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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 7, 1857, 
circle, when it has free niga and agen iis peer] 
about ap ger The of thes 
Melons are t the size Ar a ducks egg, cod n | prac sda mete in ves == imn d of the ss 
shape, skin Er a pAn lour, and smooth, unfurrowed — ts ted from the to the present | 
surface. The ve a perceptibly fragrant odour when | time continue togive entre sati uber, PA one or 
ripe, and the flesh, which is whitish and not thick, is kansi a ver I did not succeed so w well, owing to the 
d and very slightly sweet. As it is cultivated | difficulty of making either a iron stoves or l 
in its natural season, the monsoon, very partia ally, and | plat n to The res just 
gardens | alluded to annoyed me very much, and Iset to wo 
wi 
of ene villagers. 
The characteristics of this kind are | to OANA: a stove, to pè the defect ; 3 ing result . 
—siz mpdarate, ve ery large specimens being seldom or | now send you, but in order that m ma 
irar isda Faiz: veg) and surface various ; possess- | clearly understood, permit om ain sdf 
ing the fragran the Melon when ripe ; flesh | “M‘Sherry’s Trunk Boiler Polmaise Stove” (on account 
an a mh o or p slightly wer with red, and ‘either | of i resemblance to that -m pees In shape the 
` mealy very firm r possessing the pon cy | stove is, as I have said, like a round topped trunk, 6 _—_ 
angling « viie found i in iaa grown in the hot long, 2 feet wide, md? feet high a the se of the arc 
ce in which they all inen 
e same 
is often more apparent tha: 
disguised, and ma 
rely | out, 
may be srde-sat Bag oy onai sn 
perhaps n 
ouse ouses (I 
nia straight line), I itant at irate ra 
ich 4 sent to e 
vesan model of a Polmaise stove wh 
ear. I have since had m 
Great Exhibition of that ye 
is the segment of a circle 6 inches high in the 
m cambere 
n 
e by 18 igh, and a 
8 TE = ate inches “hk, slay 18 a big 
open in one en i env put i 
end of the trunk, Borit gg doe 
a bailar 
It will also give a space 
e y of the boiler 5 
bie 
h 
with an upr ight plate of stron 
fect 8 8. Kig. it must have a horizontal division also 
5 foot long, —— will asa within 8 inches of the 
back ; these divisions make four compartments 
open end of which I call the 
ong they are if on 
f the house 
th ds rs whose waters a season are 
reduced to a small stream, and the Melon beds are 
formed in the pebbly channel which the waters bave 
I aware any other ee aration 
e beds than etn the surface to a 
Bring m, so as to place the 
ont distant from it in nearly as 
favourable a positi tad 
nearest to it. The ral T w see 
their nourishment from rmen 
mineral matter 
z2ress 
` may pey nuien for ihe great hadim 
different Melo It cannot be the jauit of fe climate, 
of the mode of culture in other res the most 
delicious Melons are met with grown in the same beds, 
or the stove, act 
of the size re 
making the flam 
within “our ieee of the T in ir. 
each si returns to the b k, wher. 
the chimney, which paas have indenper = vere 
near the put. The boiler must have 
a supply ee to feed rage fth water, which should rise 
to the level of the flame passing round the sides, = 
about 16 eget the next pa art is to form the col 
drains an air flues, in doing which I boita 
it, as 
on 
Hi oua rd resemblan 
admirably ata very trifling expense, The fores 2 | 
intended for lean-to-houses ; for are plani 
the dimensions of the boi 
be thrown n, for 
few = more in the beginning. 
Limeri 
Rain at St. Petroc —, Cornwall, in 1856 -— 
oar y 
Michael 
layi 
en, 
annary ... 
February ' 
ch . 
Res 
fo 
bs 
pril 
ay 
June 
2|N ovember ... 
December ,, 
forward ~6 
The ac Sir Hugh H. Moleeworth, Be 
Rain at Cobham, Surrey, i in 1856 :— 
s. Days. 
January Fer i forward ae 
February 
March ... 
April .. 
May 
June 
July December 
bance forward 106 62 7 
s 0. Molesworth, 
*Rhizomor phe. a a remarks were lately malei 
rue nature of Rhizomorphe,i 
ich had 
is so often pr 
stated in a late 
will whe By fend. ok that Rhizomo; 
is a form assumed indifferently by many speia i 
eloped under a 
when the m is dev 
ki 
ithout access to 
e, whether associ 
name 0 
pyramidalis, and 
in se yer er condition. M. 
+ oo iat —I had not intended say i 
ling fo eta is this ‘eontroversss M ar 
allow me to ihe that L have not, but Mr. | 
“ fallen into an when he me say tht 
Gloire dy ‘Dijon = spl t be grown out of dit 
north of » rent.” He mill re 03 pea 
ee ESS 
: under i er the rae ie atment as the worst ; it can Be ~ ids tots ese * 
` only arise rom not selecting good se - in the pga 
Bri i et on, ae and the intermixtnre of bad sorts, ne of an Gt ran en = to the kingdom, omy a I 2 any ae 
. TheM o occasionally grown in ah drying bed | down perpendicularly as low e, and then a py usion JE x23 REE 
ofa , and some of the finest quality | allowing them to ascend regularly to the un com- | ™ a ite Wood xt EW. tee ae 
= ia ey wiih were produced in such a locality. of stove, where the cold air enters and Pb a2 sen t of = Heel, megs ands 
oe a, te the back, rising into the upper chambers, | 4). os toga polity « consi ahs li for existence” M 
_ Locusts in S. W. Australia.—I am seeking some in- | from which it is thrown out i ti pure WB for ea Aen pereiga ph an aes for exi 
formation which I your correspondents may supply | w r. My next job is iffuse this warm air me ; S aie size,” and W 
' for the benefit of that part of western Australia in whic and to keep it warm while circulat- |.) vas — never arrive she ae produced W ; 
M— ‘The district is an extremely fertile one, | ing ; to this, I a warm air flue from the| i W pes. acre Be. tbeve exire yom phe: TL doubt at 
“but ustry receives a great check and discourage- | stove along the whole front of or houses. | 84° eae — ping Mr. 
` ment from a perfect host of ich ap = flue I make 8 inches wide by 16 inches high in|)" i yaya arem a reel l 
all over the place Pr when the c are green and | the clear, with sliding doors in the side under every | 0°*."'Y gee Pre bs t | 
matured, and destroy ops a a of vegetation, ae sash, how flue to me built with brick on edge, and rey Soc i in g gos x f 
The au dae of the Potatoes (a great article of sale there rey red with fire clay or terra cotta flues of the follow- sed | ae me Bde | all . = | 
American whaleships) i ; the Vines are | ing dimensions, viz., 14 pera wide by finches high, |*7*"°* Where economy a b m 
i with a division in the centre to make two flues and | SY° aequainted br tone ing cher: por - | 
od troughs, formed on the top to hold water for disati ae data arpan ae tai ned and in j | 
moisture, the solid pon of these flues to be 14 inch | COPPice ood; Se pa ” wir 
thic ga m pi De tats invariably cons ge Perit 
reasonable proprietor n “donb t the F 
ts | stove 
| a ly invite wits the attention of naturalists 
Loong who have "pena knowledge of the bes 
of dealing wi ts, to this most important 
le SA Heating.—In the Gardeners’ | 
é 1r, m directed attention to a 
To m 
es ak is tee in front of of een gesan pe! bag ate 
I wou 
brin; pe from the boiler 
one of the tile flues, ae as steam from it empties into 
end, then returns in 
also 
in he 
where 
recommend a east “anak “vith at a sliding cover (to shut 
when not required be tom of the wa 
air flue, opposite to See opening (where the air escapes 
e bouse), w stop-cock over each tank from 
the bottom of the tile ‘ue to suppl 
steam (water), as is plan moist air can be rag 
ene house, an sA air (if wanted) in aboki 
house, from the samestove, The boiler should b 
| made of very strong plate iron and have a safety valve; 
another steam pi uld be brought fi it to ste 
food for cattle, 
thou 
| plough,” as py nen table wil Tae aa 
A s a pen 
such would be an advantage, and a f 
and lime stone c it {the pr 
ugh portions of i «accessible W 
r 
The average quantity of stools o ng 4 stem pari ly TUE 
on each stem, which amounts to 12 pe 
and 4 lbs., at 57. per ton, is 260 sq-fly syg 
Each stem containing 3 ea! e amounts to 10,2 
at 1s. per foot 
Dad 
+ óh 
the bark 
f neem gi treas ana ipri at! | i 
ee, En 
eS 
| 
F 
aoe 
1l income from 1 acre in 30 years + 
nnu al rental of 107, 14s. 9d. Pia” 
of this sum 30 years hence, com puted 
nt. per rae is s 31. 6 3. s 3d, v "is the 
anag eet, pice 
rather more than double the sum 
fire of slack culm 
oper value, 
