Jaxvanx 14, 1865.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
35 
farms “to а wild erness of weeds. Alexander Bryson, 
F.R.S.E., ca Hill, near йыгы. Dec. 17. 
the 
а “Le t the farmers get ri M: т 
“Не aan] 
11 at 
Tweeddale or the East Lothian Xon 
si \ 
with numberless. tinted herbage or wild lowers. Vast 
the Spotted Medick. —— with its broad 
2) Ins of Mr. iei s 
pe ersecated мыек? ү? За refer 
. C. St. PA interesting piye 
ial Р 
some use to 
the previous season 
Barle 
ot the birds, and air i M. ed t 
eig ht о 
егу р et was as 
ull as it could. ов у | be of ihe ses of two of the 
fa бн М the wild Mustard and the 
Ragweed, , which the bird 
the бен these pum ripening and dropping their 
seeds b es corn is c 
truly re smack * No amount of Muni | 
нда cted on the sa 
uch of thes I 
ds had found on the surface of | 
Mr. Ж 
labour and jet could hav: 
ро at ^ t time of the чаң 
was consumed by each А3, lioe 500 or 600 w 
pigeons daily or two or three c рие Indeed, 
dur mg ft ing, and a con 
ега part of t all Ул. můst fee 
entirely on iie ш> at dire wild plants." 
I can, from ation, pee ate what 
Mr. Bryson iia as e the atili ty of the sparrow and 
other small birds. 1 kept a young c chaffinch, which ha id 
window, a nd all the 
ime one of the pet birds (cn tod) came слабее 
14 
throu 
n, he aut 
ense ok: of f : 
| one of m Hg if humblest, "m cultivators we 
ha of 
a 
ce of their crops, са This includes пешу their ad 
food. Then, were la l saint, by 
the тау, compared to the wood pigeon), I коше decline 
hav d Bryson for an advocate. “л 
А! i is amusing to see how complacently i the е farmer 
rich green сна 
Clo over се а white one), f; 
e points o 
ong which peep the 
= 
тЫ 
ur Grasses, is annu 
Е 
with 
looks on pik rooks as they follow his ploug 
birds are performing 
scavengers on his 
are for rotten кр the sentence passed upon 
them. 
ui musing to see" how completely Mr. Bryan 
йс. ends the two rural scenes here де ribed, 
M" Меня. ал уне the edes h may, i by 
-— nes ick up a — 879, but yon are 
Жл. of feedin 
as i e earthworm, 
of s 
Mica d attack гъ 'Тагпїрз their services 
ath is pur 
8 ot water, ram 
omaia. vim m gate 
groups ttle, or it may be the few trees which are 
planted s a. the Jones id the “ Estancieros,” or land- 
ners; or one or those grand looking 
mbre” trees, E K ig d "dotted here and there, 
may be a league, or may be two or three leagues 
ave; „While the presence 
fields i in early summer indicates thad existence of grub. | 
dista nt. 
At other seasons we have leagues of the dud 
ust, that there is a 
s АЮ ek rigo who have declared war pain king- 
fis hers, jand have during last du cd murdered 34 A 
those rare and beautiful birds, cci On , Хо, Rob 
Skirving, Camptoun, East Lothia: 
are then never disturbed, as tions are | Chamomi ile, DM уе its clustered flowers and hi din 
ЖУ for good. In conclusion, Р would suggest t »bably tl 
* Philornis" that there are birds more deserving of | effec that of s This! tlo in its season — s 
sympathy than the wood pigeou, and persons more maok Thistle, weg leaved, que. 8 or n feet 
worthy of censure than farmers. I o£! in the Field, | high, s Хаа ск as to be utterly impene cept 
where 
rable 
ave—single file—worked tracks through 
it, a ope on, 
entiiely a: 
, The eso Thistle beds” cover the country far and wide 
ear (spring), It is when in 
dower that it prasenta, во remarkable a appearance; as 
Home Correspondence 
Poisoning by t the Meadow Saffron andthe Yev: —The 
bars of the cage with caterpillars and са пвес ni 
e thus 
т Байг гоп (басни autumnale). 
has (ееп attributed to the hay which it 
eut up into chaff, containing the Meadow 
The plant еи M 
e 
oal-p. 
i or 
t 
the 
А 
d 
i 
c 
everly and well? J. W., Edinburgh, Рес. 92 
o look over them oni from a little 
2 on all sides t 
4 but u 
eher ground thar 
an 
colour, In dis - 
the traveller still with is "Thistle [5 i stretehing to the 
rizo; 
This after se pling dies a e whole plant 
thi n's wrist, ies P dissolve iu a 
(3). Farmers are taunted with making adis a 
part of their professi ion, but surely they have а reason 
des jj boe grows. Fro 
cut up into chaff with the hay, i А рой that the 
had 
are constantly 
instructed in their business by persons who kno 
nothing about it, and advised, ар ; snubbed, A 
what is worse, Mene on the head. and called “ intelli- 
gent? b peo e whose special fitness for m offic 
Me 3; ors it is pr ult t o discover. 
om Oxford, has raised a dis 
eing made ii ep 
their numbers is E |, ree and 
ad no pow 
herb. Would you, or any of i pos. Аа ndents, be so 
kind as to inform me whether any ill- "xu have before 
he Colokan ga Wi 
t the noxious | you 
under the pea of sun and rain, leaving 
9 і e um 
aves, 
that the manifestations of rich 
verdure are presen d to view. There being scarce any 
been noticed from the presence of the Colchicum in 
ney ог in pasture? It js generally Ж about here | 
DN browsing the Yew ви тееп ог living р) is 
oxious to cattle, but ha en either dry o A 
e! nnual Grasses, the ere is a period between the 
Dental Ha m Broseley, Jan [Browsing 
een Yew is I believed to be har mless, Per 
Scotland to reduce 
shortsighted 
In support of his opinion he quot tisl 
Bir atr г giving А o of the Woi ir, seeds | 
upon ood pigeon feeds, sd Fono expresses | 
а h "the 
the ups that t the birds j8 о more g n harm 
Mr. St. John, in Ше “ Wild OMM ү; dne Highlands,” 
nda the farmers a mi ar lecture upon E пу t 
me either Mr. St 
"a Y the 
distriets of "Scot ен Tb, 4 word “р h 
ceased to be applicable; the thing has become a 
plague. The vast congregation n darkens the air, and 
far as the eye can reach into misty disfamós the endless 
train extends, When they АШЫМ! 1 їпа К abs ym аз 
if & blue cloud had des 
bodily end Mr, 
Alexander кы; Mes ee cde s Philorni is ey who is 
an Ne of w ood pigeons), speaks 
| arriving there, f for. emo n pu 
Y 
Foreign Vae daga 
MER, Burnos AYRES. very large number | 
-— the emails ыа rih on the е ten. А 4 
{һе -— her bag and in extreme cases dying by 
os ands for t of food and water. the 
i of the eget thinly MT аз A is, it is 
AT that not pursuits should prevail, and as I 
have -— such is case, 
e greai чек ns are of two deseriptions, or 
a combination of nen P" The larger эд more distant 
y to Buenos Ayres, bo pay а are AA S weekly 
the capital а уен exclusive 
cattle breeding. Таг тае 1 s of seni 
pursuit uits, тч on 
land zt, E Eng nad ү practice Ti ihe 
country, with other incidental хели, may not be out 
place in the 47 ural , or uninteresting 
I will, therefore, eerie give a 
form as may not be i in- 
ace you can 
= 
are of great extent, 
e leagues, some of 
or 100,000 head on 
which bear the Owner's 
are called, many x ыт ch 
compressing 8, 10, 15, or 20 square 
the estancieros counting 20, 50, 
all of 
y herds,” which are under the cha arge o 
appropriate 
will not be an unprofitable digression to point out 
land, each having а gizen tract for the grazing of the 
3 in this country, viz, . practical shepherds and breeders, 
land 
,it is on ly since E. cil cultivation introduced 
and stock. ч д, хай „у, теп who 
anim als. These m en ha P йг tro pilla of Хате ho orses, 
the e charge ig Т 'or troop of 
wild m hide in a mae, with which run 
their progeny of unbroken 
Eac of these “ puestos," pis r stations, has e^ Y reni: 
den. ктщ iu ^ Qui pz the * Mlle of 
to com pete ite ral со 
2 tho. "otto" under "the temptations 4 "thereto 
“ plai 
ever purpose may be reqnired ; ; and there үч nn 
piece of ground near to each г station called a “ rodeo," 
41.4 4 
power” 
AME our birds of prey, 
ters bra on that рен фе | 
as well as grain it is | 
error. ha hird ia 
telligen arm labonrers сеу young to | 
ed не 8 to a 
night by the men in charge rideg round them, " 
m ing an 
enti rely new ; nanay оне а re work with any 
rely in 
asa еі, i its weeds bear the 
n to its corn that Fa is ta(f's ра ппу 
і ack. 
ke. good journeymen, Boda 
ar female AN A 
rovince of Buenos Ayres is, par excellence, 
animals are prevented from becoming absolutely wild. 
Ld p. o» means also used to tame them when they 
| hav e" wild, 
«Mh annual events on а cattle ‘estancia’ are 
the marking A as gii mad" s$ "cutting" ku s the young 
4 piain de scores 
of 
portion to the food destro 
Wheat field where the grain inclines to o They 
trample 16 flat and beat out the corn with their strong | 1 
sings and leave nothing but broken and blackened 
Mr. St. John lets 
hint as to lis unt Mp а sentence which gives u 
truly i i 
it is an admirabl 
trace 
had 
shallow axe an 
200 of 
oponim out of the rivulets as 
h 
clapping noise of the | season, 
A zieh, alluvial A dol without 
wood, watered by sluggish streams dotted with 
s, 
deposits the rainfall, 
to the lower lands. 
of pecie with scarce a variation et | 
level. 
» attle neighbours 
e marsh plains, as Yo idg 
and other ground-buiMding birds do on the less 
, Except near to the towns and a few particular | о; 
VET AD in which considerable quantities of Wheat 
nd Maize are grown, there is no cultivation ; grazing 
in ste rd re sheep, cattle and horses, is the bus 
аа as it 
is calied, is ебад with | take 
where they - “ar e lassoed and drawn out, thrown 
down and the operation "performed; when the lassoes 
are loosened the enraged animal fi 
to the horsemen, and he who is not o 
la: gno of his horse being gored, mdi emis Дон 
g^ ud shouts, laughter and jokes, express the excite- 
л al kay ear accoutred “Gaucho, ^ 
mos 
merry de saas 
Parting Dee cattle 
"M birds as ee vam from the trees. 
| Bryson seems more cruel than the Marquis of 
laughter is 
iren 
age and condition, and 
er 
