34—1853. | THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, 531 34 
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BRACTEA ores, Their very general presence in addition to рона of the seed, 5 егт Tegal P 
ESSRS. VEITCH anv SON, of] — and much probability to the have been most earnestl 
Ex ry, C have mueh sure in stating | opinion, but fell far short of demonstrative proof uently the first E 152 most шу, dd for dii 
that they have been fortunate enough to raise a limi number rec bservations ET now hum of lanti ing es ween the rows, with 
of Seedling Plants of the above beautiful NEW CALIFORNIA AN , р с 
PINE; of which a full — прно was given by Dr. Lindley, | however, increase the — proof to such |a view to e of superabundant nit ogenous 
in the leadi rn EE of ditty the 9th. | a degree, that even those who hav cep-|matter. Though the itself was clearly 
635. each Do eee р ageca n be seen aed tial as T A sexuality of — plants must wrong in point of theory, there s to be some 
at either of Messrs. Verrcm's Nurseries.— August 20 feel that evidence is irresistible. Although his | ground for believing that the result in certain cases 
TRAWBERRIES, Four New Varieties for 1. proof is ү {еа sea-weeds, it сап hardly had been good, but in one, under our eye at resent, 
S Nic s AJAX rer. large and handso t ex- | objected to as illustrating the nature of other ry the only portion of a remar fine crop of earl 
— favour, ici . mos те Т Sea-weeds bear spores and antherozoids ; that sh-tops, which has been materially diseased, is 
— produeing a wa ex Of aue fruit for an | well Certain sea-weeds, like Wi llows 9 precisely that between the rows of which there is a 
— lengthened period; forces well. plars, are what is termed diccious ; that is to say, splendid growth of the large Savo regards 
MR EE ver ila Po —. — А ed varies ER — individuals are absolutely female, bearin especial variety of Potato, it is wo y of 
plant remarkably strong spores only, while others-are absolutely male, bearing | remark that the Botrytis infestans has never yet bee 
. FILL-BASKET, r Nothing. can exceed this fine tn only. М.Тноввт has at — proved that observed upon the leaves, tho t may generally 
as a market fruit; very bright scarlet colour, he Ke di 
Ls shape ed ed a) 4 be; Dut nee Ult M shape; it the presence of the one is necess — = шө, — ound upon the diseased г the contrary. 
preserves well, and will carry any dis- fertilization is to result. placi the base of the stem is almost always covered 
"M Lanes ctt ond aT, 1 a damp atmosphere, the spores end the — with incipient Fusis, i, which 
Чоп of ап These opl [who have seen them; the tiro first for theire excellency ebntaliílig antherozoids (AwTHERIDS) freely | almost uniformly on those tubers which are aff 
"good qualities as u market fn. e size, std | expelled, and remain on the surface of the fronds, | at the same time with the w etr Lacy rot, for the 
— y — — ities as a market fru , 
These four really good varieties of Stra jon "ries ne be ae which t dde can be readily collected and trans- two diseases are frequently 
ot of Mr. W. NicHOLsoN, for 1l. per 100; or any two of the ж да е to vessels с g sea- As on пе Quer w Ma W aed 
for its bor с=т АЙ ысы. а Fone ET Yarm, found that when x into separate vessels, the — 5 murrai 4 b odia er ney 
Р rids place t lves immediately emit their | are presentin me i i E other i ed К pend 
UN STRAWBERRY RIE ES Аарону plants wil be antherozoids ; the latter move abou ith- great | y — "uw Parsnip crop, for exa xample, is much 
um vires ait ot Aut ж seed: Dot. suy. (ноге tn — even c two - sace U^ p ——— the | affected, and as the Po tato murrain is accom 
eir favour thán that they have в from the | third — to decompose. Spores, also, when infestans, so that on Parsnips is indicated 
Ad Ment frets, . im Camberwell, in sea-water by themselves, retain their vitality fot — pir e^ * lied Parasite, Botrytis macrospora, 
ton weight. The same gentlemen and gardeners who judged | some hha, ecomposin les >| Unegr, which. forms w. hite patehes on the under 
Forum — MS —— — — they even make attempts at oer but abortions 
EET rmous bearer, but much larger, and good flavoured, | are the only consequence, and at last they perish also. 
and — make um best of all for rre 1 — — But it is far otherwise when the spores and anther 
prepared for Foreing, is. 6d, per 100; Hin for planting — zoids are mingled: in same Wa 
MUR — N aor cde do^ shia ё en occurs a series of most curious phenomena, 
а on n е wa d 
avoiding’ the Disease, as w. 8 arge Crops. ‘This The antherozoids attack the spores, creep, as it 
‘Trestios is founded strictly on the Jaws 4 sof Nature. It also 6 n- жен over cie e aa communicate, ed 
x pone y Stra berries, Cucuntbers, thei e cilia, a rotatory motion, which is 
Motore air n. Ib fret wor ‘ot the ind sometimes rapid. Nothing,“ M. 
ever published. Price 1s. 64, or by post 1s: st O HURET, “is more curious t the of 
quete» теде, payable at omia wolt Green: great brown seroh rm and tumbling about in the 
midst of antherozoids.”” = 
z the fertilization of ‘the eda which then begi 
The Gardeners’ Chronicle. gov, and in ten days becomes a little cellula 
brown oval body, supported by а transparent : 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1853. rootlet. 
MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
Тиблврат, —— —.— — — А 
Countar Snows Монтн. На — and 
= —30th : iso Bucky, Banbury, and ste rg intendi: Col- 
— DOM RR 
any years since the Sexes or PLANTS 
pos or im 
o 
— 
ent to await the verdict 
turity. - The French, on the contrary, rushed to 
the conclusion that what they could not find could 
not exist—an opinion; the S of which 
recent E has fall ; Non 
successful in demonstra the error 
than the French Y themselves in 
that in the 
er stam 
which we are бана "they, at 
“te of organs, one of which, the 
„is N 
ee e i between antherozoids and 
| so great that naturalists 
к» hitherto refused: to —— them a male 
le, in the absence of proof that it belongs 
ery it 
arance о 
instantly under the inf e 
wee uch iare which d 
- condition e fluid 8 
Ado: 5 
+ 4 800 3 to 
ids were to fertilise 
do 
s being seeds, 
power 
eral 
of this fact; for it sett 
f origin to be i im эку e if they do not already 
mph of art 
ne, indeed, {һап t 
alt 
greater it wi 
ivt ng the 
of the £5 en-grains of the higher orders of plants. 
M. TuvnET was even of opinion that he had pro- 
cured a — mule between Fucus serratus and Fucus 
esic 
ulosus. 
It is impossible to ge inmate the importance 
he real nature of the 
h 
е interest attaches toa department of gardening fl 
w becomi which we ma 
eed, long 
since asserted that true hybrid Perd exist in the 
cin e of Gymnogrammas, This, although doubted 
by almost every body, now seems to be quit 
sible, and if so, we may ex Ferns of hybrid 
exist. That ‚ indeed, a {гїп 
have the effect. of rendering the beautiful: tropical 
ms of the order бууг 
The 
or at least much more so 
nest of all Ferns 
forms 
Arr doubt as’ to the. existent wide prevalence of|t 
115 Pora ro MURRAIN must have vanished from the 
ind of every udiced observer. Phenomena 
the same order, and with 
and ie —.— 
id "either as prese resent 
eee of high cultivatiut vil й and cannot be 
chec s is almost ee e ea that any 
posed in this | corres 
WII b be аны for the 
"€ , such as 
urnal bra "tine since, 
required. to 
Зору though, P s rapidly 
ro- | gaseous Ак proceeding 
СРЕ turf, as pointed out m 
Sir 
„ Can 
that i in highly manured land 
$9 ч 
т 
over nature; for. ^ might any, it certain nly wo зач I 
eff 
endro 
tried, we will endeavour to explain on a future| whi 
occasion. ung 
BOTR RYTIS d 
e of the lea über exhausts the 
as in the Potato. 
rtile stems of the mou 
a 
ch 3 so as to cause 
n the colo our of the upper cadis 
s presence 
No one who T seen “the effect icing yi ot 
rom à sewer 
аду. у 
re ee struck by the fact 
t examina 
organic matters 
they ё%_ rise, under suit- 
water; or, if 
able conditions of air, wma, and spe рага s to 
carbonie acid and they are azoted, to. 
mmonia : an in 
the atmosphere, or carried into the ground with the 
moisture which falls I it, to the neglect of that 
directly from the soil. 
It becomes, аа а dont. of mer to ascertain 
to what ex (Ey "es : tained in cultivated soil 
is modified by the 0 decomposition and it 
is to this that d as ussivoaunt and 
to | Lkw have been directed. reat point of diffi- 
culty was to collect the air in 4: а way as t to have 
ext 
