THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 



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rJLtibleftiSnea^in EngTanT'lrel^d,°and Scodand, who 



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i to the letter, eveu condescending to weigh 

 sasure the quantities, and proportions of the 

 good things he puts into it, so as again " to be sure 

 -.' Then he studies— no not studies— 

 ie imitates, Jasper's pruning and training, pays him 

 , visit two or three times a week, in order to know 

 xactly when he begins fires, and how he starts his 

 ftnes, and when he stops them, and so forth, still " to 

 ie sure it's all right." But in spite of all his imita- 

 ion it happens to be all wrong, for his Grapes are 

 ite, M« ill, shanky, badly coloured, and sour. Mr. 

 Sotuer forgot to inquire into his friend Jasper's 



with farmers. Jacob 

 St land in Europe ; he 

 b, and thought it dear ; 



SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1849. 



It has long been asserted that although climate 

 cannot be altered to suit plants, yet the constitu 

 tion of plants may be altered to suit climate : anc 1 



hardly 



gained, is called acclimatising, 

 book in which some traces of 

 occur: there .,. h SO me one 



in his own discernment. Nevertheless 



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dition of the atmosphere in which birds and quad- 



,of things which concerns those parts of the Nation, 

 but they omit what is essential in considering the 

 climate necessary to plants. And hence it is that, 

 in the present state of meteorology, cultivators 

 derive so much less advantage from that science 



just beginning to furnish. The climate in which 

 their roots are placed is at least as important tc 

 plants as that in which their branches spread 

 perhaps more important. It is this kind of climati 

 which we shall henceforward call terrestrial, k 



so much mysterious disappewu.^ 



them with UJ co the Ch0icest . trees ' P™ nes a 





e garden of a 



gentleman neai 



gentlemei 



:iv 



ich a thing in all his da; 



•ousequeuce as atmospheric , c.-pe- 

 i be improved by artificial means, 

 e is, however, exhausted for to cay, 

 rve for another week our esplana- 



ldgment. After soi 

 ae state of their ace 

 Bply to the compla 

 gainst them ; and i 



their promise! 

 3d by their usu 



sbytheCoi 

 irge said Garden 



us of the English e 

 tally they protest tl 



iginal answer thej 



attacks upon then 

 t it will not make 

 " utterly disregards the 





What more there is re 

 quired ? " We will tell them what is rcquirei 

 ; this smooth promise ; and that is, its fulfil 



Nothing is more remarkable in this ing 



led. Fine phrases and high sounding 

 the place of that plain sfcraig 



the calumny consists. Upon this point 



-on of the Dublin Advoca 

 editor being on the spot has ample means 



.dgment. 

 e have paid particular attention," says 1 

 "to the statements put forward. by t 

 il '::• reply to these charges, and we do i 

 that, to a greater or less eite 

 idmitted to be well founded, t 

 » to the degree to which the allee 

 I log to these lean 



xisted in the anal) si 

 single mistake in li 



of their schedule of prh 



t the chief subject which 



complaints which the Council have 



ig the sources ironi wt.ic:. • ;:.ioni:ation came. 



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he proposal V« I . them in 



December last, that, in order to put an end to all 



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rimers of their schedule 



v should present to their meeting an 



exact return r prizes by 



the members of Council. Why did they ,1 rink 



" is "idle," says the Dublin Advocate, which 



looker on, " It is idle for the gentlemen connected 



•> to lull back upon their personal 

 character, as a guarantee ; 

 the charges preferred against them in their 



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 No insinuation has been made 



nected with the Society ; but so longai : 



:<-.< not prove-rt'itl.eir case. Many 



;ot w -' , z to i ear 

 by public opinion, more especially as conceding the 



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e abuses which prevailed. 



ZncTboaldZt realh, 



possess the confidence 



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much fudge. J ASPEB Thorn's Grapes are 



'Fellow," said an En: 



pl. fim F 5 ** at his < 



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and I had just swept, "it is false that we ran ( 

 all I garden ; and vou know it. But as for t 

 foji down vour Cabbages and upsetting your 



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hU Vines ot the same needle^ t-j >«u ti.it on. 



sper's receipt, which he found utterance— that these charges are violent 



a chief performer. 





urination" to support ; e Soeh s by even, i 



