Dzcempex 1, 1860. | 
THE ee CHRONICLE AND ee GAZETTE, 
-Upo nt 
impossi ible 
t point he ed Paps ne 
that even 
now before us. 
giving. It is 
happens to be familiar with nigh manifold subjecta of breath ba spring, 
t 
which the author treats, can e from its perusal | 
hay 
n the 
under the e warm 
8 s onger retained by the 
spongy soil of bie yam pie gradu: as, dissolved 
without admiring, the Terming, ilta) Mec agsiesn and 
Pp ong. them 
| Who eb 
er we regard |; 
adit ity cid mae Bg a per rfect and of ou 
English t 
pioropieat pais it i is pace: to yp. 
he, of the yea 
most gapos rtant work 
ural Hip 
ana puran apon 8 and i 
the bared mountain side reassumes its msg a 
r Mos: and o 
under their cover; but, rap idly melting, ore hie its 
the rivers, an erfiow- 
ing Pio banks, spread ruin and devasta tion far around. 
“ Unfortunately. 
bed of 
1063 
inten dod ma erely as admirable 
one it is; the es eo m “either —_ or 
‘able 3 "conten renders it useless ork of 
referenc 
Weddell’s Chloris Andina, Part 13, containing 
oe stan _Umbelliferm, and a few small 
orders. has j ast a 
o easily restored, requires many centuries ere 
y woods. First hoch 
me divides his penal into three parts, 
sha 
anise pond po aly to 
for 
The frat “Me of the. 
ti tnt etree of t 
sarah APPENA hore and thes re in gone 
Tiaia favoured piaga and a 
powers of end 
soil, exposed to tl 
|ie Aili es the w: ‘ous 
g; and as wey sa adda something ba sot 
nd o; 
s, | vegeti jion on the mountain’ 8 side, a 
and fortunate 
M 
The Laboratory of Chemical Wonders. 
By G. W. 
S. Piesse. » Pp. 256: 
ing een acoumulate mor mo = 
i 
and more, un 
sufficiency of soil to root w 
reader. d th Pt ocean of 
e ft 
those = igen of oo oka matter, and o 
tive. ocean 
bove the whale or dolphin as i rank above 
giant Sauri ans of the pai ast. y The | ird Pii records 
upon: 
ally e forest spreads oat “is 
powera arms me raises his age summit to the 
kie 
tag i Greece and Asia Minor have seen their fer- 
tility decrease or vanish 
covered their hills, coher countries 
have bee 
have improved as 
their vast woods ax 
m thinned by 
5 
the pr 
MC) ure, 
: Ts the t = a the Rom: ermany 
old Pl 
ae = ern Moreover ihe Vetni is Bell illustrated 
by oodcuts and clever 
U 
for us forest, and its climate 
ai estetit physical map of th e globe, i in 
which are shown the natural features of the Jand and 
ed o and co 
was K caameroenity ma rete os gr than it is 
All the low grounds were covered with i 
pervio rasses, and the ite is sdesoribed or 
historia one in terms like those we should employ to 
paini nt the cold of Siberia. 
ut the scene — changed as tillage usurped 
th 
with the trees that once 
stone, Haare and the ote and oT a little 
natural Phiten All Behe subjects, skilfully 
handled, intellige: ier 
they g i 
y forgotte ia Piess 
the curious “Inti? r? plank 4 a ‘Govizandza 
race bie swamps of Mada And.we 
think, conside ering whi œ his reade ers 
matters as atomic sad Nes eaten ee valents and 
the like, 
Illustrations of m Dan RA ri By Francis ‘Boott, 
e the isomer nite as it isa , subject of 
irrigation, and a judicio 
ones aoe Ls Seri of nature in his se 
pie -lands, Eos only b ing to be 
ost e enlightened nations. A great fart, ‘of 
d still r undrai 
pak rivers ‘of India to pour thei 
ous hs eo seg G | 
understood even | & 
The author is gifted in a remarkable degree with Ron 
the power of clothi even common things in the} th The excessive humidity of the soil} At leng Bin ‘i ork ‘approael 
brilliant vestments of “wor s that fire and thoughts diminished; the swamps disappeared, anı A heat of | completion, with a në node 108 pages of e Tetter 
that burn ;” and for the most part | penetra canad into the — sof the earth, deve- | press, and 111 plates admira rably éxecut 
t d i Ss eee ve powers. s the Chesnut and at present stands with 250 well défined carefilly 
ina glare of poetic language. But, ust be owned th distinguist ies, fo g á striking contrast 
that, ry tal enthusiastic hay ers, ig aes sometimes | of nit ‘Rhine and the Da anube, where 2000 years ago|the rabble 800 put upon paper Prof. Stendel. 
give a rein to fancy, and carry eae they « could not poss ibly have existed. But í Germany This re-€: examination f Carex has been most skilfull 
F sBs pa nd the limita E good taste. tiit as been the of a life, and it 
for example, when he describes the gradual anti the forests which still crown the "brow of a of tee now stands ong the works of highest importance 
ment of glaciers in their downward descen 1 Numerous’ in Revcowret ha "Botiy; as an enduring ‘monument of 
“Tt has c the ‘Aa oan arks, ATRA ae ts would then be dried up dur uring the warm | scientific well directed labour, 
tne ice masses of the r cier. require ears to a 
perform their.d agree rabatt to its manile at INAT ES mep — n = Systematic gol ag Nit the Species of’ the Genus 
e tremity—a distance of > mie es—so that their ould be far less frequen Cuscuta, By Geo. ge ‘8vo: 
2 lled valley an tha t of the Bren now the sieve which almost souls This treatise, which appeared a the ‘rans actions, te 
i i reat must be a the banks of tho Elbe, the Oder, and t bbe acdan oof Sclonces of Si Louis (ELS). gins 
bec judges Sah account o! 
“long | —— countries of which Peis GO to ‘nat on 
bound ear on phen to ocean! they m vee rivers These few examples | #¢count of its ravages in Clover fields. The author 
shudder at the idea "ae rene to | suffice to uan: ini sin modifying | admits no fewer than 77. species, after ia 
their desolate tual è vast i an of—not far off 2 synonyms. 
warmth of spi and dens lan ar Gid of Jate years at the expense o of pion parai aiaa 
To say that a r PE by “delighte ay pi e Shudder» orli 1 nature to a more equit- | Tecogriise. Our C. Trifolii he also rejects, regarding. it- 
longs, are somewhat extravagant figure of speech. f her gifts. In marshy and ire ‘as a mere: form of the common Cuscuta Epithymum; or. 
This is, how ker. but a small bl paa How far |countri a he may “remove the superfluous w: lesser Dodder, thus Srp firming Mr. Bentham’s ji 
Dr. on walt is in general from being haunted by such t that it our ern species: : OF the 
€ the Hek ger which by ju jelous sity at Thus. man is the a and nomeevemieod affected by :t parasites, and. of the 
ought r readers r nature stem roots, 
acquainted with his rack pa wi i ansen we have the following z y 
The T e of Forests.—“ I shall end with a few his ped pog or even ye it to f iis s own hag i dai ed es often have a pr 
te. 
“ Forest cool the neighbouring atmospher thirsty plains. Bu hie: is very | and probably: goes not even 
for their ate offers an immense warmth-radia' ating there can be no doubt that as knowledge increases, | fà than the influence of different kinds of soil and 
surfe that the vapours readily condense abovi ure would go with any roca lant. If, some 
pen in showers. At the. same | exact measure of humidity that i is requisite to a a rect seem very constantly to pr plants to 
ts loosen the soil, and the su i others (C. Eur seg 08 dioica; Sie Epithymum, 
falling of their paved forms a thick layer of "humus such as these teach w, that, far from havin tained Calluna volgari, or Genista sagit a, 
the summit of civilisation, we are still on th threshold N Sigh m; C. Gronovii, Cephalanthus; C. lupuli- 
ing moisture. Their thick canopy of verd lure also pre- of her bg ame gel gps most aig d our dese rmis, and, the mos exa! C. 
vents the rays of the sun from penetrating to the | will look a ee onditi tion as re eA pinim, the Flax fields), it is probably because the 
gřound, and absorbing its humidity, Thus the soil on | upon that prs our int Seine ous an of soil, the humidity or , the shade or 
which forests stand is constantly saturated with water, and all the circumstances which suit the iy 
becomes the pare’ rent of oe en sources and rills, Captain Cook’s Re of Discovery. Edited by John ak aktok best with the par 
fertility an Barrow, peor a RS. Sam uare ze tamo pp p. 633. Blac a” succulent herbaceous dicoty 
Were we asked to k that, in attraction for | best as ‘ns some few spe 
ve the pri ranks : 3 n most of tie 0 
of Columbus, who ascribed the select Cook’s Voyages; those simple narratives others larger shrubs and tree 
re oe ai daring navi resolute adventure which first | trating only the tender bark of 
oast of Jamai brought Europe well acquainted with the gres ~ are found, also, on ac 
the w Sea ty savio DOE Of those famous expeditions, ; seen them on Rai 
of the incalculable they rendered to humanity, | Euphorbie, on Cicuta and other Umbe 
nd of the death of the commander in a e | Toxicod and others; I have | 
with the cannibal inhabi ; of Owhyhee, t! though sparingly and not very thrifty, on Monocotyle- 
is one that ought to a abe n the h al “a eiri Liliaces, serpent y others, 
o honour og brave. In the mor ns ly vi 
(piten tt Para ikii t thrilling interes fact’ is that Wise pi KODA t E DANAD: Maa 
can any Sais intimacy with the now pct r | the 10 pk tt pete a i ae round plant 
names of Otaheite, ‘Otitis New Holland, New Zea- | in the neighbourhood, and a a AANE suckers into the 
fag eo countries then the dens uman demons, but | tissue, and grow on anything can farnish them 
e abode a, © dimini sh the now ourisbment, eve even nar ‘and flowers. 
ro S EE 
laid waste the sources of his prosperity. Alon sly | feelings of ad c ilinum, which A 
‘the woods, many brooks an rivales AE mea The edition before us is elie ora by numerous | a| rowan an eros PATEE TOS 
ceased to water the parched plains. The rain gradually | extracts from Admiralty records r m oilt. rre as the the 
washed the vegetable earth from the sides of the naked | and some well executed Some. t seems to be} on expan 
