, 1875-12-25

taken, various species at tnasaea and fcrHa. sId
fow Towering nlauts, "pranR from lho earttt,
which WA uepusital in pots apu Covered wltn
bs.t glasses. All thosa sl,4cioh wcso oommen
a,eler u the greenhouse OF ita imma llalc v!clll-
lty. and not III tho locality Hhoncs tbs SOL VAS
procured. A similar experiment mas tried With
white tertiary aattst. and with aimtiht toHuish.
OH a topssitlon Of tho trial NTH tue Loss aota |
tlaa ouiy plant developing from sena sL,as conli
hkyo boon prosesy9d IN tho experimental earth |
MAS a 1ollcAso specimen OF .le fsSfnod p''dtac!s
{Tesuto LosB}, and this WAS eIrposed probable |
to have sprung from q small, light germ eosl- |
yeyed ba tia air. lheaa raaul wore ncRativn
but the author placed thon on record aa efllsnco
Ut the difficulty of obtaining pouitlYo proofs in
experiments Of tho soFs.
THE Au7icuLA.
Prof, kerner has iesued pamphlet entitled
Dta Gsschiefte der Aar1kef, In which ho traces
tho h!story Of this discovery and cultivation Of
the Auricua, only A1plnA plant, It Ia sa'd'
that has hcon generally rsnrod Id European
gatdeos. ACCORDING to Pfof. heTnsf. UIaasus
frat rransplanted tho true Anricula (F'77nnta
Aurice.ia) anil tha hybEid r. Pabescens, In t5s2,
from the rysotasa Airs to Belgium. Tho former
spocies soon dieappearad from cultivation, but
tbo ls,oy u tho parcut OF tue host OF yarlssfos
l,2ln ara enumerated by sona NtltelH-no1
known to florists Tho hybrid p. Inbescea5,
which had hsen lont to the Gestaan and Au4'r'sn
Alps fur nearly sbrco cenlurlea MAS discovered
by rrof. Kosner In 1dB7, in aingla locality in
tho T5ro1.
Tho 4. Aurie..ia is : native Of tho Caucasus,
! aud OF tho n1nuukalua Of Hstla a. well ~ Of tho
| si,rln scooo n[x or soyeu ernait ye,tos houa1s,
| which e1llalo Tho saM0 deltcloua fragrance TINT
I hna mado she p{aut 10 ereat = favo9ita tn gar
| dons. Under cultivation. Tho Anricula has bcnn
wonderfully transformed, having cast Oft its rus
| h., garments, aud put OH the r!ch.Rt robes Of
| gay and varied huoa. Sometimes u Teara
iresH of = sineie cpior,-a rod, pink crimson,
saslnn md ye;vsts Of divnruo tluts, delicatoly
hbadad. Or evon rsrleg.ted. Iho plsnt eelonGs
70 tne iamhY @. pfn.o., .''u a.'n u,usaG' Ia ,ts
Aptu % os at"s' "ao "'"o""'o" ASA''s " '1'
~
sEMAHkaoLE RAiAfhtIs.
| AT. D. fuck!e "s'.ea ~ na'"'o 'a~s ~ o0S'
! registered a. Dangalore, IN ths Mgaofs Fforlnce'
In India. ap inch and quarter OF rain that Tell
ia twenty ,ninutos no as, ssates that and ..
.n.. .,,,~a ,,ato. ,,.v, hoe, o.uocd In tb,t
aou e'cu "'o1o 'nous'. -a@'o oa 80 49,.
dislrlct 10 ram OF s1ensY-to1s AouFe' ABOUT
The year 1886. ~hon particularly disastrous nooas
occtl1rod 10 India, Dr. puckfe deciarea that. at
Madras. more than ~ inullen OF rain foll In
tvenly-to.lr ho,1ra xud that morn thnn inohe.
fel1 within six lIou.s This WAS gagged a. the
aIsdIae Observatory, and reHsse!ed sves1
hour, "A ootfes-pantor on tho Wosterl,
Nh.uts OF Msnosa." co,t,nuss MF Puckls. "totu
mn that. At Iioollkui, he had gauged. in AuRuat,
1871. Ias{ inches in one day. and lO!1 tho next.
I'D described 1t A. = auos,. iutsrmittent. co.'s
| xorv dcu,eya,nQ. At MahabIeshw MAR on the same
lins OF ul,atts, tho average fall IL $40 inches,
chiefly in tho four or ivo months from Mhy tq
Aaptember inclusive; "hlie, o. ine Cnetfepoof ofll
ns. not vets M 81 aanaa s =. ..v; - ys,as n
~, r. VIVA WV ~'' VIZ
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