The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-10-25
NO. Is.

r sufficiently heated before reaching tn
plants. BY this means the ventilation
may remain open even during col,
|, nights without the plants sustaining an
, injury. This excellent system is PAL
hcularly advantageous for forcing fruits
and combines the necessary elements O
fresh warm air, with thorough ventila
ton. The interior contains a spleudit
collection of new varieties of the dra
caena, plant which has long been cul-
tlvated for conservatories and for deco
rating rooms. None would suspect b,
lis proportions when grown in Europe
that in the Canary Islands, New Zealand
Australia and all the islands of the
Southern se3s the dracaena grows to a
tall tree, with slender trunk bearing
upon Its summit crown of leayes. The
most charming specimens are crowned
with leaves of a red, rose colored, white
or green tint; such are the Drac@na
Visit, the Ignea, Terminals alba.
Votata, ETndsti, Eli-abethae. &C., all
distinguished for the beauty, elegance
and variety Of their form.
Amongst the EuphOrbicS is a croton,
from the berries of which the Chinese
manufacture candles. There are nearly
20 new varieties Of this species, two OF
threeSof which are new this year, The
others having first appeared last year.
Amongst the most rare PLANS of the
fern tribe is the Lonsaria gigan,en, the
LOmarie diseOlor bipiunatiitfda, from New
Holland; the Adianium te.raphMz,rm,
from Canada; four beautiful varieties of
Antharium of the Aroid family, natives
of South America; the AIocasla amabalis,
which will become one of the finest
plants in our conservatories, with its
magnificent purple and bronze leaves;
the TfAandsia, also from South America;
and a curious plant, not so new, but still
rare, the Nepcnthes, from Ceylon, whose
leaves have at the extremity a tendrils
which suspends sort of urn, something
like the shoe of Venus in the Cypripeds,
closed by lid:and filed with pure water
distilled from the plant.
The Pavilion of State Manufacturers is
situated at the entrance of the Champ de
Mars, on The left coming from the Jena
Bridge. 1t is built of wood, IN the form
of nave with side aisles. The interior
is roomy and well lighted. The entrance
door is decorated with two earthenware
slabs, having the tobacco plant in bloom
painted upon them. The interior is
composed oftwo spacious balls,separated
by passage which leads to the offices of
the agents. On entering one sees to the
righI. The newest and most interesting
models of the machines used in the
man uiaeture of tobacco. One Of these
illustrates the complete system of me-
chanical rasping used in the manufac
ture of tobacco. One of these illustrates
the complete system of mechanical rasp-
ing used for making snuff in the manu-
factory at Chateauroux The tobacco
leaves are thrown into kind of trough
lined with teeth, which passes them
through 10 receiver placed below, in
the shape of snuff picked and ready for
use. This ingenious mill is worried by
steam and produces 25O kilos. of snuff
daily. 1t is made from plan of II Rol-
lands invention. A mechanical tobacco
roaster is another useful invention by
the same gen leman. This works at the
rae of 800 kilos. an hour,and saves much |!
time and expense in this delicate part of
the preparation.
Tobacco was formerly baked in ordi-
nary ovens. A new mechanical drying
apparatus is also shown amongst these
models; and particularly worthy of no
lice is the machine for washing the to-
bacco leaves used in the manufacture of
cigars. 1t is composed of
series of wooden tubs, placed upon a
circular flooring, in the center of which
is vast iron vat, looking like one ofthe
large receivers used in gas works. This
vat is raised Or lowered by hydraulic
pressure, in such way as to decant from
the wooden tubs, and amalgamate the
juices of the several kinds Of tobacco
Ifnow we visit the Gambler
upon the left hand Of the entrance, we
shall see smart cigarette maker, pre-
pairing the Turkish cigarettes, for which |
she is paid 4 francs per 1000. She can
make from 900 to 1000 day. Another |
with the help of little mould, rolls |
the ordinary cigarettes, for which |
she only receives 2 fir. so cents the |
1000. But there is a new machine, |
which only requires the care Of the
workwomen to regulate the sliding Of
the tobacco into the groove which in |
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