The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, Volume 5C. Potter, Government Printer, 1894 |
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Page 731 - It dissolves in oil of vitriol, forming a pale brown solution, which is precipitated of a violet-red by water. It colours acetic acid yellow, without dissolving in it to any great extent and dissolves easily in alcohol, ether, some volatile oils, and partially in fatty oils, forming in all cases fine yellow solutions " (Widmann; Lichtenstein) [Gmelin's Handbook, xvii., 386-7].
Page 469 - ALMOND, APRICOT, CHERRY. Almond. — See method of budding the peach; it is the same for the almond. Apricot. — See peach — the same for apricot. Cherry. — The method pursued in budding the cherry is very similar to the method employed on the peach. Mazzard seedlings, for standards, are budded in July and August, and left to lie dormant through the winter, to be started in the spring following. Morello and Mahaleb seedlings, for dwarfs, are best budded in August. They are somewhat more difficult...
Page 472 - ... stocky, what remains of the stock above the bud is cut smooth, close to the bud, to allow it to heal over. This process is performed at any time of the year whe,n the sap flows freely. If done late in the summer the buds must be left to lie dormant through the winter.
Page 730 - But the most valuable produce of this plant seems to be its resin, the properties of which vie with those of the most fragrant balsams. The resin exudes spontaneously from the trunk ; the more readily if incisions are made in its bark.* It is of a yellow colour ; fluid at first, but being inspissated in the sun, it acquires a solid form. Burnt on hot coals it emits a smell very much resembling that of a mixture of balsam of tolu and benzoin, somewhat approaching to storax.
Page 729 - Following is a description of the method of obtaining grass-tree "gum." The articles required are an axe, a flail, a coarse sieve, and a sheet. The stems of the grass-trees are chopped down, broken up into convenient pieces, and allowed to fall into the sheet. A stout stick or flail completes the work of disintegration. The substance is then passed through the sieve, the ligneous portions of the grasstree for the most part failing to pass through its meshes. A gentle breeze is considered sufficient...
Page 296 - Pines are wounded, the resin exudes in an almost colorless, transparent condition. It has obviously high refractive power, and is much like ordinary pine resin in taste, smell and outward appearance, when the latter is freshly exuding. This transparent appearance is preserved for a considerable time, the resin meantime darkening a little with age. Old samples possess a mealy appearance, but this is merely superficial. The origin of this appearance has been explained as follows in regard to Sandarach,...
Page 536 - ... Anthomyiian should it ever occur in destructive numbers, which it seems not to have yet done. RELATION OF THE PEST TO THE "CLUB-ROOT" OF CABBAGE. The peculiar affection of cabbage roots shown in figure 7 is familiar to gardeners as the " Club-root," " Club-foot," " Clumpfoot," or "Clubbing" of cabbage. It is an old enemy, having been known in Europe for more than a century, and American cabbage growers have suffered from it for at least half a century. The total loss from this disease aggregates...
Page 731 - Following are abstracts from some of them, — none of them recent. A modern research is a desideratum. " Of a darker reddish-yellow than gamboge, frequently covered with a greenish-grey crust. Brittle, of shining fracture, triturable to a greenish-yellow powder. Does not stick to the teeth. Tastes sour and aromatic, and has an agreeable balsamic odour. Contains a very small quantity of an agreeably-smelling volatile oil; a resin soluble in alcohol and ether, and also in alkalis and baryta- and lime-water...
Page 473 - Great care must be exercised not to cut the stock so close to the bud as to endanger it. The buds are allowed to grow at will until they become hardy, then they are trained to the stock, the object in view being a straight tree.
Page 734 - The specimen labelled X. arborea at page 148, Cat. Museum Pharm. Soc. (London), is X. hastilis, from the description of the resin given. XANTHOBRHCEA ADSTEALIS, R.Br., B.F1., vii., 116. Found in Tasmania and Victoria. The shapes which the resins of the various species of Xanthorrhcea assume are quite accidental. Some of these forms are described under various species, and refer to specimens which have actually been examined. The resin of this species " is found in masses of irregular globular shape,...