1842. } THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 655 
lated, be } roduced for four sous. All that is required is, | Mr. J. Huxley, and the silver medal to Mr. A. Jackson, | glass is constructed for the cultivation of I’xias, Gladioli, and 
. divide ne fruit in two, and expose it to the rays of the | all ane pe University College, London. ? _ | thres Cape bulbs. The Orangery has been decorated and 3 
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sun, and then take off the efflorescence with a soft brush. for Horses.— ra Fespanition has been m mission of air; and large portions of each end of the house, 
It is said also that orders have been given to the colonists | to Gye an Fon Minister of War b converted into the 
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the shoots enter the ground to have vigorous r with which the horses are to be fed in place of Oats. The upon Perkins’ system, by means of oe ich's puiicion? temperature 
mediately emitted. The sa capeh matter of this, fig is | average quantity of Oats for a horse per da , M. - | is attained; da ut the apparatus tly out of order. This 
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of the SAgAE- cane—namely, | champ estimates to be 10 Ib., costing about 13 sous. He Me rye magnificent specimens of Euphérbia 
proposes to oe e this food by 10 1b. of the bread made | 87 nd zim pungens 73 eR : 
New Foseling-piece a ie ago laid before the Pa- | with Oats and Potatoe es, the ures of Ps will be only | the tub to within a short distance of the ground. The Banksia 
risian Academy tw o fowling- ieces, the invention of M. | 5 sous, leaving a saving of 8 As there are _— on as peer cree 4 ing 3 hi = pe ners 
P. Matthieu, whieh are stated bis army tre following ad- | 80,000 horses in the army, a Be Bane arise on the | OF the Winter’s bark-tree, at least 11 By WS ANG YOURE 
vantages :—After each Then the gun immediately | whole of the cavalry of 11,680,000 fr. a year. g- Disren mm cupres See et ai eocens iesy i ee = 
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: Y iti : ee generous diet thus procured would have a considerable in- | Tats part of the oY and s Proceedings embraces the 
So te monivcrs of obtaiatg tho tsted of paar elnces ag] fiaemen, Me Longehiamsp denlarenyom the overage height of | period between June 12 an a Nor. 2, 1841. A novel fen 
: they may be unacquainted with. The mascan ae | sill be the natives of France, which th he Sig hahaa of the army | ture in it is the introduction of extracts from the monthly 
D  iheld ayery Rhuredey evening at the Jew’s Harp Tayern, | Proves to be each year decreasing in stature. We uaa Page in ee asabaly fo toe Garieg Comat. 
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acne of the Willow in Ladakh.—The only tim- THE nae pene ote -—No. HI. Meee ei 1841 axe mpson reported from t 
ber trees und eA4 adokd 42 Prony t ¢ the Willow and Poplar, and sl ice Ae: Tae Sapientum, produce Orchard an aK tchen Garden Department, a a weet Ye | 
: ir fr cae W ich j is used to a pro igious ren ~ the inhabit. Seakale ential in th port ha 
< epee ey ees Oe fuel, for roofing, for ee ants of the torrid zone ; and, from its nutritious qualities peeet d of undissolved nitrate of soda eeeee 
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; : one 0 most ct Rand fo objects of cultivation for the | aphis proving a complete ee same tree was 
aap ay Water panyee, bey i res ether rit gr Sg cat oad of man. It is, indeed, often the whole sup- | syringed with a solution of half a a pound of potas, with 
LECEr: at Fears 3. i ari & ark is Ao el pe eac ae port of an Indian family. The fruit is produced from | yery little effect on the Soapts ty Dee the mi 
pam. be. om e ag 18 a . one ae among the immense leaves in bunches, weighing 30, 60, } moval of such of them A ea eae 
. tt ia ie an he es i ban « commonly on the | nq 80 Ibs., of various colours, and in great diversity of | vices of. the Lew 
i ate te the oe orm a ¢ wad rT, by Enich a man 48 form. The Banana of hot countries is a mere variety of “*Aveus 1841 -—Ammoniacal liquor from the gas- 
dikin aise Mo on the Plantain, distinguished by being dwarf, with a spotted | works had ac employed by Mr. Thompson against th 
' yaad pes . isttetle ima more than a allower - “di ae ee, and a more delicate fruit. Botanists call it Afusa | American blight on is diluted 
p bara og n layer o a, ag aw er TAGs ots ar? | paradisiaca, in allusion Na a old notion, "hae it was the | parts of water ; but it had not in that state proved : 
butes from its Riseeoee a mee om fal me at the * aise forbidden nat a on pris gang Cet bee ee Abe dpi Sag herd be- 
net oe eine franches totg bel Oe mp ieet | Kingdo m, valiiable alike to the poor as a Heke ets for | to eretinin mae fees would be produced upon Pelar- 
bend outwards, and sometimes, in a slight degree, down. | ™ © expensive (mel, and & : a she sportsman as a cover for se “ve ne vis = nee of aie: 
ro ce towarc¢ : { men roots o were 
. of numerous birds, in regions where other sustenance is | cl  Femove all the soil in which they had been grow- 
n Pollards. org oororoft's bade vol. i.» p- 307. | <catce ; and the vessels which contain it are so constructed | ing, a e then potted in silver-sand. By this means 
piseinea's s-water, §c.— le set Jom as to retain their contents for a considerable length of | they wad depend mpd r nourishment upon the sub- 
Sir J. M. Tyl aa HH the Editor of the Fy ‘Mark. i i of di i y oe ; be 
press % "is an account o: an experiment upon April Wheat, 
eed, t their 
he opera ations and provisions of ence the Gade will | port. Mr. Fortune says—‘The salts were carbonate of 
of nilay 1 Srounge soning fa babar. the sail of which | be our wonder, Se. ut her our Adeniretion ammonia, sub-carbonate of soda, sal-ammoniac, common 
was, to pth of six aie fama old bank, esson ine: salt, saltpetre, nitrate of soda, and carbonate of ammo- 
br role 7 = nee cen Fs ae iy — sect.” It ha i Astory in each st stream haere wer nia, mixed with wood ashes. About two tea-spoons 
good crop of Mangel Wurzel aap it t A previous autumn. ere a : full of salt to each gallon of rain-water was the 
No, 1 was manured with half wing compost :— ill lead you from 's fragrant s ‘ of each solution. The plants were then divided into 
One lon of am Rik, gas-water, half a bushel of saw- To hope, and h ones, an d God.”” sets of three each, which were watered with the different 
dus : m ient to fix the ammonia 3, Russta Learner derives its ‘peculiar odo salts whenever the sand was co 
half a pint of gas-tar, one pound of nitrate of soda, and | an senpemte oil, which is Meo from the iy of *«¢ Other two sets of Pelargoniums, ees in sand in 
four barrow-loads of poor rubbishy turf and weeds. In| the common or white snag. ula alba, and which Ae same manner as the others, w tered with rain- 
ecom water mixed with a pnt gh rag Waact’ of the gas-works 
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soa ; bat of it a dug in on No. I, a few « 
nated On No, 2 
fresh m 
exposed for some time to the action 
; 1 the rows yr tw Wd : air, 
$ at a place. Both perches came up quickly and | ponnesus is shaped, by the capa od of its bays, like | «The result of these trials seems to be, ne of 
i , and of ee! ane-leaf. Professor in the | these substances of themselves will « support plants te of # this 
be rs = = aye No, 2 was much a by the wire-worm, | Georgics of Virgil, observes of this similitude, that it is 8 | kind in a healthy condition. Carbona' i 
denvoyed nearly al Ist No. 1 was scarcely just as we can expect in anyt of this nature ;_ and to 
maones and I think, if I had applied ‘all te compost, illustrate it, he has 5 atten a figure of the Palapceueres, and 
a grain would have ty Wheat grew | of the leaf of the Plane-tree on the same pagein his picto- y 
rapidly, No. 1 keeping the I lead, and proumiatig a heavy | Tial embellishments whi 
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ch were watered with pure owe 
“@ p nth : of the salts nd the two kinds o 
4 — Were harvested on the 15th of August, and thrashed out GARDEN } MEMORANDA. i "9 s 
17 soon after. o Salted one gallon, two quarts ; and Royal Botanic Gardens, ne —Since our pe visit, many of the “TT 
ious. 
w ree plants of the same kind wer 
! Z 3 contemplated alterations have been completed. A new span- P ‘ 
eas 2 three qu one pin . am disappointed with roofed house has been erected for the cultivat iia of Cacti : aad clay, three in pounded bricks, and three 
: FI kind of Werth as i spearance previously to coming oftver. ancqulent plants, of bk cir ere is an extensive collection, e watered wii in-water. 
nto ear, com 1 with i rapid growth me to expect cluding many of enormous size. A large specimen of Melo- | stances the ew better ‘than any of the 
better things * bat I ama. grecabhy surp a a at ths Cart cactus communis, and several Mammilldrias, are in bloom, with th 068 in he rales 2 of sort ne 
of thane é' Which adtices Bn HE numerous Gastérias, Hawérthias, and other plants, closely allied be . and 
€ compost, which appears to destroy the wire-w tothe Aloe. Adjoining this house is the pan. | two first, however, 
at a trifling expense, for the whole of my mixture did not | roofed, which is a neat little e building, containing a tolerab bly good se in t 
cost 4d., and, if made in large quantities, it would be mu uch assortment of this beautiful tribe, 
ea f * Daniell 
Botany at ro = ag Hall, the d was 
awarded to Mr, J, E. Stocks, the e silver medal and books to 
. Tal 
: a t afterwards c’ 
a Botanic rize-Men—At the recent examination in | lioides, resembling E. ries in bein 
4 medal ubescence, b icuon: 
