... required to be grown in a hothouse, is one of these. It closes at five in the afternoon and opens at seven in the morning. As Charles Darwin the elder says : “ With Sol’s expanding beam the flowers m!clom And rising Hesper lights them to repose.” A near relative ...

... required to be grown in a hothouse, is one of these, It closes at five ia the afternoon and opens at seven in the morning. As Charles Darwin the elder says : # With Sol’s expanding beam the flowers unclose, And rising Yesper lights them to repose.” A near relative ...

... ; leg of mutton has not been found too much for the requisaments of one man. Dr. Darwin, of Shrewsbury, the father of Charles Darwin, had the local reputation of being & glutton, and is reported to have called a goose—a favourite Salop dish—* an incomvenlent ...

... Professor Tyndall has a lovely chalet on the Bel-Alp. A LoxNpoxN omnibus travels about 80 miles a day and earns £l6 a week. CHARLES DARWIN }:timntel that an acre of pasture land contsi_l_u 26,000 worms. It is believed that one gas jet in aroom or hail vitiates ...

... been exhausted 1n some recent struggle.”—Casse/l s Figuier - Sertes: The Ocean World, A Giast Craß Axp tHE CocoaNvr.—ln “Charles Darwin,” by Mr. C. F. Holder, several chapters are devoted to the results of the exploring expedition of the Beagle in which ...

... WRECKED ON THE GOODWINS Erasmus DarwiN, grandfather of the famous Charles Darwin, the naturalist, inscribed upon his ceal the significant words, ** Ommnia ez conchis — al] things arise from oysters. But from what do oysters arise? What is the origin ...

... cousin, and both were grandsons of the Erasmus Darwin who wrote “The Loves of the Plants.” He was grandfather of the great Charles Darwin, and Francis, who is still alive and active, was grandson by a second wife. The “Crusades day by day” have been extended ...

... Abbey have always been noted for their liberality of view. There was an instance of it when they allowed a medallion of Charles Darwin to be pficed inthe fane, for the great scientist was a declared agnostic. There is another now, when representations of ...

... displayed. Among the many anecdotes about her which have been recalled, since her death, is an excellent bon mot, in which Charles Darwin once divided between her and another writer a somewhat ambiguous compliment. Referring to an author—of the male sex—who ...

... Herbert Spencer should be placed in the Abbey. It is true that there 15 | already in the building a tablet in honour of Charles Darwin, who never disguised his in, ability to accept the tenets of the Christian faith. Spencer, however, was more than non- ...

... Francis Darwin, F.R.S,, has deposited in the lecture-room the splendid library of over 5000 volumes formed by his father, Charles Darwin. It will thus be seen i that, under the new conditions, the Physic Garden is upholding all past traditions, and is proving ...

... toaching address, and his text was “This woman is full of good works (Acts of the Apostles). He said it was on record that Charles Darwin re‘markod at the Coronation of William !\ that it would be the last Coronation, so low had the reputation of the Crown ...