н it deli lite 6 settle 
in dull weat letter w read. from De; Hagen, 
кыа rs cc-operation of the 
e the манах 
cup filled his t the Lr is ТОЛ it to handt to 
+h 
of the latest нін віап тч а coloured silk teme 
and a black m: x шнен bxc lace ; nor let i ү e 
supposed that. the use of с 
toast of 1+ evening. Itis pathetic or humorous as 
occasion demands, &с. Ав б тет the song becomes 
de 
z tae wed less hearty, the HD p. slackens, aud 
І Society for 
>- ad y Жыз 91 of He asd this remote ач ег rof the dis obe. Glad i TA д by one the men drop off to Their pillows 
makaze e been to get her clothes off a d of a thick itio: with 4 le ecd are put just 
Wan side of each island e the neck, so that euh = of Ње sleepers may 
Тһе, чы ve had if only recently 
ET Soci many di жш 
чо ie Boeiéty had had diecdon o inse id m нур menm there dotted. E d Eve аы "days шш es ha wd rA apent io p 
o the exotic insects in their pics and it. was igo admirably adapted $* ‚бойоп es cultivation, а сан this E т e оливу heads аге та i а 3 
СЯ а нант Aint Dr. Seemann says t to the proof during | their lives on a pillow 0! г ае аб an 
n. occae d insects described iy. different he Fj i. nm peat quie d at 200,000; er | apon it йон saring dieat fal jt КҮҮС 
* no ce, 
сез impi Ted " of the Society ever forming a pude pa jon bet it is ШҮ. "m mi Ju pe t A fich MAN i per t аны pte "hei 
x e of а ue е тс proved by the ex-|their nearest nei ghbours the Ton ese, who are the "iiy are det as neis ue 3088 
M) Ps erar z А, rfe M IE DRE fel eif Cic ul " tle p E танае, though they Seu аро AM by the fashions EX mes UP our 
1 atterin, tatooing [ 
exhibiting it "Eg even if it were zd E bestow ed upon their s che баду 1 eerie which ЖО b edd ie i nx Due "d ud : 
pe : e s they twice plotted a life, and | Viti. os » 
only failed in their murderous РЧ Sse h some Wi th JE 
y jealousy among themselves, С “а regant to а зара ru 5 
pashe Tongua islands are deficient in wood ft for Thoogh a6 й m was а recognised - 
Pi ea as "au attraeted to the Vitian in group | institution of the state, he maintains that human flesh — 
| iE Fai building, the Tongu i remely епі di and that T 
f | blish themselves hers ver they can, keep КЕ ГА Ө] ЫА and healthiest men in E 
munication with each other, foment Vitian eya | venienced from the effects of BE a east; ind P 
espouse the weaker side, aud then, after having cor nobody thinks of eating *bokola" without condiments. 
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