fat 
im 
* found to be anything ay inieiine to the fed of leguminous 
plants 
Aue. 28.] 
THE GARDENERY’ 
se a 
567 
bony considered that Magnesia was not itselfhurtful to vegetation; 
its ence i in limestone used for agricultural purposes might pro 
Pp ver ; for when burnt and then ‘applied 
i mn. 
y i akg com- the thermometer rises to Tb” . _in n December _ it it sinks. to 
~_ deables the “crops of P 1 Cabl nd is | 22°. 
Ts erage than "sable dang— (the highest about 1800ft.), and er with alluvial soil. 
Me c Pa ‘aper —The = mitocope pat been ably | em- 
pore h by b 
Meteasie Paper of 1686, and which he states is a — ct 
of Confervee and Infusoria, now existing on ou r globe. 
Deri ction ag the “Word ce magaenrdoy his word, now 
familiar to English readers as the name .of the fabulous 
of Meteoric Paper, and which fell near Rauden, in Cour- 
of fertitising 1 pilates in ining m ie = sete, a nde wne: a tend a DE 
decomposition they cont ra ieg sterile; and proposed in oe r 
pi basey p beamed sccelerate the disintegration, by pouring upon the sub- | thickly matted together, with rema ins of a Nostoe, 29 well- 
soil Soil dilut ted sulphuric acid nance Ha couye of Infusoria, and me cases of Daphina 
Mr. Prideaux suggested that great advantage might be deriv pule: OF t ree Tntusori ‘ight nly have siliceous 
in the serpentine district of the Lizard, from spreading over pd lorie, the wr ter eee: 8 Tx the nies, 
surface a thin layer ofthe iron pyrites, which being so abundantly ’ ay ; 
supplied in t tho immediate neigabogr ur hoo <i would be very inexpen- | Paper of Schwaz a peat Sadr found Conferva capil- 
ive Te enEpe m when Ww ledhay vane “wo, ory athe laris, C. punctalis, and Oscillatoria limosa, along with 
ic acid to com < ge ie eget he rock, and oxi 
wees Ghich is ‘awn to be favourable to vesstation.— pra - ine ; Speci ies of In nfusgtia, | Sc. In a mass found 
lember fe: th enic combine t Swed ), Infusoria, “7 
nts. Dr. Daubeny also stated that he had made many y experi- 
ments—watering plants with water containing arsenious acid, | 
pk that certainly it did not appear to him lve it exerted any in- 
os SERS, unless the water was very strongly impregnated 
a pap m Manures, con 
pH this is paper he discussed 
ures can be considered 
aubeny also aught forward a 
as Stimulants iy 0 Vegetation. a 
nourish the animal, but, by their presence, induce its s 
surfaces to assimilat eadily the substances presented to 
them. Ni es a fit subject for inquiry, whether man’ 
operate ii former manner or in the latt d likewise whe- 
i act less beneficially at subs 
the po an of some Conifers were yield red, —Mi 
scope Journal. 
Latent rs etation.—Some ground turned up in Bushy- 
ark last yinter, which had apd not been disturbed 
since ag time of mares I., was covered in the following 
i Sg oes and wild Raspberries, 
of whi ch oe in wprst neighbourhood 
atwral Histey of Chusan.—A brief printed account 
ached of the Dr. Cantor, 
s 
—The following were the an bs: d oar 
lected at Chusan tilio? Canis sinensis, Felis catus 
is (wild cat), Manis (the Beis an, species), 
Sus, Equus caballus, E, asinus, Bos taurus (allied t 
he Brahmuny bull), Capra. None Ag the larger wild 
bi r, most likely in consequence of a thick popu- 
- Of domesticated ek the pig, ofonsira th 
most favourite anima i igiously numerous. 
Few horses and oxen, the latter ok par earn for the 
their full effect upon living matter when frequently tea.» | Plough. Goats numerous. _Few wild _Virds ft wae 
Dr. Daubeny adduced several facts, which led to the inference chiefly 
e nitrates of soda and of potass operate favourably upon | sparro s. Of dom ted fo sl i—-geese, i a 
cortale crops by communicating $0) them nitrogen: gud Tab Wie i 1, nial, — large size ze ane cellent gesilty. “Tie 
reason why these salts soneues have appeared to 1 land = 8 Sou thera 
in a worse condition t pees their use, is not owing to their ail gaa reptiles collec : 
being Bue i: ut therefore am ‘ ers le to m ee bate cag ta quoted, , he Nak h 1 
is because the supply o ‘ogen affor ie decom. ceription In Chusan the Naja appears the only venom- 
position of the nitrates, had caused the plant to absorb a lar, 
portion hose other ingredients, s hate of lime, | 9US te srestes ial serpent. None se! - larger § Saurians. All 
silicat s, &c., which are present o limited quan- we faring of reptiles are tropic: 
tity in the soil, thus tending to exhaust it of these materials, and e fre: sh-w ater fis hes a are tropical forms, with ~ ex- 
Pomona, theses an Ra or rp to be produ m the followi ill 
year. ow, though it may be true that the nitrates in this man- 
ner indirectly stimulate the vital energies of the plant, yet it was speci ies. Litt of the Pelagic fishes, as un nfor 
conceived that the t timulus had bette: Funaely the Seth the exam nye of most 
five 
th 
m abstract te d from it in too larg: 
The second—a more prac' cheme—is to estimate, in the first 
apt men Ad these substances exist in the crop taken off 
’ ‘o add to it at | it 
Gentes oe quivalent quan’ 
trates, 
More extended and ex ; ea to the amount of 
alkaline and earthy salts. cae of nitrogen 
» present in Bist various 
pet ee by the farmer, as well as in the 
fn an 5 od Protease ofessor Liebig, that chemist 
a series of experiments on 
om mine, a modification of gluten found in Beans, Peas, and 
it ic tenes uu and has arrived at the conclusion that 
t is identical with the casein in mailk of animals, being precisely 
Similar in compo taining 
ene i i 
Packt en ma fo 
other inhabitants, who dese the vicinity of the 
oglish, reser molluses, considering the *Timited extent 
of me ete, mber of genera is remarkable. The 
Lym e to L. rivali 
L ga ieee 
Hirudo? ( (head hape of a 
in the by 
Mr. Griffith i in the aa hills in 1836. 6.) “O Crustaceans, 
aE , 
Pagurus 
nids were observed, remarkable for their specific and 
few 
‘os 
BY 
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oF 
“4 
43 
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ibs 
lg 
5. 
o 
gg 
=i 
Ht 
iJ 
Bio 
~ 
3 
gy 
B b> 
a 
8 
g 
‘2 
tember, 
Nymph _ Speci 
Thlaspi bursa pastoris ? Beater, roar 3 Rese- 
daéee, Reseda luteola ? ? Oralidacee, Gealis prscanide vE 
pericacee, H m montanum, and aps ratu : 
should be written Bareeyets: it literally 
signifies Lamb, and is derived from Baran—Russian for 
Sheep.—W. 
GARDEN MEMORA 
Knowsley Hall—the seat of t! aril of Derby— ry large 
et gee rmar ge situated wae, igus miles north. cba vi, Liver- 
pool, and two mil 
I, miles of the ket-town of Prescot; the west front 
of the all imap an extensiv giotks over the flat plain 
leading from it towar: ea rr i 
ito 
all of» which co 
notice 
cualee of the lake has been beeceea byt the re prese 
most eryence sare com paca the Bi 
pda architect 
xk  haaieok, 
ie best afi may be 
and the ceilin, 
bein; ing of a Ho e- description com: ro a ae ee ne style. 
‘k in which the Hall is egy is between 15 16 miles 
greater part o' 
‘ 
on whe ee the ast few years by the 
The gardens at Knowsley are 7 
extensi bee oes tie forcing and Kitchen m departments ; the 
kitchen | euronr contains about seven statute acres, and is enclosed 
wall belt of trees ; 
umn, 
an 
are many fine — drives in the park, and a great many im- 
prove! within these last 
present 
by a high wall and it is divided by two hot walls, 
¢ longitudinal! t tow it; the wails of the kitchen- 
den are well s jeg Peach, t ¢, Plum, Apricot, 
Cherry, ai Leni Pear tree: hi il of the kitchen- 
garden is a stiff w cc tome it is, however capable of producing 
good crops. The Kit hen-garden is divided into four quarters ; 
the al Lge , fro cing garden is 
e Si 
d culinary hig ae partm: 
with the exception oft the flower-garden ; however, 
ere is a good col collection of Cape 
idaceo: may be 
latter isa kag map ay TH Earlof Derby is very par- 
ji to ied esi and his excellent collection may be attributed 
a great measure to the exertions of his nn a collectors, 
Ses are in the world, and 
at Knowsley 
 ~ escempti heseription 
iculart 
antiacez, C 4 
pore — ane i ; ll ie 
sypium “Hibiseus ; g testes i; gf HHS elas: Soa eX 5 
spam many species ; argo a. dm TB Dry. |S 
jalus pi th A ‘ot a Prunus 
aioe, Gam “irae ; = » and Chi moras , Fra- 
graria ; ; &. Pomee, — Pyras, 
Conia 3  Mirtaze, yea Panica — Regan 
; Crassulacee. 3 
eos iacee, edics helix ; Apiaceae, Ceram ¢ carni, Daucus 
Carota ; Caprifoherea. Sambucus japonica ; Cucw cur bite 
cee, Ganon 
nition to that substance, and besides con 
CELLANEOUS. 
meee sof ‘Wert t. 1 ee splat }—This com- | 
is cath 
‘worm, oh, lend me thy light, 
I must 
pes gather the mystic St. John’s wil dee 
make me usbae 
whose leaf 
will 
cies), M See balsamina Tew cen h 
inh Senecio, Ch santhemum i sis, 
more bBo es "Rosmarinus officinalis, a 
Origanum ? and 
tabacum, D; metel, Rolemnass 9 barge aa 
i ; Convoloulacee. 
te ws Polygonum (several uy fos 
acetosa, Rheum; C. a a maa ect 
Urticacea, M igra and 27mg ume 
lus iupulus; Juglandacee, Juglans a0 Cc — 
Quercus——? Salieacee, Salix , and another; 
Conifere, Pinus ——? Juniperus ——? Zingibera- 
cee, rae officinalis. Borassus, —_ 
fruit, and 
in gardens, <a wee ln. Plctags Ls <nginad 
lium ——? 
pareged in pas' 
flock = Knowsley, an the wool ‘spon them 
S Lordship has bred = England is found a be much 
from South Ameri cogs a re detailed 
into Cham- 
Al 
cassowary, 
delight visitors by their-grotesque figures " 
re is a numerous collection of carnivorous ahem qrtig a 
of wl SURTORE Tie Ve eee cal The ponds in the 
gr 
g to give per- 
wishing to see these pice on either tom 
pero of curiosity or amusement.—({From « Correspondent), 
August 1th, 1841. 
Rebiehos. 
A feu Plain Remarks upon the New Poor Law consists 
Allium (several wo poamay* 
n, Oryza, Zea 
which is stigmatise some persons as “ unjust, arbi- 
trary, ——— ae unchristian,’”” is is neither pad beso 
un ciple : 
industry of 
opinion, pet the 
d gS 
| relief, but their wf 
| to remain out of 
