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THE GARDENERS’ 
157., by pestering and persecuting good-natured 
voters, but we doubt extremely whether any charity | co 
will be greatly benefited by the assistance of those 
who act upon such a principle. 
EELER seems to hint that the committee 
are not sufficiently ar T in ascertaining all p 
ticulars of the character life of the applicant 
re they admit him a candidate bu dey 
t that the . Iri it we ine 
act wich gre great injustice to to the | h 
*. implicitly, in s, to 
ev 
say that such has been our own case, 
ao not ok remeber having on the slightest knowledge 
of the candidates e have given our bases 
all events, we feel s 
subscribers; his sugges 
the committee ; and we have no 
which have been made will be found to tell at the 
next election. 
th of Mr, Anprew Murray, announced in 
column, causes in 
tani 
the fortunate can 
anie koya many English 8 for Jake must be 
for 
to say Me the names 
Those of them who ar uring 
of the best prizes 22 the feld of English gardening 
will now e rtance of atte to the 
ee we have oa ro ten given, that 17 — should 
neglect no opportunity of making themselves ac- 
quainted vh 2 i ‘humble kind of botany which 
consists in 
n 
To be nt oF the names of common planis ; no 
to know common en they see them ; is, one 
vga dag which 1 wens . deem 
whom 
If it 
iy 
rs te work we should | 
soon have our ee in earnest to 
qualify wae 1 0 the ih that 
time is quick]: 
— eren PLANTS. 
on 
and o 
d even flower in very 
8 Kere to the exelu- 
their 1 
ak ae ack io De 
0 07 peat-earth plants, and we have 
the higher order of Heath growing in 
| fe 
is that we 
The sand and stones used in the late Mr. M‘Nab’s 
mpost is stated at one-third 
where 
the com 
m mes 
very desirable with; if perfectly neutral, it 
will do well, bat tit beneficial as a part of the compost 80 
much the 
CHRONICLE, 
art of the volume of | 
—— 13, 
peat, or — sane pe V be 
the cost of this article will, — 
| stances, be othe — thie the most important i —— 
e 
the | can be had by i 
y itself. 
The stones — very 3 be found upon 
for — — wi 
ae finer clayey 
ia wih Which it 
a differe aspect, 
enjoy Y heath mould plants now — 
1 when the soil wag 
may en 
dared not hope for such a 
The article sand needs no — but the vegetable 
fibre or surface part of the 
With tale view I planted out a quantity of specimen 
Heaths eight years ago, and in transforming th 
from common garden earth es gow -sgag of hardy 
ove the garden soil and 
n 
and save a blank parterre by making it at once into a 
stones 
e | parts 
ninths of the whole mass. 
Now, let it be observed that this was no novelty or 
le | experiment, for the plants were not planted i 
mk me contre for their sk “skill in cultivation 
their is | Ste 
m for alterations, it was matter of regret to put a 
hand to plants doing so well. 
n ere, then, we have data to oe the cost of 
peat e beds, as compare is one. 
Soil fit for Heaths about London may be t iskan at 20s. 
a cart-load, but to — 8 we shall pees it at 10s. 
po cubic yard, consequently every 4 yards of the sur- 
ce of a peat be * sage ts pea. will cost 1. sterling 
or the peat. e this 
dients are resisted ta; such as 
rotted sawdust, old spent borisa dang, leaf. - mould, &c. 
Now, It imately mixin foam 
and peat in fine powder, and Gating Sage plants in the 
compost, and foun 
m to it, old tan, 
e than to try the 
fears of those w bape arma jump to the co 
my ideas of growing Hea 
* me new or untried ; 
e 
is not 
t paration o 
ture t sand, 
and seeds are seldom so well started as in a soil made 
firm, yet friable, with sand ; 
and stones apada 
e every e 
suited to the appily east in its 
e soil is dan 
The compost was put in, but instead of 
d r less than 
chatt — will furnish you, as it 
and stone (being in abundance on the spot), six- 
uainted with ms growing, nothing | by t 
unreasonabl. 
ths, &., on — of stones th 
this ass 
t 
I know of no point in which the a 0 
dene ahead of the agriculturist in “ tilling 
for — | and the 
immediate vicinity, still the transit ‘tof such dead — — 
t 
ater upon, 
TASS a 18 
the soul oe 8 
in the collecting of either 
or ent. 
the surface be Grassy, the 2 
I re or less d 
compost 
chopped straw or soiled hay, for the veriest trifle, to any 
reasonable amount for 
and wi 
really wanted, which it is peat and sand. 
is in 2 it might be counterfeited by mixing the 
2 f which it is compose ch as sawdust 
and sh 1 such as the hopper of the mowing 
—— will supply at a much cheaper rate than the 
distant e ga 
ripened, 1 
and porous, moderating all excesses of heat and cold, 
and of wet and dryness. Alexander eas Sain? 
its | Mary’s Church, Torquay, Devon, June 
f — — 
DISEASES OF PLANTS. 
ipa 2 P. 420.) 
Genus IV. ERGOT.— disease, known 
Frano 5 
— 
my next genus. The ergot is that 
A pr han, eg form in the ear ‘Delors the latter 
some irre; ly 
ur. As the ey dry they assume a dul 
tawny colour, the epidermis beco — rough and bil, 
seeds themselves fae more the appearance 
es, than of oblong be 
e 
issues from the Sa 
different si 
aae taken 
—_ glb, and fr 
itted. 
8 
tioned, and a violet colour. 
y, flour made from it 
acrid flavour ; it gives the bread a 
the grain that 
This is produces 
Second Species. Mp Endor. — The ex 
the same, but the interior of th 
and 
roa ith 
who w lone for peat is in ; for, Gra- 
ke by the ald 6. fow al raat bags, or corn sacks, such ye in preference, is not unkno on other G 
fla = ouni nhl of d qo soil, spo the sand and es, mines. It i obser " ne ae 
by cart o luggage-truck as although covered with Rye fields, ergot is ich a 
a ean bo no doubt as to this being would delight 25 — La E VIRF —— | 5 It shows itself "the most in places ma 
good P : in getting h finest of the tribe of Hea at his purse-strings as when, in addition to the | southern aspect, in light sandy soils, when the err 
n aae in e y for it has been hot and dry, and in autumn-sown oF ed 
= sown Rye fields. ‘The first symptom is a shining, Tt, 
liquor, of a sweet 3 a the chaff,” — his 
3 re dee awe ge l 
| mal kaona dace rung oe entas BE Ra 
