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The Potato Crop.— give og the result of my {meanwhile I must content — with merely directing | Chronicle; Ist, 
fferent cro grown on new ground were oe to = in aod —. edi 8 the interest of 2d, a plate aaa oe Son 
di decidedly — though former experience 42 have some mo mpete . J. B havi ing been slightly ground. Now, = — we 
led me to expect a a totally different result. Nov. 4th, Local — — — beg to notice the elementary work on the arts, I find ae 
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1847: Planted four rows greened, and four rows not | very imperfect manner in which the a iD. of local | crown and window glass is described in the very 
t year being mild, many | horticultural exhibitions are usually given. In the list that the making of sheet glass is deseribel; 
nee eres — — Christma and mard of prizesawarded, the names of the eee dividuals | Gardeners’ Chronicle, and would not papan * 
cut off by the frost. Those which remained were dug only are recorded, which in most ins re uninter- | have been more fairly stated if a piece of — gat 
on the 17th July, when the tops were dead. These, | esting, except in their own immediate — cality ty; whereas | had been subjected to the same the tesa, 
though all, were sound and good. Dee. 29th : | if the names of the successful productions of the exhibi- | given ? ind, o not assert that if a man wi 
Plan 1 st of Pinks, which were dug on the | tion were given, it would be interesting wherever the | covers his house with lenses, that it is inp? 
16th ‘Supt, bin and good. Dee, 29th: Three rows | report was read, as giving an idea of the state of garden- | burn the leaves; all 1 contend for is, that good Bl ce 
of Early — 13th July, good. Feb. 4ch, 1848 : | ing, and the taste of individuals. For instance, the third | 32 oz. lass will not do it, Allow me to ask, Why tbe 
Three rows of Purple, er: on the 16th Sept., sound | exhibition of the Darlington Horticultural Society, said | outery has been made this year, when the sun has} 
Three rows of Karly Shaws, do. ‘do. to be the best that ever was in that town, was held on | less power than for many years past I 
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Feb. 10th: Four rows do. do. do. March 5th: Four | September 21st, and whether considered as a show, or, | careful ventilation has been required this 
roms of Pink, dug 18th Sept., good. The above were for the beauty and fashion present, was superior to any has Mr. erts or Mr. Mitchel omitted to 
“Potatoes, about the size of Walnuts, and planted previous one. Now, in the report of more than one of would so greatly corroborate their 
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difference in the produce. Feb. 4th: Planted three | best 12, 9, an ecorative plants, as well as for the | presume they, as I, have either shelves, or stam 7 
rows of Shaws a bank composed of a clayey loam, best single stove plant, and best stove creeper, and the ‘stands, or trellis of wood-work there, ang rire 
dug from under a floor that was lowered, and mixed same of greenhouse plants, also the best Orchidaceous | believe that such very dry wood- erk would be 
with a considerable ‘quantity of old mortar rubbish. | plant, and the names of such things are most essential easily and quickly scorehzd Or burnt than a 
These were dug on the 19th Sept. Fair quantity and | as forming part of the regulations. war might easily living leaf. In this neéighbou 0 is a 5 — ' 
full een, but all diseased. Many quite rotten, A | be remedied by requiring 1 attach e floor of oh, cae shelves’ round it, the 
few of the tops were blotehed when z Teft home, about | all productions, as is the case with the Horticultural at ‘back i, and a large stage in the centre, 
a month before they were taken When I saw | Society of London; J. H., Gots ber 2 and though glazed Satie with 16 Oz. and partly A. 
them aga‘n, early in September, the — were all dead. Cucumbers.— I studied Mills’ 105 worth, and the 2200 sheet, is not yet burnt, though the plants are . 
As they were all full grown, I presume that the disease | book is cheap enough if one had means and o oppor- itt in-spring to be r ge ar in winte 0 
did not attack them at an early stage, and that had | tunities such as he has; but as I have to “stop my is fully exposed to the lenses. Will any of 
r taken up a month earlier, they would have plants“ for “common dungbed purposes, although I vm rs look carefully at yr oor of it ut. 
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old well trenched. These 2 dug on the raise the fruit. I made up a bed for a single light — 80 But to any one of your readers, wh 
20th July, nd were all bad. No ‘manure was used. | frame in March last, and from one plant I cut a round about to erect a greenhouse, and hesitate, 
The ‘soundest, best, and hiapo quantity of Potatoes three dozen of handsome fruit before the middle of | of scorching, to use 21 oz. sheet glass, I would | 
obtained was from a few left in the ground, acei · at. My frame not heat enough to bring out | a simple and cheap experiment, rocure from 
É mge sA at last year’s Pee ay These — gh: es fresh seed timeously, so, having new lined the dung: | tician or watchmaker a lens —the larger in di 
the earth, and did no t make a app e above | bed, I sowed two seeds of M‘Kindlay’s hybrid in a | more it will correspond with the supposed lenses in 
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vit are generally worse n oe — own. Feb. ar: ps, I-placed it on the top of the Dar of tyki kiehen let him try with it to produce the same appearance m 
Planted four rows of Dark Reds, and ove row of range, and in four days the growth w nch. a green Vine leaf as is on the so-called “scorchel” 
Champions, in meadow ware trenched, All bad, Asch I transferred the pot to the frame, cor rs cia pas leaves. I think he will find that it requires manage- 
All were whole Pota W. M. shifts at intervals of a week, then planted them out. ment and nicety to discolour the leaf without burnings 
The Rogal —— i it a ‘of Treland.—As an | This was done two months ago, and at the moment I | hole through it; and when it isso discoloured the ap 
humble but sincere friend to horticulture I am not a write, I have a most luxuriant e ; one fruit being | pearance will be different from the scorched leaves, L 
little pleased to observe that you very justly recom. 19 inches in and all its proportions being in | would also suggest to Mr. Mitchell, as a more simpe 
mend a union of the two rival societies of Dublin, and pom ing, ‘hate not far behind ait Indeed there are | experiment than covering and uncovering his cones 
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“ gentlemen connected with both societies will 9 * all from a single light frame 5 feet by 3, and | viously steeped in a solution of nitre and dried) overite 
lay this matter seriously pt sare and nae ach atope more setting than I feel — to saddle the pre- 1 re s that his 12 are ks. spected a a | 
as are necessary to bring about a speedy and perma- cocious py nt with ; An Amate e is correct, the touchpaper will soo: 
ment union of the two bodies. Dublin, as you very Rain at the Craig, Bowness, 1 for three Once more I do not say that bad pene will iT 
Justly remark, eannot support two horticultural. socie- months, Sadia Sept. 30, 1848. of that I have no experience, but I 
ties. This truth I have often stated when called upon Inches. Wet\Days. Inches. Wet Days. Wet Days, | 21 Cz. will not. One word on 1 i 
to assist them in any way; and I beg, once for all, fan- —— 13 July 5 — 19 | April. 35 17 doubt whether it will answer, but only for 55 ö 
to say that the sooner ey are united, 2 yh Mar, 5.502 27 aes pel — aw ‘149 reason. For an experiment not worth 
they receive the support o ere sincere friend t 
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Gardens, comparing this with the quantity meas during. } : 
Do not tie up Deodars,—During the year 1846, dmo. the two first quarters of the year, and with the number ing years the produce was pas 1 55 owing, as I thes 
doaen Deodars were neatly tied to stakes, with the view | of days on whieh rain fell, it will be seen that the quan- | thought, though I may be in 4 
of forming good shapely plants. In every ease the tity which fell in the first quarter is more than that light in the winter months. I al ieee the fact ;. 
‘ leading shoot was soon found to appear unhealthy, and | which fell in the two sueceeding quarters put together ; [Those who engage in this 12 uestion should d 
in instances E win an i i g. 
in some i the following season, and this is so notwithstanding à very rainy summer, or, ing from s 
every tie and stake was 1 , the plat to to speak more exactly, y showery summer, for on | artificially with a bu 
nai since that time paring the number of days on which rain fell, sam when the effect is produced by sheet 
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the shoots and plants generally have gone on difference in each month is by no means in proportion | believe that leaves may be burn 
well; J. I. uae jie to the quantity of rain; the great fall in February | below what is required to inflame wood 
; ale opening a Melon, I ym giving that quarter such a preponderance, while the | analogy between shaded glass ou 
open and the tw . small one in April aed andl reduces the total : former light is cut off, in the latter it is ¢ 
cere onstruction of Glass H 
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briform d mass about the size of a Pea. It spring ane trees this Bt bave Ti oa volte ata of the necessary in the erection of hortie 
was in parts firmly attached by little membranous ex- great total of the three quarters; 7 S. P. in other gardening matters, 
* to the cavity of the seed, though the greater Dors Sheet Glass burn the leaves under it or not? . to the subject, which may pı 
Ferit The seed bad lost all attachment to the | Is it beneficial or injurious ? are questions of much con. first is ie doing away with rafters in nade p 
roe 0 vessels which gives origin to the raphe; but, sequence. At present the matter stands thus: On one | cially of sips | houses. The roof Prii be ** 
ny 1 me very much, the mass itself termi- side the Editor and Mr. Roberts, with Mr. me fectly stro which 
nat fe of the umbilical cords which expanded above, | affirm that sheet glass hurns. On the other hand, — 
‘a multitude o branches, each accompanied by | Paxton, with his gresk experience, and with 88 000 It may be 
of elo r. Kendall, with m. umb 
heath of ele sue, and the wh | my 
earne rep n sie being moulded on | Self, as soutly a, that sheet t glass does not bere, glass ; but 
t is greatly su Whence | greatest success. 
dh ie to be irregularly granulated. | — difference? Ie it ia the di different qualit can be more sim 
The or 05 the tubes 2 the spiral threads the glass, or is it, as as Mr. Paxton and Mr. Kendall T high, for the.front and basis on . 
patches of the sagonal cil ith — men attention to ventilation that we must seek to rest, the latter being let in 
to that which is ann i Potato * rn — pad house I saw some | plate, a 
ap 4 eg Turnip mur- | 20 or 30 samples of glass at different dealers, varying wall at the necessary hei 
0 be dastad. a 2e api pi a ro es ps vous much in quality. The let. The astragals which I ha 
but found only a seed, } ain | greater part of the 16 oz. glass I saw appeared to me purpose were 
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esl acne Ra 1 came | leaf—what the price and weight of their glass, and also another most 7 consideration, but ea 
it, the 3 to the seed which who is first in the house in the morning, the writers, their | effected by ope along the front p wall, e, 
‘it, there was probably some malformation at:| assistants, or the sun. To set the example, I understand | 1 foot 3 inches, and likewise a ror AS í 
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en othe "ge 1 As ae. — saa ovule than that has a brown or reddish-brown spot or spots, or | most appropriate for such a structure 
otha. ia rahe e sce that there | rather blotches on it, generally with a lighter hue sur- sheet or plate glass, being of a large 8% 
Na roster , unless i e deposit | rounding it. My glass cost 63d. cash at the factory, | tending, in a great measure, to 12 is 
tion of the intrusiy: and weighs full 21 oz. to the foot, and I never allow | roof. The cost of a house like t ai 
balso of ona ARID ‘ae respectable gentleman “ Old Sol to take a peep | moderate comparas to that in which © den: 
An is worthy of seeds avin germina | at my Vines, ines, before T Pave heen thero attending tthe raie rs are bar 3 3 ey 
f remark, x arguments | August 28. e e f 
* been drawn from tuo statements in Gardeners’ | which is wholly insufficient for most 
