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THE GARDENERS’ 
— 
— 7, 
it. If he has a tap-rooted crop to bring on he ia 
n the trench und ir e gh if he has a 
ises all this ; he finds 
his late Majesty, at the Hague. This Lig nd has — 
2 over 2 8 and even recently by that ac 
amateur Dodm: that I have but little hope ul 
adding anyt — sh, sede ci ger tes impressions 
formed by different writers ought to be com 
t home ise form a Judgment of 
oots as s 
rule; but then it is not the way of manuring that 
makes the differ ; it is all the fault na the soil. 
A dull-witted gardener, who uses manur 
y by day, as Seay seed coke 
in 
rie wou 
digging them up and shipping 3 off; aud 80 o banit 
es an 
a rtions were d 8 
ages and — were rede and Tur- 
e sown, the land having bam previously 
4 
e labourers of Holland * not so immediatel 
2 upon Potatoes as ours a: 
8 
o for a Sier s store, | Horn variet, 
ismanagemen 
strong stuff ; 
that did 
soned 
But the triumph of _— . the mismanager, 
his his He gets stable litter, 
nits ae a heap, treads 
till its intide is 1 an Apple e of Sod 
he iets We well, As drive the rankness out; an 
rain, in order that it od be 
Kept ail “gether * cuts a trench round it, to 
; and when at last he has a pile 
of nice black, scent 3 matter, his “Eats in ga is per- 
fect. It has been observed, ee 
hungry soil which the mismanager ork. 
credit to himself for getting N in such 
a es and well he may, all things considered. 
urchasing ready- 
e penny po osti is 
e puts off solr it till the season is 
ood luck, a very ra 
wice the ce. Of course 
— money, and his N 
with the civil nd i 
to save his 
makes 
also of being present at the ale pag 1o 
‘ood | and even Peas 
well, and leaves it | 
nd 
ex- 
? „ cut in 
„ 
practice the Dutch gardener 
Saas cnt xy | 
poe > — — “iting Me, Van Hout’ eta * 
for ne Vo 3 
and Beans, all o of whi Epen phys 
arge earthen vessels and weighted down. with 
Happy wou 
sants aker adopt a similar habit ; it would make 2 
more industrious, and wholly aver 
sought compensation for growing Wheat, wheaten flour 
price ; but he prudently grows 
| They — 
tubs, co’ ing grains after they have passed from the 
distilcey, v vue no doubt adds much to their healthy 
appearance. 
This is not the place — talk of pictures, although one 
| passing remark u — ted bull of Paul Potter 
may be allowed. This, as the world kno 
marvel £ 5 ~ neh stand unrivalled to the 
present day. But let us look at the breed, an 
| it with those livin animals of which I have just e ae 
ter’: 
ds 
d | much anxiety, for slugs and worms are wholly unknown. 
As t alent 
heat instead, for all of which his | of 
ws, is a ri 
be of earlier date than with us, for in 
on a minor (not like our oh pe Sola). — 1 
d others that had been 
tment we have nothing to 
ur wall trees are generally better trained than 
ectarines 
novelty in the training of the Apples, P r Pears. 
kitchen gardens w, more care ap- 
be bestowed upon the culture of Carrots, for 
there were 2 not six in 
than the 
they insure a pitila supply of 
— he vari 
rench Beans w 
us; indeed, at first, 1 mistook Suna —— Hops: The 
ms much to be to the 
imagine the 
show. 
stroyed many v vineyards in 
time, if it is deemed worthy, I will continue 
to our intelligent corresponden 
formation ee may be willing to pelt them wi 
BRITISH 3 a FOR THE ADVANCE- 
r MENT OF SCIENCE. 
On the Per-cen- 
y Dr. 
per was to show that. À 
nutritive qualitic an — of gos is * 
whie 
— — his experiments, whic 
being higtly nutritious. 
pecies 
soluble pesei. cai 
Haarlem there a ly no large trees, 
the woods are lioed on each side by lorg avenues of 
Po 
ards, such as the Flemish 
Oak and hens thrive 
- 
cutting usually — * Lae 
herever an O 
so comes in at th ninie, 
but 
a phasis it is left {il 12 a 
falls. — one for the 
bags chiefly for the English — 
Whilst speaking of trees, it may be well to notice a 
has in the removal of large 
trees, whether of Oak, Beech, Elm, Poplar, or 
and 5 answer well name 
and 
although | to be 0. 
numbers the gy S of nitrogen found to 
n the form monia, 
time, de 
mined by combustion to be 0.74 per cent. 
for fresh fungi, or r 661 per cent. for the 
dried at 212° Fahr. Deducting from 
we find that only 0.536 
per „ 
have to "be cut down, there not being a ree on an acre fit | 
how large a in De. V a's em 
al he 
v: ue of nitrogen, and hoped . oelek: * tory 
sre a patch of Fi Tat ant „ Daudeny made some observations 
thrive well at first, but as this paper ; and particularly noticed the researches of 
lected, in a few years the whole | Prof. Hoffman on the substitution of ammonia, or O% 54. 
elements, carbon, whieh it appeared to him pointed 
