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  Scientific 
  Intelligence, 
  

  

  talline 
  rock 
  may 
  be 
  modified 
  by 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  orographic 
  forces. 
  

   The 
  three 
  methods 
  mentioned 
  — 
  the 
  Macro-structural, 
  Micro- 
  

   structural 
  and 
  Mineralogical, 
  are 
  severally 
  considered, 
  and 
  the 
  

   results 
  under 
  each, 
  as 
  recognized 
  by 
  the 
  author, 
  are 
  described 
  

   in 
  detail, 
  and 
  illustrated 
  by 
  his 
  microscopic 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  Green- 
  

   stone 
  schist 
  and 
  the 
  associated 
  rocks. 
  

  

  4. 
  Some 
  Botanic 
  Gardens 
  in 
  the 
  Equatorial 
  Belt 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  South 
  Seas. 
  (Second 
  paper.) 
  — 
  The 
  voyage 
  from 
  Colombo, 
  

   Ceylon, 
  to 
  Adelaide, 
  South 
  Australia, 
  is 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  4,400 
  miles, 
  

   After 
  leaving 
  the 
  harbor, 
  land 
  covered 
  with 
  tropical 
  vegetation 
  

   and 
  shores 
  fringed 
  with 
  mangrove 
  are 
  kept 
  in 
  sight, 
  until 
  the 
  

   once 
  prominent 
  port 
  at 
  Point 
  de 
  Galle 
  sinks 
  from 
  view, 
  and 
  then 
  

   a 
  fairly 
  straight 
  run 
  is 
  made 
  for 
  Cape 
  Leeuwin. 
  Rounding 
  this, 
  

   the 
  distant 
  shores 
  of 
  West 
  Australia 
  are 
  skirted 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  

   Head 
  near 
  King 
  George's 
  Sound, 
  at 
  Albany, 
  after 
  which 
  no 
  land 
  

   is 
  seen 
  until 
  Kangaroo 
  Island 
  is 
  reached 
  about 
  the 
  fourteenth 
  day 
  

   out. 
  The 
  landing 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  a 
  steam 
  launch 
  which 
  runs 
  in 
  all 
  

   weathers, 
  sometimes 
  in 
  pretty 
  rough 
  water, 
  through 
  an 
  open 
  

   roadstead, 
  up 
  to 
  a 
  jetty 
  at 
  the 
  Semaphore, 
  the 
  terminus 
  of 
  a 
  

   suburban 
  railway 
  leading 
  to 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  Adelaide. 
  Passengers 
  

   by 
  the 
  Peninsular 
  and 
  Oriental 
  line 
  land 
  at 
  Glenelg, 
  a 
  little 
  

   farther 
  south. 
  

  

  The 
  clouds 
  of 
  grasshoppers 
  which 
  met 
  us 
  at 
  the 
  landing 
  did 
  

   not 
  presage 
  a 
  very 
  happy 
  condition 
  of 
  things 
  in 
  the 
  fields 
  and 
  

   gardens. 
  But 
  the 
  mischief 
  thus 
  far 
  wrought 
  by 
  them 
  had 
  been 
  

   local 
  and 
  hardly 
  so 
  severe 
  as 
  had 
  been 
  dreaded. 
  It 
  was 
  now 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  December 
  (the 
  southern 
  summer) 
  and 
  the 
  ground 
  

   seemed 
  dry, 
  but 
  the 
  crops 
  around 
  the 
  city 
  were 
  in 
  good 
  color 
  and 
  

   strong. 
  

  

  For 
  a 
  comparatively 
  new 
  city, 
  Adelaide 
  is 
  fairly 
  well 
  shaded 
  

   with 
  trees. 
  The 
  suburbs 
  are 
  attractive. 
  Northeast 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  

   proper, 
  and 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  minutes 
  walk 
  from 
  the 
  principal 
  streets, 
  

   the 
  University 
  and 
  the 
  Botanic 
  Garden 
  are 
  found 
  near 
  together. 
  

  

  Adelaide. 
  — 
  The 
  Botanic 
  Garden 
  occupies 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  about 
  

   forty 
  acres, 
  and 
  adjoins 
  parklands 
  which 
  are 
  used 
  as 
  an 
  arboretum. 
  

   From 
  his 
  entrance 
  at 
  the 
  main 
  gate, 
  throughout 
  his 
  whole 
  tour 
  of 
  

   the 
  garden, 
  the 
  visitor 
  is 
  struck 
  by 
  the 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  successful 
  

   attempts 
  at 
  decorative 
  management 
  of 
  shrubbery 
  and 
  marble 
  

   statuary, 
  indicating 
  that 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  desire 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  place 
  

   which 
  is 
  easily 
  accessible 
  very 
  attractive 
  to 
  the 
  public. 
  The 
  

   result 
  is 
  generally 
  pleasing 
  ; 
  in 
  fact, 
  it 
  is 
  all 
  good, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  

   case 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  which 
  leaves 
  much 
  to 
  be 
  desired. 
  

  

  Australian 
  plants 
  are 
  represented 
  by 
  pretty 
  good 
  specimens, 
  

   but 
  the 
  conditions 
  for 
  culture 
  are 
  not 
  favorable. 
  The 
  soil 
  ap- 
  

   peared 
  thirsty 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  light 
  ; 
  hence 
  the 
  fair 
  success 
  

   attained 
  shows 
  excellent 
  judgment 
  in 
  cultivating. 
  As 
  will 
  be 
  

   seen 
  by 
  the 
  photographs 
  at 
  Cambridge, 
  the 
  large 
  specimen 
  trees 
  

   would 
  be 
  a 
  credit 
  to 
  any 
  garden, 
  and 
  the 
  groups 
  of 
  European 
  

   florist-plants 
  are 
  about 
  as 
  good 
  as 
  one 
  could 
  expect 
  to 
  see 
  any- 
  

   where. 
  It 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  these 
  European 
  groups 
  are 
  among 
  

  

  