is a
native of Himalaya, where it occurs at elevations of from 5000 to 7000
feet above sea-level. As in our common hornbeam, the male catkins
appear before the leaves, and the female flowers develop in spring at
the same time as the leaves. The hard, yellowish white wood--a cubic
foot of which weighs 50 lb.--is used for ordinary building purposes by
the natives of Nepaul.

[Footnote 4: IDENTIFICATION.--Carpinus viminea, Lindl. in Wall.
Plant. Asiat. Rar., ii., p. 4, t. 106; D.C. Prodr., xvi., ii.,
127. Loudon, "Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum," iii., p. 2014;
Encycl. of Trees and Shrubs, p. 919. Brandis, "Forest Flora,"
492.]

GEORGE NICHOLSON.
Royal Gardens, Kew.

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FRUIT OF CAMELLIA JAPONICA.

The fruiting of the camellia in this country being rather uncommon, we
have taken the opportunity of illustrating one of three sent to us a
fortnight ago by Mr. J. Menzies, South Lytchett, who says: "The fruits
are from a large plant of the single red, grown out of doors against a
wall with an east aspect, and protected by a glazed coping 4 feet
wide. The double, semi-double, and single varieties have from time to
time borne fruit out of doors here, from which I have raised
seedlings, but have hitherto failed to get any variety worth sending
out or naming."

In the annexed woodcut the fruit is represented natural size. Its
appearance is somewhat singular. It is very hard, and has a glazed
appearance like that of porcelain. The color is pale green, except on
the exposed side, which is dull red. It is furrowed like a tomato, and
on the day after we received it the furrows opened and exposed three
or four large mahogany-brown seeds embedded in hard pulp.--_The
Garden._

[Illustration: FRUIT OF CAMELLILA JAPONICA.]

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[SCIENCE.]

A NEW RULE FOR DIVISION IN ARITHMETIC.

The ordinary process of long division is rather difficult, owing to
the necessity of guessing at the successive figures which form the
divisor. In case the repeating decimal expressing the _exact_ quotient
is required, the following method will be found convenient:

_Rule for division_.

_First._ Treat the divisor as follows:

If its last figure is a 0, strike this off, and treat what is left
as the divisor.

If its last figure is a 5, multiply the whole by 2, and treat the
product as the divisor.

If its last figure is an e