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THE GARDENERS’ 
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CHRONICLE. 
515 
quae index of sere 
London: W.S. Orr & Co. 
hi Paine ’ Chronicle. 
URDAY, AUGUST 7, 1841. 
rvations Ja at week offered by 
cy of the common 
is day is published, price 6s. cloth, 
ND- BOOK Bi pegramay Hie 3 with a 
y G. H. Caunter, Esq. 
and W. ra: . Chambers, Edinburgh. 
environs are poisoned 
hand, a ya mysterious 5 on the othe 
If it realy were ree there would be no chance of 7 
es of o not yet 
i 
, state of London 
le to suggest effect ual and practicable remedies. 
tation of London is to be found in the exhausted soil. 
ould refer our readers to what was 
combinations of which are required in order in- 
ain a plant in health. These sul ces ari A 
earbonic acid, ammonia, potash, or soda, and certain 
ers; but more especially those now 
vege' etation, as 7“ been lately proved experimentally 
in the garden of the nee Ry Society ; 
the WwW yh ho aun 
on contains, plants are 
petually diminishing ; and if a garden ori ginally 
amount in its soil, it must be 
beet many places, as an example of which we 
may také St. James’s Park. In bail situation mg trees 
r par 
in L quares and gardens, nothing is restored 
artificially ; for the decaying eee f. and the 
rbage of annuals, all t the expense of the 
soil, are removed no manure is piven in their 
ce. A process of exhaustion is therefore always 
peration, and nterbalancing effect is pro- 
We have —— adverted to this subject (No. XI., 
miums offered for the best-cultivated Cottage Gardens within t 
parish babe adjudged to the suctessful candidates, fe sams of 
two sove d a half, one sovereigt; = half 
ful candidates— 
Eide to acquire dexterity in th 
© opportunities ; their Spent ats inventio: F 
ed in theit , and tpceete hora he Mes 294 Views to 
a garden ; 
« ee " 
Ee trainpling 0 peSense. and the ro ling of ve Speman a ceca "The at- nowledge of whatev' they are Airthevsya the pact if ne 
iages, that only a very small portion of the rain he i “ ee their time uloved ix active sos Silk ok de d 
. . 7 mosphere BP on . carbonic acid,and ammonia, and y ; ‘ ; 
that falls — it can soak into the ground. Their bably rrr ah. the | OX being cpeaced. in platting s variety of reaetanics, ter have 
ves are, therefore, formed i EERE SS: eae proba ent quantity > tor, In naon, the | a constant succession of occupation, Marg 3 . mages nt ped 
saga ? | soot whiel ich falls so copiously is a perpetual source of | healthful thoughtfulness, an vp ho’ 
and their fl becomes re eeble ye Waite: bd Ps 4 ly of carbon and ammonia i . There is a considerable and slacrty ie all = tis; 
ee of this is ann to re pues as a Supply 0 - a 15 boys are taught to sing many sensed songs —they strike uj 
y e effect ually nder t ed 
f the tratk mpl tel ised: required. bib me sot firey natur: al pr ocesses, are ne hey go to their work—‘‘ Work away, tk away.” 
woot a er 0: et less co’ etery organised ; | the alkalies, potas d soda, which, — hy oe Their tools are taken down from their approp’ places, aid 
for its so Tidification can hae take place in consequence | }. the eradual 5 of fr cet e duly re! em ; so that there is 4 place for 
f the i ducti f fo hv th i Bre ua estruetion rage! ents ¢ Sg hing, and everything in its place. Of all habits that give 
of the introduction of secretions form the leaves, 5% is ‘ ° “ 
: ‘ to industry and exertion, a habit of order tends most to promote 
and the leaves will form secretions of whatever kind- comfort and favou it is, too, a habit in which the 
s Series. esecepele ri ; of a close andc copious vegetation. Matar = eficik 
with more or less activity according to their stat of ike b 1 f heteclf, by-ahi decay of | Ee tee, ace hinds veeaina 6d tua Se ee 
f th t tendin 1 em, when lett Be herse oes the eaves, an accurate keepi f accounts will be found 
th. One of the far oms attending plants in hom on most abound ; we rem -Abs the ieeeede donee, aut foresight. A love for garde is 
this feeble co ondition - is le collection of a undi- relat fs ep who. wishi therefore implanted in our nature; and when t, or farming 
gested and its conversion he 4 us o acral ‘ ih, pst me i wis tate = can ce a part of the education of youth, with due 
ri a Lar: antity of potas is estate | scholastic instruction, and the cultivation of moral lous 
degrees in putrid slime’ when such trees with Wage 7 = tha alk alkali is lodged in | Principles by paren ‘and teachers, the hest results may be ex- 
eagerly attac! pons he by insects, and become an reece Yat dan his pected e individual so taught, if he becomes a farming 
nest for thee he reason of tie seeiiis t bw snteie abun ned 1s po tas , but labourer, is sure to give satisfac’ to his employer, for he has 
fi implanted in him the very elements of industry, combined with 
that, small as the quantity of fluid may be which the | 1). y }:. | Skill and ability to do any kind of work. He can turn his hand 
he soil, it is more, never- tacit om ; tha hi za ab i * ‘ to any employment that may offer. In ime he marries, and 
mportant substance, that his land was converted irom as a dwelling his own, and beco: the father of a family 
| aired than» the og ae can  inpos of ; and conse- | fer t sterility. . Her bg lies, as we conceive, | Beis ne. t of occupation, and never need lose any time 
sels of the rank and fills h 5 He ¢ In wet vez can be employed in various little arts, of 
em té  distetision nother of the a causes ad vege tation of | which he has made himself the master. He can make baskets, 
Th ondon ; and we entertain a doubt that it is one of | bee-hives, straw hats, clothes-pegs, and various kinds of nettin 
e by pated of rain-water having free access to t cipal causes The remedy is obvious the and knitting. He can mend his household furniture, and mak 
the roo plants, is not merely because it dissolves the pi not of manure, in eres se ves nse in whieh this Liga CMON soak tioek. theck-aemepstCag ae aoe ion 
. as cmlldren, an em 239 
the aoe matters of the soil that are required for @ank is usually anderate oil, | taught, and train their minds to emerging at and 
. their food, but because of the quantity of ammonia virtno’ piness is in his family and his fre side: he 
3 y sufficient tity, b alkaline subs h 
which it contains, and without 2 supply of which no lent quantity, but 0 € substances, Suen aS | nas the pleasing consciousness of doing ms ca by his they 
lente ean, exiet tax healthy h vl nitrate of she pra vires ee salts ee ee ee for ti 
ig in ealt. State. s Pp We anticipute onl ections to this view, and idle and vicious men, who would, if t) ould, lead hag bos 
's Park, no dec caving animal or vegetable ee atid | Sonander in criminal indulgences thove ; which ought to 
i ee — we wil i hereto, oar at once. It may 2 rine Said | be devoted to ed to the matntenance of Bi his wife and children. At the 
that in som d squares of London, | Proper seasons, when pare time, he can cultivate _ 
tury past, a d the trees can only obtain the plan d pon wa gardens i a no doubt, ti cn et: and a his oe hartge ean ri germgee 
. s ren; 
sromonia + aaa regu by the aid off is rain ; ; that beet 
of repeal ee re. squares o London, A ena 
by P 
ved streets and traversed by gravel walks, are 34 the Thames; i a aan = okie the potas 
St. it Park, but net the me a ig - prow cre renewed by the ra rapid ern | 
: ff be al od: that even in the worst places in Landon A 
aa of sag In the viene of Canbervel Mae With res pAb bee ee seep os, we pitt vies) 
ji ge lace called the Grove, wim chat if they do es it is rbot th iserably ; and that 
hard road on an inelin ed plane, | even if it were the contrary, it 
y Blm-trees, and passing h fields. It| aoainst the views we h eI ve 
ave been advocating ; because 
tained experimentally that different, 
plants require very different ques of alkaline 
t 
be 
wife delighted to assist b 
man is likely to make a ent and judicious adie 7 in a awe 
- not to Lag mo ate ba His home is gigs sure to be 
an neatly arranged—everything 
ents 
usion, thi 
Cottage Gardeners’ ple setae fork a see 
exchange books, 
aap 
inspection 0} 
She the panty separated in the hope o} of meeting 
q the Phenix Gas Company laid down pipes for _ For instance, it analysis of — sl naire ext year Pata 
ee see o e time, ae that — ~ Oak leaves contain as much *~  ENTOMOLOGY.—Ne. XIII. : 
ae of the ; eir foe’ | a per cent. of ‘ir leaves contain only 29, _ Cusraxt aNb Goosesseay Ix oo = 
¥ Sppearance, espet PACES WHIER | thy f Wt ‘ 13 i ons 8, and of Oats 4: ser who Wishes to 
ay be called c c and d d, and after a time they tee Oats ‘may heat 13, 5, ria hi to fiad whet strongly 
a exbibited all the igns decay ; their bark be- ~ * ci a as ultexce yonabl by one rd atri th 
Bers pn ag apa - ro established |" Quy limits forbid our pursuing the pot Sarthes same breath ee eee vailiing 3F huterpescless 
themselves beneat the misehief ially for by ano other. This wa e attriin : ant o 
- sige to-day. We sh all next week return to it, especial ob the igre iagaes 
was ascribed to the intetih but by the germ! > genre 
to the Gas Compan nst whom an action their application. Bi ere ee mportant 
baad forthwith gine ci “how: . sooty ‘atmnosphere on as — = ag a wed man to = cS ay ner ‘dicrngared. 
: Some inquiry was made ast week about the cause | A tree or a plant loses its fruit o aves ; nedy is 
bi fou . Weare | appli ed; wi — s the reason? The 
tis in this matter : she es ran a io of “running, ot foulness,” in Carnat ions. e ws Se edeniat Watet Per whict 
| ba Pry the mischief penta y at ce and d be happy in being able to arvnounce the _sppestaiee # > pinot wet ot steko ie eres metions th te os Sara 
now if the Phenix — Company poisoned any ur columns before long of a 5 Hor who = so necessary, if the gardener expects to cure evils 
Pe trees, ge Ber t have poisoned them - our excellent > gga eee phe e | With e ertainty, that we cannot do him _ sery 
whi ‘ot the case. real cause of t hain by areful 
, njury was eventually ined to wer. We are sure our flcricultural readers will a Seticel ANE @inentes occasione 
A and dd deep excavations had been made for the - fe this communication w with ac ribes ; indeed, oe always toe vie 
indations of hi us — the there on les. : oe 
the ofa 2 r it a ‘ " ce . 
ndicular ‘0 that on one side eon is a long time since we es invited 
t i suds hur to them ; 
ee had been part im parcially destroyed and the ground | attention to the affairs of Cottagers; it wil be seen | seen sions in the roots, tt ia-da 
hie laid dry by the excavations, while on the other | however, r weekly notes on pobre 
©road was so hard and so much s as to cause from nal memoranda elsewhere, that WE | they ma ieee hot t 
the rai c 8 es: Se . ay appear: causes, not effects, 
in: = off instead 9 ‘soaking ee i In this _— had RO ioe econ proceedinzs. The various and con 
law proved to be justice, as Com- | to us among the mportant inane of improving specting g the best means of pr 
peer Were not punished for the sins of the b builders ; the condition of tae ae wet now insert 
f however, a narrow a) g is preju- | the fellowing interestin: report of som proceedings | these arks. 
dice, and so little real knowledge of the true eauses of ‘ Reigate, which are well gerbes of peraaa and for | will pore so moi 
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