Marcu 2, 1861.) 
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The of soil to be рч! 
under cultivation hav having been selected, and the Дд 
а trench of one metre to 1% 50 in 
in this trench must be 
a 
the contrary, all earth worn out by — — 
too 
silicious; that which may have 
ле gros ой for some years, as fields or ш? 
beautifully polished, is hard and unyielding, and brittl о 
like th ле  сгив(асеоца cu uticle of Hyp 
The central substance moreover, 
weeded. There hes be no objection to mixing 
enger e leafmould, or a little засе 
К. manure, if judged useful. Оп 
n 
ter, 
| which gives rise to the perithecia, becomes dark and 
carbonaceous as in that species. Occasionally the 
| receptacle is conical instead of cylindrical, and as in 
t be rejected, as well as icd 
cross 
ingress о 
wall, thefexterior of which might?be stiffened 
becom: 
—À a 
the wall — solid. 
of itself a bad conductor of heat, sui 
Уя 
closely allied to Bypoz 
J it 
organic remains of animi ea atter; gw н to| 
us very mr ри that d Ei the эй ы-ы. which 
ni геге plants no other cause than | 
"y anure, aM x a of bad quality. In 
fact, here i is creme А о known instance where plants 
ly diseased n those soils which the hand 
сю Jon never touched. 
( To be continued.) 
COLOGY.—No. X 
NIA PUNCTATA, Fr.—'The 
ey t "uidi m kie. "tels 
small. Should a taste ever arise for the cultivation of 
Fun gi in the stove as objects of сы; which is not 
impossible these are cai, й am ongst. those „Which 
| would i 
they could be introduced in a Ward's ease n pon 
objects of iuterest. M. J. В 
| 
| REPORT ОХ I BEGONIAS, GROWN 
T CHISWICE, 1860. 
Bv Mz. Моо 
(From the Feet ef à the i Roya ERE nidi 
| Pw uded from p. 
Sad 
the warmth of the sun and light. 
"The depth of the ground artificially warmed shou 
r this reason ue p 
a mtn резо e 
cases the earth selected for 
might | 
brick ve; tacle, апа | 16. B. virginata.—From Messrs. amies n & Sons. 
but here occurs a contained in e — rns a cs " 4 kád m This variety is in ape ые of B. оймо, but of a 
space, from having T red. for | stndded ай о — — the surface of the plant as in that lighter colour, intermediate — нет ibs Р 
c would be sure to settle and p he interior | vey ists of a very few species, of which the one Victoria. — СЕ ле : a 
nst the exterior wall, consequently causing the бете Пытаю! is among the most remarkable. Poronia their surface princ Spali. grayish green АН 
space between ;to disap om This pepe punctata grows not uncommonly in а thie country on the reddish green star with a dett surface ' occupying 
may be obviated by placing vertically in the space dung of horses, or more rare ly on that of e она. In the centre, while the dark green 
"rin the two walls, E к. distances not кэй cin i t һа! phants, | 1$ nearly md with broken speekled ı markings. The 
0 to 60 centimetres, rough pieces of wood or little e found areis d to young i e tinged wit he veins are re 
blocks - 22 e (n Franc) rance) hs ae ра е | бын T Һерода : 4 dun чу horses a: behind, а the. ‘stalks are eot as precii o 
ess e space in the n Engl 
be, in all probability, sufficient reme to DER nt the ir Мао орле t disti 
f the partition. Wood being one of the adm шу stago ot БЕ: дапр, er ЕЕ Ж. Rollissoni. uc es Messrs. „Rollisson & Sons, 
worst conductors of caloric known, the us t here | exte ally except the circular disc, which is e: and and ain Low & Co.; also received as E grandis 
will be preferable to of stone, as the latter is а mealy with conidia. In this utei it suggests an ng йо m Messrs. Уе m enderson ee One o ed very 
pretty good conductor of heat, and by coming in con: | rather than a Fungus closely all ry to Sphæria, ч may | deep dull purple-stained varieties. The leaves аге large, 
tact with two partitions of the enclosure would | pe mistaken for a Stereum. is indeed so like he | hairy on the veins above, and having the stalks shaggy, 
on heat to the geothermal чае секо жн by Tode under the name оғ purple. The upper surface is of a dark satiny green, 
enclosure. so grows on dung, as does a some- | With а small central ваг of deeper red-stained 
The enclosed d, if it cannot - the shelter pe org similar production f found i m the north of Europe | green, of medium width, of the 
= a wall, might have a level surface, but it would be y that than once felt | Ва me red or purple-tinged deep green, marked 
tter were it slightly convex. Іп; the frst place, the almost s sare t re that their s idi езу а шеге condition dee a few pis green spots. The u 
S esr dapi of € à obtained in the middle, АП tee Homer Ыр may be, i $ the талде а. борите п саналаа nd Uo 
e middle, whic P a : thi ut the dise graduall д varie ies broug gether for comparison, 
h ер trees а m а m DOE вооа | е отну do em. rn tics anne сд Mot f the ? dee eep-e coloured seri es, bu 16 is is som. — heavy 
the si agai , it wo if the earth r less tom ы SY | ошо nspicuous. 
д а ат thestyleof the shelving bedsadopted bere EM is then ^n Dalf to Fares quaios . B. nebulosa.—From Mr. Veitch, Mess. E. G. 
thus о УШ more accro iai 2 in уус эрит о bec hus E omni ка quee gnis va gn the ibs above ; e; ther 
1 1 | equal dim cr eanwhile mes dark. are large, grayish-green, hairy ^on the ri ir 
the А - - mo porq when its | #89 AA = m ЕР арчы ы centre is / of a т ull a reddis gn vein uif ed with 
rays are n ;an more than if i narrow-tapered radii, and the bx er is 
sloped the other way. The first row of trees, say | moderate in width, of th dot tel with 
Я trees, could be trained against the wall ; the grayish green; the under surface is тед. The whole 
next, at a distance from reni would grow ипге strained ; upper suríace rest of the varieties 
, but they should be гей according La height, T belonging to this im is rae with. red. 
кө ic лад wall, the lowest аё е) variety is something in dr rao ped s 
95 an equal share | but is less coarse, and more distinct in character "E 
PORONIA PUNCTATA, Fr. 
Copied by permíssion from Greville’s Cryptogamic Flora. 
the centre, elegantly dotted and marked with a 
On a vertical section the stroma | 
the tg of the ‚ immed grind d el 
which the elliptic perithecia 2e к 
p ne and not at v 
P eda. as in some | 
туа, with а short nipple: lie apex 
desirable жире ч second-class me 
1 
arginata.—F rs. Low ‚к Co. 
e, "dal grayish n, rep s allstar of 
n in the centre, the ve speckled with the 
sided аб, of the gray-green zone, and the m: 
also speckled with the same colour, r^ strongly tinged 
with red pper surface i i the yeins, 
, with 
ed This is one of the dall. -looking red- 
stained mtn closely resembling that called B. 
virginata. 
and.—Fr d Messrs. Rollisson 
l portion being dot tt 
distinet pots, and having a red hair growing in A 
Р 
е escape ark brown 
very ornamental variety, one of the very . 
In most 
cultivation m а аргы и 
the basin 
the 
rder to avoid a pressure 
we said gems crush 
with the open space 
oice of que moreover, is not of slight 
oji the dot 
The 
orsi n 
ted appearance v » disc is T. die 
тыы; which are 'oblongo- elliptic. with one side 
traigh n slender 
шенин, cells or asci, The о sii, is of a tough іт 
согку tex 
21. fy par = Frem Mes essrs. Rollisson & Sons, Messrs. 
E. G. Henderson & е Mes & Co., and Mr. 
Veitch. ing wat шя of the dull. 
“The leaves are of a pale or 
w red-tinged 
exam niam i 
recommend Det ^ iie he Med oh or closely all 
species, | ra 
stem supporting a nearly hemi- 
with à tall 
spherical or т subglobose — with а T dise, 
south of Europe aud in some trop ical 
gi "allied genus which abounds i in French , Guiana, 
economical ион о |е 
ied 
most dissimilar plante will adapt 
„езен 
а sufficient degree of iow 
best ground for forming geothermal plots sold ls 
be in our opinion, the ordinary open ground, neither 
5 
has been en by A 
Camille ontagne, 
on мора y of its mei ue 
chara: 
the branches of trees, trough the ba ee E Eo iv 
dd d^ exit. Like A 
are отр ортан mah 
precem tcp ar gps дери tre, 
zone of bright green, pp" on "the outside a narrow 
га ба of olive green. 'Тһе stalks are 
улу. It is a dwarf plant, corresponding w. 
В. Griffithii i in habit, and was adjudged to be one Ў. 
piece of black 
B. Roi Leopold. —Е зот Messrs. Low & Co., and 
м s Vete. 'This is x tinet s and very handsome plant, 
h a tall erect red stem, and large leaves supported by 
