Jury 21, 1860.] 
Fe Robert Berriman, Langrish Ma nor Farm, Petersfield, 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
fo Mr. R 1 Darnely, Th other a pint. In all these cases our decisio I have seen the leaves pierced when a month old; 
T at mi 2a, E N ori paraad priae E a uasa “upon what i is sent to us, as we have not the does not arog it wats % that age, but it le ssens i 
ne" sag 4 to Es years, portunity o investiga- vigour. Now, I say, fight him m again and preserve your 
A AN Kinp (3 exhibitors).—The lst prize, | tion, and our repor ony “st os upon the] plant in the utmost state of Inxuriance that the state 
E 41, hew Bel, AA of Bourne Park, near this city 5 and | samples only, and no better than | of the soil and the season will admit of. uch of this 
the e 2d, 5l., Mr. George Eley, aki ng, near Sittin se; aS weal ue compe t at yee, weal be a E difference i in | was said last year r. Fisher Hobbs, bu or one 
SIRE Clover seed in diffe o the measure did 3 not learn it fro im, for trials date much 
ptit tors). N Mr. E SE after the slightest s shaki 9 ft ac some old gardening publication 
send and thi our dmitted that t these material: long “era 
THE BEST Samp xinp_ or | Rib beg s posi q gst the Cl the Sar which happens to be before I w: 
ree Jerhibitors), aie “deo, HER of f Tong, 1 ist: "Mr, Matt Lib. in 111b bleherbage plant. | but we need | not go back to that, for soot ‘and eat re are 
; for “ Jones’s”’ and ‘‘ Goiden Grape” respectively. We hav tof Plan arly number 
4 E COMPETITION sal WOOL. ain wh. thy we o Hö ld to be ttle better oti 6 of “Johnston’s Gardeners” Attanbadke™ parkai the 
Quan DQ 3 Xan’b Gro’ m Oi on trios) These aN gs apply equally to the Gian Tt is m or ra num mber —I write enti irely from memory. | Let 
A prize Bot ‘01, was awarded fpr NE ent fee to M easy to ow roportion of any objection 
i 
Collard, of aA ckham Court, Wingham ; the pes eat by 
Mr. age | eon Pgs Sissinghurst Castle, Staplehurst, being 
highly co 
For THE pre X MOST VALUABLE LONG-WOOL FLEECES, KENT OR 
OTHERWISE ; COMBINING QUALITY AND QUANTITY (2 entries).— 
The pas of 10.. being awarded to Mr. Frederick Murton, of 
Smeet! 
For THE SIX MOST ABLE SHORT-WOOL FLEECES, COMBIN- 
ING dait AND 
tam, Merton Hall, Thetford, Norfolk. 
UALITY OF GRASS SEEDS 
Q 
Ix April last one of our customers sent you samples 
eg wit hein oes prize of 10/., Lord Walsing- | q 
any bulk Ai ioli taking a , portion 
top; indeed with the larger samples 
we distinctly recollect these observations 
when we pu some glass s 
thamsiires 
occur- 
imen 
o des 
latter T, pn he ett to be a, T t bet 
than usual for good mea adow apnd. $ 
been put er, no’ 
m the | yea 
wale, ‘that I applied it to about 40 acres last year. The 
ar Ihave again verified its certainty. And is not 
the Turnip and Swede crop worth this trouble? I 
| confess to believing that it is. Hast Middlesex, June 22. 
THE ae enol pls ge inn ste GROUND. 
é: aene 
eas 
mabe ae 
ug gh pi erie of cache 
the quality « ot the seed; which, tho 
et not be of 
nie and i good proportions, might y 
under the initials Mi 87? i syd ape of which we give 
w, see No. 
us in which this NE 
ateg be seen pA taring, re the ie Num pers, 
d as L 
Port ” for n This ay 
alleging a: mixture i in the case before us. We are at 
e distance from our 
tad 
lapel himeeit hepe Pleased w with ou our Ain seed 
had "a ii 
note upon these 
content allow our 
i to 
it arg it mnoyed, a an angry sath 
We at once Brora oa ‘forward us, imme- 
a pint each oi f the S lover and G 
eat as it might 
iately 
one of. the sacks (which he e did after some delay in 
ine them, and 
early prov: 
ay win ti mone É: were 
me bulk was 
the two Jots | is Gob 2 
| salting have been made. ] 
THE TURNIP FLEA. 
mtion to this subject is att tracted by some 
correspondent in a recent > wa in 
joe 
oe es ‘gies o paxposdly introduced 
e Clovers at the rate te of 1 Ib. in 11 Ibs. as a 
valuable herbage plant. therefore, 
sees that A is 2 Something very far wrong, and 
naly: 
as clear as} i 
m or the beetle, I 
it is not too mc t é" say that “this eject will” never be 
wholesale rag pe on of a a other 
oison. It certainly is 
as 
e p 
have studied the habite 
bottom. Te 
e! 
out ve 
hall in 
th 
self-defence take an opport of 
e attention of public 
» to the value of 
deal mpar ial j 
be er you catty iram pore the ove Ppp at 
uni 
this fact is ] 
naturalists as well as observers, it is s EE 
0 see thdotbtedly earnest men pursui 
B 
ulging in 
poison i 
persevering experimentalists bave ti isfied th 
aid me ravages of the enemy in aren may be 
ted, but I do not know of one aware of the 
Pe TFI 
ije strong to destroy insect life on the leaves of| y 
will inevitably ruin the plant as well; seeing that 
jomew! 
ng that line 
y, and gig i Syne tracted to to prevent ‘he | 
ure indu! habi i rather than at any | i: 
* Now I am sure that many | 
ëmselves 
Dr. Daw 
under the first peace in that column. For “‘ bearings” 
| in the 21st line from the bottom of that column read 
sheing.” 
me other trains of 
SNA of the pof be 
the 
I next point to 
investigation, which, b e 
rendered available for 
my, 
ned to the effect of poisono 
ioe when brought into conta wi 
month this subject various ania 
= 
pois mous substances are held in solution in 
ae in which the roots of a growing ee are im- 
mere, will they be taken up; or will a be has 
y the ae which absorb the w 
with them 
2dly. if FORE will these substances be retained in 
the living organism, or will they be afterwards 
excreted ? 
3dly. If retained, will they, if existing in small quan- 
tities in the plant, destroy its vitality, or interfere 
wie age’ ager its ee functions 
On each o > these points the evidence as yet 
na bay ether somewhat conflictin 
In t place the structure of the spongioles of 
S, parr ighly elaborate, would seem to in- 
as forms of living eatur that any poison suffi- deka. fm taor fala certain asc pupone in the 
eget organis and do. y serve as the 
table 
nares 
and we can prove t e G: and in the | that it can be done by the Epea of tre ous 
mixture sent to Mr. Scarth e not only ordinarily | substances, although some of the ingredients occasion 
good, but extraordinarily fine, t in particular, | ally recommended may well le that connotea 
and that a purer or cleaner lot of seeds was| But now as to these said habits: the flea is particul 
never sent out by any in Britain, Noj cleanly in its selection of a nidus; hence it sprin 
house feels more earnestly desirous than we see | the on to the leaf, choosing if it can for this 
fraud exposed, a seed trade established upon a | purpose the tender and juicy cotria ough b; 
cya ee but path _ npa a = to| means shunning civ tru ough leaves if the 
to be the way to: utly to | is advanced in pin in which the jo plant $ is 
. | the rootlet of a 
portion of these 
sewerage, 5 ical detains ioe eee 
action of the water — filters Se ig pam 
i into contact with it, when 
dissolved and taken 
‘Thirdly, some premio which I myself instituted 
many years ago | in rares plants with nitrate of 
t damag he plant, and yet that 
none oot the ent, or «4 z Teast a i trace of it, could 
3 so from this likewise it 
destroyed is is this "Ge Tin 
s4 
ht 
o 
so dev 
te Aan bya all I high-minded, h honest deers, amongst 
eas te 
i 
e =e 
P 
e J; 41 
roots do possess a 
pr ne fica unsuitable or Aaeeei a 
Ae Ar| 
P 
+} 
yaoa 
hope “they m ay if fai airly an ry 
Pakan by Ri ss understand the matter teoei, |, 
t will 
some „Standard o ar ses should “So ap ge 
ce peA meted o he ee | 
ar Dison Son, Chester. 
| oath the interior green matter from a mei near itera 
t was deposited, which appears as a per foration i in the 
eye “but not too small t to fea _in eed of time | to prove, 
dm may be detected in the stem and ht nY Ẹ 
mesic frequently satisfied myself of Bd same fact with 
re pect to i iron, by imm ersing one set ts in a 
PR +, 
B: mollis 
R) tt may het Pronounced : ki one 
r seed by which this was accom- 
Asg mostly Plantain ; this 
than 7 per cent, t, of the 
; -2 Copy “ A. H. Hertfordshi 
lipny iiia napi Me Siren Aisha WaR Plantain vi 
been 17,700 of this i plant per pint ; this has in all a: 
be prone a ete etre tanta 
E good meow fy find i eo it colitains a little 1 atone. bt iata 
the case.” 
are glad to publish our correspondents’ 
use if is an admission that that the seed trade j to 
to be established on a berg! poling, ham. 
not so unjust to the trade in general as 
mised a R iacrg ng BB Manesco 
; and secondly, because the | i 
2 result y DS a or tat that has been practised upon us 
“ Clover fc 
big 
1 
bii 
bř our mind the fact 
me case caso about 1 ounce of of seed was sent, 
our principle of employ boys 
Wich respect to the Clover, it must strike any one that | sie 
bids 4 wonders agreoment in the wo enosta q Sine 
ndent, bearing in 
and in the| the beetle may renew 
as to form = hole, and as several eggs are deposited 
in one seed leaf it can be readily understood baer oe 
ti he entire destruction e Now have observed 
hat this be etle Daian Seni io re or I 
correctly, to deposit. 
1 bie er 
A 
e quantity 
tie ale 
ve the ste m and bran 
more t 
Si orod in its 
a. E chi 
will sate that he hese yt 
s 
of potass, when I found that the blue tint arisin: g from 
the production of Prussian RSR f ther Sad 
to the ini 
ches of the plani 
o solutions, 
_of Chel 
had elf ca 
riments which he rs 
on the other ae slasenidictes 
en, ts these 
appear clear vier | he 
Mr. 
statements 5 but it does not a 
pe pov 
the soot and pees is 
wil ake abou 10 gaano guano b 
is done 
oys to do it ni give a ath kate tel 
along each row and shake 
sieve, Sape pam him r F pe is much more effectually | 
r a done, if Bhs effici 
but it ay save the “plant. Now | 
in | dence, It is tedious, 
w his attack once or even twice, for | 
the roots, 
The latter at least was yá praean fen by 
