May IS. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER, 
109 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Weather near London in 1853. 
M 
D 
D 
W 
MAY IS—24, 1954. 
Barometer. 
Thermo. Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R. & S. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
bf. Sun. 
Day of 
Year. 
18 
Th 
Bcinbidium pallipes. 
29.901—29.864 
72-39 
S.E. 
— 
6 
46 
1 
25 
21 
3 
51 
133 
19 
F 
Cillenus lateralis. 
, 29.964—29.996 
72—40 
S.E. 
— 
5 
48 
1 
52 
3 
49 
139 
20 
s 
Sun’s declination, 10° 58' K. 
1 30.053—30.012 
68—30 
E. 
— 
3 
49 
2 
11 
23 
3 
46 
140 
21 
Son 
Rogation Sunday. 
.■10.0/6-29.989 
65—40 
J'j • 
— 
2 
51 
2 
27 
24 
3 
43 
141 
22 
M 
Agonum 6-punctatum. 
30.083—3(1.060 
66—39 
N.E. 
— 
1 
52 
2 
42 
25 
3 
39 
142 
23 
To 
Agonura vaporariorum. 
30.070—29.979 
69—45 
E. 
— 
III 
53 
0 
56 
26 
3 
34 
143 
24 
W 
Queen Victoria born 1819. 
29.9*38—29.803 
• /l—48 
E. 
58 
55 
3 
9 
27 
3 
29 
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Meteorology of toe Week.— At Chiswick, from observations during the last twenty-seven years, the average highest andlowest tem¬ 
peratures of these days are 66.1° and 44.3° respectively. The greatest heat, 69°, occurred on the 21th in 1647 s and the lowest cold, 31°, on the 
I ' 24th in 1839. During the period 112 days were fine, and on 77 rain fell. 
COMBINED HOP SKIM, BEAN BRAKE, AND BROAD SHARE 
i 
I now send you a description and sketch of the agricultural 
implement of which I made mention in my former note, 
and I do it from the belief, that, as more than one large 
farmer has tried it here, and highly approved of it, by send¬ 
ing you this sketch aud description, I may render some 
service to farmers in general, and help to extend the good 
that may aiisc from this invention beyond the precincts of 
this parish. 
Mr. John Snashall, a blacksmith, of Bore’s Isle, Teu- 
terden, Kent, who is the inventor and manufactor, has 
named it the “ Combined Hop Skim or N id if el, Bean Brake 
and Broad Share," as it embraces all the advantages of those 
three formerly distinct implements. It is entirely made of 
wrought iron, and, therefore, considerably stronger than 
such implements in which a good deal of cast iron is used. 
The peculiarity of this implement consists in the side 
braces, which, giving additional support to the wings, prevent 
any o'scillation in the handles ; a fault frequently complained 
of in iron-made implements of this sort. 
The braces, as may he seen in the sketch, can he made 
shorter or longer by means of the screw and swivel at the 
lower end, according as the wings are set close or wider 
open. In the sketch the wings are represented as set an 
their full width. 
The wings will shut up close to the centre beam, when 
the tines will cut less than a foot of ground in width; at 
the same time they will open so as to cover three feet of 
ground, by means of the jointed bar that connects them, 
which can be fixed in auy position by the nut and bolt 
going through the long mortise in the centre beam. 
The depth of cutting may also be regulated from surface 
work to thirteen inches, by merely removing the wedge at 
the back of each tine, and shifting them up or down. 
Again, by removing all the tines and substituting large 
shares in the three sockets nearest to the handles, it will 
then cover nearly four feet of ground. 
To conclude; this implement having all its parts bolted 
together, and not rivetted, any portion maybe easily removed 
for the purpose of repair, whilst in most other implements 
of this kind they are so fastened together, that four times 
the necessary expense is incurred for a trifling accident, 
from the waste of time in getting the implement to pieces 
and putting it together again.—H., Tenterden. 
Following in alphabetical order the names of Scrip¬ 
tural plants, as they occur in our authorized translation, 
we come next to The Ash Thee. The word so trans¬ 
lated occurs but once, and this is in the 14th verse of 
j the 44th chapter of Isaiah. The prophet is deprecating 
i the course pursued by the worshipper of idols, and adds 
] sarcastically, “ He planteth an Asli, aud the rain doth 
nourish it. Then shall it be for a man to burn : for lie 
will take thereof and warm himself; yea, kindleth it, 
and baketli bread; yea, he maketh a god and worship- 
peth it; lie maketh it a graven image, and falleth down 
thereto.” 
The Hebrew name is Oran ; and Dr. Parkliurst, 
tracing its derivation from ran, one of the meanings of 
which is “to move to and fro with quickness and 
freedom,” thought this a sufficient ground for conclud¬ 
ing that not the Ash, but some species of Pine was so 
I named. Dr. Kitto, after remarking that the Septuagint 
also translate it Pitun, makes one step further advance, 
and considers that the species of Pine intended by the 
name Oran is the Larch. In support of this opinion 
ho remarks, “ It is a fast-growing tree, and its wood is 
scented like the Cedar of our black-lead pencils. The 
rapidity of its growth would naturally recommend itself 
to one who wished to have a god hewn out of the tree 
which he himself had planted; while the freedom with 
which any kind of deal burns when kindled, rendered it. j 
very proper for fuel. It is a native of warm climates, j 
and produces a kind of Venice Turpentine.” 
There are many objections to this conclusion. The 
Larch is not a native of Judsea; and there is neither 
evidence nor probability that the Jews imported its 
seeds, or young plants, to grow wood for idol-making 
The wood of the Oran the idolater employed for “bak¬ 
ing bread;” but it is well known that no wood containing i 
Turpentine will answer for such a purpose, because, if | 
so used the flavour it imparts to the bread renders it. 
unpalateable. The wood of the Oran was also a fuel- 
wood ; and the idolater, the prophet says, “ will take 
thereof and warm himself.” Now, for such purpose the 
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