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THE gay ae CHRONICLE. 
es =. &, 
er that part of the foregoin g letter which relates to 
Mr. ~. Grifith and the ns which have taken place in 
India with reference to 
the 
14; it was addressed to the 
y tee. The minute to w 
stated in the gst place to bear segs 
Jan. 7, 1835, be ing No. 6, p. 32, of the Parliamentary Tea 
Reports, and was addresse by ‘the members of the Tea 
Government ; and it i ne nt on the 
f Captain Charlton that the original letter from Dr. 
allich is not included among ad 
m no 
co xg 0 Bay 
by Captain Charlton’ $ friends, because 
pS =e transactions of 1834, eee bl eeapet 
ms 5 at up: 
be sustained. It is th e having brought to Calcutta 
plantsin1831, 
that they-were Tea- fom ‘that induced us to place hi im 
before Major Jenkins ; — pbs course if the latter can show 
that his discoveri back 1831, which has not 
yet be hat we prong ur decision must be 
v Tho se who are apated: to institute a minute ex- 
will mong * 
in the Parliamentary Reports, a and in the eeding 
the Agri-Horticuitural Society for J bs and Angus 1841. ; 
ph the 
hi ch 
Fight to ee 2 Saabiies “that it is the mere treatment of the 
and peculiari| rt, ae h gives our 
neither say so 
tly, a 
our rebeas FU pp 
with mould. cite (ona age hagas is, @ perso 
— condition 
aul decpreiaeed a] eng Neo but we pledge 
ourselves, if our instructions are oe that the pro- 
duce be the hed aging me 
obtained in 
aul in the ‘‘ Gardener’s ws Magesins,” 
and it is evident that the writer of th A ts 
o the Potatoes obtained 
than waxy; 
e cannot giv 
+, Chapman s Potatoe 
e will now add that 
yes taste 
ood as ld, however, ave 
pidistasbowy if Mr. Chapman had given 
as to the manner in which he obtained his, new 
again poste 
Manures. acto p- 142 a 
_ are some 
use of guan ne-dust 
a 
cro had filled up ny ¥ border 
about two dos. barrowfuls of the compost left 
put into my Stes ae alongside som 
d 
: 
Hawthorn.—When @ ditch is made and an e 
ment thr auth ak for the fo: 
would you object to planting the 
bottom of f the latter ? In light soils, this appears 
better line for eee in the plants than the to 
a small way, and hay 
p 
pre 
I confidently expect you 
our defence in justice to us.—Charles Chap- 
p: 40, and w e have never 
d any forced a retarded Potatoes ‘anything like 
thei t 
at we 
difference was roan 
“ites and a. itin a aid ‘state when the ne are 
rmation of a quickset-hedge, 
row of quicksets alo 
geet it pape gh: 
r thi 
, first, 
ated of earth tp heavy” rains in wet, and by high — in 
remarks 
Ih 
P which I 
well 
embank- 
~ the 
T have 
weather 
cause the plants thereby enjoy more moisture, 
age the ba 4 = ve them, and are at t 
an 
from "i 
the 
boy anda do hoed if 
ls Gs : a ‘ fe quit it will be if the plants run along the t 
ohm: Pantene cont Seuieed taking up time, or tne tasks” My meaning will be better explained, 
stould have ploughed them out as well as in; for a part pets hy Ee 
ae on which they grew was last ary a bo; 
png water § on its surface all the year, and planted or Field 
with illows a hundred years’ growth; and at the| ~ =f 
time the Potatoes were taken up, the water was within si 
argetheteen But still they are not waxy, but 
ae Gee ee and they will be so till July next. If 
= SS ee nag we hea me, I will show him how | The upright on the parte ng erage scnqees 
he bidy be Atte ty tals Se ever he should be asked again | rail paling or fence, n gt: if cattle have acces 
. ‘S aint of dry oy t side, but pred at all. be Wek wet as 
2 our new | at to tant “slong the top of k, 
this years and aed ee planting ame acres of them But tin ine ones, 2 nga ntag fn is hgsheery 
oi Bed seria Regen er expensive except that the plants are there not so liable to be 
payne sg hcg on ay Iai eae and too foolish | choked igo ao for the very same reason that the 
other crop, Isha I 1 take the & of satehee om cP. P ¢ thrive so well there—its supe dry- | i 
a er as any other Potato, and itethorn Fences.—I have lately read 
a Mr. Gordon. to produce anything like them _ ‘ela of rsh east of producing a oe rap mares 
wn 7 x S cok 
r. Gordon is likewise e minaken ; 
followi 
middle of J yuu on the top, only leaying 4 or 
success. 
ground is Peco Mew two spit seep, rif 4 feet ree 
taste; it is then plan’ ‘oO. rows of 
quick a foot or 14 foot weak; cod pret io head 
first trimming the if any, and all long stragglers. 
n th npricg Guth t is headed down with a knife to 
within an inch or two of the ground, when each sends up 
two or three shoots, which are again short with 
a the es spring before they shoot. They then 
mer clipping with the shears 
; ts to red re 
height, when you might actually walk along the top Et 
and so thick from bottom to top that you can scar cely 
through it.—An Odd Fellow. 
Onth é pore cogs of Cucumbers.—As the season for _ 
Cucumber-growing is now approaching, I beg to offer a 
few remarks on ~ e subject, in - Bbpe that they may be 
useful bs amateur: of which 
longe and to m 
ormed, $e. frame shou eS be plac 
he or the ae steam ti 
le af appears, they should be potted as low down in the 
per as ‘Possible ; in Set they should be earthed up to the 
I ul not to water over~ 
nd d olin nted in the cen 
ust be d 
sian until they are prety well esta 
ished, w 
rest of the soil may be p and the Se axe el or 7 
be 
ved Bochnas for fear of a chec 
r sun uy “a ie sone wit he the better for — 
tale bk aed. ing, cuts witha 
shears or r enie, but talways sitek off t th e shone that require - 
n out, and give the remaining part of a5 a 
evaporate contin . oduces an 
+ ee se no insect can live in it,'and does not injure 
the plants. matting down, care sho uld be taken tha 
the. mats do no overhang the lining ; for hes they will be 
sure to lea fumes the my e, ane 
thus to a if not destro 
riably cause seed to be ls st til 
tering is in Ts) { g, say about two D 
before the sun is withdrawn from the frame. 
the water is, t Rain is preferable to 
9 it can be obtained; but .w it cannot, take 
panfuls of the — water, and let i= 
so 
few hours i in the e suns shine, which will 1 
The plants should then be 
watered, particularly yg the outside a the frame, 48 
then shaded fi th s means @ Bp 
beneficial slant is saleed —W. Wen 
page 813 (1841), gona my statement rcpmetiod 
of the Valley, t cannot disprove it; for ied 
not he ever tried growing the plant 1 
sun, All that be goes - farther than to prove 
own skill, compost. Happ 
to call on an a lady o time ago mio is fond of 
garden, she pointed i to some Lilies of Vibe Valley 
—* le t their Lilies 
the sade, dad hen complain that they don't blossom 
