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баі out of doors, І should, upon renewing any | awarded me; and if I choose to appeal in a very prac- 
бав, consider what "јез v was - - attained by its | tical n which I regret to be obliged sometimes to THE ТЕА SOCIETY. 
use Suppose І s eded i tting an 1рошога | do, if I feel I am overtaxed, why I believe it isremem-| WE observe with much e rg that the Admi- 
Leari to spread all over Рай e house front, | NT in future arrangements, and ame nde d. ralty has delen to for м Y in earnest the objects 
the addition of botto ni heat, in the hot y this impor bs деоби ation, as is shown 
Айч of July and August; 16 wou ld doubtless be (as I go on their merits and their faults, and pi way zu by the following official announcem: 
very beautiful in the early ‘part of Беек mornings, | | meet ай ӨНЕР ol ni . I will Vim ien v I reg рел "S umit тъ 09 ja Y: 1863.—My Toni mum Turo 
when comparatively few for whom it was pushed оп аз a benefit and a o man; І rejoice to see the | the Admiralty, having had under their со onsideration (he 
could see it; half - hour's hot sun old take rey active, glossy, ч-сы, ee starling at work on law: n |} ao far question of Acclimatisation, are pleased to direct 
bloom - it, and afterwards there would be M uo | e p I kno e small snails, the wire- Vibrio. service, and upon the distinct understanding that no expense 
curl p pink remains of what z the morning w: will s fir hor he searches, and I wish I | whatever is incurred, every facility is to be given by the com- 
меа гае flower. By this experiment therefore | could engage o him t ork for me, but he has higher | manding officers of Her Majesty's ships and vessels to E] 
what have we gained ? мені of the Ipomea, if we o du es — the fields. "Hei is the cleverest, handso mest, | apply to them through any of Her Majesty's foreign ministers 
d bes of our birds; hear him after his morning's аы oneuls, per з i: of ап; pt Her зр 
Wi ori ecimens. he annex 
MG nen Il cir 955 8, = adir — Mu. tat А Ma" IEA үне; by erutadiou of the Secretaries of 
eir own * 5 
beauty to be enjoyed апа admired for the whole day, | э you learn that ри "e fucultios beyond a a e fo: foreign ministers and co and colonial governors, in various 
ve ap sam of our attention would be — ые grubs; watch him in the — ding season, and note of rv. uds will "охра the objects which the s ode 
э for the co i А-КЕ an re in vi r Lordships, C. PAGET, 
to 
ving Ipom y, | his 
Meer there are means of sh ading and аан з 4 | you know of the sion v more you earn жасо seems to Her pe Minister, Governor, or 
blooms, so that they may be dos me e love and admire him re ab duit afe 
that ther е are numerous — plants which come i I must digres s for а moment to emm on the earnestly reque este 4 to: cons ider the high fx Dor tn which will 
beauty nd are во nearly half hardy | uri p intelligence possessed е кот d | be attached t ih sw s Wn ch they may return, and the 
B he suc еази: | md печи tl pe н агі the cause of Acelimatisation 
as to be most, rri sfally no e ar -door D MINE: fm d gre X the pow menit appreciating "th eue ention "oto асе kotne utmost of their knowledge to make 
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in and around Paris, is Cassia corymbosa, particularly a | its — . The starling is a Б йот, апа The end purposes ót ačolimatisatiih are to introdnoe; асант. 
a hint; the bull — ch is able and and propagate in the United зуба and its depen- 
clusters of rich golden yéllow flowers are a etiani intelligent bird; the greenfinch is self. mat; € | dentlos duree nn birds, fishes, лея А ав 
d mte n. and cle Ver; the ees and dd finch are less clever 
The gentlemen to whom ОЧ uestion 
; and 
аге an object, 16 would be worth a trial i i "this e esie азаа а ph silly ; 9 ihe 3 e bird, and | | habits ойт а Ад lantran of dcos соот Itis 
in various ways, to forwa rd its Bro wth early, > which i is pe ratan — йы terrors of "dent ies thej jer n cunning, H а, ther 
doubtl an est,as many little birds know ; the 
J.F. жену; Б old, greedy, and clever; the black - 
* | bird is = zi һау and indiscreet in its indulgence 
ж ар 
апу P variety of dh It is confidently expected that 
the answers returned to these questions] by Her Majesty's 
— M: governors, and к in different parts of the 
orld, will ere 2 together a mass of information on this inter- 
RDS. нар and highly аробае branch of knowledge, such 
hover has been collected before, and the benefit which these 
m renewal of ihe discussion as to whether small | "rg" Rer T will next m of the bird 'aentivren will thus confer upon their fellow-country- 
б or destructive in cultivated dis- whose шт ке e led to his condemnation in some | men will be in proportion to the fulness and exactness 
к seems to indicate а still unsettled conviction оп es, and praise in others—the sparrow. I have sai with be those answers are drawn T s ВАР Mat 
the part of many persons interested in the pues before that he is a capable fellow; he is an adaptable | those special qualities which recommend the q 
bn and mti -— in various aspects 
rj 11 
y tow 
iiie evous tendencies, Tittle hope remains (uet “р sparrow, and dis. pent ‘sparrow, are the 
two vi ар whose convictions are во opposite) of a Pis mage, but differ very M in habit ed “intelli. ing the р, апа, as rogards vro epa Li information ав te 
satisfactory solution оС. "ibe Aag. vj Тһе accumula- gon ue I will treat first of the country sparrow, as I | the best mode of cultiv. 
lion o facta bearin, һе subject, by ren (a ore intimately acquain nted with Mn; but h taing | PS 
bon Ret really and ар ау егер will he lp | т књ already во 'much space, I must defer gm 1. Is there any Lenis c emet or introduced to the 
ore than anything | else to determine the real -— Li remarks on this subject until another week. W. Т. : ur : 
саве. Living а а — iude, | and i ш а apo гу | 
abounding in birds, баре rience шау 
I in the ^ uestion ro- | 
| 
to acclimatisation in Great Britain or ап is dependencies t 1 
| If there be any such, state — it is p bra at а reason- 
| iru rate, and whether it is likely to bear the risk of transport. 
STRAY SS ON хо + Is there any such bird? 
Hi Is there any auch. fish ? 
s pre 
I am fond "^ the study e natural 
liso d that I look with never failing interest on | А SHORT time 
such 
o grow fruit a | vegetables and the 27 є еы RÀ ER here а ч. бъгопв | Й 
Ж it x3 тро and essential to my interest | them great acquis uisitions for grouping their flowers in PAS ime PIE : 
that " pei ele and go ^ vein s of each of The stands to which І sal were made in various ^ x: there iy egent suitable for the food of man, or 
the above mentioned сабли. of the раг е apes; some were low branchy things looki like EE pole T оар; Left Jait 
Let me instance the birds common to the locality : : 1 M poer ы ЙЫ кые кы ооа M of wiaeh tree, or 
am visited by the bu Aliae, greenfinch, goldfineh, ind vom fitted ; ; imi were more in basket keen country in which you reside would bs likely to Ђе beneficial : 
chaffinch, and sometimes by the ha wfnch. se My eri. and others tud more | еоди the ui Ves eee traf vuioh t reccven frm ОМ conu 
e pieces of handsome furni-| 10, Does any organisation exist, or could it be easily called 
one season an unwėlcome visitor; the jay тв" ja iure. а beautiful t table for instance, and chairs to place | into existence, capable of undortaicing tho сЕ of introduction ? 
orchards ; the missel thrush is|in con: arb is not at all difficult for |, Any remarks founded u cial knowledge or local 
never long absent; the song thrush and the blackbird | an The grand thing is to information, сараЫе of being. m D шоби to te progress of 
acclimatisation, will be desirable. 
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of faine an eye. for. straightness—at е 
his attentions. Тһе linnet is а summer "visitor ; the мси in too 
wagtail and the swallow come regularly every spring. | ornam 
The wren and the hedge sparrow аге my unfailing| Тһе erial is old Apple tree, and t ood is cw e Correspondence. 
генде titmouse major and all the minor minims of varnished hom ughly. Мох, I have nota renis that) New Hya — ru t should constitute а New 
that b already beginning to think of great Hyacinth ? Ont s question I wish to give my own, 
I wish I I ‘could number the rook amongst my familiar gart иш d e uge and much twisted garden seats. and what I t эч т eral *opini ; 
i b 
n ake to H 
cannot at all imagine the graceful but rough then, what constitutes a new plant? І believe no better 
а garden, ш. sufficiently discriminating to know littlo stems і branchlets which веет to be only е сап be given than that afforded by the 
friends from mies. With all these hungry li icturesque state of knobbiness. No 1 Horticultural Society’s old established rule, 
fellows ab d ni and t th ег, is used for the smaller things, of more | which n “ Any plant that has been previously exhi- 
satisfy their айар appetites, it may excite the sur- M и ut 2 nches diameter in the thickest knobs;|bited before the members cannot be плануо new;" 
Eee of many persons that anything is left to the | — Е this, for each stand, the whole of the wood ог in ier ords, any plant that has been introduci ed 
sen of ав зда ав possible the MM size. |to, or if a ант raised in, this country, i-r exhibited 
m t if we wis i rr Had any living а considering their | or ' offered for sale beyond the current year, cannot b 
study. йв "habits and жы ли but eing of them Would considered new. I certainly cannot perceive why the 
ways of birds leads us to an acquaintance with one кал in imd Jiko ‘thom, d it ga m would be | Hya acinth should be any exception to this rule. It 
Hg sr others which has an important bearing on а pleasant amu — the long winter рон ira matters little about the time it угез between the 
subject we are discussing. It is the instinctive | Though l саппо si ter the maker. raising "of the seedling and its introduction. It is well 
pore which leads birds to Ñistribute themselves in | him extortionate, T shall be happy to give ie ent | known that the Hyaci Sath is is many years in reaching us ; 
proportion aceording to the Ce e cie of | to ny en nexe хед, e apation Mire rir iM be kai lo the raiser 8 or 10 years before he - 
› rs 1 of th знг - 
o] Боч ina с ъа eed 
t the office getai 
— 
TOR AA 0. i years must elapse, ji deme 
umero ihe spring of 862, and жав examining 
he prettiest things too, is the flower table: = (эй ыст онердин чрйи 
in the mca ra 27, БЕН опа larger suitable = English. - » 
d this would really perfect for a display of | “ possibly 
spring flowers and leads me 
: yd believe TY ras ser sere т: То " who have planted фый, indeed, І — may 
tenant-rig iom oe e rooks о ive a hint, the such carved tables giren 
Яап lonis; certain, sparrows inherit oertain fammond shop In ает Siret: theg are mot at ай the REE Se ead for sale” T tun oniy my 
; анлы ant о the eir own (no d hold a downright flower bed. е iven аге no guide whatever as to their 
ty see swaliows ng year | One "et ые б tables filled with the dwarf | that the dates БӨ nro ro A the Dutch lists of 
after year to the same ittering their satis- | Hyacinth аа with small red Tulips, and and crammed in cedo and camnot od asy of the REN 
take their rest оп familiar ledges. I аш | every corn with Snowdrops and bius See Po the yea d even if they had been, that is no reason 
SENV vare of. this peduliarity in the habits of. birds any one might delight | Шеш) о onld have been imported. Му own con: 
that I am never sonei x ирме. Serm en by|in. Flowers | а safe investment; they can't why еу that the Dutch bave taken the dates from 
musbers-their com arran well | grow EE i" but pem e. Lp i luis as used amongst themselves. They dispose. 
made, ve m соно а enemies | out beautiful credit id » their seedlings ice varieties & sort 
maie are my propi fion of enia ы enemies бш Pent wo tako ai tho m XL da ее m of — 7 
