68 
business of cultivation. Da many other purs 
er and e wes oe are wanted; but a ome 
ssion of Pinel’, quickened into 
tensive knowledge in many subjects thought 
ad ba R k pam hat enabled him to bt en a 
useful rvant ‘than 
a 
f the justice of this open im- 
teal send arty th pe may acquire, although 
t 
so ate are found to do 
e 
oc f| garden, obse Maral a opy 
F or the turf. Our ing ae on the Grass and thinking it 
pour fi i “ Upon this” 
etry, 
which in that period have deserved notice amon, replied t le Du ‘Do you understand Geom 
gardeners, and we feel ey justified in saying | Latin, iad eeso ?? “I know a little of them,’ 
that those had to thank their replied the young man. T Duke as surprised 
own superior knowled “the fase of superior nd a gg for the sciences, he entered 
industry, while those vie have fallen can only e Na mathematici 
blame themselves for that want of knowledge and | He asked him several questions ; and was aston- 
termination to succeed, which in this world are | ished at the force, the sceurey ‘and candour of| and ver 
indispensable in all classes where mental power is Bu t how,’ said the Du 
a om which political influence is de ai 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
se were the peste of J ri “Be s arn and | man are m 
t us take another example from days gone by. 
ry, called some | we hope 
| JANUARY 30, a 
ringed is p apponit w 0 ‘on sae 
iene Te 
the true meaning of the pr 
may not be misunderstood. 
SOME e ezam = rt Soa p. 288) we 
account of som 
Let us take a case, the facts g Vieh are known |si 
to are of our a re m nne pee 3 rs 
pros 5 > e os : >i elniai he sat down on a bank, 
a detail of the tae oun by which he 
| become so lea nr 
‘I first learned to read,’ said STONE; ‘the 
e then at work upon your house, I 
sorts "S matters pakra to Wr gaa 
outine of cultiv: ya 
In fagas 
spicuous beyon a tlio ie wal po and 
general knowledge, Le ough possessing no m 
practical skill than they did. He Robie fhoathet 
in his person, the cleanest i in his beta i bes 
obliging, sober, and i 
l ay perce the added considerable en | meti 
, an extensive ths fe and | learned geometry. 
an sal So uaintance a the p gi ee on bo 
whic! e ctice is snide, ù though | ry; 
those i arkiri vue invisible to others. Tia understood, also, that there were stood boo 
me kind in French ; 
I Tarta French. had ¢ 
Se eating and use of th 
formed there w 
him was placed in h of one of Be atest | have done ; it seems at we may learn 
es in the Uni P cannot be| everything when we peta és 24 letters of the 
i a grave doubts were "entertained of his | alphabet. ” 
execute so great a trust; it was even| Other examples are needless, Those which have 
by some of ha whe were loft | — n given are Sane h to show the value of | educa- 
behind that so young and inexperienced a man|tion to gardeners ; ireum: 
ich th 
; be sufficiently shown by the 
ose 
la 
, and satiate 
had | th 
oe n 
eans or 
PENY ane e if we possessed the mea 
reveal it. ms incontestabl 
ss 
right to 
n 
the experienced eve wo 1 had atts 
our friend A. B., a emt upo e 
first elevation not isat his 
pn have — that of katy self-co 
in s well ated 
ired be bce he had 
requi cause in very beginning 
attained an eminence which some mould will be 
have looked pe at tthe end of a long life. “On tis 
A s success 
e applied himselfto t thes sy 
ening, archi 
meeit had no | 
Eri ee did he 
be | offi 
eee 
y oats ti ee 
contrary, 
incentive to greater, a little 
of gee Bear 
ydrau- | 0r German; „and so of geo 
hich hat pis co. ony (the ' Cape) to 
Se 
= a great Samai wh 
We are fe aware that many sti 
iis vise to gud tak ost = Ae = attribute 
the nobleman who tele: A. B. ini 
" disso ne Ensen e 
eners, and whose ideas ar are so co : 
that they are unable to distin tinguish between a 
a pa and a vega ine a garden. To the 
nsideration of men hi such opinions we 
submit the, following apis A reply by General 
more | 
h aras 
correctly in n what coun nty | th 
nfused | 
“Tf the value of education bios net be estimated hes 
B 
3 
always considered it much older, 
is n the fact 
To the best "of my kn edge 
tree in Silesia to be compared for size" 
witz Oak ; for the largest Oasi 
. ose wu j 
pie e 
be 
he nee s 
ora) grows much more 
he circumfere 
Reform Reform for the A 
Inquiry into t the possibility zee J rovin; ental ¢ boat 
rie M 
eR Officers, without yof Impro ing ae cain 
which have always distin ed the ich Army ing a 
ry thon the P; aee “army Refi 
General Kona age M. RDA, PGR, 
n Cross. 
defence. 
t was dili- examinations 
gent self-education, indomitable Bethy and | military 
NE system of com; peoa aat 
ons in ie army ; from th cult 
ficer who is meee one of the ym wn de 8 
nt an observer 
tas accept his miha, Without 
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