New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-04

-, y;c,oyia Repja. larges, of the water
~, ,,;be rs leaves, enormously thick, ana seNe-
VI foot m diameter, reposlng on the SURFACE Vi
ia, 1S of Iooking.rlass. and supporting the snowy
vD,,mson-,ipped petals OF lis i"aSn'hceh' U.S. S,
.ns rose trees, Oleanccrs aud cameuIas III Iuil
,Sassom: rare and curious bOtanlcal sPecHhenS'
ooSoIea from life, showing their growing state,
moes"h,h,,inq the various phases of their oflei
anu l,once initiating Nature with wonderful
,N,.., and giving abundant evidence that tng-
noen cy,,cels the rest OF the world IN the making
CIV flowers. as decidedly as does France N
,be making Of muslin ones nj,
VIZ ciass 10 is devoted 10 Sculpture Models, Plas-
.., Mosaics. Fnamels, &c. OF the numer-
w w. ohects contained III this department, though
~ 80 can be cited as very remarkable, many are
I'm sn,sstnc. Here we find specimens OF anas-
ne nrir.ing applied 10 drawings IN chalk or
.asi' .rpc;ent ceeds, woos engravngs and archie
nIo In illustrations tinted and chromo-htho-
.eebs typography; oll-col0r picture printing !;
ger, sls and dies canoes and intaglios, bss re-
sefs vases and architectural designs oil, wa
,srcolor and fresco paintings crayon ana other
J,swinps leaves, flowers and insects, cOdteu over
Nth an electrotyplc deposit anG among tnt
,,ost curious things here brought toSethei' tne
,ndescent effects produced by the appncaIioh u
. Thin film of cOlorless transparent Varnlsh 10 pa,
osrspd card board, and giving 70
mon their surface all the chahsh7 nues VI
mari beetle's wings, soap-5ub1les, &C.
The Medieval Court, whicn cons ,llu'eS oiie VI
.ta RIOS, striking portions Of the Brush wing,
so.ta;ns the reproduction Of the ecclesiastical
architecture and sparaphanalla OF the Middle
.oes Fonts screens, hOsiles, sacefdotal gar
,nen,s. all are here even 10 the lamps ana cahuel-
abra and the spectator has Only 10 yleiu 10 the
Illusion of the scene to find himself transporter
INTO the midst Of the period when these % ectS'
frxNy, f1f
and the phase OF human development ron winch
they sprung. were present reall'y III o'h1'
words TO make very considerable journey ta ck-
vGTd. ,l;
Nor must we leave this portion Of the Dulldlng
without examining this Siliciied Tree, another
relic OF the Olden time, IN comparison WIN
which the antiQuated "reminiscences caueu up
bv fine Medieval Court are bur the memories. o
YESTERDAY This massive trunk, remains o
some giant eenlzen of the antefluyan forests Oh
Van Dieman's Land, presents us with whoe
series Of gradual transformations, portions OF It's
substance still existing unchanged, Othei PoI-
lOns beng In process of conversion INTO sllcate'
neelino OFF M the slightest touch, and presenting
exactly the white and downy appearance OF Old
wood between whose fibers hoarirOst has set
tled the greater part OF the trunk being already
changed into a solid mass OF white, semi-'rans-
narent stone. parts Of which, through the attrl'
non of the elements, have been again converted
into common mold. The discoveries OIL inOuerh
science are constantly bringing to light addition
Al evidence IN proof OF the fact that the Animal
Kingdom Is not superposed upon the vegetaHe'
ss commonly imagined but is rather the cOntln-
nation. into higher region of development, OF
the same upward line. In this mlneralIzed tree,
and other facts attesting the intermingllng OF
vegetable and mineral forms, we see the same
line of being running downward through the
lower stages of existence and we ask, Where
does the great line of unitary progression begin
Where end ?" QUANTUM.