live months without m.y artificial motion b e ing given to the w a te r.. I t is trim, f o r a short time, we allowed (*U p p ly o f f i s h wa te r to he constantly
running into th e took, h u t n ot finding any advantage to arise limn it, we a d o p te d 'it no lurthor than to allow a small quantity to flow, in each day, to
increase th e freshness and wholesomeness o f the entire M d y . 1
"Notwithstanding th a tig f r R . H. Schombuigk pronounced; th e ricloria t A d e w p e r e n t n s I S d o t , ; # ! * ^ « h a t was known ( f i t s a ffin ity with
E u rsa k i tw a s am a t t e r o f doubt whether this would not equally prove nunnal. W e lu.vc now, however, h a d sufficient experience to sliow th a t i t is
perennial, like i \ > , a n d th e inore re c ent observations o f M r Spruce confirm this opinion, from his careful ru sp e c fo n o f na tive specimens s 1
“ In 'tracing the growth o f a p lan t raised from seed, .the first jmHnmes are very small and linear, like a blade o f g ra s s ; th e succ e eding ones increase
in size, and assume a m ore o f less ha sta te or confine Io n a (a s shown incour lignre. Tab IV ., Fig. 1). These are succeeded b y orbicular ones,
which continue to increase so rapidly th a t in n short time th e p lant is in a condition to produc e fiowers, and th e liis t llowc chud will be observed to
have its origin on the right hand* side o f the youngest leaf,-| b u t a little lower down, within th e s tip u le , this, toge the r with its accompanying leaf,
rapidly advance to perfection. In about two days after th e first fioweriieaf has em o t e d , another le a f m ake s its appearance on th e le ft of
one, accompanied b y its fiower-bud immediately H th e right, I b e fo fe '? Agate, a | e r about two more •d ay .fth e .ith ird l e f t a p p e am , and
and so on in succession. By th e time th e thii-d “le a f .shows itself, *Mchi.Ss s W a y s # ! * Sie> ap p e a fan ce f#U ie v fist .flowerdeaf, tbih®Uater has
nearly attained its fa ll size, and its attendant blossom is ready to expand. Then, further, may he observed, on th e left o f the first lleaf, with its
expanded flower, the fourth young loaf, with a lloweNbud again on its right, the beginning o f another series or whorl o f three. This S S < 5sui!c e isj^
repe a ted in a spira l. m anner, from r ig h t to left, tTS# older -leaves d e c ay llji t a d giving way to f e e S « ^ Th u s th e p la n t is seen t e f i e g f i o f * ,.
terminal simple bud, famished with d eo id tfe n |ftp iile s , and w h ioV ib ^K ii^ n tin n o u s n v o ln tio n o f l e a v ^ low lfb lev a ted , and » » f om e d _
o f a somewhat firm cellular texture. This, w ith th e nodes from which the leaves sprung, measures in th e noticed specimens, b a r inches in diameter. ‘
The interior consists o f areas filled with large- cells. Radicles, as described by M r S pruce, a re given o u t ut th e baso ot th e petioles
" I n th e manner n ow detailed ft stem- o r c audez is ’formed, which may prope rly b e considered a submerged rhizome,varjring m l e n g th l f e S B M ||>
age, and analogous to th e growth o f Tiec-herns, or certain Endogens,- as Patio«, Anna, &C.
" T h e p lan t from which the chief o f th e above observations a rc made was placed in its p re sent position on th e Will April o f this W
On the 30th o f Ju n e it produced its f a s t blossom, and on the lo th November its sixty-filth flower has opened; being, on an average, ab o u t three
flowers weekly, and still a succession o f flower-linds is apparent. T h e re is now, however,- ah .evident want o f vigour in th e p l a u i i | ^ * h e « a b s e n c e
» f light, and -to th e iMsjA-infiuence 3 | t h e . sun.:-- M e e d , -where-.the ia ip e iie o f fu e l f t maintaining a h ig h i|im p em jiire m > #fc te r is a m a t t e o f
considegiion, i t m i |.# 9 as w e f c t s im t th e p la n ts ^ ;a n annual, and ,sta rt afresh in lh e spring w ifa® .|6 n iig plant.”
T h e p ublic w ill be in te re s ted i n knowing th a t the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests has i t f a ie o h te a p k ti!» , ^ ^ g n e w " h ^ g | ' ; t l i e
RoyaT'Gardens o flvcw, containing.two tanks, u p o n a scale suited-to tlie cultivation and fall development o f ithis- tru ly regal 'plant.