Ns GE 5 8 PE 
Marca 10, 1860.] 
and E. paniculata; the first of these | 
Fee onsiderable quantity of caoutchouc. Twenty 
mil the river, v where t e banks are aor 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE 
AND ot A Se oan 
| was first directed to the q question of the v 
n de ctermining bee ee between jerar allied 
| ae b ass: f Dr. 
| botani 
it of practical application 
ndi 
istinction between Cassinia 
e be 
be ae sepa 
Calamus Draco, C. verus, and f: 
“enint, the two last ascending of the 
highest trees, ai form mog an a. tangle 
bee; nothing ca e ele gene bas an the shining 
ET h 
a hundred advance; inde 
the jungle that mF Ri Ska aas was 0 
of oi es geo cent a 4 n goe at 
ong the satan untai ng wa much 
y 
4 ang. are — 
M- 
e 
tion of „the 
ue for cher, ies bi efiy no 
sopito of ‘Sia tests to the Gisbtnhvinationy’ of the 
vo piese to the above-named genera, concluded 
ith ctu in which the 
-formed, 
seine sland, 
mazo: 
r 
or septate. — 
and Andes,” b 
y R Spruce, 
concludes the Cetac 
ent: 
219 
experienced engineer. How to determine the 
iie Pei and ne of agate the form and work- 
Li ndley’ 8 admirable ing p neh ae lers, t bn conom, By nsion, the 
p f en » the FS ure of s are among the 
g q tie mirer concludes with 
tables for aiai the engineer’s calcu- 
lations. 
Afr 
edition or f Ur res Dict icti nary 
ai Arts, Ma A avichohare and Mines, completing the first 
Sanii; is rich in important ar aa ae i al-gas, Coffee, 
a, and Cotto a tures are fully inoue 
obli ige ed to criticise the boi 
parts o Thi is 
o bad to say that Cork is the bark of Quercus liber, 
batt Suber, to spell Diospyros Dyospyros, and 
Coffea Coffea. 
Routledge’s Let e Pel cw tg History, Part XIL, 
mals, and commences Ro- 
Esq. In ede memoir 
ore remarkable genera and species of | 
osses h mazon and its tribu- 
taries, and in "ie yam of ‘Magus a Quita. The 
description related to a new species of Andra, one of 
Sige gg and three of Taylor Sphero- 
—A, “ 
This new 
Arabia Felix, 
in the Hookerian 
among specimens collected by Drs. Hoo Èk and Thon 
Thaliya there is a gradu + rise threngli son in 1847 a nd 1851. It belongs to the tribe ‘Alsinew ; 
undulating country till at the latter te a height of whic 
about 700 feet has been gained ; the rocks it very much ‘resembles in habit, “but is distinguished 
were denuded. of and nearly Į d bifid stigma. 
and dark hollows, along this ee be ee 
al 
was peculiarly tropical, various Palm an Fern 
flourish ; on the ground Gontopteris Hinena; Angiopteris 
crassipes, 
X oticeg o of F Books. 
No 
p 
new genus of Caryophyllacea from a, in m Fs the O pene 
T. Anderson, Esq, M.D. ‘The 
which rats, mice, beavers, 
of. We give at, 
“The best account bai this salad is to be found in 
oe bon and Bach s valuable work on the qua- 
drupeds of rth ater, to which work I am-in- 
varying considerably 
y 
Herbarium, jin nur shi and united together in the formation of 
| works which may fairly be considered as anaes | to 
the profession of the engineer. They pref sti make 
their habitations by small clear rivers ivi eeks, or 
ane to ae roe vig sp towed settle’ take up 
their abode e banks of 2 
” Dett iy y dnach t have a sufficient i d 
water in all weathers d i all s seasons, the beav 
in the habit of bu pee 3 veritable dams, for the pubpode 
of raising the wa evel. These dams 
lation, pit os 
innula, and others; while Lomaria scandens are composed of t co branch s, mud, and stones, an 
ae ilus axillaris, the nae especiniy, — A Manual of Domestic © Economy ; mW. TR i% order effectually to resist the "action of the water, are 
to the tops of the trees and add m e den Domestic Medicine and Surgery. By eget- | about 10 or 12 feet in thickness at the bottom, although 
and ess of suc otk oF “orchids meier. 24ino. pp. 176. ramets = e only 2 fi so wide at summit. When 
llected on the journey, there were: Vanda| This little volume, ‘ Oe kas the request of the | the different parts of the run wit wary 
gigantea, only once met with, but there was more | Committee of the Hom nd ja ee has |-velocity, the formation of the dam is really a mph 
jin the one bunch of it tha uld be conveni- dy passed though four editions into a fifth. Its | of engineering skill, for sera = stream is gentle 
ently packed on an elephant; it was indeed a most |object is to give the female st training the dam is built straight a ; but wherever the 
wonderful aerial growth; various Dendrobia, Sacco- | establishments some instruction omy. t 
Ba Dea ER cornuta x a few species | by far the m important — subject to which |a convex surface to its force. It often "pga that 
Li very handsome they cai be directed. „We gi e its Conten ts, As the made for some years, its dimen- 
Sal e pail, of Cypripedium a ich the | sions beco ery large, man eras T trees and 
large bagi ee many ge kinds. The most intelligent x author has wri upon lbranete eat are inter y it, and in process of 
frequent creepers or climbers e Butea super use ; pre op aul ag venti- tih ne it Ses oe with v vegetation, and even nur- 
Congea veldtinn: send Thanbergia “Harris which may rent. Furniture. Clean sweeping, | tur e dim 
be said to be 
ubiquitous. It is extremel 
last-named sho 
as several bot 
that the 
scrubbing, to clean floor-cloth, ‘white and lim 
Fuel ; 
ng ranges oobi stove 
gs 
washing. Grates and 
stoves, cooki1 
—_ en joep heating 
Tn forming ‘the pa the ‘beaver "e not thrust the 
ends o river, as is often 
ear round. | 
The Ferns noticed w bis tt quercifolia, which 
was never seen in the. ally districts of the Siamese 
Shan reget its place being there supplied by D. 
mans, which in like manner was entirely absent from 
the plains; Alsophila gigantea, said to Lind 50 feet 
an ins, but 
fuel. Food; urposes abeam taiehai Ani $668, ponge 
| siving | food, i ing g food, fatty substances, é- 
materials. imal Food ; naa of 
cook ce pea fish, pe milk and. ucts. | 
a 
its varieti ies, Leguminous as, Beans, ; fresh 
yegotablesz Toutes. sa 
mical Cookery ; condimen 
in the Siamese e jungle 
m w “taio of Aalis 
appear ovate-lanceolate 
leaves and pretty pinkish flowers, fiers: wh 
fr e stems to the length gor or 4 ere 
- | Animals ; 
f 
Was tee e Pr salma- M nagement mestie | 
cow-keeping, pie keeping A ae | 
bee- e-keeping. ng. Domestic Expenditu 
ment aa the Sick Room. Pte: p arnee gona 
a fever, small fio a. Con- 
Diseases; i s, scald head. | 
Con aie * Cat or -Catarth Hoopiog-Cough-—Diar hea; 
croùnp, cold o: rl diarrhea and | 
olera. and burns, c! 
n 
TOROS 
and or but ge es are?—reports to us thit the in- | Moss 
blains, chapped 
b po and w 
i otions, oA apia of leeches. Internal 
oe —— eset narcotics. Poisons ; 
le poisons, animal poiso ineral poisons: 
A Lady perfectly capa with all such subjects— 
gs, ly, t 
ts, Wheat and airaa l they h pasar 
bread, &c. ; Oats, Darley i Kice, Indian Corn, starch and | į pedr og AN ” gsi p 
— Pea 
a | be 
cal times s be 300 yards in igs 10 or 12 feet ‘thick at it the 
supposed, but lays them down horizontally por fai 
be em in their place by heaping s and mud upon 
yok the i “dis are 
| about 8 feat in length, antl extremely in thickness. _ 
hey are about 6. or 7 inches in diameter, but 
Im: 
lo _< are Spe he for the completion of one dam, as 
from the fact that a single dam 
Di 
os tie employing the logs in this structare, the 
beavers take care to separate the bark, ges carry 
ee ee a up for a winter 
dams are bui 
“Jog Gar $: they are termed ; 
eee! way as bel ee has att yee menti 
vie? of branches, Moss, yg 
lodges w 
in ee A 
layer of mud, laid on with marvellou 
carefully renewed ety year. As this compost of mud, 
he pe 
struction r, judicious, sufficient ; therefore 
this are 
| ponie a Shots: whe know so seming må invaluable 
eris 
who kno 
€ 
ini 
Baad) these jungles abound with wild 
fowl, thay. keep 
no poultry, so that t ET grog at See a- mili aof 
ee -B » is hopeless, 
vation is of the Fk Feit canting Delle 
made every year for the Rice crop, which is their 
chief grow, however, To- 
Sanani y 
2. “On the Valte of Ha 
| capt the science.” 
with diagrams. The writer’s 
sy a rake before a young engineer the principles which 
2 should should guide him he construction of 
nothing. Her 
en, as ot Free 
object is 
coneise and intalligitie Bem 
E pis Sagan | Bay ae is 
wise the Species, | 
considered i “ors, Eurybia |t 
SS +a (Mach) ct Compos ay William | necessa 
“My attention,” fd 
Een rel eo the at 
Par a0 is 
u may be 
the lodges. ase ont fs 
his assistance,” by a su e 
eeh aaa ik; nibbles at 
severe fr lag of a North American winte er, it forms a 
e poy against the attacks of thë 
mot readily 
e 
PN even with t e 
he precise manner in which the b beavers 
various tasks is not 1 
