THE 
HORTICULTURAL REGISTER, 
April 1st, 1834. 
PART I. 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
HORTICULTURE. 
ARTICLE I.—ON CHEMISTRY, 
AS CONNECTED WITH THE DEVELOPEMENT AND GROWTH OF PLANTS. 
By the Author of the Domestic Gardeners’ Manual. 
THIRD ARTICLE. 
Atmospheric Air .— Wherever we turn our eyes, to whatever 
natural phenomena we direct our attention, wonders present them¬ 
selves, stupendous combinations overwhelm the mind with astonish¬ 
ment, and "give us pause.” 
In my last chemical paper, I endeavoured to attract the readers’ 
curiosity, and fix it upon an inquiry into the nature and properties 
of water .* The order in which the natural agents arrange them¬ 
selves, leads us now to the immediate consideration of the Atmos¬ 
phere, that elastic, invisible fluid, which, though its effects upon ve¬ 
getables may not he so palpable as are those of the liquid element, 
must be as vitally influential of the due and healthy performance of 
* The Reader is requested to correct the Errors of the Press which occur in 
that Paper, page 3, of the present Volume. 
Page 4, line 14, for “ repeal” read “reveal.” 
Page 9, line 2, for “speces” read “species.” 
Page 10, line 13, for “germ” read “ form.” 
Do. last line but two, for “ concern” read “ concerns” and place a comma 
(,) after the word “ effects,”. 
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