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i d yet one of the finest, the Vine requi y 
f “aso | development, and the causes of their longer or shorter | and August, and y quires 
moi ia rer ame of this variety” dur: ation | have been sou ugh ht i n the temperature of the a low temperature at night; AA reda in pe id ay ui ] 
h ld h nilty of su ge air. by day a reeze by night, to be 
ate es oy Popes ar cohen bya’ if h a heat, and that eain with a varying really sweet and s ous, Again, if lberis amara 
never seen the fruit of the two varieties, the ublish hed | temperature the Ao in ape ch each is accomplished } sown at a end of Apel it needs for its entire course 7] 
on a quite sufficient to denote the distinction. | must likewise va FONA ce, Iberis amara needs | of existen e 110 days with eins be on of heat; if í 
I se ou figures of both: varieties, from | whic ch you Bx production “of it its soms a warmth of from a requires 109 ays ope: Rho ; 
in ttl tw o 875°, that is to a. “if the mean temperatures | degrees ot heat ; d the sowin a ete er erred 
wil see ta oe that of of A the days from the sowing of this plant till its | till the 24th of ei A needs 124 days and 1868 degra ] 
annington’s Pear Tom my Ta k on the | blossoming De added together, we should obtain that | of heat. PER i R ; 
Apple, and tha te Reinette” Platte de Chapit number of degrees. In a warmer or colder spring, the While Iberis amara needs few degrees of heat at 
= Diel ve authority M. De Jonghe quotes. number of days will necessarily vary, fluctuating ast, Flax, on the contrary, will not sprout until. fe 
Mannin: to Pea: (from Tossa British | between 58 and 66. From tl lossoming to the |temperature is considerably highe er. When sown at the 
Pomology).—Fruit ium sized; abrupt ain- } ripening of the fruit about 1000° of heat are necessary, end of ms be Se) ar i oa Sera men ey 
ki Iliw 7s, with degrees of heat; while when sown a i 
with thi eas PENA rie shaded sides pa covered 52 t he end of May and J une, its existe nce was concluded ` 
with dull brownish red on the side next the An For se i years aie observation in 75 and 71 days, with 1272 and 1757 degrees of heat, q 
partially closed, with broad flat segments PER ajand their results eliminated, both in poate and| Fu rther, we ens almost say that the warmth of the j 
Austria, and more particularly in Belgium; and tl g ore rong than that of the air, i 
Z subject soon ed so interest to nists and t of plar s warm feet are neces- ; 
physicists, as well as to unscientific persons, that every | sary to prs m and ac’ Jhi Mi in a these extremities is often 3 
year eater number of observations was made. | followed by injurious consequences, so we find p'ants 
But th re this was done, the more striking became ngage aifected, bat i in a mee degree, this case : 
the discre Seniai in the TORUN and since natural more na al, for ihe earth supplies to the — 7 
philosophy was able to reconcile them, the interest s of plants the. plac a stomach, in which 
| and zeal in these CE IRT diminished, so that most | teisegi is collecte ed. The “animal body. a must receive 
of those were given up from which no safe a process 
be obtained, though a few were still carried on | which is s performed by the otai, while plants « c ect 
| ty scientific men. 
prs Re plaited basin. Stalk 2 inch “long: 
al ina oe, deep cavity, with 
y protuberance on one side of it. 
or oo roe crisp, juicy, a ws Wee sugary, with 
and particularly rich 
0 
Before deciding on the value of these observations, | the 
the question must however be answered, whether these 
r _ eir sustenance such elementary materials 
eed. 
Eve ery gardener knows how necessary bottom heat is 
for sei cultivation x such plants as come koag a warmer 
lim and v 
discrepancies have not arisen from the method pursued 
in the observations. If we examine a little more closely, a diffe erence but ut additional 
we t he investigations were all carried on in ree To cultivate 
nearly the same way, that they are founded very trope gece Mos se, ren even Pale ms in the open 
false hypotheses, and further, that they are one-sided. sii to imitate the Sem oe under which they 
They were comme! n the belief that, since water is yon n their native countri ai e soil is dug out toa 
edium b; he aliment of plants is supplied Certain depth, leaves and deco dich manure are yr 
tate. 
via sais the facts that in the same day it 
be warm at certain hours nr — at others, that 
i= | aooontpeattiet of en peig es manu: 
eth nerated which absolutely 
| api d bee lets in our climat 
Benea e beds of greenhouses, sed especially of 
homeo, f flues and pipes are often carried; 
y 
w heat i is 
y for the 
Popayan 
plants will grow in the suns 
sore are checked in the shade, ait 
n from overlookin 
a 
uber very regularly sh sped, illows and Poplars will sprout at a low temperature, | Becoming too tall, the he pom lower in order to 
one of the most pe enn n x flat Apple. na n foreign countries, as the Tulip tree, | give their tops more space; but by ame they were 
Its breadth , and its height 2 inches. To ees of uninterrupted heat before = deprived of the heat of the soil, and became sickly. 
The unusually beni, very long, and atal -leaved | Sr pesta to unfold. |The seed of ou irs pherd’s Purs e 
calyx is closed and ] ent, continues very long | (Capsella) sprouts under the snow, soon as. the in the open ground. Hoa regained Conor, and 
great aie is placed ina saucer-like and | temperature rises above the freezing sin while Wheat other southern trees, thrive Po place, while in 
ribbed depression. Stalk 2 1 rs 1% inch long. Skin | requires about 6, and as al egrees of beree oe emote Bs i fal à The cause 
SERAS PRI with a beautiful bloom, at first of a | before their seeds swell, Cee te the ass of this often , sl t seems, — 
P ee at all ants sprout as similar ‘lim tic onditie ons exists places. 
bapa o liqui then the inevitable Further, ottein trees of the same mtly 
phg “would be. that all tro opi cal plants would flow earlier at one place than at anothel 
ith us during i y close by. causes may combine to 
in a whioh it does not fring, is benera | produce this effect, but the most important i 
z the case: each plant aot for the e different warmth of the soil at the 
iin its bar in other | 
Reinerre PLATTE DE CHAMPAGNE. 
e | Berlin 
is so aires that ogee entire si în in a 
ttom-heat. 
within 
wor me Ta a ker ae an amount of warm’ 
ot 
Preis on which these calcu- 
lly, it a well-known fact that trees io 
warmer countries thrive better with us, and are no 
readily touc y the frost, when they possess ee 
us 
pan a higher dil temperature, or p | should not be don 
the time when ce ing plants, such| The t of the earth increases in a propor- 
as the Snowdrop, began fold. = error | tion to its E according to the eiere: i it has 
remains however the same in either ascertained by experimental boring ri t this in- 
pra n besides heat the direct 1 light of | crease is in the ratio of 1° of heat to every 1 00 feet c 
the su exercises an essential influence | depth. But since the surface is at the same ide also 
upon seers , and there can be no doubt | warmed by the sun, a certain ion of this heat 
that light and heat supplement each other, | added to the original w of the earth, 
yo in the foregoing observations the rae less the deeper we d d. The amount of 
of ane dir ited ath sa he as bee almost, | however de epends in its turn upon the seasons. 
entirely omitted inthe calculation. F 
wit straw ahaa i cos a hat greenish hue, A and as He grow, 7 effects nie scana appreciable, the warm 
aain i a uti y ies ilow wit à tling its ers 58 days or heat, po at the latier season acing even greater 
sm. "The flesh is a newts ie ea hoe of te tho pening of its pte 32 pa 927 oe the air many periods also the rece 
juicy, with a rich sugary and vinous. flavour, gees ot heat; while if grown in ae aiie th ore the layers 
artal 6 days with 950° heat sere a po amy 
i quite evident Nespas te ee has and 73 days with 1265° of heat be get a condat heat 
tre never seen these or not possess the | seed; ether therefore 139 days and sons of D tnd the centre of the earth, and on the other to 
varie, to my “cbscare acconnt of the origin” In high lati latitudes, Barley ripens nearly a month earlier — t For example, 
ith regard origi ed of ‘mari, the surface 
of Ma annington Sip trite a I have to say in justifica- | "As too little werinth, retards the growth of plants, so far kac üt nan heat! Mae ih 
Rh Prac R years ago, when iniae | 00, net Wil to em from a state of rest, In| rocks, as basalt, trachyte, and 
ye call aoe it thrives m alevsted regions | since the conductibility of the lat 
ges 9 r resectable ba pe pipes smd and ‘in the winter akin, wr pows = perature | siderable _ that of the former. 
| reser our summer and that ights is | m ; porphyry 
when he gave par or Y book. | lower than at other Sont Ganny, and } like, are on an ee en ages than those 
Mr.’ ste genta of Mr. Turley, who | stil) more in France, e better flavoured | are composed of H and marl, and even of cla; 
pple, and being a man now advanced in life | than in Algeria, while many se —— better in | and possess also a more iant 
the orig ne ee as ae in the | North Germany thau in the ; while in 
e t . 7 3 7 ` 
mpe b “nob what Tet bettar Sot of France Be gene ie at all 5 feo interior ¢ ains like 
cally dn as with us, because These t.. 2 
z er climate is kat io to the devel luxuriant uatic 
WAI OF ile eal PARTH. ment of its mai da güfte. The Vine again will or-bedec 
By G. A. only yield good wine in certain climates. z 
ere pon G made} But even in the different stages of ope growth i o 
Sr B of Gao tho | plania need dieron degree of kaos pening of | o hern mantala, Whe ake G 
stages of vegetation need for their complete | most fruits occurs in the warmest mon Sanai July, the zenith, and the rays — 
th 
