Ec dod QT "v АУЫ ЧЫК, АБ ШЫЛ 
уыз. EE 
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dewi ЖУНШ, ЖИ ЛАРА КЛ ЧЕСТ К ЫА Ар" 5 
ИСТИ?! с ГОР МОФ а. та 
Joxe 15, 1861.) 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
551 
Monsieur LECoQ's confir: rmation | 
Iu varau 
fixed with string to anything except the plant. itself. 
If a stronger stick is — ын should taken: plac и 
i was 
——— ————Á 
were the miscellaneous „hoardings cf а mere collector; 
there was not ing specimen that h м nob attached to 
t its history, nor that was n pde an 
fn a purpose, КА that was n 
of his feo equent lectures, or 4 аф, at the service оЁ his 
na geology and кщ recent changes. o 
in the bole from whenc 
several small sticks are енн and a pap 
envelope, they should be m^ in the К and пой 
plunged into the soil After the plan 
stick should ever be thrust into the Moss, as the pack- 
ing may be forced inwards and injure the plan 
4. eners are often stingy about packi 
not onl old Moss which is partially decomposed, 
he 
| moist they are liable to heat, 
cast 
y | per. 
than any other — 
| studied and more Ever 
pheld t 
er haps a more absor 
eepiy 
preached js “Bible. or more 
чоме of the Chu ты E 
staunchly u 
меан ut he ever ‘maintaan the. necessit; 
plants their leaves ыран "after хайы are ппрае cked. 
the 
: than to the Менн ue 
i ыры 1 e | Delicate plants are from „вате p а 
ise left to chan Unexpected 
It opa bor ar p e possibili of e p should be clean ге гай matters sh avowe на on total pesas 
the one plant lei ing а a modifioation о o£ the the other пне p". Seu = yia fluifans, or different, | of human reason unaided by revelation ; but. havin ng 
but the qhestion of probabi species hagnu Moss from trees is seldom | witnessed many changes of к-с, opinion кону 
Th ^ moren 1 а peek: of Fav m жой» ой about by progressive veri ts огу a upon, 
than im n this country. The Moss be neither too dry пог too moist, |he was very ave s re kon 
Savin i nS r grown ав to | If the plants are well watered before packed, ieri these were not in nt armony ме lien онн 
make it ап object of fear, were its neighbourhood | Moss requires Пу: #5 be just moist enough to. рге His charity was nowhere s than in 
я T D differed widel à 
reall dangerous as is supposed, and we have | its breaking under the pa e; Mois i in contact with TA pem who di ore "азды e: anı 
the pest itself in such abundanc: avin | the stem or ойк» ев Laus It уя ве eA " Erme cote Ы 
| — 
у. 
ту. 
H should not i. watered at the time P peg; or the 
ome | roots ша, e bes 
т | before s osi 
they are packed. 
t or too dr It 
à = 
allow of any. misconceptions with regard to their true 
nature. 
way is tom n it au hour | 
Plants should never гыл муй after 
A Plants „should never be sent in summer simply 
other; the pots or the masses o of 
roper. remedy is |; 
If 
ermitted them to influence in M 
smallest degree his ЫА or to diminish his 
tion for what was honest , wherever he found 
Hence he dise ussed. su mical questions as, the 
age of the globe, the origin ws peces, bo, with such. ins. 
genucus forbear ance, vbat i Meque Mi all denominations: 
for a calm and unpre- 
m professi 
к о giok. the (= Ж к р ly ап Lana, Фаз, 
not do, m Тач ә а t an 
=, pev the interstices filled d up with Moss. , Without 
LN against 
avail us, M: J. $^ 
So much inconvenience nm ad ve em need: 
at the B ad pack- | 
ingthat M 
Bovcu£, the intelligent третий чита 
һаз published a set of rules for 2x direction of 
correspondents., They would certainly be not 
altogether Me icc in our own country, thou ugh |f 
eral err in this direction ; 
" have WD thought it worth while to give 
is opportunity, though t. а. 4 
not UR; the same, of. recommendin pers 
who transmit to us specimens for exami 2 emit = 
to ascertain their name, to exercise ‚а little more 
care in packing. ч great o ws = 18 2 secure 
e ich conta m 
ovelties or rari ities, pl 
cintas thus ensues. e 18 
| preferable to the chance rl hasty 
transmission 
9. In the case of fruit trees or shrubs, more pains 
ought to be taken in Miri. the plants ts from the soil. 
s. Doea r na — вед, ог во devoid of rootlets, 
perienced hands. 
THE SEN PROFESSOR HI НАИ 
ded. from 
u 
"finally | Packing mv: зн to be trusted to inex- 
узе! 
| reg ўзра 
ed the flint implements in the drift 
to olly incredulous. as 
| ang published [t^ оры € the e аР ат was no. 
г mare's nests of the kind 
a seen exposed 4н "himself aided in exposin ng 
W othing тарагай by his rome scepticism, he wi 
character volion to h. earnestly took u е 
ттн the PUE i of mE 
is nat illne 
comparing Vs А edes TE with those иб, e and 
Wr 
Ге а debt of gratitude to dam "аш аз 
- swich, whose unique museum was planned and 
ranged by him, and made th. baia. local | | 
— donc gemein 
ede jac f 
confuse ; and the. ў чту 
= 
е Са en tanical галаа where however his 
b n were frustrated for want of space: ab the Ве Royal 
, | Gardens , Kew, he has been , more successful, and the | Bri 
MEM ivg the zanika ди h he was CER to > iag 
айр 
ton long an у 
A tet earth, 
denda аз. some ‘geologists 
"Mot it would Pa difficult to: point out any branch. of 
Science in which ее рч did not take an 
active interest; he attended the firsb meeting of the 
itish 3 Zn was. ever а ch 
them so firmi in tl 
hat they 10 
specimens are 
unfit for ace 
loosely wi а i 
but Indirons stuffing with us l 
gen t even the most 
from 
pet m point i is to damp the packing гах сане у 
аѕ possible. The mere moisture of the 
where there is no exit for ғ сори ation, vil 
most cases eene: revent injurious 
withering. ive bAt е or. 
шке. а E $ the i Lone 
employed by pac = от the o 
in direct contact es 
t co 
e botanist in 
System of pac soking is m nsable. The 
fnest collections may be ru: in 
jet want of skill 
or me relessn very ‘workin 
bo kno ell. ГА this as in the e formet 
everything 
mounting, illustrating, де ticketing, together wi vi тш. 
MANC hs ag ticis КОТ жеен —— for 
A dps 
e of the firs& exami : i 
London, and;till his death. a distinguished, member. of 
ti ai he Soci 
s practice. t nA cos e council; he ively aided. the Society for. the 
the я, a of Sion aru iffusion of Useful Knowledge, the ub, the 
терр ie бг Exh оү КЗ Pa Society, and was а most lil ` 
contributor to the various. charities and funds for, 
*. dme dm were few departments of it Lies the contents | relief of the needy members. of eek profi L^ d 
which he was not perfect] familiar, То the succeed- | naturalists in general. То poor «тле 
ing Exhibition at Paris he таё на аат? beauti- hes most gi us subscriber, n 
serjes of logical illustrations, which excited | appealed to in vain in any cause Ве ў E ps 
nthusias the Paris i ists, and of- which а expeliene of which were duly authentica 
duplicate set is now in the Kensington Museum; several periods he took а most important part in 
e also are sold his хане botanical diagrams ; | pot politics, being an E member of a party who 
са я ools, with a little guide to their use, and. his | pledged themselves to suppress that system of bribery 
| method of teaching botany in schoo for whi n of Cambridge was long во. justly 
Fora as че, с period of his life he worked with|infamous; and tho few 2m his U vaN ps 
zeal at Briti sh antiquities, in which he became lewrued | scientific M sympathised with. him 
meh ету 
і injury af! ter | 
the а: distant у voyage will be almost rosis. 
Cautions "i e Виево ба BS с, Bouché дыг ja 
of which he described in two кас няве a ations, 
conduct was so С of his singleness of of 
purpose, кам f character, 
Eos frag mienta о n ware Am 
size, W 
hall. £o attic, 
o 
gn room of his large d 
to 
presented a marvellous assemblage: of: instructive 
iki Map ran hopeless 
to attempt conveying any idea 
ess; besides botanical and zoological | a 
| врес1ш! 
lab: 
of. which would. be СЕ 
play, tha t this portion ex 2 career cannot be over- 
of his life. _ ; 
wh 
опе. in 
E eem 
he bad t courage 
гый КЕЯ of duty to! 
кес. | d end, m we сч nn - beyond it he did not ы neith: “tending the p^" 
в and man afa came аайын d 
E Ns. often S the ed A А linen pe shoes The заг of е o any of the may 7 
Fi: g care ean If E they. P out candies, € pottery, silk, &c., € gue гезе edid таа, Бу the fact that киды of а quarter of a 
QUE ih iein uw is not unfrequently the n boxes, and ready for ed. Fossils i 
mit Pas к гә Fo a or if M. e several] antiquities, Soina of ships жува ssa s, orreries, | the words “ Henslow, common informer,” on the walls 
JOMES 1 ees confusion of nam may easily enpons, erys е hical series, and (іп Cambridge, where they are still legible, His services 
"When cde x | philosophical i of all kinds; besides ms, | were, however, deeply appreciated at the time, for he 
ara plants are transmitted, ihe hard drawings, and classified woodeuta; "of which he had received three handsome testimonials, one from the 
ies are th "ма хей аё опе E omiy, the iler rabine тусн thousands, , mounted and instructi of Cambridge, another from the Town Com- 
amine the ^e ant. аи ment tickets are Aes f his library a and excel- небо th — of corruption, x Кш 
should be pai a tallies are used they lont British € entomological, conchological, and жеры | nird. m a committee of. noblemen and 
inte. ся show. es distinetly, an collections. Let it поб be supposed that these|men; all alike testify to the perfect Жаны, 
