Aveust 8, 1874] THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
179 
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those conditions ‘ge nad as this al ot canes Se seed ye its exit, and from whence it may be run to 
one side or the other by placin Ar on the j H / 
pat Tien for dorz purposes, 1 tt i more parti- | as dotted out. The a A nieve i is put i the ome Correspondence, 
“ean his erento fo procu OP The G, and there sore Sras wor sre Paul’s Rose Garden in oo Royal 
_ The where ischarged from the coarse Botanic 
New WINNOWING MACHINE. — The annexed | sieve runs down at H, and the tr mi inferior seeds at t Tomy Se hefty ile pra my ne eao ae 
uw (fig. 39) represents Mr. rechsler’s im- | I. The illustration Ai c size and appeared in the Gardeners Chronicle tis last 
provements in in machines for blow en g and gets seed, | easily portable machine. The ordinary large ones iik as it seems to me calculated to depreciate what 
cott, Barley, Clover, eras, ik ae s, &c, The | ha mt a longer ce od ee ordinary wheels. I consider one of my most suc orts. When 
re se onsidered, sq case o roper is not fixed on the i 
emprovements for the use of seeds ted pity hitherto troddaticlie stand For ie rainaty ru in apai g ‘net RO Rose oe i E Wils who 
beet by special machin aS or | ge l use the rene size is best adapted ; for had been watching my me rm at i tervals during 
flat having mesh-cleaning appli Part | none but the large size can be used, and for retail use | the day, came forward, and h unbounded enthu 
of these impro ts are now ae plied to the | blowers | the er sze—thi latter without idee if ty orice siasm pronounced it a decided h That opinion was 
invented by the same gentleman n three ey ago, and | as it en always ready for use, and can be | freely endorsed by the numerous and brilliant company 
which are alrea in Europe and America Py about in on ts width is 10 ie or four hours hung e Roses, uttering 
is new ee, is stated to be capable of taking the width of the medium size 15 inches, and tha clamations of su delight. Msc 
out the largest quantity of bist} as such as sand, | of the large size is t. The stand raises the Meiya in the Gardener’ Chronicle of the 25th ul 
weeds, lean or t all seeds, s, dead seeds, smuts, mall and a convenient heigh e wor hich as a Rose grower of thirt 
dust, and sprouted seeds, and lof sifting seeds that bes and the large machine stands low enough to the | standing, and a raiser of some of our glish Roses, 
of the same es be to separate the great opper conveniently fr the floor, and boxes ma I heartily endorse—put the gapim] before the public i in 
number of seeds, d by reason of their 2 si also be used to run the separated lots into them. such a way that it mig to practi d 
| small size, gi ness pg Pre ight, with a minimum loss rofitable account. I kno t true that that 
Ase al SUPERTUBERATION IN PoraTos.—Our drawing es of Rose beds a combinations of colours 
advantage es are obtained mainly through the | (fig. 40) may serve to represent the nature of super- | was “‘the talk of the town the next day.” But to my 
finer sieve of two generally used not clogging in beats nai: eae = e are sorry to say now prevails in er I assume at the at there are two cl 
used for the smoother the Pot ose grow jt who grow for prizes, and, 
less oval kinds of seeds, and but partly in the case of ot weather and the drought of weeks, * those who grow for garden and house decoration. 
$ reiri when u 
E the rough, long and thin seeds, like Rye-grass, for 
inanes, mhich i is due to a peculiar motion an 
to 
other words, this machine is well adapted for Araia 
Seeds of a nature to stick in the sieves, or to discharge 
themselves with difficulty from oi urfaces, 
instance, as 
e time the maggotty, g 
gües out t to sena erara rto Saind iie. 
: wang tie ean the any degree, or 
bowie to work ss veh ont if ecard 
use of in some machines wo 
complication in this one, since the blast 
Piece less re Sas 
The same at F, w 
FIC. 39.—DRECHSLER’S WINNOWING MACHINE, 
The 
larennpeed it i intervals by thunderstorms, has 
had the effect of prematurely ripening the tubers 
peng oe withering the haulm pe the Potato, and a 
n h. has stimulated 
on our some sorts 
Potatos, as the Ashleaf and Walnutleaf Kidney 
have bar quite ripe and the haulm perfectly withered 
nd dead for some time, these have super- 
tuberation; but the medium early, as the Alston Kid- 
ney, Paterson’s Victor the Forty od are now 
starting into renewed gro account of the rain 
and forcing 
any 
ing represents better be boiled, supertubers 
all, and. foes ieee E as, of course, 
jibe rep 
As the “‘blue riband” has been introduced, I may 
FIC. 40.—SUPERTUBERATED POTATO, 
say that in my payer these classes are as distinct 
that which breeds an rears racehorses is ‘pon that 
praep occasion, 
prizes week. I ought here to be permitted to 
say that tT f discontinued pemn for age! because I 
judged it more to my interes! to terest of 
my cli fi sale 
and P: h 6 says the exhibitor 
‘“ Had no schedule to hamper him, no poli to 
turn him out at 10 o'clock, no r any 
ion of fine flowers.” But I a rough 
and uneven surface to deal with ; I had to be ready 
by 8 P.M., as exhibi for pri e to be 
y ; and to the quality of 
flowers, Mr. Wills testified (p. 146) that 
‘the blooms iant beautiful.” — 
