The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-09-30

that in the majority Of cases a child's
strength will suffice TO remove the wicker
basket in which the plant will he living.
There appear to be no practical diff
culties in carrying out the process. The
one all-important point IL to preserve
the roots of the plants from being torn
or otherwise m%utilated, and from being
brought into close proximity with the
fertilising moss. Ia taking a plant from
the earth NJ. Dumesnil removes the
mould about the roots by placing IL in
slightly tepid water. Having prepared
in the basket or vase intended for the
plant a bed Of fertilising moss, the guam
tity being regulated according TO the
strength of the plant, he places over II 8
layer Of ordinary moss OF similar thick
ness. He then takes the plant aud
spreading out the roots, fastens IL in the
ordinary moss, covering the whole with
another layer of the fertilising moss.
A little water is giving at first and the
moss is always kept slightly humid. II
the change from the earth to the moss
is made with intelligence the plant soon
exhibits all the beauty and REDEEM Of
life, its satisfaction ia its new condition
being shown by the quantity of rootlets
it throws out.
Other gardeners besides NJ. Dumesnil
have tested the process, and bear witness
to the same results. VI. Cabos, director
of the public gardens ut hayre, has,
since the 22nd of November last, boon
cultivating in the fertilising moss dracno,
alternantheras, e%rotons, aud cocoanut
trees, all dollhouse plants as well as
palm (chameropsl and the pterisargutta
had developed new roots in the moss.
Some of these plants had not lost a sin
gle leaf, nor had even faded at the time
of their transportation. In "A fortnight
they had completely taken possession Of
the moss, and had thrown outnew leaves.
In the c~hamprops, two or three long
roots of the thickness OF a Quill had
made their appearance, one of the best
indications of the vigorof "A young PALM
tree. The old roots had developed a
quantity of fine rootlets. The cocos
binotia and the various kinds of dracnna,
all very delicate, had also produced new
roots and were in perfect health.
On December 9th, he submitted a num-
Der of ordinary greenhouse plants TO the
process with complete success. All the
plants preserved their vigor, and their
health continued as if nothing had hap
pened.
On the 18th he placed in the fertilising
moss n eucalyptus globulus (Tasmanian
blue-gum). This shrub has the reputa.
ton of not bearing transplantation
however, it scarcely faded. Two cuphea
bazli, equally difficult subjects, were put
into the moss on the same day, and a v
no appearance Of suffering from the
change. The culture in moss Of the
eucalyptus g~lobulus is the moro import
ant, rs this celebrated shrub has the
property of disinfecting the air, and is
beginning to be used in sick rooms.
1t will be observed that these results
have been obtained by practiscd borti-
culturists. Amateurs must not expeceH
that this process in any way dispenses
with attention to the ordinary avs Of
vegetable life. Happy results will de-
pend as heretofore on the degree to
which the plants are loved and cared
for.
The object in the cultivation of vege-
tables being increased and regular pro
d~uctiveness, the plan adopted by the
gardener ut Tascpuil is TO place their
roots enveloped as above described in an
ordinary bed of mould the results are
most satisfactory. We saw at Vascnuil
as many as thirty fipe potatoes the pro-
duce of one mother-tuber Thus the n
poorest land.may be made to teen with
rich crops, the soil being Of no import
ance, the earth merely affording room
and shelter for the plants. Seedlings
and cuttings are raised in the same way.
In fact the process seems to have all the
characteristics of agreat discovery, per-
lection in principle, and indefinite pow
ers of further development.
The discovery of a nourishment appli-
to all forms of vegetable life is the
primary fact in the Dumcsnil culture.
The fertilising moss agrees with every
kind Of plant-those that grow wild as
well as eXotics, herbaceoss or ligneous.
ornamental, or for food. By its foster a
power with plants natives of thezts
Pyrenees, the Alps, the Carpathians, the
Caucasus, and the Himalays, INTRODUCES
recent years into English gardems,
by this process flourish under sim.
pie glass all the year round.
NJ. Dumesnirs innovation rests on an
Idea justified by physiological laws-the
extremely abundant development of the
roots of plants when permitted to spread
out IN a medium less dense
as rich as the most fertile earth. All
the applications OF the discovery are de-
from this truth, proved by exps-i-
ence. Thus is explained the increas,
the rind of vegetables growing In TIL
earth and of their powers of vital resist
against frost and inclement weather.
their roots are covered up in a bed
Of fertilising moss.
These are entirely new facts, and facts
that may have an important influence in
the public wealth.
The process is already patented in31'
and a depot will shortly be
for its sale meanwhile it can be
obtained from VI. NJ. Lange, at Havre.
1t cannot be expensive, as among the adj
vantages the inventor most looks for is
the certainty of being able to fill the
humblest apartments at every season
with exactly the flowers its tenant most
ldmires.