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varieties in the collection of the Luxembourg, from but this should be 
Am 
Hungary, Spain, and Italy 
tion received from America th 
from disease are bade found ; and unfortunately 
they are the least 
valua 
M. BoucHARDAT ae that the disease of the at 85 
used b 
Vine is not c Acarus ; that the hypo- |s 
«TORENIA ASIATICA. 
Tun characteristics = hs at Aon va fine plant 
are abundan flow ns of ol 
pete eet i ad wth, pay pi ya. Verse tion. i ING the 
decoration of a cool sant or a warm eee durin 
. 3 surpassed by a 
thing wh ll ossess. 
I find on old Pas whit have bloomed ar 
ue a second season, and therefore a sufficient | 
es pana m 8 kept up. These may 
be propagated : at two | seasons, spri ing sae de ee 
nieces 
of young 
8 such as exhibit a emo to e flowers, as 
these will form handsome: gon 
3 than if long-jointed ae ge vite 
are used, 
nelination 
The fi rst lot of cuttings should | wood 
probably be in the course of somi, pot singly in 5- ~~ 
pots, and eee them oist temperatur 
till they have become establishe d. 
temperature will be necessar 
months, and the plants should be 
glass, where —.— be freel 
ing the summer 
placed near the 
prii on all favourable | 
pis — te sunny oreo’ it will be 
afford them a f 
from 50° to 
the plants into their flowering pots. The size 
must be regulated by the taste and convenience of 
on y 
ommence flowering early in spring, and will 
continue to grow and flower for months. 
A second lot of aap: shoul a be got in 3 mid. 
to ha ve them established in 
t th ps 95 
n of the evil is | and bright 8 that the flowers faced the sg 
dr, . 
affected belong to the group of Cots and to that | laima led 
it h 
and bloom 
— 
or a — in the . the . 
|b visible, as if 
temperature o 
high from the middle of November i 
ing | seems 
tempera eee of from 60° to 65° can be in shift 
of ‘these 
> 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [JULY 10, 
a fine sieve, and į be worth recordin „The a 
passed ? z 55 y were met with in Goethes 
mongst the varieties mixed with the sand previous to as it is very apt to | “ T heory of Colou waer 
t ma men- | induce wo! when it is employ oyed i me earanes e in question is to be ascribed to the- 
je 87616. Alpha. | necessary conditions of vision, whi are as follows. Th 
osza Szölö, i 3 12 d from objects remain in the organ 
. (itse ast some time en 5 i 
at varieties entirely MEMORANDUM OF A LUMINOUS 8 eee Thus, ir in w a t xternal 
= CE ON THE COMMON MARI IGO 
s observation kaprini on the 4th of August ae 
0 P a Age The att epee eireum- 
very warm 
e em ing, o 
when ra eye is very susceptible, we look á in 
bars of a window relieved agains 
then shut our eyes or look 
stances were shall see a dar 
and were on a 
e fac 
. The retina appears stimulated to. 
opposite colour, = in ae f 8 dri 
coloured 8 the effect is more ap T 
e | chromatic circle will show whi colour will | be 
ed by this contrast ; thus, gece 5 purple; aon 
of the flowe 3 blue ; red, green ; and vice ö 
ible when partially shaded from the a tee kan ds on O i g: m N 
this aimee was done away Wi with. before ee attention anion 
i he emanati on was this: it flashed hitan my nid 5 raylet is to be a 
It ah S 33 that Ph owers, towards 
in summer, coruscate, become phosphore 
a momentary light. On the 19th June, 1799 
ening, 2 55 the twilight was 
ight, as I w s walking up and down 
omenon which has 
20 0 
ee teed 
others, more aoe, so as to shoe ‘that it’ was — 
r, gene uccession of emissions 
oriental Poppy 
remarkable for their 1 red e ap- 
3 the place, an l attentively i tthe T 
but could pene nothing mo at last, by 8 
and repassing repea ee y we e Tooke L i 
them, we succeeded in renewing t rete appea 
emitted, but wine | wepleased. It prove tobeaphy Aclo gelen sc 
anner which decaying | the apparent coruscation was nothing but the spectrum of 
or fish have their i ag rasgan affected by | the flower, in the com paan blue green colour. In 
This le 8. me to N looking directly a at the flower, the image is not 
t electri uced, but it git rt 3 
Aga 
i To 
I watered over the Fu tai with a view 
to ascertain whe shake the water, being a spe co ss gn 
of ee would carry off the electric matter, so as 
3 discharges; but I found t one 
that immediately after t 
pro- 
c wij as the direction of the 
| piel is altered. n, by lo se, erdei ó n the ob- 
ch, if * e o b malou: wo ae 
to confuse ny theory of this light, and even to 
the save of its bein ight ; induc 
the contrary, a belief 
pen n the action of light oran 
echt 
. ever hose 
effe ect tual means 2 observing the appearance in nature, 
daylight decaye 
5 that as eyes on th 
certain redu purpose, and, immediately after, look = "y p 25 "pe 
Er ill be seen studded with spots 
indeed it re quire a * 
2 een ment is bade 4 a e af day, 
The Ponies pro- 
certain 
i 
t Are * 
£ thi paper was erly prin 
ings of the British 33 ory we 100 rive it entire.) 
plementary colour of the florets which ra 
which 2 3 ably be s or recess re Home Correspondence 
may h Fortune's Chinese Roses.—About pe received from: 
> Horticultural Society se of 
that the 1 fla wg way 
with declining daylight, although "I think that — 
ries mete Be adow had been sent by Mr. Fortas from China; 
n ge 
the ios fall o 
did el aer 
summer, 
5-inch pots previous to riad In March they should be 
placed in a warm growing cae, aes into larger 
pots, and encouraged to make active growth. If all 
goes on well they will be ready for ‘hing into ene 
; Daw t the beginning of August, and will flow 
1 an a — 
4. 
— 
© 
75 plants which 
= young * 1 if there is a 
j Gek ot the latter, the old on 
rubbich- 3 
i story of luminosity in 
plants ; I shall, therefore, just allude to other notices, 
whi “oA E on record on the subjec 
ight obtained from Fraxinella was the result, it is 
I enumera 
se * Fo Dat ape cee 3 
order of their flowering. 
rather bu 
ce, and 
without difficulty pi experim 
remember is, tha’ l . we (Propel majus), 
on being shaken ts flashes, case of the 
Marigold, pots did st produce ay y addition emana- | p 
tion, and I have often in tated 
the Indian Calas without any effect. I am cro er 
ver. In 
the 
after they ha 
the | Dr. Power for an extract 
d 
ve done [another af ie 
Flowers,” which states that certain 
d 
Thr ve said little of 
that is required, 1 but some i 3 
f a vi 
stitute; and but for the treable of fixing the shena tows 
a this is other means of | 
two light | 
small 
Song emn be | 
not to over water them; =| Jó 
= = — 
pieces, rejecting all | 
+ of 1 r sand 
p The statement is made qui 
y some writers, that all orange flowers exhibit vt lasts 
menon 
h 
e that the phosphorescent light of some sub- ee at n 
Fid epends for its production 8 re t perfectly —— — 2 — foe It is as 
1 and whether this be the re- emiss 
t, o 
Oer 
„ roofs, or „ gee 
ission of absorbed | rampant. for a trellis. 3. R. u mulöhora ; 
a 
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37 
ae 
. 
close 
eyes es of light against me serutiny, ene the ae 
or slightly-multi tiplied crown orets o its 
natural characteristic so beautifully peeve se 9 Shak- 
a great deal of room, 
feet | high, and not flowering re all it is is large; 
three or four; 
speare:— 
It goes to sleep with the sun, 
And with him rises weeping.” 
rather coming into bud very suited 
Jae following * connected with this sub- 2 e +. well worthy 4 place § 
and favourable aspect. It is wel g remark- 4 
: 5. Rosa anemoneflora; ® 
by a friend in 1843, and may to R. Banksiee. 
