150 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. : [Manch 6, T 
the relative of the late talented and ja romp Mr. the foot of York Ta * Wi det 3 in the of your readers are much younger than myself, in which 
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Meek, I beg to say that the Polmaise stove is too Lake district can into ae a the | case they will now have the question 
cheap, too simple though unerring, according to K the t upper ge wa * de in diamete he the lower sre per pruning, — decided 2 "in the peal 
laws of nature, ever to get into vogue. Gentlemen | one air 5 geek it was suggested ne ne e that sheh hav med the good or the mischief is done: ei 
will not judge for t themselves, when manufacturers the larger area of the upper gauge was the cause of the | th 8 mutilated by their guardians, eru + cher 
of. for profit. wi a castle in| greater quantity of rain caught in it; I therefore re- be "kind, will thrive and flourish under the infi = ze 
Wales, I have three Polmaise sto s, the in. the hall | versed the position of the two gauges on the Ist of April, | they will not. I abstain from dite my o iia D, or 
is wak inside, the other two pape the wales 1 and the result is still sha we ya gauge receives | would be of no value ; but I should ver a 1 it 
purpose having a er aR for the corridor. e the| more t the lower. end on the lst of April hear your opinion, or that of any e W La 
cold * e admitted n channel, immedia tely | next to place them both side 925 side at the lower level. | examining the plantations I have mentioned, J. W. 
the bottom, which, a the hot a chamber, London. : 
faces a circular stair th heated th | | SSS rr maS — is another 
time * al. I 8 jat ent a > N = 5 . e223 2 FE TE m 2 oars. to . — aan 
ee considered by servants partly re use. Myg Š 88 2 5 ee y 34 8 = many other things. I pegs a lady ore * „ Ro — 
5 s was Mr. Meek’s plan in W 153. The creating : RARR: : HR 5 4 that three Strawberri ould poison her r outright, | 
ot-water appar ratus is or private houses, : V cores at if she 8 1 one ag srl «~ „Swell as bi a 
expensive in fuel and eee and praga only for house.” She aes’, aa pts ot svell quites — A | 
pers buildings, where no insurance can replace the S |&S22RReES 2828 82 8 sha promised, WG wa 8 v N 
tents, and where expense, trouble, axid repairs are an m 1 RES arquis Créqu * 8 mem 5 | 
84 annoyance. Ih o of them, which were thrown - — says, ky avait la — grande € confiance et la | 
away and replaced by the Polmaise stoves, which, after o Ss 8888 388 2 plus tendre es stim les fraises” That, in het ü 
‘ e years ger’ have exceeded my expectation, and m fom i 38 8 he alwa a in the spr and use | 
will pee all vas sa ire simplicity. Cæsars Tr vibute. 155 only last ill S See eome 1 1 10 aaa | 
e interesting to your readers He lived to th f 99, and 
to know, that PS tant nt of Victoria yen at t Kew, has 8 88888885 Soe A s bis Tade to 4 ö a ar Wesen tiini 
in commenced Sover this being the third season 3 N A: = season. Thisrem 24 of, the old monkish rhyme 
the same plant. I laced in the tank in April, > 8 in favour of Sage * 
1850, and produced i * wer on the 16th June 51C(üͤ 8 aa 8 A 5 <i 
n ores ee 1 7851, eee 8 9888 Soe F = s Cur moritur homo cui salvia ereseit in ie 
ny on the 2lst April, and the last on the Ist Jan — g Speaking of the medicinal virtue of Strawberries, P 
ep year. During these two periods it pro- m | encom oeno oe g ‘4 believe, in the old pharmacopœias, the seeds of the 
duced, on the average, three flowers weekly. To-day e go eps Roshni aha $ a Stra wheres were — as diureti at Ei 
3 5 ayo. least 1 
has 5 d ak 2 flower for the seaso: 3 e se so recommended i old MS. of 
rs are seen i ir re- 8 3 ee — to Fontenell Tassume 
seas, BAGEA; ay i at appearance, xa de a 5 88888888 FSE 5 that. yo e awar 3 sto told of him 
us. as hi o Am nobilis a n by Voltai ing very fond of Aspa which 
ae en in flower. J. Smith, Royal Botanic Gar-| == Bee a Sl? he liked dressed with oil, whilst a particular friend of ! 
— 5 oe L . . . 2 
tof S Saga at . —A snagnificent plant = 8 SeS anne 283 2 1 was = S, pte ewe 1 Ps 8 po d ESE 
of Stephanotis after nstant flower from May | 8 5 S8 S8 8888888 8883 8 ired that half should be plain boiled for his friend, 
to m r, has fo Esa “d NS double and single speci- aed Rep E the other half being dressed in oil i 
mens < 15 “a "Fruit, which have been fo e the | -~ | — M4 813 8 ey were? waiting | for the coming of dinner, Fon- 
\ e t Kew. Feniscowles, where the E -d Bs. z eere s guest dropped down in-an-apoplectic fit, on 
uestion was produced, this beautiful climbe i 8 8 me! H h the first impulse of the host was to rush to thi 
has reached about 70 feet in length. @., Ma ES ieee eed eS staithead’ screaming sti pike cook, “All in oil! all in 
3 gg tg d Plan The use of Cayenne S Sorea SBAT SHSZE 2 oil!“ Now Madame de Créquy rescues the fame of 
P. Pp 3 or ys purpose ; ated some 12 months ag “sl 8 ontenelle, and shows 8 when Voltaire told the story 
fa N N jone „ but not having much * B 2 of him, it) had happened to some 5 
e plan I never tried it. A short time back, 8 22 28 No. of wet ourmand some 50 years before. This story reminds 
however, haying no tobacco-paper, and not liking to g = one of that which appeared in the papers of a celebrated = 
give 4s. 6d. ound for tobacco, I made an experi- It will be seen that we have not had a very dry year. Seaton now dead, who left his friend at a railway station 
quantity of tobacco and enne 223 days’ rain was found in one or both of my gauges, be- in an apoplectic fit, because he had a party to dinner. $ 
ned. am delighted with the result, Choosing — es — on 15. days, water w Sis und in the gauges to | Ho ee P a par 
a ip still night, about two quarts of wing fire the unt of . 059 inches deposited from fog or dew I am desirous. 
was placed upon a wire sieve, and that — eat conitlensed on the al of the funnels. t will be seen, | to 1 — — „pe 2 p 100 with 
cks in the pathway of the centre that while most of the southern and eastern and midland | reference to this tation. From the terms of 
house (three being smoked at the same time) to i counties were complaining of want of water, Pem- . referred to, it might be im hat many mem- 1 
Bu t raught, Over the fire some nitre |brokeshire has had a larger share of rain in 1351 bers of this as — had withdrawn e it, and that 
i was placed, then than in 1850. In the latter year the quantity measure 1 eren Will vou allow me to inform your 
damp stable litter, and then the was 23. 8 5 a ee the 3 of days o n which rain = that he ere in full o niga and that 
had been damped and lg a 3 aj was found e gauge was 182, being 7. 300; inches, and f the z bers has : withdn — from it. It is 
pregnated 1 the e The quan used was 41 w pi days mine a. in 1851. It is singular also, sane — 5 5 kundig the 
6 oz, of to of Cayen ae e expense | that . DE the very rainy 1 of Windermere proper, however, > N that e 
. 1 were 90 ft. long, 1 6 ft: 4 a curious difference in the n 5 Bt dare zeae — ih — ore er tJ 8 e with he 
wide, and tiled bly. co One hour after the fire was | compared wich ‘Pembrokeshire; a how 1851 — — e ht s . ap su z ! 
out, not a living insect could be found ; a Jam 8 | 60.239 inches fell in only 179 days, ‘being meaty double | Set ge . z nag RES of the i 
i as our quantity in 44 fewer days, while 0 at Bowness 23 HOPE is admitted the 
n 284 gy fell in 217 days, bein 40. 7 ch Sosich: bonnes in ue trasie, — — olding their 
35 m 9 han sree $ inches more | necessity for such an association, withh Siar 
5 day 3 names on the ak that it could not work unless 
1850 Ran, E woii nee IS 3 
pembroke Dockyard ... - 28.650 4 BEING “5. 288. 125 often apprised of the existence and —— 
. Windermere... 64.284 . 60.239 . 217 . 179» association, mot one of the London hou 
fference + + 80,634 + 29.183 ¥ 35 —44 th 
aeni ke pr 1831 ae) been colder at this ne R 1850; articles which have lately appeared in your 
aur iee ut the aem rature of the seasons has been sin. sin- with reference to seed adulteration must 
a4 blic generally aware of the i! 
“a 1850. pe eons sal 
ee e 5 2255 ee. it is practised. trade pA p i 
> ” Spring. ... 4773 ... 465 well aware of the praetice for some time. 
* » Summer ... 5976 . 5923 provide a remedy for this state of things, 
2 ” Autom. ...: 51.83 ... 49.6 & North British Seedsmen’s Association Was 
„ eee 50.6 in June 1849. It was considered advisable forth 
at December 181 i nas been taken to nd ber f terests of the trade, that the persons engaged 17 
1850 for 1841. * 139A- ‘should unite for the purposes eral “7 "E 
nee e 3 and anama assistance and protection to each other, in i 
53 e . a S 19. 20 ate commercial and legal aides ty, 
_ Maximum temperature, Jang dies at ane PAS re business, and particularly, if possib. le, 
Minimum temperature, Jan .. 23° Peb. 26, 239 | nend to the nefarious practice 
for sale. In the pursuit of these obj 
n to no inconsiderable 
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the time they are pu Pruning the Young Forest T has sue PN : 
the door, then by opening ita little | Kensington Gardens, Shave 289255 e. 2 — which axe 2 . 
the draugh eased, and the necessity uar com f : infi | 
journal on the subj rom its operatio i 
= house ently obviated. Wn, P. ‘Ayres, Brooklands e interest in it, a1 eee ssi should have the support or co-opers = Í 
Vitality A * b rience. May I request any of your „ ble, of all engaged or intaia 2 | 
de r pye to — pg graces, Mise Toa ble — 0e n who are advocates for or against — 2 ae an him i 
sey „ e time, | pruning, to be good enough to take a walk in Hyde-park article a 3 — wer eee ] 
roved to be the Dracocephalum canariense, | and Kensington-gardens, to examine the y a 
e ered by Miss Ingilby, at Brussels, in | plantations in those localities. If they npe proa n in «fain. pries fo: 
ave been kept in paper ever since, without pruning, they will see it carried out to the wil de t of his sincerity in 
e. being 5 es of them. G. M. Elliott, Mia eine, in some cases re the lopping away of : t half sue iation 
and in most, to great mut 5 N 
*re.—1 send you a statement of may be the working e of a like matter of private poliey, 
3 in two gauges at this to know his name, he has * | N interest o trade and 
kyard), one on the tp of m ) the eves r Draeti i 
ground the other 5 feet. 
