THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



end of the 18th century, described and figured that 

 form or variety which is continuous or uniform 

 within and contains the greatest quant, 

 ;, under the name of Lichen e 



- 'layering, budding, grafting, 



great abundance to produce cut flowe 



i The stool is planted out in rich so 



generally we select a strong bushy plant for the 

 this is planted firmly and rather deep, all the br 



9 the knife through a joint, that is, the place i 

 i ; cut off the lower part of the piece close up to 

 it you passed the knife through, and carefully b 



the ground to the depth of 5 or I 

 analysed some of these, and beliei 

 been carried by electric winds from 

 Ledebour, however, to whom they 

 and who recognised them as the 



were submitted, 

 plant of Pallas : 

 'requently in the 

 a, had seen them 



iity after con tic 

 they must have 



is observable that in all the accounts, tiie supposed 

 descent is uniformly during rainy weather. 



Evkrsman! f .studying the 



species on the rivers Emba and Jaik, and also near 

 Lake Aral, and was convinced that, even in the 

 earliest stage of growth, there is Dot ' 



even to a grain of sand, but that the 

 thallus is developed freely, as was at first declared 



; Lv.dy 



-. :....:>■! 



in large quantities in Algiers, which 



the notice of Link and others, amongst whoi 



Tic .'. bands informs us that specimens supposed 1 



have descended from the clouds at M 



exist in the Museum of Natural _ History in the 



that name near Venice. 



The curious production in question is eaten both 

 by men and animals in the several countries extend- 

 ing from Algiers to Tartary, where it is produced. 

 Th - ••• ... '•• . " a: h iWd i i 



* ' in consequence, it is supposed, of the 

 of oxalate of lime which it contains 

 cording to Gobel's analysis, to nearly 

 €6 per cent. 



The individual plants weigh from a few grains t< 

 two scruples or upwards, even when dr. 



' . 

 mentions another Lichen which is eaten by the 

 tars, under the name of I 



■ - 

 the surface of the steppes with 



; into many fragments when the' soil is 

 dry. It appears to be eaten only in 

 necessity, and is constantly accor 



^eluteniaUtruc 





ference, formii 



hich gradually 

 extremely close cellular network, 



densely packed 



SI 



i few, if any, free threads. 



has been obtained from Paris by the Horti- 



J Society, and will be exhibited at the meeting 



in Regent-street, on Tuesday next. This will give 

 those who have never seen this celebrated Grape 

 an opportunity of making themselves acquainted 



allv ilir ta •„ T °P? ratl0 °. but it is o^ 

 lauy resorted to in the spring, when R«L. 



sew '&s?*r«22:£v'Z 



pecies of grafting that is highly useful in the propan 

 ion of Roses, we mean root-grafting. There ire 



always plenty of roots dug up when you are %«. 



among Roses, and these may be appropriated »er» 



off the parent stem a 



shorten it. Let 





strength, and this examii 



t this period wbw 



- , the hard w< 

 oss, near the top ; with a th 

 l handle of a rag 



the bark of the stoek c 



You may bud oue only c 



quire. This operation 



i called dwarf, but it is done chiefly f. 



any laid on warn, « 



;he graft and the stock. We h. 

 many of these grafts miss, and D « 



) the graft, bind them together, and pi 



i the spring m 



i-barked kind/thauld be 

 a spring, but if put in the 



opeTat™" 8 makes 6 if appear 11 th? a^u/gro^ of the 



ner aa a Vine, but nothing is obt ^ e ^%<j 

 might not he more easily .turned I by other g- ^ 

 are cut withnot more than M^^ ffilD y seeds, 

 atdc^ed^ 



and when large enough potted off, one in»po • 

 BRITISH ASSOCIATIVE ADYAHCr 

 [ OF SCIENCE. . ^ 



Tui in,!, mpf . t i,, P of this Associate * M ,? h 7 AsW . 





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