1—1849.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



ELECT VEGETABLE 



S e:.j. 





SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1849. 



The disputed question relating to the season i 



I ►OLD BE TRANSPLANTED, hi 



been taken up by Mr. Glkndinning,* whose e: 



dinning "entirely dissents" from the commo 

 opinion that the proper season is the R 

 to say from October to the beginning of April j an 

 upon the following grounds : 



» It would be traversing over a beaten track t 

 " enter into any general detail respecting the asrer 

 " and descent of the fluids in plants, and the forma- 

 " tion and deposition annually of new wood in all 

 " ligneous vegetation. It will be sufficient turn 



" pally in evergreens duiing autumn, when t 

 -h oats begin to attain a cert. 



" ency of the fluids, and when the > 



" in some measure on the decline, that I shot 



■ •: : .. - ■ ■ ■■-! ; 



"conducted extensively, I should re 



« their shoots. Another and very important reas 



■ to winter. The force ot tin sun during summ 

 ! although now on the decline, has warmed 1 

 ' earth to a considerable degree and depth, so tl 

 ' the mutilated roots are comparatively situated 



' trization,and frequently aids the emission ot yoi 



Anrfhe adds that, "the slightest acquaintai 



■ with vegetable physiology will conclusively dem 

 ' strate the truth of this assertion." 



He however qualifies his opinion by a limitati 

 ' Let it be clearly understood that I am alluding 

 ' plants of from 6 to 30 feet and upwards in hoig 



' sa!et\ '-.hen transplanted oul 

 In anothe 



planted out 



other part of hi- paper .Mr. Glenuin 

 . remarks in dlustration of his 



The trees were i 



These, therefore, sh 



;> larg'. r specimens 

 s, especially such i 

 ^s, tti |l ,],, am 

 y injury ariMi.g Iro 



To guard against 



ml ffltti has been olic 

 before. There is no objection to the 



August or begiiming of September, ifoiicm 



i\s «U and dripj ■ _ summers they mix k 



t. The great Holly hedges in the Garden o 



■•y were all planted at Mid 



iddling in stiff Loudon clay, 1 lollies Yews, and often d 



ouglaa Pin during every month from August to con scie 



ctober, without a loss ; the late rainy summer an( j t jj, 



ade it possible, and if our seasons were always ot CX[K 



tiny, we should always take the period named f or gev , 

 r Mr. Glendinning. ! in the , 



But we cannot count on such seasons ; and t | ie U1 j 



terefore the question to be settled for England is XV( ,ji a , 



■■.hat our seasons are. ,l, e v . 

 The following m lathe diy- ! determ 



Mean degree of dryness according to Darnell's hygro- Mr. G) 



September 



October 



November 



. and abundai 



exa-gorati. n, an immen-e d 





egaided is rinallj determined ; 



;;; ;;; ;;; J;JJ ! The pain 



Dryness of the above period according to the hygic- planter shot; 

 trie seal . saturation being represented by H'00. November, 



s:.!. 



it will be sate to regard 



September 



Probably i 



Ao-ust and December ; - ! 



l ground icmpetature of 47°, 

 IWmter.is.- 





Octobe?. tC Nou 

 i great degree dependent uy 



as of a cou«i 

 following 



' transplantation during December. In fact tl: 

 " gradual diminution of the motion of the sap, a< 

 •companied with declining atmosphoic actio 

 'which tended, in conjunction with the usw 

 :( autumnal precipitations, to cool and saturate tl 

 ' earth, clearly and progressively exhibited ot 



" The exact period to commence these operatioi 



Lord Auckland's 



to identiiy with his m 

 incompetent officers h< 



rally found it to be. 

 But Mr. Owkdikoti 



