134 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE, 
[Marcu 1, 1856. 
E at the ume when vegetation i t active. | it finds a ven ough some weak place in the bark) putting t oo larg quantity of dead with the 
biri aber of course saturated with w water, at | air is SS. ad active maian pore place. | | semaines a as for the see c p too thinly 
the sam the air is cha moisture, and | M. J. B. | land; the tender consciences of some of 
the Grcanliy y of light greatly dimi ished. Evapora: pS cookers were therefore at rest, because the 
plant is consequently almost at zero, w Home Corresponden fon nde not complain, but still it was thorough dig. 
exhalation is greatly diminished, aa sult of which is he Plane prd alindeà tS by Sir sa as | ose who have made their fortunes by the 
every part of the plant is thoro y gorged wit! growing at this place f the specie ari L jot pracie? ought to build hospitals or endow schools to 
mo'sture, re the Sulicentretoa'd f the fluids si always understocd eyii Bs 5 rad paren The r offence. The mode of testing garden 
a Git elaboration and ee are much i t specimens stand in a part of the domain known | i as given n by you is ped nothing can be 
a my e, he owever, does RAE T JA 5 RI Ca pt. Corn | better, and it will soon ut a stop to the practice of 
is Karata deg the cellular tissue ai is weak and a trees and shrubs many of which a remain, The plt is really no joke to give half a quart for 
unusually penetrated wit th moisture. In ordinary cir- est of the Plane trees in question measures | S0me new kind of Pea and to find ial? a a pint rotten 
t. 5 in, in circumference at 3 feet from the ground, | #24 wor rthless in a y The testing 
the strengthening of these walls “by the sens of | and several others are as much as 9 feet round. Some |°f agricultural seeds seems to m e to require something 
iotr after ey of RE matter, a process which re- | trees which were cut dow. ral years since have | More than what ve recommended. Farmers do 
= aes utriment mixed up with the been conver rted into wainscotting, for whi ch purpose, | 20t like trifling operations ; rather than count 100 seeds 
id sa siy r at epee a quick a and continued suppl themin ge, ot under glass, they wouldrun 
- Here jetas w is spent princ ipally upon the mul- extremely well adapted, as t bears.some resemblance the risk of losing a Let testing of seeds be made 
tiplica tion of ce! to the foreign production rt nown as “satin-wood,” |è business, and a Pret garden a small way of 
formation of cellular tissue ae trees agree with the description of P. orientalis business, such a man we Mr Catkil, 
padaan tg propordo as the pm ny of the tissue | given in the abbreviation of Lo udo on’s «Ar rbore of Camberwell, make himself a “seed tester,” 
: diminishes. Lit ican ” but there is no for the three kingdoms will h, and 
of light, and the new shoots are t outward | dene.in, that,edition. A lar arge tree of P, occide! nep: London as the centre the most convenient place, 
ce luxuriant and rampan "bat destitite brd is said by Mr. and i Lev armers send samples of their seeds 
to stand the 
ve. 
439, The cell walls, however, are not the only parts 
caer er. The protoplasm of the cells, from which 
in, ch a little from the returning sap, is watery | 
sac carbonaceo ous and nitrogen vous arvard] y 
of its birk, and in summer 
RS BS 
value in that res] 
b 
Loudon to have then been growing | in 
be p 
alace Garden at Lami il} | to, 
living its species might readily be ascertaine xX- 
nation ; foi na | for 
| 
—both in winter from the male 5i mottled appearance nce 
| 
when fully clothed with 
espect is som ewhat Jesse ened 
| the d th, and if that tree is ng manner. W. 
ivi i tai sih hirka karo c eived his ae 
i t, 1 Ih ree varieties of Turnips ; 
— ion ; re ihe pee , “ually ae igs occidemialis instead of troubling “hasat to count out 100 seeds of 
hai A is a very ornamental t each and sow them, let him send a small packet of each 
to the tester, with, we will say, 12 stamps for each in 
y . The pac nite may be named or numbered) 
No. 1. Skirving’s Swede from Messrs. A. 
ee TY: ars presence of ‘both of 
which economi Si hs of the — depend, 
gare. more or less deficient, and the produce in con- 
sequence is tasteless, scentless, a 
‘the effects of from paren combi ned 
innutritious, 
‘a TOSE 
T have g mosa it to be ne: early midsummer before the 
leaves were prefeeily expanded, J. B. Whiting, the 
Deendene Gardens 
fs, 2. ae we eth from Messrs. B. 
mE- oe m Messrs, C. 
arteen essrs, 
This catalogue mnst be kept by the farmer, and the 
The Weather 
oF 
o _with | has been a remarkable one. ‘It = been the coldest | tested the tester writes to his —s 
+) ty 181 e 
1 summary of t ted mean of each ” 2. OO za ” ” 
-T “titel to the hraa time of sowing, “and then | month in ne year, together mig to actual maximum ” is L ” , ” 
starved and chlorotic plants, aod minimum temperature of the pani Uaainthis spl Sabir | Sending packets ‘with th their names in vn er of course 
i The effects on long continued moisture are - ú (3 Max. | Min. o as well, will uch writing, 
however, et t “seer misehie + Wher Sean: | Temp. | Temp. head as it will not perhaps ‘be gais Sagres for a 
functional di organic lesion is sure to Pra | pem a~ armer living near the country house of his seedsman 
ag <i mapipi ap ae anasarcous tiio isi the | January, 1855... 31.9 49 | “is | to send his na e, he may sign his letter and ‘have his- 
orerunner of many evils, ally if there be con- | February ,, ... 26.8 5 | ply from the tester sent to “A. B., Post office, Bir- 
a ng ofa ape re, —— ” rs re | 5% mingham,” or as it may be ; Foor so upon it this sys- 
ct e temperature of the soil, which is the | ypy 3 468 77 24 tematic testing will rejoice of the honest 
‘ tenet sig hie raat i - reese ce oo ” 81 | 33 aan and make the penton shako i fe their shoes.” 
ioe ow sickly uly no . 76 44 | When we had seed-shops a dsmen we go 
the want of a r formation of chlorophyll, they fal fall September 3 tama | -H en iy wel parina T d-merch: iriti "ase 
etober a 49.7 61 32 establishmen pered 5 there 18 
è on eov aranda with other articulated organs, as the | Novem è 39.7 51 | 27 m 4 
flower and fruit, the tissues begin to yield to decom- December __ Selb» prasi aa peel? EI AEri | | | ome oA aii Why Bott re ee r 
position, and the fruit therefore rots before it is ripe, It will be s be seen from this table that every month of the| Oak Apples. rages me to fon “he attention of 
-spots are formed on the leaves and other t | year was m or less belo ow the average tem rt | naturalists to the imm of these excres- 
: s the stem becomes t d Every Oak and 
-is laid of evils which are Even in |J i w (February) 
winter, when tion is more or ant, plants | ra a ne suet, orem ae eat vr of 1798 and | 1 useful for Siro 
suffer from exce of moisture, whieh ch induces’ a ral 1814,thewtenieg wire et of AA: Teal is covered Could ld they not be ‘or tanning 
are «unable to recover in the e nsuing spring. [ot rain hien’ Soa e$ Minas “wre grag a Oure we ae poset ) 
they | it tried it has been foun 
3 Lindley, z lly lovin "rina, E | Jamiary et nehes yon 4 K borhan es pee a5 hed over oi outside with 
ododendrons, j ly g is ao | a ~ : aae a s ae amd ag! oh “— ida and wate - proportion of one pe ~ 
1853. -Much of the spotting of PEATA i the ey 19 3 November Ts x eden Fy hat | i the re het acd in the 
spring arises doubtless from this cause. As a general | June brick, and in what cases is such an application i o 
aes “oem n vitality is s low ‘plants | will not endure excess The to t total fa: ll was Oh 17 ohiren en which 10. 82 pe be of benefit ? If you or any of your corr s 
petusll Eve in mind. After a dormant condition it is co team araa m Saagi re Se ane s athe ces el obliged: “J. a 
5 iS 
well to supply moisture at first with caution. Seeds will} Qo) ad acer 
ng of at aes remember | well the rise, and I that denceibed: 
en w better if th at first saturated |} I 
a £ "i itish Oaks. —I perceive that yor Le in ergs 3 to 
with water, and the same ma said of bulbs and b = X 
pra from the 
Reebfor = ee tr, oor have Te ne se ‘atid “on the trade, and Sony confined to the | Q. ont unculata. May I request that air ee cae abies 
iit ona pir ies in ad Dia eet Romy of eking out a heed of hEn ii flower when it was scarce as have area the botanical diffe: ii 
= oc agea ore ta : ao T esio 4 paad d of h Were fr I remember well being | them will send a nocte o sae ee arrived at to the 
j EEE ut in doubtful a ona vis a fë armer r in Essex about ; Chronicle for: publcnton had been led to think that 
roceedi best. ; he was a sharp fellow, no permanent characters coula e ses for their separa- 
mm In cultivation in the open a mobs kno oring, Shake” of his head, and tion ; but oe _ recent ks of the Editor and his 
$ ch a condition i a to orc the gana we 1 drained his be Fou iil see to-morrow,” when I sho ag ky _ = espondents, I m prepared to tabe ae of theerror 
so that at least there may be no stagnant sanity and | ha arros vor arge an accumulation o f old Oni see à, of such a conelasion. C. C. Babi ——The following 
of what light oad ha 
a and Sanna under glass, m 
a little mere re under control ; but even there if oe 
atmosphere be regulated with the Pret per 
nicely, fa the roots are placed under aking fant 
ditions, it may be impossible to avoid shankin 
shedding, and a variet y of other i 
Ts are | 
imal pathology 
aree 
ben se Sa wer a low 
5 
£ 
UNCULATA : common Brite Oak and White Oak.— 
Soe 
on, Aho Dot 
reer (only 
st neta at 
sine imes 
sale, a mane port 
th 
toe dilut: 
ink I was tela that the new see ed o 
w price 
and w ith i a gre 
nA all his old poh I think 10 bel 12 
t ore oa tie holding 4 
nd 
man from | eo generally single, in twos or threes j trait ata 
Leaves es green, very d 
| long. 
ose | reddi 
16s. ape whole- 
ing or “ cooking. Wand fc 
that? year 
uld ? ne 
cit no short hining, “aeeply sin 
i gesi 
tion characterised by an extravasation of fluid, 
accumulation the cellular tissue. 
foree of the 
e action ers the "eae, oe “quid | 
e especiall 
SEES PES RRS 7 ile mana 
* Mr. Ivison, the Sieni ei mlaman i Syon, lately hee = 
pleasure spotting in the leaves 
aaron ot | 
the soil or air, or by any ea change 
and its § 
a great 
y, are subject to an affec- | and was A bare misi grn to son e more eval oe cool 
, rare kinds of Broccoli, 
| the growers at a 
| whole sale at ne 5s., ani 
| consumption: 
$] be a ne oe ri speculation. 
of tems A were 
(it it Targely an systematically. 
lose credit 
to 
did 
I mean by this, they : as Ihave 
with the farmers 
uate aeeie ate very lon p a é Sorire 
colour. Buds large “ta ator ine tae es uprighss 
“wf 
fre es nion 
was no on to 
Rinefield. 
in bad seasons. inde 
endavour to increase the profits on seeds, which were pifres Pine Apples,- —Can you tell me why mY 
o Earl, ew Th 
well pa 
ie at. pang and the flesh is of first-rate texture ant 
= sound, but it has we flavour econo? a in aeri 
stated, has no flavour, e 
by | cutting this winter consisted of Queens, Ripley 
$ 
