THE GARDENERS 



CHRONICLE 



[Sept 



the Wb^Tthe P^ent* being confined to the 



tw, petals, one of the parrs end « *W« ameu 



being also wanting. There is not we ai k 

 Sy glands in any part of the flower. M. J. B. 



Sevfral years since the Chronicle drew attention 

 10 l! [.fimrt natural -ethods o charging tl m- 



&***££ =ces, so as to improve its 



quality, and to render bad timber valuable. (See our 

 Volume for 1841, p. 147.) In this country the pro- 

 cesses have attracted little notice ; but it appears 



that n France they have been largely employed, turn by leaves which atte, 

 We have now befoi us a report by some expert pants and ^usej > the ^pid 



preservative, hygrometrical, and fn \ ^ 

 dients. This power was to b Un 



advantage of that immense natural f *""" " 

 tion by leaves which attends the ^ '•Mt 



J?5* 



yv t; nave; iivjv> u^iviv «s^ — .- r - j - 



appointed by one of the French courts for the pur- 

 pose of determining whether Boucherie s patent 

 has been invaded by certain parties who have been 

 employing a similar plan of operation. * rom this 

 report, signed A. Chevallier, J. Decaisnk, and 

 Gaultier de Claubry, we gather the following 



particulars: — . ., 



Bouchkriks first patent was for "charging the 

 largest timber to its very centre with different 



conv 



rctilitig 



from the base to the summit otuSrPffik 

 way it was stated that the most worth! *■ 



S! S!-t rendei i ed .- d ! lrable .> brittle tinSr^ 



^ber le*^ 



white timber coloured, 

 bustible than usual. 



1840. 



-ft; 



* the displaced 

 P ur Pose, he mSTjP 



(mly necessary to place the log of timber in a 

 vertical position/to attach carefully to the upper end 

 a waterproof bag, which would act as a reservoir, 

 and to pour into it whatever fluid the operator 

 wishes to inject. As fast as the fluid enters at one 

 end, the sap flows out at the lower, in about equal 

 "uantity. The operation is complete when the 

 uid which runs off at the lower end is nearly the 

 same as it was when poured into the waterproof 

 reservoir. This was a great improvement upon the 

 first plan. 



At a later period Boucherie modified his last mode, 

 by placing the timber horizontally, and retaining 

 the waterproof reservoir alone in a vertical position, 

 so as still to gain the pressure required for the ex- 

 pulsion of the sap. And this would seem to have 

 been earned on upon a large scale, judging from a 

 view of the scene of his operations which accom- 

 panies the report to which we refer. Unfortunately 

 this view is not accompanied by a detailed descrip- 

 tion ; but from some notes attached to it we learn 

 that it represents a timber-yard in the forest of 



£S 6g f ' con ? trncted f °r the preparation of 

 60,000 sleepers (traverses) of Beech wood, for the 



Chemm de Fer du Nord A rawed platform is seen 

 loaded with barrels of a solution of sulphate of 

 copper. This platform is connected with gutters 

 running right and left, and supported by struts 

 over a long line of timber placed horizontally 



"With a saw-cut in t.hp middta nf Q ««i* i ^_ **- ? 



they may be operated upon in two directions at a 

 a time. From these gutters flexible pipes descend 

 to the logs, to which they are attached at the saw- 

 cut when the timber is to be charged, and from 

 which they appear to be thrown back over the 

 gutters when the work is complete. 



Upon looking at the accompanying copy of the 

 view of the timber-yard, an engineer will have no 

 difficulty in seizing the principle upon which M. 

 Boucherie proceeds, and this may account for the 

 absence of description from the French report. We 

 must, however, add that in the original are excellent 

 J representations of details of the process, for which 

 unfortunately we have no room. 



part of the house ; it likes plenty of water . ^ 

 growing season, but afterwards it may be up 



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ORCHIDS FOR THE MILLION.-No. XV. 



By B. S. WriLiAMS, S r. to C. B. Wakser, Esq.. Hoddesdon 



Climate Hot and Damp. — Plants Growing on 



Blocks, with Moss. 



Sophronitis grandiflora.— This beautiful little Bra- 

 zilian Orchid produces its flowers in February, March 

 and April ; they are orange-red, large for the size of 

 the plant, and they last six weeks in beauty It suc- 

 ceeds best on a block, with sphagnum, suspended from 

 the roof of the house ; it likes plenty of heat and 

 moisture during the growing season, but afterwards it 

 should be kept warm, but not too dry. 



Broughtonia sanguinea, from Jamaica, flowers from 

 March to July ; the flowers are of a dark-red, and re- 

 main longm perfection. This plant is best grown on a 

 block, with moss, suspended from the roof, in a moist 



rather dry. 



Brassavola glauca comes from Mexico , 

 February and March ; the blossoms »» i^ 

 white, with red in the centre ; they reDU Vi* 

 in beauty. It succeeds .best fastened w» ^ „„ 

 moss, and suspended from the roof, * lie !^ *# 

 plenty of heat and moisture during «*&' & 



Scuticaria »«Ki.-This beautiful 1*™^ 

 flowers at different times of the jea r. ^ 

 are of a dull reddish yellow, blotched * 'V^ be»« 

 and they remain long in perfection. » ^ fr 

 a block with moss, hung up in the ho ^ * 

 house, where there is plenty o °T m^p 

 growing season is over, it should be Kep 

 equally warm, as it needs but little »po* . 



Renanthera coccmea.—K charming ^ *# 

 which flowers in May, June, and wu; ^ ^ 

 which are orange-scarlet, remam wnj.^ ^ * 

 does best fastened to a large ^' f ^^T 

 and it should be suspended from the r rf ^m 

 part of the house, where there is pjenj . &0 



may 



kept dry 



Biirlinrjtonia rigida, from Brazil , ^1*^ 



and April ; the flowers are large sp h*#*Lf 



It grows best on a block of woo* , tfae re* PJ 



should fa h uncr iin from the root, » . &a» 



during 



wheri at rest it may be kept dry. 



CattUya A clandia.— This 



.plendid 



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