9 the e cotyledons i in "both instances; 2. The plum 
off no shoot at 
411 
Max 4, 1861.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
examined every Grass in the herbariom of Linnæus, , — of Laghouat, may be les upon as an unim- | groves or ga геп в was excellent, far superior to that 
and in offering this list names which he vable oasis, where there is no sonetit supply | of Laghouat. The soil was all artificial ; every sort of 
considers they shonld bear, he аав the list would be у lis r to be found by ede but whe husbanded, then rond. үте watered 
of some use to those botanists who were unable to | the rd ie ration of the substratu um of min, n before being де э and afte „the пабе 
consult the — itself. A list of t th a^ wet | it bei, Į 1 been raked, the seed was sown in drille 
accompanied by observations on many fi ле rare and uncertain thunde thé root of each Pal s llow trench to Md 
the bulk this very valuable paper. “Not oisture agti jest sufficient support | water, and the land was la reel for cultivation, 
unusual Mode of G Финн t in the. Mango, Mangifera чи а hui priere trees and wild Jujubes, under |as in Egypt, with little a aen water courses in 
indica,” b T. Masters, Esq. The specimens whose shade a scanty кле À ну with some every direction, —— ng it in xcd ctilinear figures of 
rafem to a the Kow Museum. The is browi roops of gazelles and a about a yard squa 1 „These t ig captat эге fed by 
pen from Western Africa by the late Mr. Barter, and le and t in А 
few antelopes. 
Here x 1 
“ From the appear- kite hold court and courtship, an deg on a per- beautifully бишей of h and ime, and branching in all 
ce these wi lant petual but bloodless warfare with the raven, and t bes m tho wel tha recious fluid 
"s bh E t the seeds of the | shrubs n are occupied Е апу warblers little could be yed without the slightest waste through 
Man ngo are үйө рйуештуопош, the specimens | known, ut rarely seen by кирин naturalists the кейе Each garden is daily n CT in 
* one Mango seed рго- | The Pur extract gives an rea of the difficulties | in ч к, = x at La к a - 
"t t this inhospitable | trellis rom m to Palm, Fi rees, Qui 
ducing many plants,” The “closer „examination Mr. to be encountered in traversing р eco: АМ. АМЕ adt Meo 
ft rese scm] 
« From Guerrara our faces were set steadi ly south- 
peculi surface. 
E pearances, especially whe: с y | ward, and we were well equipped for а forced march | Carrots, irm and Barley, оу е 
were, crimes meia айм, аз d of three da The plain, for some time after we| The M'Zab indeed seem to be far ge Ы 
to give rise to the opinion | mounted fro: Wed Seder, was eovered with roll- Wiese they possess "idi ities, each һа 1 
dq comi at once, he observed, by the сїг- | ing sand-dri fine and —- impalpable powder, D ч for the settlement of its 
em ce of there A only two cotyledons present, | driven -— ripple-marked by the wind, in which our | domesti rs" while cons a 
from ps en i each step to their knees. The only | republic, “ * governed by a amåa, elected by the 
to е. Вой 1 lost tyled , but the ү I could discov ver was а Garli ,new to me, with a | separate states." Their sewerage a gements 
scar left b other was visible. tl the tenth of an inch | represented as so good that we might advantage 
which was - и, деу, goa эш, gave off not | in width, and a root with a flavour stronger than ever | take a hint from them ; and 1 before Rifle Volun- 
from its summit but fro s breathed fro enne mouth of a Tuscan peasant. | teers were eec i of in England, they were enrolled in 
the att achm ent а the ыма ; thr ree leafy shoots, Boon n we rose up tony plateau, of different geo- Africa , tho ugh w — 2 think there is some 
one of whic h was small, en din divided into two d — Nos the — of the Мар, co iquity Mr. Tristram assigns 
а һев. lary li lim e, but covered with — to es * Here are the buts "EF he Rifle Volunteers, 
о 
—1. The entire absence of 
ule in 
all, and in the ie er 
its side; = 3 
һе citizen ns ere sup- 
of silex, M every "^ etn (тыа i" 
their matrix, whi ich the 
entirely away, and deposited in the 
from 
roots from 
of the cotyledon. | Е. he. tk the 
author continued, “ any of pie d pre- 
peculiarities just peti er a nor have 
on record any case of adventitious 
from „the cotyledons „themselves. 
our appointed {зө чм bed of the P N’ça, 
marked in n the gloom m by our gradual descent among 
amarisk new to me d Buona- 
ра св tanum. K~ scooping out of the ссе А of 
the outer surface of the ME ledon may по! 
unusual occurrence go, T seeda, though it is a 
ly not invariab| у publish: 
o deseri 
— of Ant fro 
a Land," by F. Smith, Esq. ** Catalogue of - 
erous Гарон, һаа Es. Mr. Wallac 
ed | узе беге or, ав calle 
'|of 2700 inhabitants, surrounded by — кенг 
e | corn here wh 
p Cosson), and other shrubs, which. afforded us 
а t fuel." 
" өнү» half the distance — Mr. Tristram 
French territory ; tetminatod at Ei 
d by the DL Laghouat; a a" 
embosomed in Palm trees. : Being a rendez A 
the wandering tribes of the Sahara, giis deposit à Pons 
n they move south for putes, 
the ете federa cy. "Phe 
target is the face of a rock, which, by the practice of 
centuries, has actually been hollowed into a cave of 
low ground tbv» which w. eei e so painfully 
. Only here and there face dotted | 12 feet deep. is presents the convenience of 
wa dwarfed and nt Pd das — inches|enabling them easily to re-collect the whole of the 
high. Not sorry were we just after nightfall to reach | expended lead." 
rnithology is Mr. Tristram’s favourite pursuit, and' 
we bat that his nameis by no means unknown 
ha в of every у. 
among! them i is the Flamingo. bv i approaching tbe lal ме а 
| long tehing right aer across it, 
thrivin lace : 
g P 
pia in рей, ln which 
ve a great r 
the foam 2: а line v. bebes оп агее, Butthe alarm 
ry 
-hous 
*djerbi, or blan kets, 
ali, or M 
a occasion n com 
end, a four жаы te зай in the northern par 
of the Great чеч 
o difficul ting as far во 
WEE Er 
i: , ut oneserenth of 
pa z 0 
| маа тере Vine 
he ried 
Cauliflower, & "i which flourish py) under 
the thick 
trellised Vine; ; and ау all, a second cM 
г 
mass of|nu 
Жа, poo gua and |t 
at qp Borneo," by F. Walker, epute; in dyed is dob beoe lin comes animated, rises, and: 
ds ihe Шы and especially in ' filali,' nds “1 a snowy white, then, as the birds 
» April 1, the. The filali, which ів always red, is considered equa) to | sitaul - thousands | 
. Р. exhibited speci e-|that of Morocco. The secret of its pre con- P p ii appes speckled confused mass; then 
a small of cove beetle found in | sists simply in the tannin used, which is the inner gri y f eot {НОК the spectator, the < pink colour 
the nest of the sooty ant, Formica fuliginosa, near Erith; | rind of rns Pom ефи таов$ powerful astringent. | of ir backs and | wing-coverts 5000540 wt 
also some p ed frvit of the Litchi received from | So prized is ће rind, that here hey fy off 
China, in jars id th Silvanus frumentarius, a Кочку mdt beneath tr the skin sells for са гову с cloud. Ft is the most gorgeous сеи on 
small beetle a f in . Мг. | ап i t, a ve T commodity. which с naturalist's eyes can feast. e flamingos 
Stainton exhibited specimens of the larvz of an Adela | The ње тара. D. "ihe purpose is that o: f the wild difficult of approach, and it is only by р 
found on Oak lea a Nematoi bitter P. t 4 h crossing overhead that a shot can һе 
feeds оп the green igra. ое crier about the souk or wor exclai ming—' Who obtained. Butthough the have gone on the first 
mentioned the case of a child 10 years old vhi RI had | wi Pom nme and the | alarm, myri £ birda ийа; ducks swi g 
emitted the larva of a mah a with 16 legs ina fit S cens actually hire эй nerf to provide them with | literally “е of the — white- 
sneezing. Mr. c But the principal both 'ealth and mue | black tern ar aro 1 overhead, and making 
Stenophylax concentricus, a h ll arethe ens, of alm n reach, while the beantifol black- 
to this country Mr. : Pp Hemi- shi basa аге 391, all watered by the Wed Djidi, p н mest of waders, daintily lifts 
ptera from North America, Mr. Waterhouse made some | w. stream is intercepted by a dam just below the - pink m as he gracefully stalks through the 
observations оп several species of Monotoma, a small кс aic cedes gardens yield three simul үүө, lows, ог more hurriedly leaves the nests whieh ате 
us of beetles. crops. First of [3 the closely planted ce | profusely scattered round us, tected and z 
e. Carrots, ons, ' Melons, Pumpkins, Cu-|cealed, among the mud and opposite side 
Red а ; Tomatos, "Beans, Maize,|of the lake is bord by a of tall reeds, in&o 
e great вейде w 
MI rin де mingled with the gentler strains of many 
lesser aquatic warblers, On all sides of us the he саид 
hs of * " harmez” 
-Palm 
em containing the female buds. 
maybe judged m re 
low М. зонаси iip REDE К rie 
““1 gaid t that the desert, as viewed from the heights 
[Це ар iie rides to 
| serted and fastened in the TN Towards. 
mencement of July, when the fi 
the bun а us 
. After leaving 
ourney through th 
ш Y T relations E 09 French, чя! deb he 
considers the teresting people he en- 
countered. p^. visited & най of their ta and was 
everywhere h p^! entertained at P oi 
e 
d to the neighbouring branches. 
eias Mr. a pursued ] 
the 
ruit begins to swell, 
[e 
z Date-Palms (djereed). The taxes are raised b 
mall payment for each fruit-bearing tree, and, b eus 
0,000 female and cd о m trees, the last lon the hard 1 1 
е 26,000 Аргїсо 6 Peach ee, 24,500 Figs, гъ ed by ане into ап h r fo ks 
| 1300 m 2400 Pomegranates, 8 0 Pears, and 1 100 ^ Y БЯ in p ome 
siderable by the water's edge." IE 
1 
DU 
Hit 
vili 
dui 
ia 
Е 
ШШ, а cherished and 
otionless 
Palm-leaf ; while a pair or 
E 
hi 
the state, eve ouseho. 
to furnish 
avai iling 
the vage л tree, 
shot will startle. from — Ше Dates а 
* booma; ог little owl." 
‚эш inenesting aud instructive | —— ig Soompletad 
d 
with i 
orizon line on all sides, а dying camel "in the fore- | t 
Qvi to T utmost а - resources within their 
=F EGRE 
PBB 9. 
nn 
Ы 
E 
Hi 
Ha 
cp monotony, let ы. t once ү = the mis 
lusion. The Dayat, w is very frequent to às | 
in fact, with such a soil and onte: 
and Flora. 
d the с ТЬе latter. шр ies ; Ы 
abundant bein 
di 
against cultivation А чыт unless unremitting | 
attention be paid to “Тһе cultivation in these 
g Crue s 
pex "hil ^ in the whole аа but one Leni d. eod 
plant, one single Fern (the Maidenhair), and only &we 
