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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[Oct. 29, 
ties ; but in some pri-. 
ormous 
seemed injaetiiee IP Neal all those majes- 
still abound. 
an 
to be the werent ‘of a Gcayhores, so a pigm 
cannot be pe ennct to produce anything better t 
pigmy race of seedlings. 
A SECOND MEMOIR ON —o sort MEssrs. 
— sre gl ND Ray 
ed from the Fre 
Our previous m posi Be on the mieten strength of dif- 
ferent manures having Lpoighe well received by practical men, 
mplete our task yy 8 Mg ig 
ve fad able t 
conv 
‘© The value of ma is in proporti the abundan 
of nitrogen in its organic materials, more especially with 
relati oe aa th materials wh ntai 
nitrogen tee ag of hore su 
progress of Bi ear re rigina 
statement. It was applied res which are 
suitable to Silttes ted lands, containing the residue of pre- 
in : which, although deficient in nitrogen, 
are rich in ternary organic mat rder that the 
manure, which is spread upon land, may of itself supply 
sufficient nutrimen ants, that 
porn to act i in 
tation of at utg 
peti 
her uisil 
tiva- 
tion always contains : chonomeuse 2 of oe Papers i 
putrescen which abo 
deca’ wtiak ‘ought to 2 
star soil: for it is yee which are 
now a fact 
ies sdinits of no question. 
‘We know that some kinds of comme ack, act, at na and 
also 
stimulants . 
gen. " Most excrementitio 
L so; 
3 heating, for , Aesth et and cold 
or thos: ble of being 
pin Bic. any § et 
th ee ton a hi os broperies 
oe nd are ssn, and that ‘igat oh at a it 
This will be lea de clearer 
-2chlataked Of abremnalys bi tie mans i a 
succeeded perfec’ pe a 
an attempt was made to pi A ek an 
blood. The result might easily te ea ro 
crop failed in consequence. Are we to conclude from 
_that a rich manure, aboun di Z le 
2 mg 
“injurious upon light Jand ? 
“substance mi) 
ion, ensures 
efare ne nitrogen that is in combination in a _ 
eful, and the amount of its dose indicates 
_ The dried blood — is found so useful in the Colo- 
r Sugar-canes, owes its excellence, 
which are often to undant i f manure, 
and ch only create a difficulty in extracting the sugar. 
These observations will explain — nature and value of 
the Widinhe that is furnished by ou analyses, concerning 
which we next  aieomy z. offer ae special | observations. 
é contin 
ON ANIMAL MANURES.- —No. Vi. 
(By Prorzssor CuArves SPRENGEL. Translated from 
m 
luded from page 6908) 
bh; PEE Ray ountries whe ‘much oultry is 
reared, ai ‘ee acing i geese in Alsace, the quills are 
employed as m e Magdeburg acre of land, 
9 to 10 sac ss of about "400 “i 500 lbs. each, are use 
s 
Feathers contain ibe. same substances as pena conse- 
qu ame powerful qualiti 
a —They are used in 
nthia as manure. 
afte 
may as man hey, thing animal, 
contain much nitrogen, and pos anuring 
quantity. The destruction of Cockchafers has also another 
pr 
abit of connerins 
fields, 
of the pear trifling. 
Neaibelaes eee deserve attention, and possess consi- 
derable importance for the small farmer 
ie PAMIBIA® LOCA aXe. Soa 
are fara of the Leaf. ~The signal i is indeed given with- 
uw to warn us of the Saar} ‘except the rustli 
orth foinge =“ ‘ ong rom the b branches it ha 
Mecorated a e long, 
bush wa Reddit: © lety siden’ of the every 
had vanbeed, and redde and rowned, beneat! h the in- 
fluence of a declining pe produ 
—aA crowded umbrage, ord and dun, 
Of every hue from wan-declining green 
To sooty — ; 
it 
autum 0 
dying leaves, an 
branches ty quietly iets for their fall. 
sr + ~ ier the leaves have shrunk bene 
mbrace n autumnal told and hav 
etruggle to avoid it? Or has oldage overtaken them, and 
hey 0 y participating in the universal lot of living 
tains Sinking | the. is come? 
The fall of the leaf is a tance and 
has phi I not be 
merely because of the cold to which the leaf is exposed, 
r when a frost in June black r hedger d 
tes our gardens, the leaves do not then fall off; they 
only wither and die. ay be ° arrival of 
old age; but this nome beet ms gre to ing. 
sores would naturally ask, mo’ es re- 
pees To understand these things we must first 
— the leaf i is, and how | it is joined to the branch. 
ane and stiffened by eae fibres which pass into. it ed 
the wood li orm its veins. By these means a 
“Now, when the leaf is first 
have er thin sides, and 
to them i ily returned 
_ and if the wate en receive w ee quite P La it is 
not improbable owes they would go egaed 
ret for me. But at fluids of of plant are 
not water; on the con Nessa eal of 
earth, and other matters, which they deposit pus time 
creo 
they pass over a su We know that when a 
cpaenerante ion 
| and clean; but as soon as we hav 
the inside mo 
have boiled a 
becomes a furred ; — when water has 
been boiled a great man much 
Forze, tla ast quite ne with a sr es like 
sort takes place in 
the inside of the bladders and fib ofaleaf ; theyare at first 
quite clean, but ue antes are furred over, till their 
sides are ren 80 eee finid on which the leaf 
feeds can no longer ie ae 
as this ha leaf beyine to be starved, audeobenve 
off ite 3 want on food renders it weak ; a sort of i 
digestion takes place, and at last it altogether dies, 
not acq 
li ing | mention the way in which it is 
the summer time, leaves are always falling off as they as 
those on the lowest part of the branches fall first ; but 
cause the falling leaves are hidden 
r 
same sort takes place. At chat ieee the leaves are meer 
in a dying state, for the reasons already explained; a _ 
separation has, in -_ taken place between the 
penter glues together two pi 
nto a dr contrac 
prove ag is, that the at is broken. 
se leaves anne e called evergreen, they un 
ctly as > other leaves, only ata latet 
n ea 
m—one 
pide nr their cides 
ATEUR’S GARDEN.—No. XLIV. 
NW the-weather is — there are ee pe ee 
Wuer 
n the Kitche n and Fruit Garden which m w be per- 
formed a may be dug or megis soot del 
and left this manner to be pul ed by the 
frost of winter. i i of the 
be ridged y it ‘3 fest oF all dhevded 
each two feet 
an opening ‘is taken out at the end of the first space so 
arked out, and the carried to the end of the 
tone. The workman then digs up on d down an- 
other until the whole is finished, ing a ridge of 
eg 
ive ime rubbish 
are both useful when dug into stiff clay. 1 recollect 
digging a quantity of the latter into a piece of groun 
which was Some difficult 
TS, 
rk was much lighter owing to the action 
of the ashes opens the soil. 
_Borde ers for wall-trees may be made as soon as possible; 
where t 
and some means should be used to preve ent a roots from 
he amateur cannot do bett r than peruse 
at this 
r, I wish parti nae arly to itireet ‘attention 
This is as important to la 
manure is; and athe the Amateur m acy not pos nels 
a large es te upon which to try his skill, att oe may pro- 
duce eerie’ 
spongy, nit soon tells u b tre es and eropd hic do 
not grow naturally ierke a sends py soil. In the south of 
Scotland, and in laees parts of En slend where agriculture 
most advanced, the enlig fi r has contribut 
most essentially to this improvement, by the care with 
which he -has rained hi nd. are seve 
system , all of which are applicable to a small 
stones, he can make a cheap and efficient drain with them 
in the same manner as is done oe of the agri 
districts. tha’ i 
. t is necessary 
t as hone oie a 
required 
bottom, — io nthe best sto s sho ald t be 7 chose laying 
them on 
e fo 
triangle, to Teave’ i ret course for tie Wi iy ° 
When this is done, fill up the ine to a “certain height 
orn 
carried away to aditch oF streamiy't io 
In | the field or garden in which the drain’ Pye 
pees stagnan 
oth sides , and 
ane 
me 
Sih cs 
7 : 2 yy tor Beas wise ne: si indie 7 4 se i ht , eR Nii io re ete itn eee 
a eRe ee ne Sh A St eS ee ieee we ter ens ROR mses ' wie seg ieee — 
“4 Yes 
