THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[Dec. 10, 
stance of sporting in a plant of Hydrangea hortensis has | wrong, and that it is cart of those verate aera: which | ceous food, on account of the oxygen taken in during 
latel aa ndwd otice. Five flowers onthe samebranch | admit of much being said on both sides. who con- breathing thus produced. Oxygen, when once taken in to the 
y d th ath it ul f h ii f the 1 system, never scapes encombinedand ould destroy the whole 
were of the proper colour, and the sixth was quite blue ;| tend for the saving qua ities of th ate are generally | fabric of the body unless a fresh supply of material was given, 7 
but the blue flower was most vertical o eee, n the | practical philosophers, who refer indignantly to the flood | Clothes, by keeping in animal heat, rendered oe Rin 
ray” ° ._ i he body up t er tem. 
branch. What theory is to account for this i nk | of ju i which serene ° " the cup is lifted, and stigma- d sary, in order t ep t 
. erature. The following table ——— the seisiotg tae on f 
flowers or blue flowers we can produce at ee a to have | tise their oppon theorists, who, like Bishop eaneiaate for the ate ck vont pricssens of life muiritices anal 
th colo he at appears to be one of | Be ‘cay, reject a A erence f their senses, and wo respiration :— 
those freaks of nature which are almost inexplicable. d d proofs of their own existence. So much irritation Elements of Nutrition. "| _ Elements of Respiration. 
the cause of blue flowers is yet unexplained, perhaps my | has occasionally been xcited y Land "ts controversies, bbe sis Fibrine at 
solution of the problem ma e without interest. at had the questi pow mooted in the dar Avante Starch 
back, I had th ty to get two kinds of | would doubtl n 1 ‘etted the all- Casein tine 
me years back, e curiosity to get two kinds of | would doubtless have : ong huge . tled by t Animal Flesh Sugar 
soil analysed, one of which produced blue flowers, and the | convincing fires of the Inquisition, which might obviously Blood. Wine 
other pink ; the only difference in the component parts of | have been so managed as to combine a ppropriate Spirits 
ch was, that the soil which produced blue flowers con- | punishment for such a heresy, with ocular demonstration | |... = i cee 
. : . SU wv 
e portion of oxide of iro ’ rence | of the disputed fact—an earn never ave ae Ont cocnhd ante houeh ape ni aif ita we action of oxygen. —_ 
mist fro a slight examination of t Bb emer philoso pe Nor is there why | force that withstands this prs s vitality—a principle ind 
plant was, that it contained prussic acid, pos the iron ba king in a pie shou Be a less efficient or esl" dignified pendent of the mind, and which constantly opposes the destruc. 
combining wi the ac med pea an gridir ich last | tive rehetony hws to which body is subject a is th 
orce. 
is the 
in the s om umd bee 
rang gea, aie 
duces the deep rose-purple flowers a0 Aesirable in ram 
sinensis? at least I have found it so.—W. P. 
gr meh 
lis Belladonna.—1I often wonder why t 
beautiful autumnal flower, the Amaryllis Delladenua, i is 
not more Sopenly grown, as it requires so little trouble. 
ave a great number of them close to a south 
not been 
apie the eek y wall ane to ‘areerd in August and last 
the middle of October; they make a beautiful appear- 
ance.—Caleb Diplock, [Wem onder too; this is the most 
beautiful of ala aaron flowe 
Pale Prim —Your Correspondent who ingnizes, 
 aseaatiog the pees pate e’s “* Win 
A ie ah yet raat to have an with a 
reply : — is it, per: perhaps, easy to furnish him with a deci- 
sive one. I 
wrote “ ‘tall, ” and not* roses, meaning came 
the ah the epithet aad of itself convey an un 
iatel 
Ss fen our e - 
Ag 
k for 
atic of the early death of a fair — oriags damsel, 
shank can one be rea more appropria e Prim- 
— ? Its —— peruano on and beta oe 
e languor early 
ca of the fora enn all 
obviously mark out the resemblance. Poe orshi 
rs and in ters 0 
“die unm ”? in the very dite and uncer- 
in circumstance of whether wi S$ can 
cannot bear : 
A Problem in Cookery.—Respected Sir, I am not a 
_mvbscriber to some port ~ Tam — that -you have a 
of answering all r 
mab : questions 
whic may be necnenil a we opiates ts, flowers, 
and vegetables. The difficulty under —. va it presen 
ious co’ 
ecary front Andon and a distinguished physician 
from the North of England, but unfortuna we their 
ceedin, 
eS asenn to our scientific in 
and assured me that the question had never bee 
featiea: ; that it formed, im short, the opprobriam sed 
modern ‘philosophy. On this statement 
ga with my ignorance, till a Reh aes site, 
ena ie the matter toa eeps up 
finest gardens in this part of the country, he told me that 
if anybody in existence could rem ts, i 
you. t have presumed t uble you on my 
own account alone, but for the benefit of pora- 
i inform me whe- 
[We cannot — - pathetic appeal, and “el na 
soe a s¢ old ladies’’ in Great Br mony do our best to 
it ot ing, howev e the “e feurani: 
twenty b baci "the faculty of "olde “ baked in a pie, = 
sing, we cannot ee any opinion 
press bservation. We have frequently 
heard dim ornate in s a a manner 
discussed 
as to —— ot altogether 
e know to have been practised with the greatest success, 
thengh destitute of that peculiar fitne 
claimed for the plan under consideration. Begging pardon 
for this digression, which has disturbed the calmness due 
ch an iry find that we cannot now sufficiently 
pos as our thoughts to do it justice. We will shortly | w 
resume the subject, and if int ea any 0 
asiaies corresponde ents will favour us with their views, 
we will endeavour to make them useful to our fair 
questioner 
Weight 1 rng te —I beg to inform a ewe who 
wishes to e greatest weight of the on En- 
glish duck, with ine Re w of obtaining se best sort rots 
pe a fancier of poultry, I have been a ouble 
me ec ahi ae a ducks, and I find “oii F ejual ta to 
ought some at Baily’s, poclteer| | 
Berkeley- square. wep nits Np they are 
. 
perfectly white, with orange legs, coloured or 
white beaks; and in September, the ehrtiext young birds 
weigh alive and empty 44 lbs, each, which i great 
weight. I believe the Rouen duck, which i Ho an 
larg near so nice-looking as po and I 
doubt whether it is as tender; the Aylesbury continue so 
until Christmas. They begin to lay very early ; 1 
is to put the first eggs under hens, say six duck eggs and 
ve hen’s eggs; thus procuring both early chickens an 
ucklings. s,so that I 
o fatten 
oat or barley meal paste and corn.— 
ir Trees.—The «Js, W. B. wi ies for informa- 
on respecting the unusual d cay, ake veanle > den barny 
OB. ‘e grounds, of Scotch Fir Posies which until the- 
ear have b ost ant and flourishing. Tt 
ch Pp cae “th = ealthy signs are 
standing close to others which are strong and vigorous ; 
thus making this a ce of decay the more remarkable. 
The plantations in which these symptoms occur have been 
Would the <r of nitrate of 
e 
the foregoing. — ome of our correspondents be so 
obliging as to favour us with their experience upon this 
oint : 
point ?] 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL a tay ke SOCIETY OF EN N 
.7.—The Dukeof Richmond having briefly 
ey took up, animal 
pruneies of plaaitd, and tn chemical com 
with albumen of the white of an Cees | =. se muscle of an ox, 
cd s sheng: By identity t meant pr gamer 
but positively the same thing. The emt 1 of blood, of muscle, 
and of a ered in physical but not in chemical characters 
e ion of these substances, as analysed b 
chemists from the animal and vegetable kingdom, as ousie Se the 
following table, prove their identity. ; 
uten. 
Casein. | Albumen, | Ox blood. lox flesh. 
Boussin- | scherer | Jones. | Playfair. | Playfair. 
gault. 
Carbon 54°2 54°1 5°5 7 54°12 
Hydrogen 75 > fo y bs 7°89 
Nitrogen 1°4 15°6 15°7 us 72 15°71 
24°4 23°2 2 21°56 
oes analyses do not differ more than the re at a same sub. 
ce. Plants, in fact, onneit son aR the flesh of ails, 
and all the animal organisation does in nu is to put this flesh 
my the right place. But animals take BD. with bh their food other con- 
stituents of plants, which contain no n; such are starch, 
sugar, gum, &c, These are not nutritive emma anid do not 
m 
making the flesh of ani — and e fed 
on these alone, they die. But an mals posse: ar: 
of heat, and their bodies have Promsrace: a mage shy hye sss that 
of the atmosphere — about 100° of Fahrenheit’s thermometer. 
Whence then ee eee pv From the burning of the sugar, 
starch, gum, &c. past xpire is carbonic acid, 
the very gas that is produced by the burning of wood or charcoal 
ina fire. Charcoal is carbon, and animals Sen ik dalle alarxe 
quantity of carbon in their food. It is the burning rites a 2 
ee j, that produces animal hea, 
hot coun t take less ‘The 
food of the East Patton cobtaine irs only pote 12 per on ep pal 
bon; whilst that pgs os poet ae ol contains 70 percent. The 
many of the ould ts of 
ape well known that cattle do not fatten so 
The reason is this: —The fati is a 
assist 
nis cee mit 
al, which i 
were protecte 
bee dm ore than the eanprotected peg (or on of this is ob- 
in “kee epi ngu s thus seen to 
oe rat g greater; 
they have less occasion for co onsuming the ree bec ote is their 
are asi —_— reason, thrive much better wh — 
sed to the cold. The cause of ani 
as sae ie 
nays pa a ebeant f the 4 
3a Ball op 28 of — deposited tissies x 
Gew ists hol this a mt that 4 : 
when animals are fatt baned,: ther ate kept. aniet and 5 ati 3 
eee — of fattening geese by nailing their hee to the — 
d Rian ag: before they are” 
very action of th 
attended with chemical bgp 
a action. 
n account of the flies, which ne 
of constant m 
Lt edaderd ae of thee 
labourers with Sale work. Duri 
the po é: 
made ‘them h ungry ; oem oa hey kept quiet in peda oan a 
heaped upon themselves all the covering they could find. perce : 
ners, Oh accoun A 
‘occupations, recuse more food than — 
ring t the late riots in repens a 
because they will insist on eating and drinking adap carbon ised 
ing the escape ¢ a 
n the Scotch prisons, the quantity of food — tothe prisoners 1: 
tls oe wh ich: the eer are €] 
of 
cise 
ay 
and produce liver disease. 
sis 4 
of 
body. eS tis age ormed s ae 
illustrative of the “Toregoing general ptintiplens atid Ww 
ight — expected from their applicatic 
eriment. Five sheep were J 
pen etween the nF 
sumed 90 lbs. of food per day, the temperature of th 
petit about 44°. At i ~— of this — —_ ‘weighed 2 lbs. 
than when firstexposed a2periment. were 
under a shed and allowed to run aboat, ata temperature of 4 
82Ibs. of food per d 
n 70 1bs.— 
Ei 
iefactorily the influence of 
tening of cattle, and are still 
oing on 
” Playfair then stated mort ~~ should proceed to examin 
the different kinds of food o le is of two 
kinds—azotised and sa nyo wit th or without nitrogen, The — 
following table gives the A a: fa of various kinds of food of © 
cattle in their fresh state 3 
Ibs. Water. | Organic Matters. | Ashes. 
100 Pease a ale 16 803 rs ee 
» Beans . * ‘ 14 824 34 
yy) Lentels .. . < 16 81 3 
‘i ts ORT Some” 18 79 3 
» Oatmeal . Seca 9 89 ¥ 
ley M ins 154 824 2 
>» Hay bers: oa 16 764 7% 
» Wheat Straw > is 79 3 
yp PUPS we 8 89 10 1 
» Swedes : 85 4 1 
35 Mangel Wurzel . 89 Io 1 
» White Tot... . 87 12 1 
o57 POWMOCE nf es. s 72 27 1 
” eo pone Oe fag 4 89 10 , 
» Lins a ae 17 a ee 
» Bran ike te . 143 ae Be. 
glance at this table would enable a person to estimate the 
