, T 
146 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. Em 
— hough x: might have been ea 
fair average of the produce, thoug sier Na = 
i the dust taken from the cornices in a . dining- g- pose that a t out well I se e | date) been named, i pu 
mined wi ith arsenical paper, as well as in dust penip ps 80 per € or Pe * in which thee ii 
$, m 
f picture frames in a " they bore rtise seed. Callipers, offered Pat fi, € "2l interpret, 
: A J š X 
of which were covered panis arsenical | Rickmansworth. E MEDE een ee 8 Tee 
— e y, of Finsbury Place e, sent me a few| Rain in 1898, in the essc at Saltram, Devon. Ins, | burgess, pins "The fae Proper names 
ains of dus which he babe ne sat, D » - e e 00 spoken of as Ze dodi er hi m : 
> vith greer paper. The dus aS: Januar 7 Ms ; is no 
E uM ud vus : A 11 0 containec decided Li =, OP 155 * EC a eh olle W „ Dictionary 
"t ‘4 z e September , aries e 
traces of arsenic: He M n me that since hra | peers * October 2.56 | France. Payer 1 un à 
fr in the. couatry, he had Pad May 170 November 3.08 print; but a dott ate mis spelling 8 
his health v ery malt erent, and had not been able 8 75 4.0 mber 5.60 some diffiéul N Pre-paid, 
à n chin: 
sat isfa ctorly to 3 ye Ie had suffered from — 34.35 nation. Second] i m 
liek s from time to time, and occasionally they arried forward . . 19.00, Total inches . 34.35 n i evil posing there to be 
hid * anat severe. His eyes (the conjunctivæ) were | n Snor y i 
inflamed, and felt deere, ee Latterly he had had Rimi 1850 hn Were Ivybridge, Devon. — 
hioned books and 
a severe cough, attended with hoarseness, and almost Ins, : y old-fashioned people à 
entire loss of ae n ue * ix r ard . . 20.17 K s vres, u 
i i s which | February . EETHEN % 1% fen IVres, or an income of 
It is quite true that in numerous cases in 8 T 292 3.82 | year?” But supposi 
arsenical papers have been used, persons inhabiting March E ore eges E lin, thy Shoo! PR gan error of a cypher 
h 1 nue April 316 | Octob 36 in the 2 advertised, that will Tedis 
* ced se = 58 rity Thi in „ TM 8 T November 4.17 | francs, o lish—no v áp 
any unpieasant symptoms. is, however, is no rez une à m 6.29 a : pricat 
or 3 should wilfully make an arsenical atmosphere July . 4.19 | December. . 1 . — 1 Mor eover, fixed yrim 
in our sitting and bedrooms. It isnot intended that Catripdiforwardi: 90717 | Total inches . 39.99 half M niche gw ie ey e in England; a 
arsenic in any form, in how wever small a quantity, dices A agam as he will gladly take; 
hould 1 f the air we daily breathe, | 70%" Widdicombe de about | orent of the true value of the thing qj 
« ang : a » : . 3 
and the fact that we have before us a pleasant green Coltagers Kal People may write: = AC d x orbitant price on an article to get at ity 
colour affords no compensation for the risk which may | this Ks A It isa a most excellent e e epo uH when | especially for the English market. ‘There 
be incurred. Sanitary ri ange object to an atmos- | well g dod DU. 5 fine specimens of Box, both of the com 
phere containing -1-2000th o n 1-10,000th part of} Mr. Turn think eaved and variegated kinds, and also 
Do emma hydrogen. pit but there are numerous | ley $ said. p one wo iun too m in its favo i I dE leaved species. (f it be a species), the 
instances in which it is breathed wit bs impunity, and | hardly enough. I cannot avoid remarking t tha unk Buxus Balearica, or Buis de Maho: 
although no medical man would advise a person to live | some of the letters ee it, which have appeared found a pair of t in a nursery 
in such an atmosphere, yet it is. oa difficult. to provincial market town on the borders o 
marked cases of illness which cau be con- fter a rapid e y rai 
produce well- 
clusively a assigned to the effects of this gas. Me. should 
poison, whether in the shape of fine dust, gas 
W. 
re 
nos eet high (and will be higher), full of flo 
= "s appears to me thet this rule should "be feathered with fedt i e 
There ‘two ies who are reluctant to. admit summit. Though they did not cost me 20 
are Me the arse enical paper manufac- two, nor even 200, they would feteh 
urers 12d a country gentleman 0 en 
arsenical paper-hangings, a y ? d or winter garden. Although the 
have not suffered any venda qo With Eae known to you, I inclose a couple of! 
to the first, let them * their e to the [The advertisement appear the D 
anufacture of a green paper fr arsenic; a must, we suppose, have been paid for. 
with regard to the yi 7 fe Sid, quod. forsa whether the explanation su; 
on actum: valet. If they ly can | spondent be the right one.] 
n ebet, fi le 
breathe arsenical dust with impuni ity, they may con- 
sider themselyes as most for pestem. constituted, and 
rejoice in a state of healt| which even arsenic received 
t : 
Fo — espor 
EXPEDITION.— Brad fom B 
through the langa cannot pre "sun i t be NIGER 
reme are not constituted e Mr. Barter to Sir W. J. Hooker; 
can live. and enjoy comparative ** Enc: Boc — near Jeba, 
vow within reach of the effluvia of TA and ral Africa, Mu 
s; but the same impuni ty does not extend to all. eu n aa is much the same; m 
It is s enough to know that a poisonous material which slice Py mo at present, neither is 
x improve our health, and may really injure it, 
avari in the air of a sitting or bedroom. The 
ost common sanitary precautions would in such a case 
justify its removal January "7th, 1859. Pharma- 
ceutical Journal. 
nee 5 eS AGARDH. 
[Extract or 
ER. ] 
I HAVE to 3 res d the death of Bishop 
ho died early on the 28th ‘of January of | this 
ingu 
year. He 
rate genius, but a very tan one. As a youth he 
studied mathematics, and wrote some v mine on 
with us have suffered from dyse: 
death jr UP place among them. d 
behaved very well, but now wish 
b bota 
difficult scien: science, he e to show the Tittle: warid 
of lend i that dn a few mo nths he c could beco 
eminent bot. HRAME 
writing disserta on this subject; and lastl d 
k » k tis di ourneys, 
amem f Par nt, he was extremely busy with m 8 collection of the arbore 
national, economical, and statisti questions, wrote Nearly all the trees com 
large books on -— Mm and published maps of ssia Parkii, with its dense 
A cal reviews, &e. There are probabl d the air with a f 
— M of eee knowledge on which he " Pata 2 15 it ta nom cola 
ventured to write. He was ever geni ith bright, 4 Shea butter: 
8 ux wit and good ins but alw ys: very, vey an abundant harvest of ^. 
is really a magnificent sight when 
ball- like rop of er imson flowers, 
nedu neles. tr e d M 
soldiers’ top-knots . Baphia. niti 
now, recognise it as ver com! 
about 20 feet high, flowering 
r he w 
rares h With all his f faults, with all his mistaken ie 
was one — those ves adipe geniuses E whom so few 1 
main in 
ome „ Tou ; when in blossom 2 11 
ench Carn nd. Pico t the Exposition | in l burnum. I enclose som fate 
R inda virale ut "Pe in 185; = Mo s eri a tacit ote be ks ers. of them had a nrs, par- seeds, which if they n 12 ogu 
co of these flowers as described by your corr one season's | have tut oon f trees; 
spondent “A, R., » 4 yellow orange and buf grounds the shape 9 : 
nder, 
| culia 
vit sana ndi ur side god ciii ofer arrived at the dates of some of them. Their perfection several Sa po Yen pins 1 : 
ripes. ery many of them were entirely new to me, | have vanished from w et, frost, and ignoniacez, one Myr 8 
ts bei numbered, I took notes of those | th hardship of weather— | some true Laurinez. 08 
8 Tem andi 2 - W g spring 55 riore ed en R4 5 E the Es utility 3 ME benefit ute) eer e e'ta pretep 
hey cost me at about ther each, i : ued, | in drying, an t 
e; they were all fine pails Si bloomed bove representation "iw ingar, Jreland. [The | small portion; Wins me 45 
of mere flower- lovers, the amazement a fine plant of this Kale shown the other da 1 S of . rss quainte' 
have unfortunately now lost them | ticultural Society i y to the Hor- my CONJOCHUT ER. 
ie 
ag 
t egent Street. Tt tl ive u. 
“A. R.“ will g hi ess, I | height from th : d emessared 4 feet in Be) mall Pon x 
= gladly "um ay g him in J À am a flower and cutting oumferen romad to steny Sci rout was 2 ft. I in. in cir- vented much being pe- e the 1 att 
The n nurserymen of whom I ma umber of the latte: Sy Fo A 1 8 e t 55 e olate. . 
nase yc et Gautier, Pierrefitte, pris Paris) most Pareet sedi wee ‘one of t aes E 
ti b 
n no iude on sale, but if any can be winte imens E 2 75 in all respecta exellent found. 
choice plants, there is every reason to sup- d rful pa "m. ip ofthis woddes em E A N. Ber (p) ande 
£ ymphæa y os 
