FEBRUARY ål 860. | 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 99 
Sodat ety z arty 
oe shrubby Composite, Labiatw, and Crucifere, or the, 
Societies. — oe Salsolacee. The Arabian Peganum Har- Notices of Fook g, 
supers gerd them all on the sea i Ba: he 
à e ARRE a O Special | General | | genera asp is as no from e luxuriant Journal of Proceedin the Li Socicty, 
Hor ao pere t ope hold this day. at th l ric sted of the neighbourhood of Funchal, and | 13, 14, = Se neon meg Ea aon: Soci ciety, 
as Sohn Street, Adelphi, the Rev. | | indeed z the sea-cliffs Hy in eira, od ‘it Us =| ol. 22. IV. (Longmans. These av saN works 
t, V. P., in the oe 
ture | e| the r publishe 
show ‘ust Natural History is so far from ETR ishi 
hg i we doubt meet 
whether any foreign Society of 
in the same space of time so 
ron 
members of the Royal fi common to Mogador and all the Canar ands. The von yria aerae for the most part of st geu 
al g CE WR . the Prince of i low sa ndy hills of uniform height via the distance | many the e par ts before e Us. =i 
A Prine rederic William ‘of Prussia, . the | of a mile or ro skirt 4 elt of tion of Zoology 
Princess Alice, H.R.H. th Prince Alfred, H RH. the | in ne E om Huxley on the dermal armour and generic and 
Princess Helena, H.R.H t a rincess Louisa, H.R.H saa far e eye reach, are dlothed, org firs characters of recent crocodiles; on the moulting eae 
the Prince Arthur, H. he Prince Leopold, H.R.H. ringly or canals pin more closely, with va lobster and shore erab, by M ter; and on v 
i Beatrice; and il h Retama m age enan rrema other a mong whi elaborate systematical 
the Pris y had authorised the Society to elect 
them members—these Royal personages were 
immediately elected by ac mong the inary 
to 
Majesty the “humble thanks of the Society for the 
munificent. support which e 
the Queen has once more | the ordinary looking 
ee. ce of the formation of a bene o (Anacyclus lavatas) r every neg! ed fat 
new Horticul n at Kensington "a hou wall ; str rat ra an 
The following Fellowswere balloted for and duly elected, | alee Der nothing par: ae pi ran of € ere 
—The Marquis of Ailesbury, the Marchioness of | vated ground in England ete or the Canarie es. 
ury, Mrs. J. Aldridge, J. Alexander, Esq. ; B. | only striking plant to an European botanist is a ‘hed p 
Alexander, Esq. ; Mrs. Alexander, Lieut.- Andrews, | Peganum Harmala, covering aflat ; spac ree 
E. L. Ames, ; Dr. Anstie, ton, Esq. ; Col. H. | at Pa back of the beach, on passing out of the south | fi 
Baillie, T. Ball, Esq.; Mrs Barnett, Mrs. W. e of the town. The Retama and Lentisk thickets of | way o 
Barnet, J. Esq.; A. Birch, Esg.; Mrs. Brough, |t Be agen coast hills alone offer an resemblance to any | the 
R. K. Bowley, Esq.; Rev. pe. J. Bonus, R. W. Buckley, parti the ora; and this only to certai 
Esq; E. R. Butler, Esq. ; the } regi t an elevation of 12,000 = in ge nae 
Rev. F. C. 5 ; Lord Cochrane, are chrane, and the island of Palma. The Laurifero rica- 
G. E. Cochrane, Esq id e, Esq., M.D.; W. Coul- | ceous Madeira: oer Canarian aca pe entirely 
son, Esq., = arrg Sir W. Cubitt , Lady | unreprese . e general character of the’ 
Cubitt, F. W. D ia: Miss 8. Scott sige 4 a dorian Flora was as described t to be decidedly gaian. 
warfed 
E idii Clematis, ke. 
most abundant and characteristic plants are the 
Oleander and Vitex ; and in the stream itself pe Pog 
geton, Watercresses, Helosciadium, &c., oceur. 
actives 
rri mE oan 
e| 
all of the SS European aspect. In 
eons Aye-Aye, the monkey-like animal 
Agensi in Bliss Madagascar, there is the following 
account E Dr. Sandwith, Colonial Secret tary of the 
t interesting little animal; 
close i: - ake learnt his a very yong 
“y receiving him Madagascar, I was told that he 
e Banan nas; so of eaves T ak Wien cor Sen, but tried 
I found | he liked Dates—which was 
Still I thought that those steams rodent resem as large 
sap 
n pap Ser peculiarities,—e. g., S 
d, as if fo 
Beaver, must have intended 
or — pi eins than t 
of a cage—the on 
ides masticatin, 
directed forwar 
Elias, the Barl of f Kliesmere, a cones a Ellesmere, 
C. Fit Admiral R. Fitzroy, 
u 
T.J. Kin r, Esq.; R. Nairne, Esq., M. 
t Bar ian, K. Ge TaS President ‘of the Council; 
e Countess Granville, G. Granville Leveson Gow 
Esq s a G. a Ste erties “Ea 5 Sir J. Dalbert Acton, 
wst eN, Miss ©. Graham, Miss 
ening J. P. Harrison, Mrs, B. Ha arvey, 
B. C. avn a Capt. J. K. Smith, J. s cane Esq, ; 
aron Hochschild, Mrs. J. Hook, J. Hornblower, Esq. ; 
5 
vette and Claparéde.— 
in number, with some notes on particular species. 
* Notes on Tomopteris onisciformis,” by Drs. Car- 
—4, “On the Distribution of the 
Trachez in Insects,” by John Lubbock, Esq. 
d 
OLWICH FLORICULTURAL: Jan. 30.—A la 
well attended meeting of the ong om of Woelw wich | o 
as the Town Ha onday evening 
Sea e a anand attacked. 
Tt so so perenne that the thick sticks I now put i into his 
mA; 
last, a “the ies of lee a De A to 
flor icultur e, both amongst amateurs and gardeners. 
Notwithstanding the nsii Eii S state of the weather, 
y 
Esq. ; | the enthusiasm of oad propagators gave ample evidence | 
. | of success. The cl oP, | moveme 
air was occup ve by Mr. Bisho; 
opening ka proceedings begged to 
. | who, in oduc: 
Mr. Broome, of the Temple Gardens, as one | of the most 
the 
t sunset 
the Aye-Aye crept orto under his ‘blanket, "yawned, 
ere 
so quick as those of asquirrel. Presently he came to 
one of the worm- -eaten branches, which he began’ to 
enevolent aids in 
_ J. Irving, 5 Ge W. Johnson, set Kell, 
Mrs. R. Kall the Hon. A. peery MP. ; Miss L 
» Esq.; Dr. R. M. Lawrence, W. | 
eaf, » Jun. ; C. J. Leaf, Esq.; Mrs. Lewis, Right 
fon. R. rs. J. Lumsden MacChlery, 
sq.; W.H. Esq. ; S. E. Magan, Esq.; the 
lon. F. Maude, G. Tes Esq.;-J. T. Mould, Esq. ; 
h, 
he | societies for the benefit of the operative classes. Mr. 
; | Broome said 
it gave him great pleasure to meet such 
“ch 
tapped a with the 
el en h ON a are angle with much less noise, 
inserting the end of the slender 
q eiren R.A; 7 T 
Wilson, pse Wis ch, kol rae 
6. sa Mes Wools E Wad ey 
P e meeting for 
a: eas a a a S pai 
M.D.; Bal, Priden ig T 
É =a But what a 
aE 
| pies, Another 
. transformation ! , They had now 
F 
Esq. ; 
Nutting, Esq.; Miss S. Phelps, Mrs. w e vour to any object tending | finger ome aera -holes, vould a probe. 
lips, W. Potts, Esq.; E. Potts, Esq.; T. W.|not onl b improve the social|-At length he eame to z part of the branch which 
Ramsey, Esq.; T. Salt, Esq, M.P.; Mrs, Salt,| welfare of all concerned. He stated that there were rma gave out an interesting sound, fi began 
7. H, Salt, TAE ambrook: m.: Mrs. | already societies around London, numbering no fewer | to tear ye his seit teeth, He maid prear 
I. Sladen, E. Stuart, Esq.; Vice-Chancellor S. J, | than 20, and that they consisted beats all of the eae off the b to the wood, and exposed the nest of 
M art, Major W. Stuart, M.P. ; C. classés w had only small gard ens, W which previous | a grub, meh he — picked 4 = of its bed er the 
uart, Esq. ; Mrs. A. Taylor, J. t desolat ing mveyed the luscious 
Esq.; Lady U. Thynne, Sir T, Troubridge, 
morsel to. his ae CA 
interest, and wos — the mar- 
fully planned and aie out, y altirate, and produced 
some of the best k Sores to be see 
tumn shows, at 
adaos astha 
of the labourer, severing him from dissi 
home 
and r 
ve instilling into the minds of his children a 
desire for on. tosia greene am a reluctance to pluck 
them. page po pel ag n these clubs 
peg erga em es working man to see a flo 
| vellous sduphation of the creature 
hearing, 
-quadrum mbers strong rodent 
rage him h to pas anes 5 tie wood ; — at My he 
the e curious slender finger, unlike that o 
å 
show within a very short distance of his. 
home, instead of Ape 
hosing hig, Nenecble money, his work in visiting those at a 
J, and which aki A 
gira 
I gave him water to drin! 
which he stretched out a hand, Se sath a inger into it, 
pe this 
i 3; 8. Neville Ward, ; and 
Taffen t, Esq., were elected Fi er eia longer distanee, workman could not afford to go to 
were read:— 1, “ a the Dipterous 
collected in A a, by 1) r. Wallace, with parara popes he productions of t h 
descriptions of e new sede ” by ncis Walker, Madly ent x n Au gland Class.” The Mr. 
ered t En 
Broome argued, i increased his iA to try and do the 
tod th 
r 
| his me After a while he Ja opel like a ca : his 
| first mode of drinking appeared to me to be hig jahe Fa of 
Mogador and i aE ca ” by tl same, and if he fai led. all honour was due to him, anae water in the deep clefts of trees. Iam told 
s A. The notes which formed oa tance of this although a ieee One thing certain, it was a means e Aye-Aye i 
Were made aoe ashort visit of preni week in| of making the artisan remain more at home, an : 
1859. The author first pointed out that bes en om: in and Bs blic. house — it he as ue children to in the year; 
interest belonging to a place so little visited, and | love Nat and produced i abits in s n. T overcan 
Es ae time of Broussonet so wholly d rt <a grew on "The town = 
a apprec a importance a a| Woolwich, he reminded the meeting, had at one 
t of the vegetable conditions | time been for its cultivation of | a 
i a. of the great African continent. | Carnations, and there was no reason why | forms of Entozoa by Dr. 
intermediate position between fu we hed | it should not command a flori society, as did > 
— Algeria in a northerly, and of of Sierra in| many other towns of far less significance. ‘The only | by Dr. Hicks, which 
n, no less than its proximity in a | rules he would wish to impress upon the meet-| to be provided for l 
sort oe ae to Madeira, and in a north- were ft they should as many| The botanical | 
easterly to the two rnmost islands cf the Canarian bers as ible, secure the gentlemen of the | Mons. 
marked it as a spot possessing special claims on | neighbourhood, reduce the subscription to so low an | on the I trees in the 
on the turalists. The first impression made | amount as to secure all comers ely 1d. per week), the River in Canada West. 
eye of the traveller, arriving fresh from the | which should include free admi been os hom are letters from Barter concerning the —_— 
Madeira, Mr. Lowe stated to be something | few tickets to spare, and that they should hold meetings | of Western Africa, East Indian Willows 
Peculiar, ote ae | such as the present to impart knowledge one to the described by ot Mk Grass givak oe 
European, nish-European, There is not | other, as regarded ‘account of the Palm tree that protease SOE 
+n a Banana, or a Cactus to be soen in the immo- | Mr. Wiggins, of was also present, and | fibre. Indian at review 
a et The shrubby Canarian promised on a fature evening to read a paper on the Drs. Hooker an al Thompson, and there are other m 
are equally w wanting with the Madeiran ' cultivation of the Pompone Chryenthemet systematical papers. In the Transactions occur k j 
