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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 
T are injurious to will remain under the conservatorship of,is now (September) perfe 
rm. The ле М bord that әд ееѕ аге е Жы the Italian botanist. y herbarium pon | well ; i 18 Боп н, feet ^ 
» i ans nothing else than | few or no rivals in the continent o except the | 1837 and 1850 
“scorched. by the ad arn Movil минор! ceasing | Musea of the Jardin des Plantes, Berlin, i cima and пат plented d in 1851, is uninju 
uch stronger degree than the | St. Peter rsburgh, and was kept in admirable o order ; it | slo r amb sepa planted in 
ot is produced. petrae the — of Labillardiere's P AGHOR am angst ad m growth rapid; P. Fremonti 
others of great value. Mr. Webb seems to have sue- | 1852, was killed in 1853; P. Llavean 
here y to a vals of maladies ; for jo months is uninjured, growth slow; P. ; 
the br e the power of further | he had nest under a very severe attac ck of gout, | P. Sabiniana, planted in 1852 
absorption and fall Da. "v leaf Sap: dry and | which was succeeded by gastro-enteritis, symptoms | rapi : Р. radiata an 
уй, ИР off. Though the phenomena are not in all | resembling cholera and tippe fever, which carried | varieties, ' apulcensis 
spects the same, the effeet of cold on young field him off. 1e English service was read over his remains | phylla, filifolia, longifolia, oo 
i 0 a at his rede in the Cham "- Eisen in the prese Teocote, died а season оа 
d currents of air, west and south winds damper | оЁ a large concourse o scient e eA whom his loss Abies Douglasi, planted in 1837 
currents. Therefore the former are injurious, parti-|is most s Tec mourned, (де were trans- 20 feet high, is much injure 
eularly in the spring, and we are accustomed to protect | ported to England for interment in d "family idt at|1839 and 1851, the ort 
our trees and plantations from their influence as much | M inse e is injured by the 
as possible, This injurious effect on fine fruit trees is Chinese Can any one oblige e undersigned rapid. A. cephalonica, planted in 184 
own by. the nurserymen. They fear | by sayin what the tree is whose fragrant timber is con- | growth slow ; A. Smithiana mori 
than the cold of the night, which is the porz used by the Chinese as we use е denl, It is some | 1841, are uninjured, growth slow 
" as occurs fre- | coniferous tree, no doubt, but quære what? Not а planted in M was 
e position = the Pine, I suspect. Does your veteran "friend, Mr, John | вргіпв, grow rapid ; 
Jael. 1852, is perfectly uninjured ; P. Pinsa 
he tre re - aim Gauges.—l "e attentively considered Mr. | 1849 эй 1852, do.; P. по li 
difference of temperature of "509 Fahr. between day and | Slatter's communication at p. 565, on the subject of my | and 1 0.; P. Webbiana, planted in 185 
night is not rare in such eireumstances. When the|rain gauges in Pembro ke n bad b өн. з, те. not | its v. "àhoots killed, leading s 
cai aed ihe br ii iae in uds and ком think he has shown any error in the obse I | Pindrow, planted in 1849, side shoots uninju 
ot yit uring day make the juices ascend in will not dimit. the theory from which he porera that — Lee (in а very exposed east aspec 
емей plants, Den fhe bn is open, and the beautiful ier some additional amount of rain would have amabilis, planted іп 1849, is uninjured, growth 
mely te expand with an ast cub pos received by the 5-inch gauge had it been placed at the | P. grandis, do., uninjured; African Cedar 1 
рй. "But: x he cold of night succeeds the heat ot same level as the 8-inch gauge, instead of 37 feet 6 inches | 1849, is uninjured, growth eo $ 
above it, although I am inclined to doubt whether | 1838 to 1852, are uninjured ; ias, planted from 
out of the tender flower leaves, which crumple М» ар FUSE data exist for сед ine КМ. what the | |18 " to 1850, uninjured ; A. Я deum | 
but the ascension of fluids thro ugh the branches for|exaet increase per foot should But I very much ryptomerias, plan nted from 184 Mae 
filling and re-strengthening the exhausted organs is do ubt whether a 5-ineh gauge aei same We el, and by | exposed situations, much injured, in eee ‚ 
not produced by it in an equal degree. Тһе flowersand - side of the 8-inch gauge, ade actually have received | uninjured ; C. viridis, planted in 1852, is 
all фе contain become unfit for the formation of the | as much as the later for this м 4 ois e when | injured and growing rapidly, although in an 
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nation for the frequent failure of Мен harvest of our |in the 8-inc ЗА, was 4.957 in chos, 1 being an а іп T4 9, died in 
sid treo P5 Nm in the prematur Ll con. б of their | excess of 2.478 esae К € is only 0.188 inch | gigantea), a man in “төю and 185 
flow not the means е à t, based on expe- | than the difference » dm when the 5-ineh pressus Goveniana, plan 
небе, uses Mp protecting the trees itae the cold of | gauge was on the tower. Besides, if an addition s to be | torulosa, Zimt in 1849 e 1850, 
m nre ated by science itself ? That баета of | made to the amount really received by the 5-inch gauge Uhdeana, planted in 1850, do., growth bes 
eva ean be Mess d mueh be by other | while it occupied the higher position, the same | bertiana, planted in 1850, do., grow 
phenomena, ud especially by a higher de nee of tem- іп proportion must be added to the receipts of |thurifera, planted in 1850, died in 1853; C. 
perature; so great is th ле influence, that we see in it the {һе 8-inch gauge when it was there; and there | planted in 1851, do.; C. Corneyana, planted i 
key а е explanation of many phenomena of vege- will then be an excess on the side of the larger | uninjured; С. Knightiana, planted in 
table gauge more than sufficient to neutralise the correction | C. funebris, green in 1851, side 
hen leaves аге put under an inverted glass, а mois- | added to the smaller one, and enough to make the total 1852-53, but uninjured in 1853-534; 
ture is seen on the inner surface. This is water, "Which is | excess on the 42 years eonsiderably on the side of the | planted їп 1851, lost the leading shoots in 
diseharged from the leaves. What takes m in that 9-inch gauge, under the three different relative positions | otherwise uni nj J ipon 
glass happens also in the atmosphere in the natu in which the gauges were placed. It о perhaps, 1849, uninjured ; J. hibern 
Expose a plant to a great he p without bringing water | strengthen the argument if I were to up that|J. excelsa planted in 1852, inj 
within its reach, and very soon you will se ba. е ы observations to which alone Mr. Slatter pee | health hy plant); J. ordia 
But apply water to it before iti is quite в: Банй and it | because the remaining three Mri: results give an arreana, planted in us nip 
will return to its former fulnes Put eut b ranches into excess over the s aller gauge, which would be still | Inc in 11850, d do; Biotia {а ed. 
а red, yellow, or violet liquid, aa you will find that the | more inereased by ден, the biker ne hi |18 : 3. glauca, planted in 1 агіх ре 
inner tissue takes that colour, and consequently that the | anda E gauge at the high P pn ted in 1849, do.;  Cephalotaxus F 
flui mounted into the plant. A French mechanie, | pose о do so, because 1 think all c p "ond ЁЛ | planted i in 1851, do. ; Libocedrus chilensis, planted -in +4 
Boucherie, some years ago, invented a means of pre- фе ("ich these were) are о, | 1852, do.; L. viridis, planted in 1852, do. Ne 
serving timber from decay, His object was "и аага useful, and are much more Velas. ur bu y 4 pat agonica, planted im 1 1852, do. ; Saxe-Go! 
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the newly eut wood in which sap still existed. Не cut|to suit a theory, itd correct that theory may be, | quite recovered. 
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with the surface of the section in a mixture of acidum | solutely and invariably үн» in all cases? Mr. т?з | cading article, i in last wee s Papet,. 
pyrolignosum with oxidium of iron. The black fluid extensive and careful experiments in o raram вз of the Pine tribe, а Еу. 
was to be attraeted upwards by continual evaporation, | of the lake district prove beyond question that the from that of ina fewi 
which would soon fill the younger branches, and take | amount of rain increases the higher the gauges are |I will mention them. In the first place, amon 
the place of the fluids which exuded through the leaves ; ire until about 2000 feet are reached, above which | Pines, which you say are too tender to be proa 
| ] оп on e has exactly | height it again decreases ; and this, I think, was not|halepensis has with me been totally uninjure 
action of a pump. In proportion as moisture is evapo- | expected, until found to be во by aetual observation, | among those whose агадан you say seems 
rated, water must be supplied, for the tissue cannot be | There may be ап anomaly in the eni d have recorded, | blished, Ayacahuite has 80 
empty. (То be continued.) but eertainly it is not because they were observed in a | necessitate its removal. Among Spruces, again, 
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ron qi ive ronde n Aeg fran: limestone e situation fo or à gauge cannot well be found, The lower | those you mention have all stood 
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^ all | gauge was also quite open to all t and on | cludi except two 
2 a brick — but һе” tere prove that it is “ by in- | the north and east sides the bu uildings - ped out i rr pest cgi of The latter 
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=з ны аяда ere, that Ute hec ее PS o "à them ; orae ct “ gue whether a 10-inch (qu is or is же large en cix a little b the spring frosts. 
of limestone ls ъв eonsidering the опеана vi | v " owe D муч АА бе Винен рет не INNAM 
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re | half years the larger gauge received a adit of | te | чо ius › completely шоу Bed 
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< ^ : the Million.—It may not be much known | Cupre acrocarpa among my plants 
сенне rna чему us и т а hat | with what facili cuttings of the Hybrid Perpetual and d ad of January last. 
* T. P. Ss" solution of Ф ntes t admit | Hybrid China dns strike, and what ае plants they | appearance of being so, and 
M — ulty hey T have in make. The cuttings may be taken atany time when altogether, when my gardener 
= Conrad еа Ке p outer doo : е ng ripe, and planted in a border with a north aspect, or, if | si (itality about it, parti 
>» 2 «чь эмине аду е зуба руча ар ет in any other sof rt des Batailles hardly one | shoot. Encouraged by 
weather the eee oil surfaee is d over vi osea, H. Р m viu 
moisture, w the кен e - m no nors of it. | rooted, be potted, introduced into heat in the winter or as gm 
ires seems to ч a terest an aiite early spring, and soon will produce their flowers, N., | recovered, and I am very 
mme: wi eo praetical and learned, | Newport, Isle of miht. ever will  Libocedrus chilensis, 
Am Wow» Шатт m itm ine lt не. Hardiness оў Conifers.—Your leading article of |unhurt by the winter, has with 
Saturday last 
the herbarium of ie Ine > PB bes к, -— А... hardihood of newly introduced I am very doubtful of 
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of | presume you will find the following report 
oily evivesud- ii a Aaa) g report acceptable | y s specimens of it are 
"€ 7а "à is place Am deme insignis, planted in 1850 different emm shelte: 
pee -the museum there, | turned brown in mr e ring 1853-54, but it of them (to y knowledge) - 
