June z% 1860. | THE SABI DYERA CHRONICLE AND 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
575 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES —Continuw 
di: n less fermentible matter than those of the 
nt, Herts, for new | ood. 
compounds, and gives rise to the fi Pe T 
Mess kA bree fete eee Cheshui sp-woo ils of th oe EEEN ity ucts a 
ye pa e e cells e sap-wo0o0 come heart- hough water may not be actually admi 
Menara, Veitch, Bans, Beya eee ae? Chelsea and | by the repeated deposit of layer after nig. of|so as te come in contact with the A Sere; Tee 
Messrs, Veitch & Son, for Cheilanthes Bersgian: | nine within the primary sac ulose. In|mere presence of damp pent-up air Big A ave 
= y: a mets j oe *Paligoau Beant Rosa. Bouhe this process the cavity of course becomes gradually precisely the same effect, and it is on this account 
To Mr. Nye Gr to E. Fo $, a Hoon less, and at length nearly vanishes, and there is | that ventilation is so Znpoitesit in all questions 
very little left behind w seo once thoroughly | respecting 
To Mr. Hoyle, tr Pelargonium Alpha 
To Messrs. Rollisson, for Pelargonium King of the Belgians 
CLASS «eh fe OF MERIT. 
dried, can easily pass into a apana 
by the e agency | of any pamete ferment. Wh at- 
en “tioi of i rot. 
d i contact with the 
X 
in 
air, as for example where iti is isolated by a thick 
OND- 
& Son, R with it as to 
ever 
H 
f pa: in nt, or r in i its sna atur al position by the bark, 
|a a 
with It 
fi lignine, and 80 incorporated 
Messrs. Veitch & Son ‘sii {Keultv 
Messrs. Veitch & Son” for Miorole c3 Mirsata ore beg Nok h the 7m we a becomes nearly white, 
Messrs, Parkér '& Williä serymen, Holloway, for recisely the contrary condition exists in sotitadhd iad sce in proportion than it did 
pa i nae idapris pats 2a wie ap-wood. The walls of the outer ore are still balore. This condition is o: known under t 
argonium rince 'onsort 
afr, Winduon, Gr. 00 G. A. Crawley, Esq; Fitzroy Farm, High- sft ae pappy, and a s we advance o the centre, |name of tou ibe ood, but we believe that the sub- 
gate, for Seedling Geranium witake ug matters | stance whic RAD s touchwood in his si 
Mr. eo ror Nurseryman, Ba she ot Surrey, for Lomaria | are in such an Sune condition, aa the balance a ra attributes to ae effect of wang 4 
Messrs. Veitch, Royal ic Nursery, Chelsea and Exeter, for is soon n deranged, an and decay r apidly ensues. Sue oe gen he bro with which 
Imatophyllum E cells a pen moreyer in a ‘eculirly favourable con- | ship tieit are so familiar as mete product of k= 
To Messrs. Dobson, for Pelargonium Volunteer | _— deve f Fan and. ies 
To Messrs. Dobson, for Pelargonium noia Garibaldi gi, ” 
To ck, Esq., for Pelargonium Vict ac ae, therefore, nevery poss ticle of This white condition above mentioned is un- 
NEW AND CHOICE Be CS should ET moved in all timber employed | doubtedly often produced by Fungi, but every 
OHN 8 STANDISH the foll g Plants in ship eas try carpenter knows that if green w she is used 
> in offer ing 
customers that 
ou at: — 
u n supposin g this to be done carefully, |f 
ugh “Te immediate mischief may n 
et if the timber be not seasoned, the 
Y 
te p and at once painted, t 
k 
4 almost s sure to turn into touchwood. 
31s. 6d—This plant, from the Chatham Islands, in one ‘of the cider of Fungi as tbe cause of dry 
ost remarkable that has been introduced for s ears, | WO! ood itself will ‘til be tania, $ decay. g ticle. 
being totally Arach from a loth I re ge Bini mad cells there is a certain pte ity 
es, č 9 inches across, of a dark glossy green, and sen 
up magnificent trusses of bloom of the most beautiful biie of moisture left behind, aa is favourable to| Now that every one is talking of our unusually 
agin Bimilar to's Forget-me-not, but, of a giant fe chemical change under un ward circumstances. | w st eerie the following return of rainfall in ae 
rawing of it is published in Curtis's ‘ Botanical M. 8 . hing = 
zine” for September, A description taken from the above is ithout moisture, itis quite certain that | Garden f the Horticultural Society will be r 
also published in the Gardeners’ Chronicle of Sept. 17, 1859, | absolute decomposition, except, as it appears, from | with interest :— 
wherein Dr. Lindley says :—*‘Thisisthe e tA i Se 
provisionally named Cynoglossum nobile by Dr actual contact with ady decaying, will Jena nuary 2 ig inches 
T ast yi samme page 240. ib is quite, pers a be take place, The ifference ka be aT, i p 
o encomiums AVO DODI Passer er the change will be slower, though in the end not me 7 5: er 
3 : pril .. ve 0.95 
os asa epin ea hiwr pe tan ae fee =s a ‘the lesssure. In the usual mode of felling timber May , 3.04 = 9. 2 pecs of me 
64 inches across, Seedling Plants 3 inches high, 7s. 6d. | when the sap is most active, it might be supposed June, to.1 78h Si i iene Benge 
each ; 60s. per dozen ; or 20/. p that decay would be accelerated; but though : A ee 
PHLOX MRS. STANDISH. ihe. urest white, with a T tice k 8 
red eye, 5s. each. Also part of the ie a higher price is still ven for winter-fell r me i 
which J. S. has shown dun he last, summ er and in ev very timber, experience does not show that it is less |- - This shows that after all We were not ast 
ais ee + subject to natural decay than spring-felled timber 
A CATALOGUE containing a full description of the tad 
Bpan callin rile. forwarded ot application to whe perly season The more perfectly all oa that F ebruary, March, and April were Toss 
The Royal Nurs re ural moisture is driven from the substance of | wet than seems to be generally supposed, 
E THIRD b NE ATION TROSE Fon e timber, the more secure it is eA but 
GRAND T ecay ; 
will be held, under distinguished patro: iat in the C: if water gains admission, or ther complete 
Palace, on THURSDAY, July 12. Mon tae “red be Seanad absence of ventilation 
from the Rev. S. Reywoips Hows, Hon. Sec., Caunton Manor, s ve ons 
atoia Notts; and from Mr. W. vearo Crystal Palace. will fail. 
'urther p: Perper PAE ar ticula ars will be pated 
The Gardeners’ Chronicle. ETA ender the 
SATURDAY, JUNE 23,1860. 
2 
MEETINGS FOR ies ENSUING WEEK. 
Horticultural (Election of Fellows 
ne Ballot for Plants) South 
Tunspay, June s$ 
Kensington -tserte ioare soad, con! in A ade 
even thie best materials | Committee 
It is well known that where timber becomes > Gahaa 
wet, and is then exposed to the action of the air, | 4 
mbustion ta takes place kno ? | to press uj 
We observe with unfeigned tse ae the 
of the GARDENERS BEN r 
on determ esac aot 
ha yn felt it a ante 
Nothing ¢ could 
ical 
hem: 
miin OOS gp Berea Fe 1 greater “quantity -of carbon ` 
veyolution of 
which ae cae rooms and 
wholesome, ‘and aap ‘the | 
‘scarcely - in “as 
emee e m ' 
‘How far ‘the decomposition which takes place in 
from the fermentation alt 
le = 
matter is of| 
than an 
r to assu we had not the | °°? 
tention of pala any personal allusion 
ane re! are Mite eerie Ae 
an was guay yi 
ere presence of internal 
mh oa | or whether tl sags ag of eros? 
kö wok not exist veto fae not a t present bee 
+. 
albuminous or other’ 
inthe eal, or from the m 
original 
eave acid | hi 
marshes so un- | 
ppearin 
managed, has by no 
| that pany e m which hotia course 
would, we think, have to it. The 
motto of the Gardeners none tae A aa be 
“We help those who help others.” nstead of 
words like these the ‘public ae ry “We help those 
pr i — helped nobody,” ni pahi 
hether the Jast, however et plano ronio 
to. "Potato “murrain, the subs F Jo uced in ch 
the decomposition of the started celis iisa = 
iitarett dk i mportai one by no | ihe lees SNe o 
f action 
in aimed funds and very aeai penge soni upon i 
In our opinion no one ou aah piv 8 among 
ce, and one 
a — ected with the eupecll objects of this | and as ir ik hose cases aie Fong! ien 
ecay is inherent in the constitution of all k m 
anic substances. It depends upon circum- a 
Dec 
org 
tances al. one how: lo eng z that decay can be arrested, [ther 
| One bets 
| of notice 
h such a 
more identit ay 
umstance atte: 
Hiat wh 
ne the et ‘timber may | sion 
renjen beam tol 
E 
wa h Totiki 0 
place, never have come in a 
ete a -Antd aes materials and peesi combustion extends 
will Ctra, RF a vf K Garson exp 
i 3 A re is due to 
This may cea Pr. 
` | hose o ot ‘the ates substance, which motion, as in 
Eroja” overturns the existing | p, 
e action of t 
chemi 
ter of 
se ay ciroular aie. piven to the sw 
the Ba mmittee say that 
ELLS, of Bramshaw, Lynd 
n distress, having 
ccord with the effects 
which take place when no Fungi are present, has balan ie finitis nstable as it is in organic 1 
Oren erto been ascertained. Supposing e aln ee ie woody fibre to in 
ost obvious cause of chemical decay is a tmosphere combining with the hydrogen 
want of ' proper seasoning of ‘the wood. _ Ev eyo one s A Aata Tore separated will be'CO 2 } | 
so that t ma pouns 
ss Heo, O20, must b paid o 
“a is g at she wh ous = epeko! oe os ame and if the ss Ee aN repeated we shall have subse rigtion, or wt Gite is > deoared. y the ws y 
a , t } j 
maii 3 that ella af whieh Y mt Hie, Sat &e., sy toe damaon s Organi | g be ioe uivalent to a, By t means, at for te 
he | carbon ia conata 
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