1106 
favourably as to 
4 i 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
- PRA 
e 15, 1860. 
the future condition of „Australia. train to Boston, and beg to say that I have yet 300 or) lea SE conformable t ir beginning. Such vic ious 
Something might be done by attentich t at any one’s service who may apply for) ha bite intemperance, Woarig and ope bei conver 
which has a mee influence i in | them. Adverting once more to > this Strawberry, sation, ‘ought, to be strictly ped pe mprove- 
attracting or retaining „moisture; but the incr eds of | Mr. R ob tsc x flered which ha: throdate 
j! ain prizes “for the best out the country will, no doubt, t; Nave ea tendency to 
7 Sey Sen the frequent burning of the withered | rbe of his yt Ae Biwi in 1861. con- | induce young men to improve their minds in their 
Grass is mplete prevention. is no cpio ete tended at the tim now, that such awards | leisure lhours, and not to waste their precious time at 
that some kind ot trees may be found more attractive jai not la it a A dativabite variety, nor would they | cards and ot: el unprofitable amusement 
of : we and rain than 2 others. In the East y Aese : ear i ata renew my offer otad the re S of inei cima of course, must oc ecupy a 
asa se i = in pes N et ortieu tural ociety fi it w il „take charge 0 my po rtion o oa i the. anb an jee tk vm pe nt sie a have 
produc x e, to plant along si y one | been writte ere are also 
anogher kind, of little or no value o P itself w ey eae wae shall produce fruit of _Mr. Daniel Robertson’ g on 
say has the power to attract moisture suffici ard, of the hich ment in horticult it 
po i te more sei kip kind, a ron Clas Certificate, prov ided ‘te ill t sh ] = i cde, Ra their. med 
peris! ey call we nurses; and it i } reatment ex not mean however to 
experimenting to EA wh ether: oe Wok nurse | irera: E NE Fund; in the event of its failing | hry that E piedenens ought to read no other works 
really acts in some peculia to attract moisture, or | to obtain the award in question. Richard S. Yates’ | than those on horti culture. I think their readin 
if it -maaraly affords the pis dks of ia mo in pd Sale, Cheshire. i should much mor tensi at they ought E 
former way, this kind or class of trees might b M Rainfall in November, 1860.— make themselves acquainted with the standard works 
advantageously employed in modifying the linate. | woeeeno Hoope o n e of our most celebr oe au pis These they y iay e 
Australias In sor art oe the d country of France SESESSE FERRERS | seg lendi ing li bra es for very small sum 
they have rows of fruit trees, above 100 yards apart, in | Z8 Saga a Backes | mue t 
the corn fields, which afford tala shelter to the Song Se osre sy | z lih rammar, to enable them tos mi ae a a 
ht, ‘This plan might. be tried DA DES.. FE pees e glish g À kol l 
T DE A A 1s pian A ts ht: : $ ; yee < cone 5: Bet: ay pes is x | to write an intelligible letter. The harsh incorrect s style 
` a F ae 
ander e; A the effect of different kinds Dha E TEE: ş z disagre ecably in the ears of ‘accomplished and 
of Sally Pa a age aoe aa bea = Piet = esas? a 3 refined moet pci she and pret ah w great ae 
-especiall ifi sos | self-educated men have a ee o 
- climate. The condition of Easter Tsland, which, from ES ERN Bore: : erfection. Hugh Miller, a ması oon, aS 
the dest or some other causes, S well eeii was self: taught, and was one of the most 
18, now AWE entirely destitute of fresh water, _ and «garth tet tee Tie wee brilliant men of has ev 
wh 5 duced. But v p the pr rofeasidih “of 
be lost sight of by the Australians.” See page: a ; HeacS8cc pO F a e g rs for me who pi arisen to eminence. 
own observations on the Continent o SES 2. efore concluding I would strongly impress on gar- 
and 89. My b: ti the Conti t ot na! EFS Bef lud I lå strongl g 
‘ope, as well as in Bri itain, in favour a Sesocosmatons | a o oe deners to treat their men with civility and kindnes 
pine a in ai nec re FS | [as wo wona they nif RE re 
termed ligh rous—s Heese vithout sufficient g: BSae! SNESaES SmE 2 5 p their work any better for being 
alumina— tmosphere not subject to cloud. it Bes so ordered to do it yata a haughty air of authority, or 
artin of cloud, at times useful, is perhaps not os x dadai se ade ter or more attentive to thei 
‘oni n t ticed fi m ay iag duties, by b d with tra 
aut or + hen gle oa of a high basalt pr ieeipibs pri | E E pog, | 5 aS | repronchfl ri po ied wi th ger oo 4 
tinued cloud arising and ia a in ~~ | e ee ee a ee | master may, indeed, entertain the idea of his own 
atmosph T He country, like from es superiority by his hideous accents, and te mad- 
vatitirckeb of S | ness, while, in fact, h degr: nd makes himself 
h of the Setge: st BRET Po | O ridieulous in the eyes of his workmen, who can only 
cleft, or from any air or water springs, and which I Toews! 2: a! nee T oe | 8 regard him asa petty tyrant. erg have I ever seen 
w of electricity fi the Be SE a a garden any, pete ay where the men are ap 
In the North of Spain during the latter part of = $ o drudge hao weather till they 
r ins p ia { = drenched, jee 
inland, is Beeek Se! i oe Ra = ol È | when sade ‘work ae be ¢ » given. them. Iam e ne 
day generally capt by blue clouds spreading Bist os, meee e E | ee] admit howe Ki shat t such rigid discipline is seldom ad- 
stri ci “ rs $ | ge pein i : e A a S whole are men of 
: in: ea is shade superior character. Dunerub. 
ten the sun, as bya curtai in, ee an Het ed e EE TEE AE Le =| ee ree 
thi. EN Ti RRESESAR: : SSR Š | EB | on 
ring that season of the year. This. = dared | EN l | PELE 
ae Tight and heat prevents the taj and Orange om ‘ 
ng in this locality, even upon the low land o BeEasan: > Seq Rainy Days. HORTICULTURAL, 
Ip poo por us quality on nly a few feet above Sea ‘evel, 
people the country 
‘curtain was, a modern formation, that formerly, some 250 
oud | At Little Bridy the greater gees of the fall on yy 
21st occurred bet tween 9 am. and midnight. 
‘thea autumn was then suffic ery warm for the Ora 
ange | 
and Lemon pening, y that about 200 years ago they | 
obliged out numerous orchards | 
had Fieno 
the 17th ineludes the rA 2 a 
a heavy fall of snow between noon an P.M 
Manchester the total fall is 0.60 inch less t 
average of the last 11 the s 
34 E 
FE 
Thi 
1 
F L= 
rks of ea, 
morasses 
d iros t 
falls before the early (8 or 9 a.m.) ob- 
servation on the Ist. In the entry of the greatest Hy 
the date is that prior to the morning on aik it 
measure neg "G. J. Symons, 129, Camden Road Pilla 
‘A Few Suggestions: to Gardeners. —The pos 
one lying longitud Apra 1 deep 
g been taken to aie the ditch 
under it, as it, Page o flat 
oget 
their duties and responsibilities, are subjects not un- 
worthy o ofa few re emarks, and I trus t that i shall be 
v 
lada with 
Dee. Ii: (Fra t Committee.)—A 
collection of Pears, ke pani the East Riding of 
Yorkshire, was furni. ished by a local geome sd bsi Com- 
mittee formed in that district. were 
Winter Win sais "Red Doyenné, old. Col mar, or 
t | Egg, Easter ef ade Van Mo po slan le Gem inter 
Nelis, Passe lm. Beurré d’Aremberg, 
— Bonne, ré Di el, 
mostly from standards, 
ae them were small and flavourless, 
s Win Nelis for ex: 4 es es a south 
e Diboni 2 — 
considering the unfavourable 
ced. Amon 
and equal t 
Sh dakertorption. of climate is 
ate for by the formation 
odling the atmo- Pee ia 
s out traces of u 
mountains than is now found practicable for ma 
“subsist. l have re ct spas Sand tim me to follow out “the | 
the f t 
| sarily | incumbent on head-gardenes and those com- 
a 
UAR ph 
flav 
Favourite, and Nelson’s Codlin have also the ai 
Yor 
'kshire k 
complaints that yo oung rving a regular 
ear an are very F actective ahha, and etn | 
very § l knowledge of their busin 
_ Among Pears from the pei ain garden we 
of Winter Nelis, from a poi 
chard-house, ani eke Se 
ffici 
1 to the young Baird 
"EEG to 
ie training of th 
Sekmen. 
gi ata nt rate of w sre in return they o ught to 
ubject, to point 
oing on in 
Russia, — by or th 
e y 
soil, the open the pee? 
ration causing the e evaporation of the vegetable 
, German), l 
their masters, who often lea mr ngg o <5) ee fruit. 
em al thi 
Apprentices are obliged to work for several Shis 
not only did th 
latter in size, panes in point a Teas they es 
t than the 
r glass, 
E kia under furn ishing another 
instance to the many already on record of the value í of 
‘emunerat d by under a proper tra ini 
| kewl Ne thoroughly instructed i in every branch of F their 
busine: made full ei ie to occupy a 
| jou Pe Ymi a iori after the term 
f their appren- 
| ticeship hase 
expired. During the period ¢ o their appren- 
eedling Pear to which ac ss ra 
was a aiD te g by Mr. M‘Keldie, oi 
was a small top-shaped w waived 
nder a 
il (the mother, oy which generally 
but I may have a future 
rtunity of eame a "Patrick Matthew, Gourdie 
HL, Carse ee 
Y the N 
f the 17th of 
regret 
cur- 
4} 
h 
pesos ES thou; ght a tik 
n every precaution uch a 
tak PS E re 
n van department, and be taught to, be active 
well worth cultivation. the favour ea g € 
The 
a great bearer and very hey 
shown È eer M‘Lare 
cat takes to tes ch an appren 
ti ice ought sot only to ma! math an active workm 
but hi pies a him Ba a explaining to 
him the pro} ing—of 
eeping edveeeindiad eX crops in the éaithary sr Bs the 
names of plant ts and their treatment, and a Bini Hl 
Ta likewise a duty in 
against 
1 and not oe ge te received 
mbent 
n all garden who e young men mdr thelr 
training to ey to implant A moral habits. et is B | 
Prha 
applied 
ane, MT 4 therefore, I thi a have | 
That would have tee: 
now ens yy! 
Graham, of Cranford, also furnis 
xamples of A Apple among which were Cou 
Wick, poe et en Pip 
and 
nt varie not half 
ould be iets, ” for it is 
m canker, and in flavour 4 
mely sh and beautifully age Ros bsg 
ne Apple was exh y MT eer of Hackney: pin growing 
ine t was stated to h yet promie o 
wal 
vera i Ken ol BE “Hittle or 
good principles are at first established, they Aai na 
a pot placed o 
diotet to the growth of Orchids, and 
