JAN. 2.] : 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
3 
f exciting a spirit of inquiry into these subjects has | con hrubs. e shall 
- UETURAL SOCIETY wde LONDON. | ® Ing Pp q cerning trees and shru insert them from 
Ho eae oe ONS AT TRE GAR! already been sensibly felt in vba: 5 ish I ae se cannot fail | time to time, as ge yea = os, and as our cot- 
Notice 1s BE Nn, that the THREE ‘EXHIB! ae to be apprec recited by degrees in all o her foreign pos- ak 1 srs hey overcom what he 
on Society's Garden ‘wil this _npinnp-t oped pectin printed Re Re | sess ions. We esp pecially invite pu sa caberect upon this a reg: rane i cg SR el he 
ulations a ig for deli mreny upon application at i o. I, 
"ni, Regent-st-, Jan. An unple easant, but nece: ssary A t of our duty is is to ex- A bei ne aad p Sh partonly sigs distinct Fees of in 
MEETINGS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. } pose fraud w that it is practised. | marks can for t deat po 294 tei, te i 
ceerna! tea ‘ is atom oe ee : go PLM, The misrepresentations that nick bout inventions of all | Oak, is what raat Pa Quercus sessilifora ; 
op sues mesa Agricaltoral SP. w sorts, new flowers, ne’ its, and m ings pro- | the other, or White Oak, is the Quercus pedun 
ursday, Jan. 7 Zapldgics pte fessing to be new, produce great loss to individuals, dis- | those who like Latin better than plain English. 
" = gust them with Gardening, and civ an es to fair their wood b whic hi nthe “act, is val evailing colour of 
wood ec 
Che Gardeners Chronicle. dealers. not, the, ibe secon: Deena} We | ict red, like that of dl ane leet 
7 igs es nr acre —_ often been mistaken by i ignorant persons, ere in the ee 
DAY, lee 2, 1841. our vigilance ‘will not relax now that we possess the best very pale, with scarcely any redness in most cases. 
? gee of all means of exercising it usefully. es the colour, the timber of these is distin- 
Tu aa 2 With respect griculture, it is obvious that so ex- pra by marks of a more precise nature the red 
offer to the he conte sind fully cole tensive a subject must in itself requ aire all the space oak, the silver~grain consists of alm which are wide 
in our Pro P ft Weekly Ni il into each other except at long in- 
cessary on the p ti that oad ee th it all f t object. | tervals; and for this reason the cleavage is imperfect, 
the briefest possibl to the p pal subjects which } 41 nected he: h : _ vet ” form a p pam = a and the timber cannot be weadily rent up into the rough 
T } Seen os + h ds that 
management, 
In the white oak, the silver grain is formed of ‘plates 
near the ear to the other that there is but little longi- 
sn th 
much more perfect, and the timber may be easily rent. 
| upon the principles of cultivation, or general 
d such ties of ts as may be found suitable 
eet of t Sacidaion, Market Sha Kitchen Gar. + Lise tent ees sar arte ee : 
, Orchards, Forcin cing Houses, Shrubberies, Flower Gé& object, in fine, will be to make our Paper, in 
os Conservat Lawns, Nurseries, Plantations, the t the word, the GARDENER’S FRIEND; 
Forests, R arden Architecture, Lan scape Gar- ollecting what is useful to him, opposing wrong, defend 
dening, Walks, Roads, and all > multifarious mat , and maintaining by every proper means the 
connected wil ese branches of rural economy, are t see : esetily } ee | 
ct 
points towards which our attention will be more particu- 
barca a ected. 
regard ba what are | called Florists’ Flowers, we are 
with the —— to which our Journal is devoted. 
One “tered ari with respect to Political 
matters. Gardening, and 
auctions really deserve poor. we shell 'n not allow teas to 
as is too often 
tics in 
hold atindtee s perfey Sadie of all parties 
species ig oe chet timber ine The ha 
| ternal marks by which they are distinguished w 
The Late has rag Sa leaves, of a im texture, 
facility 
| =. Tong taps stalks, and shallow, rather regular inden- 
rns also 
sit close upon the branch, or at 
Jeabt rte very meagre white oak, on the con- 
stalks. The 
trary, has thin dull leaves, with (very, short green stalks, 
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Whener ever public eastires which we approve of relating 
they will 
7 5 
. * ohl. 
are invariably p Ke 
the case, to e destruction of their value in the eyes of have our earnest support; and whenever we paar A 
the public, ae the disg' wrong, we shall oppose them by every means in our power. 
in such procéedings. At iration of every y' pub 
umbl d i ded | Index of the horticultural matter contained in our 
Pp phy 1 ] wh | pages, which will thus oe tener De mnret Sad Mevcentte 
. ex! + to ‘our a A = = ip that | record of the progress of Botany Gard 
= te the general 
of vegetable |i 
Some very absurd letters have lately appeared in the 
new Wspapers co pe a said to be. entertained by 
of 
fa hould n 
of is ah athe’ 
n 
but at the present da’ 
| be familiar to perso 
| mules are to Weféund beet go 
nnatural produ 
ch big fh their Ae; noha it is nota little strange that 
mere varieties 
It w was Ww for Linnaeus to entertain that 
for he did not ser what has just been stated ; 
aay all that has been described 
opinion, 
conversant § ith or That 
very likely ; and 
will be 1 Shiterm termediate between 
won but they do a prove the parents to be 
the same. 
the differences between the wood, the 
rr 
t now only for t the sake of | 
If, however, 
leaves, and the fruit of our two native oaks are thus ma- 
nifest. 
so clearly se’ settled. late Sir James Smith industriously 
fpr to that a story of the red oak timber bei ing very in- 
defend the e plan which has been 
uld be e 
i peace 
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Tue printed cr gorge ate ng agers 
oe *F d 
profession, or for os 
Gardening merely as Hp othe it is with 
reference to the stmetoned toplis that a Weekly 
ware is eee ecessary, for the e art of Gar- 
Pet 
it were Bay for the ‘aay ‘discoveries bd sua and the a ap- 
plication of them as they arise to ractice of cultiva- 
tion. For these reaso 
hae handsome or useful p! 
reasons ig Se Phyl, Systematic | 
are concerned, 
ey ‘3 J 
ot pen 
Tat nt 
how ever, fear ewe apres ih fon 
much | learning. We perfectly un understand that 
Tect it for themselves from a its original sources: 
under 
ventually adopted, as we en it will be. | 
rior 
the true Bri ly contradicted 
by the hae ir. ates who, e course of 
e as an aibitecs. oo ana a 
the fact. This ea oe that 
+ .£¢th 
| was nm up, was 
betiont SY from the | 
fi that of the white oak, yet pee ts 
ight to’break it ; 
purposes, it was highl: able that 
of the Seas, a ship 
ia respect is eepporton le by a late writer 
oe in _ “Pew Cyctopaa,w 
of the tw Ve ae che —_ on) has: ned 
oak, 
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his-exten- - 
