1842. ] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
219 
“WORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
ey HIBITIONS, AT THE GARDEN 
Tue Fellows of the Society are reminded 
April 
THREE SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE EACH 
The Gardeners’ Chron tcle, 
SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1842. 
that "Tuesday next, 
MEETINGS IN THE rHE ENSUING bares 
Monday = .0s se Eetomalonionl - 8 BM. 
Hortic’ ie ea 
Fuesday eS hia Floric * 7 Pome 
ME. er ee 2 P.M, 
Wednesday . Soars Pe at as ae SSP. M. 
Friday +. « . « . Botanicals, « 8 2m 
ini is the desire of anne one who possesses a - eg 
much .variety of colour and su 
as the situation a 
he cultivate 
ma Pai be observed to be on 
are in blossom, ever io 
ing bare, if not 
ater the oman it 
ing 
ond 
~ ibution and arrangement of the plants themacives, 
ue contrast 
lour, soot hae practicable, keep every border fur. 
nished ev end of autu this respect 
ertetiah is not attended 
dens it is considered sufficient to, 
! bones. where. plants have, 
from weeds and, neatly raked. To the. mind of | 
ie and r 
The value of American plants consists not oa is in 
Cae flowers, but in the deep 
ion of f Nuc, Lilies, and 
i ears havtale 
he leaves gives to the roots 
that shelter from the scorching rend of the sun whic 
in a dry se ould eae ari exhausting the 
such a prominent fea- 
the month of | * 
Eschscholtzia californica 
Do. ye : 
Campanula speculum 
pene Ae varieties 
urea Cyanus, of vari- 
ous. colours 
Then let Shin mixture of. 
tered upon 
ae 
the borders early in the prin spe ie ate 
any brome costa Seated 
tnd in places where 
the seeds will 
the 5th, is the LAST DAY FOR PROCURING TICKETS AT 
q 
ter an 
SO) 
of preservation, it is gener 
sired, an 
of | proposed to be 
The above rs are 
mater sca every 
pheereaiionk *albeniens. 
large establishments. 
ally too late 
| the worthless without NY the plants 
the 
saved 
variety is but little better than that ra the other 
fants. 
| fit to remain for stock. Crowded as annuals generally 
are in the patches sown in gardens, t their aay charac- 
seldom seen ; and if am 
m nabs 
applicable, o 
equalk 
_ although in the Sessa 
rincipally been made to 
Wirn reference to Mr. 
as he sa 
owever, immediat 
turn the 2 Mean. His 
always in a state o 
drainage s shou 
te pras 
to add them 
monia is fixed. 
salt-eake, a 
cheap, 
no ultimat 
quan a of gypsum, ty r green vitriol that is 
cticable 2 Ve Big are A precise rule. 
smell 2 pa monia ; ie will be Ag 
‘As 
sign 
the substances to be employedare 
bor. | Very cheap, it is well to use enough of them. ee, 
bserves 
: which aa” to the 
si eg le vg farmers of his detohbour ood. wd 
a) 
a 
o check se violent page 
It is to be 
ota mos 
ortant At rt of his plan is to 
most 
drench his dung-heaps contol with Bec ane 
ely drains away, 
stable ahi is hetefore 
wetness, a 
in water. It is ee in fact, pt aconplse 
Id be secured. With 
@ & 
although not immersed 
is 
ad acid is j exp mpoyed, a 
should be nat nos weak ae’ 
timate conseque 
chow wes 6 
ward Solly, Jun., under the 
of th en ve eet: Societ 
We shall ann 
are finally complet 
ON AMMONIA AS A 
ae have great cans in announcing that a 
of Lectures on Chemistry a 
given y on Fridays, and will be o 
Fellows oft of the S paras and aa posal exclasivaly 
direction of the “al be | 28 deco 
ures will 
to 
MANURE.—No. II. 
ee mmais pea of | litt 
neon 
that many. vegetable substances contain nitrogen, and that 
me pabeees. best able to supply that aya to them is 
mmonia ; ansformations which under- 
bE the precise offices which it BP ig an & the changes 
which it effects mani rs of the plant, oe 
culturist and likewise the Bee of chemical denortshate 
show that most of the monia possess similar 
powers ; that isto say, that the various combinations 
ich ammoni are 
ul 
h ose ot i 
place of being united by a feebl ty to a " 
Peis te em ined to \ pevarfeh and not. volatile acid, 
roughly made soft and pasty. I have dung-heaps well ate r salts, of ammonia 
trodden, and with all the wet of the last four and five | are as valuable as the carbonate, and the salts,in which it 
months, and the lower part not nearly ed In held by a less powerful a : nia has a very. 
I find that when the art of a dung-heap is tho- | strong attraction for sulph ; 80 much so, that 
roughly made, the, bott aes be lightebed and | SH, sop taining Wie aie are ak Eigse 
ain. exposed, to, reduce 48 i fr Pg 8 The. a: =, was ita combines, and forms sulphate of ammo-. 
©. Stal bt e water ain om the CAD. 18 Be When mee manur pb y the surface of 
turated with sulphate of ‘iron or sulphuric acid; but ek: altho % onate of am icp, gc oie 
m0 directions are given as quantity of lag to| frst forme a if e are sulphates or oo 
be applied, or to what extent the aay is to be di ric acid present in the ru they will be eas F by the 
In addition to the above substances ene pas ammonia, and sulphate of ammonia will be formed ; hence 
ag to be a valuable niamee in ong in such cases, the ammonia produced by the manures must 
gitar tie quantity and best mode o mr ng be supplied by them in the state of sulphate of ammonia 
ae ne it’ into the heap is little, if at all, known ; In the same way it is found that the strong affinit 
exam hs: —what t quanti ee of x Sypeum is required wits 4 which ammonia has for acids causes it to combine with any 
cart-] vad oF stable or yar ung? of the: 1 uni d with sudstan for which they 
hat J jp Paha s process may be vad a less powerful affinity than they have for amm 
thas wické is ing Pp; 191, we do, not ; IO Saiphe id eae Pemeee 2 GANS OR. the wanna’ 
n we at sists upon the in pen- ‘ : 
ie eee of dias the litter. well, as the hea i tag. sop. 1h “hen, the arene | be the sat of sepanis 
most commonly supplied by es, it is plain that it is, 
a valuable promoter of vegetatio “4 a that in applying it 
to plants we shall be imitating the effects produced by 
the application of anim anures, in as far as they are 
to the solution of ammonia ; and sulphate of ammonia. 
a very convenient form of ammo , inasmuch 
as it possesses no caustic properties, is not volatile, and 
be ob din the dry state, a which of course 
mania may be 
added 
Ee directly o 
ae, decompon 
deeomnparel by the strong a 
1¢ acids they contain 
is formed; in 
t | bo Lagi 
Ww 
vesces | m i 
) ‘i Ho Ses ci ay salt mere 
acid is < solu ammonia, more comp 
si fe + i thus, for ex pane Yh Shee car hi lay 
phate of ieee 
‘salts takes places a and # eet of 
a sad a tia 0 i ling are form 
mhient, or o prt containi 
nit 
the case we may be su am 
a, eats and is being lost or carried away in the air ; 
oss may be prerented by converting the ammonia, as 
as itis is formed, into sulphate or 
we pour adkart acid over ee a 
a wean thus evolving ammoni 
may be attained by mixing 
of li ee or pe Ny of iron, in Pg 4 
= Onia and carbona te of lime e, or 
require 
quir 
subs 
|| strengthened by Fenalosy and confirmed by experi 
er late; niktrri is evident t endeavouri to apply su nog Principe 
Meer zs practi seg i lways 
frost ene 2 ing much as possible acquainted with all the a aed Sipe 
eT Poa ite? & ci on. wii “ ri 8 upon the matter; and gente Salar - 
oe Trae eM RY ©, COME, | apply scientific principles to i nditions, i 
t¥ gardener has remarked h, the beauty, | is far better to aay fe ts with the aid of science than 
= ee  CiRe single lan: eli a annuals | de on motets application therefore of 
© Spring: Up occasionally in a flower-border, and, ammonia, or any chemical manure, it is right first to ex- 
escaped destruction which the merciless hoe | amine the natural ‘mditlens and ea cartes un 
in the hand of the undiscriminatine labourer inevita- | Which benefit has been derived 
bly entails upon them 3 yet if the intelligent ammonia supplied ral sources, 
S properly instructed, he will soon learn to confine | Whether from the soil or from the air, is given to them in 
his extermination to weeds, and his skilful eye will | ¥°Y small quantity, but regular arly, and dissolved in a 
god Be he annuals at proper interv: als. ey large epecneee of water; it is always combined with 
case yet Proper much ¢ , Or at, is never Prensa: by the 
as ; faty i ese facts it not be lost | te 
oe cen with ¢ ammonia 
bobs prices comes means yeh clear 5. 
ammonia in the eao-| of Sept 
pha Ro [tig 
