May 22.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE: 323 
am errr renee 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF. LONDON.| object to that Mr. Sharpwit? you know he is yea at 3 for if any acid, such as vinegar, does not occasion 
EXHIBITIONS AT THE cellent judge, especially of Florist’s flower andif .it is certain that nm ponati 6 
Etparrion wit take place on Saruapar, the 12th iphegrattae sactions, that ey esent; and if, on the other hand, it expel 
JuNE Exhibition must office on Friday, : AS ; 
tae 1H oral the Gnrden half-fast ahaa -am./a We | as wotdaling to do’ with bis: dbititles an'2 Fade” Let | oabbles of gas, we Be gs ia pat xen 
to Fellows af this Omice, ons Pog ye Garden in the no man be misled by immorality of this sort ; 3 a Togue | w fhe carbonate of Ha, Al he forms ofthis saben 
afternoon of the days of Exhibition at 10s. each; but none will 
be issued without an 
insoluble in pure ; but rain- 
commonly contains toed nt Cae ok 
Order from a Fellow of the Society. ‘which 
, Regent-street. can. possibly be a eounterpoise to a want of honesty. weer 
peeseiniait ———— | It is far better t0 have’ unskilful than dishonest quantity af r{ttbonie seid, has the power of diseolving 
’ ; judges ; exhibitors will be better satisfied ie, | chalk’ pr ieechenoe: a mamely ave 5 , tien 
The Gardeners’ Chronicle, ree) rere Tees a Seay y the rat, fre or worn 
Tf a Committee. set aside the award of their tone or limestone much doi than 
SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1841. jetun Shenae send woes question | those which are built of granite—a stone which does 
il ha’ Jaa ie sachiity contain carbonate of lime, and is, therefore, not 
ra it, they never w ve good chai iv tT ja pp Ree abel In this kind of action no 
+ aS yore m(Amaiversey) = 1 nm feel that they have an accordin: to their | ch is 
Wednesday . a je, ce a wala 8 PM. Lill { 7 + .t j + Pe ce 
g yore Suows.—May 35th, Manchester—Chelienham. 36th, Norwich. 28th; pad ‘ee to ae . ai : bs mage hd eens wore oF an x 
Tue apnea for Horticultural 
convinces 
periene eit be gladly karnejl, 
hosticelinwe! hi. 
the want of success attendii pga 
wat Weican er uarat fa 
y 
twatter of opinion ; _and the Judges have a right to 
that their f 
any ot the carbonic 
acid is expelled from the Paar ligd getty Sead 5 0 
is 
| hold the carbonate of lime in solution, which is 
3 | deposited again unaltered. 
expect 
others; else ube (abn ibeuse Soden! The merits | 
= flower cannot be the termination of 
1, oF 
are 
should change them, 
bitions. egy they . 
be, five things are Scoala h Fis ta sl neat | thet decison 5 ‘if they do, they will be overwhelmed 
e 
for these regula’ ot ae al- | 
touch they are often lost 
ae exhiiors do not _know usta months at 
tells them that a 
2 egy Society—a success to 
> 
But a Judge, to be satisiactory to who come panera a8 8 , it crumbles down 
before for judgment, not only be . | 10 a powder, and is found to with a quen- 
er, he should also be above suspi. tity of water ; although it apears quite dry, for the weer 
: Pl | is chemically combined with the lime : lime thus 
cion, For this reason, he ought never to be ed | slaked is left exposed:to the ait combines carbonic 
know exhibitions he is examining, and he | acid, and b 1 di b sche 
be suffered to exhibit himself. f many pcp “ik posi Eset sorn nee sierorrard 
Societies, it is the practice the into Byer sore ics Medial sik wamined 
and to allow a Judge im one elass to exhibit in | it h f : cot i the 
be We da say in such meopeon ely is however a requent ingredi 
Judges will play each other’s hands ; but we are | in large beds constituting what is called plaster-stone, 
rear ob tie taame ee 2 yntuacaag vad pb erdee 1 alabaster ; are all compounds of lime 
it, and w afraid th : ph d ommon plaster of Paris ah sul. 
phate d y 
often been well founded. wif as ihe. Fades have no in | which if naterally” always contains, and when mixed with 
mputation can- | » small quantity of water it recombines' with it and be- 
not attach comes a hard, dry, solid sub . The burning of gypsunt 
The success of the gr eat exhibitions 2 ve Hiorti- | to make plaster of Paris is quite diferent from the burn- 
which there ing of chalk to wae hgrre i in vee fe case the 
vastibains | 22 
ee " 
3 . Pps 
pesos 
prizes may have 
Ree w 
dening and not oe te If this were ot 
it would be a Botanical, n 
are placed 
common things! “ Whata sei says Mr. 
peice hit pew hai cad 
they ing 
and that the a’ awards, if erroneous, are 
* RURAL CHEMISTRY.—No. XII. 
anata bak i gitomer par ts of a a mix ture of various in- 
me! don’t you 
key aarp 
Hed } g, eth, 
? 
Vealy, hs Pot 41 sy 1, 
iF tal s 
hy, 
that is to sav. they seem t ie 
Pe 
to form soy The most in 
porant ofthe earths ‘which ae bases as called Tim 
) and alumine. 
Lime, in its pure con oe ba ee eet ic substance, | 
great 
inly cause 
of lime, 
very small quantity, greatly influences its us 
estic purposes. Th 
lime of much i mee, and which has already been 
mentioned. This This B the Tt is found in smalt 
emuiy in many plans and forms & great part of the 
solid matter of the bones of animals.—. 
ON THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND 
PRESERVATION OF HEAT, WITH REFER- 
ENCE PARTICU eee TO THE. IMITATION 
OF CLIMA’ og CONSERVA’ od 
with. 
air has little power to heat or 
becomes | carbonate of 
‘het = potash, being no- longer combined ppl an 
and limestone ; it is St acoigeg Secronare | po 
Meatates & conshtecete 
"Hime ; to cool. { suspect, pasuae! that with th 
the ee n of 
| those particular leaves Fea which the s hot 
air have been urged for sake of prodcing a visible 
te se 
of air- tin: 
n the body of the: 
dal erefore, for a consider- 
te ae et with the g oo roof, and _ at upper 
aii gaia’ 
heat 
“part of the wa 
ned fr +h 
os 
ae a | 
¥ 2 process something bape this, in my opinion, 10% 
fee 8, — indeed many other modes ef artificia 
in accidentally. 
operation is sequized to >a 
