782 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
ar 
that I have found is to urage the 
Stedham Hall, ne near Midhurst, 
Duckweeds your correspondent means any of the 
Bn lee 9 — is advised to a another trial of 
mbe Thi 
Nov. 
ducks in larger ` had a small 
pond — ia fectly el re them, though it 
surface was completely covered by a green floating 
stratum emp od e work effectually the 
pond should be, fo e, oversto * ucks, 
It is probable that 2 eat the wee e greedily in 
summer, when it abounds wich minute nne, SER 
n they would now, pinn such thin stly 
torpid or deep in th rowing ids, re kept 
i e 
k 
rned theo 
very effectual “cleansers of the 
ce 1 of the pond. only Lang 
keep Lemna or Due bela down is, 
sweep the surfa 
Dire of 
inking ; 
each end to one 
I can 
y of ridding my pond of weeds 80 
dding Gravel Walks Ad Grass.—I have found 
Genie plan very effectual :—I have a water-tight 
chest se wheels, holding seis 50 gallons ; a large 
i o the A grh 
e, giving 
[Yes 
e; 24 hours will tell a 
~ a happens pi next year, or i year cated} ? . i 
than grk iy 
weeds st: 
Dis 
w com- 
a rich stiffish soil, lately reclaimed from a 
3 — other pal or ra mo 
poi 
— finding not the slightest trace of disease, I ¢ 
m 
: 12 
die same thing w de ee ae eas the Bu 
which from over trebles W were a scan 
he 
e used, being left 
re found on examination to 
hee a were quite 
I think, 7552 far to prove 
disea 
. wer 
a diseased, although 
healthy wh n taken up. Tiis, 
the ele araa of 
exist to favo 
ago, after 119 
j gal showed a con- 
be: 
wi y plots 
m several, but not all, ened 
n the open fields.’ The diff 
of e- at aital ve eyidenge as to the origin 
e I think is in nereased from the v 
physical ground woul 
gren i ne 6 of: aean u 
the week 
sound and good food for 
moor hen. John | 
20.— 
ee side 
0 x, and it is filled up a 
re | the plant fro 
n will repredue itself ten thousand fo 
at | capsule t 
an intelligent er. 
ong fo 
e | sets for a 
ime 
alti ough Evelyn, in his memorable work, Ls ind a 
Silva“ places the Mulberry tree in the first ra 
in viewing, about a mile Fee this 
ite Mulberry trees and 
iorus alba), of entire English ae 
ose of furnishing food for si 
o shown samples ik, which wa 
t 
silkworm. A Silk 
onia (P il iy jeponica.—There is now growing, 
in a garde en in the neighbourhood of Truro, a Cydonia 
us ponica as a 5 on which there hia, ‘a fruit this 
oer N a 5 0 and measuri ring in circumference 
inches, h 
Manufacturer, | 
=e uters cept what ‘it derives from the surrounding 
cr ais it has flourished thus for, at least, these 
last 12 . fastened to an iron stake. Trehane, near 
Truro, Nov. 9. 
“Ae er somniferum.—The value of this plant as an 
e of food seems to be little known r Ne 
e prosent time, w 
one esculent an 
— * I would beg Gave to eah attention to the culture 
of this Poppy, on account of its own intrinsic value as an 
article of food, and also on iniae: of its being the least 
i ecome disease which I 
et any ings? of 
ind being pidge i pba ed e 
have seen red gum 
m perfecting its seeds, 
less t whereas 
for the seed 
tion, ane 
hae of 
d seriously 1 Bare 
re, whilst 9 
9 Ibs. of 5 and: butter co 
seed could be e procured as s song a 
bread and butter, its value would be 
corn, as 
the 
Poppies i in the fala will riai 
play of 1998 when the fie d oP 
will 
nd gardene ' 
c cupation I, as reg 
nd customers of both far ied po gardenen 
d of subsisten 
nee and their a 
coun’ life, 
rie of 
n of | of t 3 of its ple 
on still less to 
it. e 
into cakes for human food, and t said to be 
ee 15 the publie markets in Hindostan, Tike any other 
ulent. Some eed, 
vices as such, and also with its 
3 as an agreeably tasted seed ; N. fe the o 
the see 
h 
i pran that . y presents itself in the en quiry is, 1 
p th 
aaa aih È do we rely that 
* an 
that is iminar 
of the rth in re = neo i is muriatic acid gas, whi f 
is yery injurious to all nye of yeantable eli If the p 
wy = near Wakefi eld, c blish bie on 
ps n 
land toria 
0 never be rather R let 
may have eaten sm 
nd competent pae 
ancestors can be in aught believed,” these se 
In | 
men, n lakas Ma 
it is 
rep a and | &° 
| prin with 
1 
dama a which a 
t hi , itis Mpa ye 
e or the l this you should haveascert 
1 sen theluded all such manutactories in your sı 
condemnatio: g this: 
actories o f th hat district, employing 
of m 3 men, aa Saas about ine, nthe m i 
subsistence — pag es: 8 0 ama 14 iat 
pe ri of damage that 
* was in 
w absolutely prevented, it us 
— that the 
fact th 
oa never been 
it be 
urs by refusing to » or damage we 
k thus of ou as an 
ail te ape 
