New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-18

in hight bas the same delightful and cd fsrols pro
srtes - the common myrtle The fruit Is about hs so
Of pepperooTn sph-rcl in shap- and around tn out
ride II the berry s dry Of whis Tas pl mt
flowers IN May, and the fruit Il rio .g-i ard Sspisn
her j. said that single bash produ -. from tFen'y
five 70 thirty pounds OF berries ye ding mach A. IE-ny
FIVE per cent Of The colr is rather greenish bi'
nay be bieached white. TIE Is obtained b. boiling
the berries in Vster. and ID inning fl the II rises
The candles maze from this Substance huru very equally
without gufring; they require snunS, All emit no
~ ules-anf smell but when suddenly he'd sri
aromatic fragrance The aia twelve stpns ot
o6enf and of csrboBc oxide which renders TIM
msieris valg able ghtproducing substlncs. In's
psnt viii gov readily il common sandy soils and
Will prove well worthy the attention OF our AgricaI rs
/ lAppaDse
Hoo LoUIs TIEEI1l. late q s Consul at Oporto read
the folio paper the Chemc Ferizng PfeP@rA-
/ ton Of N. Sturgeon, Of Paris:
Dumas one Of the most distinguished members Of the
French Institute formerly Minister Of Agriculture ana
Commerce under the Republican Government IN his learn
ed lecture The Statistic Chemistry Of the Organic
BeiDgs" re Ia Ckimie StafsqHs des Etrs OrgaHi9H)
said the following memorable sentence Chemistry IS per
chance the point Of giving the reee for the compost
ton Of the best Manure the production of which Will only
be the subject Of industrial manufacture Here pro
posed the solution Of great problem here lies an la nsuse
progress in expectation However, still far rom
attaining this great desdeatum acapitsl and essential IN
pulse still needed Lebg had notyet by bis wonderful
experiments proved the scientific world gener
Of the nitrogen gas absorbed By all kinds OF gram
and vegetable plants from the atmospheric air is INFINITELY
srger than that absorbed from the SOIL We were "
continue with the old theory which taught thar some OF
the plants receive the azote from the air but the greatest
number Of them receive from the earth, then We ought
TO the Of the old practice and continue
10 give the soil proportions Of manure, wncn
in fact destroys all the profits Of any agricultural enter
The following illustration by the same Dumas. will offer
q sufficient explanation Of said arguments;
Surely" says he when the which gave birth to
the majestic oak which awskes admiration one hund
red years ago began shoot the ground in which fell did
contain hundredth part Of the carbon which the
sd S Ss air at B e received ho e
to say absorbed the whole Of it, Now, admitting thA
this quantity Of carbon be not absorbed o hs
oak from the immense TesrV0ir Of nature but that De
necessary furnish it to the soil, the result would be-
that the raising Of oak in economical point oil view
would be impossible while all know that in fact It is
the easiest and the least pensve The acorn falls on the
ground by its natural weight II buries IN graduAyH
terminates the mduar substance by its decomposition
supplies the necessary nourshment to the sProut us
organs get OPEN comes out from the earth and rises 10
the air Then the tree lives Of its own life thVes graz
usy and expands its branches and grows without expense
Why should We not apply to the grain plants 70 he Nsgst
abs TO the to tobacco and all other KINDS OF
plants and shrubs the theory which we have ex-
planned in regard 20 the oak And it. contrary to this
theory were obliged furnish soil with the neces
ssry quantity of nitrogen which these plants have TO a0
sorb curing Their growth, agriculture would undouoedy
be attended with complete ruin. This IS indeed what
often happens with lands of an inferior quality and WIEN
compelled TO our helds with thousands OF
quinials Of guano bone dust and other fertzing
substances the cot of which, and me expenses OF the
transportation will make agricultural undertakings
losing concern. And it, with rich and fertile lands
in countries agriculture does not afford any empta
ton TO enterrising men. how much less would 1t be
advisable TO put INFO cultivation the immense of
uncutivated la ds which cover the greater part OF
Europe1 Even in England" said Golden on a
recent occasion "in England, where agriculture
helped by science and by all the national energy made such
great progresses third of the soil is still in ts primitive
state the 40 other thirds do not represent oneht OF
what they ought to yield To such alarming evil there
is we belve Efficient remedy Nobody entertalns any
doubt in regard the asserted by Lebg and this very
fact ought to fix the starting point for great peaceabe
human, revolution The sZOte is abundant than the
carbon in the atmosphere In the same manner that the
lalco ifg tla he
allied paus and shrubs absorb their azote The soil VIII
accomplish the vegetation of seeds if only supply them
with the mineral matters necessary 10 promote IT, such
being the the only task of the agcuturast will be 70
help Nature and TO give to the plants quantity OF iefh
ling substance sufficient to deyeope their organs OF re-
spiraton But then the manure being reduced 10 nai
mum proportions, 0 it be better to spread on the soil
or to give TO the seeds On the soil would De lost IL
bsoluey necessary give II 10 the seeds and 10 en-
fold them with it. SO, sh-l1ed and cl thed By this bene
fca envelope the plant Sl sp-out and commence ~ ls
under the ground and later Will not need any arthclA
help AZ the hands of the agrcuurast il will attain by
ttef the treasures hidden IN the atmosphere and gradually
reach high state OF fertility and maturity. There
lands much favored by Nature that no manure at all Is
required 10 produce hundred bushels Of wheat for one
OF seed such for instance the beautiful fields Of syria
and some lands IN Crimea and even IN Hungary Nhen
lands are exhausted they will acquire gam their iormer
strength and fertility by letting them rest for some
years. But numerous and highly satisfactory experiments
lately made under various circumstances by eminent men
of science ard practice in France England Italy ard Por
tugsl have conveyed full conviction that hs fertzng
composition invented by Mr. SurgeOn-which might DO
properly called homeopathic mgqHrc-will well ap
piled 20 the seeds make the most ordinary soil equal 20 the
best fields Of SYRIA The marshes Of La MAnche and tbs
sandy pTaes lies Landes Of the Garonne the dry and
wild piDs Il Algeria and Of the pqgaa R0mqRa have
sresdy experienced the immense benefits OF this wonder
fU composition Surgeons concentrated manure - now
rapidly spreading is most beneficial effects on the vast
gain fields OF LOmbardy as well in the rich vineyards
otbe Douro and in the uxuran olive and orange groves
saw raised with this manure, in the Province
of Mimic, the stalks Of VII ch - feet in hight Some
tobacco lately raised the envrons of Toulouse by
of this preparation which pronounced superior
10 The best produced under the tropical OF the Antilles
Apricot pear and peach slightly watered during the
winter with solution Of Surgeons preparation, gave
abuud crops Of fruits ysby improved In taste size
and appearance Potato bulbs pared with Surgeons
manure when planted, entirely exempt rom that
dreadful plague which has lately alta ked that last resource
Of the poor When admit that the plants receive the
azotc gas from the atmosphere it will be sufficient 10 in
vest their seeds roots bulbs, with quantity compare
lively small Of azotc substance Of mixed cOmpO
son necessary 10 promote termination and help vege
tailOn. Fifteen pounds % Surgeons compound /
are considered sufficient To prepare the seeds
for three ACRES Of land and s cost viii vary from 80 10 40
francs the quality of the preparation varies also accord
ing 10 the OF The soil which must be used AIR
Sturgeon mOdes his in two different preparations,
leaving the first for cscareOu sandy and grayeOus lands
and the second for rock aTgOus and sAnous soils. To
each Of these two general divisions h mad5 six sabdiv
sOns notifications in order 10 make them more appro
pirate and apt to produce the generation and development
Of the different species Of vegetabe plants and trees 50
there - different preparations to be used according
the nature Of the soil and 10 the quality OF the seeds bulbs
roots to be planted The preparation Of grain vegetable
grass for three viii cost SO francs 30 francs
for potatoes and 10 francs for bse.s cabbage sugar tax
hemp tobacco and fruit orchards Sixteen pounds OF Star
geons compound manure cost about IS. and viii be sud-
eent 10 feze the seeds bulbs roots 70 cover three
acres OF land BALI OF the quantity 35 % Be dis
bbed and the rest is to the seeds after the rsl
operations The water be tend ounces