504 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, {Jone 2, 1860, 
dysmata, or solid unguents, the stymmata, or | 
r ı bourhood of] 
of Londonor of other 
ns—a class ought 
—the he ood arge tov 
liquid Ms amar having an oily basis, and the diapas- ' cer iniy to be formed for the arain of Peyias: 
in the emen of those sciences on y whi ch t r prac- 
mata, or pow perfumes. The ung guents — a 
F. Temple, D.D., Head Master of ' Rügb School. 23 
French, A. Marie tte, Esq., M.A., ae ee of French 
King’s College, pp erman, Dr. Bernays, 
numerous cla á their 
ingredients which: eater ed into thei 
oo pe yan e from the o — = of their production n, | be obtained e oni formation of L ie 
Ts, again from t os circumstances under | | ment Societies,” for the e cir 
hich thoy were first ma Like e our present prepa- | and for occasional meeti 
sion. Every 
rations they succeeded each other in re son vour, aa 
= a bel 
ovelty 
G iscus 
peran 
same object might | 
ners’ Improve- 
den 
Ta of bo oks and papers 
friend of oeie and agricul- 
ust wish successto Mr. Oliver’ se class. Iti is not t, how- 
Tat 
rofessor of armea Kinis College, Lo E 25. 
Theory of Music, J. Hullab, Esq. Harry Che 
Tea.—Will you allow fem ask why no atom are 
being made to grow Tea in wage where there is so 
any varieties of climate, some of which ‘iis be 
e 
= it is to our modern ladies, Ther ere the tns 
P 
Bate m auran with one ar om ach as t 
shouid be provided. There must be atesting and args 
seni meen ust be as hoi dtot the 
a 
Pers 
supposed by some = be the Laurus cassia; and many 
ot 
this 
S; sk more t 
ba- | the benefit 
All 
has been already provided for | 
hers too numero s to mention. The compound un- ren 
fluid u nguent, 
am 
field in 1857 ; 
made of Tili oil of ben, paar Saini Cinnamon, | 
saffron, and Myrrh ; the nardinum, made of oil o f ben, 
Sweet "Rash, Costus, spikenard, Amomum, Myrrh, and | 
Balm ; and, above ll, Pliny praises uent, | 
of those preparations were very Costly, | the: 
dients. Some y 
and sold for as much as 400 denarii per lb., or about 
a9 applied them to the hair, 
but to the ee of the body, even to the soles of the 
of Art 
their 
| the 
England, Sootland, Tead and 
week of May, 1860. enuit 
throughout be United Kingdon in Fee places wher 
the ent made for ne 
see hat no board. of e 
than this 
of the industrial Lene in the annual 
A il 
e 
In future they are to be 
aminers, 
ur readers will 
You 
examiners can excel the Society 
China, s any num nl 
n 
the same at which it is in ere , would bea 
grea on to so man E o our who can scarcely 
ever afford to get a really good cup of Hane Tittle of any 
spline ctical art 
of th 
n horticulture to co 
t shall -be exercised em 
the scie ences on which it 
The question for gardeners and persons in general who 
| are interested i 
nsider is, whether 
pirically or on 
rests. I regret | 
} tad 
worth being sold under 3s. a lb. growt 
would t me J to gi employment ent profit i in growing 
pe Shipping it, and might aid in some degree to pro- 
sobrie m Go 
wn Tobacco.—During the past few years I 
ys 
feet. The refined, indeed, adopted a different 
perfume for Cock part of the person. Besides = 
their baths, their eat their fas ean walls of thei 
houses, and even their ary ere impregn sated 
with sweet odours ome seai e That Aris 80 far "as to 
rub their horses and dogs with Ss 
oth nguents I hav e named, t e Roman ladies se 
The la 
mdee ves of the: 
te Professor Henfrey, who 
se examinations is 
exceedingly small. 
was the Society’s 
ots attached so much importance to that ree Ag ‘of Examiner in Botany, appended the following odka 
in 1859:—“ One thin t: 
their toilet, that ai had some slaves, called cosmetæ, | to hi 
whi dut 
ose special was to apply these preparations 
ea-flour, Be 
meal, e; = 8, har tatiorn; bulbs of Narcissus, 
and honey; others simply of corn-flour, or crumb of 
read soaked i milk. i 
lac] 
E 
3 
S 
gS 
FR Fpi 
oR 
poet 
t 
5 
ng only strikes me 
This would give 
on 
ht} The reproach contained in the last sentence 
a 00 we f 
is 
ounded ; and a very p ave kiadi aeh 
e abroad among all ciate engaged in See at 
is to be e hoped that Pro fessor Henfrey’s distinguished | 5, 
es 
have pst oe Tobacco for Sapigating, and have pag 
especial attention to the curing of i properly or 
eta 
y method of niga is this: merid the leaves ‘when 
fally matured, and run a needle threaded with pack- 
2" | thread through the mi d-rib of each | lea f. I then hang 
eak hem i ere J i 
ouse 8 
e summer, giving al the air possible with brisk 
eo i 
repented ait thay are dey adeeb which they are taken 
dow: placed in a heap to ferment. Afterwards they 
are ps more pees: dried and removed from 
ke to some dry r where they may be packed 
a box or bar rel for use as required. The dipp pping 
also much esteemed for sas Senei, and Poppe 
~- who used to bathe every day, obtained 
a rom Rom itake 
be s to be hae continue Hei favourite 
“ablutions. Besides these, they used Bean flour 
| candidates w 
to. be pram mined 
for perso: i 
f the Society of ai sated the advantages 
h and 
candidates, Saw Long Shey are to ‘ie 
f expect that 
E aren with 
to .the 
aah 1 
may soon be anabied to make a better report. 
=e gp tog proa 
If the 
distan $ Sisin 
i insects: 
necessary for the fo ormation of nicotine, to which 
Tobacco owes its ne Late wich in Gextroying 
“of 
its asa it 
retion in using it or it i 
t disc 
on inevitably sacar more plants than insec ts; and Ta 
ery doors o 
found, it is not too 
hereafter they will be foun 
ce no certifica! 
gardening i is nót merely empiri 
be examined ‘hid 
ga their skill in | 
der to dissipate the alkaline gurie with which it 
Pee and which I think the of its in ee 
effects on vegetation when aia ‘for p poses of 
fumigation. H. Munro, Cleveland Gardens. 
Juniper Fungus.—I have observed a curious forma- 
tion of some substance on two large bushes of the 
pe cea Savin. It is a semi -transpare rent t gelatinous 
t n 1 
emove wrinkles ; psilo: pilatory ; shite | ol 
lead or chalk for the , Vermillion for the cheeks, university (so 
Egyptian kohl for the eyes, Barley-flower, kneaded wit} tificate 
butter, to cure pimples; calcined panii e-stone to | 
whiten the teeth, and various sorts of hair dyes. Of} much to 
he 1 some were int to turn the hair black, | great 
most ous p enon consisted of a liquor certi 
from hes which had been left to putrefy | before 
during 60 days in an sel w: e an 
vinegar, As, however, blondes were v: ree amon: produce 
the Roman ladies, the most fashionable dy was one 
which turned their aiiai dark hair i into Bg sanc dy 
fair pri ly d by means | tion to “the 
Germany, called sapo (from the 
old German ry and composed of goats ? fat and a shes. allude 
It i tk National Pi 
sodden’ of soap we: find mentioned, and that it was the 
etary, Society o of Arte, John Bereet |a 
etic, Rev. A. 
2. 
d adhering to the smaller. oka hl It realy 
an 
time 
comes away and disappears. These bushes are ate oh 
Secre 
Adelphi, — vb mee The eo is on list above 
ed to i 
Bookkeeping T Ball, | 
Ball. 8. Algebra, | 4 
and I s suppose that a bushel 
be gathered aa each. I removed a sma al 
peie intending to forward it to yon; but ina aport 
ed that the portions 
plise i liquified. I have observ. 
-solely applied to the purpose of dyeing the hair Tt | The Me mo > ai Dean a Ey. time it liqui T have o t 
prey a4 been clearly paren e at re precise period Geometry, B. wie, M.A., Professor of the pee ark upon which it is Sexe is en 
the mere esi. properties of soap were Son and Oonan at Graal ‘Colleges one of H.M. Inspectors | 0r less covered with nodules, and the bark sometimes 
; but it is evident that in Pliny’s time they | of Schools, 5. Mensuration, J. Syk à > pea rs Pie ie E kana pot, weer 
aorar piota saraa struthion e aamini: Fellow P College, Cambridge, Assistant 5 
aca), besides. t teapots nitrum for| Secretary to the oer of Privy Council on|Or other parasite? I annex from memory a roug 
this instance, ther efore, a most useful | Education. 6. Trigo metry, Me aeia Cs sketch of its appearance. Alpha. [The formation in 
® ic Section ty porang 
RETS IN HORTICULTURE. 
ANENTLY CHANGE or 
ik 
He ia ©: iaa na M.A, 
8. Navi 
Esq., E. 
-R.S., 
Sedleian Professor of Reet Philosophy in a Uni- | 
versity of Set aa ure 
Astronomy, J. Riddle, 
es , Greenwich. $ 
Dying Peach Trees.—Your poriapendenke case fice 
aster | p. 481) is not an ace ibe each trees are suf- 
of | fering all probability from the same . The 
Bh e: 
shal era 
Elect 
tricity, Magn 
m, 
F.R.S., Surgeon to 
0 
Linnæus named it Tremella juniperina. ] 
n well 5 ced t ‘ses of Acton Scot 
Noblesse, Darda a Barri varieties are 
: ingto 
HOCES Black, , Blne, a 1 the Westminster Hospital. 12. Astronomy, R t, and no doubt past shan - Each 
Semn serii d san ir with stampe p a =p a Powell, M.A., F.R.S., Savilian Professor of Gates | of them flowered well ny set a fair crop, "tbe wood 
. Brown, 31, Gower Place, Euston Square, London. the University of Oxford. 18. Chemistry, A buds developing themselves to the extent of two or 
For ourselves we must ppa ia Mr. Brown’s aa er of Wi Williamson, Esq., Professor of Chemistry, University three en ey suddenly anv io aa 
ge, London. 14. Animal Physiology, W. Sharpey, | symptoms of dying. Upon examining th d 
ae UD, R. Examin the rsity of | last year’s shoots we Mung he i 
SEES a ae 15. Botan y, Dr. Lindley, F.R.S., fons pe E eA rw from w 
a Waal eae University Dollars London. 16. ay ® ture, freely ; the _, Young pet ually 
as but | 7 °C. Morton, E 17. Political and Social E economy, died, the l arn and fruit multaneously. Th: 
p. ¢ f Garters k es Ket pa ener Neate. Esq MA Professor of Pi oa Economy in urred during wet foggy rentals apk rete naea 
-ment tha z, ae of y has been | the University of Oxford. a G phy, W. Hu ghe: S, near t the sea-s side. _ The greatest drawba ul 
ome charge of me Oliver | Esq., F.R.G.S., Professor Geo raphy this locality is the tendency of the 
them i tee any. “i is sto y> hoped | | College, London. 19 Engish Histor A TES S. Cre trees to shies late autumnal ted by the 
at Kew sq. .A., Professor of Histo: te 7 Rev. 8 li oles, — se Sys e oe oe — k 
ekre -| London. 20. En lish a a siri rly the rin 
e for resample ‘.R.G.S., Principal of the Training College, Batter: sea. the a bed set in so early and sharp 
ite garden | 21 Legis Hae . W, Thomson, D.D., Prov ost of Qucen =| that it cot the whole leaves and. shoote from tho. wall 
ae ; enet- , Oxford 22. Tanaan Koa History, Rev. trees in one night, Broccoli and all vegetables suffered 
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