THE {GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[ Nov, 5, 
most recent critics have been collected and arranged in 
dry and formal, ot 
saa. a specimen foe Sw C nn 
i the us, or Sweet Cane: 
wee the Cancer Ta 7 he C: us € Exodus, the Cala- 
ong the adie spices and perfumes of 
the translation. 
“Tt was 
cle was com- 
reckoned 
which the precious oil fe for the service of the taberna 
d the want of it in sacrifice is one ofthe sins with which 
= reproaches the backsliding Jews. ‘ Thou hast bought me 
weet Cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the 
pote thy sacrifices.’ 
“Yet though the name of Sweet Calamus was handed down by 
an ists and physicians, co though apo- 
continued to use Ake they called Sweet Cane, either 
has absolutely discovered the very Calamus 
Mate anys aot sought after, 
s treac ‘h 
whence they got arte irae i those were which 
to India ae In 1595, ye Frisian physician, 
a fragment of the Sweet Cane, 
Clusius —— it 
probably 
from the same wood-block. 
pecan cane, but meat i is no ae ; 
another piece Clusius had her Arca 
loctna apothecary, was not ore is 
“«The merchants, of whom Clusius saaaleel: told him that their 
Sweet Cane was reported to grow about Libanus and Anti- 
Libanus ; and certainly there is a sweet rush or schcenus, called 
Camel’s » Wl is t and ab 5 
this cannot be the Sweet Calamus from a far country, equal with 
best spoken of in Scripture; nor does the Arabian 
camel’s hay which Hasselquist calls a Sc anthus, and tells us 
grows near Limboin , fulfilthe conditiohs on which 
accept it asthe true — cae But the Andro- 
which Royle calls ticus, and which Sir 
~orsear Om his “cio to be ppamey ato soin 
obtained 
the odour of the gt on perfume which Moses 7 cnjoisied to 
art of the apothecary, for the service of 
, if true, that the Pheenician soldiers in Alex- 
to their own country for ” at least as well t 
Sweet Calamus as to spikenard, for they were sought 
after ano nets > by the ancient apoth Ss; and 
the modern nto alate period, paven even pre- 
theracurns OT eee es their favourite 
cum. 
“There are n erous aromatic | ¢ 
besides the Andropogonin questions: 
of which isthe koosa grass, 
by natives and Europeans, to temper t 
‘warm season. aw roots are woven 1 
and ingeniously into screens or ste; Wane ! 
water and eed before the open sae Soa or windows, so that 
the breeze in passing t them is cooled, and regains a por- 
tion of its healthy elasticity, while a slight but very agreeable 
fragrance is diffused around. 
“The roots of koosa grass have the property of re rena 
therefore laid eye a soten < of mead kind, 
uch c ated in Br; shins 
villa, In that ee fable b ook the. Hentbamee, the koosais 
cons’ an of san and, wherever a tiger is 
mad play the i vane he alw: ap hes his intended 
victim with a blade of koasa hand, which he holds, 
out as a kind of nag of truce. 
** Besides these, Dr. Royle mentions several po crane from which 
fragrant and me icinal oils are extracted, and more not 
yet perfectly known to European botanists, who are constantly 
thwarted in their enquiries concerning the plants yieldin; 
drugs of commerce, by the jealousy of the traffickers ep, bong 
Having thus ote a —— specimen of Lady 
Callcott’s work, we will next take an example of the — 
difficulty that atdete the a rmination of even 
Scripture plants about which one would think there is the 
least uncertainty. 
“ Behold the Lilies of the field ow they grow!” Lady 
Callcott here adopts the common forte that a8 White 
Lie fs our pale Serer the Lilium candidum, was: the 2 plant 
To this opinion, it is of course essential to 
sottwie W omen’ Some, entree 
fh ble t 
doa = e tod me 
Tempe, where the late —_ bese is said to have found 
it: but ees seems to req! onfirmation, surrounded as 
much conficting atta my. 
On the other — ~— wild, to all appearance, in some 
arts of Spanish Am 
Pentland found it, and i in in Goa 
i American plant, introduced by the 
aniards, notwithstand common belief that 
the Crusaders brought it back with them from the East. 
This noti ot, however, sustained, because the 
White Lily occurs in an engraving of the Annunciation, 
executed somewhere about 1480, by Martin Schongauer 
and the first. voyage of Columbus did not take place till 
1492. In this very rare print, the Lily is represented as 
growing in an er ntal vase—as if it were Cultivated as 
ing 
a curious objec 
BO 
that it isa oath of ‘Pulsatians: It 
vie P Ww i a 
very common sey to Bon 
comparison to our Savi Struck b 
James Smith conjetared ay the plan 
n the 
our pot scaa in his Serm Mou at 
u 
language of Scriptur e conceive it to be much more 
probable that the aca over ag Pk our Saviour was the 
xiolirion montanum, a plant allied to the Amaryllis, of 
very great beauty, with a s tg a and clusters of the 
most delicate violet flowers, abounding in Palestine 
here Col. Chesney found it in the most brilliant t pro- 
fusion hag : Sarit 3 
pi aeor ne OF OPERATIONS for the —— week. 
very ear! rapes are alter sen forcing is generally be- 
gun picinth this time; a few op na marks $ upon carly forcing 
may, therefore, not be inoppo now 
causes of failure is , the great ae often sudden differences of tem 
perature, in which th he root and the top of ied Aare are placed ; 
this not ear ae amounts to, fifty deg: when earl 
spring a night of rain or sleet is denedened ty a sharp frosty 
Ash ant then by a bright sunn 7 ar Under such circum 
statins. the delicate youtig leaves may, for a time, be surround ed 
by air, heated to 80° or upwards, while te nelcety less tender 
office it is to supply those leaves Mee the 
oisture they then perspire in great excess, are par 
befiegy enclosed in soil which is saturated he My only a fe 
degrees warmer than ice. Sgt natural conse: e is, 
or total fave ois This might 
| vering the border with 
frost ; ae this will be effective in 
We have seen stable-dung, | in sufficient quan’ 
moderate 
then hpdhs d afb with boards, o 
arch. similar 
necessarily be éremorted to when the roots are ontside 
of the Hots ; en hey grow inside, where the roots of Vines 
intended for early fokeing a always to be, ayes 
urs cannot a . Anot err 
eat in the beginning, and thus forcing the buds to Weak weakly 
and irregularly, instead of 
eans ran slow de 
Vines t to break mu they ha 
when this is necessary to be done, they sho old ‘be freely exposed 
Bae 
wo 
ng 3 . few successive 
ecome yd urally 
Inclined to vegetate at their acc pit t at- 
pre go> assists Vines to break ; ‘i is, therefore, a arses aa 
tice, syrin; introduce a mass of ferment- 
ing aang ~ the house, which would also be beneficial in 
other ways.—(To be continued.) 
af —KITCHEN-GARDEN AND ORCHARD, 
Bi 'n-door Dep 
Pinery.—As the growing season is now past, the efforts of the 
cultivator should be directed to the preservation of his plants in 
a a healthy Kor through the pace months of winter, neither excit- 
‘unnatural growth by a high temperature, nor 
voshieane hier te aon 4 tists of tener that they would be liable 
to start into fruit upon a slight aries of heatin spring. Aim 
at an artificial temperature of-60° ; afew naeitetutne Oo 
for small | plants, Sine that should nee 
pms § 80°; ; when 
to 
| degrees lower than this 
it is not easy to d ho 
state of i opening renee a winter 
common Pine stove. When wateris required i it should be , slightly 
— and given very pail Guard also against dri, 
en yiwnay.—To have ripe Grapes in April, forcing 
ico og 
hg os risk and ex, — 
: that we wo no means ai Wise ih to be 
im motion in the beginning of 
very 
attempted. Vines sebii of next month 
on under ordinary cir fruit early in May ; 
little time would therefore be | ore abu 
Peacu-HOUSE of these or other forcing houses that are 
inte: in acti eer spring, may be made useful 
during aria Ladi the SB aged ion of Cauliflower, Strawberry, and 
other plants in merely require shelter from wet and 
+,_ | severe frost. 
* 
-CucumBErs. —Attend closely to yee! a little neglect in bad 
have the e lights fe off every 
or frost. 
ya for it in Europe ib in the Vale of | should no’ t be exposed to rain 
Out-door Department. 
Let aoe and spring ae of tte weed be a ee —— 
and clea of weeds, before bad weather sets in. nuring 
and ee of vacant pcan should likewise be oa eded with 
while the season is — rable. 
Ea e Endive on dry days ; ; and prepa 
m to sow Peas 
Those, however, stich 
follow this method should sow te x a dk rerou 
OrcHARD.—Wall Fig-trees should be stripped of their remain. 
ing leaves and prepared for paver, by un anailix ing the br. 
trees should be pruned an 
warded as much as Saeuibte while the weather is 
pean iordates © OOS bes _ Dee UBAERY: 
Tove.—Succulent staat, mn ss ‘Cacti, which are kept in the 
tee ‘aoele watered sparingly, and only when the soil be- 
may ery éearuitliziae, in particular, require this treat. 
? 
Wh 
night should be as low as is. consistent with the safety of the 
plants, otherwise the air is i to hacatie too dry Coitinue to 
m fine days, and close the Veuthators early in the 
afternoon.  - 
ee stg males Gat rhe air liberally to these 
sashes ea m fine days; but as frost 
sal fer 
ee ell meee them free on dead 
strong shoots take precedence of ene others, they should’ be 
stopp Large plants of Chrysanthemums will require liquid 
manure ronteaionniia or the leaves will be liable to turn yellow, 
and the flowers to ea undersized, for want of sufficient food. If 
the plants are profusely stocked with blossom 
should be taken off to strengthen the remainder, 
F 
t 
t 
leaves might be spread to receive the pots. 
s 
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damp; they ou ~ ht, consequently, tooccupy a dry and airy situa- 
tion during winter. 
Out- wee He Rey ent. 
iy ene beauty of the flow rid is over for this Oar 3 ms end 
erefore, 
degree rs neatness 3 as is consistent with i nd 
son, Clear away all plants that ha 
t Li 
the r of Salvia fears which is said, be preserved 
through the winter in same manner as. lias. Finis 
directly the peg 3 of all bulbs that are intended to be put in 
befor: n' little sand round each will assist in preserving 
em 
RSERY AND FOREST DEPARTMENT. 
.—Hoops should be fixed across beds of ppl’ that 
are considered not hardy enough to stand the winter 
RSER 
ide: upon these 
mats may be spread, or branches of eve meen trees thickly laid 
in severe weather. This excellent season for transplanting should 
be made the most of. 
igeapill aes Coprice Woops.—See last week.—J. B. Whiting, 
The Deepa 
ae of the Weather near London for the Week ending Nov. 3, 
, as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
Baromerer. ‘THusRMOMETER Wind. | Rain. 
Oct. Max. Min Max. i e —— 
Friday 28 | 29.042 29.743 53 24 38.5 Ww. 3 
Saturday 29 | 29.807 29.779 51 23 37.0 8.W. 
unday 30 30.158 30.101 $1 39 45.0 S.w. 
Monday 31 80.234 30. 52 33 42,5 s.W. — 
Nove 5 
Tuesday 1) 30.216 30.114 55 3g 43.5 Ww. 
Wednesday? | 30.126 30.084 5L 40.0 E. | 
Thursday 3 29.982 _ 29 934 PS nn 3 42. *E. 03 
Ave 066 29.995 51.8 30.6 41.2 +03 
Oct. 28. Overcast; —, and fine; clear. 
29. promt cloudy; very fine; clear and frosty at night. 
30. iw ti sere and fine; overe 
on vo vercast and fine; at at night. 
BF ig ey ‘cloudless and exceedingly fine; foggy at night. 
. a throughou 
3. Hazy; fine; cle ate slight rain at night. 
Mean temperature of the week 54° below the average. 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during Poapenae 16 years, for 
the ensuing W 
No. of im Winds... 
Aver. | Aver. M Yy : | Greatest ee ae 
Highest, Lowest |. °23| ‘ears in qtianticy, : aie lt nt 
Noy- Temp) which it 3 alot A : 
Temp.| Temp. aiwed || of Rain. |% 3 le: = Z 
un. 53.4 38.4 | 45.9 8 0.76 im. | 4) 1) 1i—| 4 _ in! 
Mon. 7 | 52.5 86.3 | 44.4 9 102° [—}—| 3} 1] 3] 6) 2] 2 
Tues. 8} 49.3 35.2 | 42,2) 7 31 Hf) 9] 44] 7] 8) 1 
Ww 9} 50.3 86.8 | 43.6 6 28 1{ gf 1) 3] 5) 2) @ 
Thurs.t0 | 50.7 87.6 | 44.3 9 6.67 —| Se} a) 8 7) ala 
Fri. 11] 50.9 36.5 | 43.7 6 (.40 1} a—|—| 4] 5) 3) 1 
te 51.3 36.4 | 43.9 6 0.35 1} 1) g} 1) 8 3) 4) 2 
e highest temperature eg = Ps e above period occurred on 
and the lowest on the 11th, 
te 1 tat in 1841—ther ene id 
REPORT ON COVENT ig ge MARKET, 
the week ending Nov, 4, 1842. 
ve not been so large renee the past 
oe $ 
Fru 
s, how! 
there is a fair supply. k Hamburgh Grapes are 
Pines tt 
— from ow 6d. to-3s. per _— while Muscats have risen to 
Pomegranates lentiful, and fetch bearer pes 
| 28. 6d. to 3s. per half-sieve ; the tare te Qs. 6d. 
: ‘culinary 
d. per half-sieve: 
obtained, at 4s. per one veh put 
A few ums 
dessert are quite over. Cu cumbers are. daily becoming 
more scarce, and fetch from 4s. to 6s. per doz. Migétabies : ¢ Broc- 
coli- have advanced a in since our 
Report quality of both is very good. prassels ao are 
impro' agers as Ba . to 28, per —_ 
Carrots are excellent 
ect Sea aS Sea 
a Tall Aba aia 
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