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well-trained fruit trees. The glass erections are 
There are a F eni» 
POTATO CULTURE. 
(Continued. from p. 115 
S 
Now while the е ы tei by his specially 
devised — to t lecular * changes, 
t the nas uu which л light " and 
“ heat” E about іп а “substance,” he is watch- 
ing: while the phy wee eai may be able t to us in 
an organism the tra e of molecules from one 
part to another; and Pede. them they may be able to 
Fic, 160,—FoRDELL CASTLE: FLOWER GARDEN, (SEE Р, 834.) 
purposes abound. The gardeners house, a go ood 
specimen of its kind, stands an eminence on the 
north side of the kitchen garden, and the young gar- 
hcl ell d. Mr. Rams he head 
rdener, keeps everything in high order in this 
gar 
beautiful place. John Downie. 
"FAMILIAR Мир FLO wea i " Me AR 
GARDEN FLOWERS," AND "FAMILI REES,"— 
We learn that the coloured plates d in these 
series are about to be deposited at the Museum at 
Kew Gardens. 
state what are icd uu ipie un that must be 
secured to a desire sult T of 
getting etui to form or et fixed of 
2 organism or another (a point a cii е ie 
try to understand): the Potato нум is in a 
very different position. He cannot, by adjusting screws 
s there has been so much, and perhaps still : some, 
Tiere in the use of the terms “* molecule” and “ atom,” i 
i 8 
18 that ids ** molecule s е элг 
8 temporary п .” For example, а“ agar у 
of ger abs onde Ms dioxide or acid er whic r term is 
referred) is a combination of an ‘ шош of carbon with two 
“atoms ” at oxygen, eere atom" may mean, The 
terms suffice in our present state oti ignorance, 
in his electric Mp. zeguiete the light; he cannot, 
ths а ne M oe E er vessel, regulate his tem- 
ы his le а 
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BEO ii 
+ р а 
8 а 
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le 
m utterly dep es 
; but in ور ا‎ if there be any thing i in foliage area 
affecti ting the amount of starch in tubers, he is not; 
and for this reason—he may cultivate in relation to 
"те Now, how is rente the ory to be checked 
by or gem атай! ble for practice ? 
ders after extended inquiry, found no 
t, or Physicist, or physiologist, who 
The 
specialist ss 
rowing from a practical 
t > riem › 
among gro has he found any who at all 
ed 
link “theo e: bu goi оа бк r may 
years. But it would seem that to f 
cultivator’s attention be directed. ow? If only 
tho diet that first receive the light from above, 
on 
starch, may 
orm of foliage which gives 
ntity and wens. of leaf? 
rection should he work ? мыз 
or 
a 
side of a leaf, upper or under, the light fi = m- 
pinges? The position of stoma may have 
g to do with the question, but who has ны 
experiments to answer it ? 1 
аге happy t state, rm 
ment of starch me тле up to the 
time of the Conference of t е Potato Tercentenary 
Exhibition at npn еч Xi 
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PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE. 
Sorr-woopep Prants.—Fuchsias _ for late use 
they become pot-bo 
received that will cause deir d st 
they will refuse afterwards to grow freely e soil 
used should be turfy loam and sand, enriched with 
leaf-soil and rot manure. Syringe the plants 
thoroughly every evening, stop the growths of those 
hat do no ak sufficiently to form well furnished 
specimens, and feed liberally with liquid manure 
during the flowering sea antanas should like- 
om 
ng plants need slight shade and an abundant supply 
of water at their roots with the assistance of liquid 
manure to carry them in perfection горн their 
period of flowering. Salvias form another useful 
class easily grown decorative plants, but which 
of e 
quickly suffer if potting be neglected; when once 
sh 
established in their dowering pots they may be 
plunged to half the depth e pots in beds of c 
ashes. c mmi likewise, which afford a ng of 
na greenhous е temperature in у winte 
nila They 
do well if apap m кайны! the summer months, and 
lifted early in th Ld qe : pé v and 
potted, but are gr thus ed, so free in 
flowering as when die эрбет p А v Impatiens 
Sultani may be finally potted, using 7 or 8 inch pot 
The grow best in an intermediate temperature, ee 
they can be sufficiently Hiern! and be kept near 
the glass in order to keep them sturdy, for if they 
become drawn and weak ties are ts ac ctically useless. 
If not already done, Solanums may now be planted 
out in prepared borders ; they do equally well, how- 
ч i cool frames, where they 
g€ 
and freely ventilated ; түз under either mode o 
treatment they should be well ak very 
we in fine weather to keep them free from red- 
pider, Thomas Coomber, Hendre Gardens 
