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ORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDO 
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r, after one o’clock, to either of a = EahIbIIORA, at 
the pe a of the visitor. aay applicatior end icke 
made at the Society’s Office, 21, Regent-s' ares 
The ¢ Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1841. 
MEETINGS IN THE THE ENSUING WEEK. 
Tuesday... . - aaa a Spires ae ’ 
Wednesday aa lead st apa 
In a former Number (p.71) we gave a short ac 
count of some remarkable discoveries b . Bou- 
cherie, by whi rtant problem of 
ing timber seems at A pam 
preservin last to be solved. 
a lately published by this gentleman gives us ye 
eans of more fully explaining the nature of his in- 
vestigations 
it is obyious that t d 2 ing 
aw 
necessary n aie a 
1. Such 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 147 
having to Dr, Bou- | brethren by keepi Free 8s S08: Ge em 
cherie ud his sonia to the ph mee of increas- — fe vr 
ing the elasticity of wo minishing its com- | place the feelings of any man, and least of all isit 
y faken | bustibility. He found roy these most ee aa Te- | creitable to those whose thou, ghts ought to be — 
mis sults could only be arriv ived at aide of a  deliques 
br stat of - 7 bounty E gia goodness of Pro i in 8 2 tthe 
ts must be e ts pepe a: 
f moisture it contains, and that those quate are 
form an exception to this rule, 
i THE ae pad be 9 PANSY. 
consis idering th menue adopt the order 
as 
ther dependent upon some icular structure ‘of 
parts follow. 
Having fixed upon the situation for your bed (one 
~ | havin ig a south-eastern aspect, and well sheltered from all 
winds, is e best that can be selected, epee that it 
cent salt, was employed with nia success*: a weal 
solution increases the e elasticity and ee a little ; 
, Lite of muriate of lime became so > pub ahi andl 
z iipieeia’ ¢ ee 
woe rreoute ws ce way. 
n will 
| ting, and shrinking 
could be twit: 
with one. 
foot t alleys; preci ieee trom the beds to the depth of 
eight yroeser amet fill them to the height of three inches 
in any direction, 
It appears 
soe render wood durable ; but 
a the oan of proof of this, of py- 
ite is added to hig muriate. The tia tt 
£ wood are all prevented by the 
its 
autumn heap together in es 
pre parts — vin ae horse-manure, ditto cow- 
maiden earth (the t 
-mould, and leaf-mould : this rad 
ver and mixed the winter 
frosty or ay weather, but never during rain, which 
turn sour. 
generally useful, i 
ubstance - be = ene and the means of a ap- 
combustible spall are almost destroyed. eave = 
Where the soil is cold and 
the s 
plying it shoul 
of “the cow-manure, and with this compost should be 
1 } q 
cherie : “Ast soon as Thad discovered that ee 
pees road-scrapings ; but where, on the contrary, the 
or 
is sandy, th 
of iron, 
use 
nara the employment of the eearthy muriates, it be- 
perfectly us. The soft fruit 
e nn the greate 
quantity of solu it contains ; and as 
ble matter 
the decay of wood had been "ascertained ex 
1. tL > 2 
it 
| but also render the eombustion of “its charcoal difficult 
x 
“ta conking 2 the “eG the roughest or coarsest portion of 
ee Sagar ge a Sealy ns ea 
ptton rol ot surface 
The to be com considered is planting : for 
his chose a dry dy, ards 
| surface and in its substance : vand so it is. < Wend gay 
en- 
pe 
* Al oP aint 
appeared me probable that whatever 
perishab! 
ce aes praciical purposes, as 
Two oases oe exactly alike we 
ap 
to ashes excessively pte SS ; $0 that it may pi 
combustible. 
two, to shade it from the sun, wind, or 
re 
nd 
cal method od would | be to take advantage ot the. “vita 
forces of 
et with, Ai 
used for moistening the air. is that of. oe ee water 
€ so 
the melon, would « fortiori with gy upon tim- : he sun be at all piely. to shine. 
ber. A on then was divided into two equal parts, oer To rise ew on fire, an equal quantity of com- | love a moist, still atmosphere, and ar aber. itopatien of t of 
one of which was aaa s upon a plate, | bustibles was employed. latter bur pe ae 
" ploy = = nt fo ders will have rem rota $9 at preparer sot 
and the other w: or w hours into the | ashes, while the inside of the other was hardly mM weather, many of the plants begin to droop, 
pyrolignite, after which § : was s laid upon a second | the fire haying been unable to maintain i would soon die off if not shaded. same is 
plate by the side of the s usual, t He nseecatad and other facts lead us to conclude that conflagrations also produced when a =~ oe shaded is suddenly 
half ite became peri but the other gradu- might be rendered almost inipossible, except mse- -day sun a you find any 
ally became dried up. a pla: it thus affected, i tone a hatdeite over it, form it 
y que; the inflammable materials that houses may — cuttings. But after all due care and ion have 
of Experiments upon saw-dust, beet-root, car- : 
P' pon , cont n bestowed, it will frequently be found that some of 
rots, and flour having given the same rest et Ginnenmes are nowaware Welbon deena the e plants mi off. This has been 
. cherie to apply rolignite to. wi re) 
gain this object sigh his next inquiry. tres ite eal ; raat ie . ots as to 79 of fe the | bt any Pansy oa ioe up, which I invariably d do 
Mere immersion will p only a superficial _— impo z - 
and to force the pyrolignite into the tissue by means tre iE zine pans, slat 
ce) too nsive. t 
latter are 
the pyrolignite to the lower extremity of othe aie as | as * sins heat ; mai it is eel 
af i exes oe ee See = the cireulation. | <ake of setter v out the insufficieny method 
pon trial, this mode of impregnating the trunk was | that the follo tuer vations are 
found perfect ; the jctese gies rising rapidly through | When in severe much fire-heat is required to 
Ds the by ard timber Pot the So be maintained i in flues, the —_ of which they con- 
He ly hot this com- 
of the lower end enti hey arms of trees are wer Ear! 
"= pound of absorbent material rapidly. destroys the mois- 
to Senet ink Shek the. weighs of lps ture of the air in a house. ie 
step a a ero an 
* 
the practicability of intro- ama 
cause. 
Any person who may 
tion wilt be quite unable to compete successfully, 
cover his beds at least 
kk previously to each 
east a week pre i to show, 
being i 
rain 
excessive evap 
rature more uniform. 1 
at least three or four feet above the 
and supported at the 
from the surface, to allow the free gh aed set 
f 
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