, 1876-04-01


Director Of tho Geological Museum Of Bremen.
and Ia accompanied BY Dr.. Btchm. y vell.knoun
naturalist and by Count Wabuig- -Zeti.Tt&uch-
burg, ct 8tuttgardt \ gentleman devoted 10
scientific pursulss and traveller Of Bot,s eIpe-
nsneo in Arctic tsssonn Tho expedition Will
" Petersburg Moscow. Nishnt, Kasa,s, Perm,
Ekatortuonbnrg. and Dafnnu1 In their way
From tho latlor point they will coutao down tis
Obi 20 lta mouth. Tic summer will bc con.
eutnea by shs exploration. the party returning 70
Germany Ia the autumn.
lNsEorlvonous PLANTS,
Dr. Oohn has tcconty described aud figured
In the Be1tssge the anatomy Of tbs bladders q
Ahrorenda restculosa' aud C7rtcu1dru uul.
gdrts,-tHo spoclcs Of the so-calea inscc.-casEn,
plants. Ho enunerates a great variety Of To-
socta-Rhfzpods, Rotsfers, Cruataceans, TnSoao
ria, and other organssma--found in Tho b1addo{s.
and. in summing up tho observations, toads ID
the Wow that thoBe plnnts do asaimulato nitro.
gouous substances through their 1est-blAdders.
AS Continental bfoIog!sts are generally opposed
10 tho theory that plants poasess this power, The
vfswa OF Dr. Cohn hsvo especial interest, liz
does not commit binlself fuliy, but urRcs, ~ ~
asgumont in favor OF the theory, that thore is =
total nbsonco Of roots ii, tho Rauora uudor ex-
animation. With Tho exception OF Lsmna ar
rhfaa. these hro the only t!oscstug plants In
Which theso orgaua are abeoIutosy wanting.
Still, this s not posittve avldnnro In support Of
tho theory, "a maoy Of tho plants conBidernd
iuscctivorous arc furnished With 1oots.
THE RIVER FLY.
+ Tbs River Fly. In New Gnlnes, VIA disooy.
Grad about thirty years ago, but al attempts to
explore tho stream have hitherto proved valn,-
tue nasisea who thlekiy populated Its ahoros
being BlnRular!y force and hostile, and Violent
1y opposed 10 tue incurBious Of Foreigners. Re-
Gently, howovor. tha Nev. 8. b1aefnrlane, who Is
Mt TIM IEnH Hf a nnfHHsrpnru n r}.,u toA
tnblts!a ssa:ons on the southern coaak Of tho
taland. las nnyaBatoa the river tG0 mttos from
its mouth. 1hroughous thls distance tho chan
net Wna broad and tlsop, aid tho banks inyarIh-
bly, low. The, explorer has transmitted to En-
gland an exco1lcnt chart Of tho river 80 far a.
u has been surveyed.
SWEDISH coHTR'auTtoHs TO THE cENTeA.
Sweden will send to tho Contennfal ExhibI.
ttion, among otlor things, specimen Of red
iyranito which ID susceptible Of zs due polish
It's tho well-known Scotch granite. It will also
contribute table manufactured Of tho boau.f-
,:nl roEphyr7 fonnd tn Elfdal: It Is owned by
he King, and coat $4,000. Prot. NordenskioTd,
Ito Arctic explorer, will sond mctenrits wo,Eh-
Ing II, oo0 pounds, which was discovered by him.
FALL OF WORMS.
It ia stated In tho Morgen6lad that, after 4 TO.
cent severe storm at ChristiAnia, number oi
WORMS vezp found crawling about 10 tho SNOW.
Everything In the vicinity was In frozen coudI-
ttou, and 1t was impossible to 1iecoyer wlcre tho
worms had como from. The BANG phenomenon
WAS reported from several places In Norway.
SHOW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS.
Tho coming exposition Of scientiGc instrn.
Inenss at South Kcnsington ia said By the Au.e.
aauna not 70 be creating great enthusiasm In
England. 1t viii cost tho Government .e25.0o0.
1 md bspeGt, It is thought, instrument t-maketa
n1clt morn Ghnn il tr{l1 Acianea.Svnreors