786 TATE: 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[DECEMBER 18, 1875. 
— e^ extra preparation, Both varieties were 
. And now for the —— 
b i 
. Hooper in March, a 
were placed in seed ате, wi 
is they will not do if laid on their 
side, or with the growling en . They w 
warm water daily, and od 
> sera fo рет I examined 
moved with the point 
h ey 
of a knife е centre bud te eac "This shoot 
was of no use for mes ; my object in removing 
it was to dn uce more than one to grow fr 
great care, to cut t , four, and in some cases 
even fi ts from one eye. As І had 21b. of each 
variety I them, to see from which tubers I 
inviting a nu 
them cut e we ighed! 
time, for I have been a careful that there 
should not be even of unfair dealing. 
T 
th 
may POf course the 
culously small, many of them not p so large 
horse On the following day the ae des 
were planted 2 feet asunder down the centre of the 
ridges, aa counted Tam at the time у pla at ng. In 
about a fortnight Sno g o show itself 
мине, followed i od а few days by Eureka, but 
to show them to any one, Early in May I gave each 
saat a light dressing of guano, rg, б the soil е 
odes an giving i wate at the same tim 
TuS —€— at "interval of about an 
| hot and dry. They 
July Ad met cpm the 
(which 
t, and w that, if left alon 
had дай n June 
otat pelled to ke eep the latter 
bounds by driving stakes on each side of the rows, and 
passing cords from one stake toanother. Ву so doing 
anaged to limit the Potatos to a yard in width. 
and heavy rains to which 
August made sad havoc among the earlier Potatos in 
many districts, and, fearing that these w 
ly ed, I had them lifted some time 
before they were fully ripe. S the 
earlier variety of the two, was lifted on August 13, 
‘our months from the date of planting, the pro- 
duce being 638 Oye т der of 
the sets having failed to grow. 235 sets Ves 
E were obtained ros; Ib. ited o Ды um 
The lifting and weighing o 
int nce of a nee 
e prese ‘Of te race my 
employer eat, who, being themselves рео ‘Potato 
ers, had taken Ето. interest in this experiment. 
At the ti time of lifting there were not man indications 
of disease i tubers, b i i iee than a д 
greater ее А the egt OF of thi 
SERE EE i шы 
which Ib. about , remai 
sound, - E of the tide boh of Eureka 
` i ense was E bunte Ei. and $1b, while the 
average of the 235 was only alittle over 44 lb. By 
gap org Oe мм had I them more space, I 
resul er. 
it i quie posible with ; greater choice of seed and more 
space t 
o grow 1300 lb. of Potatos from 1 lb. of 
Of the 
this way 
endis 
qd being 
a little 
ut soon еъ, wg the 
quantity. I may add that the 
in the mer, 
om the above 
or bad qualities of Potatos grown in 
my am 
says that this competition ** may result in something 
to tie I but Ris better ; " g the same time 
I can assure ‘ hat when I wrote I had not the 
beri idea of “ Begg ng," I was би stating а 
eriment re е in а produce оѓ 
would ** A." call 
it is pem possible to 
of more 
suppose a 
desirous of 
afer 
“ bra agging ra thin 
convince ** A." that this оре 
consequence than he im: М e wi 
case of this sort: “А,” "m Am 
raising improved varieties of ped ; both begi 
nd from their seedli ch sele di o 
eas improv 
plant ind obtain of tu 
contented to plant his Potatos as his “grandfather did 
ore im, and is s quite content n increase o 
515. heard of what has been done 
in this competition, and knowing that what has bee 
once done can one again, end urs to equal the 
productions of some of the competitors, and obtains 
from his 1 lb. of seed 500 e following year 
* A.” plants his 20 Ib. as re, increases his stoc 
to 400 lb,; **B.," continuing his plan, obtains the 
normous weight of 250, 
toise fable), would proba ably by this time 
think that the сда eti tion had resulted i 
better than ‘‘ bragging,” 
oes n ways win the race. 
ungenerous, when he insinuates that Messrs. Hooper 
were actuated by rina 9 motives in the giving 
of their prizes. ' kno at Messrs, 
Hooper were not the oux анта wn these Potatos, 
and that there conditions compelling com- 
I 
о in this сазе... That 
selves. F. Ford, Capesthorne, Chelford, Crewe. 
Reports. of Societies. 
i "iet t Des 2. эь Almann, Б. Е, RS. Presi- 
mens ‹ IS cordata, pt eT unis, var. 
Briggsii, lately commented on in this oe The 
same gentleman commented on some Ferns collected 
final memoir on the теу, oe the Anthe- 
riceze, is was an elabora onograph, descrip- 
tive of the om genera ае in ies, together with 
incidental r on the morphology an 
phical distribution of the plants in question, 
whole series of papers et 
botani I work. of the 
ve now a sat atisfacto monograp: h o very 1 
order, drawn u i 
Dr. C. B. Clarke јин. a paper оп ie e Botany 
; | of ik ЕР and another on а new genus of Cucur- 
The Villa бий > 
Box EDGING TO WALKs.—As this useful plant i i 
much employed for forming edgings to to walks, it is 
certain that circumstances will arise when it is neces- 
sary to lift and replant the same. In the case of new 
residences tiles are much used for edgings to walks ; 
but somehow they appear out of place on a hot day, 
for gravel and edging tiles in combination are far less 
pleasant to look upon than gra 
, 
as yellow gravel is used to construct garden paths, 
| Box appears the most itin ding to have next it, 
especially if the gravel be o ood col Some- 
times the plants 
of Box экз out of all proportion, 
and then it is necessary to lift and replant them. 
Sometimes gaps occur in the miniature hedges, and 
replanting a ity in this case а e 
first thing to be done is to take up the Box, and at 
this time of year this should be: 
in fact at any time up to the end of is 
well to ge 
If the plants have been allowed to 
. heard of Thoje в sures being planted for ed; 
small: and it й. JW 
ie shold then be е pulled 1o pieces | Boe 
tall and lanky (as is very а the case where 
unskilful gardening is carried on), it will be a little 
difficult to get nice stuff to replant. The plants should 
be pulled into small portions, almost as small as the 
pieces can well be made, provided t 
roots adhering to them. h 
may 
Next in order comes the preparation of the grou 
planted should be made as perfectly level as possible. 
The next step is to take a garden line, and by stretch- 
ing it as tight as possible mark out the line where the 
this may be attended with some danger to the line on — 
the part of the inexperienced, it would be well to 
press the line down into the soil the whole length it is 
stretched, and by this means there will be a straight 
mark by which to guide the spade in the process of 
chopping down the soil, In making the cut or chop, 
it should be done cleanly and quickly, cutting the 
trench 6 inches or so in depth, nearly, but not quite, 
perpendicular, and exactly along the mark left by the 
garden line. The soil should be brought out by the 
action of the spade a little way on to the walk, so as - 
to form the trench in which to plant. 
Next comes the matter of planting the Box. The 
plants should first be scattered доз. po length of | 
trench to be planted, so as to the work | 
сее‹ planter should — 
taking care to havea mat or A] of the kind І 
between his knees and the soil, and then, taking a 
рам or sprig in his right hand, one at a time, lay the 
same against the wall or back of the trench, so 
that the top of the plant may be 2 or 3 inches at most 
above the surface, and so on, laying the plants close 
planter's left hand pressed against them 
has thus laid as many plants as h 
keep in their place, he should, by using the 
hand, and without moving the left "hand, lay s some . 
in their 
soil against the roots to keep the plants 
length thus laid. 
soil should be put back into the trench, not quite 
filling it up, and then it should be pressed 
firmly wi t against the сеч making 
much a downward tread as a side pressure against the 
stems and roots of the newly litio plants. The 
ecc Rd of the soil may then be filled up to a level 
t against which the plants have been laid, 
the whole бгу trodden down 
The soil which has been EWA on to the path in 
psa act of making the trench should b2 scrupulously 
eaned away, and if it is neces 
be a goo Я 
the paths should be slightly loosened, and. the fres 
po el laid on it, and when dry the roller passed well 
ver wt A 
e several things used as edgings to n ens 
which t i rhe selected me by those who do 
for Box. In the moist districts of Y ore we ia 
seen the beautiful blue Gentiana acaulis, 
o value in the d The c wies Thrift 
makes a nice edging, being ofa close dense 
always'nice, and flowe wering freely; but I hear sonie 
gode fiiia 7 а k is а want of 
common purp] b 
albida, <n. ы PEN Ote bea вер ut fi 
erred. 
When he © 
e can convenient 
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