a. W. 
in all states, from * as size of Peas to 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
that are for sale 
good ORANGE TRBBS,  CAMELLIAS, 
Standard SWEET BAYS in tubs, &. Parties having 
house see them by applying to the 
the grounds.—For particulars, apply to 
at Aylesbury, Bucks. 
— Chronicle. 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1848. 
FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK. 
August Entomological 
Tavaspay, — = Botanic (Anniversary) 1 P.M. 
11 the for 
ts progress. Some Vineries at Clapham, 
o Mr. ALLNU orn, s ave boen this atasko. 
Others — been 8 and in 
the Kentish Ga e that, of Ba 19 within 
the space of far’ miles, 13 have been attacked and 
lost their cro 1 of Leyton 
isi e same manner, an nd at Isle- 
extensively attack 
One effect 4 this disease is to — the Grapes, 
even when quite young, to burst; a cireamstance 
evidently owing to the mildew stoppi 
of the skin, which ‘in conseque comes 
able to as ‘the juice accumulates relies ath 
us Grapes * age burst 
arters 
ripeness. The smell emitted by plants thes ae 
is of the — musty nature as invariably aecompa- 
w before us 
nies dry-r 
— — all si mildew plants, we know nothing of 
‘the origin of this, 
ance of |. 
* the growth there 
of the causes which bring it, or of | the 
the alert, an open boone erb hae does n 
7 Baas of its appearance, th 
e true course is to nip the evil in the 
bud—to sto the mischief when there is not much | whole dende bearin 
aves of the Vines 
flabby, ‘and un healthy ; this is the first s 
Sulphur them direetly, or, if you — not want them, 
rn them. A trace 
sulphur agai 
tos The 
remove and du 
mealiness appears ; 
—.— ue 
cone to a he 
e makes much 
— ent. 
t is 
wig on the ae is his Rae his s glory, h is re- 
iv 
e an yra insurrect 
“ squelched ” 
neglected. 
The extraordinary frequ 
ese 
these, and the many kinds 
o | seriously affected every 
ad. Ifa gard 
n the beginning, his trouble 9 be ae if it 
ss 
at great losses can 
ome 
ener can but roy it 
almos 
= 5 Dreamland, 
tion—contemptible when 
the beginning, dangerous when 
uency of such attacks as 
of plants which are now 
year—as men believe, 
>s eyond all former experience—must force attention | 
o the cause of their 
it true 
Shed oe han 
that of high cultivation ? 
— = e upon 
truly national question. Amon ng o 
eserve 9 we ad . two: firstly, is 
mildews 
empiri 
er points which 
more common and more 
ao 1 and secondly, if so, is 
any connection between their progress and 
—— shown with what tools Mr. Frank 
O’Conno 
shares represen nt tickets in 
es being entitled 
of obtaining allotments whe: 
circumstances which drive it away. Beneath 
microscope it appears like a delicate web of yor has 
white glassy thre re and there collected into} Of 
and producing 8 of little oval bodies 180 
rogress is a 
sage: yet to be solved, Varion ous methods have 
pro , among which washing with fresh 
lime water, a clear solution of soft soap, saltpetr 
water, and sulphur have ‘been occasionally found 
useful. they are out of fa ith gardener, 
ommen 
W 
ust, however, = state that Mr. Kyte, of Leyton, 
a —4 intellige 
Arres 
ing —— 
of the egg mildew, by the application of sulphur. 
His mod ib 
e of —— ae. 
a perseveran 
well end in removing the 
This = a vey y important fact: and one to which 
we can bear pe mony. How then has it 
— es that the ap application of fib has failed 
hands, other tim es? We ha 
means ene — tha 
recom 
exactly as Mr. Kyte did. 
rationale of the 
oad ‘a better method; 
Teaders to det ne te 
does 
Shall be 
The e 
e | getting o 
8 | acrem 
e | cial secretary, — ever 
„ has e 
tly diminishing the injury 
re 
u 
"Tow | frend 
is question well, 
the sulphur act? When we know that we 
be on the traces of the truth. the all 
mildew, ps 
no 
| Rep» 1 
sb (aso td in a 
rst place a man is to pay him 1“. 6s, each 
, three, or four shares in his scheme, which 
a lottery, 57 ie of 
A draw for t nces 
en Mr. aun O' Co- 
suc ‘kares there are to be from 100,000 to 
(The actual num 
third 
333 (1503): we shall assume the last to be | 
ta true re nea 
e allotments are ready for erg 
are to have ac 
of the lottery. 
8574 there were 15 1000 fou sata me 
m 3000 to 400 
Whe 
all qualified shareholder 
by me 
e of 
10 the úst 
two 
be | Mr. Genes che Lell. 1302, each 5 his ° 
and the cost of his land ig yeldi an acre, the 
may be taken 
át 2507. for a two-acre allotment, é 121 10s. a year, 
ymptom, or 6/, = 2 acre rent. 
3 acres the tenant 
men a little more to 
drink than they — 9 have ad yet he, . 
never saw Mr. ‘Fear 
“erat — — 
eeps 18 p 4002), grows 
Potatoes (as, &e. The 
741, was mda a very favour- 
94 
— an acre (8968), 
2 between „ 
n last yeu 
— year (4129) 3 does not kno 
— an average 
. | Would be (4130), has never gia anys — ae 
Pee some correspondent hea near 
is in one 
an J in 
the land and other proper 
am will favour us with a report upon 
merle, s holdi 
e that supposing them to 
ossess al value 3 to them the allottees 
may have no legal title to 
FE 
— 
it, unſess Mr. 
it to them, which is a mere contingency. It may 
that Mr. O' Cox On deserves all the blind confi- 
dence which the allottees are — ei ogy in him 
(625); but he may die, an n? In the 
next place he himself stands in constant . — of 
right as possess in 
in consequence of the hand having al been ah 
are fafa ted to the in- 
former (3088). That is tA law of the land, which 
rega rds the pr oprietors of lott eries as rogues, 
88 men; 
P 21 say 26,500, em: there were 102 or 103 prizes 
60), 80 
that on 
577 Choc and 103 prizes 
Grata, described 
states that the 
It a 
ment 
yar rom s "a 
ny Co 
ho 
waiting for the — 
— — — — ey ar 
seeing that — is at — 
when another 90,0002. has 
ber of hopeless expectants 
However, some of the 
shareholders 
These men are 
an acre 
as rent 5 25 cent. in 
ment of ar the outlay i is: 
have gained 
cost to the parai of 8 all its Saor = 
is 
rep 
tive machinery of the ot il i (507) through 
time suppl vn 
e likely to ge hing, 
32,7 797 of . anyi that 
been provided, the nüm- 
must still be 32,500, 
33, “ee ticket-holders = 
tments—250—at 
15 fact, Mr. O’Coxxon 
51. 8s. Gd. re 
r sor tail before the ge 
mmittee by Mr. O'Connor, that he has 
spent 95,632“. 108. in setting 
ders. We — 
ment accordingly. And the law is 7 5 for what 
can be a greater scandal than that 
sim 
33 
— 9 on their holdin 
000 victims 
2 ; —— ot have — e chance 
0 chey paid th ing : ‘even have their 
. ey A for khe is 
Dyo for ob- 
is insane, 
e things; and we must Dinie persist 
in in describing the scheme as having t appearance 
a gigantic and cruel fraud, Is it possible to enter- 
tain a different a We 2 not say that * 
earcus O' Cox so: we 
nothing of his e we oA only deal with 
aci vitable results, One of his tenants 
as a respectable agg 
„ S very industrious man, said ¥ 
evans, “I Ä believe a word that Mr. 0 Conz 
(4th rt, .) 
NOR says.” o 
too: not in is guilty of erat 
falsehood —we have no right to say that; but 
meaning that either from entire ignorance of facts, 
and a belief in which can only pee in the loss of all 
