1847.] 



THE GARDENERS* CHRONICLE. 



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CTe ^artrmer*' Cftromcle, 



SATURDAY, AUGU ST 7, 1847. 



lutelr cncultivable. There is probablv not an 

 E»gl»h botanist living and in possession of a gar- 

 den, who has not endeavoured, at some time or other, 

 to raise our beautiful species of Cow-wheat (Melam- 

 pyrum), and without success. Why we should have 



absence of a very curious discovery by M. Decaisne. 



led ] 



: E^bright [Euphrasia); whatever care is 

 nken in removing them from their wild places they 

 invariably dry up, blacken, become brittle, and look, 

 asifscorched. To what unobserved cir<-nin«M»>ce 

 could this be owing? M. l)r< aism; applied him- 



a paper by 



appeared i 



«=" (Thtsium) are all parasites on the roots of 

 «ther plants. " The remarkable nature." savs Air. 

 M «TEN,«-oftherootofThesi«in linoplivlliim has 

 : ",' '•' ! "',' 1T '> altogether escaped attention. 

 V''leed, from the general appearance of the plant, 

 there is nothing to excite suspicion : nor will there 

 . -'■■ left - i it s puMMiicil attachment to the 

 toots of surrounding plants ; unless the roots are 

 *ten up with the greatest care. The very brittle 

 rcotsoi the Thesium itself, and the closely inter- 



. 



' : ' ' ■ :.;.■.-.;.. ■■ 



Gr «ses ar.ri l ^ eier ' but on the fibrous roots of 

 ** Z b f fr l her S T aM f jlai,,s the ^ »™ verv small, 



Lik « Cuicut reSembleasir,li! 



tob ebvnr, m ' ° Ur S i )(Hios <' ! Tlje-ium appears 



them scales colour 



- • - 



•--■.heat ill t 



Dodder (Cuscuta)- the i 



.!..', . ,t. i n ■ .."On Ui.nvm 



Decatsne has « 



rays ; and M. Decaisne 

 reason to believe that t 

 an Exogen growing pan 

 living Sphagnum being 

 necessary to the nutrition 



on, and may, perhaps, mio.v whv other 

 n plants are ui!c-.!;i\ .ib!e. 



hire, Gloucester-hiie. Wiltshire, 



- ire, Cambridge- 

 . SuiK.ik, Lancashire Warwick-hire 



s have occurred ; but they do not ap- so enthusia 



returns, which show that the Potatoes | tbe spirit- 

 ually good quality, nearly ripe and a | have occasi 





hiefly in gardens, or i 



fateofthf 



described 



I | to IVf wil.it v.'.'l he r':-~ 



'What shall I say? 



' i-.nrhi 



m *n endt^ * _ 



