GUANO. — GLENNY S GARDEN ALMANAC. 
575 
On his return to Rio de Janeiro, Mr. Gard- 
ner again visited the Organ Mountains, as 
already quoted [p. 117], after which, being de- 
sirous of returning to England, he embarked 
at Rio, and once more set foot on the shores 
of England, on the 10th of July, 1841. 
" Besides Botanical specimens for the Her- 
barium, I collected during my residence on 
the mountains a large number of the most 
beautiful plants in a living state to take home 
with me. . . . Among those which were 
introduced to England for the first time on 
this occasion, may be enumerated the follow- 
ing : — Slphocampylus betulcefolius ; G. Don. 
Pleroma Benthamiana, Gardn. and P. muUi- 
jiora, Gard. ; Franciscea ht/dranyecBforviis, 
Pohl ; Neviatanthus longipes,¥oh].; Gesneria 
salvicefolia, Gardn., and G. leptoiws, Gardn. ; 
ClusiafrafircDis, Gardn. Luxemburgia ciliata, 
Gardn. ; Dorstenia elata. Hook. ; Prejmsacon- 
nata, Gardn., and P. Houkeriania, Gardn. ; 
Campomanesia hirsuta, Gardn. ; Scde?is spe- 
closa, Gardn.; Buwmaaia speciosa, Gardn.; 
Anemia siricta, Gard. M.S. ; Pteris sayittce- 
folia, Raddi ; Alstromeria nemorosa, Gardn. ; 
Euterpe edulis, Mart., and Curypha cerifera, 
Mart, from Maranham." — Pp. 548, 549.' 
Travellers cannot do a greater service to 
cultivators than supply them with particular 
information as to climate. Many interesting 
remarks on this subject are dispersed through 
Mr. Gardner's volume, which will be found 
both entertaining and instructive. 
GUANO. 
" If experience of the last few years have 
taught us one thing more certainly than 
another, it is the unfiiiling excellence of 
Guano for every kind of crop nhich requires 
manure. We do not, however, include in 
this opinion Saldanha Bay Guano, or any 
other imported kind except the Peruvian and 
Bolivian. The former is never good, and is 
often bad, or worthless ; the latter, if un- 
damaged, is of such uniform quality that, 
practically speaking, one cargo may be taken 
to be the same as any other cargo ; and the 
high character of the importers secures the 
public completely against fraud, if it is ob- 
tained directly from their recognised agents. 
That the public thinks as we do is sufficiently 
proved by the sales, which amounted to 63,600 
tons from July 184S to July 1847, and to 
75,000 tons in the next twelve months. This 
advance of 11,400 tons may be taken to re- 
present 114,000 more acres manured with 
Peruvian Guano in 1848 than in 1847o Such 
an increase of consumption is the more sur- 
prising considering the notorious frauds which 
what we must be permitted to call the supine- 
ness of purchasers still permits unprincipled 
persons to practice. Loam, coloured gypsum, 
coloured chalk, and other rubbish, continue in 
demand among a certain class of dealers, in 
spite of all that has been done by ourselves 
and others to expose them. The high price 
of the article, and the dullness of buyers, to- 
gether, constitute a temptation which dis- 
honesty cannot resist. Hence it is that amidst 
the most unquestionable success which attends 
tlie use of pure Guano we are continually hear- 
ing people assert that ' there is no goodness in 
it.' Of course there is no ' goodness ' in loam 
or chalk ; and those who use Guano should not 
mistake them for it. One thing is certain, 
that all samples sold beloro the may'ket price 
must be adulterated ; and this is of itself a 
convincing reason why those who employ it 
should turn their backs on the peripatetic 
agents who haunt country towns ; for if such 
persons offer it for less than the market price 
they offer a spurious article ; and if they de- 
mand the full market price there is no advan- 
tage in dealing with them. Cheap Peruvian 
Guano must either be stolen or adulterated : 
it is too bulky to steal, and therefore the in- 
ference is obvious. "While, however, we thus 
point out a means of escaping fraud, we are 
not insensible of the difficulty which some 
may experience in telling where to avoid 
making purchases. We, therefore, wish it to 
be known that although we *liave long, per- 
haps too long, been silent, we still have an eye 
to spare for detecting Guano cheats, and we 
invite the readers of our columns to assist us 
in their discovery and exposure. Gardeners 
more especially are interested in this matter, 
because they are rarely able to make pur- 
chases considerable enough to be worth the 
notice of the principal agents ; and to them 
we look with confidence for information. This 
is certain, that if the proper application of 
Peruvian Guano fails to produce the desired 
effect, there is a grave cause for suspicion, 
which all concerned should endeavour to in- 
vestigate." — Gardeners'' Chronicle. 
GLENNY S GARDEN ALMANAC. 
The Garden Almanac for 1849 is a decided 
improvement upon all the previous volumes. 
The Editor has, with much better taste than 
he usually displays, left out all that waspish 
and personal matter which too often distin- 
guishes his almanac. Mr. Glenny has written 
well enough and long enough to give the 
gardening world more real, practical, and 
original information than almost any other 
man ; he started the first newspaper, and, we 
believe, the first almanac that was ever de- 
voted to the science of horticulture. It cannot, 
however, be denied, even by his best friends, 
that he was unmeasured in his abuse, and that 
