Cette 
1842:] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
111 
have fallen, appears first to have been promulgated as a 
principle by a celebrated man of his day, and in the earlier 
process of timber-raising nob undeser a of — character 
The late Mr. Speechly is 
rated serie t of the 
t 
nsive woods on the Welbeck slit Notts. His syst oa 
as far as vei e in the nursery is concerned, seem 
to have been very judicious ; but he gets out of the 
Ta 
words are,— very cauti do the. former 
(thinning), knowing well that if we can but once obtain 
lengt mber, time will brin into thick (?)— 
therefore we let them grow very close together for the first 
fift nh Wh he lived to s eff his 
experiment at the end of the first fifty years, does not 
i ds, 
erroneous ; tim 
is alone valuable in properhen to its tallness ‘ad, straight 
ness. Accompanied with»size-in circumferenc 
i ut ever 
t 
called, where ea eae of straight ness add 
In your fortes ubject you will pro- 
bably give some diseotions as ve the managing woods, with 
i -aradereegoll — ough your rule of thinning 
one; where 
d is no.object, dre ‘the trees are intended eventu- 
ally to stand in open grove, yet the standards would skew 
to be left at much greater distances = hey coppice wo enter 
desired. Mt. DSP, vite 274 
hy opabes| CORRESPONDENCE: 
Par y 1842.—Floriculture in France, at the 
present ‘ys is ath little advanced from what. it was 20 
years sin and while , Germany, Belgium, and 
oll ré ever aking rapid strides in this d 
lightful pursuit, the generality of florists and amateurs 
= ther believe, that ‘‘ La Bell 
é roof: I may a “0 ose Sayegh 0 are 
in the habit of visiting this stuky 0 others who, in 
the Simplicity of their hearts, have. vette to Parisian 
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to in r readers deen a this, 
for by pointing out - ome ae cae 3 a the two sides 
of the Ch j S expense 
It will, Ke ‘think, be fealty Sincoied, ‘that to 
merous ns, 
England j is chiefly indebted for the’ great. progress hich 
has taken place during the last ten years, oer “ae 
it is considered that these are generally regulated by po- 
— efined laws,. with judges. chosen from 
and well-defi 
amongst’ the most Agi i their’ several departments, 
who know their du uty too well and have too — regard 
© their ea wilfully to. misplace a stand; thus the 
characteris of a well and badly formed flower at o 
come oie and duly appre gaae Here; 
the case is Sides different ; thes’ is 
of, one floricultural iati arezhibition in France 
iorticultural’ seietieas are but few in num- 
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they are to the generality of amateurs known by name, 
} to the Council Profess sor Sew 
is that the public remains in igtforance, eae size to 
price and colour before either ; and Fra 
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of soil, e urope, re- 
mains ‘indebted to rom seigh burs for ail ais possesses of 
these delightful fio t not, however, be sup- 
posed that because "French florists do not excel in these 
that they are necessarily behind in others; on the con- 
trary, the great number and variety of b ful Roses 
sent out by the 0 
irected to other florists’ 
grey, or white-edged, are hardly ever to be seen; an 
have n ith more than three or four small collec- 
tions in Pari Normandy and the North, there are 
some fi price of such flow ol. 
tipally for ,m get: and in such pl. ave often ‘seen 
y striking and beautiful varieties; some few g 
selfs are als be with, but not sufficiently fine to 
be worth showing for a prize. Pinks (except the common 
variety) are, if possible, less seen; an ow of bu 
two growers in this neighbo d; it may be that they 
are too small, ue too sho time in flower, but 
certain it is, that neither the superb powdering of the One, 
bi ut that i is all. Heartse 
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rown were ss Gacries IV., and King 
of the Whites, and 2 rs were 2 entirely for bouquets ; the 
case is now altered, a esire to possess the lar rgest. 
English kinds of this i interesting little tower has’ mani- 
fested itself in all parts o el yd 3 so that, at the prevent: 
time, it is regularly initiated.into French gardens; but 
i with this is as 2s little understoor as wi 
y produced be great 
ate RICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
H. Handley, Esq., Preshicar ie the chair ig gentlemen 
were lected. Colona Chailo: ner laid before the wang 
e Finance Committee, exhibiting the rece ex, 
sonaitare: ‘urine the past month ; and ravi sr sae 8 entry the 
current cash balance in the bankers? hands on Jan. 81 as 
'9;1357. 8s. 8d., he proceeded to inform the Council the reéom 
mendation of the Committee, thata further investment of capital 
a take place in bis Evora te F 1,0002. stock ear New 
hree-and-a-Half per C Onthe motion of the Duké of Rich- 
mda: this Report was Sechined and : oii dieal, and ite recom- 
mendation directed to be ok into effect. . The President read 
pro- 
gres by him, and adopher by 
the Veterinary College at | sli fher'ewe Sol it appeared that 
an out: iy? bed pecs % page of between een and 600/. in placing the 
mstitu ent basis, ee oo ng it to the wants of 
he pu aily a’ utente a the cases of cattle diseases brought 
under their notice, and ate and explained to them by the 
discussion then took place as to 
‘on vered on these 
metion sive 
ns poe ee cuerii Beon, 
he 
Pp nature and 1 Trumber ofthe een 
eEse 
re 
i! a thom son 
cil "tigen tile cr niitof S0t: becontinued a vi 
d that a ert of the proceedings of the College, with refer- 
saa to the number of cattle lectures and demonstrations, and 
also - nuniber of palin receiving certificates, be annually sub- 
mitted to the — *- The return mored for by the Rev. Mr. 
aaron e. monthly Council,. of all sums paid to members 
of the Council for any services performed for the society sincethe 
year 1 ing laid on the table, it appeared that an amount:of 
pees had been paid to. me 
Mr. R. pepe then: moved the —— ~ which he had — 
due noti it was carried unan viz.——** That in- 
struction ee gl given tothe mete Set smanetede prepare a shay 
restraining the future payment of any oo from oe of the 
society to any member of the Council of any ips 
tion, execute d by him in furtherance Ma the ohject ot agar 
wart 
joatowin 
the 2nd dof po enerernag 
ebject consistent with the pm + of this hich in 
po web ape of the council may be aad to benefit that ra oe 4 
ar district: Upon the propriety of offering “a prize’ for the 
peste ultivated district eon et mage lh red 
sufficient notic eto be given ‘to enable the petitors to 
go through the rotation ; as, for eeaumele, that, in. 1842, a prize 
be offered ane as or ee cultivated farm in the ae Sea in which the 
the year 1846, invests “tr in for 
with the the pare of the land and stock at the 
conclusion o! rotation. U Se Sed he a oe f offering prizes 
*ham Nursery, is. 
ber, defective as to | but t very 1 little assistance 
in developing the properties of a. tion, Anricula, 
Dahlia, Tulip, or Pi an — , be any wonder that any” 
judges ore at i collection © bh age 085) 
the best u oticed, when they themeltes uainted | 
not only with the names of the flowers, but with 
the very rules which should ‘decision t 
ir reach, and also beyond the means of their 
on points eon apg 
h d being awarethe situations you now occupy 
e the consideration at your 
The ‘ollo' sie pilot will ae, apply a sheep, iat the prin- 
a ms foe be mere that convert table into rs ag 
You ne wai every own opin 
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1 sh 
inions as to which oe the pate kinds 9°; their 
espective sorts, pale —e look to you to determine the e question 
for ‘them. __ Different soils require various de: escriptions = sae 
; n cli- 
And as some poinals of Oe ap dn d ki nd 
f the “gt and Sina, the 
‘ood c med tes ted by weight, compared with aod 
value of the produce featfaed tested ms the same power, would 
duce nee if cond oer po nder 
depend n by all, an i 
Fr ag districts to te age iferoeyaes ter] of co 
to the ao tee te of the 
would e em 
mates as well 
e met by no agricul. 
tural association but the Agric eo ry Sond oe ; 1 have the oer 
Thee ck babs on the Peat vO Aa) to be excused for the liberty 
I have —Mr. ae mbers, of Weppenbu 
Conn cil: i—** There joey established in almost every count 
gl Agricultural Societies. for the exhibition of live stock, 
nd J believe it is wala ses that great good — from them. I 
think ¢ very great d variation of cli- 
hy. ie selected various ork of animals best 
adapted respectively to them.. The Smithiield ¢ Club patie Show 
s the grand e m at Christmas, wher t the best animals 
of their yespeutive Finds = competition. The Roportint ‘gacitinn 
to which it re my object to draw Psat eo is a practical 
test.of the et arg ate of an It is no unfre- 
at occurrence pea breeders of | con or more distinc 
of animals, to make re oe and show publicly : the 
one “defeats the others ; bit wi w tell whether the 
weg als which: lose might not "be the most valuable for ~ 
urposes ? Bogs By their kind. what it may, are 
staaralie re eigeettis ty the pope Port 3; and provided the Sana 
er, after compensating for sea . 
would, i e cases ou asin 5 chews efe sonal befor ‘oan they ew ‘Preferable. § know: pentose swhesoe copy 
Tp ’ nh » . so. ma few mules, bree ing our difieren' 
Bag ee sign meters such is the here's the e ; and it is quite clear that these cannot all be the 
is no accoun ting taste, es cept spon e | best calculated for the situation. Our great aim, if I mistake not, 
very natural supposition: ie detective education. uld be to the surface of England to be covered with the 
— aiid = eee aes hone [30 f — wey eee. 
- of at the cheapest rate, ook upon this question to be of greater 
PROCEEDIN GS OF SOCIETIES. fe importance to the } and ony of more ~<a to the com- 
} now be-the bias of any of us, as he 
cattle or stock we may keep, we shou id, from fa es boonies to 
our individual interest, abandon those which have been proved 
inferiar, and persevere only with those which have been ascer- 
Mr. Pusey communicated three aege nse 
the Journal, by Earl Spencer, on the improvements which 
taken place ‘in West Norfolk ; ay | B Peel on draining, ne 
ploughing, and Potato culture y Col. Le Couteur on his 
ten She Sm a Peed Kinnberly p presented specimens of 
Sun kind of e ical oil-cake for cattle; 
-Seemnac'h Herald,” pub- 
cebaees s. Matabsulene dennis 
lished by Mr. Evans, of Ches 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
s.—The magnificent s 
Ful, ub-evergreen Oak, 
growing in re nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Os a 
F ; ‘known as the Quercus Cerris fulhamensis, 
was supp to be.a seedli 4 the original one of 
the variety ; but,-about two years since, it emitte 
twig an inch above the ground, ing that it ha 
grafted, or ed on one of:the native species. Itis a 
free-growing tr ad va ae? much eae ted asi rves 
to be. The Quercus Cerris Lucombeana cris 
Oak, being an evergreen, and by no ‘means a slow grower. 
"The Model Farm at the Confluence of the Niger and 
the Chadda;—Those who have taken an intere est i in the 
Niger Expedition are aware that the 
cage” 2 “a model farm” constituted, from the very 
first, one of be tj cetnto which the attention of the = “ 
frican’ triean civilization was most er directed. In“ 
of Africa ’’ we find an 
made ~ him 
a | toa — ofa goes of his territory, 
hich he agreed to leave to themselves. 
ed with a quan- 
tity of provisions, and implements suitable for agricultural 
purposes. ptain Trotter further supplied them with a 
tent to serve as a place of sehnpor’ ry abode. until the farm- 
house should be erected. -On 17th, all necessary pre- 
