488 -~ THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. : [Jury 19, 
put three or four plants in each, te has, hitherto, attended the other fine parce 
Bf flower 
the same Absa o each other as their respective | Orange trees, &e., brought over at the same time bh 
For the next ono m (which th st in- | diameters do catty, sane power isto the weight Sir Robert Mansell, at t Mar; rgam, late Lord Mansel? 
PEE) as m00 as the buds Kore her appearance, | as the diameter a of the axis to that of the wheel. | now Mr. Talbot’s, called Kingsey Castle, in the road 
I take the tops of th remaining shoots, about 4 or 6| We find it stated in Brande’s ‘Diet ionary, that wheels | from Cowbridge, and Swansey, in South Wales. My 
in length, pot them singly, a *place t them in| applied to carriages serve a twofold purpose. In ‘ounted 80 trees of Ci i Tga- 
and in a Aiorak when they are found to have the first place, they greatly diminish the friction on mots, Seville and China Orange trees, planted in greaf 
ii by transferring it from the circumference to | cases, all ranged in a row before the greenhouse. This 
and int e, tl is the fi ight, of its kind, i gland. He 
ii 
struck, they Re Wk oll jit andl bop 
gas in ofder t to prevent them from becoming drawn. I the pave : and axle; in the second place, they t ofi , in I had the 
more easily over obstacles, such as curiosity to jeasure Some o _ them. A China Orange- 
aie. These plants, although taken off late, p &e. e friction is diminished in | measured, in on extent of its branches, 14 fect. A 
fine blooms, and being 6 or 8 inches in pri Ses’ a the ‘proportion of a itoten of the axle p that | Seville Orange was 14 feet in height, the case 
and the smaller the axle the less is the f| cluded, and the stem 21 inches in ci ence, A 
E wind san f the co tory. I tried some | friction. ` | China Orange 22% inches in girth, June 11, 1777. E 
cuttings jus ioe to the } buds being P Binary these The, a advantage of the wheel in sur- visited the Orangery, at Margam, in the year 1766, i 
aaa a kewer. so well; the a struck and obstacle may Me computed from the | company with Mr. Lewis Thomas, of Eglews, Nynngt, 
of any of | principle of at aig We hav oe of difer- |in that neighbourhood, a very sensible and attentive 
f th ng S ent diameters in meee on: iy pe) although large | man, who told me that the Orange trees, &c., in th 
a wade a) were kep whe els are fou nd m ady anta; geous for rolling than garden, were intended asa present from the king of 
Spain, to the king of a ; and that the vessel in 
ta 
For seeding, I seleot inte trongest pus of d that the v 
from which I desire to save seed, cut off ‘al te intra Seep i in soft al as pe bf less diameter, yet they which they were “shipped ing taken in the Channel, 
flowers, and give the plants the lightest p lac s in order to answer the | the trees were made a ea nt of to Sir Robe y Ma 
house ; directly the flowers show a sign of fading, I | purpose in ntended. orth a wie of 18 or 20 inches | sell.” Kingsey Castle is a misname for Kenfig, a 
remove the plants into 55° or 60° of dry heat, which | in diameter is large enoug zh fi or a garden ee ruined pile sit 
is very essential, for if the flower becomes wet, it | When much larger s of | Eglews Nynngt should be spelt Egiwys Nunyd 
is sure to rot. By attention to a: I have obtained a the person cha wheels, and he may hav ve a Sasdcasied appears from one of t 
little seed from some of Da ongest flowers.—J. | proof of the golden ze of mechanics, n mely, ‘“ What ted by L. illwyn, Esq., in 
Harden, Wormleybury, Herts. fs sg in velocity or time, is lost in expenditure of | 1843, for pr 
powers By lengthening the iron studs in which the Mr. Lambert appears to have had a other than a 
GARDEN MECHANICS. pivots of the wheel are placed, a wed of two feet in soc opportunity for scour: a d copying the 
In order to make some of the HEER ia in a late PRA may be used instead of a wheel of 18 inches, | ™ sop Bod gave hig Linnean 
article better understood, I will take the lever where hia in = case the pear x Rage ts of the ) whe el i is Society 3 and that the loose! memor —— a 
the weight is placed between the kadh and the uch elev ted, and c y g Orangery, as Margam the dat 
fulcrum. In tre: ating of me echanical ei Hie th fall to the one side rity 11, 1777, 4 brie cepa to Mr. Calinece, although 
thi to b be raised, the | or the other. I have vr ore that fat ng w ot beac he had’ then dead for seve: ap years, and 
power rh which it is to be raised, and ika instrument or | barrows pers very pleasantly, kit I have never seen he omitted to ane saat it is in a very diffe cont hand. — 
engine by which this is to be done. The lever is geen used in gardens; if any of the readers of the iting fi the other papers, and bea: rs the > signature E 
pideei l the Laapio Z all machines, and in it there are Chronicle gi tried them n, they will, , perhaps, say some- of John Browne. It may be l 1 q 
o be chiefly attended to ‘at The | thing on the subject. di Colli ihe Orani q 
Gem or or A y hr it is supported on what may ae used by street porters. Perhaps the poet Gay re- trees are said to have “been geste ov vee by Sir ~ 
be called the senke of motion; 2, the power to raise and ferred to such when he e says in his “ Trivia” on the Robert Ma aoe a who A as is well “known, a distin- 
and 3, the guis ‘li 
shed naval officer in the reigns of Elizabeth and Í 
support th e w ight resistance or in 
be raised or sustained. The co mmon garden wheelbarrow . No barrow’s wheel, J: aen ES a in another place, they are me to harg : 
ki eof That bruises oft the truant <choek: boy’s heel, been “taken aboard a nd g ; 
be tal xamp 
the second kind of ick: namely, such as has the wei Behind thee rolling with invidious HRSA | to Sir Robert t Mans sell.” I probable t} 
Spall mark ‘thy stocking: wit! M ars trac Py re, 
eig 
between the fulcrum and the power; the fulcrum or 
t 
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S 
ing eae wheels Ki 
Són 20 inahen in-digeaeen kaka nye eB ak pire resent should have been made ir es King of ot Spal 
weight is commonly overcome by manual power at the | | metania advantage, without raising centre of gra- | North and South Wales, by Henry Duke of Beaufort, — 
other end of the lever, or barrow handles. vity to an improper height ; and the plan that appears Lord President of Wales, preserved in the library of 
We find it given as a general rule in works treating on 
mechanics, that “ the force of the lever increases in pro- and give them a bend backward is silent as to the Orangery. Sir Ed award 3 
‘Portion as the distance of the power from the fulcrum in ade, 4 more Sa aia te: 2 E this wey anotlier Mansel received oak Grace pe E7 sea suite on the 
he di, f tha | advantage is mptying the barrow a 16th of Aug 4. We stified in presuming 
weight from the fulcrum diminishes.” N T ALOE jatal se ri is Tequired to pitch the load over the front | that the O reed were ist this at Margam ; and 
| of it, w ae is sometim ee a easily done when the Toad this nypóthiesis í is pone pihat ed by the received tradition 
find the | "ests t much a apon the arms. Per haps the following n the family of the proprietor, Mr. Mansell Talbot, that or 
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Hemi DERA ering them as a lever? 
antage the rule is, “ Multiply the weight ie its dis- 
tance from the fulcrum, then multiply the power by its | 2 is what i would consider to be the representation of a Portugal to Catharine of Braganak the Que 
distance from the ane point, and if the products are meg Charles II. ; that they were wrecked on the const 0 
n her. 1 morganshire, and ral to Sir Ee 
ee 
suppose eelbarrow to be 
fref feet long, which i kig about <a dieting length of move had espoused the cause of "Charles T in nthe recent r 
making calcula we lion. Catherine remaine dig Bosian a t till 1692. Thei onl, 
document which we have b able to discover con 
nected with this celebrated collections, i is a memorandum 
dated; July 3, 1727. “ The account - of the gre 
house peie now in Margam, and in perfect health, 
and giv AD i erat $ 
gam this year and half:—71 Oranges, Citrons, 
Be ot: H sizes ; 1 China Orange dying of” 
yme 
vi 
E 45 re ered Aae 
bed LV f stock the: 6 Bergamots, 4 China, ani E 
of one that has ~~ PERA and is easier Olia Oid old etoanier died last winter ; $ 
__ | ae ge 
oe than eh 
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Wh 3 4 re 1 
nstru 
out 40 
ak F A the maient OF ta W the weight. oe the power, and habit of working with heelbari ji k 3 ago, a few of the old succes planted against it. 
Ate wh te pill heh nigh on the ort arm of fb t is, the i Shaddock, which does not bear well in tubs, pro- — 
, t from the fulcrum ; then | fo orce of a Bn “i “ An impresse: te action ex- duced fine fruit on the hot wall.—Camber. 
another weight of one stone should pa Res nda p. the five | erted upon a body in order to change its (piata, whither pone ner n E 
at the distance of five feet from _ Thi is | of rest or rin This force consists in the action only, THE perth RHODODENDRON. 
g y gt È d remains no | i Bae hen the action is} Durie the winter of seein or Torm i the spring of 
hen | i 
e 
the weight exceeds the power is Peer oe ER ITEN to empty a barrow-full of earth over the front of the | wri b; fleman 
nt Dat s shift ve" poena of the weight towards | barrow ; while another, who is much weaker, will do it | botanist), dated the 15th July ; accompanying 
power and the will be destroyed, or a | with great ease. In the first case the barrow handles are | packet of the seed of the Rhododendron nob 
greater power must p Ferte ed t to keep it up; shift it | not raised until the barrow is at rest, in thi other case | the tree he speaks thus :—“ I write fro 
nearer the fulcrum and Tess power will be required to they- are Taised while the barrow is in motion.— Peter | 8000 se above s level-of the sea, which presents j 
bring it to an equal balance. In the making of gard now of tl the st sights prey naa being ones 
wheelbarrows, icular attention ought to be paid to —_—— f ~eye can see— the Rhododen 
these things, in order that gardeners may have all the | ORANGE TREES AT MARGAM, GLAMORGAN. nobile oo in an Somer ; but from e great 
mechanical advan ge that can be obtained ; for it is evi- SHIRE, t cold, the 
dent that by shortening the barrow handles Bua x pissing Tue fi ibly be ofi size than a a, pales ‘Apple-tree ; in ie 
weight nearer the power than what sary, t e late A, B. Lambert, Esq., com- valleys akenei s three months earlier, and grows 
loss of power is the result. niate an ‘the Lin innean Society some notes relating consieraly Taeger. Fit a ish genera a tit 
ht to be acquainted with mechanics R Bo tany, gm the MSS. ofthe late Peter Collinson, | and have frosts in the mornings, I feel eaaet pai 4 
* th dvantage ; for of me persons of equal d which were published in the 10th vol, | w nope ceed well in Ireland in the open air, and ite 
ength at _— wheeling earth or dung, the one ‘will st Yo Sociats , Saber aeaea S 278-9. “Copiedfrom | t rest winters He furthe: I et 
a a great deal more work who has a wheel- | my nephew, Thomas Collinson’s Journalof his Travels eter i in flannel, i Os fire, the ago 
the other who |1754.” “In the hia of Qui Elizabeth, anno + * + ve ing 0 a 579.” Im media tely on receiving t a a 
e fi e ere introduce: com ag 
E 
EE had it 
rrow, however, there is another | England by two curious gentlemen, one of them Sir N, | but enfrtnatly the y year ar follo slong an ignora so or 
escola ote pime the wheel mied at Bedington, near Croydon, in Surrey.” The | employed in my garden, hiakiap t ob it. 
en e : i me- roceeds t tat th t th | shoul cleared 7, 
aad the wier! tnd ax pri ary piiss nt pro to state that the trees had been in about shé i youn ple Idan ot discover for two or three 
the ley "Ge g t they ished, and at last all died, “A better ae y to savè about 20 py Jants fro 
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