692 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
LOcr. 30 
Theiss are diseased to such an extent that there 
much in the dark as ever; mean 
plentiful as | blackberries. Some ‘attribute it solely to 
latter supervenes aa previously diseased state 
of the tissues. evil arises from bad] 
plan her, on 
Sake contrary, 
$ 
treating the 
Saitis it to their . too highly cultivated. For | a 
now- 
incr 
dende, Sep 
y | them 
increases, and at las 
m ves or green 
parts. subterranean 
organ is cut off from co mimaunication wi 
its vitality is sufficiently high, its cells not only 
absorb water and other matters, as was the case 
beginning, but also decompose and elabo 55 
m, in the same way as the cells of the leaves. The 
result of that Seon is increase in bulk, partly 
tensio lls and the 
e of the number of the 
= also from filling the last formed cells with t 
matter ere to the s 
eel d thi r, |} 
i organs do possess this Power, y 
That u 
to. some extent at least, has been certain ever since 
e Vine, e same ye a 
to the free een of the air, a 
t | form 
See as $ him that peony light and the | 
ecessary the | war 
acti an air 
— of i . 5945 his he beled | to be 
ht to be 
* keen of what oug 
lue. It is generally and incontestably efficacious ; 
and I shall take great ple asure in 1 e it to any 
one . of seeing it.“ 
e tha 
on the 
in winter, and had the ground 
aug 1 them in 7 sprit, but which have not since 
nor dressed in any Nee f are much less 
those that have rec e usual 
ey bulk is the 
depends upon the preterit of a su 
tal 
w its o 
d its 
ing of the statement is a the 
matter out 445 gs ch starch grains are eventually 
y 
ow 
while fluid, antil it reaches the subterranean 
cells, where it is finally organised. 
All that is eee in order to secure increase in 
e power organisation ; that pow 
ufficient amount of 
force; therefore, when a subterranean body 
not at all intend to say that, an ye 
ground. organ will increase as rapidly in the absence 
of leaves as it will K ey are 8 
contrary, in the latter case, it grows by 
own vitality and “that o of the . combined. 
A double ape is em to bear upon its increase, 
and at lea 
condition i is 5 presentei, bo 
ontend for 
eo W wth wi —and mu oop greater 
extent than is supposed. If, then, a root-crop is 
from any accident deprived of its N it is by no 
mean nsequence e crop is 
arrested in its growth; on the —— a 
ared 1 ve been vided the 
allowed to trail al he ground ; the former are | defoliation does not occur till towards the end of 
whilst the latter are 5 — y healthy. the season, growth will go on notwithstanding. 
In some Vines the progress of the disease can This kind of growth is, we believe, alwa 
I 
oe . e — latter. Oats also, —. can 
be sow. an ic 
se.” 
onovaM, “it should be understood 
t these experiments „ altho gt 1 sive 20 a 
general point of view, requir be regulate: 
practice as Ae their d ehaile.” 
ys 
5 1 by the formation of wood or its equivalent, 
leaves 5 1 nsable, as We m 
85 show; but t a different part of th 
question, and of more interest i in a scientific than i ia 
a Deen point of vi 
~ STATICE IMBRICATA. 
Tars is an extremely use 
purposes, and un 
Y | handsome s speciai. 
Taar 8 ‘WILL, under _ — 
INCREASE I LEA 
at a 
crops will necessarily se all 
highly im Par inet ion, ié, still remains 
unanswe re those circumstan 
5 
wheter n a dent as soon as 
amount, whatever i may be, as been acquired. | 
In the beginning m gree : to light, 
further growth. One | Perse 
P 
make rapid 
ate tie aqueous matters which 
Sey lect, en bes 80 forming the materia 
organs, exposed 
exclusively the property of elabo- | circulation of 
and gaseou 
— the whole 
ae however, recomme 
nse heads of b 
to No 
the bie = of ken it may be had in 
enc _I do 
oom are 
ring, as very 
|Table t ia suffer from mildew and the amount of light at 
that season is insufficient to colour the flowers. 
Young healthy plants should be procured at once by 
intendin these wi 
commence its 3 ; 
treatm 
loliaadd i — it is 1 2 Societ 
sphere. I 
defer shifting for a tts or two after placing them 
growing temperature, but vigorous s plants like that under | 
vanced | notice should — t dee 
| Se 
t it becomes enter to enable 
with the leaves, re 
On the}. 
in 
virtue of 
n- | order 
mend it for jui 
filled with roots ; healthy plants in 5-inch pots may be 
— into gane pots, but badly rooted examples had 
better be allowed a or two to recruit before potting. 
If all goes on w r potting, which will be the 
case if this — is ee pe performed and the 
lants carefully watered and attended to, they will 
Es) but give he 
shade 
> | that 
require a second shift towards Midsummey SS 
well rooted, they may b > ms 12 When, if 
ts. 
opetly maturo owth, and 
more water should be e given 
Mpe * 
aaa 
W 
3 
ale 
in about fi 
cireumstanoes. bs. yn e 
requ ire, as 1 a sping 
over occasionally 4 also a free RA a of air, to pp. 
vent injury from damp, a light situation not f y 
ger to the mid- con sun, a a liberal 
such as would be o ined by 
mixing 1 gallon ‘of 1 stable urine with 3 gallons of rain 
2 or 1 Ib. of good Peruvian guano with 8 
water. When damp becom mes — 
supplied — ae and will probably rer ok 
eeks r being 
the 
the — o the grecahouse a and treat them as as recon, 
wth is 
mended for last arti 
fo llowing spring t N ay be shifted iny 
15-inch pots, in which, with good management ands 
— a of manure-w. — tn — ey will last for N 
ill someti 
specimens 
to the rubbish heap, i 
ts propagation will probably be somewhat difficult to 
rienced’ persons. its ngs should be seleetel 
with a glass, and n for h 9 ina shady 
= a temperature of from and then 
to a gentle er heat — . qho * — 
soon emit abundance of ros when they should be 
mad singly i in small pots, an d treated kindly tl we 
ished 
respects moisture when used, and 
— up into small — so as to “ensure à m 
* admixture with the sand. Alpha 
NEW FRUITS. 
EXAMINED Ix 1852, THE GARDEN OF me 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
R. THOMPSON. 
the just 
of it in the present 
deserving of cultivation, or, at all events, 
further tri 
Salter’s Versaillaise Straw 
—— roundish-o 
scapes, and runners 9 — 
horizontally. A good —— 
as Keens’ Seedling, to which it 
— by those who like a oa avout 
