a i en th in — a Se en 
s 
Jan. 2.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. < 
covered over with earth about six inches (this was done about manure? Until pay points are satisfactorily determined, | contain an invariable eat of alkaline bases. 4. 
fourt onths scott In the beginning of July last, when the qi —p. 
rine yon began to root from the stems laid in the border, they grew | | 41 yoaee of the physiol eye The sh agin For these reasons alkalies bes ust be considered with the 
scr and have in one season le fine ood to the 5 nell gag 4 Ss £ cultivator and the physio- 
‘ k again to give them the | chemist. ae! 
qeoniions and in order to attain this ane a commence- 
ent p must be made. 
~ 
=a 
e 
ina Whe g pt indi- 
94 
. The proportion of alkaline bases 
oxen te the i ma of ashes they yield. 
The quantity 
of ashes obtained from the same Papen Bh of vegetable 
matter varies constantly j in different spec’ Therefo 
and “consequently different Species demand a different 
104, 
1 
They onl undoubtedly have a larges weeny h here by the spri ing. = ~_ advantageous manner, certain quali ties, or mn 
Dec. i er re um size, in certain parts o! of organs of "particular pthaits. 
sesh oe is object by the a lication 
‘Rebiewws. of thos substasces swhich oa 
it: to Agri the e development of of these rons or r organs, or by supplying 
ms so chats iY. ne chon Liebig, M.D. eer tee fg the con ecessary to the production of the qualities 
kane. syle, Ph. D. 8v0. a ame Taylor and Wal- | desired. Phas. 
The work now ‘wader review is partly chemical, partly | be 
practical ; but the two eetirad are it agro so muclt 
6. The perfect i rio ee a ‘plant re 
dependant on the presence of aiken or alkaline matter; 
. hen these Snetaniteh are totally wanting, growth will 
rieatad’s and when poecs | are deficient, it must be im- 
bag in proportion. —Pp- 164. 
vegetable physlors has bag ete since attracted the a 
tion of philosophe! — om them to apply the en to | the other. 
ae We hav seen. the results 
the saesectiaik 
e att 
fth 
cj 
besides alkalies are required to 
especially which concern "ti st operations of 
is te Wal’ * fD 
52 2 —) 
show in what way the | science “Of 5 , chemistry anpain 
them. 
pear knowles of the pomen of growth in Pade 
as far patie were at that time unde rstood. Ata later 
In laying before our readers the views of the author we 
shall not exactly fo follow the — of 7 en in his book, 
in de Sst 
the |b 
ssarily 
tain the life of Piast 153. Phosphoric acid has 
54; ‘nd common , sulphate of potash, nitre, 
corde of omar By othe er matters, may el cma 
essary constituents of several plants.—p. 
“18. son t is ind! ve come that every sn should 
find in the soil it is eninge 
ree we f his facts 
uch improvement.” What we propose to mg! is, fir rstly, to 
state Ai s vie ews in the form of genéral propositions, and | 
readers a 
seine that they y should find i in wthelt 
food the phos hapa of of lime and magnesia, which harden 
yy 
most directly upon i 
h less than. mi 
vy 
n from any want of skill on the part 
mists is aiete attention has been directed to acah } Mig pin 
nor from their deficiency in pra pssiy: al 
Professo r Liebig divides his wet into two parts 5 
“As t ese propositions include all the most important’ 
— of Professor Lichi's views, so far as practical 
utrition of oe veputablaes? and may be regarded as 
cesses of fermentation, putrefaction, and decay,” and has 
less relation si L aiesida . We shall chiefly occupy meen 
with ced ier 
o their simplest form, the views of 
dening and Facing for Davy at least had vantage of 
the best * eens t England could afford. ie has rather 
of ob til lately the com- 
functi 
itself; for u 
functions of vegetable ‘life were understood in 
very ii mperfect manner. 
The constituent elements of sews are compounds of 
and h nitrogen, and organic 
acids, generally combined with inor rs anic bases.—p. 3. 
2. Carbon is obtained by won are in the form of carbonic 
y ex: | essen- | 
° tially practical; the second slates to ‘* “the chemical pe 
wea the 
euthor ‘may be reduced to the following eighteen propo- | 
rte 
t 
| is supported, and the explanations it affords 
| phenomena, or the rules of cultivation. 
A ioe Botanical Dict comprising the names, 
and culture ve all all pete known in Britain ; 
| with a fal explanation ¥! ere terms. By Jo oseph 
F.L.S. 8vo. 
Tus is a very rem remarkable ngetiy In the space of 354 
| small 8vo pages it comprehends the most complete cata- 
f hand: 
pansies us or 
Until ieieaene and Col n ascertained the eae in the aci + P some garden plants; and there- 
year 1 soil by the decay of veget p. 32. fore literally forms a pocket-book for the amateur and 
Tecakionait water ; but it was thought that the e oxygen 3. Under fi fl ary d moi This has been effected nel ment of 
rt: lants absorb carbonic acid, and | a very small, a ak beautifully by the 
exclusively from the decomposition o of hae acid gas. omission of all those r ony are never 
= id the kn iftey of nitrogen being a necessary eleme Se ep cna a decomposition ae seen nam art such as grasses, umbellife 
is assimilated along with peers acid, while the the like. "The arran arrangement is alphal ,in 
f Boussingault, See and Rigg, ” | oxygen 0} of the water is liberated.— —p. 6 tself no > aia convenience ; for who wants to co a 
of wach were ‘emnonhou in 1838, can ha rdly be said t be hat 
pat this t exist y part of SES saamie his collection he is desirous of filling a Bo 
de S and Chev ralier. Yet th Lae structure. p- 69. additi a catalogue, 
ti d the necessity of nitrogen in cxabig 6. Nit ly be obtai y plants in the form | the colour Of ‘the flowers ‘exerted 
f The nitrogen of the ay Hie sh cannot be | species with a short a eco of the habits of trad 
the whole foundation 4 of feegeable physiology. the source Sar sapptye Socssiee-it it cannot be made to enter | genus, ar the © origin of i _ Besides all this, 
d at, that, with these important | into com mbination with | any element except 0 wit x ed f its 
es in their cence of vegetable functions, Sir pl pstlablee f 
Hebe Davy and his followers d n | —p. 70. w to anges them. By this mean 
prosacs imei ‘the nature of the corinexion between 7. Ammonia exists in every part of pene, 5 in the roots, ee mislead t serie, es pA avoided, aoa ‘the sca 
chemistry and the details of practice. Hence ai tobe thelr | in the eae sna lag mes and fruits in an unripe | of © pronunciation to the 
being and uncertainty | regarding the effect, of fallowing, condition —P- 80. It i pnpplied : Pe in-wa' er, wh h PE 
rning, &c. 3 their inabilit, t i it is suspended, in | history pi 
y other th f f the p ti animal a table Leip . 
f ab 0 is ee nen atnane with- | The Farmers Aieianad wil “and Calendar for 1841. By 
of tl e expression “ aie satires which tats assumed | out exception, the nitro, which enters into the com- C. W. Johnston and W. Shaw. Ridgway. 
to te the nutritious part of manure: position of thei i . 71—77. THE almanacs for the farmer. ‘Independ- 
n ae peaotrcd of the ammonia w whi lis with | ently of the ordinary co’ such books, it con- 
of or, organic chemi: istry to sea oy one bat ‘the most | with the water; but another portion | tains a fund of useful omg relating more particeu~ 
learned chemists of the > present day, is calculated to 0 excite \is is taken n up sey de pols of nr and, entering into new | larly to tural An ample calendar of work 
mbinations, produces all umen, » gluten Ba number ao pant in each months of fairs, clubs, m ; 
‘ Se farming ; for t of other p- 77. rn-duties. taxes, agricultural laws, and the rales. 
t, that if the practice of an celine and asks 9, But it i is not 20 much the itity of f c ting the 
s to be rapi y improved must be by a is imp he ry of mona he oeten_togety wi ol measuring and 
ae 7 princip p hich well-k ae 3 meses tates it is in great measure | land, form the prominent features of the work. Tn ad- 
Valuable operations depend for their success. i cone | leak peloge it bes. be be imbibed. ed, in the state on, there i 4 ormation relat- 
the words of Professor Liebi of salts, its volatility is overcome, and not the smallest | ing to the theory of concerning which we 
“The development of the ‘stem, leaves, blossoms, and | portion of the ammonia is lost to the plants, for it is all | shall probably have some observations to offer hereafter 
fruit of plants is dependent on certain conditions, . p. 86. The price at which it is sold is so small as to place 
dg Parse 1 the reach of *s labourer who 
nts as well as on their 
boner w. 1840. No. LX. 
the 
" Bat what does the soil contain, | not produce, more 
Saree aeenanen the substances used as scids than Se Taipan ote eh 
we 
aie withades aepenation of 
12. Hence carbonic acid, water, and ammonia, contain | — 
for the support et 
Certain inorganic consti! e 
ass fe e 
existence, plant mast 
the Horticultural Soiety of Landon 
Pa 
