132 Za ES 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE: 
[JULv 31, 1875. 
ot paralysed by this awe e would pre 
the attempt, and then 
ifficulty is like the s 
i n as one is resolv 
500 ed to approach it. 
eed of deep research to kno 
w that а 
may fall i in qe way 
it rat human beings. W 
antage over vegetables 
no x то piots than 
have 
id. 
s ha 
no analogous m ery, they are s obliged to ves керы 
food in a state га pene through t ency o 
roots. ain-water, c it 
et 
art 
Under the action of light the leaves decompose the 
carbonic = of the air, fix the carbon 
oxygen t Tala 
amonia in a similar way ; and it is thus that 
nsable to vegetables as to the human 
yen of phenomena ries not belong to 
A vegetable as been compared to a sponge, one 
ми щы which is m the = the other half inserted in 
Pun roots кора эү жане к the leaves 
into the Ee; ; the roots recover from the soil 
e, nto its 
ead substance the materials which it obtains from 
withou 
м 
you ue | 4 x" ie #1. 2. 79 Ad. 
ash, phosphoric = silicic acid, iced 
acid, lime, ы cae sea-salt, iron, man 
iodine, &c. If they are found i ini 
it i is Арактай: ihe] et а. into the ey 
entered it, it is se they were needful for 
that. plant's nuttin, Tht ther efore, we wish a t 
be w ee good health, and to 
cause th 
worse fo: on’t take to that ent ! 
iinfo, itis also the worse for us. One 
simple thi 
supply of I 
Now, if ош one element necessary to a plant's 
е eU ^ and is stunted in 
acs ought, therefore, to see that the 
his plants leaves nothing to gee га 
attain that end, more : 
outlay, hie supplying the plants with 
all гат Pay О; о those means exist? М. 
Xavi D a Yes,” and thus proceeds to 
has Iready been stated that plants absorb 
mineral elements by their roots, which elements have 
They must be carried there somehow ; and they have 
water for their vehicle. It is evident that they can- 
| large masses into the cells and capil 
| I oly es pte pe S 
subsistence at the time ; the tat b or the E 
useless, and often hurtful, Fant reqaae fo | 
the прв of their аа within ъан reach and 
as If thos 
ready for y assimilatio f elements ar 
contained o i in masses is id here and there—if 
water cannot big i, convey the the roots o 
the plants—for o cultivated ас result is the 
t exist. 
owing calcul 
nts 
same as if the нене. didn 
Liebig made e —A 
n of eni decime e) of good 
hectare ik a millio 
Whe з. a nd p Modden: on an Бах гаре 2000 КПорта 
of gra seg 5000 of straw, which, наь аргад 
250 millions of millegrammes (250, kilos.) of mineral 
millenia p ia field supplies, 'Thérefore, to бе 
plants gr n it 250 > millegramme s d mine 
very square СЕН, 
ы direction, he pee of 1 Seir sub- 
Mn es Perricone to the wants of a radicle taken 
separately. Let those кендин be defi 
portion of the а that monem will be unable to feed 
the plants that grow u The nutr tritive power of 
the soil is in proportion T the nutritious matters con- 
tained in each square millimetre, in a vertical direc- 
ion. 
cient in a 
Plants do absorb these substances, which ought, 
therefore, to be renewed and placed in contact with 
is a necessity which has not been do by 
stood until within the А few I. and that 
As eve 
principles, a ’ 
exhaustion at a 
her 
re jections and 
sewage water should be so carelessly lost to — 
He was right so far me 
A French 
the elements which she has yielded to us. ew 
always be a certain amount of loss. The ue estion in- 
volves a higher aim. ought not only to hind 
her ahatia, but to се her fertility." Such is is 
the problem which M. Meni dE E ounded a 
dede, ‚ошаш his proceedings o sits folowing 
a Arable land is a r езше resulting from 
mechanical actions on rocks by pow ful agents, which 
have crushed them, and from Шейка? actions, which 
have attacked and Tubes sed them 
hat is to be done, the pe We must do fectly 
what h een done by ure.. .“ We can onl 
iiag 23 over gere ios says Ba on, “Ьу obest g her 
." Since arable land is a mixture of the rubbish 
pes waste rebut ра от тр * action gione 
on we must augm ur 
‘cable la on by айыр rocks, мага are to Бе рей 
to it ires ally, so as to restor 
e to it the fixed 
principles of which veget etabl les dec it. Arable land 
will be ме nstituted by employing the processes which 
originally formed it. ore, an arable soil will 
w 
—we can make arable soils to order. Any result that 
may be desired will be thus obt Agri re 
will be carried on with the ainty of a manufactur- 
ing proce Nothing, in fact, is easier. М. ni 
has pro by numerous experiments, - the = 
olution e a solid substance takes place n proporti 
to the surfaces in contact with the rave liquid 
ent. * 
Essi whole mass of epum T lies beneath the 
urface of a boulder, a bit of gravelly 
shingle, is evidently dotes on vegetation because it 
reducing a block of i it wale Sowden 
1 stone to an ЕБ ien e уйй. 
Pulverisation transforms hard rocks in чой duo 
os ble stone into | Porous stone. 
By crumbling 
жо. J 
; it enters 
s within the reach of 
ts ; reer having such a multi- 
i ts 
тт gradually exhausted, you e 
virg . Something of the kind is effected b 
ei ing marl over a field ; but the = is aee in 
little lumps, which take ten, M ж 
о lve. Ап enormous quantity кы thereiore | js 
be brought at once; a large instalment has to be 
made in advance, with the cert 
ainty of having to wait 
for tesalis to be slowly, irregularly, and unequally 
obtained. 
By pulverising supplementary manures you are 
able to give your land dose requisi 
the site to 
o immediate result. ' is, consequently, 
lace айтай money which has to lie idle, less out- 
return, which cannot be denied to be some advantage. 
However proud we may be of the results obtained by 
Science and industry during the last hundred years, we 
зеш ire sur la Pulvérisation des Engrais ; 
Eso A ‚їп 8уо, G, Masson, Editeur, ee 
still v to speak Ts I чыл a certain d 
of rese 'and modes . We 
aste. Тее 
which we might utilise 
with 
n the —— 
cr a portion on 
r power, for in stan nce—in the crushing of granit 
ted Beye hates andstones, and fel ы 
We must take up qoia for plants, or at | t the 
ir foo r the teeth which they 
have not we must substitute crushing- machines, which 
will present them with their aliments ready masticat cated, 
at is, in a state easy to be dissolved. Arable lands 
must be renovated little by ae x as they 
are exhausted rops we them, We 
P3 RE 
Ф 
S. 
the 
to ridin ad wth че о our requirem ments, 
present instance, M. Menier points out to 
agricultarists ‘the rocks that are met with almost 
а erywher which are useless, an incumbrance 
cea em are lands undergo in: eR 
of д; erg ор for fertilisers ; Bec fertilisers 
fficiently. We 
or pum to жес и 
tion Ages must pass bef 
rauk is realised which might be pers in a few 
o ilising wasted force, such ind 
water, in crushing those rocks. It has long been 
ect ere was something to be done in this 
irec е idea has been hovering in the air, 
— during the las twenty years. the 
y Changeux € 
Meijer belongs the hon 
ed 
mulated, i veri it ve — as 
ving demonstrated all its conseque Those 
conseq , Monsie ubois i ig are immense. 
The in the fortunes of ( 
e-les-Calai , Rosendae 1, n D ue, 
whe Supply whole ium and Toet De Mene 
e sand. 
is sand? Is it nota | 
Now what 
due of rocks, ones; =“ pebbles ponia small 
by the m спаса а es ог of 
torrential curr 
e foun 
bunter мое should be valued for Camellias. 
VERY EARLY PEACHES AND 
NECTARINES. 
ALTHOUGH the season is a late one, our oa 
orchard-house Peaches (without any н fire-heal) have 
not been materially backward. It may be a” 
give the dates of four of these, which are the best, 25 
follows, from 1869 :—Early — Ba caer thus, in 
June, 12, 1; 21. P$ Pe re Louise, 2] 
27, 22, 12, 24, 11; Early Por 30, a Ex 15, 10, 14 
EAR. ee Da 
