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CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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Hieracium alpinum, Saussurea alpina, Erigeron alpinus, 
Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, mE Louchits, апі 
lypodium alpes Various cliffs and crevices were 
examined for Cystopteris montan na, not a ves ige o of 
old haunts, but W 
stellaris, Cornus suecica, gta myrtillus, I 
nigru 
"irm "s — Listera 
est aca 
whieh, p sre embodied in the general d 
e in tro odu ced. А rou gh draft. of 
a, 
cordata, Tofieldia palustris 
var. vivipara, and Ly 
{ече to which it sei bie he surve E 
and water did not ipte wid the 
hyperborea was 2 und i | the 
precipitous face of the corrie, т was ascended ж 
Ех — fearlessness : acragsm t to 
eserved for the succeeding шу. 
Tue берар secluded recess in the north- 
ата "üeelivityl iate "the view i in 
vivid recollections ofi pte qe just rece ved. А few 
hiti g "eran vin ng 130 fronds, 
At the summit the rocks were Pis stod. over 
Lecidea geographica, nidi amon, ther Lichens, 
Cetraria islandica, Scyo ophophorus Ља опы 
Cladonia rii ms were ent. wg mong 
the Mosse: 
escens, 
— Pogonatum сак ang қ Diss num fus 
Andrea rupestris, Hypnum denticulatum, 
s 
south by a ridge of the mountain, and only 
glimpses of the distant heights 'of' Strathtay”ate 
ж. б ав diffusing chee 
Stages Development in ию 
П. * On some of the of 
Dammara со 
Female 
50] 
Dick 
investigation tih he had been able make of the 
r | development cf the female flower of this New Zeala а 
Conifer, а plant of which had on 
| the hothouses in. the Royal Botanie Garden here. The 
of Dr. Mer end and trave E com- 
panion, ora дай е 
| had collected them h Rin and 
| he had seen fresh in. his memory. 
even when origin 
d was 
y 
s of a Vertial | 
lon a favo 
te to them explanatory ieena 5 
поё prerenten пө 
ula e bee 
end to writ 
whereas 
green strath and т> yellow corn б 
additional wildness гү the Ned day o started | 
etimes, and too 
Baillon's views as to the bicarpellary nature of the 
flower (ovule of Robert Brown). - Vie also | 
showed that — — fructifere in Dam- 
mo^ de TA having looked at the Coast Y 
Chili, then nce stop атау aeross the Pacifie, and visi! 
es, t е Carolines, and d the Marianne 
+ 
n = 
must be € as icem of the cone- 
took a stra ourse fo 
the hill, which was rea ч АЗ after : a x stiff climb without 
our meeting КЕ -— plants which we bad " picked 
h A ith the 
oot, еайын кеа » in the cone of 
(Машаны; | but di fring es: ssentially f from the squamæ 
Abies, &c.), 
Lm for e excepti voe f B 
i 1e top ot B en Dec nde is not 
т Пей by that of any other mountain in the 
end and the day was miim for enjoying 
Although the lake below red withou 
а оп чв surface, the ҮҮ top was ipt by 
а strong. breeze, A rendered. it difficult to main- 
Th 
Ow. m the 
ву van beni of "Taymouth mingle in the view with 
the remoter hills and plantations of Tay side. Ben 
beyond which rise the peaks of Ben Lomond an P Ы 
абе ed Do fe Loch Lomend. Schihallion i 18 
d i 
e 
me d joda size. The following Bees тта 
t 
яуа are Structures sid y to the leaves of the cone- 
shoo IIT. * On the elo E2 ne Floral Organs 
Russian possessions in Kamtchakta, 2 Unalaschka апа. 
Sitka. Inall these ' placos pose of the EN 
were mi mado re ra M of that of the photo- 
grapher Ету ually execute, and we owe 
the ей publishers our КУЧА. for havin ng F pared 
inglish gon 
5 
| 
E 
e 
ч 
of the вето. ап g 
Plants" Ву Dr. Low E «М lities in 
Seotland for som 5 fad Pla бт Balfo 
Же, HS of Plants ios d in He Вав Сабиз 
Mw With 29 ark Dr. hau: нат аы W. 
$ 
mu 
‘E send a couple of leaves of the commo; 
by W. Ste 
- she, the dreary treeless Que en 
ure, or in: ORG esi in origin: 
The work consists of 24 views, of which lis on the 
arid coast of Chili; 2 are in the impenetrable forests 
i а Russian gettlemen t just to 
itka, 
he North of our own "British Columbia; 1in Una- 
of the Aleutian 
hat larger t rality o 
entire foliage of the Чоо is something very remar 
imber has 
diminishing. the n 
arkable. 
No do ubt this is owing to the ge of the late severe | 
which, by of buds, 
vegetation offers a m Mex wes contrast with the tamer 
scenery of the РЖ; n follow 6 scenes in the 
same di irection, 
Ladrone mmy if pose: more E than those 
ws in cold 
t ue 
may be descried the rounded summit of Ben Cruachan, 1 thi th 1 
and the соп aks of the ine overlooking Glencoe branches which we ere s 
and Loch Etive. The eye f Roses ^ ow. emi t ^E m Botanic Garden t this тазву pla ins, open for rests V Buch гм Poplar а 
east the outlines of the оборо summits of the | summer, . Colm, Mr. Parker reported that Pine woods, the gloomy abode of bears unterrified b 
mountains surrounding the sources of the Dee; and|almost all " "Roses were proliferous, producing | the nightly crash of s trees; finally the eye is 
were: discernible the ranges of Stratl n. buds from the receptacles, and all | relieved by the light and graceful scenery of the 
and Strathearn, the Sidlaws and the Ochils. . We pro- | surrounded common calyx. From Broomhall | Philippines. 
ceeded to explore 5 — d rocks in the cavity to rim Shemeld, Mr. Allan, sent d ar specimens, a Well may D 
не 8 art ex 
рь X west of t 
vo 
height have long 
rocks on this unpromist 
been [wore аз а station for Saxifraga cernua, one of 
an immatu 
bend hit tha Den 
on he mountain. 
ite ШЕ that rg 
E e pre evious day. 
n 
ege bere like ti the 
ter. | 
m the calyx was loped in the form 
ordinary oue es of the Rose, 
ЖОО of ЭЗооКв. — 
‚ | Twenty-four Views of the Vegetation of the Coasts 
F. H. Von e iz. Translated from. the 
Edited mann, P 
of the е aspects о 
Wi 
and | Me 
dg 97 P. Pacific, with Mu. nn natory JDescrip- 
y | tion? Are the "eigo gt bg nm ы) 
9 ы all бе virgin ue rera ta perish by thè 
descrip the 
eria? Wi When e every vestige of them в 
disa men will 16 be believed that in our pama 
re existed vegetable monsters whose age was not 
ойо by hundreds but by thousands de Ly 
the bright Skies of the South Sea no theme of i fale = 
reflected 
y 
Was by far the most beautiful of our alpine treasures, 
es first s A: of this lovely Myosotis, in its brigh : 
ure flowi listening in the 
у› 
boit з йө reward for more than the toil o of бна 
ап pibe tive enjoyed MEE d of 
н, ада exotic scenery such as 
of one of our publie offices, but hav 
ever веер the light; Раба бад of Miis stand 
foremost among representations of Vegetable Phy- 
п on the es gr 10, tho „Pacific under „the 
form, “colour, vi 
seasca; 
inter ? 
seize "apon the feat 
of others. To appreciate at one glance the character- 
— beauties of England or Europe, one must have 
ore artists 
han England/;or Europe; and would 
merat were arbem niva vg S. stellaris. | artist Shen accompany it. The former 
», party examined t ounds ot Tay- | Mertens, ur latter our non who gives te follow. 
mouth, under the guidance of Me M urray, the head |ing accoun ^ Gi 2 which he executed the 
gardener, On M "th А До an nee on, without 
im :— 
"able mprove even upon their present style of 
une in, ass - they had spent a few nights in the 
desert, ma ral excursion: nsin а virgin forest, ог 
seen the mighty working of the icy masses in the - 
ut witha| “On the а of the Russian corvette 'Senja- ads not. If young artists can pu 
as for going ^i ins in 1826, the botanis sits of St, riu ваннд ilis cb REP ве rud 
епегу of the | that, as opportunity offered, as ғ portraits and | camp life the Һа] sof 
p : с sketches of the as possible ) 
M. Hutton „ | should be г> Sy Although unacq with Е и 
: oh ar to determine the den- | I was deeply interested his sugg ur 
tions ое Pro E cud: e subsequent ой. and in A mind's eye ved a of Seeman 
lower part of the hill pie. Structure, The from which the following may have borro qim 
| bedé ibits, in sections eut by|Still want ime, generally experi nave d 
i jus and hornblende slate | naturalists loring expeditions, would i ' de 
pper formi premis b x the | have preven » ing my org и кы A 
: con- | effect, if the natu: on not essen- а 
т tapis diy а ре 3 a апа homogeneous, Өш” оче X 1 eme to that of the whole nia vem no 
М А meagre .|zoological objects constan rought the features of | geologis usions without knowing 
а саире. in а "мы ac plain | the v ч а betoro шу E iththe deter- cw t his brethren have brought forth ; when nc 
With Lichens aud g fe Mom al 1 у Нор t à view, І generall succeeded in jy can а e fauna, no botanist the flora, 
affords É ax: m šes. To the botanist it «боор 36 di it dite the short time chát ve to without examining the su E 
ч - г &, Е а очи as any mountain | remain at anchor in each , provided I had col- =, еке philologists no longer attempt expla- 
even rdi ridi ч ME on the flanks and | lected lio iiir y . These —l,ina пайопв "without "u^ nun mined the whole range of 
pes ere " e "Ing, Viz. —Thalictrum sketch ofanyc 0 } * velandsca inwhichgenerally hum: artists кү 
gliea, х капита Hipparis several, according to е pri peculiarities of the | реп Т ds yero remained, 
S. hypnoides, var, 8, | soil, were joined ; 2, in a gufficient number of portraits | eral jui 7 Tie ae fach that North America may 
