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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Frrrvary 20, 1864 
trial, by the substitution of reports for premiums, |supply the missing information ; but the "Bonet M qu the roots and labelled, iy 
by an ges aminatic as of ma achi gad oe ih far i has, M. yet done nothi PBR: , Tts TOP uidi a eolid- their number recorded, their produce fired P. 
,in twort iy T6$ haye 
eon 2M we are not lik tely to n to any on of the info rmation a de given to the pu ri cleaned "n arately, and the grains produced og 
protes p hem ; nor, indeed, is it rh "ble tha AE in qia weekly journals, They ar re thus exegetina Y My next case will illustrate “ facts No. 1 and S 
any protest from them would the e ^i imperfect; and far from an adequate representa- | tpe difference in the powers of productiveness in fy 
Meanw it is well to bear in atitis|tion of the truth. And they are likely to remain | form of weight per bushel, and the inher ritangs 
not the trials as now conducted th at rere f e| so, for neither weekly papers, nor, as we have every | superiority. [i 
«now, a book u ihe ed will} A plant Chevalier Barley grown in 1862 froma 
bear the brunt of the with single PiN consisted of 50 e ars, The record j k 1M 
every year to the Society’s ‘show yard. It is the 
hope of trade, There never was a greater show 
than at Battersea, where no prizes were awarded. 
There had never been such show 
of imple ments at | — 
1 t 
=the er 
prize yc 
RE d the ‘enterprising pry, 
moters of 8 
is r 
prions Ae eling s gs im some parts of 
the Con inent, m maehinery 
is to be d Ma [x "he th, 11th, and | 
12th of May, Certainly the offer of a careful 
adjudication of merit is no part of the inducement 
offered to Engli anufacturers to exhi 
Neyertheless, after specifying the eonditions on 
which standing gro will be giyen to maghines, 
the dum lthough intimating that no prizes 
will be given, declar iCTO AP B woven, th 
a tors wish for a Dem ^ the differen 
e have not room, has 
olston, to the |“ 
one letter, for Wok we 
in rested hz] Mr. EN ITH, of Wo 
Cour f dhe R yal 
T. LoT 
the conse Tiu oward of premiums | 
s that he does not 
whicl +s rotes 
MUR an 
; t 
or c erop or ie i bane d bonis, Dei 
business "itis int nS 
34! exam L3 
to Ta aching by m n 
ad, tee e its i 
idua! ea adding sı u- 
the here as its sin 
d good 
d 
L A ta e ooluns ‘for ¢ 
pm imulate t 
A de | surge ya M 
dd that it holar ships 
stimulant t Ps UR do, "n 
ed it oug 
can, as "mondi i 
which 
ener ae 
we believe 5 the other mpetitors fate 
exception—it is pst t thet the rep ang of. Iu 
fu ACCU 
home 
ere nm steam reina ^ AE one 
y 
of steam cultivation ever say 100, 
rom actual inspection during whos 
| be e by all its 
x nos acd rbi i pet ream each e" € he. s divided 
ere thus 
a A ona 
—— 
ga 
8 ood, and whose dE 
pins E the bes 10 of the 50 em 
e remaining were plan Sepe 
two clas sses at planting, and ther 
ate oe Ae vil more Taboos pe 
ests, 
home farm, as Mr, SMITH sugges p e ave à heb.) grain and ear from each of thes 
| 22 divisions dad in open tin boxes arranged together 
| so that the can be seen at a glance. "There 
To osi T A ence A art ' Mr, j | great difference between them, scarcely any two | 
Shirrel of Haddington, contributed an ‘article EC ais] | alike. = ier Pai P. rid = maltster upon 
* The Improvement of Agricultur al Planta, "which, how- Clas T pier co A RR poi hi ees 
ever, was in fact, neither more ess ‘on another ch 2 E EU T th 07 ae 
attack u * Hallett’ igree Nu t Wheat,” and | 8002 mar periarity in -bhe TON 
following results give proof of its superiority. All the 
upon Professor Buckman for daring to believe in it. 
I do not know 
the honour to — T article in 
Farmer's 
orton’ 
whether Professor B uckman | did me 
s Ne " 
plants were taken 
similar conditions, and preserved in zine cases 
2. £ 1d t 
every 
“may justly be regarded as a dyertisem ment PARENT, 1862. PRODUCE, 1863. i 
Hallett's Pedigree Nursery Wheat,” and not red ——————— 
seen the article I cannot say if it merits that descrip-| umber Weight 
, but Mr, Shirreff’s article certai must be| of Bar, | Classification. Description, het x 
garded as an evident advertisement of his own. Avoirdupois, 
lam not the pe eraon nor is his the place to deal 
with Mr. ae apy e of the ses a pr wo oe i the — 4i Remple just v br 
D seotimaitions d *fmud" I p at once tg other Ears 1 de. ditto 62.50 
| really consider ‘the Fat a public Feder. of t 
| improvement of cereals, which he has left bat Showing a superiority of nearly 3 lbs. weight per 
untouch ed, - abel s the yes of No, S over that of the red 
M m of effecting this is founded upon thre taken ‘together. sis upon a soil 
facts, SU I have had to ascertain for myself. Before uma Barly ‘weighing 5 p or 52 lbs., and 
tatin ein e compara- | cereals grow 
sad pase th 
anid ant plants and 
ore or LM the edes iir of. "tei 
a wi ee i 
| respective parents, “There being male and female sexes se 
8. These characteristics may by selection be so Loss can alter the nre his stock y fho 
reeders, ermaphrodite with 
often, geppalea as lant as to become fixed charac- Poper ere their pfi uino Pe controlled. I pio 
esed. ristics aan cisel 1 tell rals- the farmer’s interference is reas aud 
ae he home lasm—bo 0 two grains give pre y equa MEME 1; CRT in breeding cer cnet t is unnat 
m must in any given quaii È hs ea best ; 
wn from a sin, le in, were 
LES see Pi gle gra 
-— 
ine of LM proves best oa grat | having started from a 
single one in 
entitled -— kep, i is sri a kd 
«sin ug the Duchess family 
improved give - "illsision of fact 
difference En of 
stro; 
[^r p^ i 
ree facta, which I am in < a position to prove, | 
rains of cereals differ in t of 
ually be o 
t one w whose | 
it and | wae most nearly ‘approach the | m" 
ssi upon., cereal is one descended from a 
e year) and its reeord 
iterally just as aes 
No. 1, the 
ei 
t, itself 
» | Now the end is in both egos ca pal game, Yi, 
to obtain the best descen 
The breeder of cattle i as a parent an animl 
Tul 
aving eom sj T poule" in the hope that 
wiil inherit 
T select e" rogeny itself, wh 
| possess the poi 5 Teqnised, as a proo 
T "contiolled t theu 
n of the 
"e ien I probably à sura have m. 
le-breeder wo paren 
the best Rire and throw the rest way. J í 
Menor Howe, Brighton, 2 g- 
be concluded next week.) 
es Ege A 
ches apart every wa: t 
of cof the were rate THE VEGETABLE MOULD, gge 
s Ww ustrate ou F o 
position ERTILITY (the existence o or production 
covers with a Me issali so s LS the the whole, | orders „of organic life, vegetable and anima) : 
Pup IN nr admixture of ear eths; d, ve getablo m E 
P Ey 1868. water; 4th, air; 5th, sun’s rays an " 
zf RER i suitable admixture of those earths 
E 5 Weight in Grains the fice Du build up its eti cbe 2d 
E 2 $ Tray. rene, pad olen Mio quin then 
gp Classification g; Grains |Per 1000 aoe t of adhesiones e de 
E E á er | Grains | the my stv uec] to Tn 
the Eres E s i di Plant, | xt. esent t i "regibus the pe 
Grains not elassided | sj | 37 |1299 | $17 | G34 | families having a soft or open interior of stem, 
2 ee zb Saf | m | GE) 482 | 66t | fore require a hard exterior. seems 
à grains .. 34 41 i strengthening power in some es. At 
; | - ae Š 5 30 E D required for the preservation of moisture, | 
an adhesion to the soil necessary for many An 
| other abundant earths, lime and magnesia 
| necessary to mes, more T 
also act to re singe q er Sm 
pot et No. on is adir ae tt to organic mi 
cent. between —H tion, their al kali noua ising the pre 
peat. - min vhat are t 
esults t 5 nstituents of na potash, Sod 
eee VPE AT 
