et case ;| tions which affect the disease of ] 
be provisional | amongst Orchids, are applicable bent Oe 80 prevalent 
As regar e latter pl 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. Arnis 16, 1859. E: 
with the extensive library of the British Museum. Sir p been given to the arrange ement of the garnet case 
wi H R, Dr. J. Hooxer, and Dr. Lin kr but su su ch an arrangement can only 
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eral e 
Museum to 1 ically r S 
Kew, with the view of ETE hini pop And this Ls dee organ is : t 
‘more complete, b long at the ked by Prof. OwEN who has only to remark appear in specimens gathered in their native e 
head of the Botanical Garden fe "Cents and Professor ror the reference by Prof. MASKELYNE to the| of growth. The combined effect of moistu Place 
1 the late eminent Garnet Series’ exemplifies the inconvenience depressed temperature is we believe in pine. 
ore ae rec ovs d f a small laboratory of instances the real cause of mischi de 
— ; by of the continued wa nt o , e of mischief, th 
rémoval would be of great disservicé to science by x goniom external ey ents may ocasiona ally — 
ivi ni s: 
central oen Herbarium and Dieses. In this work, specifie nongst n "requirements of vi nile effects. M. J. B. 
inci 1 : e y at the time of his appoin 
" Next day the are informed * THE PRESENT SPRING and LATE WINT 
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deine pa 
dew ishes th e eh erbarium bequeathed Wi Sir JOSEPH | ment. ext day t trustees 
Mr. 
“The herbaria at Kew, and the Lat a are, | DES Ne antorin, 1 and Cos sent 
by m the greatest part of them, private pro and by Mr. NEWTON, as well as those from Carthage, be s fe (it 
only ssible to the public under certain a y Mr. Davis, gio arrived, 1 for April 1. e h ve (in Paris) before ou 
hich with the 160 0 blocks of gend 5 ded b y the|eyes an Almond tree which had expanded j 
the Peg collections could be deposited, and no staff [with t gentlem 5 pre vation. of these flowers by the 28th of February, an Apricot im 
sufficient for its care, and the pucem x T epee? remains of ipie da art is bis 2d of great im- | in bloom ye the 3d of March, and a Pear tree 
acoosions. Iti * sisted Wt k t the Briti A Museum porta: ance, as no other country y possesses any of them, By the 29 Mat 
and Kew is very large. In additio the ell as artists, i : i itg of the Luxembourg ooked like 
considerations it is clear that such a eranefer a above | speak of them with admira ation and envy. The fairy lang. ‘Every branch of every tree was white 
$ nor antiquities from Carthage are in some parts of the e-coloured a e used by M. 
to your sub-committee, can the question be seriously | Basement : e cases are one on the o x 5 
oim ed un vor the Government fas decided upon | Endeavours are Mee g made to find room un- | the 26th March 
erecting the necessary buildings at ch and providing | packing ke temporarily displaying the e is as th 
E — establishment in that loc And sh ed afterwards the —— MA that is shown by some curious instances of mild winters 
r these reasons the 3 were unani- more antiquities e expected from Cnidus. BARRAL i 
e of opinion that it is W desirable to re- As nearly the whdlo p ps space wider the colon- | | fo 
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* accordingly. At all events it is clear 13 asement for wan it of ro sewhere. white with bloom. So again Prrenor relates that 
or A in e a ig 
any other of the natural history collections | e so that fresh arrivals may be expected 42. — on Christmas Day and Twelfth Night 
-can remain in Great Russell Street, whatever may | fro d artha oung maidens were decorated Vi 
be their destination; and we hardly suppose it Fin ally, as it to complete the difficulties of the  Bluebells " (Bluets—surely not Centaurea Cyanus, 
-to be intended that the British Museum should position, Prof. Owen lays before the board his or Bluebottles), „and Primroses, and in 
zn its site. We also remark that on the|views of what is required for the publie display 1421 the winter was so mild that Cherries were 
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n na ons. in in . T 
poned considering the 2 report of the sub-co ittee | the views of this high authority, above 11 acres an account by MARALDI of the winter of 1718, 
letter of ground are required fo side - History een ; which seems to have been still more ex 4 
i . «ddr and a quar ** Most trees, in February and March, were 
5 cba est nei it a rm pn toe answer had | of galleries each 50 feet vid end iont — feet with flowers which were eut off by the frosts of tbe 
Sedet been received at the end of last Februa It | high, [onse Aii libraries, a theatre, store end of March and beginning of April, At Mar- 
; E eben 8 at the Treasury is delibe- | DES rooms, offices, and sides for | an fruit I mm 2 i € eee mal 
$ : e officer i^ etober, and produced fruit whic I 
It is 2 a ma! ater o of org notoriety that even last uch is the present state of the — History jus ri x pene On the 18th Dee. Cherries and 
2 1 E the Tru = tees Y" i been for 1 85 . n nable | eia! and the British Museum Apples v me gathered perfectly ri In thing 
space for a lar; same 
objects of sil Rind, which: vere therefore pur fnppened vi i itd Plums, Oh e "Fig, and Peces 
Nay 14 cellars à d vn B th E weeks since we rcceived from a correspon- Oran ye e d 
et hab. Bod WEE sol "genter dista | Kent two PINE APPLES WHICH EXHIBITED | to d petii d to ond their fruit 
On the Sth 0c t. they were informe d by Mr. 177, | A VERY CURIOUS FORM OF DISEASE. We conte nted In Prova the Olva trees wers as forward in 
on its way from Budrum, trig antiquities ad perita 2 ps pud trio urgency techie: We Add ca Ed Ei $ 1 5 Tk 
s us 
Carthage, amon — PM Me Hn: alone|information on the s ject. This ^ V haves DU — os RRAL, because we have alr ady seen 4 
of which co i PUR eei tote tho digh’ unfortunately we have little Har x S dun information 
al. e, ot cause, the case is too important to respecting D vegetation » pU ne 
n the 19th| ‘The disease comm ordinary seasons of the years 
owe : ences when the fruit is just to com- 
f our last volum peus a a e M x vati — voip bs have gone t the 1250 e Elend. i . eet ta 
5 ian and the fruit becomes k fiale and dies. ° rer of those ote TOR ebie een 
a Ene. tion gradu extends u s and do eure s 
j cuneed ; a ey | ti —€— 
Ex hace 5 — . that the provisi Sonal till the greater part seems ii mass of MAD qu Wew Plants. 
provided ior begi im tion he provi "ra pei a late yan of the disease fungi make their | 217. 8 amn 1 a 
Evo CER an e e ene RI | lam, e 
: e ionantha of the Belgian 
“the Trustees another Ec., kar d VN | The first ‘point in all such e ases is to as ce ria the “This i isi indeed a very lovely stove ve plan 0 g 
j Majo 5 earnestly die aan á * us inger ones footly h are dead, | * whose 5 1 
vernme psi ; larg 
— n importance of the pant before the dis ve petal — a of pp minute tooth of the bee v 2 
valuable addition to our national collecti are of such a healthy green as to lead to © | petiolatéd, deep rose-coloured, foli aceous lo deer pm 
iqui i . pus Wed of elusion that there is nothing materially ions What, fakes pi pace S respect piro DE 
i about them. i " : 8 | well-known enda of o . ST 
from i a ne to Bete hens e authorities of En would Se Rs) to oad foes de ire A E interesting in onn point of v pie , as - ofa ne 
| i Arm 5t order n « lants, though | genus of which the typical s ze 
to find room for other im t ba of the rs free from scale, are by no means infested with | Weddell, of "Bolivia, has ben d detected € 49 1 
o b barks of 
5 n Ee prm ; injurions, and as h 8. To th 
are lamentably deficient; and they or as, a ar as we have heard, the mode Bolivians in intermittent fevers. To ths 
ine a: in 3 of disposing of Way of s e or ur xl be g . It is quite | | Weddell has assigne he — 1. pis 
discreditable t à: injurious to the works and plant are di at where the tissues of the oii nag 1 says Dr. E ® Guinguinäs, 1 9 
o the country." 2 n the evil has not spread from | © a Monographie des o, um a hoin ( . 
, Barly in January Prof. MASxELYNE reports that diseased r € seal rnin e Trane antre fimile. 
* „je ; 
a ey minerals dew a 2 to their final classitica- | some oe sane Hay A COME my wii fea onl is a to donner à ma Rubiacée un ble ampi J Hs 
exact and definite ar- | di res hed s be | ce me semble qu'un justice en laissant © 
3 of a large number “= nerals will be thè vet 8 surf. pr ogy? detect in r elui qe Pe allen nologite —. 
3 until the means are furnished to the | chilled after s yri fig, fr TR the froit gets 
partmen i Ber ied nd | radiation, or f raughts of air, from | qu’a ew — sur es “collection $ de Quinqu 
examining the minerals by those chemical, erys- | whi are Kalli b T cause | Pavon, léguée par a 
9 and optical methods, which, in the examinatio: < the 
—— perse indispensable, Tor lee 2 - put e-do not therefore We understand that Mr. Howard hab mee o 3 
: discri ud Until there a proper room 1 ich Dh e. constitution almels dy ene * yi 3 bed eminent botanical ie craving a N 
for che vens i" for „ applications. We h — A ane yo sig rnal» some of the authentio specim of m 
— es, the arrangi of the | dense in Pine A 4 where the ore sini 5 Off preserved in city. à the Caracess | 
provisional, $ ik re have the fruit were affected, and the same pie tase, This Howardia Caracasensis is from tn? $ 
its name implies. 
