emendet C die 
- solutions the whole 
FAE 
SEPTEMBER 4, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
di 
dire so much secondi to the duration of the 
vegetation eriod, because the nitrate of м у of the 
nutritive solution is immediately decom con 
tact with the surface of the root, and partly ен 
behind in the 
orm- 
ably with the quantity of dry бөлсө Nen 3 
of A it was 0.1609 grm. that of С 
me о 
bsolute absorption of lime rather increases conf 
ura of talc- garth, shows that the 
substance is quite px from 
I much less 
quantity into the pla ant than the ien or gi potash, 
- its eque is is no marked connection with the 
absorption of the 
е Ihe ее absorptions of potash show dis- 
tinctly that the T DK has no such great need of any 
of the other bas ap Saad a of potash. T 
absorption of this exceed that dy all the others very 
considerably. und that from a solution rich in 
the. pittance is absorbed than from 
e of it. 
solut a sheen of phosphoric acid are 
always m шен greater than the absorption of the other 
acids. The absorptions of phosphoric acids are con- 
roa a those of potash, and increase where they 
aU however, also. concurs, but not 
9. The absolute е» of sulphuric acid are 
never greater than the qua €— x phosphoric acid 
absorbed, but equal ^ thes 
то. On the ee of "'hloride of content to the 
chlorine was absorbed by 
chlorine eia potas- 
sium a small quantity remained behind in the nutritive 
relative — of pr bring to 
light a very remarkable fact. They 
e bases, according as it is i i 
о lime. Тһе chlorine combinations 
exert a specific pressure on the a tion of the 
lime, without this forced lime Sensi replaced b 
— T e of potass wind 
eer “an correct that а 
of potassium a urs the form: 
tion of the fruit of plants, action lies in this 
n unice, in the depression of adhere of lime, 
not in the action of the chloride of ium or of 
the potash therein асири. for the absorption 
of the absorption of 
chlorine, rine dme quite fail without the 
er in aram of the acidity 
f the mineral constituents. It has shown by 
irendt" h e 
w since, amon 
2, "The actio: 
which that he X is not altoget 
the others, use i ‘our to 
without CO: 
those in which chlorine was present, 
would account for the greater production. A. B. 
Foreign Correspondence, 
A PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOME OF THE TORREYA. 
—Ordered the tardy 
llow the beaten 
turned 
enn erence to Western marsh deter- 
mined = if possible, I would make a pious pilgrim- 
age to the secluded native haunts of that rarest of 
E. x eae taxifolia, 
, or could at the moment learn, 
чы. the this ees evergreen Yew-like tree — 
prized by arborieulturists for its а and dear to 
3 
us s babies for the пете it bears and commemorates | 
b 
ich, by tbeir guion, orm i 
be bis nearly MET ears 
Croom, and has since ie seen at two or thre 
stations by his miring associate, Dr 
Apalachicola, gatos u 
Croom, upon as cértuinin that жне 
discoverer of an grind new type of coniferous e 
desired.that it should bear Dr. Torrey’s name, and 
the genus Torreya зау нА so named an 
characte by the Scotch botanist, Arnott. It is of 
he Yew family, in folia 6: owers much 
self, has been kept al e at New York—showing 
aptitude for a colder climate than that of which it is a 
or less multiplied cut- 
sts e 
tree growing wild, and in its full 
I was desirous to be one o 
ever seen the 
сенер ment. 
os 
at Chattahooc 
the way to it с 
Pilgrimages to famous shrines by 
World, are now-a-days syst easy. 
The untried one which I undertook at to offer 
cept the аера 
г лая d the 
And, indeed, бм was little 
med plain enough, though long. 
railway, in the Old 
ve which I sought. 
FIG. 63.—FRUIT OF TORREYA. 
pe to speak of. It was, however, rather trying 
o us (i.¢., to myself and my companion in travel and 
lite) when, after leaving Savan nah on an early aps 
morni ng, the assured understanding that. w 
ould reach Chattahoochee late that evening, lio 
learn at we were to be left for twenty hours at a 
borders of East Florida 
it), and cra 
d the road a share o: his ейи: 
4 * The Agriculturist for May states that the tree spoken | of, 
or its seed, “w oug ier í Florida b (à ч} 
Major Le Conte.” con mident that this is a mista ike, ап 
that Le Conte kn 
turist states, is now in Centra 
f of the Eeh A Torre 
ns 
The kind and oe ro ine as far as 
lahassee and who is dishearten- 
ing iar gd findin 
‘that y wet = 
stop short o r object, remarked that they had set 
us down as nently peona prop e, since we 
ne d passed a rese d still possessed 
our souls in patience ( w a le who had 
topped at the hotel there practically confirmed), 
so left us ША t ishes, bu dently faint 
e weekly steamboat, which was to. call 
ба ianding Pha: day, would eventually relieve us; and 
Ans Se make the best of it. The worthy 
was to sl i Sie tiie ioe 
er- 
car, ЭЖА Looks both as 
dining 
Tor our ха Gelignt m spare that General Dickison 
knew the tree w in search of, а 
яй son pod uld conduct me ^ n 
bedroom, parlour, and 
oury adjective 
t 
pleasant аад | which the Mod ud lg cote The 
f nd t 
timber i is valued for fence-posts a е, дай is 
to be — чучу д slew 
1n 
are learning to call | it ""Torréga. i he people 
having a tree which, as чу have рлы ior told, 
grows nowhere else orld, 
M for a sight t was soon gratified, 
thrifty young iie 
eatly to the wonderment of my companion 
pista ae | ty oe little Croomia ошен. "S as it 
r. Croom, when also overed 
duh Fam neatly forty years Ido rib a á "station 
ry when М oom brought to 
I sa 
Museum as Uu "Winter of 
of an 
and Japan, have ана а large number of equally 
striking tons in. instances, and have offered certain 
ба решен 9 Рет, е views 
main- 
e confirmed, and are. 
now Mo by 15 the he Testing philosophi botanists. 
to this first search for. Tore 
ich I propose to ver t f the. 
Tow MSN Club for "be official Mon. Before 
the — announced its 
т 
long stle of 
th landing, э oflered us à 
agora үсти үгүс din in e. water had fallen ойи 
ciently to allow veyed to the wharf u 
Bainbridge—that is, we. went Ас. Flint River. 
about 40 miles and thence back, in 
the place of embarkation. na Vi antec: вы 
Wi 
