m d ion of arse 
and wed it on the seed-beds, s far as the birds 
were concerned, the experiment did not take effect—nor 
was I at all more Bigearaite: with the strychnia, or nux 
yomica. A cunning as coc roaches, or as a trout when 
there is a man’s ooh on the water, and wisely sur- 
mises that— 
“Your horrid a8 pat serves to hide 
A still more horrid hook” — 
they would not swallow 4 ta its about six weeks 
after, a fine, healthy pig, of eight m prs growth, one of 
— pretty grunters (as fa fat and aldek as any of the alder- 
3 en who did not live in rice mayoralty of the civic hero 
a Shake = kittened in Te kitchen grate), sickened sud- 
i de nly, and died after an illness of six hours’ duration only. 
: oe most care ate Fess Lert no signs of di ease a 
h a 
By 
i 
On 
peared in the animal, except suc 
Trees.—I am not 
d with less feat tof injury ; 
still I think, if it can be Sestg sed with, the 
_ best plan. Any very deformed branch a or off, 
_ without dressing the tr p like a parcel of broomsticks. 
_ When it is practicable to have a plantation of Fir-trees 
__ by themselves, I would never prune them at all: Dame 
_ Nature (whose works are too much opposed by those of art 
now-a-days) wi tter without 
al 
0 ct; and it i se tag to grow them 
nless they be planted thipk, a as f 
h 
pf a 
3 a 
Eth ght here hi 
eo trees, in 
_ bottom o avines, as upon the t f hills 
a other elevated places ; at least I have always found it so 
This is illustrative of the wisdo t Providence whic 
has dire the tree upon the hill-top to make itself more 
ita. in the earth than its neighbours in more sheltered 
ion 
_ Ex straardinary Vitalit ity of the Larch.—If you 
u think 
that ey following account of the 
rowth of a Larch is 
a rae 
les, about Preity feet high SOrehE in the coat 
all flags at the top, for the purpo arks. 
€se poles had been cut down = the end of t ‘ 
m, being a 
disg eeupe: heft i in he ground, 
o feet from the © groun ai 
w La send a species of a Laburnum 
raised f from seed, which is a great beauty; the flowers. a0 
more deep in colour, more numerous than in the old P 
and the racemes are ver 
hes ; it i 
tford. [This is a v Bead aan ome, well-marked eg 
far more brilliant than either of the old kinds, and e 
4 _— worth cult a) 
Plan ccount given in the last 
for on its vegetati ng. 
Bs Ps i 7 ‘al aN a P 
£eocelecevur 
Chronic le of ‘May eg - find dyer soierlagri: 5 Surr 
ensis, says, ‘‘ that some 
un nder a 
1842. ] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 365 
trial, lest some unhappy accident oe occur from it, at —— of the a flag which remained at the slender | he can, at all events he can make out.in what part it is 
made me give it up sooner than ended. But in spite t for two or thre e ye vi has weighe dit down, and | most fre uently seen; then le young green 
of this, an “aa the poet: of the ape experiment I orn it a curve, which it retains. The s in which it is frog, a je a co eel-hook, with line attached, flat 
am about to relate, if Iw re not quite fied of the | placed is a poor gravelly on which has been trenched upon its belly, that it may not impede the viper’s gorging 
efficacy of my present practice, I shou pted to | —H. W. R. [Althou ee this communication i ony- | it; this should b to a stake w fficient 
tr . Horner's potato preparation this spring | mous, we can a our r the fact, hy weit length of cord to pe being carried to the bottom 
more than usually annoyed by the chaffinches, and other | dinary as it is, may be confidently relied iy e of the retreat of the viper, which will in all probability, if 
irds, amongst my young radishes, and other ng- | a somewhat similar case wi a: Ghesevation; ther be warm right, speedily swallow t 
i g, retire to his hole to digest it, 
end of the string, by which its progress may be readil 
trace 
Crop i n Chi ckens. —A ef Pip 8 apg will cng that 
arlic soak are the best cure for crop in chickens. —M. 
ield, St. John's Wood. or the inforsnstion 0 fy ur 
pire will only mix up 
ig about the size of an Sa mill and give his fowls 
ne, fasting, every other morning eek the same 
time not allowing them, during their illness, anything but 
ft food, such as sopped bread o led P es, his 
ou ill soon recover their h Should they be 
turkies, of course his pills must be made somewhat larger, 
used to lose a great fowls annually, since I 
6 
“4 
I 
- G.—— ue 
fine and mixed with sigesl sven t to peti 
attacked with this disease, every m ning, 
hi Where 
ue and Wonnwuat should 
iackens a ‘a e kept in 
w plenti- 
SS ae co wed the ver with Helle 
Paden 3; and that at the expiration of 20 hours he found 
them still living ;’’ so that, in his opinion, Hellebo 
wder is quite useless. I, therefore, beg to state an ex- 
periment which I ade on rather a large scale ; for 
000 berry trees covered with cater- 
ge 
23 
e 
ore’s, care in Bond-street, for 6 po ounds of White 
Hellebore Pow ry the effect of that quantity at 
first, and I found | that it instantly killed all the 27g ae 
as dusted ; this was done by 
e powder 
d 
> 
@ 
ills’? Improved Pits.— Will you likewise state that 
the Cucumber pl “nm mentioned 9 p. 34 349 of re Gar- 
deners’ Chri ing so lux 
C as Je in a certain 
of nuisance) which, in paatioa, are highly nutritious, and 
consequently induce great vigour in the growth.—7. H. 
PROCEEDINGS OF oy gag 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIE 
ectures were othe nght to anend by 
an exposition of the manner in which Manures are found by che- 
mists to pea hen & vaeat decays, the green succulent 
decomposed ; water, carbonic a mmonia, and 
other substances being ev volved. The woody and more solid 
of its stru ctur e resis st “eerie for | some time, or rather, decay more 
slowly, 
June 3.—To-day Mr. +m A ga 
n 
t be preserved for 
e of minerals, fe: are ost after even a few 
sgt 100 
ry 
Ives 
stroy these 
off. Siice writing the 
em again, and find a 
much fear pie the safety of the re- 
rick "Chae, 
ps, however, Bare of tar, a ai as in 
f Carrots, might keep him off, b 2 Sian 
smell] 
Mildew in Peas.—P. Mackenzie’s opinion of the cause of 
in a small garden, in a swamp (ch 
mtg ogee and Raspberries), I a ti 
sow a late c pat Peas, which are aga free from that 
e had three as fin rloo Peas 
the latter being most liable to it in cold damp weather.— 
J. M., Cley Hall. 
Spirits of Tar and Car 
vik 
ents recommends spirits of pe for pak Last 
had a bed sixty yards long; 1 triedasan experiment best 
five yards, sowing the spirits of tar, mixed with dry earth, 
at the same time as the seed. e piece ith 
able uence on the growth of plants, 
present a constant regular source of carbonic acid, and pro- 
bably of other matters, although, according to the views 
of Liebig, the former is the only beer pore. 
know that plants impoveri soil more or less taking up 
carbon—others, earthy 3 and itis a pany is > keep pp the 
fertility of the soil that ; and systems of rota- 
tion of crops and fallowing are adopted. "Mr. Solly salakaa out 
the division of manures into two k h 
‘upply ic d ammonia; andi A or those which 
supply the y hich plantsremovefrom the the 
organic manures, the Sere gna are those mo- 
nia, and ergs po of nitrogen; and amongst them areall 
animal refuse, guano, gas-liquor, pho pre or others ; ‘of the 
al yo 
lation thoes: which yield yo flintin asoluble state, photphites, 
&c., such as eae S, | 
on. a i 
Sapling ae eg and w ower as eT eek 
called Attention to the perty m 
have of cof condensing it it within th their sa slowly to 
with it again. Oxide of iron was shown by a good experiment 
appreciation of the whole paring ion vegetation of chemical 
agents, will have been much removed. 
bie i: os Bae oe SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
May 18th.—The D sone chair. F. 
ae: ected 
T ia} 
bers. 
members gee 
marion * whic 
cess 
bank } he oot ascertain the tea of 
