1842) Re 
wae 
branch upon a Silver Fir, about ne ae old, to have be- | There are sho large m of Sta —. emsta and | of every and no two persons demand the 
come yellow for the length of t eas joints, about | Maxill4ria cruenta, with h 20 plants “A a of Mor- | price for a aaa dec: ‘ded upon one thing—that save 
two-thirds of the distance up the és The disease did | modes, and immense quantities of the dh pabattbely hardy aencitictie ‘will be required from every part ef Europe and 
not spread, but last year the tree was covered Ln be Odontoglossum grande and Oncidium Todtckt lum. The | North America, and that they cannot have too many of 
ar illio Ith. iti 
ndo 
is spray was nal archand de Bo rve in th + sel ot fail to be highly injurious, an 
‘nidus of the insect which afterwards spread over the | of July 2d a notice of m hop, w n you state it to be | will * able to realise anything for their trouble and ori- 
tree ; and it is Riri eny the same with “F. G. C.’s ” | in Conduit-street. I shall feel Sbliged by your sia ieette ng | ginal cost. e most extravagant statements have 
; Larches. I recommend him, therefore, to cut away all | the mistake, as it is in Clifford-street, Old Bond-street.— | ci roulated as to the supposed foreign demand ; I was told, 
the sickly neg ‘akbeot he will leave a few for the | C. T. Hardi a few days since, that one English ‘pata had adver- 
sake of vérifying my c onjegjure, arid to send specimens of The Vitality ‘of Seeds a the proceedings of the vised for 5,000 plants, and that it would not be possible 
_ them to you for examination. Since I expect the Silver | tish Association, held at Manchester, the Vitality 6 of to execute one half the commissions already received. 
_ Fir which I speak of will die, though at prese sit it bears alley is questioned ; te no clear understanding appears is must be a delusion; since a new thing is m 
up well, and as it conceals an obnoxious object, I shall | to be arrived at as to the length of time the embryo will | much reduced in price in one year, if the su is not 
‘i fad f : - 
My ea ut Hy known ; 
it, and I shall be obliged ity u would name some of the | being formed, a good portion of which was excavated, I | and the fear that it has been equally tualtiplie’ there will 
quickest-growing ones, whic hava fine bunches of flowers | was frequently passing that part of the line which is cut | prompt French nurserymen to sell as early and as yest 
and which blossom “plentifally during the autumn, as well | through several old meadow-fields, about 14 ft.deep. This | 48 possible ; because the demand for ho 
as the quickest-growing and most ornamental of the ever- | part of the line was in active formation from November | paratively small, and, after next season, will hardly pay for 
' preen Roses.—N-Z'om-Ologist. [The quickest-growing to March following ; ns soil, from about a foot from the the expense of propa gation. 
: Roses are the Boursault, Elegans, and Gracilis ; Madame eine to the bottom of the cut, was strong adhesive Norfolk es eet 26th, 1841 .— The vegetation here 
oa 
and the best no € et 
green Roses are Donna Maria an ae Rampant, "ha latter of subsoil before. In the month of April, on either side of | tropical zones, there is het one ki well gathering ; the 
which also blooms freely i in the autumn. ] he slope, the Charlock (Sinapis arvensis) was visible, | few sorts to be met with having been raised from seeds 
Cause of Mildew in Peas ae e time ago gave my | springing up in millions; and by the beginning of June | brought over by persons totally unacquainted with the 
reasons for forming the opinion that 1 the cause of mildew | it was one dense mass of yellow flowers, at least a quarter | rules of cultivation. In the valleys thie heat is tioptial’s - 
on the foliage of Peas, was an over-supply of moisture. | of a mile in length.. Now, as there is no arable land that | but on the hills and the coast the a mperature is cool, even 
our foie oo J. M, thinks that the want of | may produce Charlock within the distance of half a mile, | in the e height of eee, from the never-failing sea-breeze, 
moisture is the cause of mildew in his crops. How, then, | where gtr ne seed of the Charlock sete jig ? Ij The the height at 40 or 50 feet, their 
is this difference of opinion to be accounted for? We | cannot, w t further instruction, come to any other | long wavy leaves balk fanned by the sli breeze ; 
both appear satisfied that every effect must have a cause; eonclasion eat that this seed had rem sania ina i aati while the gigantic Pine, peculiar to the island, throws out 
and in both cases there is reasonable presumption for | state eve ie Nature’s at eruption.— ‘ok its hug Bote arms, protecting from wind and ta fain the 
grounding the statements we have made. Perhaps one ai Pri ep ok oe ok Sah ane é more an B cate offspring of nattre. The other trees are 
intermediate fact will solve the difficulty, and harmonize | note fro f De eptford, comping that not pete but their foliage is of endless variety and of a 
the sil opposing statements. In the Le bea * hits of t this Seranbre, “sola to him last year as a new | vivid green; while a profusion of creepers twine aro 
t damp or moisture is sort, by Mr, f Déwsbury, at the rate of 5/. | every naked stem, as if to hide each unpleasing object. 
of m er =¢fa leather edhtter ek a pare that per hundred, ri which els to weigh 12 to the Ib., have | With the exception of a few varieties of Convolvali, the 
B it stack ate dried ai Ae when deposited in damp | proved to be nothing more than the Elton. "We have also native herbaceous plants are few and insignificant. There 
_ cellars ; the mariner knows that, when his sails are stowed | seen a letter from Mr. Newsome himself, who, in answer | is a Wistdria, with bright shining leaves, which bounds. 
S a are soon seized with the | to the complaint, merely says that ‘‘ there may be some | from tree to tree, hanging in cord-like tations for the 
w;” the possessor of old folios knows | resemblance to the Elton Pine, but he raised them From | more delicate creepers to cling £8: Lemons are extremely 
main ina damp situation, | seed,’’ Now if plants are called new and sold at such a | abundant, whole woods being formed of them; and 
een ed fro 
an ers O price merely because the le b rajs d from ranges once were plentiful, but the trees have been de- 
Horticulture admit that the cause of miter on the leaves | seed, we pe te hesit oped in saying ae eet petra is | stroyed. fi of Narcissus Polyanthus, which I 
ee being planted in | imposed u We nothing personally of this | brought two years since from Europe, have increased ra- 
p weather ;”’ others ica Ro i Surambery, eek it looks very eb as if | pi idly, di produced heads of flowers of a size seldom 
rin that the mildew on the leaves of the Hawthorn is | it were an instance of this $ pra | seen fri their native country. A few seeds of Hybrid 
moisture, as in the case of 8 perigee grownin Tin Tubes. —Since g growing Aspa- | Gladioli, ¥ Jesse five years old, which I sowed in May 
ut if we would bear in mind | ragus in bottles has apes it may be pein weg to your | after my arrival, came up in a month, and flo ‘ 
*s vidavengecs: ever ready to | readers to know that a gentleman’ s garden in Ireland | Bene September. Fresh crops of fine Potatoes are 
atter, and render it fit to enter into | they insert tin er amye over the heads, and thus opts ain very | obtained e three months; fi graft will bear fruit 
_ new combinations, then, perhaps, we shall be enabled to | fine ones. These tubes, of course, neither have narrow the first peed A double Dahlia, raised rin invoae sown 
see our way more clearly. It is said that Fungi never | necks, nor admit the light—to which you attribute the > flo 
n wered in the following : 
appear upon or attack vegetables or timber while in a | failure of the bottle system. I am not aware that this | this is scarcely credible, but is, neve, quite true 3 
healthy state ; yet, from their extreme smallness and the | practice is universal in Ireland ; but more information | the parity of the atmosp th and richness of, 
ibuti shall be obtained on the subject, and, if Se yavas to li , with su ent | eae unite 
the-Garden =: oe See either immediately or more | to make ‘this bap ‘host prolific “Spot in this hemi- 
the | seasonable time.—.J/. 4. -P.—[We have seen this. pau pages We are in sad want of 4 gardener, to be the head 
e | practised, Pep an exceedingly good one it is.] an agricu caida ral an Ms ous , as 
here would gladly learn sarceuay ‘or ‘. @ future honest 
ere eee elihood, and no trade is so well paid in ar colony. 
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. 
‘ ” ] 
oat oe a ne i pec Rie ced PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
tanists here consider themselves entitled to no little | ®8!TISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT 0: or 
rove rnin to certain 
crops ; ne) in conjunction if Se poe 
nee 
metimes € need in merit, for having introduced so noble an addition to the mic borrow feom he ‘ Athenseuia?? the following addi onal mate. 
o work i age Park and Lawn. It is, without dome’ valuable acquisi- | ter, which our own reporter overlooked, in sg pdb grea Section :— 
soil, and the tion, and will be in much. reque Its robust habit, A paper was pea fom Be. R. Hunt, on the ors light on 
3 but the soil in enormous leaves saneohe Geer of large blue | the germi sa grok yy ah pate hag al egg onc wre 
with mildew, Ae oo flowers, give it agey and ee appe Too great | He had provided six boxes, so constructed that no light could enter 
old water in eral rad Witee expectations had probably been formed ‘of th the beanty and } except ioeah glass of different eolours—the first being deep red, 
“om annin ir magnificence rad ee’; a Jeet ee apres ge igone he had Fooninah uses, 
ble qua ality < of acid matter, ‘gle of flowering being such as ‘igh hoch acanaipated ei reg eran ccikinn mae een 
nsideral ering 
4 . agen 
oe em Meadowbank, is PE ree nature | stead of several flowers opening at the same time on each | the blue glass, the plants, although slower in Hg we 
. 
e itasa general maxim that » one or two only were to. be seen ; and these were | more healthy, and promised to come to maturity, and be perfect 
, presede the attack | ot eh-oourd bat of bith Mt, Rowers | tar alas male taps ikea ge Un 
angi, then we may conceive it possible for of | possesses one, valuable property which was not expected : ; cael tig ea under 
eas to fall into’ bad health, both where there is an | five years’ experience have raved itt bp pedioctly hen hardy; | the red glass bent away from the light. In nearly 
dance of water here there is a deficiency. Fur-| and if sufficiently robust vs withstand the winters of the oa > hed Davse wr a one ~ vs absrjive omer, af the yellow sr 
investigations in vegetable nosology may throw more | heat Paes without peutoetit. little danger need be nile thes sab) th Mr. Hunt, hoped t Diteaascne would ‘outlty an 
1 the subject.— Peter Mackenzie. : d fi the cl: of England, where the seasons | grant to the. Tate gent! results at 
—lLinclose a flower of Fuchsia mu- | are usual! _ ssorere. Sie the flower-buds, a ati } seemed indecisive; and he thought Mr. Hunt ought to have a furs 
ch some of the anthers are tipped with the | formed last hurt, and expanded early | 4.0.3) pore pa Selitth aliens « xg ch oe 
curious case of ve- inthe spring. ee be said that last season was less} “On the agric scertai 
are in a state of | rigorous than usual; at the frost of 1840-41 was sufii- | ti organic sources that 
ving lengthened into a thread | cient to destroy Laurels, Magnolias, China Roses, &c. &c.; | een es De. Daabenge The re it ba > baer 
ed into a hollow | yet the Paulovnia even then escaped untouched. Let it | on] Licbig, by showing the mannes reseacches 
cture of the anther. » however, be inferred from this, that very young 
‘ot a little interesting to find how entirely all these | or tender plants would bear th ment ; it is Sear cova entirely. new propert: rpos' 
tur ier the ine that | sible they might, but a slight protection of leaves or of ee ee ee tiahionaliteret tthe methodol on 
leaves "i is adyisable for the two first winters, after face and of the substratum from which the former p fi 
has lately been sent | which 1 re will re French rude mec! a 
y Me. 5. F. y, of r to be fully alive to the value H. Davy, is no longer considered 
oO urserymen appea fu : 
i Papeete this | of this.tree, and knowing with what eagerness plan nla he rere ee amen 
eally good are a sonal 
tha t' 
need y have called i 
The wes roe of we the usual | and activity to multiply it in every p 
5 aE Os Roots, layers, ccags. ads leaves have 
A em a a fe uisi 3 80 
ptinge igs week, t ex- | be not less than 20 or 30,000 saleab 
: iatre ce of these yy passa ch sine will ee Fe take | exaggeration, since I speak from —_ which 
_ Place at Stevens’s Auction Room, election asa va We under my own ope 
ap Eo t ~ Ww m 50 to 
of lime, or to incur the 
of subjacent tock, as to Un- 
fos eS tease éria spectabilis, plants Of Lava | t aisett net t all ace 
Puperbiens, and a large quantity a Gadegs Skinneri, | or 1 per haared ia ia te powesion labour of so 
