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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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re weather in winter, and half as much as is now con- | its co tion ensed judi 
sumed fc ee La oe may be accounted for by | liquid is forme ss Retry: in cold weied "se saipase| » atering that 
@ quantity of surroun which have to be | acid. It isa es corrosive, poisonous liqu id, al- | m any ee grown in ra by cottagers the pur 
h as bx a the air f the — | though 4 asa ‘aeonly oxygen aa sulphur the one | decorating’ the porch or pts tre cotta: Bs pose of 
adi am com sae there ing that part of the air necessary to rt life, and | due attention is paid to watering, and suff ient dtain 
= ms are useless, except in houses ag ving pits other a tasteless, odourless, yellow pass Sul- given to the age so asto allow the water to pass off freely 
ee Te © pi A Longo sage be placed at the front, phuric acid in its free stat S only remark: the plants will invariably be strong ang 
th t drain e from e back p ath t o them ; bat ne of the strongest acids we know, while on the other hand, by neglecting — 
d animal a ces 5 Bs that is to say, pista ge? precaution, re either giv ving too put 3 wa 
sein heat to issue from i 
inage, the earth all 
mall a see 
por also be heir in ae that re cate pas 
through these ler-groun) d drains witho' ut a 
abstracti 
= of the ehgy : 
3, 4} 
without bearing tes’ 
Pi: to Mr. Penn’s upright and rOrciar intentions. Te 
fancied a eireula tion of the air | in bo thouses bagse ets as 
with mich it pea of patti « 
oalied fedorasy some of which are a very great import- 
ance, rth ust be por hereafter. 
Rgarg acid 1 is inter eresting | as ——, one of the compo- 
of that acid 
on salt, 
and Sean thet the roots, and the plants 
in contequence present a wan and sickly appearance.— 
M.E. H. 
HOM . Or ee 
aa na Portable Greenhous This is a sketch of 2 
with 7s alkali ‘soda, a: nd is there 
soda. ei 
nasi of various medicated waters. D is the ding 
id i, namely, by the acti 
ie notion to practice Mr Penn hess oe sd that g| tid, mam it. Sulphuric acid is mi with common certs vob asp sts filled with small picess-ef sponge, 
he has no pretensions to a guage of garden ig; and kis es uriatic acid is expelled by the more powerful | turated with any pre- OF 
ry belief is, he never would acid ; und of salar acid and soda, called a s 3 th — > 
y I iz if others phate of soda, is thus for d, and To cid age i od The Bare 
self, had not poaaey him to the pesto pay Paxton _ ar pis pear | So | 
Chatsworth Gardens, April 7, 1841. ‘ Ne 
{In sentiment expressed by our corresponden: fi 
the h we pst Et entertaining that 
and a strong solution is apr ae is 
acid of commerce. These acid vate con: 
called chlorine, combined with byte the ee 
of wate hic’ om is never 
other 
sed in on 
: it is, Psu ee 
and therefore must be used with great ca’ 
if linen, for omens. be bleached carelessly by 
is destroyed, pa the nm be- 
eens = Mr. Penn’s get and he 
states that Mr. Pen: uested him to : y that he has 
enka 
ells, -_ otherwise rendering swee 
ne badbdingn, such as hospitals. 
urselves + this element than 
for us fa in occupy 0 
to know that when combined with hydrogen oe Joes ait 
id ch 
r be the andan. The fact is, the 
Orchidaceous-house is not heated by Mr. Penn ; but a pit, 
whether for i ot does 
heated, and does not give ion.] 
50 
its somone byron The most abundant com- 
th bases, forms a series of “salts pie mu- 
combin ing wi 
mportant o of. which i is common salt. 
Tiaties, the most im 
4 g 
the sponges washed | 
Cxpere- 
aoe 
ae hs 
ae 
s great deli mall s ovable 
may be sited ith ‘te mnisivioot yore $0 a8 
the smallest 0 f the Roses and Myrtles, 
"The seeds also of the an 
a 
uence with great 
age of heating and ventilating my 
lon-house is the very reve 
t is the "frost of 
nm 
contac t with the heated eco and a 
gst the leaves in reny part of ‘the 
house, whether the external air is admitted or not. People 
as composition of 
me of the commonest salts i ; ther ee ed When ars rane cat deceive themselves by the appearance of large shoots, an 
sulphuric, muriatic, and phosphoric acids. Sulphuric | {yy}; broad-jointed naturally large i gghirs big: must get wd 
si ovo of rl sont of the strongest cls we | very ely sla ded vr | 6 we me eon cali ee la 
acquainted wit in = le to expel or drive out most | q ble white solid tance < a ge bs ith, lengt a e distdince of the a 
other acids om their rs mbinations m » and, ¥> lt th Sox salt pole bye oe ais ing the & urface 0 the leaves ; 3 and | ft the be 4 
cates and p are s state. Itis ound of sul har or the same way | 2¢ each yrity say I am persuaded rant never bappens 
brimstone with oxygen, ag it is x conrad by merely md tare —) le “8 se in rl to a vine growing on the sides of hills in the cov ies 
burning sulphur in the air: when this is done, acid fumes, where the ment frat a matured either for wae raisios, or 
itis true, are made; bu the id formed is not sul- | the result of the combustion of phosphorus is a solid = grap Ih only one vinery, W hi 
phuric—it is a compound containing less oxygen than is | acig,__F. t for 38 years past The t os 
necessary to compose acid, stands in the same —————- year or r two, like a you ng gardener, I was in the habi 
relation to sulphuri hic! ic oxide does to COTTAGE + orm 3t —No. XIII. eeping the ae vig close and damp, night and day, 
ic acid ; it is hu: d, is always s and Beans will now require to | ps the leaves, wood, &c., a. l the above Apes" 
formed when sulphy t en it is i I es marge bunches and berries, but no richness; @ 
unable to in enough oxygen to converted in at p. 164 for the first ¢ rows of pre should | when ring late in the season, they either rotted or 
stronger acid. A portion of sulphurus acid is yaw hens be well carted. ep and the Peas staked, and bay Lup nthing searcely butskins. Alit em i 
sh a common brimstone match ; and the } some more ground go t ready for another tie ae inced me that this manage ange = : 
f keepi cucumber or other intertropica S, 
this acid, and not by the sulphur alone, which has no | cession of these tebe is to sow eee last- | the Vine. As I do not wish ear pes when my Law ¢ 
smell, ‘but which is used to tip the matches because it has sown have e made their pirseapie above ground ; but in in me with other fruit, I never shut up the vinery to 
a strong affinity for oxygen, forcing till the I Ist of April: one fire is made of an- 
ditself; but | d th 1 e draft, the ash-pit door : being: ope 
pene it has once fairly got alight, it ag heat | quite genet and take up less room. The number 
ugh to fire the ret ae as acid d not f Ne > 3 d Bean onthe fo 0 easy a cer -pit door i then sone 
b nd | will consequently vary in proportion as they are relish te next morning, and the flue ae mergers an is mot qui a4 
its feet consists i in its bach powers. “Te or disli! ked by the cottager ¢ and his s family. Tn the border cold the fo llowing mo ming, n the _ Sam 2a rocess ge 
_ ‘eB d it eated 
im she 
. 
° o.hth 
148: also , Savoys, Brus- 
and Cauliflower a h fc 1 
this is done at all times except on very hot days apd 
middle | of summer. The | miniee is immediately open! 
¢ has _beco! 
for — pre thus a ened Prices uently re- | sown or t alll t me warm, to g| 
tain an unpleasant smell of sulphurous — Tt oe : “4 wth | inside of the glass d ary sible, the — 
wise —e —— being comics @ ‘We hae hy sesh i} being i with ‘Ee power of the ; the co “ 
tagion ; I 1 g the | fuel ts to td. per di day. . have not t varied my Lv 
araane mate te of an infectious disorder, and in pres d years of phon mite 
ireumstances where evil effects are feared from the com- Ms myst Bea necessary ; for MThoeeh watering is un- areas vigorous as ever. “In ac early dare r the ae ime 
mounication of disease. In these cases sulphurous aig doubtedly a very ga operation, yet there som is sprinkled withy: water’ 2 hot 
has really a useful influence, a as points relating to it t y be useful for it ? : ioe et 
minute qu Eat ——- matter diffused throughout bear in mind, +7 may not be out of place ter eet ime se is not gee till it is coole ar 
the air; “th oe red that it can have no | us to n here. In cases, rain-water, when col- poly host spriakling wi with the floor hot rat proach 
power | aoa air which is unwholesome 7 = lected in open barrels or cisterns, will be & und the best d doe: jury. As soon as Bones ie - ate app we 
presence of flange quantity of oct amen oxide or carbonic | for gardening purposes; but pond or river equally at night, but m8 od ad ink 
acid, for in these circumstances Fargas sulphur soul suitable. Spring or pump water — never be used say as possib _ firs' 
until it has been for a2 iderable ti — = — cobra ed by the aretis 3 bat it of the 
and also by adding i salghuroue ai leaching power | action of the sun and air. For glowing crops, quantity of Power of sale — ar pa = the hottest p arise 
of this et may be very well shown bey shies a lighted water or the drainings from the dang-pit, properly rdiluted, flue once or twice part 0 aly ripe, the 
brim: match Rerabahen purple or eal ribs er, the most valuable. _ With respect to the os of kept off the heats: "My jenigaa commonly oan eer 
colour of ne which will Silurd ly 3, the ‘beginning ‘of September ; ; ret mero ex" 
and we may east part or Pale i render t es: for example, ee Te PAE ie ectcines _beaeost al ered 
the flower white. Sulphuric acid is made by burning sul- been planted lat he season, as iat ence = Ales tener h oon supply 
seat re ed with — of which. with | mentioned last wee ek, = ground shou ait: ay first loosened | and put on mn stooge i te Dest caning of April, the 
mo xygen than it could ge = — ing in the | \tok a hoe, and t we : moistened for a foot or two'| for re so daily till tomar veces ome of February 
pos g temas the nitric seid iy very large | d the stems ; bat for seed-beds it must be sparingly | hou ing thrown open one os 5 st Bing 
nti ity 0 of o xygen, ar ad is = predmesiar Shue. sub- 1 pair of] th versed ae lants, and an G cael 
h for oxygen. When sul- ‘ : oar Risin A Swiss 
phar is sar in this manner, and the fumes produced oy 
f ot 
ors plants. To saturate the ground, or give more water 
