_5—1853.] _ ТНЕ 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
69 
4 
wool 
be 
f a bundle of ex 
and m all 0 
mode of meme $^ yo it is subjected, the woolly | r 
substance or peg uality. he 
finer is employed [т "iin a the coarser for 
g esses, Such is a brief p D of the 
discovery due t .de Pannewitz. The Pinus sylvestris | 
Ma bee зет to the 8 in та шап гаа ctory, | 
n onger ех may reasonably 
suppose untries w skiers species of Conifers 
ae with Mall; long foliage, a similar produce could 
рт 
need not fear к аыр | the Fir of its leaves, par- 
tially, even in its you For the continuation of its 
is tree Phe only some whor 
of branch 
are ga y the 
ee ist this is employment are 
very secon 
Si Merle and their eae 
Lis The gatherin 
very e made 
year. A pound of 9 5 is s gathered foh a en даш, röl 
of the thickness of the finger. A beginner may collect 
30 pounds a day; but one accustomed to the 
can t as many as 200 pounds, and much more than 
this if the trees are felled 4 
The fibro tance was first used as a substitute 
for cotton wadding, or for wool in quilted coverings, 
In 1842, 500 of Jue coverings were pu urchased for 
the hospital of M е! 24 several years’ proof, 
fresh order ive 
things that, 
species of ins i 
mati 
It w: marked amongst other | t 
— he. influence "of the Fir-tree woo oy no 
t lodged in the 
be m e 
ur which the substance gave out 
le but likeris beneficial health. 
followed the preceding, and 
tentiary of Tas was e ag shed ке 
the same kind of coverings. have 
8 2 
L 
"E stuffed w ith | the same kiad | i 
of wool, in the hospitals of Berlin, and in that of the 
nvalids of Breslau, Five has shown 
with it, from one 
tance, роо шау be spun and printed 
a thread ike + that of hem 
П ^ sae an 
furnishes an article which PAY be used for 
horse-clo The Zue et and of the | 
Prairie of Humbold, have хна ай "for M. Weiss 
à bronze medal at Berlin Exhibition, and a silver 
medal at that of An bour; 
B ifie 
‘It is different the essence 
of turpentine, ya a from the stem of she same tree, 
Employed in d 
as 
in lamps. It agen! and com- 
The perfumers of Paris | 
is also conce 3 
Solly i 
posed for эбет Йй — W Th and for upholstery 
ery work, in 
X 0% C. G 
fro 
» Spruces and of Conifers poe | 
tremely fi 
amine ef "term 
wool? was s unintelligible, in 1 eine of a quem 
tion of the nature of an article unknown in Englan 
short account of this 1 appeared in“ Chambers 8 
Journal” some time sin 
reos i 
tin 
a er wees the 
combed age 3 10 
carpets and in 
urg. 
of the Fir-tree wool, there is 
ess, his | b 
stuffing 
god of Humboldt, п 
exhibited by 
r Breslau. This 
ared 
substan 
es, 
eculiarly free 
to be very and p 
tacks o 
advantageously эр: ^m. ~ xed w 
elastic he 
being see 
f insects, and might 8 be 
h 
is unfrequented, and I 
.” says “it is comin 
plentifully m i which is remarkable at this 
the We gladly avail ourselves 
e happy 
Home lee ae 
Rot in Larch,—In a former paper * mentioned that I the 
m found it necessary 
arch 
a plantatio 
of a discov . * m 
corresponde 
Janu d the deck ay ha, in every insta e begun 
the r and had extended 2 or 3 feet, and in 
cases to “the height of | ; or 6 feet; and iti is de evident t e^ 
e timber Mes have been qui 
I was йе іп 1 oppaita 
А t were of sufficient size were 
same plantation, which I 1 
were good for nothing er pit 
was no symptom decay, I felt. peter that T 
only sufferers from eae 
te gale on Christmas-day, and after; how vives; 
e dii fine Elms were blown down and ey had begun 
antation had never been pro- 
y 
y dry, and no chalk (being on the ne 
— een); but is it possible that a a portion о 
iron or any other mineral mi 
soil? А stone q m 
copper, is not more than a few hundred yards distant. | 
The l | Castle Care 
wind, as we 
as by the axe, have s replanted i it with Larch, Oak, Spruce, 
and Scotch la urses and shelter 
for game; and under t other trees still 
Pane ger е 750 P Privet for underwoo d 
Gorse s n in April - the same purpose, 
ame. UM hall be glad of any |t 
K. 
lacing them on эб. damp sand, and covering them 
over with damp linen for da rey 3 
nto 
sed : 
mildness o papers are 
it. ither in the 
flov n the advance of leaf - 
e 
j late-plan nted crops are Posee Р evi- 
d th k Cur 
; they o 
oet daily in а lesser or 
. 801 
* 481 
. 0.83 
.. 0.88 
. 941 
November "s 
.63 | December ... 
| securely for a a week, 5] 
Lotu 
| but lost it, I cannot now 
t 
ity o v dd. 
enabled dii 
f 
. C House 
nri. iu may relax his skins | 
fac 
oducin team | get 
mall pipe, or a 3 
P., Bost | 
Weather i in Scotland. ge one is ee ee the 
th 
may "e said to have got no | for 
the “mistake айл Ti saw +e nie in the 
ess | have 
. 234] is 
a small A of the gant with the earth on is wrap 
mp brown рын D. рай. then enclosed in thin sheet 
lead, . ns e lined with, it will travel 
I know Zizyphus Lotus— 
wild . in ‘Sil, where it is кре" 
and received per of it gypt, which I gav 
tanic Garden at Naples, ч where it is still probably 
cultivated. I once had a - 
y how. It isa neat little 
Es with grey bark, and dark shining Им. . 
ertilisation, whether rtificial, esse 
tially necessary for the production of "fruit ! ? 
taken it into m an head 
oug 
Кш» ” * thei slumbers (with 
would ra — beg to identify myse 
direct their attention to a 
sideration, pregnant as it is 
valuable results. Lest you should suppose 
Loma er or for which I believe Imay claim originality 
of c 
hat I have brought the subject physiologi- 
3 notice of individuals whose edueation 
t once to ju i 
my n 3 I th 
eee of your readers 4 G А 
. [This opinion is by no means new. It 
will be nares in books of naon physiology, published 
ny y e a hint to this Tia indley's 
а овса to Botany,” ed. 2 vol. ii. 
Hunter’s 
myself compels me 
the communication pe 
seed, but every on 
aware of that. Well, фе. 0 hic 
во from uus anaga: ра A sent аз: d to Cadbury, pono. 
I never hear 
Chronicle, ^ 
ritten to and I a aa a „ор 
га reply, which will at rae gy иә се ће 
arose. І merely add that although qe: 
noti in p alarge way of ess as som 
; | tested 5 upwards of half a century, during which time 
e bus ess has carried on ny їй me and my n 
letter was as follows 
F LANAGAN 
E was not in his wholesale list. 
merset. 
So 
ee, 76 Gardeners (see . 53).— Permit = be. 
er your co * John Jinkins," to 
acf * 18570 cr, 685 pr 700) where he will “find 
35.26 
W. 7 ctus D. dee Stirlingshire. 
ritish Fe r assurance that my 
ess da sa icpioph ylla, an entirely new Fern to 
sae ae is hi ей д 
examined the place gathered 
last y year, pr find that itis up pleni n 
oak at the foot о 
lichen, situation is very damp 
and vith sheltered, and the Fem! is scai 
surface of t 
| t I can find n 
4 of any ther part Of do bank, sak өнө. never 
ther part of the island, | 
Fern | no such 
Aus 
This | w 
ts of “A 
oubt, however, many gardeners would 
willingly, ay sadly, go to Australia, but, like the Great 
a| Britain, they are short of coals to carry t 
cause of the G тер жй: 
P | Broperly, another they did so pue с 
р. d 1880), ‘ty was convin ed was not the 
practi 
S of that way 
