al ЕквипАну 9, 1861.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 123 
7 ‚ d- 'are, however, plentifully strewed with drift timber, 
ist of botanists suitable ‚ for, sd selli ing at St. Paul for one dollar per Ib. ; byt sent | swept зыр ud d uk LT ms 
i Andy appointed жү гатарла members рге- | ing it to New To they get a much эб pes sou «a А. corner of the island, diver rges right and le sit 
ре sented their report, in ассогйапсе with which the | = т тт its shores, and materially aff 
T Á following honorary mem Баз were ч ected, TRES — ot 3950065. Канд алин T rand Ag ic [X " 
| aon, more severe than 1 ark. 
ты] Y Principal o Мей! gol, 3 же William, Hincks, | | Tala ad; ils Volcanoes, on users, and Glaciers. Ву | described as containing “ Potatoes, Carrots, Turnips, and + 
profesig F.L.S., Professor of Natural Сыйы а Fo rbes, Commauder R.N. John Murray, | here and there the йош. Cabbage; v; mi PUN 
te Dum Sir W. E ogan, F.R.S., Director of the m al | Currant-bushes, and the M gs pe ien "- E 
IS Дш Survey of Canada. British (limited to six).—Dr. | Wi we consider that Iceland is but five day ne more plant completes ў us is A que md 
lang Balfonr, M.D.; Dr. Greville; Sir Wm. J. е Mood, steam үз Edinburgh, it seems strange that this most | e productions 05 Ъу d de эы е Маш ре н Ц 
а F.R.S, Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew; Dr.| interesti ing island. should be so little visited. It is true, | | distrie 1 good deal o pe 
ш Lindley, M.D., F.R.S. ; Mr. J. T. Syme; Dr. W. Lauder Tho ijo rough it, but 
ppreeti late 
i ] limi. to four)—Dr. Müller, f fha gra йай; ев mre when Hekla ker the | besides bei eing eaten raw, are made nts porridge and 
B s бз. i E ка 9 Thwaites, pre: Neve = , but few tourists | Te cakes not unlike a bannock.” Ag a me us 
nd Gre Botanie Garden,  Peradenia, Ceylon.» Americam | vidi its shores, and in consequence 'we have s o few caping from the valley, ‚ Where ip Bcc, ves 
e шу U.S. (limited to four) — Dr. Geo. Blackie, Uni-| | OM of Icelandic travels that Captain Forbes стон ME 7 
versity of "ey Dr. Asa Gray, —— Uni- of his two months' tour м а йун addition to опг graduni ascent over an а ilating ^ y 
New RA t 
(limited | in w lay, and certainly seemed like 
t — Prof. N. Blytt, Christiania; Pro Except that, like all поч travellers, he wa: Si Ecce we passed yesterday, certain]: | 
f кз Geneva; Prof. Fred. Traugott Kutz- | defe stel in in his —À to reach the top of ноф matter out of place, springing as it A the white 
nf; M. N. Pringsheim, Berlin; Dr. Ludovic Tulasne, gn k nai k expedition soo ms to have been entirely | voleanie sand, on a all sides surro unded by avas an А 5 
Paris, Corresponding Members Were also elected. The | successful, He found the inhabitants hospita p а f vegetation, Curio 
“© followi: тете n=, n Cornus florida, L. "| willing to pain E. ех рик the weather was | know how it got there, and ыр my doubts 
ы - ы sufficiently good, while consequence es Pis Portes 
d TN Settlement, à the on Red River Trail” Ву | one = the finest ts S "T the Ge e (which. he оп the summit of little sand cones, I aske шу inr 
ў 3. * Contributions to the Local|6stimated at v ery near 100 feet), and success fully he said it - oun X 
m Fin “ Kingston.” „а T, Drummond, BA his бано er in the waters of the Strokr. Of this -— the warmth and shelter. Т his species of pc — e 
2d The following is an abstract of Mr. Schultz" s paper : v ceeding he gives an amusing account, which we extract, | appearance of Rye, for which some tra vel hw и» 
| * The Red River бн. iji a remisin at any time be "Cn = же mistaken it, The , peasants Ана. it in Augus A u 
i much attention in Canada on unt of its isolated by closing the mouth of this Geyser with t tur еә dried before E ^ 
er position and the many and та Ls -— — Myr (ils; € hore шоген тйс, 
į 
ji 
$ 
H 
grow 
lves with. 
ulati ardin it, ; eme. deacribin and of the Strokr, ар then, taking my reserve rad be sA inhabitants not only pepas hds 
es and h 0. nd wast m packed the breast of mutton etre in the|fro e rce but send it to other parts of the island. 
sle 
“ River near its entrance into bod , and a ptarmigan in. eac eev On the | This measure explains dr the rumours that ате 
Lake miim bel both banks of the Red iehi of Wy jii dmini hat I su d cin cireutated relative to the climate having at been 
River and the Assiniboine, which empties д” е Кей woul be a (O-minute dose of turf to the Strokr, - milder саа аб present, an assertion ат de 
River at the Hudson's Bay Company's pos! тту, | and pitched my shirt containing our dinner into it im- | аб ted by the faet of this Grass, — е 5 
the centre of the etm s The settlement extends medial afterwards. Directing the guide to keep the | having been more extensively дей їп ^ "s Co nd 
from the mouth of Red River up about 40 miles, and | coffee warm in the eyser basin, and seated ‘al fresco, | but no longer he inereased facilities: 
on the Assiniboine River about 20 miles. The distance | I offered brandy and strips of dried cod ЕЛ, way of a | of obtaining grain from | Europe," ы 
of the ei qd from St. Paul is said to be 600 m iles, A: fashion. . . . 'Theforty minutespassed,| "Тһе high latitude со пу 
and fro Superior about 3 The population із | and I became nervous regárding the more substantial | wonld prepare us for the barrenness а ра чам 
estimated С high, — at 10,000, including the | portion of the repast; and, fearing lest ras Strokr v —— Iceland is not without are — без 
roving population, who live altogether by еск, digested my mutton, o — turf to Lou е found in its sulphar and salmon, ү „oË whi 
А The climate resembles ^ el я Montreal in Ње length | another em ep Ee "ines + бте tim 2 wd exported to'a considerable and stil increasing 
aters, and the rapid vege- | anxiety was ir mendous eruption A extent; indeed the supply- of Án д be 
tation in the spring Pas the snow is off the ground. | dinner-bell had њас Ы dr surrounded w m|almost said “to be inexhaustible: е ъа 
АЛ р, г ereals are raised in abundance, the average|and turf clods, I beheld my shirt in mid - arms|is principally in the hands of the French, w 
the acre exceeding that of Canada. n баде, like a head and tailless trunk; it fell lifeless | аге fully aware of its importance ав ‚ а training 
гана takad a -grown in abundance. Indian corn, by the brink. But we were not үө үн Jet ош A" песие navy, as оа — 
1 De ete во successful, being nipped by the early | corked had been the steam-pi ow, that it let out|shows. “This year there are 
Н ша ы T with more than usual атана. апа ngaged, varying from 40 ioa D tons burden, amd 
j "s ыр =з м in other К land, the richest family is| up under pain of e Fr . After about a igi of | manned v M amounting in all to 7000 fisher- 
w positæ, many species whic h are fou nd. At the та hour, in а temporary lull, " recovered my garment,| men; not erely hardy uid px bodied seamen 
р Fort we o" not only the nd turned the dinner out on the grass before my | natives of de Chini and Biscayan ports, but men 
but undance | grave. guests, who immediately narrated а legend of a rt have.served their appointed 
lum, ё mau in his cups who had fall e 1 of these vessels 
iH 
follow 
vicinit; 
| ыу, d the crews, besides 
man; thes undant in the imme f 50 francs, cheap tobacco, clothes, &c.. 
y of the Fori. There are meny Species of ч ана which I expected to be somewhat protected) hoo in the rewards held out for service in the French 
i -—— ips ы: Fathers; Жы А ыш ів. threads, E for the | Navy—from farther service in which they are exempt, 
shi in tl t of hostilities. "Three men-of-war аге 
s of ACE Xantho scalded. "a rof it i» onstantly beige with them, pe in oes E RC 
ZR. Ca а Tami] Those who wish to unders the action of the frequent, t —1 them any er rias 
Керен ша near the Fort are small| Geysers are referred to быш obe work, where | require, 7+ n men, spars, р void oli; Ё ical 
К E ide: Balsam Poplar, and on the — me will & рэза €—C theory gi a clear and|aid. It is з ай to Tm: that from the severity 
Ee. um Oak, Ash, Elm, Ma aple Aspen, т Б "да, without |of their occupation, and the careful training they h: 
ў 
d 
TG. 
Srg 
je 
начи лаал а $T торите по such "ias —— of amm атов 
* КЕЕ the ‚Бей River Settlement to Canada there аге | А sketch of Icelandic history is likewise introduce A Бане except those engaged in occupation 
three routes more or] use. ч Е and ће | into the work, together with — of the речь: nd under similar regulations on ee em of New- 
one now least used, is ав the Old бз US legends ; f the foundland, where they amount to nearly 20,000 men." 
Trail The route is | aspect of the rua and its cultivation e sulphur mines o the contrary are almost entirely 
is not so practicable as m: дог be ii ка is ^ M Ite interior, as à whole, is one vast tract of lava- | worked by Englishmen, and may eventually prove of 
canoe route, ble abont five or six n the d sert and ice-moun ае —yökuls as they are termed: | great value to this country. “ Its sulphur must also of 
and: lof these occupy -— am Sod of the n - never | necessity become of considerable im 
known as the new "e e: h 
have been an 
on of the 
тшп асна time; а 
north and. south; but. Miri shrub | chances of war, ће position of Iceland would н 
etin c [OE pow 2: is the | cially favourable for pam markets; and itis а sub jeet of 
or in the | considerable congratulation th: at all the mines of the 
bo EE cu ek nd diafriete: yala [od кае i sland аге іп the hands of an E italist." 
'aul to | b his house, and collects the = Grass for his| — While heartily commendin ng Capt. Forbes's book to 
x a і | cattle; and the numerous | our readers, and scktovtedging the thorough way їп 
a h Paul by stages. y this NES which, from yókul and lake, То i in e fom Which he has evidently studied. most branches of his 
zu Em! leave the Ааны in the little мш» fiord, more favoured patches are foun metim egret at the flippan 
Foren oui z en е about s 300 m -— н А ed b few "wow into the еы the wh юй PE attempts at smart writing which orcsionally di 
E b e head of navigation, an ake ain ar subsist fo 
a L% - Wie e RE uar n ч чч us M e subsistence for the scanty population. | figure this otherwise very interesting volum 
{ possible to travel from the Red River settlement to|summer, and must all be brought from Europe; en | t Me 
i Canada in 12 m, which is a great improvement on | their gan crop is often Гыл уей by the Na a ice, e direi Mieis ЕЕ ms -— 
b the ordinary time of 25 to 30 days by the other routes. | whi some тене embelts the d, especially its | flowered China Asters, three 
In St. Paul М. S Schultz noticed several barrels of northern and occasions such tees, a huge тей Chinese Arden е 'talled Magnet, and a 
w. had been collected by Indians and | incessant rain hat it is im Куз to dry the B. small Statice, bred betwee! n puberula and Halfordi, 
others, and was intended for export from New York ог | When this ha pens famine PM for on their cows | call profusa. š 
elsewliere to China, This American музу 8 һе | and ewes they principally depend. for рах svstenanee James Carter & Co?s PERE N Vade 
Aralia quinquefolia, a different ieved, daning the lo ng arctic winter, dried cods he ads being Mecum, alt a trade list, is also a guide to cul- 
Ха E. cutting a road: : 
— Mee of ome T ve con- s 
the 
X з чей ahang тч 
medicine іп cases of debility, but its medicinal properties dities, bread amongst th number, which t) wi as у= fall descriptis of most of the plant 
med in this country. Its uses іп | masses, and that only in the parts Balt to ре Tus quera 
Ginseng obtained ja CUM d i as, independent of the trading Stations, are unable to afford more than Gürdebers ORAN ar, one Por farn 
са, 
Aie ea rras very "com 
а, and the enormous quantities | m meala week, plete, tud prepa p one of our most 
Shanghai i ig o, tiiv of Lyme „at f ер as it Fes. gm th a T n" = eminent agricultural w ай теам The iole forms a thin 
uantity о catties, чын в but - trees; e natives ignify the -vas es and is sold E a shillin 
from. the Aa 1th November, 1858, to 30th June, 1859: | tracts of ble, wich өне found. maoe ге зу, Fee! 
This roo in abu dance nce in i es western part of| parts, with hat title, though they iidem average ———————— 
ia, ARA oods on and |above 6 feet in height--never more than 9—and are! Trape Lrsrs RECEIVED.—Johann Nicolaus Haage 
there are persons who aie "iade sums by collecting it Гай du t for fuel The western and southern coasts ' (Erfurt), Haupt Verzeichniss, &c. (Catalogue of Seeds 
