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plants were watered a few times in very dry weather. The 

 stalks were in general about 3 ft. in height. The grain fully 

 ripened. 



PRODUCE. 



Earths. 



Granite (Aberdeen) 



Clay-slate (primitive) 



Greenstone, secondary trap 



Limestone, tertiary formation 



Chalk .... 



Gypsum (very sickly plants) 



Sandstone, of' the newer formation 



Pit sand, brown siliceous 



Blue clay from a tilled field, 10 ft. under the surface 



Mixture of the above 



Common light loamy soil 



These experiments seem worthy of further prosecution, par- 

 ticularly relative to the respective influence of the atmosphere 

 and soil on vegetation, in the furnishing and assimilating of the 

 food of plants. The oats were sown at our nursery grounds in 

 the middle of April, and ripened in the beginning of September. 



Stirling, Nov. 13. 1841. 



Ears. 



Grains. 



13 



220 



11 



241 



10 



245 



9 



231 



13 



355 



6 



40 



12 



230 



10 



210 



10 



242 



9 



190 



18 



453 



Art. VI. The Landscape-Gardening of F. L. von Sckell of Munich. 

 Translated from the German for the " Gardener's Magazine." 



(Continued from p. 505.) 



X. On tracing and staking out Streams and Brooks. 



J. Whenevp^r a stream exceeds 100 ft. in breadth it no longer 

 belongs to the garden, both on account of limited space, and 

 the necessary expense that would be incurred ; and also because 

 streams of a much less magnitude are more adapted for a garden, 

 and afford more charms and pleasure: but if the landscape- 

 gardener does not wish to have such streams, he should take 

 care that his garden is not totally without water ; because that is 

 to be without life. 



Water is the soul of gardening ; and, where it is to be found, 

 there is also Philomel and all the other vocal choir of the forest. 

 There nature is decorated with her liveliest colours, and the 

 children of Flora appear in parti-coloured attire by the side of 

 the murmuring brooks. 



2. The broad streams must have quite another course from 

 the smaller streams, and the broader they are so much the 

 larger and majestic should the line of the stream be ; therefore, 

 only powerful obstacles should prevent it from running in 

 another direction. It is quite the reverse with smaller streams, 

 as the most trifling impediment is quite sufficient to turn them to 

 the right hand or the left; and this is the reason that in nature 



