Pave sic 11.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. ; 595 
HORT woaticu need “in OCIETY OF LONDON. because Mr. Thomes, who exhibited sixty stove and leaves, and in th h, a plant 
OTICE is iven, that t 
ill al 5 a in each month durin; “Oct ber, armth, mois ture, and the e prese ce of air; 
N soa Hee ember, and January; yiz.:—on Oct. sth, Nov. means, in pickin ng o six more, with which roe bat sub rh ag Tequires, in addition - ‘theed phate 
and, Dec. 7th, and Jan. 18th. people could not possibly ontend. By the present sare — It is the oxygen of the air alone which is 
% 21, Regent Street, Aug. 13th, 184 net cottons: ~ erson will not be allowed to o the germination of — as the nitrogen being 
: ow both a lar, “per a small dalibedan of aura stove | ! is qui te useless in dim minishe 
th. e 
a= | sho 
The Gardeners’ Chronicte. mega ce Por the other, "This regulation | 3 Pe ever, very asful sering t 
one or the o ta tion 
i : | dilute the oxygen and amcor its acting t apidl Seeds 
—— ¥ is s hat we can anticipate no objection to . on in Satay at 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER i, 1841. the fo tof « any reasonable a unselfish exhibito: | bes ccintetote peak aod on he 
| unheai . n ie 
“{yeetisos ry =e euetke _ Everything relating tos seedling Flo rists’ flowers ‘has next stage of the growth of plants, or when 7 have 
Loca S isos Sept. 14, To ears Hoole ‘Garienn, Worcester. nr . They them- | leaves, they be egin to gto carbon hon the air re of 
= ae etead, Tanawroreh. | selves, and = si cateore to special my a The judges parting with it, and this —— do by decomposing the car- 
are restrain rom considering any flow wer am bon id acid alway n th : 1 
w that the ru les which i ch it is intended to observe | them that is not named. This ; “4 very im aa or poner ei, we Wc 
: at “ Exhibitions to be held next year in the garden | precaution, and the absence of ity was july s pee a t ja the earth, th 1 i where 
i of the Horticultural Society of London have been pro- | of observation on th f f esponde’ ed to 
4 mulgated, we must beg the A prensa! —- wrth readers | last week (p. 58 It ( the influence'of air and moisture ; the pro ey are 
ga : (p. 581). s attended with ‘great public : y 
to point out in what respects we consi sider them -ierreagee calle — , that is, above the ee point o} 
essentially improved. without s ecifying to which ; be se th di cg ip bi L ger uMteite apd: peciace: planta: Relow 
In the Yarst place, the manner of exchanging the ott Le prety s (aga ings pete emperatare ® seeds cannot germinate, because, as has 
medals one for another, or for articles of plate, has }, | been already pa | the action — is in the role net 
been simplified; and the introduction of two new the” same, merit. melas te to ie gained a| so cold as to ass a eunerene thes ealid Po oe aoe pa ~ 
meat evar oe lower than any of thong formeely Jal asa ee at one of ome neces ws of the Horti- deep in rhe soil, the free access of air tothe seeds will be 
e other higher than the Large Silver, and | cultural Society r ded b public cas a war- rded, 0 h: h 
bver om the Gold Banksian—will ound to be y £ — zer ) Or even perhaps w nt ae and sassy 
veoh advantage to the RY This ar. ] uch a rule ebm indis- | ture of the soil too 
will often enable t 'Sndges to confer wrichrtg ‘We elie; however, that practically the clayey soils allow a tees ver action es air _— those 
i of aistinetion em small exhibitors, to who = a 
medal could not with riety be assigned. It will | bee rmer, therefore, the process wr ges 
Fopriety igne n more frequently injurious to the exhibitor than more slowly. When the — plats sppecr et 
h is changed 
also secure to sain exhibitors a higher prize than the | to the public j for the judges, not eins ae in sepa- 
» havi 
Be sl a saris — ts Spas ys taber- 
and was most sapnasion ¥ dif f together with the presence cone sr ae oe pally or 
Prejudicial toy he, See je clae of growers the growth of plete plant : ee the formation of dies attached to the 
Large Silver, by furnishing the judges with a medal | rate ic rate from the second-ra’ ; 
lower than the Gold Banksian ; and what is of more | passed the qe of them by. erred by ey se and ns being no longer pre- 
importance still, it will render it possible for the The last subject to which we hat | ohie . ee a 
judges to apportion the medals with more precision, of Fruit. The exhibition in a ir vo estab-| The roots of a plant require little more than moisture ; 
according to the comparative merits of the exhibitors. | lished the fact that there were plenty of fruit-growers | and the ine which they obtain from the soil contains 
This, and the securing the judges an ne hour | able and willing to compete on these occasions, if op- those saline and gaseous matters which the plants want, 
for considering their award, will, it is to med, | portunity is afforded them, and sufficient encourage- ammonia, and the 
render the distribution of prizes as Sea as it is | ment given. That the country growers are at least | fluence of light, and oor they obta; up 
in = ero, of things that it should be. equal to those near re is also aged: pacity by | into bg air. Sisdogs ee aon — ‘rom the fe lg, or 
ecasion just and | covered up, either artificially, or by the of sur- 
cled - ae shied a correct list of che names of all by such Eigbortoni as that of Cragin freed Mr. | Tending plants, the action of light is impeded, and they 
the objects exhibited by them. This is now fer uired aati ew Wilson’s gardens, Jast Tuesday placed on 
in order that the officers of thé Society may ie the | the tables of the flortic ultural, Sacer er Regent- neal. « Boney one knows that under these circumstance 
pa of attaching names to everything put upon the | street. The only 8 thing required is a better mode of | P™ sa “8 in light, and tyr cov hoot, 
~ es, fro som Florists’ flowers Fa ee large oe eral col- packing than is ually adopted, and this is amply | jn a situation where they will be exposed to its influence. 
ctions provided by Mr. Ross 's excellent contrivance, men-| The germination of hey il may be readily effected in 
hs numerous ; ; but there are great practical dsfienl. tioned by us at p. 485. But market gardeners, and | water, although they are for the most part unable grow 
ties abo: at it when so ie time is to ce of ees those he without being so called, regularly grow | and vegetate under that fluid. The change, which under 
tl rap tan such na' aioe. fruit for market, have the same advantage over th di ffec ne in seeds by the oo of 
bag accurate in all r er occasions, | gardeners of gentlem men as nurserymen — in the | the air, ‘is, under these circumstances, caused by the oxy- 
_— won in ben stempte, he plan has f —_ no ee production of flowers ; and boven is now | Abydos se sag Fo ie ag 08 _ zi dissolved 
y an ad our is obtained for the | arranged that market garden ers, iat show or held in ution a water. In n can @ 
cler , It ap more practicable. Tt is so very im- | against one another i aie = or gentlemen’s era aed free oxygen is i Pa some other 
portant a measure, that bye st gardeners will do | gardeners in a separate class. ‘Thus each competitor ‘a arsps res _ wibeame Sons oie Parone er 
ont ee in their power to assist in its execution ; | will be placed on fair ground, “tye and tye, and = toens waite before gee 4 
reps f ¥ pat the expense no nor diligence will | favour,” as the Pk used to say when pighails rocess of malting or converting raw grain into 
on the part of the . worn in the Nay eae +t to b i 
Many slight alterations have been made in the num — i i 
5 f th and glu’ hich the Bar! ntains 
ber of ‘plants to beexhibised : — each head. These ee L Cay Ue a a as gum ‘ and sugar. This is effected by steeping the grain in 
will be readily discovered upon oing through the Tu ortant influence whic ms anced cold bescinioa and then vee eaping it up together on the floor 
subjects of exhibitio mich vegetable a are iach to ee has | ofthe malt house ; itis thus placed in the most favourable 
among Orchidaceous | pla mts, which are to be shown | @lready been alluded to, when speaking of gluten and the conditions for germination, and in consequence the che- 
under two lett. ad of four, an 0 fewhieh| ane ig ilar substances rat 
the number of wo lias’ been Yeduesd: °°’ This-has binge - All these Substances, which peice taal aria | nce. The seeds lose awe pce tag the pres time 
; itt tio the into ~ 
i bom ty In part from the absence of suffi- changes, become comparatively fixed and mpetangee ble convert atric wi, cuonvirty 2 eins the 
|‘ Glent competition amon im flo f thi ’ bryo or young plant eghie: to increase in size, an 
Al E ig the growers of flowers of this | when well sist bei, S Shea ed ary Big: access of w ay from: the heat. evolved by the ches 
| Sort, and in part from th. grain becomes warm from 
# tended their ct lti ti sean ee bo sae S Ds mang tbe aves. of Age oah Ghapes ates mical action. is were suffered to cc ti the 
| - cultivation a the watare of the ee: comprising them. | ..3 gum f db 
bisa less skill is ee of the grower shan 3 ior: Carbonic acid i is form ed by the combination of : piven plant, id Mites eed aS Chine Gaiam andes. ‘when, 
- is add ne the value oxygen of tie alr- | therefore, the process has proceeded to a certain exten’ 
gta an to Orchidaceous AG i | Ehe eonditions panties to the germination of seeds, are | it ig ee the — camera of heat, bea 
Season, amounted to between one hun- TEE coahes th bs ede a therefore, darkness ae the wate ying the grain, destroys 
dréd “and he thirty and forty pounds, we have _— aight appears to be prej , and, there con a mre oer ——— the young 
oug' to satisf| ou - | ALS she TSS er PRS sae Se 
S cemryeo inttad t readers that it has become ne- | TOY 0" ri iit Il secured by a good so | ek Sod distinc 
. of i fice pe f 1 by moi f ade 
ften and swell up the dry Pa OGY. : 
e been reduced within narrower limits tt 08: th dy if isting in the int Apurp —Am e numerous pests to which the 
br sbjeced toa eee Sentntts. Under ihe = cr compos Hig, Hoe son Son isite t Hort: learist it yp Dera subject, the: insects 
or eee ral there was nation: it Tikewise acts eel, its presence os compris sed i a Aphide occupy a Fv ge 
eal ro posi 
pean ogee ling aden te es be ather efiests prodaced hy the ation ofthe ir« When | Homopters, or insects with hi oo oe agro simile 
pec exhibitors strove to produce. s it is now i i ir fined A sah on a! ae: it ‘Their 
ualit 
D who | : ely a sal peat Se ihe at all affected, but the oxygen is Rasy to hare eombined isa i Pace dae laa as it presents to our 
on equal t¢ i : as 
Each A AF Ae feet o of boxes as assi a ei bonic acid, and i in consequence, the insipid pe phe anomalous — it. b “ae a sil iF = ee 
oie ett only twent y ry. sign rch Ae AE Ste a investigated ; pi kn seiais of 
U feet of tables. will = occupied by Roses ile ae Pees Ge ae 7% oo : d ! . 
anaes Sad think, as much aS the Society can x iy hefo fore its pot and leaves are lisoally ite no — Sony - deped a — ees = large x ale, 
© provid es 4 € Hes séc 
Meuts are r j ae nd soil. gs, others have none; and, in general, the wings 
| be provi Meg. ie and. a new large tent wail il have to to | food presented to it bee 4 4 oy same time the << are. ae. Sg gels to the males only, bat great isrogubenity prs 
| f° gs winnie, the are unable to undergo respect among the several divisions ant 
| dueed by yal ae of ern: colouring ta — os: germinat yp pid Sr betes ol era genera of the family, on which account no classification 
2 been sean is pes lace, and th big 
i ropes th ong flo iti ed, and = oxygen an i hydcugea which it con-| structure. Their colour also Vaties Ser and 
pat of great co: uence to Lael pe elemnen pat he vegetable matter, and | in the same syrians socoding to their 
; ¥ sm Sie ohneme a hoe fra en ted hydrogen, and other sub-| tion they have received; ee 
j Prevent i bitors 2 large collections also pro- | mach reliance m this liomsmuaall 
ducing small ; Ones. That they should do so was ; I changes attendant the process of ger- tinction. Bat ae length of. the . 
