— 3, 1857.] 
he able to ~ vouch br the Sth, 
Should 
? I answer, 
ut on ina mode- 
a 
the less the better ; yin ade every rr 
ot will let out the he a ere there 
wn the d until 
THE GARDENERS’ 
ht ks; 
and if there should b 
one ian a foot ant ia way. 
gari knowin ing that if the bed is properly managed 
uced by the dropp Pg themselves 
b 
it will be obvious: to A eas eur’ 
for mmend one dealer 
James Coke Camberwell, 
Potato Sports.—At Bs 629 and 662 two of your 
each 
more than an 
ts ing, but ine 
case one solitary tuber tae is men ioned having done 
frequently sport. Within these last 
a 100 so called 
ties, and have carefully noticed their poues 
Pe colour, quality, age the kinds least liable 
e of pie in 1855 a 
ce, for being very early both small 
eaten. The 
ed Lady also 
and p remained so 
times this is 
epean a 
same 
changed 
up to the eian 
hay. 
during that t ting 
wood- | 74 
e 
sulphured, we oe ea enka ; incre, 
e also | rence 9} inches. 
Potatoes eu such as | usually are sold for plant, 
and also of ized matured tubers were selected, car 
being takon & ‘hat “they were all free (apparents fom 
e. Potatoes were planted 
whereas ie Ps ers were cut into pat one wt ty 7. 
which was planted in that t state, to the other 
they were taken up, 
the gross produce 
r | each ‘division weighed, and then the proportion of sound 
k wae ao shown 
and diseased tubers a certained. Of No. 
Sie Potatoes, 11 lbs. were plant cole one row, which 
produced 274 lbs. pa f godani 2 26% lbs. of bad, or 54 Ibs. 
inall. Of 
gross return bein 
and as the sa waning of good to 
se “eg a ees aig h h. lbs. of lea g ter - 
und so In where the 
the 
on the yt posa 
than to adopt the too 
prati the small 
ances, cireumfe- 
Iti isa late variety, “ealled. the “thats 
largest I have ever seen, weight 73 o 
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je 
full nin 
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a 
679 
They we were most creditable te a ‘humble 
1 that mium 
ent 
nearse 
itter > 
Farmer’s Friend, j pis: his beak was covered w 
how he searched in the a 
were e kaan i n one of the adjac 
of wild way collected for s by th the By, i of the 
school, many of whom are excellent botanists. Instead 
fi th- 
natural pro- 
he high firt ation of thè 
h instruction in plan 
bout 2 
on the Prat age o 
thi 
great amusement of the irand The chief subjeke 
of the lecturet were aluminium, fine specimens of which 
were and the man 
the | some observations on certain fossils found in the Suffolk 
drift of the 
ts ts, and certain 
other business w ed an ly and 
sociable t The le of the humbler psc 
the of the large gat of their 
superiors w. ost modest a , and all 
partook more or less of the hospitality and en- 
joyed the of their ted 
Space not permit a full description, but 
a more intellectual rural fète not n- 
f idling and sauntering 
dren of the Hitcham 
m piaia of Nature. 
o lift up their young 
cae fe infinitely wise and 
iad Author and Creator. One pu teacher had 
actually polena in rural strolls and afterwards 
rrectly named m parira 250 g 
eir daily life, but a taught t paes 
eira humble reach an improving am 
true the people of Hitcham have a leader lor of rare 
ae ee to it for may Professor 
Henslow be spared, and may many ot others who have like 
me in 
ERS AND cHANIcS’ Hortr 
homes and hapy y children’s fétes, t 
tains, H 
S| Hircnam LABOUR: sign 
TURAL SHOW, July 16.—Amidst = Fe eed harves 
g 
sa gh eon anng desk, helpful to 
a. | Koupladge and promotive of ispo improving enjoy 
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me of the 
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SA Speci, Te HS, 7 enjoying the 
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higher Dias that of the third = mer) ia 
uarter (or the fifth day of the lunation). We anda 
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mate 10 of ory (6d.) 
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