THE CARD 
cithont0rR AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
mer 1, 1860. 
i 
ES took of ‘breakfast, thence walked across; an nd neludin 
he had suc ded i e Ligurian; where they partoo si a magnifi. 
fauns, and Kinnoull to Perth.— cent one of oe pantifol. ‘Ne ene day: 
ie me TN p “cuted a ming wa ina |. “On the, Str on putters ne nd D | wit eri nay 3 oe long, the pan —_ bei eevee 
“which nage to prove that strict interbreeding does nulatu By Law Professor of | ac biram rk —_ raeng were Polypodium effy. 
t occur in the common hive bee, and © see F Chemistry rad Natural History i iiai Aa College, | sum, Lygo ium scandens, &e. erh rapa t me ines 
ine ing f tt the Kingston, Cana’ —VI. “On the Effects of Lightning cimens were in gone 
th hin breed bein: d without Ash tree” x By D. TA A. Smith, Mr. Smith re- | contributed by Esq., an whieh nk 
i Viher di mm Santie. Ha ving found that th me k a splinter and pie bark'of an | lovely: ex ples sof Trichomanes speciosum, Todea 
` bees will fredly enter into any hive at en rage of | Ash tree, “which | "a eal seas considered alter 8 ai araen pore i bt Ta p. e et tden Tymcnphti 
2 
he a thee Ses be s powdered Ma cai Pia a Ls lished a es me of rae eth June. JI} sonias antarctica and culcita, hag ti Pandanus 
anit a malt as teva 0 of those whitened individ die tre and found it ‘or eek “Faas 2 feet Saccola bium, Gleichenia flabe ew “salen Caladi 
yéturning from their flight entered other hives. ao jameter aon at a eased ote * argytites, “E arg ovely little o e eee 
Scott réad jaiet of several new British species of of ait yees similar kind (none P Tp 
l]; d „in th 
igar am ra, a abe 9 ysi begat kotii (an md Mr. r pclae Pow me) se mailin ae ae Ho! oat ean, i k | youn oida "Alsophil, ane “had c on it pra erg on 
of periodicity in the de svalborhant of insects, especiall apparently a anew ymenoph yitam” The same exhibitor obtained th 
as “contrasted Mig ‘esa the 
Wil 
pai Liguste, 
not being stripped 
r the best W: X 
x — "at, oa U the tree was 
cae bs 
ult Drink Fr ree to that obtain 
ppo on plants P bloted in the Cokin 
OF EDINBURGH : July, — Prof. 
„in the chair. The icuowing com, 
vere submitted to 
=I. a Observa ae = ee 
Spruce F: by Ale 
ing in 
lati 
4 ‘tection, 
$ 
of jin Aa es being picked up at the distance of 
moe t si Could the tes an 
1, 
5 the treo (or {for it omg est coming into fall leaf, a 
vapou 
KAINA 
t had kapei e in Shb 
l4 ge in diameter. The ii nds were Teen, 
specim ens of. Trichomanes crispum, Hymenoph 
t Todea 
und, 
as if the ból 
the 
trunk into numerous fragment 
pelideida, 
es, 
2 
like Hy maark i nink „Veget: ables, fruits, 
3 conside erin; 
Ag 4 e wood of t q? 
fragments when hoa pina 
erfectly dry a sapless 
pid cénversion into va 
f san). 
the 1 ing : wry 
Nel polos its general aig by 
Boma ce rig te 
son, Esq. The anthor asiri ed boiia e N iba 
spruce cones es which he had picked i in Farhi ae dn 
1 hese, t 
iad 
y bn electric fluid, have 
any share in apiitting the 
effe ebually | si fragments The 
half of the root itself being 
dia ake an 
we have had, Some ver y good Grapes ware elt ee 
da few Pines. Of Apricots, Peaches, &e., the: 
; but penance, pi Strawberrie: 
Croslan 
and th a=) 
rdin nary yea cone i stamens ast Ka 
arsa were serially” continuous with the abo Be 
of the lower scalés of the female po tlon here 
st stamens, which. last, were 
shes Ils 1 
22 trp F- 
pe more elo ong: ted 
a resenting ae bracts. 
| hei a 
d H N da in fact, more ò 
goa gem reasoning from i norn nality, as well as | in Kent, 
fen a con of the > nor rmal morphology of our “I have 
mi 
cone (i soles of vias stamens developed on one 
y oy 
raised out of the 
ower | u f 
| VII. “No i ce of some Plants, see Samael foun: 
G, C. Ox 
id 
dang eros a rat te teats fluid. me 
a 
Å enden, Esq. xenden says :— 
ome y fine sights pee May and Jun 
ast i of R ‘pictiresque Grass re ex- 
g for 80 e miles, and throughout thei 
d with or ot ther 0 
o ‘the female cone, Mr. Dickson was 
foe plants: 
—.Ophrys aranifera and mncifer: 
Tovely Orchid, and Habonaria “pifolis 
ine had and "with ‘Se ee that the scales 
a are. flattened 
Ke. The 
oie this vast range of hill slopes 
outh- -west. id 
s to the south and 
‘The east side oft the ‘same range i s all 
iiki 
the 
the paa olly 
oret fasiti very g 
“ts 
enas peed 
A aw gn my BANTOE n eel i 
f Mirfield, and was awarded a 
shown. 
Mr. Gill, 
certificate, 
Notices vf Books, 
Fragmenta Piyiograjhie Chute aliæ ; by Ferd, Mueller. 
e 
Melbourne. Pp. 252. 
r, the learned Botanist to 
ib tie 
M. D. leI, Svo. 
one ben Dr. 
oots, com 
aiee according is suis, a bat call i 
Kapi ofessor Lindl eR. ‘that each 
ber monan: 
aa 
api 
-partially conve n S c curio’ 
‘he Tin lurated ge cele of the feik. »— the’ place "Fok which T 
Colle 7 
| berr 
find the 
fr Orchis sng an a ee 
y colour, å 
veoh banks yield 
| Lathras 
variety S ai 
white to a very deep mul- 
over 20 inches. These same 
tara specimens of the strange 
“to, the eastward 
ae he 
‘squamaria, and more 
omoto. ‘Hypopitys. Near 
write (Broome Park, near 
Vallisneria” te By S . J. Meintjes, jun., Esq. 
f this plant are brick-shaped, and 
formed of a single otf ‘the marginal cells contain is 
gratiular matter than thos e nearer the midrib, Thes 
The author | hircina, the Lizard aS 
house I 
ont Ju 
Lizards ai" upon it. 
of the best 
critical STH are thos 
and the litho nares plates Qi ‘which ae: a 10 are 
equal to’ sor pot the best in Europe. i ore upon fori 
species ay not prove 
ote ibed ; 
the new homage 
examination ie Tob Previously 
ame 
grows the monarch of Orchids, Orchis 
a Bom ae 50 ys of my | 
which his moment 
must object uch an 
would cee might have better 
have one 
ne, 1860) is 20h 
ae high, .and with nearly:| 
Next month (J als will aford 
granu ules when in motion l 
céll, never actually touching the wall. 
the 
When in a 
3 4} 
and if 
me ve. 
ry 
ae never seen the wonderful Variatióe el this Orchid. 
Some of the ieties of the 
y ro mpg tne 
dir others in an opposite one. 
movement is a ese phe moi along the sides 
4 the cell; when the angles of the cells are acute the 
ranules are jerked across, and on regaining the oppo- 
te side resume Aor steady progressive movement. 
ometimes a granule is sent out with a jerk from the 
oaths, ut E peia retu urns, ans continues 
sone 
e- ine i 
one in actual contact with T 
2 
e Pers 
mental 
—Mr. Sco 
been obse 
Règim 
‘ 
rst seemed an Bice delusion, but 
Preis examination plainly showed, this line'to be th en 
free margin of a of cilia. na pap 
Micros p iiA 
ome time ago, and wit noai 
B Mr. 
will astor tis) 
Bee 5 tehis are 
beaut E object ih 
have dine wt ne E. 
abundanc oe 
ment, ven in 
rigour of” 
that Sia" ate b Sg fattened on it. 
Re 
ie, of the Dal 
ay ening “peti hollow pitcher-like è appen: 
y 
also exceedingly reion Ta August we 
inium Seg in abundance, very minute, 
agrant, an a ae the microscope the mo se 
Tn July and ot 
‘purpurata i ble 
n the Stem or Axis as’ the fen 
heVegetabt Structure.” ByC. 
Siting se 
by Dr. Scott, of her Majesty’s 79th 
the ‘Crimea, to games ie 
e stat 
"The eats had 
A tere ‘and had produced ‘an 
- Dresser. 
the severe winter 
as Bromus tnaximus. 
the} Dr. 
ey spilt specimens of Cabbage. 
Se Matemenls The conclusion he arri 
ae g actio! ae 
ae motion they cre ate a strong odd 
Ris eddy, by its centrifugal Po for: 
but the accuracy of the observations will x er 
errors in synor rr a giving eseri] 
| of w ceo t may havebeen n previously epee described. 
volum presale Bey 
will 1 te: insides lodiei for. In the 
cannot but “ex our admiration of the 
ustry of Dr. Mueller. in bringing out works 
kind i is the midst of a.multitude of other official ort 
patio: 
5 
ie a ee 
e, Shoe Pinches (Edmonston & 
& Adams, Leite) Tn is a 
ai ring y-m 
those Bites o ess. 
say with Peter 
fanciers are intereste 5 
numerous papers Appear thereon, eh shall we 0 
cern ourselves about the foot-gear of man?” 
tales 
h 
a ae een! 
ias, Step 
Mayer 
gis th good. Among sto’ ; 
(ys he | were vi mong m ; 5 the with which. new 
the cell, and, cor pi under the | were some fine specimens o Step! an he 
ee e of the cilia, „they are carried EE cee side. | Allamanda, Chek, a ot and ÈE jiem a cer St ie om separato 
wing to o the pera of some of the cells, a secondary! Among variegated and iveflinged plants were some| tnder distinct names without a single good Charat 
current is produce: in a the acute angles, and, exis the beautiful examples, ine cludin several nice pla nts of to justify the separati jop, a and sometimes ind where 
pa f he influence Ë the two currents. y phy th Teati e species, that few 
thes tulad i ae he oscorea, Begonias and claus, Of Orchids| things ean be more useful to the algologist a * 
Fike the J ah ier r e ffect of the irreg eulari ty some few pecimens were shown. An Aerides odora- ven view of what really appear to to te i 
et 1s nt a ‘A Gs ti the eddy can never be| tum, with see 20-spikes of Btogai on it, and a g genera, accompanied sa Ai of synonyms. a 
a R amiy dia lis being the case, its force | variety of Odontoglossum grande, were farnsied by cordingly bes freee suppl ag ang unpretending 
nar ly istriby ss This ingganliiy causes | Mr. Smith, gr. oJ. “Vig Cro osla nd, Esq. ccolabium hiai whi s given and which may 
e ed act with r force on | Blumei, with two a from “the Meare Van naer. “at the as 
hers, in the lighter | Esq.; and tte fais of Oncidium ficxudsum were | 25 postage’stamps. “Dr. “Harvey has ‘arranged Ma do 
a shown by other exhibitors. Some fine specimens | pe is tider three series, thi he. Melanosperme®, the 
of Ferns were exhibited, both British a nd Exotic. | § poa > SNE ies mes, in ‘32 families, thet 
f the oug British ppn were, Seotopendritin crispum, | distinctive characters àre given. And ier Oto 
IV. | Athyrium flix- fæmina var, Tastre flix mas cristata, | appen frst the nates of gener, which he cònceives i 
sortni io with Polypodium Dry any attri, ` OF | be well founded, and then in italics mere synoni 
1 Balls in REUS | exotics a collection pe T ni eschibiter by Mr. Barra- | a Fg ie as have been advisedly separated from 
es nary number |, T Motors e Tii, containing admirably er genus, without any sufficient reason 
pena, on, grown Eata and cuneatum, ‘apldniumn’ Harvey? s judgment in this Bee ye is peat is own 
ean versifolium, Selagine ja Willdenovii, a plant 2 feet | knowledged that it is state 
of 
