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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, 
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Che Gardeners’ Chronic. 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1842. 
Tuesday 
gs ee ae os ENSUING WEEK. 
rictlvural 74h Me 
BREN the many steps now Maing to improve the 
educati yeo! 
on ca 
follow are depend 
prospectuses ‘¢ 
the latter ‘i 
ne aha reason why farmin 
sah slow Sasetaen and has beco: 
What idea is a young mi! re form of the diseases of 
does not kno 
cattle, who 
bable val manures in 
ee Es 
physichisl a botanist 
Certainly not; it cannot be 
as a farmer, to be Ere of 
to be a 
But also valenla that if he 
which influence his onions 
cultivator of. the soil, and is compelled to trust ex- 
clusively to such usages an as he may 
taught ; if he is driven’ to work her “ by rule 
of thumb,” he contends with the elements, and di- 
rects his ‘course of dpe 3 a as much dis- 
advantage as he would c ther things, if 
‘Meo could neither read; write, cypher, ride, sow, plough, 
orr 
Wha “foll it is to = country boys with Latin, 
Greek, = aches moy them with Br aigeheers and 
waste their growing en onm /puz wzzles ; 
rae crtin sacrifice of all that ag mi could 
So usefully em ed in bringin acquain 
With “the material pe ee 
‘upon it, there is more practical. wisdom 
> than: ‘the so-called learn 
fae a Pane schools. an TP RSS pry 
Let cownt ordinary 
till Whey are Pig 
ina for 
the business they will valor 
such pevetibie, one ft 
and the other in’ =the neighbourhood. 
nderstand, under the direction of 
“the ‘gen 
pants? is what Hatha te he to judge of the ee 
er, hly. 
should pte ibe "gover fs 
hese subject 
ormation when it can be pro- 
es tet e belier eye sie het Sk ees Spongh 
ry plans. ‘We have no fane for 
hear us rie 
n all such sentiments; but it does not therefore 
w that we approve of under-ed 
on b 
paar is sp ab ae 
gnorant of the 
Hry, 0 e most. efficient 
of the of 
will doutieless be the establishment of schools in whic 
can. be 
nner the principles 
ard 
to 
We have now ‘before us two 
n for asylu m farms, instead 
he tact, as well as t theoretical 
field of accurate observation ; 
ng has made 
me so much a mere 
ry be Ma 
mechanics are unintelligible? han 
will be exclaimed, mu sta farmer be a 
or 
nad an en 
> 
: 
is 
slesirable sae he 
nected 
with 
ie ag vist he is about 
ar parents to provide their 
real 
fhe te 3 his bu 
‘will ever 
y 
every 
oan utd things ‘they 
they will en their first occu- 
9 he all the chances in their favour of using 
y the opportunities toe ma *h f appl 
their etme 23 re! ton na 
national, impor cult dist 
ur pleas ee be- 
ginning to arise, we must r add, that iti 
only by a very dngicnny system ‘of teaching that they 
can on oe to answer purpose. It not do 
ve them be taught a little, and that 
wells ‘anil let everything 
: ity of the human mind 
is tbe le and the natural aipeatens of man begins 
But our space ae our pursuing this subject fur- 
ther for the presen 
Two letters upon the diss of glazed flower-pots bf 
have reached One is the composition of a sensible 
man ; tie as it explains the rationale of pot cultiva- 
tion i t it entir 
ag | weument, all that prattical Liowleitize which would 
be so valuable to them in subjects like gardening i is 
only so much waste stren 
ve Psat to whom we afta supposes us 
mend the use of “hard-burnt, glazed, un- 
cro hel) pots ;” and therenpa turn the whole of his 
mments. But a _ Rot ewe the “ns 
in u 
‘ re- 
nena the use of glaz red pots bine rabieel pa 
is a piece of Sranetnaliers on. the 
spondent, as he will discover if he bai take the éhenible 
to ers at he reads. 
n parts, we now-consjder i it sett tiled. 
TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. — 
Yo ders are ‘aware that the transmission 
to and from India 
ndia-House,—such as oh ‘re to the different climates | 
and | premetnn of tha it ex 
of seeds 
very mail in cite from the East India Com- 
pany’s Botanic caarael are nes and various 
other plants suited to the climate of this bint : 
to wet, either from rain or in crossin 
ered up, otherwise they are 
apt to become mouldy ge to lose their veers power, 
As it was desirable of 
e first attempt was made by Dr. meee at ee 
request | of Lord Auckland; when he adopted the plan of 
pit loping ey cuttings of fruit-trees in the Tndia-rubber 
cloth. Som of these, on their arrival in India, showed 
; but none vegetated when placed in the 
year a second ae was made > but, 
ON THE TRANSMISSION OF FRUIT-TREES; &e., tos in pe abr 
@ spe 
is now regularly carried on through the pateh 
| &c., was sent out to Lord Auckland i inT 
land them reached ali 
travel by the dicate part of them being loosely, and 
part closely packed. The results ris this experiment are 
given in the scion very interesting com paineins 
ae Drs. Gibson and Falconer ; the former’in the Bom- 
bay cy fear peers wie: the latter at Saharuppoor, 
station 
meee nis dated wee 25th Jan., 
now the: fate 
one trabetecaltyy <5 Those 
much, and I had no 
;a bide any ove 
— eter from Dr. —s 
$42, and runs’ thes :—“ 
af the a tdittings bai oy the oa clas 
first sent appear 
os of any of rca 
t sen 
ew I nto ground 
{ arrived in much sebtet pron In the ma- 
put them in pots 
collector, J will hereafter send for 
em to place them in ¢ ills.”’—In eraer letter, 
dated 27th April, 1842, Dr. Gibson says—‘‘ Almost all the 
+ wipe of the J en aed by 
em 
of the 
fi 
Ww e had from 
least) at nearly - _— 
aap af ane and the oreleen sent from 
e that i se of a few nar  oeap 
mill “probably be be the most rs imated Conifer 
country. is tesult ewer followed the establi 
met “of se overland communication between England 
h- 
d In 
_ ts ery thing peer it was ae me effect in ~_ 
transmiss 
on of the p of I to England 
asienditied to the fullest. extent. Bat: ‘ae. sree st 
of success * gi pane 
to India. Seeds and bulbs of e 
ae re- 
ceived in excellent waa nee name had followed on 
roduce the fine sorts of 
the temperate parts of India. 
two to five months, at the least.” same aaa in- 
verinaly followed on numerous occasions 
hae “0m e@ a.ma we er of much — and im- 
° ‘de termine 
ove rland mail ;. for alt 
oy be expected toi beer prt nnd 
r of elitr in sadn and ot ‘call 
the trial might be 
ect that 
3 
grafts, consisting of Apples, Pe ars, Cherries, 
n 
trial was made in the winter of 1639-40, 
from the India-house to the reer Garden, Sabarun 
poor age was made air-tight’ by teas 
numerous envelopes of India-rubber silk, aud “xr a 
in sm indles: carefully’ rolled 
uncovered at the wounds, 
ugh mildew and soheaeietion: 
ied . 
Their ends being 
arrived dead, apparently thro 
— moss was moist, and’ 
rtially fermen ‘were | 
tween the India-house foes “acre ae 
om an excess 0 
had come, in fact, in a sort of ae 
d to Dr. Royle ‘to 
sa on the 3 30th Rasy eiavs 
the 18th Jan., being 80 days. 
a et, the ends of them bein 
x, and the bundles rolled up, gerne of them in dry moss 
asi, some of themin cotton. They were all found on their 
arrival to be dry, crisp, and withered; the failure on this 
ion appearing to have been caused by desi¢cation in 
esi of the too free sano ir. trial 
a despatch of bt 
Tédinciowie on the 30th Nov. 
Owing to a mistake, the success was ok © great as du. uring 
nt from the Horticultural | 
ea that t did no 
not knowing till afterwardg. that this | 
een done parcel was ee 
pt 
re was taken bed | 
hon-conductor (cot 
when the: packet was 
re whole € envéloped in @ he 
Some were sent in large, others D 
| 
Garden at Saharunpoor on the 27th Jan. last, having been en 
58 days on the journey. The cuttings in ‘this i 
were in a eae in pire ‘ent wal 
them were oi up i 
the ends; bu é 
com seit air and water 
arene vers of pa al $0 as to 
first, ¢ or Ind ia-rubber } j 
were A 
much moistute, by partially drying the cut- Cherries 
