we THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Aprit. 16, 
to add, that all which I h id k in about 21 ars: and his-} short. distance the spots are not perceptible, and the surface a 
rdinalis is uite correct rts * pee on nes I may venture to say, be 20 per cent, better than — entirely pink. The petals are narrower, with a whitich 
d G. ca C n q ’ been the bones were first applied. But this would not be the | ground and similar Spottings. The e nec cta ary or cro ble consists p f 
‘* worthy of ere it;” Se aanti with regard to the number of se if the land was mown; eight or nine crops of hay would | two purple and wl nd is parti - 
cr oun . to coheant the bones, and eect not, therefore, answer r the la and larly s It is Pi in Messrs. Marnock a Manley ‘ 
ord 
e 
y reves agit ro thee me shaw ge a TE eee casita’ in eight years ; and Bota sry, vunder She nAMeS Cha Ree Faston's Megane 
winters wihou any Lacerta nod following the directions I should not Legend it then, for in ae event of the tenant quitting | Hisiscus CAMERON . Cameron’s Hibiscus. Malvdcez. 
I have the leading ho horticultural perio odicals of the | the farm en five or six crops of hay, it would be Monadélphia Polyandiia a Biebe Shrub.) —Myr. rr pects the 
ath me uti a yi y wilt do that Tam ac-| bard upon he new ss to have to Day yt sacs fro as peantiful plant den vears sad the Se Eoater nee 
f = two or three crops. It is when nant p D 5 
quainted with. If your co pondent or any of: your) 1+ ;redommend them for mowing lands. The reason I give sent from Mada A fom seas 
readers will pay me a visit when they are in flower (from | for advising that no stock should be allowed to feed upon the | well-de fin ed specie *Y ‘whether the leaves, thei bine volute the calyx 
the middle of July till the middle of August), or in any of | land the year bones are applied is, that the bones pan eet a awa or the corolla are - sidered. ‘It flowers readily and for a long 
e winte ths, I think they will be satisfied with what | and soon, as they do no so. long as they period during the summer; and in that season flourishes in the 
rand Mrs. Loudon round. On the very poor lands, eed feocked, ae 7 will a ‘a greenhouse: but n the winter it #% best kept in the stove 
: " ma isappear for two or three years. i. hind bones ed = applied at bend Hitherto it has ite panes seed, but it is increased by cuttings : 
hs a i co to ce = 
w mow it th 
August, or at the latest at the beginning F Se combat, then put | colour, ‘tinged with rather aece roses "and with ; rich purple spot 
no stock on the land the following spring. The Grasses I should | near the bottom. fie, 5 nk i Maga 
d to seed land down with or b 
teh 
0 i : ; 
at the request of Mr. Loudon that I wrote the article aie: ones Rescns ink ves ete. ate, iam enaF Perete , MISCELLANEOUS. 
ces ‘s rae TY n ass, 1. pec’ o the statute acre ese 
which appeared in the Gardener’s Magazine,” which your Crates hae the poser g?s an ety are principally composed A Simple Means of 4 ne ting the Failure of the Po- 
cobtéepondens has so largely quoted.— A. Ma i of. Our principal stock cows.”—Mr. Dollond sub- | ato Crop: —It will be allowed by all p amt farmers 
sega on wei hardy the Salvia patens may “ ted an FON rea barometer Teorey the ah anges © that the Potato sets, w a cn cut, pi iterd ob a a large qua wt nity 
mo: eC e 
be said to et = find that two strong plants left out here | shmoryt Cee ee resulting from his r rangement — wine 29 of fluid or juice, the iiss of which has a tendency to weaken 
this winter! — ugh they were covered | PPC? e td had y 
2 d y : and certain state of altitude in emt column n OF the m cory the germinating powers of the sets, and at the same asd 
with at least mt three inches 0 F decaye leaves. With the | the highest to the lowest situati e globe, w withont thie éxposes them to Synerad fermentation in the heap. In 
same protection Fuchsia Ricartonia, reflexa, grandiflora, | necessity of applying the conc sali wea tadho ous corrections re- | 1833 had 3 BR 
inflata, and globosa major, are living and looking quired in ordinary barometers. 2.'The uniformity of the observa- Boe Me URC ORE goed Fotatoes from the parish of Penny- 
a oe oves §. patens not to be so har d th tions, arising from the free and unobstructed condition of the cuick. When cut, I desired the women to riddle a shovel- 
; pr - er si ; F of as those | mercury; all the advantages of the open-c cistern barometer being | ful of hot lime on every basketful of new-cut sets. The 
ory ; attaine out of arranging the over a Vv ‘ $ 
‘plants of F —G. G. Wa s attained, without the attendant difficulty of t 
; were turn 
Hybernia Brumata (No. 50, 1841, $12). "The “Tittle starting-pomt of pene paaee entire mpm f frome . t ts, oh tie 2 7, gia ah oi brine. 
inner tube or cistern p.conseg yp preservation of the 
destructive et 8 of this yr ve jut caren he the | surface f the mercury Hom ‘okidations of | four feet thick, where I have ke for two or three 
eggs, and are hanging y e m the | this new arrangement to cnsyeapiel of any diameter, and with | weeks. e hot lime had the effect of stopping the flow 
various trees on fine days. They are not | exclusive Nee obtained b o other mode. 5. The perfect | of the juice, and of encrusti ne ski h 
above one-eighth of an i ch long ; the body is slender, security in carriage, e barometer is either out of use or : : 8 “ab ie 
dull'gt 8 is rather large, and shining black required to be pana : a place to place.—S. Robinson, Esq., is crust, 0 one hand, preserves the sap being drawn 
eh pe eee ce Aa FS Ke mae secretary to the Wrentham Farmers’ Sisk, communicated the | awa from the sets in a dry season, among dry soil, and 
Syringing tree es) aed result of a  dieowisiony at that te on the feedin d keeping | of repe ling wet i t Season, g damp earth. The 
: wah 2, hoggets or tegs during the winter months so as to wt loss rts of Potat d d 
The Widgeon.—A few years since a a pair of bers ave from ping :—** Then ae introducin ; the on, who Agtp righ Bite gareie Bp nm 
Kept in the river which bounds the Botan ¢ Garden | 224 in former years been a sufferer to a great exteot. ton the | Th as 1 moist state, well worked, and th 
wiery oe Whe imate. bird rae a above cause, had adopted the plan of drawing his Turnips two dung well made; and they were ridged in the last week 
ary imu Phe e bird was 5. ot during mea ps days previously to being used, and was induced to be- | of April. There was a regular braird, and the c 
winter, and in the following spring was. succeeded by | lieve the system had Lg ly ag as since having pursued | ¢ In 1834 8 é hid 
Sard ma all aii a ¢ had los ae on s where in past seasons his loss had : 2 ’ ues, were 
a wild one (no doubt attracted by the call of the female) i fr Bo d lost lan vinery cur pee F nae partie Sm 
by wh Lid mallinnverat Tatas s-whiokshib loft--ab 4h 2 | bee t. It was, pr ae objected that this —. obtained from the same parish, and treated in the same 
om hed et -ssled aS 1 . not decidedly, practicable, a as pot Egon uld Brn taps ve on — manner. The ground was very dry, the dung dry, and 
“ period , eaten 
P male bird with the food whe ere drawn previously as there the heat areet when they were planted y, that th 
would be at stowed to remain in the ground. Another = seoge dust fly the strong clay soil, when drilled up. 
in| Seen . baht bierinig segncdere for several years; the | The braird was regular, and the crop fine, the ex- 
adopted was that o ing the shee beaplo on stu — i i . : 
on orpastares plrcrsicnbincars te ethe day. via ath par er. of eleven drills, which were planted without the 
quent sta ents the evidence was.eo conflicting that noc pone ee ts being limed, and wh rove plete failure, 
eH the same method ‘ot “keeping had fre. | and of some oxnobles which had also failed. In 1835 we 
different 1 — it high k ie did ange our seed Potato.’ One the land was 
o, iendie Hect, tare ‘éeldarn eaiaet te dunged on the stubble in October, nd the other half in 
this disease. The land in the above instances was considered spring, part of it on strong clay, part be 
ga The dung was very dry in spring, the land not well worked, 
meed | an ~e oe finished in May. raird was re- 
ughs, poco ad ula 
also failed as and one gentle. |S": e crop fine, alth ough there was a general 
it had lost a ae ccna of his heed failure throughout | De bay a y. In 1836, the seed Potato 
7 Baa ee teats veiven. E giourhood of Edinburgh. They 
cel Sdn Uievant; Soe cote t ts were buffs, and drank a the manner as described 
of the gal all producing scouring, and c ing aes Hi land, a fine dry, gl it ise was in ~ stubble 
inav hese obse after 0 aay and full of wire-worm was 
ld appl i we 
be gard mt © particulary to hogeety Ne ee from very dry, the land well worked, the b braird re apillet, and 
T. Bart vio ‘2a of Threxton, near Watton, transmitted meh the crop fin be, —There was none planted without the lime 
ball of a hovel iture, byw ie liquids, such 3 ‘uve ntine, bal- ssi eason. In 1937, the seed Potato was obtained from 
, &e., ily na a = cif e in a pure | Leader W sa : i mwas 
po Og ” had the appearance of a common glass phial | well worked and dun ed with ees sae eon e ero 
sk pac i e rked and tied over with bladder; and it | ,, : 8 sera eins fi 
y ping ‘with the nail of the finger that.a pers in the second week in May, and proveda fine 
7 om A was e induced As besten that the charge he pak ° planted without the lime this seaso In 
adage s . as its dull; |. 1838, the seed Potatoes came fr ala Water, dons and 
isinglass ae pein <prtpaxkd jn &sabelied ere Tiarameases blues, which were planted in the last week of May, on 
bottie: pa ald not, poe contain any fluid of a watery es not well worked, and the dung very dry; but the 
» which but it would perma. | braird was with bolls 
to form a genet ‘ode er ae po wien porns ckcir epokts its hile, in both es, the stom which had no of seed Dicicss. Hoar Pe olediihd Pe ed. ‘without 
sage soe ected the canes tobe arranged wilt those sberdity. ly dissolve the bottle, and set fi ‘contents, as on pens lime, and. proved a complete failure, the insects having 
tanley Carr, an Maar mpeg Be fo by or | — Various communications were refared to the Journal Com- pois Bete em deen: ese were planted in ~ 
cate $ eee cee cae mittee. rst week of May. In 1839, the seed Potatoes were from 
Spam antag pe crman econ a NOTICES or NEW PLANTS WHICH ARE EITHER Gala Water, buffs, and which were “planted in the last 
ies arent siettog of dere rman itorists, oat OR week of April, in strong clay soil, not well worked, and 
"are ‘beautifully Seer hac te Eaten Lonuourennn Recanecn ety cena yb Climbing ae dung i dry ; but the braird was very. regular, = 
ae | a Sobee, degree 2 of anes of (Half hardy "CHaabar:J othe presaitl ent plant 4 is a "hybn rased fn thi . There were none planted without it 
partial ars an umer 0 of the e Bury Botan Gardens ot is Poko Tn 1840, again, the seed Potatoes were from 
‘the smooth. seeded waite ), | the. Lophosperm ens fertilised dllen. of thedcera- | cot. wore cons and, bides, which were nen en a 
2 aecbarent wd ded 4 valbeeapcnent 0 on | end of May, in a light loam, full of wire-worm, but bis 
nd “heaut ae ithe ti t 
y er r parent, me a Sante cS a ages her eng ‘work Vv . Ww fine 
and the dun c ce) as es 
ploughed d Geils LP rautbcdiane of the Highland Xbooitly 
0, 
have pronounc net dip ke jou e finest ornam Classical Fruit.—At a recent meeting of the Ashmo- 
Bail or sri, shat. oar our i garde me can boast.” It demands no lean Society, the Rev. R. Hussey exhibited some pre- 
Sere the roots. be ket 3 in the open | served fruit from the neighbourhood ‘of Odessa, supposed 
i i erod 
eae rine ben 8 it must be covered over as a protection 
- Basteron ORA Mippiinroncawh ‘Mr. Middleton produce of that district in his ti i c. 2u- 
“flower. * istrict in his time; ef. Lib. LV. © = 
saat er pepiorics ome ag gare ey etbne Ps ) Herodotus says, in speaking of the Argippei, “* that they 
wh , eae oth gs ‘ph oe ae aoe ‘subsist upon the fruit of a tree called Ponticum. It is 
? ae ei ab i ee e frui 
. whose forcing-houses it blossa pars fi a ae b 
‘ 0 “ : ‘ + subd- 
id fede ad ven hve Mr. Swabey« anys ean erie ieee cakes, which are likewise an article © 
oF dem apo ‘in the hotho hag te h 
he pe : where i ie aia ot: he i ‘in 
With the ‘eiréumbtinees’ dader whick tt the, dlerate stove heat. A. rt well as. Z 
eee Lebiad ae tons we tol gfe ak " : : ; ise and the stove, with a | ure bety 1a ‘ ard, . f 
Farm, Cheshire, favoured the poems cin danse Haywar ‘would stem to ber the most appropriate 4 nif kept atmosphere, | The modern name for it is Kizil, and it is nsed in the 
; ishes the bon ‘aden preva es ais wt geaeiey aS Wisanorite va Mpg Base ~ exactly in the manner whi Herodotus de 
red ht not to be mown after the firs = Oke L arrmag ipa So ge-acomgr gen scribes. Dr. Trithe ‘ “+ from Odess% - 
‘Boies Wh Oy be: tre 4c, ae at n, who procured the fruit fron 
Aland are ex he landlord supplies his tenant with for wis pasture. The sheaetn erat © OP Sone Js, eapally described ‘the tree as a branching stub, not 1 
pected to retain their fae ertilising p ixuriant habit, syd ee 5 
Pi : powers id ores green ‘chin a ston stems, hand. | Gooseberry-bush, but” d'with its 
ete, ui the inter roy an € money so expended at slinmerten = foliage ; bears a ‘con goenh ans tanical idiloe cleaned we nes epee releieli 
rest charged to the tenant 7 per cent, the green with pe ay little pinkish aoe on the iaalde,” At a | learned i fan pe me ghcua hee 0 i. ee cequainted with Benth Ne 
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