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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



Irom snew"^ 168 ' lt8 opacity of secreting fat « I found at Neosho a plant of which I have great hopes 

 pnnci Ple which g ^ m 5 and evea as t0 whether the I met with it before in Missouri. Here it is more 

 tenets i 3 a ^, determines the formation of animal abundant. It is Apios tuberosa D.C. Although the 



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£^£*E of i 



^/^jSves to 



heati ^ S- Ung the ° 8e of that new substance, 



? ^ ; CLuJ"**?* ? tbe fle8h of a11 the hi s her 



rL^^ttWiniT Wmch rt bear8 to the other sub - 

 • *>* retnert- * l 1 * Liebi 8 has latel ? detected ; and 



2?» * h «h the * of several othe r distinct prin. 



^* rT * d by him^- e £**' cbemi8t states to have been 



2*WeJ. oS ''? flesh > bu t not to have been fully 

 2*fc»w*e nf h - mg « howe ™> amidst all the doubt 

 S>8 8ubiL° Pin,0n which 8tU1 hm & over tb « 

 rH Bam.lv J !£ 7 ^ at lea8t b « confidently pre- 

 ^^ttustvl tas """^ ingredient in the flesh of 

 ^^ftivefPP 08 ^ to fulfil some purpose essen- 

 *^ the l n J! *' "°» 8ee,n g that the analogy between 

 * 8 »ower parts of the creation in bis material 



found several half i 



tubers are sti. 



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stems. These tubers, called by the Osages taux, are 

 ■ Potato, and a little sweeter ; they do not 



The Apios has a curious underground veg< 

 ' e of a quill pen, cylindrici 



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Home Correspondence. 



form a sort of chaplet. Sometimes they are very ton- Vines and Carrion.— Your Calendar writer i 

 equal and at other times tolerably equal m size. j " Put no vile carrion in a Vine border." I ent 



Its long, slender, twining stems, and its equally long 

 running roots are unfavourable to its being cultivated 

 on a large scale. The plan I would propose, if its col- 

 large scale should be attempted, would be 

 to plant the Apios in lines alternating with lines of early 

 Maize. The stems of the latter plants, which grow 



been tried with success by M. de. Thury, would be tt 

 pursued in many Hop grounds, viz. : to plant in tuf 

 for each of which a certain number of small poles a 



One of the great a 



I. Richard, in Comptet R t 

 [In the Journal of the I 



