, 1875-12-18

tsons Of Tbs great aallery dcngnoa by 1nie,
cost Of this structure NTH tho h walls nrl's,
Ing tho gartleu An, ,,tnteclinG Il fran tic wstlB
wsa cas-, 600, a munisicant sum fnr tl,osa dayt,
provided by Tho generosity q Lotd DANNY
.onsIsi7o pls,it WA shown sa . great wona.r.'
rwent. yetra later {ia7o} Bir, Tdon'sa Milling.
ton, tho Hayilsn Professor, discovered through
raHearchas lore tl,e fact Of serunl reproduction
~ aoHo1ng p'.nts In lss1 nobsa t"nvor.ses
otstfassd the function Of pollen. 1n l7l5 h1or.
riaon solved Tho problon, regarding tho meanso 1t
reproduction e1sattng il Tbs ferns. Pfosiaua to
this discovery tho "srld shared the opinion at
thoY must prodnce sosd. because. among othef
reasous, "Tho Book Of Geneais said nothing
about pianis being dostltnte, Of Them
In 1886 L1nnGus spont soms WeekB at tho 1sr.
living plauta With tho dirooter, Diltonlud. wtlon
10 tried to convert to his nowly y-publishod roxua
syesem, Lastly. IN 1885, Dsubony, It. work Ii
tho Oxford Garden. anticipated Draper In delu-
onattating that tho light belonging to lhe TED
end OF tho spectrum ii mont efTcctuae III psomot
log tho evolution OF oxygen by pIanta.
ARCTIC expLonhTloa.
Notes On tho rsturn voyage Of Tho sh!p
Provon, OF tho Bwcdlsh Arctic Expedition, to-
lhL8 lllAk NlCkHUu l1NIUuT NAb ClHN&bN QY ZIG
vessel on tho l7th OF August. On tho 9Th eho
touched 1t Cape Mildondorf, On tho northeast
coaat Of Nova Zombla, and wns thofo becantel
for six days. During this timo good doa| Of
dredging waa dono With important results. Tia
seA-bostom a,rounded with animal life, anl II
immense uumbat Of the forms peculiar to ths
lower levsfB wore brought up ut every lift Of tn,
dredge; aftpr lying for q fcw momeuts On III,
hDt atsrn d I,,9ui irnt1n ha
beautiful nulncea Of rod, HUMOROUS md coos
sal l,nsl,-lEke aectss crustsees aud tnolllses
Btuck faas in it's strands" 1T lido 1}ay 1oarins
vegetation waa found to be very prolific, but tte
land vas almost destitute Of nlant llfc. A tca
stnntcd willows dotted the laudscape bat tha
fe-poppy WAS tho only flowor Visible, aud tus
aeason Of this MAS noarlv paaaed - The who'll
Of Nature produced tho Impression Of iudescrib
able lesolatlon,"
After experiencing much tompoatuous wea.ber
the Proven on.s. Cd the hatbor Of Tromao on Til
Sd Of 0ctQtar. ava haga," aaya topnrt Of III.
yovage, "dnrlDg this summer sailed over knous
aad unknown Aeas more that a,oo1 (EuEllshl
uilea; wo have visited regions whittier expod
tlons for moro than 800 YoaTsplhvc attempted ii
vain to como !; We hayo made rich collections ID
all departments OF natural science. What mort
can man dosire from such = jourooy7" Prot.
Nordensklold, who commanded the expedition
and left it 1t the Yeneaei for the return trf
overland, ssachsd st. Petersburg Oct. II.
THE RAINFALL OF tg75.
The rainfall OF 1876 throughout tho Northern
Hemisphere WA greatly in exeeaS OF Any othtr
year on record In North America and In
Europe the fooda vero frequent and disastrous,
whi!o Ssotn AaiA tldinge have from tiuae 10 sims
brought Information ofa frcsh aud unprecedeut
ioTnponr. Nature gives tho statissics OF . rain.
fall that occurred In China between Aug. o. and
9ept. that burpasBes nearly every o1periouca
Of tho sort hitherto obsorvod. Tho details were
derived from tho bulletin OF tho Meteorological
Observatory Of tho Fathers Of .hs 8oeioty .,
Jasus at Sikawsi, and arc said to be perfectly
Trustworthy. Between 4 and Z O'Clock IN thu
morning OF Sept. !. the mean rainfall por haul
was SAT- niliuasserH, OF 1.281 Inch for each
Of these throo hours. 6aya tho observer: :" Va
think there are few example tsa Of such fgurs. 81:
capt IN the caae Of wAterSponts." The tota
jesuit Observatory during tho twenty -four hours
beswsen o'clock .. n. OF Ang. 81 and o'clock
p, N. Bept. wAs 2f8 u1ilimoter8, or 1853 inches.
Al BaihrigRAn. noar Dublin. ireland, the rain.
5 during one sn*s day of shs P.st ss,son X.
quantity. In coLnparinon With the fall 1t h!kas
val 1t aeeraa quito Insignificant.
EXPLORATIONS IN NEW GUINEA.
Mr.. 6mithurst, tho engineer Of the atshma
that recently nayIgsted tbs Baxter River Ia Nav
IVluokt u&t puUIieIkA G0EQN AEGuQUk Ill 100 llU2s
dou Daily Ne.ns Of the region thon for ths frat
tint explored. Tho river II described - rnAz-
niAcont stream shat could casily be rendered
nAvigab1e To long distance inland. 1t IL Dor.
dsred maialy BY mangeova uWamps, but bIsh
clay banlB covered with tho blue gum trss
Eucalyptus globulus) were reached near the end
Of tho journey. Worry few natives Wose sasn,
although eigns OF thai. Vicinity were frequently
apparcnt. remarkable bird VAS discovered
And shnt A. By MT. Bfnlthurst. who rays ''Ths
nolas caused by tho fapplng Of tho wnga 70
sembled the sound Of a locon,osiyo pulling
1oug tr'n Sey slSwiy H,T; hs s{d) t.s, .e
across the wings - it flow. tho body
beak long and straight" Tha natives ,statcd
thst this colossal bird could fly ana! With =
snthtlst stao atates that III tho Sin clay Of ths
river bank he saw tho footprints Of larEe Au
NAL which ha "took to be I buffalo OF Wild OF"
A fair collection Of rocks. stones. birds, tnseets
and plants ~aa Iaaas By tho exploring party, aud
will be submitted to naturalist for olassines'
tlon.
SEEDS TERMINATING IN ICE.
HiGh1y-intersstinE Feaults bearsug Upon th
termination OF aeeds have recently been de'sF
| oped by certain experiments conducted by n.
Uloth. Grooves were cut In cake Of ics, lnts
which seeds Of various species were p1acsd and
then covered over BY plstaa Of ice. The who'll
was then removed to cool oeltar md allowed
I 10 senaiu from JANUARY until the May following.
| At this tirno It was found on examination thsa
! many OF tho eecdn had sproutod md penetrated
| tho leo with their roots. It ls the opsnlon Oh
! 81. Uloth that tho heat nscded for the psocesa
| Of growth was geuosated by the seeda them' ION
and shat this hest WA sufficient to melt the ies
4 about tho roots, aud permit thon 10 e1tsaa