Marcu 27.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
and flowering from July until destroyed by 
high in any good soil, 
The seeds should be sown about the end of 
be cultivated in France ; if it can be grown, it must be 
ad 
enemies. T have had them in use in my own gard 
iJ 
the effects OF winter. 
ginnil 
remain without protection, if od a dry situation they suffer | Winter. If its qualities are not altered by cultivation in 
more from wet than from cold. The plant was raised by the Hor. Laur it will bea valuable acq uisition ; bu ut sho ald its 
ticultural Society from seeds rec ah from Dr. Royle, ae = flavou strong 
= into tworor these —Botanical Regist At Rome a seeds are | 
{ISCELLANEOUS. 
ree of Wi 
The Oxy n Planis and sow 
maicules. irebenr A. Morse, 
on some properties in w 
out in October, and fit to ea 
be useful i in n the warmer parts. 
sown at t all ti mes of the Pit when put in in August, 
L: 
in December and Jan mary. 
ro watering, although it 
¥ gah: a A oo: soil and 
7 oe sandy soil, hg however, it is smaller.— 
he re 
Cin '0s3.—'The D 
7 — — ere considerable — bolt a Gay | Lus been Sand dy “Mr. Ronald Gunn, in Yan Diemer’ 8 Land 
m Eum | Bay to the ee Hills, in a 
distilled, ond ‘aerated water, contain a bulk tiaslfoo a ee ca we 
consists of oxygen and azote, in the proportion of 32 of | at the rans net ike a "a bed ot young pone or 
the former to 68 of the latter. Messrs. Morren have ao oat se rd ris! The leaves of some specimens 
roved that thisair in the water may contain from 56 to z} 
Pp bot tkegen, whee it te pr Bere or when it has Biwleg Ps Seat Heat, aye and a epelee fas 
green vegetables (Conferve) pty are necemary ag e germination c 
In July, in the morning, 10 rts of water hold i tion | ight, so essential jor ion wth, is injurious in the 
25 parts of oxygen, 48 at mid-day, and 61 at 5 o’clock in first stage. If scattered quite on the surface, the seeds 
the evening. The quantity of nitrogen always remains of many —_ suffer fro see vicissitudes of tempera- | or four places of its circumference 3 these repre- 
the same. The influence of light on the respiration of | ‘¥*¢ and moisture. the contrary, if buried too deep, | sented by the marks 2 s. is: its ope- 
plants and animalcules determines the ation | the supply of nourishment contained i in the substance of ration is ~~ a ~~ i. - iz 
f water. In days when there is little or no s ssed into il until the lower ge pper 
mater pes lit tle oxygen, and is less wholesome. Ta {i ing part reaches the ligh t, and develops the leaves, = ring is about ip inch above the surface, the emt may 
iny days 0 oxygenation goes on. The oxygenation which the production of roots depends s after the pabulu impunity, but, on g in con- 
t arrives at its maximum at 5 | Comtained in the seeds has been appropriated. The seeds with the copper, will receive a galvanic shock, and 
in the afternoon, at pees pte water is much more salu- Fe aquatic plants will vegetate in water, provided ae Smeladiadly turn es or fall tothe ground. 1 pore jac 
brious than at any other hour for watering plants, since it mall portion of air which water usually contains has not | peatedly watched them, and have y wei 
supplies their roots with the greatest amount of oxygen. exhausted. But, generally agen 2 the seeds tremely cautious in meapenliag a second time. I prefer ; 
—Two very d inc’ f the | other plants g oil is only sui the vandyked edge toa plain one, for this reason—if if the 
Wild Cri ‘rab-apples.— 
ent tly moist, witl 
bably occur throughout England. Ray distinguished them, 
og 
cultivated form om a ve Ss it one. 4a bo- 
differs fr 
tanists have overlooked them, 
uite 
would entirely dieplace h the 
It may be rants asa rete yo that gecminte 
aa is best promoted by sowing in soi taining only 
coppe per belt, avoiding contact, they would be incapable of 
Coane wi the points. In rer the Galvanic Plant Pro- 
tector ust be taken lose within the © ring the 
moderate degree of pm pe and covering the se 
them is now 
deeper than is sufficient to protect m from light, or | finda road to the plant by the. i The apparatus acts 
q expunged from oe reper. though the Continen tal Bet fling <5 fee He pt 2 doocinbabacant in paca Its 
distinct species. Their ZA of appearance is recog- what uniform condition with regard to moisture.—T7. WV. appea ne is like a flower-pot, and its cheapness, 
-nisable in their extreme states by the most cursory ob- Method estroying Rats, Mice, and other noxious utility, and durability must ensure its tion. 
server, and there is also a — rked difference in the form | Animals in their lurking-places—Monsieur Thénard, in | I en ple may be ae to for 
of the leaf, = too inconstant to be regarded as a cha- | 1832, submitted to the Acade; iences a plan for | the protection of fruit i straps and copper. 
racter. The only constant aan; reside in the pre- | destroying noxious animals in their hiding-places. The being judiciously placed along the wall, "and around the 
sence or absence of pubescence on the young branches, | instru f destruction is sul re gas, at oo tree.—Wm. Walker, 54, Lowgate, June 
and on the peduncles and calyx-tube. This pubescence destructive to animal life, Animals 26th, 183 
to sli ht p I in th t tk $ fall di truck pee dears 
ove: form, whil adaaumert yg I i though | with a bullet. Even ~a ‘considerably diluted bore at- RDEN MEMORANDA 
| onpers Aaa | Be, Get Meh Hg 
a — to rach “form Fo should be referred, an at- than a minute in air containing 1-250 of this gas. oo ~ winter ey lately experienced (Fal t’s thermometer having 
ion to the je you ng bra nches conjointly with 7 all bi ’ on at ae ietot tees Le! mw Fitter ayer F po bee 
Whether, as Ra th ith part f i, and a sm ird expires | in a few | prove many ¢ > 
Ped be the efect of fal, I know not, (ae both are 50 Sires of every description pps Fl x eiicastives vcr 
Monsieur Thén arte firs asin an apa artment in- and se ; but the Camellia sar of ich Tf pos- 
hedge, and to all appearane e equall id, and certainly | fested by rats, w which ayeed oopenine occasionally dur- sess ot ny te aa ed walls, ha south. 
have as just claims to be pans. men Ss in toe be ks Aa ing the day, and at night Seer es completely posal y dh to the inclemen = 
recorded varieties of many other species.—Leighton’s | cuore articles kept in _ room. There we were 18 rat-holes, ps be accused of rashness in having in- 
Flora inctions occ ve M. Thénard adapted to each of them in s ion 
of Shropshire. “cere 
varieties of cultivated apples, and would probably 
Land 
primary seés.] plaster. of ir phur, and wai which I haye just alluded, from having observed for 
Shakspeare Criticism. .—Though flattered by the kind was ode por io ihe Piyrks, poe dilated sulphuric acid ove y years past that a considerable bush of the single-red Ca- 
P. the gas was formed with great rapidity ; mellia, oan 5 perp Sag Ming 3 ee eae sails 
to remain unconyin' ced. I endeav: oured, as he has di iy fragifera, about five fet in hele, growing in one one of the borders 
find an explanati 2 dwelling on the word ; Des fe ext are pot in an old cet when Aid bo my has not eee 4 all affected pM ister — Ie 
the subsequent expressions /oose and unfirm exclude that | was equally success' and haying gk part o broad-leafed 
= of cavernousness on which the pec  & £9 wall, he e found numbers f dead rats. recommends high which hater Stood within 5 ne re te ee 
m to have been fixed. The hollowness of a London Nurs ry, Walworth.—The tulips hi e come up 
street h and containing a sewer foxes, and all animals which cannot be casiepated by the ly "Vin the best bed there i fedly one that has 
built with bricks nearly as hard as granite, does not, I page means. The pop yular directions pa, by Thenard pacraeap _ if birds Pes, ba ra: b. satay ange bee 
bcos furnish a very close. paralle 1 t fol Mix 4 parts | kinds of sifca are growing finely, treated in the manner de- 
of iron iron-filings, or very sm small nails, pings of iron, | scribed by Mr. Groom in page 63 ‘They are, however, hardi 
fiat P. 75 lived in Lond h a dl from | with 3 parts of flower of sulphur, ani and moisten it wit 4 he expected, for the few sunny days have- e 
th 1 hat thi to produce | parts of boiling water, sizing it with a piece variety of Chorizema vai ting folly-tike Giaren, Prem aratlocae 
the ae of elastic ic fluids in their Add gradually : afterwards 4 parts m ore of water, a in- fusion of orange and pink flowers; it is sufficiently distinct 
cayities. Being but a poor zines and maintaining no t the species to entitle it to the name ilicifolia. Mr. Groom 
video: above the rank of a wheelbarrow, I am unable to | oil of ae diluted with 5 times its ats of water, | Bas | \ ae fant bi bat lies, Oy ring 
pro experiment; but I would advise y: — tinue to add ~ gradually — ae cere oa Clot tacos ao ae plage to dry them. Pzonia festiva, 2 
drive Ais gig first the paved and vaulted roe te Ag escape into handsome variety of has hardy.—March 22. 
courts of Somerset-ho and then over the hollowest eee sams bie =e Wag enaneay be Chandler's Nursery, Wauxhall.—The hea eto _ 
churchyard he can find.—A. moved by. dr. the aot of vitriol on ia ¢ | is now one blaze of beauty 5 Lamatip ancstapie gua ey nr effect 
g-leaved White Turnip-radish.—A good road va- bleaching powder ( ( chloride of Pye rat-holes should easily imagined than di > Camellias are grown . 
Tiety of au ii The root is top-shape re a mixture of loam and peat, and always + earner 
i ds the top, and abruptly cut “of, as | effects of the potrefaction of the careases of pesaies Atieneete ine at ieee et nine ceomariahle 
if squared at the bottom; the flesh is tender, less pungent | which have This gas ae be most | ;inds are :—fortuita, ad ere pink, and hav- 
than that of the black Radish, tar —_ nt. The a star peo eaployed for the destruction of cock- | ing round petals; Woodsii, a fine large cup-shaped deep pink 
are nearly entire, narrow, and long, all like ordin roaches, es ee and vessels in hot | orred r a egg Ree en 
g rose-coloured flower, which es has 2 
on Jardinier. climates. pres yr making it are cheap an purplish tinge; Albertus, a new Chinese variety, with blush- 
Sweet Fennel.—At Naples, i in the Roman States, and ies ems oy A retort is | Coloured having dark pink stripes on the petals, and re- 
t erely a glass a pear, with when 5 gularly cup- 
at Venice 
paige eons meeting with it; no 
tom Suey ty Te In some 
German sweet-seented Fennel is used, 
chiefly for the odour; no dandy shows himself in the 
ee shaped something 2 
a long neck, which is well adapted for introducing ¢ the pia 
of a pipe. The sweet Fennel of Italy has a small root, 
pcos oat arise some stalks like those of Celery, — 
subject, 
Saco ga ong er - engi inventor, bas ap- 
ai eS Hull Advertiser, from which the following 
AE season any invention that will 
| 
sit | cae thes 
ee with a more formidable array 
self (particularly the genera Hi Helis and Limes 
of Linneus), and I am happy to inform you that 
vanie plant-protector, mentioned, and ony ie 
with, forms an effectual barrier against these formidable 
into small holes or 
or the hold or cabin o a vessel, a — fie or on 
glass s vessel | would do ai as well, “shutting up the doors 
upon this sw from a | 
true Smithii, i yy its deep crimson purple colour, 
h con- 
spieuum produces rather a bold . but is light son, 
and has fewer spots. In the jum-house a few of 
album muttifiorum —_ Xe. Os 
wing been forced.—Mare 
without ha’ 
S. Rucker, Lagat beste orth. ie ‘the Orchidaceous-house 
there are several in! esting p plants im flower, and the nce 
the prod treatment. 
A ‘of Epidendram: made 
which Se Gees a ek one 
ma e 500, born ; 
re large spikes. A plant of the beamtifl amabilis~ 
