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340 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE 
[May 17, 1856. 
Polmaise, the only difference being that a very large | A small “ extractor’ mide ge the waste heat of p goes, that, with th ption of Filberts 
area of heating surface comes into action upon himney might perhaps in numerous instance s|and Hazel Nuts the sumption in all cases 
Hazarn’s plan without an isk of heating, instead | convey through a poet inte a greenhouse on the | averages very much less per head in London than in 
of a very small area, and th nty of cracked os t floor of a London peces all the heat which | Paris. The supply of Raspberries for the London 
fire plates. In order that the heated air, as it | would be a in such a place. market is very limited ; and there can be no doubt 
passes into the house, may acquire the degree of “This is not the first Faas that the Spinone has | that if the su ply of this as well as that of va 
pply, hat of various. 
S i occasion | other fruits were increased, so would be the demand 
ull health, the incoming air is cond over a| Messrs. rh a Plum. 
Garraway & Co recomm ded "it for hot- | The quantity of Apples, Pears and Plums > 
cistern of water, tyra which it takes up as much as | house heating ; on another it. received a very good | enter into th diet of the Parisian is almost in- 
its own temperature w will permit. word from the Rev. nison, of East Brent, | credible. the three kinds taken together, while 
The great advantage presented by this system | who had applied it to his parish church ; others 2 only 32 Ibs. 7 ounces per ead are annually consumed 
consists in the abundance of heat which it provides, | said to have Torgi xperience in its use, and we |in ae = inhabitant of Paris requires 529 Ibs, 
and in sS pone of whatever heat the fuel | are sure we only express the desire of our rea culents two articles also appear w sich 
may give out to the service of the house, a of | when we say that page foo be grateful for farther piy ‘point to the ra of the people, and al 
allowing itt nd pass away uselessly ene = one by information upon the subje re little. The French table 
e chi bi s rome ig 
entions as many z as 438, 000 kilos bs Black Winter 
Tuer interesting account which we eek [Radishes an article unknown in me a own markets, 
eae Ainge ppa south Mr. nes of the consumption of Torus and ra ei g Ya: Pata. a nt Ton hs aed 
ow it works is thus describe HAZARD á 
in the case of its Ph saga to the forcing houses 
_| Salads in London of all kinds put together. 
of Cnanurs Evie, Esq» of Welford, near New| ti oe what we know of he Po Ton. | Bot since M. Hussos’s book is likely to appear 
to n (see antè p. 214), upon the authority of Mr. very shortly we shall take a future opportunity of 
applied the extractor in January 1856, the ep Poore. We shall thus learn some- returning to this matter 
eather being 10° below fre vente we therefore thing more than usual of the habits of the Paris 
on finish before we left for the night, | po retry So of the kind of 
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it was 12 o’clock before we were able to light | wants , | Mex z alse a a Pag qe 
fire under + boiler ; at 7 ct lik on the fallos M. ene takes the population of Paris at| for asta ution to the Fellows of the Horticaltans 
ing morning Mr. ison, Mr. Evre’s gardener, | 1,053,262; but this is exclusive of Saint- a and Sac 
re tested the air from the extractor, when | other “densely —_—. faubourgs, and w 
we found large volumes passing into the house n is notincluded. “Taking 
40°; bu ae iriser on the hot water flow- | these into Spe cis at amount may be estimated at New Plants. ; 
pipes nearest the boiler only indicated 95°. After | 1,500,000. If that of London be regarded as| 172, GALANTHUS PLICATUS. Marsch Bieb. Fl. Taur. 
several days’ experime ting, the external ther-| amounting to 2,500,000, the comparison will be Cauce. IL. 255 
ing at 12° and 14° below freezing, the near enou ugh for all practical purposes connected (THe me SNowDROP.) 
advan as more evide hi avour the | witk hich When the warm breath o re Minor was first felt 
extractor, while the apparatus in the Fig house ing these numbers, and the statements of|im 1855 by our winter-beaten troops at Sebastopol, 
was working admirably and pits ally. The | Mr. Te WAITE Pioi: and of M. Husson as the gen tet them yom ae ae beautiful white 
aa Polmaise stove formerly d one barrow | ha = a calculati tion, oe uleaye haa feats apr EE ‘he, ssh of 
oke in urs; while my apparatus onl F 
2 3 spring. Not however the same as was wont to cheer 
Poia a o ne i day oi? ae | tion p peters oko and rae in em and them in their English homes, but a taller and a stouter 
arda t sies pi : o chine an y a pae sive cage the average consumption per head po ort. Trowels and spades were set to to and in a 
an. few short weeks the bulbs of the stranger were trans- 
rec an order for an extractor to be attached 
to th + boiler : the consequence was an | Consumption per Annual consumption 
mmediate economy of fuel, and another important | bet a sa tee 
result. The under-gardener, who could not before didai ‘ 
leave the conservatory during severe nights, was wir T a a Ea ft inom 
now enabled to leave the fire from 8 beie in the Tons. | Tons. | Tbs. oz.| lbs. oz. 
Vore an ntil 7 o’clock the following morning. Potatoes _...| 138,000 | 26, 298 |123 10 |39 4 
e . Eyr n an with | Cabbages sao OO, 000 0,166 | 71 1 3 2 
. L. Pornam, Esq., of Littlecot, near Hungerford, | Carrots | 8 20225 7 30 3 
wished $ Ena the maii of my system by | Turnips «115149600, 3810 |, 39 u 
actual tests. A thermometer was suspended 1 foot Sree ra td ett bf 3 rr 
: ei s.. nee 
down pct top of „the chimi ney 0 of a Pine pit, heated Aspatagua’” sc 260 3543 | 0 39 4} 
by hot water, i ed, and 2050 b934 | 1 183 6 
it indicated same berae as then Galery... A eng 1417 | 0 11h ar 
suspended down y, W the extractor | Radishes _..| 750 356 |- 0 103 4} 
intercepted th eth when it only st t 160° ; | Cucumbers & 5r s 
amatked difference of 270° in favour of the extractor. | _ Gurkens... — paia e R A 
Se ermometer was then placed in the same|Gourds and 
pr n arb the chimney of the Fig Trine when it cae ( 300 | 2598| 0 43) 3 14 
on rr stood at 105°. arrows } 
And as Mr. Davison was trying the two | Apples -| 17,150 | 110,520 | 15 6/165 0 
systems fairly, one mie the other, Hot Air v. Pears «| 9325 | 147,847 | 8 5 1190 13 
Hot Water, by shuttin i ee the eee of a n Damsons } 9800 | 115,946 | 8-12 |173 2 
„and allowing it to flow in the ü ; if | 
other; thermometers were placed in different parts | a wb ed | i a Roe 
the bonsa heated : . w erries . 700 9212 0 10 | 1372 
of the house, heated by the hot air alone ; one being | 3900 8513 | 3 8/|12 IJ1 
placed in the front path, 1 foot from the floor, and sa es 16 | 1328] 0 od 0 
another similarly placed in the back walk. raga Filberts and 5 F | i 
to relate, the one in the fron nt indicated 62°. w zel- nuts bi rac eb he, 
of hot air, only stood at 60°., To carry th arg It will be observed from the above that some 
Shént still farthe er, m à oe tal ta. oF, ng eats are consumed in much greater iirin 
to fear from placing plants immediately above t in London Bhan in irae These Potatoe 
ascending current of hot air, I susp te ties ae Cucumber rs, and Gar 
mometer 3 feet above the gratin aed aie kens. rok Potatoe es, fly tree nme more per hea id ferred to our gardens as so many precious 
tood at 68°, although th ar a Siem ms are used in London n Paris; Cabbages more 
souvenirs of our gallant distant friends, Nursed as 
out of the gratings at 170°, proving the Tania] aR ouble ; Turnip, in rou nd numbers S, seven | such wdrop has are to be nursed, the Crimest 
ma 
e 
i i all 
ide thee Leaked times as Te M but some doubts may now reared ite graceful head in 
ret pite air mixed with the surrounding | as to w the quan tity of yee stated by directions, and there are few who have not looked upon 
: b dim | Mr. Boas eat es not include those brought in for the | the pees It is stouter — our own Snowdrop, 
will be observed is Mr. Hazarn’s own ac- | London cow-keepers. Of Onions abit seven times | forms great tufts of plaited leaves, and cirie > the 
eg with a few curtail | more are used in London than in Paris; of Leeks we robe soloai. in the, petals. Botanists Ga se in 
4 or ourselyes the only opportunity we have had | have no account for London, but on referring t to Taat | Some. rensei (a aap picat ey it will 
seeing the apparatus at pate has been by Gains week’s oe it will be seen that these are largel undance Swai Pe tic me hecne adage Sat f 
of Messrs. OETZMANN & Prue, _ who have used it | used in » thei tion b "about foe remain a vale perpen - 
eir consumption eing about four | those ae heures bose b blood hel been pen or 
times greater nions. tive hi 
2 y ah ea eit is seo ag Vegetables o f which less proportions are used in OE Oe ea 
drying gt he timber. Wean Sead that the mia London than in Paris are Carrots, Peas, As sparagus, 
saw Fe gah satisfactory ; and from what e | Lettuces, as compared with what ma; be inclu ded VEGETABLE PATHOLOGY.—No. ate 
sr aca uld imagine it unlikely to get ‘a in ‘M. Husson’s denomination of Salads, Celery,} 481. Vou (W — .— Vegetables are su <M a 
nr dishes, Gourds, and ura: arrows. In Paris | 2 variety of arising from very ame 
PAE refrain foi = the present from saying | the quantity of Carrots used is four times rax TANET e may be of or the 
more > trivance —_— well. | than in London. , Of Peas the se portion is as Sro or. less importance. aceording to “thet extent, oF : 
Further experienc: will show whether any un-| 6, or r ai n the quantity m Ta per head Vegetables; from n rs 
inconvenience attendsit. Soga it pianis Poni tish ondon. inthe form cane od deasiity liar organisation, bear partial injuries much we en 
to perform as appears to have don easily | consumed of poa is 20 times, times, | nomale, because: thero ee omna E, ervo adai 
a Bee fing and of ishes tipa that consumed the of the plant are 
without es comer rere | per Rs rast oa w Lon ndoh whils Gourds an | Rart.. The mare, a rA bud, the more 
gps P ege e t. ; 
eae Te a fee. t a arrows the quantity is 1 hog gen aerae 
Oak 
i any serious external injury is felt. Halfa grea eat 
gard to fruits, it appears, 7. ei) Ee inae E ere 
