The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-01-12


found that IN many cases. n,r,;.'i ne a
used 10 pots. as soon as the CAN'T SSs
sells Of the charcoal are full, a G,r@ a'y -
! ply Of water is useless and lpio,;". ue' ~
{ mixed with soil, however, i, reon; si vie
) frequent watering. But the chez 's' not
failure was the iiueness Of The ch,,. .aus'
which IFS mos, valuable quaI,lie. @, zoe n
) ~, capa5lli'y Of condeusing rose. 'eplaII
J rosily, we're lost. a1a A
Many new plants, Of which bo
veniy.lwo, some very difficult so, .salss y
had grown in charcoal, since 3. : y '0ct
iIshed essay. He mentions fop, I l., pas
magnolia, myrtle, Canada NM A'I', 4
ozalea, an erica, the tendriis of : ~. 'AOI'l
olednder, and two kinds Of med,c,a. Y" ~
cum. Among the plants he name. = go'a'
cles OF the most opposite families ,rI ' pc
Of them rooted much easier than a"u G0E
earth ; with some, no trial Of the ".a ''1a o.
ihods Of propagating had before bss aa' u'
cessiul al the botanic garden Of ua, NJ VIC
lie had no, made much use of ebS. -.a,--
sowing seeds but when applied i had
we'd very eiiicacous. He had mads 's ~. pc
rimenls upon The fitness of cha
packing plants for Transportation -, VI
tins purpose some young ehopnd A.. !"
ferns, calceolaiias. salvias. ,e,he,ss
young cabbage and cucumber NAM 'ua
with moss round the roots, Others v,' ''~'
nny covering, we're put IN dry or, ,t.1.
ly molslened charcoal, firmly pfes,s5 aS u
and the closed box placed for four vss ap''
an airy shed, on which the sun sbooa g.
veral hours; 81 the expiration Of ,lps,.
the palms aud ferns were found + : ~
fresh state the calceoIarias and sah,,,t
some yellow leaves, but had made ,,.'
shoots; species Of peiunia, even a,.,,,'
on the box being opened the yerbeo,.,
ly had suffered. but we're still ab,s 81.
Soung cabbage and cucumber plants ~
ou' OF dung beds, had roiied. b., Mi y,
InlarIng any Of the plants lying beside liza
cut flowers Of many different sorts ksg =,
Iecily fresh in pure dry charcoal, from e.,
TO fourteen days. Radishes. pat.blos u.
Ions, and the turnir like roots Of ossIs hg
andra, ZEcc, attained o considerable ..
IN bed filed one foot deep with pore r1,,.
coal the roots Of tulips, which bad prc5y.
ed towers IN the spring, being planted /,
tie same bed, ho~ered again, ptl.ecy
well, late in The su,unn.
To prove If ony difference existed s4
respec, TO the efficacy Of different so,, i
charcoal, tie garden inspector, NJ. SCI.
had charcoal made from eight kinds Of ao,t
VIZ oak, linden, ash, beech, alder, silss
elm and tir. They we're ioUrd TO have a. |
most exactly similar effects. II vs.. ,.y
different With animal charcoal, whleh |
the experiment, produced the mos, avon
bic results; many leaves rooted 10 ltn
which had not succeeded 10 the sool chr
coal ADD some soon produced shoes
Iuccarnl says that those leaves ven
found TO vegeiate most freely, Shca h.i
strong prominent VEINS. The cut cad
these being placed in he charcoal, 4 .-sa
luber or callosiiy, formed upon the arr.
~ Of each. These attained The szeJ
large pea before putting out roots. sl3 f,ta
them proceeded the germ, or shool. AKA
iofmed the Dew plant; each .eln Ito, DO
duclng separate plant. He foundHdtt
vantage, as soon as the growth Of The ,u.a
was sufficiently advanced. to remoye ss
cutting from The coal into o proper sort 4
mould, and, BY this means, the lllils kus5
beng able 10 provide its own noutlsbusR,
~lll prevent the unlmely exhaustion a'tAs
parent leaf If this precou,ton is DELAYED,
10 entire sioppage takes place IN The gtcplii
he knob produces neither roots cor tsas,
ind dies because the parent leaf caasi
iicld any more nouflshmeut and the cha'
'oal appears TO have a preserving end s.n.
Hating rather than o nourishing qualty
W. Neubeft, Of Tubigon, discovers, hoH
yer, that by the use Of charcoal, p-Hs
huve permanently IN much smslier psi
han heretofore. fie bad primuas eight
ears old, with stems foot and bail bigh
rowing and blooming luxorian:y r pos
! two inches diameter. lie itaasfaai
hem every autumn, aud takes away bali
he ball of roots ard all the side shoots, apd
careful TO keep them lolerably uosi.--
lie finds bis plants (quiie the reverse Of 10.
ass experience,) produced much rst'
cots 'hnn usual, and conjeclufes thai lhs
nay DC owing TO his having used beach coal
1stead Of fir, as Lucas did.
DR.. Bdchner undertakes 10 explain opoa
rieniIiic principles, the wonderful eaeCtsol
harcoal. He ascrbes them 10 part 10 Ils
over possessed by tho substance Of absorb
lg atmospheric air. Among all the boa'
. capable Of absorbing gases and vapof''
1arcoal has been proved by numerous eifhr
cn's, 10 bold the FIRST rank. Consequently NI'n
ng exposed 10 atmospheric action. Il lmol'N
any qualities highly conducive 20 vigorous ''s'
atlon' and is the means Of conveying 70 'be to''
plants, btsldes light and heat, nitrogen hjoi'
9 and oxygen, in great abundance.
ile remarks that for long time i was guy
" supposed that charcoal. as an iuanlma'e e'OJ'
capable Of decay, contributed. in no deftfe'|
g nourishment OF plants, and that ehsfc,al ''''
uld only serve, at most, 10 make tie earn o''''
ID warmer. But Lucas found that The eh'f'G"
which plants grew, by degrees undef~ea' "
imposition.