THE GARDENERS* CHRONICLE. 







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iOYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'S PARK. 



f the ground rough a 



ttmber and to the j on. Thaff S££ht° wEver* Ew td^ 



- Tely a rough. ,t dm air can find 



■ to tlit roots, oi that water can run 



f^alffluidTlviil mnoff t*' ^ "^ ^ 



garden to secure a rug 



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diich Lord Elgin n 

 s sound as it could 



ndergo decomposition at 

 ed from Athens. It 



te troeca^es of its decay. In an absence of certai 



S^Ln eS T tial Part ° f the in< ™ ; 

 bim7« T ^ erel y sec °ndary points. The c 

 5J. 7 ^ \°! ve d is, what causes the decay 



S «Sd m l e "i asted ^g^thau'modJrn^That 



J^ are n „J e Con quest. The oneritinn« „f 

 ^SeZct I 1 ' Unchan ^[e T Jnqu ir ° y f 



l, and prepared ii 

 'ordow fi ° n fores t law throvv nc 

 Cce Pt in 6 one ^ question ^ ver ^ 

 ** ! 4 would appear that in^h* 



twiog moi 



and giving it off to space. It is true that the same 

 action which produces a discharge of fluid from the 

 surface of leaves has at certain seasons the counter 



effect ol g i ' < ! j.. i , - 1 , t paratus with more fluid, 

 to replace that winch is thrown off; hut this happens 

 only at certain seasons. In the spring it is in full 

 force ; the roots then draw fluid from the soil, the 

 trunk draws it from the roots, leaves draw it from 



jecomes dry, refuses the same abundant supply 

 as before, and all vegetation slackens. The leaves 

 ,'ever still go on, pump, pump, pump ; till at last, 

 roots becoming torpid, the leaves draw off all the 

 fluid that the trunk contains ; and when the last 

 ply that it can yield is exhausted they perish. 



, great degree ; the free water lying in its cavi- 

 is gone ; and the whole fabric acquires a hard- 



;wed in the succeeding spring but small internal 

 age occurs ; the roots are to pid nul will - in > Iv 

 ; the pumps are broken ; and little more fluid is 

 oduced into the wood. Hence i 



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 purpose, the instrument, especially the f< ' ' 



• bach hflM 

 the name of L\.\ v 1. ■ ■ ■ . . ■ ,',(j„u>m 



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 tock end is 7 inches long, an I 



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■ lie timber of a tree is na 

 i moisture, and therefore least prone to decav, is v, S ,,Ui '' * ,t? 

 veen the fall of the L 

 renewal of vegetation in the spring ; and the nearer 

 the fall of the leaf the most free. 



".lis point of view, timber which is intended b 



7" DISEASES VV V I. A NTS. 

 ■ii m s VII. Spur !! is*i*I.NrHE?f9? 'that is, excess of 



neither fruit nor flowers; a single species.— '£h<t(}~ 

 phrastus, Bookii. cap. xiv. "Do Cau-.s Pi r-.v— /' 



utained. Thei 

 to be considered, but they 

 can be given 1 1 



icompanied usual lv 



or because, as it is said, it is by nature 

 bearing. I know of a case of a Cherry tx 



t was that I am n 



