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“Che Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1842, 
MEETINGS IN THE ns WEEK, 
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rticultu 3 PM 
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Friday . 2+ + s+ + Botanical 3°34 38 i 8 PM. 
WE are not surprised to. find the statements made 
by Mr. Daniels of ‘T'werton, near Bath, contradicted or 
doubted fe will be remembere that we, some time 
gave an accou a * them (p. 19), ae that ona 
subsequent occasion (p. 67) we adverted to a confirm- 
ation of their pecurity ‘which had ge published by 
Mr. Webb Hall. The substance of Mr, Daniels’ 
6, 
sive ae ws without resting, or the application of ae 
farm-yard manure. Anonymous oe who 
ae to know anything of the fa 
ting to raise a disbelief of fy iasensent but as 
5 
o 
correspon ent also corrobora 
ve shi who choose to doubt to the conse- 
quences of their distrust. 
uite understand, however, why this incre- 
dulity is cnteetalned ; for we all know that in + eyes 
of too many agricultursts -_ —_ _ _— is that 
which should hay 
and t by its 
atually disbelieve Aa possibility “of con- 
centr: tha it of separating its constituent ang aged 
of ming, it artificially. To these it is useless to say 
nia, phosphoric acid, or alkaline and other 
hitherto heard of only in the laboratory of 
crops, whether formed by al means in the stable 
and farm-yard, or sc poorer in the manufactory 
If it were o i see no cause for the 
doubts m4 ente 
mmoniacal li 
formed in ‘the! acs of fran g the 
lights our streets was 5 ponted nto ibe T hames, diene 
its Easerfy and killing its fish. 
gues 
is + probably the most valuable of all the chea 
la 
was watered with this amm 
a , biaper ee of 3 + pats to 
ours all the gr. 
i 
iaeal liquor, diluted in 
20 of water; in about 
scorched, the 
who, we know, drills in rows 20 inches apart. In 
fact, some intelligence which has lately irre us 
leads us to believe that Mr. Daniels’ manure consists 
nute 
with nitrate 
me, ammoniacal liquor, and gus tar. We 
me ti e ammoniacal 
soon as it Can 
ces as es form a dry dressing, 
not another gallon of it will be wasted. 
“ Ip,” says a correspondent, “ you plant at all, re- 
member this above every other thing, that whatever 
kinds of trees you plant, they cannot well be too thick, 
as ina _— time eS a shelter to one —— er, 
and materially assis other for eight or 
years. T have invariably f found the Oak. thrive better 
under the Larch than under any other tree 
Ayer: advice into 
me compass ; and yet it is in “abeick often given, 
and as Sequaer “& ig by those whose interest it is to 
know better. 
If we ask ripe trees should be sage thickly ony 
we are told of many reasons. .* that they 
each other warm ; another, Piche are thee 
provided for; and another, that the trees draw each 
other up. hese reaso 
and phe ei Larches. 
ne Boer ft : 
s 
But how do they do this? 
in the. winter ? ? 
P. 
ter, and or every garden 
prentice —— that to keep Soma plants warm in 
ter is to r v ser excessively aoe ible 
es of ad when it it comes. i 
bleak 
ord pro bastion be a 
wee ited we vil engage that in ey fe te biebly. 
lant trees 
lonssiek the ere is ie injures trees 
mn ve ‘acvelemes “of our nights in the spring, 
hase oa young and tender; but as such cold 
ens Perpendicala, ang horizontally, the much-loved 
nurses which k of no ayail. The 
on is, that people fancy phen tathonss are affected by 
atest game dais n beings, which is a 
is superfluous 
hat trees which are close planted dra 
we hang” but, for reasons given 
cles, this ar from being an advantage, is destructive 
of *sahating 5 if profit to the planter or ornament to 
an se are objects to be a 
examined the reasons 
rien ole the score ot expends An acre of 
with ammoniacal liquor had formed more than 80 Ibs. is Now, su 
of grass while t i 0 Ibs. | entirely with Oak 14 to 2 fi an acre at two 
A similar space of ground had been dressed with ni- will 1. 10s.; but at six feet it will 
trate of soda, but the additional quantity obtained in | only cost 37. 0s. 6d. So 41. per acre would in 
se was inconsiderable. Circumstances pre- case be wasted ; if were taken, the differ- 
vented the experiment being carried any further ; but | ence would be as 13 15s. to 1. 10s, and with other 
d be doubt that had grass been | trees in simi Planting thick is there- 
the crop would have been | fore an enormous un 
einen eee not be 
achat a f a lawn, 
Fo a fied as hay. 
ake Wheat 
probably was done by Mr. 
| nly 11. of food for 
= "whose | I 
W Was reported ‘shoe bealanstegy teeeeal o 
SCARNIST SRDENS 
We object ‘oie me epee of its diminishing the 
rate of growth of the trees awe 3 An acre of ground 
a certain amount isable matter, 
memes ya b 
00 Ibs. If 1 10,000 tees oe ter re will be 
trees will gots much the fastest. 
eee at two feet 
stand eight or ears without 
ning: can any one pe io hy aro sand 
ames svete We time in | 
3A Now 
ure raised | @ 
No evidence can shoe ae We sus- | o 
2 
oaeacd outskirts are the best, and | shou 
cher ince ne Sana thick, cogttye, pred «4 
use Nature would long a _ righted 
eit ate and the plantation would have disappeared, 
unless a few straggling trees should wi oe oer to, 
tell the tale of om os Se of the planter 
** But,” says ou ndent above quoted, ** Oaks 
are found variably tot thrive better under the Larch 
than under any other t ho 
i oe ae, net have 
piss to light, and air, and wind; will it have such 
— under another tree? It must Pook a soit to grow 
n free from the aoe of other trees ; will t the 
case where one tree ow . the roots of another? 
These a Veet 
i vee “hunver Gidea case mo! 
aici than our teethaieation probably Hithnted 
but the reader can pee wn according to hisown 
per e serious é 
N FORCING THE ¢ CAMELLIA, 
TH ellia may be had in blossom nine months out 
of the year, though it is by no means so sony eo or so 
successfull to be. JN ami 
r my care, in which the 
been in he bloom since oe first week in Nov 
and continue so unti inning of cig 
The ve bey. is only 24 feet long by 16 wide, and at the end 
of January I h 
— ion 
mber, 
pone Heeoprends 
blossoms have opened melts 
eset in “April 
Soil.— use is, two parts rich loamy turf, 
rather tenacious ; one do. decomposed turfy-heath soil; 
and to this I add a little sharp sand, and a little bone. 
d + manure. am aware that some persons use leaf-mould 
- fe dung ; but as the texture of the t of a 
Te ries they are better left out, in my 
8 eapeca as liquid manure is used. The loam 
d be about «b months old, = should be broken, and 
Sadvighle blended with th materials, but 
mps - thes a should be introduced 
sifted; and small lum 
occasionally while filling th with the compost, which 
will facilitate the escape of w 
Drainage and Potting.—In dain, I place 
four ds first, the one overlapping the other, to in- 
sure a n and speedy passage forthe water, in 
of the earth-worm ; then a sprinkling of pounded crocks, 
some the 
is, opinion, limiting the euply of 
gator at “ns ‘rook, and Gedealiiga poe ates 
the blossom- 
Pipes 
every morning, fi o’clock yntil 11, when it should 
taken away wat 4 get So and wos dal» — ew oie 
- then 
ing. The ae ee 
in | dantly directly the air i 
