June 9, 1860.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
537 
os 
gation not being done properly. Those ae tiat) giner. sold by the seedsman, with his Clov and | “ Agri cultural Chemist try Association of Scotland ;”* 
have been cut off above the kn 10t „thr Up. Gra: s. As the seeds somewhat SAA ‘Cite | and pie that time, whether asa member of the two 
increased number of fresh shoots, hose | oes pi rA probable that neither the farmer nor the | great agricultural societies, as aiding the movement 
are certain to dec: Some ‘aches tee it beck to | seedsman would detect their ease without very | S hich h te Sir Robert Peel commen for th 
allow the Thistles to remain until they are ready to | caref vs tiny, and wit hout having a sample of Self- | establishment of an agricultural p rship in con- 
flower; they are then mown and raked up and carried | heal s fe f the gaa peee nection with the Royal rg rte Society, or in 
away. This, h er, is no means an e ple of Where. the weed exists in cay it should be taking part in the agricultura literature of the day, 
good and clean husbandry, though it is argued that by | down be i it is ripe, if r in my own practice as he er as an 
this process the wate gets into the crown of the | ing. Ta m disposed to think there would be less of improver of Jand ed proper’ I have done 
Thistle that remains, and it is thus destroyed.” He | thi ly is in our , if, o n | what I te to aid the cause of Band, aia there- 
adds that a on Thistle is best eradicated by | laying Beek nd to Grass, the land was cleaner a fore, hearing on all s sides and i in „all pa arts oi of Engla nd 
mplement called a “Thistle er,” or may be/in better condition, and if. more oon Rye-g the loud expressi 
dR e 4 dCl appointment „I felt that I was fully justified i in taking 
ear-plume Tl one or ee 
Thistle (Cardues geil ‘the Marsh- -thistle (Car- 
Time will not to than merel 
refer by na lo a a "fe other we Those m 
common in Cheshire, and which a the most likely 
to prove troublesome to you. e Coltsfoot, the 
Shepherd’s Purse, Spurry, Dande tion, Daisy, Field 
Vood ush, Carex, Kuncareed, yellow Rattle, Per- 
y 
t I also take y t 
although i “ave had the pleasure of an acquaintance 
a he it has been 
“this opportunity of sa ing that, 
with Mr. Morton for 4 “i 8 i 
entirely co fae —to m 
dence on agrioultural literaturo; ai The 
whole 
a “plant of which Professor Buckman says contain Kn ot Grass, Orache pene together with | never in the of my life 
sometimes as many as 3 see’ The inad Nettles Fern, gm under "any other roof aes that t of the 
Thistle, I am ha appy to think, is not indigenous on the harks ord piaga of and ditches, in a geolo- 
soils of the n main y? si there a i nF deat tt t that ite ate Profi 
but is said to , be so on the ealeareons ones. t r other wood seg I a “the hakak of visiting Whitfield firm for 
or Cornfield Sow-thistle (Sonchus RDN Will be | of which the h xe o “farmers keep | à n hour and making the re ee ai r. M Loen 4 
known to all of you; i erennial, l ditch 1 tl j! otk 
eradicate, as the roots strike deep in the ground, and raging game, o ermin, or inse: ts? Where mne land | lo on "Soils. I also take the opportunity of sying ' “that 
hrow up fresh shoots every year. It should be | is naturally d o> de Nib n ermas might n many I liardly even know Mr. Sidney, that I 2: re 
extracted with the “Thistle-drawer.” One plant of the ditches be filled uy If it is too p h Mr. Morton, Mr. Sidney, o 
has been estimated to contain 19,000 se you Hih from the rit by | before ee yi the maes and that T kigen 
may readily imagine, therefore, if these are allowed | all means let them be cut do efore they are ripe, from a desire express my o' surprise and that of 
to be dispersed, what evil consequences will follow. and before they drop their seeds; else how can you | others at 
Common k (Rumex obtusifolius) is, if possible, | ever expe even comparatively free from weeds | of the injustice to Mr. Mata; and to endeavour to 
re than the Thistle, and is equally in your fields ? Yo ou will excuse e my puttin re - elicit = “explanation of so as 
objectionable. Eleven ies of t ial pl your considera the Com e have come to. I make these latter 
e said to be indigenous in Britain, including the |t They a t made with especial reference to remarks tod ean impression has beds attempted to 
Water Dock, and the Curled Dock. But it is the Comhion bee I hav vè seen in this “pelghiboa urhood, o: e| be created that I acted as a personal friend of Mr. 
Dock that chiefly infests our Cheshire Grass lands and district of yonr socie or, previous to and. in concert with Mr. a who himself 
n h TE u Big ost to contend. | this afternoon, I | the di a candidate for the office of Secretary, but who 
o 
t be similar to those 
3: 
To destroy it, 
vais spon passing chrome it by alay i i I 
most Syeda hie se essea 
;and I 
employed ai or the Thistle, “eat is, either sp 
drawing when the ground 
‘wi “ek effectually ‘destroy it 
to a it down with the 
seed 
Movin ng 
uch bett 
sof the farm, 
do this, what right thes 
scarps aps oe that they 
your land with areas ad 
the road or the scourings of the di aka? f you 
wise you will throw them in hea eaps and _ burn sl 
And cage as some do, harbour tack 
I think there is no more 
Docks and other 
bottom, 
into the post the sèda aes oe 
you to expect 
e homestead. seeds, 
ed, exist in some samples of Clover and 
to this may. often be attributed 
Jover and corn 
ed with and. should 
will b r 
merchants, a in time we may p ag a a b 
ined. But if you moeie, have oer 
: D soe A 
hether you ARAS sellin: 
altogether so clean as you peas | 
co tat t 80 good a mil Iker as you 
your horse, who has per eds some vision habit or some 
not easily detected unsoundness, ust make the 
buyer spe wa g ET fiets —or o even with your 
doubts, certain. memb r reading 
eet has made a n Tastin impression on my m he 
ind; 
hould be fairly told, that the 
a re 
st. 
ae it, you should make yourselves | ° 
Dock seeds, 
where 
ust be obe vious to most of you that whilst 
been done, there is prn great room for improvement. 
In pipar allow m ask your assent to the fol- 
lowing propositions, or, at at Jeast, to ask that you will 
and discuss t 
That it is desirable that farmers should become better 
sa ea oye with the English and botanical name of weeds, that 
per on Be be enabled to refer to them in books, and thus to 
ren adva: the infi 
a That they should ascertain more of the habits of these 
plants, and what is the principal cause of their existence on 
their farms—whether it is from the seeds having lain previously 
oe mph the soil or subsoil; fro: m their erg in the 
mai he seed-corn or Clover rei eds ; from their havin; ng 
been gatoi on the land by the winds; or hatha: they hav 
been propagated by vivacious roots, such as that of the Cor 
which have been, cut, but not destroyed, in vas 
| cultivation, — 
8d. should thorou eae ne an their 
Feat time tere, Grime nd other 
previous to sowing, and i ryt 
re opel beh pase: so as more a jes tyre presence. As 
the seeds of weeds are nearly all small, the mination will 
more easily and more ee waned effected by a small 
> ri I hold in wane 
free 
lants and insects. It is kind used py botapiste, at 
=e be obtained at any pa are optician’s for about 5s. 
ata That when oan se exist, coca ater well consider 
ress se oe they what the pries tual and 
jatine or afk jae 
the bulk, 
ster acquainted with the 
Aiaia th 
one knows better than the Cheshire farmer how many of the 
Toyi 
surface, oa aa 
cessful a Prom 
smal ted 
wad some 
if ar find that Couch AeH Beni 
and in your 
he larger weeds still exist in your Grass oe, 
information and experience afforded by f 
(0 
mh ; 
of 
of e ehi g them ving 
And sae 3 pase make one final remark, which 1 5 that 1 no ue tof the way 
ad great ch 
fact | many r 
mber 
Sof that hedgerow "timber has ceased to be 
| that neither Mr. voted on 
Cheap Seeds ‘Te “ae “are much indebted | to 
Deaf 
Pe PN 4: 
seeds which are sold to eaten but it is to a very 
great extent a ad of t farmers themselves, as 
many of them n purchase what is called “cheap,” 
or, in other win hibsi, wed will nat be persua 
to tow ch really g ‘ood and Dadar ere which are in 
, but for which a more money 
by t 
man, it would be tl; 
Hedgerow Timber. —. 
el a vast quantity of tr 
have fallen befo; 
ange on Badu we ipa ilar and 
ne ects for the better. But with our i gi 
e ther: elton ae "moderation in reforms. We 
abod t them t in a kind of rage, as etermined to uae 
suc- | up, by a fatal form of Oca ante ieee re id sa 
— mittin; 
ess | that m. have ag p in 
equal n n the o onrat Thus thre 1 is no doubt 
e regarded 
arable lands you will find that Persicaria (Lakewe ed), Fat-hen, 
at ndsel, and some other weeds, Pkt as fond of a little pen 
anure as any of your cultivated p! 
e Co ann earn 
Editor. ia “te 
Journa aia lies cb belpak thinking that two men ma 
themselves very oniar abie by their kossn at the la 
seme Che! 
and elie Ketlock, but the latter term is plied i in 
land to Charlock. It is perennial, 
mily as Groundsel, of t the 
weeds o 
eting; Ir efer to Mr. Thompson and Mr. Cha brad 
Hoskyns. o these two the pg ng world now 
imputes / the, responsibility of the late extr 
a 
known that appoi as to be called in| 
that 
n | question, ae ought to ea ‘een n present to defend it. | 
far-e 
al Agricultural Society's 
oe 
resque ‘addition to the landsca 
| stra; ate ing and unsight! 
storted, miserab! 
remar. 
Pii: appearance 
are a bri right ye ellow. 
with others attribute to the. ETE amongst the 
members of Council pre reok te “2 nome could „be 
and that the whole affai 
n find an = 
rain, or 
and it ent a fetid odour | of 
up 
moist, s ee agricultural meet 
as a great ‘ha ean and a 
blow, from an owira pe hers 
ture. Eu a. at the| 8 
e the oP 
os 
sth “Mor 
unwarrantable 
the cause of scientific soled gi 
pS “7 
i more +]: 
statas Of This plant, but e "especially the seating of it 
on any land, affords a 
eige indication of his bei ing either too sick, too lazy, 
too i ignorant to attend to his bus usiness. 
very atarim 
i atima rs 
and I felt that pres Im nor md 
very § 
sata self 
slightest imputation o 
now upwards of 20 years since I 
the cause of scient tific | a 
Feversh 
Mr. Sidney ; $ 
factiousness. It is n 
| ec to take an active part i in 
+ hla 
ies oe ater a few w years 
manuring, some of ‘ie roy 
aoa 
in Clover leas and | pastures, £ and very 
up when the Red Clover it 
seems probable that the see eds of tt — are un- 
wittimgly bought by the farmer, Bas gai as un- 
+ 
ord “Murray and Professor 
a of Scotland, I 
beri deol is ing, ia al 
| ox to find a zorii A “of shelter or a single trunk to 
ny lat 
i ares ae the leading agian 
promoted the objects and acted as a director of the! 
rub itself against, in the hot, glaring, mid-day field— 
