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tried with Carrots, Celery, Cabbage, Tomatos, Turnips, Peppers, and Sweet 

 Corn. The first application of nitrate was made when the plants had made 

 a good start (in the case of transplanted plants when they were set), and 

 second and third applications according to the condition of each crop. 

 The results are shown in the following tables :— ■ 



o 



Fertiliser 



Quantity per acre 



Number of applications 



Yield per acre 



Carrots 



Cabbage 





Celery 





s 

 a 



°C 



Culls 



Primes 



o 



Number of roots, 

 Primes 



Number of roots, 

 Culls 



Weight of 

 crop 







lbs. 





lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 







lbs. 



1 



Nothing . . . 







8,720 



2,730 



910 



7,920 





15,470 



13,480 



2 



Nitrate of Soda 



300 



2 



10,180 



2,730 



3,260 



11,460 



14,300 



1,230 



28,380 



3 



»> >» 



300 



3 



10,290 



1,550 



5,390 



9,250 



14,940 



1,180 



31,800 



4 



j> »» 



400 



2 



10,520 



1,820 



4,160 



11,250 



14,700 



1,130 



31,080 



5 



?> »> 



400 



3 



10,380 



1,410 



7,580 



15,060 



15,050 



970 



33,900 



Plot 



Fertiliser 



Quantity per acre 



Number of applications 



Tomatos 



Turnips 



Feppers 



Sweet Corn 



Yield per 

 acre 



Yield per 

 acre 



Yield per 

 acre 



Yield i 



Number 

 of ears 



er acre 



Weight 

 of &talks 







lbs. 





lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 





lbs. 



1 



Nothing . . . 







7,390 



8,230 



13,480 



4,610 



6,850 



2 



Nitrate of Soda 



200 



2 



10,610 



12,740 



15,750 



4,620 



6,300 



3 





200 



3 



13,270 



11,220 



16.930 



5,890 



6,800 



4 



" " 



300 



2 



12,000 



16,520 



18,240 



5,680 



6,650 



5 





300 



3 



10,930 



13,360 



18,230 



6,290 



7,300 



F. J. C. 



Oak, A Beautiful Old. By L. Graebener (Die Gart. p. 433; 

 14/6/1902). — Description and illustration of a 500-years-old oak growing 

 about half a mile above Badenweiler in the Black Forest. — G. B. 



Oak, Lucombe, What is the ? By H. J. Elwes (Gard. Chron. 

 No. 820, p. 195 ; Sept. 13, 1902).— The history of this tree has been given 

 by Loudon many years ago, and quoted by almcst every writer on English 

 trees since, but Mr. Elwes " is inclined to think that the original Lucombe 

 Oak is something quite different, and not a hybrid between the Turkey 

 Oak and the Cork Oak as supposed." In support of this theory he quotes 

 Evelyn's ' Silva,' which reads : — " Besides these seventeen species of Oaks, 

 enumerated by Mr. Miller, there is another, described under the name of 

 the Devonshire, or Lucombe Oak. Of this kind there is a particular 

 account given in the 62nd volume of the ' Philosophical Transactions,' from 

 which it appears that a Mr. Lucombe sowed some acorns from a Wainscot 



