SEPTEMBER 20, 1856.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
631 
nd 
When the bees begin to work freely I 
13 ins. 
the board, covering 
oles in 
a ie sy zine. 
remove the > pieces of zine, 
and | 
TE st 
washed in fresh water. ae one 
was sown on 4 ] 
correct information, notwithsianding 
t EYEE DLE I 
Ti 
th July, and the f 
up to this period, as you will ane. eaves the a 
ponderance most conclusively in ” x rof the plan 
being at leas e ti 
ing a 
the w "hive 
ign paa ining 24 A Ibe, of honey, 
zA the beginning of Ju aly, Now experience ins ht 
bee 
1 
will wll probably sulk, and do ver 
the other, an nd Apes tc 
weight of oni Plant not so = 
only 26 grai 
“eo. 
is chargeable. d A 
actical Treat tise on Disorders of the Stomach with 
Fermentation; the Causes and Treatment of Indi- 
—. on Diet. By J. Turnbull, M.D. London, 
1856 m PP. x Bt 160, with a bp in plate. 
pe 
ts, but far 
th fe whe have m: 
ery 1 
but if I erm A the Aa xi its kat and 
st th, 
wit! 
growth in ihe same time than the two conned did; 
a 
P 
medical ri but some | 
which ma ybe a ttribu ted ee to this season of 
rad if nothing had happene -e the middl point in the study of naria N and we there. 
of August I get 24 Ibs: more, sae the pring y of t hes 
fall for winter store. The bees chond be fe a autumn | the = shah nee thas, cheat menele the sand shed an inconvenience that the word fermentation has 
ri! This is best done by placing a piece of well amt brent may have remained in it re, extended by authors vec ig md the latitude which i is 
honeycomb artially wi ti neral and Bi ane substances which consistent uh its etym or common u 
shes ove of zine, ‘and by means of a zine tube in pl i of dyspepsia, acetic an 
the bell glass ig syrup d bei t f th f: fermentions are incipally concerned, 
e. Api ment h the term is applied the conversion of 
P yalingtonia Gaskin —Having noticed the reports on first ecas is not the absolute but relative and | starch into sugar, which is one of the first pro- 
the disease of this Conifer, a think the cerry, state- ves growth NERS S Ae A rp Bis eel respec- | cesses of digestion, In healthy digestion the 
t H be interesting :—I chav ve a sf nt of i a | tively, “tnt is of importa: ase, the | saliva first acts on amylaceous matter, the gastric 
ling from Messrs. Veite An nbe better appreciated “nl pesridipen of i tter, the pancreatic on fat, while 
the pot (having ice pots) | tl all extraneous and independent mean bile and the common secretion of sur f the 
ta yearand a-halfago. ‘Till Italy it ae heen: a utrition, not d igned] supplied to the pianta; intestines perform a variety of important offices. If 
beautiful specimen, erfect cone, and making zape My» reason for entering so minu! nag nto og Segre of | the acetic or km aati! e fermenta take e in 
gro’ with much correspon mie yr = of stem ently trivial experime nt , that esult ager gat = of the imperfect action of any of these, or 
I may add that it was plante i ver not c sckell by them, the whole economy is de- 
locality. filled l roken “ea to a fact in relation “to the „conditions which gpa the rangec a dange: rous, or pai inful consequences ensue, 
and some dry peat over a gravelly ited very dry ., that In these al 
It has now several dead branches and blote hes Jike 
t plants pong 
prone a use or e appropriate ammonia Ree one nd 
comitants, certain fungi are - developed, and it is til 
wien 
sent in 
these 
It is u ns ab goa 
uch 
conversely be how wever, “that „writers on medicine bave op mp 
jal cag of ‘arbonnocous ‘matter in pian gro und, it time for and it doe pena 
remains ine ted by plants to the that our author i is an exception. Whateve' ne may 
there is Tittle to pias) nd this 
the frst pirt of this experiment, where 
portion A the work to 
ge of his 
It might be 
them. In 
there was eithe: 
of i n the cand, ee both plants had no other source 
the misprint o on Aaii 
ord P 
dead wood on other branches, while 
branches m green and fiou hi It pesen 
t it d on this plan the very same time 
that the blight has affected the Potatoes, namely, on 
the change from the long drought cold showery 
weather, whi urred about August 5th, There ar 
very fine specimens of Cryptomeria and other Conifers 
around it, growing luxuriantly an A no sign of 
disease. The affection of the pla l 
resembles „that of the 
Potato, that fi ‘am ehh to 
disease, to 
any alee of the roots. 
ppeared in excellent order. 
and n 
the soil, or 
it pai ed 
Eo 
gi 
8 ee mmonia in Vegetable a 
communications on this subject, which a 
peared in the Gardeners’ Chr gon sa 10, 1852, ie 
Agricultural Gazet tte, Jan. (pen I endeavoured to 
the Eiai ering of a liberal sup 
stimulated to an elongated, wea 
and the plan 
stronges 
and w growth, 
the second pa 
i y of ammonia only | tute 
tery 
a hos seh Tara no ammonia supplied ed ni bes | 
In the Te 
npe ate, 
the w enicillium, for which 'Penicillum is EREN 
It does not, however, appea 
gir o 
are Se Mae ewes the name of 
the panes the aia 
becam: 
i Pen cogent but the one has as 
e'other. Both indeed 
mini aere ammonia e ife 
ceeding in wel eight 
ia administered to it, 
A 
are ofte evelo) 
Aa ot pha a A 
be figu nicilli um 
the latter oe no benefit tage: the charcoal, which 
, the ammonia. Wi 
tt = er which this experim 
ent 
as he re 
is to supply “hydrogen, to form, in conjune tion 
carbon, vegetal arg matter or men ee hydrocarbon 
ceous substance of all vegetable 
course pama the gs oes pes ey 
se to Bea 
nF ras render Jit 
was undertaken, I “conser ‘the result as satisfactory as | 
Paan b in "the. 5 erogan Dictionary, where a 
coe 
could have been nea = it. By treating 
z9 ase wi eect a qua 9 of a penser 
amounting in its fresh sta 87 gr: 
obtained, while the other not so tr 
is unde eniably due to the action of the ammor 
necessary, but still regarding t ogen as the 
universal element which all ants aay TS to 
form their very substance an the 
plants ly und — 
at all in many vegetab ble substances, and eane ng 
others in very mene sap quantities, Perm 
therefore ore, to Fe 
4s 
d 
Turpin did not indeed 
e article Yeast, also in 
t 
the same wor rk, ri 
memoir, OEN wi 
which has been strangely 
vith an eer figure, a memoir 
ected in this core 
sein ae actual growth 
Yeast gle obule into the mould, but his figures are aneby 
direct observations recorded in 
conjunction with 
the @ature of the additional substance which has been | 
the article Yeast in Morton's Cyclopedia. 
It appears probable t th at Sarein na ventriculi, ' — > 
gained in the one case? Isit nitr saipa or anything | 
i isi 
a which dag oncom remarkably a abounds 
= geta 
nates whence ie the hydrogen be 
> 
? 
Fa 
ve only the pms = two Pena for an 
ither en bee: 
arn purpose of ascertaining the 
found in many cther organs, as for instan 
oe is reah a form of some mice mould. 
_ in urine were Jate tely sonnan 
to germinate, 
ce fermentation by kas with 
We had not 
ny 02 
eella 
o us by 
Dr. 
aes 
of ad a che from the 
ministeri and withholdin; ammonia res diveh ammonia, or è: r cane liar and| nor could we in 
fits p as eii bl riea by ir virtue f whieh it enables | fermentible hadie as a solution of malt, : 
other respects in precisel, cireumstances and | a lant to extract hydrogen from ' Seci t latter [n 
conditions. _ The plant Seong was the 4 ‘Plant was not able in the | the former instance the t no change 
Spi and appear- ce of ammonia to ex the same amount of | though observ bserved frequently for weeks. A inte- 
es constitute in its immature state a fair specimen | rr S from water, to fabricada its hydro-carbo- | resting field of discovery then is open, which 
table or hydro-carbonaceous substance, | naceous su It is not to determine | may lead to ious re ph; and 
T were fill sea sand, previously | which of these two hypotheses is most simple and | practi That the Sarcina is a mould 
well w; in fresh wat e eee) = ith t Vi ae: aes beca: f its development being completely controlled 
ticles or other soluble matters ony raph ight by sulphite of soda ies which are i 
assist the growth of kis paeng pen: mog of the ities eek hoary anti-ferments, Proof nature, however, is 
treatment they were in whem subjected to. rnent 3 nena aie which is commende those who 
Seeds were made to vege ane in a very small pis a bs the Fs amit Son ier he < 
pa obtaining fresh an uni specimens. 
sand AER potas meene feia Vectensis. By the late Sate W. A. Bromfield, M.D.| We must not close this notice without drawing atten- 
w facing the south,| Edited by Sir W. J. Torir and Dr. Bell Salter. tion to the interesting facts adduced by ox! a in 
the upper sash whieh was at oe times kept down | 8v0, pp. 678, with a m Pamplin. oof that more usual co ents, as 
about ches, so ve there was a free and constant | This account of the Pada plants and Ferns indi- | Mustard are powerful an suey Saad 
a of air through 
Sashes 
nh the interval between „the | ge 
enous to the: Isle of faape has been prepared f from 
This doctrine may p isan ‘be extended to the use of 
Pots, The nl r: brai were spiata ia ore twice aweek or 
of omg too ardent pars oe botan. of the 
h English Natural ‘History g5 late] 
ea 
ĝas 
Water, without nddition eae the Edinburgh C 
the other w ‘ith the water Mnie some in it 
f ammonia t uart bottle of 
water, the ven being kept corked w ne 
seeds were on the 27th February, and the P lants 
METES ie ‘hind ay would ne themselves have 
reco ong d his m had the present volume never 
appe: 
g 
y| 
ibrary which Dr. 
en. Memoranda. 
i. eres F JosEPH Bu 
ituated about six miles 
The aoe a am » it were 
te Mr. of that 
DSBUR) 
| from Manchester. 
laid out about six years ago 
eontinued to grow ti til near the end of June, when they desertion of ty found in “the rake f their } bya Ss A : 
bogan to run to seed, p ore lities and uses. EEn climate 
At this time y hi i nearly a foot in | physical peculiarities of the region, cpr nie aged pa K clare opitore: Anon Sy smc 
long and slender, as might be expected under we noticed, however, Arau cata. 
the ei 5 PT am to by SH | Interesting as this portion undoubtedly is, the grontent maki a good | start. Vases and statues are liberally dis- 
that the ich w: plain water | value of the work must, we think, be admitted to con- | pi g f 
was the [satin in ie very careful original d: ons in every fini is 
sere Feed g iint, ira 
PEN 
veakÌy growth by the ammonia water, 
fon 
ientific exactness which is we fear | 
escripti 
made by the author himself, and yg E 
the | habit. bit p Sci 
heh appea: aik 
a handsome grotto, a a cool 
retreat. It is made of the refuse: pst nap. Sint ‘mixed 
Derbyshire. 
| remain matters of poate by be botanists whose leisure 
investigate 1 minute de- 
cular Rosery is also a favourite place of resort ; this ia is 
English Flora 
filled with standard ag id nigga be i improved 
pegged 
the ia se 
fill the beds gu E the ago with ‘ieee bloom in 
mgin. The emit them $0. i0' 
tion in com g the worse but th the agn |i To apprecia ate their t 
oserei to mas to try the sae process with the addi- 
of charcoal to the sand in ose: measured | Wi 
the same sand being used again after being Pe eri 
> 
; it will prove a mithil pa pat a a 
| spring and annuals in summer. The most conspicuous 
