222 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [APRIL 8, 
dur uring the months August, 1846, to December, 1847, index to corn merchants for the regulation of. И pov esie Ui uae M: m ers pende nt, bui 
the height of the curve indicating that of the prices | imports than they co ould have without them. n'leng petioles acrem Sein "slightly кт mot 
as the months passed on; and the key is given in | benefits gained would, — Ље оЁ the highest zy din gne im А the position of the бесит "RU а 
кәч ө. врч colamn of figures, where the price | value, and shared by all ^ pins cra ase tiia оета pend ent, bus 
uarter is stated. The "vertical lines indieate| Landlords and tenan ts, лане would be the. bright blue when expanded. Leaves—of the ton prelio, 
„жий: езй = cf Wheat ; — aec indicates | greatest gainers, for the actual statistics of the оној т" EMT amer email "a 
the date of each, and thei height shows the|away-going crop would enable the base the. The »É experiments tend to show that, fi. 
amount of each sale, as may be perc in the left-hand | contract of lease upon а more solid foundation than р... lanis mày р fier а. ар D dif. 
column of figures, by which it will at а that|they -now are able to do, and, by consequence, special distinet ;-and ЇЇ өр, far felt the о nter 
— individual ^v exceeded 200 quarters. improve ma relation between them during its experiments of this Кы с паар. Сиыр M. 
Now. Lof co course, it needs no record of ran such | currency; for the former would then know how | notice of the chan ges of th e Symphytum чым aec 
price must be|much rent they ought to receive, and the latter how | of the British Association at Hull. In an (елин 
inv much they could safely afford to give. | | point of view it has a further interest, because use We: now 
excessive is the fewness of those who bene y ———— | know that the S. officinale has the same properties аз 
them, and the number of those who are injured by NOTES ON SOME EXPERIMENTS IN THE е 5. asperrimum ; it too will admit of field 
their ignorant sale of produce while prices were low ; | BOTANICAL M € OF — ROYAL AGRI. tion: that, taken from its natural situation by the 
but an actual record of sales, such as is here give en, TT— эө E.—No. pe broug field, 
ht,be m ^ бај than м : By eae | та{е, but gradually increases in size and strength, so 
will, it is thought, be more influential than any m E n ius | 
епа this | IN нан нува po notice of our gree: een- b» » plants, it Әм к: upon the food 
remain a ботакта upon the eight following species, d Symphytum, bservations lead 
1. gos Каш rimum, |5. Achilles millefolium, Mille- — adapted for the purp 
them. Трет ow the great yap y Шу Comfrey The Heraclium iiie ylium grows well in my plots, 
majority of sales were effe d while prices. were | » owe Com- | 6. Piantago pomo nDarTOV-| and its herbage is eaten readily by pigs ; and cattle-in 
low, crossi ng the curve of price before it had attai ned 3. Heraelium sphondylium, 7. Dessniod ане Каре д та yet. s 
any " height, and how very us n — effected while |, ei. arsni Paraet 8. Sinapis alba, Mustard see Aer — н to Freier: the plant for culti. 
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эя геле и T | agn M acted E px an About г years since the Gardeners’ Chronicle еоп- ечен dlthoagh fed от by емш, ае - 
Tine z d p xs жыЛ mua i ? А er ML. MÀ китү of the prepetics of Symphytum азрег- | and as the plants ar e large and coarse, should paat 
igent men, and by strong men too—t so rim m, recommending it for cultivation ^ ien food | sated as a weed, оп account of the : | 
no need for them to dispo of their W Whe р Plant ! from this I determined upon uring some t5 the Med a 59 кен uw тше, | 
early in autumn, on account of the approach of rent | plants, which I accordingly obtained, апа. "planted them | манит“ ceca 8 rass, ЖИШШ 
day. "These sales were ihe БАр resolution: of іп a plot of ground five yards square, Dem Neo. nearly | The Poterium sanguisorba ind а de dim 
d tl men, рва ЖАР, М what parma | the distance of 2 feet between each set. It soon grew „һе examples of plan Vieh сап. never » е vali vd ER 
tion ccessible.to them ake that first. sale о to a great height, and stooled out so ату tiat | обе: ефора. Бан ius of thoit vated 
by letter a, for ха Prices had been falling о the following A аы I might have planted а quarter | them -— are aer усен "s by ed and exti) 
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f| of an acre. n growing I used to amuse myself by fi iip ad itl : : 
s king branehes of it into the meadow to the соте; and ture, as there can be but little doubt б е d 
price before it had got lower ; in order, in fact, to |! aii bos ghly curi Ae D nul tch how eagerly th ey Sur- | even Grass of mixed plants of a wholesome kind is 
йо: vp sr to be the highest ргісе of -the 1908090 me, ав igi ue appetite tho whole plant was | much preferred to that of ап unmixed or unvaried 
is, he got the lowest price of the year ! а кы, пн тт. ттнен" a whe Ant descri tion. 
TE he hs he had а how the crops were turning out he|c cii siii These plants are V saai good in 
i ose мек: аз ау ps i ; this clearly sh ing that 
m Bart een ЭШ, prided 5 dr if АР Дил Жоо known | th дуч M ati пае, whilst the дау mires эз Men readily grow, апа thus iudi to ars 
accurate iniort ation ас upon it siena 0 rich in flesh and fat " 
onthesubject, he would have waited till October for it. forming principles. In б of the qualities of this tem soils ате, so common r М жыяр 
Не not only. pines Ain imself by his ignorance, but | plant, Dr. Voelcker, to whom 1 am indebted for the | wiere zed: жебем ш чнч а valuáble mco 
injured a er farmers who are forced | subjoined onini, makes the following remarks. Bond dd Foods "dut ftue "iic since we had 
ssanie Тын before rent ent day, and. whose prices are nits fresh state, Comfrey contains more moisture | волу anything g but the Plantain 7 0 РА о dis- 
"adi АМ very ma чаршы ly affected by these sales dn white Mustard; but notwithstanding this large |, tasteful to the.sheep as to be mostly rise by ther 
хӯ the ter holders, conducted in s ignorance proportion of water, the amount of esh-forming өчү, with 
of what iti is for their personal in teres . ів jn |Stituents in this ^ is considerable. This appears p media, bens grows flat M е: ground, will re 
this way, too, that the information, which all admit n аы мы ki by ж т. m Ey se the compo- | mend it, ог at least lead to t being g molested in 
would be use our ci corn importers, would penie prsg Тл жу Lm ant, ну gom | | pastures, ex M — een in "t cases be treated 
useful to corn growersas well. . Allfarmers are corn |? T : antity of gum asa weed, This plan introduced into my garden 
merchants ; and if great importers are guided aright ae~ erer pin e eda aratively 8р spenking —— уай pait iei чар те в v of demonstrating its habit of 
in their urchases, it will be a safer, steadier trad ^ 
for ce maller holders who К г, rimum with respect ч 5 Арака Роды “Brassica Na us, — does "not succeed well on our 
for sale. tate, «2129 
ЖАЙТ ы мысы шесе ОШ em if it paid i it 
But we must postpone further remarks on the Nitrogenised. substances (esh-produeing trying with this зану md ens "t Дейт траст. 
јас пекі wee atte in CS ur лее. fet. du 1 f arrested 
| sues not ‹ containing Sitet е eat- in : i" | i m yet, on on the prise yi: 
| з, ng an rming substances) ... 72.49 elopment, we shoul e reason to hope 
ig To avoid the карта, of straw at the expiry of | Inorganic matters (ash)... — ... — .. 076 1445  |seed crop; and the change from the uplands to the 
the lease, | w. н у араай за manure pen 10090 — soils would be so beneficial as to render theses 
mec, tae Incoming tenant sometimes agrees ^ This plant does mot гедпіге а rich вой, yields two | ^ *^ble for planting. 
the whole crop at а valuation, but the most | аала з crops in the eourse of the year, ся at de Sinapis alba is much used on stubbles, and bi. 
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to removal is the practice of same time keeps ing fresh shoots, which сап readily growth and use for sheep should recommend a quantity 
Ibow ;" for under it (екти, like the land, is | е раге MC А ve uc yet tried м n uA ye ear, as it is a chang id food е 
^ epartment of the farm, and value in sheep 
-Und -statistics of the away- large fi ith a regular system of cropping, it js | 0ссавіопаћу sown on headlands on our farm, 
going cro generally taken by the outgoing and | 20t advisable ; still I am conv Е: f the better 0 vi 
incoming tenants, the bushel and balance determin- | holdings, a patch of a few yards devoted to this plant | 3dopted in sowing on the stubbles, its crop is 8021801 
i i бо long as crops were threshed by | 018 be well employed. lt takes but little trouble to | enormous —so m Dar 
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the sets make head will е sificient to keep jt | Worth eulivating with eate; алаф " 
; clean, as arge leaves of the plant keep down e certainty with whieh it ean AR 
ve steam engines to | extraneous. ; it ean be жайдан im Zor 8 feet | would d no difficulty in preparing nd 
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' X growth ; it 
ki н diodes а үр, and used as a soiling plant. Its bed will last "mount Cirencester, March 15. 
10; s hi y nure be dug in between the sets ev. E EET ; 
Mages ^s the away-goingcrop, | spring, enc supplies the waste of constantly sini NOTES OF A RECENT AGRICULTURAL TOUR 
über Дк эр EIS renewal, or стор at | away the crop, and loosens the вой about the plants IN IRELAND.—Br Малих Ро. ——— 
pille bg. s for the renewal o n! officinale.— On introducing the S. asperri-| F il ted with the - 
at will, as the case may be, dis- — to my botanical овтү years ago 1 was well aequaintes B 
b asa my eal garden it struck me that notwith- parts of Ireland more ; ; within 
tinct ranch ch of statistica l sci ко ors dc latter is known as a Caucasian species | this period тюу visits there have been *few and far. 
e proposition forms part rt of the general one (hich was in troduced as a garden plant, on account. of MOM. " Rd during the last 20 years, until the. i 
~ we enunciated pe other week, and not thedeast im- "авд те colour of its flower bells), yet that T the spring of 1053 hey bad ceased altogether 7 
portant branch of it; for if a бабае per centage of | me scarcely presented че = ч» arked differen en left England with the intention of ascertaining by — 
. Crops were thusascertained annually ine count which s should be belong to species, I therefor. re Bourne: progress has pror. | 
: Е Ерте scounter check, с it Were to t L irr i Sets puris of S. oficinale, — ing г fuc changes not rid теба raader PONET a | 
_ асепгасу of the other returns, and m might be preferred upland d А en а plant ie irn the waterside to grow S. аерма нерн ны. pun locali onthe 
many for the regulation 'of rents and the like, | of ре. чеони grent я change whole railway В ме of gent from е: d 9 
' determined y the qe averages and fiars its growth. "Accordingly a plant with white be southern my tour, but. also through- 
жог x for 1 ample, that at the | introd th мА Чы чүн — enit сЕ yet united with the the | 
“apuy or Д ars ey rds and tenants, | grew зма фа, and th fe П year : emust —— ull observer who has no plea Ww 
instead of appointing lots to revise rents at|into several "- which. dn ving ven Mis ва Su рд pressions on entering the Bay of. Dublin, surround i m 
als by in ion, adopted the more practical oorr pena. stained with a "dul reddish Ше ag of ады aa number 9 MU Bagni on e rh 
ot setting to work themselves with the and each seaso uan ы imensions тз, € d 
ashel, then thi : тев balance n grow "пеев have gone on ГА this | area of. aroundthe f . 
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nd rice, could be certied M x in a scientific point of view, I have аав ties 
dus UR E wing 0 mark | features of the panorama ; incongru 
lon. By Sd AR ете mark'it in ав clear a manne „илай лон all the colouring e E Ж 
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DM. кылды : SvuPnYTUM 
which, when compared with the others for a|imes stained with med. Leaves te ro =з inged "d 
-series of years, would afford ; y а truer les slightly winged; of the stem all decurrent. c debit a Plant | parte, 
covered with rough heirs бааа оттап. Наві, | fashion, have remained in an 
