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readers ling Grape w also shown, but not in good | children P ead Ly T ed 
of gr eenho ouses, hothouses, and Pin fect t is, however, report йе doi 
iron, к tolearn from those best рта with te | to үү а tatit. variety. PX he infini LN of the land 
result of this metal's test, since its applicatio ЖЕ те PELT ETE EEE is (orien QUE of any atem p E Mun, 
v pu rpose by architects, whether it answers E: adequate conception - Pd their zultipli entertain шу 
$ any of your readers may have made critical duoc of 230068, ion of. form. ree m4 
observations, and formed a preference | either for i iron or effect in cumulo, are then Nr a t charges 
On the us Contrivances by a Orchids are | the importance of the most trifling de y tail; осам; 
ing to many. 4 Constant Reader. Оне, b La. By C. € de m 1, Е.К.5., &c. я t тоха у usod upon, and the perf pecu od men 
E dents m Notice. Веер. ntrivances for fecundation is sho 
ra: this ora R Sd i Correspondents like | After fully: detailing the structure and mode x vent ligible if the closest attention be t nm ed 
to hear of any tm could beat ше specimen I have. Mr. Darwin proceeds to read the | details; and the work concludes with a Stateme 
іза abou t four year old, and h s 70s pikes 1 new in fall | riddle first propounded by Sir R. Беор аб, who | way of EN 2nd warning), of the anthora @у 
found three distinct genera, Catasetum амы as » ne eligibility of Crossing, and injuri us а 
S Monachanthus viridis, and Myanthus barbatus, all f та e bol Dy near relation 
e піла ba. in mios a E damp pac. n fover mr in on С same die ui 1 To e proves are | rel ins to say а very few words as to the 
La from 12 07 18 ies onthem. John Holl ngworth, g | impres: ] on the mind by Mr. Darwin's bo 
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- Sorittits. eaudicles ; the ovary is dos, smooth, and n& ; | abundantly proved, and the whole subject, under 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL : „Sept. 6.—8. Н. Godson, the funicles are very short, fhe Uo quite баране one of its multitudinous ph irably 
Esq., in the с Chair, The following new members were | 201 the utricular tissue o gmatic surfac ме ФЕ | out. His газа object, “to show that 
eleotéd, viz pod from that Ed d. [o further, Sir В. | of organic beings may be as — an observer 
Alderman Challis, E ral Dunn, | Sch  Catase er he ya 
Mrs. Henry A. Hunt, Hon. ере L A о rin Vaughan, | duci dh? seed; on the other per the Sensitive antennz,| due to seco laws, 
Esq,; William Witin, E SUME Foxe White, and ——9Ó organs, and pollinia are perfect. It may | trifling detail of Медун ая tho. ric 
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tributed on a Жалын а e of Caladium| Та Monachanthus "viridis agai e antennz his be t they has 
Lowii, fine with shining deep аду аме the pollen-masses gie dius Wait буы, to Tegosa arn Li rib — | 
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enr seus and reddish раро eun kind, obe ovarium is longer, thicker at the base, more fur- | supporting his hypothesis of the origin of species by 
wii о “pendulous tails а 4 inches long, |rowed, the funicles long, and ovu к as in E natural selection, is attained, will no doubt lead to 
drooping something like those of C. caudatum. From | Orchids ; furthermore Sir В. Sehomburgk found it | much diversity of opinion. Upon this point we have 
Messrs. Lee ee examples of Gold and des seeding abundantly; hence itis nm certain 28 earnestly and assiduously laboured to arrive at an 
Spruce Firs, former of a beautiful E | this is a female plant. feeling TANG well assured that 
yellow hue; e latter not so ornamen! pote Mr. In Myanthus barbatus the antennæ are present, but | this great ы ae must be in Mr. Darwin 
of Godalming, sent a Weeping үр, called not so long as in the Catasetum ; the stigmatic chamber | forthcoming volumes very Bar as dt is here, am 
Cupressus Вийон, а 3и рай E ip ей to t state of our knowledge — 
Goveniana. e exhib е also С eni | and Catasetum ; the dbi, well Re are as in Mee bo Ape very different method of irm И nor 
5 1 f wed, wie оп, owerful advoca We find, then, tha Mr. Dari 
petual-flowerod" рК, varying from rich golden | са a „ in the case e of e natural phys of Orchides 
llo t Messrs. E. G. Henderson | not so numerous, n gro aes pollinia are small | shown that there astonishing range 
а бы Tubi. of ted variety of Solanum р but perfectly developed, and have а well developed| variation in each оў ps a trifling differen: 
beauty of which when covered wit | dios and ісе! ; fi Re ke кА pés ion stance M e ап- | їп structure between two organs homologically th 
bond bright ringe scarlet fruit has often been "d thus. barbatus may be pronounced a bermaphrolite same, may lead to inconceivable differences in 
subject of remark in our columns. From Mr. Bull the male and Mon: ofüces each performs, differences too that 
came various white and [non "e T Potunias and | thus the fema change the relations of other organs tò one another 
уор an of who sull more beautiful and interesting, though not so | and to their prior oses, and change too the rele 
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"wd "id +; re shown by Mr. EUM Paul, EA of an all-wise Creator, when he sees fit to adapt | appear, а infallibly, to that loss of resemblance 
Me? "m b weed i ше їп bad condition came from the most летаа oking шыпа to the highest pur- abad the offspring of a common. ancestor, which is 
сап. Paul also furnished а fine | poses s of the plant; we ies eti побива in the whole | often the јатан: of generic as well as of 
deeply оой?» 7 M abies гош МЫЗ Seedling range of Бааша. lite ean compare with erences, Of this Catasetum and its sexual forms is 
Гадаа теге suia Mr. X In mme: but | this as an episode in a Danis 13 2 point. seems to | the most obvious example, but though more obvious 
A үү ОСМ. a collection of b overlooked; the Pu. Hus бав; deviation which |it is not а whit more suggestive е than very many ero 
х ahlias Turner were remark- ormodes ignea presents from m" 
ably fine mee. of -| OWN Yiz, Lord Derby, of its allies, even to the exact amount оЁ the twist of the hypothesis gains in every way by a study of расе 
айне ы; "Pro $ ere ig b Ri fire, pedicel, and direction of each flower on each side of|It has, hinano «vem argued tha& though there 
С ia, RE хот P E di Феу, | the spike, has a special purpose, and proves to be a|limit to the ratio in which structural differences 4 
e doen b NS re. xx orfolk Hero, | most exquisite adaptation of structure to function, | aceumula idibus progeny, and that henc i 
LeR PIE. ag ОА Criterion, Mr. ОРЕ. Pioneer, failing which all the rest is useless. 16 takes, how- origination of species and genera thereafter by 
and Di si a » | ever, fully 16 pages to sender it clear, and as we have | selection is so philosophical a conception ав ars 
ready far exceeded o is, the work itself aem assent in the absence of any other equally good, 
Sept. 23 (Fruit Committec).—Fruit was somewhat | be consulted. is a physiological ru which is never transgressed. 
мешш, especially Apples, among which were geveral | Cypripedium is ihe last genus described by Mr. according to which different species are es 
‹ Му kitchen sorts, the examination of | Darwin. int This argument the study of Orchidere 
which was deferred till another occasion, Among | repeated here, and А" indeed could it be e: с 
ат varieties the best came from Mr, Cunningham, | of fertilization differs widely ham eg in nall гонарам rtainly alters its aspect ; it shows, as pruden 
гай А уна hono kinds were Yellow | Orchids. The niono e pn сотые i semiad Ъ and. im. | Habensris bifolia and. chlorantha, how trifling pirer 
e Pippin » whioh ems 1. mes actis marni. ар е a Pt à eu bo (— пот e 
Я drawn into Ene а че case and it is іш ossible | to variation) will entan msup 
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mot, and Jorsoy Gratioli. Mr вте, Изненада Bot viid ; mii sia Шош e| foe if Cotasebum and. Monachanühus y are би мы 
OS Jede Don Chrétien, and Royal |no'nectar proper, but tho inside of the lip of all the | structurally different genera but physiologie d 
ошегзе “Mario Гар, rs, though good fruit, | species examined is studded with glandular hairs, which | same species, and Habenaria chlorantha an be 
эге ліры. Of Plama "he be cius Bom sorote а viscid fluid. The explanation of tho opera. io bo considered structurally the sme species да 
+ Босае, iol k, new Slough, agao Sent | tion of fecundation is hypothetical, but otherwise in all | physiologically distinct ones, wo тиеу Pi simply te 
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td yellow чаг өйө уруг, Magnum Bonum. А $ ared wil Sim кошы vise рбай ртр ir Bot do q ебе still а moot 
dish of Morello Cherries was shown by Mr. Tillery, of чре л through а little notch outside the | insists on aedi er pi 
be oye: des of Bigarreau camo from Mr. | anther, мые: deposit some/of it on the convex stigma | known to элг нін, and are 
ivers, who ited several seedling Peaches, | of its own flower, or that of another flower, as the | and the — must be content to 
ud Ка е р AS was -— to have been obtained from | case е һе. — & they never did 
he Pitmaston O; tarine! This was a medium-| The remainder arwin' occupied | 
sized Peach, not unlike: а Royal George їп appearance. | with general mu oa vic "the сон of ird 
Salway and one or two other yellow-feshed Peaches nectar, a curious and simple ad a subject; the h Number “ 
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vos oed oer АЧ m Mr. cidly explained—especially interesting are the | вођјесів:-—.47000 9 Galen ааа 
i а-у e ind t of ithe same variet; n iealogical  afüniti I large growing plant, with s р 
Mr. urner had a good Orion, Among Figs the best | met Mg seductive ecn ise thick fishy leaves M to 3 › 3 foot long а termins 
was Ischia ins Mr. гео there de also A e movements of the pollen ; eon of tals ; | from the — ung o densely Prora ered 
examples Brunswick an в Perpetual from other | uction of seed. Here рров ting in а сап truded stamens. 
exhibitors, "From f | his favouri ООШОТ Ts т 
small but good seedling Pear, and specimens of а white | su i £180 4 os viis 
ear, pposing every seed of О: erminated|in the autumn о winter, 
Grape which resembled the Chasselas'Musqué. Mele fand seeded during four gonerations, ^ the great grand- very atractivo object during the 
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