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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
155 
a 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIET 
NEW PART OF THE TRANSACTIONS. OF 
w Series, 
es re cash containing Figures of Achimenes longi- 
worth ry eh Plum, forming the conclusion 
is ready for delivery 
Tie She Gacdensey hconicle. | 
‘ SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1842. 
MEETINGS IN THE ENGUING WEEK. 
Tuesday Z sei ‘i ie 
Geological . . 
Wednesday ‘os Medico: jd oy 
Saturday ... « oyal Boti 
ae article? ? 
eeper gree 
ung herbage 
Assome 
correspondents are desirous of knowing what quantity 
will also obser 
of ap erpae gas liquor is required 
2 WwW 
ntici i 
for an acre of 
rve that this is an uncertai 
te i from 
halt the quantity epaliel to Grass ry at this season 
e year. e farmer should consider what he can 
off and apply that Holey by way of experiment. 
Tue Potato is hardly asi to Wheat in its im- 
h it has been nre 
viled as 
sons may probably enable them to do all that ever will 
be don 
the 
mayer 
ment still to be ee especially in rural districts, 
that we may 
its consideration a this s 
ived, 
tu 
_ Good sets with single e 
ripe tubers, or sna Ver | 
means of multiplying the Potato, 
n recommended, but it has been 
used for devoting a sm 
space to 
season, when the iid for 
yes, taken from parti illy 
undivided, faenich Lida 
wing decor. 
mentally that no advantage is derived fom employing 
ound, too, that if the tubers 
arge eh rg cikne 
peared that a crop planted in 
March exceeded th Mg pate in 
formed abundantly by 
aves, which are the 
‘ meh secretions take place, and. from w 
to obtai 
per acr 
that ite age of planting 
BF bee wa est 
Peirtpes aslong a 
ts made some 
jeultaral Socie 
the any week of 
t must 
e soil, and 
it is 
tarchy matter can 
heats) ation rd light u 
natural age 4 
in which 
1 they are 
| esther are stares up, epi tS - 
tations or orchards 
and arab 
trees, is to 
: hes the formation of the mealiness which. rg 
This is probably o 
Bs tear 
ess. 
ld aoe are usually better than those raised 
ut rie Potato may suffer by elt ng ro much 
the shade of other plants. When its sets are 
each other, th ar hy so chs 
> the leaves of the one smo’ leaves | 
the other ; eo that the more the 
the first weak tt I 
was the first to point out this common error, and to 
show tha t there i is a certain distance at which the sets 
e 
ns plants smother, and so ARLES 4 5g other ; by plant- 
at too great a distance, land is uselessly wasted. 
Beectise and well-con ae experiments demonstrate 
what theory suggested, that the true distance at ven 
Potatoes should be set is to be determined by the 
age length of the nba nd of Potato is inak 
igh. 
riment Semmens § conducted by the writer of these of 
s to 2 fee 
produce was increased to 2 te it ¥ aaiaiten 
it still further to 1 foot 6 inahen the produce was re- 
pang to 22 tons 16 cwt, 102 Ibs. ; and w e rows 
ere ony six inches apart, the ‘produce fell to 16 tons 
7 ewt. 110 lbs. n experiment seems conclusive. 
| goo 
In one of the experiments me ‘alle 
depths were sles inquired ty: when a rates of pro- 
duce were nearly as follows :—Three inches derp gave 
13tons ; ase: 14 tah six incor 143 tons; Br 
nine inches, 13 tons. At 4 iat af nin 
inches, sets are apt to perish, unless Be soil is ry, 
light, and warm, The deeper however the sets 
be safely insetted, the better, for the falling reason: : 
br 
ota med on one r-ground branches, as 
have thie shown! (p. 85); the deeper t pina the 
oe will be fo rmed ares the shoots emerge 
from the any and consequently the more fiat will 
be hs means possessed by the Potato-plant of forming 
tubers. The important done of earthi is to 
effect the same end, elling the Potato-stem to 
grow as: nak as pobeible | a 5 -ground. 
The od of increasing a alah of Potatoes is 
to destroy all the newer as sic pe appear. The flowe 
and fruit of plants a t the expense of the 
secretions elaborated e the soba 3 if of those secre- 
tions a part is consumed in the aie Seaton of gees 
and fruit, there is so much ess to accumulate i 
the tubers ; but if no such euiinaaien is sar ermit 
the tubers will become the depositories of pod nu- 
hl 
eh a 
au 
cing. 
hs “em ns of this kind the quantity oO! "Potatoes 
which has been obtained fp om good and productive 
bas on fair arable enormous— 
ys 
called—and we entertain no 
tions of the late President of fe Hortigaliaal 
ere me of his papers | on 
the Potato he writes thus 
* I stated, in ormer 
ago, that I obtained from a small plantation of 
early ash-leaved Kidney ‘Potato a produce i, eb 
to A of 665 bushels, of 82 ids each, per acre 
my crop of that yariety in the present year was to 
extent greai Bya1 e of my gis gi 
the ag 
- aenoaaititas two years 
acr 
hay me brat stated it to be 62 
pe , or vada or sheep (for 
ha ai 
anim, he d 
on have yielded in ture ; aon aiken 
—, << mpae —— the priduhioa of facts which I 
ertained ae ~ — Brome ots: the 
manure re afforded ns te cro above men- 
tioned be return the Bela, it it willbe be 
affording as andere «by op pin 
| year than is « Hin the last ; ipa 
cession of at r good crops 
) rec 
ing too close, 
ee | made to become gradually m 
s with g 
f oe price gist ore: 
pin ret ‘Dowager Lady Coo 
as the cultivator might choose, and with benefit to the 
soil of the field. 3 uld fi et os cae prove cor=« 
arises, viz. ae 
the necessity of a horse being ever employed 
single man might easily manage four statute acres 
thus situated, with the wag ead “ his family ; and 
thing were take e ground except 
animal food, I feel@onfident that pets ground might be 
ore and more productive, 
t benefit to the possessor of the soil, and 
the \Shohting aaa: wherever the supply is found _to 
exceed the demand for labour 
In our last Number, a seed of ed the Satirist, 
was advertised as having been 
. Lindle 
plied the infor page ie veri we will publish it. 
the mean w ndley begs to laim 
knowledge of this Satirist. Dahlia. 
In another column will be found a communication 
from the Rey. D. Jenkins upon the subject of his bro« 
ther’s (Major Jenkins) claims connected with the dis- 
id of the Tea-plantin A It ied 
by some observations of our own upon the supposed 
matters connected with 
eous existen e Tea-playt within the British 
territory ee is 7 conan which, we think, may 
be discus - the faintest shadow of disrespect 
to this satiant 6 office 
————— See 
THE DAHLIAS OF 1841. 
THE Soap de a + a va gg of the Dahlias 
sent o on are the of experience; and 
ehgigh fase differ pigtails “rom those of others, 
we wh th pledge o “Fi credit n their general ac- 
curacy. The notes were e Peak an extensive collec- 
where the poner received every advantage of good 
in most cases more than one e of 
tion, w 
oon tert me 
h kind w 
Admirable (Spares) 
i er too much quil 
a little too long; it isa 
Achille (Smith). Crimson; too 
Agi Be n). Blush hehite, Mhiaoid with purple ; 
Aavoeate PSs dce Buff, good petal, but too much sunk 
aubtaet (Atwell ). Lilac ; worthless. 
Aurantia variegata ( (Harris). a and white 5 aes 
en Howe (Begbie). ce oo small 
~ for ower. nage ORS Peau it pay a 
rder v 
(Tyler ; useless. 
hite with pu fale edge; worthless. 
fase ag tipped with wet hac Patt bik un- 
ee! purple. This flower prem 
led in the centre, from petal 
Faas sa waged lower” 
le; wo SS. 
3 very bad. 
King). second-rate flower of little use, 
Bridesmaid (Brown), White tipped with purple; a well- 
fi good substance—a very useful 
rable 
Blackeyed Seis t (Gi 
B nares Uniqu 
ling). Come worthless, 
Sees 
; ). very. con 
stant and desirable flower, of. He symm HY and well 
in the centre: an Sreeient hte for exhibition. 
eg < 
Purple ; Oeseandlly very fine. 
White tipped ia As a constant 
Edges but the petals ar crumpled for 
eae (Girling) -Purple ; worthless. 
Carno (Ansell). ae 
rimson 3 
ood flowers occasionally. ea 
Capt. carte (Woods). Scarlet crimson; useless~ 
eee (Mortiboys). Wi ; = 
Cam Bates). Worthless. 
