i Joxe 29, 1861.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 603 
аа 1 tern Prussia. three | ears rience). This thick as a man’s arm, pure white, 
| (e are во modest). pp eee ea qe to pet pat J whole forests. In Eas ind to be € ago bdo Au MI by the broad bases of the 
* Well done у nE itie pore boys, God bless уоп! go onan «d ташый bon were attacked by insects ue petiole 8 that Md inu it, rises. gradually from the 
trees А й 
the nt on to give the following the É ; Uu Cos d 
Instit + че кй. * We niiret began: our tasks and | ів unable = "- ye these Saliga of the p | rhizome, increases in ж-ы dh us агре membrana 
by ne wo small, foli 
of birds he would be vanquishe d in the о. bracts, carrying M маб" е rie upper 
it is while the 
the Thre pe ts. . During the | The commission excludes bi prey, such as leaves with the. fant ц x. i 2 
E mer as you will see by the statements before you, we | magrpies, ravens, &c., with the exception of buzzards and | centre, or scape, is young and , "p. 
an income, of 1559., же а Ies redes e start $ , analogous to the “ Cabbage" in Palms and in ,ycada- 
Е with à à hand | rooks, from the benefit of its ams on, be ecause th og "ge : 
e fo эм —X— А d ee in еті -—E t 6000 куе ait i etc., nal А eri pa S pa 
сав. ' parrpw: asit is mature it turns 
r the ар of en ow qns be an incalculable amount of white worms. as soon ЁЗ vaso ghe zin d' $4 
EE d. and their х-тен shown xa "adn eatable. 5 
Ag the fact that when their des cem um mes i stripped [of i i M at E oring. n P 
X 4 T think ev who € joice to M Hungary winged insects increased во rapidly that | арреа! ecular to, e 4 д д | 
LU rewards for the er of SUI wie suppressed nun Nar aree, growing in the great swa m 
| 2s more pleasing i pua - ts уеп or у men back. Роз. з marshes ofi that sumi do formed by "ret rising ' 
11 deners, Benevolent usto tn меб обир бн. 
! p эй е д 
еге 
Ё М егей di It comes to grea EM at 
ie T destru 4 У | Gondar, but most abounds i in that ; part t of M a and 
Goutto "west 4 the Nile, 
have s oma Witten t the Rue sila. tions of e зл в d to бе edu 2-9 E 
à үч, ез, аз were PR the remains of 700 cockchafers. Owls, an d | anything x Асе et аат d pA 2 
ad ore are 
| settled on oie heads and, as our Šhakspere says LT — ———— D bowe че mod. T ey аг 1 е | vegetable food Ма €— e be арча T were ib 
10 times more wi Ld the best cats, and m ot not for this plant. Not o nly €: пав x ruce 
dangerous to the larder. The martens that were discussed this fine pos, ү улес ally, € 
killed were found to tare! in their stomachs the remains | with the mythology of Egyp e see," Б $1 
of 543 insects. After further illustrations of the same | “ in some of the Egyptian €— darin жез pa^ 
nature, he. report форм» the prohibition of all means | Isis PEE. between the bran о ap ) К 
of destroying birds save by fire-arms, with the excep- Ban m as it is чүй мей: an uaa pi 
tion of nets for wild ducks and palmi des generally, | ear ; you see also the e hippopotan s ravaging 
and the prohibition of bird-nesting = m of e quantity ч of banana cr e ч одна : усш ЗА 
bservation; f 9»; à j 
wards of 70, АА Varo ае five above 80, EIN ond one youug birds. The petitions referred to 
fourscore years 
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oM hen І was a little boy at dido. my €— 
resented me with * Main's СЕ: Botany '— 
mg that study and а garden to love. I Дит 
well his words аз he gave me the ities have observed that 
n who e^ ә сагаеп ате 
re а vast number of 
; and I hope your observa- 
can confirm that Бари 
опетв it will be ж 5 
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tions of gardeners 
If you tum to the list 
to suj the 
mer Times. i i ir hierogl ; for this 
d Publ Worl entered into the list of their hieroglyphics; 
lon cnp nut ED алд James Bruce, | reason, it could not figure anything permanent ki 
— to-|of Kinnaird, w Mp onably one vB regular in the history of t or А climate. 
h, 
my M most 4 
cause of sobor, thrifty, remarkable turis d f the last cem century, but he un- | therefore imagi hi : 
"ea „Балаа fallen imt A. Аа. fortunately obtained little credit. during lis lifetim | Ethiopian, and that the supposed Banana, which, as an 
ut that their grey hairs are crowned with for Ме many inte —— а ies. It was left for SIE 
kspeare makes his grave- | fature travellers to rm fheir accuracy; ipie if w к - е Jung 
PONO, Wer Um picta the state of science at the time Bruce а the. hiero PU. Isis and the vet ad the v к, 
ancientness upon it, since it was ће |а traveller, and the multitude of objects that his a li iod арре һа woe già а in гам 
parent of us all and moreover, until | researches ет! m avi е 
ot tme Лаа? mam wo shal be d 6 оп Же 
P th iir in th чл. Bri e 
any otber са! ling n do у the Я 
kind is fed; Ьу е taste of his сай entered th the view o ippopo 
There клу in all he does. co iram of the Nile. It "ES e found the temus des! QUA g the Banana, we may su gore, 5 
4 тога печ to the illustration of FEN we ме moan that the m ысыгы inundation ha had gone so 
pad —— wo plates, э which would still have far not only to Laghi the Wheat, but also to retard 
aine ed wn to us к — present day (save fro € E Pol e Ens ete, 
Бедене бета убеп and really rentum figure but for 
^. kindness of Walter P" Esq., our = British | Dranches of As which Horus Apollo says the 
sul 2 Mussowah, who sent the seeds " this plant | ancient Egyptians produced as as the food on which they 
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i e b The hip hippopotamus is gener "E е represent the 
ener, ^ 1% is now ге ime Bruce Nile, ion a аз so abundant ав ёо b e destructive. 
re Wm the | When 
friends 
ovely and exqui $E nature. Look round 
room to-night, and let € ЕС er fetürlanoe ‘bo tho 
eloquent petitioner in behalf of her own craftsmen. 
“From yon blue heavens ла us bent 
The grand o old pian дий his 
1853, un к dius twee nam id tac рз. discov TE н u 
v ignorano of the of. ) jrus, as he imagines, 
amd Jede 
поб at 
cted that family of the 
в | table тет тб up on the growth g rapid in our 
i lant to be Же | 
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а oetik 1: e (not т: 
эга briliant spone) 9 the ара иа 07 ре атаа а 
E тап" Of the m 6 Gh he had Musa," we must remember that he could have 
emma acquainted with the Bananas known in cultivation ; е лате ERA 
B two 
he certainly well disting Y 
* It is trae he says, “ s the ha lent of the Banana "mg то c: ЕКЕН to Ac - 
les that of the Ensete; ї * an vina ions of its opponen toric documen 
mos the speaker asked them to drink ( di me €) y differing | Which bear witness to that ancient strife lie before us 
v eec cu si vi, saying ыа size, etc.; e the. Fi es á Bamna: yat the зари E -— Hu - j^ 
poumon an occasion, hape of Брани ber, : d this medals of creation. ig 
andit: nain Cup hisfriend on | eaten, The Ss Cai кыр, pe t m vts P only nly nee gestori d dat ed science x qug io 
lude highly agreeable, It is supposed to are n seeds " ieroglyphies in which the past history 
(the flowers being abortive), * but th Figs of the| cf our p T. revenis ве to man, and Ё stands to 
Ensete are not eatable; they are of а. tenen soft. reason that in so difficult a study truth must often be 
substance, te ‚ tastele апа in colour consist. | Obscured b E. but ай раф. the geologist is still 
ence similar to а rotten Apricot; they are a хонон chapter scholar, endeavouring to decipher the first. 
5 orm, erooked a little at A lower en t an inc t 
E eo x kod. а half in length, and an inch in breadth where © of the physical revolutions ty our globe distinctly 
Гг бузык бт жеб which (эг | thickest, In the EA е these there i isa ш сояга | points оа га when the molten earth wandered, 
the business closed) amounted to |half an inch long, of of'a Bean or Cashew tá Ag Lc dá the 
(President of th nut, of a dark-brown p pma And the ia of | РӘ rom ours even. t 
d m 55 | the Ва апапа, ав is well know. үп, is an ir bearing its wildest "eight * ИШДИ ЖОП, 3 is unable to sai dios us o 
& few more toasts wer Б the waters of 
the 
to, the meeting broke up at an advanced full size, and 2 perishing down to the root, and по | Yet mixed wit th the air, and formed а tick a and hi hazy 
part of the stem сап be eaten. © The body of the cepere reu which no radian mbenn, ЭЁ 
trunk of the x. usete for several feet high is soft lun ht, ev r penetrated to the 
i Mich a that time 
Arat pi 
young, is, w ed, th 
les, tasting like Wheat-bread mot rise 
you e use of the Ensete for 
ent it immediately above the mener qme 
or two higher if the ue ів. їп 
ip И habits, жа: та the upper part till i 
anatomy, and species of food re it is soft, like a Turni 
the ravages of insects, and а Е - gt of coton with mük ‚ it is the 
the objects they destroy. France is ыенен t f| To un the part that is enten 
thousands of species of insects of terrible fruitfulness, | 298005 we must the mode of growth 
nearly "n: which ms what should serve the М d" n PR 
о е first secti , all spri m e, 
Б * Importa: of ar ы - 18 | pure-white, eon rhizome (fibrous wit 
States that the wire-worm consumed 160,0007. worth of th), and constitute the stem, 
mmm d was the cause of the | 092186 ® nature, and so full of fibre 
(ee treten preceded 1: tof | thg axis, еа у а maa cei shit Mass 
ns of colza hazard 
ut 296 had been rendered worthless » "A rm the суйед at the — in course of t€ (10 years | constantly th epe n á 
reduction of yield in 32.8 percent. In Germany, | 20789 петта n five years enpo | vo heat mai ting from and th odoris of 
according to na monacha consumed | * The French à kinds “* Figues Bananiers." e vast body со yent Mv slowly into vacant 
