FEB. 2a 
THE GARDENERS’ 
Dahlia Carmine: —We 
of carmine, ve = brilliant 
Rupprec cht of Vienna | oo the florets 
of a kind 
os 
jars seen @ specim 
d very pure, obtained b y 
of the dahlia. 
tained. 235 ibs. of 
been app 
flow. aney paper @ ea 
preparation of rouge. It seems, oe er, too fleeting for 
and cottons; only the deep clear purple dablias 
ds.—The other day, in sawing up a block 
of rosewood, ™ Norway Wharf Millbank, the sovkmen 
discovered a cavity quite ithi 
1 5 
oduct, snd eye that he has 
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} night after night. The atmosphere up to this time had been thick, 
and the sun quite obscure. On the 6th, notwithstanding the 
——— of the barometer, which was 28° 54, the atmdsph 
ame clear and eke Nae ee falli 
ontil the 8th, when it . Fro 
sette and China # 
of the wharf, having shown us part of t pce e have 
ascertained them to consist of a species of nr "suis, 
fresh as if newly pa ie _ will be sown in the 
garden of the Horticultural Soc 
G: E MEMORANDA. 
SF. Al , Esy., Stratford-green. ere are two Vi ere, 
built uj Mr. Paxton’s system: they have stood the es of 
the weather, without injury of any kind, and answer well; the 
aterial of whi roof is constructed is wood, with the lights 
fixed in an angular position, g alternately rid; dv: 
but we principal feature in t const: ion is the new method 
onsists of en 
lazing, which c tire of i 
ee By isk in an oblique direction, and conveying the water 
e gutters. At the front of — house the pillars which 
Ww 
psn rafters are hollow, so as t pipe, which 
carries the wat ff the roof intoa x pipe, by which it is 
conveyed into a tank be houses. e latter are heated 
by hot water, with a conic: Along the frent of the houses, 
F 
some of the rarest and 
Brion Bg cular! 
undred flowers upon it. 
greenhouse ‘© magnificent plants of Acacia ee both 
of which are > Htersity conta with flower: 
sarily v: 
fency in this <mgong of the hay rite 
price; in fact, it is scarcely 
. Be 
to be obtained for money.— W’. B. Booth. 
pee Nursery, Tooting. The beautiful little Aischynan- 
thus osissimus is flowering here in great abundance, in small 
wane nen sie paeretes potsherds ; it mbles 
the 4. grandiflora, does not grow so strong,-and is more in- 
to branch than lovely plant.—Fed. 5, 
Messrs. Loddiges’, Hackney.—™m the Orchidateo 
f i es are in great beauty :—Oncidium Tasteayt ts Cobol, 
leti, Caven janum, and bifolium; Coryanthes speciosa, Hunt- 
leya violacea, Dendrobium secundum, elon » and a new 
en kinneri and Schomburghii ; icho- 
Ppilia tortilis, Acanthophippi bicolor, Bletia pallida, and Ccelo- 
flacci Ia a case are Some xtraordinary pl 
which belong to the genus Nepenthes ; out of four species 
only are known, distillatoria and Rafiiesii : the latter is a ae 
ably strong- fe tele plant, with pitchers ie pa | those of iad 
h larger 
Cephalotus follicularis of New Holland, but of m size 
they are the at ever reached t causing 264 liek state, 
and were sent by Mr. Cuming fro: matra.—Feb. 8th. 
W. Leaf, Esq., Streatham-common.—In the conservatory 
Feb. 
Garton aardeix Aaynooth.—Since 
the pe neg tains vf Fevre 
the weather has been most severe in this of Treland ; ae the 
we 27°. 
rning (Feb. 10), ee 
nee teams ames —All who desire 
ive a house in which a mininum tempera- 
; Maintained, should gr: 
n sur- 
passes a ateh es shee ta some property of producing 
ng su OSS: and that, too, at a season of the 
year when flowers are a In the stove at this place there 
two unusually of this plant, the largest of 
which has a head nearty five feet diameter, and from See to 
four feet high. Both plants have heen in eer 
from th of mber up ta er a ata 
The ¢, Dorking.—Th ate 
perfection vas when pai. in border of — ee a 
y better deserves such a na statin. 
servatory : this place there are two ta th te con. of 
which is the double-striped and the other the “ther the okj mame CoLt 
— Can ga $ nin pF 
in ana; i nced blossoming . 
since which time it has mite na withent flowers, and 
now open — it nearly 200, besides more than 
buds in stages of dev elopment. The plant of the — 
Christmas. 
there are | 
that number of | 
y fin and not in- 
lated tie Hightest degree. Swinton Park is near Bedale, in 
| avi quitting the iron and combining | with ammonia. In like 
ner. 
of humus 
and of charcoal, is ascribed to 
such su PW ak 
pores; an 
e power 
res 
of the fi which they cantain. 
h 
first importance to the cultiv vator to pre 
Liguid manures, or rather liquid pair: excrements, bee: 
owerful, beca 
ri is 
} a 
Bites, influenc ce of 
sal Ape en com 
crease 5 activity of t 
gypsum, and of many other 
py ¢ a that sf bos rie which in- 
ach a 
the North Riding of Yorkshire, bounded on the west by moors of 
a great extent.—Thos, P. Elliott, 
Sade om House, N. B., 56° N. Lat.—The temperatur 
miber was 
end. The fi first day of 
frost and a little snow, but the lowest point to which the ten 
mometer descended was 12° on the evening of the 8th, and i 
continued there os for a short time. The followi =f is a monthl 
"4 alf-past 8 p.m. 
~— od ao thet the last three are are cet 5 below the average, 
sig 
no nerv es; we know 
sleep and repo: No 
leaves to saproitinng a — quantity of carbon from 
i atmosphere, whe en the other constituents which the 
eds, roots at 
ne The faro urable action of small quantities of aromatics 
upon ma) en mixed hare his food, is undeniable ; but 
aromatics are a ven to plants without food to be e digested, 
and still they flourish with : 
uring the chemical tran. s that in 
pH sag of ratte. ise 28 A veh. bi Sat oF he plants from the bh and prbabalon a tht 
sia ements, ttvo com ds are aooerennily oe d, one of 
y 4 h rs r nent pa the ae is 
Cs tee 
tot os E] lg Meek GOS aaaiiy Sea Seer pepersies by the roots, in the fe of pation Bed 
Zl g s Ky H 2 ? Hy ca 3 matter. No process of nutrition can be conceived to sub- 
— |_| —|—|—|—— ——|-—-|—|—— without a separation of effete matier. 
1820 | 285) 363) 373] 43 | 49 | 559) 584} 563/52$ 434 |403 |388 It will here that Vip wa Ring d i 
1821 | 364) 372) 40 | 463) 473 ed 594 ert “A we a truth of the modern s tions al 
1822 | 39 | 403} 423| 46 | 533) 603) 593) 584/50g j463 |423 |34 hed’ : 
i oe | ou 1s ssl ic [akan | Samed, T's howeter to be obser actual 
1824 | 384) 383] 384] 45 | 51 | 563] 593] 57 [534/445 [383 ja7,1 | Se enters oes OS Soe Sep 
7 57. } acaire-Prinsep lation to this subject, Braconnot, 
1825 | 373| 37}{ 393) 453} 50 | 553) 629) 603/578 37 {36 ‘l s others: dae te es 
1826 | 32 | 393) 394] 46 | 51S] 63 | G34) 593/528 353 (393 and o » deny their truth, and assert t at th 
1897 | 343] 328) 374) 44 } 512] 573) 593) 573/532 3 [404 | can obtain’no such results as those of Macaire ; or if they 
1828 | 374) 37 | 41 | 44} 51g] 583) 60g} 573 2¢ [42 | do, they ascribe them to accidental lesion of the roots of 
1929 | 293) 35g} 373] 413) 51g] 573) 598) 55a)48 36% |343 | the plants operated . For ourselves, we confess we 
1830 | 323) 33°| 423/ 46 | 51g} 543) 598) 532/507) 402 |33¢ ve no fixed opinion upon the subject, which is a ques- 
1831 | 323) 353) 41 | 45g} 49 | 59 | 60 al 523/503 si 38% | tion of facts and net 9 uction. As to the su; ved 
porn eed Sp 7 3 co a ped wh necessity for exer rejectamenta (root sec 
1833 | 31 | 373 5 pvt Sid 
1sa4 | 383] 37g| 403| 435] 52 | 563 soll sai oH + {a0} lang | Sone)—it 38 no doubt true there 2io secretion 
1835 | 35g| 383/ 394] 453) 483] 55 574) 59 [51 § 39% |363 Fa jer, 
1836 | 36 | 343} 374) 413} S03} 552} 544 oa 50a 373 [36g | Out by e te op by sonny But it i 
1837'}-323| 863) 33 | 374 oi #/ 60 | 554/504 4h 38g. | Botmecessary to look Eto the roots for these cineutiand, 
1838 | 273} 263} 36g] 403! 474] 543 58 | 564/51 § 1362 [37 
1839 | 323]°343} 343 bt 483/56 | 58 | 554/50 [45g |40} (a4) other parts of a plant. Are not the leaves continually 
1840 | 353] 343] 374! 47 | 483} 553] 564) 58 49} : 33) =5 | porting oxygen gas under the sahomes of light ? = 
a Palmer, Esq., Cheam.—In one of the houses here, the: waxy, acid and 
ong plant of Tro} rn it has Namen th sho Famer I flower very acrid matter especially by 
frealy the compost in which birds UOitn | the _— " haiss capri f formed for that particular 
tl mixed with about equal raantities Tr soot and peat, with 
se Fae ar cane: teens oo Oe od ly mixed, but sitowed ” to lie purpose ? And! ha ave on. no t peculiar pobotancee lodged in 
some time exposed before they are ati Care must be taken to s Tabasheer 
rain the pots well. Forced Assions a. CS ay kinds are ian a in the Ba agua Surely all these Jape ae enough to 
in great profusion, wit! odo: ne an eS 
the mre, ) lpr cacien pulcherrima, Iris sinensis, satisfy the necessity of excretions occurring, and ren der 
and seyerai other plants, are in great banal Asa substitute re for | it ps a to look to the roots for further aid in this 
putty, they — here in glazing the seed mastich mixed with tic Nev e Professor Liebig reasons upon 
beiled linseed oil, and beaten oe @ paste, in the same | the osed en us i roots witha 
manner as putty is prepared. are that it does ats of 
not crack or peel off, as putty wa in yery hot and dry dence man 
weather, and that it is less ex : 7 ss ve (we — this). ae tare 29.° | at the ped can only be 4 mab 
Helizgan, Cornwall, the seat of J. H. Trem The nm w whic ° er 
the oe beautiful Benthamia fragifera grows ealy, and m any re all ried parece eee ai Peppa t Peete 
b in any oth Jace in the county. One plant 7 ith d th iotot 
feet high, and many others are to 12 feet in height, most | tron with ic acids, that cf og wap sone: hoses 
of them showing fiower-buds. They are growing in enevated is inva but that any one tuted for 
situation laws Brucerted fram win wind ie a eer ae ere other, the action of all —s the | pad. fe te 9%). —_ 
greens a“ does Vv wi plan: 
cath kenect. covets ts Genet of soil where it h wever, quantity of alkali contained in 
rac any sun during the winter, but is sheltered by trees o: 
Side. The following hints may be useful to those who nikeiiar as another 
desifons of ans Pe ee The Lc Bt eh of a plant is therefore de- 
4 situati 
er thic'! e 
pal buds and youn forwarded too 
they are liable to be jared by the spring frosts. If the plants 
are fully ¥ srown, it is requisite, after they rar flowered and while | 
to thin them we erwise the fruit will 
flower, 
house, but is wel price 
Organic Chemistry, ae Pith ye 
aon i “oe (Fourth 
and Physiolo, ogy. 3 (F 
Notice : see G. C 
‘Senes is overcome 
portion es the ammonia ate "nants, far it is alt 
issolv. 
f those which © webs the most | 
seems to have the | 
fraps Lies ht 
——* 
it sores & megane 
Be ted hich plants : capable startin ; 
ays we must infer fl that the reir knorn aoe ng | 
@ portion, is in like manner pony fea said 
pegs nt on the presence nce of alkalies or alkaline paced | 
outh will 
‘ie arrested ; and when they are ‘deficient, it a be im- 
bgt in proportion. 
With regard to the indifference of plants as 
alies on which the: 
as to the na- 
| ture of the alk: may 
toca ‘of alkalies to plants there 
seems, hawever, to be no room mie do’ = ot oe 
eavery of —* + 
plicable befor wi te en Ww a plant ‘eons tired 
of a soil, per find that manag fails to invigees if, the 
destruction of alkalies in 1, and the w a suii- 
cient s mprly = os bases a the manure, am -araie a 
a | sation of th igma. "And nm like manner the gradual 
y of any in <3 —- * and where 
¢ soil is incessantly rebbed of aibahen master, for tae 
