646 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONIC 
LE. [SEPTEMBER 27, 1856. 
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tory. In your recent on the blight is attributed , six months, Our attention, was 
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with sand or fine soil—place the pot ina 
prick the 
to thunderstorms, and the ppearance of the emb 80 
favours th vere amused by hearing that Pumpkins ns are 
great pony H p Eiir aeeti di in 
ger arts of the lawn w arious hag onl of 
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theory. I suspect, however, that the period of the growth 
a local thunderstorm. t ce have generally | site, a aquari ee, and ‘for the muse 
country in the | | Savena swings, 
e 
a, 
whi 
n| they are apt to damp, 
errs off ear! page cde 
in same t; whea 
ugh pot a off singly in S-inch ca, Plant i there 
latter end of May, or when safe from 
er for u 
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found that the disea in this rligigs, &e. e were a great | slugs are veryfond of chewing Tobacco. Water them if 
southern parts of the Boa “al gradually travels | number of people present riin the day, an ong | required ea g for a k 5 their early 
northwards, that is, as the climate Lainie tne the crops | them Lord and Lady Henniker with a large party, who | growth a little liquid manure is useful applied so as not 
are later and so is the blight. a further proof of | drove over 18 miles to be present. The noble lord has | to touch the leaves. Pla ws rt, th 
this theory I may mention that hd 2 nd of A pril is | |a similar society in an own panah formed u upon n Mr. plants 2 feet apart in the The win great 
bout the time when we generally have pis which power over them, and they “easily snap off ; therefore 
Potatoes, and although we are not much accustomed to | We hope to hear of ay others in due time. Of course | as as they will allow pi i ee off the two or 
thunderstorms in the month of March, I yd ja good « deal of labour i is required from those who super- three zasai leaves and eart p all round the 
frequently observed on the stems and leav Alit tle method w ill lig ghten ; after a time, y viz., To be befo age with th 
plants under gl e very unmistakeable blotcl again break off two and 
with which we e pa at a later period in our | to ag age upon the fame gements at Hitcham, I am sure etimes three of the ‘ude tar oe raise a good 
gardens and fields. | that ee of. Henslow will be delighted to see them next enn round each stem. When‘the most forward re 
are 
to the theory of Ghutiderntnrans being the oitte year. 
FTAD 
about 4 feet high, drive in three stal take s to eac! ch r 
cause of the disease, S. R., Pe rthshive. Pothe pa — 
Sulphate of Tr 
613 on the “Destruction of sieges es 
Manure ti 
arf in this pent (Cornwall I i 
hich pr izes were 
wh 
’ leads me to ask i if | — some baskets of pot therbs, for 
into the ground P onla be about 53 or 6 feet ] Jong, 
Tie some small hollow cord from stake to | stake at such 
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spite eat the previous setting ‘Up. Tie a y piece a string 
giv awarded ; but tl m ce 
results of using sulphate of iron as halk | who felt interest in the apn die s) w 
limestone soils, It is curious that the improved | Po otherbs, or to what exte nt may the list of wai “be 
medical treatment for the eradication of worms in chil- | carried? This was not nswered by the 
dren should be siti ous to tha "for removing the | then present. Will you pipes ed kindly furnish a list 
egetable parasite; and I have little doubt that it is | of such pla ants as may be con: d to come within the 
Forh ora potherbt F M. [Potherbs and | 
bled to divest itself of its pest. A | | sweet herbs ften confounded with one another. 
Wee Pean sit 
le—During the summer, in 
ment in your paper, I was | 
the stem of each plant, not in a knot bu ki i 
order that as the Sani grow you may e 
strippa and raise the cords. 
they open, exce pts 
the size of nee leaves to br 
shi The 
sou 
ensal New Fite and Golden 
The bes 
panig a flower beri an mine in | 
nches. The > plan 
oe 3: £ 4h oe e 
a 
dam; 
ew. To cure ves place 
Y 5 
3 } p. he 
l 
one on the other, ia them in al a 
has only produced a Tew small reget blossoms. 
and | flavo 
Has an 
if s 
our. 
t turned o il, Pot and Sweet EAA, Green and Red Sage, 
ora month they will become of a da 
ht) Bais 
hem out to 
w has ? W. M.A Basi 
Toa peated here on the night of the 19th inst. with | Summer and W Kd pais y, Spear Mint, Tansy, 
our. Th B. ] 
unusual rig ae g the prece 
Om, 
the same room ; if a few ves require 
P 
f the | 
t, put them 
edin 
wasa keen ind ; towards morning s a . registering Filters. —I take “the 
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N.W 
thermometer indicated 374 3° 
mo 
t made for ‘filtering the water from the im 
ee roof. The rain- seater is co 
2 filter, through which iti is 
partment 
purities taken up o 
3 ari Sh, 
; they now present a mass 
of unsightly ruin, cing astonishment from many 
wey 
neighbours whose sum roducts are still the 
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mo) 
Pale the: mselyes. 
They must be rapped u 3 lbs. 
arcel when in a hoes gh dry heats, and pla 
in a dry cellar. Tobace p R cured Be- keep for years 
and has n with pe m d Tobacco ne 
in all their neoa EA r, to G. S. 
arse a to ri 
Wintle, Esq., Hucclecote | Gar dens, Gloucester. to dit 
In ney H rains the water pours in so rapidly 
m,and tk 
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Vil j! 
pi 
of, the plants 9 est ig 
leaf Samuel Vines, 
plant. 
Hitcham 
babi an invitation in Prof. again to 
sogterees oo ng wi co Sone I send you 
hie notice md circulate as 
advan 
i a turbid is mixed with 
Can you suggest to me 
ring, as will 
r thus rendered 
ihe ering and at is fouled. 
uch materi and arrangement for filteri 
peapea Pad 
Red Spider.—I erected a conservatory last m and 
being plagued t to lead off the pie r sae the roof put a 
e from the a 
y enw an with the 
widely as ‘posal m an; cted 
welfare o Village hor leitura » societies, the 
f the poor. I have 
e top said 6 or 
the. impurities eke up on the rooi 
and +7. 
ng the institutions of the country. | granulated animal charcoal. Th e depth ‘bout 3 feet, J. G. | 
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In addition to having a 
Painan, I 'find I mf 
other instances have been en ately prm a = nange 
better mai 
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eriais 
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"I pa ra 
ae cased [Wed hin z 
y aim at the progresa the welfare C r LNR e do not t yon can employ any 
ofa class who are able to rise of ignorance, | for the purpose f filtering yo 
drunkenness, ‘ime, in nee th wi hä with the vi 
ention ; 
ur rain-wa 
view 
of enone the | 
it had ze existed, but this year ne to a pr 
assistance from those filtering m 
z 1 ( es 
receive 
means and station. 
his own ungoverned im i 
ignorance and neglect, and his career is easily, for: told. 
and hopelessly ruined by the beer-shop! How many 
hearts broken, characters lost, 
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are to be scored up t these wretche af los ein of 
vice! And yet there are thousands of n beings 
who heed little what is the early career of the ia urer. 3 
rm wit ene! lie nciples handed down | |a| ||------- 
rom rey 5 son, nted with the y 
ignorance and neglect, and “their offspring nken: Filtered. 
EAN i Water 
Of late thinking men have aaah i worth 
pri toa raise the sphere of the labourer by Ae | 
him eo ee ee knowledge they „have wise! 
rig o give g it. z daii 
sayit “be ay up ef, a flower erent its colours and 
smell, but he he knows the posi and uses which 
this flower holds in the great sc eine of animated | we would suggest ae $ arrangement in the construe 
nai as grea Time still, Toth f your s shown in the accompanying 
The grounds of 'Hiteham sketch. In this ftw wil | be seen that the cistern is divided | 
water in 
reeepti ots of the exhibitors and visitors, On o ne s side | 
was a long tent for the cottagers’ productions. 
class of exhi lier negam was marked out by letters | 
corresponding e list of prizes. 
its impure state from the roof of the howe, et RGS! 
is oi 
and the t 
course very much |] arger ie either, oral fes 
f water after it has ge aone the filtering p ne | 
re and 2 
one in a town i rer it seems as if the 
et moisture caused "se ‘the pare pint this 
Sa egi of water will relieve us from this plague. 
Nem 
Sorieties, 
ig SRR Sept. 23.—Wm. bbs Sai py 
urer, 
as have lately b 
the following were 
The Earl of Pomfret 
Sir ae bese 4 RS. 
Sir Wm 
n proposed unde 
ire ballotted for and duly elec! 
James Clarke, Esq. 
pinarinan Siale, Esq. 
John Hei 
Dek Wight ERS, sega 
* g t R. Warner, Esq. 
Mr" v. ibeni hc Thoi Grissell, Esq. 
Archibald Campbell, Esq. Mr. Joseph Henderson 
ener alae Esq. John Drewitt, Es 2 
Samuel Gurney, Esq. G. S. Wintle, Esq 
sinies, 
tykast Spirits in the Arts an 
cates se rytng te 8y0, PP. ig 
otatoes particularly good, cess. The water in ways stand at the| Manufactures, Eyre an Kol 
observed that the judges gave the first and third prae same level, and i of ik, paper addition i is| The name of iathylated irit is given to aes 
in this class to the Fluke, a new made to 1 will immediately pass t vera s through the | flavoured with 10 per get a spirit, otherwise 
which is described as ägda bearer, and dishes up well. rtment 3 shg as wood naph spirit or m + 
At the t hi t we also each a hoe elaborate | When all are filled the filter pirit, and now procurabile duty fe panier ps þeer 
pori of a gentleman’s and garden, with flower | superabundan s water will then pass of by p waste of the Act 18 and 19 Vict., cap. 38.. had long ers 
bberies, fountains, and visitors all eare- | pipe i oa 
that all = spirit 
a gen 
walks, shru at 4, 
fay and beautifully mode iss Henslows d ere told that this was | | the foal of f division 1, we d recommend a pipe 
f rath 
er large dimensions ing gree: at 5, 80 as to 
off oc 
On th hl, 
a vasione branches of industry, 
country was subj jected to a 
countri 
a heavy excise duty, 
conse- 
TA “whieh me in pers 
esis free. One 
the water to be dra easionally fo ‘or the a illicit spirit 
museum w: its contents were mee E | purpose of cleaning and removing quantity of pone 
to the people daring t the eday i in one of Mr. Henslow’s | may have accumulated in it, as well asin th Siter onsumption, so that while To 
lecturets. eoit he la obacco.—Some of your readers may not be aware oppressed the reves did Bar grin in Pubs ary 27 Mr. 
of pe aoaea plei the Wellingtonin prera or | that the leaves of Virginian Tobacco grown i in i this | such an was the illicit trade carri alone bavidg 
Mammoth Tree of Califor, gr g tie speaks of four houses ne ot less 
i other trees and te is certain agian consumed years counter- 
buildings; sagth, 363 feet ; diameter at base, 31 feet. Sash Tobacco must be more effective er ed ba than 600 or 600 gallons weekly. ety catty 
_ ‘The base was shown by a wooden model, the length by eye ee ee which ie dried, io: i larja ct this double evi tee Ora Graham a oe 
a piece of tape attached to the upper circumf f I will, theref 54 directed Professors Graham, Me 4 
the model and carried out 363 feet. Near this | kats Sell tr weno ese te lite o uiae Redwood, to inquire paee, m, T 
a portion of the Bamboo which grew 60 feet at Kew in March sow in, say, a 6-inch pot, and cover of enabling spirit to ga, 
‘end of cover the | found 
