Jan. 23.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 55 
peppy | destroyed. Tbe Rhododendrons and other ev ergreens on south | ger ti but Prof Liebig gives it a general appli- 
stating that the foot would make more noise upon loose | vibe : » Ned wemaataoen aatits those parge lbs ie | ge mination: but Professor ZF PP 
ground than on a beaten path, let the blow if you please toy) apy present pd gis caus. Ihave sack pleasure in cation. He points out that the foeascn sr ositio: sags ca 
be struck upon the rock unre still the Ont pe giana of | adding, that the heating of the Great Conservatory has bee ily becau £ plan 
any “loose, unfirm” earth would be the best of all pos- | highly ssc for during the fearge ipreeny ‘Sronty ight i have the power of generat wax, meer ~ 
abe abies ar : as kept to 60° with great ease, the " 
sible means ——— = being heard at any other a. heating pow ae hes rit bh iar sy ia a necessary to ap Sasa lati oils, which contain much hydrogen, and also tha’ 
Some ma naps call this, in contem iggers cou hci The heat Ege is of the most genial kind ; and hey 
csitibiies face compare it with that of rz vis ene on the from the coraene® of ai es structure, it is never felt any other source than water. The author here takes oc- 
shoe of the statue. But when it is recollected how mar- the leas f oppressive.—J. Paz on. sion to explain the reason why resinous woods decay 
vellously tru are, in general, Shakespeare’s ee more slowly than those in which acids abound. He of 
notices of rial as well as me =e and moral subjects ; apie tah me rse are? decay of timber = fare 
how seemingly intuitive ‘and u wipes om his wis sdo pet that The New Year's yt a Penny Almanack for 184 0 wig aE caabaee oda sgt Bee i aed 
quoted t Binns and Co,, Bath: Simpkin and Co., Lon Pica - 
essays with as —_ reg as the ala meron = Phat antes ike sanction of the Bath Visiting So- only be emitted by deecping vegetable | matter in _ propor 
meaner men; this little slip is not per! act unworthy o siety > 
a note by the new Society.—z A.rHovuGH but a trifle, yet this is one of those which sean I ne aeons een cid than ‘a 
The Lai ge oo " at Chatsworth. —A¢ 1S | deserves cnentitis mention for its good feeling and kind | 5). oy wary bodies: timber, the refore vot wie i ie dette 
incident occurred here 1 esday. One corner of this intentions. We recommend it as a eatin almanack for | ¢ an essential eth ga naa 
immense structure is ‘tad ite the reception of the rarer ecottagers. The following is a specimen of the tone of the Ni itrogen must be essential sia yrs were plants, 
small birds; a sparr fe ae (Falco wis.) perceiving book, al the information it conveys :— 7 mia tat weeds 
| . breaking in his fi 4 pong — ge ppg A pa at wonder in a little thing.—What a wonderful structu 
: a e 
pa oe of glass, which” are cat feet rine Such thing ts ved =e — waphertet that ecg should This ‘act, although of very recent discovery, does not 
was the violence of his blow, that the glass was only 9 Sete ed belong to Pr eae 0th tial Te oe fr 188 
forated sufficiently to admit him. The crash brought 3 : by Mr. Rigg, in the osophi nsac 
% col autow Cupiiereal: Clie aabioewk asi? steed _ is of growing up into other ni aa so on for ever ! as Boussingault had also ascertained that it was of g 
ae he ara Psi his tel ig victims, ‘with every pele h sol ba ue ae ret ie big 2a occurrence ; and isle in 1 2% article ind ed epend 
2 ich produce trees, almost, if not quite, as Ik question. Théodo cain in ong 
do it eee weeks since easant in 7 al q 
a Pee : Signe the spe Ts but he oaee killed by as the oak. O Or think of a grain of wheat : ‘it ape bec previously Ratio rey ie germina seeds absorb 
in ittle 
the ig 
flo ogen. What specially belongs to the author of the 
mixed with a little bran. Tn fact, when it is ground, mork before us is the ‘discovery that it is exclusively from 
The Nursery of Audiberi, at Tarascon.—We regret | there is nothing else to be seen; but besides these, it 
to announce the ve st entire destruction * nag the 
‘ = “4 pol cert alittle plant, too small to be made out by and b drogen) that vegetables derive this important ele- 
finest nursery in the a outh of France, by t nun- | common sight. When one rf these grains or seeds is put ™ ogen) 
dations of the Letters from outpace pos th. it b ake Ba hich —. 
into mast earth, i ns to water, which so 
that M. Audibert’s ios a be estimated at less than daceuik sank oh it A The “Title plant i rad nside begins to v Witagen ee v aye pee van 
300,000 rena (about 07.) fom and i cody bate 2 all delicate root peeps out the source he supply, because it cannot be made to enter 
TNGN MEMODAR ‘om one end of the see » even 
ne ARDEN MEMORANDA. side, or perhaps with the root end uppermost : but oo ad 
sae on -saveea th tke oaiEe phiax med ‘The Bent has litle root, ether it comes out at the top or bottom ayy re we find what may be paste as Dr. Liebig’s 8 
been lower here by 5 degrees than in the memorable frost in es seed, s ippetinily i eit sh anh grows in : chief discovery 
January 1938, Itis fortanate that the snow covered the ground | direction. er a little white shoot comes out the ndeed small quan: 
to the depth of 11 inches. On the night of Wednesday,'the 6th | other end, which turns upwards, and becomes green pew pom eager’ cas tind atmosphere 
aa sa an aie had ee stan ache” pionlky spread soon as it gets into air and light ; rere thus we fare 2 4 | might furnish the nitrogen required by plants ; but o 
zero at 9 a.m, on Friday. As theregister of weather is kept here | little plant. In the ge ae the Nes itself spoils and ne ism ae I believe, the first to show, what carta 
with great care, these indications aor fron upon. Upon | decays—or, as St. oe lls it, d The flour changes ys been suspected, although not proved, 
looking round since the temporary thaw, I find that vegetables | - . s 
and small shrubs have been mach preserved by the snow; but into a kind of gaa fi y sugar ’ which ‘ts sucked up ig oe fare Hala the atmosphere. He found it 
1e effects of the cold are visible on the Inurels, inbrustinns, young plant as its rst nourishment ; and t husk in rain water oe snow water, * possessing an. offensive 
sweet bay, arbutus. The Portugal laurel is - e hardy | shrivels and rots : while sige oo. grown up. wp Bem of perspiration and animal fact which 
than the common kin fine plant of Viburn: eden waa issimum, | tho means times as | seed, and at at last prodeces | : icin’? And indeed the 
that stood with the protection is a le in 1638, Ce oe this many other seeds, leaves ne doubt respecti ng a ae mae aes 
year. The Deodar is, however, safe. There are nearly 300 z r 
here, from 2 Ce to 11 feet high, all quite i i gad = oe in’ all Bi fot “A _ yey is nothing like this. | o¢ putrifying animals must furnish an abundant, an 
No ey"s Nursery, pion h.—The ey folks consider tch is a arkable invention: and a man vos be | ce of that = meiple. In illustration of the 
this a severe winter; yet the thermometer has never been lower 
than 18°, on the morning of Friday, the 8thinst. On that night = down as med = should < it could be made by pr ra of "the oma of ammonia in the air for the 
a hothouse heated with Mr. Rogers's conical boiler and open chance ; but how uch m a ge — a “watch purpose vegeta’ n, the a uthor shows that if a pound 
gutters of slate was only 1° lower in the morning than when it | bei watches slike tself! Yet a seed 
was left at 5 o’clock in the evening s this; and every corn-field in aaa t time contains fal sai 
doe 
: ; a enrhyn.—We = a : : 1d of 40 
severe winter for Cornwall; and Lam app paca ‘that any millions of seeds, each of which i is far more wonderfa aa | ward of 80 ib. i ammonia, or 65 anges of aloes, 
of our exotic shrubs, &c., will suffer by it.’ On the 6th, 7th, and | the best watch. The oe is, that men make | i 
, +h sv) 
8th, the thermometer indicated 7? Fe and 18°, Since then but’ God makes seeds. i alb d gluten in 2650.lbs going a snes 
it has not fallen lower than 29° with ‘asional showers of sleet umen an gin 
in the day, which I haveinvariably pte to be more injuriousto | ™&" make w watches comes _from God, or ang be a = 100 tons of of beat + root, which are the yearly produce 
tender plants than a dry frost. We have now a fall of snow. g a field; but it is less than the He ea and 
: Loddiger Nursery, Be ckicy —In me Grebiisceons house there | which a seed is e keeps in his o ands: that w pak = corn, which might grow on Som surface 
is a plant in flower which is supposed to be a new species; fi 
its phase a e it would seem to ele the Post hey actin. aes know that we “have : Maker ute Master - ad would contain,” Therefore Py $2 
Fhere is but one spike, which has 14 flowers upon it, though | 28d may serve him with reverence and godly fear, dditional ly of i 
there is little doubt that it will be much finer when flowerin: 
: a g A ‘exists in every part of in the roots, 
ore favourable season ; still it is inferior to few of the spe- Organic erm fry, and i fag oo! ‘ 
i cae § , , | in the stem, and in all blossoms and sgl 
cies already in our collections. The petals are white, Bona a few and Physiology. By _ teva can M.D. : ted. | cemdition. "It is supplied by xara i which carries it 
lip is of pale purple, with dark stripes of the same colour. The by ee Piney te . D. mdon: Taylor and | pans the air, in which it ia s suspended, im conse- 
plant is a native of the Philippine Islands. Two beautiful plants Walto: (Thi ird n tic 2.) bh 
idi i um ar eri 5 with 
of Oneid thorhy. 
reves, ad the berth ee” dace Hla eae _, This ammonia eos all vegetables, las a 
of the finest species of this genus, was also in great luxurianee Under the eee, . light aie moisture ti leaves the nitro ogen which enters into the composition o 
upon a block of =i suspended trom the roof, ‘There were tw 
aaa obi i creditoers pel seer wet both owed Ccaeome ceruteu, | appropriate carbon. A certain —— of the genera which falls with 
eularly the former. Dendrobium aureum, with its violet-scented This is an gone in Vegetable Physiology, concerning | rain evaporates nwith thew 3 but anothe ger 
lossoms, and D, Pierardi, are alsoin a magnificent state, espe- | which no erence of opinion can exist. There are tion is taken up fyi nthe sroes of p er gs entering into 
cially the latter. Galeandra Devoniana,a charming plant, with those, however, who find it duces ine oth ri uten, and a num- 
flowers of uncommon size and beauty, is now in perfection, with 4 h d md * - be. oth nds 
Cyrtochitum maculatum, another warelieey epiphyte. A fine and | 8° lig! al and elastic a fluid as we breathe can be of Upon pis pith 9 Agen 
Well-grown plant of Phaius maculatus is unfolding its beautiful lidated into the livi ving fret, "the "freak herbage, or A pecan. Foor ure the application of 
aed Boner ip & great profasioe n.—Ja. 6. : : whl gate ets only by the formation of am- 
new opea from Guatemala, with deep yellow flowers, i 
and very handsome, is now in sin Polar beauty.—Jan. 20, ? ore ~ tha mpetions ee “ae ainly that is one a the most — ts Shests t, under dif cont dies 
Henderson's, Pine-Apple Place-—A splendid specimen of Lu- | Mysterious operations of Nature, which converts the The quantity of gluten 
$ culia gratissima is in blossom here; the plant is about four feet | breath of our bodies into the green leaf, the ae ag Sing ef cultivation, illustrates this. Glaten isa parm 
high, and literally covered with delicate pink flowers, whic luscious fruit, or the tall trunk of the monarch of the | in nitrogen, and the of corn 
exhale the most delightful odour. P. t é speciosum is ex- cops been found that th rtional ity of 
hibiting its d : flowers, with several small plants of | W004. Liebig shows, hor =} by a formal ; re tut: ie Pape pase ooo 
Fdinaettig pulcherrima. In the greenhouse there is a good show leulation, that although tk i: t fied y different in different samples of rad 
oF ra new tea #. Foran Hlacs, Kalmias, tulips, hya- | does not constitute more than one-tenth per cent. of the | between 3-33 and 35-1 per cent. ; 
inths, —Jan. 
Chatsworth Gardens, Jan. 19, 1941.—I very much fear the atmosphere, yet that this ‘st mn —. wheat 4 soil mamured wit bh 
— ra. mints are Bu ga be Erekiats 5 felt Sapnevost the = pemet cell he big tg results which - ae i te. One —s ie Ere ons Ms eiatisy of 
= Dir} for the which I $a acolumna of air o! cow-d 
rom: has heen general, covering the ground som and bar : 
coy eventing it penetrating to the roots of pe @ dl. en = weight rests upon every square of the surface of th Se oe ama 
alg cht har e ‘had to Tament Josses to the sam earth; the diameter of the earth, and its superficies, pe parts of starch. ; om one hundred of wheat sa 
om best sete the lat not in specimens,—for Bow gs eae — mat likewise known, so a il with human urine ich, when putri 
sorry to _ postponed bythe i sat tie perio is, Lam | be calculated with the greatest exactness. The thousa fied, abounds in a ee ‘under : on of ammoniacal 
January the Sth, we had here 30° of frost; on the 7 or arate, | P + af thin i. bonie acid, ee goutsinn peace = salts =) yao as much pata ‘sa of gluten. ; 
Be tinea feu 2 Cclow zero, and throughout the aay it re: 27 per cent. carbon. By this calculation it can be shown, | | By means of this theory of ssity of ammonia to 
ed 265 Of frott, Te fs deans, thermometer at night indi- aie ee mosphere contains 3000 billion lbs. of carbon ; | plants, the author explains many other facts besides the 
nad caanpitcte killed from those st_peseot io ‘stingush inoog tity which amounts to more than the weight of all | relative value of different kinds of animal manures. 
quite killed ; but the ‘fonowiogare ‘dead to the 5 <— plants att ts anes nent or brown coal | he aseribes er effects of a thunder-storm 
Anne lca rang Somenties, | which exist upon This carbon is, therefore, | 8 
raira; Atriplex halimus, Buddlea glovota, Lara ‘nobis eed more t the sheets mye a as jocioen: for ee 
its varieties ; Phillyrea ilicifolia, levis, latifolia, and media; | T°quired- The quantity af carbon co ee. Po: 
Erica acinar, mediterranes, and australis; Viburnum tings and | 18 proportionally still greater.’? dense ammonia within their Bed and so become 
elay, cond 
its v s, lucidum, and hirtum; Hydrangea arborescens, and |- coe however, as is carbon to it i ‘powerful manures. The former absorbs 90 times its 
orgica ; Photi istoteli : » as is plants, it is by no : : 
gersica portend = ne roses of sorts. The following are | me@ns the only element of their elas, This leads us to | volume of ammoniacal gas, which bores be again separated 
more or less injured :— Picea Webbiana, Cunninghamia scooms, ms, next proposition + simply aaa a with water. pro cag ap- 
narod ey i in sy. wey ° 
> an 
plants which ma 
