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tory explanation (except in a few instances), 775 to enough for the present.—G. nak the" pat 4 Ki 5 55 pan Te (taken 
their probable uses in the economy of vegetable 1 25 ; 
their probable one the corong, Gf ae | ` ASHMEADS KERNEL APPLE, , e t intnded merely for comparisons Bat 
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present. ö path: „ The mona ba repr ion is from á "euit of | of the eight tubers was eae in 1 flask, 
i i i i i i Mr. J. C. Wheeler. 1e expirati ve days, omato Botryti 
reso } most suitable soil | this nt variety, received from 8 he To rytis 
shag orton — — pee iven plant, is Kingsholm nursery, Gloucester, who very truly remarks | had produced, to a depth of nearly 5 millimetres (about 
that resulting from the mposition of plants, simila hat i n Apple not sufficiently known. A totally | one-fifel of an inch), the appearanc e 
1 ifferent fruit has, un above name, orthily | murrai cts. of the Botrytis of the Potatoes, 
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anxi l d this brings us to the imme- occupied the place of the true sort; and to the p Seo: ays 
* of oe ere — What my ahr the most suitable | only a second rate character ha ns n er, the affection, exactly characterised in the two divi 
il fi Heath ? aN tributed in the descriptive Catalogue of Fruits pub- | sions of the tubers, had traver their whole thick. 
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: fon boil Eo 47 yh er satisfactorily afforded in 1846, by | perties ; the complete absence of all signs of putrefac. 
i pained sone 7 ep er on flourish h spontaneously, |? + s tion ; nei atin kit : = ages in the 3 N 
n black d earth so 0 e granular su stance russet co 
. ith ee bell ee as and assimilation of the azotized and fatty matters in the 
such, one is principally vegetable matter in a latter ; the induration of the dise 55 =A i est. 
state of decomposition, the other di ted after boiling in water, &e.; and the walls of three of 
In removing soil, as above deseribed, from the the cavities presented some new downy patches of the 
in which it 1s found, it is not adv take more than Botrytis the fourth tuber, ny 1 r 
a few inches from the surface, as in this the most val remained solitary, ruptured, i nded with 
able soil is found, being of a more fibrous texture ranular matter, None f the remaining four tubers, 
g er mass of vegetable debris., In to which no Botrytis had been applied, showed the 
carting it to the c o not Russeled. least appearance of change. I had, besides, taken the 
Heather, as by its decay the soil precaution of making the little 3 th 
will be greatly enriched; but stack the clods, with Tapena to Kie Hes, where the tuber remains in gene- 
everything adhering to them, in neat ridges, disposing ral so 9 long time, even 5 — the other parii 
them in such a manner as to prevent the winter’s rains i are 15 ked. 
iog them. In this position the soil should remain The experiments which I have just described are 
easy to repeat, 5 by taking the Botrytis already 
formed from the fruit ae e Tomato. If, as I believe 
will be the case, others find a repetition 3 the same 
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when it can be avoided. I have said that soil from a The flesh is firm, erisp, and juicy, with a very rich, The first effects of the Potato murrain are due to 
= ep oon. r ee inches should = von till May. aromatic flavour; in season from Nov ember the amannan of a Cryptogamic vegetable (Botrytis 
. ur poses of Heath cultivation. In the majori infestan 
: e i ma — In the “ Guide to the . and Kitchen Garden, 2. The action of water favours this emanation Ren 
; principally of dota weer rocks, in which the | P. 86, it is stated that “the habit and general appear- „ and the ruptnre of the envelope; it is thus 
oxide of iron is frequently present a most deleterious ance of the tree is very much like that of the Nonpa- | ce asy to understand why the attacks of the malady have 
econ when employed ug soii olion with the reil, and there can be no doubt of its having ire Appie very frequently coincided with rain, moist fogs, or r hoar 
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rodu my plants and of Ashm 3. The spores are transported by the air when in 
were potted. To facilitate the tying down of their 9 It is a very valua ble and hardy sore highly | motion; they are dispersed irregularly over cr opty, 
inches, u order to produce bushiuess, I employed iron | li ng of cultivation.” Unquestionably it ought to according to the direction of the atmospheric currents, 
, proportionate i i e me of the pots, in | "© in every good collection.— R. Z. ere or npr obstacles ; hence proceed inequalities 
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rast into the soil; oxygen rapidly united with r- ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND REACTION OF „ The wie minute granules which proceed | 
Bao at the metal a r of iron; which BOTRYTIS a I ON 1 eon the Eats fungus Da: taking the Pb 
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ay 1mpreg gi: vot my platis. 1 tg Dg ae Siete. the aoe — dtii ur the fact obebr ved by the sap, pass from the parts exposed to the 2 the 
a” Saiko in the neighbour ood of tae 4 4 n legs. M. Magendie, many similar observations pape arrived 
It was 5 to observe, in turning the N out of from different quarters ; the destruction $ Spalna 
their pots, that little bunches of roots had condensed 8 the 8 of diseased P otato 8 has | Soani in abet deeply sea 
: ves into lest possible space compatible Gh t lopment of 
with tue obtainment of nourishment, and that a t the kane horticuiturist well known to the Academy. the 3 ni te Sipe 1 n late 
x 5 poiat from within * a avery diseased erg; eee varieties, though none, even seedlings, | 
n eK large plants requiring a * 3 : ine F i i ght ther 
shift 2 used after being og a c roughly beaten hes N a Wee the phenomena de- f . log 9 ee new 
aud copped with the 8 but for smaller specimens | - s varieties obtained from seed, the earlier ones offer 
u sho forced, t the meshes of a pay i i Se j 
o sieve, 10 f fact, in . pi 5 extraordinary large This remarkable constancy e wa. ed m e in the ex- 75 = i 
shits are not to be given, it is by far the better prac- perimental examination ofthe other analogies, which it reyes whieh gre Sir “import, the proget 
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you need not rid it of any of its fibrous matter, and the of the two Solanals. The curious facts which I am going | a bee with 
~ original permeability is still 2 In using very to relate establish clearly this analogy; they seem besides r enl 18 end — 
8 rough oil fur reporting planis, o much advocated of balers the to g e peas effects and the various 
a great aie is requisite to pa t interstices oc- ees ee 
curring between the exterior of he. bal of the plant I began; by placing the granular e of the 
and tie ae of the pote hen such is the case, cortical zones of diseased tubers in a cavity produced 
1 variable amount of mo eee eee the artificially, similar to that which is eee by the 
mie vitable result, and the 1 f Ta 8 a attack of Tomatoes. one cut in two and with their 
any apparent cause, will soon marn us of the ae ier: medullary substance removed, were re-united by a liga- 
tapes under which it is labouring, ae and then left for 10 days in lace where = 
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ee, eee alee ga ee 18” entre] e decayed by ani ie 
cuitivanous aud here I w mpress on The = a dor cavities were then ‘clothed with 4 . The agricultural phenomenon, then, with whic sg 
aud youug ae, ta — te Heath to tases os Ci hite down, which u aes the microscope presented in phe occupied, oo bn of rian 1 ge 
ul and assidavus attention is the only means ot | 8 in: —— the characters of Botrytis prige not pa a complete anomaly in Nat 3 — 
0 Do ues t matter to assistants, or | m ined occasionally with one or two other tu 8 in some 25 id e set the eee yo "R 0 adis 
uny second person 1 them yourself, | I be th ede 3 pe r j frequent ie Nat dn z arly e eee combination 
ject you cannot trifle with ine wants of a Heath 0 0 the i ; i i 
s wih a * largouium or other solt-wooded plant. The sbsorb this liquid Sby 3 and then expel a P whieh limit: the. extent of cultiva ae o 
latter may be suffered to flag for want of water for | E ular Ne which filled them ; a similar * ce y to 27 T 8 7 . general p 
cot withoat tal h | Substance bu Comptes Rendus, Nov. 8 
I some ee stems and branches; a portion ‘of this eseaped by t the 35353 = 
; kill them: and lower extremity especially, dae ruptures and spon- 
; wiat. is most provoking, “they never > thas to give vue n separarion-are more easy.” 
The same phenomenon observed in the two similar Gain de Montr 
table organism 
azotized, fatty, = — substances, in order to their 
ee dissolving and traneforming into carboni? 
acid and water, pets feculent, saccharine, cr other allied 
substances which they consume, at t the 9 time disen- 
gaging caloric; thus producing in an ev vident poy ; 
the phases of the vegetation of certain parasitica 
paa es ere Sho 8, i ass 8 observed, to those whid ; 
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* | Botrytides ‘ 5 rait “ed oundish, 7 ittle © 
N > con čer th er the use of very rough soil, for ie ge a Pis different origins agreed with the hypo- | pressed, th a about three inches in diame 
: reyot ug, only be jusinable in a eases where a plant is re- thesis I had proposed, which attributed to these gra- and near] i i i 
oe 3 8 Watively small a a sre sage o on ae an — nules the primitive action in the affected tubers z covered with down, of an intense dark purple next 
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eke, Aphelandra Poincianas, Hi biscus, pees ‘simular He tag then to — directly this 2 peas ga means sun, Abe ie velo, finely dotted mi streaked 
were ‘sta 7 apru bn“; large “ shifts” aad — those which I had e yed to tablish purple on the shaded side. Flesh firm veined 
: used with apt advantage, e transin Sn sa contagi tato 4 
r Games ct rent no aind] oF by cana ot Os Pern so wih ia r 1 
; ia eiy & season reat al lied * The d e, 4 ay soa ca 5 
; to many 4 pianis, are exciso, carat — n = . e dislodgement of the granular matter in A ther 1 80 Pap 2: Pratt very l having the 
Let bis t y tel of root, are immesliatel d y oo 
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ly „ 8 ge og isi between th the . —— ions of the ranathr nearer : 5 e mere me 
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rae y to mislead th th t bigs 4 soil in repotting, is so | give a suffici “gee tiog ro nee ge ot "he ets Arbre c courbé Fruit of u ea size of the St. G 
5 e amateur and tyro in gardening matters, 12 5 tte Botrytis similar to Botrytis 8 figured Flesh meltin ober and Nove 
deemed t place che Hax (Desmaziéres), B. Tree vigorous 5 west 
auealled ibert), Botrytis (Mo — ), astatrix ae g and fertile ; suitable for a 
wall; or it may be grown as a pyramid, but in 
