able, 
FLUENCE OF AMMONIA ` IN VEGETATION, 
Br 
Many years ago, M. Th. e Saussure 1 that 
a solution of sulphate * aamin became, if exposed to 
* a sufficient length of time, ee. into 
momacal alum made in th 
8. 8 
8 
many chemists ha 
Pn of ammonia that exis 
ditious and more 
may be caused by ace 
was led to doubt the realy o of 
ammonia in vege 
OT clear nl these rane I sowed a certain 
in a mixture of equal quantities of w 
and brick-dust, which had been pman aei W for 
many in a porcelain furnace, in order that all 
organic matter in them might be utterly destroyed. 
This mixture was 
of the gas, I 
the poate attributed 
mber 
— 8 (containi at zero, und 
760). But as = pony of air, though ane dio aid a 
contain suffieie acid of 
t. pA this gas was 
ed by an apparatus from which the gas 
escaped Ethie | S papas during the whole of the time 
occupied by the e air.. The air vash 
ass ed conducted 
fie and o 
r | but be 3 to a concerne ed. 
command them 
| — attractive plants a4 
apa! that 
AN IDEA FOR A l ARD 
An in 
3 n summer bo 
e greatest care, the “ ob- 
mes, a a a few short 
E 
which the results cannot 
A winter garden is 
make 
inquiry, an 
a desideratum. not hope to 
CE Wear flow 
but we 11 at least the means of binding a abont his 
d with 
claiming attention. ay flowers 
sce would be o * of place in winter, even if w 
n the open air; but a ons of 
ut on their r gayest dresses at 
t be to all lovers of = ens a thing to 
into a 
ia present in the Rs e 
objec 
and one kinds of — exoti 
beauties beneath ad uly sun. And wh 
DEN. Ba 
n and 5 
r and e rly Cotoneaster micr 
ts of 
0 Baaien. s 
y S should we not a 
804 THE GARDENERS’ . Duc. 21, 
ered t further charge. under a bell-glass as before. The air a: * glass remain, to complete their growth, beds of peat need 
-where where they 8 2 5 . cre — — * made | was ren — 55 5 and afterwards z Api of car- — be . fiat them. In the —— they would 
It — N W ne Bi AnATORR who. upon their | bonie acid was added as before. sheets: ‘the only | only develop, in the form of flowe rs stored up 
K : difference was that in this new fetal a ce ring the previ d e reserve 
receipt, will return an 2 n Mr. Ravens ad antity 2 —— Bori daily introduced 3 = 0 ane — — would be afford them 
ransmission of the — h del glass for 3 = ~ m e requirement 
Applications will be plied with in the exact | From the very first day, 3 influence of the addition | flowering se 
order in which they are received, and due notice | was mani . The lea of the plants became Sabjoined is is ‘the list previously alluded to: 
will be given when the five guinea and four guinea on ged with a fresher and he ter 3 the e Dwanr ivexckurns, 
plants are exhaus se higher, t ie re numerous, had more | Variegated I “| Gaultheria — 
May we be permitted to express a hope that leaves + all the ts however were not affected to the e —— í Erioa pedir sol 
. no penn ary profit can be derived by | sa ede egree, 2 — change being observed in the 5 mucronata b ee 5105 ata 
urserymen a sale whose proceeds go to a| cere Sage a osa 
l kly, blanched, their japonica sibirica. 
; charitable usos Je a 4 thin’ m. ed 3 3 bs — 9 a of growin 1 baran ; inair Tatun Prants, —_ may be grown to suit various heights. 
0 make 2 n 
1 terms on which the Stanwick | containing 8 ia, ew re strong, straight, and Berberis fase 1 1 re ye — 4) 
their customers, the 
A b d. from their upright stems — numerous “lea „  Aquifolium „„ latifolia, &. 
Nectarine may now be procure a second conclusion may arf drawn from t ucuba japonica Quercus Tlex 
mere inspection of the apparatus. , that — y pee taanga aee — — S 
N E ASSIMILATION OF NITROGEN FROM is favourable to the development A Plants, a an Thuja Warreana Rona alesis fel 
THE Ain BY PLA NTS, AND ON THE IN- | especially to that of cereals. Comptes Ren lb acon ED RAG 
Do. do. aureus 
Rhododendron dauricum atro- 
virens 
Euonymus japonica 
hylla ” ” ariegata 
Jasminum nudifioram, for its | Daphne collina 
early fiow Cydonia japonica. 
HERBACEOUS PLAN TS, & e. 
Alyssum saxatile ee atum Aconitum m hyema le 
Helleborus pars Anemone — rae 
A 
Galanthus nivalis 3 
Sci lla or 
Gentiana — 
Polyanthus pratensis flore 
} Oyotanaedi europæum, 
G. L. 
Tussilago Farfara 
BRITISH SONG BIRDS. 
—The “ flight — when ane e 
assi linnets together, in very 
in — of the Ums size; and 80 
i 
Every prisoner 
apPy — — mind — it is ttempt to 
rief, however, “having pi afin itself, 
and 1 Nat ture rs having r length i duced an for 
food, he becomes 
prepare for be r 1 
in In a list which I shall is an 
of names, the pear of such ~ — 
r garden 
append is an array 
plan 
to me suitable a winter 
th 
Others will suggest 
in such matters than myself 20 roe if the thing was once 
W. r best et em 
barren flo 
ure air; 
equal quantity o of ae 
under the glass 55 comparing the results o 
see whether the 
— e 
the quantity of nitrogen co ontained in the full- ion |in 
and conseq f nitrogen 
y too small to have had any consider- 
(going on, does not exceed 75 or 1°15 
1 ; b 
An 
Heliotropes may, € ere 18 inmates of the mansion loo! 
— spot rrow, be 1 mee with Gaultheria 
to the 
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ect. That once obtained the 
or two general observations 
| introducing ie flowering herbaceo 
may ered necessary, or taste 
gine that b “ar  interspersing t them amongst th 
young evergreens, in of the bedi. a the 
tall ones, a more le ater 1 be produced than 
massing them, unless perha oe exception be allowed 
ew on er such plants. 
e 
in m 
rie for: 4 snopi 
— this would probably lead 
mu f 
some of which 
ted foliage, and all avery compact habit. 
I have seen some of them 
s may require. As they wo 
iad 
emselves to — — of the Chronicle — au fait 
er 
e | earl 
in 
Their symm 
from the very nature of things, | of this 
Flax, Rape, and b 
covered with dry, gravelly sand. Their cages, 
wee should be kept y darkened ; — 
| rats EA time the birds n. legha little disturbed 
as 
11 is is always desirable to keep newly-eaught birds 
very scantily — bees — giving it them only at 
* ted e They then get aceustomed to look for 
The m st however havi plenty of clean water at 
e of treatment they will become 
ail tim 
eir 
ato W wealt 
in * and when the o 
= Number VILL. of the present — of Papais I recom- 
ed the introdu ne pair of 
— 
peat, i Im 
838 but will Gi y akas of — ii 
I had a pair of Java sparrows in my aviary four 
trical were exquisitely beauti- 
ful. At the lið of — fourth year the hen died; the 
widower from that His 
grief was — — — excessive. 
my best sympath pro — 
beautiful, and gave — the entrée. Singular to relate, 
her ladyship wey ed my views. My lord 
proposed,” 
the twain liv ng with 
until they were devoured by 
bird will receive ample 
ly day, and was “accepted; and 
in uninterrupted felicity, 
the. rats. The peep 
favour 
parate 
rest. It sometimes happens 
legs injured, and he is thereby prevented. 
ing, and seating himself on a perch. To 
seg h 
hop, and on ag — them he 
Tt is is highly desirable for every bird to 
