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Моткмвкв 14, 1888] THE GARDENERS CHRONICOLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 1087 
divided by M. oni 
of species he will have to deal with, is, we hear, may succeed in successfully and usefully 
extent Бн with the political divisions ota the 
T io^ formidable figure to placo корш yite 
s Mr. Bentham is with 
E. these are 1, North Australia, which i 
the коры regions west of Ca йе, e York, extending 
on the west coast as far south as Shar 
Queensland, incl 
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fag gin абез; ы "heil о of working with bo oth 
ill and ; and wi e hope we may add, n Miscellaneous. 
of diminished powers of active ехег-| Sale of Natural History objects by order o; 
South Wales js ra as Cape York; БӨ; New ^ th 
Wales; 4, Victor and 5, South Au stia -- Al a8 
defined in the ры 6, Western Australia, extendin 
2 he i 
few years of the 
tion:—* Work on, work ever!? must be his motto; | Linnean Society. —Mr. Stevens brought these to the 
“ Hope on, hope ever ^ ou hammer last Tuesday. Тһе following prices were 
—Á——— ED: obtained 
DAMM 3a Ба ДМ 1. d. m 
e Botanical Magazine for the present лын Alligator 91, 4s.; of a рее Кү 31, 155.; of а Hippo- 
1рро- 
bontats figures of tiie following plants, namely potamus, 37. 4s.—Dried plants, viz. : Australian ача 
ка ü 5 S. Eur 
nt v 
which of. these Tistriets P Е: the most 
botanieallg, but we are inclined to 4 suppose | that New 
South Wales үн ains the greatest дана, of meai 
and Western Australia the vhi M pepi v ms, Inthe 
Jatter district, indeed, the Же b dd а 
lant, with branching stems, large oblong somewhat | ballon, 17. 14s.; Portuguese, MIA by n ыз 
fleshy singularly one-sided leaves, and a bi-tri-choto- | з bundles, 1j 1s; Cape of Good Hope, 21 bundles, 
в z 
Dane ok 0n n the lower side, The leaves have опе large $ dadi ud 1s; Gardens, from Borrer, 14 bundles, 
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manufactory of peculiar. species, for e even of so mundane 
a genus as Pinken a, of the seven yip vd species 
d one only is found 
ntain 
few peculiar species, and most of jns New South. Wa le s 
ither i 
or both. outh eri alia, as iti uon position, and 
proximity to the great desert Would indicate, seems to 
be MA far the боб of the Floras. 
ns, fr 
rounded auricle Cuming's Philippine Plants,5 bundles, 17. 188, 
It was found on limest ne ты in Moulmein, by the | | Upon te AR etos пз! may be said to- haro bom 
Rev. C. S. Р. me. Was Botany i Р 
? 
Garden s p b with apparen ntly | 
— bran ied ternately c аад ең egar Plant.— i: 
— acuminate sessile leaves, and erect sessile | observes that, from уа ridus d observations, the og eme 
Polit ary flov Mn the axils, the corolla having a slender | plant may be regarded as the mycelium of Penicillium 
cylindrical Ў віх inches long, and a limb of eight glaucum vegetatiug ctively, and increasing also b 
It isa native c rnando crop onidi dde t 
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th regard to the limitation of species, Mr. Bentham 
rops ешти. 
Ро, whence it was sent by Mr. Gustav Mann. s moniliform growth is at the same time scarcely dise 
1 oad views himself, but Dr. 
Mueller nis doy far фаб, driving him to the т 
of ən i gun policy in many cases of dispute, 
which Де thus refers in the following judicious 
Bowers freely when only ir to fures feethigh, Miconia | tingnishable from the Yeast pius by any satisfactory 
pulverulenta, & Peruvian Melastomad, introduced у Синаны, and repeated observations stron Лу y impres 
Mn. Veitoh, and shown "gir during the p with m idea that these objects are all referable to 
summ tisa a much branched br y plant, w Len species—the Vinegar plant being the fo of 
1 ll vane d leaves of а deep velvety vageiativod ow taking place at low or ordinary tempe- 
anner : 
* Man hr 5 of the varieties which I have indicated will 
be considered as — „реше by a large number of |. 
[weigh botanists; on other P onn SAIS are many | 
forms which I have adopt ve pen ro ch Dr. 
Mueller is disposed. to re Mia es I have 
yielded to his — rather aginst thé nido I 
bee beer come to from the mination of dried 
nu for Vietorian. pium ants especially, he 
poser б: pe advantage of observin the em living i їп | 
their native stations, plans i M myself much 
wit а and without 
this aid, I can full, ves t use which ca 
м made af ib pro ided du due эй he be bility ed : for it | 
snare, rarely occurs that many 
species y a avid are found together, so аз to admit of 
mparison ina growing state,and we are too apt in 
to them i^ Ша to recollections of Mate 
impressions. I do not consider it safe, therefore, to 
green, 5 by зме 3 idrib, and is very uids; while the true 
ornamental in caa s rs foliage, but rper TL Cd ih {у oe ia E^. am in. the › more г rapid 
|in pmo its flowers, which form a ,thyrsoid panicle, аач faking plac 
and a veloped E dense ferruginous tomentum. be "* Тһе Vinegar е ТИШ, греет асай, isa 
Welbia ; pinifolia, a composite herbaceous plant of South ugh, leathery mass often nse 
Africa, having the Sros stems sub-shrubby at the base, на e vinegar out ófa solution of sugar a and treacle; but. 
the leaves linear smooth above and hoary beneath, and the same plant exists i e del and diffused 
: А stems terminating іп а corymbose head of flowers, | form when other Serie iaegar siese are employed ; 
capitule of which consists of a tubular disk and | jq M, = eur shows that it coats the saak » 
ligulate ray —— th of an intense blood-purple twigs er which some manufacturer 
ei Ar iformis, а rare and little known | suitable “liquid to flow when they n » promote 
Wet Austr ап shrub, with — its acetibcation. If а in piece of the large 
| broadly linea ете, п nd large hite flowers marked bis ad Ады. =. Р" is examined карызы Бег a 
at dita — AS же petals with a r rich m stain. Itf in e power su flies i show what the ** Miero- 
forms uch branched and very woody shrub. Pet. Това: ary” describes, pee т ано і 
"e berg nd Pomologist аар х бена |jey а апа чо елны otn any shapes, often 
crenata flore- pleno, látroduned y Mr. Fortune, а very | resembling coherent cells ^ se sien —— like 
eleg fant dwarf hardy shr w T stems uf d rooping | Oidium, &c. ^ is also, e I hav mined, 
d flowers, which a tinged exteriorly | easy t thi 
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unite forms RTL b hw as distinct, 
80 in a large nu of spe cime ns god а great variety 
of stations ved variations 
account of 
unconfirmed by specim ens; nor. к д 
D 
opinion b 
adopted t the сотын which has “appe to me the 
and mentioned the Dbjection to it, for 
the Кынды, and, if possible, the decision of 
future botanists,” 
To the borticulturalis the volume before us has 
especial value, for 16 teems with descriptions rof pati 
which have for the whole of this Vent pne I 
i to ornam r gre 
wi н гей. here is o M "enc бія of the ТЫ АЙА; but, when duis structure is carefully еше, 
Victoria Nectarine, а. valuable new variety bred myriads of bacterium bodies appear, and are foun 
from the Ban i à bulk of the plant itself. І. 
^ hne 
ith the deep red st und iae wo ; 
fetal, pu bass it is " fortnight la later, and л month | This should be p" aced аро а glass slide, moistened - 
earlier than the Stanwick. акшы is likely to оин nate | with а "m: wa n qr stretched out by 
a new race of Noctis ore rich and saccharine in| means of a Еи peneil-holder, and the 1 
flavour than our present favourite Minn Amongst ien a * pini. When reduced by stretebing and 
the articles is one of some interest, entitled Hints on to a film no& exceeding a 250th or а 
the cultivation of the Grape Vine, by "Me. Meredith, 300th. ==, an inch thick, cover with thin glass, press 
of a steadily, and view with а s bigh. power, e dhé асһго+ 
2 resent :—Te slaan pper pe dn a sm: stop. immense 
LOT adame a Falc, v golden yellow, У iat d — of little pue bodies will then be seen; 
- cien 
"E nt Rose for pot culture; Petunia Mrs. Smith, | 8nd, п n 
d; carefully adjusted, a beaded form will appear sufficiently 
of varieties » with white bars on a magenta groun сай e the of оос to. жшн. ihey 
es have not been 
ng nu 
ouses and drawing-rooms, Bohis о! th : 
tai 67 species, al Ide of 
Tux x a and belon; Mg That the little bacterium 
which are large flowered and worth culti italien ; the 
i bodii 
ig imi 5 obtained by tearing big чи to pieces in n the stretching 
the old Plon eximium. vin орт ve pits Te ko ng 
a мен Ак: Garden are some very р d — eA xamination Fiet plant 
f Aal 
Á ope- | on Rose teje ed in this investigation Smith & Beck's one- 
гар vorked veniet =) second еуе-ріесе, giving а а Py acte 
ma, io 
talum; of the 57 Boronias, 26 "Hibiscus, and 7 Fugosias 
whilst of other orders, as Rhamnes, Cruciferz, Po etd- 
laceæ, which in other countries yield so many garden 
favourites, and which are all well represente та а 
| bloom, Such o orts as Madame Furtado and Louise of 1750 A minute drop of solution of iodine, 
Magnan are said A dwindle yu die after the first year followed. rj "another , minute drop of dilu te Sulphuric 
from the bud, and the writer s tro ngly з The 
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scarcely one presen шег wo 
vatory accommodation or the gera ener's skill and time. | 
It is interesting, amongst any strange and | 
unfamiliar рена of vegetation аз тўе contains, to 
and 
observe the number о a quen Жел genera, а! 
even species that are iod in ixed with them; 
us out of the 39 orders. described i in this y no, б |е 
аге з 2 565 “ яў ler 50 
European, wl 1 the 
аге . } д ш 
lia :— dri ets inne 
3l ulis T aee cM 
— gm d рофи рона 
Myosurus minimus opium ei ead 
Nasturtium palustre Stellaria glauca- - 
Barbarea vulgaris Bagina 'umbens 
` Turritis giabra 8 ia rubra 
Cardamine hirsuta ontia fontana 
Draba ш Geranium dissectum 
аа e farther find the genera Anemone, Caltha, 
er. аа Gypsophila; Vi Агам d ope 
enim, Blatine, ler Bare and Оха! pe Жын | oí 3 е-е Tar the 
А. Е аар 'or ver her. "The pages of the * 
allied io fus Raro afford a medium for that kind of 
In con e i ux e peri tire satis- pn ing and нй а 
faction with tbe way Mr. ео Da core his| which will be € to both the 
ergy to | reader, the querist 
Шрек "i to wish him heh and eu 
complete this great national 
undertaking. The Sonet doubt а field maara 
“IG Gladioli we must take another peera of norit in which e are > involved, and the ders сус 
here is also а paper on DT s Seedling Tulips, | in which they are embedded je in м ide шй ан. may 
vii are highly spoken of, t hough it is a. that as only di differ а дем Ж” the more delica 
y breeder bulbs have been let out without namej;or | in which th e kind of bodies. ежа ае 
po don and аа eing *'named eve rywhere and "by they form he еде the surface of infusions, or 
тегобе ? endless confusion will ensue.: adhere in а L3 
s Chronicle ів » now реу | 
intended to su iA in some measure the 
defunct * Ph ' and for the; present 
Manor Street, Chelsea. 
that it is in 
scie! m 
вау, а 
4 p 
ifie 
ne field of science, 
b and encouragement. 
» | This Я бте Ба, or mather it н 
tended to give гөн what із far more 
means of themsel 
