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o the remarks lately made on the value of ammio- 
neal iat or as a manure for grass re and the farm, 
(p._! dd a servations on 
its bene afiptiention to the sil Gceaat cultivation 
of a gar 
Eve ant ee od gardener knows the value of decayed 
vegetable matter, or leaf-mould, as 
it 
termed, and the importan pe difficulty of destroy 
ing the ~~ nea which readily breed in t 
com Ve have good ground for a. that 
ti. 
an adequate soni of t red de- 
— of the latter is within the ems of every 
bea 
The natural manure of the forest, and of all plants 
consists principally in the nou- 
rived from the successive strata of fallen 
leaves, which afford by gradual bg o> ep the 
substance upon which the plants them s feed, 
(vide pages 163 and 763,) aided by the oc ieaal as- 
sistance of salts form noraiat animal 
matter, of which ammonia is one of the chief inere- 
from. the atmosphere of 
with which decomposing ve- 
es. 
Taking nature, Lag ae for our guide, under or- 
i i ecayed stems ie leaves of 
h 
oan ng throu untry where a na- 
tive population thinly seatered ‘arbres only suffi- 
cient te for its own support. 
Acting, then, on mes principe, collect all the ceased 
and Ao of the plants from the flower-bord 
trimm hg of eins and v oo the mow 
the grass and the we - : ving 
Same w 
n, 
ound that the effect of the toon i. 
complete rotting  leav 
sO ap- 
i es, that 
the 
trampling upon ess gar- 
paps bec Lys attributes to the effect of the previous 
treatment a mould may be obtained 
ary pro 
during t e year, which, u 
would require three 
natural state 
scitehtne of the coarser and mor 
generally applied to them 
, Heung ng thus shown eee vegetable mould may be 
obtained in any garden, however limited, where the 
ammon uo. be readily 
orcing manure is 
estraction’ 
grub, or chrysalis con 
so difficult 
every insect, worm, 
tained in the heap ; 
t to kill, are eee de- 
will ih ication, however, aes in the 
which ‘varies the strength of the 3 gu en em mployed 
varies according to circum at 
Procured front most of the dis‘ gnalies gas: woiks & in the | 
country is generally so aopascgh in its rag of eres 
rom water, by drainage and otherwi ing mixe 
with it, that it may be diffe ult to suseriain true 
value of the p 
ticable after fr is procure, and 
to capone “it as Titile a as ; pail to the action of th 
during the interval; for, although, = exposure to 
the air its powers of fertilisation = = appear to be 
ar ieee its causticity is muc red. 
ropose in a future rem ag on sive vehe standard 
neers of the liquor to be u and we are not 
without hope ar - bi hee of ‘it mixed with wa- 
ter be found to be s sufficiently strong for the 
acthplete setae of i insects, while the luxuriance 
of plants in a sowing state may be promoted by its 
being ma 
very great value of artificial manures 
aterials necessa 
med at each man’s The aes sending 
shige to Peru for nitrate of soda, to the Pacific for 
ano, and to Spain for phosphate of lime, so long 
as the equivalents uch subs s immediately 
within our reach are unexhausted, is, one would su 
And is occurs con- 
, row away our home- 
s of Agrarian caaiite and run te the antipodes 
3 ae t 
he agricultural = ee ral worlds 
ing t 
s. importance we attach to 
endeavours will “bay ve been ceived 
Re 
° 
= 
chemical experiments on the composition of 
nures have shown that the greater number of them 
contain ammonia; al 8 of refuse ani matter give 
Am 
S pure and aa state, is a gas, readily soluble it in 
water, and well n by its str nt It 
has a strong affin ey ‘for acide of 
tendency to enter into sea with 
salts which, like pu * a i 
the 
e ammonia being neutralised by 
the acid with which it has combined. The 
which is Mae off “daria the ‘deca cay of 
meet ng wi nic acid in the aie, combines with 
Sretate tr carbonate of ammonia; hence 
eaatetis carbonate of ammonia. 
un 
duaad nia 
it, 
manure 
reater 9 ag Of the sub- 
nan ate nutritious in 
of it we have another oie namely, that the 
ae as d 
ch 
manure, not enough that the manure 
co “athe ge a but | it must tees it in such a form 
aed. ab: wing amid a Se 
m3 and n and the 
en, to form 
eta 
stitute . manor suited to all pans 
soils, slight examination o 
Manure mus soon co oes 
ent on several causes 
be agg ed 
the co; 
sqat 
it mat- 
ters from the soil, and that the a of manure is to supply 
those matters necessary to the of plants in which 
the soil is deficient. The c aplentit or rather the thinking 
agrticulturist, has, therefore, to consider what are the ine 
gredi r to be one cultivatin 
what aed, is required, whic most aaa ae 
mode of applyi ng them, os how che ey should to 
produce the mo 
n the so 
tation, are gen ie not equal to the large sjenichiey a 
quired by a well-cultivated , and accordingly it is ne- 
cessary to add to the soil subst co! ing ammonia, 
romotes the growth of plants ; and he comes to the conclu- 
ion that one of the principal s' n the ammonia 
evolved during its decay. Ha 8 point, 
are 
t they are we 4 
well deserve careful attention and im 
a proce: m the arts in which large 
nia are fennea and suffered to 
as sce a scent now to ose 
gas ich immense quantitie la are 
formed and condense in mse é purifiers, constituting what 
as a great degree There are, 
therefore, two objections to the euse of this liquor in its 
raw state as a manur ich 
= to the tnmoniacal | liquo: 
a tralise its caus 
tt a rind salt, or, at least, ae a co 
latile than ammonia or 
r fait oe enough of 
¢ powers and convert it 
far less 
shjections 2 attendant on the use of amm 
possess all the fertilising poeers of the alkali. 
be the subject of inquiry n 
+ ENTOMOLOGY.—No. XXV 
Tue Narcissus-Fxzy, called Merodon —The 
Daffodil having formed a subject for familiar Sahay | ina 
_. Number of the Gardener? C. 
of a fly whose larva feasts upon the bulbs of the Narcis- 
sus may not prove uninteresting. In the month of Nov. 
less decayed wit 
will generally be gers which, ag feedi 
during the summer ai 
flesh- 
rrated sag deve and ins tead of being. 
taal colour is ehanged t » heen by its ving amongst the the 
d from its 
repose liptieal, both and 
pray similar ie as soon as it ees to move, . thrusts 
t the o strong 
certain that no one substance alone can con- | 
and a 
oe ‘et to that 
