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And it must b t more solid reputation yecrtain , barren conditio on; and of which, indeed, the | the doctrines of Christianity. and have adopted some of 
is to be gained = pEr per enta ay > perfect fruit-bearing state is unknown, and on the the a rts of civilised iagi and m any o othe ers are ied 
ew positive truths than by conjuring up a Phan- | contrary, some species which bear fruit readily in thi But still wi 
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and will assist ni. waitai i in extinguishing |in the southern ie pet ne bid fair tof for is the promotion of truth E ‘nd the 
a race of little pretenders. ative out the weeds whe native growth by their porter out of God’s service pi earth. We have 
AE exteersih extreme luxuriance. Something of the kind we believe | the leaders of our van a race of hardy, Snipan 
ld bli Pans While it is curious | frontier men, piaga of f fatigues “ad posse self-reliant, 
th tlt the Fungi of one season are so and m rie of them and piou who have 
ias of aia. a this week in their silat pit no rother fi ead far into the the interior. Ree ent discoveries 
The variations have iaaa rarely de Doai. Peah Teg are mcs wi har | have pine too, that h i It 
the lowest temperature near Lond nit £1 le Pilato murain tes Sin a plat., Tt sees novor mat Hable pie ine “tinct, bas 
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I has A iii de w as 13°.3 5 idk pe = Brigg observed in this country till 184 ES i since that time el traversed 
in Lincomire to E279: Pero o, 3 seski the Potato fone are frequently ‘white with it, as if| by rivers which have wach nd nse wens 
Cheshire near Tarporley to 8° below zero; while h in yi 
at Wallingford it was not near Bir- ooa , which 
ingham it was only 1° below zero, and in Berk already suppor p, and 
shire was 2° above. If we receive any s t generally thro a — 
number of returns, in the early part of th hee ing a returns to 
week, they shall be abstracted for general in- hu man. This territory is 
formation. In the meanwhile we give in or 
column a few cases for the temporary informa 
tion of our readers. 
course with Europea ns a Si 
trade, 
MYCOLOGY.—No. XXXIX. parts form caravans, anil en piga 
| a OHIZOPHYLLUM Fr.—Few genera are themselves to carry ipa loads. 
more curious in nines: an that to which our ugh a countr: 
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ú gus belongs, and none can exhibit more i ly fy 4 
parci 7 characters of its section. The true gill- i Wy ae of mya egies which is 
i i i lat N f NN rrow native pa 
are distinguished by possessing plates f pe uch isthe territory tbrough 
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Nasi al Aid two membranes folded together 80 as 
make pn 
\ ý í : may spread, carrying w ith them 
i : CMY NEAN SSS oae and the arts of 
N 1 Y become 
, but if a any bo ere a were wa of t att 
cones of the theory, we have it ae pien eT g + ih i 
in which the gills naturally split fies their whole 
free edge of either membrane urlin ng over, and 
ecoming revolute, so that the hymenium seems com- 
bins of little close set rad iating membranous rolls or 
ee eis most _Sonrzor ox co F rest a wisdom whic! based upon 
HYLI MMUNE, Fr. : : 
magaltig $ a ta r a under n owr Copied by c FI Bic previous pentaan ANS 
ee ee A with hoartrost The Vine mildew is another | have preceded them. ana are the plans which 
of {gte which according to. ie f på d t tri probability it is | many noble and, excellent. persons iu, Europe and 
si pe to the view of aut ors are : hile in vations parts of, this ¢ y aro now engaged 
g $ $ K: a view 2 . 
ery rare spt o herein Cape T Town that we may do our part, we intend 
white or Bos, pe! uae at end of: lens a 
. waved or sigta johed, more university w. receive into its bosom all the 
youth of South Africa, of every race, who may desire t 
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ith li po dles appearance amongst m 
of threads, and is often more or less zo oned or rg i instance, is -an occasional visitant, 
concentrically; the gills:are of a pale brown colony and » 
r pinkish g I i the pileus is often | ported Fir poles,and on the Hanpi -of several rai! rallway men, fitted to achieve their share of the great = 
deeply lobed, the Jobes themselves being very narrow | Stations, we have mever seen a single instance i in whic h | which lies before them. And at this end of thes 
and semi-cylindrical, and sometimes again divided so as to Hs i had thes eae to be of hative e growth. m, 
mched. The modifications -are e singular cause i iti is developed i in the open jand to port a ieee which ma may perchance rival 
indeed almost infinite, so that it is in general scarcely tr, jes i on hat ae Alecop ria in a aa re ips we trust is 
f i OM- JB. a far more fortunate fa e museum 
x s pee ai vue Re peeping Ate ou are all acquainted with, and you know what. the 
o associates 
sepiaria, for ly pour forth ts 
but though „we | states and colonies which may spring from this parent 
No F hes common in tro cou 
tie Se ee bean noe SIR GEORGE GREY’S ADDRESS have already done to render it one of the most striking 
LIBRARY Anp.| 22d usefal of our institutions. The library which His. 
Ro: i i 
the north or south from the E it becomes gra- AT THE 
dually Jess freqnent till it altogether vanishes, So MUSEUM AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, IN yal Hig 7 about to open we ‘hope ma 
rare is itin England in our woods and fi that a THE mee OF PRINCE ALFRED. | become as 1 a great mind for all South Africa, in 
$ very few botanists only have ever Becta it; while} Ar the opening of the new Public Library in Cape whic kf 
~ on the contrary, in our stoves it sometimes occurs in| Town, en briefly en to the early, history of the | hi h h ‘be sulted fre f cost 
utmost shat. dows In the Regens 's Park Gardens, | Northern portion of the co continent, as affording ‘4 sy chp miga a ere A consulted | freo of o verie i of 
k the efforts now being made te will-wi 
+ this beautiful scen at their will with 
tive ornament, looking TE 6'some. curious shel | Geo: ve enor of wineries in ‘the «present, Sir the poets, the philosophers, the  Wistoriains of all coun- 
As the spores of Fangi ae so light and isis they! Twice AE hoe inhabitants of eee in northern gri Palai a i Supe pyra y iee ) SACOS EN 
are wafted by the winds every di rection, and in | Africa, do is day assem- ge which may and to earn the 
favourable:circumstances. aha db leadiko: yc toio; and hiie tsenl Bis up a library | bilge of nations whose names are now t nknown to 
the lo ti fi its d velopme t, | which was a | this 4 
i reias requires nolong RS or its de n ind an Set era ho am is) continent, Already munificent donors have laid for 
a $ e this li pag a substantial and valuable foundation, upon 
of the Eastern Church, which ting I 
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= gr ee and pastures, The spec ig as 2 2 ien erat ara cigi we may hope. 
limates are, however, in general so impatient of cold | was its library once more enriched by a large collection ey aaa nthe otee s 
See The | of books, and senna he Way From he ose Wha What an effect cm Boman acti Earn tect aas 
first tròst kills ect 
powers of the spores which have sae doetesas n es y hordes of invading Saracens, akiket sgt gh E Ae genoa 
‘In other cases continued drought may prevent the | Alexandria, which had „principally derived its venti results sox ii a raga Kraak aort enreda 
ia passing th: v : thn 
It is to tse or u eee oe that sani ra declined, and this i is seve. 20 the feats to reed Mise hoes o TE fimi Pos tks 
keep wi certai S, il e same Hope- ha been disco | : f th ik m i 
*y in similar climates in either | in 1497, and toa great part of the commerce o acinar yik renal i ied Mie Aoii FIN Eneias f ppa 
pesa ion, however, a as climates are with having tein nw enor direc + onthe "Yet | | Euryalus from the tPromttier to Cape Town. These-men 
tad th apparently g! sapr ana many sights to'them 
S mixture of species, and. thus tm he equat € here in the South of A e again boldly | very wonder Bat in thew eyes the met adwsrabie 
ds, we have trily entered on the attempt of Eriti civilisation and | o¢ ih wis the sight of a number of hardy, bare-footed 
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ture of some of thes outor i islan 
s mixed with others which | Christianit va this continent, and of spreading ting shing thi 
as truly plants of petals regions. It is very | blessings t yi ir the boundless territories which 1 dada, piin at veces 9 t ond & as the son 
- possible that i in such countries as our own, the spores bato ihoa Ain es S i of the Queen of Bugland. The pra are p their. own 
rm have precei 
insta; and go through the first phases of growth, p E done much to lay the foundation for h ttempt. rleton, 
ES of mycelium, such = Anthina ba are of the 4 hay ve alri lready t extent of terri- “Bandi. and fhis councillors give thanks. By the invitation 
ent occurrence, withou d I pted | of the great chief, the son of the Queen of the English people. 
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