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have done so, had my assertions not been disputed. If the writer 

 had tried the experiment of growing his breeders at a distance 

 from home, as directed, or had procured soil of a different na- 

 ture, even five or six miles distant, he would not have ventured 

 to make the assertions. What I advanced in that article is from 

 experience as well as personal observations made during some 

 years. I will, however, state facts, which are stubborn things. 

 In the year 1834, I planted sixteen named breeders, which came 

 upwards of sixty miles from this place, six of which broke ; 1835, 

 twenty-two breeders, three broke and thirteen did not bloom ; 



1836, one hundred and seventy breeders, part named and part 

 seedlings, twenty-two of which broke, and eighty-six did not bloom ; 



1837, upwards of seven hundred, as yet I cannot state how many 

 are broke, but I perceive, from the mottled appearance of the 

 foliage, 1 shall have a round number. 1 have also a number 

 which were taken up in bloom, a number planted in old mortar 

 and maiden soil, and some in my regular breeder compost. I 

 will state the result as soon as it can be done accurately. 



With respect to the observations on planting Tulip seed edge- 

 ways, 1 shall only say that this year I have plainly proved the 

 superiority of the plan over the old system of sowing. I trust I 

 have satisfactorily answered the observations, and would, in 

 conclusion, advise the writer to be more careful for the future in 

 contradicting others without being able to prove them wrong. 



ARTICLE V. 



OS THE RELAT1NE MERITS OK IRON AND WOOD ROOFS. 

 .FOR STOVES. GREENHOUSES. Sec 



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Having then explained my objections to pipes of too large or too 

 small diameter, I shall in concluding these observations offer a 

 few suggestions relative to the formation of the furnace and 

 the apparatus generally; is a guide to persons who may not have 

 had quite so much practical experience as myself, and among the 

 first that I shall draw the Gardener's attention too, with all hot 

 water apparatuses, for his own convenience and for the benefit of 

 his employer, is, to see that the Mechanist or Apparatus fixer 

 supplies f> proper furnace door, which should not be less than one 



