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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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~The Gardeners’ Chronicie, 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1842, 
MERTINGS FoR THE TWO FOLLOWING WEEKS. 
uesday, Dec. 1 rena a oe ghtig gees 8h P.M. 
ecological 6,.. 34 5 
Wednesday, Dee. 4 ~ {cass Botanical . i “4 
day, Dec-16,. 5. 4 . MAS . 42. ge 8 PM 
Tuesday, Dec. 20. . . s' Linnean. 60. 5 ge gue 8 ; si 
Wednesday, Dee. a1. Bicone eet hen vats 8 4 
eae 
rr. Liebi ig upon ens curious and im- 
expositor. Dr. 
week ; his second 
he : Aary Let c we in 
say, 
vish abroad. starve 
the p an that is hilt; in order to feed the 
Sivare ha is ah or brown neglect the 
m rwickshire or Kent, in order that we 
icane in Ma 
25 
nd 
to distant mis- 
‘sions for the i ret Als of a S aalaieas and elo- 
ce is exhaust he compassionate 
an _ Far 
oral degradation, misery— am 
. out? We blame no one for this for the 
4 truth | is, either the higher and richer class 
. know of it, or they believe it to be a a 
_— control—hopeless and irremediable. 
there are many great Pro of 
; but, ——— there is not enoug 
In a densely-peop] try like England, 
n of the cr mies impoverishing 
that giv ei will repay the cost, not m 
the gratitude of the poor, and the still better re- 
aimminate ¢ one it unfortunatel cacouis Te to 
refuse it u J = : — ’s 
of ston 
be removed, for i 
mining, and not ssowhy: he 
ao, and it is to their rem 
address ourselves 
these circumstances 
is they which: are under- 
whole fabric of our 
oval that we wish to 
the poor of this country is 
ployment—something always to 
do—not charity. The asking for ea ve ay: ce | 
degr: in 
"feeling of indepen- 
neighbour, “1 have 
money; I have the power 
: isi 
_ With his wares, and obtaining what he wants 
- ‘barter, In this’there is no degradation: on thea" The 
san who ba nor - ttered to pass ams away in 
old 
e | trary, there is a is my Se a it tg ac ey 
ness that he too is gy Se which part i the 
poor man to his ot. Bat wees e is told that he isnot 
wanted—that the only ily 
strength, is s 
in vain, what misery, abandon 
imself to 0 despa and fall back to ha amidst the 
waters of bitte How wonde 
ba lending a ready band - what phe ing demagogues 
may say—to eir too * and joining in 
their wildest schemes! f for what is the fa’ ue of society 
im? what terr one de- 
serted by all hips}. what lot tee be its than his 
gre s? 
We are drawing no exaggerated picture ; we are 
dvetitecing ae when we affirm that there are 
thousands and t san 
ever well the seca system may be administered, it 
Itis employment that must 
ean to sleep securely in our ign 
Employ the pee pet ay and there will be 
Chartists ; give _— 25 garg ng * their own that i is 
worth keeping, ey no en to run the 
ried ma losing it, though it ‘a but little, for all the argu- 
ments of the cunningest incen - Let no one think, 
come so com e contrary, we wou 
punish with the hina severity all Cg betiin'ong 
Bu pepe ieee neith or partici- 
pated in by any considerable portion of the’ poor ; and 
God forbid that we should p misery of one 
because of pat villany of an 
not speaking to the generosity of 
= world, nor re their fears nor rf their prejudices ; 
see the pressing pe ingle for an immediate 
Seisndaards of the product vig mpi of the land. 
- | Let political — a they m in 
a nobody i 
t that it would xa a ries public 
capital. n common w 
be pefely practicable not remotely, but immediately, 
ry OY the ent of more 
grounds upon “which this 
nust reserve till next sek. 
labour ; and we are re aded that in all cases it has 
been attended with unmixed good. An instructive 
instance of the effect o f it a upon the cottager, and one 
to which we would ane particularly draw the atten- 
tion of our agricultur Snes was given the | 
day in the Leeds Mercury 
“Tf he is a pescrctie to his ooantey who causes two 
where bul before, the 
man rents a rood of 
Wheat the next, cm fallow is un 
hus t in 1841, ced is always reaped six 
his half-rood of iand, 
rewarding 6 3 toil, ying a kin hee 
ndry, and spea 
ee ibe . that igh ght be ie kant ‘ty 
small —e for the 
w this, peter is a result attained 
inn’ the landlord to any expense. And 
eve it will be uniformly found that a better 
+ anid 4a small allotments than in 
as 
without 
Piss. 
rent may be had fo 
need 
Daubeny i ee. number 
Dr. 
the Royal ater meee, (p< 380,) to which we 
——— We 
nary | calcul 
819 
is the securing them a living. It is idle to talk of 
in creasing the comforts of ie man, till he has 
some comforts to 
Amo oe snd vet to rgd = at of En- 
lar t of fertil willing tend by ol 1 ahs in pret eee, 
1a) 1sin: oughing-in 
a practice little caployed Sars but a h practised on 
the Continent. In order to put possessi 
what is there known upon the err we ity! caused 
Professor Charles Sprengel’s account of the’ effect of 
green manures to be dvatutated; 4 and we most parti- 
8 invite the attention of our readers to his 
Statements. 
Pes se planter of pee ay ae were asked which 
he would sasay: adie the Larch ; 
th its rapidity and its value in 
market, it is unrivalled. 
various uses,” says Mr. Selby, * to gr: "= 
Larch is mike, greek in agricultural a ee 
well as in civi tecture, it is 
enter Ae detailed ed particular as it is found rare egenetly 
applicable and efficient varied circumstances than 
an he dat or vay =i important wood-work of 
buildings, such as beams, joists, couples, &c., it is superi 
foreign Pine timber, pos: 
with the strength and durability of 
also render it excellent for mill axles, and oth 
ee to heavy weight severe cross strains. 
rind “ation 
wood in appe ; the only objection to its more 
general use in t depa ts of the joiner and 
cabinet-maker being the greater difficulty with which it is 
brought to a smooth surface und hands of the work- 
man; but this, judicious man ent and proper 
easoning, if not e, may, at all events, be greatly 
lessened a rs it has also been found to form the 
best sleepers for railways, and the demand for this purpose 
the extensive plantations in Scotland and the north of 
England 
‘The early period at which the Larch begins to 
e planter, and the com parative 
ue of its os wt are features which distin- 
ae it fro other $ a mere i 
e, and is far habtior in berg to one made of 
sees tree d Larch thinnings are 
large enough for small railing, requittig little or no repair 
for many years. At 15, and from that to 20 years 0 old, it 
of i dicage atone f 
to cut Peay 
ling 
those made ¢ of —oe ny Momel: timber, 
ings, &c. profitably saw 
into strong d-roiled liaedion for fencing off cat 
Bryn the soil of 
dto produce Larch timber, it is Fier for hop- 
o be of first-rate quality, being 
than 2 feet from each eh, aoe fs the stems may 
rawn up in requisite 
degree of slenderness. al this sh Loudon remarks, and 
the assertion ‘We ae seen = 
poles, which: are found to 
med o! 
10 or 12 feet high ted upon the earth cast 
out of a 4-feet fiteb, ne them at an angle of about 30° 
with the horizon, and so placed, that their tops inc 
may have a fences to form, and Larck 
ears old re from the thinnings 
The Duke of Athol’s Larches at Dunkeld are 
known to every one. In that part of Scotland 
fo und to grow upwards of selige Ravtgr hee - 
; tioned of 20 of ‘ 
must refer our dwell upon it at 
present, ce 
the allotment system, vm its 
= an aid in the condition | 
of the |, 
for 
spat oes to be aang in the st instance 
