THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[FEBRUARY 7, 1857. 
does not advance ri leaps. 
no ry rn 
I do not however say they will never be o d, but 
they hav na ideratum lon of and 
asked for, and their long absence proves satisfactorily 
ee, Asparagus.—1i qui ite agree with Watt 
p. 70), xeepecsnd À the superiority of coast over 
t he e paame i has failed to 
res y am ants. “I 
arly in 
to my mind that the most skilled in these ries yet | sow (he says), m 
Jack vs knowledge or means of obtaining them. Is it| March on 4 well A repared pem of light bow: Ah soil, in 
then wise to oe the good- — provided — we oe 2 feet apart, three rows in each, | foot from plant 
aidit ak i ‘tiger some visionary scheme ? to plant, just covering the. crowns * with finely sifted 
The and wal collections I will, if | soil.” c mean that he plants in t 
you think it rather Ane next week, Willia a Paih, manner desc could he “eut a few strong 
Nurseries, Cheshunt, Herts. heads only the canabentig summer ?” John Gadd, The 
, Bignor Park, Petworth. 
Rose Gloire de Dijon.—This Rose‘has been grown here 
me Corresponden at Falkirk, 50 miles north-west of the Tweed, fer the 
ES o eae of Heat eating.—Your ee EER last e nd no mo ever bloo 
“A Looker On,” seeks some practical neo than it has done. Although it is 
e har 
information on 
has been said 
ise system, and I am always prepa: 
admit it has i i indeed, my 
, own system is ‘an improvementon the Polmaise. Is 
remedy—my 
amount of heat t can be given per minu 
r- uphu 
` Ler ‘rom, provided if stren 
be 
f colour ia increas 
9 
Looker On” will be able to judge for himself from 
following : the Fig house a oe — “eo k, Berks, 
is 46 feet by 14 sedie of about 
5796 cubic feet. It — former bohio y's a Polmaise 
stove or hot eet square, consuming a 
barrow of coke in a ondini The apparatus I erected 
in its stead presents a radi surf: 8 
pr 
ainame can ma 20 degrees of Trost drier 
Bourbon will do, exce sarram 
hi 
ope a has ore 
e China 
inp e grown for 10 years, and Glo e Dijon 
qu 
constitution can 
ved, oop we depth said isteneiey of the ye 
wager y = all, Falkirk. 
ouble 
correspondents a e 
and he eviden va means “gy aan; a variety sent out | 
by the Gant dsm I myself tried it, and 
I find os roy sufieientiy true rey offer it among other 
ann ly one among many plants raised e 
asks if t 
ast that is 
eem 
rt; rion Arees ene will ve a aa arsti 
ellow rang ea See tar 
duced 450 cubic ft., one limb 355, one do. 472, tae ag 
235, one do. 106, one do. 118, and si the 
inferior size averaged 93 ft. pa king 
2.426 cubic rs of sound convertible Hes viae 
bark was estimated at six tons, but as some of the The 
body bark was omc out of the ne nets at Ne 
esis and cutting dow n this wie 
ere five months converting it without bape day 
(Sundays excepted), he money paid fo 
of the expense of was 99). 
“the whole produce of the tree when oo: 
to market was seman a trifle of 6 E way 
in diam 
covered se feet bove a yard in the 
body of ‘the tree, through » hale the saw fr The 
| and amounted to above 400 in number—a 
ales that this tree was in an improving state for 
400 y ; and as t of some of its branches 
_<t Time sn 
y on professionally I beard 
by accident of a very large Onk that was felled near tha 
town a short time before, I aey on n tie Bevois pe 
r 
estate, late the residence o 
ope; aps ane 
ee in that town would oblige by gag 
atten pan or hewn, and the kind,, 
W. H. Ry T id; 
e 
water Ha ia « Heat Extractor.” —My chiet 
reason ar aliasing the following remarks is to keep the 
varie’ 
Weather at Weybridge in Surrey. 
hoth apparatus is a large si 
both taam together 50 feet lon ae ublish 
Mr. Cramb’s experi or I n ow th orta 
of publishing these 
ted my- dines wail 
ruth there is ‘mo differ about 
ee H ty 
p ound. Teet amd S 
or two t the has | 
bled Si toa of (Piba 
Shrubs.—I have your corres 
my shrubs and 
—Perm send 
you the result of my observations on the mart a this 
tenet during the last year, being t the first year T have re- 
came double and dina all return to the old jingle 
ety. A. H. 
subject of heating before the public eye, peer 
the horticultural world, until we have arrived atthe 
only satisfactory conclusion, athens that Shien or there 
some a way of warming our > 
days . a Ba prevailed. 
uo days 
On 26 days a 
W. F. Harrison, Bartropps, Warid Heath. 
State in which new Perro e 
ly 
d for dwarfs 
as 
ru litle | bits of cuttings just struck in pole under r glass, | o 
a 
uses 
one boiler supplying heat to the pi se ween owen resorted to. ra heard 
3 o pea heat extric ‘ead Se country would make their meteorological observa- | much in feu of the Polmaise sys in this 
pg one of the houses without the — public through the medium of your journal, I | include Hazard’s, for in both the principle pye i 
= - : e hot water, diearhy from the wa from | think the interests of an im rat nt oo f science on few pe gardeners deny that system has 
iler flues. This is practical information for your would be materially se The thermometers used | its pee advantages. A continual pr of pune 
pag go ae ay one If he will sp ur me a e by aes etti ra "Benin suspende etween | warm air pia be beneficial i plants. a 
ress, 1 sha appy to send him my |2 8 feet from the ground in a situati n th ture’s system, an more can assimilate our 
[ve urien t p EM ai o p pipes becoming ate part of of We ; ding, Heath freely ekpa and | artificial mode of pl s to —_ te p 
„I only say that Mr, Cramb’s experie properly scree rom direct sunshine and radiation— e our success. The difficulty hitherto has heento 
delusory, mom ch as it must be ak that that | except, of course, the sun sain meter E this effect without incurring risks for which no 
n abused my apparatus as much in its use as he 1956. h benefits could a Rigi There have been cracksia 
i periences. — nal of Barometer . RA 29.826 the iro joints through w 
has now in giving th blie h “candid” : Inches, it gh hich 
However, = Mr. Cramb had publicly stated that my eof di isi 1.900 have escaped ahá to prevent any judicious į 
Pi sanai = in ‘two suse, I immediately ean height of Thermometer: sa 4 from indulging in the luxury of a warm breeze? Ca 
one for 10 perigee flowing 1 monte th rr ers {inthe the eae ca wih a ae this be prevented? è Haz SEENIOR ER thahaka 
a J, Jan. 21. 1667. “We ha g is the rep yee 41°.056 I can only coneeive it possible when Mr ha 
Bristol, ed a. rong e have much pleasure in Range of —— -s | trained a corps of stokers to manage his ape a 
para tte e in our P. " = y. expect that under- n pipu 
ware, i : 
bing oe ind urn in a good ras ei Kan va RERS Barometer, highest ern late the amount of fuel as not occasionally to ovet | 
on nies sees ik y y at this rs = Ditto lowest ya 28.670 n and endanger the whole of. = plants ; Y erelo. i 
tenetbineh uen A an pie we eal us aren 2. Thermometer, highest— ERN pord, heaeijenl D garp will at all times ait. —_ i 
: ' up omas is se. 108 4 ased at ] 
; Reynolds.” This searcely out M pe sbeshes 992000. | B, a oe apean ‘ination i | 
me A Pernt j r. Dec. 1. Thermometer pei a in the night of ... 14°500 S et m srp is th sbe ~ possible combi p 
pms a ; i nets give one more from Seca er oo o sys represented by warm air and w. big 
have used my apparatus for a l res ape _ part te interval ee vs veto Ear which will at once furnish regularity:of temperature t 
of Someeset Hones Clifton, simai caved Me. Hi are fel) : K rp ea Ag mem a Saa Ja : 10 ‘sh 
gina , > . Hazards N f f z Gar > fan. 
original patent apparatus in his hoth rs vater felt 3 rom ot 
house in Sasithk ou since the year 1846 gn Aa Ea Driest m month... ~- March a ‘Piya meanly the masie heat feom $ pace 
box and pipes are still in good condition. It bas nit t hakina er ae AT R ar a Ween seme ap sg TE pei 
3l. for repairs since it was ted. Heavy eani Jan. 24 ato T Ta i May st a anra ee ANA ” greg 
bers 2 te aoe aro its influence in Feb. 6 ete vias! yo Aas a Taen pesg Nett ba 
ze and serves sarad, eN Dec.6, 7, 8, 9,&12 Feces patent heat estractor 
first 
little | from my own 
I took a small quantity of 
baa i mot a i 
<r sem then 
tine 
at once it was | 
in theopen ‘air, T epeak of great men, and ee i 
=n perience ; I hear ~ ear my friends com 
lv, ts. Itis a pity Rose sh id 
be introduced before there is a good mie stock of i it. 
not sufficiently double ; ; I counted ‘the petals of several 
flo growing on strong plan 
| Navy, grow abou’ four mites dene 
Monmouthshire ; the the main trunk, at 10 ft 1 Panta | 
in the year 1810 for 
th a cost ini 
by e econom of fue soon re any extra i 
sar re l, pay Pe 
of sucha 
te ane n ERE erp = 
RIN m= 
