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this is one of ei ee a pe rare Cytisus ardoini. | floor, the bottom aa given way, and the whole | whole of yon old 'eafstalls an t raas fe off, and 
Many other legu estoon the limestone | under-space had become a dense mass of matted roots, | expo e bare stem ce then it has incr 
forks bounding a th tie vay at ne tle Ta of the Pass, in | resting on the surface a “the stone floor. Owing to | rapidly, but the JB ves ind "leaf stalks have become | 
AR z wi axifraga lantoscana, Micromeria | the decayed condition of the tub, the removal of this | smaller in size, and the fibrous material less ab 
Pi Siim. and other varieties. | tree, in an upright position, became a matter of rather produced, This hemp-like substance seems to 
prone A agra to a right, and I approach the | end of October and the early part of November pre- | less, all the leaves being then more or less 
of Tenda, Pael, át. a height of | parations were extensively made, and everything | position, This substance, which is produced 
t 
yssum hali ; : 
At about 4 miles from the foot of the Pass the road | serious consideration. During several wet days inthe | quired most while the plants are comparatively Tes 
pi : Stems | 
2680 feet in in i hot pE ey bounded by limestone cliffs, requisite for its being raised and removed was got | each edge of the lower portion of the leaf-stalk, is 
Here many fresh species present themselyes, including | together. Two strong lanks, 8 feet lon d | first like strong woven cloth, and is close] 
Silene cordifolia, Moshtingia papulosa, Fritillaria | 10 inches broad, were first yeas de ed below it, one at | and as it encircles the base o of the other lever ae 
involucrata, Saxi cuneifolia, Asperula hexaphylla, | each side ; and, by means of strong lever power along | aided by the overlapping of the foot-stalks of neigh- 
Passerina dioica, Euphorbia spi ipen Saxifraga coch- | the sides of these two outer planks, two strong 8 feet | bouring leaves, it greatly assists to hold them in their 
learis, &c., associated with a few alpine are such | long battens were put further under, alternately on | upright position ; otherwise, their weigh? would prob. 
as Saxifraga valdensis and pig tele rach- | éach side, till they nearly reached the centre. This ably bring them to the ground. After a time, the 
noideum, which are rarely found at so low a leve l done, the ends of each, beginning with the west side, network, particularly at the lower part of the stem, 
The road from Tenda towards Nite rapidly damd were raised to such a height as to allow a strong cross | appea cared as if teased out into a bundle of Tough 
the valley of the Roja, which for 7 or 8 miles lank to be ot pater to receive all the ends of the emp among all the lower leaf-stalks, This was 
tracted to a narrow defile, resembling the Via Mala e” ongitadinal ones me a was also done on the east particularly noticeable before their removal from the 
the Upper Rhine, but on a grander scale and more | side. Lever applied under the cross plant, in 1862, After the rinia of the stem, the 
beautiful aspect, the river and ròad being narrowly | plank, which Pnabied Teina] supports, 10 inches | upper leaves become more pendent, and the reticulum 
t in between high cliffs, here and there interrupted Tong, to be put in, one under each end, but within the | in consequence does not appear to be so much 
byl teral ravines, up which irk pip pses a the mountain e of the cross plank, in twop uniform thicknesses, till | required, as less seems to be produced. When a leaf 
ranges ionally seen h species the inches above the floor. The | is first formed, the centre portion of the stem at that 
present viuie toca; including Primula Allionii, Poten- | east side of the plant Be raised in the same "nies place must be small, and the base of each leaf-stalk 
tilla saxifraga, Moehringia dasyphylla, and ‘the abund- | 6 inches, Similar supports were also put under the | must be united. As the stem thickens by age the 
ance of the individuals of those special to he district | broad side-planks, regular distances, three on each ae of Larter oot mio perii to divide in the middle; 
i n the plant i gi isi 
give a marked character to the flora. side. Whe was resting on the eighteen t ging the division increases, 
The cliff sides are festooned with silvery patches of g-inch high supports, the cross planks were removed, the two j ands ‘the of se Paes are found to be fixed, 
Cineraria maritima, and a ric ch arboreal vegetation and long smooth boards, used for flooring purposes, | One on each side of t tem as above described, 
trasting with the alpine district we have just left pts then pushed under the plant from east to west, Since the stem les + rat here ar 150 ring mark. 
adds to the beauty of the scene, Passing views of the d between the temporary 5-inch high supports, Iron | ings have become visible round it. On the lowest 
valleys of the Minicra on the right and Briga on the role ad feet 8 inches long, and 3 inches in diameter, | part, for a distance of about 4 or 5 inches, they are 
left are especially lovely, We descend rapidly through | wer uced under the planks and battens, but | exceedingly close er. Above this they vary in 
Chestnut and Olive groves, alternating with narrow dake the flooring boards, fro ghee ake ed ;all the | breadth from 1 to2 inches ; and the upper ones are from 
through which the Roja foams in boiling rapids e then remo rested on | an inch to half an inc apart. e rings or circles are 
‘cataracts, the rocks o) er hand being clothed | the iron rollers. By ahs ear ‘of block atid a tackle the | all of unequal Ara and ‘bonis has the rudiments of 
with noble patches of Centranthus ruber, Campanula | plant was over a series of flooring-boards, to | two scars, some being more prominent than oth 
macrorhiza, Orange Lilies > Cinérarig maritima, Saxi- | its new whinge in the antik Of the set wegen | and which aa Uae the attac ment of each half of 
lantoscana, and other spec _ The distance was 44 feet, so that the Palm now the leaf to the stem, one exactly on each side ofa 
he frontier town of Fontan i is oina at nightfall, and | mmg.. No regular system is observable, the 
= which, on the following day, I make an excur- rte which it presents a very noble appearance, there existing leaves show something like a spiral arra 
the Val de ( as , leading over by the C bein road, open space from the d ment. It is evident from the ‘scars that each ring in- 
sion up e Col | being n 
* de Rans to the valley of Lantosca, one of the habitats ' After SEA by means of the leyerage edi, “the dicates the emia of wra which the p 
g the true Lilium and Potent ped bs ae toscana, oppga v were p again put under the eu of each of the | PF ticed. 
cochlearis, an battens, to 
Judging fro at the base. 
the i iro gern to be Bucy one Meka porous | each kat etalk j just nate a it is obvious that it 
ere then driven below every portion of it, | for the purpose of enabling the leaves better to wi 
Between the battens and floorin Lip hp eels stand a gale of wind i iye condition. th 
t i ; the old iron hoops and staves of the could possibly be expected to do without som 
tub were nex xt rem: oved, when the surface of the ball | arrangement, James McNab, ` 
was found to be canted. with a dense mass of matte 
roots, and which had enabled it to stand so well the 
5 strain which it had undergone. A box was then 
: eh ale, by 7 fent 16 bes piel at Sati THE Fan 
-wood THE PARSNIP.—As we have attended to, 
Fh inches ey the si sides kept together iy: irom | Carrot we need not let the Parsnip stay any longer 
vd and screw bolts, Place a ong grt two popes the cold, and we now, therefore, ditect attention 
ides. After sufficient drai t 
rhole box was filled up eee dag old turfy loam fa ee itasa niak plant. 
fterwards well watered, In practice we have found that the Parsni 
The Sahel stands 26 feet high. from the surface of | tiot yield so large à crop as the Belgian Carrot, 
the floor, It has a clean” up stem, 14 feet in | as its cotyledon and secondary leaves ; 
5 — on the whole, less li 
nipi (Aces ye 
; of fruit— ares Pomegranates yand 
peculiar to 
ramble, 
. SABAL ‘UMBRACULIFERA 
aE THE PALM STOVE AT EDINBURGH, * 
D: 
that of the Carrot (p. 650), will ciple: ‘hese fs 
Ash Analysis of Parsnips. - 
This tree cannot Parsnip. 
; was be less than sixty years old. It 3 
the | m at Leith Wally dag the old Pétash ‘ 
EE ory umb; 
was in a tub 22 feet cop ference A 4 feet 
9 inches in dett- It had i in this s position for 
made great ig ae ae pant ob e tab vy leaves, proceeding f 
progress. The lower Bg o “the tub > : > TOA e 
was er ia oT, in consequence of =  rustic-looking stem, about 6 feet in height, made. sp 
bas Nears externally of the lower portions of the old leaf. 
3i the p skes ar stall coool nae saaros oa 
preyiou 
idle, and the two ends firmly attached to the oppo may use, ` ki tg 
SEAE Se Deer meagan oe, The gee 
site sides of the stem, About twelve years ago root crop by another, con ae 
er ie 
