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tains a small quantity of a third gas or kind of air, 
hich 
is not simple like oxygen and mitogen, but hy compou and | 
The distance at which they ought to be 
pieced from one another in the Tow | is nine inches ; ; the 
| settled is, that th I clai 
each other. 
Corhett’< DP. 
led 
o 
depths of the sets, seven inches. 
do not i 
led 15th 
15th Feb., 1839, being 
e no other grounds for 
acid gas. Itis evident that “all. thi 
must produce a quantity of thi A: hilst oe ning ; and 
ence we can gen no: difficulty ti 
sence in the air eed we might at first suppose ti that it 
must be alway: this; however, is 
ba the ease, for we alovay® find exactly the same ‘outa 
any portion of air that analyse. The cause of this 
is is that all plane contain on stances which have a very 
strong affinity for carbon, but which 
it-in its solid foren because they are unable to come in 
Set eetite, she. ¥ apprenn kanes tn waite mea 
Were ther 
considering this patent invalid, the so-called specification 
in g 
with oxygen and become a a part of the air, are able, in 
pamper of their ageumte a more powerful a 
it, to the cid gas 
for i car’ rbonic 
that the greatest advintage! w from Bn ahs affords sufficient. It is she ort, ans but essay 
ents cae based upon false reasoning, and not. si document as 
in the garden of the Horticultural “Society have clearly the Fede in his patent requires ; fori it “ parti. 
proved the fact to be her grasey and t gr qi inven 
ts with sie ngle eyes, th or © perf 
in favour of the latter being ‘upwards of ewt. per acre Fr ron a I that Me Corbett and pire hae ogee. 
more than from whole Reeve point has also | would seem that he claims to have invented the mode 
been sa tisfactorily dete’ vaased eating hothouses, &c., 
, OF partly 
which is, that the 
f the stems, and that, unless in 
the case of deartgroring kinds, the most uniform- sized 
pot tatoes are roduced when the rows are tt 0 feet apart. 
width ‘between the rows should be in | i 
th +} 1: 
ombined, Thes 
facts show us a new use or San for.s we learn that t the 
pam which we have only admired for theit beauty or 
— for their utili as producing. ease of food, an 
eeds themselves, = tantly by 
previou: 
usually co) onsi ider as | 
e benefit t may almost 
be aid, he phere nr caerea to were yg torr foes re 
M. EB. H. 
A NEW OAK. 
wholly useless, are all con: y 
tion or chemical affinity bonic acid gas, 
and exe keeping the air in a uniform an althy state. 
Hence the air always contains a regular proportion of 
acid gas, which is constantly produced by _ 
by? Mr. Beane is ; that of. anew y species of mae whose fruit 
itchen G see difficult to 
convince a jury that he had not, at all events, seen the 
pte If, therefore, e will turn to the volume for 1830 
at page 37 4 he will find a deeesiptinn ‘ood engra- 
vings ofa heating Diulik’ put up b €0. Jones, of 
parla ag Tr So Knight, of the King’s-road, on his 
Dr. Neill’s 9 ee (pub- 
lished in ey 1638, dont Being a reprint M._ article in 
an acorn, with the internal structure of a walnut. * a 
wena gears Britannica of 1834) he vil see that for 
* 
car 
per of combustibles, and in many other a and a 
constantly omic by the — re plan As 
erties 
ying 
mention tg that it is of the great test importance to tot 
life of plan 
derive the pesto necessary for their growth. 
—— nosh bi." contains dissoly red in it some water, or 
is pec or lier: When it is hot, a larger ‘quantity of 
water is evaporated or converted into vapour, son dis- 
solved in the air, which in consequence becomes more 
damp ; whilst, on near hand, when the air bebtial 
in the air 
pret Medio Mor 
ry ree Quez ralteango. Fe 
| Bentham, by whom = species has been ined, pro 
poses to call it Q Skinneri, Mr. Skinner] cae t first | 
ee and sen it hehe, and has a us with | 
‘ollowing auaweenlens concerning 
ie 
ation in the gardens of the Earl of Hopetoun. 
pa of heating have been used prior to, or at all 
pre Ss from, the first a ee of | the hot- W ater s system 
into desea use; but the abov 
Pre a Mr. C Corbett’s on vend a show that in reality 
he ae ther of others. I 
he i om: ere abe eet hs | tos he paid to procure 
it, and would strongly advise him not to b Dang x away his 
money 
ba sustain 
eure 
pecan or the Se bemone of the Patties 
Ke 
cold, the va is condensed, returning to the Frozen Potatoes—Mr. A. Kendall, florist, Telingto Fi 
state of water, and the air becomes + This of course has found that although frozen potatoes, if gradually 
is modi — ee to circumstances: thus, in dry thawed by i ion in cold water will become perfectly 
re the ooutaina van little eatable if cooked immediately a! ards, yet in a few days 
iter teas ai hes it becomes hot, remains of course acquire a very disagreeable taste. This g 
posoterty her dry; whilst in mois tor swampy countries, to the diffusion of the bitter and poisonous s of 
the air becomes very dam i potatoes which lies beneath the skin, and which, in 
~*~ the abundance of vapour given off; and thes some a of the destruction of heise d by hgh: is dis- 
differences of climate depend mainly upon ough the mass. Possibly his might be pre- 
See ee t tat 
The solution of or in the air may easily Birds. ee carrespindett states that small binds are 
be seen on observing the steam issuing from the spout of | » Wh ee, 
a tea- = strongly, and there is for birdeatchers dye their clap-nets of different shades of 
@ large volu out of the spout, we ob- that colour. Sparrows will male settle on a net rye7 | 
serve that just where out the steam is transparent | colour ; other birds often do. A net placed over seed 
and almost invisible; that at : little distance it becomes keep ws from it, nomatter what colour; other bit 
white and dy, it gets vaaipen out omrimmes the ili With regard to worsted ov: er newly- 
ait it soon disappears mes again in The = seed, I think 3 romengse in keeping - Reser but 
reason of this is, aa gg alba wrine will answe r the purpose as well. Can use of it 
ong ir; ae les 'y becomes appare ib feast ie a o é 
when it is partly cool y rating ont into the eae their feet on endeavouring to alight, and are ena 
and therefore is beginning to the state of eto scared ?—£., Herts. F cig 
and phages fall to th 5 f little drops ‘asy Plan of rely @ late Crop of Strawberries.— 
like if it were not Goatees and carried away by the es one who has been Picint a4 the autumn may have 
air as fast he it ia is formed. The quantity of moisture in n the fine stramberies¢ bie offered for sale. 
the air is also rendered pier es to us —_ ever a cold re ; | As xa the plan of raising t 5 penta simple and easy 
subetanen is exposed to i ur in the for any garden Th Or ot. ning h not ia 4 
ase much that it is deste and oe ny figured in Q. aoutifo ia, Nees. The woody ees na tised, 7 ee here given: Sis deed Ge the A Alpine Shaw. 
fluid state as water. ittle ‘the cold surface € acorn, its large size and internal structure é heat ; 
> in drops on co + able ; but I cannot give them an nein ‘inp berries is pans, meet in b 
thus a bottle of cold water froma deep well i brought in into proooag cannot gi a the g ‘woolly inner ebruary, or not later than the first week ix sate hen 
pes pos of long he plants are hardied off, they are plante: pects 
* or water - thas condensed from the air.—E. = ‘st pi Pct, eially on igh wnduluta e in May, « ; hse a int tes in gr om 
P js continu 
COTTAGE GARDENS.—No. V. (Hartweg’s No, 503) and Q-dlamo, there are to, thee, | September following, P Iso bear earlier thee 
THE of vegetables best suited for a cottager’s | he larger sorts, and continue on until crop 
garden, p ablished aes sheets eee a tenth of an inch into ‘the tn Q. Sin nari tetine from seed (as above) eed, when they can be thrown 
ba pt are a nd nly that ae: depuis much greater, | Say. Large Seve ooo ee, ae 
more especially of the committees of i local tural gular in the pat degree of | P eep To e 
societies,—to whom we would suggest the propriety of ii cod Hinteace of the Cernig from another. months, and ripen the should Lobes fe ke 
seeds as appear useful in their ont a improv 
Ss pat — of hanna them among de y oth oie = nef te fae i the 5 ) improve 
serving cottagers. I[t is not too acti our especi Il aap ~ e a 
suggestion this are inion that the | jn fae re my mich a att 4 = thik 7 ted.—I wish to: ascertain if I could obtain 4 
fands of such institutions could not be applied to a better acorns Sere! iby. the Horticultural Somers" Po i oye ree be ncandell of not less than three 
P » or to one more: likely to advance the objects years old.” Ifan: merous friends could furnish 
paps they profess to have in-view. We trust the list wil way to ad the same I sould ‘dy be « 2 purchaser. oe eae ae 
its way into hands of man rs, to whom it resen corn of its bt es carn Whi idleton, Manchester. 'y 
will be of great assistance in cnabtiag them to know th in The ene 5. 3 igrere i ieasche e inquirer. } ‘i 
names of the best — of vegetables, and to su ent across. -—I have successfully directed many of my friends 
for others of less value which they are now in the —— ng game-preserves to Vere aagckre 2 (Snow- 
of cultivating. HOME CORRESPONDENCE. ree) in their woods. Pheasan ularly fond OF 
should now make preparations for planting}  Corbeté’s Paten al as Mr. Corbett confined <= ie: rry, and thrive upon it; or the ‘pan Regs ame 
Potatoes for an early crop; the only one, Lpvig sac of this | himself to to-urging the vo Sadie adoption of his pretended winter will afford abundance of food, so to pre 
valeable rost which it is gpm for him to grow in his ti fdegt! 
garden, unless it happen - je of larger ¢ ied th i e back rods of 
usual. Every pa favourite iety,—but the necessity of P stating aoe, as hei is rece =F North Sheree abound ba: it, andit affords food to 
Early Manly, or theAsh 1 ae are the kinds ber Majesty’s Royal Lett i e procured. What has hitherto 
most ceteciied.._ ae so suits t ‘them best. The z il ib U, if my 8 
usual practice of tt have been infringed,’” he must st expec his peieges patties are attended to, ae an at ‘well worth the 
eae the, set in the furrow | be inquired into. In refore, both when ripe is ca 
‘ fi age — any oe if ine fees are paid. Se las STOR 
a ids | les 
devoured by alt Phat of poultry. My My shrubs are very 
b mercy, 
lucky — he may select to oy his parang ea aad 
to his __ ocket. , after a verdict for a defe ndan 
a 84 ad 
Paten otorious, are to. any. one and fos 
subs never trouble themselves about ys Un 
E. iI nestion 
ot By 
Hey Machen = ure 
ot 
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