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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND. AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Jvxx 29, 186]. 
but e vues of the harem happening to walk there, 
des rts жеге members . Dr. Kotschy then recommende а 
of матчы fortunately, several men familiar with African 
adm as out of the question. 
loch t wells 
npea Henry: 0. Criswick. [See an article on Q7 | 
nother me ] n No. 
R —Your Correspondent 
to the 
ока I eft id qw. that by improving and 
n of these places eT 
extending the vege- 
would be attracted, 
only mplished 
о ey, boy, an А. 
urs of years, 
going over in т now т daylight 
the sun wa g behind 
а forest of Date trees. 
other side of the river, 
gildi + t 
Th vill age qe od. on е 
was s all ушей, d the market | 
seem. o be 8 
Ње - Адно, уђе | р 
| under glass, 
|h 2b aee as кто оле d by R.P. W. Heale, 
p. 578) gem Tg lilac н, on Rollis o M @ 
uncommon. [think not, " b. have frequ tently nique i 
same sport appear on 1 Ts n grown s 
some еи producing E ҮЧ 
while others hac e lilac І 
Half the truss dias AA come petes ad pes x1 
Wet, ; 
Puit adpressa.—r. Hooker's re 
dul bien - my 
chief article; but Io t de "cin 
bread tree, and never y even a Hu of the lant |s 
nam during my poks in Еву 
fer 
| tility, Ча 
S i e ther 
xpanded flowers e Date. The p etu 
its "е: rug the dirty crowd, I was soon in 
а fine avenue „of Tamarisks and Acacias, straggling 
(To be continued.) 
om e Correspondence 
ал» Ў Poisonous Leguminous Plants of Swan Riv 
ion of M ive of = am ы озі 4 gro mi Another of рее ч e pests of the pastures of PRES West 
Т. сап we нела алар [how feeling could | Х was brou Ed io bé the TES 
fin in all that is noble in architecture ; Соок, Esq., of Perth, which pro e astrolo- 
ог the old Egyptians merely imitated а f bium. Callistachys, Meisner, a plant not hitherto known 
E^ m iis аА temple at at Edfoo, as may |0 be poisonous. This gentleman и me that it : 
У soon ; only late in the year that the sheep are poisoned, 
US ie published. printa, n simia пан о whence I infer that, аз with other Leguminous plants, 
ts have 
D 
Messrs. ickson, „аб 
ever de and. was found i accident i in alg 
| Шш g Qu ne) 
ton 
S|I le ЫТ from З 
f. 
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B 
e А м 
the seeds alone may be deleterious; in the meantime enerally нео that iat was its origi 
Ан Sof E prete i posu rad m the pe E ens of this species have been given by Mr. Cook j ham, Kent. 
iag оба а x eem of the ia ona of|to Dr. Hofmann for chemical analysis, and the result iganteum.—I 
xd tho es е Palm could. not Sro (mme the proto- will no doubt be important to settlers and to science iant of Lilium giganteum which grew here 
is uniformly c lindrical Сап any Eur other poisonous Swan River Ga ok — ATO he open air and was 
oue dA: iter reading Dr. Barth’s work on Central G. bilobum, Br. identified by Dr. ud. ue WE w it. 
-Africa, that the ventricose tru of Deleb osylobioides, RD andspinosum, Benth., А enn ed by | most easterly point 
„Palm :, (Borass sthiopum, Mart), so- common here are also other genera of same | again, but will ы Ты, iem iras 
in districts bordering on Egypt, have supplied the meon of Le eguminosæ containing poisonous species. mention з, plante 
idea? es Greek, never too proud to steal, but J. D. Hooker. of 1858, a it 
ever roud to acknowledge w he learnt „Пап арте i A —Your notice and figures | since, Tt ha T, 
29834 the "barbarians, substituted as capitals оЁ О! ne ew Japanese тузше induce me to draw | by having а bee-hive placed over it, filled in 
the leav he. Acanthus for that of the atte ntion of your спаси о the frequency ias with cut hay, and ove 
ihe Date wt m but T es thic ре the which orets similar to tho 939 f the * Dr dg Chry throw off th 
ayed i grea urity. In o mum” may be met ike, surmoun 
edad trace a Ped of Phonix | t- only in са genus but in s veral others Ete same | wh ( have be rod 
arch being the mee ting of two | family. I have numerous Shita of кій Ге photograph г fond a very fine sp 
ace -declare sny utter inability to discern exhibing every intermediate stage between true | рар, M 12 ч high; ч 13 flowers 
у northern Buech woods, | tubular = and those чи t are pe or strap- | its- summit, gro the angle оба hi 
6 har ve en. me of these а very incon- garden. It is the | etg we m seen; 
з the most typical Per seri тыш the limits kignad 46 the genus or | nious method of saving. t from eod 
AME т}, (even to the sub-order to which they bel So | useful advice os 
› common indeed are. es that à? I should have shelter. In the, co rA Sa 
; аз with fo P od trespass on your time and | easily had. ] 
- camel: " green fodder icm fibres | Space were i5 not that the example set by the Japanese! Rearing DeatW's-head Moths 
io Daia [meg grove of jdm small villages with ought not to be lost upon our cultivators, especially 
of t 
flat er mine all t 
hen Nature во often shows the way to form veritable 
-— 
a the mind iae been damas from alildhood On | Drágons. Жазкей Т, Masters. 
Mcr) the pyramids. с е ад uvial soil, and with i&| | Preservation of Manure and. Prevention оў — 
t that of blue eoe elIs.— ere recently had an opportuni il 
carried оссе "y the very heart of D of inspecting a species of Xs e preparei 
th wh 
a plan which has been advocated b 
e years Lehave. pesce 
different Me of Sphinx moths, 
ad, by ng the сером 
а соттоп же dish cover (sucl 
meat from flies 
bor de gea one e f 
ihe same kind of. plants ioi: sandy ed of 
the Моше; іп а pamphlet entitled * National | "Health. a 
Northern Germany, where formerly nothing 
es, Pin 
Wealth.” * What I saw wasa pipes looking eiit 
posed to. grow, save Birch us sylv nick dd like се өзү ueni vp n a small en box, 
Buck: However, I er much time to|and so ee fro "" of offensive odour, 
speculate ou the possibility of turning the desert to | thas "А Turion s ma y be taken from the box and 
ceoünt, being now close pyama and the à by post for а or analysis. А 70 of 
Sphynx, on whose face the paint of a thousand years h boxes stood o window-ledge LÍ" he experi- 
ding wàs still visible. No sooner had the Bodon iis as Ft the 
|mentrs study, dtd үти hey were 
| intended receptacles of some delicate wu Mero aod le 
I W at was my astonishment on рема told that four- 
fifths of the matter contained in each box consisted 
Me of excreta, and that iu: Beers fifth alone 
gl rth mould. The original portion of earth had 
number in height ; 
all геш uld n 
rcm см ET ^ take breath e ME а certain ee 
which v in 
in 
y sort of offensive odour 
ance. must refer to 
M the XM im et named above for an account of „the 
ighest : without any kind of 
de 
them 
кер к n 
replaeed w 
benea у ms 
their rising t ы the lowing -— 
ish cover is ready 
safely for their. owner. 
answers well with dragon. flies. 
gm bre nearly arri ived L^ тшу, а ks. 
sal 
Time 
vh ng amongst, and th 
ite smoothly and Por "gie 
insects ai their i 
to the fete he collector us 
ork, and t 
and mM gratified vith the. curious 
pde О. 
rth Неайпу.—Їа your Pa Paper o te 
ош ы will 9 — 
everal ar rticles E: ei eT 
эу а entertained was that "eariy у Troian 
т; п 
on a] ous and often ill-cond. nd at no ver, 
; m of wa ainage, and then add the very lar vens ес 
of them near the different stations where i Е ее iven in this country aloi Vo gS| At don mean to en 
stopped. to gratify my curiosity. І found а pe of res, I pine but look to E tA impe ка! еи may be applied, р 
Helix desertorum, ll which h en- known to | onè oH w might chai eff х poros "ey ^ x "5 ial made o: m 
live for years without food, which I can fully believe, | much to the profit of the whole nation. short Vane бекке: Сание 
since there was not a blade of Grass for miles around | Blandford St. Mary's, near Bland, а new place in South Yor 
here I P itup. The prospect ‹ does n not improve Peculiar Atmospheric Odours. — Under t s head a Sees яа s Ж. wi ag 
on ane uez. Tl but | Correspondent їп your impression of last w ed 
неа is to render his canal across the Isthmus if any satisfactory ln ene can be тан чын —- UE i. puru. ry 
гау нцу; ТУА Ба " — ш); Dr. Schónbein, bxalitie i NN for y соте. Ha 
А аз Ње fir t to notice this peculiar edour elled by wiv of trial 
—literally ашасалар о Lodo The difficulties дао "ihe "обот of а very strong electric machine, Jana на Were roh 
uring the decomposition of water by a galvanic | April. Тһе d o vrotection w. 
M eme skill could not overcome them. If plenty Ж, Тһе ré effect із produced naturally by the uit é р a 
tal. be forthcoming the canal will be dug.|decomposing f the. atmospheric ele city лучы 56 Ou Pe d Sot 
wo keep the району u under poo conditions, On some of the Livai Pui E "idi the red p 
К not pave miles |€ мае uents of our gaseous e 
f country on both sides of its banks, but must elemen m ze eated із called by meteorologista но ee теце w of nm ‘month June 
8, ыы 
ting | own to perform in the econo my of Nature. vis 
little skill would be|always to be detected by the smell unless Seir h еллы a CM h 
dedi large quantities and under the very favourable circum- кек чий ч. кеи 
dif- | stances observed by your Correspondent; science has|end of. Nt fne 
e -into | certain — means of detecting 7 presence at тїтїн рїї, Я 
tee, Bradbury & Evans, 2ud Edition, 1s, weather, not the 
