THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLI 



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^ of superior qu 

 KSHIRE BROWN i 



TSTEW ENAMELLED LABELS— To be properly 



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SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1849. 



i^Conf ts ',h ' h0 ° sh the y bunw Mm 



» verdant foliage lejoi 



F «>M para]vsl U tf * n ful t0 the ^rthbound root, 

 ffi no •ccwTSLVP^ in a place where air can 



^"'""feSlTciJ'; r d thBS '! ,e im - 



iage. It is bee 



> be generally understood 



.oarings, notwithstanding nil 





irttul to them ; 

 re more Sly 



boiii» filled with water, air is necei 

 xcept that small quantity which : 



all food for' roots, to U takVits place. dPOUr ' 



But those who imagine that this is the whole ex- 

 planation of the effects of drainage, overlook anothe 

 circumstance of the highest importance. Drainei 

 land h; in summer, from 10° to 20° warmer thai 

 water-logged land. Professor Schubler brio- a gi 



lomer tnermometer (6), dipping under the i 



i intervals, reckoning from 1 



i Sted?8».° n The TS^s 8 ' draln^l 

 5 to a fresh supply of water. 



remained at 70£ 



horizontal thermometer (a f) hi 

 viously secured through a i.o'ie ma. 

 the box by means of a tbht-nuiii',. 

 t.ie naked -rem of the thermomet 

 A gallon of boiling water was tin 



eld ; the peat and < 



cends. But it is stopped by the cold water, 

 to be rainld on a waterlogged field for a 

 to the depth of u s'mjle imh i low Hie 



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1 gained on the surface, pans with t 



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dlected. Ordinary n 



or had failec 



, ami at the 



■e.d 



1' f.mr 

























-., ut 



e appeared t 



) be hopeless 



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by the doubts \ 



tiieli 



Mta* 



id to procure if possible so large an amount of new 

 id authentic evidence as would furnish extensive 

 k-erages, on which firm reliance could be placed. 



