THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[JULY 16, 
he himself evinces a degree 
alae on connected with Chemistry and 
a cs, which one is surpri to meet with from so 
f Physiologist. Witness his citing Faraday 
as an of scientific eminence rb 0% one not 
brought up 9 a laboratory, as well as inferring that 
the must contribute to the moter tir of plants, 
carbonic acid in 
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passages in his work, I a4 =i believe it was 
the intention of Riodiae ‘Liebig t rovert, as 
seeing that the aptie baronies of his 
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5 ae concerning the diffusion 
gases, which, in consequence of the vee ae of 
Dalton and - oe are known in this country to every 
tyro in scien I may Ss e severe 
- comments ohich Liebi brag 
of Germany, when speed 
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ees as Meyen, denies that the atmosphere 
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er science to chiar e obscurities of their own. 
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science, cannot bu 
Se eetos a tone of 
workmen. For my own part, 
,” that me Framed of the recently-erected dou- 
ble five -roomed ¢ are ver 
an. 
while the transition cottage 
(No. 2.0 g cor T Gaiencualy the paragon of absurdity,— 
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ve hesed Lv. “bls Seca ada have py des: the accom- 
perine engraving of an impr pot fro oie PR 
Thompson, 390, Oxtordstrect, who pis that it i is supe- 
rmed Oo sete a: 4 
riority consists-in the 
water thrown from 
to which the roses 
the 
oe ee and d, the ; i 
which the joints are aca ae Pee argevoe for watering 
r rose for : 
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Chronicle concer: 
J & 
of Guano,—As I see many 
cerning Guano, 
“et eer 
und i My 3 e wre 
oe 1 lb, to 4 ( 
rit of mI ae aire they can be 
procured) ; when used in spring or any other season, it 
should be well dug into oe A stg wud brge plantin ng or 
wits hae ve this veut ‘olit's v 
arent devoured ; 
having been used ‘nis year inste other manure. I 
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I t for all 
ving used it tfor Camellias, Peharpehivioe, 
ost g Ay-tig % results. 
mellias 
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plants in nectar 
and many other Sos with the m 
Baer vith it t k 5 
ark an 
as a i ‘dork had been washed 
d show ee ae of flower-buds for the next seaso 
ed a week with t 
many t season an 
Kenyon’s and Walker’s), grown at the back of a Pine 
stove, and watered as before stat The Pine-apple also 
luxuriates under similar treatment, and I have now about 
40 Black Jamaicas ea ne fruit, which I think bee 
h red 
not have size if the °y had not been w 
with the ba twice " week, I may state that I sine it 
to stand 12 hours after mixing ; and I prefer using it before 
it has ood too ate as 7 then give es off its ammonia.—dJ. 
Liver 
“oh Ae - Ne ices to Corres te that 
strong liquid manure, org 1 Foch fa gens, ill pro- 
badly cause it to drop 0 safely 
assert that such is the case. Prov six Feet high, | a 
and thinking to improve ~ Ainge and size of its flowers, 
I applied manure water to it, when all the flowers that 
were formed dropped off, the leaves turned yellow, and, in 
nearly I g the 
vice oe wn ner to teach 
ate ~ ae to grow Cabbages and Cauliflowers; yet as 
of vegetables havs failed this s in Psi 
, the sotiowtie notice domed perhaps be 
Whi in Ry have 
ers have 
T ed whale reveal ee atrled of 
and in no instance have I 
s hav a beans applied. 
ef Brocco to see cif they will prevent 
thers may do and 
such r has 
ee applied, it nae produced “es ‘oe x benef uring 
I think ¢ take a lesson from 
ag e vegetables of a garden are 
n.—P, 
ifests e re pein Ligubiripes met on hag | 
of J 
ay may, 
be in ay re <n oe tg 7 Sey piveence OF tine fly indi | 
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cative of a wholesome atmosphere or ether wing! L have 
heard it stated that they are most numerous in the most 
salubrious air. at has become of the swallows ‘Jy, 
+» Essex. 
Summer Pruning of Wail-trees -—As my 
nagement of Pears and other fr 
trongest-growing shoots, by laying i 
srood, according to the mode of train 
them upwar 
the tree sa ing the eyes 
the da 
ir free Gicpletea. and the eyes at the base 
ee Sein of the secretions of the leaves, that they soon 
become fruitful. It is ia bipty that the too re hy sd 
knife ins to it-trees 
. the source of great ete -and should therefore be avoided. 
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‘ts owt 
organ to ae life. owe He SiR umm 
cutting must reduce the resources_of the tree and hasten 
ay.—H. Bowers, Laleham 
Forest Pruning.—lIf my ae friend Mr. Billington or 
any other writer make use of wrong terms to express their 
mages > Pad must not be Deb iS i 
stood, 
Pape nin 
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s 
a system 
never have been 
ape I am rea vs 
beg to 
aha: ihe 
catia to Mr, B.’s “system 
to a we ves so near of aug A 
Kontec vented Sinbal war 
“it ans citable. 
spoke of him, pone 1 have never ‘‘ seen 
flesh.” If, in fact, the SMEARS of Mr. B. 
“pruning” to “training and preyentive” has been the 
means, as he alleges, of é bringing out this no-pruning 
system,” then he may congratulate himself on having 
pee red ope Piste ‘prouing public a very | essential service. 
I be 
nett a the subject by the articles of several corre- 
the" appear in your earlier sienE : ; but P 
eé appearance of the Gardeners 
prett 
—I have tried ammonia water,in a di upon | propel ¥ a t 
ooh and ones} 3 the - 9 rmer fetish it as oot as verde, do | unknown to each other. Which of the two w 
ch of ch snuff sprinkled over their bodies, ‘The | original ?—or were they not bo At one time when 
slug is sometimes difficult of , its colour | young I was ly, as formerly stated, a disciple of 
nearly similar to that of the earth; but when the | Pontey on ti . My present opinions tire 
water reaches it the ten antly d the results of ed experience and observ 
body appears convulsed, Soon encased with a | not then as much tiginal on that subject as 
white, slimy covering, by which it el, or even my friend Billington himself ? 
th monia wat es the worms, they jump | must have done. It is matter of regret that 
f the as great a hurry as if a dozen em its followers. I hope what has ap, 
were in pursuit of them,— Peter n rom time to time in your columns will at le 
oal-tar.—Coal-tar, judiciously applied to the stems | cap it with the ex isher.— Quercus. 
of Apple-trees, certainly prevents € ve -—] your tea i? 
of their decorticati bbits, without the slightest | neither the wood, bark, nor leaves ws the a 
injury to the wth of the tree. I ly witnessed | burnum are injurious to cattle; for my Cows, 
numerous proofs, in different places, this successful flock of from 50 to 100 sheep, cca at large @ §! 
rear ae and Moree to adopt it myself.—J. Murray. time since in the plantations, ESF the only shrub th 
|, The Sting 6 Wasp.— Ammonia, or that d | peared to attack was the Laburnum, which I fin 
Spirits of astakiica,; I have found an effectual an poe improved their health than oat bas nd 
dote od the sting of a Wasp. I remember, two summers | I should say, is not injurious, as I find eqe 4 
sailing ‘om Guernsey to. Sark, a Wasp alighted | 7 that gone also.— H, 
| on ‘the arm: of child, and ii icted ound, acutely Araucaria Brazi iliensis. —In the Chronicle of me 
I liquid ammonia tely, and the | instant, you have stated in het ‘ Notices to Correspond- 
pain was instantly subdued. I cannot doubt = it | ents,” headed ‘ “E:T Peri »” that. e “Araucaria Brazili iensis 
eis as efficient in the cure of the sting 0 | will not whereas 
. Murra I tri zpériment in 
The Coan House-fly.—it you have made any ob- had rom seed in 
servation on the presence of the common made any ‘nis 1 kee h it ood during the 
‘season, as to whether they are more or less frequent than | y t any cover oF protection 
denileae bare a Fg aay eal how in a healthy and growing niga 
disposed to me it me ist « / 
ae Usa be have known to be ex- 
ed, 
srved that 
branch has withered, and tha 
increase, Tweet tao 1 He ; extremity of 038 
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