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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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eof the articles as diet. Thus every, 100tons 
aie Sate tue ¢walehacal oni % value ge ples eo yeceaces joa zomevins all the tubers ae they appear, and  Ganeetit, that the number of members ssa e last 
matters. whic! foods contained differed... Thus Mr. dressing "a agg Aen compost, chiefly used for top- made amounted tot lly, while the present n mobo was 133. 
Bhan | states that 100 lbs. of Hay w a4 equal to $39 Ibs. of Man. Swedish. Turnio: # Skirvine exhibited some of his ae gly es The the T28h, of w 
t would be seen by the table that that quantity ; srislendind a Fae rey ted land manured with guan the | 967. ded in prizes at the five exhibitions daring the 
- containe d 76 lbs. of organic matter, whilst the Mangel Wer. t “ey ss pit hang rae ory.8 sa are longer ont more angular past year, exclusive of premiums to th nt of 177, contri 
ino 2 pely bad i gee svonling feeding animals on foods Wheat ‘double i Bear — 4 Boe mpc em ® early Spring | by v owers, particularly of seed- 
ater abstracts from} - - mat, are.ohn shen that exhibited this season, poser considers saa upon 
a vag “ for the pur; of BR Pant SOCI ~ in ving cir opinions, the judges 
ging it up to the temperature of. the body, oe ee this | -, Dec. 6. Bis Grace the Duk oP Hevonshire, ‘President, - the | hedbeen guided soely by by the state in which the flo psp 
loss of material took pl e mode yeaa by chair. © Sir R. H! ohare. We Buck dha subeitted to their inspection, Although this aa ht, on 
avy of ascertaining the nutritive propert L. J.. Makoy, pena £ lected teeubers. os ston both gas bave given disappointment, yet, in all probability, i it 
plants, by mechanically separating the gluten, is unsusceptbie > fruits and flowers, was gly good, b ene be found that, those seedlings which had no 
e more accurate way is to ascertain the quantity of | the dulness of the day, Phe WAN oolours oF ae latter were not ir character will prove inconstant, however sons thet 7 
nitrogen, which being multiplied by 6-2, will give the ron tnd seen to advantage. Mr. Paxton, gr. to his grace the President, second css be "The ree is a. summary of the fret and 
umen contained in any given specimen of food. The fol- pec tae a magnificent plan he beautiful ia anceps, with | °°°? ete nie been judged by them during the 
wing is atable of the equivalent value of several kinds of food, ix long slender spikes drooping gracefully around, each be £ ot Class. . 
th reference to the formation of muscle and fat; the album at its extremity a clasterofrich Monae eagle e flo wpe '& speci of pe ba 16a, 1842. 1841. 1842, _ 
jndicating the muscle-forming peineipia | the unazotised maui Renanthera, w: lid pacers blossoms, tately Tali <asont 1 : 2 
“jndicating the fat-forming principle introduced by Mr. Cuming fro athe | eS; ena’ the si iguler is ee ee a 2 =_ 
little Trias racemosa, resem ig a drooping feather, and ges ng * awit 4 Ris 2 
|Albumen. |Unazotised matter, | 2% ©dour not unlike that of new ha’ nt se dal was Pink a . 
3 % 25 awarded for t ia. Mri’ L bist ce, c Rees om nee ' 3 _ 3 
¥ meer y) a remarkably fine plant of } pidend ee a nh oh , above 6 ft. high, Picotee. = dem gyi i 2 a 
iP tea std 9 513 paras be ra = oe greenish whi - owers; a variety of the water’ Per 5 im 4 - 
teil i 52 » havin ght tinge of yellow; Oncidium excavatum, and - 
— = On. leucochilum, the former with bright yellow blossoms ottled vance has also been made in class-showing, which may be 
of ; 44 with reddish brown spots— latter havin m perianth | the r, eh jee get ge as it offers a better mode of comparing 
gy OatS se we 0g 8 ges bet on cow a seh contrasted with the pile White The oa vps =e by remar Haye | ae 4 = re 
* Meal. . i 4 colour of the e ; @ handsome specimen étalu id 
= ope, pire atid g oA Mackaii; Acacia platyptera, a new and fai artety, beering sole within in Down ged ry A sng bg pane 4 the abilities of the society 
a Turnips . sige ‘ resembla’ A. decurrens; and a plant of the double Chi Tune oF et alg arene “9 at the payments 
~ Carrots... Sa ; 0 ence also exhibited, towards the close of the mn notnality ‘hey once o ary would. be b gy = 
py thed Beek 05 star's 4 3 meeting, @ highly. interesting Cor prot uladdeals 8 plant, with white | ing out that, however volun A * excused In point. 
he is table are partly the result of Dr. Playfair 
i ana cron and partly Dr. Playfair’s ownanalysis, 
The albumen series indicate the yet forming principles, and the 
indicate the as B 
re with the forme 
r fleshen 
| itll cad iutiittle nutritive matter ; hence, 
transfo rmed Sugar, Starch, Gum, &c., which 
ceous matter, but there is 
tomach with the food, and this i he dine by tne saliva. The 
p, and a quarter for the horse. Some m 
_ quence of this, suppose iieke sorting: font is, 
_ when it is conncered that rum Hon is a stron; exercis' se, 
in th e foo 
cutting facta 
may,be par fin ruminated, a 
of consistency and bulk: hence all w 
se! meee oil should be mi ikea wi ith : 
es = faening. 
a cer 
cake contains a great deal of fattening 
bumen 
tt is Rccenees ti the tissues unchanged. But Lie oar regards — tas 
has 
elem 
ff i oka cut one inch for the ox, ishitanAnch for 
might, in conse- 
then, of little use; but 
or 
ong 
d that is ruminating, 
I ~ order 
nt 
an 
raw. The opinion is 
> Ani di is achlo- 
fone of so sodium. Whilst sn chlorine goes to for stric juice, 
‘ ich is so important a n di estion, nthe soda s to 
form the bile, wh tf T ori 
ich is ac e bile is, a fact, 
; Sena. combination, by nich the carboueceund 
ue in order to be 
- thus tint common salt beciimes $0 important and necess 
article of diet 
"the air is bro Sarit t in contact with the carbonaceous ma 
~ the body, iron aoe an im portan nt erbiSe 
ma 
cent 
and is a on + ad th 4 
semana ary ingredients of anim here fides 0 Oxides 
he peroxide and the protoxide; the first containing a large 
quantity of “oxygen, the second a er Saaihey the first, on 
ing intr: west upa portion ’ of its bare he 
ae to the wa pn us material of the ous carbonic oatgter eieesk 
ae ~ toxide of iron bein og formed ; these two unite, formin mate 
nga 
varried to the Hinge ave 
xide of iron absorbing the 
- spiration, forms again a 
_ Feroxide, which again goes into the circulation, and, meeting 
with earbonaceous se en of the bile, a = iin =] 
n th of sma 
mond propos pre a vote of thanks ¢ 
: yfair ie hie ery ania "lectins, which was seconded by “pari 
a “Spencer, aud w oot responded to i$ the meeting. 
tom THFIELD CATTLE SH 
Wirn the magnificent exhibition of cattle wick this rag a 
2 ad week produ 
nips ; 
pped T 
Emeninih one of which 
mn ear, Gr Tasse 8, &c. 
sty ob 
by which the Nee 4 
ther from t wih phe fed Ronson 
received from Lor 
for yas oe panos 
me us flow w 
flowers Teter ha e or four 
which sed fri 
agrance; a 
several varieties of Gongora 
lata; a handsom me variety of 
various others oe cate wi ed for them 
Mr. aaa of | Sere were oer well. -grown edits of Epi- 
phyliu of Genetics each loaded with a mass of scarlet flowers: 
for these a Banksian medal Was awarded. Mr. Carson, . to 
macu- 
Epltendraso macrochilum, won 
ward 
ges hrs nto 
e pers Mr. . Cra switly. fin, 
exhibited th "punches of excellent Black Tambargh Grapes (e each 
ba RSet See 1Ib. the same Vine 
show Tast m ne; Nee ool still cont ains hint 
250 s eaclicn t con sane the whole | et = been grown 
without the application of a + heat in the art of the 
season, and no e than two bushe 
instance might hav 
they 
pencibinowe ds to the parties, on account of distance or oth 
cire 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
ag € * 
ford on ste - article “W. Gardner,” in which 
the —_ at, by means ~ veo er, he y 
great perfection ment t- 
songhe expe r tes 
ing vo ability i aa ar clement in Hoey. 8 cde he 
vises e€ interes th 
ohne a od proves i even a fen coli of ei cider, 
ill, in a os f cold water. In spite 
atmo oapherics! changes, which the a 8 
—If common Whea ur be mixed 
with water iat a thick ry and exer, slightty covered, 
to spontaneo 
used for Renpiig the hodee hay daring the 
r Mr. Goodbr 
m Mr, C. 
wandsome a 3 or Enville Pine App 
Mr. ing, to the Duke 
ae : wo enormous g aWighe wn be 
in Pear, each “weighing 2lbs. Soz.; ara 
en for this kind. 
some seedlin 
Ss 
two Apples not name 
and 
jus ai 
he stat 4 
vitae ical paaeesel Wia-v th 
“ the a ac igbyy wegen 
ured faa of an yes 
rections, enti eve ntualy th 
tate of d 
i] 
7 
r, quickly spreads 
wine Siewnt ay the trait rs Hdnces 
Mir, Jas. 
: 
a sent a ane of Coct 
er the manner recomm ed 
ge as are generally Sanibtees 
ize for ta 
From the Garden of the So. 
ermédi 
ciety were a handsome 
Stanhdpea saccata ; the 
its slender ey eles ° 
; plants of th 
d Helleborus orien’ 
u ctio 
the Garden, were re also Eeiety monte pace i were aml pa 
ptr i Ls pep —Duc de Canegliano, dark red; ee a 
witha slig * tin, nge ep eee ; Cond 
Bony of red in the centre ; ote “plush ; Eclipse, pure white ; 
i peeve white with a tinge of. red; Pygm jou, both 
dso} wt — lately introduced — France, rag ee the form 
of a Ran ~ The f fruit from the Garden co 
sisted of pr and Pea = of the latte t deserving of 
notice were 5 ciceealint Cadet, which e desirable pro- 
ji of its demon con pecs to ripen insu for a long 
time, from the ee; the Chaumontel from stan bended tr trees, 
hich, alth Senet, ay si to those brought from Guernsey, 
eas 1 them in flavour; and the Virgouleuse, with 
than fete ott any other Pear; this i ay is 
or grafting, as an intermediate stock between the 
- other varieties of Pear which do not take well upon 
aturalists, but only a ie or four [pati a 
yeeni ever been taken rom one a of the sh 
end of the coeiichats: ‘fe measured 2 feet; the proboscis measured 
abo ut Sinches. Mr. Ral = presented ft to 
Itifida, exhibi the 
men andembryo. Mr. Quetett exhibited 
Rye, which had been oe dante by watering | the plan 
culiar socidiienin of the albu- 
of Ergot on 
8 Of Rye 
i , of Dow 
angel Wurzel, pal Yellow Globe ditto, with Peebend Cabbage, 
own by S. Craw , Esq. ; e large specimens of Sha Seee man 
by. Esq, of 
ame and Bratton 
clean-looking kinds; anda nice sort, calle 
the Large leaved K cllow Gl Beye ae =~ of [pine ee were some 
d Yellow e Man rzel, not 
+ bat. Sartieulany clean, ane Same 
arrots. Mr. C, oo exhibited some fine. 
"s Swedish Turnip, some seed of “the ‘tr leaved cimens of 
it. Mr. 
duction of ‘tres: ane Contervee 
paper were—1, 
development of cells at their extremity; 2, that each cell ‘con- 
uring the whole existence. of t Pp 
1 a paper on the 4 ooh and repro 
f _ The incipal points of the 
both ionghies’s terally—and this is the ped 
erve cannot characterised — . ze or form of 
cells; 3, that an increase o es place by pee sr 2 
of the pony e cell, and c folaing ae union of the 
broken 
Sag hegeranee a= SOCIETY. 
& Dee. 6. “Piiidmman in Steep ‘A second. icomae ie | 
wih ei ote the society was read. From this 
ted 
ce om roes a large ieee 
at the bottom, we adapted 
at substance is. applied. 
used : 
was kept all day, bein all of 
that period three quarts of malt were m with two 
gallons of water, the infusion boiled with some Hops, and 
pee sufficiently oe, the ferment | added. _ The results 
it i true, but quite free from any woe taste), and 
xt least a pint of thick barm, which proved perfectly good 
ae making bread. — It pears me 
plan would enable distant. resid 
~ : 
ome-manu 
in of te kind; the Hope might probably 
Be pet object.—. 
soe 
~ Ko : “We: een with much regret, on 
from Vienna, the death 
Londo: e been 
Mr. fo ee dated Quito, ily ry — 
that india collector had been 's staying for 
and are on their way to Englan 
side “ Pichincha he had found the long: wished for Fachats 
with a dark 
rolla, measuri ng three ‘inches in length; a fragrant 
Foy aloo and the Crategus stipularis of Kunth. 
Tn San 
Antonio, a village under the Line, he had pro- 
f what he s cella 
beware an Oak, the cae met . ich it fee Be iodtedes, ike 
pyle were not at all probable 
’ wou dy . ider- 
ble quantity of age bulbs, and Orchidaceous plants, are 
re their way. We trust they will arrive in good sonlislon, 
RDEN- MEMORA RANDA. 
vege .—Many of the santhemums 
bende eiete st so well ei is usually the case rang nursery ; 
Grobeliy in consequence of the long-continued dry weather dur - 
