aL 14h] THE GARDENERS 
CHRONI C LE. 19 
“tanpscare GAR ri Ni NOAN A eh 6 et A RC er pay | and vith pr operties in leaves which we] large, tanks, w bich answer ni ira biy, con structed of 
i R. ue Mg N ee G, si “ poetry iy gpm ted by a we only, just men bae y to recognise these materials, ar mp they. 9, dik dy st for many 
olis, has hac | onc d 
hep JAA mn and Gentlemen in aa improvement of | never heard lof any one str ikin g Orange- trees | years, 7 n the erec u ood s ubstantial 
Parks and Gardens, nnd in the construction and heating [ea ir leaves, bu 2 entertain no doubt of the Foundation for the tank to rest on i jal necessary, 
ee enone oo enpo t = h artangements ag | Possibility of the thing ; for although in this coun) for without this a leaky tank will 5, th i€ consequences 
will — rood to d devote his particular attention to these im. | try ely attempt to apply the practice to any 
afp Ud Bteblewen und TIONJANA de irous of | sorts leaves exe nA those of a fl 
Suiting him, are o resp jectíully requested to address him at Glox 2 
| Chiswick Nursery, near London, Poa s, &e., yet Mr. 
wag the Tard oa dry, leaved Theophrasta lati 
truck by him in this wa 
$ 
The Grarveiers te Chronicle, |n ramh that wher the le vac cut i 
struck root as well as 
SATURDAY, J. ANUAR) ARY Ul, 1845. bé oman to all wh Resour what a Th 
NOs POR TWE TWO FOLLOWING Waern | that if such a leaf as that may b 
E GS P€ 0 FOLLO a 
; gmnarines OR THE TW tt | root, can be no conceivable difficulty in obtain- 
Leeman Jon. is. i Microscopical ah |ing the same result from the leav 
ne RED cd Wy Soewctontaral aes Lemons, Sweet ays, Rhododendrons, } 
Tvssay, Jan.%) Linnean 8 v.x any othe: reen, Thedi 
oihan lim-| 
t 
ne pr tn oi: which each leaf may demand. 
TION 
rtance, an which can scarce ad | 
ps in thi untry the at tention i t deman ds. Wel tremely proper in ey ages will be atte in 
iplication of plan leaves, * Gare | another Ex xperi is therefore wan 
j } umer 
ter, the manifest error has a omn Pitot meari F A “the e green ba rk of the cafless ence it 
petty it to be probable, that “ ni rere many leaves | f ows that leaves are iae the preat ‘agents of pro- 
whetl or other 
y be used for the 
ropagation, yet that 
thet ica safe ci ‘aa 
from thelr parent, | forms of multiplication are had recourse to; for the 
wer possessed by the parts of plants so named is 
writ immediately and manges from the leaves. 
and | No woni ler, then ag bor leaves should themselves 
of in, 
ral state are connected with | 
pera mechanism, 
rents 
tai a in their natu 
r: Fig. 1.— 
Walis of the pit; 2. op alls which 
the bry is st upp Pe rot 4. “Se np cen for plants T Drain- 
age; 6. Trellis to which the branches rain 7. Pipes 
for heating the atmosphere; 8. Ground fe vel 
A 
4 ~ | 
i ceed 
2 
1 
77 RAY 
TIT: CGA AIO, aia eG 4 
Scale of Feet, 
ig. 2.—1. Interior of tank; yi . Partitions with apertures in 
Sci upper edges a jew Éireuiation of heat; 3. Cross-walls 
by which the tank is support 4. Sides of the bed. 
The tak in the se mpanying engraving is sup- 
ported on cross wall ls, which are three feet apart, and a 
vacancy of 2 inches is left between the sides of the tank 
and the maa, E the 
h ae ually and abun 
| sa with fi oat "of which y pod 
ar eganisable matter that is in the firs 
A| ma oye 
ts in one of his tre the o plied 
ransmittin 
nae Phi ; it is divided longtdinaly ri three 
partitions : middle one ame, a: hole length of the 
e represen 
s a feld | actually planted with the 
Thi a pud, ary thie mechanism is ae the leaf dies 
or becomes unhealth ts bud-creatin 
o disturba 
Y» 
nee of ringens 
and mummy, leaves, 
ches may be turned into shru = 
and trees by ses Corey ‘in the 
ds, e aE leaves roa 
avi 
ome plants m of iol 
Sahoetn T oat nstead on 
hares take root. The curiosity 
sees it iw Bion known, has long 
rom its stem, and theref 
eased i 
the very a ve ‘s | the leaf dying are incr 
now un 
š 
Lo 
o show whole of the o papstincambant materials. 
for ‘altating i > rasga the tan 
range supply of food, means can be found to nourish it in | bot wa 
some other i i 
tank, dividing. it into two sep epmpartinanin, each 
having its flow and return. nt the upper edges of these 
partitione a aperture res 12 in, in width, 2 in. in depth, 
and 6 ekos of which, the heat and steam 
peace the hotter ad sof ike tase 
cooler, thus equalising the temperat: 
are 4-inch cast-iron pipes, in which 
png i “for phere of the. 
pit ; and in order that the water may EF freely in 
h p 
n 
rt a new = will follow as a matter of aa 
» the top of the boiler s 
level with them, 
are provided with 
pe which the flow of 
ted as circumstances may require, 
ry useful 
inds o e it was amari- te sty that abot 
third of the leaf was Propagators have ekat to wen their atten- 
th over that pot If I fastened a “taal | Gon, for there is no fact more certain in na ture than | 
; n 
f trees, with their 
These valves will be found v in winter and 
spring, when perhaps the water in the pipes will require 
to be heated to 200° in order to maintain the we 
atmospheric temperature ; oat they. are ecessary. 
to regulate i git water into the tank for if a full 
f the pot, -A | up, form a new plant it inevitably must, What the 
i. temperature, | was admi itted in to it, the 
doe | cones w oul be 
ing above it "My tesson for placing the ‘pipes under- 
middle o and the 
Me th a 
use it saves room, as in this 
manner is of — ae will be the mange of con 
sideration an 
re | FORCING. PIT, “HEATED ON RENDLE’S TANK 
SYS TEM. 
it er and haat by 
h 
A of k 
way we ee rid ie the pipes, hisa in 
TA in the way, burning up e h 
ause in this way the whole ttmonphere of of 
the pit is is kepti in constant circulation, whe reby v 
Bat toons te ord 
2 
g 4 
E t ala nothing was Tett but t 
in comparatively few sont eb and in 
most a plows where the ey were formerly employed they 
~ 
Bos ves n to rot, and 
es by it and little, 
stems; b 
he 
This consequence in Pree ating winter 
Cacumber s at that season of the year, for then the at- 
is gene agra A too damp for preserving the 
io | Salone of hot water circulating in tanks, as 
thig | introduced by Mr, _ Rendle, for the purpose of com- 
e 
st method of applying | ¢ 
this system to various structures, with a view to ban hed is 
plants i in a healthy sta 
preparing the pit fo for 
coarse clean rul 
n atter of some impor rtance. The 
but which Probab! ly ha 
n 
y 
a mind to doit in the spring mii ll a already severally in use, 
Fi 1 is a section of the pit, emnes A to be 
buil t brie k on edge, with hollow niia, pariy under the 
euor ar "This mode of con: ca not essential 
to the | ; bute poy du 
oe ae ae in the year 1791, is very pe 
‘with ‘OF the Porth ae pm T0 be sun ae 
iar eae: the ve. | soit, a ine po dati, i des 
and Teton i ered himse t Orange | peak il a oe of iroa, bik umts, 
cement, are to be . 
i hese, with, cae e, will last 
neat appem “nee 
markable 
e tank 
We 
ing engravin a vis a ‘combination of appes 
tbis 
t 
ath 
