JaNvARY 25, 1862] 
ii the Botanic Gar: len s 
OU. y a unprotecte and 
t the 
- inj ury 
THE GARDENERS' Sabi. AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
ood а6—6°, injured to a fearful | Hazels, LET 
t many trees and Mie which had stood during laciniatum 
ted uninjured. its 
Natural History. Can snakes fi 
do us swallow their young in case pi em and 
ario frag in lat. 
In same work, 
Albert's Notes, 
posse 
nant J. W. 
po e discussed at length, an nd will b 
As the 
5 of e 
advanced, the drooping inis beca не клен and w 
all the points, both primary 
branch. vimm. 
with interest. 
Some years ago cea bel ief that  уош рон at Ps 
approach of danger, run down 
for shelter, FM examine SM 
eed pa bue) 
ie (Si ilphium. E 
leaves s 
side 
ultimately blown o 
E yg the points t de upper c ones qm 
so mu 
dy necessary, 3 
dein was to be s 
noa. the stem 
the top shoots | taken 
s bogan gradually to die down- | Ex; 
e local attraction that белро. LM s: belief 
Mr. "Qno pc that ther 
ere 
uch an act is related, pe phono- 
| menon would Бе m. worthy of belief ; but ed 
any country "by hom the 
| ваше "act i is not said to be performed, the «Анон vd 
:| peg с: pofemed naturalists with a theory, bu t t 
r. Asa Gr: ray says of 
А к ebat, their faces epe d 
ce it is called the Com plant. 
Chapman is silent, ап SEDE Filio 
essor Balfour . exhibited a 
bee 
b id r perso I cannot but think c 
the A ed of many trustworthy per- 
Д вопв, acting independently of each other, accustom: 
o observation unaware of the importance 
that would be afterwards attached to their words, is 
t 
e following are the par 
d grew г at Beil, where 
he truth- рег, m for contemptuous denial, but 
for ‘farther investi 
* hi 
ý ^ — и * Sevi ан. оне, 250 ub Led Forest „of 
at both se 
is 26 
Height v. 
Girth at the Toot . 
tam at 45 feet .. si 
read of branches  . TO, 
rof. pun our also А, tha " he мат receiv sil Ы tter 
fom Dr. Cleghorn, dated Cawnpore, December 2, 1861, 
n which he states that hi éd | been able to mend the | off 
Qi nchona plants safely fro zx o Ma dras and that 
he had despatched them to 
Mr. sent specimens of cda. in leave 
he 
» 
a 
зА the viper- 
vipers fre- 
the red neck. 
Н d ies been obj ede at the ОЛЕ. аЬ be con- 
oen do youn 
qt 
For any years past a good deal 
on has Ы n going on Tin reference to the 
Eoi branches as m pae а, the pro oba ble e age 
midrib was split, and a Ere 
sumed by. the синен juice of the parent—one of the 
g ordra iced a small 1 But t this 
'T. C. Archer, E: Esq. 
cloak, made almost неч xus E Nw Zealand Flos |an 
(Phormium tenax) In the Lm which rmm me it | 
Ah rch r said—* Robes of this ‚ kind а 
mists ie piane: i such as Mr. F. T. 
Bucklan j &о,, y careful dissec- 
tion, two ' facts; the one, that the young may be con- 
+ 7 
of the trees, cutting dow 
in the garden Pen given us d opportunity of setting | I 
this matter, so far, аб rest. The largest plant cut | 
down 4 feet in cir 
cumference at the . This plant has ар perfec 
umm] rings, and 20 perfect whorls of b ишен 
proving that 18 months are necessary to complet 
оле internode and whorl. rs cut do 
i 
ual rin Many o 
8 feet in ELS ters 8 кА whorls, 
Cir vn shoots, and about t 18 annual r 
others averaging 
bars грань 
ings. To tell 
-|is the sheeps' wool, which is 
The 
told, is produced by s сй i bs in 
The o only material in the cloa t New Z 
there.” —Mr. M*Nab e£hibited чеде of Gal 
| nivalis (Snowdrop) nearly expanded. 
mud. entering the и stomach at all, the. rege. ast or 
ец 
ч 
ftc } ва р ИН EA 
NEAN, Jan. 16.—G. Bentham, Esq., Hera 
in E chair. W. s T дыл Pr йү 
Fellow. N.H. ejecit i iy ballot in 
conformity with ез; т Тһе President "et aam 
that t] RH 
haer the death of H.R. 
"S oc * testimony the 
e B correctness of 9р 
to th is l nt: @ х еб Seal "hunters" ve 
Dy Captain М | Mayne, Reid, 1852, un But. we 
-| Е about a foot high two or threet Tip branched, 
d of September I was out shooting w 
UM per. In walking through a кое the 
keeper, who was a short пане се wena noticed a 
viper on the ground. It was а little over 2 foot long, 
lis,” | but 
2 under he name 
woody pli 
d strobilifera bei 
erer Welwitsch. dina 
corky-looking m 
Y 
nt, for rming 
re, we n again an 
a | of the neck. mi vei at home I open 
and found that "al idis young vipers ll in number, 
m suffocation.” 
“Аза ming;" adds Mr. Lubbock, “аз I feel no 
hesitation in ее: DIT. Norman's statement is 
up the orifice 
e inflorescence ed the body 
nto narrow p 
| bear 
aring окон to the drawing, whi 
represent a specimen from a plant proba 
9 numerous prose ovate cones, the s 
regul 
cales of 1 wid, 
ver 
ау and closely imbricated, a nly remaining question would 
ев, w 
таз traversing 
е йа of whose "os region ot the * Polar plant; 
at almost every ru. рат nted 
upon our tra 
Mossamedes 
that it should: ителе Pair then name of Welwi 
ass | 
nal 
lower forks of the ате бен iid "they "S v represented | 
to ond b pq d inches long, and about half as much in 
The peduncle and gm were stated to be 
e lore we the cones of a brownish red colour. 
As шап were shown on 
nted in че аа erui 
which Dr. Hooker 
adi qos s Negr 
te that the young were in the stomach ; iom he 
см по doubt that this ind Mi (lio case ; and, if ey had 
probably have been [erste I shall зарание 
to - roges the ата to апу naturalist who may 
has referred to эге them. Le ung ones themselves 
agg Se y von na зом, betw б and T inches in Те, 
Dr. Hooker proposed and were ica to moult, aa new layer of scales bei 
fully formed under the 
“the specimen re- | would 
This curious and P pae m 
presen 
tree! 
Gnetaoe: 
е groups о mirabili onour of the ve E i and 
fat leaves Sprey all over the plains, and the broad | enthusiastic traveller and е, whom it was |р 6. ud opel iat Mr Norman's specimen m E 
Meüracy ag io gun aora кае with n | first made kn e name Tumbo by which it is 
Маје» ing as tha e magnetic needle | said to be called а the negroes, is we believe a 
Emory, 4. «Мо Lieut -Colonel W. H эры Us TRADE Lisrs RecErvED.—Messrs. SAYNOR & Coo 
"hy made in у with the ай anco guard of the jr evi уе 4m ж i Ры. Маш аа of Skaala. pd excellent cutlery is Bion to Vut. 
[m „of the Үү, ез?” —“ On the uplands the PARUM e ы, have Ene trated 
mS is ] n "s г E 11 рил и ild TM Catalogue of their Knives However contrary 
' (Amorpha. canescens sou S it be to ou s we must вау in the interest of 
i 16 ma; т , 
| raa S aw ed m m n d e eu iiim 3aotíces of Books. gardeners who are fleeced by cheap кя "ud utlery, 
Pomeria ed with £f "Indi Rout pioa ago Natural History for t of none 1 to that oboke. 
iem oo ge v "Tulip, Med MO. "Wild lis сознае ied an account | and Bine Catalogue of Vegetabl le, Flower, Аад Seed 
(Р, S tider Wort, pink Spider Wort, Pomme Жанек of s Жери t ur а тр E cr PARKER, Exotic 
еа esculenta), Scarlet Malva, Pilot Weed, | which are among the most curious in tho literature of | Nursery, T — Sel lect Catalogue of 
