PALL 
JULY ro, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
London, while it grows and M tow zs as far re 
Manchester. A Mulberry tree i the garden 
Ми, Cheshire en des she — Stanley = Alder. 
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ley, bore ripe mers; an with- 
ring: the ету characte of the Fig уч іп 
our climate, a stan ig tree in the garden at 
n о е 
I grant that these effects were all produced on the 
very northern selvage Bote or z ate 
for such plants row and ripen their viel but still 
the a fact ors unchallenged, 1 that our fore- 
s got Mulberries, Figs, and Grapes "with no 
better appliances than the good неран that a kind 
Providence provided for them 
«Тһе ancient sons of glory were ра great men, they | € 
say." | 
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then the score of eatable nuts I heed instan - 
vei timber tree, st (Cea 
ished a percentage of the 
ients, so that when the the Potato disease set in it was evi- 
had iven way, and let us down. 
Nem phen The fone d Ls for a stroll or 
evening, 1 have pes two articles 
smc e o me pala tox hot, and bear- 
good vestrum The 
nit "e v : roasted 
E be aera ies of dpe сий 
ently, а Сано і 
no reason why it 2 not ease dies meee of the | and wholesome m 
eal, and has often been t b 
Piera 2 the same way that curled gr ale in | his southern neighbours with his нета, for n 
cotland eases the weight of the Potate i in бй the | corn in the form of oatmeal, and for swallowing proof 
ave all seen th misfortune of relying | spirits eun to turn the stomach of a Green- 
оп the Potato by itself, = bera in t the same | land bear. Yet all various beef, fish, 
evil may befall us at any tim in future, I cannot help | Kale, and Potato eaters inhabit this small king- 
thinking that it e ase lat 's End and 
ntermarry, and live happily 
e and differences in 
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e Araucaria imbricata, when it has got some size 
о doubt, as 
and age, will, n tonish our grandchildren | whereas Tea was, is, and always wil 
by its N at-bearing ; for it is not Бомбы, like | indeed, it could not "be telae wi dem si cooked i 
er Nut-bearing trees, "yam their Nuts w in with eve ing that was tempting, not to speak of 
their leaves, but hoards the „камау; ; andas | the adjuncts, the toast and **muffins hot,” 2e th 
pers leaf of this tree is arm a dagger, it is no pure beverage by itself—warm, of course, from bein ing 
ild’s-play to rob such a nest of ге tre infused in boiling water, sweet from the addition ^ai 
The great charm of the Potato niae Ties in its | lump sugar, and fat with the addition of good cr 
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quick eee for if - РЕ an early — dt pue into | If the Tea-leaf only gave colour and A: not to 
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the spring, we may look for a mention its theine, the cookery 
twenty-fold i in four pe five mon E - bat i in мес се of were the weapons that brought down the Vti nation 
the Chestnut and a they at | to the drinking of Tea. The 1 ever 
long years of discretion before they begin to bet the been made of p addicted to the use of alcoholic 
people ; but once they have ym they go in veu | drinks is but ashabby sum by the side of "Tea drinkers ; 
the Potato, and may reasonably be depended о | and yet I q my nother ever used Tea, 
at least a wp тс наз Oakhill, East Pe | so new is the and yet so universal, that I 
е | bore fruit abund- | it here ае оо 
antly, and might be thirty years | might also name Tobacco as another 
accounts of the use of have confined | of people with very little provocation, so that no 
one 5 if ght some day 
my remarks to m own experience and observation, need be surprised if we are ca 
, а g causea | dining on roasted Chestnuts, and m Mulberries 
and for eatable Chestnuts; but it cannot be git den f dessert or ex wine. 
iassed by example in our | market price of Chestnuts at Knotmill Easter 
articles of food. The London Cid must | Fair in Manchester was this 
i er black as price was no doubt —— to the competition among 
salt cod, carried in bulk from Newfoundland, with a | so эу deal and even 44, рег lb. 
beverage of some eri n — the n hind. | i infer shops. I hear, however, 
and fight on "е praties," 
ers; 
usual : 
Tie To eri qi 
the hardy Scot Scot wil tax the kal and for à cheap brook and Bartholomew F: WO mM amies эы 2 
I do 
