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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[N° 22, 
much importance to the readers of the ‘ Chro- | 
Pag to be treated lightly, and 
Site etree 
The _ouly one which is found native is the 
hate h 
property:af alumine. This earth is able t bine with | short; it formes a a small tree, from 15 to 20 feet high, on repeat 
ds. but th ik. cee astly ¢ y littl L co ne 
importance, d hard: 
bale: P. age ;_ this gigantic species belongs to the 
7 RURAL CHEMISTRY —No. XII. 
Pibipicates of lime is b y no mean 
stance, but it exists i 
Traces of 
aa in almost all 
abundant sub- 
quintit yt in a great man 
Laat send tra Ps found in the 
plants and ani Tt 
Thus” we 
wheat a nth 
ich ‘constitute part of the food of man ; t a we find 
in considerable 
one which shy feed. bn 
it-is only found in certain ehia and oe limited 
quantity. 
family, with five very short leaves 
f 
rs 
‘ 16. Mies ee or the pesos Fi tof the Mexicans ; 
pari cosa they contain, from the 
oie the 
CONIFEROUS P PLANTS.—No. I. 
pinto Plant vary so much, that to give more 
so 84 sEArered! 
din the a t will 
ecessary ~ =. the peat (os 
time to time, “ati aitifig with it 
re than a 
f the treatment required for each would 
be tedious, and few, if any, places of moderate extent 
could be found favourable for the growth of all. . For ex- 
some are found in swampy abhi while — 
ing phosphate of lime » and this is done- by manuring. 
mple, 
only pa the most exposed and m 
and spur When m lpate of iene is mixed with ico, attain. 
sulphate of f potash, the g 150 fe ght, and diameter, [r 
f al d potash, | grows on th ti ay tp 
or common alum. is added t luti 8000 or 900 t, and is sre, rdy 
of » the oe oF oe will decomposed, ae Tr takera, or North-west American 
pure ph will be separated, and walesee of potash 
alone remains in solution.—£. Ist _Division—Five-leaved; these tenderest. 
ni 
hardier, 
17. Pinu 
ifornia growing = 
alifornia 
stand an ordinary wi 
e genus. 
Laas P. califérnica ; hak the leaves mostly in threes, but 
maetim a ound ia a sheath,” The cones are 
to the soil, and none a propor rtion as bo 
which are likewise cechl i in am ways emma evpply 
ing phipphate of lime to mae oil. Phosp' f lime 
is easily decom] by the more powerfal Picas nich as 
sul wri acid end mar tie seid a former case 
evi 
Piper drag acid 
le sulphate will be formed, 
be ete solution ; and i in the latter, a clear solution will be 
erchpert aod to Bourne) “They all 
grow tolerably well.in any soil which 
hen 
the plants are two or years old before planting out, 
sere hg met gna een ene 
— a five-leaved species w with long cones, 
tot rébus or W 
y the common level of the | is hardier than either of the ene, Pe ones “cli- 
paps Se gets easily soluble in when. a ipcher 2 
ae eee cuts cee pet to lime, begstend Soukittle eh spe — se , when jerry ~ bao uy etre ae au a a = a ony 
abundant. t occurs usually in - | they should be watered, and bare barra a branches, 2d pone ra leaved; with robust stems, 
neaion with lime, forming what is ca stuck round them as a screen from the sun. The object ves, and cones; one cone weighed 4 lbs. when 
stone, which is a mixture of carbonate of lime and carbo- of this notice is: to give only a Senet outline of the received from Doagias. 
a ~The commonest forms ich hardiness, and locality of the or little-known | 20. Pinus macrocérpa; leaves three in a sheath, and 
nesia is found, are the carbonate, th 4 ds of 4 Ibs. each: 
ps tng eae hate. sometimes mt countries, and mark the — , if any, — found growing om 3060100 high nd 
with th roc f 1 i se RT te re a a i EE SET a ir IEA in company with the next nthe 
which it bly modifies. When the carbonate of | *""gue Meena 1. her three-leaved 
agnesia is stro it p + with’ ita : BeTION evel with 2. P. Sabinidna ; another ie eon kor 
acid, and the pure earth magnesia is: obtained. This not tobe ao hardy a the whlch hoped cally inguished from each other. It 
earth is almost. insoluble in water, and far s Deane aienaie. was found growing from 110 ft to 140 ft. high, inhabiting 
caustic than lime ; it also has less affinity mie | 1s Pol Tonctee a three-leaved “ 
sn oe oes when left exposed to the air, it does not, | like those of P. sylvéstrin, found by M. Sesees at a| Cordillerasof New Albion. This is not so hardy as the P. 
ce lime, rapidly become d into carbonate by | place called Ocotillo near Real del Monte, growing from | macrocarpa. 
absorbing ‘carbonic acid from the air, but remains for a | 40ft. to S0ft. high; and is probably about’ a6 as hardy as P. 3d Division.—Short-leaved; all either Spruces of 
long time caustic ; and when a magnesian lime- ‘— 4 
stone is burnt in a limekilo, the quick lime obtained of 5 gens also three-leaved, {ore se < 22. Abies senisbitins leaves simple, cones much larger 
contains ic nu : a, which posed to th or 7Of. hich. tlike them in shape. It was found 
air, will remain caustic long fter the lime has all become  Gecdete i ser Sys onres in Northern Calbraia, 2! was sent home, by 
t ante -< + it is for this reason that ugh ege- a than what the name conveys. 
§ Magnesia cannot be used for V by Mi 50ft high, It is quite hardy, bu 
: posed by any more powerful 
“When acted on by sulphuric fs sulphate of magnesia i 
in we rnc of pen seems ie ae than 
recedii 
the “P 
- Devoniana ;' 
noble rca gre with the leaves in 
aver, and cones a foot ig, Se 
1 the Ocotillo ne ear Real 
ap 
easily dissolve ved by 
weak ti 
io thar a fine 
is from the nei, del Mente, 
5. ‘and rare th the oeotieom 
leaves, which are from I4in. to Ibin. in in lengthy five in a 
sheath. It of Real 
23. A. grandis ; the 2 iene of this noble Firare aga 
mple ; oes sign 
ewe my aa moist valleys, and is quite hardy. 
poorer hee the leaves of this species are simple 
; the co are very ith 
timber is said to be of excellent quality, , and the tree is 
where Mr. Hartweg only found one small tree, b 
fc It is 
ieee setae eae 
is as hardy as as the others | _ 
25. A. Menziésii ; a handsome Spruce Fir, with small 
sharp-poin ted glaucous s leaves and oblong cones. It is 
Celifn 
6. P. Psetido Strébus ; anothey five-leaved species at. 
Gera. ara 
like the edi 2g, the ng ois aes is. said to be excellent. It 
; i anrdeies Chovatth i 
at an elevation of 8000ft. above the seat ; itd 
7. E Ieiophy'lla has five leaves in a sheath, and small 
ON iia —— OAKS. 
Ix looking over I observe 
on 
gt asda be considered as hardy as any of the 
P. sgnlacta Gam five-leaved species, from the 
wing from 30ft to 40ft. high it is 
mentioned i in the article 2a tan ” of fee soe Car 
£ + % * . 
sess ws: purp 
Talculice: 0 are applied are as medicines. 
ine, or pure clay, the last of the earthy _ isa 
: dnt « and widely diffused s abs tance. It curs 
omnes another earth called silex, and com- 
quantity of water. ses is sometimes found j 
Vv a 
mountains 
attaining a large size. 
10. P. filifélia; a splendid species, five 
rea apcrcnig’ 18in. Tong —— The tree attains a 
und on the Volcan del Fuego, in 
 tolerably hardy. 
has the leaves ie Sete op8 rather | 
form. All the 
iS properties from | S 
deh which : eo contain; and the whole ; 
pottery, bricks, tiles, &c., are entirely de 
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