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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
Pa 30, 
ly-planted Gooseberry-trees.—Those perso ho 
cite ately made plantations of Gooseberries will find it of 
e thi season to break some marl small, 
Po- 
tatoes just pene lns om the open i 
n the evening, and removing them 
every aay peal as 
ew pee supporting aaa! ‘s.—Amongst 
ut-door plants ve 
m eleganc ance which I have never seen 
so effectually accomplished by any other m 
may consider y branches disagreeable to the sight 
connexion with a rden before pl ts rise 
may be se- 
seo arrangement, “ 
ng one misplaced stake orill-ied lant will m 
effect of the Nssge ae 
wi oie i With respect to st No. Can, 
” page 269, to state aeons 
have a greater difficulty or ‘ absurdity” sn experiment 
t a 
qmhich, if it did could not do any harm. - 
iid be apparent that ‘* No Conjuror”’ and I agree as 
and the of prevention ceeiing tt 
- but we differ in this: that t while, before these means of 
can be adopted, a te wees J" ge ~~ 
others deformed, I ai preserving as. many 
wi necessary, cor these “rel formed) 
possible i me now om ob ea 
of Grapes at an ne bos stage; pati 
would be interesting to know what would be the indigcne® 
of applying small portions of the sulphurets, such as thos 
of po ao r iron, as manures. me of your corre- 
spond y hav opportunity of trying this, 
1 am on the subject of sulphur, I may mention that I was 
much, s ed the other day, on going into the m- 
house . Loddiges of Hackney, to find a very 
perceptible smell of sulphurous acid, and, on inquiry, found 
As - aly meeting of the 
i ym » Mr. Ball Dublin 
asm t forward 4 known — of the a is of 
Pl re ina small hou n Mr. Ward’ 8 plan, by placing 
a basin 
. fo course of six hours there was not a plant that had 
not lost its leaves or ss nds.— 
G a.—I have been i in a habit of 
and common 
bo ee 
tin, e 
ner that cabinet-makers adopt to keep their glue hot. 
method is nly ten times q r than the old 
‘om of using clay, but as much cle , since the op 
| etectaaly keeps out all wet, winds, &c., revents the 
loss of any sap, as it close es ag all ingres s and grees a 
either, thereby rendering the operation more certain 
tmerev © 
ends of. the anek and gra raft t may also be —— ee the 
cement, to — ate loss “ aoa range 
Daniell’s —Ina mu 
mine to the Ashndole an Society respecting Daniels patent 
pwede. copied in ane Gar Chronicle from the 
serge asia it mene on on authority of coe invent, 
mm ‘consists © of 
I received fro patentees 
thet Eontirely = —e with ar is been lately co 
ted to 14 fang by these’ 
Iti is very possible, indeed, that although the 
‘onta a no wah noaiaekiablate absorb 
a ien m the atmosphere ; ak will be time enough * 
inquire as to the principle on sek it operates, when 
to its efficacy, and the kind of soils to which it is beneficial. 
At eenae ent the evide —s to merge cra is highly a 
ar as it goes, r m the respec 
abe authority of Mr. Webb. Hall; but it i is to be tone! 
at before an nother season m has elap sed, , We shall obtain 
a mass “of. blue a and pero ie as to. ao out no ho ytboag | 
tal rootlets, not surprised that he deoldit remove the 
mats, ing &c. 5 tho +h with respect to the ro 
of the period chosen Soa ith reset opera: tion nee 
tertain —— than I om relative to pate fact that 
the person who formed a Vin ou such et 
Fials could indeed be ‘ No Ceoturen: ’'— Robert F 
_ Putteridge Bury. 
_ To Stop the Bleeding of Vines.— Perhaps some of 
ur readers are not aware of the means so oe Nt mee 
in the seaso: 
¢ RepeaY 
f ; may be necessary 
if not well forced into the pores. If you should think this | 
Ch 
simple means worth noticing in your it ma 
facilitate the sometimes emg method : 3 
»— Charles Moor. <r 
Effect of Sh srk Vegetati ion. —In N 
of the Chronicle a mode of destroying ants ty sulphur has 
n propos sede: ented on. It is more probable that 
bra: insects were driven away than killed there 
ot ap to be evidence of their death) by the formation 
of sulphuretted hydrogen, which I imagine would take 
y the exposure of sulphur in such ition as it was 
laced in this instance. The mmunications of Mr, 
a are interesting in connexion with one on the influ- 
of sulphuretted h bons ths on vegetation in your barre 
ee of Max ch 19th, Mr. Bo states tha i 
the la 
was probably 
formation of fulphuretiel hydrogen. It 
on on every variety of soil, and with ¢ crops of all descriptions, 
so as to remove all suspicion on the eé subject, and to pave 
f the 
the way to — more clear understanding o: kind 0 
a it exerts.—Charles Daubeny, Botanic Garden, 
x ford 
Sot aaa reply to thei inquiries by “E. F. L.” al 
a top-dressing of 3 ieee 
with three to four bushels of wood- 
serption and 4ewt. for Turnips, 
lau ot be rms the guano may Piccamaciones Dut it should 
oa a damp 
into the sil— _W. 
[lt 30 large a Gf as 4 ewt. is 
really ne ry per acre, this substance will be much too 
dente bedinployel by-tenatieett 
SRocenoes = SOCIETIES. 
April 29.—Mr. Coward Bolly give k his first Lecture on a 
tural Chemistry. After briefly alluding to the formation o: 
Chemical C: pion b perp of his Grace the Dake. a 
eg sepia: Abo of oth Fell ual er Mes eget ee 
utions of o eee e , the expense 
of the ar ete vestigations is pint oe 
that in ‘aa 
all 
ked peculiarity of one of its co unds. 
Mr, Solly then proceed to illustrate experimentally the two 
- | * That owed y_ highly sypove of = establishment of Farm 
“eae n of 
by deka: lectu 
t classes of changes sabed, camemeer es 
e between com 
it was shown were 
mbin : tw 
ears out ; pst qrhere attractions Dewees! the of eet ofa 
weakened or destroyed ;.t the other, where anew s substance ce, 
as 
having nity fi er sub- 
before” ‘combined ith. The sh mirk was iitnstvben ire 
bly-conducted experiments.. The subject of the next 
swing will be ‘‘the proof. that all plants.are composed of the 
elements called oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and che on.,?? 
be AE) uy eas of net SOCIETY OF ENGLAND, 
April 20 arquis a ee shire, K.P., in'the chair, 
gentlemen ¥ were redeeted ‘th 
_ Ann ual Co untry Meeting of 18 — B. Borough, 
t thro t Sir O. Mosley, Bart., a. comm on 
cation, placing at their dis oe sal the whole of "his landed property 
root fe mane of the railway station and canals in ih for the 
he nts of next seen should the cou ecide 
‘or the o on.—Th 
Nine 
ofa Dibbling Whee! 
‘a Lait item ‘awin ~: of 
h we have used for 7. years with ae greatest r eepcens. 
Mr. Miles’ s consists in 
n See 
in 
ti 
work te se at the —The 
panies this er ORs represents the Pe ae as re the ap- 
hed pair of Big. shafts, wheels, and axle: the 
iddle by two iron transy 
f:144, 163, er ope apart, ‘ 
sachetaie e, roomie a munication 
ae reference to the Bent cd to be effected in agricul. 
ture, through the medium of prizes, and the ST een 
of societies founded’ expressly for such objects; entering ai 
t distance 
servations on the subje 
nomy and Cookery,” which Mr. Burke has drawn up and pre- 
sented to the Journal Comm ittee; the importance and utility 
different subjects “pee as objects for encouragement by 
vantage of a standard code 
urke’s Abs ce see : ae pub- 
oe 
red ite 
Fon Ss our lower ses. Both the French and 
Scotch excel the English in the nourishing qualities of their food, 
and also in its economy ; Panertes Pe, bs Gls. whose diet con- 
sists of oa tmeal, m milk, potatoes, sed as a soup or 
Beth. » Nothing ca n be saaarebencsd an oa’ ay peary be 
ridge, or baked ito eae 3 and barley ‘boiled i “ the Scotch ode, 
that is, for ba S. five hours at least, is geciagy healthy and nou- 
rishing. erence to dur Sco 
give pre efer 
it speaks for itself to every one pe 
districts of 
pepper: 
added, by such as ‘can afford them, tothe broth; 
or co pare spass to their porridge ; but such feces sn 
all deemed necessary. No expense, in the grea 
averiand: or in any part of Scotian’ 
use of beer amongst ea water one qu 
their thinset oven when engaged in the toils of harvest or hay- 
work; society would do well to recommend that English 
farinee 5 should a, sy ble of the beer as an allowance in 
money to —— ‘would soon learn that Paw ita be 
er laid o eel joy sroftably spent i in procuring 
eet to “meen or — ng & 
ee Subjects for Pri d place a new, 
2. own 
tb ing depen th the 
bushel 
very 
vaso nae The second aes fof ~ assigned rah 
and. superi gras any kind of 
ine irre heaven oa pte plonghs aperfect ‘ibbler, or any’ yy other 
implement capable of laptpera various ope: rations neces- 
or tillage, best, and at least 
Ui 
, turnip-fiy, grubs, and 
Which afflict even the best 
Ill. Code of Agricultural Improvement.—" What I wish to 
uiture in all its branches, selected from 
all that BP best, and published gue the sanction of @ @ practice! 
second or third year, © seftl. 
re! An adit adding ail a u 
t scientific model. and 
arm, such as I have more than once § een would ‘hears 
tor more ~ more good than a winter spent in stu udying all the 
phgess ets ever egeer oe scultural 
e report of the Duke of Richm' 
Soci rot Newt dl ted a corresponding Society-— 
ae oun Adi ene was vei eda coco ras the question 
cti 
tailed and fam bo 
branches tpp pe pal science, to the ae 
established ¢ ghout the country, the C 
ae dolkan of Slangham 
vada M. iNonnen Esq. 
ussex, called attention foe the application of phomphetes of, mas 
felis ob'e aman anure for 
Heoue eid at the 
Aprit 26.—The first Exhibition for this year was hele Bo 
Crown and Anchor Tavern, when the foll ng prize age’s 
awarded. Amateurs.—For the best pair of Auriculas, 8© og 
nia, Page’s Champion, 1st prize to. Mr, Burress Lid- 
best ditto, iss bee Privateer, Page’s pion, Ny. Ann, %0 
3 baie eves ditto, ely Any 
Ur. iddgantl «Paessentomsni® the. best pat 
