584 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL —— = UNE 9, 1860, | 
which are numbered in the first column are those; in Tae ‘ew Clover is the rule rather than the fact would s ah pot a. a 
that were me ne. of experiments in germi- | exceptio else we must 
hentitn, second column contains a copy of the List of th 7 judges themselves that on often 
label sÀ the vil, the _ the price as quoted | _ Plantago lanceolata.—Lancet-leaved Plantain Ribgrass. best seeds at anything 
=á sman fro fo sample ok Raninin repens Creeping C ee. indeed cheaper than those they call better, 
sitet The fourth the e weight per bushel. raaa Email flowered Crowfoot. _ seem to be the mos part of the s 
copes d by a solum at the häst pr Fa Arenarin sexpy/lifolia.—Thyme-leaved San ject as connected with the trade; ‘nasty? ig 
figures meant to Satan us with the estimated pterea a TENi EN A et. alters attempted to be excused by ‘ cheap,” and 
number of seeds of weeds in a bushel of the sample | Poiygonum aviculare —Knot Gra it Would seem but. reasonable to recommend our 
examined, whilst under the head of Remarks we Jalna gee friends to give a sede ce for their seeds, and 
have a general analysis of the kinds of the weeds | Sperguia arvensis. —Spurrey. trust the rest to ie Seedsman, but in the pre sent 
which æ cur in sue Ja uncus yian .—Bog-rush. iS 3 state of the ae ed m 
BLE I. —Asacises or or Rye nse SEEDs, &c. Apihanls OPPA Geen Cs i be thor cough rs examined 
nad Rais fae ba Sate at In this list we would refer to two or ere by the see. “anton or some or him, and 
+ POURREN irede irst, the Ranunculus parviflorus is now buy upon analysis. hese he wil 
Lavel, ‘te © | Weeds in Reset g one of the most abundant denizens of the | appatit upon examining the results of experiments 
Bushel. | arable fald. over a a kient Pet of England, whilst |in the germination of seeds. The examples ex 
oi ja few ith e sim compar ively rare | perimented upon ae those to which the ar 
Ibs. British plant, Se, mle inn ming | were attached rst ‘column of t 
“ge 1| 24") 101,400 | gene h N sandy fields in. TANRI cian, but | table. 
194} 225,2801 spreading pien the seeds, We would introduce the tabl e of germination 
Pus yee w the fi nate tie list enumerates some of the | with the following remarks from Mr. Braer of the 
: ie rAr weeds which will be found in Clover | manner in which hisexperiments were con 
18 | 327,6803 | seeds, and if we add to those the special weeds of| > The seeds were sown in pots of silver sand 
ie shove lig eee = of which are remarked upon in| well drained, 50 seeds in each pot, the bottoms 
15.| 495,3608 | Table I., h diffi lty in accounting | of th ding in a l c 
2 | 183.199 | or the general dirti ness of ‘ eeds, A | occasionally filled about a quarter of an inch deep 
18 | 510.8007 With e few y reat we give now the table | wit he temperature was kept at about 
14 | 655,3608 | of the es es of glover seeds fe oe obtained |an average of 56°, and never higher than 65° 
92| 8329090 | With the tet r Nos. 22 and 25, both inclusive, were grown in loamy 
23 | 66,560 è : soil in pots, but not in bottom moisture. The 
$2.) a 20 red of oormine ting in s hat used by 
163; 84010 2 |wumberor| Mes TAN s atment of all the lots 
409,600! Label, &c. Price. $ [Weeds per re “identioally. t the e plants were ex- 
PE D iane = { Bushel. | amined daily by nivale and e individuals care- 
28 | -101,4002 fully counted as they spran 
Mr.G, e do not give the paa of germination 
Bi | paese o on || "GAGE Jeter trom Hebron 28 tl Spells, Alos 
$ 20 Fa me Tist er gönen Ë eee: i By: eee c 97,480 | of those ey which sprouted showed between 
dà er 3 ; 
H mpo i  {1,136,64015 | sited Clov (A)| Tad. per to. | 64 | 97,280 | March 5 aimee a the results were not taken till 
ait sonia Tondon Bridge, 6| do, (B)| 7d. per ib. |64| 419,880 | April 3. Tae isshòwn 
talian no A ; ~ aii a a z COLEMAN, Beg. z in the last eo of the xt table, i in which we 
: rs SS G as ene bu Ireber | have ical togetlier the paar results obtained | 
143,360 do. -z ++  (B)| 58s. per cwt. | „.af 214,800 |in as far as the 25 specimens e n ) 
peed 23| do. do RTR Tia 4)| 54s. per cwt. | .. 481,280 | for germina on are concern igures e pressive 
Sk tn Superior Red Clover .. ..| 608. to65s. | .. 215,040 | of the price, weight, the estimated weeds, and the 
k TRL 25| Whit a. os) See oe oe +» |, 217,600 per centage of germination are here arranged side _ 
T “79/440 SON ey i ie ain i ere ny by side, and as regards the latter column it will of 
ye. 138,24018 | 19|Red Glover > 78 t 179,200 | epa se ee a oy ee 
3 oe .. ..f #98. r ewt. .. 
ian E foram ing, 230,64019 | 20/French Clover... | 608sper-ewt,| o. 430,080 | the per centage of t the crop seeds Bor rh Tessen k 
tass : 199,680 | [Extra White Olov. -| Is.pertb. | | 215,140 a Hein bets te ft veep ample of 
agen Tose sgt ae mrsa | Fme Re a Butch iov Bln eee a k soso | t those Beare as it respected the whole s 
Sote ch dit ditio a 184,320°2 | [Red Clover EEN «+| -9da per 1b. | ...| 245,760 VIP Ert Resors or eae ANLE SY. 
Rye 494,0303 White Olver or ‘get Fe ve «+ | 1,955,840 p g 
655,360 | 24\Superior White... lobeltondosewts| .. | 972,800 | a 3$ 
Messrs, E, 2 Label Price. o Weeds per af 
aoa tae TOPE |Fine Cow Grass Ba Soe rani +=] 266,240 E S | Bushel. S34 
repens, us us Dutch Red or 512,000 | 4% S 5 
e English Rea 24557 ae P 
389, > 
Bnglish Rea se 1,105,9208 sd Lbs. 
Trefoil “ran i gn 460,560 | 3/Perennial Rye... p. bush,| 18 327,680 2 
“Red Glovers... l OA stars cok ee ict coral 
4 ig E 499,300 4 
di f 5) sper Ib. | 64 > ig 
: araa nei 8 | ot | 29880 | t6 
e — {ogee 3 Full of wi oe Nits oy seen a samples | g 108,480 | 72 
Sees ai ae about one-fourth useless, 9 293,720 «| “6E 
bee oT Ranunculus, Convolvulus arvensis, Umbellifers, 3 Euit Im Fe 2 EPAIA tA 36 
1 Holcus, Bromus, Ranunculus, and Plantago. = Weeds in theteighth partofan ounce. |) a Ryo 5  bush.| $4 | 7133,120 | 162 
Sm ig see oe aad 13 ny Sa E 
mus, Plani Ranunculus, Polygonum, £o. a quality of weeds is niot common for Bnglish s 
Eoo i ok” peeves erat 163,840 | 8+ 
One it will 409,600 | + 
| s6 
; s R 72 
: ati ble to- 179,200 | S6 
seedsman more than another. ‘This is quite in| “aao. | op 
accordance with our own spp: tron “ Pegi) = ‘22| D 174,080 6 i 
Hs firms send i the smaller |? 481,280 | 08 | 
sean oan See Utena P Plantago, Poly- | dealers, and indeed the latter are doubtless mostly 972,800 | 43 
AT? d tye supplied from the former. Foreign seeds are, iB J 
inte Me wr E 5 Sai ae hed a mee however , for the pyt part pps full of weeds than | 
exan er seeds ; e-grown, and it would see at, whether i] 
a nes bg Lar wg ya poser the “the test of | foreign or Eng we ei is a market for the very | is 
= og ihe mat bee sie Sab aegis wa; in e rst | dirtiest rubbish t Ae As be cene: oua the | i 
seeds as Clovers the species of vate are so nu- samples “tha may try ‘to beë n m tried over ‘and ove oer , 
merous and usually a Di N ENA a hag again, , but a “i bias do; iti is next n impossible 
: 5 + Sali quite clean fou ‘these ‘can only be 
“that the g mai of moede iin Clovers may be — mar by careful S on, kas prowling ov 
referred r in will ever oe m am 
-befound in a patch of mixed seeds, i.e Rye- The = hem pare 
2 i lof mi e., grass n representing the’weight will show | so good as the cheaper ones, as com 
paki Cloy ie a ying bal a sa tty seed is Rectan fe iin Bg in oe than | 4 with 1 13 and 14, rat 22 and 23 with 20 and. a. 
Weeds of the Grasses and weed Grasses the ienna p oie ren tigre iame pa 
: m-| stance of greater tare havin wed upon "n id “hearti 
selves % lice derful ‘that some patches ve nsideration ioaltatist, yore en roid 
an nae ll fro; 
fields of weeds, as it is not at all uncommon | we pap akeni ngr: 
3 r ht Nyra iara attention is tat the ye the 
Clovers and Grass seed! ik ni g test af value. Seedsme) = in | Agricul 
mie Ga 
t to which attention the Aler farmer, Diane 
tution like the 
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tarat Calais; the true principles 
