. The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . veloped in the neck, instead of in the net. January 27, 1363.] JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 05 Day Day ol of Mnth Week. 27 Tu 28 W 29 Th 30 F 31 S 1 Scn 2 M -FEB. 2, 1663. Hermann d. 1605. B. Agardh d. 1859. T. Mavtyn d. 1768. B. W. Aiton d. 1793. G. & B. Sir Ashton Lever d. 1788. Septuagesijia Sunday. Purification. Candlemas Day. WEEKLY CALENDAR. Weather near London in 1362, Barometer. ————— Thermom —
. The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . veloped in the neck, instead of in the net. January 27, 1363.] JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 05 Day Day ol of Mnth Week. 27 Tu 28 W 29 Th 30 F 31 S 1 Scn 2 M -FEB. 2, 1663. Hermann d. 1605. B. Agardh d. 1859. T. Mavtyn d. 1768. B. W. Aiton d. 1793. G. & B. Sir Ashton Lever d. 1788. Septuagesijia Sunday. Purification. Candlemas Day. WEEKLY CALENDAR. Weather near London in 1362, Barometer. ————— Thermom —4554-4455-485 (—4453-44 W ind. Rain inInches. •06•08•32•02 SunRises. SunSets. m. h. 49af7 m. at 4 MoonRises Moons Clockbefore D:iy of and Sets; Age. Sun. I Year. 910 11121314 13 33 13 43 13 51 13 69 272829E0313233 Meteorology op the Cluswick, from observations during the last thirty-six years, the average hiehest and loweston tne 31SE, in IBj/. Dunng the period 144 days were fine, and on 108 rain THE IMPEOVEMENT OP CLAYEY SOILS. AVLNG observed that youhave recently had to replyto several inquiries con-cerning the improvementof clayey soils, I havethought that my experi-ence in so important amatter might be acceptableto your pages, and, I hope,instructive to those ofyour readers who may un-fortunately have to supply fruitsand vegetables from a garden, thesoil of which is a rank clay. Thosealone who have had that disheart-ening work, and the almost insurmountable difficulties tocombat in producing from such a soil all that is generallyexpected as the produce of a gentlemans garden, canfully realise how exceedingly desirable it must be to carryout any process which will change a stiff, tenacious, dampclay to a more friable and fertile staple. When I entered on the care of the gardens at DyrhamPark some fourteen years ago, the worthy proprietor hadpreviously decided to burn a very considerable extent ofthe soil, w
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