482 
matter with the roots. 
off, which shows oe nature of bee mischief. Be T. Ouvry, 
Buz ard. 
I send a small branch just cut ; sam 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
e Cissus cordifolius (?), a species | 
e firm also 
whieh, if not | s0 shiny han dsome as discolor, , must |r 
viously existing ype,” &e 
[May 26, 1860. 
Here, however, there is 
reference to the 
E 
t Octal 
7 Fum seig ates —Last 
orn 
yea a 
and packed it aioe | 
but I fir ad lea’ 
red Azalea | |in 
r. Prodgers, of Letton 
fumigating it invariably injures 
T have applied it, viz, Cucumbers, grem À Calceo- 
Hall, akat s Nor 
the Maalik of the leak is in no wise im pair 
rreg 
ìred, 
ularity does not exist 13 a st, but arises ann 
SEE | Sergei, and it is subject to de finite law S» Certain 
r have sot it in | nearly the same manner and quantity AL INSTITUTION: Mareh 16.—Sir the Rolati C. change: ps may be physiologically abnormal, becau FEN 
I have thought that there Brodie, Bart, » in the chair. A lectur eon the ti ee : ee ftl 
m ht be ili tha have not been able to extract, ti part affecte morphologica the pes 
ig borates nome et af whieh, I {complain 3 del a on this occasion by M. T. Masters, oe hardly be Seg abnormal, because tien not 
medy vil? rien hs Clapl am Park. Lecturer on Botany, St. aah Hospital, &c. The | violate any of the laws of morpholo, Y, and are caused 
(on nate ob ea e ahente i ject of this discourse was to point out certain in- | percha 5 kay mere reversion to a simpler form, 
resting facts, relating to the natural and abno: mal | Reference was then made to the classification of mal- 
» Ozor d Museums.—During the past year an inte- | de elopment of plant to impossibility of formations in t planta wonted by oquin Tandon, 
resting feature has ‘been arranged and added, Ry. the | drawing any absolute distinction between the two „to |in n his E s subject, in order tọ 
zeal of Dr. Daubeny and his assistant Mr. Baxter, |show their bearing upon y of veg of drawing a line between 
to the botanic establishment of this Dritat, the morphology, and o e views lately propounded by hould and sh n ation, 
Mr. Darwin. Premising tha eral l n be for the reasons already 3 a en Even in ao cla ass 
h) h 
s 
| laid down to include all plants, 
rmity 
the change was 80 slight as not to interioro: with the 
Ln ee ical Beer or it was one hich 
tur i lants. “ Shai 
of the str ucture, func and uses of vegetables, | 
together with the Birac “asefal or ornamen tal, whi ch to a certain extent, its aa pein organisation, the | 
have been obtained by art from their several parts, | speaker briefly adverted to the nai Sera ere of | 
ha ing been arranged in a separate apartment on the plants are the followin ge : Ist, Alimentary ally i 
i kable M in con- | system d, Tegumentary; 3rd,  Heprodactiva; Ath, peter ya =m 
uated with the Royal Botanic Garden under the 
superintendence of Sir ae Hooker, and on Wed- 
be Dr. Daubeny to 
All 
Faeks; oun Appendicular System. 
alimentary, tegumentary, anı 
papraictive systems, 
and the humblest plants have no „others. TS. 
All p 
r portions, 
regular by the increase o 
the +9 J 
as in 
-u 
M useum, 
the common 1 Linaria ; ‘the he almost entirely over- 
ah by 
commemorate the pai ah conomie 
yah was attended by the Vice Chaco and most o! 
eads of college: and other ont erven 
The 
nts, 
ity, "with their ladies. 
with greenhouse plan 
Fig 
1. 
and a 4h 
an appen ne naa system, in the s, leaves, 
soma in the apko Lee . se ag prey rh 
s hav n, and this relationship is 
LRE 
ar 1 these | 
caly 
d 
yx of the 
h books of Saksin 
par tially 
onged in the e shape o 
riet 
is a much closer homology between the organ of 
those of ees than is the case in 
ne rae 
Heyoted to ri a and be 
aturn = ren- 
the tesco n considering what is natural 
and what i is not so, a great deal i is of necessity assumed. 
Naturalists construct | for themselves a pe of type or 
h doe 
1 Sa 
ade. a "constant Seventies on durin 
new Museum it: ok was a his S hief 
ns bein 
whic not of necessity 
exist in nature, us j 
rly consider a sete to regularity, i in we ot hte 
peg = cle a before 
of equ 
can n har 
way it be eie d, as 
irrogalan 
It is not requisite 0. os yen = 
si Ss Moquin Tandon at any greal 
shown 
panier 
a 
, but which enables 
insight into the heian If this be not borne in mind, in 
me remarks, to a greater or a 
extent, ai ‘ts ‘all the me As weer sega 
distin cti ons, it ma) y be _ thay ta 
fe Frim 
in no wise impairing the exercise ot te physiological 
functions—a change affecting the io bot least 
several ser ot the pari change e or 
less constant ‘= a ich is Saatini 
d | On the rosity, there is.a change 
ss int terfore with ip bars pend 
whi ch does more or less 
Fant: 
organ, or one set of organs in a a plant—a 
inde tion, the specim ged, 
aecording to their natural he ona in amber "of spe eaki ing of te ‘the Jaws” of creation, _ ke. we are s likely t to 
wall and table cases, and on entering tl 
1 hl M pre evalent error, that because one hypothesis is 
ited h visitor. The is fast | shown to be false by Tanen h-hh ae another, 
hin: completion, and will tei Pr ty “ far at | that the latter is of necessity tr In ral science, 
Ge te building itself is a for the recep- | that theory bas the greatest eed i piee which 
a the members of the British iation at the | aean explains the largest numbe isle ve ohn 
dof June. The yb coca PA | by heroes = digs ur store of T owledge is ! 
ene ian Aa up, a portion of its contents having | augmen! or the present purpose, a 
í to ths stew Retin n Muse a tare assumed the correctness of the heretofore „S lly 
Dhi : The Museum f th species,” endowed 
also will t t the thi t, the with a very variable but a limited power of Mace on ; 
aei having been pha aate to "the Bodlei iscuss xtent of 
lt iability pj what 
‘J 
+ 1 
= be considered “natural, 
t alwa; 
ii in all I probability he stowed away, yS Ashmolean | m: 
‘building being games for other purposes, * * * 
Societies, 
Hor May 22. inary Meeting 
to te decking: of Fellows and Balt 4 for hire was 
The Chairman having intimated 
been 
ee distinction is not always easy, and in | 
impossible. Where the Vari ation i „is | 
any 
slight, oud. name tly co-existen’ 
—a change which is rarely reproduced. Allusion was 
ba on made to wa value of T 
which 
ally” received rat of 
No do a the unusual 
conditions of vir the ernie is pho natural. 
‘all us ion 
that mint cs rs pee 2 
life, to whic 
was mad o such fact th at of P ches and 
IH 
changes in “climate, ke. 
effected by € 
ariation is — of co ter difficu 
arse greal 
idetenni bey ii or no it be natural. 
Pri 
e, the Cowslip, and t 
Pati ints o 
k as 
orm; in evidence ers prat yam amongst — 
her facts, 
are these, that all three „have | been raised 
t grea’ 
the same individual plant may occur: 
LR. =S Sos ‘Dake of Cambrid: leased 
ae el ea ane Mouber , the 
with, and his Royal 
eal 
usual | herbarium there exists a specimen wi on 
a reemer es at cen | 
anda Cowslip 
ing. Violen 
him; fo 
Savage, T. N. 
Si Sandars, Esq.; Lady Fi 
Mrs. Bailey Denton, rage from the seeds of two so-called s} 
: Plants, the names of which ive tem hen 
advertising, columns. (see ante p. 431), was then 
wit the nt that 337 Fellows had 
mee of their p 
most of the sow there was a sufficient mor ngs md 
tle all Sty eres but for several a ballot 
ne who should a pe 
Floral Committee, May 24,.—At = a 
coven of Bagshot, exhibited some han 
3: | and especiall 
in our 
r Sor 
iven | refere: 
f 
ting ser 
| than five different sienas 
t gentleman 
ing the very 
Sanoki the ‘wild ae aa past 
species of aquatic 
the yo n value a they 
hav 
ic views. s“ 
agon en made Withoot 4 any 
Another difficulty i 
normal in 
distinguishing the abnormal from the plants, such an exaltation is fr th ways 
re fact that what is unnatural or anustal To „the ia ora ee aor iti ‘ion. The 
allied shat. Tn Mihwteation of w is kind 
hich 
oe aed and one in Le which ed Here S. 
£ Tact. 
es Finches Certificates, and one was commend eg oe a oo anges t : F K = a =r rolled 
; thet Rosabelle. In point of form, bri i or Areg eco f the cl f "lied direction, t se sores eree dek y. 
thi on, i i 
ticacy of ae “bree whe i considerable im- | pets and even genera. ” says the salia; the emasna form. There are oP pt joey 
Y ort mae on ing Messrs. |“ e condition Sriginaity pergi e Fungus to/sweet Pea: many years of observation have shown that 
a ame spn =e Hemerocall lis, called | bee the the plant would, the white ) flowered sweet Peas seldom, if we i 
Sh ayo pleno; for which a First-class wer becomes darker in 
as award , for it is real “is the Mabik 
handsome plant, sith fine pi a of: lange dvs x gre bea ia n e pon emes “ | cn ak oh conn ta we A es 
Orange flowers, „each of whose petals near the base is| species and genera may have been formed out of a pre- | affect the pods and other ‘Se too, the 
beautifully stained with reddish brown. From the * Buckman, Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1857. i + Lise Wea Ta, = 
