The Quarterly Journal of Agriculture (Volume 6) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836. Excerpt: ... years ago, which contains the names, colours, heights, and prices at that time. In his-later editions he has left out the prices, which will not suit a list printed so long ago. I am informed William Urquhart and Sons, Dundee, and Dickson and Turnbull, Perth, print lists of their dahlias, both of whose collections are excellent. From all which it will be apparent, that in order to select the plants, a purchaser should, if possible, see the collections themselves in the month of August, or beginning of September, at which time the dahlias are in full beauty. The general price runs from one shilling to half-a-crown a plant, which it will not exceed, excepting for very new ones, which may be five shillings each. Some sorts the first season will exceed that price, and several of our nurserymen now get the new sorts from the growers as early as the London nurserymen. ON THE STATISTICS OF SWEDEN. By Mr George Stephens, Land-Drainer, Edinburgh. The Statistics and Political Economy of Sweden being so very little known in Britain, I flatter myself the following information, derived partly from ForselPs Statistics, published in 1831, and partly from personal observation, will be acceptable to the readers of this Journal. The country stretches from 55 to 71 of north latitude, and contains about 170,192 square miles, whereof 21,912 are lakes, mosses, and morasses; 137,412 rock, natural wood, and barren land; 7,370 meadow and enclosed pasture; and 3,487 arable land. Immense tracts of morass, moss, and natural meadow, have of late years been improved, and nearly the whole is capable of improvement. The climate varies according to the latitude, the vicinity of the sea, and other circumstances; the greatest degree of heat at Stockholm on the 3d July 1811, was 36 Celsius ...