THE GARDENERY CHRONICLE. 
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з чрез ачат t is better than | princi al obiect of the work is to introduce #о | Іепсе of the answer was о | 
уз T [nid ач deua should Kbas ^ wi tion of Si kite Haile plants, wem of the fraud. nly excelled iy gi 
vide themselves the new arrival, | which, po their beauty, novelty, and interest, n the south, ehtertain a a high 30708 пі азо | 
ts with it in the different climates | аге eminently worthy of Zaltivation in Engla nd ; boitein of Scote h far armers ; büt * no тет 
: ey bring to task,| and, a е Y к to 2 м e gent in на ын of. Ме е вый: sees n 
f ublie importance, the requisite | services rendered to Himatayan, otany by the late | Pree іре of à стар i Meri 
ае det enm ud. al gence, have a| J. Е. Carucanr, Esq., Judge in the Bengal Civil| away froni Konie: з Д en V а кү 
Жү, е "ihe Potato T dis mito Service. | vat what is all important to ны ^ iaa 
r the o,make many à|  Attracted by the publication of the “Sikkim thing good enough for T; Y чы ad 
dip ille n the distress of | Rhododendrons,” Mr. ial нслвт visited Dorjiling, when he is cheated, ог. dori Г 
ma in Hi 9-50, үн the view of pensaia ie the affront. p amle M She ч 
kind appears to оо important 
ipm we are glad to second d 
ist 
ar 
ме 
ГЕТА 
belong 
erving 0 uiry 
may not suit the climate of Europe better 
e 
Б 
described by M. Decarsng is called 
or I Bata 
rhizomes, are perennial, 
x чет ЖТ sometimes 
оозе en gt K 
hey grow. "They 
usually be compared to clubs, the "blunt end 
of which is as big as the fist, but which. tapers 
downwards till it is no bigger than the. finger. 
Their skin resembles in colour well-known 
„coffee and milk, and is covered . wi 
is fibrous rootlets.. Under the sk 
white, opaline, very friable, slightly milky cellular | * 
mass, filled with flour, which softens and dries 
ing, till it acquires. the taste and quality of = 
Potato, for Жон it might þe- mistaken» · Кас 
gener cé several of these roots, though in 
have tasted | 
"m Yam. think. that no n objection will be 
taken to rA einpiopheni of it 
ES 
Eat 
Дре d 
ther.a root which b 
r 
egli death (at 
ап | his hom 
lanii the habits of exce m 
LITT чс understand why, in 1 
oütit-- of 
have read. He 
d chemicals " 
market, but t 
Sip ilit. o 
pi 
Lausanne, in h 
eward journey, frustrated his Emicat 
Vadit 
His fine eerte drawings have been presented to | 
of Kew by M 
ngs that " Hos is м 
work, as h 
and love of science of his late friend. 
From the great середе, сыр publications of d 
this description, Dr. в (at whose risk it i 
undertaken) is Miei. o regulate the number of 
f b f subscribers ; and as it 
tions for ? and what 
they myths, or xod 
mortua, tha 
а rem 
Ww 
at the commonest $ 
pared for farmers are little better. 
country it appears that animal charcoal is not eh 
t to be; that London night-soil “consists a 
the scrapings of the streets, with a Tittle lime 4 
п | and salt; and as Mo gypsum, it contains пз 40 pereant, 
edy.-. No 
are agric ааа 
chemical associations, e all Med чий оё, 
эу 
Mr. his. ex BE 
— one edit ihe most Dis ees ы 
ubstanees | 
In that hati 
em e "itterly н the absenee of. 
then э 
es, 
bodies ere DET 
ey cannot t bestir eme Peres 
like ig 1 к England we should know how t find 
keep the lithographic 
s from FronENCE 
ктү has been 
ay| Lxrr 
wt Р t у В | : Y | CULTURAL ү S 
announcing their intention at their earliest con- 
venierice. is rather unfortunate that a.d 
not have been made ;: Ѓог 
Turc = s when cheating а yp was about not kno 
as diffic —: as de хера Ва . "Time is, | ранч practi 
t is just as gullible as fat Jonw has 
We ar are astonished: at the degene- 
it because the Italian 
The wb SINN iade in TU s -made guano READ 
eems to have opened men's à to the. facility апа shown what its several 
эё; чек cheating may be 
the т diran ain n who live object 
7 
Ру Need have e Ah = = to` profit by the dis- | EEUU 
overy. Whe 
siii and blue billy w Sun toig for guano, it was 
ogical pee pel И, ВАТ might be sold ar nite d 
Wu y peis, and opel of зоо caleulated to improve pem 
their soil, or the crops which it is REPE 
————— : 
VEGETABLE ратно ле 
к 
e to thrive dlc their үзү ——X we pit 
- effects 
s the 
ow eagerly — or as capable of producing disease. 
пей ves and 
in that 
mention. PM 
established 
under the рышы of “Professor mami 
Mt 
e» " 
mx 
psit, 
оцу of Án of soda, an superphosphate of lim | 
hindrance» when -the | Nor have po рт" ЊУ to apply the. Es. p^ аф 7 
easy | {о practice. Me The fis sti of the 
am is grown опа We learn from the Transactions of the Highland in t Wired e аур } 
who'sent $t to France and Agricultural Sociéty of Scotland, that 
,and saysitishighly Ggonce Ү/пллтАм Hav, of Whiterigg, in Roxburgh- time in = absence 
\ ipd ча cv e ed shire, MIN desirous of trying experiments with mo 
y пе + | various manures in the cultivation. of T duce baneful 
де sn roots are I у нт ж. И anda pitted, to keep | put himself in Жие зм with a3 EUN | hen ns ALAS 
І p n the spring the у. are taken пате we regret to say is not given) who proposed | combination of 
2 an planted in furrows pretty-ne: ктен to det ko what аге by courtesy called agricultur: 4 
n ground. They soon. арго а and | man the accordin уке эз 
Us л аник Among the substances to be е ncc; M - ia а 
ки — ein. Mr.. Ha ponens superphosphate of lime, — of soda, | AN му which n= 
a field is worked into soan a the wen oem rge ide deni чыңы, pepe ar y as regards eom 
а Гы Row dri mei aana рим e a арн Г Чой туы, таа а 
t the sten Ethe ire covered the hen of chemicals furnished by the respectable emis а > гө Mee on of the pris 
the сао; т pa. F eather people of wh they were bough be | and the Pedo ан iminish: 
ca go ely " T they | examined, the nitrate of soda was found to contain | the green rays, and beyond th 
days the roots begin to form, and at the pes ^ OR ЖО Paot that вебе To. eve lbs., therefore, аё the 
ПИЛЕ h : phosphate of soda just 6 lbs. in the 100 lbs! thi | refrangible than the violet, in e 
removed from time .to es or the Ў ia will | у ulphate te of p otass 60 bs., the e SU ulphate of ammonia | ае partly diffu ' 
cu. , 00! not nof quite 92 Is. { the nitrate of potsah about 11j]bs., violet rays*. It is obvious, 
grow proper size ue sin ple 1 MM e ique | the ныг of magnesia 22 lhs, ! and the muriate | €fects as regards Ma cur 2 
llow 5 so гарч ны M De. = poma -— —— As to Та superphosphate susti ийн" "3-6. exposed 
E фет jlast hould:not а | em nette үлене nae emn eei c light, 
е mpi mper scu. iE 
a стор of Turnips. | im df t its the 
i | Ed oF he it ate insoluble e phosphate af lime, ӨР ye beer 
«Sk observe with. an Piin e easure that n new workon When Mr. Hay ventured 5 Complain of the fraud! ! Whe : 
e Du i кыс qs depen e а, e эша a a siet qui енн КӨ MEE 
йш: ealers ul li does not кт" 
vim, with з i nem в with: The Rho- rubbish. back ; ^it was sid not think of taking their ошен and tho plant is therefore bia 
rer ауа”) and an illumi- cultural purposes," of which we entertain no doubt, ls weak, and the secretions 
elected from . in Sikkm be chiefly and contained the “ quantities suitable to еэ | Perfect organisation and elaborsner 
c: T Po Ве That is to in - po of - iei jue the Jéaves and y 
Ge mum d quantity which i e for plants is 23 в: Bain чук Pu а 
А лану s and every hund S. in | tively tasteless. 
Xii dd the plates in litho- а — Á phos epis of mei lbs. of | tage of by the gardener to 
I 18 announced t that the |lime, and 6 Ibs, of phosphate P POS "Th Мы | Кы jin tem — 
