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JANTARY 17, 1863.] THE 
GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
53 
quite as dry as could be desired; and had it not been 
for thus “favourable psc the deficiency i in the crops 
ust have bee 1008, 
mean temperature was nearly 25° 
pisces and for the qe ss since ce 
that ө the nights was higher ual. 
amount of rain exceeded ne average s depth by nearly 
iof an inch; yet the prevailing winds r 
N.E. a . There were, however, strong gales from 
S.W., so that by the greatest movement of air to 
place from this direction. ТЬ is he case is 
by th omet 0! ауегаре 
t is remarkable that the nights on 
the average were within Tf а degree of being as warm 
" 
Nov or s regards temperature this month as- 
umed Es peces of December. The mean of the 
Ja tter is, Ып the average of 36 „years, ida ap; that of 
November of the y 
the other hand its шау here be observed, that last 
1 of a. 51, 
; 42° In 
was 
t De- 
pns is 
e 
5th and e gro п good workin 
condition, and operations that hd been delayed, "WIDE 
to the siue the previous month, cou d be well 
carried out n this. 
Рес —In the previous month vegetation ex- 
perienced а a che ck, and a sort of moderate winter 
ather. The difference of i orsa ere bet wee en Mar arc 
last November and December, instead, of a fall 
as ee there was a rise 2% mope than mer e me 53 
of the month, 49° Dh 259 
which is 
limate о: 
180 "Doe ес. 1828, 18 Su 807; ; 
this appears to be of the un 
m Тһе month was remarkable for the total са 
of N.E. winds, whilst strong gales have brought much 
warm air from southern regions, and that TA. the 
case we may nob have any very severe cold for s 
ti 
—The mean атэ was scarcely 
r 
th mean 96 years; but it was not 
distributed throughout the ths a the 
usual gradations. Naturally the ширин rises from 
January, the coldest month, to 
then it decli ines to the en d of ue Sami Whethe 
e hottest; - | 
regards the growing season, say from April to dus. 
following rate takih about 4°; Ма, ay, 7^ 
July, 3°; but in 
April ay the 
was greater than usual; but in — of that ey 
temperature being carrie ed. on, the rise from May to 
Jun was nothin ng, and J mun still continued low, This had 
Many of sory етн ve been n 
- > had it not рее "for de favourable weather in 
nces 
rendered it the more susceptible ofi inj jury from conti- 
wet, 
SALSAFY, ITS MODE OF CULTURE. 
HayiNG been favoured by a request from * the | trea 
learned Professor, the Editor,” that I egan i bo 
mode of treatment as 
nue 
it was subjected. Strawberriesinsteadof: Agreed droppe 
off. 
or rotted Rhododendrons di id not 
ic 
determining the que uestion raised by 
u 
йт апа og of Salsafy, as Pxhibited at 
he erii of the 1 Horticultural Society, I 
зба the following, optat it PAY be of use in 
e below, as to 
grain crops being defective, too late, and immature; | 
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truth of the statement, we 
ak n proof, 
, Let ; us take а sen seed of any sort whatever, Whose 
| а ќаро 
| їп in good rich | upper soil to „the acc 
. Sow and cause to germinate this seed 
usto юрер ik de poor 
as is cus tomary, an unturn ed, un а кезү, Te 
will, ‚ав the main or tap root, proceeds downward, throw 
obtai 
rookiet . The tap root 
will continue to Ой дао Boda lst pper g 
| soil, but the moment it reaches the ишы subsoil, from 
change from plenty to the de o , its progr 
original tap was 3 inches of an inch in 
diameter; the branches ‚ жеге. from, 3 to 7 inches long, 
and the е bigge est was 
"dod тке part. 
the 
ja was pere unfit to send to 
Та Eo TIE seed, sow 16 in poor upper soil; below 
this, at the depth of 7 or 8 inches, let ca bea good 
d 
wants above, will hasten 
1 soil has it will end 
a 
ка гоо AU. requi 
pecimen obere 2 is an example of the effect 
The 
| of this po treatment. [This root was llinches long, 
wit y 2 or 3 very inconsiderable forks near the 
point. For 7 inches 16 was perfectly clean. ti 
diameter at the crown was an inch and 
it rese eubléd а beautifully grown small 
may say, “© yes, but when we аге reall. s desirous 
but by a most favourable change in August those | 
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y assertion of i (€ i deos па 
this only ени" бн and larger e No. 
r or ui rt id fork над 
rms me 
reasoning as I have given above is at the real bottom 
this lene all other root crops. 
d Salsafy choose ground which has not 
e any manure for at least two Bastar 
i 
access 
a c it; when you have sown the, erg igo 
fail, I ia, to have full returns for a "little additional 
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‚ The of sowing is an essential point, indeed one 
d tho many кыч the I rud study m "——— 
of which invaria| urnish the master key, 
success, I wou ii pe wisl.to Y upon 
which ly fail to bloo: ly; but the oldest 
cultivators never knew t so completel of garden 
they tb s : ere was no severe frost to 
cause. t „to do so; and the. ` circumstance can 
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roots generally. 1f! 
vinced that the old siad eI real p ractice as | 
followed ре the v ard of my fellow brethren a the 
bud should have commenced forming in the early part 
ofsummer. Тһе blossom-buds of Peaches and Necta- 
, is €— wholly wron iple. 
Iam ач forgetful 
e n with impunity by any one, unless 
roof that he can substantiate it 
] that an assertion like this еу 
һе this 
бону 
hich to sow, , though it may be necessary f say fe ш to lay 
would 
n well to proceed. Our climate bein ng во very varia] ariable in 
different Tocditien it would s all кагу! be far better to 
be what is considered a week or 14 days * 
part tT) but need only refer to the ho siap of t 
For n ота of your 
id 
injury 
soming e t" other plants, Apples, Pears, Plum 
and | bui 
Cherries have formed their blossom-buds very ` wat and 
frost in the ensuing spring, as many of them were in 
the past one, 
m 
The annexed table will give the precise leading 
characteristics of each month, E with those | havi 
will be seen that we had 
ofthe average, from which it 
а favourable winter and. неее apis 
some ї frosts НЫЙ (tit tense; ыны 
the summer was as very unfavourable 
еа country was then in зае г озна of the 
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E Sid, and ШАР ible, 
aile api s o I aseo › 
new in this method. d 
crops; and it is the more wonderful 
[зе ү be во little attended to, because our next or 
