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S yg 5 fair kitchen gard i very constant. 
age and I instructed | I have Bes al bots “a pli pee ng uP rire |; strosity of Papaver , which was very Ene 
tions which he mentions, so as to windows of a I f 
him “to take the procan i ry mall green house, acing the T mirs bear 
ld, the soil being free from any | only care I hav e found ing 
ensure as far as he could, uy > ound necessary, i to fill oe the Da ALCO Organs. 
OS doen a 7% se Flynn h he below the ends of the cut- Allman’s explanation of £ prepare to admit P. ner 
e’s report FR E a = 20th Pps pare inc os I wait till s tion of tl on 
d four pots o heat, four of Oats ine r two i in length, pr ; 
for of Barley ; two grains were put into each pot, and | small hen pot each young plant in a| ing’ the Baran of F E had edt saia iko 
gol was apecrpak GERS t 2 A orto | days. Those. raised | early in spring I plant out; the the axis. Mr. farkara isian] tie iy abies backs to 
epsure no other seed being amongst it. pots 
placed in a cold frame, and as soon as the seed | ing spring; they take from a forin; night seine, of Se empervivum tectorum, similar to that of the 
iben d 6 inches in height, it was all cut | to b d, the earlie: poi 
rung and grown 6 inche © become rooted, the earlier z- sprin a Sjan pi 
r the surface of the pots. The second and third | strike ; tho ough in a cold par P ices; esky of ‘eae 
Dr. LANKESTER thought there was no occasion to have 
cuttings were made when the plants had Akained the | Salvias, Calceolarias as, Mimuli, and Balm of — Pris te 
of Kent, many of our | recourse to the idea of th 
pels: It was not uncommon f for to be 
t of 4 or 5 inches, and the last cutting took place | viv last winter ae rotection, and are now | devel aha 
= end of October. The plant s were then ones thriving plants, 5 pl Ia wouid cone fi Single tumn of w Sage ea 
to a cold Vinery, wh re hey remained all winter, In Wasp-trap.—T he f following is considered to be Dr. The turning of the leaf iii normal in 4 
spring, the Wheat lid mcg 4 adal Sone Ht ut 1 two improve m ent upon similar traps which have been ubed some pe een 
plants of Oats had died. In y y years wit much success :— ‘rofessor read 
ie April, hea plants were turned out of the a and Put about an inch an d half in depth of water in A eh pi arah ee 
h 
n the kitchen garden. The Wheat has teen | bott th i p 
Eir more than three weeks, and the wanes more | of the bottle, “hold the whole pee the wall-fruit in 
than The Oats have come into ear a few da ays | which the was e eating. Was slightly dis. 
_— — tal the s ical + pe The Rypothesis of the 
escent tl 
od specimens all the tireo oe turbed, gerionlly descend a a little “Be they take wing, | fi wr r fro jia pire! ‘a henry A ete erat 
th 
ago, and very goo 
are, every one being after its own kind. mee when gorged with food ; i the ieclation of 
tion that they were not only labelled, but the. een \ ls rthere isa 
single was 
were mairg on the outside of the pots. ai om ae ithe p or erae mblages ie dividuals from those centres, and the 
i de six o 
Sam to deal with, they will | existence of Beima or very local plants remains to be 
: Pace 2 zon usually i all taken, and they cannot | accounted for. Natural port, the fap of the 
‘onde ecu ners a san oe way out of the bottle. | sea, rivers and winds, and Syringe animals or 
ee ed o ee a over vite 7 pe Shak e vei up with the water, and, f thro ae aa e agency of man, are mea: a majority 
E opinion <i is, exe it as oe ia oe me waspa out ebay ad lt ie als mon ee een a = ae alo ay agi he ban 
5 em. sen l 
Oats not surviving the winter well, and other seeds ~ of w he cas ; but if such plants be found in areas 
aie wa vse iea growing when the bes a all nests ‘ound, amen Ero ‘the ee ono thet by considerable intervals, 
ition s range roun garde the influe: soil or 
aye repe ake ee ora Inf a | lime must be sought to account Dr their presen 
t y aroa Was mile of the e gar mee but whate ver the | This cause the author proposes to seek in an ancient 
rally recommended, viz., good soil, with one- P- quantity of wasps may be they will connection of the outposts or isolat ith the 
and watered once a week all through the | be RTA reduced by the use of this t trap.— | original e subsequent isolation of the 
tran rea growing, which I think | 7. N. P ormer through geological changes and events, especially 
m their splendid pies which ita oudon’s Work entitled “ Hints on the hc nag those dependent on the elevation and depression of 
n trom 20 to 60 on each plant.— it n of Guns and Pleasure Grounds, with Designs | land. Selectin ng the flora of the British Isles fora first 
Humbug.—It is om that jer eee to procure the deep | i in various a of Rural E Embellishment, Pe §e.On illustration of his P: 
e, you must bud upon the co — late husband’s books and papers, with | the fact, well known to bota of certain sj species of 
e fi re shown at the st horti i- | the view of colon cting materials is —_ ing a short ac- | flowering plants being fou ms rex: bas in Pl ar 
racted universal viene count of his life, to be prefixed to his posthumous | that area at a great distance from the n t assem- 
vered this secret has been | work (“ Self. “Instruction,” &e.), I ‘ind that = year | blage of individuals of the same patea ais in countries 
y for it.” Such nonsense] 1812 he published a work ‘called “ Hin the | beyond it. Thus many plants peculiar in the British 
g will do it sooner | Formation of a 5.” ‘Ke ew as I do a2 ili Flora to the west of Ireland have the nearest portion of 
Humbug. [ their | any copy of this work, and wish ve: ch to see it, | thei centres inthe north-west of Spain ; 
as well as g places. 1. The Rose | I should be greatly obliged to any person po: ing aj confined with us to the so promontory of Eng- 
e fine double yellow | copy, either to lend it to me or permit me to purchase it, | land are beyond our shores found in the channel isles 
wa et an Fah grown in the | —J. F oudo on, 3, Porchester Terrace, Bays swaler, and o opposite ¢ coast of F rance ee the vegetation of the 
iscovery has Pra made, and Mushroom g e opposite part of the 
S “equen nobody ast has been paid | for it.] = 4 E up here, th gh n ge q ies, since the b gi continent, and the Alike Yegelation of 
ples, &e., a S a pi. air PR 1 É Scottish Highlands is ted to that of 
ae “account of the gran oe “exhibition s Tordeultera skill | orders were manured w last. year’s bed, Noein Alps. T The great mass e British Flora 
on the 21st of June with mu = ure— | which © was aoe errs of shee ariris and an bore has its most intimate relations ast on of Western 
iven us figures of several of an extra- | a very fine crop. I have not seen any in ural | Germany, The vegetation of the British Islands may 
of rt ats andthe heights diameter, secures | habitats. —J. Halliday, Lynedoch. be said to dn a a of ee ee u a west 
rs, allo relan 
and valuable to us ho. live eae a Societies. le naea “of that Giatrict. 2d, vg amr 
htions, or of <P ortunity mangione oe eX | BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE. |to that of the south-west of France, extending from the 
ol ut with energy ne or Bood g MENT OF SCIENCE. aA eisd yank ol iboan ina ae 
58.) | east an of the south-west o F 
rn deseriptions of fer allo PALPE Professor Arrman la laid els the section a monstro- | common to the north of France and south-east of Eng- 
means of stimulati ting ue aes exertion, and give | sity, occurring in ees k en This monstrosity, | land, and especially developed in the chalk 
ri unity of Maintainin hich was one of high st, was discovered by i 4th,an Alpine flora, developed in the mountains of 
sed to h On ratioun, Still, T should have been | Andrews, Esq., on the mountains of Ke i about three | Wales, no orth of Engl and and Scotland ; and 5th, a 
a clear ae desertion given nea the | years ago. Mr. An drews has cultivated it in his ead B it MOETE p 
e no particular account; , re- | Britain and Irela = 
pecimens—pretty, but anal d bei mah slight ds, 
|, a fine Providence, &e., but no | even erin of nel hee zp seed. Fhe Daiei | indicat ing “its eas terly EA peri relation to the cha- 
umference, diameter, let, or may be ir s briefly described :—The three external | racteristie flora of northern and western Germany. 
fruits ; this would Dot nly be i erticils normal, but between the stamens and | Interspersed comedy the members of the last-named 
at alue, giving us a n opportunity of of | pistil there is is developed a series of adventitious carpels | flora are a very few specific centres peculiar to the 
we might be behind gardeners n crowded upon the margin of a cup-like production British isles. The sates numbers rs these floras ac 0 
g a ar orementi in BAE to | whi ch ‘surroands the lower half of the pistil. These | ing to magni nitu de as to spec jes, and — in me — 
e following will gives m ventitious carpels g ] k periods oi „0 
c-apples we are producing here:— | anomalous fact of having their backs turned to-| tion into the area of the British islands, His conclu- 
weighed 106 lbs. 8 oz, impens] wards the a of the flo ower. _ They be ear numerous sions on this point are the follo owing i—l. The oldest of 
a 5 Ibs. each 3 one weighed 5 II he j m floras now composing the vegetation of the British 
3 the circu ging | are Aee. terns and present the appearance of a | isles is that of the mountains of the west of Ireland. 
and t the length ss sh fti = | gland-like ring surrounding the pistil. me —— be- Though an Alpine flora, it is southernmost in € 
ope mi evga of the longing to the adventitious carpels acquire a very con ite distinct as a system from the floras of the 
Pier not a io “he we at | deekie degree of development, becoming ropi Scottish and Welsh 1 Alps. Its very peo AE 
equally w + ing ame x fruit—we have anatropal, like those contained within the ] 
would k aea reied; of ase a bulk and | ovary, and a en Pe e secundine and nucleus | its satin pointing to a period when a great moun- 
be behind, that interesti ng to kno w far we | with a well marked v raphe: can plainly be seen, | tain extended across the mouth of the Bay of 
gnergy, bein sr: Sanm Y- | Dr. Allman explained oes singularly anomalous cha. Biseay yin ‘Spain to Ireland. 2. The oe of 
Cultivating faks catia th that the true racter of this ser koe by supposing the existence of | the wou aoe nents in “rs io, probable oly ate, de- 
y unders; rul 5 n 2 sey 
s impro Tovement hoes which sti fate 
re a simple certain rul m h in its fl east of Britain, and ea to Ireland. 3. The distribu- 
m hungry ati ae The above fruit w. ne sre secondary a nat. Fa es sible | f the third flora depended on the connection of 
‘ sods of clayey Joam, mixed with condition of development ; ; the three outer whorls | the coasts of France and England, towards the prom 
sng nd ry pi tation ; ste poe ana all those pistillary carpels which | part of the channel. i the 4 he isto ao 
3 over the drainage, | would, if pr 
Gardens, Sidmouth, Devon. hto being p so in a state of complete abortion. The fourth, or Alpine tint of Scotlan land and Wales, was ef- 
384, I find in Neumann's | se condary axes then adhere with each other, and with fected dur ing the glacial period when ihe mountain 
tions on striking cuttings the no — p istil, p ue aps on — summits of Britain were low islands or members of 
Pagation demands constant and ‘sie ing carpels of th ondary ax chains of a extending to the area of Norway 
» 3 and again, “In con- | rily ikte their backs pips to “the normal pistil, being ae a oes ial sea and clothed with an arctic vegeta- 
this Proceeding offers, | referable to these axes an J ead hich, on the m upheaval of the land and 
t, execpt,” &e. Now, | the flowe quent change of came limited to the 
nse 
e florists who take | Professor Henstow thought this ban _— interesting summits of the new- Teee and still existing mountains. 
to say, for four saceuniciley: that ae ever been n record, He/|5. The distribution of the fifth o r Ge ermanic flora de- 
rs of Salvias, Caleeo- | co one not, however, think with tet 
Verbenas, and other plants | th , that Gee ovule was erde d in the axis of | the pRa connection of Ireland with rarte, and 
trouble; and more ce: Asray E He exhibited, at the same time, a mon-|of England with Germany by great plains, the frag 
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