Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . starch granules, and we heartilyrecommend the student to examine some of thesecommon objects for himself. J. Brown. The Cucumber.—Mr. Aiton mentions the cu-cumber as being first cultivated here in the year1573, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. This appearsto be an error, as cucumbers were very common intliis country in the reign of Edward III.; but beingunattended to during the wars of York and Lan-caster, they soon after became entirely unknown, untilthe reign of Henry VIII., when
Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . starch granules, and we heartilyrecommend the student to examine some of thesecommon objects for himself. J. Brown. The Cucumber.—Mr. Aiton mentions the cu-cumber as being first cultivated here in the year1573, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. This appearsto be an error, as cucumbers were very common intliis country in the reign of Edward III.; but beingunattended to during the wars of York and Lan-caster, they soon after became entirely unknown, untilthe reign of Henry VIII., when they were again in-troduced into this kingdom.— Goaghs BritishTopography. FOSSIL PLANTS OF THE CARBONIFEROUSLIMESTONE. EOR the following picture of the vegetation ofthe carboniferous bines tone we are indebted toFiguiers World before the Deluge, and for theillustrations to the publishers* of theEnglish trans-lation. The vegetation which covered the numerousislands of the carboniferous sea consisted of ferns,of Equisctacero (horse-tails), of Lycopodiacece, anddicotyledonous Gymnosperms. The Annularia and. Fig. 47. Fecopteris lonchitiea (enlarged.) Sigillaria belong to families completely extinct ofthe last-named class. The Annularia were small herbaceous plantswhich floated on the surface of fresh-water lakes andponds; their leaves were verticillate — that is,arranged in a great number of whorls, at eacharticulation of the stem with the branches. TheSigillaria were, on the contrary, great trees consist-ing of a simple trunk, surmounted with a bunch orpanicle of slender leaves, drooping at the extremity,the bark often channelled and preserving impressionsor markings of the old leaves, which, from theirresemblance to a seal {sigilium), gave origin totheir name. The Stigmaria, according to many paleontologists,were Cryptogam ia, of subterranean only know the long roots which carry the repro-ductive organs, which, in some cases, are as muchas sixteen feet lon
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