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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
(Serr, 94, 
the open against the sides of the house, 
a nso to ang over the edges. The flower- 
por inten o be used in such rt as have n de- 
ter shoul be abet before the plants are put into 
ther ind all those rejected which 4 hat We the holes ; 
the waste ones will answer for A he agating, & 
br with the other plants. Could it not 
vide mless pots, or sie npr rt about 2 inches 
in diameter inside; place a n 
pe slate, and plant a ee saed bulb i in each, (of course 
arious- woul ve beh M) then fill up the 
ypc betwixt the nawirtots with ‘ities 8; r material ; 
when they have got well established, shift shen into: the 
stages, and after they have flowered, remove th 
e oul some of 
the earliest-formed roots, which would not be disturbed by 
the removal. 
Being but an amateur, my suggestions may me be alto- 
; but I shall be glad if this atte 
such a discussion 
to some practical i improvement in them.—Z/. L. 
ON ANIMAL MANURES.—No. I. 
(By Prorrsson ae ee pee Translated from 
e an. 
Animal Offal. all ahead remains, with fag ren ip 
their excrements, are comprised under aboy 
nomination. Animal offal Ty powe fal Pars a 
circumstance which is to be ascribed to its being com- 
posed of substances which, oe in small ence 
Ite 
Scaeal 
—— ouiphar, pkoupleaak and chibsing, of 
ene y even the smallest 
——— pasferas ah t part in’ the nourishment 
f plants. But it is Pease v the pitragén, which renders 
Hanes i mie 
substan 
ir dvr most of the nitrogen he with hydrogen, 
pie under the oh of am - If nitrogen a not 
no lime should adde , nor is it at all 
neoesary, if the carcasees have been mixe ed with wit rich 
in hum Iti , that lime pre eaits the formation of 
posphareted and 1 sulphuretted hat Sh gases, because 
osphoric a ralphuti ai s generated 
; but soil rich in humus 
b 
acid will will i in thie seo also be generated. 
The Entrails of dead ed pate are to be treated in the 
same way as th ab; if ind are to A brie the greatest ad- 
vantage as manures. After the ve been frequently 
worked up with humous soil, barr are pee decayed, 
they form an admirable topdressing ; but must always s be 
employed in small chery Hews or thes will ‘bet vegetation 
push much too luxur' 
( To be continued. ) 
FAMILIAR BOFANY Fae. 
—To be sure ty on as much 
Do TS BREATHE ? 
as you or J, or any other creature ; re just as 
liable to suffocation. The keeping plants alive for a long 
time i ‘hides 's cases is no proof to the contrary, for nen 
air is a ways findir 
spite o Fall you ¢ can do’ to exclude it. As to plants which 
or months in a bottle, with a bladder 
have been preserved fo 
Besides, 
n 
tied over the mouth of it, they too A at fresh . 
there is another reason w 
fin est y purify mo’ 
they are very di 
Brion 
than they vitiate it. In this respect 
ferent from animals, which vitiate only. 
breathes, it makes use of its skin, for you know it ha 
mouth, and sok, all parts of its nae nee itis green, 
is air ne 0 rushing in incessa 
at the plant really wants is a ie food, which is 
8 oplie aby water with a small qua of common s soil, 
and plenty of light—the more the You have no 
a how a plant rejoices in the light, how fast it feeds, 
how fast it raster and what a thrill of delight passes 
through-it when the firs eth chy strike it in the early 
perth a a afer Aretainsteheed res nly call to mind the 
gay flowers, the rich green eaves bis sturdy happy 
in g bushes that skirt the eep f a rivulet, or an 
open-forest glade facing thee east, “atid compare them to 
able kinds of animal, pera 
1. Careasses'of Dead Animals, Cireses Gahchet “of 
flesh, ae and” other ‘soft par The flesh con- 
tains, according to chemical analysis, in 100,000 parts, on 
ian tres 
97,1 ts of wa 
15, no sn no sare vessels, and nerves, 
a 
men, ead ‘seru um of bloo 
i 800 f rae! ie a little at of soda, 
He ee d chloride of lim 
0,150 mucou 
0,900 ponents of sda, and 
0,080 phosphate of lim 
—— parts. 
pens: atbeathe fibre, vessels and epi g the epee ee 
erum 
er, 
i dan 
nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and chlorine, and posses. 
high value asamanure. Of much less importance is the fat, 
which, in its pure state, consists only of car yd 
and oxygen; and it would be still less h if so dses were 
not no atheoge tissue, in “= the fat is te 
mar tale be ane q f the refuse o + the tallow- 
_ The flesh of animals dying a natural death soon passes 
aoa arecee eo i ee ae it is not deficient i in water, 
rms nitric acid, 
ey a with ve and 
a nietateok inne aageee 
PR OT ere 
he nd the restos showers 
oe furatehed | by nature for the welfare of plans 
cannot exhaust before it is restored ag ain. 1 thes 
things, or at least their substitute, eet? be Se aan when 
pla to live in closed-up p ro- 
vided, they will travel to great di 
confinement of many 
est. Coeds saw ae 
he transparency of thé glass, snd the. fresh iid an 
plants that could be seen As tl 
was to be a long on aoe 
tefully deposited in the hold. of the ship. “Ths Ca 
often coe him of the box, and the charming 
that were up within it, ala’ of ted bn ick it outa 
ford his friends when he should opie 
eb red u ‘pon 
deck, wien; lo! of all the fresh green plants that it itoriginally 
tained not one remained. In their room w 
, and 
ut ‘more so to plants 
coed ar Bit ngs. 
care is taken ‘to use a white bottle, with a 
‘a@ little earth in it, 
a glimpse of the well-remem 
ao a Sree was ee over it to cet tt he from inj fers Sl 
A little poem wpon this Peekate aes | 
* Ainsworth’s Magdtines* oie which is so beautiful ‘that 
u eager 
(chnvereing to one rentey 
: e landing-place to — 
1 ty. 
plants n 
ive | the older. imens ; we 
| hibition, i Ana nai Fe 
ays but introduce it, notwithstanding its length, 
‘R. E — 
Avsrmanta’ sstrand wasswarm- 
With m myriads, tier on tier; 
Like bans they clung and clus- 
On wall, and pile, and pier. ~ 
ong bite iat Avg. the outcast, 
e, despair, 
mhe felon aon ~ free man, 
ere intermingling there, 
There ran a restless murmur, 
(A murmur deep, not loud, 
For every heart was _thril ling,) 
Throughall that motley ap 
With yi ofh 
umid won 
‘about; ~ 
? 
For well she reads the 
Each face expressive meant’ 
And bs ashe knows What wakes 
ous thing she bears, 
Phat preeh 
That emt thing—(Oh, Won. 
Oh, amy of potent. 
From English e 
ed!) 
And every eye was strain A littlelowly flower, 
To bese a good ship ae Be blessings on th Lady! 
ith England’s red cross wav- Be blessings on that hand! 
The first to plant the. Primrose 
_Abovel her 1s ak HY, aA POR me Hale's Road 
With Mek guilt iltand shame?| No eye hed ied e that » a 
And — those crowds expect- So A igen tence 3 Bethe 
So long’d they 
To ervet with loud acclaim? |g) e smiles, whi ete at 
Or comes she treasure-laden ? 
And ache those anxious eyes 
_ sight of her rich cargo, 
er goodly merchandise ? 
sa see! they lower the long- 
oa 
And there — they man the 
barge— 
Trick’d out and mann’d so 
bravely 
‘or no ignoble charge. 
Gold —— on breast and 
shoulde: 
Of England's. own true blue ; 
And sobs.at i 
The bold bright eyes 
— 
Ring out - toned 
arden’d, 
To woman’s softness stirr’d, 
One gaz 
es all intentness— 
That felon boy~and, lo! 
eyes are glisten. 
in 
Long, long unmoisten’d so, 
That sure 
Salutes his gallant crew. 
And that the Captain’s Lady 
ey’. ing down thi 
side— 
“Steady, my hearts! now, 
steady,” 
Was that the coxswain cried ? 
” var = 1” She’s safely seated. 
con: wie 
Hats oo om "deck —one cheer’ 
now— 
And vo the lines =e stroteh sei 
gazers, 
eA tine a guard!\in “haste 
then i 
The Governor calls out— =< 
* Protect the lady’s landing 
wise om - that rabble-rout.” 
te bn ktedla 
Her reyeson that.1 turmoil— 
**T pull 
She pauses so a moment, 
Then treads Au stralia’s soil. 
’ |The mother holds her child up; 
* Loo Ks little one Ks 1G 
as blith, 
d such, w 
And innocent as. thee,” 
No word the old man utters— 
is e eyes grow dim; 
| One spot beyond the salt-sea 
present now with him. 
= 
a 
& | There blooms the earliest rliest Prim. 
father’ 'S grave nsw 
** Pall; “sonore — off ‘they There lieth, all his 
There he shall hs He 
4 +# * 
The Lad pert, roen het te 
~ tot ake snr a 7 
vet on ae nora 
Be blessings on tha 
Be 
blessings on nie band 
The first to plant the 
.. Upon the Exile’s land! 
Ss GARDEN. 
UR 
NDOW snip ah whic 
shaded sit 
structed ey that every rie be 
means of a ey 
havi ving doors in 
; but a little consideration wi 
to, paid they are easier to get ‘ate 
have been 
stad directions 
give 
repoting mi Gree 
na seeking for “removal 
longer in 
to be fully 
form roots in th 
the & same way as the older 
ext year 
ell nex 
; poeeee from ddiha't to time, and 
t 
ete 3 ought Tag 1 con- 
it ti ’ got at by 
a 
e time ag0, respecting the cuttin 
a ee ri 
i fresh soil: ieee ey sing th 
5 XXXIX. 5 
1 were beaded to be placed 
from destroying the weak 
ftehdeat 
ns, 
15a 
{Fel 
oe 
‘will | 
tee | 
enhouse ibs oe 
owed to stand for a short time 
a ot 
2 ta 
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