286 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE: 
having thus put the raw materials into the hands} perature Bf cy water to baa and not ERE bod 0 
of the public, it is possible that in time some Fabr. Keep them at this temperature alf an ho pi Kollar r recomm onda, as 
may arise from e hints, if it were only the | then take took out separately and fill it up ith ‘boiling plentiful e 
letting of fires out, 80 not to smoke after breakfast | water from a ttle to jithin an inch of t re aanure composed of animal dung, 
time, and not to commence en smo e in the cork firmly, tie it over, and dip iti — substances, such as gypsum, s 
again 1 dark in the evening, and he day work | ately into bottle wax, and lay the bottle de wn on its side 5 which latter method the grubs are killed ear 
to be an occasional whiff only, aud not that dense to p the cork ‘always . event . are obliged to bury themselves so deep in the ẹ 
from a score of small briek chimneys u i n- | tion turn each bottle half round twice bri e hat they can no longer injure the roots of F. 
ncying to the lover of the landscape in the clear cold | for two or three weeks ; after that they will need no otato Disease.—Last year 1 bought some Potat } 
3 barn fan costs 408.; a black- | further care. The corks should be sosi ed in water two | for seed, which appeared free from disease, but 
smitb's bellows about the same, an nd a kee in the hot- | or three days before they are close examination, I found a few infected, which ind i 
used. 
„ a elead-| Diseased Vine Leaves When 4 ta st year sent a 
ing to the ar are all that are i to give the thing your inspection some leaves similarly affected to the ac 
æ fair — bearing in mind that it has been done and | com in is, 
wer at n blowin: ies and e 
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se 
vessels, od this is orecizely.¥ what ant to see us 
d.—Al:a#. Fors 
yth, 3, Park ese St, Mary’s Po that this year : should ae able to guard against i, 6 
p mat Torquay» 
Correspondence 
Home ye y on 
Axaleas.—I have a good collection of pote which Hazard’ s ad pret oe vise the border (an inside one) | ca 
be eaf ith bri 
ou mo e; 
order to convert any of 5 protoxide of iron that — the Frontignans are unaffected by the disease ; but the 
be in it to peroxide of iron. This s oe ye partly I bef i 
broken into sand, and partly put amongst the compost the Bi suffer the mos 2 evil can- 
in small pieces, to which was adde d a small portion of | not apx from want of circulation in the tmosphere, 
well-decayed lea-mould. ‘The plants were well drained | since one of the Black Hamoun ae had its leaves 
carefully watered. during their growth, syringing 8 dali in motio The d formed is 
occasionally. ut into an intermediate house, d and short Bente; are 5 
in which they were kept until the latter end of July, at large, and the wood is 3 aini i inage 
of the border is such that when we have examined the 
ugh they were stopped a cond time t the state of the latter it has appeared to be moist, but not 
f June. At the end of July they were placed | wet, and occasionally too dry Vines have n 
out of doors in a tolerably shady place, but not under | syringe water from tanks in each house filled with 
s. They id-day sun, but not morning | rain-wat s an advocate for the principle of admit- 
ev y hygro- 
removed to a ee PO; and had penty of air | meter, I feel anxious to remove what might be distorted 
ven i b 
he 
there until they — to have flowered, but, a none | maise, and to prove by fa nches, 
ever made their appearance, except on one plant whieh | and as fine a flavoured folk can be pr N upon this 
the plants when they pee brought into the conser- 
vatory, the eee not visible for re oe J. M., 
; Wakefield. 
Churchyard * in the Strand is situated what is do not regard this as a disease. It shows that the 
£ to be one of the oldest established churches health of the plants is exuberant, not impaired. It 
in the — ie the Savoy, which bears as | certainly arises from 8 gro owth, but how caused 
far back as 990. It was thoroughly repaired i 1 1048. could only be told on the spot. ] 
It is said that about the year 1100, there marlon con- Voracity of the Pike. his morning my servant saw 
us to it a roya oh a barracks, and a prison, two pikes chasing each other in our moat, Presently 
may y 
sure steadiness of bottom beat with an improved at- 
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maa soldiers who ha yape themselves | the smaller seized the larger by the head and endea 
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t to be punished, and in which those who had ay to swallow it, which was of course impossible. an Apple tres close to the recall 
f death, | Still the capt d not loose hold 0 ined there on 
% and were interred in large numbers in the wow ard | victim „ this e fix” Bey e e sn ee champion apparently) flew to the 155 2 
here, which occupies an area of about 60 perches. It = water, presenting the aspect of a strange fish with | and with open beak nded neck, the * 
ap * at money has been sunk to keep the church- | two tails and the — in the middle. Soon they and the wings 3 
yard in order, that is, to keep it green, wi ith the Grass | shee oe towards the bank, when the man slipped a | uttering ali the time a 
2 e — esa ween the ig stones, &e.; but in order | ladder into the water, walked along the staves and drew | apparen ly, of rage; t 
ect this, surface has to be relaid ‘with turf from | the combatants ashore with a rake. I saw them imme- | The male pigeons ran 
country every year, „ for although the Grass be | diately afterwards, and also at a distance before they and did not offer the le 
vigorous up to Christmas, it regularly =n away by the | were landed. We were * to kill them before they ore remarkable 
middle of March, so that there is scarcely a particle or oni be disengaged. In fact I weighed t haga thus i in | pugnacious and 
blade to be : con atthe oe of spring. Now what I| mortal gripe. Their joint N was 41 lbs. The oa if they attempt to lo 
would en n this 85 caused by tt the poate Le larger weighed 2 lbs. 133 02 5 che a which was | serving the 
_ tity of sonia whieh is said don! eavouriug to make a meal of the other weighed | f. htened off the 
or does the soil upon which the turf is laid pose too 1 . 6} o. Oa opening them, both fish roved males, three hour che 8 
much posphas of lime for a healthy vegetation, and contained no traces of former ey. o il 25. sages tationed th 
arising 3 bo osited t in-| The Common Coc iffer.—Som bts a ex- 
4 estruction of the Grass is not pressed at p 256, as to the larvee of the common Cock- 
caused by i ——4 gas, for in the German Lutheran chaffer (Melolontha ere peeling the roots of 
8 „ * is not 50 yards distant, and where young trees. I can assu „however ps such is 
ae — ve a taken ce, the the fact, About 14 sir “aon Mes ai n, 0 
Grass a ei T am . ot gets requiring Tooting, had a somewhat large quarter Aza- 
been sy moe in ormed th vee |e — . t bigot in peat -> but to 
uring the last ha * — in the See e — of t died; oa ee a 
A most remarkable fact, which I bh va B aos au. | mined ed that the plants should be es ea No ö 
did t 5 — move them, ho wever, — the 
= . was d rene. Every plant was literally b e- ome saya he recollects an attack u 
ne 85 eS larvee of the cock-chaffer ; which had, a large flock of aan 
ny | in e 8, strip the bark ana all the main | away and took p of their 
which T was an eye-witnes — however, the . were 
ned and killed. I had t 
i 8 Surrey. [The cock-chaffer differs s from m 
7 inha abitant, Can r Siite snek e at the roots can be det 
3 . comse ; -a oe pags roots 8 yellow 
1 bee Fie se de easily ta t of the ground. 
N an? ot less exposed to to the attacks f 
/ gs of e had of a 
charcoal burner for 3s. 6d., and 18. worth of salt 
some ingenious minds into an wees e Pol- | 0 
nbu 
t| system as upon that o the hot water, „against which, to be ve 
a 
mosphere for the plants to vegetate in.— J. H. H. [We | curre 
hey are © 
ed. | report even of a distant gun, 
copper with not be looked ie aa a | 
ee ee —— Ü— 
e 
my Potatoes having been sound and free from Cisease, 
The dressing, I used was common salt and shari 
my a 
Ree on the top, that is all that showed disease at 
the e, the others sank to the bottom. T allowed 
nal to kyi in the pen 3 hours, more would be injurious 
to the It ook them out, and laid them ing 
shed es ‘by, sprinkling « some of the dry charcoal ashes 
n t 
dry speedily 5 — the sooner they dry the better, I 
intend to plant 60 a this year, which I hare 
i and I trust I shall be a 
rom 100 to 200 bushels of Potatoes, by adding 3 
shovelful of Saeed now an n.—G. Dea 
eyes pecked out, The starlings were at once 
guilty, and the — 
extirpation, At the first 
ving the ; of our other obnoxious 
a insects in bei sected, but found no appearance 
Selle, A to ar perp j r opinion e pe | in its last as in its first state. The eae ant feeds ae bation, aia 
oe ae ke com — m the 8 of grasses, corn, and other vegetables, | probable that they had fix 
alk. Its food” says Kollar, ‘consists of Lr tender pe as irable capital for a 
ive ou 
e 
: ae - ples 
a phenomenon has : ges 
occurred | pearance of the young trees the presence of the larvæ | of their intelligence. 
house and wheel abont in high an 
ee er pr ot the 
