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Ss 
MANCHESTER BOTANICAL & HOR RTICULTURAL f 
ouncil , in honour ofthe Britis 
saan 4 ales mand aedenes , Science, gave an exhibitio: on of Hor. 
nted to number, 
foreboding heavy rain ; fort 
who ete nd to the disteente a86 ut 3 
gaiety, eget by the mu- 
pines ‘occurred, nnee ped 
Mr, T. Appl che, Bx 
Double Yellow, Ou tkinson ; 
“helt 
me were Py "Black ial white, 0 
Mr. J. Dicken ; 3, Mr. G. Holgate, ¢r.. to James 
* "Mr. J. Knott 5, Mr. W. Smith; 6, Mr. J. Ash- 
Bes Coriacriox OF Piwiees a, mr. 2. Dicken ; 2, Mr. W. 
Mr. J. RANUNCULUSES: Dark Self, 1, Mr. W. 
? 4 
Ww, 
TAs 
naa ene so 6, Mr. 
Mr. ay 
et gr. fo W, Bow, 
fammond ; 2, Saccolabinm 
pea Devoniana, Mr. 
4, Gongora maculata aive 
:% tone 3 i 
perba, Mr. W. 3 5, Ey viridi 
Mr. R. ‘Davies; 6, E yearn ay a me Mr. J. Plant.. PeLarco- 
wiums: Dark: 1 os ria KF ; m, Mr. W. 
vs, i . Sax 
"i 5 do. ay 
r. G. Holgate; 3, Nymph, 
all;.5, Lady Bradford, Mr, 
* Eliza, do. CALCEOLARIAS: 1, Formo O- 
— n—5, 
FuUcuHstias: 
se 
MENTAL PLANT: » Mr. R. Allen. , Kno 
Esa; 2, Mr. Plant; 3, p-4 4, Mr. T. ‘Appleby 5, vty 
RUBS: I, Menzi¢sia ia polifolia alba, Mr. V. Chorlton 3 2 Clé. 
bicolor, Mr. J ; 5, Gaulthéria 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[Jory 2, 
of this new hardy shrub has flowered in the garden of W. Wells, 
Esq., Redleaf, where it. has been raised from Nepal seeds. It 
is something like B. arista' ut res much narrower leayes, very 
decidedly Eeucaee underneath. From B. Sanat = oe in the 
same character, and in the iit a me heat 
long stalked saaenaiine The branches spin ales ele 
slender. The leaves are aun “am onan hry slightly 
tant veins ona glaucous ground upon the 
eB. 
Snow-white Speedwell. Scrophul 
VERONICA ives 
Diandria ae aahinwe pete a aks coon 
nia. (Gr 
of the mountains of Van Di s Land 
found by Mr. Gunn. It agpears ages half Bare bby in its native 
country, with se bs foot anda vod —— stout taper 
and thi 
eaves are cu y narrow 
pure eg cect 3 Reg. 
Beciu 
ig 
oOo 
“Iti 6 i prom cescnhoan ep 7 
Two-coloured Bécium. Labiate.  D) 
namia rls prada aby Sn from Abyssinian seeds sent to the 
iety i shrub with ‘down 
li 
early an inch long. The 
ee at the point, and the sanitons of all rolled 
back; the Pee uit is of about the same length, oblong and con 
cave.— Bot. 
CELLANEOUS. 
MIS 
*s Organic Chemistry, feviewed by Dr. Se iden 
‘om —In the 
onic acid, ruc feeds the | plants 
mus contain ed i 
rshy m ws, who 
wed think tine. Dr. Liebig eo never seen a peat-moss, 
d mse mass of vegetation 
3 
and 
h this pecu uliar rae of es moors “4 — 
the ieabaristible 4 ature of p The e matter, how 
aes stands thus: Formers 
sanding that i wise p am 
n ae soils named 4! Dr. Liebig 
in fact, grow as many plants as 0 
peculiar kinds. Many bath them, doubtiens, require a tdtge 
of 
quant humus, as, for instance, many kinds o surat 
while: ds-and Sedges do not seem to thrive at all, 
cept in soil containing a free —— nei. 
. Liebig had already 
settled, as we thought, 
growth of Plants 9. but (at p. 109). he 
uisite, namely, the ex- 
requisite for the 
suddenly eB quite a new re 
i free oxygen i 
in the soil; witho my — 
mentioning for ftvhat purpose it serves. ther 
or in what way it is introduced into slau, ana what 
changes it undergoes there. Further on, amidst a 
number of well-known observations, are more erroneo 
conceptions. . In a prece e of his book (p. 23) 
he had asserted that ‘‘ no matter can be considered as 
nutritious, or as necessary to the growth of plants, which 
possesses. a composition e sithee sian % or i 
ith, theirs—as in such a im 
uce starch, woody fibre, 
these matters (starch, 
seen fibre, and sugar) into plants, by means of shal 
al functions of the leaves are 
Shallon, Mr. J. Piette iaakscnbis wage 1 : 
. J. Burghill, gr. to EvLeeds, Esq. ; 2, Mimnlus Macki- which we know. It is m ible how a a sub- 
var. J. Plant; | stance could be conducted by the way of the leaves to the 
. J ‘arnt 5, Mule Pink, Mr. J.| trank of a-tree rve there for the formation Of annual 
oe rings. Starch occurs in plants only i shape of grains, 
efore it. likewise cannot be introduced into the 
trunk and b: leaves. As for sugar, it has 
proved by riments of Saussure and Davy, that 
plants thrive exceedingly in dissolved gum and sugar, if 
the solution is c aos Se on render endos- 
n, | mose, and ee utrition, i ble. But Dr. 
: | Liebi reat talents in the ray of of pr ges ns So facts 
-which do not suit Chis theory; and instead 
t e are many things he does no! ean , he prefers 
haku saying that all those things which he is unable to in, 
45 do not find (p, 116) the following propo- 
33, Mr. G. ition :—‘‘ E: t contains within itself the 
ea ‘| matter which produces its germ and root-fibres (namely, 
Owen; 3, do.; 4, | starch now glu ag ge Ww : PPOs t these t 
i, Mr. J. How: su s are found there exactly in t roportion n 
co Smith, mater Sa ra cessary for the development of oan gy But the 
S. Yates; 2, Mr. H. E. Barton; J. Edwards. Pras: ‘0 matters are completely co: i ormation of 
Renshaw ; 2, Mr. R.M‘Vines 8, Mr. W.Deas. Baws: 1, the first the roots and leaves, and a surplus of 
: rei sn sem — aoe - P. Macheth ; 3, Mr. | either could in no way contribute to the formation of 
. : , Petrie; 3, Mr. W. leay ‘without - 
Choriton, CAvLirvower: 1, Mr. gr. to W. Cross- | _ es, with a portion of the other matter exactly cor- 
ley, Esq.; 2, Mr. J. Renshaw; 3, Mr. R. 8. Yates. Cappaom: | 7e8ponding to it in quantity.” sounds well, and 
= —_ 2, _ * cay 3 3 a - on Canneeee eee Seems to be the of genius; but, unfortu- 
Mr. J. Harrop; 2 2, Mr. 5. Howard, gr. to J. Smith, Hsq.5 3,.Me, Frm Hs gis? and he spy by — 
. eson, LE rs Z ia mF» 
the Deaf and Dum <" p Tustieation 8; ee Holgate. Coitetton tained in wheat varies greatly—the first between 7-0 and 
ara Plante: Mr. w. Lodge ; 2, Messrs. H. Big- between 70°0 Can we 
land and Co.; 3, Mr. i mm assert that 7:70 and 35:40 form two proportions. 
NOTICES or NEW PLANTS WHICH ARE EITHER corresponding to 086 smother ¢ “ese kinds of corn, 
SEFUL OR ¢ NAME u Ne eee capable 
A) 
‘Bwapants UMBELLATA. bel-flowering nin Ber- 
berdceze, i cairin Monogsnia. (Hardy Shrub.)—A specimen 
facts, Dr. Liebig produces an 6 correct indeed, but 
familiar to every physiologist as 
atly the products of a plant 
ing to the Felative proportion of the 
pees or m 
plants,—and n 
tion on the dike “l sdnory of the globe. 
d have bee 
re always remains 
#, which we fo 
this m 
omp ceed acid, and at p 
on at slates rin 
ich is e 
once more obtained his approbation. But, Sir, did you not 
feel, when th ge, what a silly 
re you must cut in’ the eyes of physiologists, a 
having heaped up man rious term 
We find that 999 thousand parts of the vital functions 7 
vegetation. are ine , but we perceive that the 
chemical explanation ; a the 
not a d so far as to be able toi 
significant pa Foe Wks in the same m 
Heer: ins such a case, “tT think the term 
very unsuitable to siege 
all that is still aakaaee = us ‘ 
e goes on king of the decomposition 0 
carbonic acid in leaves, uae says (p. 123) that it has been 
proved by experiments ith cut-off leaves, which of 
rse di ceive any r together with t 
ties as ena * s 
as he to answer, oe Li 
itceases to decompose ear bonis. id as soon as the nitrogen 
contained i um 
as th 
in. which it is soluble, an 
mucus, 
mes a state d this we 
lL rg Ps rani 
r, 45 gum or 
ns, when it is secreted by the roots, &c.” 
as worthless in chemistry 
ugar a fluid form 
ial to 
its sccpmation. Se 
three 
th tances that sugar is produced. Nor 
hens more rene in what is sai cretions, am 
ich occurs. Pale matter containing nitrogen, but 
luck varied nelaged as oil, resin, oxalic acid, &c. 
e succeeding observations, which ist of apho- 
risms founded on old facts, I might leave to the agricul- 
turists,, to whom they are introduced, with the same 
courtesy as bserved towards the physio 
I must, however, notice , if only to prove 1n 
how a cial a way Dr. Liebig draws con- 
clusi ts of 
relative ecaeeperion between the organic and 
tuents has been rrp 3 and this may have | an 
place whilst th 
Sia single plant has been increased d, 0 any 
other proportion. I am decidedly of opiate ‘hat se 
7 
ess 
ae 
craite dis 
mean least ewe ian how to estimate 
e Rotation o! 
ringing “teeaed a fresh supply of well-known 
3; and we those 
with such sil as entitles them to form, the eee iation of 
ee a Te ee ee 
