56 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [JANUARY 16, 1864 
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in Im Number of the 12th of Decembe ber last (ue 
p. 1181), I feel ae that the re Hl ies 
writer says, ff The reason I did not go go to the Memo I find that pheasants and hares, except when driven 
two days’ exhibition. IfI show Im into them, are seldom or never p^ panig RENIE Pc lig on AEO i E. 
omyself, snd ennot sland Lo ondon for two days, nor can den rons. I alias ve the reason to be, tha vd ps di oq pee Ra c e the ponte morte 
= y an ervant there doing nothing.” The | grow g habit of the Diam prevents game from | walk 
; short myself to be 
ym an a and dulincutabad cime ai and Studien along the ground | under t the leaves or ' twigs of judisions I expec t very y y tied 
sting rian, ; r 
" "à i a " o" | wey is no handsomer or more easily grown my bsc. Ta E te Ce 
adjudication, ier hey wiil keep away from the class | green cover or underwood pe Me AB ia 
t a Jefferson Plum tree growing in the middle of 
under adjudication, I hope if this should meet the eyes of | and E is not nibbled by hares, and seldom even I ons pet ts near the foot DUE Nu artifici al walk bad 
Fellows of the Societ , that they will graciously | by th at m most detestable of wee the nu J. Pene d ly of the 
consider what I have just stated. The recommendation | Lan ; 4 pecids, soil, SUY te moderately light. On taki 
to give prizes for six Roses shown by ladies is good. ‘Rho dodendron Soils.—lI obse im nn ad danada Hs be. ound that it had thrown e. 
You could not mend it unless you were to suggest. Paci il have et a A Dept ge nM gro only | a multiplicity of beautiful fibrous roots quite M 
i ies who I left off hoops! Probably | c : : i ithin 3 e of the surface, 
Lacu - Rem o of ue Ros j edd or ara wrote from my own apa i and for thes Bonan: rightly re and emen aber, yo » a RUE m. w 
yellows, would give a golden effect to tne show. The | years I had tried in - to get em to shave ii 118 | T: 1 result to the rools d 
class might be 9i pen, and the number of Roses unde- | neighbourhood. I never have ye eb eoem em come te aration apes S 00 the surface provide il 
fined. P.S. I e just received a letter v. aaron! perfection in such situations, aal „pro y il is not of too stiff a character. On examining then 
setshire from a distin guished amateur. He es Swa ansea, I —- erve by the , is in a sheltered bay | of thet e refer red to, it was evident tbAf UNE 
think the imi of a two days’ show will ¢ entail a | with a S.E. exposure; this i is Lnd different — the e tree bite MG plétely in their elementyEb 
deal of fatigue, and, no doubt, prevent some from|sweep of the S.W. wind. The same applies 
to t 
Ps W. F. Radelyffe, Jan. 9. [ Censors can't E. coast of Ireland. Limestone, if hard enough for there $ cannot, Tini be 3 T j (desi i 
work wd; and we fez ar there would ty buil g, may conseq uently be suffic iently €— not Sh held, 
t th m; inis our ‘soft chalk, on a foot or | She, 
in having all — dy. for them by 84 AM. ] " " o injure tl e tis Y sind y tse: 
find themselves in the same situation as myself, , if the soil en is deep enough, it 
I U venture " trouble you with the following ^c ma rk, odi not matter mu yo à wint $ e save of & dosi ub- 3Botices of Books, 
which may lead to the removal of their difficulty | soil is. I still believe that the only pla Tron Workers and Tool Makers 
an ipe On a comparatively limited space, com- | attain their xa size and perfection are sandy loam, or fy poe g Mae 5,1863. 12mo. Pp, 342. 
manded by the windows of my house, I wish to erect | peat, All these, I believe, contain iron; but not pro- Aa m War uns 1 Wis adthor ut aisle 
the following glasshouses—viz. a ood-sized conserva- fessing to "EM chemistry, this is only a surmise, | Mr. Smiles, el e Y the Rügineeke ^ has Dra d 
tory leading out of the drawing-room, together with |I think now the subject is exhausted. C. D., Ashdean, | inte resting i at n Aen gae WA Po n 
suitable houses to keep the conservatory supplied with | enar iw nt nother equally attrac cig No Bd ds fnstructivi aD 
flowers; also an early and late Grape house, together| British Oak: s.—In the Proceedings of the asy style, d ith the eiie RNNR 
with Melon, Cucumber, and Pine houses. I want| Horticultural Society just issued, there is an account t| pleasent to read. He commence yg Y ia 
to confide the order for such work to some one|given by Mr. Scott of the dimensions of Oak trees | of iron, or rather with ihe pisci "uud grea Ne 
who thoroughly understands all the most recent | felled in 1793, in Vagnor Park, Montgomeryshire, and | of England's wealth w. stipe Rih hs 
improvements and modifications, and I am entirely at | also an assertion that ariel treos nearly as large are | were inhabited by En it cim ne ila 
a loss to whom to turn, as I wish the buildings to look | still growi ng on the estate of Powis Castle adjoining. | tools were gs of wood, flint, or e 
well from the inside and outside of my house. I have| Can any of your correspondents in M part of Se pe ssed, b pe 
not the time to sketch the plans nor arrange the cw inform me if t Oaks are the species | copper, n rele M 
buildings myself, nor indeed look after the work while pedunculata or oer T "Diss. of ti pudieron to smelt. e was x p : aie 
it is being put up; so that I require some one who| Orchard Houses.— Pe that the dispute between | came into use, a fact ° easy Pelis E " ^ ometa 
should represent the architect in house building. | open walls and orchard houses is becoming rather hot, | know that tin melts at 3 tor ioi eds “Perso oa 
e all live in houses and know pretty well] allow me before the skirmish May general among | while iron re equir res a hea! 
we one sho 
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and therefore do not understand the most perfect | may settle the matter. Will any champion of orchard dightes t affinity between th e rong gh ironstone 
ement for insuring the least loss of heat, and | houses answer truly the folloving ganone ns? 1. Has | brougbt up from the mine, ani "à Misc sto a 
the greatest efficiency with regard sto the health of| he ever without heat succeeded in getting his trees to | commerce. It is only after su ae Si e tak 
the plants, and bandiness for working. While wishing | bear even in the first year? 2. Gos his trees not | severe processes of manufacture t zx m d i ui 
to have my houses put up in a perfectly Unrehla invariably drooped in the second year, when confined | be obtained from it. Th kem s, eem et 
manner, I wish at the same time not to Pay m re than | to ? 3. Have they ever reached the blossom or|ore requires intense heat, maintained pru 
a fair price ‘for value received. Her ain I the third year? If, as I expect, his methods, such as furnaces ti h other 
at a los; no institution ‘or git Timer pei the same as mine, his answers will save| But it is principally jn combination wit K 
a hothouse builder's bil as for one | your ibers heavy cost, T suffering them- | elements that iron becomes so valuable, Thus, whet 
law bill. That they dir as it must be evident. salves 15 become victims to deluded hopes never to be| combined with carbon, in varying proportions, su 
for on reading Mr. Riv book on Or chard: | fulfille d. i, Ie om have tried, at an enormous expense, | stances are produced so different, but each 
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be an agreeable eld. for a lady in the country, | saving but a fie "; my favourite trees by trans «Fire ing | metals, such for example as ape ser and cast b 
Isent a copy of his printed speci ifications to an East | them to an open wall under a good coping, M gd my | steel ; the various qualities of iron per hs to 
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erect the building for. The one answered 371. com- | such as I never tasted from trees A e even t h | road; the needle a mariner's compass, pr an Ari 
plete, yere à pyrene ea Taccepted | compelled to force by heat, withont at h I had never strong p^ a ire s lancet, eid a oe engine 
the 37i. e m e all I desired, | been abl. 8 : 
Again, with h obs p mti ef in y Futok at the|Ifeelthat Mr. Thompson was perfectly right, and 30 scissors, and a Nar asmyth hammer ; a lady's earrings, 
sums my ia tell me their pipes have cost,|was the late Mr. Loudon, in asserting that the new | a tubular bri 1 
when I ascertain the. Re ga of feet and con-|system of culture in pow is completely contrary to| The art of sicing this useful metal was known ài 
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: is cont: kingdom. Be the ind of | useful and honourable calling, and the smith, who 
to.human nature to expect the gentlemen who adver- | the amicti me it ot I shall eschew orch: aid also the armourer, was held in 
ient ir | hou i e; conten ped Anglo-S timed. The life and hono r 
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in precedency. After him ranked the maker of E 
an d then the physician, In the Royal court of : 
he sat , with the s Kine. ae Queen, P 
to the domestic chaplain; and h entitled to å 
dra EM. 9f every kind of liquor ay ni brought m f 
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getting chard kı 
as cotton mills for ones mone ey. o | Nec e houses, are totally "otthless, ing utterly 
there exist any gentlemen Si I made this devoid. ot every facility for fo orcing by heat. An Old 
branch of business their study, as, if T E ix paci 
may yet rise who will be content with æa (Botteri).—It is possible that fhe M 
mission from their — andio look ba ate after alladed to last week gua v - been on 
his Did I know an efficient judge in those | Skinner's paenga tch 
Pi, should be ais offer a few guineas for a5 the same time hte X n E left a vom | In Ba as many as 72 forgos were lensed from 
è " nas oe best designs. Can any eo . Eyles’s Aim hich a gh | Crown by varient, den smelters in » Fore e 
pondent help me Merchant, London, Jan. 6. : ende 5, Teras grown i etel T The malin ng o of in "a. carried on i ra in 
n m- g ood was ii P e x 
ession of the 9th inst. that Mr. Carpenter, of|up before ioned ances demand 
Digitan Mieres Dor oat pelo ae pin tee ee ves. I mentioned the ci rcumst | yet the quantity y ‘was "insufficient to meet the 
himself, I beg 
Pea is to be me of the South African ground |and the Enel aie 
to state that I had my stock of it direct | Orchids sent D^ lately by the Royal Hort nd |and the English iron was as dum b. i 
5 — and that he charged me three sis Society might — by Sd mi 
e or arri out-of-d ha to hear from| Buxt ad i i so great wat 
packing. If Mr. Carpenter therefore does not forth- several quarters " the subject ot heating t ihiak the zen oat witht ae protien as ee 
lanay cd ten + + jes e nib bel out of ecu ue o Mun ast receiving at Of ds of man r noblest families, who en 
im immi 1 cous erybody s it was invented (save t ü 
Barnes, pee Ie i a puse mark) m Frenchman! A Belgian g mus the | in in. his. branch of inda ustry, did mot Ars 
mm ^ or Game. tartles his recommendation t o» 
Binky extateiyel) "oi M pA ai an ANN world by his r o grow naces. The iron EAr rki of Sussex reacit 
ro h plan- saa Aquatics in an artificially heated pond! which | heisht i d Bog 
tations here for this purpose, and. the mere fact of his as M m tuti ir Rew Shas sahil vein, au ME 
lordship having killed 1367 : proven cet» ago, in Chelsea, | inst 
mporting iron, exported cannon, so that 
ds armed their ships to fight us, with gU 
hares, Probably -— i our presen i Q 
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besides rabbits, in one day, in covers abounding in : JM pua —— are not aw p 
n weri. 
that the glorious Victoria Water Li y was no long time | our igh called 
ot disliked y pheasants and Lans acne are | singo to be seen fowering in high heil aad beside a OYN Hs Ee Mi Raleigh, 
.. Observed that hares or rabbits “ bark” pes in thi ws be ind in London! Perhaps Weeks | the reign of James I., Susse one-hal 
|. woods, though ieee 4 growing in an P | 2. H. ly. o Kee account of their achievement the English iron Te 2 best; furnaces produ 1 
Chinese ed tions ions u E es oblige us to defer any obsery a honey or four tons a w. ood was the only. — 
quite í m. | Stong upon. great t subject of Bottom Heat. , In t in England, inde eed 4 prejudi get api m. 
Fani piua present Number. ] domestic pu pane 2 pelted 
charcoal w: h could not be 
iria Fine ine Borders under. el Walks,—With as great, as the ore ái 
reference inibe pomni aaa gi du “ An Old Su ubseriber ”” | wo voa INN A - p a on tinaber-trees 
