^1. Among ng the great number o of important points | of 1 of the агац urse there will always bae ш I ч unacquainted wii with the 
vii. sat ue s abour to. = be aoomplished by the | bo бе her risk " socident attendant o id en vedete JI Aen : accept О 
еа cultivation, whether | ex: e speed to hese figures tion, and in дош во must сбу ар. etermina. 
9 LERS appar: us or у. отап?» indie that it is T amid alugéishness in tivation of the seeds of Роа pur si вар 
is the dragging of the draught rope. Wh | am culture as it is in horse or manual labour. English,” Water "Grass, theret brought aa 
this is well carried off the round, there is| 3. Now for the effect of depth on draught. р ла 
not only less draught but there is less wear; and|have four sets to record on the wc thes experiments were 
we believe that Mr. FOWLER s arrangement far | fot farms already na e give their results азе to етей my friend Dr, ү, i. 
keeping the rope of a given tightness is thus a | in the following Ta th: exhibited the абя of the two packets Ee 
most economical thing. During the past summer whence my specimens were gr if returned 
we made a a ye of experiments on draught by Depth, | me, which I think they were, I shall yet hope юш | 
the ai LIS dynamometer at Dion pon them. i г i I Eur Tow rer 
awle (аң. бао, x Castle Hill farms— стон чыны d Wh У slm die Repo dc to this 
pre ed in past pages. шы ad collected roots of the Poa aquatica and Pd 
t Burderop, the plough being pulled from the from a neighbouring canal, and planted th itane 
anehor to the engine, which were 220 yards apart, 5 my garden plots, em in two qt 
the MARNE of the rope behind the plough Was * t the present moment the plot vith P. Жабай 
21 ewt. a starting; it increased to 3 cwt. in the | 64 ws about half Е size of water exampl iu 
mi of the course, 7, e., when 330 yards of rope | 7 ià ман are altogether smaller; it ot en ^. 
were being dragged. This was when carried on | И » m seed, uld exp i some very irs s rels frm 
3 porter wheels. hen the porters were with- 81 22 l6}  |sowingit. It is true that it has rhizo as describe 
drawn, the draught immediately became 41 ewt., 2 s и у M. Decaisne, and perhaps if it [cis noL it would 
2nd increased at the end of the fu: urrow, when 440 A d ow its — better. 
yards were thus being dragged upon the ground, to 
ot 
sden again, the anchor and engine veing | | Ea 
At t Bar 
dg as the soils u b from which ar any flowering branches 
вуз engi bci Rug LN Jig Miis the dbi gh& are altogether different 9. 2, nisus spread over the ground just L they ion water,” 
when 320 ards в wero rims. beh a d the plough, o the draught when going up hill, a slope of 1| — з” Chronicle, August 17, 2 
n A-porté t was 0, and b when com wu hill, also a slope| But perhaps after all, these differences may arise 
müsairid. v iU veris i E Yu ^ ow, ЫЗАА е of 1 in 10. The slope was in the case e of one | from treatment. In the Garde en of Plants in а 
4 ст, dragged. At 500 yards it was 22 ert Асты et к 5 REPE eai tlie ко habits, which | is esi gardening, and which we үэ! 
carried, t. dragged, and when the plough was | | in 5; n m ap: hilka With me however the process 
yards of rope after it, the draught behind it was | down. А if I treat a plant differently eum и ature gm 
31 ewt, vue the rope was fairly carried, and 61 come idee remained е Bo though at t the grea ies it may not unreasonably be ted to produce 
cwt. when wholly de f No they strange anomalies on enlvation. | 
t Mr. Rvcx's, at Castle Hill Farm the plough | taken eh different pe is of the field, (л therefore I have this year specially to report upon what I con- 
wn from anc engine, 360 yard imei. in vary па. а It will be | sider some curious атаар on the veis rue 
pulling 360 yards of rope uncarried, EE pt кю seen th % the draught inoreases faster than | the nature of Rem = я indi as their 
k by a drag of 5} ewt.; when approachiug ће |f d Dus growth аео: АҢ Bope to - ege » 
bae 3 ewt. 
middle of the furrow with Pi yards of rope foro 
behind it, it was carried on port Pal the draught | 9? 
fell to 31 ewt.; in the third мт, of the course = E тоо. 
with e yards of rope out V eie es Гюней sienta of stea am- power tha t di is not cpu Е E He ВТ талыр Dies yal шрны 
was 74 ewt., and near the end, л 10 0 yards оць ei ven b nli work which requires a draught of 27 c ind TESTES Mss seed GUNT ade ga Plot B. 
all earried, th ht was 42 е e mp i Pd a Duy drew am Pied 
Tri these cases it is plain that en inmenso 5 а d ам must be taken as but a small con- F. Plot M Date. ш. Rua. the wild p of a green 
üt a ving, 
equal to nearly the foree of a pair of horses i in 
ac 
ribut 
Some parts of the course, is capable of being effected of EL cultivati ion, which w 
by any ranio which en Koai “лү 
that 
eg 
good deal of the economical аара of ће |, 
8 
late to the four farms. Fr als 
eh t and does not mingly Ai n the water, for he says, “Each plant forms 
me of com de Soils | а close Ё i floweri 
Poa fluitans has died with me, .The dis stinguishe] 
ench Зарана makes it grow land as swim. 
n 600 | ence in боне Wa: 
nsidered t that t the бора ploughing stirs soi it 
en befor 5 the especial | Plot A. Daucus mariti 
compleíé пет Я of the labou as they grow at B 
of - is reversed, as I usually aparate on the ари б that 
e hope hereafter to| „б Another plot of aed of Beta maritima from. the sime 
— The paper given below, descriptive “ 
l plots in the Botanical Garden 
igen 
af placing these porter wheels at proper intervals | 816 by 
andern ) rope 
e tells us 
Ө the Royal Agricultural Mm Cirencester, Sni һе bur tried. t "he the Lon "Carrot and ie 
T be read be fore the meme I did the same;'as stated in one of my 
т 
Рго 
Br itish тотуга 
l 
Ц mi hite, 
2. The relatiòn of s speed to draught is also а т eet T of the post, ict SEDAN nt Carrot, whether zod, каш» Japri dams. 
to ived too 
enow give it just as it was 
piace, of the red form. 
H. Wild Cabbage, from the perpendicular diffs ab 
Llandudno, 
I. Ep ovata. 
that 
x 
ports; t I do not therefore соп that ап 
nge 
short, or long horned, was the object of Adams 
ing la! к. 
m 
; again, 
"us the dra 
witatending ak the speed was less 
en 
Ting 5 iuehes deep, 
: 3 : M; isne's trials and my own were 
"e s gre eed o Pese |р pre repared for reading before the Botanical Section | pee 7 п аа бе [pt rs 
On .this- point 4 qute, РЕ follo owing figures 8 Manchester. that ehange of air au i эз do more for 
observed at ies p maritima, and though as sown late: l 
The four ugh was engaged in|ON THE EXPERIMENTAL PLOTS IN THE * ктү some nice straight, Sucoulent | тоом эш ине 
5]-inch loi, ачы роп асо accomplished | BOTANICAL ice ie OF THE ROYAL AGRI. | wi ny crool 
and the time à Ern going through it att hat| CULTURAL p de Фу. у Аер. IL intr troduced som p TE y bes Ri 
were observed Mey mes—the engineer boiled remarkably tender and were pronounced е 
being directed to drive first d. low as possible „ Му plots, КОЯ ч eut 200, have kept in | part Н If then М. Decaisne Wil - 
й бе he could, and a e present s st of the | tr y experimentá 1 upon a plant almost from a diferent 
Ee namometer was observed. Тһе | соттоп Brit ish голов, howevit, bis become so element, grown on tertiary beds on the lowest 
Very ease was considerably in бенде mixed that it i CM mplated to renew the plots of| England, and make the change of a distance of 1 
of speed, but nothing in propor- | them in another y 200 miles, a nd a voeem elevation like our oolite 17] 
antity of AE accomplished. То It should, however, e noted that the plots of P t hel ес! 
om ce, Nos. and 3 in the fol- | aquatica an and P. fluit ke ch were ану. reported experiment: d 
e—the draught, b oing 61 miles | "001 as presenting ome urious t areat| Plots B, С, 2 and E һау Б НИ. 
1 АЫ „Б Ф the present psg s perfectly free from interlopers on | easy it is to grow degenerate plants by vu nu 
vu hs et while, w. e: going the опе hand, whilst on the other, thou ugh they always | from Posset. n or m -formed examples. 
сүт. t | seed. во епогшопаї the. original rows are егей | respect to the Swi ; 
then in the former case neatly 0: 9 times the акку | with by a RPE dh. The whole of 14 aei of i them for seed T took 
9f work must have been done in a given | both plots present She altered Grass without admixture, | seeded roots. Т cannot now decide ар 
T VA SPEEDS. thus "i - a c — to the question of the | the crops 
change havi — place in only a few individuals (as - important ict that seed эген e alformed гоо! 
ime, Miles, Draught, [has ah siggu ed) by hybridism. The ГОРЕНЕ "should ot grow more than half the crop of that from 
e ета | aat iisa w be told that fresh specimens fro om | 
| 240 1} 112 lley, by whomit zw , then, а uch breed i 
| а 6 164 ias they г. led to M.  Decaisne, pA no dou ibt | pig RRS ырыны to тач е єн i 3 
S 3 : f ti 1 f е S that thi lati hardly be other than interesting. 
| * 4 uA pronounced bot th specimens to be Poa| Е. and G., Wild Beet.—I isg 0 a е 
: hich h ks that— look but npromising, but 
In the ease ot No. 5 more slack rope was ; out, and (а з =) EA ae so кайы s iu wit v a forked. roots look but unp g, 
s a sod on that of No. 4, n his (my) th cted.” See коже. Beet, which is only gro ts lea 
that I had m » theory, sad. ps I had built. бо up it was | as a garden vegetable, са вее {ч der are үе y heiten, 
time to remove the всайо "n I cannot quite see the | is d in ed m roots т е зы: оа 
наза of the vei My object in these experi- nod for who 
ments has been to arrive at simple facts, and I E ° whe en t ia report 97 
а по 
the lollwig results when 
were read :— 
ini has ev r be een that they could nas possibly wing on the Mean cular cliffs of the 
E tot Не, Е Llandudno | in North Wales. - Now upon 
That M. Decaisne can refer them to a nown species | point : fem in the Cornish ! 
із then no more than I should expect, E^ though I: have supposed that Ш Llandudno was а i 
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