THE 
either one 
an opinion 
rise, 
. obwithstand 
ndsome 
kee emye qrar» por 
e wWith Polmaise heating, 
ges the 
—— it im- 
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ardeners at 
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borders he recom 
ihe object to be bid w height, an 
to be the width the * e to 
pall that tb be ee 
r 
grow in weigh 
e back, de- 
. — 
reumstances wW 
the more 
g a slight peotietion 3 severe weather 
1 clumps 3 lawns, and said that 
specimens loo ing. 
— thought isolated clumps "of Firs 
The deserĩiptio 
— 120) of the bird 1 durin; 
neighbourhood of Ifracom n a grea 
sure, to that a — ghee (Aleut a Aipestris). 
ie hovers wever, 
though it might, in inne few i hiit — 2 
have been W obtnined dl might ow th 
ea 
country at all.— . B., 
and Vule — Indi * Water-taps (see m 
p. 136) —I bave no recollection o in 
made of glass; neither — I hiuk . would be de- 
saben inasmuch as 
ee 
ſew 
| 3 area 
a well th 
ro 
n your sett gives 12 
e 
author of which was an eye e-witness to t the 
| — 8 then earthed about te er thick. 
- | tatoes pick 
n 
r, my disappo 
able was first supplied from 
ple vo with the fresh plump: 
mee 1 —— on notiug the re- 
sults in the * crop. As al d those 
ar to the 8 year, while 
surface were 
e every reason to be satisfied, viz., by 
shaws or stems per leaving the tubers 
n 
— 
E 
winter 3 re this 
ished a ae gaan "thin 843, in 
pamphlet entitled « The Potato Problem — ” the 
h 
SCORSO r 
of this method 
. 
’ à at the 
the land in a good and husbandlike 
N of th 
r tions :— 
han 
d aid to dress and manure it in a fair and r casonahle agg 
and if he neglect the proper time for cropping, pre is to 
n his own land i 
e a cavity eh ind fire- place 
? 
insu 
= ee was j 
migh 
3. The tenant shall not assign, let, or 
dispose of, the land or any pa thereof, 
4, The tenant shall, 
under or oi 
— pele 
road or footway, in goo “= repair. 
8. Such tenants as shall sati 
sfactoril 
rules and condi tio ons (the e y fulfil the 
f th 
— a — o of 
tion),.1 e Iv abou ers’ ers’ Friend ( 
eir 0 
tenants Who Ball wilfully tg or ve 
the said rules and conditions, shall subject z% i 
essed without further notice or ne Suit; mettle i 
t 
gr 8 ed 
Boswell, who shall be at liberty forthwith 
of the same without 9 himself to an action & a 
7 Sawgi proceeding w for the doing thereof, — 
"Chipperfield Cottage Gardens. — Rules and reg à 
1, Every holder of an allotment to pay 
rent to be paid in a per pole, and the 
iv a 
e red to quit po nia k 
Every 8 3 RE his land by 
to give up his land N ben required no to submis 
3. Nothing but gar Sag etabies to ge ro 
arte nor fruit tree sro — 
way 22 
— OT hi 
5. Hajh: tenant to keep she halt of rs main 
rd 
— 9 . “ Annals 
bearing date about 20 years ee de isa . o kun 
s; to admi from the exterior g 
th t 
Association, a similar pro 
some success; but the diamet 
ee whether som e contriva 
hot current, 
p y dei in matters relating to Yer 
in lange ax mi eea I, in 1844 tituted the foll great 2 I read a successive and offen 
excellent 
ut: A piece of field ground was beaten, and three e pits rales: FFF aise 71 
ofa a fe w bu le each of small a were laid out and | the plan prove expedient with regard to plants, it is so likewise | 
tr 
otatoes all . sey 
No. 
dust (1 boll to 20 i ahah 
before. N 3 
with regard to human rah ee if it answer for hotho 
it will do for dwelling-houses. an bei 
northern regions, are truly Eob as: pienta 2 
ed, mixed with sa warmth an pure mas = as well, In my 0 n , 
tubers), no straw, eart 0. we ng rown great and peor Tig onthe 
of the b en way seed posite W as No. 2, cov and earthed up. Results, à tilati i fh om hing s —— 
r. ructed of iron ass ex- phe opened first week in March, 1845: No. 1. z little mport „ a roblen of 
. : t 1 hs Uon me bleni í 
terualiy, the same as a common Pinot a tube of Sprung, a sixt e whole rotten, No. 2. Th plans, really — she practical ge hitherto insoluble 
vulcaulsed India rubber rum the passage, outer half of every external Potato rotten, the internal | problem of heating and venti jatin ng human oms oul i 
the of ee tube is the of the tap, and is 3. Every copious suppl 2 5 0¹ ons 
opened aud shut by means of the usual T handle, which | Potato without exception “fresh, Wiese ie a oe 
3 3 2 h 1 bi loi Sau 
ee. ery i le pry just sufficient to stop Here then 1 think it sufficiently Ror — that saw- the —— vane 8 ca ise should r e Supplied ir = 
water, have seen one these rit of — * afforded 5 for the importan 
to the boiler of a ki and | Potato, bud its We extend al aie on Polmaise heating; and to your 2 
imp | nd also as a remedial z i 
its ; was plete. In fact, it — to be | the old adage, “Prevention is better than . * that Pa none go Reo apie * e es, OF 
next to impossible that it shoul come deran liarly applicable to-this agent, as the following. fact every asig banit how aaa — be 3 it is 
is no grinding of the sur of the metal, and | will show : in 1845 my crop of Potatoes was slight] 5 have hot chambers behind fi 
i tly any dirt or grit passing gh can ; they were taken up soon in con 5 5 yp | chene Aing poteg ead to somt i abe iA ind 
injure it j and a very great advantage is gained by this | the failure of crops close by; they were f ked, 10 ere 3 i ae she secure on 
tap, y ies not being injured by frost — aa 1 y5 + ds picked, other, thence into the apartment, to t i 
fae vistad ba a c ere cou and t o. 3; and in | tages not . of warm, but of pure, 5 cr 
the expansion and contraction of | Marsh, 1846 they were opened, and showed a loss of only | deubt, there will be 8 in the eee 
water during the change to ice, and vice versa, 34 per cent., a result scarcely to be antici Y | of this superior metho vcrenatully overeat 
no mischief to the vuleanised India- rubber whitch ais tud y anticipated from | houses; but these assuredly will be successfully ov ki 
the coutrary, yields willingly in eve directi s a the sa on I also ved soon as architects make themselves sufieientiy s ogus 
ry direction, From | several diseased Potatoes, rejecting every one anything | With the necessary working details. It w gi 
great ty of these taps, I imagine they und, and imbedded them in sawdust i — uns niously proposed in the Chronicle to employ $ ves of i 
i | use.—— Metallo. Elastical, Islington March these aleo Sti r a A DOR ices preferably, of copper, as superior conducting mediato € 
Ca se of Curl in the Potato; S. Ne Se althoogh they ware put ee their 5 os . It must not, however, be Tost sighs oe er 
former ae ori ; weeds ge. when fresh eu fear | the die Jed Auth „so much th e tue 2 
— nat ‘yours the in the Potato o ave exter ded — ae much already — in concluding I When there is a small li sated — ce, copper or iron 
prominent place in its history, and i i E gd asin a Ri 
CC individuala Should try ̃ p / 
i i 3 r t 1 will dou! 
m. ‘m is poorer paea ( This — * 5 —— =i e A Pore 
k E | den stove of large dimensions, with a hot-air cavity 
for receiving air cold and emitting it hot (more een 
the fuel be supplied from a separate apartment) W ‘nl 
secure the ne plus ultra of warmth and ventilation ; ; 
d erat es.—H, I Corn 
to the ad 
advantage of green 
ol lifting the tubers 
8 
curl, and the ero 
planted on adi | 
irae — much affeei 4 
the crop scanty. In 1844 ey w 
a 
57 
thus arran 
| a the princip 
ess and | aeons Russ ian, or prefera bly, 
Tna y be e. nstru n P anywhere 
bricks Aissi ‘onside with > austen iles 
f Polmai eating, so terme 
8 as also to stoves 
ac, M. D., Belfast, Jan. 10. 
able to Flem 
y P rieties. ? 0 e 
lG Ne — e, Feb. 26. Botanica Society or EDINBURGH, FA 
mel land. as field e conditions for the oceu- President in the chair. The following c ig 
comfi ens, for the purpose of pro- | tion i Eyr : e of a Botanical xg 
onto ae Gare ee eee af he faa to Clova Lawers, with +% 
of Iver, in the county of in August, 1847 ; by ai Balfour. 2 
e botan i 
Septen SRAT anska rc 3 districts of a sere ‘Dr. Ballot 0 rroceeted i 
. te to the former occupier shall depend | detailed account of the localities visited and 
pier 3 uct and proper management of such occù- | gathered. From A he part nt to T oe 
r 5 rent shall ‘be ence by a to Castleton of dei 
before the Ist day of 
= into the hands of John B 1, n 
3 oswell, | 2 
duys, examining 
“slept for s 
uich Dhui on the top of which they 
