worn THE - GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, 241 
it is because men do not believe enough in | bark is tied up into bundles sc Agee = Mapes! to de times occur in the use of different igo for sizing the 
is Poplar gum was believed by the ancients | which usually takes two three days; paper, Kadsura japonica, L., being one not t already 
igin p 2. wherefore Pygmalion is | thoroughly dry it is again read rng into aa mentioned. 
ted as decoratin his famous statue with ‘“‘the | weighing from 32 lb. to 4I lb. each, and-packed on The collection now exhibited in the Kew museum, 
the Heli ades oh Cat ullus has a remarkably horses, one load consisting of six bundles, and in this | though only a portion of what was originally sen, 
tiful phrase, ‘‘ lightning-str icken n  Phaéthon’s way it is sent to different parts of the country. The | from Japan, is tolerably complete, and illustrates in at 
fexill sister. ae Lo Grindon, in the *‘ Intellectual | price of the dried bark varies from about Is, to 2s. 2d. | striking manner the great ag brr of the Japan 
jository.” r bundle of 41 lb. The next pocni after drying isto | not only in the manu e application of 
4 thoroughly soak -= wash the bark in running water | paper to the various Saru inais of life. The imita- 
or a day or. a night or even prot when the inner | tion crape used for ladies’ head-dresses is marvel 
PAPER ae ACTURE IN bark is easily separated from the uter by drawing the ligh app bstitute for real 
material against > edge of a knife, which is fixed | crape; the patte e also good and the colours 
i : grme a board. The outer bark is hana cd making wonderfully bright. It would be pee to know 
n subject st he mei ure ot paper in J of so | a inferior kind of paper. The best kind is made | from whence ee colours used as dyes by the Japanese 
a more e hed acodat than ist fioi the inner bark, and it usually te three days to | are bei ined, not one word on this i e being said 
deners Chronicle of August 1 will no make the paper, adepts, however, can nish it off in | in the interesting ispat of the Consuls. n again 
a nes days. Sonn porns ore bark from the the specimens of string, some dyed black like coarse 
glutinous matter with which it abounds it is taken, | black thread, and others white like fine white twine, 
is put in aol w the sirip Apne eae be si e after the removal of the outer bark, to the river and | need almost to be untwist efore one can be fully 
thoroughly washed, after which it is further steeped | satisfied that they are paper. 
facture, Lord Clarendon, the se te oe ae in buckets of water, which vi ord aaee off, and ser The oiled papers ih imitation of meee some of 
* | stones are placed upon the to express the | which are of great thickn nd the bookbindin 
at arret to = poan mea remaining liquid. The bundles of bark, which are oths in imitation of our cloth bind ings, are also 
Deas aution of three re orts i HN “t sosori,” are then boiled in water in which | surprisingly good, e of the designs being st 
k p agas 3 EI the ashes o > t se ees us i e roduced in relief an bossed with gold very 
g : infused, and are kept constantly stirred during the | similar to some bindings of English medizeval books 
oa tad oi ‘ait of the diferent Kinds Hi paper boing oe boiling they are pounded or beaten into | or old missals. Altogether the collection is a very 
Lea Rac Ee ES cians i DATS a pul wooden mallets on a thick solid wooden | interesting one, and is doubly valuable on oe of 
which are opin fac-similes of native drawings, uie se ee ben a soe er 
teh ent cannes GE mG 1 ‘sosori” is made into lumps or balls, and is | Jackson, Museum 
Ee | fllowing i tata. .Phe ake of Toa. aaa with what is known amongst paper-makers SESE 
S papri Vent., is the principal material used, as “half staf 5" pieces are broket of, these vores ae i 
i ih the bak "oF Keempferi, Sieb. The required co emg ned fareet upina ae with re Home Correspondence 
Gas = e undoubtedly distinct species, and cannot be ONUN TESI E T Tor hate ore Pi coe d i yer 
nsidered in the light of varieties. It is true that from the roots of the ororo” (Hibiscus Manihot, angina ae ys pres os,—Is not the idea put 
the leaves of the former species wigs ge Sm za% oT —— sear a par finally given to | forth by “J. L.,” on the subject of raising seed 
but they do not approach in a of the cee trough or os Meat sets a “ms rage ape ‘Potatos as an antidote “th the maeri the resuscitation 
s en put up edgeways to drain, and finally dried by | of an old notion in Pa great wig was place 
mai which may be generally likened to hose a the arom cea a athe large flat epee “aries py Paterson and others, and which has hitherto proved 
sg is made in sheets of different sizes and thicknesses, the less for go A? all men who had hoped to 
c | powerless fo o p 
a T rept hone inert = finest ome smallest kinds being made by i aai a produce beneficial results in this direction, none 
tent into Ja ried about A.D. 610. Pa oe wie s moreover cut into various sizes a up | laboured so hard, and with so much persistence, as 
280 silk, ee Stine of linen, w N g d into bitudle: ready for market. The act kinds did the late Mr. Paterson ; and yet, although he was 
for writing upon wid then’ we P havi P were also of paper are known b distinct names, | and the | instrumental in raising thousands of comparatively 
Seek tn that ear, however, pa on was im- varieties even of writing, printing, and packing papers | healthy and certainly robust-growing seedlings, the 
TS his ver are exceedingly numerous, to say nothing of paper ick of which have been for some years put into 
pemo Cios S ea, wai te gar | ee resh for purposes that we in the West woul commerce, yet not one of these kinds are capable of 
T ae K pe a a aiia Eas never ate am MT i hus t he following is given as the | resisting he disease in bad seasons, an ae more 
sre sent over ta Tapai by the eine: of Corea. mode of making inte “clot h warranted to wash :— | reliance can be placed on their immunity from fungoid 
is said to have af clever 8 1 ‘* Take some of the ph i called ‘ néshé,’ or some of | attacks than ¢ can be placed on that of any other ki 
ts č kit atit? the best ‘senk: it of thè colour required. | be they ever so old. Paterson’s Potatos are, as a 
y Ud aso i Shen = 4 = some of ne Seoti wallet * Kon-niaku-no-dama’ rule, very tate “Bids, having coarse-growing haulm, 
ge stone 4 5 rum Dracontium, L. ?) w ith the skins on ; Az them | showing in it a degree of rude health and vigour that 
has inner portion of a rice stalk— when it none others excel ; and ‘their laten 
A Mida Mika | [es an they ate A ig poa heni |A pest cae subj ect to disease, — 
3 ko we h AER i, the boiled ; pee 
er made or i ma hri i good oft Kind, © | and let the water ran off, a nd =n pound them into a | especially if the autumn be wet. As a rule 
not wake ink well; it would not bea ough TA i pee pra ya most of Patat “Potato eine ee . 
Ppl . t n 
ing and tore very easily, and moreover ie was pense gel it Lit ie. frees ug en t fier _ be r. Paterson 
sil 
e because of its material to become worm-eaten, | in that sta te for diht 
g ich Taishi introduced the manufacture of oli 
per from the paper Mulberry ; he made four kinds, a it ees roe oleae hoya Par bane th 
; Ceresin fe esa obo Sore anemone into a crumple in the centre, reie it and repeat ern 
7 . process two or three times, rolling it from 
ure to be largely promulgated among the seat corner of the paper. ihe crumple it well in the 
hands by rubbing it together until it b es quite 
[ e of A un, tee con re nine Ln bgt) soft, and then sprinkle water on it again to datnp it, 
Eg ee 
of the year and at others at the beginning. or ac mead as offer as 5 liked without sas 
are separated from the plants and cut | joining in jar having become trong and lasting 
about 3 inches, these pieces are | Mate mi a leih is made pritdipally in. the 
in such manner that about half an inch si sone of Sendai. Box , trays, and even sauce- 
out a foo f . pans may be made of this cloth, and saucepans thus fi - 0, 
aa = og or : 3 nity manufactured sustain beeen rete ae eae tigen “Emperor, Now, I know a no m e seeds so 
Each * | heat. Bags may be it in which wine may be | freely as this. I condi ga s from 
year in the tenth aa they are cut down to te put and heated by insertion in boiling water. Paper | it aA From one ik Si 
year, ; years a and dense | thus pre may be us ree papering ae pods, and that is no isc ace 
a np i AR pnt pe: eing oiled. Amusi universally admitted that a 
B ieveloped. The cuttings of the hth years | Miperiments may be made with I” o Wauractive effects of the disease $ 
ee care A gs ihe Plants Whe | The manufacture of oiled papet for waterproof | severely as does the Red Emperor. In PS, 
ase roni Or paddy helgi s brackish’ | OS OS SNe cue bed in the | single instance, what oat Arti 
2 d E Br th ne will not number of the Gardeners Chronicle referred to at the | Now, it is a curious R» 
ES S EEI, Ana A “Th reel commencement of this ; it need therefore only ican kinds growing in this cy, alt hong 
Sorghum. it “24 of ah Sie now be said that the size or paste made from the they flower freely, are yet with gr s s;i 
amount of manure, but if planted in The | young shoots of Ferns is used to fix the y i sheets | are devoid of pollen. e oi er a be 
ee a a paper one over the other to increase the thic mone disposed to assert that all nn Jack health and 
the adjoining ground, sadd of the material, on that the Fern all luded t vigour ; but the question remains, A re they seedless 
sah hada i in America? I should thi not, lin. pear 
= lants. 
3 stema -e a oo inset = Pong d gät arè added. This paper gene enerally mre of | nothing. In mean sort to use flowers 
yey bal nagar al, which loosens the dered Wheat of paper, and nine pints « of nibè” o rpow- | t EAEE 
from ied = to give | isatio . 
oe bes oy leigh pi et eg more substance to the paper. It is then pressed 
barr ole anlo ay ats sad between two planks, and when dry su ubmitted to the 
ae sev the i of them = ction of two oak planks, which gives it a sr barn usion. 
