=~ 
6. r ie cee the writer has 
and that 
tongue. 
if he had held his — about the whole es 
sa ese 
specimen oning and argument 
extracts are unique, and ad they will do to raise a laugh another cause, namely, that in proportion as their 
at the present dreary se But the design and 2 Da -up lands are ameliorated by cultivation, 
condition of our public . especially of new 
ones, is not to be r 8 thus lightly; for their 
state concerns not only 
e aera our 9 —— and 
in Regarded in this point of view pe fel 
3 “that Wem — much m 
than we have said a Let us hope that 
sors of Parliament will visit it udge for 
and 
themselves, whether it will be possible to ave the | i 
formation — Battersea-park to be entrusted to the 
incompetent hands o 
rendered Vistoria- pask a public disgrace. 
SEEDLING FRUITS. 
peg £l 
Funn 
THE GARDENERS’ 
e it; but for | fi 
ig I 
expenditure of age 0 
for good tas 
f men like those who have 
c dis pla 
testify. The cause of this he conceives to be, that the 
rst imported fruits which the colonists received from 
idst the bu 
ost, from neglect or ignorance of the art of grafting; 
rm that they only had recourse to for perpetuating 
h lings ie passed through * 
generations, and are now 
istence in which their inherent qualities 
. ed. 
The Americans, M. Poiteau adds, attribute this to 
may im ity, it cannot 
change the 5 — 3 of the frui 
After notic ing the fact 
pro’ 
crab, fertilised by the pollen of a good frui uces 
I beg to remark, that some of the seedlings from the 
ed varieties were foun par 
eir respective parent trees 
Big § 
tion as soon as | they can obtain t 
ess 
whilst the majori were of a wi 
romatic ; some yellow, others green, red, or 
sakod,” from the same tree not only differ widely 
tioma est other, but 8 ver tials from pips, 
the same apple, 8 ruit possessing qualities 3 
: le, the excellence of the Ribs 
ut the Sister Ribston 
8 t, 80 
è it therefore appears 
of and 
tected by the same pulp ahd i Vr by 
MA etna the fruit of the 
zi 
e 
wn to inherit its peculiar flavour and ex 
same remark applies to the Old Non- 
must be admitted that there i is a 
15 — 
ng generations “of thes 
seedlings, is a different question, That of the 8 
importance, especially to colonists, is to 
. pa kinds of fruits from 
e 
of that of nature — R 4 in America. R. Thompson. 
ur-fleshed | th 
N toja 
or third oat bee cova t. but each successiv. 
| chara 
ve generatio 
more general amelioration than that 
ird sowing ; in others it may 
be the fourth or ae and in Pears the sixth or seventh. 
This process, con ludes M. Poiteau, is only an imitation 
BRITISH er BIRDS. 
No. IX.—Our little te having now taken quiet 
possession of their freehold, we will hog yet again to 
thei 
d eir domestic 
happine 
In enumerating the particular tribes by name, it will 
seen there are some wh'ch I have purposely omitted ; 
ers 
: e hawfinch, — the starling. 
ae =. 7 m y3” 
He will e 
such as, 
short space of time, if “Son on 
When giving, last per rpi ng 
HEN birds from the aviary, I left, of necessity, much 
see njectare. Intelligible, however, as hints“ 
excludin 
CHRONICLE. 
roved by Mr. righ that a | windo 
go on, — sowing the see oh on the . —. Ae 
hem w 
and a work of muc 
must be 
bly bl 
[Drc. 14, 
when up 
o their a in e 
r little koii Ain try every possible mode of 
amusing 1 lves at 
eful 
erefore, to give eei no — for the 4 
is matte 
ry their ingon uity in 
o VA constantly open, and admit a 
be canon a ir, closing in winter only, at 
.| night, The room will be sufficiently warm. If. 
wa 
however, there be any fog or continuous rainy or Senb 
of course, the windows should not be 
open: 
You will ow that the wa will soon get into a habit 
of — n, or rather clinging to, the ledges of the 
To obviate this, whee is very — 
h 
ae hae 2 ie ow b 
avit pane o room in a oops A position. 
By using 1 precaution, "the bir e off, 
any unusual on 
er- at see — a few new faces wil 
Whenever you e a quantity of “ flight” birds 
(already described), for ae always place them 
themse 
ose. 
irds are so 3 Bina’ ~ oth amine of confine- 
ment, that, i ed in iately 
being cau ntically 
dow reby severely Pa) aa ro their 
us system, but haw would 7 ead fearf 
— and bewilderment amongst the 5 Tr 
such a case, the restoration of order would be 
* Gat 
In 
first purchased, must be 
i cages, for a fortnight at e 
g “ fed off.” on may then be turned into 
aviary, one at a time, Being insectivorous, food 
given them which assimilates as 
supplied 
healthy ain will, 
ich we are soon 
ere, and quite sufficient for the purpose, yet there are 
— of a different nature indeed, but equally stringent. 
ith a view to inerease of my stock, I 
when of 
to those i 
interested i in the subje ect: s 
Ci erations on the processes employed 
men a 3 better sorts 57 en and on the 
hich Nature appears to accomp 
Poiteau. 3 pu nblished in the 
he same 
or observes, it is but nigh that improved 
varieties of our cultivated fruits ori nurse 
considered as a law of nat 
d some vegetables ; but ve dak is not always uniform 
specially rages Bes domestica d animals or highly culti- 
vated plants, 
have acted in their endeavours to ob tter kinds of | 
n seeds of 9 Beit, in 3. 5 hope mo pe 
ns | forcibly A the ground. 
offenders in this way, all of whom were ee and 
ir sentence —banishment— being 
of 
it appears, ther eta — in 
fruits from seeds and that they 
new 
cc 
ursery- | pi 
t, on this bie our nurserymen | ha 
The sex, 
“Tis true, tis pity ; 
establishing a peaceful colon 
so grand a scale, I should have — — 
stand, what has never yet been done. No sooner 
any 
music of 
too, kno own universally as an “ imitative” 
bird, — — mom amuse himself in the accomplish- 
ment of a similar exploit. He was ready at a moment's 
| ont to “assist” any of the rival malcontents in a 
st the eggs and young. 
the 2 born —I succeeded in 
be ee sun strea 
F 
r known by our first innocent 
parents in Paradise. 
Hard must be the heart of that man, or that 
who could witness such scenes of happiness 23 
e participating in = —_— ment. or 
I disclaim “ fraternise” with 
my ow 
such ps William ried, Wawel, Hammersmith. 
ON THE PRODUCTION OF SUGAR IN PLANTS, 
EXTRACTS FROM 2 —— BY M. GAUDICHAND IN THE 
Compres RENDUS. 
Sortie known that the root of Beet often grows 
and that its height, varying with 
3 
| — soil, i is often 4, 5, or even 8 inches above the sur- 
upper part, but that it isalso purer 
party extra & 
As we were at this time almost who 
we 
were remorselessly dragged, “ callow ” as they 
eir suspended „ like 
coffin ; and then, with deadly hate, dashed 
were a number of 
“eos 
and of of light, or, in 
than the portions that were exposed 
sod MAT th N action of fl 
formation, in 
n 
these were found to contain much more sugar in 
upper extremities than those of the roots which were 
of saccharine mathe in A 
3 those degen of ripeness ofthe plant ar past of te paaria- 
