. The Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette . ety is the expense of growing and distributingsuch an enormous quantity of seeds, and such numbersof plants that may now be purchased anywhere for afew shillings. Belore the development of commercialgardening, or the establishment of so many nurseries,a supply of good produce at a cheap rate, or of goodseeds or plants at reasonable prices, true to name,might have been objects worthy of the attention of theRoyal UorticuUuial Society. But I submit that theyare so no longer. Respectable nurserymen Horticultural Society no longer tak
. The Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette . ety is the expense of growing and distributingsuch an enormous quantity of seeds, and such numbersof plants that may now be purchased anywhere for afew shillings. Belore the development of commercialgardening, or the establishment of so many nurseries,a supply of good produce at a cheap rate, or of goodseeds or plants at reasonable prices, true to name,might have been objects worthy of the attention of theRoyal UorticuUuial Society. But I submit that theyare so no longer. Respectable nurserymen Horticultural Society no longer takes the lead in theintroduction of new or rare plants ; and it is entirelyunworthy of its high character that il .should competeas it were with nurserymen for the supply of the privategardens of its Pellows with common seeds for thekitchen or flower gardens. The time has arrived when the whole energyexpended in this direction should be turned into a moreuseful channel. In the management of the Societythe pleasure of its members has been studied quite. Fig. 1. Truck with irons extending over wheels ; a, iron for handle ; h I,, irons for insertion of Fig. 2.—Fig. 2. Side of pole, with oross-haniile, giv:with roller, and lever for turning it; also, portable and lej^s : the latter .are secured with screwed bolts, and can be taken off for cFig. 4. Roller, showing iron eyes for levers.—Fig. .1. Side view of truck and ball of earth as secured. leverage.—Fig. .3. Treele, branched. A two-wheeled truck, as shown in figures1, 5, was made for the purpose, and we found it toanswer admirably. It is an invention of Mr. Mackays,and I believe it to be the most convenient truck forordinary planting hitherto in use. One of smallerdimensions should be in every garden. For raising theball, which was computed to weigh about 2 tons, wehad trestles and rollers made (shown in figures 3, 1)in accordance with designs given in a pamphlet by , and we certainly found them to be
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