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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[Nov.. 19, 
dition ; the Carrots were Os but the season being. so 
unusually dry, they did not grow. u 
$ soon covered with another crop, 
they not ae a sooner? 
ried down by the rains below the depth of ordinary plongh- 
ing, and bese the re and 
there they have remained in a co ondi ition which artificial 
i ither 
nS ae Ww 
2 arta, where their 
of eleven pounds, n 
season and the depredations of insects. — L. Vern 
bike teak 
cut green ; unmanure red; 20 ears; straw not 
6 quit in 4 best ears 164 heel weighing 
95 grains—in the others me. 162°6: total num- 
r 
the had ‘bk pluc ked off. est contained 157 
sees. “ecighing 82°56 ay the four Sthirs: 114, weigh- 
ing 50 grains ; total weig t, 152°56: total number; 271. 
3. Corn cut green igi in lime, produced 11 stalks 
6 ripe, 5 green, 2 of which very weak; fro of t 
green and 3 of the ripe, the ears had been plucked and 
ck 
pewy tt! of perhaps 50 only ¥ toa rema 
ing this, the est ears sn Srethis 65°5 
grains ; the other 35, sweeling 84: total 74-05, 
4, pe, so me, cw 17 stalk s, of 
weighin, 
total yekt 2 
5.—1 Urate ; 15 stall of apie ‘ had ee: aed 
paren off ; at 3s er 11,5 w ipe, and 
the 4 
grains ; the bee , weighi 
weight, 14 793 if the 4 lost heads were Feary equal to 
r of seeds would be about 600, 
of " ‘ent green; 16 Bees ere of 
PODE 
which had } heads, the straw v the 
quite green ; leng at the es a 
ear, 63 ning .76 seeds; in the 4 best, 
249 by cage se ng 103-71 in the others 138, weighin 
40°89, in all 144; if the ears that.were tak Sart cone 
to dicks that were left, th total nom ber of seeds would 
be 974, and the total weight 289°2. 
7.—3 Urate; the corn cut ripe ; 12 stalks, of which hs 
ha ir heads .plucked off; of the remainder, 5 we 
ripe, and 4 green; 4 of the ripe contained 177 cabs, 
weighing 11434 grains ; og other 5, 168, weighing 632 ; 
, 849; addin wi ford the missing ears, 477 : 
te ; the corn hi thea 5. produced 14 oy of 
i s 1 imperfect one, 
containing small ‘tebdld In the 4 best there were 
235 seeds, weighing 154-2 grains; in the others 317, 
weighi 35 : thus the total number was —the 
being brought to me Hintiout ‘the at, I cant tell how 
ny other stalks Poel sree eet their 
half were ripe, half g best ears ned 162 
seeds, w weighing , 88: ye pitas’ : the others 164, weighing 66 : 
total weight, 154° 
if small 
very strong, the i weak, 1 of which seditaitied 
Bags hited eighing. 
poly from 3 seeds were 30, of which 20 were 
and 3 yery small, some cd them almost as 
Bie ac sais 
neu ren ripened the first of 
pea : 
a Se 
rains, 
d 
oan? 
reen ; me ie retin of 
. 
unmeasured quantity, filling the centre of e 
at the top in the | 
tained 
eee sae te 
cut ih cient aedisn 14 ears ; wat 
e4 
rest 140, weighing 57:95 : total number, 354 ; total weight, 
175°2. 
Guano; corn cut green; produce, 14 ears, be- 
sides 2 nape deta i the grain was imperfect and un- 
lipened, the ear 5 inches long; the 4 best con- 
tained “ips suds reighing 104 57 hid the as 98, and 
some i worth c weighing alto- 
a Ree ‘30° 315 tot Pilsiobee 518 ; "total weight, 143-94. 
wee ee ; unmeasured quantit y, filling the centre of 
Ag 3 seeds J gh ed 32 stalks, not racers most 
reg aa ill grown; 5 had their luc A : ear 
contained 69 seeds, the 4 b > the 
; total Ecckneae 918 
other 694, Pandy te 233°2 
grains ; total weight, 357°87 ; if the pluck ked heads con- 
tained 50 each, the total number of seeds would he 1168, 
and the w weight abo ut 507 grains, which gives for each 
seed sown a return of 389 ; weight, 169. 
Best Ears. TOTAL 
Number.| Weight Number.| Weight Ears 
green 1 164 5° 523 51°6 20 
ipe 157 82°56 271 152°56 10 
green 3 138 65°55 370 40° 11 
ipe 4 193 110°1 553 237°74 17 
ripe 5 209 Ql'4 600 233 15 
reen 6 249 103°71 974 289°2 16 
ripe 7 177 114°34 477 281 12 
green 8 235 154'2 552 283°55 14 
ripe 9 162 88'2 326 1542 10 
green 10 _ _ — ge 13 
11 196 107°05 305 123°28 10 
ipe 12 165 82°77 389 147°27 15 
green 13 200 80.04 7°47 14 
ripe 14 113 47°6 — _ 20 
green 15 219 719 449 129°4 14 
ripe 16 214 117°26 354 175'2 9 
green 17 220 104°57 318 143°94 14 
224 124°6 1168 07 Ml 
TRELLIS FOR CLIMBERS. 
hi 
mon the exception of Ni 
ilia tricolor, have during the aa 
at the 
of unre 
ave 
lai S4lvias, pegged down ; then 
vari 
ied in colour, which do not grow too tall ; and a third 
w of some kinds taller and more sho owy.” 
North of England, where spring is so late in 
rance, difficulty of cainng good 
ely to occur ; 
of select annuals is very 
ure 
aa pea 
hich con eed 7 pile pei cele ere on | hoops, would furnish them with 
8 pip yan of the straws were | Seve e 3 
47° z 
nh UaAS -sown ones might be planted out to follow in 
uccessio 
The best orig ~ Ade ai effect, and which range 
s high, are sg Hinsia grandiflora, 
d 
mon califérnicum, 
hlox rummo ndi, 
Sphenogyne spec 
amelloides, riepatt nanus, ‘and’ @ we now common, 
ning Nemé- 
iets 
oer ee irk pulchell 
phila i insignis. 
” The roy, attain a mie 
foot and u a? 
—Collins 
eight are suita 
re. Guaae bie ey branching and 
single Siberian dithspure,’e the oe 
ae peeps os a pe vt 
y ha 
me io 
not ss fet. aia crater unless oa in a green- 
se or pit secure from frost ; posit which we may 
e Manglésii, Brachy- 
Psa ene and sabe jase tricolor. In 
situ hadae: peri is no annual which can 
iets the “latter i in beauty. —T. R. 
AMATEUR’S GARDEN. No. XLVII. 
Ir the amateur will turn = page 157, he will find some 
ne cay in, ittle 
, Plums, and Cherries, whic 
added to his bouloetion; and which he can no 
ectable nursery. 
chas 
to eek toget mall collection 
kinds, the following selection wil answer — — 
being placed in the o in which they become fit for 
Rt PEA Seckel, Toston Home ws Kerenibe 
ise, Beurré Bosc, Duchesse d' Angouléme, 
e Naples, ee Neli 
Louise, B 
uactbe Crassane, Figue 
Hacon’s Incomparable, Glout Morceau, Passe Co 
r B 
nelle basi requires a wa 
Dun IrcHEN PEARS 
oyale Héative, Green 
avin Coes Golden Drop 
wn PLuMs : Early 
Th rey ma hire Da 
of the Dessert en already named are also oe 
, tent for eee purpose: 
¢ CHE miimeliaarly Purple Guigne, May 
Duke, Knights Early Black, Black Eagle, secmnere 
Elton,» Roya arreau. The Kentish and 
Gage, 
op, and 
— 
é 
at his table throughout the season, w ver “ers are 
most re d. Wi e exceptio whole succeed 
perfectly on standards in the midland and southern coun- 
north. T 
t when brought to table. Moreover, som 
as Gansell’s Bergamot, Crassane, Br Beurré, and the 
Jargonelle already noticed, require a wall 5 where 
that is to spare, these kinds may be trained against it. 
— ve small gardens are not supposed to have 
uch accommodation for wall-trees, and therefore this 
little fact will be of some importance to them. Th 
ethos peers succeeds w ell u us 
many 0 inds in favourable si 
rea, - example, is said by a Spec oe this paper 
tn pha nti ing, guard against making the ground too deep 
too rich. should be well drained, | — means — 
do 
sale aya 
ucceed as well as you can wish them. 
—————— 
HOME CORRESPON DENCE. 
<a se 
i te f sc or 7 
One Fok of intem of = the means 0 
deleting many © ad tell a the 4g could be 
cvianeat before would 
nd 
zi a’ Heri, Double 
e Bigar- — 
ere that 
tion So- _ 
a 
