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Decemser 4, 1858. | 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
‘Vine and other tre 
day, which do not ble nieg 
ture is lower, and n t um are 
full, both above and below an incision inte the albur- 
num, th rill flow from the w i! as from 
the ies ip of the wound, 
Note 3. There ee ch exist in the young shoots of 
the re. nor, the 
Those Phase Vines did not recover nor were e in health at the į tained a ‘tained a good de eal of sap, and the branches and “tops; 
ops all summer, bat: some shoots came out near the sur- | of t litt] vt 
nl of the pots in the first week i in April, which were On the 10th „the baw nea: ull to the 
very healt: nd 5 p par T in; they 
"Ta `| ined to ch taken d sind tp pe others. N.B.—This 
A operatic acar ag limpid, and contained a kind of 
saute ites fost pre psa t- toe with preme e fixed s air ne the erac ckling hissing noise it made, a 
by taking notes, &e. 
ree 4 isz T. I ected tw Apes Vines and í cut < By the appearance of pigs me and x nae umps at 
pap down to > pied Me i high; thew this pe of 2. a: et er) |r 
and good—the repo carat into ‘fall. sized peck-pots, | the medulla and ae father absorbed th 
lea the balls entire for daily inspectio 
Oa the 24th January these Vines nie placed in 
rd state, some ripe and 
rature was kept up 
pd to The weather in the aoe eight days fF 
was changeable, t the medium heat was w, 
jor: of ad of old jad 339°, and the rain fallen in N e same tim: 
eg pe a of an. inch. 
coma to both Vines daily, within the stove and at | 
2 roots. | On the 2d of F aT the top buds o 
h Ad had shed off 
Aia pins and w were ‘att to bi eale i to 1 d 
ot then wh through | an: 
the 
$ 
cty tenes 
which the Vine nearest the 
‘cbruary, the oaae and excited 
Vine i h Host 6 it had taken | 
4days more in passing g the s 
sing the same space in the more tem 
woke. ae 
soil. the 28d it began cag es make new fibrous 
ts in the soil that enveloped the old ball, and put 
; fine strong new roots at the surface 
Daring | the above interval of 30 days of the experi 
air of its 
a 
at the surface of 
EET 
this 
Vine had vege pintod in in ayy nt ecession ; the 
As the ior wall than ira 
perate 
the applications. 
be 
any wood ditinguahabl from alburnum ; wad the 
medulla is certainly inert and lifeless after the first 
year. 
Note's. I think the pee of life in the wood and 
ee at 
On the 11th the branch ends had 
the bottles re pistos a little sap, Shick was t thik and 
d had no crackling nor hissing ; the 
a v half own. 
‘way, 
fallen this ey 
, | 6 inches in 24 hours. 
c 
On the 13th fae as bh the pa was the same, 
pa o altera r fallen trees of 
aen the nthe p 
have in 
same Kolge and I have rere ar found = 
points of the roots to have ¢ dı | considerably, 
a nasty 
ear  padiiig the above eight uae ye ond 
as fine with a a good deal of sun—medium of heat 61°, 
i of cold 40 
Tn the niet before the 15th the weather changed to 
a p Banco 4 apne pron noe the sap ceased to flow from 
f the t wounds; no alteration in the 
I particularly noticed this in a couple of Fig trees 
(the roots of which I ae xamined with woo ry ascer- 
taining their state o pre ess m trees ha 
borne frait late in ‘he yore and 
sa nk that a iny an is over în proper sate ito 
bjected say to have its branchessu 
Leta, artical hent, till the pointa 
g 
too! ongated. 
1 think, oe peirina 5 derived Tam matter which 
has Skeie the bark, but which'existed as 
oo the sap of the tree during the 
Note 6. "At this period the roots became sufficiently 
excitable I anai 
Note 7. Owing to the same cause. See note 
Note 8. I think that in this case the ime mdna ea 
must have been pa to obtam'some 
n March th is year, when the 
aiport I pet the sap te flow 
least e young shoots, w 
two, or t ee young leaf-joints and 
inches mee dion the roots advance 
hich 
about as staathp 
ce; no sap exuded 
ium of } 
not fakio ees 
TI cow 
the spring i in a which’ 
%. 
= 
g~ 
“Ee 
bloom, me g 
tension € of 
wounding and of sap made it wenkig 
could Len ong the least check or stagnation | 
leaves or shoots, t had two small banches of 
Gra it whi f 
cut off. 
changed to'a ` 
ndicatións of 
sap at all the lower wounds 
pdea eaaa ar Sa fór ‘the most part for 
the month of February; the greatest cold was 22°, and | 
medium of heat was 46° and of cold 34,3°, with 
only 2$ of rain. | 
On the perenne d the Vine which was neither 
protected'from rain nor excited began to 
the shoot ens sng 
altogether, no exuded 
roots never showed ‘i least signs: of v cs eons 
of Grapes shown upon it curled u 
y. 
The Ist of March I removed both Vines into another | 
ove; the ete rma orga healthy 
matter 
minute globules of air in and under 
‘the effects of rain, 
wen noe cent 
ine ina tinto a 
Tae-procin di eight days, 
“rch tree ` 
Bir nia pot, p 
le hes 
roots and stems were sae ws 
Tf pea poy a had been 
| ently excitab 
to whicli the the roots subjected | of 
early in 
st 
ened the bunch of Grapes left on 
have had their vital ex- 
Jn the 10th of March the unprotected Vine began a 
vegetation at 6 inches from the soil. On the 
eal ty pem er A = dopi rest, 
al result wo uld have been 
+e, 
shoot came out at 4 eee from 
began 
of a is sul bj 
Shanist hich h temperature, the buds most 
th a fine y 
. On t the 15 h the roots to send out fine 
eof the soil; the new shoot made rapid progress, 
; the top never recovered nor made any fresh shoots | smal 
fron th 
on d suficient e exists in and 
11. portion which i pa at ‘all rea of the year ri rising 
from the give 
he 
hat 
were Mr. ee observations upon | absorbed 
cones 
re notin a suffici- | in office 
mnd the aiden of temperature ayi inne pr light, and ecto 
he 
te Whenever \the 
jected to the influ. 
th 
tis 
expended in in the Tornation 
sap, or 
ae bey ts a down t 
the poe i ered in its course the annual layer of 
and , such portion of gee trae: 
g 
rising m during the amie an 
heart woo in en in t 
rt-wood oe be gg in the mie 
the for new roots, new layer of bark, and 
summer 
T had to destroy a largish grove Birch and other 
to make room for ja ‘Thin of sonigos 
ie deme opportunity to repeat the experi 
emma them every day, and on the 7th April I 
found the ‘bada at ‘the extremities of the shoots just | to 
heen to 
s r; and even 
e Oak contained ab the same = 
small „ quantity 
f fluid 
I ifouind the anes ‘of the ‘Poplar in 
contain ina thousand 
heart- 
„E have 
i 
aes | 
7 
Hih 
ag 
Pom 
A oe t the services. of evi ie a zor distant, in 
Bit dai ole ib 
to them, we 
ba n, ignoran e cause | 
he fa of very early forced | crops inte peara |e 
in the roots: I have shown in th 
tability 
e irl Tans to be rene 
te. | Aare were obtain 
and | fi 
1 Transactions, that ‘by pr a the cab ol of 
ewed, 
med. in haem ic than 12 months| 
and 
m the same plant, and. the last made to ripen in| 
ection | ere 
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af 
wound of a Vine the points 
aro and that “belore this elongation 
tent taken place, the stem or pi prons app yanipasa 
placed iu high temperature. 
ite 
be 
‘CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Tre following list ” m varieties may be useful to 
such of our £ readersas about ; to form : a collection of 
arg winte 
© fiie fibrous roots ends, and found 
se plants of the 
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A ane tee and torpid, On an ‘on ‘the bottles con- 
| respective colours soit which they are poera be ias 
~ Increase of- temperature will cau 
