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THE GARDENERS' MONTHLY 



[Ausust, 



is "Ried Osier,' .. ^.^Itl« win coinend tlnft it may be ant^dpat<Mi. Would he su^iect that it was 



fe « pity oaer is not wholly b^ lor willows. B«t * lix-ing orjanasiw working « it in its own special 



if ** msst haxTe popular names, we must t»ke what -^ :■ ' ■ " ' ■ <rfulness to acconiptish decoiniM^tion — 



tihe people ^ive us. jlusi so some wiU aj^ue that • e liife action — rt»e santc in n>ethod that 



t>. - - : a Jasmine, Of the Tulip -' a liWcss team, an 



p. _ . -.em all to a quality 



ranically itis > the earth? Surely the 



C.;:..-; .- -.. ■ :: .lit, and hence ^ ^ . .. ation would begone went 



is often called in nurseries White-fruited Dogwood, there no provisjon in the creative wisdom whereby 



It is not safe to call it Red Dogwood, because there .■ ' and x-egetuble matter, or the debris 



are a number of Dogwoods widt red twigs. Comus ^inerally, could undergo transmuta* 



9»vcea has pcd twigs, and so has the European ; - ->Ayanvi be again utilircd. In a 



sjiecies, Cism'js sai^guinea, which is usuaUy called . - . :~Aper l"»r. Wall lucidly defines 



Ergr.sh I>ogwood in nurseries. th;s iv.nt by stating that "sonie of the tertnents 



The great beauty of the Red Oater in landscape • ■ • ••■••• s nd decay i n dead organic sub- 



gaidening is well known, and it is v«ry popular ~ ■ .xing the orig-nal coutponents 



wi^ the prcfessaon for making ornamental mnter c; :;;;*; :,i*..i ^ - .^organic c<»n- 



groaps Ed, G. M.J r^i-v-d? si^r r-,-> : - - . :he\- may again 



■ piant utie and again started on the 



- .^...-.x life; and it is only when these fer- 



FiKXCEKTIVE ACTniTY AS AN IMPORT, ^ents overiep the intended boundary mark and 



ANT FACTOR IN THE ECONOMY OP THE ^^^^j. jj^; p,^^, ^ ^i^^ di;ecilv or te- 



^^^ motelv usefiil to man, or even man himself, that 



sr wiiii-«i CREED. j^j. become injurio«s.". 



It is not usual in writing a seiies of papers to From the foregoing indicationsit may be well to 

 do9e with what should have been more properly the d«nonstrate a few (acts as touching the case of 

 tiutiative ; but diis having lui{^ened more diiough dttse to whom tlus paper is addressed, and where- 

 acddem dian intention I trust it will be overlooked, by tlus fermentive life may be known and invesCK 

 specially if any suis&ction should be gleaned gated, remembering first that the decomposing 

 from the continuance of a subject that is daily at- induence mentioned above is Gram a specific germ 

 tractii^ tbe attention ol some of the best intellects which always produces the same elrfects and dis- 

 oi the pre:9ent age, and of as much impottance to tinguished as " bacterium termo ;" and in contrast 

 the nurseryman, honicaltunst, gaidener, farmer, with this let us turn to one of alcoholic notoriety 

 Tinyardist and others interested in land culture of and cla^fied as " torula cerevisix," which also 

 w^tever name, as it is to tibe medical student, who invariably brings forth the identical i«sult. The 

 is ptofe^aonally led to inquire into and study out activity of this germ depends upon coming in con- 

 lAe various phases of fennentaiioa as it afiects the tact with "■ sugar," which it decomposes, and alco- 

 haman race in place of that of the vegetable king- hoi is one of the resultant effects. The vinyardist 

 dam. It has thus occurred to me that the readers may in diis case be selecied to illustrate in a prac- 

 of the Gardekejrs' Monthlv should be occaaon- tical way the results produced tiom dw presence 

 aUy leminded of those infiniteamal brings mat of various ferments, which are not only attached 

 float in d>e air we breathe and have an immediate to the grape on its outer surface ; but there are 

 bearing upon the {woblems that accompany sue- aanieious odiers on the ^mi wcv, and are ready to 

 cess or disappointment in the callings above indi- act their part immediately upon penetrating the skin 

 cated, as well as no small portion of the world at and expressing the juice. Pasteur, the great es* 

 iiige. perimencaiist, has proved that it is not by the •• in- 



Tbe study of femrentive life is eme of primary tenor" of the fruit coming in contact with •• pure " 

 importance, and yet we are well along in the nine- air that it acquires the power to ferment ; but it is 

 teenth centurj- bef<H« discovering any trustworthy the adherent particles or germs on the exterior 

 knowledce or guidance in this direction. If I were that produce the fermentive accompaniment, and 

 to query- any cultivator of the soil concerning his " turned " wine is traceable to this origin. Seek 

 straw heap <»• manure hill as to what broi^ht out the cause of "iMtter" wines; agun you have 

 either to a desired condition so that it could be the surface of the grape to demonstrate the 

 successfiiUy appfied to his land, a vague answer specialty ; as also the so-called acid, sharp, sour. 



