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~ 98 bw leich 1 aot ther ‘baskets. We observed i m 
A henias in square wooden box 
Princesse se Royale ar nd Sir Harry — — xem eic — xh vas x feet a Triehoman M vong in: the genera Cates va Vanda, "m Acida 
B ¢ . E Sis eee qne o ‘the sorts | the latter were —— the Wes si Indian E no in RN o edu ed de ioa lean [hens ^o dt 
assin Pears; Bancrofti, reptans, ra md, w] formerly 
Verte longue) andthe Was Krausii, A, made to intro- | quarters, and in which-it is thou h thei at 
fot and Royale ale de Tours — 18 0. 17 0 f this | Zealand reniforme. Atte empts have een om nias dea bs 5 ght M they wi 
ates not reiche coed for pasty in _~ have hitherto failed ; » owever pe send is what was expec ced from the 1 
D dti omanes | forem 
— s if they might eed. These i 
e Miei -— risen ga qai mp 8 5 and glasses, having the form of he Victoria house, which h 
D perder 1 a apen — = —— ordin ip Wan Te dta ed and surrounded with e VERE for the Roni Wate AN 
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esky al alpen: We are glad to see that science piante ted in mei earthen ^ 
pé ace in its ene cr Phil that of | t Fo re fang. the mor p ions, ye e 2 iare, au the coltivation ofA be I 
Alpha on Man among the Mammoths, and Philcenus on | Fern-house L ema dd na. Dor We lest Sear d REND e 
h eci getation tastefully set off by ging 2 companntivels small slate tank in aul 
Wine, wort ay. ^ 
— n — E — n era scopo. “which e boo x SS noticed the climbing Here it grov ws and bloom dl ee j ane e 
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iit believe that Fron ch . — would be k by of Verde hana E propabiy tle pret o a all | fl agat reprint E : cu | : 
the tude, even if they hir be had for ‘nothing. [o other plants of the Y Cunni 8 from the neighbour- are fenestralis) used to occupy temer ths: 
W | hood af Sydney in. 1825. hpt A it has fallen into n heit. Tes roots a 
owered. This, however, it may be ei AJ de 
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am. dinner tables, 
soil 
— — ‘tha as been done it „„ 
: Messrs. Syme, Simms, gales pecan à in regard to colour. In the morn- since that n - ll i L collects 
d ually recovering. A 
e Ss Smii Glasgow) — 25 Flowering Bulbs. ing it ae 3 thed Lycopod, — as X | plants in pots placed here not only adde 
ee — f the On re trained Cissus 
ke pe : Le variety. "the roof a ing 
5 aceompan mied by ‘short notes pon colons, m | "oet increases m da arkness, when p sone Ta up rg es 
A fine 
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| shifting colours of this kind have as yet pas 3 : ir brought from 
Garden Memoranda. the succulent house a young Am n Aloe i conver Tand, end tended fir zem 
BOTANIC GARDEN, Kew.—Our readers will | abo at to open its blossoms. _ Its flower o» with bangii E the work nit pier " Pu Wd 
be pleased to learn that Government has at last candelabra-like doy Aj vrai iom: 9 * F uhr A e y LA ty te 
granted to this establishment what has been so long striata has also been in —. — ios = 1 il 225 
Wanted in it—viz. a conservatory capable of holding what i is somewhat uncommon. in a cool house like this 
"eva hed — arias, Eue alee Pacte and o ~ "me. per 5 not ti Soe tome 
“hard. wooden, ^ half-hardy plants, for which half the size of Cogs Golden Drop Plum, and i the nnecuon- wy prime 
rangery and — hou: -— in — e they int Den i^e rne — Brazilian. : Dycki — ora Wr | the thes 15. fmiding the Botanie Gade 
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hat precise form this new building may Mako is | long slender stems nch orange in colour and er M 
as x uncertain; but the ground plan for it|handsome. ssociated w ith these was an example of a oth appear to D ‘iy EET pis 
exhibits three parallelogr ms, divided by two kind of South African Water Rush, now called Prionium | wt furs WO, SOUR MEE gap o 
i ected 
a 3 
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tagons, each of the latter * — feet in Palmita, a fibre e- yielding pla which it is expec NE uir add, in pei, cert that the 4 lch "d 
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diameter. The centre parallelogram is 212 feet article of commerce. 
in length and — fost i in width, and hi two end Fibre rend from this, 5 — ato every way good of pines with which iex “Tata 
ones each 112 feet in length and 62 wide. It will thus | quality, may be seen in the Museum. become furred up, the in eh ai vus n : 
be seen that the aliens — "e the e building w will Novelties are at present chiefly confined to plants the of them by srog Tar eof en ffc im foa e a * 
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* — ee Ne anie M Oe OF oe | adopted in ether places WEBER aan End eat 
obtained. 
in the pleasure ground, betw vm great Pa Im-house | mention em alr eady been made lur 
and the Pagoda, a little to the tight of the vista lead- however noticed some new Palms fi ro —— the Mauritius 
latter. ich appear to 
— course of formation on — oe e Sion be different from any at present in valti of Miscellaneous, 
; two im bn soon Borassus f "ibelliformis there is also a burg ‘plant, giten of Edinburgh. eins Uu 
c rede added to Une highly in voies. — whieh i ummer Session 1859:— : 
of this great establishment. The orname Many years have been de in trying to get ici within 20 miles o i 
— T Tet also begin | this es ani i at Kew; ls hpc us od — Edinburgh (Silver Medal). is L 
to be attractive, more — Conifers, all of which | While Palms we may m the great | 464 species and varieties, collected between 
have thriven remarkabl In some of the large Elm | Palm of India — imbri 21 taken 35 1858 and 18th July 1859. William P 
troos with which this 8 ee 4 the eem years to acquire a. heigt cane more than a foot. | Stirling. This i 28 
decorated, wi vever re t "t, it makes pl ms impossi ieti 
e bw =e ecte cup 
Served symptoms of decay, an evil ilic a unusually get t to form a top, while in — sati country the 1859. II. Prize offered by Professor Simpson 
dry summer we have just experienced may hav ft i peci i —— of ie ' 
to acce cele rate. ii à " men exist in the Museum measuring nearly 3 feet | sitive Plants.—1 un Colds 
e grounds are at pre- | iameter. Med 
ud extremely gay with D cud. m especially | In — Palm-house, which for these * wo er three | 2. 2. Jobs S Linge Dine fom 
the little garden in front of the larg rge Palm-house, the | years has mS 8 Progressive improvement Meintjes, junior, jolie 
vases, charmingly filled with scarlet Geraniums, m its arrangement, some impor wes — are Experiments on the Eff 
een surround the little lake there, and p bed — of its ble quen upants have | Gases on Plants.—John S. Li 2 
uc the sides of the principal walks. The arrange- | already —— all but too high. for the house, lofty IV. Prize given by Dr. W. A. F. Browne for m! 
bres ^ n regard to bedding po observed Bat v season, thug it is, view of affording | on the Comparative M. 
P ly 2 ab p. of our volume for 1858, e head end room as well as ol saving the trouble and Systems of Classification 
ptions they have been employed again this year, which they are growing, tubsand all, , areto be “let, „ | Prizes pi fi 
ww even with better effect than last. Nothing in its into a bed of eil ped for them below — eee riam Br 
hs dn yoke dg Be a eee than the dwarf This will involve much labour; 3 but Acceda once accom- | Leone. Certificate of Merit. 
vill ay | Edinburgh. V. Prize giv 
m tention of the 3 rte = may be seen at = that not only are the Mimi Cycads, Palms, Son for Dissections of ae 
Ver Calen — Sore Hamilton 
Other 
in 
the house contains 1 
t 1 of vegetatio: William 
‘Rots, Fs an | Mignoncite are ao =z e per- | = excollent t condition [^ e gigantie Ensete -— 26, — ‘dion wo 
nensis We observed some charming Ii a nan antain tree, although little mo: 3. John Drum VE! Prise 
h when judiciously introduced as the 
are reall 
abou nt 80 fet in height, nd White, Haddi 
eget n 
isl — and Germination of 10 named i 
ered John S. Livingston, Edinburgh (One 
some | Half); Peter n gton 
VIL a Monthly € 
i ) ice th n te —, 
Beauty, h jen as sub VP “ee gut 3 perfe: Sera: — oes a porti hile í teri a “ot Books 2 Se er 
its lini y on of the interior of tl 
beside , Altho ough not s in all of a house, filled chiefly with. dreds — ee e erdt (value 
88 wing reason: it is usually treated an n | eee ind, is u plant of Cereus: MaeDonal n Junior Division.— (Number of co 
Stove plant Es bj ta TORIO AR. of Tie uced between three d four be 
I subjected Tto pao excitement all | blossoms, creamy white in em * 
AI ps 1 2 fact it | all but hardy and | some 14 inehes in eter. So mas i rng - 050 
RA M on of rest. It is decidedly an autumn- | this t ipie S 86 | Bic Andrews (290) ; 8. 
LN ing plant and will not flower well at a any ‘other | than it js It om af th 2 better known — 4. T 
5 should be wintered dry and cool, and started | Some of 5 — . rea e 
ta 1 when a brisk growing — will be of service | Pitcairnia were E agr . ^ € —— 
a Managed in this s way it may be had in Melt showy they were, especiall qos es t extremely 7. am Nana -— 
y year; * when in knp condition its beauty is|of cri — e. — ow) or 
is smt y that of any other greenhouse shrub — any nd its class. The —— — 10. a bert B. 
; ^ nai - . Cun 
of rigen =— being now for the most part o holed and ME cic AMA — bes i ipee — em View 
IRA: B poate are occupied by aiiis P ac again produced fruit, Of 2 peram MÀ meat — n gr ae SE Tabular 
res at laged plants, among which we observed 3 — will be found — — 1. Atal i ire 
—.— e specimens ed thetree Ferns Dicksonia anta „ 8 pie 
a Meer ple ern-house i tacl “Orchids, though still in an unsatisfactory state, appear | ee Fifeshire. 
sues: tyceriums, Phymatodes, to be slowly improving, especially those on blocks and ducting the Duties of the Class, 
