42—1852. ] 
— — 
t the extreme scarcity, if not total 
eray ipaka a 2 Mr. Petermann then proceeded 2 
state, that the W hitherto entertained re thi 
subject were , cireumscri and consequently 
erroneous ; that nat individual 1 in 
i a 
f 
the te received hypo ie t 3 
ascen err ere was A roportion: escent 0 
— cons i beep f animal and 
temperatur ali a 
vegetable lifo i is a fallacious one. With regard to the 
issing vessels have been 
As these three regions abound in anim: 
fairly conclude that the 1 po 
racter,—and, m 
nearer he may have approa 
n of Asia, the more 
umber. 
ir 
tioned by t. Osborn, —namely, that Captain P Penny, 
in Saptanber, 1850, had seen enormous numbers of 
whales runni 
party stil 
never p up that | nee until their death w 
e could thir ke want of 
ce any decisive opinion ; 
ge 
0 
d the pa 
sufficient information, sri 
but he . from the facts s 
the e 
tha 
f there was any scarcity of 
all ‘the information received by him 
confirm the Statements of Mr. Peterm 
cegardingits 
THE GARDENERS’ 
- | groun: 
ranklin Expe- | obtained 
urther remarked :—The = assi 
perilled 
aaas | silent. bat 40 
e 
o | Shallot of this, a 
Sea March 2 20th, 1851, 2 Messrs. Hardy and Sons, 
Mal fi 
¿ | and the f. 
en 
that he, for bap. would 
actually = 
been 
subjects Sut 
CHRONICLE. 
661 
stores of ammunition. With regard to the Le 
of their feet that pestilence among the 
scurvy, i for him to offer an 
It was 3 a v 
* = thou -ag 
ane "toot for his . and who 
uch bet ee shee ‘than 
to the A 
ir expedi regions.— 
or positive l 0 of yr 
* 13 
yer 
h 
very iag 
y 
desolate and inhospitable akon let them have all the 
glory due to courageous explorators for the good of 
mankind, 
NEW ESCULENT VEGETABLES 
EXAMINED IN 1852, IN THE DATEN OF THE 
CULTURAL SOCIE 
Br R. Tno “ens 
“ Hardy's Me ersten Shall 
ee 
© 
re presen 
, Essex, 
h the following note: 
“ The tran muted Shallo ots, or rather Onions, raised by 
us from Shallot seed, and plan eas ** did not 
produce tato Onions, as ie: 
ut nu e heads of seed v 
„pres 
rying — 
sc PE single bulb, They certainly sree wat 1 of 
both 9 and Shal n flavour, si the Onions, 
blade is very narrow, partaking of 
seed i 
March 2 20th ; 
osely-conjoined, comp 
— omeny — —— produe ced very like Shallots 
oaches that of the Silver-skin 
Onion, but the ge 
a judicious selection 
keeping 5 ag may very pear be o 
Floren g may very y —Prese 
dar to othe 3 
by Mr. Sette i conte 8 Munich. This 
to be a good vari 
Ear 
Stuart an 
be 
8 
N 
Ws! 
* 
25 
3 flatti ish, 
of the Chariton, but — 
—— pule'ven ow. It is a curio 
vf siete are oh most peso from the Charlton ; che 
in growth to those of the Ch arlton. 
The quality of of ‘ee Peas is * good ; but thejwant of 
in a you ng state, would 
ea.—Received from Messrs 
and Sown May 17th; fit pte 18th. 
About 4 fee t high. Pods tolerably large, co ning 
about 7 8 White Peas, of excellent * A 
early produetive Pea. 
very good 
Sutton’s en — —— from Messrs. 
ppears to be the same as the 
reen Marrow. 
Early Prine of Wales Pea.—Presented by 
Whalley, of Liverpool. Sown F 
k 25th. A 
ds large, n 
had 
Paige goen A old 8 in fact, be gota at “hough 
been se umbers. As 
tes oi that in Dr. Sutherland’s expedition, d die 4 oat 
and hich drew the sledges 
* 
wre 
Sr! 
straight, containing 6-7 Peas 1 oA quality. 
Marrow w, but not so sugary as Knight's 
Trial of Early Peas—The fo 3 are the 
8 of W kinds of ear 
ew of as 
3 — 
Early Frame .. fown November = fit en 4. 
e — tle 5 do. — 15 4. 
S a r'a No.1 25 e w j » 4. 
Early Chai d do. 15 : 4 
0. * ” 
Eart slong: poddea Bishop iy do. do. = „ 24, 
results 
ly 
taining their be e merits in point 
ho 
Barly 13 a do. do. 24. 
The first four of the above e may be co Bat BE iden- 
tical. Sangster's No. 1 was admitted to yom been sent 
ol a oe Sli = 8 will take place in the 
in 
e, and othe consequence of the 
* age pons Ho — the Early Kent and Early 
mee 
— | 
men who had | þet 
keep 
to Onion,” or Hardy’s —— 
of their iy divisible ike Shallots The | n 
y of early Pea, It proves e — — on 
d situated, 
mong ps spring a piece of excessively 
Messrs. - 
Emperor ; but they are certainly not decidedly differen different 
perman ently. ey were exactly alike in the above trial. 
A e. of the Horticultural Society. 
ot- n 6 
2 to 16 eee 
connexion with the stem. 
he flower scape is 20 0 feet in eight 5 and pn “the 
elevation of ge od feet the side flower branches, 
hich are 
ican Se 
flower p 
83 shortening towards the top, thus forming an 
andelabra-like pyramid or Ns of 
bra 
ossoms contain 
between 4000 e 5000. The excellent preservati 
the plant for such a period, through all the piara w 
of weather e to such a situation, reflect eredit 
— the management. W. Wood, Fishergate Nursery, 
York 
Jottings on the = Disease. "Tid ae never before 
ne observatio 
a crop of Potatoes ey are yearly affec 
with the disease, is to 3 as much as possible their 
natural luxuriance, can be e si 
i ating in poo! 
of many. 
in its most violent 
e of the 5 
not fone e cultivated, and which con- 
á yso À 
poor dry * though scanty in produce, were 
invariably m prg less diseased 9 not similarly 
in the present year I have a remarkable 
instance ts Goth of this position. Early in th 
Non h 
that, but when’ the whole were e => the pai Ker 8 
were scarce’ at all; es consid 
It e tha 
given 
rn urhood where 
be carefully preserved t Ta the winter in a sound 
| do 
nearly 
A sort of | th 
of no 
eas, made with the tho 
and healthy 3 in a place, where 
wi be induced to make p 
0 
t to out-of-the-way remedies, that have 
neither practice, science, nor common sense to recom- 
mend them d 
sufficient — to recommend it over that of early 
planted on the Cs yo = of the w 
ley it; 
to 
should be led over the peso and trained down 
