cepremper 26, 1857.1 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 668 
=——suthor ; and the — ail which the ploughman | still find them ai a constructi ion as rude and tag as praagi Triticum see tina a poor variety with small 
jalds in his hand, the €xér ose represen n, now used in Asia Minor in the preparation of the dish 
# Hesiod also distinguishes by, a s mpri name ra par aye ray us or are described by the om iy of Heep a pilaf, But this poikia seems irreconcileable 
of the plough, calling it by the name of y ntiqui l with Pliny’s remark that the ear of Arinca is larger 
“Jt ard be interesting pe erhaps to a assieal audienco The ‘ibe of paring and burning is thus skilfully | and heavier than. that of Spelt, its ee rarely. 
the lines in which = n is mad net illustra ss = weighing less than 16 lbs. a modius, or about 42 lbs. a 
of vAr lough, tran slating them apart with ao and the other prose asic on hus mea bushel, and that it is remarkably prolific in Egypt. It 
that view of theif meaning teh I have adopted, which ahem hs e to the practice of im the soil by | would rather seem to have been the modern E ptian 
moreover will eai the kind of plough alluded to by | burning, w phi h Virgil has so graphically Sisanttiod Wheat were it not for the difficulty of threshing it, 
“4 with that employed in Magna Grecia and in pointing t in his subse ne ame lines the three principal | which Pliny says was experienced in Greece though not 
_ ‘When the force of the burning sun remits his | causes i which the advantage of paring and burn- | in Egypt, s e a atement that seems to indicate two 
oppressive heats, all- VEI APY Jove pouring down his | ing is supposed by modern farmers to depend :— differen of corn confounded under the name of 
rains ’— after enumerating other Swpe etiam steriles incendere asa sa Arines “Nether 1 anpi È agns we think- have been 
jabours fitted for omy seasons he proceeds) ‘i is the e time. tque levem i Trit ese are matters con 
a iro da oat vires e% Peed eid seni cerning ae her eis will pei be some difference of 
hinder part o for Ixcoquitur vitiu wo wae exsudat inutilis humor ; opin 
pl ot ony ited or the purpose, whether sitio eu plures calor The ia. cultural part is treated at considerable 
the field, formed of the Hex, for this piramenta, meia retat qua succus in herbas oe pa nie that which et to the. identifica- 
sy ee seat wood for oxen to plough with provided | Rou durat magis, obenak acerene ts teeies, tion of the plants aad ibed by the ancients, This we 
t a ve fixe i 
aa 
R 
o carry home ? 
ar ploughsha re, the yin; wheneve 
AT TATA te bg A 
Ve tenues plu viæ rapidive potentia solis 
Acrior, aut Boreæ penetrabile frigus adurat.’ Jek e for another occasion 
fally to the ploughsh¢ sche rca a have nailed it (GEoRG. i. 84.) 
firmly to the draught-pole “ Whether, that is i ng aes rich juices to a Trad 
i > ; e Lists ed: Bas. N - Cata- 
«* But the s yee on = 8 or x ZF Laurel- mpa land, or corrects bad o opens the pores ortiga: the soil to | logue, Gaa aiai On pee oe thingy exo tigi avka 
o of Elm, the ploughshare o! e hinder part of allow the nutritious j juices access iag, ae young pte or | Nursery at Sudb a very mice pt rego hardy 
Banaan hed oe >" agri is m you Beg begin to oe renders it more compact ; o preven being | í t 
the ground, n you e extrem: injured, aaa is a showers, = i plan of | g ee i G. Jackm f the Woking Nu 
gait xen) 8 ae “shall sieve the goad oo summer, or the severe cold of winter. 4 ts chiefly of PEN tard hai ss Aadal" Priam 
— Eerie l ho foll st y a j “Ni ow the advantages recognise sed at the present ris wore trees, &e. &e. Among the Roses are many 
plough ; w om he young $ Mle thé o irde, by co olding the as arising from the TE a burning the soil, a the | on their owr pur 
Pom inem th e se ji~ iiai 4 ter nae cealing plants which cove face, are very m uch o f the pai Sow erby a ann ape his intention of bringing out 
“Let abt) how fa tetis ee kind description which V ret Mas stated. on the Grasses of Great ae with coloured 
ar this djaai of the kin “Inthe first place, w = a large amount of a | Krr the sidenote by Mr: Joh 
of plough dooria by Hesiod corresponds with what | decomposing vegetable ter happens to o be pres y 
we ad by V gather to-have been the form of the one men- | it accelerates the roti hh the body mt oe soil of the We 
tioned by Virgil i ies :— | gag w oe -o constituents which the plants con- Boucher, 
y rearen sho Man eii k uima aratri? | er these oremi ingredients imme- wee j 
pen ew stirpe podes tarno Protentus £ n opto : diately available fo € the ensuing cr Aret handed’ to me, and I beg to thank you for it, 
e aures, duplici aptantur dentalia dorso. hea If you turn to page 129 ill _ timber measure- 
Cæditur et tilia ante levis, al AETAT CAR 7 o page , you wi me 
ak qa miatea Hedis wiiee wy (I. 169.) taera i es etp te ment dealt shee Page a simple method of ager it 
Gna’ 4 iv e 
This passage I would translate as follows, agi a “This is the source of the fertility imparted to the || In justice to the author we acknowledge shit we wad 
n ` jaa soil in America by the combustion of the timber in its | overlooked the mention made by him of timber measure- 
MAME his notes on the Geo corpics, Bhs chowen to extensive : forests; a fire unlocking, as it were, those | ain ; but in justice to ourselves we beg to pe fh apt 
depart, thus introducing ges iari ae as has bee RS : 
ma 
re received the following note from Mr. 
ose work on Mensurati 
t hic | } 
gradually drawn from the ap ose restoring them at | gentlemen must not be surprised if that which is 
once in a condition in which can minister to the | alluded to escai escapes 1 Xe notice of those who look for it} 
wan 
beer into si, m finder: orth of the ie: (the buris, or erg 
es eg “ “Secondly when the soil is sour, or contains’ peaty 
eles: Fe add (aures), aif share-babats matter, w which generates acetic or other acids pre- emerge Mem 
: judici 
al to the growth of plants, the practice of burning | New Frowrr MARKET, Co EN.—Some of 
vi toe back (opt dentala ce pier light | dissipates and “destroys the injurious principle, or, as | our readers will doubt nyai; have pens a i old of this 
forehand, and the tall irgil says ¢ 
cut 
Beech as s Vi ' in the Illustrated London News of the 5th inst. Since 
or direct rary ane bai z plough tal (tvs, oo a illis omne ee oe te then we have taken some pains to obtain further infor: 
wages ge humor.’ : e i t metro- 
k ? 
Such seems to be the i antag unless we prefer | Burm ing also may do at H pe when it is too 
Spee soso ag be thee q Conct, My | new theatre, and that its erection bt Siege ro 
clan ‘Seige 3 rel wick Court, in | as soon as the e ground for r i b ; 
ike the: eeb he sh tac oie Gloucestershire, has by this treatment i mproved the | consist eo i of iron and glass, 220 yer in mgt and pate 
stiva or plough-tail.” pe of his garden, whid was a ten nacious us clay, convert- 75 feet in wid 
g it into a kind of brick earth, which possesses much | he ing 50 tor gv egaiik position, it ig to rt hac 
of “the pera qualities of genet it ‘ ii aes Street, where there is to entrance, in the 
ed with i ar $f “For a case it may aid in the beaut direction of the Tavistock Hotel, whale there will 
bihana ~ Some hearts as ay of France language of the Roman poet :— another entrance, somewhere on the site of a present 
z ‘ Plures calor ille vias et cæca relaxat Piazza Hotel, which is to be remov n general 
crew (A) ce no oe ee ae x ppd. eater ca: a ss i | a os ‘Capital Fano. a 3 het ee stat 
C es „as T consider it, to last of the ways hinted as APs. peng by render- is to be circular, and ; iron 
ing i "C0 i very vee aa to 
a g to this pag the bes cece 
plough, as well as that. described: by H ain, might b 
of | indeed, it is even generally considered b y agricult sel 
> Hesi “bent | that taht a sandy soils are injured by the operati The exact arrangement t of the sateen is not yee We 
steve, whieh is the” stiva: of hy 9 Farmers are probably not aware that they are sre the bation gg ed on. The idea is make it 
iod: 4thly, a share of wood aa parents: of prevarication and delirium; yet so i mble much as ma a 
Virgil, the ab of Hesiod. It is Great importance was gers a Te attached by “the noiae conservatory, which are to be ke 
ble Veg the ir above it so racer Romans to ag. gro gr The term sale Yt, flowers in pots, : 
rate he double back which th the dentale is described as | as Pliny informs us, was first applied to a peasant. who all other floral matters g nii pe 
! earth-boards, or Pee is oe EV and afterwards transferred to a |dening. The floor is to be of wood, like that of 
bir r i s, | Wi kiak ier deviated’ from the truth | Crystal Palace ; its centre is to be occupied with a huge 
the plough was called ular bed of plants, among which are to be intro- 
i tt make an | duod fontaina, vasek Atay, te suru 
was after 
ntal faculties were in an abnormal ondion» by a neat wooden ; 
is mann hor discusses thevarious subjects | Along the sides behind the pillars that support the 
os ae re rarei , -i p: | roof are to be the dealers’ stalls, which are to be cut off 
bailiffs i promenade round a low 
the centre bed by a 
or fence, and in order to 
all as orderl, as possible ample storage lias 
pect 
[and agreeable to walk bout în in. Birds and aquaria are 
pe) also, we understand, to mmodated in the ewig 
pricu apt nny i new some the 
prey b K ters rT aking. d 
or Rape, its des we are indebted to E. M, Barry, Esq of OM 
umella Bentre, andit promises to be worthy of his taste amd 
itis suggested that [ected we’ must return to the subject on a future 
ihe Groats oinnes may Rave veen te] oa : 
