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1850 i instulive will be ound in the report of the 
ish Association for the pce ary of Science 
n this report are Lion e alia 
ly 300 spec ipin eeds of 
t pe erep and 
the tables formed from the register of the result of 
clearly show that ‘see 
would briefly state tl 
rience upon the subject of germinati on, as also our | 
own conclusions derived from a long observation. 
at the end of 20 or 30 Ri ears, the 
Chat ock will at once come 
in 
or “ sickly.” 
o “age are ver from 8 Yo ae im in 
soe cases a period o 0 yea sufti- 
cient to reduce the ver 
t-a glimmering of 
vitality, as the protivi usually noted as“ weakly” 
made 
Without having m exact censu 
up agai ant 
ever; from this, however, wi aun 
and feel fully sure that a Tittle wntlocetion ofz 
evid 
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Wwe nave 
seen no instance of Charlock having sprung upin 
the sudden 1 manner indicated, but we have seen 
eeds of two | sc 
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[Octoner 16, 1858. 
Packet ts of s seeds 
» for we cannot expect that 
dit i is at stake, un = ago properly paid foral 
of events which: should 
inquired into i n the e pure chasing of seeds, of 
ents the seeds are sufficiently arge and eonspi- 
meanest counted, but in m 
plants, where there oom be a dil ty i in 
onnected wi 
the weed admixtures which we have lately so fre- 
up soil in which enough Charlock has come up to 
to make the | 
ny as seeds, having equally with 
the crop a tendency to grow e ren 
luxuriantly in newly broken up, soil; and if 
ness 
d, we ey Read, to ker that Ah 
|de dline of germinating power is still less than in 
| larger seeds, The loss of 
at seeds injure by keeping there can bebu 
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little doubt, still that this injury is kere of bi "i 
probably be estimated in round numbers as 
ilowo — 
Seeds of 2 years of age lose . . 25 per cent. 
The same 8 years of age lose $ 50 Sy 
The 4 years of - yi 
The same from 8 to 10 years lose S 
for 
of gathering, the method of harvostir 
and places of storing, might furn: 
of 
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observation and experime: 
Ae THE WHEAT PLANT.— 
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old farming, the answer is how càn it escape if e following tables, extrac epore | UNI: s ca vin life toa 2 
manure be employed, and if manure was not just adverted to, will give some notion of the germ, na“ is TE, for rc here peg in ony: 
pc armenn Te fiom ask where is the sam aso n t of seeds 7 nt w true in kind it may be. But besides this | 
ip seed from Charlock ? Mere accent three great agric’ es of plants, namely | propert: iculturists are 
would sown to pro- | the Cruciferæ, Umbelliferm, and Graminacew. HT corn  possosting “astallitingy Wt 
duce a vei visible t result in so ver a pla ae importance, var haar rom 
E Ts RS . | own farms is thou not 
that instances fle Oen er E SRT, Er ' Z |g 5% | invisible and also intlenoeibable, nk saa. 
of Char a seed to idie Thim to to sepa- N. i| Year = g ! £ paige to be obtained shins ape r DoM with 
oisinn well itor om te Oe S Bs. Od. the TS ee te (eon aie in torts fom the Ica 
bushel, we need not be surprised if some 4il 5: oa ge di iy which ‘has been grown upon 
its way back to him and page =, and | Petroselinum paa Parsley.. 150) 42 | clay i sowing on sands and ! ; 
bly paid for at the rate from 9d.) Garam c a A taking care that the seed be selected from soil as a 
2 Re ime is ae in | Pastinaca peee diig 300| 20 | in ch sn ma the ing 
where Turnips are sown broadcast, as we Í nil | to be so The m ee some 
on the Wiltshire downs, you haye 300! 79 | tho ht to be d ae ither from 
more Charlock tl than where drilled. Can ete —— 200) A | the acts ot host, or from nthe. combined effet 
8 | 300/144 a thet ; be 
Coni lat , Hemlock 1842} 150] 2 vase moat seem f Caf 
avourite position with many who | 850 | 8 | il hing i 
preteen seed corn ne ‘So gly bem oe 
sso saan ia J you sh shall dig a well| morer Tar G n mring so mate superior to their own situations k 
4 ; mee otis selecting fro in 
somes hear, top, of isnt Wied rom tne L pli. infamo he wanna of am 
; in m those Name. & = | influences the soil, and the ty 
in the » : this, ee. x not in Ie H Ef: effects of climate on the S in practice 2 
arrap with our observation. In a recent. case = E influences of ‘cultivation, soil, and it on seeden, 
assumed ted to ZI coo zg | MAY be regarded as r 
—— soil derived wind a deep wll sinking, Thetis unal cant tuft a. fool an ers “do not always change i ee x 
in a few weeks was covered with a most Te- | Isatis tine 100| 15 | View of improving Wheat, but som a 
markable specimen of Pipes cone ; amc a 50| nil | degenerating into a wild 
but here examination proved that this tuurin | ee S 300) 4 |and climate'are “congenial h 
vth i f i conceive how it could degenerate 
growth was the result of a ms 900|3 ae ata be benefited 
one plant-oc as much as 5 T2 fet es ae ana “5 | pos When ac 
x be won 1 oloracea,: k ~ . diferen in portions 
age the a eee mei ited insane gj Bonin Tiinaa Pre Loi | the eye, “while the vail nae t a lti 
same plant a Potato ground of difference ee 
of 12 feet all round from its Taste TUL, G imate roduce 
instances of a like kind be sion whieh descends to 
y_ | ly ‘the oan of = F ; in a different situation, £0 
plants tn do oceur are as of such sudden ie s and climate of every © 
appearance would us believe: bui e impressions may vary 10 
have suddenly supervened Ga TA ke sane of |< _|_|_ | progress and ultimate effect 
specimen, for as in the case of ‘the Polygo- Zea Mays, Indian Corn .. sa 3 cing agencies, both of a 
num convolvul i 8 change, would form an inte’ 
volvulus this mould wo scat- canariensis, Canary : Be, | 
tered all over the adjoining land, and as it might ic i 9 ii eset obenieehenigeds 
he will ever ih vent tative, ‘Dit Si a | mined. ‘Columella indicated a 
€ ER a. 9 Ellis fixed on two years, 
~ but er er REEE 
Triticum'æstivum, Wheat É P colour in the grain than | 
4 of the variety. Judging ir 
Sn mr Ban 4 Ta at 
8 s Linco 
eres sop of a situation, : 
$ wee en oblitera ‘the impressions: 
In arking upon these Tables we would sy |e acquiring of the "eres 
that our ee and observations upon to go on 
| seeds of some ee thes a Crucifore oe ee both ‘dltendtialis = eae 
are fully confirmed during the growth of one al system 
Siow oa bt ve,“ Rie. boner 
at it has been Sendi to ] t w 
