The Gardeners? Chronicle, 
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SATURDAY, APRIL"5, 1845. 
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of it, and after repeatedly sprinkling i it with water, 
in which some Fungi o s zi i 
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e hed, d then an aprile crop, which were 
Ree, Shasta seal ag ae ibuted t ln e determined 
amason, APTI, 9 Socio ethos Apion to keep this in v iew in his experiments on Tru files. 
Torspay, April 15 15f Fem orticultural a His attention was directed chiefly 
ree GRAS of the soil in which the particular species of T: 
THE cultivation of mate i to which reference | on which he experimented gre e found that it | 
was last wee ade, has been attempted, with on t soil, mixed witl i 
more or less success, by several pers y on the donipeiied ene heteg with a slight oh 
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. -REW EDITION OF DR. II 
NEW EDITION OF DR. LINDLEY’S of species; but a few years overy, | assigned why it should not prove as fit a subject 
SCHOOL BOTANY. which was for for a Jong time vae, secret, E acci- | for cultivation here as ma a namma een airs 
This day is published, in gommato ap inceny Four dentally found cured a little fortune for the | It should th EY, in 
aT, ot THE RUDIMENTS OF | discoverer ge ubt not that they are far| tions, was the firs n this s cou Pe to mall. attention 
S OL PO TEIENOE. Ż Lanpusy, PhD. ERG) poe coer “oh weed our own — than | to a "pos € af cultivating Truffles. This, 
BOT of Botany in University College, London, A new s usually su sed. t least we have s seen them | how it appears from the curious treatise of 
zaition, with manero Pear stg what wo e considered tl Gates asy whic Cotes from 1561, translated b 
Lopi; Whitefri dis ateta $ hd ibe uld it os hat they are reall ly rm oe EUS, nown at a very fearly Ba | 
ong 3 IRAL SOCIETY or LOND less capricious as to soil and situation than is the method there indicated sean but very 
ORTI D Tickers, Norice is hereby ARON that imagined, there w vill be the greater hope of their slightly from that publis' hed by Borcu.—M. J. B: 
of FLOWERS and »,in the Society a 
ow eens take place on the following Sarurpays—viz., The mf Boone cing Ir ha soins suggested to us that it pre render 
Gareenith, Jane 21st, and July 12th ; that Tuesday, April i the'reports on n the Porato c rest 
-d is the last day on’ which Tickets can be subscribed | his ator into the sp phe pag Be z Trufle es, TEE a z le if th h 
re by Fellows of the Society, at 3s. 6d. each, that one | took an oppo rtunity of ex examining the growth of the | 89 and valu hose who propose to ex spotted 
rtnight after that time is allowed for taking them up; after | + ular in the ensuing season would give an ninie as of the 
whieh ali u the Pri reed Se subscribed for, but not issued, hic k n me GUS Apa result id some WN order. If tha were done it 
will be cancelle moe avo cigs: pemi of Piotra would be ith compare the ctive statements ; 
SLECT CHOICE FLOWER-SEEDS, | fonghosa. These are not only objects of curiosity and that important object would be attained with 
S with Directions for Sowing, Height, Colour, &c. in consequence of their pr oiii, when properly GB oeie B ble th J£ 13 ads wi 
100 vars. choles Annually snciaiog. the most dein septs 4 Z watered, a crop of Fungi, but the Fungi.so produced | "9 Steater trouble than a iicafre IR PUDA Spite: 
mao de, for s 6|form an excellent art rile of feed T re not) E methodical wr en 
30 ho’ side nie als, k as ô ; oe vant o this country ; but I have seen Wee Sae be agrı ey in this recommenda tion ; as 
20 vars. choice ‘Green in an herbarium a specimen produced from one of 
Perennials, including Jne varieties of pi = 
Sanri llyho ck, Fuchsia, Heartsease, Cineraria; Pe- those Hunguestones in England. The Comte first Pike en AYETY 0R S would who has had to pick infor 
tanle. Calocotaria. dee Ges for 0 prak ea eh of pile aR of lett ris agen E how lan 
an read pa forwarded by: post, the 100 packets smallest degree of correspondence with each other, 
he chon 6 to7 dz. Kaian tn stamps or Post-office earth, and contgated himself with vaky watering For the grost patposes of he public, for the cons 
ord AA chew unknown cori 1 R 4 
and Brown, Soi n tural Establishment, | whi ch, -atape withered when it had attained a ere wir s jae orai M ri re leyi t fieh ds pr: 
tain i > “9 n, 
at T vin vr en ge i closely = pna class their experiments under the following heads, 
imitated the soil of w weri 
repens them in the order in which they are here 
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sed ; 2. Time of planting; 3, Quan ntity 
and E ality of land 3 4. Nature of the sets, 
wane or cut, &e; 5. Width of rows; 6. Depth 
manner of planti ing ; 7. on of manure, &c. ; 8. If 
laz azy beds ten up; 9, Blossoms cut ona a magnet 
; 10. 
scellaneous observations a: 
il. sult. phis, is should alma H be 
given in actual ‘weight, not m sen 
weight can be e ative eri be on | 
spot, and reduced to „weight. Before "weighing, the 
a ht ¢, 
Kieme of clay, a 
nat a moist Dut not wet co 
dition of it wa tibet favourable to th evelop- | ê 
ment. He therefore prepared an artificial soil of 
-| such a description as that in which he fi 
. it wa! 
moisture was abate de 
Z fhe, Soil, thus propeen he placed fo Tra of 
ut without any favourable Pale 
ae have not been attended oaa such success as 
iad “of vi vo Ne E 
_ Thea die ion, however, of some of our own cul- | e 
tivators has lately been directed to gm aa and 
we shall be much disappoi ee i er well- + 
ve tat last dul 
as ‘hey all gra adua ally became mouldy, 
aiding to market, The chats or small Potatoes should 
always be separate ed from those fit for market, ae 
the separate weights accurately given]. 12. Gene: 
remarks on the result. 
May we hope that these recommendations will be 
| kindly borne in mind? They involve no trouble, 
and will give very great additional value to such 
ma f ex 
information as we may be favoured with next autumn 
pon this most important question. There are those 
who think that 20 tons an a come the 
average crop of P it 
years aioe’ 
ead of b Being ted without order, pd 
arriv 
kam j apie close attention to the Sirhcinte pt 
itself, and d t enspactit 
xis eee repro BRE bodies in the veins nd reported wi 
without exac 
opin pa r collected a a he had t 
rag = ps heg ding, after Ey a number of 
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ALT u the rival fetch of tradesmen deter: 
tite wig often placing the bac they have to sell 
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propagated by zia he "thought that it would | ve 
In a very c fee ous positi t, in 
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OMTE cH red in | Truffles, and this te n proved succes: aving | all "thet ki nds 4 rpose of DRYING 
form of a series of letters to | prepared'an entirely artificial bed, or, 3 in nals PLANTS FOR ig the material sold by 
experiments were | soil were preferable, taking care, after fi nch- | Mes We Dear , of Halst hose 
h have not at present re- | ing it to the depth of 2 feet and removi: ne all I r ront a appears in another column. 
earied researches of Mr. Broo stones, to make such additions to it as should bring| It has long been regretted that the heavy duty 
iz., Tuber magnatum and | it as nearly as possible to the requisite condition, | levied in Englan upon foreign paper should pre- 
ii, the former of which is the much- especially that of a due spopansni of Oak de vent the importation of the cheap woolly fabric of 
tese Trufle, and sells eee i gh and if the clay were ai re tenth | the French. That regret no longer exists, for we 
of ipaa - no snail-sh sls Kahen aspect | can state that Messrs. BENTALL’s paper is, in every 
ent: for ie POMAS of ‘rather exposed to the fe than o ie outh, and | respect, as and in quality much better than 
odifications i accordance | where no reflected at i l upon it, with | the generality.of the French coarse drying paper. 
its of each peculiar species, will be | every + cori to in s being thoroughly We have used it ourselves w uch advantage, 
e do not doubt if our Gliva: drained, he firs atered it pofam, ghly with þure | and we have seen specimens of plants which are 
in the production ofthe common Tru , | rain-water, and alt pitin a iy or two till it | very difficult to yell, such as the common 
e Wardian cases, the spawn | w. asin a pruper fie ys ist e made rows nena with their colours vetlel 
kind may be safely imported. | half a foot deep, and in hon. at 6 inches peer ee 5 
Truffle can command so high a | he placed good and sound Truffles, mee of them il bo tanical #endents should provide themselves 
smitted in waxed paper, or preserved | being surrounded with two or three handfuls of with a supply of this material. 
‘all which modes of prepa Oak: sawdust, taking care to mark the tows accu- =e 
he peculiar aroma on which i ly. Ridges we en ver each r THE EASTER BEURRE PEAR; 
s is necessarily lost, there| prevent the Truffles being inju y too ab pet a ry gr re ted this Pean, T am iit 
Prospect of emolument to stimulate | moistw he bed was’ then left till the following tea Dios ong Ey Cehia:  Ribdat 
pa: A su plying the roped autumn, with no other precaution than $ y AT kefini years’ pee 
d Kaela d there are | weather to take care that it did not E R this sort; they were fine plants of various soris, ted. 
pare o a eai ieii] too dry. result, we are informed, was in rows for the purpose of being re s0 
he collection for the London undant harvest every year from October to desirable variety. I may here rear that they | 
EnS are principally disposed of | January. lanted i ry greg pe vn a 
country dealers, who buy them ee met see as observed before, ` à rhs tae 
tate ; but in those districts | to o of Truffle, ot prin cial it not | in Bienes ut pee ds » fine 
ruifles are ‘Song so gene- exelusively, to “the true Piedmontese It is moth, and rail formed fruit-buds, bloom ing 
that the Truffle mer-| observ he course of pro work t A Disiet dantly “the Shores isis ating É rafted 
of monopoly, acquire fre- o gh Garlic-sce es were found | following two sen tS bat, aE T ook ted 
traffic. But even the|in Richmond Park, but that the scent might p coms tbe chile tal than usefal. ‘Thi 
dition, command sibly | be derived from wild ‘Garlic. It would Ga] eih its boismi so early, and when the 
market, and would doubt- | very g tirel a of leaves, iag unlike 
ultivation. iad Gardeners C Oreki ni n any information on] varieties ear, they receive no protestion 
at Truffles did not. panied with specimens. It is far young leave 5 consequently, a ý slight t 
of Paris 3 why, i ba ae Alari ono ‘that | this noble cigs should exist | is os jure them. se 
districts afford 'a gr | England, and if so, no good re can be! my trees pi iane 
