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nce, | winter pv their shoots about the 15th or 20th| . ; ТЕӨЁТ ABLE үлү. 
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that wonderful defe 
95th were "a ко! i r, and saved the | of April; those roots, the other hand, whieh 
ied p from destruction. It w. wee re he fell, | were еа п April did not exhibit shoots til ed 
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i nduct on that occasion he was promoted ning of June. There is no longer any doubt as e tolerable ADU it is it 
—— "d Lieut.-Colonel, which gen he only | the hardiness of the plants; they have withstood, subject, to obtai Wat T preis IT 
received to surrender with his noble spirit. is as I have already stated, the 25? of frost which we however, 2 concurrent tendency ir bres "i 
not his family alone which mourns the. les of the | E have had this winter, and when taken up the skin | seek a cause for everything, and at the аа nl 
t soldier—science also must bow her head in | was smooth and fre m and the roots altogether were | rest Mieter with mere words, which 
sorrow for his fate. 
А х advertisement аи appeared in our columns |^ is 5 З T llar f October, 1852, diseases to which man is subject, is e 
preserved a root in a cellar from October, bydh a wosd эч X evel à 
respecting а new esculent root called per im to the 30th May, 1853, without Er жүрмө, ‹ of rabie йозе "dpi 51а, Mor In reality only ez, 
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uly last, an account was edid a hewa intro- 
duced hardy Chinese Yam called DroscongA BATATAS, | "7 ex di 
ө tical with this In June, 1853, after Not been seven mo nths | 
Жыр, „Окен, ч pst Mat dec 5 to M. | out òf the ground, a root of this t was an atya. for example, th 
ordi lent t 
: prevalent amongst our more valuab 
Decaisne, belongs to a very different species, and |in ed to ascertain the amount of nutritive ma E tion, have бөй ergai to aid које of ín. | 
* must therefore be abandon ich it Seam The Puoi was the result cause, distinguished by the name of bli mm — 
Since the appearance of the account alluded to, a | in in 100 par though not derived from a Greek fountain, uA | 
lupa of plants were received by the Деш ^ Wat ur I s ue. 7000 favourite emos equally «ме inquiry by ба | 
Society, and placed under ће care of Mr. Tuo Starch .. 18.30 stitution of а name Other hand, mme — 
who however failed in inducing them w cie Alkaline phosphates (ashes) еле 0.28 conjeetaral omiso has js hh Ше that ef -— 
thé more successful, espe- A пога ска а me amar Certe tema а vm fact to render it probable —— 
cally "M. Pépin, who in a late communication to the tity), saccharine matter —€— T) E RM РИИ 
Im Y T and Central Agricultural Society of France, cellulose, mineral substances, &c. 10.52 : f. к здара han to bl экс. Our own eyes, or thom | 
gives ied following interesting account of his coniectura: зосон 
— ааа experiment or to BrE А "sy Vh 4 | 
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arrived in a very bad state, nearly АП! “Тһе proportion'of starch was determined with the| 230. The Sa blight, witk auti тал Ц : 
the roots Lu been destroyed by the fermentation | greatest possible care, but the quantity analysed was | at one time supposed quite sufficient to account fie 
which had taken place in the box during the voyage. | very small (463 grains) ; it would therefore be neces- | every disease, though Pica S аз many distinct cages 
: « ipia ew эи of the итин. гаа TA, sound ea to pe the analysis with a greater quantity of RR кунин ЖАШАРЫН Me work, ani 
eane ree day: е sometimes 
e {=т= эге dro rabo on m этне Td sandy “ 1а m years we shall know to what —€— the cx ied of f equivocal generation D 
about one- of rotten dung so f are me 
ie dico eei as to be reduced to the state of ball, EN NS gend my el төш дп ot eonjectuye for бакма АШ 
mould . The pots wie esp vts a hot-bed, not | without deterioration of quality. We know, how- red up. But the ario , t, : all, we 
covered by ы Pre Be ч ith -a d Iu M getation -p ever, that a tuber taken up at the end of three years = least nearer to the solu а of ie шша 
b без yos к M ы gan e я й ИУ givet: p ity its cellular ets healthy Be. the centre, where | a supposition, for, allowing the солар 
16 was also пе ard nor woo have still = discover what it is which gives the tisse 
"an: к s figi by Sos E Vets this| | * From these facts I believe end thig plant will be x their ео ontained Ды аи арас. to 
artificial hea ris young stems had been admitted among our cultivated tuberous species, and | 086 organisms waich р er the enm 
. e The ран were then e at of i EIN uode? АЕ МЫЙ that i will be useful in к ы т ше саум D 
5 in open 1 e end o 
CU e eR qe Rota pg Eres ia pde eris aid e did md 
i yr xi -| have obtained important information which may 
аса - 1 might take тоо! more readily, a nd | chok tion, | not only to their ертен when formed, but to their 
ce a greater number of poc eum Тое |ánd fasliy that it will farnish, at all s seasons ч the i ions whi vietion 
nvietion that they arise 
а résdw well and we were entire prevention ; while a convietion that 
pe y } | year, an aliment within the reac every o spontaneously will at once prevent 
means 
oce to preserve and rm TY the plant. RA This 
ts taken up in the autumn of.1850 were put in 
^ lar where the frost uy not ховор, Бап, i 
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report — to establish the fact A the | of such information. It гар therefore, be impres 
roots of the Chinese Yam are hardy and productive yon — upon the minds of Vegetable 
having kept well through the win к, i een enough for icis cultivation Of their quality we М егу сарое , A. Meu Dec A 2 - 
planted out in the spring of 1851, in veli pulver ris сө, full eak e h i We ве, 1 portion of a а е ] i а 7 supposing even i 
arden soil he of th ts w. ат own tabar: having een obligingly sent us by should be речно as to Ше d 
nem, Kingskerswell, S. Devon, 
due to reproduction from гереа l 
one of Ld fent in length in the autumn of 1851, was 7 hoe han y we understand, is (he whole saleable dividual stock, or to any other conjectural cause, ur 
"i The stems of this plant wither st yearin the » ne 
‚ end of October. 2v Word cut ott] S? cooked with it were perfectly so ; from which | terest, though possibly поё of 
s s MEER rd a (Bb we infer i the roots require to be either steamed | consideration. Mere theory is too often de 
; 3l or roaste to be brought to table in perfection, | itself for the most part deserving 
EG vel i been кара а At events, it is certain that the Chinese Yam | Whereas the wildest cain alu 
and this led me to suppose that they might have been Yir pM the first class of. garden. г : et qp 
leftin the ground till the end of November, and Cor me xia. ае EUM Tn е gU 
that they would have attained a still greater size t, ano; Or EIE Eher tion of fuel inda 
: the la iter important subj ect w may e the followin ент ет iti the 
чено Hl ; | practical directions fi Ir. E | steam, that thé electrical gor а 
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* The manner fh which the Chinese pies x is ext À i 
.butI have also seen two together, of 5 Size, | simple. The earth is first эсте into ridges, when sm T assertio p they are m Р 
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that grew from the Tower art of the m shoot, ge MEM uU QM аера опа jeetures lesd t eer get 
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- and had their End i ehh ya kair the plants have attained * little strength, the | phenomena, оная of the most 6, 
У over the sides ої the ridges and pegged down at taine 2 
Es а Angust, 1851, before the И a that year s des e ihe joint ,6or8 эй ed from gem other (care pon taken to may possibly be ob d. M. К ў 
т parts pegged down with а portion of earth) A т eo 
fr Brent e w rd мега Mas hene yhen they y soon magie root and throw out tubers; by this means, VINCAS. | 
n lengths of between | immense quantities of roots, of the iso of early-framed ed M mate possess two or three 
and horizontally below an еуе. Potatoes, are raised оп a comparatively а piece of ground. ost amateurs 
n : : E Um The above is the ordinary Chinese- mode of culture; but to | but very few care yf 
 Ahey эс ede in pots filled with peat, and obtain them of a large size, small tubers, or portions, are planted merely to keep them alive. 
n bottom-heat s a hot-house, covering | оп ridges, from 10 inches to 1 foot apart, and the plants are мек. 
ays with a bell-glass, 50 as à — to grow freely till late in the autumn, тр n the foliage is " d е and form m when 
ёну exclude the air. "These 5 succeeded tabere by [pe ыбын od аа ктр ip cattle; tha | РЕН з spain however, | 
scil T чн . ngs suc а зы ы — x — avirage Ib. 'and upwards іп | attractive specimens. They, Hri 
y well. At the end of a month they had эк ig 0 ri аныр А-у А е ground is required for other | moist atmosphere while growing, ат 
ont TA of ои to ‘adiit ob their and it seems pes Pur Аг бена кый Рон: {2 bear removal to a cool house 
in 3-inch pots. They were kept | is not — EM it, nor does it have any inclination for sprouting | therefore, useless, except & warm 
i ther firm, short јоїпќей, 
inserted in а 
em. 
Mr. "Неого further states— be selected for cu 
“That he finds mie way of proeuring a stock of | filled 
growing them in & X Xu ог on &|5lass, and pl in bottom, 
L COME they appear; лз; р i | 
Кесе А 51 frame, where, with proper attenties ogl i 
wood without а s whic A is inserted in the mould (ordinary | shading and watering, they WI? " obs 
cutting mould) to o the leafa pot of 6 inches diameter would | course of i >н few weeks. When they are 0 
- cuttings—the pots should then be placed in a | rooted, to the atmos| 
gen c чө. Ed eod kept 1 с A ж em by means of bell-glasses or inch pots а 
otherwise. gs strike root they will throw out | and pot pis em singly i in 4-1 
surfaco ӨГ the mould (similar г, those sent | sufficiently hardened and strong d. 
а in: 
pha bi ink ' ioo die P 
lanted thickl the stop V^ 
tas p eu © EUR the open t established keep them near the glass, 
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i be the ing as the 7 
d same season, if required. A А ok gardener, with а stok of 8) cipal shoots, and attend to "hey will, pro” 
the B fc te ner pert Бе obtain from two to three thousand roots | found to i i эу y 
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i "eee. doubt that the plant deserves the | for Boweriog, but if-pP 
on of all gentlemen's | they should form th і ant 
| wélLripetied ah orma зме er Place 
