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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[JUNE 4, 
manner, and in a plain w' unaffected mais it nevertheless 
must be read with attention to “i ar hended 
We — a passage or two amg at random. The 
followi porch shows Se way e which the author looks 
at the “pales he has undertaken to deal with :— 
“O the improvements which have takai place in 
uring the last century, few have ori- 
s. They hav 
cs lag aoe of tie antiquated system of three crops 
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constitute farmyard manure, he sh 
cally deprived them of the greater part of their fertilising 
properties before he laid them on ; that he 
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eans of hundredweights of certai ap salts 
It is the same with mechanical improvements im- 
plements used i ture. Every district has its fa- 
vourite plough, handed down from father to son from t 
dest times, an ted in apparent defiance of 
some of the plainest principles of mechanics. Impro 
ents in the construction of ploughs are effected, which 
render the f ming their as well or 
better, and with a smaller expenditure of labour; but the 
kmen who have been a he old le- 
ments cannot hold the new, and the farmer does not — 
them. ‘ Your e kicketing ploughs,’ he-tells y 
‘may do ve on the 
“ light lands of Norfo x; or even 
cn the dys of Ene, ut they will not do here; an 
e find evils — to do BA sliveh 
As well might they lock 
od bce ms carts, ae then insist sa 
necessi| creased number of ho _— to are 
ak off sarge carving knives, and c 
tend that nothing ce of sives, and iaty “of sataiigtt 
who inttoneat. And yet the Rosghs of uate 
“make | way, and become the 
of the ‘district; sccacinwe 
ait nen 
- land with two facses! = ais the first 
ame their appearance in their 
alien: inadeh farmer who 
ore he be 
them und. It was the sm 
with the improved breeds of cattle. The new 
Sho tend with much fetios 
came in contact with 
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or Hor. and 
the unim- 
"their native 
ed in is prevalent rage 
for mocap md the greatest quantity of tallow in the shortest 
poem. 
Mr. Trimmer’s oe ete saa on Bones illustrate his 
usual mode of treating more scientific to —— — 
“Th uring | f gro ones are due partly 
to the pi of the nitrogen of their gelatine (when it 
has not been extracted by boiling), and partly to their 
osphates of lime an nesia. The constituents of 
bones, according to the analysis of eo res 2 
already stated. Liebig estimates the amount of nitrogen 
epntaied in the 32 or 33 per cent. of gelatine at 5.28 in 
that i iS. 
of bones are equivalent, as ‘anit rogeno as manure, to 2 
Tbs. of human urine. He farther estimates that 8 lbs. ot 
bone-dust f li 
2\bs. contain as much of phosphates as 1,000 Ibs. of 
the grain of wheat. When red to der 
m generate heat ; thei 
converted into the —— and other salts of 
the 
milar sltion “of phosphates in muriatic 
ets wont hundred tons 
way. nsequence o 
3 ann thd of 
“ie is sogeston, si gle refuse ts recently | been : ied as 
5 » bes 
with ess. Bones have 
in Mart folk fe ural drilled i in with the 
= té-0£.20 bushels per acre, but are now get- 
oe ub of £ epute in some patts of that county, 
BIOINOM: Ho 
oe te 
rie Lovina — the ground, from their repeated 
contain uch of the phosphates as the crops 
pa on it eqelie-ead therefore an additional dose pro- 
duces no effect; and partly on accou disea ith 
which the sed 
sh 
whether justly or not, to 
d to the land which 
has been much dressed with b Unboiled bones con- 
33 per cent. of tatine "(yialaing 5.28 per cent. of 
nitrogen), 52.20 per cent. of the phos hates of lime and 
esia, aa r cent. carbonate of lime, and i 
these, with the exception of a trifling proportion of soda, 
eir manuring powers mus ~ 261 lbs. of bones 
contain 86.13 Ibs. of gelatine (equal to 4.54 ie Mé = 
. of car- 
ge en) be 136.24 Ibs. of pho osphat es, ‘ad 29,50 
ering to 16.5 of lime. H 
The only thing we are disposed to a 
been n publishe pinhatin ut an index; which would have much 
increased its v 
ord or Two on Guano, 
s a pamphlet by Mr. Potter, giving an account of an 
ssctaeee substance which he seep as i: chorea 
for this cel rye manure. Mec n be no doubt thata 
erica t is able to com oe the i dient i 
as ry tial ti 
way or 
different from that ‘whit is Saat from Peru ; and whic 
dvantage over the foreign substance 
ulture 
al of it aginst any other manure, suc 
yard beech e, native ot rt ote nitrate of 
soda, urate, “Ser ‘e., in the 
Professor Johnston. 
expectations, or those of the aa 
tificial ma may be edition 
by ex sia riment. We ce 
eve r agricultural — to giv eira fal 
And this Site we may say: th 
ell 
wale y % determined 
Artificial Guano. 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS for the ensuing week. 
quite impracticable; but the advantage of reducing the immense 
burden inet those that are accessible is so le, that it 
quires to be named to induce its adoption cage . = 
I,—KITCHEN- Mayo AND ORCHARD. 
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Pinery.—The one e part art of the the fdting —- forsu ying 
ed up to C ove now to be s a 
symtoene of this are re aiscernb le, the plants should be subjected 
to a higher tem and at the — time kept drier, which 
= change = cronkanend will most likel: a é tome = 
effect ides the to earthing, former! 
the swelling of the fruit would 4 y advised, 
ented from 
the rafters of a Peach- 
wned. This is not . e000 practice, pane — the Peach- 
trees hd soy rather early, because at certain s' s§ these an 
the Vin equire opposite treatment. 
Vines and th the Peach-trees were excited a' 
oa ae will n roma pach pew 
culty is much pen easily overcome aS in the 
late house Speen - oe have been earlier in the season; still, 
considerable ca will be necessary agthis time, if such a case 
pktee or other of the crops from being sacri- 
Peacn-nouse.—Expose the trees freel whenever practi 
é cabl 
Fruit that is swelling of should ee kent owees and the house “ 
perce as than those which are later. "se 
soon e frait in the first House is all gathered, wash the trees 
air pos- 
Tak all night in fine 
the ripening of ie cherri te clean previously to 
Fie d pee atmosphere is essential 
fruit i is rine. “The trees must not be syringed, no: a ae 
weathe er. 
water given at the root than is required to keep them in health, 
till the first crop is be det at ed. 
CucuMBERS AN will be advisable to keep u 
moderate pousees of Peery io fie os ra , by me Pupa 
a 
nt ; if v 
into boxes or pre 
y BEA it any eo in directed to be sown in pots 
in the end of April ‘have been —_ ——— glass, they will now be 
in blos: Give of water, and they wil] 
continns to bear till the first- cranspuanted crop supplies the 
table. 
Out-door Department. 
ASPARA —As Peas are now coming into use, Aspa ragus 
— not to be cut so close as it has been; all the weaker sho oots 
gen after this time, and only an oe ee 
dish cut of the strongest. Bear in me Baad the more it i 
this ails. the less there will be to cu 
EANS.—Another Pics coisas be pa in. > ay the plants from 
previous sowings W y are in full bloom, and before the 
ruit is set. 
Reaeens. —Water that transplanted, if the weather be at 
ld 
CaurirLo owErs.—The autum plants will now be 
ing, and in droughty pens will require copious vite 
ore also water those recently transplanted, together 
Rees — all other Greens. 
Ca s.—Thin the first sown, leaving single plants.a. yard 
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CHERVIL, CurLep MAL.Lows (for garnishing), Borage, = 
Fae! annual herbs of which a succession is required, should n 
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splant a part of those first sown. To obtain large 
plants, they vehould be grown in rich soil, or in shallow manured 
mches, ye erates et the latter mode %, Some they can be 
rt od ey w, to blanch the 
” Kee eep i. a a plentifa stock 3 placii of different ages 
= frequent sowings and plantings, for in dry weather many — 
bss —Take advantage of showery weather to thin the 
Pb kt aoe beds ; the thinnings may be planted if required. 
Peas.—The sp cking of these is often deferred too long, when 
side by their own weéei, ht, _ at hes ae = 
he 
Orc —Clean the awberry plantations thoroughly be- 
fore the “trait bina ne = Pi “The bare ground between the rows 
should be covered with short grass from the mowing of the lawn, 
whi i dry, and th 
shoald be prt re ee 
insects willbe 
I. ~PLOWER. GARDEN AND coe pioneer 
n-door Departmen 
aes may now be aeseied with ; give 
and shut up bers he in the afternoon in pale: 
If the directions for- 
STOVE, Pica ae 
into the e 
they will | op weakly. "Orehidaceots plants, however, requir 
more ne e than pe 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY canvas screen for- 
merly suggested ‘aintbe found extremely serviceable in prolonging 
the fres — se oe and also in saving considerable 
gon Bos kept a little loaxer an glass, 
o forward cultivators prefer e 
rowel above ye: ded to aes repotting their vlan alleging 
that the pots then get well filled with roots before ' winter, which 
_ Pits AND ef eee 
ings, be better i kg one a ars se Sy ait. than pe 
sorts of weather out of gt t th 
back and front, the. plants will, hate the benefit of uae free bem 
and can readily be shaded from gh burning sun in ve days. 
In potting off seedling greenhou r stove plants, d 
and very sandy soil at first, ray whick they will be encourage 
to root freely. 
—Young plants, whether from seeds all 
Out-door Departmen 
Continue to tie up perennial flowers as nece: rap tiher: Lash ie 
tention to the proper thinning of eae which h h 
ie taba mapeers Senge! e generally allowed to “stand muc 
a sufficient supply of m 
oe, as ‘to all flow ec that, have lately been planted out, espe~ 
e soil ar 
get dry, while th 
moist. 
NURSERY AND FOREST ee, 
Rose-trees bitiare seed all the planted for 
rubbed o g three or four at the proper aes 
ead. e careto remove the clay and ligatures from vigo! 
wing _ —_ that the part united to the stock ™ Y 
have room to s 
Fowast Woops.—The same process of cleanin i 
recommended hog eek to ie 8 opted with young trees sho’ ay 
also be folicrerett with hedges, and capetinily with Bier ot 
berg are too often seen quite — with weeds. 
The Deepdene. i 
State of the Weather near London for the Week endi ing Jun’ “al 
1842, as observed at the H aac Garden, Chiswick: 
Banomerer. ‘THERMOMETER. Wind. ain 
May Max Min. Max. i Mean. || 43 
ida: 29.929 29.911 63 51 59.5 s. , 
Racurtey 238 | 30.066 29.988 70 41 55.5 WwW. 
Sunday ~ 29| 30.124 29.991 71 46 58.5 s. 
Monday 30| 30.050 | 29.955 73 46 59.5 W. - 
sah <i a 30.15. 30.118 | £73 4) 57.0 | N.W- 
Wednesda 1} 30.211 30.125 76 66.0 | S.W. 
Thursday "¢ 30,265 80.169 73 41 57.0 N.W. 
Average 114 | 30.036 2. 76.0 | 69.0 fe..5 
May 27. Cloudy a nd fine; overcast and mild; rain. 
28. Overe very fine ; ‘sultry ; clear at night. 
29. Clear, wit thy very dry air; fine throughout. 
30. Exceedingly fine; clear at night. 
31. Very fine, with light clouds ; Salouay 6 atn 
June 1 1. Very fin e, with b: s 
bs Over wit 
Mean temperature of the week, 1.4 above the average. 
with ~~ 
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cially to those turned out s ots ~ ope cee which are liable to, 
y pots, ely damp and” 
