, 1870-12-23
Agricultural HlcteoroRoxT.

P1of. Andre Poey, late Director Of the Oh
setva.ozy Of HaSans, h2s prepared, 1t the re-
quest q Commissioner CApron, P1per on
The In1uenea Of Clim2tologic Agents, At
n,otpheEc and Terrestrial, upon Agriculture"
which forzna portion of tho forthcoming TO-
port Of the Department of Agriculture. TITO
following are the raoat important Of his dc.
ductions and statements:
In termination We should distinguish TWO Pc
ttod.she ono during which oxygen ia tsAns-
formed INTO ca.ooLte 2dd. ana the other during
Mhicn carbolic ACID IL decnuposed and olJgea u
elnsIed, which Il the commencement OF veEtts-
non. The R1eeu color N which the piaut clothes
itself IL the tnctx and the consequence OF thlE
tuLrtioa which seke4 place only uuocr tho action
Of light: n its A.stnce the plant continu.s The
pn.n meaa oi .se a..s pe,lod 9, Sa
r. Setable, ike tiu sntrral Kingdom, Is COMPOSED
| OF The tour dnp1c elsmtnt1 whlcu cunsueuts the
nae fonr essaen Seas eseaed u sae
nos diverse ard artahlc relations, resul1s taat
| m lnnnmeranle noAy OF trtAtfc eomponeuts en-
ft.edom may b xatd to be only atr conaenssd,
| 4Id To torn vast are4ratus OF rednttlon. Tno
base Of VI Eetabie productions Is Amy. tnc saMe
| the atmospheric sir, the atrnuFenent OF mole
celeh, and their Lumber Is III which vsItea foE
COZ s,tsus,ng tnAt EyEtslioua force commoulv
cs1led lite The auihof es1ahlanes hJpotoen1
i. Tnss IT l. the pure,y chc,u,ea, ray', or blue
R spd ylcler, = ltn the sid of ce1tatn quantity OF
pctetIxla The vegetable stratum OF the soil. md
d. fez7nlEe tho termination Of seeds.
tliea de,er1asns, m | |Ps1napsi,y ey ine leaves. sae
| decomposition OF catboplu scid from the atmos
phere sud The roots: the h1Attun q cafoon aad
he spontbnrurs md natural tendency Of tas
| plsnt 70 the light
;, II IL he calortue or red !ays wntea detsrmtns
NC txo pfyco'csiral sess Ok n0"e'ns ana 'soc
Il must te remembered, however,, thAt wha
na @ moanes Ss y T,i 9e ts'ee acona Of The so11
rass IN III the physiological scfs OF ma vesesAa'
J The srplcst,op 10 oe made Of taese d!scovesse
TO sry1tnitese and hnrtItu!ture II At once appas
! | EFT; drss in the afsnRtmcut OF green noaset
which nj pretent serve only a Reservoirs q h9n
! and heat, Thty shcnfd h2v< compartments COY
! | cred WIN colo-ed sinss, which should admit th
;, | fs7s most advantsEro1s to each development
pos s, T9r sKamsf IN sae ae
81 degree; for cosot,pE tho leaves and RtStu
l.. rrow,n to the plant a1sss should have the mh1 I
/, Ms1rnum OF heat, For sneee pu1pnses blue N
n let. yellow, and red glass viii yield the moss y
sRsee4Isc,y Is ,seerstcd In ors.n1ed bodies
y. eresnic uses TelsitnH TO ctrt.in vital M fan
T. 1irns not clearly ur dertfood or dt nned. Ins
esi.r N ysset.cles a. and nal sepsssssa
IN t1trues These in their moaon p.naoGes III.
Ssess !hs sao.s q Po5 oM. o. r.R gtnn !" tne ION @
elect11ctiJ arS,nci,IT applied 10 Vegetation v
Uncovered a torg aso Is IN 1:4s, BY Os. Mt,
m orsy: y EA,nhnrkh. He electrified tHo myskI N
r. arc acucd That thcv put forth branches ana ~
'e' cane into b1cseou Aa ls1e u October. which
pot esrpen 70 oth't rngrzles net 20 treated. :,
the loi!oWEg 5eas ne eowed mnst1ld eeed u y
AS Small bowls OF e1lth, one Of which he e.
tlincd- In this bowl the eeeda csms up so1n
oo0 and had att1tned The height Of ten inches. WI
those In The other bowl were not more tosl
ooo quarter Of m tncs. Experiments IN shls drocu
beth With eeeds, fuina% and KtnEtnx plen:s, b
te0 been continued, invariably moving ,he salrs
tpits in accelerated and tncfeARnA UoWth. b
Dry 6eeda, ~htn elec.fined before planlin8,
fcurd to cetmirato remarkably aoon- In J
- El<es ss.LsIss 49, LSE..1. l. =. 4ssas.eWtQs