1194 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
known under the name of the Dorchester and New r (H О), so as to form nitrate of ammonia, the | quantity (aided b y 
ptg. at ma these, though surpassing our| meni of which is or otherwise, as needful to regulate th io ihe вр], ba: | 
own spec size and quality, admit of much| If a un of perfectly elean” linen, or filtering | to cause a free overflow. And those ho ишы | 
iai меле, xperiments have according ly | pap Such a supply at са might t soon pr | 
een made in the United States, and we һауе | Ё any such substance, it is in ey ery y some of the m which 
just had the pleasure of receiving е | саве = to exhibit traces of the nitrite. If Молой to heat (up "tc 180) a шщ E f mte 
umber of the “ Genesee Farmer?" for November, | again they a in a solution of caustic he bottom of their aquarim water 
a monthly journal published in New York, which potash, and exposed to the vapour w water, 
contains some interesting information on рого! oint, | nitrite 'of ammonia a generated during the evapora- | to circumstances eu л 
together with an illustration of the mproved | tion acts upon the caustic potash, x uie nitrite | through the mass cst 
Rubus canadensis, which, if not "енга д of potas of the о partiolos ; and if enough ых М 
promises something really valuable amongst our| In countries like our own the nitrite of ammonia | eated, or ра t of it merely Parmae 2. 
hardy fruits, Rubus villosus and cuneifolius|is soon washed away, but in hot countries, warmed a t al) the * rapidly flowin 
both ripen their fruit at a later period, though | where te earth is слаще а deposit is forme ELLOR Заа, „would be imitated 
both have considerable merit, at least in their own | upon the and fro dvantege of the plants, In К chill 
country. The ees hit: m seem : be as | potash барон) mg nitrite of soda are in all pro- | tion seem to have been the adversaries 
worthless as our o e inferior varietie bability derived, apart from any mere action of 
“Tt is with ан мое that- we are pe to | the atmospherio nitrogen on d alkalis, especially 
lay before our readers some facts in reference to a | where no train ous “matters can be derived from м 
fruit which promises to be of high value both to|the soil. This is indeed quite eontrary fo older | temperature of the stream h 
the amateur cultivator and the market fruit | notions. m for example, says—'' There | degree. considerably higher than cul LET 
grower, For some time we have been aware that|is no reason to believe that the nitrogen of the|deem it prudent to adopt оа 2 
Dr. MINER, of Honeoye Falls, in this county, was | atmosphere is ever oxidised or contributes to | сб which this information conveys, ledge of the 
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his undertaking before LESE it to be much |has in all probability been formed from the am- Plan 
known, our attention n but little attraotod | monia of the гава Ан ScHOÓNBEIN огу, ‚ DEND - Е 
to it till the present туче: owever, points evidently to another er cgi ms “р, foliis lanceolatis angustis а 
“ The Dr. has mese i in rig s AND seedlings | at once shows how thunder-storms may be Paari is oblongis obtusis E де ыы, 3 
of superior merit. eme e originated | liarly fertilisi rer dine ERE ubrot eei bis rins nimis 
six or eight years ago from seed of the common is moreover ; obvious that the very act of| « | 
wild Dewberry or "a aee ecd Pm cana- | evaporation in plants, which takes Slap: се « Моше, — foe T олш м Па 
densis). Among a great number of plan ex аш. ‚ would give rise to the pro A very striking plant, intermediate betwen 
| D. formosum and longie orne, having the large flower of 
were produced and kept i in cultivation Ет = duetion oi = combination of nitrogen in the precise the former, е. the slender habit and narrow lema 
ly form in it would at once available for the he latter. The lip with 1 round teral lobes also dis 
which was very deci NE Не-а of the plant. M, T B. кессе it from the former, and the petals with 
** The slender out a circular middle lobe to the lip, short funnel 
in ауар trail pom nim ground, extending i Non WELWITSCHIA d (see p. 1007, 1861), shaped жей, from the latter" Dindley in Lim, 
the root to а distance p 10.0 eet—a vigorous | Dr. Ноокев informs us that а noble ty's Journal, p. 16, eed E 
ghist y deut & score or inde ot im se stems each | this wonderful iieri їп a cask of earth, has been| The Si yi while h the nursery of 
received at Kew in a green and living, but alas ! | Messrs. Low & Son, at бо ту 4 t shewn ede d 
^ The stems are furnished with a very few|moribund state. The roots seem to have been рын and dried specimens 
small bien and trifoliate leaves. The fruit is|greatly injured in the removal; and what is mor 
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shining, jet black, fragrant, swee , and juicy. | off e close to the circumference d the 
Most of the fruit in a T state 18 bic crown, and as these leaves "i the only on 
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surface. The seedlings have pue this Lj of "ib of them. This specimen which weighs 261 lbs.,| " 
wild type, but are fully developed in was sen Mr J в MONTETRO, a к enge =” Orchidolog Eos 
their size is very large: nearly or qu equa ine rE and promising pee e who has added mu recognised in that able botanist's description of 
best specimen of t ide ' Ro lackberry. our knowledge especially of the т Кс ot D. pomo pec aporo), the very plut 
In quality and mied hey are far superior to any | Loando, and who had previously sent to Kew н pires 
Bla етти n, an em very prolific and hardy. | several specimens of the Welwitschia in a dried | D rre - which ris the honour of 
* The ; ot of | ground which Dr. M, has devoted | Mind зй чен cones in spirits. We hope shortly | having been the first to import ali 
to these fruits 18 phont one-eighth of an acre. | to ive in our pages a brief account, t is a species of surpassing beauty, and promisas ia 
The plants ате set abon t5 fe et apart. in mere with illu mete ot of this most wonderful vege- | More than rival its nearest relative gei ш. А 
Early in the spring a p wn |table о phenomenon of which Dr. Ноокев has pre- | dried flower that is now before me 
by the side of AM oh plan, в sending б or 6 feet ig pared account, which we given to араба iiy 4 inches M sud that aneh fe 
around which th exible shoots o а ЧЫ read before the Linnean Bociet ety blossoms aE ens hi "e or-stalks that crowd the 
previous yea TI remo o TM fole by on the 186h im inst, when these specimens were mpeg vidue prie he latter, which am 
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kind of о ог сопе. Ву this mode of tr. ooreo а ны чек у "ононе 
ng, the fruit hangs outside clear of the flian e 
d around, affordin ng the $ greatest деше, y p aeui Society, итинен à hint Y 2| E Rau NI 
gat maie +: ме eremo аротнідо trai NA рн the d cie of the Ovvrg ring in to 
ground un succeeding sprin e хт of Madagascar, and ero it seems S 
E an he plants produced „Ж. @ е of! for -— "e the failures which may "пайт seu | "a. esq os 24 m y Besa year, at the -height 
| atte w it t under the artifieial conditions to | of 5000 feet, by A. Lobb. Mr. Parish mA a a 
rieties are distinct from each other | V сет i is agente in our ге Attached іп | he had 44 blooms open at one time upon some 
А кй ud foliage, ap de of ече Д The | “е capacity of medical attendant to а mission to the | that he kept in a small basket, — = "es 
e С variety is more 4 fragrant and Swee Gne Minn authorities of scar, this gentleman had ап | tinued a very long time 
ater -— and at ate we saw them bservin 
; 9) was nearly gone, while the other was = um. Ажы rM anumafana, fi 250, VANDA DEEENISME 
ачу in perfeotion. It will be seen, көмүс that village of thes viae name in-tho interior of tbe isla island, Hitherto до! most noblo plant has 0 [7 
h varieties mature earlier than е ither the Dor- | and situated at an зеге of 1500 feet above the вел, | from bad dried specimens gathered mor 
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now (Aug. 20) at the height of their season." | found to be flourishing. "тра t these springs gal erc ofa ТАГ Ж 'under the care of 
It is c gan see that the deplorable war in | Pave a great influence оп the temperaturo c ог the ied aseraate, his Lordships gardener, whose Ii 
al botari * ч t has apparently put а stop to кыга 2 kis ki rt wa "b одвои ied mdi whil ita дг. tin. about 
E Bica м. sof importance vi Stream, which lay across route, r i Burmah 
had cesis port of LA E! dy. no less than five of them were visible. The springs, “ The Bishop noira aap A noble-looking 
= C: ure, qp sre des jets rising from the ri ребе 
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jected the heated water to the surface at а temperature | about it. The o. P not so long 
: hich raised a thermometer to 160° Fahrenheit. 'The|the leaves, a а „оо. йез not 80 : 
А DISCOVER lately been made ber i ribed i A Ж а ickly scarred with marks where the 
ScHÓNBEIN, heh bids fair to be of i Dy koc rr d A чет т-ра Бау. 
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importa: uestio: lat in eaten obit d e tee ye there was a spike 
marinai of p of plants. m 1t has end Ме ењ s ушу раа арр еу very ре утый уена d Мы Me fe every у leaf, hn and the short sen plants were 
time that are not capable of appropriating | T are conditions which ES not in a general way [а plant ө 2 incheghi nfortunatelg bi 
nitrogen, and yet it т ow = КУ fully met by the arrangements of our voii Air ran [gum afewi e а fih top should havo mey 
this most n ment could i y cases | tanks an. les for tropical aquatic plants, but together on the b 
be supplied in such a state of combination as PM - are conditions Arr M in uite reasonablo to | kem "ба the spi emm. d. What dee 
render it availabl It infer are necessary to the well-being of this vegetable | Spike ев a foot 
А е. appears, euriosity. "There would seem, indeed, to t9 qd it would look, 8 ез d Mun grum 54 urmab." 
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observ: E obstacle to the imitation, at least, of such conditi as large as a man 
er of the erst. myste ма: E ree Бела artificial way. Those ——— a = E vie (T і 
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changes, that in every mies ә spike in a 
evaporated secas ter t lead them|long.) The flowers are as sweet 
bines eden of the stets" com- | to the vii of their E Ouviraoden las and allow n Mu, Sn white with a few 
die нуе | hydrogen of the|the warmed streamlets to bubble up in sufficient | rich purple lip. 
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