THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



gathered perfectly dry, and remained so during the 



damp, there is some green rubbish among them, and 

 consequently a slight fermentation takes place, slight 



nd produced at table that was quite un- 

 eatable. No wonder we now and then meet with people 

 who have tried it only once, and do not like it. 



eing general in the remoter districts of Great 



dXTorwmter 



The introduction of a bed of Seakale i 



before tl 



nt under the thick snow, and be r. 

 trine: to put forth its delicious sh( 



r vegetables. 



?n, C would be 

 a Gardeners' 



iie Known Dy trying it with a fork. Sir Humphi 

 Davy tells us that the reason why regetab!es and f 

 should be plunged in boiling salt and wat< 



mifcih e* a-' ' ' *? ^"^ 



Seakale as to lay it in | 



"») '? f • - ' : bread, and pou 



or melted butter made wit 



the vegetable, and then ^asTout to pS 

 probably to the kennel or dust-holo. such i 



. make. The strip of the leaf is gradually 

 along the edge of the leaf. Its mode of act 



• the other end of the strip is only detached 



feeding is entirely protected from being seen from ab< 

 by the part of the strip nearest to the body of the 1 

 seen in our fig. a, to the left of the head of the inst 

 the uneven edge of the leaf above its head being | 

 part from which it has already detached a portion of I 

 strip which it has wrapped round its body ; it will a 

 be seen that it has the further instinct to arrange 1 

 serrated edge of the leaf outside of if 



ThereTsYstiir' 



[Oct. 



noticed in cur gardei 



of the fake ]rg. „!,,„;, tl, e ventral pari. ' 



r r 7f, rka , b!e ' Thelarvsebyde- 



work, so leaving ^reri^^= 

 i gases enter the hom*5& 

 ^withstanding the n^l!^ 4 ** 



the forcing had commenced ./p u 0t "P^^thoJ 



it will beat once seen that it is a knotty point" " 

 I confess I am sceptical with regard L to the ^ 

 objection. It may be very true 

 Grapes were not ripe in August or September. S 



icy of the apparatus, neither eo«U 

 Horticultural Society in mid-winter 

 -"-■ French Beta, 

 use neated upon the N> 



Strawberries, &c, from 



maise plan. The same forcing was required to produce 

 these as would have brought Vines or any other cro» 

 early to maturity. I can easily believe that there mw 

 - - eater loss of heat from the atmosphere of a P !• 



E 



tifically built, so that a great i 

 "wed to escape up the chim 



: it would give out, from a given quantity of 

 t as much heat as would be radiated from hot-watt 

 s, the same quantity of fuel being used in bet 



think the third objection has no foundation, and 



they appear for 



number of very delicate silken threads on the under sic 

 of the leaves, pushing themselves by degrees betw< 

 the under surface of the leaves and this bundle 

 threads ; they then draw the threads more tightly at 

 the edges of the leaves, cauri 



w e have beei ; .. . , the proceed . 



logs of this insect, as it is the only instancf we have ever 

 met with in which a case-making larva does 

 detach the particles of which it constructs i 

 the leaves or twigs, previous to attaching them to its 

 b case portable. In the present 



previously noticed 

 As the larva disappears at the end of July and the 

 nnX^r;' 1 -' : Ma/ there is 



no doubt that the intervening time is passed 

 state, most prob ably underground .-—/. O. W. 



poo^ia1s¥1heating 



The Society of Apothecaries having determit 



build a new range of span-roofed hothouses, and 



their Botanic Garden at Chelsea, I have subi 



> plans which have been approved of, and 



hm«« iD T g "T - the a PP ar »tu9 for waVming the 

 houses I am desirous of learning a little more ab 

 the Polmaise system. As I understand the matte- "' 

 - 



«es as regards the ■ ■ 



posed to be of gr 



- r -;/- 1 - -.;-:=-■; ':■:■: ;^; ■.■■■■ .■■,:.■■■■.■.. 



• " 



;pression, « We get a fine moist heat from hot- 

 pipes," will not bear close examination. Hot- 



From the extent of surface employed do so at a coup*- 



t deal. i. - " 



rely low temperature 



water in the hot air passage, but were soon obliged ■ 

 leave that part perfectly dry. The atmosphere is *» 

 inly moist but soft and agreeable. 



These results would, I confess, incline me to M* 



the new system, were I perfectly convinced of there 



being any safe and substantial plan of construe"* 



Prejudices either for or against it go for nothing ; >' * 



results we want. If your readers in different parti « 



the country who have tried the system would reports 



s in a definite manner, they would confer a «rj 



great benefit on all who are interested in this qijmj; 



ing way :— 1st, when erected; 2d, sizeo * ^l 



temperature kept up, or necew 



•a power; 5th, sufficient or insufficient for fcrtj^ 



.■ ' r.-.\-..-: ■ ■-,. ■:..:.: 

 i be able to draw their conclusions.- A^JJ'^ 



Tto (Scribe bri^- 

 fo7our*^rn guidanceTwhether the buildings report* 

 upon were really heated by Polmaise, or only by 

 trivance i so called. Where any ■^"J^JTJS 



1 ruSionirbef BU;a 



public. Those who in 

 know very little of t 



THE AMATEUR GARDENER- rf 

 The Gn EEN HOusE.-Although these PPf^ |«p 

 ors of large g* 1 ™™' co{ ^ 



[ gardeners, and < 



