ii i 
Fes. 16, aed TH 
E GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
acid, sulphate of copper, &c. +» in} 
which incor aia S o and fiourish, are certainly 
tal to oara. This fact is of great importance, be- 
> th speci ies w which are most prejudicial to man 
properly applied, completely successful. waes the 
application can be ma eg al it may be necessary Home Corr perigee in nce 
from time to tim repeat The vapours of sul- | How to Treat Plants he h have been Drie 
phurous a cid migi ht in so me cases be tri ied for the same iets pae re vying i fron abr oad.— 
purpose fk haps be wo Dep ‘or 
424. It was stated amongst other matters that moulds 
will puma = arsenical solutions. pou ch solutio ons have 
Mold, frequent ly occurs in ink, which is a stro correspondent t wh go m yon gave e advice on 
been prove y Jäger, Marce 
r plants, Bai äger has himself mii 
ae reggae 
| aotit of ps te of iron with nutgalls, oinaan subject a wee wo since, the means by — > 
tanno- tae of iron, The grea ater, however, the plant apparently quito dead from drought was eye. 
proportion o the g to vigorous growth. 
ved in pa a conditi n as to appear dae “the 
a 
14. Te: 
ra communicated tor me 
pet e pete f part of its stem and branc ches were 
| tion of pe aebna of iron renders soil ii, though 
withe ere: ed ; lled 
hlag Lag 
This ria circumstance, 
n to believe pe ge proportions s it 
xides of iro said n to bein njur: ious, 
ne pE ; | by the March wi nds. There were many circums 
taken 
with the fact that elim is deposited i in a me fallie st red 
on the threads of m 
thas £ 
e form 
| com: ition n of most plants. M. Rea which rendered it hang od to restore the plant if p pee 
y = sible, and what seemed hopeless was at templed, „and, as 
GREEN NHOUSE | FERNS. the sequel will chow. accomplishe d. _As a pre pe 
Tus interesting tribe of plants is every year be- | the plant, pee all, 
| coming more Eeay. ppa pe now oan to sufficiently large pi cover every branch, Here Di a 
s disorders which "depen upon the 
Benih a parasite beers the surest c s to impreg- 
} and 
beauty in form; once we saw it only in 
Ferns, I need not say, iden petae ag for pn ele: after ine removed and the now saturated soil washed 
gance an nd vari ied s wen and thei yg its band leavin 
nate the syste rsenic, whic! h ma may act partly | d 
ly as 
li D Fina repo as small a pot as would souvent 
aig 1 organisa description, PEED Pue a; hold the pera peng, te ie fens ren to me gend 
e parasite. A Bheri appli 
tio; 
ing fond of plants c of th g| 
rely, T ve been led to believe ben the ie well as th 
425. We have no proof of fungi being eae of 
existing in pa bP of sulphur. Solutions of s 
phuric and sulphurous acids though very weak sor 
inj urious to vegetatio n. Seedsi indeed w ill germinate and | 
hnt th th 
at the following list of hes, promt 
pao o! lowing ps oi a capablo of seme stantly da ip y sysinging. urse the plant was 
Thais Ba peara ab rae aa ha he | Sha ded on sunny days. The pot being plunged in 
>| plants enumerated, and the reore vl o not hesitate to 
say that they m in ho 
around the branche: es, i n a short 
dri i 
in water.+ iti is wren yu gt that this very substance | 
ay be grown 
where artificial heat is employed 0 
frost. Many species me be fou or three s elapsed a 
and 
eter tand shoots followed, 
Y ly powdered, and | than Asplenium Marinum, a pit which I find will not tiny buds began to push ; 
more when quite i nok lew those paras Fern rnery in the gardens here Thos the plant was restored. 
moulds whi w on livin ay veg such el nches never recovered; nor hat of much 
op and Vine mildew, the we ach and ‘Rove Said l of a Tiihber of aeia ia we re planted out here two | momen the vigorous growths from their bases more 
ers of a “similar character. t is clear’ that the | yea ri vn be me of them have -= as gr prengon tban compensated them, In al es of this kind 
sulphur must enter into som q | by decayed fronds or a few lea hey seem to | YET: tle stimulants must at first be given, and 
t may t | some erie be bardy: In the > list vil aa be found | these with caution. Heat aT, applied, = 
first sight by no means ia "i eh it E s sever plants to which a D is affixed ; such kinds without the nec goes spone 
reflected that oxygen inan } ill theref rate death rath 
pes: > pans, t, and ready piero to enter into combination 
th any substance which it has nemi it may 
repair be conceived th at in that condition it may com- 
bine with l form sulphur id, an 
tt than sai ; 
succeed best in a sitar dry house. The fol- with respect. 19 Ly bulbs and 
lowing is the list alluded to. soe 
m assimile, Sw. eee epis repens, Presl 
> P S , Hoo! ok. 
hispidulum, R.Br. 
z formosum, R. Br, ” 
the leaf Bei pigs y sulphur, o: $ iforme, Li ; i 3 s: if thise are i and sh d 
pes ewes acid, : effect the same end ik closed » atoe, Wild, £ 4 artienlatura um, Swz. s condition, tne ish ir should ae to rere the lost 
ilding, * for examp e, a grape-house , but the scens, . microphyllum, | wz. Juices ; as been accomplish e TEPES 
not to Asplentum mattennntan, R r, Litobrochia vespertili = aan les may be aroused, but not before. I need 
ciple fermentation, vah depends upon the Any D furcatum, Swz. leptophylla, J, Sm. Rig 
of a fun ‘ungus, ed by racking off we al 5 palm tum, Lam. Topla lanceolata, Spreng. 
ting fluid i sulphured cask. wie peor ty eae i sar A e pe many plata whieh might [ipiri hav: saved. 
ins, again, of sul of ut i a ejD f: ompressum, » Gillesi, Hook. 4 rdinary Hyacinch this is 
with a fermentable juice are equally efficacious, as the|D ”” obtusatum, Fors fase an agellanica, Desy. | not arom! Re be neti especially by anaient and lady 
acid d oses salt, which evolves sulphurous eee p ga B : attenuata, Willd. aru, he bulbs have 
acid (Pereira under Soda bisulphis). Bisulphite of soda AE egr hea? asien een much a$ "one plumpness, they should either be 
has tly een used with su pam in the treat- » Canariense, Willd. » spinescens mek for a day or two in damp sand, or tears bee 
ment of f the stomach in which ” falcatum, Swz. = » elongata, P. individ 
the growth of the bth vegetable praise Sarcina |, ” ee ee ” peed KA ng Pt placed in “the glasses, Aa even when oy are oat 
ventriculi is one of the most prominent symptoms. »  planicaule, Wall. ee ions res i ver the c of each with 
426. The most eff sctual perhaps of applying/D  „  Petrarchæ, Dec. 9 ariensis, Presl = ys of thick lottis paper or thin cloth, kept moist 
sulphur, and the most per t, is that adopted by | * Athyrium umb, E a ken pr rei Pros ahi ag: reg Sane ohne ee 
M. Becquerel. A solution of rnp of potassium, | + Antigramma rhiz be Pda peo flabellata, J Sm As I have e best results follow this plan. 
or sulphuret of calcium, bs n acid, and | Alsophila capensis, J. Sm. Maratti elegans, Endl. G. W.L. 
then applied by means syri ie A deposit of grate ote asf a * Nephrodinm p marys Ignorance of Common Things.—It is indeed to be 
inequality at oe net the ae which follows every r ant um calli, Kae D Notloen na goo Desv. sable ta a that vat the clergy ane Uni fe are founding 
megy thea de: mn. leuca, Ku every villagi 9 providing 
a yr pa Ve, eduilazis, D Don. “4 vent, rI Sm “ trained ” i sing 
of a new fungi. lolin T eieus, eilanthes micropteris, Sw2. ” population in what is yea considered the most 
Kamt the of the acid, a ol like ers but i is hat permanent. | DChellanthes mias fi mt D 2 pos eel prance! Seoigensey a paring, oat b gry g as your 
Other have been employed, but|D  ,„ cuneata, Lk. D dig ra, J. Sm. | remar] t wi ve it, o common 
those en Peron ted are are the most promisin ng o & tated pproved, | D Cassebeera farinosa, J. Sm. Neotiopteris is, J. Sm. ee H which surround got should in no shape find 
427. Several mineral substa reused to contend |? ” Eite g "ba Dee o ark pertuss, Spreng. a place in their studies ; but the mere study of rae 
against those fungi which Sulphate of » inframarginalis, J.8m | D rupestris, — b ffici ng 
copper (blue vitriol), perchloride of mereury (co ve | Cibotum Schiedii, Sch D Lingua, Spreng.” child 
ý s AX Barometz, J. Sm E- a na Schott. w 
sublimate), arsenic, chloride n salt), | + Cyrimiam faleatim Soe, understand it eh hers useful a aye their minds cai 
lime b ith sul phat e all become bewildered in the maze of technical terms. ly 
3 , allia tenuifolia, S Onychium arae Spren; 2 
their advocates, and al to be useful. Of these thi $ om oy bee. D Pyeno coopteris Sieboldi o E impressio the instruction should consist in 
pear tentang of the con Tasti is most efficacious, and the Panus Cay. pha re A eng simple lectures, ill themselves, 
effect to be d hich is set free on ra atteonste, J.Sm. |D > E J. Sm. assisted by a simple question and para teeing a f 
the combination of the sulphuric rie er! the lime. Drynaria erioides, J. Sm.  |*D p ndifolia, J. Sm, | without Latin or technical terms; and as few sc 
428. Another set of fungi is in us not to living n diversi Die tld io rs or mistresses are at present „sufficiently 
plants, but to their woody parts when em 0 ee pene Jomelanos, J, Sm, | Acquainted with the veget: i to impart such 
domestic architecture or in pone ding. Fr r Bille 53m, Pmi _atropurpures, 35m raire to gaii penie let the mas Hs = 
from damp, # — ebodium aureum ools in the gardeners, 
sphere are excellent preventives, but where these co: » din aiam should be, sufficiently well informed to impart informa- 
ditions cannot be secured the only remedy is to . ee aspera R. B. B. A Preis ingiala Š “Dai: tion enough on the subject to lead the minds of the 
e wood with apes which will o destroy caudata, R. B. pupils to inquire and know more of things 
the aoe. which live at their ex Corrosive subli- | * Diplazium d mannin, d, n 7 crenata See, with which they have yi on to do; that done, 
viel are the and if ” rnap in ks will be resorted to to Agathe esire for 
7 diversin rite * » Serrulata, Lin. s 
cieutari rguta, Vahl. owledge, and a em gets 
* It is certain that a vies can effect A Ke : 
chomcal chang wi ter aa pias m fs power or z reauire | Di oie » A Ie practice, such deplorable accidents as you alluded to 
most intense agents. can, roan ree a substance n» antarctica, Lab, semipinnata, Li 
to enter into combination with another of lower electric affinity areia £ grande, J.Sm. | ledge of botany would administer to the enjoyment of 
arini nd ‘Of soda ; imi teuint Dorin pote an aa ” "aliom, De š life. for at every step the botani 
chloride of soda and water. The chi e and hydrogen are in agp eldest ia regs * pe SPE ETES hel attract and interest him, = ory bee a friend, hase 1 old 
Boag Sppropriatogand in on set free, while the ante combines ko yR ie paradise og J E not tis ME ed i 
with the carbonic , = hemical „australe [J. Sm. $ olatum, Hook. | Silent 3 friend, 2 
aflinity. See Harvey Nereis Am. Bor. 1, Goniophlebium ‘estat „ Potftchun angen, Presl | abstracts him for a while from d eti 
The common practice of placing a roll of bri e in water ltum, J. Sm. proliferam, J. Sm. ; 
to dogs have access is perfectly useless on this account. e inifolium patani g * | of life. H. Howlett, Hi d. 
f The action of the acid is capable of explanation in the | Gymmnogramma Totta, ”  drepanum, Presl ` -— The misapp! of stimulants in 
koai y. Supposing the substance employed to be sul- | « » leptophylla, Desv. » hispidum, J. Sm. my opinion often generates diseases in ebro 
—— d water, with the addition of sulphw chaerophylla, Desv. x falcinellum, Presl ; EPID * d def, he frui 
ic acid, we have the following — very . aurita, Hook. D Seolopendrium Krebsi nd Oe Oa eee $ 
"20K, SO, HO) + SO, =2(KO, SO, , HU) + teris fraxinifolia * Sitolobium davallioides, J.Sm. z vei ved aa 
yao; SO, H0) + sein psa eh Ua Fe +2HO+S. »  _ prolifera Todea africana, Willd. by the ven spi 
In either case sulphur is set free, in the first by tes gee pea pins 6 Carm. thrips are not apt to attack Cucumbers in a thriving 
ae OE a CTT Ea Diguomanes reniforme, Forst: | Plants from the batch of seeds and out of the same 
ped e-em by Cio gag ‘stages pom * Wood vardia radicny WH pot may not and be 
stance be rhe salgharet of cx calcium. 0; Barter, Botan Botanic Gardens, Regent’s Park. susceptible of general treatment, 
