THE 
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r 
readily distinguished | 
| possible e that 
mini woo increase 
perp 
w employed \ will, it is shaped, ren nder 
any mistake she ould be made e by ev 
is resem-| 
more than instruct. | | order. i 
it im-| bined with fi 
en 
the | 
í The manner in which the work i is ildetzated sa mas 
n 
winter, when a solita 
Seeds of the Baboo 
were in the room for such F 
‘them. 
blossom is 
l'or Poineiana ot oe 
LINNEAN SOCI TY. 
— cues Brown, Esq., V. Pai n the Chair. Among 
‘the pres n the table was the 5th Number of the 
“ “Botany of the Naye of H.M.S. Su ulphur,” under the 
f Capt t. Sir ee Beleher, i in = 42, on 
“ons 
neil o iss Drake. F. Staines S, Esq., of San Louis, 
otosi, Mexico, to ho: the Botanie Gardens at Kew 
‘are indebted for ‘several ‘splendid specimens of Cacti, 
ted by Dr. Horsfield, 
ebiefs. 
or the Rudiments of Botanical Science. 
Ph.D., E.R: ey Sree a ow a ny 
lege, Lo ndon. 
Botany ; 
By f in A 
sity Coll 
work was originally prepared, in ay to 
meeta regulation of the U; hi 
it was required of all students, that, two o years preview! y | 
degree, „iy ae me Fas 
€ The 
er subjects, in 
tural omnes ad 
ous purpose of this regulation was to:make 
go uainted with the nam 
on ti 
ae: Saag Sh ees 
dy-of Botany; but there is one opinio! 
‘importance of knowing the names of the plants of | 
n man to make use, or which he is con ay 
with. There isn t day a person | 
of any intelligence, i whe dis dca! 
i ignorant of such things, 
_ Rot regret ‘that some portion of rd youth should not | 
3 this came 
have is n devoted to of inquiry. | 
ae ire gentle’ who put himself to con- 
siderabi ble treuble and no Sutil | expense to ai! a sack 
3 of Horabeam seed from Florence to London, would Have! 
ES ved the exertion orn- 
=> grew in ab te; and it may 
3 undance on 
A E safely asserted that Sacto oe eg peel c oje 
3 rty which prodi beautifu 
"tree in Windsor : aaa ren 
eta orhan skond be cae ofi gaining an naeyeaitane i with 
mata. 
0.’8 service at Penang ; ; 
PLS, ‘ 
Fig. cxcvrir. 
x N 
x 
Fig. 
+ ie aaant Eip =. 
CXCIX 
uneuiata. 1. å flo 
eter 
oe Fig. Eby —Q: 
in ti ce 
s perih plan ts of his own 
n pre- 
im to Ms “20. t 
Ca pein y G 
The h, or to e 
aara o lea n by themselves, the mere 
‘Science. Ti is the first step to an 
with the subject : and i th 
at if any 
nee to master the wee con- 
i aad then be in position gr 
oe Non is in fmeieitn be rds with ease.” 
have ponds the woodeuts employed in the first edition of 
in al hat and it includes no more ; 
one should have the pa 
_ tents of the vol 
occasion. 
attainable gi ia imdispensabie | | 
ai K or racy as is t 
have been acquired by the student who learns no 
than he sari And in its pages. 
Toren ——— 
ac ndria 
e et gg from Rio i in “op and added 
of Sir 
16.—1845.] GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 259 
Guatemala; Dendrobium densiflorum and Heyneanum, | served in Apes. the illustrations. To the untrained | been found necessary to illustrate books coarsely and 
the latter a lovely species, wit sass Somes vA pe in | eye, plants are too much alike i = reality ; ill executed, | | badiy if they are, o be sold v ery chea p, or * Sr a Bese 
A rac odeu thi 
+ 
d with the > gre eatest of It 
is for the publie * eenaa whether the saponi 
| shall succeed o 
“New 
AERIDIF 
Gyna 
be 
NDRUM (Stove Epiphyte.) 
eae an plant was 
collection 
. Lemon, Bar 
o 
o E. well as to 
with tbe former a n foliage, and 
ded 3- rg 
respects fro 
d fleshy, partly terrestrial, 
I pera adhering for suppor wait 
mf ny ett m may ben near it _ The stem 
kind nt t bi eos te ad = 
thin o ; 
oni. ren pe 
bearing a l is g 
ably sweet; stented in the day 
The leaves are 
stem 
length, and an inch, oran iach and a 
are of a dee 
constant 
as oth 
i Pa nitty green, 
oe with trout fea at the point, aad 
nicle of din , Tetpark 
t the extre remity. 
alternate, thick a rigid, yes the 
at the base. They vary from 6 to 8 inches in 
ey in breadth, and 
eral places 
nave | 
plant 2 conte 
The 
ent of a damp stove, and the same treatment 
+ esac 
m our stoves. It was sent 
oburn m Abbey, ty Mr. Forbes, who recei 
| Me: exico, 
CALCEOLARIA FLORIBUNDA Copons ‘tomeing ae 
wort. (Greenhouse Perennial), 
i nia.— Our gard kaa s arag in Calceolariæ 
-tropical South America ; but 
nown alive in t "y country from kissd tropis 
New sai me The 
regions of the 
species is from the e of Quito, re it was 
gathered by lem Mr. Veit aes American co 
lector, and sei Tt 
Veitch’s 
ably mores 
z4 ERT 
BG So TARBO T 
A 
«or 
ag lca tao in pa tip + sar pA arias 
Slender Aotus. Aegis oa 
—This 
tus, w] 
t Kew by 
e have ae reared it from 
Aortus GRACILLIMA. 
Le i 
vena sm 
do. ; 
. per Arti ection of! | 
tie Q show! ct bie ie orales, Fi a E aaa 
uercus ig. 
=o 
e 
intimate acquain mal nee 
ere can be no | doubt that avery 
— 
itted to tanii as —— ta price of 
ent made for he purpose 
Dicom Hugel, imported from the sa 
itseems peculiar, Mr. “ia 
both ‘sent dried speci 
ry copious flowers, so 
n the branches as to conceal a. leaves of bs <n 
thus its beaut; 
end it to every greenhouse. 
of. the genus were known 
and both natives of Eastern 
others are 
omen the Swan River 
Maga. 
Garden Memoranda. 
Stistead ~~ Nig Seat of O. 8. Onley, Fig Ny 
visited this and its folie oe pag em 
The house, "bai h n the I 
uated ‘on wae: vat di 
extensivo visk ot vig valley of the Blackwater and the 
Sige country ; and the ardens and pleasure- 
T> 
eir v 
y s, in pe erfect Pi oe and co 
ye with ‘aug — pee 
| It is with pleasure 
dite prer gorgeous: nae 
nine y hi 
rot enpioa s 
a Tice, as 
for the great cost of Hitherto it has 
of strated. works on aaka history at 
the publishers 
Li, doubt that ere few ilarvatones will se 
ound destitute of so e a ES 
early spring.—0. 
