THE GARDENERS sBROutehE 
ts cells ; its fluids become t thinner, 
15 5 CTE SES csty_ 
ceous plants, which I think will be d de: f 
notice. I ae strong i or stem of a 
a 
barked, of a suitable height; and Thad pieces: of barked | 
the ex- 
ts tissue is areata and perspiration com- 
ae b 
mences, ages effect a ea fo jays into play the ab- 
2 wood, cut in sorbing power oi t the. whole ma- 
: various len, gths ani and nailed on, crossing each other in aif. nery of ve; ion See i t whi 
3 feren' t directions, with the knees or elbows pointing out- different piepte can sustain very ie rent; those of 
wards, ti 1 countries require a of eck hese sg: ‘would kill 
‘a. Bom ophy ; moss wae then tied on where it | was those of tscops and when removed ther: per ish 
thotght treats, and bits if jaca o the 
supports, a and the plants vailed or tied on with wire, or open air. , When the ales is permanently too high 
over-excit! tk 
simply p Ps 
soil and for Tor. ose 
he sit toe down its own temperature. 
of this infe 
ason in 
perspira- 
to hay i 
ous evaporation, and . 
F : 
and moist, though Pease. pec aap 
this principle it seems not improbable, the gies of 
the vigour and laxuriance of Melon plants in in the hottest 
wood. “The plants in front throve exceedin ngly well, 
those we hes back to the wall _Were found to grow 
weak a erish. Ar. 
Seymour, who has pn merit in ‘carrying ; the plan into 
of the a are peer of ‘solidifying ene its excitabi- 
lity is expended, view pga are deranged, and a 
of debility i b h 
of. “the posts, of aay the lower one is let 
e€ up 
t into a hole 
a stone, a er is inserted into a a ring 
which, forming a dense shade, preserves the soil cool, 
from their large leaves by 
keeping them aie counteracts me heat of the solar rays 
me beds 
OD; PES 
ing of tem pmperature, hi in ag ee, 
feebled “sate, ‘affects them more than in other circu 
ot season so! 
were planted th the: Sweet panel the pitiron zareni 
of which oe covered the soil as with a carpet 5 from 
1 to 
d the 
ae wire “fastened either under a rafter or 
1 
Rut cf +h > ae pail 
eatin 
f fluid by veld 
soe tm 
with its plants pnt pig at the slightest touch. 
a 
whole season, ger Daca): drop of water, appa- 
rently from t! as the soil under them was 
gardener moves them a little every time he com! 
! Pad 
kT, 
es into 
the foot d 
n be formed, the old lea aptie Se tnd is 
3 6 txt, 
e fall light or totally obscured ; 
facility i is given clean them. 
pen # these sensing es bears a lous number of 
with eas and the greater ae of my ee ten 
ier ; ia ing eae n them much to amy s satisfacti 
ee 
ments it appears, that high Seater . with moisture 
leads to the p 
secretions are porrr pint than the parts to — | 
8 
egrees cooler than that 
of high ties on a 
plant is to stimulate and exhaust its excitability, and en- 
L cotati powers of assimilation: the primary 
Indian h 
| weaeh dryness, wit within certain limits, it is feypurable to ihe 
formation of all kinds of ‘secretions. 
Jug. 18.—A paper on 
season without ah * of dun ing or “or pots, W: oa, G8 
Mr. William ardener to the Rt. Hen. Wan 
Sturges Bourne, PALS. The author stated that h 
that 
usceptible of being acted o 
Heat 1 eat by its stimulus aisles & 
tability, ani ong 
continued would extent it altogether. Netare prove 
and requiring no’ attention in in Tegulating its bccdshion 
because the natural average warmth of the subterranean 
gainst this mente y the perio ‘odical 
and heat of eaey and night. 
part of the plat | is tee ie 
evaporation reg rg merge c. 
aq 
the excitement subsides and reaches its 
the i cae Plants, therefore, like Cee pes ae their df 
s of action Pak ecg During the day t their 
"The Matide hile Aiarves Jor 111. 8vo, 
is is not ofiee aioe of an Almanac that we look 
for original it 
ormation. ere, howev 
large as a London Directory 
mation of an. interest 
¢ matter varie 1 Indian Gardenin, t is 
not, Saree La a nature to es a : eee reriow 58 a 
ad tracts will show in what r the subjec' 
sated 
The first article is ed “Hints on the Theory | and 
Practice of Gardening ; 
and pers the pcos ath ceases, the w 
is made good thepueh.. sh abnorption by byt papas roots. The a = 
teration of seasi ae the like 
a scan a more S eeheeied oe This is very evident 
temperate zones, whee 3 aa: ‘cold of wines sale gon 
vegetation for months ee rest , and endes & plant 
ie OS thee w degrees of an rs | 
tation. touch less 
means. At the pre: resent seas 
vations made during 
shine, shi 
| Keri up night a e ‘the stimulus and excitement 
which the pint is gery The object 
dation ent this accumulation of heat about 
period 
e of moisture on the soil are 
with great yo 
“While treating of 
be 
som uch water as the particles of earth can retain around 
sp itis i 
| ee ee he oe ae is observable, as 
indicated by the fall of the leaf of some trees and the 
t during some part 
ountry, therefore, "pots or boxes in which seeds are sown 
Bo uld be filled = light soil, easily percolated by water, 
interesting. of the hot season. This wonderful similari rity of effects placed i in well-s tered s situeene and covered, to 2 
“ ' Heat. —The effect po high Sesperetatey the greatest in living beings, originating in the action of opposite ex- rapid evaporation caused y our 
Irre ions of heat, light, 
requires to to be more fully considered. The extremes of tion which it seems to merit from philosophers, and no | and mulstre, by wih th pro s of ination is some- 
temperature which plants are capable of b Before, | times accelerated, Sometimes retarded, should be partic 
italit: y <pl ti n be given, it is indispensably such irregularities are apt to de- 
S but it is known, some seeds y be boiled and still h l the proportion usually } stroy the young =rerg in sowing seed of plants of cold cli- 
. d I Pp in thi. try, the te: is ge high er 
‘ cold known on the earth. Sir John Hereche _observed pesceathny aac aoa ae for, considering the what is most | us in Europe, 
: il of hi great importance of heat. in % economy of plants, this | and probably leads to a loss of many, which either do not 
: 59° Fahr. between 1 and 2 p.m. and aig rit Ret fr, knowledge is, for the purposes of Fes a of the great- germii or ¢ plants soon An instance 
4 Borie fine Ap in 0 et wits while a thermo . Fromo s made in Europe, it t | of this kind was lately ec lieated to us. Two parcels 
4 b d to deduce th of eed, one direct from Europe, the other 
113 aS the air and earth within the — Thus it is ascer- | saved in srt ge were sown at the same time. . They 
mise pape rhe it 148°. In Indi d that i f th bot d ly fi bly, but the former all died 
So far as w able to ascertain, no similar set of is between two and three degrees higher than that of the d ab ; the lat. 
bee been made, but there is to infer, | air bably t ‘still: survive, @, and are “vigorous healthy plants. We 
from known data, when ject is more attended India. This inference is confirmed by one set of observa- have heard it asserted that the idea of acclimating either 
ia, the heat of the soil, during our hot weather, in New Grenada, the mean temperature of the air or animals is visio 3 this ca: lead to 
be found — Foxy? than either of f! of ‘which f for the Boiss rg month is about 843°, Pig that it 1 Lettuce, Turnip, Be Sa Carapt see, 
ne for example, that at one foot below the rr during saved, in Madras, were sown.on the Nee and 
get Cabbages, Caalidomers, Knoll-kolls, &c. to flower in summer. “Aeonding to i of | were found to answer much better and produce finer 
the Carnatic, wh ing of seed of tl earth a during the er Lag of aden than those raised from 
Coal an article of trade, vis constantly practised. Dr. | December, 5 eco February, and March, should be be- 
ra Rnantscpa that in yy org rica, he had observed | tween 794° and 81°; P cape of ~ rhage of the Thames in 
but the Sephemesabaaiid in | July, one foot below a menee has been parse be arg j 
whisk the Secnsseistte sie: oe is not mentioned, which | 64.81°. So great pe 1 heat 
leaves room to suspect the ent was imperfectly p 
conducted, aa Mr. Fogo, of Edinburgh, succeeded in ob g their exci 
taining in July, at that place, with a large thermo Bitty. pr a powers, ~) thereby senaorel j 
having the ball coyered with black wool, an indication of | them adequateiy to perform the funi 
150°. In India, it is e a th r so pre- | by which their food is conyerted into suitable nourishment. 
pared, or the ball simply by smeared over | Js it possible in any way so far to obviate these injurious 
With a mixt of gum an -black, and suspended of excessive heat as to enable us to cultivate plants 
fully exposed to the "3 rays, wo d, some seasons, colder climates in wa ri ? This is an interest. 
indicate as a. occurrence a haps a | ing question to the tropical horticulturist, but caunot, 
little short of 200%. At this season (December) it rises to | believe, in the present state of our 2 receive a 
130°. In repeating such observations it is desirable that . If, with the view of affording. plants 
treble sets of experiments should be made; one with the | of col P we cultivate them 
instrument y susp , ti k th p f of light, the agent by the 
the air; another having it ee ith the | aid of which the vital forces of vegetation are enabled to 
ground, to show to what extent the surface accumulates water and carbonic acid, by they 
-heat from absorption of the sun’s rays; and the third set and carbon in a solid formed. co 
at lft. and 2ft. deep, to ascertain temperature at | tity of carbonic acid mn} being in proportion to | tion Ovi 
| ‘the depth to which roots usually extend, In the second | the quantity of light which strikes the leaf, and the healthi- | it is m my there ences ay ‘well: sone 
, set the thermometer should not be placed in herbage, as i , i- | nutritious flees to ef ect this 
Mr. Foggo found another thermometer si — : to the quantity of light it re~| uriance by stint! ating heir _ supplies of water, and ‘giving 
but resting on herbage indicate only 119°. These obser. | ceived by day. far to prove that we err win, Any ort to pau : 
Yations are introduced here in the hope th: berg He er | when we endeavour a cooler climate by pean rants in ees 
horticultural amateurs will be i it of prin et 
publish the is 
zi 
Fane in raising e arly 
Pat one it cool, while o 
a constant supply of moisture 
as a succulent vegetable, § yet may 
it | showing flower or frnite : 
ro onr a 
the 
Celery, 
t 
