54 te THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
and Thomas Ashworth, to render the science of, abscission of the second dorsal fin. A greater number thrown upon it from our 
pisciculture subservient to commercial purposes— | were marked on the 29th May than on any other any. | The female parrs in the pon 
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salmon were hatched under Mr. s | in all about 1200 or 1300. The result has proved highly 
careful manipulati: n the 19th July, 1852, a|satisfactory : within two months of the hei. a len ome po 
meeting 0} proprieto e Tay was held liberati viz., between May 29 and July 31, 22 of Pty Berges 
Perth, for the purpose of considering a oo on ae rok o mar when in the state of smolts, on | mingly so 
artificial propagation of the on, wri y their way e sea, have been in their returning | p dis feet g point int settled, 
Esdaile. On that occasion Mr. Thomas pecs of migration up the river recaptured, rc carefully | least) are alt pe young of the salmon.” 
Poynton, explained to the meeting the nature of the ined. The conclusions arrived at are most gratify- „The bo ttle specimens of the young salmon at 
operations wa had been carried on at Outerard by a and proved what has heretofore app hanı rn gs = nd devas room, and created 
his brother and himself, and ye ly ded | i , namely, the rapid growth of the y ety The young fish with all 
the oyoigary of peses measures in the Tay, under the | during their short sojourn in the salt water. ” This fact the, marks ta evidences of f fally ; developed parr, only 
direction oben Ramsbottom, The Ph sis mesos of Mr.| may be considered as still further established by 
gator te reed to, and a committee was ap-| serving the increased weight according to date of th smolt taken out of the pond b by 
pointed to to fix upon a suitable locality for pools. oF grilse caught and examined ; tł ken fi ighi Mr. EA in May all I derived from the same hatchi tching 
boxes and construction of ponds. e Earl of Mans-| 5 to 5} Ibs. then i er ae pasea to T and ‘Bibs. of ova. The „grilse Nag mk hä nt a an n,n PAR 
field, who was chairman, an a + aie eee whilst the one captured 31s t J th same 
interest in the success of these experiments, gave per-|9}lbs. In all these e fish nd cau 
mission to the committee to make a selection of any ap pating of scales “Some ingore ar PAA followed, in which a very 
i pea his oer Peinat on which to carry out | had formed over s ske p rS nly are d, that the Fy? ef difficulty 
their operatio: selected was at Stor- | tioned, the taking of begs h rests on fndubitable evidence, | t tered in “ experi the artificial 
montfi field M Mil, n near his Tordshipr’s pak a lg A gentle | nearly as many more are repor rted from distant parts ; propagation of the salmon tea = te fact. that fish was 
slope from the lade which supplies the mill c ffered | tł g i f mmon property, and those at the opr of experi- 
every facility for aot equable flow of water gh | Th fully b were not secured ioe praee ge from their 
the boxes and pond. Three hundred boxes were laid by a Mr. Andrew Young, of ecie a as hor ie ae labour. Legislative interference was deemed ne 
down in 25 "yale rows, each box partly filled with the “ Natural History mr pion of | if su 
gravel and pebbles, and protected at both ends po Salmon,” in which he says, he marked a ber of and advan antageo! 
with zine meea to exclude trout and insects. Filter- | smolts in April and May, th Fi rom the interest oe by the members of the 
ing beds were found at tl the head ai nd fi ‘oot of the rows, July following ielea them in grilse, still showing th t, it was decided to appoint a com- 
g from 3 to 8 lbs. in weight. To the ee to een les ac rome eet for another year, 
immediately below the hatching ground. On the 23d of | great intere at faker in the success of this experiment at to report the resul e next meeting of the 
November, 1853, operations were commenced, and by | at Stormontfield by ren get Buist, Esq., of Perth, and | Association to be held i Cheltenham 
supplied, we are indebted for| The committee was ac ses A appointed, consisting 
boxes. The fish were taken from spawning beds in the | many of the Töres part rticulars. And to the close | of Dr. py the Chairman ir William Jardine, 
Tay. The process of fecundation will be best under- tips oe Peri suggestions of Mr. Walsh, | Bart., and E. Ashworth. 
f the fi Walsh, 
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of P. and lsh, eminent gun-makers 
in which he describes the means peed in ney? H Perth, we are “ind ebte a for the specimens of young 
nating the ova at Outerard. “ Che fish Juced, of various ages and sizes, as well also | Home Correspondence, 
suitable fish were captured, the ova of fi l inf f tk Horticultural Society—As one of the vant number 
immediately discharged into a ‘nb albany veal of wate and the young fish at Stormontfield. Thee xperi-| who share in the regret of Mr. M‘Ewen that the 
water, by a gentle pressure of the hands from the|ment at Stormontfield has on “ry ee ‘et | exhibitions at Chiswick are about to E 
thorax downw: i j njt E A rtion at least of _the of the dee to sa; I cannot agree with hi 
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with the hand. After the ee of a minute the water | the cl first year of their existence ; rie asin t | exhibit their productions for honour or for the sake of 
ured off, with the exception of sufficient to|is far more i retain in a practical point ‘of view, , it | horticulture, but purely and simply for the money they 
keep the ova submerged, ey fresh water sapped’ i in [bas also demonstrated the practicability of rearing | can make.” Althou . M‘Ewen may be perfectly 
its place. This was poured off, and fresh my salmon of marketable value within 20 months from the | correct in declaring that many gardeners exhibit at a. 
tuted, previous to removing the impregnated sp to | deposition of the ova. A very interesting question still loss to themselves, yet it is notorious that 
the boxes spa for its Maer ion.” The ova archos remains to be solved. At wh ill th now in| are a very many who have but the one object 
placed in the boxes as nearly similar to what they | the pond become smolts ? Hitherto they have manifeate d|in view, as mentioned by “F. H. S.” They caleu 
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and if the silvery coat of ns late their expenses to a shilling, and if veg J 
with, however, t lt b 2 till the soring 9 of 1 Ga a curious | likely to exceed the value of the prize for which 
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n the ery cr of the river vig ova are ne to injury and | anomaly wiil present itself. Some of the fry as as smolts they intend e bar eas they py at once, “ I must sing al 
uction in a variety of ways. The alluvial matter wil for. the fs time be descenting seawards of the | home, ms t pay me.” In fact, are not plant 
eposited in times of flood will often cover the ova too | average weight of 2 oz., some as grilse will be taking hawked al bout fen om one exhibition to an nother by gat 
to admit of the extrication of the young fry, d as the country showman 
hatched. e impetuosity of the streams when | advanced will even have nae as their second migra- | takes his paraphernalia ini one fair to another? 
ooded will frequently sweep away whole spawning ee oO Seog to the as salmon 10 or 12 Ibs. in | Whatever may have been the motive, it is clear to „the 
eds and their contents.* Whilst he as in boxes, | w It is much to that th 
he ova are shielded from injury, and their vivification in | at p mai could Peg Shnekli for a year or two | best to support the shows at Chiswick ; Johs m the con- 
arge numbers is thus rendered a rier of certainty, | longer, till the links in the chain of evidence now | trary, y have gone to the Botani 
— ; fish reared in safety. On the 31st of| wanting to complete the natural history of the sona E ci simply because the amount of gee we 
> 1854, tl t li should be obtained. All praise is due to Lord r and more easily obtainable. X., Battersea, 
and in April and May the = ater portion had come field fo or the > liber: al manner in which h he = wad the p at 23. 
to life, and ince at large in the boxes, In y The London Pa ra have walke igh these 
they were admitted into the pond, their ag little adva ntage beyond ae satisfaction t to | parks for these last 35 years, and have often ane 
size being about an inch and a half in — From |an enlightened mind of “promoting the ests of | their epporenjiy much neglected sale D in reference to 
the period of their admission into the | science and the welfare of cof Aeee “Bat in introduction of a greater se of ornamental 
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fry were fed daily with boiled liver rubbed ‘Sena another point of view, looking to the Niger eed ra in- sine her w, in this age of professe guenal improv 
y \ ing the severity of the | dividuals, and even tad tab much importa ments, why should our metropolitan ene not have th 
winter, they continued in a healthy ae and in} can scarcely be for hed to a scheme Ha which t 
the spring of the present year they were founå to have now dimin i shed v e of our river fish y be he scenery—such as Purple Beech, Crimson, Searlet, 
in ed in size to the average of 3 eh hes i uch beyond their ones pias e =a 30 other varieties of Thorns ‘Crateegus), Labur- 
length. On th rai May, 1855, a meeting of the | condition, and a Beste — of ra ooa for | nums, Scarlet Horse Chesnuts (one of the most showy 
mittee was held at 1e pond, to consider the expediency | rom poper 80 o pip, however, as the whole- | trees known, and it grows well in smoky districts),“the 
of y another year, or allowing them salmon Ana pelle i in ‘the month of | common wild Cherry, Weeping Birch, Elm, and Ash, 
ok, Serdi i ited b by la urkey Oak, Limes, some of the most showy sorts o 
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the ae then desce A he fry in the | it is h t t any general cies for artificial | Salix, Variegated an e Sycamore, and in the most 
ponds, led to the prateci that the lat latter t The now permitted will take any sheltered places Acacias, iduous Cypress, Ailanthus 
omen and ought aei = oa 1 days afi fish 3 Ibs. in weight, val the Sant skill in their glandniosns; P eaplofeeme page Pyrus Pollveria, &e.; 
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f the fry baving in the | to th f the ri inland ived Whis ( (Poca, common A A te Honeysuckle, 
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interim assumed the migratory dress. i c Py po: trapters, 
was was found that a considerable partia. were actual Flao. to a still dt amount will +3 cnicing Syringas, Viburnums, Spirseas, Me ms, &c. _ 
h the various owners bring them to a sense | I am gia aware of the difficulty of getting trees 
sae" them to depart. «i redo the sluice com- importance of —- regulation. Salman grow in smoky atmospheres, and also i publie places 
municating the Tay was rae and every facility fching with the rod is yearly be ecoming of more value, | to prevent t flowering trees and shrubs from being cut of 
l. Contrary to expectation, none of n it voci not be difficult to broken by mischievous people ; but nothing has * 
manifested any ngs ee to leave the te den TE are rentals for fisheries might be paid, fant the greater tendency to civilize, as it were, such persons 
f May, the larger and more of the anglers greatly in increased, Since ving | than cultivating or beholding the beauties of nature it 
mature ature i N after r having a the Fin in g Ti i ean y tre tiful 
d Mr. Buist, in which he i yourself, eit iat the Government will in fature 
body. series of si k pl: have | statements within. ie as I hav ti is i long i 
fully hye half of the on fey had left the pond and de- qr satisfacto: factory evidence of 22 mar! ed pt] teig subject ys cost Neue be Peay Or Aavan 
ed the sluice to the Tay. i has lon ng been a sub- | taken, besides others which have been reported, and d lasting, William Barratt, St. John’s Nursery, Wake 
ject of controversy, whether the fry of the salmon|I have no doubt many have been thrown in the heap fied. 
assume the ae n a second or third year without being noticed by the careless fishermen, There| Cloacine.—In reply to your leading | article mea this 
of their existence. So an opportunity of| is at present a mystery as regards the progress of the | subject, I |. 
proce. ea geome as that afforded by ot pekea young salmon : there can be no oahi iet all in our | practised emptying FEAN from the vaults jo ve f 
par ni i ot to be overlooked. r to | ponds are really and truly the offspring of salmon ; no | winter into the alleys between Asparagus beds, and | 
matter in the fairest b ong eater ded i other fish, nor even the of them, could by any | from thence after being mixed with the earth it Ë — 
to mark a portion of the smolts in such a manner that | possibility g get into the ponds ; now we see that about moved wi spring dressing on to the beds. Isl 
rar te ens Saale when returning as grilse. | one half have gone off as sea their season as | water several times during the season from a tank (in! 
temporary tank, into which the fish must necessarily lanne The other half re and the milt | which the water-closets erepty themselves). Aspa"* 
descend, was constructed at the j cee) a s F 
with the Tay ; ani as oe junction of the sluice in th e males is as much sone in proportion to fo gus and other vegetables are thus increased in sites 
pond about one in every 100 was marked by the| trait fast these same parrs in the pond do | Under certain circumstances kitchen gardet 
* These causes, in addition to the great d of ova | Det exceed l ounce in weight. This is an anomaly in “stuffs” may be affected by strong manures, for instan® 
as well as young fry by wild fowl, fish, and insects, all tend to reler tieyra gheire p AspsTagus, Seakale, &., when forced on dung, parts” 
natural increase of the salmon. | I hope, however, by proper attention, some light. may | more or less of its flavour. Potatoes, as all know, wi f 
