THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
790 [Avaver 23, 1862, 
atically u ecimens of closely ‚ allied | slightly furrowed, lies тою to the арр labellum ; | whose office, Den is obvious enough 
bre gen йан» and Ic the possession of con- | consequently is left, but би row аяа. by Mr. Darwin, had been YII 
siderable previous acquirements in entomology and -— A a 4 е can be T d In| reted by his predecessors, misin. 
chemistry ; to which must be added сн limitless |a day or two "ihe num moves а little р (To be continued.) 
leisure to watch the growing flower up to the full fü the rostellum, an чы wider passage is Mao Me ; 
f d to master their forms, зм stigmatic surface. On. this slight movement o е Science of Home Life. By A. 
iei: ef ite orgaùs, an he labellum the fertilization of the flower ebsolotely AEN : Allen & Со. Sy 2° Te Эш 
JP f пар r. Bernays, ike many other modern chemi 
to the куза of peser ndeavoured to ists, hag 
1. 
Hence it is, no —— С vhile our libr 
devoted to 
ited by ins ; but with 
Spiranthes 
^ With most M ed on € open for | ёп 
out the manner in which it explains 29 T pointing 
; and he has [mes A „ршщ 
teem with works 
removed v: m soon ө эче the expansion of die flower. 
For example, in е о M Spikes which I happened 
to examine there one numerous buds on the 
summit, with. ihe ве soven Тонов flowers alone iere 
ncy of e£. but the peii ot the 
о be casual. lethe 
th 
lant must follow from the withdrawal of 
iting i& was never before satisfactorily 
t has generally poor a -— 1 
- e: СЕ Already contain 
ld | ros 
labellum that a bee or moth ша д 
e 
other spike had eight expande d flowers, with. the 
pollinia of all removed. We have A yup LA the 
suc anh is lan nguage is clear 
selected. The iador is not 
quisitions suited only to college lectures, 
Wildered by formul that the к ied lari under 
tand. Wha t he says is shori lain, and to the 
т treats of heat ; 
Seven 
, In the volume before us the author 
flower first opens it would be айга се for 
е 
ellum at this'period lies! so loso e the channeled 
det 
roboscis without d he medial furr ba the 
rostellum, This е know 
trials with a brist 
“Let it be ы how beautifully everything is 
contrived that the e pollinia should be withdrav wn by an 
о be the case ы repeated s 
with its relations to animal 
is life; of fuel and li ght; 2 valer, bap mà 
bleaching agents; of glass 
and ba tals, fermentation, а IDEE 
рн with what is — 
t 
Jesi 
"m of 
з be dut: се it would 
ingenui ity ti E one to show that such 
nju 
Er. 
Again it ed, and i 
has held the position of an ure the di sub- 
Served by the coincidence of stamens and pistils in one 
flower, is the insured ао any on of the ovary by 
nversely the pollen 
as assum med t 
merely to refute but to 
is pretty much their converse, to show by experiment 
that eed cannot be true, and by reason that they 
ought not to be so. 
To rds his point ho selected primarily the 
pen step, for in аме plants ^p 
to y be "est ой ы tbo an 
as hen dise, 
nervous 
th 
e flow 
ost Orch ide, ps а v lately y expanded Mower, which has 
| its P pollinia in the bes e fi 
be fertiliz x Gen 
by t tho polle 
see, on а ма, plant. e con E with this 
observed that а сога surfaces of the Ars 
"eee is ч be believed, /—— a 
m tha health of the rm. of Ф Ас 
tants, and render the moderate u or good 
етеу beer decidedly imde si 
i ny case 
E. 
d 
general employment. 
regarded, not тар а —— of diet, a medicine, 
* Dr. Carp he great рон S^ tectotaliam, i 
| obliged to "ооа ot it, Шан *there is — class of 
cases in which we believe that malt -— m$ 
а ebati ter medicine than cue uld be 
British Orchid dew; а 
- stamens а are all but in ontae 
each flower, whilst a m. уш i 
o. | flowers. 
o 
apparatus has been rally d to be 
pode. to secure , self. fortilisation, and the form, 
to Tan y? С 
* At Torquay 'I watched а number of cap aid 
growing Rie fig for AE half an hour, z edes 
y other form; those, namely, in yid: е е) 
а ours under а ne! — 2 а 
power sesso There are 
f£, 
any c 
enic кп nin КО] 
p esame, If to these facts x the 
ees of the parts, the rarity of rota of tho species, 
ind the „acknowledged failure of Robert 
inute- | one, 
wn to | pollinia 
humble бем нага 8 visit the em, 
X 
jeculiarities, iti is not surprising tha& they should "des 
© rf ку © 
Darwin has met every difficulty, from m 
& one—of p g abundance 
e rarest 
rare sagacity, 
how; for, from th ry, 
k is ill-suited for extracts. Still, mns 
it is €" to appreciate Mr. Darw 
e shall ther 
А5 
that & to seris Orchids) before giving o 
the value of his results. 
With the exception of Meri seit esu 
ost Beith ө species has be i 
ual, and wi нле 
arah his raabe fini devoted ts 
for s а «К чыш of an hour, and 
ерее a 
epe discs 
oscis, one on the top 
of жае Papi showing how w ойу the 
time touched the rostellum 
е same part had 
s e bees al 
Spike, and prc тр Spirall 
after the — I believe 
8| thus when siting а dense A e 
| most pisei for them m; 
nm Lag r alwa 
This seem 
в alighted at the bottom of od 
up r^ sucked one flowi 
ees ега 
ved | the 
M require 
r 
hygi 
| developo in o Made cr» 
of procuring 
a 
“ Within thi 2 de two or three years Messrs. 
mand, Perrin, ES Deroy, ko воа Eins 
Smith, have M own by ent that a 
therefore perhaps all, Y the R taken аи 
System is exhaled, , unehanged, by а lungs pe ps 
E channels. s fact has been pressed i 
e of teeto tali сате beer a pas form 
рой of the sweeping moron that alcohol is use- 
less as food and therefor urious. It may, sr di 
sh it is incorrect io m вау, аз Liebig ume 
tands hi 
o affirm. 
other incapable of m but е 
bee sta 
ali Mee dn 
e|? 
to the testi- 
gie M meni of this 
ore every 
ined, an 
described; = Bee y we ВАГ адо ек 
1 , (Spiranthes aut 
tion ; premisin, g tha 
or in An, сары b 
E fms t the rostellum, w 
the 
n e ; it presents {һе general 
at, standing хе ^a its st 
and Alied y with D dy gom ous fluid, "tog 
ry 
e bei 
8 
ly аг ida except Шы A Mel Tou pure 
ce to ignore 
re science, 
Maur doing the science itself an injustice, and in- 
n 
e lowest | 
ff 
be | t0 К өш. think that its only use is 0 
; | peo 
arther recommend Dr. Bernays’ opinion sat beer 
sis brain: 
® Tr to be regarded simply asa 
| for the Бег of most brewers died ipe 
ln 
the upper 
[oq quA 
‚апа power of adhesion 
m 
d on 
de меа b: 
its ante 9 
eculiar 
Ibrane, но OW, 
endowed with a remarkable 
with : a а bristle causes it to split along its whole eneth, 
e 
езе ней nor the effect of viol lence, This € exposes | 
the bcat- ой disc. "The action is next sh 
never to take place aar iip. thou ugh it may be 
induced b chlo orofo: The stigma is next fally h 
described, md E the ‘pollen, ite mode of cohesi 
is ng а most 
iter 
eti esti is M d 
ment of p d lon g before енна 
ho carefully "makes out. This Torak and oldest ‚с into which 
a 
" face 
vital property, for } touch stigma of the 
i her store of honey, she will continually fertilize froh. 
"n. and т perpetuate the of o 
r pian 
he pollinia will ed the protuberant 
t flower has 
ug БИЛ 
wi 
ferti іе o et no pollen will 
surface ; sd on the next succeedin 
the stigma viscid, large ер) of 
the bee arri 
be left its 
ng flower, of which 
os galla en will bele ft, 
* fio form Y "el in fe sold үе эе 
The Botanical Magazine, for 
again wii ithdraw pollinia 
o the re SDN o rua 
them; and thus, as she e goes round an: 
а 
pee autumnal 
below 
on another P а and feri lias 
T4 
t den r 
figures of some very preti ЧӘ хор. р bul ' „hibited 
lanceolate lea in pairs si ie 
producing КЫЛЫ үе: flowers with a w 
rbi and han ed an in the 
Np lar, ues А simple 
results in the po afonia comin 
the dise, молит EUM ually bed gis the 
It would be нең to match the 
Pepe ii p. parts and the of others, | of 99 ly physiological n дандар 
ly Pa alie ка іп the « vy panded flower. | genious, and d ive as to its results, except by the 
is next directed to the spiral arrangement of | similar descriptions of the other Orchids fr бә icd | p | 
daptation of the grooved and fringed | work, some of which i surpass it in point of | 
bees, the position, &c., of the | inter Г for A the experiments on the | 
в thus, “When the|pollinia o is m and pyramidalis, and of | 
contains nectar, and Кайы which а a "hid сап repeat; or those con- | 
e rostellum, which is| nected with the ex plosive rostellum um of Listera ovata, | red 
into contact ` i of bee 
„” X 
8. Gra udiformis, 
rone erk Island Fern е Е to the Soley, 
ie with copiously anastomosing v veins, 
so fortunate 48 
all "the 
- | Hooker identifies "io the Polypodium e 
of me, 
Blum: 
SSeR3 specimens exhibiting 
m n the perfect sori of em 
fo ich — ы mper nlatum, o little 
in Pol; i: " . Holbophyllum 
Ls qw iis African Dna d макара о рор i 
wers recalling to 
