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THE GARDENERS' GHRONICLE AND AGRIOULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[ХоуЕмвЕр 29, 18. 
Bayo or гот Report on any other subject A Arbori 
Silver Medal will be given for any marked adyan- 
improvement on any of the Instruments used in 
y p be accompanied by a Report). 
Itisexpected that the Essays and T be founded on | 
i remarks confined | 
eases to which EUR are subject. 
Then follow toners ons on fores 
овом to the t 
whether 
лаи 8, x th some "thoughts on tr ropic al and s gib. 
| | the earlier. 
ontrary, which e close t. their bu 
da, form Emm form i t 80 n 
But n the root, whi ch m : 
со! 
от Competi- 
y atm kd Fiara and оп eult ivation, their 
dey and ТЕНЕ АНН, or the planting of new forests. 
| А fina 
| cha apter speaks of the laws which regulate the 
autumn, on th 
| ks thiekened. cells. 
woods, consisting 
broade er than th o 
avy wo 
es which inc 
asexual multiplication, nourishment, incréase of the 
К i 
en, Stanwell Lo 
Lamont, Inverleith Көне s Mr. Cowan, Arniston ; 
Bert Gorrie, Dalkeith, were appointed a Committe 
ions. 
Mr. Robertson, Trinity; Mr. 
and 
n Trans- 
acho Treasurer submitted to the Mee otinga 5 a Siate of the 
Society's Financial Affairs, which prove hly ment of ro 
showing a balance in favour of the Society of TL уез Pu 
Te teni gentlemen were elected Office-Bearers for 
stint. —The Right Hon. the Earl of Airlie, Cortachy 
; the production 
of Ages and their "morph hology. 
ex supplementary Reges eH the most im- 
of which a key t огород 
Srta ki nds of ofi an Ps 
а with 
great pra 
natural habits о 
ual appearance of 
their stem, many o of v 
which are of no ата excellence. 
ose of 
Castle, Les ri IHE 
Vice-P. саст Н. R. Sandbach, Esq., Hafodunos, Llanrw 
Denbighshire Wilson, Esq., Professor of Agriculture in bó 
[ipn of арша Mr. J. M'Laren, Hopetoun House ; 
J. Balden, Lennoxlove ; Mr. y. M *Corquodale, Forester | 
iode ' Palace. 
Secretary.—Mr. Sadler, University, Edinburgh. 
єазилет„— и J. Anderson, of the firm of Messrs, Dickson 
& bull, Nurserymen, Perth. 
Auditor.—Mr. T.” Methven, Nurseryman, ‘Stanwell Lodge, | 
Edinburgh. 
fuis of 330088, 
The Tree, or Observations on the Structure and Vital 
eere ad n the Higher Plants. By Dr. Hermann 
The ОЯ of this volume will at once remind many of 
ur readers of Schle Mera Rah whether acquainted 
r in its English dress as 
W: 
striking perhaps are thos 
the Scotch Fir, Еш and Larch, in das. 87, 88, d 
the hollow stem Aid T me tree, fig. 96; the ste 
2 an ancient Oak, 
e root of an old ios ГА g. 
xe regar ards the e practical matter, we imagine 
that 
of an Alder, 143; and of кепе 
апа thickness муе а light dut b M 
growing I is heavy. - 
heir bud orm а wo 
Bombax, Г while thold which 
| sion. have no annual ri Ir be Sint Puer 
di 
rgreen 
ide with long 
ral nature, which ү afford an 
of the Mi. mode of. reasonin 
authors hei is much too wordy, R 
extract of 
Bom T 
е most ( 
we то nl it. better 
E b the ы of a m of the "Malvaceous 
Pa f f his 
| derived from others, rather than from personal obser- 
vation. at least, as to the age at 
viieh Mou bear perfect fruit does поб P with 
his In this «ошту Беу are far more 
Es ja even amongst tic Conifers. 
exa! ple of extreme precocity, we poA observe "dat v 
have seen female fruit on Wellingtonia on ризо 
three quad from seed, though they were not, of c Ho 
fe! pilian as there were no male flowers in Pis neigh- 
оо, 
E 
E! 
© 
ап 
= 
é are surprised again that, as it should seem from 
йш ег рар tho Professor is not acquainted 
ith the n of the Cuba Bast, which has been for 
Miri: are clótelg connected з wit 
g 
g 
animals or are set free by deco 
composition, while 
into the -= 
atmosphere, which mp 
ports the life of animals. 
green leaves and branches requires the air fora large 
ioia liag and exhaling surface, 16 fixes the carbon 
ke 
genus 
obse 
ritium 
o the 
n from his various contri- 
min dee anatomy xd ийели, and in the 
volum urpose is s tog e an ontline ot the 
ocn und hodic of че gher Вайц ed more 
especially of those whi гои tute the forests ОЁ Ger- 
many, so that it may a Bm p useful to теч general 
student, and to those vio are es hg — eg xten- 
oods which form so importan th 
байа resources of that cou 
Since 
little Toa in this country, 
After. a short introduction in which he considers 
yreuahe organi d n their simple a 6ompound con- 
dition, touching fir st on the plants of primseval або, 
and then on negra X — Шона including those of 
the rtt h n twelve chapters о: of plants 
iS. 
His first chapter % devoted to he олам лдар of 
the ре stru vital phæn ants. 
The differeni forms an 
structure of of бте 
по, but 
latter t thei eir ditlerent st 
often most easily tra 
individualising of MAPA cells fo 
босо on and the sexual пече 
arious inferior P iet by whic h this t 
tion takes plai ace, 
t 
ansforma- 
with some particulars also as to 
elucidation of the test | 
b e 
in Conifer who 
| vations ii this mat. 
“The bast E which cigars are tied į is the bast of | ° 
те Lime tree, which i ent. fro om Rus а to America. 
1 уегу ropor- 
bed "bun les to the meli! тауз; 
er- |: 
The uen 
of the азтай atmosphere is of g 
Leafy plan T: Pen pus every year, aud 
Co onifers l i after 
ti Кт of E^ ү со 
apertures in these layers of bast show 
e spots хле the Аи rays have e pierced the 
bibe! Тыз , lik 
4 
er, by ү 
ribands. Linden bast is used for many purposes, as 
for example, in [Nes for the biuding of grafts pu 
buds, as also ыз the manufacture of ma ats, shoes, cover 
lets, а nd co 
Wè indeed asser 
dó nó think it n 
е а single example | of his manner hy discrimina- 
y" 
will n t that cigars are never tied Diem 
ntry. with ТАЕ. АЯЦ but, if so, 16 is certainly the exception | 
the appearance of the йтвЬ itigh which is | d not the rule. f 
s We necessary to advert especially to|& 
TIU or thrée As c 
soil fron 
s the indis sible necessity of life in all 
"Without water there can be m 
abstract 
mois 
increases the 
* Water 
ants айй 'éniindli 
it 
onduetors 
attract the ion Mie which not only en 
puce à fields. 
their structure. 
“The Вг 
probably all the other penen Li Araucaria, is the only 
ose wood is kno which Bak n o annual 
riugs, and is easily distinguished тов all y this i pon 
liarity. The wood of the Руа 
cells, with a single row 8; е ет r 
or five times as 5 thick, Yad on t 
contrary from two to four rows. g 
medullary rays are short, and only very sli 
thicke The absence of annual rings and 
cysts, as we t ) y 
charaeterise the wood of Araucaria. cel 
bas ader wood-cells with Lig rows of dota i is, on th 
ontrary, proper to the wood of all Co 
The s 
ned, 
explo the Larch. 
of the more perfect Cryptogam! 
The second treats of the germination of seeds, and tbe 
«шо of young plants after germina ation, including 
phenomena in QCryp na third 
chapter” these lessons are followed by "observations 01 
of Araucaria," 
Our d extract relates to the formation of w 
and is valuable as affording some hints for лү 
the relativo г perioda; of growth i in the same tree in dif- 
| mu 
azilian Pine imeem Braziliensis), and | n 
ra 
ghtly 
resin abo 
dot i аз observed by Мр аге 'асагбеју оАо | 
sessing a í 
5 the а E pi 
f the rein 
appen 
ке ita of the сшде 
on the t the bad: ration fro 
p боб од ontribu ates to 
interior "nt уз, le ea оз ГӘ: ; 
of rivers rise motor! 
w 
for rivers ay 
di fede the aid of v 
be drie еп “р: 
buds, 
dormant We ve then in five successive 
Chapters dissertations on gt stem and branches, the 
leaves es, the e wood and bar k, and finally the 
E 
dri of known | species when carried to con- 
siderable pose А for exam ople we find the hard 
wood predominate, we may be sure that it came from a 
which 
b ra her appears in an Жашы work on Botany, 
A aud 
countr ry in e growth of the ай To жр 
but $5 nies di 
2€ the wood and bark in the more usual trees of our 
With the ninth chapter commences the more popular 
matter, m ch the title would lead d = expect, 
and whi ral r 
This and the two following chapters treat йг of trees 
in general, and the. circumstances which encourage o 
depress vitality, including a DIE е8 Lot some of | 
Studien über Вап und Leben der höheren 
in 
Ё зк formed, the t 
aratively high temperature, was Кок in tho 
арра Ф Куе: Vos 
* In he formation of wood 
"E 0: 
ig тэе d of ks de- 
е 
ong 
Bird are SUN n 8: 31 
{тее requires a great part o 
ood 
iy 
flu беа" Бу e "un me of year, 
pons by that 
iE of new 
length, кеш their 1 
its nourisliment for 
| is therefore УНЫ softer than 
peri 
Dr. Hermann Sehac ора а 
tanik an der Universitat zu 
wumgearbeite und vermebrte Auflage. Mit 575 ане 
Вале роп а Tafeln und 227 in den Text einged: re e 
Berlin, 1860, pp. viii. & 378. 
autumn w od. A tre eo- aia esse d continu 
i 
with strong thick A which is ола | 
water to this so 
woods were to vani 
suppl уо З 
гадан ir the 
estiona| PE. 
e Hà sir ve is ren узш 
r limits, which have 
eh tai forbid any further ex 
——= 
tracts. 
den Memoranda. 
Pn Mr, Gosling ear! 
ad evi bcn en well E un | havo 
