IE GARDENERS' CHRONIl 



we cMPeneiyC&coirftfe. 



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I, the last Gardeners' Chronicle three corre- 

 -gientsjrave the result of their experience \ ' ' 



Itou opinion is entitled to the utmost respect, ; 

 ^Before, independently of the grea 



S indued us to 'take measures for ascertah 



true value of this substance. ] 



a fret, such inquiries vitally affect, just now, 



ement which I some tim 

 rersation. The average 

 n 10 to 12 per cent of a: 



Nowi stone(141 - bs y o 



* and 1 stone of Beet 

 ter, from which the marl 

 Is fitted for the productioi 

 i. A stone of Wheat ro<*t« 

 igterfBe.t.SW. flat^S 



of his calculations approximates very closely to mv 



own. M. Payen finds that Beet-bread in the pro- 



" >n of one-third Beet to two-thirds flour, 



•■ a bread of nearh 



wXfl nUm \ eTS k Per C6nt difference ) to th at made 



The statement in the Athenaum, to which Dr. 



layfair here alludes, is as follows. 



M. Payen observed, " That hitherto most of the 



bstances proposed as an economy in 



The flour of Potatoes™™! 



owing to the essential oil ; and by the addi- 



mure compact and less nutritive. The flour of 

 v,., may increase the quan- 

 nd nutritive power of bread ; but if the pro- 

 more heavy, and of an unpleasant taste. Th 

 of Beet-root, says M. Payen, is attended with 

 different results. Bread made of equal pa 

 " ' not and Wheaten fl( 



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e those 





. tin 



by the 





^Cn Prices » between ? ' °7°° d at 

 ^d^y^S T Jr TT ^ POn,ience on this 



tSfc t r mpi °S S d o7 abIe - But « * 



5*^ p h f "her, aB S ° f , water l ° make 





2s. O^i., 



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food which might I 



■ :wt 



r. , '^ f . H = ""-" Lue oeei > t0 cneapen 



flesh-forming principles. Common Beans, 

 is, and Lentils may, by small admixture with 

 ir.be made into very palatable bread, an' ' 



Their high economic val 





-Lyon Pl, 





The 



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sr. In admitting, according to the analysis, 

 2 per cent, of water in the Hour. l;j «,t azoted 



...ires, (i of sugar, dextrine and cellulose, G7 of 



starch, and 2 of saline matter; second, in the 

 Beet-root 85'5 of water, I I 



matter, l'5.> of cellulose 



direct analysis, that bread, in the maki 

 r cent, of Beet-root has been us. 

 it. of flour, differs chiefly bv b 



We broke off in our last Number with the Pea 

 'ree, supposed to be stopped, at the time ofwinte 

 rumng, to three buds above the desired height • 

 oar stem, which was assumed to be 6 feet. Thes 

 iree buds wil., in all probability break into shooti 



ability that the said shoots will grow at uneqm 

 ugles of elevation ; the shoot from the uppermo- 

 ud tending most to a perpendicular direction, an 

 om this circumstance it will generally be th 

 rongest. An equality of growth is now, howeve 

 uesirable. This may be secured by bending th 

 strong shoot from the upright direction, by means c 

 a strip of muuirisr, before midsummer ; and if i 



,:ur. - ;.. -i ; .. 



At the end of the season, the three shoots will b 



lerably equal, and may be shortened to about 



ould, of course, be a 





...„.„... ., /<lc Jiiioiv to approach, ( 



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tions. if, on the other hand, there is too <rreat a 



e be*cut to 



he branches 



Mde; if too pendulous, shorten more ; 



>m near the same point, they should be duly 

 inned, otherwise confusion will inevitably ensue, 

 s has been already observed, when a shoot is cut 

 ck, three buds will generally break ; but nothing 

 e tridents, or what may be represented by the 

 reek letter *, should now appear ; one shoot should 



< ! e branches 



liary branches, generally 



3 of the foliage to light 



■the 



instead of an open spreading head which would 



result irom toll ections some 



. ramidal form. In the case o'f some 



bet the most 



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It may therefore be ad- 

 adopted where sufficient attention 



FSlL&JF^- _ rf . an . "F* 



I sto n throughout, from wl 

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ng shoot when it inclines to run up 





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rs but no shoots are produced. This may happen 

 in old tree though in good health, but not to a 

 ing tree. In the latter the approach of such 



weakly, produced.' Let all these be c 



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i dous 



ihvart 



IV 





es. The to- 



us in .vhich 











open-headed 



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I'll > 





be produced 





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mdard are applicable ■ the open dwarf, 

 ;fore need not be repeated. The flow of 



nlaed 1/ "|v :: 



