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i Apart 21, 1860. ] THE GARDENFRS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. oN 
one will feel surprised that neither I, no firmly near the middie by the left hand while the right of garden tools; and something, indeed, as to w at 
erly any other naturalist, had heard of Mr. | ela it higher up, and e on. Dr. Paterso nt is nota menns of ASE ie ng py kki their authors Beat 
p. views, TAa ring how briefly they are | drill Serjeant, and passes. by the manual exercise. But w may very naturally be expected. But aş the <r 
and that they appeared in the appendix to a} he e give s more an an sin EA aa his little buses is ia in 2 tools as well as oth aers in trade are usually quick- 
Naval Timber and Arboriculture. q ll, of priceless value, as will be admitt y | w 
offer my apologies to Mr. Matthew for my every one who has. had to do with, men well drilled | per- | sale, ng as that sale soon o, progre n the 
entire ignorance of his publication. If another edition al exercise. | ratio of merit, the writer of t Ye Hg revious revatio iş 
of my W work is called for, I will insert a notice to the way of pracheal, instruction we do not beli jeve | quite satisfied with the market as it is, together with 
~ a i ng effect. Charles Da arwin, Dos Bromios gay a single thing is red in a Maree garden | the law wack without checking the multiplicity of 
Boner so. called, we might even add in a small | inv entions, circulates only ae be sb, In stea d, there: €; 
a nglish parsonage, that is ppt a fally treated of, prr p p ] 
4 e Minister’s Boy,” up to construction of ‘spa ades, vig Pg matto ney and mouse; 
or: Pear Peaches, and sea er flowers. Grapes are | traps, i y one. implement. i 
mitted, because they. will only ripen in _greenhonses i in | the ees garden, and which truly. needs no little 
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Hor ouuronala A Sp saa General } Meeting of this p on 
Be. was fap held ob iit th inst., at e gye of the a a gone’ clergyman, The book too has a ieni the minister’s boy. In former years. 
Societyn at ik ibm inet, ‘Adelphi, La Ve Mapa beyong eyen thag of clearness and fulness, in which two | man was a functionary. of. s parish; ] 
air, when the folowing candi- | important qualities there is nothing left to be desired; | whet flat 
FA > Er A ep viz., Mrs. J ander, ine Its style is “deg a a, little quaint, racy wit th dry fallen, vom tain it is „that, the, rips (ees man. hi 
Chester, Esq,;, Mrs. Chester, Mrs, W. H. uae C. Ga ay- | Scotch hum san It may be, poveva 
+ .; E.B. G : H. Ham- ren ham. gta B me of the pure old English | that a better “economy, without supposing: either a 
rs. Hammersley, Rev. F. R. Hepburn, E. style hes Ba Bey in modern, garden literature, If it fall i y 
$ ini ; Sir R. Jarvis; WERA DA itt compare. mean things wi graceful, Descending from pia times, when ‘se ervants g 
Sir E. Lacon, Bart, M.P. ; H. Langley, Esq.; T. Y. bap i almost. at that, the Manse Garden aight nothing but ve ein steal as they were bid, we 
Learmonth, Esq.; ©. J. A. MacLean, Esq.; Hon. Mrs. to been bes pai Cobbett, ee he a oaa been their wicked a in the long run ungainful employs 
Maude, Mrs, J. Maudslay, Miss I. A. Maudslay, Miss | gentleman | and. a orgyman , and had understood t titut 4 y a system of flap’ labour, which, 
C. R. Maudslay, W. R. Mitchell, Esq. ; Capt. W. Pixley, | be was for a long period had indeed it seasons, those of 
Mrs. Pixley; R, E. Pixley, Esq, ; Lieut.-General Si Let baa st pa an example? or cave Ms yprastioal sowing and reaping, of „collecti as ie ay and, fuel, with 
Q. Pollock, G.C.B.; Lady Pollock, Dr. D. Preston, Miss | instr action. Dr. Paterson is no advo But now 
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. | for cropping being E tien the dead of winter has less. of i than the stirr ing, 
ws Season,’ > he remarks, “is the og hing summer ye then; and the farm, more like a factory, 
libs obser sn a p fip ay ork fo r all hands at a time Bly fields, is is 
i “Mrs, Ward, ae Lady H. Wardlaw, E, | oss of time, and the difficulty of redeeming it may "be s to the atter of a 
Warwick, Esq, ; Pa rwick, S. ‘i Waterlow, | seen in a late sown and worthless crop. But it is not PM ders gm the geniu of the farmer ‘compensates 
; Mrs. L. Wigh t, Af Mien E Wynn en to the inexperienced gardener to recollect what the deficiency by suiting, the work to the y enhor; ; and 
A Chairman annou unce ced that tho. Anniversary uld be don ne in n the sever: al months as cota kobe dir oped. the Pe He aod toil goes as steady as in t a hos na LaS 
Meetin the 1st of May and Suel g 
we dae an advertisment, in S column th the rent of r hae well as. 
it i a in the Museum of Beane and ol | the hen = tliat. ay te na sit Vien. W in. RIN labourer’ s hire; and hence, as an idle day is now. 
A this, ee rare upon the farm, so an idle man, whether about the 
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at South Kensington, by permission of the Lord Presi- | the ork appropriate to Rite tim ich | rare up 
dent of the Council. d perfec hathat happens in reality | farm or the manse, becomes a nuisance to be ne longer 
o be the most confused a te e made that has yet tolerated ti * * * But hye haunt is se a the 
j a devi sed. | The re aration of the nd for any | parish without a. POPI. an e pony canno e 
APIARIAN: Á 17.—Dr. Hall, of Tott enham, rep Cee i 
the chair. via’ Ei reported the Ait of Mond d the f It il eo ik Ea Tar e n nat ane half, an openness 
t ‘eon queens, y introduced i the os he future operations necessary to its culture mus olly idle, if he hav a is 
Society’s apiary. Mr. Shirley Hibberd read a AD one | sought at G aias enak some of the 12 heads, | the nape A EPE RE What- 
Beekeeping A Thain i which he rad a pap edak of most probably wi aibri yéh at all. How | ever “may be ae ou o the Megas of this. 
experiences in ithe yA Renate Sees Ai e A the aa ast | much easier is the Petes A you are interested about | offici al, let it be "renomee, $ in Pha fr t, instance, that, 
hree Stewarton super, weighing 3 g pe «| the e pro odu ction of an Artichoke, | to go to that article, | 1 e pony; as the pony is to the 
et the e doing once | minister ; and further, gil, he is, if an we oy, a subs 
| stitute By ile TW a spectacle less easy to b 
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exhibited as a be of what could be Bak ea Nia | 
eigo don an suburbs. Tt was unanimo ery pronounced | follow the reading, ane Sen 
which the b 
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and no forgetting of what has once been, so a acquired.” | looked an encouragement to to 1e: 
a colour PoR pia yer? gang n | The i italics are ours; and we recommend them to Kie least of Ti evil, the author that th y under 
serious consideration of all garden dawdlers. Never- | proper direction n is fully. eq to a the wo kiz of the, 
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theless, our author does not altogether object toa few garden, wlt} ion of e or four days in tl 
concise hints being given in the shape of a Calendar, Pom when better hands, wit as to strength : 
ai ae rae ADA a short bu re haapn A skill, may be Se ae winter fui w of dee 
Manse Garden; or, Pleasant Culture of Fruit ie licious aa opie vegetable, provided it be it be (eens a height ight too, t i 
Trees, Flower: Favateh les, = Sweet Herbs BIr the ie eaten eher than used as a spoon. It.is propa- e, and reps ‘or the ran s of his calling 
Berig or "Profit of the Villa or Farm. ated rhe offsets from the. roots; and rt of these This sufficiency o the boy, however, ‘presuppi ‘on. 
ig Small 8vo, pp. 234. James Blackcood. requir be cleared away from old plants in order to | the fait of his be er the possession of OMe health, 
i k t r nex i > hy 
It b ith w tha m is hand 
more ape t to be dissatisfied than anotlier, i upon grow, t no difficulty in fining materials for a 2 his frame, shall be found also a pleasure to his heart. 
gardeni So TNN different kinds of tari are in | young plantation, Choose deepest, of your soil, But it is further to be uadesstine. 1 ing 
cultiv and so many different tastes and objects keeping off the borders with this as with all high- recon va regard to the imp & 
preva ge among cultivator, that to attempt to satisfy all | growing crops, in order not to shade the wall-fruit;| the boy, a made some mat pate t care 
É inquirers is as hopeless as- the task of Sisyphus. One | and in April, for each row of pin nts make a ditch 2 feet | conscience, ae general poya are plagues. Somet 
reader wants a book of Aec ample and detailed as | deep and 3 feet wide, on the bottom of which spread a above what is Aaly 46 den iogan an u rchin, and 
Mrs. Acton’s “Cookery ;” such a one is recommended, layer of manure 4 inches thick. sane fill in half the | nea ath a varlet, they are of “the mos t imy 
and when bought the purchaser calls t because | earth, putting that lowest which formerly on the wh th 
it does not explain how to hoe, top; and wi ith the other half let anes dung be mixed when n independence, as an end, is al 
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second wants what he calls “general practical in- | in the course of filling up the trench. the plants, | character, as means, regarded ti the è eg 
struction,” and is: ‘oe Seben. he finds it| three in a clump, 18 inches separate; and let the | esca sesh i meth 
tells, him ig lnk what he thought he et nearest = of each clump be at least a yard distant hee begin e master ‘eh gr 
i as tleman So fi 
entlem ys a wor from the nearest part of the next. The roots will grow | and the end Ford ty to which th y 
when H t. find in it all like stákės; eel ing the under stratu m of manure, | to submit. is rarely good. e father being himself 
eves me ha rena ances i i worthless, Perhaps | a eee send ‘up strong stems, with large heads, for seven | servant, his children, by an eines t 
a ie on prin cip s is sought for; this is too | yea h nded,. fail of respect ; e, most of his waking, 
lowaedothak taote as ve t demands a an effort of Anir Ae of the grou und before » winter, and slight cover- | hours abroad, can do but. Nols with the authori! rity hẹ 
thought, the ink about. ing of litter in severe frosts,” And thus of Dande- has; whilst the mother, not careful of training at al 
A very mesenger penttertba bought Loudon’s | lion:—“Dandelion is used as salad, chiefly whi the.) ear ly day, and des to the issue of uncertain com mands 
ml dia, ponh put it aside because it, contamed so French. Jt is said, when st perp ve los 
an ning 5 o; i 7 ; and i 
| Boys so reared come home, as their inotalmnent to office, 
| is termed ; oan pane at first s shy and dumb as whe. i 
it | J a small ops b 
o0. clever, that, too | may find plenty by the vaya 1 Iti b than it pro a toud debian ETAM 
other dy empty; some are | some of all garden S. natu: a ai in rth new: yoke, a ag slide in, | 
ven new-fashioned enough. | early, and- has, win rene eds. r ill made roads. rained 
book would be that of Æsop’s | along the. ground. ll it, as i ae dahi a sy habits of. indi 
every plantstanding instead | edgin e 
ich w of ne 
te to 1 bs booker 1 Son it evatajnies nothing about | | vation of this country 
pe ag paa short this bBo -i 
news 
apigeniini of otpa with 
pubi those of the. 
fa exactly what | sin penny da Aigi Oe Siua tan 
SE en he buys oe ae book ; | perennial virtue, ọ piece, ound b without | he shee t to t 
thing an author can do is to write a book | first ser i for this delicate salad her 1 hick ae Th 
a man all he ought to. want. The work at | in order that its roots may À i ; eke king and unyoking of horses, the 
present notice fulfils that: condition, and | stored—in the bottom of the dung? OP st ee pimelag Oo of one. etc to the gates a and’ the upset- 
To however, the ¢ i ting of a cart, are a perfect t Waterloo to his soul; and 
thority 
what its: I our 
i wet to. be done i dishes. is. that which: relates to the MINISTER'S soin 
=e ne how todo some | : j om “hich AA Ta 5 | eamile, which faa 
: Pont ag pis doos mot saponin #9 ne nea in Fe ee eLs dag. But, saree 
eee si Po aot | beg b amana ‘only t ainate in a description | tbe hes works alone, if he work at all; ; he 
