THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
1011 
from much 1 
ЖЛ ОЙ as referred to by t 
and dolo о» se quantities 
upplied food 
"m merco rom other 
x hence, ara the , books of the 
е | до modern drills, dise 
no lan 
Mn nations and cities. 
with 
1 xx seed says every lady who has а flower garden, | i 
is an escape from t! the garden. EI in places where 
alterations have „поё been g carried out, апі new 
ould be P spread, seed from seed, so that no 
те should be ogether, or the plani nts from 
r | be puny and weak, ti 1. But 
in a 
short time. е best nahe - keep jeder! is to pull it up 
in 
m clumsy, 
machines in common ‚ do this? Oh no, E the 
reverse e exactly. n фе, places they ! thro joe 
in some two, in some 10, and 
-— full 20 ; and the dibbling is, if сд, stil 
"Det sum up the whole in x nt words: to make 
Englan : what it might and o to be, the o by 
some means should d be cult; tivated, herover the depth mA 
soil wi ill pe RA і full үч т three times вере 
„эр 
ts appe spia. c M e it 
will often c come in 
stems for one," 
е hay “ three 
& have b йты nA Buc "во much 
aed ed that dei, pulling about the mm of 
August will - ana for that year; and two years 
of s vcra usually sufficient е their 
же e 
2. The " nus Silene offers some plants with very 
"e flowers, zu ially the S. acaulis of the мч лө 
e S. mar of the : seaside, , The төр» indeed, 
rned o , Vit th t the e plough; 0 they 
ai au ctam e mei "E "ges know- 
- on o the 
еа that it 
ut this 1 may soon be 
and the seed “ epia: eig "bd, or put evenly into it, 
Tusser, ‚ &c.; and hence t 
be~ a lowed the Асу т" 
етуу who s studied and fo ge es |f 
at the ren day writers and speech- — 
vp agricultur e as if it ex xcelled n" к m ire 
devis ^w s of it in al for x 
vit are і ts? Exa 
yan since 
t 
ine Bags 
since I qe к pains and rouble, E dd to 
ascertain the an ка e of the ! < 
to produce m 
r this is үгү more than 2 pecks of seed | 
for Wheat of any kind, and 3 for Barley and Oats, will 
мач the crop, and u oai impoverish the soil. 
6. 
y tast paper А... 
Observe they were very likely to b made. 1. "For 
‘‘laudated >» race » philosophers, : should have been 
caudated," from енн в, tail. . For “4 bushels” 
correct v with » per wes 3. For *reno- 
vated ^ 
eally — € a -— Dm 
got rid of, as 
its seed is not usually sown to a ad extent 
in the diff 
rocesses of. cultiv: о ^ Not so, how» 
inflata, which is a com: weed, fadar 
in n tiio агае ntn of lign or din soils, especially 
hos It distinguished by its 
€ таа bee: especially = it grow unchecked 
inthe Barley erop. In thin “ seeds” this plant makes 
gr eat head, and in fact it is with them that pim и 
is frequently nx and when once introduced its 
«Mon is ditficult, seeing that а single plant may in ^x 
year yield as many as 24,000 seeds. 
9. The second species of Silene on our list, the 
Н 
S. taglio, seldom m occurs in quantity ; ; itisa denizen of 
can be more anxious t Ta 
han 
y f the in- 
+ 
+ ached to it in 
І myself have all along bee 
p. P» ity in w first 
p^ 
r шу fears are these —1. Ho llow инч, їп 1 ту opinio ч 
llett'& 
we 
Wilts, 24 an isolate 
we could raise 
md give them our r lands to cultivate ; they w 
ould very | obse piian 
Wheat ears appea 
r to be, if they Should be fu: of 
ы im 
The straw of the Egyptian Wheat i is 
t hollow, but if it were not, as mena 
h 
Thi 
knoll of at Kelloway sady of the Oxford "M E. 
| sand is the Les bit of true silicious soil for мау, 
and here іп a Turnip сгор were found us EN in 
question, viz, Silene anglica, Spergula — май 
Scl tł 1141 11 and all scarcely, 
ppori tne jarge ears that 
ifatalll 
юп 
zd fed Begin with the ied of England, as s ther | M 
untries with the produce of their ow: 
[^ come, my attentive readers, “let us reason 
together” m, on a all-important subject, and let 
w drop a little о national and modern prejudice. 
last year I had a lt of Wheat, another of Barley, and 
another of Oats, w 
Hallett writes that his Pedig ears are. 
seeds does not, I think, admit fn 
ee Whea 
2. "Tha cereals may be! нна був selecting the best I 
limestones and clays of the 
upper er and Wilts, and even in this 
my opinion it is better to gro és Ms ple, 
grains of Whea it from, again say, : E straws than from 
2000 | weed 
rict we may look to ha ury in the 
ip crop, p^ so the nding ef ah pnis in our 
d 
Firg 40 ears, and La ears of W. g 
58 І аа по опе , аз his articles 
Lus 
iban 40 grains, the arley 
e des 
heat али T Дк бфге, cj 
than 17 only. t another thing against Mr.| Turni 
hich many people of intelligence saw. | Hallett is this: in a short time, if hi at be a | arable land is an indication that lime may be safely in- 
ousands will ве well as himself, | troduced as liorator of the soil. 
ZR increase over the seed drilled was as iti ил 1ГЪе, 11 ountry,and | 4. The White and Rose coloured varieties of the 
зртагіз of 1500 fold, and the Oats were the finest I | hence will b to re rate Mr. Lychnis are both „common at the Tp of fields in 
ever saw, or that any "ene who saw them ever saw, but | Hallett Py his. expenses. hope, Mr. Editor, I shall ! 
8 ы increase, but 16 was enormous, But | wrong in these opinions E REA o as no one can ning root stocks and a quan tity of buds, 
ge ү I myself they soon make a Ful re y sto hs writes hor a 
plant i is métier v de thig, ^i is a plant 
ich seeds t abunda e example which 
the Dos wa а ds r 71500-їо1й, нече d should Es d he will accomplish much semi before run we Mad (A T $ capsules, Í in each of 
the : LES e Eo ground as thickly md, EW. tusa T diis which were an ve Ж of 137 seeds, giving the sum of 
x ben to perfection. 3425 seeds for a single plant; we need not wonder then 
N thi kill; 
ay lad y or gentleman a vio sl тй, desire a garden Вебе ы AM ance, and so suddenly as to lead to a a conviction in some 
_ тау do the same, and much more if she or oul Ca ` | mind's that the turning over of a new piece of ground 
iake the trouble— L nr we wie of эзет? оп the has exposed long hidden seeds, The plant, lie Are 
trouble did т АЫ wh au me ye m 
iia pleasure, and so it would to ladies ча emn more prominent families lof Viele 8, pes ing gi unts | others a like kind, is soon destroyed, and it doe 
сш ез greater if they would en to it) | of the Ranu neas B (pe н) эй tbe ‘Cruciferae not Me: come again, if nn ug sown te ча 
i Roses, and hvbric ising iesu (Mustards, &c.) We now continue our papers on this |or let any of — ripen. But we do sow it often, 
Bylowáillies and I know not what besides, for у practical A Miu otes кан ты pecially in Clover seeds, and 16 therefore. behoves us 
after all the old Moss and Cabbage are still the | (Chick hope forward w eir. our seed before sowing it. 
3, the sweetest, and most beautiful that are grown, | the subject with greai ity : 5. The Ragged Robbin is the scarlet m -like plant 
adit farther, 1 I have grown upwards of 4500-fold, and EE order Caryophylleæ may be described as occurs so frequently in damp vs, where its 
™ seeds put in with my drill and never touched after green Е ve. "The o d Vive шр A чейнн апа [ремин - ie hne quantity is a "rbe Lychnis tom 
were ve se| more о e exten necessary. 
hr Ee CM de Бе г баз +- heas 25 рое d into мудрено 97 ls, the "imb ец, , like the L. тат is innocuous, but iti is such a 
a my field into whi dark | of which is usuall g d; that we do not wonder that hay 
Еч and mr pes might поа dmn the same in trat rear as t a sd at others double the | on which it is abundant, should be said to have but 
Grains of seed having to each upwards of 2000-fold. Of number; на s two to г capsule more or less horny, | “ little proof in it." Drainag, 'e soon паса 
Оше my land аз good, well drained, and cultivated, | opening with five teeth ; het very numerous, many of Agrostemma ашшы А Cockle LA — c 
of the pabula that Wheat loves fe pon ; | them beautifully reticula! bably ч corruption of purple from the scent 
all, my seed, as the ancient phil pher gi this order wé have E A about 60 species, | flowers—is a tall ha : ~ 
infonns ng his was, and that of all philosophers of|m hem, as the д” Pinks - PM being order, which is usually seen whieh its i ac x4 
Tied Greece, was ev ly, А after seed, dro рей highly ornamental plants ; others, e Stitch- | topping the Veteh erop—in wh io oft n i, o 
apud. or al d е — з would vix rx т m €: ind Moe iiit | weight of tho Londoner's bn inde ai Vetches аз to 
e yf The list of plants of thi render hem nest t ound in other 
P^ 12 tins only for oto, one, Mind of my averaging ои ры 2 18 T p pianis o а cens — tie same extent, 
eiii, how ean it be, that farmers, for many | jectionable or MAUS * weeds," will beas follows: Ее адеп! to "TEC a troublesome mir аз - d 
1. naria officinalis.—Soap-w 
fuis ас pomi d p Е 9. Silene inflata.—Bladder Campion. in v e мавч " ау ^ à Cockle 
for their seed whilst such wr ега) 8. A GP! enar. i in grain 7d together оксана Б but in Vetches 
RE еони the n E n f ms Tg Барго! (Y ce here the flowers of the plant and the weed are alike 
` Agrostemma Githago.—Corn Cockle. in colour, and where the sia ы very different 
xS vis ў Spergula is,—Corn Ярар. in sbape "t size, are still dark in both, it is not so 
T i, inteligent of sea ther men; 8. Stellaria media.—Chickwe wonderful that а шу dnd pass un questioned: 
9. A ia serpylli сана Sandwort. in which. 
€ Ser ы = ling feas I s 10. Cerain viscosum. Narrow-leaved Моше were "made out the following weeds :— i 
Thi tion includes about a sixth part Seeds 
e ii refutation, that in the darkest Ves danno Ign will be seen prese tly that » PE jaemer Е тш 
ly edel than the land of England is at | not all of these are serious as pests, some of d Agrostemma Githago, Cockle o n 
My friends, d І may by this | their epum ovrt interest apart from | 47,240 
composed € equanimity of | bein "S uh els den But the worst ва le we ever saw came before 
а provo what D — ta comm dpi tar last year, in n at easi а sixib nec t'of the whole 
without thought, and I have no acted or choking up the hedge row. jai- E dique ie hered is very 
j 2 or 24, es жит мг s position ra E nA md iet it only be о агу to be ever 
moi ешраппеПей to hear me, but T |as if it аыр va ans its large leaves and thick | apparent. Vetch seed is kidney-shaped, smooth exter- 
verdict in my favour. ht than ган} parme iag 7 Quid and | nally, but with а mottled seed мса # Whilst the 
"ва мез. "£r. pines herbas? bo noted that in all probability bility the Sos over, ап 
