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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
669 
humo us earth and to throw them into a hole. This 
te 
ammonia will hen be used 
top-dressing, or be harrowed in with the seed. Bone-dust 
become equally efficient if previously put int 
urine-tank and permitted to decay. The phosphate of 
lime will thus be decomposed by the carbonate of 
hat ari ae the res 
monia that arises fr of which will b 
the generation of phosph f ammonia an bonate of 
a The form er salt is very soluble in water, and will 
refore 
sendy pro LB pants with the necessary amount of 
hosphorus, as well as nitrogen. periments which I 
ve made with the asgienae of ammonia have shown 
t has been recom mended, when bones have been 
erely crushed, to mix them with quicklime in a dite be 
and to let them rot there; but this process is bad. 
consequence of it that the whole of 
s gas. Equ 
acking ca. dust in heaps 
using it, wetting it, and letting it rot in that state ; 
this instance also, th 2 haggpiom wie ee 
If, on the contrary, a 
h ay ixed with the bo ne-dust, mall te 
ammonia will b d by humic acid. he bone 
contain m uch fat, a sort of ammoniacal soap, soaily sehallg 
dp geier, will be produced. 
eadows, 
thoroughly | re 
3 because, in that case, the cartilage, To lig oe 
the worms oan insects is pe agg sed. To ten a 
clayey soil an coarsely-crushed es, as som fone e sug- 
gested, is, at the high price of bones, quite — of the 
question on Fae of the expense 
(To 
[nto ae seers 
z _ MEASURES OF CAPACITY. sis 
| 4 - nt 
urred to me about three years ago to Sty whether 
a cube of four inches might fitly represent a 
I fi 0 
inches: the smallest alteration would completely defeat 
the purpose. On th ee this plan, the scientific 
and elaborate definition of the e, and a 
its costly copies and acc : set aside 
as useless, or resolve itself into the dim derived 
from the standard of extension alone; an eight 
an 
cube for 
nches seep by 18 inches — ter, or there- 
a trifle less than the Wi but 
nt the same weight of head as is usually 
bushel. 
fine wheat, of the growt 
is lecture before A 
Society of Englan mage Siok 30 bushels of wheat to neni 
1 pera rs bie is pra to the 30 ‘0 cate 
el, padle Mr. Cobbe 
the’ Winchester bushel, ea cy ais the weight of GOlbs. 
respectively 5 but the gre bushel is var’ 2 
33 qu: quarts.of the Winchester, eink th refore larger in 
i ig 33 to 32. 
rr coe of the measure was little thought of at 
the Sis it too farmer 
cr 
his an nsumer was partly 
heaoatid by what the ferme ig fi it were not known 
that he was recei uart more than usual in every 
f 
standard has not been universally 
ot have been very injurious to ve 4 
oper 
class of pe ~ Laving ated r: as ani 
to the still-existing variety of measures, instead of ike. 
blishing their uniformity, which is still so much to be 
desired. In ts e kingdom the local mea- 
account ‘go skilful and w 
informed 
extension, would be yery adyan- 
h 
chester, ut will 
le 
ca to the public, and particularly to the poorer 
The propriety of i ban into oe merits of this sug- 
gestion, ‘' simple of taking a of 4i rgeuiag a 
uart m e al- 
but the 5 igen 
saineas made, to such 
degree, t reat aversion nn aes entertaining 
any further innovatio 
aving endeavoured t what I conceive to be 
the plan hat ikenak I shall conclude 
with a few it ar ad which have occurred to me in regard 
to the prevent syste 
The ort of the ‘select ses ples of the House of 
ommons on weights and measures, dab) be printed 
28th May, 1821, states that Bi ai iffe erence be in- 
chester gallon, derived from the standard beamed 13 and 
2-tenths cubic inches, equal to a difference of n 
tenths cubic inches in 
retained, as far ged adapted to common 
pipers Ese tha: an gw decimal scale. 
And, lastly, I will refer ‘to the traction of ra inches 
contained i n the pre! easures, of. which a 
quart cbditalad 69°308 cubic inches ; a “pe ck, 554°548 ; and 
a bushel, 2218:192.*_7.N. P., Shr ropshire. 
ORNAMENTAL (heath PLANTS. 
n the earlier months of 
0 
norant of the treatment they re 
of Sak Chronicle who may be thus situated, "tye following 
Ss may pro sig be useful. 
ark 
ere are many kinds of bulbous plants, and those too 
by far the most Msciiag. which never repay the care of 
the amateur when ed promiscuously in the tiorder 
se- 
amongst other plants; but which will, if cultivated in 
arate beds and suitable soil, full 
is clas 
Gladiolus, Ixia, Sparaxis, Watsé ich 
are so close 19 8 that the 4 ‘teisindik is sppleabe 
to the whole o ay be added the Hy- 
and fro avy rai 
soil, a fast” Jee 
th ‘0 
nure. I may be made lev 
with t the surrounding surface, an to wards the latter tnd 
of oom month the bulbs may be planted upon them in 
yramid of sand r 
h, t ist in protecting them from damp. Gladfoli 
inches with soil ; I’xias, not more 
To 
mats secured upon hoo fi os or leaves will e 
sist materially in e ceding th frost ; when, however, this 
n severely, ary. leav es should be laid over the surface 
‘oot. 
As spring a , these material may be gradually 
removi a. and ty ea ols that will be afterwards requi — 
will consist in tying up the Sines as pe increas 
io Diep 
to the ra. of Pay 8 inches 
in gro the weather is very dry, the beds will 
not nee ge “f such should be the case, it should be 
ane a sapped, since eo want of moisture he 
season just as destructive to I’ Sa 
ruperabundanee of tt during i eae ee of rest. If ‘ack 
yen kept oe in winter, they will last for many years 
without pat 
There Goes ‘more interesting bulbs, upon which it 
they 
is com e well, as will for the most part 
thrive in the borders amongst ther plants. ese are the 
Erythrénium Dens canis an ericanum, a pa- 
vonia, Pardanthus chinensis, Zephyranthes Atamasco and 
candida, Fritillari erialis and mel ucoju 
sti “er ki : la amoena, cam mnpanulate, and 
preecox ramosus, tatiricus, and licteus ; Van 
Thol, Sans Se Fade hy and Parrot Tulips ; Ornithégalum py- 
midal 
WEIGHT fad FINE ‘HORTICULTURAL 
ODUCTI nd ae 
E to-day commence our pro 
subject with we following seo sseagg 
cases avoir 
Pr 
d reports upon this 
The weight is in all 
* See Nesbett and Littl Gauging, 
chy, Oy TAP sane ube Measures of Cape- 
’ . oF 
Ne AO aR a A AEE A ET TS 
of pips in height, 12; crown middle-sized, cocksco} 
ha - Pike wn by Mr. Dav me to Sir S. H. Clrke. 
Pin E, Provi t, 8 Ibs. 3 oz. ; length, 
10 inches cae th, 6 
wn 
no e fruit. Grown by Mr. T. Forster, gr. to 
Viscount 
PINE-APP PLR, Green wo mga weight, a Ibs. ; a? 
mber of pips in height, 8 
rate, with . small Aint. c well fo rmed 
by B. Fielder, gr. t 
eas 
a5 
mics’ of pip hig h, 10; 
"Pin Gro y Mr. 
estimated numb 
not mpact as the precedi ing one, but the berries were 
stin harsh larger. Grown by Mr. Bailey, gr. to R. 
—— boom 
Pea é Diel: No. 1—weight, 15 oz. 7 drs. ; 
length of frit, ‘4 inci’ breadth, 3}inches. No. 2— 
weight, 15 ; len 74h inches; breadth, 33 inches. 
Remarkably ‘hiodeoiee specimens fi » grown by 
“so gag 
Pop 
Pear, Beile e 
3} inches ; breathy 3t songs very handsome fruit ; 
het a 
Seckle : ile ht, B val 7 drs. ; —_— 3 inches ; 
inches. wah is generally a very s mall Pear. 
: ricientl large for any 
rmed. Sent by Mr. R. 
Pra 
breadth, "on in 
dessert fruit, and is well f 
0 “eg 
App Alfriston: weight, 120z. 7drs.; height, 3 
sadhevals ‘Giendth; 4 inches: a handsome fruit. Sent by 
H. Pes 
PLE, Reinet 
height, 3 qreye ; “breadth » ot i 
formed. Also from H. 
te du Canada: weight, 11 oz. onl 
nches: remarkably 
ois. 
INE-APPLE, Enville: weight, 7 lbs. 702. ; 
without the cr rown, 103 ee : 
ex 
MATEUR’S GARDEN, No. XLI. 
xh have collections of fruit to gather and pre- 
fal j " 
arly ripe ; 
Dorebla to Bri' those w 
alittle longer. Look o 
berri 
ued ” damp, or which haye been partially eaten be 
birds asps. 
Any pre omhoam plants which are yet standing in 
n air m w be got in without a a Cuttings of 
Verbenas sae "taker aig recommended put in 
ago, Ww vp well conga may 
Avaya may not have mu uch room to 
a seed-pan or two wi 
during the vine, to be 6 
gal ring. ay oon 
Oniums are so ea injured by the frost as to look u 
soon become g 
and 
out next year. eCut ttings m ay even be stra 
former cirections ot been attended to, quite 
will be well roo 
