of the haulm of the particular variety sindiy Coleone 
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SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1842. 
MEETINGS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. 
Penedae. <> "Fanaa Zoological | %. s+. + *« 84 P. ws. 
Wednesday Medico- Botanical . 8 P.M. 
Friday sos ey Botanical . - . 8 P.M. 
A Few weeks 
0 (p. 155) we Sse to attention ~ 
the method whic theo: 
experiment a: eory 
wn most ady vantageous § ig. ie the 
Potato. Our readers will r n that 
occasion we Ee recited | is, evidence obtained 
the Horticultural Society, and pub- 
A correspo 
as going to 
a of seni 
premises th » that, in “panting, the dingo Ea 
each row should be regulated as nearly as ible by 
Fe eae of the haulm ; and the 
, if co 
to this one point, undoubtedly establish the law. 
But there is a further consequence deduci rom the 
experi ts, m at a loss tocom wee and 
which, therefore, lea espass 0 ten- 
tion ap that the Early Champion Potato, th 
stems of which are two feet long, yielde largest 
quantity when planted in rows th e distance 
t en these rows, h > Were extend 
six inches, and made 2'ft. 6in. in width, the produce 
t re than & to while from rows diminished 
s 
is it would 
sags ippose 
e been exten om 2ft. or 2ft. Gin. 4 3 ft, 
would the decrease of ing crop have ve kept pace in an 
inverse ratio? ” 
his appears at first sight to Dg a more difficult 
question to answer than it really The di 
to which our correspondent pao is owi 
greater proportional weight of a 
ce per acre was obtained which has surprised our 
correspondent. 
The same ex; to which we have alluded 
supply the answer to the. question put to us at the 
we have given. hen the Cham- 
It was by employing an 
iis y employing 
owe 
AutTHouen for many purposes well- wir hg sy 
is preferred to all other substances for gra 
has the disadvantage of bein 
excluding the access “3 air 
comipetttons 3 s Sse class, the character of each parti- 
cular spec will bea subject of very careful 
Shain daratio y the judges. 
IS THE MALE ASH OF GREATER at ASA 
npg TREE focige nal THE FEMALE AND 
HERMAPHRODITE ASHES? 
¢ that you are destin pee to improve- 
ier are a epee m of ogre 
a 
cree, with av 
und Suc preparations then sas 5 a: 
state vs oy clay and bast. But in practice they 
h ound to answer—for two reason ey 
are rarely well { faceted, and are therefore either too 
stiff or too soft ; and they require to be applied when 
scion are perfectl 
poss the adhesion of the 
ve, — always thought that suc difficulties 
be r 
may be removed, and asa eventually they will super- 
sede the clu wo contri and bast. A sam- 
st been put into 
™ ofa Lyte pate of this sort has ju 
ar hands by Mr. Daniel gs ci 3 Siephens which, as 
=the essary requisites 
befo 
e 
: eae the trial o oO eaders, 
of powdered pitch, yellow #0 fii wi esta 
nice turpentine, of each half-a-pound, and of 6c 0%, of 
, | hog’s lard. ‘These are 
a r 
BE 
of ad- 
hesive plaister will be formed, superior to anything of 
kind we have before seen sas 5 
E season is fast ee when the com 
tors for Pelargoniums be for a sit 
o y be ae Sage pied they | n 
aga 
o be set apart exclusively for 
ncy- i na they wha ust 
ged by peculiar rules, and by the common 
standard he great mass of flowering git ane 
of oer with little 
ith fancy: flowers 
florist, beeause—like 
and other Siesacited. pAbe hes have a rie 
tendency to throw off their wild appearance, and 
capable of being greatly changed, and—as we think— 
improved, by skilful breeding. With such plants, 
then, high cultivation is only one of the ents of 
excellence; to be thorough-bred is equally 
This is, in fact, recognised on all hands -in the f 
Ranunculuses, Pinks, Tulips, and the older florists’ 
ks, ‘Tuli 
flo wee. be is generally lost sight of in Pelargoniums 
on the part of judges which cannot be too 
yt 
ee uly (p. 470). 4 in our reta: ks upon the SS 
tion ag) a Horticultural Society, we posse ap a0 
vt 
m a of this kind, and 
>of th arieties then exhibited, as quite ome 
of ap of considering the m much greater 
superiority of other sorts. Twenty years ago, indeed, 
deep leaves and large t of flowers would 
have all that the highest cultivation could have 
arri 
at; but at the present Fg such san 
ought no more to settle the merits of Pelargoni 
h 
and other qualities of the petals quite 
oct. 
We trust the judges all over the country will take 
‘these su suggestions into their consideration at the ensu- 
ing shows, and that coarse 
lected becau 
to form 
rtion on of six or i varieties. 
There can be a difficulty in_picki 
lished ‘ ists a i varieties 
dea 
We may 
Oak grow 
and eeable as tdvat which i 
e ai n 
: r simi a, 
equal size and v 
t ai 
of seed-bearing on the "value and 
growth of wood? and whether the male Ash i 
me i 
ther: and that the male trees pro- 
eae! ‘oe “strongest, toughest, and best timber. Of 
roug 3 
he show 
didtha darts produced the worst timber. Mr. Billington 
pr ie it is the opinion of oral ae the male Ash makes 
uch the largest and fines at his obser tations 
o not warrant him in Gnipliolly subscribing to that 
ildin, but he considers it probable that the female ar 
gy esti ferior by bearing muc see 
sider b perty on whi h the strength of 
ber mainly depends. It is generally known that there 
a considerable difference in the value of the wood o 
the sam es e heartwood is of a darker colour, 
much more And durable than the alburnum or 
sapwood. nd’the difference is owing thagge ves if 
ot entirely, position of elaborated sap, or ma 
of tipttflostion, which radually a pitetiie es and dries 
the cells an he alburnu trees which is 
filled in au winter is superior to ehkk of other 
trees which are not filled until spring or sum I 
Knight 0 sin i 
e AQucOUn: 
a 
sap rises in spring, it flow 
8 i rogress a considerable beni” Me! the con- 
crete matter for the support of the first oy oe 
and roots; and the ; 
less solid and durable 
particular soil and climate for which each 
naturally best adepted. and in which it will make a 
quantity of valuable timber in less time than in an 
gar i 
ee on the quality of the young wood | 
of 
seasons it is longer jointed, more soft 
nee the knife, and less fruitful, than that grown i 
paietivety dry and sunny seasons. The brighter the light 
to which a plant is ‘exposed, all other circumstances being 
mer will be its 
— the shorter-jointed and firm wood, 
a 
oe 
vislehisace isis 
pee the good =e in athe d flower of a Pe 
of commer 
a, 
he eeieaeal 
& 
known, and have = aw bene al Jain, as the 
