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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[DEc.: 31, 
which I began to force rather more than three weeks 
since ; and after the dung had been about the pots a week, 
I found th I therefore took away the 
the crowns of the plants appeared to gone. ow, 
however, ae have beautiful paseplade in cd pot, quite 
ready for This account may seem ‘‘ strange and un- 
natural ;”’ “put pe will bear ans any heat.—A 
Young Gardene 
taneous “Combusti tion of Moss.—A te aingyiey 
une, the fm of which may not be useles 
to others, ha ae time ago in rete pane hot 
i a 3 hot-water pipes. As tan i 
, the paras by way of an experiment 
ommo wet oss round s a the 
Horsfalliz, 
Durin 
a brick-kiln. 
which was amas fle seonyoh with 
pot t into + soma ma combustion ; 
nouldering - for a oe 
tacle, icing in full er without a poh leaf, for the 
flower-buds were all unhurt by the smoke which turned 
the leaves black and spoiled them in the same manner a 
frost would have done. T r three antes —_ but 
the A lid&ceze and Orchidacee were’ not h the 
test sufferers were the exotic Ferns e ae ic 
will, I fear, ecover; every one! of them lost their 
i ones. is will, 
i 
main se cold. “The dish, , when was will exhibit the 
Pears 
a as the vegeuble nae kes the Pear holds in solution a 
of ti on be _. Dyers well 
insw thata Tessa sat Bi wie: e procs by cae an 
foie wh basin 
rit sae eels of 
stewing e t 5 success of the ope- 
ration depe the wierd of all 
po extraneous Raat 
Pears, sugar-candy, an : flavou 
may be given to the Pears, but it must be prepared inde. 
Say of the stewing, and de after the operation. 
A =i gears Cookery.—Respected Sir. eaney friend at 
the Hall has this Waited we me your Chro of 
Saturday last, in which there with my signature. 
Tn scarcely i 
wicked fabrication, as it is obvio ‘impossib! 
could have written it: i in ya 
this unworthy subject, I may inform you that since I first 
took liberty of addressing I have the 
— of my neigh a gentleman who is, ve, a 
real philosopher, and who kindly condescended to 2a Be 
the matter to me. He told me, that all the time the 
te in the there is a constan 
he cup; arising in the first instance from th expansion 
of the ix ir, and eae the mode of 
steam, That, e, during the whole of 
baking, i ower 
the 
keeps 
moph 
port Isleof Wight. 
| pendent of other fruits. An exact estimat 
O 
‘than 120, 000 francs. 
sight t will 
Her mode of renee ee is the same as that of a glue- 
point of ore po 30 per cent. of salt in solution 
is 224°, not 312 
Poultry.—Should J. C. or Geo. W. hav 
any further communication to make upon this jdjeet 
gi 7 eos er to the part of England of 
eak, a duck and drake which 
igh 13 “ibs. ., or the ack 6 hei 8 ake 73! Ibs. The ese are 
common blue drake and grey d y; : 
Is am aaa ser er are several to be at mine. Px hap 
ots uld te what is the weight of the 
n Du ok ; my wish is to procure - largest 
Fins possible free ope the Mussoe y breed.—T. 0. G., 
—I have recently measured a drake ed du ck 
b 
t 3} inches, the latter 2 feet 14 inch in len , 
oe’ tip of the bill to the end of the tail. In spring, when 
they were in good condition the hte weighed 54 lbs. 
the duck 53 lbs. -Dur 
them “In Fe raary, 
month, wthe 
“ey — of 1 Ib. on the 
whic ow considered some mm 9 in this part of the 
ate both for =. Sap e and wei ight.- ati tee , 
Durham.——tThe information e breed 
nagetiie ent of du abs: has been acce spree iat 
and ma of 
aaa other readers, who have yao tunity of ae an 
e of gar ardening. Per- 
aps some of your co 
os us also which i int the best ape of fowls, and where 
they may be obtained. The Dorking ~ eae ded by 
some for size and aace cae upon the tables but I con- 
sider them lazy layers and bad mot crt ers re- 
commend the Blue Game ; but the pugnacious nature of 
these, even when very young, is much agains st them.— 
B.K.L 
To destroy Worms.—lI have found lime-water, although 
— as strong as possible, of little or no value i ~~ wage 
ing worm-casts_on lawns. y gardener, howe took 
some water, in which wivbid- asics had bee a Thrown and 
some bells sone y a bellhanger, with which he watered 
a ae See of on awn ; this destroyed the worms in 
vast n 5F, Sa 
Mitiness t rah —The fros 
cut off t 
in Spi having 
called. Taincrnatetts, Heliotropes, and 
similar Bee! mukk were\growing in my vetepel I 
was on the 22d ult. Reg eiet ' visiting 
he Sandrock Hotel, Niton, to find the undernamed plants 
in ‘bloom. . The 0 mi 
Mignohette, Godétia  bitrons. Stier mic 
n Prim tropes, Gilias, Hepaticas, Ne baie 8 
tnctoin, Double vio lets, Oxy wis chrysanthem 
ila insignis.—A er from the Pou, Noe 
(FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE, 
—Many of your re s have no 
doubt h eA of . Peches he "Montreuil: bes d’Argen- 
teuil, Abricots d Raisins de Fontainsbleau,’’ 
but perhay and as 
8 
eresting. — 
es petitisies ies,” ae n they find are "kind of culture particu- 
e or wi unfav urable et 
i i 
and plants; 
Montreuil-aux-Péche 
and, together with the ‘adjoining Pang 22 of Bagnolet, ‘as 
long been renowned for its Peaches and Nectari 
a Paris 
entirely supplied from mand Age places. 
and the vewat S for 50 te cand 
1€ is; 
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so entirely oe bb ie State of the weather ie! I 
ve cult t The ie ta 
and Gala ‘ioc 
the 
vars! 
hot weather in Augus augmen e demand in an equal 
ratio, and it is said that the oa e thin season realised more 
b 
> | at the next ony Hoang the Society, we suanveie 
ec acanaeged till that. 
t 
Nb peanber 
oulti- | fea trom @. ¢ 
Almond: stocks as i rer suitability of the’ soil, © Fay. 
shaped: training is wu a ath bat another ‘form 
called “¢ Espalier ca ing into vogue. M, 
Lepére, of Montes: pices to fad the tid ween: of this 
ystem, ich, however, is warmly disputed ‘by ‘some 
field Tt ei tii to me to be vittle, it at all, different 
the ntal training. whi as for many years 
been practised in England. As the design of these:g 
profit, may readily be’ supposed that the 
racetie are ebiefy e nfined ich are most pro- 
° at ity 
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and Grosse’ Violé 
the walls are w dlothell vith reiwitiny Panis, 
Pears. Strange as it may see could not. find il 
one who grew the Morello sGRene: : ‘and although 
often ech for it in Paris and other citi 
ve r yet been able to meet with 
sarige “The Cherry used here for preserves and. 
is somew wha t of the 
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a 
oe Morello. phiptiy 
Tours, Monsieur, Reine: Cc 
Claude Violette most- prized amongst Bi 
s also becoming k and_is in 
mall wen sho sib ri Pas 
nee it enjoys an 
bet St. 
ptation pe Apric The soil is ok light Phat Say, 
t arde the 
and ns sa walled and. terraced, in 
ner those at Bagnolet and suoatweetdt but “the 
alciinet is + tbe upon the same extensive scale ne ‘train- 
ing and pruning = a as far as I could learn, differ in 
bos ener 
tirely sold to the Parisians, ome 
at about 40,000 francs a year. The varieties in cul- 
Brson ‘are re hess Abricot "Pathe a and Breda, 
the walls, and Abricot Péche on standards. 
This last is of frtrate exelle Ge, nnd vier Re 
in the open large and fine flay 
very like the Moor Pa ie if i it is n 
The Mira m is also ver 
hes 
any other va 
England, end may, therefore, 
tion to its m When per 
rits. rfectly ripe, it is of a beaut 
transparent, “wage golden colou 
r, with a flavour so 
not all: its grates attraction is when it has 
eng the favoured coterie denomin 
Glacé: there it challenges aan if not superi 
the Tiedt Reif Claude, .Pastéque. Chinois, or even 
the Pine-apple itself. 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
MICROSCOPICAL'S ETY. 
—Prof. Tindley, President, in ee chai A letter was 
. J.B. Readejon the existence t of Ammonia 
scope affords the means of demonstrating its presence. 
ur the spirit. ee until flame and aqueous 
bustion upon a sli ip of Eat moistened iW 
Mr. Reade conceived, that by thes 
cimens of w 
slips of glass, were produced. 
roceeded to discuss the a made by Mr. 
bo Solly observed that, supposing 
iteds ammonia from — , there still was no proof that ¢! 
‘ar em red was pur very minute quantit im. 
account for the appearances wren pean author. B 
paper did aie in fact contain a single proof that ammonia ha 
been found atall. As to its ag been ol obtained reo the hu- 
ma 
of 
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ow 
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g so 
a 
a: 
S Bee ie 
marr ON TB 
s found im the 
marked, 
$ t «ge speekad a 
that no proof was offered that the poem found by a Reade, 
i i ww does 
d 
afterwards stated, pe the 
= 
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Tor PRT 8 
There was no evidence that ‘the research s had been 
due precaution. rida — re Reade’s exp 
riments were at v: anart f Mr. , as detailed int 
Annals of Chemistry, when it was chemically y proved Dene ge oe 
monia, eriv 
nitrogen of the atmosphere. Even i coh it would = 
driven off by t, an nd bE Bimmer could not be obiaiaatel7 
ns on the action of 
be 
fruit. These observations were met bye § 
Dr. Lankester nactpneldex talents unfavourable to Mr. ‘Hassall 
_ views. As h entlemen undertook to ee ee 
ONDON. 
18.—. in the chair. Various — 
from G, re mai rip mth of Mabie, “one Lodoice 
The Lodoicea of Sechelles is an intertropical 
BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF L 
rard, Esq. in 
