is THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Jone 20, 
ify. F ears I have had my 8 5 I believe the disease mad 
mployed. Gardeners find a oe upon y | $ gee iF vith 2 uae of Oidium. This season I | with me before it was observed by a one appearance a 
hard, shor — ter 0 ll In the freon cases | kept them in a cool frame under a cold north wall ‘i Baye never failed to ripen a 8 ane le aud 
‘dant t flower with 80 ar cy? : immer, threatening oak ern ee me to move them a | Gardener to J. Slater, Esq., Rams er, 
e 8 af wate r see es ait oily, withheld, warmer = uarter, and the disease has not a its eR 
s of nitro; 
be. isi oped i ed, in the form of weak liquid | *PPearance IXORA COCCINEA. 
THE y green foliage and lar rge he eads of bri 
It becomes then a question whether the 3 sarit are which well managed specimens hy 
en ildews may not be traced t ep t produce, form an am recompense f. 
high cultivation, and whether we ought not 5 sk g $ beauty of the leave pier» d on its aiias, Ths 
s of inc ng our crops by other means 5 renders plant agreeable 
: red with its 
excessive ap of am acal G when cove sri 
manures. That question we venture to put to our epi blossoms, which a 3 three or bra 
readers, and we hope to receive an abundance of well- This. Ixora, being a native of the East Indies, requires 
col red co munications lig as ae e ot ture for its successful cult Whe 
advocating any jew, but recording ec growing it should be freely supplied with water at the 
rtained facts on either side of the question t moist atmosphere; bu a 
is one of the mp If it uld hich flowers are 
sively in highly manure an in poor land, 
the shall be able to p with renewed 
confidence in the application of ammoniacal sub- 
If, on the contrary, it ld appear that 
mildew does in fact accompany i de; 
the use of strong manures, then we ay: set about 
devising some means of dispensing with them 
W. d more especiall te attention to 
be overrated, 
2 ox change in the system of both feld 
and garden cultiva > = ogee ma pany 
persons of muc inte ence — 
author of this wor igo iable enthusiast, 
hobby-hors 
gar rs who omr this pansar for confirming o 
Goan 
— FUNGI. 
Tue failure of fruit trees, &c., after much expense 
and attention, has been a source of great annoyance to 
the owner, who, without knowing the true cause, often 
attributes his loss to a want of skill in their management. 
become sickly and stunted. Iti is true, the experienced and 
kill 
the procuring and mixin his compost hea ps, the 5 
tical I g aoe y gre the con 
org ing 
44 the soil in W ar fea 
pre ont to secure 
healthy growth ; he will inform 
soil ;— equilibrium 
in the motion of the sap, depang oo. ite 8 
and hygrometrie = of the : E 
will take place in 
and by 
— 
Es 
a 
S. S 
5 
a3 
— 
8. — 
2 
5 
B 
2 
„ evaporation goes on so fast that 
e roots are 3 to supply sem deman 
them, the wood becomes the 
Damas k Rose. 
Peach. 
in Li Potato, 
more i 
8 
Spinach. 
Cabbage. 
1. Average diameter of =. 
their long axes L100pth of 
an inch, short diameter, 
1-1100th of an inch, 
accompanying sketches (the result of my own ob- 
mould. 
The 
ser vation a) will show the different structures 
Fro above. — 
tated, 00 aor ae resting place 
fungi Althou 
of the two 
p cl f fungi just mentioned ; the one having simple 
articulated or moniliform stems is called Oidim : the 
other with ona e but branched stems is termed 
med d Bot trytis. e have an instance of the care with 
3 3 Nature pr providos for tt paesu ity. The fungi 
lants whose cells e become „distended 
vaporation, are fu ished with a large 
y which eyaporatio: 5 ch 
n, scarcely | 
th 
ool damp 
& preventive to 
own to b 
absorptio o be carrie on 
air ia * 1 
er, and its ier texture would | gr 
expected, it 
o a period of comparativel: 
ipen the $ i at 
re 
ring; an the exercise of a fine 
had in blossom at an period wl 
be most desired, as thoroughly ripened wood 
will hardly fail hed roduce flowers 5 
ist growing temper 
especial liking jei this vis m 
careful to procure stock 
infested with these —— 
oung plants may be d in a ing 
temperature of about 6 5°, as in ag 
is convenient, and an effort should be rile to afford 
th bottom h x = A e 2 80°, which will be highly 
beneficial during wing 
of bye 
At that stage the pants should 
and allowed all th ne ignt possible, to prevent long- jointed 
weakly growt r must be admitted whenever the 
state of the "weather will ae especially after growth 
If the plants selected are dwarf and 
nd straggling it will be nee HEE 
them back freely. 5 should be perfo 
tely w 
i soos 
vice 
applies for a fortni ht or so — otting. the 
balls and soil when th pre” is performed moist, 
keep the Nope da and 
head 1 with ee syringe, and 
the roots * soon la lay eee: the fresh soil, When 
be giv oe 
t will probabl 
plants some slight protection aa the 1 
as the season advances, u very t 
if seorching cannot be avoi sided without it. 
on pore ung shoots have attained the length of 
which should be the case iF the end of 
5 05 125 circulation o 
er atmospher 
en the rod, and $ 
than if the p 
SSernes 3 2.8 
ter ae so 
buds to start into ork If a second shift isn y 
which will be the case if all has gone on prop™ 2) 
this at once, as it is desirable to have the pots 
roots pre 
wi 
commences the average heat should not — 
a high prensa at this stage would no 
ro habit of. growth ; but when 
eb may be allo’ ed to 3 
Arri y and 75 75 5 ‘at ree always admitting au 
mild bright days. where 
it or house, 
the plants can be placed i me wee a ase to 65°, this will 
months ; and if they can ed a 
65° on roots will be kept in a healthy condition. 
flowers, 
s are deemed large eno auler ey, witha free 
e shou 1a be kept ome t dry, with gur 
on all 2 e op 
a bese: an should be 
3 to the : i — samo t 
afforded before overing e 
t d harden 
of the size of the p The taste 
of the cultivator must decide as 3 5 
oots, and tie a a out in a 
to Ant he and air, enco 
—— sceialeeel 
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