, 1874-12-12

thsas sess3 xeo.s she p!nns finally draws ,ss| ~
it It o,inEs, and tho roo:a Which, poaetraso t,,*
ground coass to contribute to its support, or tiis
alsogothor. Tho lonyes Of tho vanilla aro long
and iloaliy tho iloworS % arc III npkce and ars
opening along tho slde. Theso pot1a aro gather.
Cd before thof arO fnl1y rirc. dried tn the stado
AND afterwagd stopped In j. txed oil. They nrs
pulp, In which tile boano aro embodied. Thu
pulp IL richest In Tho aromatic principle. Dom
xoc aota tn uometin1ea 70 abundant lh II taB Il
that tho 1arRn nnti cxcpeAinElyntercating fant},
OF the orchids yiol6a hut ono othor product
anlop, tlat IL Of nDy comanare'ni snluo. baleph
thp tnhora of various speclca ., orchia hoilet
md t1rted. Tho hs1!s Of tlis product Is tsough,
from tho Eaat, aud much OF It from Porsia. Be
foro coioo became common III britain, aaaop was
considerably used III tho form OF q beverage. Il
| was ground to fine powder. mixed with boiling
| wator, mud milk aud sngnr. It was highly os.
taencd ~ tliot-tlrinh-ita principal iuEredtontt
contrasting of hassorlno' asnrch, and phospnato
ot Inns.
THE EucAIYrTUs.
Tho cultivation Of tho Eucalyptus IL progrcsb-
| lug ho7afully IN California. In Sacramento, an
appropriation Of aa9U has been made for tho purs
poso OF testing tho ynluo Of tho troos as pfo-
yontivo OF oh'ls anl foyor. Tho experiment. will
be triod In Tenth and r streets; md. II euccocs-
fnl. tho trees will he introduced into tho city
upon an aStoaHiye scAlc. Iii Los Augotoa. a
company las heou formed With tho object Of
raising t'ie Eucalyptus for fuel ana timber. An
aroa Of 201 acroa l,aa been devoted 10 tho pur-
poso. On this, young trocs, hut ~ yonra old
from Tho Naol, already rueasuze tB iycl,cp Ia di-
nulcter anil 40 feot III height Ench treo fB NOW
valued at 81 for fuel, md Mt still higher ratio
for manufacturing purponca. It Is calculatoa
I tnnt 6oo Of tho iroos call he grown to tho acre;
cornblo. Thu Lob AngeloB company pronoso
purchasing land at $50 per aero, and ontin,ato
that tho cost Of seal. planting, otc., will prob
G66 trocu aid tic aero otlan, w thus roach abont
: et80, or, say, 32o0- AZ the end OF four years.
t tho tmbor Will bo worth 9;60D. An tho treea
stump and spront rapidly, nnothor equal yield oi
!, timber mny bo counted upon in four years moro
Fuel Is very expensive IN ali tho great valleys oi
California but with tho Encaiyphs-troe, land-
n owners havo thu renaotly within roacl, and nBa
it M income from tho aato OF timber for nanufao-
turing purposes. Whom suffered to aceuro full
I growth, Tho Eucalyptus attains great aizo. NJ
i eraging from u to u feet IN diameter and from
= 1ooto goo feos in height. plank re- oxhibltc1
o 14B foot in 1ength. The wood s sort md essil1
j. worried whon tlrat cut, hut grows hard NTH aGt
10 aud exposure.
t, THE Tu1.1roE.
III 5Ir. ]. G. Dakor has recently presented 4 TO
~ Of The Linnean Society. Tho group, according
O. to this authority. contains 6 genera md II.
d, specos, which are ooni1nod to tho North Teu.
70 srato Zono. 1ts largest development occ'lra ID
a., 1astorn Asia whonceit rnn2oB On tho QUO sdo II
AZ Europo, snd Gil tho other to California and til.
10 1locky Mountains. Tho 1t.|lpa {rulip) is tha
80 ouly genuH not represented IN Anorica. It In
=. cluaos about 80 species, most Of which arc con
~. ~ | fined to Asia. A fow nro found in tho Lovan
N aud tho Bonth Of Europe. The gonus Liitn
,c- {Llly) exteuls across tho American Continent
Of Tho Lilium caalcelonicnm covers tho he'da 9
is Syria With its scarlet blossoms, and ia 1eorabl
~ as tho plant to which tho Savior alluded in HI
nd Sermon OF. tho Mount: aConsder tho llllos o
TO- tho fields" oto The Frilaeia, containing th
in ea, occura west Of tho Rocky Mountains. Tn
hc greater number Of tho 20 apocles included IN tn
gonua aro natives Of Enropo and Asia. Tho 2
nd or moro spccIos Of the Ca!ochortAs are, on tt,
tc, other hand. limited to our more Weatcrn Tcrr
I'LL rtories. Or the half-dozen E,ythroniu'n
IA (pog-Tooth Violet, Or Addcrs Tongue). one !
or restricted to tho Old World, aud The rest to u
rth Iul;pcr, tho Loydiu sesotina, III tho moat wd
orn ly distributed Of MI tho hiyttibo mud the on
one that ia roa1ly Arctic OF Alpine.
sta po1aoNous DYES.
}o,. Evidence OF tho poisonous nature OF tbs gree
is dye uaed i'll coloring wallpaper md fabrics
ton various texturo haB bcon pretty clearly osta
1rp~ ! lehod anfl now Testimony Of tho eano p1rpo
.iou ,1.4,,s,. " ,,.;',.t w.. nd a,lor brow,
'plT S.,,:,. " 1a M, f.ot t,,t ,oroora ,ro,r;,
Hut ..1sns. .n,orta ,-o r-saunntlv .f1ict,d r.;
,,..n asa ra;ry,, ,,as;ev,ar orryt1o,,a Ia, ha
~st.;s,,toa h., m 1ar5,nn ~ tba ,,o;acrr
'a') ,,a., ~ t,,n ro5 co1or ~ I'm corn};na 3vc
1s@'5 ~ ~, :.- - "a. ~
rees, louHa'n mas eonnsnea 'u'' op'utoH ~ ''!sI -
been M tho color undor tile skin Of dogs and rabbi
s,,p' thereby causing their DEATH Further e1pe
tho mants hv NJ. zaptrfn, q yeteripar7-aurroe
were show that coralline produces no injurious ot
II ~. TO- upon cats and dogs when taken into tho sto
3 'aS y; ach. III tho ct tho enitas upon which
~ cnrs'iinn }nt} heen EbBor},ea into the Byeteu
i WOW fo,,na In tho lungs: and, from some I'll
''oa- wllactcd silk VIVA actually dyod Koceut oxpo
bot monts oifectuaIr decide tlo matter, however,
peT- | uhnp.iup TINT TIM cornllinn dYo In not itse