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antris Г ammonia is 
thing о ъала der Philosophischen Botanik, v. i. 
| 41—1854.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 661 
ic acid, and шау be used for culinary purposes like 
p f 
Several formule are given for pectie aci 22 
g 
uis great many forms* are pria qu. but in all 
oxygen over 
there is in every case an excess of 
181. The last of the ternary substances is woo 
fre, which forms the foundation of а 
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of carbon two equivalents of oxygen 
oxygen and саг of the wood. 
Mi убор pan 
are removed. It is clea vd Basre that the oxygen of | д 
the air, which combines with the hydrogen of the 
wood, is re replaced by ibl wid, keik Бу Ue со 
d. Wo 
therefore, in Shieh "this process is going on, must be un- 
182, But besides ss ternary compounds there are 
others which contain nitrogen and sulphur, 
ircumstances, 
which 
causes a rapid decay, accompanied by an offensive smell, 
and it is certain, inasmuch as this altered matter acts as 
mis volver bis to the other two, 
one of them 
for milk, Which seee Жеми of. e eggs o 
albumen, and f fibrine, as far.as blood-m 
od poppa hpa 2. at least in the case 
intention of expediting the pone in fluids, which 
might otherwise be sluggish. Iti rely if exu used BRITISH puro A Veo Ade emi impr gi 
an А 
n the manufacture of wine аб. dis 1 
Mx M, J. B. "ану. irom firs (MEETING AT LIVERPOOL, SEPT., 1854.) 
GE 
iten managed doe are vy ; handsome plants, 
which, owing to their accommodating habits, are ad La" ive a^ ырен ii тна ат same title, 
i | paitiéulasiy well suited for amateurs, or persons having ics, edi gi 4 ban 
t 
e-room, G. ina, which I eed : А 
say is опе of the best of them, бел еы of the m aie spectrum were cut off by the various 
had in b 
à loured glasses employed in hisexperiments, . А series 
almost any period of tlie ; but it is most useful for ог | со Б шр!оу pert 
anti and winter flows а ng, леш put "(reri n ations followed on Hyacinths grown under very 
plants are more useful, th sii gea 
Like Achimenes, Gesneras increase sufficiently fast, by th ll to dimini 
means of their under-ground tubers, to render artificia zd ^ Loci of soror Pak. growth of 
of ordi der the proper development ot the plant; 
I desired to have flowering specimens | ал the fent of total darkness 
pera and early winter, the tubers desit be care- | abundant growth of thin va a in preventing the 
fally separated from he so soil in which they have been retiro a of the green мүнүн edes, but not of that 
is „about arch, lanted | of the blue flower, nor of the nstituents of a 
rather thickly on the surface of well drained pots or | healthy plant. A series of наад ч on germinati 
ithi ith was 1 
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jury, and e d 2i 
eep. Givea p Watering, чо йе: the вой б ce perfect darkness. The effects resulting from these 
tubers, "€ plac ra i escri 
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ой may | repo being chosen 
e necessary to preserve the — n a moist healthy con- | from the two great botanieal divisions—exhibited а 
dition. As P as the plants are from an inch to| wide diversity, sometimes amounting to a direct oppo- 
2 inches high they should be separated and серин. sition, in their manner of being affected by the same 
I use shallow 8- inch pots, and place five plants in each ; | solar ra ; but in the case of both the plants, under the 
but the number of plants in a pot should be pgod circumstances of the primi the following effects 
e | by the taste and атаан of the cultivator were observed :— The cutting off of the chemical ray 
both in 
proper management one plant in a pot will form a very | facilitates the process of germination, and t 
| fine specimen ; but, to effect this, more care and time | reference to the protrusion of the radicles, and the 
are required than when five plants are put into а pot, evolution of the plume ; the stem grows unnaturall; 
an i i 
t | pots ar poser Mac filled with roots, — into the | the Pea roots а lateral impulse. 
А few experiments on 
grasa ng size. Forsingle Pg wa h 10- inch p ts wi the germination of other seeds were then narrated ; and 
—" large ; aep three plan еы, 12-inch | the report concluded with an account of experiments on. 
will be зет ҮЛ) апа 13 nch dre in the case of | the germination of Wheat and Peas in oxygen, hydrogen, 
Ет cest Keep cl and moist, and carefully avoid | and carbonie aci gases, as well as in ordina 
g till t the. serui ean m netrate the fresh soil. ейте, air, end in air from which carbonie acid 
A $i temperature during summer is rather injurious | was at all times certain to be removed. The results 
an beneficial in the culture of "this plant; 50° or 60° ti i 
or 
2 
sun heat, w valuable made во 
and flour making growth, and the production of handsome specimens. оп the inte resting физ» that the investigation bad 
are con , are ach x y itself, ке» aet нони? be cw near the lasts, so that! brought to light; and drew especial attention to the 
e of sustaining animal life, and, therefore, of t hey ша ve as much light as can be a ed them, | remarkable fact — in the paper, that the blue rays 
supplying the other two essentials. T identieal, ра it will be found n леа ^ estas shade them | retarded alth 
or nearly so, with si bstances in animals, on | during bright surishine, e atmosphere should be sf 
which count their presence in vegetables, which are intained in g vg icd state ; but must | afterwards—the act of 
ultimately the source of all ani ent, is indis- not be effected by excluding air арй close shading, 
d for perfect nutrition. As a proof of their otherwise the plants will ass a sickly, drawn appear- | ment bei 
tity, ch by the Chinese from the ance, and the foliage will be thin and ill-coloured. The 
EM ier isseparated by rennet exactly as curd is 
m 
183, Albumen "eus in vegetables either in = fluid or 
may be neatly staked, as soon as they are high 
"nd to be liable be broken. The stakes used 
ay be cut off at the height of about 15 inches, 
Sid form. It is & constituent -A ma aene plants; the flower-spi — will require port, | found to 
must not be confounded with the n to | and if the plants are kept near the glass, "id ү би ылы н “little influence upon leguminous plants. — 
the firm or mealy y which so carie, бесе turned round, they, too. жей. probably need no ооб On the Artificial Preparat ion of 8 Sea Water for Marine 
embryo, and affords it its nutriment. em to assume. the desired form. G. na | Vivaria, by Dr. G. Wise Tho paper was a criticism 
best analysis leads to th 216 N27 Se Н.єэ Овв dency on a communication y Mr. Gosse, I contained 
or Mustard see e have a diffused form of albumen. 
It gives гав a Toi of геч bodies by entering 
into new chemical combina 
зме“ Fibrine, again, із eod ja the juices of € 
rich i and seeds, apaw is peculia 
ìn it, and it is оте Meere in the gluten = 
Wheat and other 
, the 
н, хф the ge rej iiie The formula, exclusive 
в the same with of albu 
sph tha 
"i ia readily tintom Diss 
fibrin 
f which is 
into 
supposed 
from fibrine by the iot e. 
y action of water, Tts curious 
"fiet on starch has alsen y entioned, 
185, т» е та vett yes is found most 
сб 
s seeds, as Peas a 
Which are. dee. highly nutritive. In the seeds of 
gum ts it is accom ipid pf «iran 
мше эр, in the common Labu It d 
who has ем elaborately 
oes not prat 
to 
ide ho has on pectinous mai matters, 
tance pectose, Eo gena. in the - 
deum fruits and to which their hard texture is said to | decompos 
f or boiling is converted 
Tis i pestine, walen ы soluble ari en dom iir fon a jelly. 
finu form (roh Hao Oss 4 When it assumes a gela- 
Fw these a substance which Msn S peces, "x 
nalogous to 
г; rodueing т change. (I have onl 
Я renie andlation Р едь memoir.) Me x 
"matter. , € acids arise equally from decayed vege- 
| with 200 contain nitrogen. The — of these 
of great consequence as regards the 
з spikes at the axils of pom eaves, 2 it will мечте іп * The Annals of Natural History." 
his 
Guiding himself 
form а Бе showy — men in this way than if stop- by, Schneitzer’s analysis, Gosse employed chloride of 
ping is resorted to ; but when only one plant is used as | sodium, sulphate of magnesia, chloride of magnesi 
the 7 ока of the specimen, it may be advisable to dnd ehlosideet: potassium. Into а mixed aqueo нана 
stop once, when а e 4 inches high. An occasional of these salts Gosse; introduced various species of 
watering with зове iberek will tend мы ae much | marine plants and animals; and for six weeks they 
to promote vigoro us grow wih; but this will be unneces- | throve and flourished. Dr. Wilson considers, however, 
sary till the н 9 have pretty well filled their aon with that the less abundant, but still essential, constituents 
Р te a fase picoplate «f lune падао calum, ln, odine 
be develo the ts | lime, phosphate of lime, fluoride of calcium, sili 
edem $1 ш: M to an m auiem — bromine should п e t be dentem ны these latter ий. 
ually pre d for the change. Great s are found in ne plants and animals ; an 
they spe vegeta prevent their sustaining any itis is ебам plainly evidant that the medium in which 
check, and they should be guarded from currents of they live ought to contain the same substances. It is, 
air af temperature of f i j : { 
45 їп f 
bl eason, if the plants are expected to calcareous salts, &e. for the growth 
es e e pe. beauty for some two months of their survivors ; and in like manner the death ofa 
i ur given number of plants might liberate 
hey show symptoms of decline, water should the remain 
= = 9 p en ti ; 4 ium for i 
> iage ап stems | the occupants of the aquarium И ' и 
ám 4 иени уч ha а тает inm the other part might be easily avoided, as calcareous 
die down, the pots i: ме расой os duritie vh , carbonates, and fluorides occur together in 
si reen, 
but the d ould sea- | lo gr 
| rug а er to сай зет Hines eg it almost imd a enden egal prm hana е7 
always contains, І ought tostate да бра ау harmony and adaptation in nature. He thought 
| 1 too 
and in way m на erior | naturalists were much 
sasn 5 take саге not to | aem -— —À re an end 
variety, w ; 
баламды valig itas 
