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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE — AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
bi 4, 1860. 
Owing to this ‘and the 
roots 0 Pentre: near ae a Ss must hav 
of | | frequently cooled, almost down to freezin 
a natural one, yet artificial c compositions have osty air at nigin, the jth 
fined and placed i in a position to aequire er: r The| tr 
mometer ma Wage It is only excessive 
that Fog! ints oho are natives of the 
ropic os; ythin ao p aola but locally, 
In pl 
tt Bir dër 
could be 
nature of a morass, the principal ee 
ned with hum 
el NR, is a not to be wondered a 
arth |such circumstances no or: pt 
ulti- preii y germinate freely, if at all. 
i o the ar n State of some 
frost bites and similar i injuries. In plants a s 
“st pon illrapidly cause localinjury. W oa 
rha pel on a tender leaf, an 
rates in the tebly See ly prod of a 
stove. Cold is 
p, and tar w such 
. Dig mer. 
a composition. into | the ground at 1 foot pe eep was bet 
it. icy oa naturally i d; a 
an ve 
6 
nd in yn gee of October i 
hws rue esent ti me 
wher 
Wik as ch 
n that month avait danee , of rain 
were then in moist sane heat, the 
ion com- 
Krk 
s | perature poni then 15° below freezing, whilst iz 
off fro 
a ins rom the influence of hea 
21° below freez 
as lowas 
cafinot take @ place true growth the constitutions of m ere seri- 
“rater do ot Ind, cll mi "will do so more than in| ously injured. Hundreds of poe D 76 rees 
aterrace. It might not, “however, be possible to|in the open quarters died in the course of last 
araise a border in Site ’Vineries already erected. spring from this cause, although such withstood 
But something an area could be in | 21° of greater 1838 ; but that occurred i 
many cases, like that round dwelling houses, and | January, when the plants were in a condition of 
as low as and not liable to be affected. From this it is 
re 
me; and was only when 
| menced in spring bee he weakened Sotia 
elof these tree: we 4 
E IA saturation | In consequence of this sudden aam os i as ‘oro a8 | Monster of a CARNA 
x vi C 
of | to say, one of the lobes of the m 
e 
wi the é C 
rnined healtl th, if gan itself does not ensue, A 
eee rapidly fo for in a damp house, 
so. Thei mearen may furnish a reply. a 
ha, sat tih are the mute witnesse: 
gardener has 
a sate as this is i for all to think upon. 
fats are “indispa table. Is the inference 
wron 
have before us a very si 
ATION raised b 
tion, bu 
stamens are much increased and are 
allin the form of iene i and stored petals 
bearing pollen cells on their nd, strange 
sf 
ower bears a a filament below its poin 
outside !! We remember no similar case 
was spe no change in the pistil, all the parts 
of which were normal. 
e 
SOUND AND ) UNSOUND TIMBER. 
IN a leading article of the 14th inst., the various 
the presan n 
to the resist tae yo ni 
recovery. Not ERRET the. ratna of the 
wright h and Namaa reta rdation of er ti 1 it | viden 
might 
summe 
that very little real ad 
paved of. ‘olige for one season, but it will be 
weakened in consequence, for the growth of frest 
in proportion to the| nights Frequently Bee ioe E Ma 
. Sometimes Grapes|to the eg es ; vegetal 
ty 
J 
meet check 
bries 
TAE a from the ado Aes of any 
hin therto ia peas n this important ir, 
kd ah d im stipelticabie‘ oll ¢ 
Ke n whilst. some. 
aa 
may be. nig the we ON n hope to restore the vigour hes few years; and none of them, ga sray 
better ave seen Goose- of the the 1 trees. If warm weather should set in, and | affirmed, can render bad timber equal to that which is 
berry bushes entirely Sain of their foliage by | especially warm pr a neal foliage will be | în every 
caterpillars ; the fruit was large; but although hate yay hi t then great care must be t: taken of it, |, It is, however, in many cases a difficult matter to 
expos without being shaded by If oe 3 ft are likely to be produced in some | 70” good timber from bad, judging from appears 
a single leaf, it never a , and the berries| par of the trees, they must not be allowed to it at in one he most impo M of ship- 
The same thing occurs if a enon nigeiy. all the sap of the trees, then be Aa es ft h thi J I broh ii hg o aion “ibe e 
Vine is entirely deprived of its foliage, hargai bo _ -= roye E bodes allow the FE 0 Fit Aes oye or kan th de ciena, 
th essential to the ripening of t it. cies n there are ways sr o0 late. Hence we ask conclude ut its defects 
Success or the contrary depends on its healthy or anà males "distrib ut sig git say oe pon 80, | may > cape previous detection although inspected 
Fro pest oa eee Tts extent should — s rd a the rer sr an ta ruit in | the most erpofietipea eye. Probably, by ge wnt 
be properly ex 1g ie observations and chemi 
on the aroma nt of ame Tiago in one year, the| may ts rows paar rire tb d usefully 
of the n gttatly de 8. might as well have prin at once from we practi Nica to detect differences between good and bad 
will h + timber, which tte naked AG fails to do. 
uncongenial season the vie a been one ing, i There is one circ RS sapai as regards Oak 
r importance than any 
common with H Ube plants, from a circumstance to & 
ich it is impossible to draw at ention too ro duce SER! $ 
a we mean ii ‘ 
instant at the goin E — ta 
ERA’ E Sor | advi 
SHOULD BE SURUV EN 
So says “J. W. L.” 
Es 
© 
B 
s 
= 
| plump but ion o egonia. 
a Te of ether on his hand | $ 
warm s sun? if he has done so let him 
tan nines mie and r ar 
timber, appears to me of 
other, j would even = than all others Į put together, 
and that is the period o 
are felled. Let there i tre Oak trees of the same age 
Let o be felled in autumn, 
and t e oe when he easily in spring. 
When squared and seasoned bot! pare R 
sound; thout seeing either ia a this state I should 
without ‘healt tation pronounce the mn-felled timber 
goo od, a nd the he nee -felled cmc bad, especially 
circumstance: 
Difference -l 0. 
. From this it appears that groun: ~~ se there was = 
‘much colder thes last year, except in May, when and eg Do use the a of his 
a had a heavy fall o t. | great sensibility. Had - ge aes whole ar 
t newly raised echa A in the open groun id, or} in ether under hy hot he would not haye for-| 
otters having their roots near the surface, must atin n the effec 
nights was below pera affect it greatly. Whether this is 
to the low kerre fe of yE prie = bodies, or to 
as as low as ne other unsus- 
ihe amt ax maA was frequently et aa cause, the fact io 
40°; on the oe it w Eve menin Animals of high organisation are indifferent to a 
neti that kills t 
TY | wi 
Small differences in 
analogy aE e Eak ive ees o 
well 
darder tain the relative effects of autumn 
and spring ‘ling, Thad a limb cut off a Pear tree tree in 
oe when the bark was firmly set ; 
im 
hs 
pieces ed on the rubbish 
, | by th % Totta: "twine of faggot wood, = merits 
with a antit of the latter. These 
To E ing decay. In two 
ete time maesan 4 
unusual 
the 25th o of July. it agde m Pomar begaran 
aena 
a most 
loaf of bread. 
A 
years “the spring cut peri had less temasi stn 
„àid not falli ; Lascars, as we see, lie on 
bbe mn cut was a litt) 
on the Senay it has Sek ber winter, lookin ce charity, and little = 
ieeuocinsec with Cot cement Be comes of it, Bu car Palm zi tree of his nati 
e bad situation i a ma it was aid bar it still 
retained, its integri 
op ard an Neri 
saturated oy bere yields the oil that lubricat 
sleet. | greasy in the throes of death whine the 
it could only be = 
hard. In the spring-felled portion bot 
