when Mr. Cliorlton sees this remark, he will make the American public aware of the mis- 

 take." Now, in my description of this first, it is stated that the earliest indications of it are 

 these brown spots, and that " afterwards are seen small white patches of the soft and deli- 

 cate fungus attached to the under side of the leaf." Further : " These white patches are 

 the fructification of the parasite." As it appears to me, he has only read the description so 

 far as the first indications are mentioned, and then skips on to the next paragraph, which 

 speaks of the " fine and delicate hoary mouldiness of the second kind." As to this part of 

 the matter, both might have passed by the same words, but I was very exact in trying to 

 explain, so far as words could do, the minute difi'erences, and was particular in stating that 

 the first sort " penetrates to the berries by the rhizoma, or spawn, and makes them in ap- 

 pearance like a diseased potato in the first stage of infection ;" while the second lives 

 entirely ujwn the epidermis (which it destroys), procreates simply by the increase of cells 

 laterally, and is found on the upper side of the leaf, thus showing that there is a higher 

 organization in the former than the latter. It is possible that we may be in error, but I 

 would say, with all due deference to his superior abilities, that Dr. Lindley has failed to 

 show it. The very sensible article by Mr. J. Fisk Allen, of Massachusetts, on this subject, 

 in the August number of the Horticulturist, would seem to contradict the doctor's assertion, 

 for your correspondent there states, that, " in the Agricultural Report of the Patent Office 

 for the year 1853, page 311, there may be found an engraved illustration of this mildew 

 fungus. It appears in a communication to the State Department from Nicholas Pike, Consul 

 of the United States at Oporto. This is a correct representation of the American mildew, 

 and leaves no room for doubt as to the identity of the two species." And further on : " That 

 in the short space of one day, the under side of the leaf will be covered." This illustra- 

 tion I have seen, and agree with Mr. Allen. It is also sustained by the evidence of other 

 close observers, and, although the wording of the communication might have been more 

 minute and scientific, there is sufficient in it to show that there is little or no diflFerence. 

 Here is certainly evidence that what I have supposed to be European mildew is so, and also, 

 that it is the same which we are troubled with during the months of July and August. If 

 Dr. Lindley had been more comprehensive in his explanation, and noticed the peculiarities 

 with sufficient attention, it is very probable that we should have received some benefit 

 from his remarks ; as it is, there is nothing left for us but to think that he did not read the 

 description with sufficient attention. Respectfully yours, Wm. Chorlton. 



J. Jay Smith, Esq. — An article is going the rounds (as quoted from the California Farmer), 

 which expresses the opinion that " coflfee will be grown in the State of California, for their 

 own consumption, and also for exportation." It is well to put so erroneous an idea at rest, 

 by stating, that in no part of the State of California will the cofi'ee-tree survive the winter. 

 It is among the most sensitive of all trees to cold, and there is no locality in our count ly 

 where it could be cultivated, except on the extreine point of Florida. It is not cultivated 

 in Mexico, and, owing to the general altitude of that tropical country, it would only survive 

 on a narrow strip of land bordering on each ocean, and in some parts of Yucatan. 



Wm. R. Pkince. 



Temperance and the Vine. — To J. J. Smith, Esq. — Dear Sir : In your May number, I 

 observe that my friend, Jeflfreys (may he live a thousand years, and his shadow never be 

 less), in his " Critique," has doubts about our native wine being an aid to the temperance 

 cause, and cites the abuse of it as a reason. Now this is scarcely fair, for they have very 

 sour cider in his vicinity, and his neighbors should be excused for an extra indulgence, when 

 get a good glass of native wine, 

 it is possible for us to become a strictly temperate people, then Jeflfreys is right. 



