4—1845.] THE “ORTON WER A SLETI 57 
NT TO GARDENERS, NURSERYMEN, growth of leaf and Straw, and keeps the plant in thi === 
on SEEDSMEN, &c, state when the grain ou ht to sa ied hi ho eats ‘ee ap ion, 9 a eo ripe rhe 3 re pr 
7 te pe g matu: ch a vast number o! 
5 rl o is Ee favourable to the d — opment of seeds to come to perfection upon that space of ground: 
ROYAL Ler. | mildew. ow, the common-field s system of cultiva-| for, if the average number of grains in a bushel be 
TERS PATENT re was eminently calculated to ede anything | counted, it will be discovered, that, — the seed be 
uxuri ; and it is probable that it ay disposed rate” the soil, there will be just four 
uld generally produce GH a naturally good soil a superficial a Ya ach grain to nd upon. If each 
HE ONLY PROTECTION FOR PLANTS, &c. igt erop, but ofa good sample. The arket-garden | ° esr e erefore, were to produce a perfect 
against Frost, Rain, Snow, and Changes of Clima y ke T h far SORES ails Haas ant of W hoit. ‘the ears at harvest must be as closely 
GROGGON’s PATENT ASPHALTE E FELT, as improved b lb yje H k aa RT y,! re Leora together as they would be in a rick. This, of 
the Origina eing nly cy; at luxuriance of | course, cannot t k l be 10 5 t 
d, ant = best y ' Asphalte, Tunou: any abt tes which redi Bets ee sini or 15 ears (often 
which hair is peia ake tesi A vP: Isposes for raspan ra the dis- | the obspring s one root) cannot stand on four super- 
This Felt is i mY b be tbe aly ue ASPHALTE its lar ied of sa onc ung with | ficial — round. It is clear, therefore, that if all 
FELT, all others being imitations; and is the only one in ‘a rge b supplies o; ammonia and carbonic acid, we | grow, all sa come to fine plants, But if they do all 
THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S GARDENS ‘ay attribute the prevalence of mildew in the dis- | grow (whi probable case), what then 
By HISWICK. pass car ag ee The redundance of these nee apt m? We ima gine it = "i found thus : 
o PENNY PER SQUARE FOOT. ibera sın the i y hi 
somes BRR Sao za oe then with uae te osphere 19 by t oc ey re n r or parti we often see a plan of W heat which 
Tar street, London; for many miles is loaded. As alliative for the 
Of whom may Re hed the. ‘est Foreign Bi g, | disease when it has commenced, “early ¢ utting is re- | What a fine plant!” Older shake their heads, 
Flooring, &c. [sorted to. Th f sap which, instead | and call it too “ proud.” e Seler, proves which are 
0 : : ie > 
hing the grain goes to the nourishment of the ee E ra hee ick, pote Beate se ps de 4 
fu h even then be very thick; but in 19 out of 20 cases it 
The Aaricultucal asette, fungus, ist Enor cut off, a ee ak aa t remains in the | will be generally ‘* knee-broken,’’ lyi d 
we a "slrivelled kernel, all aon are ae Ta aginn. be k: ea 8 E Ora AD A D e 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1845. rate half filled is obtai re : ae fagod Ar Sona: hte nela preted few piire 
Sinnes FOR THE TWO FOLLOWING WEEKS, e Be Wheat whi ch oh lost plant, and what will be their appearance ? The majority of see 
Retiieces: which tiller excessively, produc a e and irre- | will not have tillered at all; some will have two, three, 
Waoxsauay, Fes “eh ent d. : r crop, continuing green K “he when olera 
Seana e igbland an gricultur, ociety. ot. her cro s are ri ni li ] "is ble 
gricultural Imp. Soc. of Ireland. t p pening, a sd et larly iable to ni 
a s therefi com: 
BY HER 
MAJESTY’S 
fully gre en pasture-field. Inexperenced farmer: say, 
Tuurspay, Feb, 6—A, 
© 
if 
Re Hs 
SENO EA disea: 
We have received, Sgk the Rev. J. C. ore R | mended as a preventive, and t : result in season 
3 8 * ; 
Warren, of Cole hes ter, ER ied by a red when these thick crops of weak straw can keep their | st renee E bearer f ene white enie = 
monial from him to the a ency of their Lassee le egs till they are nearly ripe is a grat bulk both of 7 wie dail and s fe a wah “ite. bis nok te aad 
Mut, a letter from Mes OND an o., of} straw and corn. But in ripping seasons, or when | pust phi eps and when th p ig are bro ht to ts 
Ipswich, in which an pi is taken to the supe- ear thunder storms occur before the ear is well | thre a the produce to the wane ne nar fa y 
> ie ny grooved over es a elec filled, such crops are sure to be laid, and this con-| it will be jaa tha t the quantity of tail is "annsan 
~ gr an assu. i ve 
r > r the fi | lar 
_ difficulty in cleaning them when at work. } quarters per acre, to three eee) leaving the grower | ol inferior. Now, how often does it enter into the 
e do not know the mill manufactured for this pur- | to console himself, if he c ited the adage that | ideas of the farmer that | this is the consequence of 
by Messrs. ond and Co. ; but, though nothing | “ lodged crops never reis farme ting two bushel 
can be more conclusive as to its efficiency than the| To these remarks, Barei though Med have re 2 But, upon th soils, it is very plain that 
experience of Mr. Warren, it appears to us that the | cial reference to the ighbourhoo London, are t Í the seed wg} produces any plant for 
circularly grooved cylinders must have an advantage | nevertheless, we wale enerally i, Wg ag the harvest at all for, i a i i 
Over smooth ones, just in Saba A the extent of | following, by Professor Henslow, e m the | copa, they w il n EE ig Pu ie sig wre ral wate 
ctive acting surfaces. upposing the | second volume of the English A ermi taa s| 
gre quantity of seed to pass through two machines | Journal : : : ia saree lag oat sith wi wet rea Y the gE ad 
wht ch pee time, it is fair to suppose that the one “On te Precautions to be taken against Rust and eat by the elugs it Ati do 4 
its pat oys most surface in grinding it will do ildew.—I do not think it has been clearly cori Now, it A no m vi 
aoe t. And, in machines of equal width, | mined by aa, whether the sporules of the | rationale of all t "W en 
d vantage is possessed by that whose rollers | rust and mildew fungi are absorbed by the roots s pak his Cabbage or r Broceoli he says, “‘ It is of no use 
are ty grooved p hat whose rollers are | corn, like those of the bu nt and smut vie tie try to economise ground by putting them clean than 
a En cu: wh ther (w } ich s seems t 
cult t to propound the 
“<4 
me 8 
th wed can ewig well. I must let each plant have full 
cope. f he sees an ignorant neighbour San piene 
this rule he will ‘be > very Paige what ee mg an 
do it. The advi vice i t taken ; 
this an th } 2 ” Thef ae oi iat 
ere yak etgisi i i perea grooves make idak appearance in little BRA ties seated weiss 
diately ee these pores, which certai ainly ieks gii Fn seem to pilates = sf a plants 
T: Hiss ces if the sporules entered there. The room enough in their infancy, and he will rae hae his 
E.. BP attention of our readers can hardly be directed | St mata are naturally exhaling of ns, conti inually | Cabbages (ook as oolli those of his ang ack ae 
‘ a More important subject than the è cause of the| pase ging, under iha agina of li ght, a a large pro- | and-by the case is altered; the r 
in certain districte of the Mıupew xy | Portion of the water imbibed by chez oot. But in| the portion of F soil belonging to thelr ieigh baits; a fight 
n ano column itis s tated that certain — weather this fanction is feded, if, in some | takes place among them for the age se Ba! bed Bre 
ases, it be not actually reversed 5 when, it "would be si Cabbage gets but half his s proper shea 
spongioles begin to get dry and ricky, and the stema 
i articip ate in this matters 
Oduce, under the present system of p th the the moisture weed of ha Seca ow- pe going on very badly below ground. Bu h er e, also, 
an occa- f ing it is no better : the Se approach too nearly k one 
H ur a 
cribed by $ é 
4 h l 
terate system of cropping, which commenced as | CUlarly insists upon mildew being ae y foggy oe = with blue mould or some other equally disagree- 
ather, happening te a et w a pi if able uce. _The + Sequel i is easily divined, Ignoram mus is 
A 
en n : w 
HAER re ne be understand as Sikar i to silver. riy stomata 4 bass or a Broccoli about the Fi or a large Walnut, and 
su lants By s time his nether lip is 
mnbibiny ng organs. If me au pk m pard pre- | as lon ng as an old horse’s, a oe disconbiataaly mutters 
ungus, something spent “ the Contoured blight,’’ or else his 
Cabbages would have been as good as any one’s, &c. &c. 
peat en 
so ey mks is = ti ag Mi ubjec m t to Ta Š If he voold ate listened, his friend could have told him 
pe It pet sn jes in places subj inited that that it took so many incbes of good soil, and so many 
TE: Ae eee y at | inches of pure air, to grow a Cabbage which the insects 
spring Wheats are less liable to mildew tha han winter could not eat, and which he could. 
—by th Of sk Wheats ; and that heavy soils are less subject to it Now, we suppose that a sade a plant, whether it 
tured vessels of the Wheat plant, on than lig es. But, at present, od irs be Cabbage or Wheat. It is very ie then, that if one 
v. e o a 
ungi; but, that whatever tends | begins. the soil is very poor, the contest soon ends 
in the death of both of them ; , it ia (aut 
=: 
is brought on y whate occa. is most likely to secure a cro 
of Sap, or causes fi 
ns of mains adheres cate the plant wore it be excess of heat | in 
Ves soa straw, ied ‘the hra aan or cold, drought o et, sudden 
our x few in zm 
n to tur ~ at r this ~~ aes — asa 'pre- -disposing cause to these a ne eee 
—E. 
hen 
TS, & sm case of mildew i is inevitable, dise 
u 
su 
om it— —and also from the usu: The gist of the whole matter appea 
ieot Whea grown in highly ealiivaset = on which agriculturists do not rss poe os think "m 
tinuance we warm and humid it worth while to make any inquiry, viz., What becomes | 390 
Produ rapid and luxuriant of the 24 bushels of Wheat which they commonly sow or 
drill per acre? It might, therefore, startle them cons 
