JUNE 26.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
413 
ep trough, about 18 inches wide, 3 ft. deep, and 5 ft. 
im, the water from the walks to enter over the top at 
ne end, and out over the top at th 
apd trough would Keep back all large particles of 
s made 
unde r water-grates to collect the dirt which falls through 
late i in very dry ground 
a us, and fruitful ; then how can it be expected that if 
either of these men knows the causes of the effects pro- 
dua, he can enable another person to produce the same 
effects ? On the contrary, if he does know, how easy is 
where, cteeel oh want of zoe te vegetated very 
But it — - — what 
he 
are baesrt “are not effects es of other 
> entire till the s succeeding au! 
tened with rain, many small tubers were generated on n the 
t well 
Ge adopted as a prize e to ap given 3 Fgcatlemen, 7 small 
were provided for their purpose. h proper 
f the rain-water which falls — any 
surfaces made by cut- 
tings 5 and the buds of these, in many instances, elongated 
anners, which gave existence to other tubers.” Here 
cottage, 
to procur y nclosed a which I 
think would not fail to answer the he gn Ey meee 
filtering rain-water for ee of c 
inc 
re_ covered 2 inches deep, 
with pntheks The of stone, and then with washed san 
MS 
18 inches deep; the bottoms a 
_. 
long un 
is a fact similar to the one | mention ed Be ‘A Cottage-gar- 
dener,” and b r. Knig he’s S paper 
which 
tumn. Being then mois- | ting 
wi 
on Op 
annee then is the immediate caus in 
le a if such rhea eee oe ~ the ofc 
of a pres ae something, w 
pore co: and so we ema 
answered.—Joh 
race take na we come to the pri mary ¢ all 
effect ts, al enn nte we shall crys be phi aioe 
n Wedgwoo 
Mana erm Ag fosacemag: Trees.—You ndent 
s. ad mite right in his observ: ‘aioe, me many 
enstaticens “ae spoiled by being a to remain too 
thinned. hin your trees, 
general a great fault lies in the 
is no’ meiclge sewn but in 
x of trees for a plantation, and for want o' 
f nee coasideation of the purpose for which the planta- 
tion is made. If solely for ornament, a varie trees 
generally “in the end has the best effect ; and in pit 
refs 
and in laws ordained by 
Him to de termi ine aoe state te and rho of those elements, 
vues in See or at rest, or whether in a separate or 
combined state. If then w e take the defini ition of SCIENCE 
to be a kno iol e 0! THEO: 
to be a mere supposition of the cause, an cemee is ; ; and 
we call the applica cation of the cozporeal powers required 
to bring the 
laws 
I field for ma 7 and be 
ber eave the handsomest-growi ing trees, without much refer. 
ce to their ir kinds, But if a plantation i is rer cont Soret 
lieved fi fusion con 
profit, 
oo valuable in 4 pa ga pe i 
ou appear to take great interest in the welfare oot nae 
tagers, and I think there is nothing that could be so 
rticular distri 
in thinning, every | es should give way 
will with yinsre furnish you ua with a few short essays, 
ia" that ‘piecth etiiaker tial 
—— an oakwood and “underwood : put | in a large 
proportio 
mos important effects in the cultivation of plants, the 
— to them as abundance of pure water.—H. L., Hull. 
Transplanting Hollies. —In the Theory of Horticul 
bs 
inowleixe 0 of which is the science of ge As 
alta seldom be 
instance, ps he popl: ar, A act = aaah. which 
as the oak : Say aad, 
of the 0a ks 
= resu lt f experiments in n horticulture ca 
own ‘less then a 
eric of one being re m 
of Grapes find f great ~— I will beg leave 
oO : the 
even gr age 
ture, p. 302, 
greens, to which I beg | ti ti tlaeded 
lanted evergreens at at Midooons yand.hollies 
ae tity. In Marshal's "Yorkshire, about 
toeaty years since, Tread of 0 
h th ear or two, overtake 
planting at Midsummer. I saw the ground “at yh eoepon 
son, under hollies, jones T Treat, sided big holly. 
lea leaves, and in that w the mn. of th he 
practice ; ti 
oaks. When shelter alone is waundte trond up the 
ons, Scotch bere pee e fir mondays best if 
oved earl - 
of compounds as 
two woes of ‘water, 
cider, or cider- _ I add coh 
Fo ater is very pee <5 ma trees, maple, horn 
beam, and hazel are the cas to a am i and ‘they 
its leaves. I then tried it season after and can 
now show Lena orange ten or bees: years nan ‘without a 
gap. In arshall’s work o ting, is a ec smn ° 
ut the e 
mo 
anything else. _ This “maixtare ‘ be s supplied in such 
rth, like water, to the se 
form excellent underwood, whether for 
or game. As ash makes eg pa sir quic uickest we shag of 
any wood that can be plan nted if as ash-poles, wood- 
till th arrived 
ts, and all over the surface occupied by th 
iven once in the year, cayove if repeated 
e ah will be tained 
of the roots 
It must be 
on 
turning to the Theo ory jane 
ie observations alluded to by om correspondent amount 
his—that it is a bad plan to transplant holies in 
because al ough they may succeed at 
. 
S, which time 
proper he for pole it 
it sesaipere therefor, 
what in 
~~ its wre 
e 
neys. ‘Black se ae are pr very 
me from rm ore sat of their growth, and will 
ther—a combination of cir- 
beforehand. The 
unfit to mix vith other trees; bed Bt places 
thrive in almost bogs. Larch, valuable as it is, is _ ag 
Un iy of Birds in " Gardens. —In your notices 
June 5th it is stated that green “tianets 
sides of rocky hills an and on eg et will not thrive eis 
gravel or in wet land. Beec! should "never be put in a 
plantation where nothing grows 
ll i a i came 
and Pear trees, and also on Goose berry bushes. The’ 
is another bird that does the ‘work most completely vile 
well under it. 1 
outside | of a pleatstion 8 answer that object, and they will 
‘it i 
t, however, it chooses its own time and 
ii canghe t. Thorns towards the outside of a domege Gb 
; but, 
aiijemter fo going to work: That bird is the cuckoo. 
vam’ 
and ni 
patiultly yi in the year.— —M. D 
ris Ps eudacorus. —iti is, perhaps, inot generally known 
got so 
pore tee: this season among the Currant and Genel 
ashe bushes. The destruction hich the cuckoo makes 
J ke, d 
when gutare- fe nd used instead of coffee, are ne only an 
irable substitute for it, but an excellent febrifuge. 
be this indigenous 
Skrimshire of 
By the ousand, but the hat it its among 
solagines should MA ee by t the million. We ee 
to give it a hearty wi 
s come, but for Paty ery paler that it renders to man.— 
poses his halt von the contrary, afew only of the leaves _ eae —— meme ed seve ra ay French | peter Macken 
loss of foliage by this plant. That hollies ma: y be trans- pommel Peery et ag 3 iy, sree To Des estroy the , Caterpillar oe Lares Trees. -—Get fo 
planted - oe mer, is admitted in the «Theo eory of rains Effect ey have mt tte - 
Horticul! ” but we cannot think it desirable to select | tating the lovers of “ae deni ; sine Lie sey | meh ‘ood near the hole, at the side of the pot lay on some 
tn ped, whichis one of 0 much mow ik than the eytd fo tipi tne, damp, and. place it under th res the la 
t th wish f 2 
“ Salo spate is (853).—In June 1840, a plant of mine psn tee gc! rds 2 ata indie = a = touchoood at the bottom < yoda ee 
pene looms, and o foll A agg 4 R stile 
zor a ae ot! a dozen of the flower- in err oes id the Selene I believe it is — ser yan cate ocean <> pe, ar onset oan 
buds immediately @ those expanded dropped off. I| x14 as not to fined alike b ersons. i , ab gees 
thought i used ee sbic$ eae Neaneadh ve never known it to fail. ea this plan may 
but ans : le ; Hho ad 7 = sudden check; | witj therefore be ~ to give the “deanition sey I dered more economical, I have so used moss and 
e Pore s see nat pra oe al ways have, and now wish, adopted ; it is that 0 f Aris totle, obacco-paper. Should you ‘au this worthy of inser. 
3 * ing the season, henever th bye effects, that is, ‘‘ a knowledge of truths demonstrative.”’ peri ee =a ron perdi F esa aap 
— display of blossom, it was followed by a like dis- | 7),. great lexi ograph et, Dr. Johnson, in his explanation y car the following eink — 
Besabay bores famers . sere of the term, says, ‘* Science is any art or species ¥ no | farther i Sakae ‘ok Hid qiiestion £6- 
sage ledge f th i mar, rhetoric, | 
eleven fiower-buds haye again fallen. Now I am quite loge sib Er : ‘otis etry, astronom ed i ahiak specting eboney dew "they wil a cc weg aaaem 
Sure that with me, » this ing of the flowers is annexed what t Pope very correctly says of it— = es eas od a atest ph hides and 
does not arise from external causes, for the plant is Good which only is the gift of Heaven. | cherry-tree, in my garden, was iy Rpmides; 
healthy and v , and is never allo’ to want water An no science, fairly worth the seven.” E: tly a ith hi 
or have too much. Indeed, I had made up my mind last | The justness of Pope’s conclusion is clearly obvious - i 4 other 
Year that it was constitutional, this season i d finiti f Aristotle be adopted. by this, science it in the ere so ‘ect “this ‘para ‘honey dew 
Z of compost in wl ‘the grows, owledge resulting fi the combined action of all | rs, to be caused Flas ye ti 
in hope of obviating this drawback on its beauty. | our senses. We know that the object of every artist, the | viele of the trees = 
No doubt, therefore, the plant thus secks . horticulturis a rest, is to at ome effect. nt eget of ‘ae injure 
it is an by some pall atate of ney henatienag and the honey- 
effort made in expanding its sitet 2giesiagh bog 
eral. _ The trees m never re= 
ce 
¢ 
I find the same thing occurs with their specimens.—: | before any effect can b . fe esta mspciage nd whenever it was fine or 
Alstremeria Seeds (353) cnr lie a year blished, and before any ee ain, the secretion made its appearance. The que 
alluding to this beautifal genus, | must be remo — and sna Yes, before any person now is, how do these silicate causes operate in alee 
Pray put a stop to the notion that A. Neillii is procurable. | can undertake to establish or to remove any cause, they the honey-dew ?—Solution. In both cases the vessels of 
The only plant is with my friend Dr. Neill, who must know, sti suppose, what it is; and if the the leaves, through which the sap ci are:it 
unable to it I th fear it will become know it, they are working in darkness. For instance, | andthe saccharine matter of the sap is coi quently 
extinct. The seeds are vi , but as soon suppose a plat bof the. me — to he given to three | | | and fo’ orms: what is S den: ominated honey-dew. The ¥ 
ps oh cena ly di igh s Aptisies, for the comes 
sand may produce a pl very luxuri h t. a thn they ol picked 
“Fine heb clibeGerme Chronicle, -_ but neither flowers nor fr at - tie ; may | dew, the kecretign eae Ast a. 
were does egetation in | | setae ty of flowers but no seed or fruit ; a a : oe eral one, not 
R= ee ‘ta pena the plant in perfection, healthy, ve their ability, but we should fd not be an’ to account 
Wh Gage paren gene 
otatoe end? 1 think he will find an answer to his ques: ' 
SOR Le AES ee ee ey 
