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Beauty men globosa, formosam luteum, Dake e super ficia al B agrees and climate of Britain, goes , ans wer the second question positively aa dut tainly. 
Plutus, ; , formosum, and Madame Andry. r. into a varie and closes the sub- The only certainty that species do exist in natur 
——— sel duced stand of 24, in which were | ject by ped remarks on miscellaneous matters. It | defi finite and distinct from each other, must be denied 
ms of Themis Goliath, Dupont de lEure, is impos sible not to admire the industry shown by Mr. | through our kn owledge of them as true sp cies, If it 
ordi and — A a — kind raised by Mr. this ground. He has brc ought should appear, "ibat e do not 
Salter, of — It is very large but in — | nde a very large amount of evidence as to know such and such — of individ le to be 
instance some wp some "bie od — shown the range species; put toget the r with skill, | species, according to our a definition of the term 
by the 2 himself w e how — and commented upon with a g ood deal of acuteness species hak that we only infer from incomplete data 
RÀ = er Stamford Hill — — 24 goo 
The notes collected in order to 
— ood enable him to form his seems quite 
nemis, Queen, formosum, — ES of numerical e e - e ha ye con- logie ally to follow tha the existence K. in 
Dupont , axo were | sumed years of patient research ut when t ]ually an inference or su position, and nota 
de A Defuse Te, Mr. t Oubri idge and for the ‘results s wh ich so much labour and so m: any | certain fact, so far as human | led 
A co emer d wall this ud oT 1! 1 we ask in vain. Wer e object | = nr ppears to be the actual condition of technical 
not differ much from those en — ve. the | v causes by whi " plants laces | botany. The existence of real species, according 
Class of 12 Blooms, the best m Mr. Ou pri idge, | are connected? in T ords to discover that reason str iet definition of the term, has not been fully and 
who sent Trilby, A Anaxo, Themis, tk Hermione, | why one plan or race of plants is su pm bogus one | log logically ete u nt is assumed and believed to be 
Plutus, M. Andi ke, Marshal Duroc, and some other plan or race under a | a truth, because the arguments advanced in support of 
lateum Dupont. del Eure and D ipm all evenly | different set ; and to show moreover, we imagine, hy | the p srt assumed truth, pipa. pae knowledge, 
and in ever; cellent. ertain | appear to be more ni 
mens of | countries or regions ance Palm tropical | than f 
N. Andry 12, amon — DEI countries, the gen 8 P. kai ama slop e of | be sid. further, tat such poo 2 D 
Alfred Salter, D t LE PEure, Defiance, Duke, | the Cordillera, phyllodineous Acacias of pier. or, | weight ee fired e not solely £ to the unreasoning 
. Stella globosa, an »- Mosis sent to-eoní ourselves to this auti S why e | mide af of the ~ ribers of species, but also to the 
Goliath, Aregina, Ra — Them Ma rshal gemmipara is o y found i in the ds enst of Ireland ghly re asoning men (namely, wi pre- 
Ar 
nt de Fur, Stella Kee 
ood examples of 
kill — ation. In the class for Maiden growers, Mr. 
Taylor field sl looms of Lysias, 
Erica ciliaris the 
bicolor in Ker [o and Dorset, 
To this highly curious ries Mr. Watson's pages do 
| not appear to us to a reply. 
Goliath, ‘Nonpareil, — formosum, and M 
n Mr. Harris, of Dalston, also came some 
— Toons pd ced — not dissimilar to those just 
Anemone: flowered ea came — essrs. | 
Bi 
u San 
ereau, Louis Bonamy, Eclipse, 
„ | Plan 
Cornish E Simethis | He to Mr. Hewitt urs eg Watson v). 
Instead of * ather too pa upon t 
the 
latter, be it pni d 
the knowledge o ; and they mu 
de representations of the 
really, when Tete aa in nothing. We 
blaming Mr. Watson for this termination of his toil. 
are far from 
data from wh ich their cone 
or andi are deduced." "The italies our own, 
And then he goes on to propose a definition which 
9 
ill be f. 
ll be found 
Missis: 
To us it seems hopara to expect any o other; 
1 —5 — more a s of 
bete co pers os ration. 
MM recs that there is something peculiar 
‘Anjou. With respect to plants in pita some of the 
magnificent, A large- 
er 
Christine Mount Etna, Chevalier 
ý d Aai kerma ia one or 
mass 
Dumas, | also 
ad Annie Salter, both well grown: and flowered. Among c 
We all Hess without the | 
Well ibn the fer not rm what is a 
nobody knows— and yet out of this no —.— um 
which. 
in e constituti on of species 
ower ten Vois like animals have their 
e arrived at a 
said, tell us nothing positive. Had h 
But 
single solid axiom he might hav e been forg iven. 
ong Bu E "n 4 bor sana A ? | 
hy d 
mor 
a, men nom or two; ^ 1 hr Taurus 
r two more; while the great 
species occurs only in Southern 
Whe, where one is found, are not 9 
If — form of 
produce a 
. Beck, of Isleworth. They s 
said i in their praise last; week 
tips out reu all that wa was 
upon 
why |t 
shou M n a —— be found at the foot of 
Olympus as well as on e Bulgar Dagh? Agrimonia 
1 
e. They 
8 some 4 or 5 feet i in diameter, and were literally 
gh? Agri 
; probably a mere form of it 
is in the — range. What similarity of con- 
p heri he has left as dense as he found it. 
cal” 
* botanists 
| the: heri s doubtless used in cont redis 
— to s philosophical. m — — for 
5 
1 25 
Watson, with that i cou rtesy so pec 
— be * and two DO 
o any other object i in 3 " een — 
on the other hand, to which e Hewitt Watson 
evidently claims to belon ng, are er found eee and 
equal to any o "els in science. BF painful to unde- 
2751 asse sserts tl 
ceive him. But the 
The sorts 
kind; Durufflet, Cedo Nulli, 
leaves to — and set if it t off to advanta age. 
were Bob, a brilliant 
wy 
India and a Norfolk ditch, sufficient to bri ring abo 
the a appearance of ihe vent at such distant poma? 
* philosophy,” at the sa ime a nnouncés that 
there is no pers knosladyo- n species, should have 
Helène, General Canrobert, and St. Thais ins being Look again at Cressa cretica, found wild i1 n the Mediter- | seen that therefore ther re is no Philos ophy. We should 
well contrasted as to colour had € excellent effect. Murray in Australia, How is that 
next best e Tottenham. Th points worth 8 if sincideiien is set to work to acquire a correct e of 2 
consisted of Nulli, e e "Trophée, | frr om 3 wes r Qu Putain might st | ra rather than have abused others for not 1 m 
Gen. Canrobert, and Menak pones | least have furnished a -—Ó — of his desires. - 
came from Mr. 8 in 8 mi He has failed; it would seem from re- 
Mr. Eden, of Kings mer some pretty bloomed | mar: marks frequently ropes as if — “attributed Mie 
From Mr. Holland came t ng want of success to etness p 
named Miss Angusta, with remarkably fine petals; ists; he complains of the and i 
it is pure white and promises to be a favourite. We ness of Humboldt, , and others of that rank; 
also noticed a sport ina with yellow flowers; the inextricable confusion introdu into statistical | What are 
it was however not in a condition to fairly judge of its questions by the clashing opinions of systematical 
merits, In the cen centre, opposite t M entrance, was wri . But he does not ive that suc! i y 
a ME — and s of a striking | ness” arises out ofthe very nature of the things dealt | th he 
corners. Alto-| With. We are me oem no advocates of that system of | Gooseberry, the n M Con 
apse i oer was —— but the room is —— * rai atson so rot Eyes rire EX E eiu A di ub DM. WM. 
mplains; at the same time we canno our | peri: e > 
comfort. r Waltons. ae Dong sie "m p. — t to bri , or genus, sparrow, ti the h the ass, the the 
we e shall next week publish reports on the South 
Metropolitan Da Mitoni; South Eastern, and other Chry- 
rera Societies, o for to-day being 
Our space 
Notices of | of Books. |ana 
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or order within a strict definition is chim To 
— — a certain more or less clear — al 
met ing is attached, which is not only veces rn it 
to prevail in botanical arra: 
2 
imperishable en rj kingdom. Upon these 
Paves all botanist are agreed; but when we come to 
botanical vod as Prunus insititia and spinosa, 
species, 
5 elatior and ‘chiens "Ribes spieatum, Elms, 
Brambles, swarms of Senecios and Sola- 
nums, then we fin nd —— in debateable land,) where 
exist is by some e question 
in the opinion. that there are no species in nature; but 
Cybele Britannica; or, 
Nie plants, and their 
be 
By H. C. Watson. Va. T. | 
say in all cases what it is that 3 separates one | 
| for of gen Ab 
Mr. Watson writes as if he Bonne the world to 
been created to suit his own peculiar of 
mind not as if he had to deal with the world as it is. 
mm 
m from another. 22x 
T£ 
at this y f botanical writings, quite forgetting that physical 
: 7 Mgnt ‘co mot Cite — of being precisely” limited genera; but what of geography is far mor , species, 
: 3 introduit Anthriscus and Fragraria and Lepidium ? orders; and that if his view of the mutability of these 
7d cco maid led to the <r arri -| Mr. Watson talks th thus about species after speaking | last is correct, then vagueness is inseparable from the 
which we shall only say that it was given to a | of orders and g subject with which he has attempted to deal. en 
j — Whose festivals were the in mova “ Have bot: tanical s species an existence i 2 nature more an ort of absolute , 
Li —.— n - Mr. Hewitt W. g above named? Per- an i contempt 
E Mii ‘ar turn of mind; and it f | haps without exception every t LI botanist will | and mischief 
- stands aed the name in order to ae iow v high d hie affirm that species have such an existence; that they i 
mater a. we the scientific throng in even so small aro SSH nature, as definite and distinct in their 
Oels wen the selection of a title; or it may be that way as the man and the chimpanzee or the tiger and | men can do 
_, ris chosen because of ance in sound | the lion, are are believed to be by ordinary observers. But 
= as on mical, an idea: uck others as | technical bo tamista Chai to say, deserters of ponera are 
2 M dom reasoners ; 
; object of the 2 is to reduce to certainty eultivators of science, who wish to have sound reasons | dismiss 
Ae manner in ni, : wild i ia Great Britain | for the faith that is in them, will do better by examin- 
ed, or as Mr. pr mu 
— cans “by which plants and places are mere describers of s * e of whom are 
«ted together." How Cybele and such a subject | mene any other obj 
2 together ” passes our co sion. mestions are faved in * an RUM as to the | 
treatise the vo is h of a| reality ies. whether 
Candolle, a. what Brown, se De | species do actually exist in sel ba secondly comes 
—— less eminent men than Mr. Watson the inquiry, whether botanists know the species 80 
nature of win S rapbhy. The i into the existing, or su to exist? Although essentially 
be at what are termed ies; | di. in kind, the two queries are practically insepar- 
tobe habits to determine which species now su: We coat aot oe ar ma gi | oo 
de aboriginal have been i edel. d logically. in 
