Feprvary 28, 1857.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
135 
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. oxygen, that while they form no chemical union 
it the y nsil ly ea with it to other — pee 
TI the case wi ith ox ined 
blue fro 
its blue tint aie apa to -a stream 
d in tu pim gia a gree blue tint 
eak atmos es pe chlorine, 
a og 
sed to air for so 
me ose the oi 
aga potas may be 
pom fy If the nud is crushed in erie it assumes 
at first a yellow green, and then 
if a tincture is m maceration for 24 hours 
in aleohol and expression of the j juices, a deep brownish 
not alte 
chlorine, bromine, 
f lead, the ie of 
etiam air Th 
guiacum, as we 
peroxide of manganese, aaee 
Potatoes osed to 
o 
jitsiipló with oxygen, The tincture in respect of its 
relatio on to oxygen is 80 aisifia to that of “finetare of 
of the eatin must be the same in both. In nie be 
a wi 
hich starch combines with sg 
- and since the peculiar APR substance 
tracted from Boletus b 
i resinous 
property of rning the tine 
a pale “yellow, but | the occurrence in man 
pe ag h ki 
c Se ae i OF CEYLON. 
We learn m the 
“ee Brera in amt be el pe, | me 
f Guai 8 
Grut, Pascoe, and J. E. Gray. were elected new mem- 
bers of the Council in’ the room of four members| 
a kpk length of service or non- AREE Th 
and other officers were pia vithout 
the state of the Society, and on the paian as ‘of 
mology. 
2.—H. T. Stainton, Esq., in the chair. Mr. 
Samuel Ste vens i box of beautiful moths and 
butterflies collecte fi. Bates o: on the river Ega in 
Brazi the nom A ete 
o e 
unte 
se affini 
species, which nobo: 
ith allied 
ifferent c ermm in 
growth of verdigris and the deve ~ kran 
so with the view of Biani different focalities, 
—Nov. 26 and 27, 1856. 
t thus er he: a substance 
nising atmospheric ox xygen, and 
‘ entering i into combination phy it, from which it i easily 
ext 
ote Boletus —_— 
ified at seei 
mercial products of this island, ee ativan ti 
textile materials, &c., occupied Pun tually 
| 
hs matters 3 capable of the reception of oxygen. The flesh of | 
to the abmioaphere was arr with tincture of Gunia- 3 
cum,and m r dily, according to age 
Bii, iaiia blue tn “ae ith the tincture ‘of la 
tus it assumed a gree: 
these fungi 
a b 
nto c eumabination ith it, and | 
of th 
oxyge n, | 
a Racket Gace aia were 
thrown open arge concourse of people, com- 
rising * all the élite of the Colombo society, was admitted 
civilians contrasted with the raeeieh dresses of the 
fair sex, and blended with the rich and fanciful costume 
a 
bantams from China, “fowls from Cochin 
outef Ebony. Boxes il oat a of the most 
rich and aor pom gigas be ship in ivory and 
silver were laid o order 1 on ynn table allotted to 
Mr. D. De Ru vs negar ext suieie a. the 
Jack fruit was the ~ abn ee A. Dias, Mohandiram 
€ the E a Liver: , Mobandiran, peren ted 
me good sp ish vegetables grown in 
f En ngii 
pots, Jn the portal of buildings was pinost a pis 
on which v spread out a great man 
oils as na by or. CP. Layard. In the im inner athe 
of the building were pongol rows of flowersin pots. Part 
of it d by ndustrial School, Coo 
Amongst those who aieeaa to this department wer 
noticed with praise Mrs Mrs. Staples, Miss 
Layard, Mrs. Duff, Dr. Thwaites,. Mr. Nietner, Dr. 
ibanag Mr eee a art A lige 
o 
s garden 
rH a from Mr. G W 
notice. 
ae superintendence f wo P n, sent 
anged o ink groun e best order possible, 
Pies from { 0 liffer nt plants, including the Pine, the 
Plaintain, and the Aloe, three different kinds of Coir 
fibre; articies of various forms an — manufactured 
= the wild Date leaves ; carve ork — 
gt aes plong: spear tii ot and Tapioen of the bes 
est ie ie 
oil ; car 
marine hartan seig ; ahd a glas f 
various kinds. Mr. Wright, of Peradinea, ‘contribu pos 
and silk obtained from silkworms reared on his er 
The dai 
rs. Te 
eek, and Mr. Martenez, 
Carnations, Petunias, a and D ahlias nema e adm 
visitor. : AnA, there 
was perched on the portal of the ame aa an e n He 
all sever ity. This was exhibited by Mr. Miss inns = 
China, 
and a cross between the jungle and domesti 
r. C. Dias. as, and Guinea fowls, w 
were tethere y 
noticed an elephant, the property of ogg pig 
deer, goats, n goa “ Baws ine a Pers 
cat. The prizes were distri ted by his Eao i ihe 
an ee a +r pe nog between flower beds, to see | Governor on the first day of the exhibition. 
stu y a grand display of Nature’s workmanship ` 
selected from the animal, poy etable and mineral king- ipit Sp 
doms, and pae out in all their gorgeousness and Notites of Books, 
| beauty under the mE eip e canopy of the Circus apee 
er aao covered over with creepers E crowned by Personal Narrative of the ag and = ae _ the 
Coe t leaved diadem. His Exce eney the | ~~ Oaoutchoue or India Rubber Trade, 
Govertiet ‘anf Lady Ward, the patron an patroness 0 Hancock. 8vo, Longmans, pp. 283. 
| the Society, presided on the occasion, The un ing of | We have many personal narratives, pws nos one more 
the military officers and the sombre garments of the —s and instructive interesting 
than 
of the important peen me ie a 
instructive as showing out of how small, w 
or 
Boletus, The patos f “the fungus when boiled loses its | < the Asiatics formed a ered scene enlivened by | insignifica beginni sses am been 
_ power of producing a blue tint, does it recover it the music of military bands in attendance. The Exhi- | extracted by patient industry and skill of no common 
3 when ‘pose xygen. At ordinary temperatures the bition buildin ing be perder off into two rings—the | order. Mr. Ha is the father oi u 
ozonised oxygen may remain unaltered in the juice, but | one being the other inner u e ; it is to him we owe everything of im- 
it gradually acts upon it in such a way as to estroy its porte tre occupied by a raised dais. | portance connected with large branch of industry ; 
Power of producing a blue tint even when pasan: to the | The benches lying on kaa outer es were allotted to the | whether we rest on an air-tight oat on an air- 
alr, Dilute of ixed with same juice, if amenes and — dirams of the “iad faye of the | tight boat, or are shel water-tight cloak, or 
the ‘ature is raised, robs it of ‘a hiotitied gr Western Provi Mr. C. H. Band e, Modliar, | walk dry shod through the mud, it . Hancoc 
and destroys its power of ca a blue tint. en of the ‘Cina Seta: brought in mi rhc ealletion of | that our thanks are due. Nor must we forget the 
New Way of striking mt iy ace fruits and Yams exhibited also etable | assistance which the medical has derived 
The late Mr. Eeeh = Sloane Street, Chelsea, w was as | monstrosity in the ae of a Cocoa-nut plant w with eight | from his flexible tubes and stoppers, or the gar- 
_ the first ürat to discov e plan of rooti tings of | stem the same seedling. A cane of his, ener:from his vulcani , or the sig 
Senge of all teal in the open air wi Pan pv: ing. | 200 feet in mere th ih his Naish on Kittool jui - | his medallions, aae p anil: Nan bas reliefs, or the comb- 
„Was some 30 years ago, and the method is still | verted into delicious sori attracted <r att Leea In | maker from his bard preparations, or the ) 
Mr. Robert Lloyd, gardener to W, Scorer, | the collection of Mr, Casie Chetty, Modliar, of Hapi- — his elastic springs. In short, e is scarcely 
pion Hill, has effec fresh improvement | tigam na were found the best specimens of ser oo trade, profession, or occupation which has not 
3 he cuts off large es and strikes Cotton, candles prepared from V ble Wax, felt rak benefit of his ingenuity. Even the lawyer has 
Manner mentioned above. By this plan he | the fruit, botini and a 2 of the Matt age oer Tapi k his elastic bands for getting rid of red-tape 
> Years’ old dwarf scarlet at once, strong, | tree this Modliar various mia oo ~ 
fine, making the plant al lier, with | uses. Rope a ò ‘eas cage ah And out of what has all this sprung ? The milk of a 
Profuse bloom. One Fea takes the place s were jects contributed Mr. ing in pen America, hardened by mere 
ten upon the old sy In Rajepakse, Modliar, of Kaderani Cinnamon Gardens. | exposure to the air elcome y called gum, 
tells me that he Sad ack tops lose one branch. at Jeronis Zoysa, Modliar, of sage “nae we gr e largest | and while soft moulded igi savages i to bottles. 
Camberwell, coa-nuts and the best Mangoes, not forth- | grotesque forms, w t to Europe in a 1736 by De le 
any peraan rson. | Condamine 
Societies. 
ae Feb, 17.—Prof. Bel Bell, P 
— resident, in the chair. 
ka A, Holberton, Esq., w ta Fatlow. D. 
pes mens of the fruit of Cycas 
, P ng papers 
The followi 
lled 
was represented by different species of 
T: , Cotton, grain, and ot estin 
articles sent in by Mr. Mendis, praa n is, 
Police Vidahn i assenaike, 
Modliar, whose forte lay in varieties of Rice, Aera 
King Cocoa-nuts, amn Areka-nuts. tyne 
Saram, Modliar, a by his collection of 
Yams, M Mel lons, oean a Oranges. is Kittool 
much admired. Mr, David de Alva, Modliar, 
lon Ginger, Paddy, 
po cand “weight were imported in 
—— t parts of 
as 
Re this has been brought about, with what patienc 
under failure, w against want of r means 
what struggles with the difficulties that 
the ingenious inventor, Mr, Hancock relates ‘hs own 
manner, to his | 
pea into Europe, and 
mployed themselves upon it, they aey paa 
— 
it into solid masses or 
as at first imbued with the. 
