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629 
t ti 
words of Buffon, who wa 
of each ; but we, who pro 
struction 
й 
mo: 
ever 
will in тенме ийй 
that of plane figu 
d т 
quie. may py 
. 99:—“ Dirai 
i 
; ces cellules de abeill , ces he ee. i tant 
vantés, tant admirés, me fournissent une preuve de plus 
contr е „Тепёћо ousiasme et Yad mi iration : cette gur 
^ 
е 
ү 
соге | equilater al а ein ular 
res which are 
a e 
that 
| Auricula- eyed please 
ts Strain, h Mr. Bragg, of Slough, had 
a 'colleotion at the Ногой шиа Sra die Show on 
une 17; but what I hav 
„ше be tle 
ha u 
is always the greatest which consis 
eates 
et qwe elle ^e en effet dans la асу n'est ici qu "un 
résultat mé — et assez чн теат qui se trouve 
souvent да апв ture, 
aütres pierres, Ка scs &c., premente constamment 
cette figure dans leur formation. Qu'o Уз — че 
денде. ёсаШев m la peau d'une rousse ette, 
qu sont E s june que баса "ае 
еп temps. se fait obstacle, et tend à 
Seer le iis mêmes hexagones dans le sec ond 
estomac maux ruminans, on les trouve шш les 
graines, ps чу capsules, 4 dans ce ertaines fleu в, бс. 
г 
g zeng o b 
T by еа 70° 32” by 
1 He gives also tbe uia un mean measure- 
mb are 
сей llana E lon there 
duse vis 
men ents of the. 
nm ^h nf th 
autre graine cylindrique, et q 
aprés y avoir versé autant d'eau que les апае qui | 
eteni entre ces graines peuvent en recevoir; qu'on 
fas asse bouillir cette eau; tous ces cylindres deviendront 
qui 
"€ appea gs veu the first who intro- 
ced o Decus. idea x, as the 
| large size a 
ch cell, and | 16 
nd good ^n orm, Буе! in the E тетте 
the white centre is Ае bec D 
forms a r 
n 171 araldi d e|deep colour whic o; ing Nh it; ey any 
l'Academie des Sciences, 712,” pag а | оё the rich dark flowers there is a distinct rien dt 
rema nie €— in а is "investigated for the Ma white, For exhibition purposes, prana i бе аге 
- planes of the bees" cell, which аге | unequalled. for ninn. 
be formed of the faces f the НАНУ Braithw ide, p bro ok Poad, 
rhombie; айы нейәбп; еа to have believed | [They are very handsome, certainly, the dar x e 
that the object of having lozenges of the same form as|chiefly shades of crimson or purple with large white 
terminating pl as to enable the bees to carry in | eye ind white fringed margin; the li with 
шо ЕЕ the idea of one geometrical form only, ір | стїшзоп or purple zones of varied width rder 
flowers sae can be more effe 
Lilium giganteum.—1f any pr nted as to the 
hardiness of this Lily, we үз to say that we have in 
flower ај p 0 
to 10 fee 
flowers; these 
the 1 
Conifers.—lf the points of dissimilitude be 
Abies and Picea, mentioned RA Mr. ou 
° o 
motive cause of the peculiar apero 
and, not bei ing a geometer, ч obtained the | 
planes, 
est purement mécanique; chaque graine, dont la due 
est cylindrique, t 
assistance of König t 
whi 
give vues ле surface with a 
M 
che toutes oreet € exagones par la com- 
pression reciproque. раат ареШе cherche fs ee 
о caleulate the angle of the| 
th 
f the c 
former group are only of sectional importance, those x 
9° 26', agreeing with Miraldi itin twom 
Mas Laurin published in 
1743, p. 565, a 
Ё 
H 1 ъа 
n 
aper 
subj ect, in which p^ proves that the tangent E 
il est d 
est cylindiiq їч 
th 
e square root of 2, and tha 
“On donne 
da: obstacles reciproques. 
ont ] 
it is маю equal dé 109° 28' 16"; апа he computes 
the E Philosophical Trans- be reduc 
ed to sections of e s there not a differ- 
nee or distinction of some aea ance in the modes of 
debicenos i the anthers of e à Picea? Kébpos. 
t | [Picea is not put lower in the e than Abies; the 
We think the гут ion of Abies 
S. 
`n 
la 
plas epit a aux mouches do pi ud ара. so 
"aon 
and 
„thou, ugh objectionable ; Tug tnim 
Pinus differs from 
plus 
que e e gu uépes, que cA frélo rdg dl sav 
Varchitesture, mais 1 орвб structions bee m 
оввіёгев - plus régis уз — des abeilles on 
t e doute pas que cette 
P г grand e, 
de la figure, 
gence de ces petites bàtes; р elles sont nombre uses, | 
plus il y a des for v'agissent авав. et qui 
s'oppose de même, plus il y a He conséqu ent de con- 
1 t 
y f g 
bilie ier, yh MUN , published in зей р Berlin 
»| abies vs prem е unvarying с аен Surely 
по one can say that = Abies and Picea. Even Richard, 
Mem 
problem, i in which "he бөя cen at the following results, 
'already found by Mac Laurin's — method :— 
That s wax is less than one-fifth of 
b. p t the economy of | c: 
wax, referred x the "total expenditure, i is Ath, so that 
| the bee es can mai e 51 бобе ells, iim. °н T by ра etd 
urs produc 
th 
writers on Systematical Penko’ 
logy (forgive the word), could not distinguish them 
We hold to onr opin 
Вией 
í 
— 5, 
pparente dan * Ви fon. 
The Opihiohs of the older smera especially of mathe- 
а, xd this su ibject, di ffer wi idely from those 
ced b 
ipee 
nd p 
m the same "form as semen ": the bees, which, erede р” | 
of 
gei "n have a fine specimen of Arau- 
anding o ‚ which has hitherto grown 
занан "The Eus this year is very trifling, and 
um ut 9 inches from the ground the bark has burst, 
a gummy substance ooi out. Should an ything 
ne to st is, and cause the bark to heal? I 
1 be thankful rs A suggestions any of r 
renders did be әМе т. Ал scriber. 
adva! Buffon. t 
most important of the passages bearing on this point fl 
The ж Pappus of Alexandria hat which now makes only four 
as impar am 
Ai perfect Paepe te RC nd ai i| ; and 
has assi ned to des pom ds void n, 
certain p б п, n, therefor , a8 se of|i 
reason, he has pértiltted that ni diui do all things 
by reason and demonstration, o other ires d 
with out reason, 
M 
» ав 
; hei has given the possession of what i 
life, by a certain natural рг 
vidence. AY. one may underst tand this to be so, 
of final 
M 
the m 
those who maintain that econom economy of 
ew species, have both persisted in us; 
ini illustration of their es, with a per- 
ploded theory. Rev. Dr. Haughton, F.R.S. 
Hom PEO 
umble Bees in а Greenfinch 
in bees. For order; and a certain admirable deference 
bit mo: 
Н d few san 
ago a humble bee esta blished E ае "in the empt piy 
4 feet оа the groun 
to th ambition. 
and cleanliness „heap together an abundance of honey ; ; 
but their foresight and e рате 2 concerning its co 
servation are much more admirable—for gr it - for 
certain, as is just, that t my carry b: gin ortion 
ods to с 
in the Hawthorn dp of a quin. near Chepstow. 
f 51 fto 
or nippers whic 
Notwitiatending this на Gecision in favour of for pruning 1 уша were purchased by a lady some 
athematicians, the пбтенобтан — ЗУ, ета and 
the iier ce ei the the habit of mr Arra a ба the principle ‹ 2 hee 
r рое e theo; 
—-— that proves the persistent АНУ of an 
І 
have no maker's 
wever, is in 
I have, tbough not so powerful; and * 
procure them through an х Witt ав 
use, І can prune а Vinery in a third of the time, 
and to better purpose, than a an са h a 
knife, are a m fer weapon than a knife, 
especially in the hands of begin СА hen the lateral 
has cut, as in t e spur prunin g 
within half an inch of the 
pa rata dii and the wood is 
pithy, it often happens, where great саге is not exer- 
cised, that the knife tears +73 bit of wood left 
T x 
hedge, the bees flying round it without attempti ng to 
form ases ав a rece 
for the peine which the aaki call керіа, and the 
e Jari), all indeed equal, similar, and ae ering 
w it is 
mselves, of the hex —— eg 
fter E 
in the ed {ог about а minute, m ес 
mi 
sting, till just : as the few last per = е it | bl 
injured in way. In 
ade Should. phe be je the paren 
prevents the d v € wood left. W. Т 
Stra wber ту La Const — Too much ‹ can [5 be 
have four rows of it across опе of Ше qua arters of tke 
e | garden, and the crop on them ів something incredible 
t | larly formed, and the flavour is excellent. 
Ti 
Thi: 
ty, 
I find, TA dig, 3 better than any other ib wit 
l am aequa 
the square or triangle, and can hold more ve di 
ag анам зі; 96 sorts, 
Bur ong tir ident that the ey const by a certain | the ly resembled the Bombus hortorum, but | which ainted, and PL of the runners 
wee foresight; for thay- а it fit that all | the me specimens found in the nest when d ground, like those of other kinds, 
the figures should cohe ere together. and 1 pale tha tit was almost impossible t to ascertain pat grow i, ‚ар, vene "Qué ea ins ves 
sides, Tt И КОД; strong to carry the net wit 
should spoil l and corrupt their work. Hence, three | back, the tail striped black and | y 1. J. Rust, Broom House, Fulham. 
ectilinear ся rdinate figures cau effect what is р whit The vm of m; nest 
ean ordinate figures which are equilateral | areri br the bes мав s entirely. of m . E. ‚0. títtitS, - 
and equiangular, for ordinate and dissimilar figures did | Hypericum Hookerianum. 
ong other notices of Jants Rose SHOW АТ kerh еы, Pacis June 27.— 
поб р the bees the ms selves. Now equi ileteral | Pero. d India, I find, among pla dos een exhibition d cnt Roses: Jose was h тө bela h và 
dissimilar figüres filling E heres (cor placed next|John's Wort mentioned, which must surely be is occasion. - 
each as to have же x inate | beautiful species :—is it introd uced, and where can it but the ене the 
figures t; for the space abont the same point is | be p Р Is the blue Justicia, which he speaks of | collections, were іп 1 
filled, either by six equi iangles, ог by four |as g g so abundantly as to give a colour to th М preteen н уне 
squares, or by three hexagons—but pentagons are | hills, also introduced, and under what name? If not in et E ed 2 гоні Wi we меп 
less than MEN е: p are more than sufficient | England, they could surely be und by finer b staged 1 dün “енд contributed by him 
to fill the spac и —neitber сап three € г. 4 е [We аге unab! inter- dd: looms s different 
oae à established, М as to fill t ce round a | pret Mr. Markham's Botany. Н. Hookerianum, which WR boit promit gr 
poin me — will apply much more to is тее well Sedi in Nieto Laos has yellow, Feshi R EE Teas :— 
Б bir а greater number of sides. There cus по! We t think it handsomer mson--Senateur Vaisse Rose—Silene 
then, three figures, which of themselves сап fill u than H p» renta e C. Crapelet m Ros vir d Ai 
space , viz., the triangle, thi рег Сбн ресур Sweet eet Williams.—MHave any of your| B e Rivers Yellow—Gloire de Dijon. 
the оп; have wi selected for their renders grown the uiu б eet Williams? If OISETTES:— _ 
structure that which contains most angles, suspecting, | not, they should are the finest ika 7 cse ver date 
pred that it could hold more RN y tham n eitbr of эш Smet раве Т 1 bas üt see, and Y am have x СЗ". Crimson—Cbénédole 
ow on] A Rose—Blairii 
to to Четте, viz, that th the т ам greater than | receivi ceived the seed from Mr. W. Dean, of Bus -n à Prom Me Turner, of Slough ti llent 
ara bound to sy that thoy have gien eomp ке hich the b 
equal quantity of еда Бине employed іп ће соп-! faction. I admit the uto 
