TRANSACTIONS 



OF 



THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



I. On Climate, considered with regard to Horticulture. By 

 John Frederic Daniell, Esq. F.R.S. #c. 



Read August 17th, 1824. 



Th e following observations were committed to paper, and 

 submitted to the consideration of the Horticultural Society, 

 at the particular request of their Secretary. The author 

 would scarcely have thought them novel or important enough 

 for such a destination, but he defers to his judgment, and 

 shall at all events have had the pleasure of complying with 

 his wishes. 



Horticulture differs from Agriculture in one very material 

 respect. The latter has for its object the fertilization of the 

 soil by manures, and the different processes of cultivation, in 

 the manner best adapted to the peculiarities of any given 

 climate : it concerns itself only with the growth and nourish- 

 ment of such plants as are indigenous, or, by a long course 

 of treatment, have become inured to the vicissitudes of 

 weather incidental to a particular latitude. The former oc- 

 cupies a much wider field of research ; it not only seeks to 



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