Остовкв 26, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
497 
pays the horticulturist to help Nature by adding not 
only such manures as phosphate, nitrates, an 
potasb, but the minor constituents as well, and i 
the form of soluble compounds. There is little 
because the exi is incapable of properly nourishing 
them, Solub an 
roots, and — are a ri 
healthy, vigorous plants, capable of yielding perfect 
flowers, fruits, &c. It is very necessary to remember 
that the object of manuring is to feed the plante, 
especially during the pelted of active growth. 
Fractional top-dressings, and the frequent use of 
uantities of manures, dissolved in water, are 
the best ways of applying manures, 
possesses а knowledge of the 
res, he rao “т cai 
— e N should be 
beneficial results. He, therefore, N * * 
"t 
ich for certain plants, not 
manures at all for pon тв; y in some Бает 
they may act injariously. Consequently, the culti- 
eyed с» - аша . — ee ae vm is ignorant 
of t use subjects him to 
4 the ‘bibs asa expent гош "йш апу 
kind of manure to any sort of crop, irrespective of 
the fact аз aoe Made vary in the heir con- 
atituents, a sequ rua d Жамай furnishing with 
those ingrediente or plant-foods ntial to their 
proper o use the right manures at the 
— enti and in sufficient quantity, is the correct 
to work, and the successfal cultivator is now 
requited to pay special attention to the use of 
manures 
To become acquainted with the food-requirements 
of na we must know their constituents, These 
constitu р under three divisions. э; ра 
із —2 whic orms by far the greate 
lants ; second 2 includes the third СЕ 
the dry or solid matter may be divided into carbon 
or, le. matter, and sito 
The combastible ingredients include 90005060 
ee. e ee the colouring, flavouring, 
nciples, spaga s the green colour 
(eg " leaves, the pe of flowers, and the 
3 ой fruits, &e. 
ary in their constituents, 
, being the er of 
Dr. Griffith's and Mr, R. H. Wilson’ s analys 
Chemical Composition of Various Pants of the Garden, 
(In parts. per 100.) 
the manures applied " the soil, in order to nourish 
these eroe must alao vary. 
Conce wisi it may be remarkei 
that titur ia derived from the soil through the roots, 
that the carbon of the albuminoids, carbohydrate 
woody-fibre, and fat is almost entirely derived from 
the carbonic acid of the air; that the hydrogen and 
Jon rhs the same Kaiia via are raer from 
absorbed by the roots; that the 
— d m albuminoids ч a age from the 
cept Peas, in which case it is partly 
derived from the ten or manure, and partly from the 
air, throu ugh the ко» ney of certain microbes which 
are present іп 6 
It may be 2 that the large number of ash 
— and the different manurial — — 
in the work under consideration, are the ts of 
mos years sea — in the garden, eg and 
laboratory, and we can confidently recommend it to 
our reader 
SELECT EXTRA-TROPICAL PLANTS. 
Baron Ferd. von Mueller's most useful treatise 
India, Germany, the Uni 
fact, within its limitations, it forms the most 
accessible account of the useful E A — world 
that has yet been pu Ce ge h is in 
constant use as a work of Pm eren Ж — п von 
Mueller has not Te himself with writing 
books, but he has taken a large share in the 8 
tion and introduction of useful plants. The esta 
lishment of Eucalypts in various parte of Demy 
California, Algeria, and Southern Earope is largely 
and energy. It is to be wished that 
be enabled to issue a similar volume 
plants. With the aid of the 
Kew publications, this might readily be accomplished 
— ao a worker as the Baron, It may 
be thought that such мыл до оѓ 
trusted for 
— nature of compilati 
execution to some clerk, but — pero demie ned 
ратне and knowledge is evident ork f 
the present publication, and free 
could only be рау by the roperintendenos of ao 
кезү a botanist as Baron von 
2 to the alp eee ln — deere. 
ы are given of plants Р Наар 
in а few seasons, or not me i hi of ia’ 
bs a | 2 á| 8 regions; in fact, the practical requirements of 
Composition. " $ | Li 8 | £ cultivators have been carefully stadied throughout, 
E. 8 з 3 | 5 А work like this can never be complete, — 
Per | Per | Per | Per | Per of т and яо we find the author 1 ейн 
cent. | ceat. | cent, | cent. | cent. , y soliciting 
Albuminoids (nitrogenous | in the preparation of yet another 
mattes) „ 224) 22| 33) % 53 edition 
i-o MY 52˙5 214| 51| 108| 12:9 are conscious that our request is somewhat 
Woody Fibre .| 64) 10 10| 19| 22 кано, it may be even incapable of fulfilment, 
ait 270) 02| 03|] оз) оз but the frequent mention of the opinions and obita 
Ash (mineral matter) .  24| 12) 13| 26 22 dicta of various botanists seems to necessitate faller 
Water Eo y 143| 740| 890| 782| 771 reference to = place ^ publication to enable the 
| : reader to er what circumatances the opinion 
a Total... „.. 100°) | 10070 | 10070 | 100 0 | 100 0 ere ri e. — 
“Ж Constitu:nts of the Ashes, Per cent of importance to ba it, Аз to the 
„ LV | B40) 186 189 3 ог the names, the Kew Index — 
Soda ... 1˙3 07 25| 35 99 nables us easily to find the desired To 
Lime 69| 30| 157| 142| 132 het how much still remains to be done, Baron yon 
Magnesia %% во so| so 172 Mueller instances Mexico. More than three centuries 
Iron Oxide 14 | 52| вз| 21 32 have elapsed since its conquest, but “only the moat 
Silica ais 31| 50| 50| 40| 48 pass аса is es on the vomer 
Phoaphoric Acid .. ... | 401) 156| 129| 339 | 29 empire, even in e erous 
SulphürieAcid iq. 20) 52) se| өв so Splendid Oaks, Again, of ве —— 
Chlorine... ,, 12 35| в0| 20 | os grasses, not many dozens have been 
\ | as yet with rural orc ure 
Total ... — 1000 | 100-0 | 1000 | 100°0 1000, purposes, not to speak of a multitude of prominently 
ке ; and herbs restric to 
It will be seen, by carefully studying the above 
figures, that the constituents of the plants named 
vary considerably; .it is, therefore, necessary that 
‘exhibited at 
THE ROSARY, 
BUTTON - HOLE raus 
Аїтносан the taste for aring flowers in 
armen i has greatly diminished of late 
years, 
there а few who p e custom, & 
etin" "which I nk, mach to be admired, 
even although it is by par sete to excess, One 
good effect it had so ose-garden was 
rsons * бес бн» the culture of 
various ына throughout the country. Bat 
atill, thoug taste for button-holes has decreased, 
it is a consolation to know th в of 
Roses has come or what are called 
— — for ladies, so that a few notes on 
them may not be out of pla 
The class of Roses most suited for this purpose is 
that of the smaller Tea-scented, and what are called 
hybrid Tea-scented Roses, and they must have two or 
three characteristics; in the first place, the bad 
ought to be more or less pointed, for it is only in 
the bud state they can be used, and hence the 
— A section which, at first sight, seem so well 
ted for it, are really unsuitable, and 
— used. Then they must have col a 
white Rose, for instance, would be hardly soitable, 
and might probably ns that the wearer was 
ng toa wedding. There is no Rose which more 
thoroughly fulfils these necessary conditions than— 
d is 
8 
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p 
8 
ery- orange, rec 
measure the Austrian Copper and 
The bud is pointed, and the жна are very few, an n 
consequently 16 only remains good for a short time, 
u 
I was rather surprised to fin nd that my plants of it on 
а south wall, although somewhat injured by the laat 
Metis winter, "sts d bloomed well this 
; but there be no doubt that n in of 
— eee and requires a good deal of 
care. 
he buds, in which state 
alone it is ‘of se, isa — orange- yellow edged 
with white, but it is is now 80 well know n and popular, 
that little need be said i table 
decoration, for shoulder-knots, and button-holes, it 
is extensively used, and very often in large estab- 
lishments, a house is devo entirely to it, It has 
one тоу namely, that in certain positions and in 
ce white edging * to overpower 
the sut c ground colour, and the whole 
flower becomes 
robably tend to make it hold ita ^ 
metallic red, peach, and , making i 
lovely 8 and a general PO 
the C at the d 
Rose Society exhibition by pend] Paul & Sons, it 
created а tion, and is now recognised as 
one of ow most wee of ita class. 
—А new Rose of novel colour. 
It has ibi — чы terra cotta with fams 
coloured shading, and чт this is as near as we 
