692 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 27, 1875, — 
head and the town of Crieff; after which it opens out 
— a wide highly-cultivated lowland stra trath, familiar 
many who pass through it by rail from Stirling to 
Considering the slight peaty impregnation of the 
of Loch Earn, it follows that the lake ought to 
of the Sos san con- 
fervoid, vegetable-looking matter which is with 
up, withered, bleached condition after 1088, dough, 
what poets reco ise as the ‘‘ silver strand,” At Loch 
arn there «е few stony beaches which are jet di in 
s. But near Ardvorlich „аА. is a suitable 
ingly, we 
one would once pronounce to be getable 
nature, But on examining a n microscopically, 
it is clearly seen to Pia of nothing else than a few 
delicate то which are interlaced number- 
Pri e th ladder-lik rS f 
ida with a man er-like specimens o 
а? Tabellaria, pot “and Gompho опета. _ The 
withered Ci 
Having “these rather er repulsive-looking, but p 
most curious and in ing, bodies at command in 
heir living state, TOS ped m test by actual 
experment the truth s: a US thrown out in my 
account of the waters o rys Loch and its 
arrow, polit to the Royal 
ET ors the diatomaceous 
gr aty matter in > water, and 
consequently abstract oe it organic dm matter, 
and purify Ac The length of time required fo for making 
imental trial is so great 
І cannot 
accuracy of this my first and onl i 
йы, upper qo 9 the — of Loch Earn is rather 
of Edi тла. Castle, ihe « earliest 
ас деи] of the Dieadalbin ne family, at the upper 
cinco and 
o live in order to E a forest ; eastward of 
the house of Ardvorlich there is much planted wood, 
y which, on the roadside, are 
from 90 to 100 feet high by actual m e 
easurement, an 
feet from the 
ex recently cut 
vary from 8 to Іо feet in e" at 
— One which had 
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the property of Lm east of Comrie, and that of 
Oc - ai es n Lawers and Crieff. On the 
former the hi hw eic passes through ng and 
splendid alley of Beeches and Oaks measuring 12 and 
ground of a steep ben on which it app 
TE there are very few growing Ash trees in Scotland 
old but mo a phe Alders. 
asures IO feet in e narrowest part before 
branching, and one measure feet. 
But the most remarkable thing about them is, that 
those I inspected have a 
i Meer One of 
ists of a great 
e 
p 
B 
abruptly тра А as if it were a branch of 
itself, 42 inches in girth. all these embraces 
that it is diffi- 
сай to say whether there is union between them or 
but I came to the conclusion that there is 
"Native shrubs also grow luxuriantly in this district. 
have been much struck especially with the. pat 
of T Dog Rose. Its stature, its trunk, i 
and, in September, its profusion of crimson ‘fruit, were 
very strikin, ng. I have р aoe it to supply Dr. Balfour 
with a which m es 8 in 
show ка. distinctly twenty-one ж» Ж}, u 
outwardly looks muc ore venerable Ha. these 
indicate. Р ат. wigs О of the ose hav ve м arge 
pith surrounded by A feeble wood. runk 
of eight or ten years ense, sron e touch 
Fico ; and as itis с easy to get o: A even 
et long, I recommend it to and p 
Nine Botanical Club as a first-rate materii for 
Scottish мым. Another ous * sw ote 
among s n Junip ow down it 
tends even to jak on de ipae of the ete variety, 
and would probably succeed with a little Hy 
Ku 
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Я evidence 
attained the girth of 14 inches. It presents fifty-four 
annual н. ; and both its whole wood and mon 
itself are perfectly y. 
I ascended Ben Vorlich partly for ue мен. im the 
summit, partly for one of a series of e ts on 
the alleged pro roperty of the Peruvian Ci. p eaves 
of the Erythroxylon Coca, 2 replace food 
heec and се fatigue during such severe bodily 
Prue t reserve еа for ies Occasion ; 
bu fn Im E by now that y 
perienced t the invigora ting effects diservo on the 
natives of Peru by travellers in that country, 
5 Sonas Darancs.- TO AN Астон АА 
actio 
Brown.— was 
ae brought i in the me certus County Comit, before 
бесе 
Mr. Serjean hich the plaintiff, the ser- 
: Ф of Hearn Terrace, Not- 
ting Hill, sought to recover the sum of £3 under some- 
iar 
what circums Mr. Berkel the 
plaintiff's solicitor, said that his client was imas 
be fined 2s. 64. for being late 
on that and "AS future occasion on which 
came late to b - Upon his client objecting to 
this, he "- кезт һу {һе — make 
e the prem havi n this 
told the hose he маа а to be paid for the 
f 
| Lp nes to the pede 6228 145. 36.1 
out intending to carry out his threat, nswer 
the learned Judge the plaintiff said that the reason 
the defen EN was not a magistrate, and therefore had 
no right to impose a fine, a d € did not wonder 
the plaintiff's refusing to co 
proposal, e therefore BAR G 
employers, under any c 
pnm would be warned 
against imposing illegal fin fine : 
SHAW v. JONES.—Mr. Edward Worthington, the 
Registrar of the Manchester District Registry of the 
the firm Of Messrs, Barlow Jones merchants, 
Manchester who resides at Gre 
I s tha 
uir 
conformity with plan an 
ГА v The 
relat 
the note Singir = 1d Co 
balance of the бн 
The acti " d P bead to recover the sum of — 
urt a sum I6 4 
4441 19s. 9d., the amount being arrived at as 
follows 
Amount of contract for laying out grounds +» £to o 
Extras E 1] os 4 n 284 39 
£106 3 9 | 
Less credit € for cash, &c .. a e vs Я ins i 
NT ae 
The ет й: that ‘he was not indebted — 
except as to Aaa 28 145. 3d., — he paid into Court 
with his pleas. Mr Mills, the firm of Messrs. 
or the wages of a gardener Lr 
from June to » September, 1873, in n wood and 
ing Mr. Jon the 
The окна ree тыс was made of "" 
19th inst., after reciting the order of ere bes 
Edw: orthington, having taken 
said reference, 
had 
defendant in respect of the said action and 
