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APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
MEETINGS. 
THURSDAY, APR. 7—Linnean Society, at 8 Р.М. 
SHOWS 
WEDNESDAY, APR. 64 grs Caledonian 1 таа So- | 
SALES 
MONDAY, — 4{ 30 ong шш. ra from Japan, 
- f Imported and ou et Ог Orchids, at 
TUESDAY, Ага. 5{ Mported an Ч rers 
E Border т pants. Piante from Ghent, 
с., at Ste 
WEDNESDAY, APR. Lilies, Tul pore and other 
Plants, at Protheroe & Morris’ 
Rooms, 
(ee mported тарату Orchids, 
ENS CONSIDERING ле risks consequent 
Tobacco Cub роп our tain climate, and the 
enormous окна supplies of supe- 
what we grow except 
careful not to counsel the British farmer to 
embark on the cultivation of the plant on a large 
scale, even if the Excise regulations permitted it. 
тад € plant puce careful, thorough cul- 
uch as a gardener is іп the habit of 
Ke E which is not practised so fully by the 
hese reasons, then, we think To- 
at any rate, if the farmer embarks in Tob 
aside his rougti-and-resdy methods, and adopt the 
Mr. E. J. BEALE, lecturing before the 
of Arts recently, gave a brief statement of the 
experiments carried out by his firm last year, 
and has, moreover, embodied his experience in а 
horum little book, a copy of which is now before 
Directions "for the e preparation of the soil, 
Tobacco Cuien do MET. Beale, 
F.L.S. 
9, 118 PP. "8, 
ihe sowing of the seed under glass in March and 
April, for the Um nnam of the seedlings, their 
transplantation, and subsequent treatment, are 
ell as full instructions for liarvest- 
have all been 
need not stay to repeat them now—a step the less 
necessary as the | present volume contains во con- 
A 
may say that they grew seventeen kinds, with a 
view to ascertain which ей were likely io be 
best suited to our climate. ALE'S book 
is mainly devoted to the illosteákion, description, 
mode of culture and preparation vis each — 
together with the estimated cost in 
Messrs, CARTER, from their кейш, divide 
the sorts grown by them into two groups, acc 
ing as the leaves are ascending, as in the variety 
called Kentucky (fig. 84, p. 448), or reflexed, as in 
= variety known as Big Frederick (fig. 85, p. 449), 
ilh ustrations, thanks 
i the courtesy of Messrs, Carter. Both these 
varieties are early ripeners, and as such better 
a o our climate than others which might 
be spoiled by our cold wet autumns. 
The leaves when ripe were dried in a barn 
under unfavourable circumstances, which could, 
however, readily be provided against in future. 
A proper Tobacco oast or “ firing” place could 
be arranged so as to suit the یز د‎ of 
several neighbouring growers. The “ ha — 
the Tobacco, or stri ippi ng the leaves from the 
stalks and tying them in bundles, is i i in 
leaving a profit of £10 an acre, supposing the To- 
bacco to realise 94. to 1з. per pound. Messrs. 
CanTER's figures are similar. They assign £25 
7s. 8d. per acre as the cost of cultivation and pre- 
paration, and assuming the cost to be not less than 
4d. per pound their experiments show a nett profit 
of from £10 to £24 an acre according to the va- 
riety grown. Messrs. LvcowBE, PrNcE & Co. 
e y no manure at all, while aa CARTER 
guan 
Fu experiments will show the tai method 
of байн, the best manure to employ, and the 
best season to pluck the leaves. Probably it will 
be found more advantageous to collect the leaves 
in the evening than in the morning. 
are matters which demand lengthened expe- 
rience; but experience will be much facilitated, 
and its acquisition hastened, by carrying out the 
experiments with scientific foresight and method 
rather than by mere rule of thumb. 
The following extract may serve to illustrate 
the any in which Mr, BEALE deals with his 
subj 
ig Res IG —— T — . Thisis 
ing one of the earliest and most produc- 
is Ar all [n orizontal е or т drooping “foliaged varie- 
ties. It isa , and appeared to thrive 
equally it amy other F kind | in anz English hy ane 
The lea shown in illustration, fig. 85, 
449— facie гегу y long petit romi nii н. 
рош s of medium 
surface iet the "y e 
veins being very acute and mar 
to be 
g 
E 
5 
= 
$ 
59 
BU 
Э 5, 
ls 
$ 
rect 
and thick: EE an 
: average distance of about 2inches between th 
в very distinct 
nine leaves being left on each plant after being 
“ topped,” 
M erage height of isons laa гав js saei oe D 40 in, 
verage length of SUM S 
reb м width of laren lo ion ө » 13} 
ESTIMATED BALANCE-SHEET, 
Showing cost of production, and average value of я стор of 
1 асге of Big Frederick. Th he value of the produc of thi is 
variety 
two plan ts, as grown by Messrs. mer visi aha all kayay 
good, bad, and indifferent, which, n stripped fro 
stalks and cured, were judged tow imm 45 lb, (but this ا‎ 
s not yeux weighed), or equal to about 3000 Ib. per acre, 
slowing. 4840 p ants per acre, 
The absence a etual weights in this partieular instance i = 
accounted for esi the fact that Messrs. Carter had begun 
р down the variety before they thought of putting ihe 
By produce of Tobacco cured geld IT sale £ 
manufacturer, say 3000 t 4d.* 4 50 
To rent ot land aud linge eluding 
s, tithes, and tax t 60s 
не сеч 0 
8 ploughings, at 10s. per acre each Yi 
2 REI at is, per acre each time 0 2 
9 loads farmyard manure delivered on 2 в 
land 
fS IH 
0 0 
Spreading farmy: ard manu 
3 cwt. Parar ian. guano, at 15 per ton 1 16 
5000 plants, at oe = р рег я 
Planting ditto, 1 1 day, 3s s. 2d. ; ; 
boy ay, 18. 4 
2 borse-hoeinge, at 3s. "per acre each 
0 
couo co о. 
Manual labour, hilling, and side-ho eing 
twice ov е, at 75. per acre each pue 0 14 
oppi ing, and suckering, at 
er aere 8 
acre, carting to 
c 
o оо о m 
Firing, 2 loa 
found on thefarm m (charge for la 
only) 0 168 
Man's time curing ‘and attending, &e., by 
2 weeks at 1 110 0 
Stripping, iê, bulking, and pack- 
ing, say 3000 1b., at 55. per 100 lb... 7 10 0 
© 
2417 8 
£25 2 4 
A C+ 
— Бб г = 
laere -ss 
"ew у. various times we have had 
e e 
Islands , ion to spe 
islands by their former and present (8 инее 
They afford an excellent illustration of w 
be done by —— judgment and biu, 
Barren islands, a 
ence to a fi ioni, ha verted by 
the energy of the late Dorrren SMITH, Esq., 
is successor of the same name, into 
illustrations we have given of Tresco Abbey and its 
gardens, one of the flower gardens with the stately 
Dracænas (Cordyline australis), which give such a 
ounds, Our poe 
n 
50 exclusively (€ with spring flowers from 
he South of Why s should not our 
own countrymen e: ashare in such profitable 
and innocent enterprise? The only reason was 
that the Scillonians themselves were unable to 
natives. We have before 
400 feet 
Vide Tah 
е а соси lowes ue at 
за a аа 
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