May 19, 1860. | THE GARDENERS’ = AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 457 
the operation of planting has been performed +8 satisfactory way, 1 l be necessary for us to refer , Ce ris! Pei soda ara must necessarily be the ARAUCARIA 
topdressing of farm-yard manure is appie, ‘his | briefly to the tie in which the roots of ‘Aconitum | IMBR rom the mountains of pane me fog 
anure is gi 
ven for the ee of affordin, qe and oe species of Aconitum are developed, [strange indescribable appearance of sy ry, 
supply c be D aE w the young plants, oo ae | It is as follows :—Each root ieedopes at its upper na | | strong arms and needle- pan scaly foliage ‘Which 
ls e their young shoots fons injury by t the late | at the ido thal is, at the poi me pie it is connected | is ret tained by it from the firs the last days of 
frosta i in H spring, -a as sometimes happens, after | with the stem, Pang the spring, s er, and autumn | its existence without shed ing i a “igi leaf, renders 
mild winter, they ear above ground at an early | —one or more : roots r tubercules ; Gok are nourished | it an exception to the geueral rule. When this noble 
RaR When Be Madonna is raised from seed (which | by th which gr dually decays as they | tree attains the height of 20 feet and Be hi = 4 
mode is adopted by Mr. Ransom), it is the usual practice | EE ess in grow “oa ultimately perishes. T 
o sow about March, in a Sais loamy soil, as alre | young roots res prodcet on the side of the parent | specimens may be seen at Rozelle, near A mike 
noticed with the roots. The seedlings begin to bag for ager? nner, during the supa ioE year, one | Dysart House, Fifeshire; the Potenió Gardens, 1 Edin- 
- their appearance in May; they grow very slowly for |or roots oi m their sides, and after affording | burgh ; and Ke eir, Perth shire e; and no one n look 
the next two month hs, but towards the au utama? they | RERA to them, perish like the E and 
These } lly flower but | similar formation of tote with decay of the parent, ing the Author of all thin ings. 
little, or not at all, during their | first x er ence, if tl Reothor lant th: at demands t a 
or other species, be taken uP early in the] prop, op ee s phage or i 
do not appear 
the second and fo lowing years’ sit Sap in aot spring, ile seen to consist of but axis, but when 
respect they resemble the biennial Black get The iti is sur rounded byo one or more where it attains pa height of 200 fost a but ea has not yet 
comparative medicinal activity of the firs A , and l is biennial eie poe ie oh in jee F -i ate 
year’s growth of “tie 3 well wor thy 0 of | green with horizontal outspreading branches, each tier 
experiments. We think it zost probable. ee the | the saa ion of ne whole plant is perennial The “plan | | forming complete platforms round the tree, with aa 
pania, of the second year the active a Sy nite ots, unded eg re “18 | face almost as level as Utrecht velvet, never fails to put 
condition ; evelopment of its roots. us, W Ror 2 
case, it wala be found very desirable to prevent any d und cultivation | the stranger into a state of amazement, while he con- 
J templates s such wonderful arrangement of beauty, 
sorte dgy eee. i eleganes and perfection. There are a ee fine plants 
exhibit a disposition to do s te uch a g up, the finest root es l eserved in the ne risers APA of Falkirk, one of whieh, 
proceeding no such hanes wou da os a 
a e 
Cass: WE: a ri 
uld t take lace fut Arnok 
Sena obira pier that process, and in Br cprtion t $ | rows about 9 inches or 1 foot apart, and a Piko distance | 
its e ;andh ge thi w onla h iay mature | is maintained betwee n the rows. The gr round heor: I shall now ia “into this ARA society asa 
Glande and to i the oF Bat those | planting is Į ards mixed w | good ond respectable companion to the last- ae 
substances upon the aan = which their mevicinal | moderate quantity of how por table. maoni This tree a dignitary from ithe er-to-be-forgotten field 
activity is due. The first frosts n the operation of digging up the roots for and oe ig ane battles, the Aritao PICEA a oi. 
down to the ground; and then before | for the purpose of replanting, is hridi per- which srar the height of 100 feet in its 
the winter approaches, w while the weather is still open, form in . December and Janua at which | satire y babitedion, and is of a silvery green colour, with 
these young first year’s peso a planted about 2 feet | oe they appear to possess the greatest amount of | a on Siik lly-formed branches, and does not 
t'in rows, which are also placed about the same | medicinal activity, and are best adapted for tra ansplant- | 8° obe affected by heat or cold, or Bo pce the 
grou w 
apar s, 
distance from each other. The nd is then ing. elow zero. 
manured with stable manure. During the winter, | thus ‘ai in the year, as Aconite is one of the earliest | poke h speahing , no e plants of this bewutifal 
here is no trace of the plants above ground. On their | spring plants to make its appearance a above ground. ain. The largest specimen I have seen is 
first appearance in the spring, the ground around tl bout 1 ek high, in the ornamental n 
is well hoed, and a like operation is repeated every Febru at Woodlan ds, in Sussex, belonging to Messrs. Wood 
weeks during the summer ths. When, the plate Perbepe 1 went be more Piel ‘to ‘efor ‘the an Son. 
at thei turity in Ju tl pees of digging ip Bo roots for use,and| We must pay great Syre to Picea PINSAPO, from 
should be very hot and dry, they e be attacked | for nli BE late in as umn. The roots of the mountains of Spain, w introduction into this 
by a kind of blight, in which case, alt Aeh previously | Aconite which ap not replant dt int the year 1838, 38, and whose claims 
healthy and vigorous, they pene: t to droop, the leaves | and reserved fo akg an aisti e ract of Aco Il resiste 
alter in colour, and soon becom a inary withered. and for op for the preparation of het tincture. This ang whatever amount of sophistry may be used by 
In this way, in dry hot seasons, much i xtract of Aconite is not, however, that of| of the Fir tribe. Its pyramidal growth and pale green 
he B pæias, for ode is ordered to be made from the arge with thick, ganesa a set pang pate: of a 
month of July, according to to the season, ate Belladonna terin aves. This P ages 9d extract is made from | niform and sty lish appeara’ on e of ~ 
is considered to be in A exigent Mr. Ransom regards Er leaves by Mr. Ran July ft pene pas bia ute of 
it as in the most active medicinal state „when mo st of | This extract is made a as s quickly : as possible after the |12 fect in height, and saartes terte as . plant 
th d i fields could be, was lately sold from the nursery 
re best ‘adapted. a way as we have ‘mentioned such to be the case in the grounds of Messrs. Dina & Sons, Brees, 7 but 
eee eed of the removal, which I oe 
as it was something worth 
4} 
weli resis 
He also believes that the pla 
making extract when they, o no A pei too luxuriau 
When the Bel mna is in ° fall flower, as meen The leaves from some of the plants lected in th 
above, the preparation of extract commences. Por that. Seld, and dri ed as soon as possible afterwards by steam | indeed, a m more interesting 
purpose, tł It is necessary to} a plant main gs aview of “ Mar’s tow Fo 
brough t from the field to the laborator ry in g the Bh sabe it Be ee of | same town. 
resh state, every two or three hours. It is ‘then m care- Aconite, as the ha a en gage in such operations are 
fully. picked ein and all the decayed leaves removed, | often pi affected i th throat, nose, &c., by the an fin, iiom of such notables zee Tost the i 
and the remainder used for the extract. The whole mams, also by the juice tp bruisin 1 a roots, and by| of the gre: whats A GIGAN honk ti 
time, eee to Mr. Ransom, from the herb growing | the powder during their pulverisat We have now ate A gt at pee tciarchal grote have, 
in „the field t o its conversion into extract fit for use, treated of all the medicinal il plants that A Sein m Fie efing cs very? ae A cai 
onl hours. By thus makin: lti ven am of 3000 att ined 
onion Hadon: s qui ack as Daje. into it all | Elaterium, Hen aban e, Belladoni and hoon mit o respectable age ane rs and upwards, and at 
danger of its henting is prevented ; if, on the contrary, | Mor nkshood ; but, besides these, avead oth i they were on jee day when the Children of a 
it is sree up into heaps in n the laboratory, even for a| grown there. Thus Savine See ity sabina) is is pen passed throu gh the Bel Sea. This magnificent tree is 
short tim ey | the weather | is hot and damp, i it i is | gate ed fr om slips, which are pl anted -i n the, antum m, either Fir, Ce dar Juniper, Cypress, Yew, nor 
much injured, big ate ae taste carey Ee, SOS a 
in consequence. | While the extract is being pared, | oil, and for making extract and ointment. The pium 
th laboratory havo "ther eyes, &e.|or Garden Poppy (Papaver somniferum) is also fre- freely ofa oe e p ar a om Denni Sr 
affected, so on t great care nired to quently cultivated at Hitchin, for the sake x a s | growth, and is Si abet mice, the bitib 
mocked in stirring it as it is Sake: gat and in| capsules or heads; but the large quantities of trees adorn sg with. Thel mon 
regulating the temperature, which is always kept as | which are now i imported in a crushed condition, te, Britain ate rite pon feet in height. A fine plant 
I ible. The yield of =, a per acr Rose Hall, Falkirk, 6 feet 3 inches, and oneat toe Kilas, 
this 
. 
w 
OW as po: 
variesmuch, as we have already seen s the case with a ias and bence this crop is s not a gene neral one at | ; 
a e di tl itchin. The other pas laa have been, or are E r aeg iek a Arpaia th crnnbens 
wise; for while i it tk per |now grown at Hitchi Peppermint, Lettuce, | being the least injured. ithout 
acre, at other times it does n faa one ton. The} Liquorice, Carraway, oer SoS g eC. of the 
amount of extract ne Toi a given quantity | These are not, however, cu ivati rth | jan fooi 
iation. m | notice, so ee we are unable to gather any y satisfactory leav e of this mammoth of the table world. let me 
Fro 
4 to 5 lbs. of extract per R is the average yield, but | inform nation as to their modes of propaga ion an ne Cry es <r at Sydenham a 
in some cases, as much as 64 lbs. per cwt. have been ob- lection Eom ‘their culture at Hitchin.* > Pharmaceutical | spécimen miy byt the bark, which has been 
or Two crops of Belladonna are sometimes obtaii eae al, pp e Oolitinias grove. 
Bais e| CONIFERS IN SCOTLAND E eie a Toot. in. thine od as been 2o 
v side ail its Prowetiriser Sf 
pave obtained from the autumn ett is very a alenir, | [We abia abridge tig saloring from the Falkirk k Herald. cece asto as o 5 sho ne sande fain g inwardly 
both in appearance and in activity, to that paredi in | It ex of Mr. eae an aS eee need | furnished aan and chairs, so tha 
the summer months at the time eesenely mentioned. | ho Ban 4 ee will be Beet interest | weary of sight-seeing in the 
pe ia oa crop is thus desired, it is considered | in the south. ] : ó | place within this temple of- 
srt tse no he ctr | ern Cm enn ae or 
r ressing of stable manure. This is ountains, with its ever-verdar i and | of the worshipping places of the Mc 
found to be very efficacious to the plants, and more pee oe hoots, drooping elegantly like water hain htt jnieeting Of 
a pendent s ping af At such a highly respectable meeting of the. 
take a foremost of ay? ae parts of the 
e 
mountain and a 
especially so, het tal fountain must a 
Bella d lant: 1 the loveliness of ' the 
tha plants rarely Td beyond a period of from | the lawn to represent grace in in all ae tient Sacre? 
A large 
on os wet in 0 AOS have seen the ornamental nursery ds | Upper 
nie or Monkshood.—The ae cultivator of | ed ee stof Locks, belonging to Mr. Wa | in this country, i 
Monicshood or a at Hitchin, is Mr. Ransom. At | nearly 40 ae in height), wi bcos its under trusses of | # eee sé tas the “elt 
in Bepter eg eae a i be visit his is ground, viz., | flounced bra bra es resting upon e Grass, is one | of tl the men 3 
eptember, t s 
mpanion to 
ai Se particularly | The hie T shall name as a the Cypress u 
species of faape P e ted bi m, but he informs | —* we shall be much obliged to any —rreaponden o ypres t 
2 oe : ivation of Chi where it will not get a severe s 
us, that he only grows the officinal bse of the British | give ‘us any inform: a Barreway, Khabar oy at ae! Bi = tendenc tor be esi 
uan 
mm Be 
Be: 
ias, namely, the Aconitum Napellus. Aconite chicum, Liquori: rds of 20 feet in height, may be seen at Dysart 
is propagated by dividing the roots of the mature = ii oh the country. A epee 2 ties tem i “the Botanie Gardens, Edin- 
plants; but in order to explain this operation in a E. ag ig House, in Vifeshi Ala git t 
