ЧЕ, 
Ресемвкв 21, 1861.) ТНЕ над Е AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 1115 
through N.E., E., S.E., 
ely strong shoots. the laying out at of the grounds, То enced the Pinetum 
1r 
w moder: 
direc ction. And they. ‘believed dat es never went | Much p new sme of "1860. - killed, and the @ "collectio v m or Coniferæ or Pines not surpassed in anyof the 
British Colonies,) and the Аллен avenues from 
the year. "This idea was prevalent as long bac k as the 
grade, direction ; although they knew that i it sometimes tudinal bands of it and the inner bark retained 
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t 
round, t by in the con ary, or retro- | main stem and branches now show that only longi- along the principal walks afford им very fair тоф a ond 
may be done with this description of tree for the beautif ying 
ufficient life in 6 о preserve the connect of lawns or parks. 
| between the buds and root. From this cause the E Ani! MAN ere роп (he тод, und VESTE 
mai £ 
year 1600, and is mentioned by Bacon in his disserta- | | previously cylindrical stem has а UR appearance, cluded all possibility of adding to our stock by purc 
if, A Се conl рле, bu ^ it was only an idea, as nothing poros em made frequent excursions into the 
ain doe of the most | life or were killed. An 
the subj other shan 
чонда очир which the o аа tion of better|in the grounds of St. John's College, has dev more own immediate 58-р" Freue in e а 
contriva псев. for сае eine Je of the direction of the tha an half its height, and therewith - uch eH the с — n. РЦ Pei 73 ЕЕ Ro — 
und in the circumstance | | beauty which rendered it an object o miration to г? s Е e 
of the ра оЁ а рег red i Ath e TO! мБ on of the wind. | numbers of the persons who frequent thesegrounds. It emere to е. Uy z тауп eel 
CE жае not yet been ае айы; but doubtless will | remains to be seen if the late summer has sufficed to | v 
be, that any other I meteorological үч ара | restore the vigour of these trees so as to enable them ted to 
has the same iod o Ба ы have just to withstand the frosts of the ee inter. We | 229% 
glanced аб its connecti: h the ainfall, and | hope, almost against hope, that it m 1 
сап pereeive а a dias relationship. тооп thetwo| The lowest depression of the niperature was 34° |i 
: elements, чай, have not yet had an opportunity of | below zero A Fahrenheit b; my registering thermo- d Бе d end а ra diiy ree c E 
4 4 meter, which was erab success of the урамнан (ot: Tus Бева most gratifying, and in the 
together with the number of ез he vane has com- up at а great height above the Gardens may be seen fourishing in full vigour, trees and piante, 
pleted a revolution in either tection, with the motion, p A.M., Dec. 25. of all 
Itc 
ornamental and qe , 
tion 
This -past S A.M., 
ponds well with the registration ai 
no doubt. that our s. елә and horticultural reader: 
: 
n 
The Allspice, Clove, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, and Blac Forget H 
at the Cam 
s | bridge Observatory bs halt a baie seca on that the сой ed plant, Paraguay and Chinese Tea; hs D -» 64 
Tamarind, and Bread Fr uit ; e pape т To nt, ү р 
e Coc t 
periods о dm minima of direct motion and | was mue аә i: 1 -— America E X ue rilla х x Date, Doom, and 
| uinea Oi alms; Six s ж... o ava the о; the 
good and P ўе чт for rops. It is a very old saying | doubt а ча үз А of rin а а. "- the Row, Malay, Custard, and Star Apples; Sour Бор ау | Sweet 
that when the wind s aj inst the sun, other| proper position of them a very е tree of | Sop; the Cherimoyer, Alligator Pear, Chinese Date, TI LM 
words, has a retrograde ter iu the weather will be wet | Quereus Ilex on the site of ie Old Botanic Garden із | Sappadilla Plum ; the Granadilla, Edible Hovenia, je rcg 
and stormy, and otherwise prejudicial to the crops; the | killed to the ground, it perhaps — пар1у | ап9 Jaca-fruit Tree; the Lcngan, Litchi, and Jujube; the 
g / have been; founded ED truth, and | believed that а — unfavourable summer, suc- Papaw Treo, Argan Sue Talo res e [e oet 
what was applied. to the moment appears to be equally | ceeded by an EN ле e winter, has not occurred | от Formosa, Africa n Hemp, а and the famou x OM cloth. 
true of the whole year. It will, we bier, ый found | for very man 
Plant, and many eal Ф Dem EEN eel lebrity. 
of retrograde motion 
ете ап ес af his d it ve that the 
minimum of direct motion is reached at ted seventh 
year; and that the maximum motion 
that almost without an exception w when the number of rs the following tae of the killed and wounded | Plantations havı in which may be seen 20 
revolutions in the retrograde direction Ач sitet Iam mainly indebted to our Curator, Mr. Stratto eoe kd Vine, 1? 1 vedete itu gs ae iege 
balanced or exceeded the number of the direct revolu- ts which woro d е defe nded by snow, всі Y i hich 
- А у , planted with the view ot detara vf ch were best adapted 
tions, that those years have been characterised by stormy ing most of the her us species, wholly esca; to the climate and the general x rot z ro 
and bad seasons; and that the opposite effect is|injury. Indeed, many of the woody plants that haye | Seve йе с tried, an 
observed when there has been a great preponderance of | now produced. new в shoots from their Tots, pro obably SAY te Halt goos to p тоте ү st tis sva m pnt 
s direct over retrograde motion. , farther, t t th their lif duction of an he ie: of suitable labour to render its 
k -— ч epe the two eerie ol rta wind most abai зе. a: profitable node, Eight A ua ok 
exactly. элт e exhibitin reum :— this t w in the Gardens, viz. 
Seit is MU ч due icd ne Cluster, New Orleans, Honduras, Boy's Proliio, Dean's Upland, 
1849 i Pithyusa Glécides Patte's n and prom anm This de I “жый, is not likely to 
184 » = » » а carica | aiureli be of much value, asit has shown no of flowering. 
d 21.7 € + i B balearica The iis A (Saccharum палатин) В -— i- 
"i 149. На ж А inian: mented upon during the past and p and its 
it 1.8 T d Aies Sm Smithiana i thriving condition would seem to ша dicate 2 tbati might be 
а 110 T 4 a imbricata cultivated with profit. The e (Нор. mem (Zingiber i 
* 121 a i ме а а and two speci Arro have likewise been mos 
» 23.3 » m Cupressus funebris nista ætnensis 
+ 15.9 i» js ge mes na i 180: The contributions of plants and seeds, though not equalling 
ээ 19.1 » e exicai those уба y ourselves to other Gardons) have been such - 
» 8.8 „ә sí " bstompiylla to testify to the active interest taken by many in tho айтай 
» 19 " of retrograde motion | s» maroccana ment of our wor 
"i 6.8 ж of direct motion "n арі lia : e m с been taken in laying out the Grounds so as to 
‚э E b É m. Cerasus pygmæa pla ery object of soil, shit not only readily in view, but io 
» L gpega oa CIA "she. hel iisites и 
2 = з NE 
e 0 Ee i die 
oéeurs at a period equidistant from ei xpi e ог | Cercis li aris px d 
at 3} years after each minimum. are occasional чч уй be tous, 1 ue pr mcr dn submit Mu) дут 
exceptions—as indeed we find in every investigation of p of tne Gardens to make them still ж fourish- 
a like ut it the eye at once, upon the and consequen — 
first glance at the numbers, tha A ste cron 
given for КЕ which have noted as unseasonable,| Prunus ilicifolia 
andinjuriousto vegetation. Aswe have remarked, there |  Bnddlea globosa uld 
is, no ubt, much more to learn with = the con- onte om a ps gen Жу 
nection between the — rotation an meteoro- -——À то pu erts wineh it is very 
logical processes; but we trust that we m side rum td ni t from excessive 
to interest our dee e P 96 te dida "thia Vo Juniperus exec , humilis vine osi for exchanges of seeds and 
f er inquiry. C. d Пех aquifolium prr pat in various parts of this as well as 
тезе. ri трус 
EFFECTS ОР THE BAD SUMMER AND WINTER eicere да i 
OF 1860 AT CAMBRIDG Tt is probablo that neither of these "ists à is во full as 
THR appearance of Dr. Daubeny's account of the it might have been made; отат р mentioned 
tanic Garden by 
winter's frost reminds me of my promise to state its | to eultiva 
lature has, however, enab! 
stock by such exchanges, while we protec 
effects at Cambridge. Їп some respects we have Much | loss” has befallen pem collections in this е 
pla 
ha 
ыы is not clear; for the depression Lof, temperature | ru 
The fine ung Pinetum of Mr. | plants m 
t| Parker Hamond at Pampisfod Н Hall has been nearly | themselves the full benefit of the results of their own indus stry. 
|ru ined. At ragi TTA the losses are stated to | ced from other parts we sedulously cultivate 
as great in many о | 
"hero is сч. у our climate which renders it [ише Dec. 16. 
very unfavourable to 
cd Шаша ai -— gane. 
the 
aeaee ——— | effi 
mark- many yalua 
een very g Charles С. Babington, Сат |" 
is üstribu te. 
ome d of a Botanical Library is a subject of very 
e, and I am happy to state is likely soon to i 
ected. Mori Captain Hope ha& made a donation of 
Hio збрка: m. p m the 
nin, | THE BOTANICAL GARDENS 4 AT BRISBANE IN Күт ature, їп the Estimates for 
QUEENSL SE Wild а 
from the Re presas the Director 
ilay 6 1801) iai к 2 
Mah Wag Ho ense з When the Government of New South Wales made over these | those n st in works х 
hide grounds for th ilic, the whole contained an area | Н i CURAR a asks 
z w hr e greater has los e use 4 lio, M CEA u pus ку Же e пме арт pn тай 
of its smaller shoo The terminal Гай ter part їч E г.) fallast extent the EET орјееіз of ef наць 
killed, and the plant did ч E to grow shut ош vue Ies t be теа apon "Y cy: 
until late in the summer. as gained nothing in е Yel on rus - pem un I think I may claim us 
height, having had to exert zi "inn energies to recover one Dor mg — 
from the severe injury rece in the t п |б E. ell ав s individual benefit. 
E years n я — ата Hb to 2 feet to its height, y АЮ QC V 
other muc plant of Wellingtonia, in the Ийса}, w 
grounds of St. John's в dise, has not s fred quite в to -— (—— uch 
much, and has len ngthe ened its main stem by : а shoot ot pem The Tru P bus ed elsew Being unable to eompete in this 
27$ acres of x I fnd it беш T oben the mat ordina ary hasa д 
and some of its main 
n brancheg. ed : 
'Pawlovnia is another instance of а tree that has | ment t bled x to eb i rea with a | best со onsideratin ; and 1 hope 1 may, a your d c 
Шешу сөй ыза А бпе plant of it appeared а to eroct the brick — т 
to be dead until the middle of the summer, but then | ofthe workmen, Submitting to the Trustees а general design The Honourable the Colonial Secrdtari xum Но 
in the south-east eorner of the Gardens for the accommodation | are 
