, 1876-08-26

foagc, hue, ntd habit, TINT grow in siontatic-
ous abundance by tho waystlcs1 aiong the sail:
roads md tile lalsc-sllorc, as,sl IN every blt Of
nnmnruved grovc-!and. ,u, 49,.
wi,ere the ltrStna a,YasigSim niay s. found.
THIS species nttnlns thu height OF only IL !nc',rs
ut most, wl'ercas the two previously Ms"tltned
aru ordinarily 3 ur fucs tall, aud sumo;
tStH Ea1,imct, tic i, ocenrTcnco ] Of tic White
Xervoia {E nrtieotal has been .,. note ,t, =" 3 ny
Is Il prostr1te. .uiant, forming, when III bs"sson1
In ,Jnne aud July, pretty 'nats Of purple and
It is In this gems TINT tic garden Fcrbcnns
belong. Tllcir nutisc home ia llrazilt and, o',t
ot three or four original species, tf'c florists
have pro'!uccd II eccrl.!'!Ely- yarlsty'
AZ Harlem, an,l On tn b41Es e., Of .., the nss
Is Mt l,nn,c. II ia low, creeping plant, expah.l~
ing its lusll-whitc flowers frnln duly to Sep.
timber. In the woods antl copRes. the l'opsertl
{hryna IcFas'aehya)t e quite s''l',nis. II .. ls
leaves, ind ,lelleatc elongated spikes ii snlall,
ruse-yoorct flowers, III l'oo!n Im July: ~,
This ter.nlllatcs our I. nrief 9 st q tne 'fr.
cies urr enumerated IL the lora ii thy United
States east of the Mississippi, aud Of these we
havc seven. The order includes ,lcarly sO0 spc-
ces but Is srsey re9resetea n Tue te'cr, r.
c1nincntly a Tropical family, inlaoltinE chiefly
wurm countstrs,- suutll Amertra, extending
It's habitat Lnu the ct,0cr districts It IL from
Braz'l thu. ol te ra' aasc
In the genus Lippid, along with our fog.truit,
sta,lds tho 1.e1i,on- n-Verhcna, .wfosc exquisite
! perfume eomnlcnds It universally.
The oscr hus not mucil economic Enlue.
Sumo few species arc sall to posseas medicinal
qualities trtr chcrry-lite fruit Of tho irt,nna
escuitata and uf some Of the Land"as Ia edible,
and the leaves OF tic StachD'arpheta }analee"sss
arc used to adalttrate Chnese tea. One q tte
mos. Important plants belonging to tue lerteHa-
rtr II the Indian Teak Ttrtoad Uranais THIS Is u
beautiful tree of gigantic size, lifting its mules
lmIIan forests. Its oval leaves arc from to
feet lug, ui1 tts largc ranfelca 0[ white How
ers are s1cccc,lcd bY drupcs tsto,c- frntt) ths
sizc Ut a l,nzcl-nut THIS STEMS u these trees
they furnish is Of the must chdurlng quality It
IL light aud easily worked, Is iIot liable to thc
attacks Of sccta ,nn III e.or al14 texture 's like
coarse ltnlinsany: It ts extensively used III
OF Tic large fumily Vt AcantlGlds tAt0mth0eetr},
nu.nberlny somewhere ,scar l,5oo spccies, we
l,asc ony single represcnsativc,--tIle Rat1'ia
citiosa,-atd this is sct down ~ 81 rase occur.
grows from tu 2 feet high, is covered with
soft, whttIsl' hairs, and has nl'rrle,, finnel-
formed ilnwers sprl,.slng from thG axils u the a,
most exclusively to thu Tropics, very few SPECIES
hrnr fumt,l in tbc Surtl Temperate Xonc. Tho
typical genus Aa,1th,ls Is INDIGENOUS to South
erl Europe; and ison liie eaSes o. one 81 its
speses, ."u II H.. as,,a III s,toi Fin lr,vrs
of The i. xvXvst, have hen nppltyd In Gothic
architecture. Butll species aru twnng plnllts,
with beautiful, shining Ieuvcs nnu lnrse, wAite
p'4SsoMs =, .,o t.n.,1o-.r orc acs.,,u,c
,,f nttr"rt,' ,',,,. vet snn cxccntIona reurru, as
thc Rue1ta, 1'ts'arta, aul dlht'dnara nifara
IRON Afrtcu, 1s among tho fayorlte climbing
ptal,ts in use by our i,1rists.
--
NUD-FiS1IEs.
| nur,n1 t1,c first yis.t In Snuth Americn of
,t,s1.a. M w.. a.,,r"I,st bo t1,.'.nr,rad IT., ,lc
NaticreE' s'e !at"s"''s'' NJ u'seofs't'', l. ;" tne
waters oi the Anaznl's' a Singular hsls-hkc spe-
cies. uniting in Its structure and habits ctarac-
.r.,,. w., .,n,,,ona ,rhr,, In st,,totre1 wrrn
!"o ~ 'E.s n.,,s, " ~ .,,a ,r,"n," sf,,',,,,
placed, on h!s return, IN lilc Vienna 49,, .nose"l''
fcrrcd It 10 tllv class of amphIbtans, putting IT
,ovt a., III. r,n,,v of S;rtu,, anl giving II liz
,,a,, N, t,hnS.ry .-,,,t ia !. srnIv sir.n,n In
aalhc ~ 1'eI'os''en,n w. e5 E',,,', a.".
tic sa.nc yeaF' rsot' owcf, III hh9"n'u, tes'
nlatlu known il coscly-rclatel sncetcs iullll1 III
African waters, al,.i runtcnlcd that the pos!tio,
~ thc new types WIS In the class oi
n,,, ,,.i,L, ;, rnv r,,rs Il ,t,fr,1 tenn I'm
Australia, un,l described ul.lcr tic nun,e s
tttato,iuy tosteri TAv Tires species, t.cl.tt1ct
~ ,1 f',,,,r, '.ir.aat, avn ,,o,v ,y ,,enrr
III sle as I'7n'o"'e"a., .' "'a , t'o"' - = ;'.'a -
III consent, et''lcetle'l lo the elass oi l's1es'
which they form tho highest order, Wp"or
!, Notwithstanding the Lepilosirens nrc rauket
anor., th. tlslts. tfry hayc many characters |,
a'' s"s ,, ns' .,' ',, ,,',,Ilians and nr, ,hnr"
common Will t1s n','n's' an,' W., H.. H.,
fore, to be regarded Us u c1h1,eelif's htS NJ
| tween these two divisions Df thu invertebrates
Tic Lepiio,f,tt }mtraIvra, which inhabits th
: Amazan alil It's tributaries. Inns Il lung, eel
shaped oty, llras,iru. l,sunlly feet III length
although it is said sometimes to atsan gganti
,, sizc il il coycrcl with hurry. oyerlappIut
scales It's taii III frlaseA with vertical TN, a,l.
i; | tie pcvtural anA ycntral llns are Developed .
tircatl-lfkc md many 1oIntel limbs. 1ts Toi>r
bruwnsls.sr,ly o!ive, interrupted with rlrcu
i lar spotx of Il lighter l!lsr.
Thu I'rutopicrus aHMertons, whlvh occurs 4
:. Gambia, Xal,ziAr, nud Senegal, resembles tn
above il, general features, but ill., OIL thu uppe
. nnrts nf nm ultyr-ttrettl hue, buottcl Wit1