694 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, [Octonzr 10, 1857, 
h A ìl the female parrs being in are plenty of salmon and salmon fry, but above the fry the e ha aulm was attacked and becam 
ae 8 a s agya ted t the lies that the wale male seen.” Of course the neon would prevent | the violent friar nenes we came decayed soon ay after 
males were —— spa with the female salmon | the salmon getting up. F Ny low. peculiarity in the growth of this Potato is that it The 
at such seaso xual pu s. ‘To demon- arepe itself ps aon = the ground, and to this wf tis 
strate the “fact,” s groan inues, ar January, ge I spondence. seem is attributable i stn For three 
salmon weighing 14 lbs. from the ast Seas pEi a e s ?—There am there e Potatoes wit h similar su a ceas JEA 
hppiniing dedia signos: 500k t malo pare weigh- isa passage in Pliny which appears to have some bearing income —Is it true that t the 
i i hich I ted 4 : ri 
squash ora, andl tho what n a et Ving ee aan mai oE | Daoar,n England are Deea gl 
; mirc te | Olivis et Vitibus qu Tocant, 0 
ae weaned aU as with the adit male a | tele involvunt fructum et "ah De Serv It is to sp a be 2; 
and the young had precisely the same appearance—the found Eü The way in which the passage is Si I obse: 
result from this experiment was of so startling a natur miede GALA rig B pa sage of Arts offers two prizes of 507. and 207 
aani ai pii sier ga ra “i Tarly i Je t Pobity complaint, rather than any malady so ei al a5 | on i Bai 7” sett pli 
therefore, two lots na f eggs of a salmon weighing 18 Ibs, | the present ae But the Pesan the rni Chronicle, Sept. 25, 1852). Im oui = few bee ener? ti 
preg h the milt of two male parrs, and S Lea © N. (This cu EREA E T, E iley ver su = ki ling. at attention to the ada on 
there ` ensued precisely the same result as mani L translates itis tahae in sill one otter affection thes | diferen 
in December, > peculi 
adult salmon were impregnated with the milt of four | e ee y 4 ir ata - A Pp en ae m directing 
blip 2 es obweb bs sift" We a saute with the attention of many to/ the subject. who are favourably 
private pma assumed the migratory dress Te were, god 80 stifled: ja gg ife; if St Nhs cranes as regards leisure and locality 
ea 2 for tra. absum o to 
ual to bie or e destroy i t will ha a grat tter. If on ts sh — Wot 
ie ea ed I > matter. If experiments shouldgo to rove conclusively the 
smolts, and are acknowledged ly all to be the young of app i miregi z pi ht the to ea all though a e value (for the purposes mpocktiod ta the Society’ 
the salmon.” Again, on the 4th January, 1837, with a xs a7 E tse | ment) of different species of Algw, and of haem 
; 3 > me pe of maggot. We find ‘tt about this little doubt, I think the matter w ould assume a nat ; 
P subject în the Geoponica, but perhaps some of our aspect as opening up a field of in TMN whieh might 
ssion of Ae milt to impregnate th of a salmo prove, without exaggeration, at least equal 
min aa 12 iia and for ses er oui of the lot eto ak se, Aotren f ia ap Aer author hav have hae ba fisheries on our coast, m- the Mes a 
En naet g Rorekidna a * | of growth in the ap ite dean 7 - little danger 
placed in oe ough, ugh tetioe will pre AE in certain classe: ees, jars as | exhausting the stock, if the bus Cate asa 
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3 among men see maladies attack at one time the 
tna placed in a stream of water previously slave class sa ain He the common peo ple, in Aig or sapuni ae akin g the material w cl e 
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ed for its reception, and the results were!‘ 
ah ate of a nature corresponding with those already | 12 ak see yr ge Bee IORI cd E ree unimportant part of the Essays in 
oo Araid the ayira os wate eet eae Potato Plantiug.—For the satisfaction of your we Salems Pisan eee ba aye been here (Cami 
pCi mies era nv ey sib sa pe riana shire i SE Potato Ney wets th ci et 16 well) now 18 summers, and I have not seen the Jerus- 
~4 a . Á > . perim . plant its II 5. i z 
ses me E aE ea te gehen se ge ses eat yards each in a garden with a dry subsoil, which had for ect as ari bl fower till this pee: Tp ——— 
experiment has proved that. the produce from the mele | 2% least ‘30 ee ee er EE JU SDA | aan half aaoo thiegens WAINA yan 
parr and female ‘adult salmon will b breed again with the cot ists rank rect tie ea S Se ights = grown 10 feet in height T am told that in 
old ey Pat therefore that such produce are not ah is dry, sandy soils of Putney and Fulham, on eitheraied? 
mules, but of the same species with their parent. So r Stet | Total ie a gr ri the Thames, this variety of ETY 
say eth coors : i ; wered freely some 25 years ago or more; 
As I iix incidentally mentioned a salmon ladder, | Walnut-leaf PEE ak di S4 804 39 | not recollect the circumstance myself. Some adrise 
. and as many persons may not be acquainted. with its ae Cie oe See 58 68 | cutting down its stems about half way; but this must 
Book aa talons neat quote from- the: ‘same | Golden Ciuster 2:1} a2 f §§ | 38 |bea mistake, as it stops the growth of the tubes and | 
_ - Se at = Mr. fasih ir pe a she the Fortyfold ee. -ee ns 26 28 54 sps haan siil more wair me Fi ap | 
: ng, inven a S means ze “+ 1 | ee ongs thelr grow. | 
of which salmon are enabled to ascend streams in full | There was also a a row of Regents which was not weighed | Cuthi 
waters in spite of natural or artificial obstructions. One yielding a little more than the Fortyfolds, but with Falkland Island Box.—It may rie im | 
side ariver under a weir or cauld is separated from | sound and deca apparently in the same’ proportion, | know that there is a specimen of this beautiful 
i i ed your i ition i 
he f a ther: ! 
one-on each side, and the steps: on-one side face | will be no more effective method of evading the Potato it. Ihave likewise some very fine A 
the centre of the interval between the steps on the | disease than by availing ourselves of Nature’s pro-| growing from seed I brought from that part of the 
other, so that the fish ascend from side to side ina pensity to form varieties. In this parish the problem | World. Also some remarkably table 
direction, and can rest in their ascent should | has received ara solution, and the Potato is cul- | Seed from the same quarter, besides fine Vegetal, 
they find it necessary. This is a very ingenious con- | tivated with confidence. Ta the gardens adjoining the | Marrows. I shall be happy to show them to ee . 
Dante and it has been constructed on the Teith, near | cottages where the soil is'a heavy clay, the Walnut-leaf| having an interest there. W. Parker Snow, Hom 
Doune, with complete success. But I conclude it can supplies the table to the onl of July, by which time this | Cottage, St. John’s Hill, near Wandsworth. [What's 
only come into operation in such floods as raise the |erop must be consumed or sold, otherwise it is the | the plant here called Box ? 4 
water to a higher level than is required for the mill- destined prey of “botrytis infestans.” ‘The Fluketakes|  @lase.—What is the best glass to use in a hota 
dam; and therefore if rude steps of rolling stones were | its place to the of summer, when the late varieties | Plants with Vines growing under the rafters? 
constructed at a a portion of the back of the cauld, as n the allotments (mhise the soil is a light calcareous | gardeners here complain of the common glass, thre! 
end = be answered in w kye tter marmer, since the ) til tł ly | which, with the hot suns here (Torquay) the paang 
a t be made gradual.” Again:— on re ready the next year, A well-flavoured early | burnt, and are using the ribbed glass, 
Balaun e led by tale | to alin such aen for. | bomasa that will resist the rot is a desideratum. The | Hartley’s Patent Rolled Rough Plate, and 
depositing ti their — as are least: likely to be affected quality is most important. I asked one of my allotment | that it saves the burning. I am just erecting 
floods” (as near sources of rivers); and again he says, tenants with a large family why he grew Regents in pre- | and should be aie of your advice as to the: 
eaten by trout, i ore f ; ich prod ‘ » | be used. 4, ew do 
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muse ab once acknowledge the vast importance of Mr. | thatthis variety was even most raneren | aourgi piee E ariaa sinc of 
Shaw's experiments, for if ponds were constructed up pigs. “A chain of Regents” he said, “v Rati ng regarding the intensity of the disease beim osto 
the Tweed, at the general expense, after the model at least as much ba lerated through the agency of nitric thunder 
made by him, = these evils would be avoided. | in quantity.” I hope that all your readers who have monia being formed in the atmosphere during ttt 
The fry, might be produced in any quantities by cultivated Potatoes w which escape the murrain will in- | storms. Potatoes in this neighbourhood er: planting, 
artificial impregnation, be preserved and turned into form the public of the names, quality, soil, and method | ably well for the first three months after Pier 
the main river at the proper period of migration. There | of cultivation. P. T. S. i storm 
might at first be some difficulty in-proeuring food for The Great Walnut Tree at erates 
pen Seager > nee aa bling rain i araa a arnai 
‘called, should be protected. b - Let all who have | crum walls of the thro thei 
an interest in rivers consider the wisdom of mutual away and standing out in gray relief from the green 
accommodation. The proprietors of the lower part of | turf beneath which the good forefathers srr es 
dent on the upper ones for the pro- | sleep in peace, offer a striking contrast to state 
pawning fish and the fry, and they on | mass of Walnut foliage, presenting a Specimen on of ts examining erops w which have been 
pon the lower ones for the strict | kind seldom equalled. This tree has produce fields I find them g | 
to the yom A — time.” and its di r oe 
- The circumference of the extreme spread of the 
its estimated height is 90 feet. | 
