628 THE 
GARDEN ERS 
CHRONICLE. 
о; the fmi of the Vine is arrested by 54° 
Lean dd n on the banks of the. Loire Seth 
Grapes ri a thes ene mean temperature is only 
Бо -— EN и harvest near London is 
ith 
When we take thes e phenomena into ba sereni er 
we must conclude that they depend upon the 
sence or absence of that n Mak element of 
рае 1 85 ign on, by which the temperature of 
opaque bod Me sed above that which they could 
recelv s fom diffused heat, of the Ae 
3 
When = know that the absorptio 
ан of carbon, the substance of witha abo 
half the mass of alata is composed, does not take 
except r the 
proportionate to its intensity, we feel assured that 
Ње determination of its effects must prove interest- 
ing to cultivators 
Under this i impression, the Comte pr Gasparin 
herd bey 
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. | with bini at the suggestion m 
plants of Cinchona Piip n бе leat ү of all |, 
the ‘species 
bert eda ‘aised Fan seeds b 
e more inte 
vost tene in Tipo ore of 
of furnishing good. equivale 
per cent. of their weight; that of the second, 36 | d 
pet cent.; whilst that of the third was only 27 
Pena ҮШ 
2 he e deme, Broad-Beans on a} 
ided in qual. part 
of the sun; ter being ye the plants 
grown on the south side weighed 21 ounces; bu 
those grown on е north side, although much taller, | 9 
weighed only 12 ounces. The difference in their 
Tie e, — however, still more remarkable. 
on South ‘side had 131 pods; those 
on the mitt only 
It is anita to attribute these. results to, the 
simple augmentation of heat. The plants in the 
hava expen ment M a.mean and i hup 
as t 
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‘be desirable 
heat which anne upon Заде е but also n ^ 
that of stems; dry and life 
quite differently from living bodies, the sur- 
фе of which are ili pt joo n^ ihat 
s peculiar action, might be distinctly 
n fis placed wit 1 а A п, w two ot 
ри ons wi 
with | as Before. i. еу ОПГ ane 
of eulture, ру 
prove 
f 
from the' оніо Societ and the Royal Botanic 
Garden at Kew, in which SPP ADE. ME the opine re 
Vic 
India being incapable 
- Quinine; ‘medicines indispensa sable іп tropical | « 
re announce with very great 
— that the ба reached Calen tta in per- | 5 
feet order; and are now growing vigorously in the 
wer Botanic Gat dei there. 80 that, in a few pen 
yea eastern empire will be independent of 
bre "His for the most precious drug yielded 
idi pane ish America. 
ly 
no 
de s nim 
ovim OF LETTUCES AT, PARIS. |; | dung is raised behind the bed, the glasses ar ei 
; Ms the French excel in producing fine Lettuces, more with very dry dung, the quantity of which i isi i Den х 
ially in ae the MEA eee of their mode | асео ording to the pintensiiuo of the cold, and the whole | 
M. 
une. He was at that filled as high as the sashes wi 
ese were obtaine 
ught 
rest wd d 75 this 
nt for Jesuits' Bark 
may at this time er Kas with straw. mats, DEC — 
said respecting the Laitue petite. noire is obs A. sd i 
SX pep se also à 
e usefu 
Srnisa-LETT 
Noire, La Соне; and La George. 
üue Peti 2 wine (small, 
“The 2 
the market. pria | of. Paris are the ——— or. kom E About the end of January, or the 
very w. i , 
quickly, seeds black.) The first sowing of this is made in 1. ae Bell-glasses apis 13 aches. thick а! 
the beginni ng of September. xn + paving dug a piece | 4, feet. 4 inches ‘broad, he, b 
квант, L^. Lettuces are planted under. sse 
white, hearting | fram шаш 
table mould i is spread. over it A 
slightly into the e ground, so 
he.I 
pared 
each el ele (cloche): ds m" out by pressing one 925 ig dg - gem 
as to 
T aseo. the bell-glasses are to be p Laitne ir 59 iri Bk is eut, 
e кж» ‘of e ae Three rows of bell glasses are place „ AN three Lettuce 
„һе bed having been | planted under each glass. At night бете 
А : i raw and air is given whe 
ave an impression. | 2. Under Fra ы; “site ste telat 
not necessary te 
seeds are covered with | the beds, the mo ale oniy is ашыгу Six 
an 
and first n Sess cg 
nee, aT slopin quem 
covered with about an raed of v 
three rows of glasses are laced a 
the plants ully lifted in 
ik uds roo sand 
llglass; In planting, the fi 
dibber. ce after this 
кэ. ever givin gt 
In the beginning or middle of 
PORRES d is prepared on 
асей;; the pla al is à ted 
Letiuces are KH ted un h 
gis 
mentione, w ге place frame 
gw. 
lal 
put on, 3 eare at the same time that their edges 
| i| poete some d distance into the soil i in order to prevent 
poration 
iba no air is given. When the plant i is fit for pricking 
out, that is when. n the cotyledons are well developed 
the 
ridge is 4 
18 in ee then | su ssion is planted in shar unr bel 
the bell-glasses are aet. а mi n 
P the EU. come on in the nights the 
them up so tliat the гезе m may be as near the glass 
ane lens Seven rows in 
E. patel come on 
to make their appear- 
rmed ; 
it is 
үче table mould, and 
ong it. The first row 
Iti i — en treated exactly as the 
such a way as not to hot. beds, mn the season of the Lait 
in the ва 
"n 
x 
instead of а | got 
operation is performed 
Lettuces are raised | re 
‘October a fresh slopes | 
ree rows of bell. ie a р 
with a ball, and four 
a. good aspect, and fill 
1 
air is 
Ei 
ts, and, | 
Ex course о "March the first 
1 in О) і 
1 а; ; ture is 
üce in the study of Vegetable phenomena. a secs on i under 
are aware that t 1 9 oi wn u glasses on a sloping | beg 
‘sun’: d г 201 meters placed in the | bo In second pistas of the а month a 
* rays do not uniformly indicate the force of eh Spin Border is prepared, and in the beginning ) ol 
i Solar radiation. Any n f thermometers may of, Noy fact, when the plants are sufficiently | marked out in each bed ; the Lettu 
angie ery well as regards. their indicatio strong—th 5 d out me way as аи at the distance of about 11 5 inches, in 
sd ; but place them in the sun and they gene- iled, W n frosts eoma on a lining of dung is made | as 
" ffe о d behind at ат bed ; Ше bell-glasses are surrounded i 
receiving and ing the intens 
" e Gai = Vs. dues 280 
another estan vll = im 
аа our old and valued corres] 
AKIN :—A sphere ere of thin copper, 10 centi- |} 
hi 
A: 
covered oyer ‘with, straw, m 
first, 
y dung, the 4 of which is increased | ev 
5 to the o eu of the cold, and the whole is 
We 
ually. 
or all 
мег when there 
se the pro 
his ee E 
succession р 
