. Announcement of Prof. S. J. Sedgwick's illustrated course of lectures and catalogue of stereoscopic views of scenery in all parts of the Rocky and Sierra Nevada mountains : between Omaha and San Francisco . f Grand Central Depot. 702.—Cooper Union. 703.—Washingtons Monument. 704.—Academy cf Design. 705.— Biver Bridge. 706.—Wall Street 707.—Fulton Ferry Boat. 708. -City Hall. 709. —Tribune Building. 710. -StaatsZeitung. T. Stewarts Store, Tenth Street. 712.—Fifth Avenue Hotel. 713.—Herald Building and Broadway. 714.—Niagara Falls, from America side. 715.—Niagara Falls, from Canad
. Announcement of Prof. S. J. Sedgwick's illustrated course of lectures and catalogue of stereoscopic views of scenery in all parts of the Rocky and Sierra Nevada mountains : between Omaha and San Francisco . f Grand Central Depot. 702.—Cooper Union. 703.—Washingtons Monument. 704.—Academy cf Design. 705.— Biver Bridge. 706.—Wall Street 707.—Fulton Ferry Boat. 708. -City Hall. 709. —Tribune Building. 710. -StaatsZeitung. T. Stewarts Store, Tenth Street. 712.—Fifth Avenue Hotel. 713.—Herald Building and Broadway. 714.—Niagara Falls, from America side. 715.—Niagara Falls, from Canada side. 716.—Bapids. 717.—Looking into Horse Shoe. 718.—Antistam SoldiersMonument. 719.—Mrs. Dustons Monument. 720.—Bridge Across Mississippi Biver, St. Louis. 721.—Bridge Across Mississippi Biver, single span. A.—Cactus, 6 feet high. B.—Floating Gardens, City of Mexico; and 300 others. ( $> Subject of this picture •> ) 1the Professors descriptions were equally clear and vivid.—Brooklyn Eagle. The perpendicular arm of the cross is 1,500 feet in length and 50 feet inwidth. The snow in the crevice is 100 feet de ^p. The horizontal arm varies in. length with the season, from 500 to 800 feet. From the base of the mountain, youmust endure 10 miles of very heavy climbing, on foot, before its summit can begained. The Cactus is a native of Mexico, but is found in nearly all OurNew West. It is a species of pricldy pear, and grows in dry, stonysoil. You will meet with some terrible specimens in Southeast Cali-fornia. The cactus coccinellifer is the one used for nourishing thecochineal insect, so highly valued for the brilliant dye which it single district of Mexico has exported $2,000,000 worth in one manner in which the insects are reared, their habits, mode ofgathering them, preparation for the market, methods by which theirvalue is increased, are interesting subjects for study. San Diego is the most southern
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