34-1847/ 



THE GARDENERS* CHRONICLE. 



, STAR OF THE WEST, 



3 ; that of the black soil, 122°.5 j that of the air 



W ILLI ^!S^ 



SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1847. 



of horticulture ; and 



the fouudatto™ of aVprac- 



matters now stand, the sub- 



I tew cases, such 



operations of seed-sowing and cutting-strik 



eras every plant that is know 



peihaps than even top heat. Those for 



!iio carefully studied are only extreme ca 



This is acknowledged to be so with their bram 

 We might be certain that this opinion is < 



exactly as possible, in all respects, the 

 re it arrives at the greatest 



atmospheric pressure, 



exercise and occupations. 



sting proof of the advantage of 

 ^endiig to this subject is to be found in our 



a?&^ s ( a 



Wy h M been filled with wood and fruit in little 



faThw? V w v? ears ' by merely " 



LI t the V,nes » row - U is said th ^t the latter 



™[y™d, ,„ the first year. The Grapes, which 

 ^eseen , are excellent, and were ripe in the 

 ^nmncr f August ; so that they must have been 

 Sto . t- . We fuI1 7 M ^ipate bunches 



"»« ■warm moist air shall circulate VhVn S«ir*d ' 

 STw?i? ^ ^-^V like' Kll VoWo! 



^aW R UgU /' i962 °> t^t of MaSles°aboi 



basaltic ruck, l±S ; 

 was 86°.5. Other 

 " Theory of Horticu 



: to apply these principles to 



pon the surface. It has b 



the " Theory of Horticulture" ( p. !><; I, t 



- T -idon, the mean temperature 



\ October, near Loi 



The permanent heat of the earth may, therefore, b. 

 regarded as being alwavs higher than the mean of tin 

 air : but the amount of difference will be regulate, 

 by the temperature to which the earth is exposed 



warm countries ; very often more, seldom less ; s 

 that if the mean temperature of Rome in the hottei 

 month is 77°, it is probable that that of the soil, s 

 the same time, will not be less than 82°. As w 

 advance to the northward the difference diminishc 

 so that in London it is not more than 2° in favoi 



sets of observations that we have from hot countries 

 Captain Newbold's observations (Philosophica 

 Transactions, 1845) at Bellary, on the centre ofth< 

 table land of peninsular India, in lat; 15° 5' N. 



follows :— In the hot month of May, sky unclouded 

 soil reddish and light in texture, and completely 

 sheltered by a thatched roof, the temperature o 



Second day 



ndrum, in India, by John Caldccott, Esq , 

 Astronomer to the Rajah of Travancore, and lately 

 published in the " Transactions of the Royal So- 

 lely of Edinburgh " (Vol. XVI , p. 5)79). Professor 

 orbes has reduced them to the following table :— 



.--:■■' 



in indicate a slight maximum aboi 

 " 3. The epochs of temperature a 



ade. This mistake 





s root is safe ; and thus are 



ue have il,i> 



Holland ; and affairs appear to be equally satis fac- 



M.'de Jonghe, authorises us tcTannounce that there 

 is nothing in the Belgian Potato crop which can 

 lead to a suspicion that it has been attacked by the 

 disease of previous years. " In light land or heavy, 

 clay, marl, or bog (the Polders), the crops are uni- 

 versally safe, and promise twice as large a return 

 as in common years." A striking example of the dif- 



furnished by this gentleman. A piece of land, 20 



i iy made the price of food so high, 



is a book which seems to have 



notice of Sir Joseph Banks when he drew up I 



ion of Wheat-flower , exn lent ■_-(. .1 



