372 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [June u, 
ower when exposed to a temperature of | otherwise be devoted exclusively to scientific objects ; | exchange of living pao inyolves the communica 
ee: не wal ascertained at Dusvanithople іп 1846 | it occupies a considerable space and a portion of|tion of from 400 t specimens. If w, не 
y Dr. Raralov the virus of the plague has|the stoves, which ought to be devoted 12 other how much labour this inva, he thinks # thatin pre 
been Died A disappear in Egypt under а matters, and interferes with and injures in many ona n to the means which are available, much 
circumstances. In other contagious affec ways the maim interests of the institution annot be expected. 
lar to the human speci es, it has been 8 Since the Botanical Garden is not a fr тее agent as | — — — | 
strated in the ере of St. Petersburgh, by Dr. A the grip repairs, but is in this respect; ON THE WEARING OUT OF APPLE TREES.. 
RosENnERozn, that the contagious principle becomes | dependent on the t which can be а b n entertain a hig for sega E 
ina 
weaker as te emperature — and that the higher the 
temperature the more rapidly it was destroyed. 
For instance, he found it was кашы s 
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—145 
33 1 » » » 146—1 56 
» t 2 » » 156—106 or 
It, therefore, is not unreasonable to suppose that 
the virus of the Potato disease may be destroyed by | mu 
similar mean 
n these interpretations of Prof. BoLLMANN’S 
views we have " ane to ners what is said | C 
certain wedly conje вена], 
and we now leave ine su Ж =н vig the only tribunal 
by which it be judged— 
experience. 
Is this country what are called Downie eme i 
E 
inconveniences enough to 
to what occurs in dne Sata lab. 
itoring: ia ‘in teresting account of the Bota- 
nical Santen at Halle is given by Professor Schrron- 
" on the state of 
битен ondent ‘ simam, 
public — in DEN any. 
he Botani gs Jarden t Halle] is situated on the 
Saal, on x ir theta of porphyry, 
at of of greater or 
d 
orphyritic 
rm of 
3 contents 
arid plot, the mes for і obliged to 
Saal, is bin; t 18 acres. 
r les s dli ayey, in parts incapable of 
after tong drought, becoming as hard as 
stone, and full of large fissures. The sum 
which may be calculated on for its maintenance, 
arte in round numbers to about 1500 dollars. 
Some of maller sources of income are of a 
— дў Anne, depending on seria i i 
stances, and therefore vary in different yea 
receipts preda from TU labour within ile; 5l 
e above-mentioned sum, 
ting on an average to 
something like 200 dollars. Out of the income the 
iege | charges are to be defrayed : the salary of 
к head да i 
being w 
кў 
= 
ay, 
— he he "e iid pints (p es, 
expend, w the 
is very v different 1 in different 
part of the i 
there are not оп] 
— с districts also 
connected by the railroad, 
y nurserymen, 
which are more or — 
T. 
that of general|: 
of money | Belgium, 
proper site is seldom chosen for a оц garden, 
chan 
a 
the University from its building fund, it is 
condi is the case with every private indi- 
vi make thos 
hic 
pro ч оЁ оваа and the claims of the public. 
s point, therefore, it is inferior $ hisi me 
cee if it is e kept in 
rating conditas, can and 
e сека of every m 
> sires of the 80 . modes of culture, and 
ew eee 
of a scientific institution with a market "busine is 
unfavourable, en га — 
exc exehiit eeds, for no 
— ay 828 since it ur consume ES Ery — 
though a system of bes viam other botanical 
ga ad tan La at hom oad, is constantly 
ied on. In other а nae either no 
strive to cultivate as great a number of plants 
possible, while, in some, species of some particular 
famil more nisu collected. Medicinal 
plants, those which are of importance in the ie 
and poisonous species, are generally to be found in a 
botanical garden, though they do not always hav 
юнон place. Every y a "hist of the seeds — 
een ga thered is printed, and communicated for 
— to the — in . eii rance, 
g Holland, Denmark, and Russia. The seeds 
which have been chosen are then forwarded, without 
€ equivalent being demande the same is the 
scientific point of view a botanical garden is 
required i" supply the necessary materials for in- 
struction, and. to give t 
— rovin ng t emselves in science 
n general, difficult to a 
the thei 1 an income 
of 7 , all the botanical gardens of Prussia 
ther have not h 
so much, while that at Berlin i is 
at least as well endowed as the five others taken 
together. Very little can be spent on the purchase 
» new plants, and every wealthy amateur can far 
ass them inally, it may be remarked that a 
but endent on mere which is often 
little poets for the kind of tanton required, 
a circumstance which is not the least of the impedi- 
ments to which they are su 
In conclusion, Prof. Sca 
account in the Bota 
3 from whose 
— ена ng we derive еу 
d numbers what the 
00 to 9000 
made either fo 
ican, 
esas of a great deal of — which would 
e are under cultivation, of which 
greater part (5000 to 6000) are in pots; snd since, 
except in rare cases, there are duplicates 3 the 
| 
num 
‚| From t 
planes are raised from se жеш 
— р». 
r of pus so cultivated is considerable. 
2000 00 species of hardy and tender 
nualy. The seed 
species ; БА 
0 to 3000 packets a RM sos ton out, and the | 
oment, the} tur, 
other hand, the Botanical new facts 
the pupils an opportunity of It 
a Repone panas tolerabl 
8 
2 
at starting, may commence the d 5 fs 
labours of those who have e before. m 
doubt should arise as to wh he previous adver. у 
w 
| legit itimate to 
Fin exis! иза ce, bo 
he es and the orchardists i afterwards end per 
vour ru tr them to- maturity, asse as confidently 
that it does. 
In the hope to pris truth on this subject, I will 
briefly relate afew c pt nces that have occurred to 
me during obse vations extending over 40 Years i | 
and, as they will be found in favour of the | 
of the —1 s will be for those who advocate ibe 1 
api s ue o show where the then seeming ] 
рапсу о 1 
It — e ‘premised that the € round the etl 
of Canterbury was, in my youn ys, famed for the |- 
growth of Golden Pippins, e. Papen Royal |. 
Russets, Win pareils, Bologna (called always | 
Polony) Pearmains, and others of a like character. 
trees by comparison. 
n the 5 of Mr. Tomiin, a of AME 10 miles 
m Canterbury, grew an 
that had iim eA. for the N of 40 bushels 
in a fruitful year, and which the old gentleman called 
hi n tree, He wished 
as suggested that 
become epee from the 
for a couple of centuries, and i 
— adjoining, 
p^ 2 
to the purposes 
oe 
ree 
Apes stead of Lem 
umelow’s evt Sharp’ s 
— &c. &e., and good and p 
esult. 
I have recently been called it 
gardening on an estate only tl 
ч 
another to be filled in 
uired a зр уйн y 
y at first, but 
2 and diminished in size perceptibly i 5 
they were rooted up сз 
This — Seong Pippin I yet 
autum fruit ; but not one 
summ M ihe same Kind e exists to keep it is 
need not m ro gus 3, or the жои 
under 
гаар. that has ac 
