Novewser 26, et 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 955 
34 ibe, and 12 Long Yellows, the e weights of which e ex. would be a mere eem P er, and after — | keep (5; but does that individual instance of which I 
tended to 41 lbs., an nd r- beauty of growth, colour, ly | would be employed for w | 
absence of roug ghness. of i the wh ale were remarkable, years a garder er rst or plant — — who knows no more about farm managem pron a 
These roots wi ft 1 had — own iim fruit which had been success- | ta ilor, or a choem naker, manage 
Ciub Cattle Sho e Baker Street Bazaar in fully exhibited at the metropolitan shows, you would r than a an intelligent practi = 
ber, d zi iti is thoughts eclipse all other roots through “Juck,” for which I shall substitute accident, | servant who was — "i from arly A 
shown there, y did on Tuesday at the C interest, or a more acceptahle term—merit, — d to wer dent on extensive arab 
Park Show. "as "the foot of this astounding ro get a good situation as head gardener. You . * farme er’s son 
g Mangels were unusually fine ben ow Globes « an | ke some — e Who 1 : 3 “M. R. A. C." ? Again, allow me to suppose p 
G 3 S Ibs. each, above the rity, possess sufficient tac prefer & bailiff 
— — —.— — “a * . The colour of remaining a few Am in obseurity, but at the and has a son who was apprent ticed to a gardener, 
both t In front of these | same time steadily ‘acquiring a thoroughly practical — by y your late editori " — pon — 0 
i i ; took such an interest in the educ pron and 
sev everal S — ZO weighing as high as 
15 15 Ibs. the emere Som 
Globe Turnips were fine, wi 
latter weighing a is mu 
nd R 
White a t wi e 
reen Round and White 
ith some large Kohl Rabi, 
uch as 10 0 Ibs. we and — | 
xt 
ordinary — of roots, against Which g 
might vainly tend for pr beaut 
weight, and — This collection of roots (the 
contribution of Mr. Crawshay's son Henry, of Oaklands | s 
k) was grown by himse! ewnham, Gloncester- 
jS 
which the Mess = Sutton ha 
compartm They 
e H 
Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society Tte 
said, “ might safely challenge all England in every 
ect.” _Mr. Crawshay N himself as very 
f succ 
knowledge of your profession, to obtain which you 
| would acc - t of — ment at the formation of new 
kitchen i flower g qu ns, which would give you a | 
practical — edge of ` ground work 
By exercising rigid but at the 5 same time judicious 
— boys that you convened — wee! 
examine ah direst -— in eis studies ‘during heit 
leisure hours, previ to leaving their homes, yow 
would as it were watch, A em | during "their appren- 
eship with a fatherly ca * Equi ty's" father 
u dis- 
Nen 
'e-eminence, — 
tur al and otl 
ve you to wo up appearances while employ * in 
places as the Royal Gerdene r at Windsor, or in the 
esl rden y, Ed 
re 
8. Equity“ takes ld father" s place and you 
p. 'ge your garder ner. Assuming that your farm is. 
ga 
0. 
Equity ” CN previous to ‘his father’s ‘death, y ber 
ly J n mY 
botanica rofes 
botany, you might, ere er time, have s uch a var ied 
x “ Equity ” not only nc now requir a garden fo 
practical knowledge of y r business as 
contributed and ral 
offering your services as superintendent of ‘the 
Som 
foreman who. 
grow fruit a plants for exhibition, 
and a working cd iff; but “Equity " would 
yo 
Horticultural ser Fok 8 — Ga 2 
next c " 
most tastefully a ‘the — omm of Mang el W urze els 
most viable — as 
E 1 
ts, free from ne 
the paos of which 
They w 
e tru je to their 
Turnips beantifally — and ——— the 
names excited univ. ersal adm 
lire, M Se ht, "Mr. 
V'itherin R. Love 
ere | hi 
Potatoes, Apples, —4 rer ing other vegetable 
show 
^d saa e 
Par 
of the Regent Potatoes, very e were sh 
larke, of Rose Hi and Das Coldicutt ; also the boys 
nty-one — sor risof| 
me oe are so Aser as to ~~ allowed suffi- 
Som 
cient time at school to enable them to — — ron 
gebra, | petent 
increase his sal alar in pro rtion to his: 
new duties,” such as taking a walk through all the hor- 
ia 4 E. 
nira Preque were 
— 
ha ckel, 
ove, Mr. C. P Poulton, Mr. 
aving c —— 
awshay, of 
by Miss Cra 
highly praised, * — 
very * jt season | 
pom 
the French or Latin languages Y. "uf ir eadin ng 
the English —— at gem a little e 5 
your pen, and a little knowledge tie, 
geography, and English mar were, as wi 
many eners, the extent of your scholastie attain- 
me , I think you will i 
would require the greater part of your leisure time 
during these last 19 n ^ rself up 
4 : the 
Gardeners’ Chronicle states — the superintendent 
of — m at Kensington Gore must possess. 
w to enable gardeners to form an idea 
bebe then nature of a farm manager's duties T 
— suppose that your father was an agricultural 
mpl 
sol 
ployer, mi was compelled to send your brother, who 
3 ice i erm He d | tube 
ricu 
m 
else I shall enter “ag particulars to prove that bed like- 
a 1 1 x 0 classes of men, is only ing 
6 to 9 “inches in length. m variety is very similar 
a considerab 
plo ril 7 and a 
that poner till 1852, whi, probably owing to the 
nature of a farm servant’s duties being somewhat 
en number s 
similar to walking a given distance in a giv 
of — oo er Jour brother would 
1856, wi — 1 
— à as 
i Eo of 12. — 
25 39 ounces the single Pear excited unusual astonish- 
were 
Pears will bably be exhibited at so 
ment, 
These pro! of 
Horticultural Shows in London, as they are 1 
to be tlie largest ever grown in Rg end and 
ion of 
D . Crawshay, of Dan ny Par 
Breconshire, A tray of very beautiful Apples, of several 
descriptions, most tastefully and elegantly arranged, 
Loraine, of th 
e 
lled in this kingdom, and i 
Ups and gratifica ud do 
Totem fthe host ost he had it eer . his 
weighing as high 
T shall now —— 
sions since 1856; en the superintendent of extensive | 
hinh 
division of — although you can take a a leading part 
" 
ager wee 
been acting FE 
a laboure in any division of labour — the foreing aer 
e stir many years 
me of the angel Wurzel Pota 
e feeding. ch 
and | your brother a gentleman's home farm steward, or 
a 
— im. 
rented by a 
gentleman farmer. 
—— —— of any kind of cannot 
expec mand the respect of eicher employer or 
employe noes he can show that he is eompeten t to 
is 
ere 
brother emn castrate lambs, take the charge of 
and, 
eren 
r in his repeated 
root show at Caversham 
N 
i ens" "itla in his 
9 
NI carried out. 
give you an idea of 
Sdueation I shall suppose 
1826, and commenced 
WWW 
give TU. 
general ledge of datur eultivallon, 
ou in your botanical studies and ; 
a mere plant grower or a trained hot- 
or a general outdoor labourer, which 
extent, depend upon your master 
as, for — you mi gn Serve your 
—* within a circuit Qd ET miles fi 
Tthink to show that the combination 
servin 
2 nA in a nobleman's dede or) 
rt of your apprenticeship, which would 
Tng of acquiring a practical know- 
RDENERS. 
px ed reply to “An 
p pud of ‘th soil, te the sowing of any 
eu ; can take a leading part in the sowing, 
reaping, ting of ——— 
ns amongst so many di classes of — — 
seem to do with them, I suspect they are deficient i 
saecharine matter. English Linseed-cake cam how- —— 
purchased at 97. 5s. per price 
it should form a portion of the food of 
cattle. have suffered a little during the last few 
weeks i and good ones are juen: 
held firmly more money. As much as 3s. per 
ushel has been paid to the growers for otatoes. 
duri week, and no 
shown to p sales. H. J. 
Yorkshire. 
m ing in Ireland.—** G.” endeav to 
escape the effect of my statements of the improved 
iet. 
di tell at a glance in the € nt of a strike amongst | - meum rural district far from Cork, and some miles 
n five instane 
ding—suficient proof 
ccess- 
a gardener's horticultural | 
that were born i 
you 
your br vat at ia em 
A 
“Equity,” “F. L. O.,“ “Gardener and Bailiff, Nor- 
eris 5 Uv of other m men who eg that There is a 
oyal ro ing" agriculture im first-class gar- 
to the demands of — men! With a view to brin ng | 
well on n it for some years, and began earlier than in 
ata other places. This "s its ony — . — My 
and 
nobleman’ rion, and your — — is the same 
gentleman's home ried the land steward 
to 
22 e extends pretty well over this county, 
erywhere hammer it t the same 
As to the authority of 
2 
Murphy and 
“ Equi ity,” 
page 830 of the 
roe being “ ied a man. in the em place,” 
your employer “increases your in proportion to | are 
your new duties;“ but ve vou dde how you 
could work the = e farm at a difference of 150“. 
of ns 
might be Mie to ta show t fin it would generali 
be to the interest of e 
st 
cases — aie useless — — ture 
en to "rs per acre a es — exclusive 
^u nursery you | 
de coals employer's house, 
he vr ee rl sp M the 1 ha, the eter = of | sume ge oF Gerl in 
Turnips to support peg rc he has. We 
have sot yet got ing geet ego 
tie erties in the last number 
