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CHRONICLE. 
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ot be so directly ; but each would form a feature of 
: If, su — tts — —— whole. 
ше» rich n olleetions in every requisite 
f plant "dat ^ч warde could be experienced, 
regards number or variety, in selecting the 
speci — for — garden that should 
autumn, in mi i 1 
tion, much rem 0 d, even at that season 
Few small ens have a really graceful t walk 
within their boundaries—ye ight hav 
deny that pleas experie 
cl in We — when the — flowers are 
t; but modern taste will scarcely allow one to 
intrude beyon ond the boundaries of the kitchen garden— 
Why is эн p — ly the association of a future — 
the ensure of a present gratificatio: 
At least it LM not 
A broad gravel wa alk at te foot of a сони wall may 
be made a delightful adjun 
of flowering, p f beauty ; and, on тт 
side o 2 —— numerous early . plants 
be arra decorate the scene, and give бойо: 
thing a culinary ch * To 9100 it 
still more ornamental character, the wall may be more 
neatly ex usual i re kitchen garden, 
and — te 8 may be set apart for mere flower- 
ing plan ere, under the nce of the earliest 
H infe 
spring — a delightful неру ән be formed, 
tered beauties of the t this se 
0 
чер чои attractive in — 
by “the judicions а use of evergreens, and such plants as 
ost attractive at th at season. Such a spot, except 
= the S should == have a preponderance of large % 
es of shrubbery. It should be open 
— the — ee the G 
d eat 
writer on that * pe deciduous tree worth 
growing is s the Purple 
In such a E mr or ws. a garden, as I have 
pted to 
asses, the bare be seen as little 
as irte ie гаад. the whole should be kept іп the 
neatest order 
ny of the — which are conspieuous for the 
abundance and rich colour of their fruit, would find 
appropriate situations in such a garden. 
genus is not nearly so well sono eh as it shou 
It is evident, I think, tha a garden, however small, 
may be rendered more suc 
of great pleasure, by ¢ 
This beautiful 
be. 
—.— 
a source 
concentrating the attractions of 
; moist, and where 
b 
oking at 
and 
strongest shoo 
te | in blossom. Alpha 
escribe, flowers ЖА of course, form по |. 
About the single specimens, d ПО? 
should 
the whole 
the ral beauties 
space ; the gene would still rema ile | 5% 
the partieular opem of interest would be — qn 
rayon 
tenfold, Cra 
VERONICA ipic A 
сау. д gae of ne most | 
have for 8 and winter dee олш 
“of rub 
is as easily etw 
of the pn wood root 
am early in summer, | th 
soil, placed in dy part of a 
rately warm house, an after eoe singly, sforded a 
cold 2 they will make nice mab tow pots 
which, 
require теу E 
growt 
the 
“which “will mali be the — about the. middle o of | i к 
March, giv: shi 
to pots two sizes larger 
d 
bushy, wi ach, as — 8 
Plants ar 
be, do — e at ern but peg or tie out the stronger | i 
ы їп a gar manner, bringing them down ies 
surface of the soil as can we 
with safety when the points of the shoo 
giving ai reely on fine days, and maintainin 
atmosphere, sy 
f 
ing the name of the 
will soon fill their pots with roots, and as soon | i 
may be the case they should be repotted, giving | 
, Apos чалы into 12 - pon, in which size large 
ns may be produced. Use good 
strong та; gn with a liberal admixture of Len 
шиа nd lu штру bits of charcoal or potsherds, which 
moisture, and this plant being 
mewhat gross Mr and apt to — if allowed to 
come over dry at the фи; either duri e growing 
season or while in bloom, is more s suitable — — 
Ф, 
B 
st. 
mmer a = — can be kept — с апі 
е plants can be ear the 
m a ae suitable 8 in ‘which to 
ou th. pa Loy earl 
ih 
keep the branches eias ou 
light and air, r, and TE the shoots re chy r aso 
intain a rei Анна habit; 
ut * pam be acre o to the ti 
e desi 
winter: should not be s 
June, for there is no —.— ibility o a fine 
display of blossom except by allowing * pen. to — 
a regular growth after stopping and getting 
` | ripened up, then affording a short peri 
I have no doubt that neglect of this has bee great | 
ure of this fine 
subject ate me omplained. 
By atte eps to this little peculiarity of the plant there 
will be no difficulty in securing a fine display of blosso 
at any e en it may desir- 
me at | all the n. 
mens will only produce a few straggling heads of 
bloss good sized specimens are obtain 
they be removed to y airy situation, where 
1 nd air, giving a i 
0 
remainjduring winter in 
giving very little water » the soil, and арата " 
tempera gua 
amp. "When A A = e — 2: over the 
t back, the ts turned 
may 
out че ots d disr айын Е as to allow — phe 
seas 
supplied ed with 
and whil 
NITRIC ACID A SOURCE OF NITROGEN IN 
Tux source from X plants obtain MEN bee 
recognised as of their most 
m the first recognition of its жу леин у 
tterly, however, 
chemists and physio 
come to the con = that 
se of the nto ogen 
i a R Lees discuss 
as to the —— oe any part of. their ics ру т 
* nitric 2. 
he production of nitric acid in the atmo- 
sphere Б thunder-storms is a certain, not а ques- 
tetas fact; and the seale on which it is produced i 
ch tate its recognition as a portion of the 
azotise f plants. That this should have been 
estioned is perhaps not strange, for the newly-dis- 
scarcely fa 
the | a word, that the 7 e or — 
the atmosphere the ammonia on which plants are sup- 
posed to be solely — for ni 
irdly. Rain-water is 
&cid in combination with dif 
Fourth] has been ane for aoe than a 
“Ж, that many springs co 
Fifthly. It is now — dd — that iE 
nitrogenous vegetable or animal matter 
the air along with alkaline ammo nia i is an өрек; 
and then oxidised into nitric acid, which combines with 
the tensively 
neu 
trogen. 
с forga чый contain nitric 
were че у ritain with 
E vind gunpow 
“Sia The m t of India 
celebrated for their ir fertility, — 5 a rin supply 
0 — ed to them 
The alkaline nitrates dissolved in water, 
Royal Agricultural Societ 
series apers on this bject, in which the 
метр soda іп increasi 
yielded by a * manured with i 
Puse ose of ammon 
dem however, is в doubtful, this is certain, 
ists of 
it, are p 
their statements, and multiplies thei u the 
ial representations of truth, to which all 3 
can er 
ammonia, need only 
асї — been deoxidised into 
that element unites wi 
nitrogen ydrogen to fi 
ammonia before any organic Анн 4 is developed ; 
and they may carry out nia 
as before. 
mmonia is not hypothetical, for it can 
effected by diluting the acid largely iib ud water, and dis- 
— zine in i 
d more consist with modesty of true 
n i the nitrogen so essen- 
tial to plants, we must i say that -— ammonia, or 
only nitric acid, is its source, but both are; or, in 
nic re resenta- 
tive and parent of genous constituents of plants 
and igni is the n itrate of ammonia. Extracts from a 
| the equ "P important eth that — acid is generally 
present the al of the t living 
chemist Liebig is ented with t he one discovery, and | 
ead — Cavendish with the 
other ; and we mu 33 ge gre 
sho 
or 
As for or the proposition that the ammonia of 
rted by simple grani 
the surfac f the 
nitrific 
Paper by Dr. Wilson, in Transactions of the Royal 
Society of Edinburgh. 
—— 
and collections of 
often happe 
beautiful specimen stove 
exhibited, эрү while they 
e cultiva impart, 
| affixed to re poor opinion of his botanical acquire- 
detraetsin no ee from whatever 
to them, even more so han 
of. The follow 
and are 
demonstrate the skill of 
ments, 
merit might belong to pe 
the exhibitor is often aware wing examples 
w flower show, held on the 
d —— names 
occurred at 
— i last, id 2 rom 
finest p there, viz. 
di(e)li(e)tia Pte <7 )rüieil(Data 
Ron ME LI — )ley 
c pali) Sr exhibited: 
as wel as 
icu 
Nelson a collection of Caleeo 
and another of Fuchsias, which, in addition to the name, 
the amoun "E Whea "A 
laced by M 
h 
