THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



~\,i*h is roasted; Decause a v ^ .«». - ";'„,,. 

 Ihe other juices which have acquired an ^jy™^™ 

 flavour by the F^'^ yj^S"^* thefac^aTreadj 

 Jid^haflhe coagulation ^of ^alb .umen t tends ^tc 



plied to the sun ^ a pecu ]j ar tenderness to it, 

 ** ^ thTconfinement of the internal juices ; it is 



whTrareTWormed by the action of the open fire 



(^il^SSSK to SffifrSE 



^ lEble waste of nutritive matter is neces- 



S is the point under discussion, they may be 

 clued over with this one observation, namely, that the 

 SaH charcoal braziers, by which the processes of 

 foreign cookery are conducted, produce a much smaller 

 amount of waste than the large fires of an English 



I an om aumor, - pas&eui nurture, 

 and truly in reference to gardening operations, it is : 



the kingdom. Gardening in its greatest perfects 

 must ever be based on natural laws. In proportion a 

 we depart from them, so shall we be wide of the goal- 

 perfection. As the physician, who has a correc 

 knowledge of the mediciies he uses, and of the consti 

 tution on which they are to be employed, has a greate 

 chance of success in his labours than one who applie 

 eh he* is little acquainted to a con 



and with the agents by which that development is in- 

 duced and influenced, is more likely to succeed than 



and applies the agents of developmer 



i- a series of developments. Everv 

 plant has in itself the elements of a pertection * on the 

 nature of which, in the present advancing state of 

 gardening, it would be hazardous to offer an opinion. 



That any given plant may or may not be changed 

 from its natural condition ; or in other words, may be 

 made to assume various degrees of development, is well 

 attested. Witness, most of our garden vegetables and 

 our fruits. It would seem that there is implanted in 

 the various beings subservient toman the capabilities of 

 SLmToMh™ 611 *' de ? endLng up .° n th ? exerc!se of his 



, I have shown that vegetable development is influenced, 

 ia completely dependent 

 «ce S , and that those influences, to K 



K2£!W Bto, y 



»wr and this brings me to the subject of garden 

 lecture ; and as I have based what I shall argue 

 •wwinent papers on vegetable development on the 



S S\°r I V i tal P ricci P le > h wil1 be weI1 for ™> as 

 e . established the argument, to treat of what I have 

 it Lv I structu res as preliminary matters ; so 

 *»otW shall interfere to divert the current of my 

 nmand 8 " ^^ structures devoted t0 the P™' 



nohttit^L- . P rod «ction of good plants, I have 



evi!s - Form a diminis hed light, and all attendant 

 U / es from SZ n V r V' I CanDOt conceive a,, y advan " 



^ Cn aformdS C n UreS f ° r * &T}y forcin g)- Certainly 

 »form q economi SeCODdar y consid "ration, if indeed 'such 

 S ht Presume *?„!?? that \ Jt wiU be found > if l 

 , an <* in hort u , pro P hes y. 'hat in proportion as we 

 * Positive hp.t ral scie "ce, so will the importance 

 ^ * doe i* 8 a " a S ent d «rease. We shall, I 



physical geography, we are sometimes perfectly 

 nished at facts in relation to vegetable life, and 

 even temperature. In reading "Lyell's Principles of 

 Geology," an admirable work, I met with many remark- 

 able facts respecting the principles whi 



kingdom but would reap incalculable benefits by perus- 

 ing that work. I shall quote one » *^ 



plants to endure frost, and that 



a England a 



and sleet, during 



shsias in our gardens 

 i freezing ! If such 

 s beautiful flower, we 



FRUIT-TREE PROTECTORS, 

 impanying sketch will give some idea of m; 

 protection for pyramidal Pear trees. A stout stakt 

 ound, mu3t be well sIk 



to a certainty take place 

 used for this sort of prot* 

 Number of Saturday. 1 



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Honc 



1845, an interest in gardening and planting has sprung 

 ap which promises to lead to most beneficial results 

 At that time every" one complained of the barren apl 

 searance of the island,and of the intense heat andglareof 

 ;he sun. Officers in the army, and others who had been 

 many years in the hotter parts of India, all agreed there 

 was afierceness and oppressiveness in the sun's rays here, 



r part of 



From 1843 to 1845 the mortaKt 



e regiments were nearly swept'awaj 



ii •:. v] ; :vl 

 -".. Frc 



h-no r 



he Go' 

 fate. Various 





and any whereupon it, and' 

 ence the water which flows from the sides of the bills 

 ushes rapidly down towards the sea. Imperfect 

 rainage, therefore, could have very little to do with 



I have always thought, and I am still of the same 

 pinion, that although various causes may operate to 

 jnder Hong-Kong unhealthy, yet one of the principal 

 * the shade which they afford. 

 I had the honour to make 

 ent here in 1844, I pointed ont this 

 1 strongly recommended them to pre- 

 len growing upon the island from the 

 ere in the habit of cutting it down 

 the same time to plant extensively, 



street, Holborn, in whose window U 



her paw. Indeed, so far had foolish fondness carried 

 would be better f or pussy 

 to die soon and enjoy the destined honour, while her 

 Bkin is so sleek and her markings so well defined, than 

 But M a change has come o'er the spirit of my dream," 

 and what was so lately my hobby is now m v 

 for a reason which all amateur gardeners will at once 



of this hateful fraternitv, fit only to tear each other's 



I wilderness, and to wake the 



s on mountain tops. Most certam do I 



Ens] and model of all gardens, 



le its ominous whislurs, and 



re is, that among the ancient 

 ,tet were unknown. But I was going to 

 e that my hatred is we!l founded, rationa', and 

 jeworthy, on account of divers i 

 :h I now allude to, to put my brother amateurs on 

 : guard. In the early spring, a few years back, i 

 a frame under a sunny wall filled with plants and 



