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THE GARDE 
CHRONICLE 
[Man. 20, 
highly beneficial, at least in a comm point of 
view, if they had not been cro ned with any 
succe 
he 
Our 
ect 
to ascertain hów "far the Oidium of the Vine differ. 
widely 
nate some nown species, 
very important баон аѕ тегі the 5 47 n of the 
disini; is settled. Th the nature of the 
e of sto y inor- 
= su cosi i 
pe e fro ery report it appears that 
in France the pendit is rir i. де 5 раПу оп Ше 
тег surface of the leaves, whereas іп England it 
on the lower surface principally e ui was 
obeerved. An other” point shou t 
whether it is merely the infant Aale of 
ase with t aT each, Pea, 
take 
appearances 
be observed, which mpany the report, and 
which are due to the skill. of Dr. Moytaens and M. 
RIN-MÉNEVILLE, are very good and correct, and 
leave I little 10 be desired as far s a: external cha- ss 
of кдн 
e to 
to what has been 
n this хли. ít else 
where, is that the ss Th is capable of ge 
ion after it - been 
considerable m 
r temperature than 599 
e|they 3 in a den at е ра 
а і 
cottagers 
shilling Pale with the assuran ike EC somethin 
more amps 
be given at th 
su es. cultivation. 
give The 
old Nase mee geri ts w ore tempting 
n question was described 3 as unrivalled 
novelty. 
the ra 
e vendors were a 
in the neighbourliood of a gre 
As we had no doubt. vt e мад and амар) 
9181 pour into the treasury of this w 
ok the liberty of making some in м 
and the result is what might have m hri 
Nobody knew anything about them иг than that 
ce named in the adver- 
e diligently оета in 
The police of 
e na 
iser of the prodigy » was duly given, 
a Messrs and Co. 
tisement, 
ns 
finding them at hom 
to everybody e xg the Toler iter and mone 
denas nee roger inquiries \ were made for tliem, 
but in vain; and the usual end 
"à 3 the sven i are off, and the den is 
nr a least — the 
et us hope t this "int "will not be thrown 
o | away upon the Paci us who are apt to believe 
a d URDU if it does but appear to е 
gigan 
BOTTLE LEVEL. 
Permit me to ditect attention to leen small instru- 
ment, which deserves to be bet own amongst 
gardeners who have to ‘superintend or 7 pleasure- eedi 
s alread red in n 
ground alterations, It i 
land-surveying (but wh. ber), © 
which I am indebted for the original idea ; but it is 
„show, 5 
gi found it necessary to m 
imple, it must,not be 
u 
and 
sd more complicated contrivances, 
E any тент. tinman ton a WEE trifling sum. 
und, where it may necessary to 
, might b e too hard to en of the pointed iron 
shoe; in that case the tripod must be substituted. 
ep 
Berne ( 15^ Centigrade) It кр too, = 
isease is t pre in low mp 
situations abe aiene it — to highervineyards, 
and t rotection from currents of air proceeding | 
fr spot is 
effectual preventive. In 
point of канайт ые that has any preten- 
ions to novel 
- Mr. Tuckermany years since showe 
cht be completel 
seems in favour of this 
tells us that there is no 
"from the  adventurers 
will require n d ingenious person to. construct one 
which would an we w 
small phials, a a, fro whieh oe ig are taken, are 
fixed in the brass tube в, per ntly with iron or 
gen suitable appliance ; this te shoud be about 3 of 
ch in, diameter, and 2 fee s long, having 
A 
od wr ts (as shown) fe] plaeing M . a a, in. 
TUNES 
—— 
judgment; 
„living м 
аз 
It 
rature 
the corks are then ck ee 
the liquid will show y E when hod 3 m ig 
oe level for use. will t y dire — E 
the method of using it will ie. x запі 
ни-ни to the sketch. C. Lucas, Brent „Т oo 1000 by 
GROUND TEMPERATURE, 
Тне autumn of last year, and the month of J. 
of the present, having be 
and winter weather havi 
it may be interesting to kno 
what relation the temperature of the groun 
ET in other yea 
e following exhibits the mean tem 
d bears to 
wit verage in the | 
orresponding months for 11 years ын 18 | 
ж {гош 1844 {о 1852 iteli usiv 3 У, 1030, | 
Mean temperature of the ий at 1 foot below the | 
urface. 
1852-3 Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. — 
4856 . 4797 45.67 4229 83632 3900 
11 years’ 37 
average]! 584 4800 2 9091 39058 418] 
Difference —5.19 +2.78 Рр 
Mean Sern arya of the earth i 2 feet below the 
surface 
1852-3 Oct... Nov. Dee. Jan. Feb. man г 
„48.55 4785 44.51 . 4216 3675 3852 ' 
3 al 5291 4738 43.04 4075 3864 4001 
Difference —436 19 
Where the mean “monthly — since cla 
October are above the av 
marked — 
as Mia. equa 
above the average in Decem T 
January, being then 5 908 0 oats it e is in 
but it was about 6? colder ruary than in he 
ing month, and in Marek реа hitherto 
the avera The gr 
ge. round is rs now 2° бше sha 
usually is in January. R. T. 
* BORONIA SERRULATA. 
WHEN es acid managed this is ae e 6 cles 
greenhouse plant; but except in „ M 
bably Ud something to the stimulus giv E 
culture by our great me tropolitan exhibitions, i is ut 
seldom sees а goo у ере of this Boronia,’ 
— is i delicto, but it i so diffieult to 
ma 
into free gro vn agai j 
be too careful t y treatment which s 
impair the health ‘of t the prd which will be быу: 
et es UR if the following hints 
челде 
what 4 
ity of E nice dom | 
that nost E { 
afo nurser 
Iw 
S ed pra for phy gm 
d be dwarf 
give a thorough watering spe 
m Jt is is fad pci! 
to a very m atm 
for too much a Pores at 
t the 
t, in ofr tural | coloured 2 жаты now be poured fi; 50 18 to fill each hee 
IO Spe ty {ae run, we cannot b e half w » tow be poured e tabd W held in a 
fb Wer space from. time to time to | level] position; As should erit blesti in thë bottles. 
their r exposure. e therefore invite. attention to | P is an iron joint e purpose of rir the ed 
ss are this can be taken out E. the ferrules c 
reasons. w а foot or so long, to nich are attached 
d ү ee NEUE тае aa o. rument may be|ani 
lising columns i а contemporary a magniloquent pocas ig eese to suit convenience ovi 
to e money prizes offered for a a rops one 01. these i 
certain small number of a kind of vegetable the e = 
ae Ani which could only be ие by pure’ om When 1 5 
from iser. It was m pointed iron shos in | 
that this vegetable i ‘the very ‘thing: for until 
you get the 
| buds and make regalar май vigorous grows 
