]50 , ilORTICULTUREp 



F.xaminatit r^of , . , . , _ 



ran saliva. wnich is sanctioned by Fourcroy * and Thomson f, tjbe doni 



stituents of saliva will exist in the following proportions : 



Water 80 



; ■ Coagulated albumen 8 <) 



Mucus no. 



Saline substances 10' 



100 

 The quantity of the saline ingredients in my analysis is 

 confessedly conjectural ; they have been stated by Haller t«a 

 he xly of the whole. I have not been able to satisfy myself 

 respecting the nature and proportion of the salts which com, 

 pose this residuum : it hasbeen said to consist of the muriate 

 of soda, and the phosphates of lime and of soda.* 



vir. 



T/ie Report of a Commitlec of the^ Horticultural Society of 

 London, drawn vp at their reqimt by T, A. Knight, Esq i 

 C}id ordered to be inmediafeli/ published by i/ie Cquncill 



sTat'e of'SS' W ^^^^ ^^ P^^^''^'^ *« ^-^^^^-^^i" tJ'e primeval state of those 



vfg-etables vegetables which now occupy . the attention of the. gardener 



Wed'i'ngarl ""^^ agriculturist, and immediately, or remotely conduce to 



'lens is littie the support and happiness of mankind; and could we trace 



known. out the various changes -vvhich art or accident has, in succcs-' 



sive generations, produced in each, few inquiries would be 



more extensively interesting. But we possess no sources from 



wliich sufficient information to direct us in our inquiries can 



be derived ; and are sjill ignorant of the native country, and 



existence in a wild state, of some of the most important of ou/ 



plants. We, however, know that improved flowers and fruits. 



* Systeme, ix. 366. f Chemistry, iv. 013. 



t It is printed in eight quarto pages. I shall shortly have the 

 pleasure of giving some account of this very respectable and use- 

 ful society. N. 



