THE 
MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 




Yo the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, | 
PRHAPS your Correfpondent may 
find an anfwer to his difficulty in the 
following obfervations. 
The particle re in ou Goku ae is gene» 
rally, and, I prefumes juitly, regard ted as 
an abbreviation of retro ; and” the ‘two 
powers of this word, as they refpect time 
or place, accompany-all the compounds, 
Reponere, for example, is either to put 
again, with reference to time, ‘or. to put 
back in a retired part, with veh rence to 
place. Recludere is to open, becaufe it 
reverfes, by a traverfing of the fame place, 
or 4 repetition of a fimilar procefs, the ac- 
tion of fhutting. Ido not know in the 
Latin langage an inftance of the other 
polible fenfe of fhutting back. retiredly, 
or out of the way , and yet by fome acci- 
dent we have laid hold of that fenfe very 
“generally in tranfolanting the word into 
‘our Janguage, Some of your readers may 
be able to thew, perhaps, this predominant 
fenfe to have prevailed during the corrupt 
Latinity of the middle ages: but TE have 
no books to confult for this purpefe. 
GILBERT WAKEFIELD, 
Dorchefier Gaol, Dec. 6, 1799+ 
To'the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
She: remarks of. your intelljgent Cor- 
re(pondent G. A. on the cultivation 
of turnips, are certainly ‘deferving of at- 
tention. He is undoubtedly right, that 
the plants of the different kinds became 
impresnated with the farina of each other; 
wand it is equally certain that new, and 
_poflibly improved, varieties may be ob- 
tained frum moft plants by the faine expe- 
riment, namely, by planting near to each 
other the feed. plants of different forts.— 
‘By this means many new varieties in our 
moit valuable fruits may be procured, 
The fubje€&t of turnips reminds me of 
4n experiment which I laieiy made, and 
which in fome cales it : may-be found expe- 
dient to follow. I fowed a crop of tur- 
Nips in my garden rather late lait fummer, 
which came up well, but were completely 
deftroyed by the fluzs (the real enemy of 
the turnip,) before they got the rough leaf, 
‘Thus difappointed, I fowed again, and 
{owing tofome precaatians which I eu 
particularly the ufe of foots) the fugs onl iy 
MontTHiy Mac., No. 53. 
JANUARY 1, 
ORIGINAL COMA MUNICAT 
1800. 
IONS. 
deftroyed ithe plants in patches, fo that in 
forne parts the quarter was quite bare, and 
in others too thick. As it was then very 
late in the feafon, I cowld not fow ‘again 3 


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but as it was necefiary te thin the turni pS, 
Itranfplan'ed a number of the plants that 
I oie up into the bare {paces, and thus 
filled my bed. The tranip lanted turnips 
were not quite fo forward as the others, 
but in every other refpect appear to an- 
{wer perfectly well. I know not whether 
it-is a praétice to tran{p! ae turnips in any 
cafe, when cultivated ona large {eale; but 
I cannot help thinking that ia fome Bie: 
pariicularly of late crops, where depreda- 
tions have been committed by infeéts, it 
might even.aniwer tothe farmer. A man 
would be able tous.to fill up the vacancies 
of an acre of ground, from. the plants - 
taken up in thinning, in lefs than a day; 
and what is this compared with the lofs of 
ground where a crop bas partially failed ? 
Tt is a general opinion among gardeners, 
and it is even entertained by foe good 
botanifts, that plants with’ variegated 
leaves are varieties: produced from weak- 
nefs and want of nourifoament only; and 
that, when cultivated ina good foil, they 
will commonly refume their natural ap- 
pearance. This opinion has arifen, I am 
inclined to belicve, from a variegated leaf 
bearing fome refemblance to a leaf in a 
withering or decaying ftate; but I be. 
hieve the variegated plants which are cul= 
tivated in our gardens and. thrubberies 
will be found to be permanent varieties 
obtained from feedlings, end not fach from 
weaknefs or Rarvation merely. “The va- 
riegated plants of ma ay fpecies are known 
to be as- healthy and vigorous as any 
others; nor have I ever feen fuch become 
gteen by being cultivated in ground how- 
ever rich or ftrong. Indeed, oe havea faét 
now before my eyes, whichis direQly the 
teverfe. Ipianted (among others,) fome 
variegated play in avery {mall piece of 
ground which I have in London, nat de- 
ferving the name of a garden. -The foil 
(if it may be termed fuch,) 1s remarkably 
ne and poor, indeed chiefly lime and 
biick xubbifh and gravel. The plants are 
therefore proportionally weak, and rene 
dered Aickly moreover by* the bad.zir of the 
metropolis. zt the moft extraordinary 
that in this fate the leaves 
dppegat wa but perfectly 
BBs ETERS 


