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THE GARD ENR A CHRO NIUE 
67 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON | 
siiees angele AT ol GARDEN. 
No = EBY — ‘that the T 
the S ety’ ’s » faekaes will this year sg son ace 
phe mae ecg —May 15, June 12, and July 10. The printed ee 
Bela ‘ions ee ‘eady fo; J i re ral upon application at this Of 
, Regent es 4 
The eeafaviers’ Cpronicie. 
1841 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 
MEETINGS IN THE BNEU ING. WEEE. 
little else ; it is clear that n 
effect ae be prodncet: ii if it receives alkali 
ammonia in a proper a 
— is socal = a5 ste 
explai ned our men ning if i 
f th 
ust 
is not ne 
is Pir aneatr as that of plants or of soil. 
e, then, who would apply mpanure ina wpenner theo 
es a pac 
tev very one 
f manure 
of the apparatus, so that > 
ancl C homily may | 3 pate oe by taking up som 
— ig The 
trou, mba r gutters, m aaet be made of various materials. 
but | a iron. 
the | ERE or pipe 
fro: 
a retains the heat much longer. 
widt h and dep th of the rs should be va ried 
re ari correct 
ennalat tuents—I. of the e plant to be manured ; 2. of the soil 
cr 
der surface on top 
peat pees e intended for the wok of Ericas Bis ye td 
hou ne plants gener erally. 
‘or . eet) y 
I pode Corbett’s open-troug “4 
us. To all at Bi Orchidecen I ‘would 
mo oist and humid atmo- 
particularly recommend + be a 
obtained b 
assed Soe woe Loerres ar Sg oA - ws That th ts objet ia of tee “nee ; 
eS, Seek inal nr: i : : fete doubted ; but how is it to be attained ? Chemi alyses | 3 Pree 
bi skal aS eee ee ee ean only be well performed by very skilful chemists; and i Sigs 
Sis they are re ex sive. Individuals in this country can hard} 
attention at last t seems thoroughly aroused to Pos thie Jabo veers Rear apa | may. easily be 
Sy | trough, as. 
may seem “advisabl le. at 
even if convinced, of their importance, an 
and the inconvenience of 
branch rts of culti ation ; but that hi kill e investigation mast be ars a water on the floor of the house, which often 
just now to be the favourite topic of inquiry is the act rat undertaken for the general makes it disagreeable to milk on. Another advantage, of 
of Man Our ces of Liebig’s book have publi bedi bodies: ey isa subject tw which et rand em the more importance, is the n of th 
already, in part, explai he views of that chemist, and sae s Bid We trast from the water, which: is. ee more ee and adapted to 
the subject will be further elucidat e in th we n be't syst aiitacall ne noigbicstertgg 
rae, Be ¥; not | hot pipe. Dari ring the resting season of Orchidaceous 
Sees ss i a cao aes Pcs eon sr — dong only iy tha t saat ye by our two pet Horticultural a plants, the atmosphere of the hontee is easily kept less 
t theo manur 3 Le € | Agricultural Societi The united efforts of these three | humid, by not removing oe wets od tose part of the lids. 
desired by eqine of those whose experiments are recently ciations would ine produce an aécumulation of | For Vineries and Peach-h ald answer exceed- 
recorded, preat pp y positive data, whic conve’ manuring into a branch | ingly w ate whe “a spider; for the 
k t pon tl a) t f , and. establishi t upon 2@ solid foundation, trough can n be covered a the trees are in fiower, and 
Nothing I plet i y voi be | a gi ft of the greatest value to the rural popula- when the — sis approaching towards maturity. On the 
A plant, like an animal, requires food, and obtains it | other hand, d owing season, y| al 
from the air and from the earth. Certain kinds of food a r ed hui tmonpher dans - — aed 
are required by all plants indiscriminately ; such as water THE PANSY. ee aes sefapat gina’ d pn 
» Ee mn "the bed all and bark-bed, the trough 
uesera and Rat itr kinds of food ri ‘ed ie Sn hey ina former | number given a list of some first- being two feet from the level of the ky I eee aud 
spensal some species, less, Or even delete- any degree of heat wi uch less attention than is 
rious, to others ; such as alkaline substances ts of iro by which the form of this favourite flower is ‘determined, quired for some houses with a boiler ry the same pst 
Copper, an nd othe F mineral mater rs, The art of manuring } 4. 9 show-flow wee. the and most essential quality to tion and e equal power as — rds pipe. During the last 
rtain limits, the quantity | examine is its form which eer ppg severe for this 
8 
of that kind of food which is universally necessary, in 
07 
A poe nin that f 
by ea i pees and in withholding that which is useless 
or deleterious 
f manures is thus simple, 
application of * is, in iaehe extremely complicated, hog 
can possibly exami ne. It is, in the first place, necessa sary 
poeueaion sabes kind of food a plant pepectaly requires ; ; 
vegetatio i; and 3 those of fravtfeat tion: the ana a 
a seed 
But it is the end 
hg ten is that which forms the 
0 it is necessary for the aol 
tivator to ) promote the a rrahanel f rmation of tha 
touch the circle not projecting be- 
: rt of it. The follow wing diagram | 
will re ese this point : —_ 
of the cou 
as low as six aes re hrenheit, at bos orth o — in 
morning. At that time the therm the — 
= was from 65 to 70 d ; pres in, = taciees frost 
may be raised ersons accustomed to 
L 
The petals should ie: large and re because i in that 
case bo indentations must be sha Ho 
id d a | + 
| incon cannot fail to observe the 
_ 
| is ben 
| > ie Wells, ke near Exe 
of the 
eo 
ees 
t guarantee 
eficial to 
air, as neat <a 
the appe- 
ere growt| 
asia Griffin, ri nate 
ON THE i adh aa OF CALCEOLARIAS, 
As I find i e leading article of the first eid of 
the Garde a? "Cheba that you intend to dev 
r co | s¢}. 1. 
part of its column 2 a 
tion of Florists’ Flowers, gee induced ‘to send 
account of ethod of cultivating Herbaceous cal- 
| ceolarias, i x pene of again those of your s 
who may tnessed ibitions near Lon 
this bel jntareiting tribe. 
they have done flowering, wach is, under Setinaty cir- 
of o 
o detect any 
As s wards as circumstances will permit, I 
divest teed vis ‘hale Mie stains and dead leaves, eo 
top-dress them for about an inch deep wit th silver-san 
psc 
proportion, ore will be quickly able 
tion fro 
The othat "qualities which are combined | with form in 
of the young shoots are coyered for about half 
that ‘epth i afterwards place them ina cool and gros 
19) 
Le rier 
pret shoul be cat off fro 
d bei sible, because n ASE bn 
mes of n othing. To know, en, the chemical ¢ 
tuent of a plant i is indispe nsab 
So Sa 
contains. the } + 
a firm texture, flat, even at the edge, ani 
d free fro 
e eye re ute clean and geen need ; the 
vid, — the m 
dur’ ing thatgperiod, “By this tt me 
have poet found that most oF | the shoots so covere 
pat The 
pir should be rich and vi 
have a clear e — A uniform 
much esteem 
as a Hiroe pee Rei is 
d; but the soviet and co 
mbination of 
being removed sh hagsg from bw 8 shai plant; th 
| 
d 
f their 
is 
ppere ration I perform in the same r as is generally 
3. 
nature of the pees dle matters found in soil ; other- 
Wise all 
manure for wheat, to add more phosphate af of beg is a 
materials. On ~ other hand, let a soil be 
rich 
alkalies, and in c arbonaceous es 
containing phos piphats of line. im insufficient quantity, to 
give such @ soil nitrate pe er Be 
ter of which th 
ha 
oda wasted. It is, eine. 
In 
| a refe 
ac nfo ‘© govern this poin 
The Pans ‘Oo univer a fi 
s Trout, and excites so 
and in t, that 
t yers of eeresuons 
and Lge them in a frame ona AY ie bottom heat of ‘an, 
to 
merated 
tay } & ¥ s2 ab oe: 
h atten Zon ee 
flowers possessing a! the seat we have e 
common, and gracin rd It is no doubt 
oe of further Finttd ent, i consider 
'y been done by the skill, perseverance, and inde 
hat tis 
of pr ca 
— eee 
CORBETT’S HOT et tac APPARATUS. 
ardeners’ Chronicle tf find 
he ber of 
ference to ress Patent Apes or open- ia 
system for supplyi eat to hothouses, 
compost I use for the first bade is, three parts of 
seth loam, four of well-decomposed leaf-mould, ¢ ose of 
cow-dung as lain at least twelve = 7 an 
of as the plan! 
b pripeiiiony te 
i 
approach h their fl until th 
five of loam, two of leaf- ig: 0 of cow-dung, and one 
of silver sand. Fro the plan ‘ants are welt 
sprbad 
: — useful, 
pir tha chemical « constituents o a neds. | 
pen 
of the theorist 
a manures 
‘cannot tell what kind of 
Si 
— in August last, which I find to exceed my most 
e expectations, Thave sent the following remarks 
The open trough, or gutter, may be applied to a boiler 
of any construction, but the o one a ord it is ermine 
pe oe ge 
y in each particular case 
wk as salt, enbic nitre, saltpetre 
entary 
by Mess and Jarvis mage he e fireplace and 
ashpit are in oy centre of the boiler ; the heat a besa 
and even hans, ma —_ 
well as 
5 ee 
res it is far otherwise. i 
Tiable same chemical composition of well- 
tary ‘te or 3 gn various kinds iE &: and Pa 
f peat; and few 
agriculturists have any idea of the real nature of such 
ey substances es as Poittevin’s manure, Lance’s humus, 
or Lance’ 8 carbon, or -ev: ¥ malt-dust, soot, 
Steaves, and rape. Si » for instance, that the 
black soil. of the d ar London, already 
a in ¥ matter, were manured with. 
to inerease t 
very particular in drainage, ‘never ae 
peer oe asda 
the top of the boiler, through a four-inch are placed in ag Pst geste I have a 
: of cast-iron, of the following dix a [comple open . drain fr om a few inches of the 
‘inside measyre :—Six inches wide at the top, three inches of ths at, with the Goat 
‘and a half at the bottom, and seven inches deep; the j of the layers of fresh turf which I always introduce be- 
rough jg constructed in Kdugths three feet long, neatly | Orem the 8 mould jot potsherds. PL: 
toh : yy 4 rivet in the bottom, and one on nad ature, and a careful attention to famig: 
side ne: stop. ‘The water sale a fone vive pene bs tee im the cultivat 
three Buna’ ee diameter. There are thin iron as, vi | Calccolarias for if they once become infested b 
covers, of the same length as each portion of the e trough, fly no art can prevent the destruction of their 
