, 1876-02-05

9oas1oE ih reckontt At 400 pounds: Tho product
T. ia1s III l1as; LIE .1 sHck q sao
raaehud fnreipn 1snds' Tno on.I;,s ~ IL A.
SAN ton is stIpug and pungent: hanea tha islf
ts mixed With Inferior Ghlnt tea, n hrinr M
thcir price. The yatus Of the tes n1nortna 3rnm
al. +, 1st2 x.a si7 oat IN 1ass ska 80. wv -
14G2 Cl92 211: and in 1s71. Fl leo fsR irhs
imno.ts in Enclsnd for tho vesr endinr Tu,1 81.
1915 vas d, 527, 900 lb5,
60
vALL,ssep,A sp,RAt,s.
Amupc the most wonderful manIis.t.t,on. AZ
,.r, ~. H. t., ni,,t. T.. ~. ,,r... 1rau,....s
,ypiraI,, of Of thu M bo.,pts,, its % sommon nsm" be.
ing tape or eolgraaa. lta long. thin. And ribbon
tho alowor.moy;no r,scra NJ mr. ~ Atlanta s,ona
ana the Tranquil! wasoEs OF Franco haa Italy. Like
tho willow aud tic daee-pal1n. tta tuo kinds Of
flowers. necasssry TO the production of seed, are
borne upon nepa.afo plapts,-th. nint,l, being
-. 49,. " sas' .AI -. .,..",,o 80 ~.
eut'oo0 uAnno, III ""cn tue po'sen OF tno !as-
ter organ ia deposited upon tho former, thus
gcttisiz,ng tile embryonic seed contained III Tho
,,atits rnatcs ttc htt,e n,.nt , y.vo,3,e In
.ow.i. .-l,.,, t. !. .,o..;,,,. =, at..,- L..ts
-!.' !'..,,"t 49, - M poaa'o'o " "os.u w"
plhs'llaIe nnd etamihasc speesmens; thoogh tho
former, which ia counnon. is also yafued becauss
the circulation OF it, fluids can be 70 clearly
.con In t,r 1snvaa rho rcdrrc,a or Aovsr.
80 - H. ,;.,;,,., -. t.sin s,N.t -
ssom' w 'uo pse.'',ase " l'1aa.a p.No'' 's!1
long, but coiied at the base Of tho leaves, \ tA
bod Of tho Btscam.-eaoh stom bearing but oDS
n,"aJ s1.u Jnas ~ t1.a..u ho"e.s, orIn " "n1
Tbn .t.u,;nn;o nr 1u,,a s,n,arr. hsxs ware
short stems. md grow In denss cln,sers.-each
clustor being surrounded by ciosed Transparent
rpstho.. At that stage IN the gEosth q tho
n.ans "nea rue , 'ocmnaa''on i .. 'no seea naoata
an,. e,~o -, ~ ia f,naie r,sn. ,,t.;at .I.r
grow III length, rulsinr the lowera to the sorfscs
OF tue water, on which thev then fioat. This
flowers OF tho na1o plant nj tas time burst snoa
.ne'o6'ps spa'Ao. HtG' Sopat"1'ns taen.se!ses
hsr;nc tLo snnesr.ncn NJ iitt1o Vt,;ts
pearls, tpd, opcnitle on tile aurface OF tho slug.
giah s:roa,n. shed their pollen upon the feu,als
nowers. Atto: feeesv!ng Tue 1eft'iztnf pollen.
..1. e aas.,.ua., sr;s.1i sue ~
vvcsae, 70 lin bo,.om ~ iio wa.er to 5;nen. srha
stem Of tho fcua!s flower attann length Of
from to 4 feet accoydlpg 10 tho depth OF tho
unter. Tho American Naturalist for Febru-
arr reports experiments, described ut tho
LinnTau Society OF I4onduu. connected
with tho growth OF this cQiied stem. Tho re-
suits Of theso experiments seem to show that
this growth tB tho most rapid occurring III The
vegetable kingdom, teachiuE tho rate OF u inch.
ee in twcn,y-four housB,-thc greateat activity
occurring III tho terminal portion nstrsat tbs
flower, It WAS also thore stated that, when tho
piBtitate flower changes to receive no pollen. Il
doeB not descend to the bottom Of tho water, bus
romans
days. aud even veeks, ~ II waiting for ths
fIuctity,ug pollen.
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EXPLORATION or suMATRA.
Tho Gpograuhcal Society OF Amsterdam. No
learn through Nu.t,ye Ia preparing to send An
arnud,tior to sum,tr, for tha n,rno.o or AZ.
s,a.;., ~. ,,,,,saanS s,,.,;,,, ~, tha ss,,nn
t4o''ok 'aa. uuAn9"n ~. Nuu =, w 'A1uu eu4-
braeed in tbs territory OF the Djamb Tho AZ
e ooo Of which viii asccpa tie Di.mbi: and Ii.
ot,,ar x,,rti,,, fro, PADDING m fla onnoaite
osAo.' vi, e., rt
betwoon the volcanoes OF Ia}ang aud 1ndEapoosA.
aud eudeayor to OBJECT 4 Junction with
the other division by following aome one Of tho
tributaries OF the Djambt until the main siyer il
reached. This object being accomplished. tho
expedition will attempt detailed survey Of VA
nous branches Of tho Diambi, ~ tho BAngit, tho
Teboo, tue Tabu, aud the Teulbesi. Tho region
drained by shese wator.courees has never been
yisaea ny hutopeans .nu LUZ eeeaun.s s,!, sN1n
1ne aaasSs .. 10 oaaa.y aha es9''n'' oAs'''
gopa aeai aa OF p!oasapt expectation. ,,a... s+
~ tooS, s4u hpaayzga, tLse Aes'osns -
e.aolo instance nc H., asaus: oa n!a w tnusn a
aole lepofs o. the appearances ot thG oSun.s5 eua
ao aisp'S 4,sn4s,on OK snS ~ II. su,ss1
~ ~ a.iss,. ~ - ~ - as1a.st IN
po!sait tribatst.os u y npoa H. ~ ,,a rsp9t5 tns
oIS autnen1te ono eAl1sak, =, ."at ,...tior 49, ~.
9a % noc.ety @ usssG ~ t;saa ~ s~,1f,nen..s -
1t!tAh OF uJhmo! hss a6u!useM H. u,e -
htso lho cSpoalaon ~ " ~; - sIa' nv
taotsuset, nan ol'eso1 % - ~ ~. a. - a.;ear
!: IL calculated thas sae eaPenso o. .as e1pe~
union, cohaaese9 ~ ~ u'snoss wci, "n,, III ~.
.;aoI VII -. r.,ts s,,}seriut.on Mar Yhleh An
nnpesr viii po made TOR : Government subsidy.
Tho stan Of the expedition will comprise 1t to 81
| pected. naturalist : botanIse, : EeogfAphes,
| and linguist; aua II 70 nopca saes NJ eoueo.
| history viii be OF gscat scientiHc value,
| --
| A SWEDISH TORNADO,
In tho "I'ahsaet'onn ot INC no9A eae.sty
| OF Scieuces 1t upsAl, Prot. Aildcbrsnd Hide
lraudssou ha4 published III account, illustrated