33—1847- 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



ly upon it was 



t, pellucid, jointed and branched threads, 

 enetrated on ly in a small degree the interior 

 ,f the elementary organs. These fungal 



iid/were most abundant and most closely utH » u»er 

 *"•*. n^.. jays, into whose cells also they penetrated 

 ** In these spots they formed by their union true 

 '"^(rom which they at last, after becoming closely 



THE AMATEUR GARDENER. | fruit regularly dropped off. This MMH, than 



Propagation of Plants i oh next Season. — The a considerable show ol female blossoms but no 



its possessor for all his expense, labour, and v : ..' Mai a rt fad 



benas, Petunias, and other cree; » i» ■•* freely effected by Nature, and kaviag 



the beds ; Pelargoniums, Salvias, and Fuchsias have ai .. a nee at ■ bias 



over the whole in profuse magnificence. The amateur me a small paper I 



x spores. Through thei 



regarded only s 



imbroa Q< 



diminish, and the labour demanded will be less than at 

 .. earlier seasons of the year, 

 a But we must intrude upon this state of repose by the 



tut tb«e are the result of a moi 

 pent of the byphomycete. Many 

 molt of this premature hasty vegeuuiuu. 



Kanaoi the neighbouring Graphium, which had fallen 

 en the piece of wood, we must also ascribe its so 

 meal appearance in the forest to a generation pro- 

 ceed by spores, which, indeed, is the less to be doubted, 

 ■ the species constantly appears sporadically in the 

 From the whole it appears that the condition of the 

 to the production of the Graphium ; for no sooner is the 



e be preserved b; 

 n of the byphomy 

 he first of July.' 



removed. _ The soil should be fine, yet j 



As a general rule, the cuttings six 



' . ■ 

 strike without any difficulty, and v. :■ ), which 1 do not 



■ 

 every cutting be taken off at a joint, and inserted firmly be first capturd, he reoocn 



applied, except in ama U»a extract in his 



exhibited the least trace c 



G OF THE CARNATION IN FRANCE. 

 g off Carnations.'— When the young 

 produced 8 or 10 leaves, wt 

 t the 15th July, it is time to prick it off, 

 it operation. I' : 



wkh 13 a very important operatic 

 March, so as to hare had time 



h you are to prick t 



-i~* iu oruer xo xaKe tnem out ot tne tubs tnat tney 



«« palled out, the soif that T alout themmay stick to 

 ™ fibres. This is managed by taking hold of the 

 WW with the thumb and two fingers of the right hand 

 ■4 lifting them perpendicularly, so as to have a lump 

 *swl round each plant. On no account fall into the 

 »Wi practice of cutting off the fibre, with a view t- 

 J£2 them . out again, for it u 

 tlTn^P™^ ^VeatSpo^tence of my 

 fctwhenTp" 18 Seed9 ° ne b 3 rone » and separately; 

 an £ y are 80wn at random, however expert you 



come to pull them up, in order to prick them out, 

 JJeCjfte*^ PUllmS ° P t - W °-° r three Plant8 



si th i efib / eswillbetorn ' and the 3 order inwhkh 

 fHiLtS them di8turbed » so that when they are 

 trowth \r / y become diseased and stunted in their 

 ■am»L INodoubt J in the long run, they will recover 

 Whi? ' ^ in the meanwhile, the others are 

 **ath«i! l, i J the formerwm always be backward 

 4|| » flowerint' bC ° CCUpyiDg the place assi 8 ned them 

 ••«dt^K Venieilt to have the tub dose to the bed des- 



s£u^^ rf ^r^ p ^ toJfortheiMt,ult 



**• TW ^ they should be P ut mt0 their P^P 61 

 ^uW? ."'a great deal in placing the plant to 

 kl »lcprenJ! 1t an8iDSSUS P ended fc y the fibres, into 

 g^ngthe iinu CeiVe *' coverin g il "g^' over ' 

 *'•*• tiSwiT ^ the nursei 7 5 wb o shall enumerate _ 

 - ; uld be bestowed upon it, until the time an 



;**?££". * tinil li p < 



t *e ckTTu. . youn g Plants during the hottest part th 

 ^*Or^- Ch ° nly wither * and dries them up. ^ 



&^ '"gb so *w° V< i r them 8u PPorted on stakes a 

 ansa. "*t the air can 



s Wallflowers, Pinks, 



a gentle hot-bed be made. If you have a -1 ent 

 r Cucumber bed, that will do, if the old dung is 





its ; the cutti . ; urplc- leave. 1 1 







your beds. Some are sure to die, and by misfortune 

 iny may. Provide an abundance, and then you will 

 able to do to others as you are often glad they should 



In looking over the propagating department of the 

 garden at Putteridge, belonging to Colonel Sowerby, I 

 was surprised to find that, under the hot suns of May, 



least, although they had no shade but the glass. Mr. 

 Fish informed me that this was accomplished by keep- 



this simple arrangement the light becomes diffused 

 before it reaches the plants ; whereas, if the glass were 

 too near, they would require shading, or be parched 



observation, it is hoped the reader will secure for him- 



Home Correspondence. 



Potato — The Potato crop in 



by their peculiarity of lorn., the i:. : 



are more frequently built on the edges of the combs. 



tion. Each of these cells contains an embryo queen or 

 princess. Had vou not Performed this ooerano:,, tne 





Vhen my informant left home it appeared to be travel- 



Helmington Hall, August 1 



fensive damp decay, but becomes, 



ithered and dry. A slice of a diseased Potato, kindly 



^«roriled by Mr. Thwaites, of \>i 



funeus i Tuburcinia scabies, Berk.) by which the ■- ~~v — -rr-~- 

 " - by a form of which culty experienced 



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\^^^*^^**y™^*<™£ fr,; X * ^til'Sat^fS r^ Sinusal 1 ? 



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,erum, Potato scab. The disease of last yer- -~- 

 appeared partially, but not to any great ext< 



n.— M. J. Berkeley. 

 ^original mischief.] 



male blossoms wmen it Dears, ooin oi w«»> — ^^ &nd M BQOQ ^ ^ 

 itial to its producing and ripening nuts ? 1 nave ' 



he spring of 1848 I 



nd flowered moderately ; this season I 



f food for bees. I would 



—This Rose 



" < error of ti 



f. Hence the* 

 at that so frequently ensues. , 

 int it would be if, with a little manage- 



. 



